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Lin Zisang followed behind Zi Mei, Zi Lan, Zi Zhu and Zi Ju. After passing by a long veranda, they passed through a circular fan shaped arch. When I first met Spring Orchid Garden yesterday, I was still amazed at its tranquility and elegance. However, after I went to the private courtyard, no matter if it was in terms of structure or attire, I couldn't help but look petty.

Lin Zisang recalled the woman he saw in the main house s of the yamen.

She was sitting on the soft seat, holding a small stove to warm her hands. She was wearing very little because of the heat in the room. She just sat there, sizing up the five young girls with an unfathomable gaze.

Before they came to the Sun mama, they had already told a few people that this was the third young mistress of the Palace, the Gu family. The Gu family did not have a good temper and was doted on by the old ancestor. The Sun mama had instructed them to be smart in their words and actions.

"Are you all clean?" Gu Yanhuan looked at Sun mama, and said slowly. Her voice was like a gentle zither music, but it carried a slight astringent feeling, and it was hard to tell if it was pleasing to the ears or not.

Once she asked, Sun mama's back tensed up, he stepped forward and replied, "The five of them are all virgins, there were no other problems, they are all clean."

Gu Yanhuan nodded her head, her white and delicate fingers slowly spread out, "Its color is even brighter than the previous month, I will bring it back later to properly train, and when I have time, I will send it to Master's room."

When Lin Zisang heard this, he was puzzled. Why did he send the other girls to his husband's room like this? As expected, there were many rules and regulations, and many oddities in a large family.

Thinking about it privately, Lin Zisang was extremely unwilling to be sent to Si Mo's room. So what if he really became a concubine in the end? The servant girl had been completely imprisoned his freedom. If it was just being a little girl, that would not be the case. Although it was just selling their bodies, she had asked the Sun mama before, that the girls who sold themselves could still get five hundred copper coins every month. After the age of 25, a little girl could be redeemed, the money used to redeem the body was twice as much as the time she sold herself, 500 gold coins per month. At that time, what was there to worry about? I'm afraid there are still plenty left over for me to go out and do a small business to support my family.

Therefore, Lin Zisang was determined to spend more effort to prevent himself from being sent into Si Mo's room.

The night was dark, and the moonlight was hazy as it hid behind a few thin clouds, casting a bright light on the cold, damp garden. Unlike the cold outside, the room was heated and warm.

Lin Zisang slept at the innermost corner of the shared house, half-squinting as he stared at the light coming from the window paper. He slowly combed through the etiquette and manners given to them by the Sun mama during the day. She couldn't lethismself be too picky, but he also couldn't let himself fall to the bottom rank. How to keep himself in a mediocre and inconspicuous position was really hard. Lin Zisang's rate of breathing was almost the same as the sleeping Zi Mei by her side, but what appeared on her face was not a peaceful sleeping face, but instead a troubled look accompanied by contemplation.

They were ten when they were bought in, and now there are only five left. The other five Sun mama s said that they had been sent to their own courtyards to be low-class maidservants. They wouldn't be able to find a way out unless they spent three to five years here. With so many girls waiting to be promoted, how would they give these newly-arrived countryside girls any chance to do so?