Zhou Yuanbao thought it over, gritted his teeth, and had no choice but to agree.

Lin Luoling reminded him, "Before I give you your indenture, you'd better not think about escaping, otherwise if you are caught and killed, you will end up seeking your own death.

Since it's to renovate the Jade Tower, you and the manager can't ask for a price that's too low. You have to pay me back the money I gave you for selling your body indenture. The price is thirty thousand taels of silver. You pay me back twenty thousand taels of silver. I'll sell my body indenture to you, and after you finish renovating the Jade Tower, if there's any money left, it's yours!

From now on, I won’t stop you from going anywhere you want, do you understand?”

When he heard that he was asked to negotiate with the manager of Qionglou Yuge for repairs and that it would cost 30,000 taels of silver, Zhou Yuanbao felt that the Second Young Madam was truly a lady who was raised in the Lin Mansion, and she asked for 30,000 taels of silver without any hesitation.

He said, "Second Young Madam, thirty thousand taels of silver is enough to build another jade pavilion. Even if I talk till my lips are worn out, I can only negotiate five thousand taels for the renovation of the jade pavilion. It is not an easy thing."

Lin Luoling raised an eyebrow and said, "You didn't go to negotiate, so how do you know that it won't work? Thirty thousand taels, not a penny less. If the manager of Qionglouyuge thinks it's too much, you can just let him rebuild it."

Zhou Yuanbao: ...

Lin Luoling had already walked to the door. She turned her head and glanced at Zhou Yuanbao from the corner of her eye. The cold light made Zhou Yuanbao shiver. He didn't dare to say anything else and said hurriedly, "I will go and select a mason and talk to the manager of the Jade Pavilion about the repairs."

Lin Luoling left the room very satisfied. Zhou Yuanbao stood up with his hands on his knees, muttering to himself, "Usually, the Second Young Madam seems so gentle, but how come she was like a different person just now? Her eyes were even colder than those of the wife of the Marquis of Yongning, and I was so scared that the hairs on my body stood up."

As soon as Zhou Yuanbao left the house, Yan Jin came over and said solemnly: "Come with me!"

Zhou Yuanbao didn't know Yan Jin and didn't dare to ask. He lowered his head and followed Yan Jin towards the stable.

Lin Luoling and Chen Yin walked to the front yard and happened to meet Jiang Feng, who first asked if her parents were in the mansion.

Jiang Feng told Lin Luoling that Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun had just been invited by Governor Cao to stay in his mansion and had not returned yet.

Lin Luoling frowned and asked, "Has anything big happened in Jingxuzhou recently?"

Jiang Feng replied, "Nothing major has happened. I heard that Governor Cao's mansion was going to be expanded, so Governor Cao asked you and your wife to go take a look and ask for some advice."

Hearing this, Lin Luoling understood that Prince An wanted to use Governor Cao to get closer to Lin Sheng.

Lin Luoling whispered in Jiang Feng's ear: "Butler Jiang, find a trustworthy subordinate who is tight-lipped and can find me a cave. The cave doesn't need to be too big, it only needs one entrance and exit.

Then ask him to find a blacksmith to make me three large, sturdy iron cages."

Jiang Feng was very confused. "Miss, you want to find a cave, why do you want to make an iron cage?"

Lin Luoling smiled mischievously, "I'm useful, butler Jiang, just do it for me as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay, okay... Miss, if you want the stars in the sky, I have to find a way to make a ladder. I'll find someone to do it in a moment."

Jiang Feng sent Lin Luoling out of the house. He asked, "Yan Jin told me about sending 50 dan of food to each of the two shops every day, and I also arranged to buy all the people back.

How many days do you plan to arrange this matter, young lady? Even if the fifty stones of grain are sold normally, they will be gone in less than a quarter of an hour. "

Lin Luoling thought for a moment and said, "Ten days, if you want to extend the time, I will let someone tell Butler Jiang in advance."

"Okay!" Jiang Feng replied.

Lin Luoling and Chen Yin got on the carriage and just returned to Yongning Marquis' Mansion, they saw three unfamiliar-looking servants dragging a group of women from the West Courtyard with their hands tied, walking out of the mansion.

Then, Mei Yin was seen arrogantly, with her hands on her hips, cursing: "You old dirty bastards who look down on others all the time, you only know how to spread gossip and stir up trouble. If it weren't for the kind-heartedness of our aunt, you would have been beaten to death and thrown into a mass grave."

Lin Luoling walked forward and said with a smile: "Look at you, are you okay?"

Seeing that the person coming was Lin Luoling, Mei Yin immediately lowered her arms and said with a flattering smile: "Thanks to Sister Chen Yin's miraculous healing hands, otherwise how could I have recovered so quickly?"

Lin Luoling thought, if you get better, that will be the time of your death.

Without showing it, Lin Luoling changed the subject and asked, "Those three servants look unfamiliar. What are they doing taking the maids from the west courtyard out of the mansion?"

Mei Yin smiled proudly, "Those three servants were just bought by the second master, and those old women are going to be taken to the human market to be sold."

"I see!" Lin Luoling nodded. This matter had nothing to do with her. She turned around and was about to go back to Shuxi Pavilion.

Mei Yin called her and said, "Second Young Madam, my aunt said that she would have dinner at Lanxiang Courtyard tonight and asked me to go and invite Second Young Madam."

Lin Luoling turned around and said, "Tell your Aunt Zhou to thank her for inviting me. I am tired today, so I will not go. Let her do whatever she wants. I will go to Lanxiangyuan to celebrate for her another day."

Without waiting for Mei Yin to say anything else, Lin Luoling walked towards Shuxi Pavilion.

Mei Yin curled her lips, turned back to Lanxiang Courtyard, and said to Zhou Jiaoling:

"The Second Young Madam must be jealous of Auntie's power to manage the West Courtyard. I told her that Auntie invited her to have dinner in Lanxiang Courtyard, but she said she was tired today and told Auntie to do whatever she wanted and she would come another day."

Zhou Jiaoling smiled and said, "It's fine if she doesn't come. Chen Yin just cured your injury. It's not good for you to say that about the Second Young Madam behind her back and let them hear it."

Mei Yin pouted and said, "Isn't it not worth it for my aunt?"

"What's so bad about it? If the Second Young Madam doesn't come, we can just have dinner."

After entering Shuxi Pavilion, Chen Yin asked Lin Luoling, "Zhou Jiaoling just took charge of the West Courtyard today and invited you to have dinner at Lanxiang Courtyard. If you don't go, she's afraid she'll have a grudge against you."

Lin Luoling sneered, "What should I do? Act as a witness for her? Didn't you see that Mei Yin was alive and kicking today? Zhou Jiaoling allowed her to get out of bed and leave the room, so she must be eager to kill her."

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