Chapter 88: 88 The Courtesan Also Has Feelings! (Seeking Follow-up Reads!)

And while Ning Mu was studying the system.

Hua Man Ge.

Inside Phoenix Hall.

The atmosphere was deathly silent.

Everyone was silent.

Ji Siniang's hair was disheveled, a smear of blood still flowed from the corner of her mouth, and half of her face was swollen high.

She sat alone on the stairs, her clothes in disarray, and whip marks could be clearly seen on her body.

Bloody wounds were still seeping blood from time to time.

Her gaze was dull as she looked at the corpses below, as well as the bloodstains on the ground, her expression complex and resentful.

Over a hundred courtesans were scattered throughout the hall, sitting, standing, or leaning in a sparse, disorganized manner.

They almost all had the same expression.

Silent and full of hatred.

The uninjured courtesans and the servants all silently picked up various cleaning tools to scrub the bloodstains on the floor, while the male laborers with slightly more strength dragged the corpses out to be buried.

The corpses were almost all people from the Blood Lotus Sect.

Among them was a female demon who wore a short red skirt and was covered in various silver ornaments; she had been very alluring, but now she had turned into a corpse.

At her throat was a very fine wound that had severed her windpipe directly.

This had been caused by the fine silk threads of a Whisk.

The laborers carrying the corpses were cautious; with the slightest bit of force, it seemed this beautiful head would separate from the body.

Yu Linglong and Yu Rou were luckier.

Before they could be subjected to the brutal beatings and interrogations of the Blood Lotus Sect members, the Buddha Gate fairy in plain clothes who had diagnosed and prescribed medicine for them during the day descended from the sky and neatly wiped out the Blood Lotus Sect group.

At that moment.

They were undoubtedly excited.

Their savior had come!

And this Buddha Gate fairy was the divine doctor Young Master Ning had brought to prescribe medicine and diagnose them.

In other words, it was Young Master Ning who had sent her to rescue everyone.

At this moment.

It was Yu Linglong and Yu Rou who were separately directing everyone to clean up the scene, wipe the blood dry, and bury the corpses.

But the looks they cast at Ji Siniang were filled with resentment!

"Si Niang, for the sake of our past friendship, we won't make things difficult for you; after all, you did once look after us sisters."

"But for what happened today, you have made us all very sad!"

"Of all things you shouldn't have done, you shouldn't have betrayed Young Master Ning!"

Once arrangements were made.

Yu Linglong still cast her gaze toward Ji Siniang, who was sitting on the stairs leaning against the railing.

The Blood Lotus Sect's Pusa Tan'er had used brutal beatings and interrogations to make them confess the truth of the matter.

Several before them had held out.

But when it was Ji Siniang's turn, she only held out for a moment before spilling everything.

If not for that Buddha Gate fairy arriving in time.

I fear that by now, these villains of the Blood Lotus Sect would have already gone to find trouble with Young Master Ning! Exchanging a glance with Yu Rou, Yu Linglong sighed, her tone filled with disgust.

It was not just her.

As her words fell, the surviving courtesans all cast looks of contempt at Ji Siniang.

Ji Siniang gave a shrill laugh, as if she had finally come to her senses.

Tears streaming down her face, she sobbed with snot and tears, aggrieved: "What could I do!"

"It's not like you haven't seen how terrifying those demons' methods are. I endured it when they used whips dipped in salt water to lash me, but... but that evil woman actually let those hateful men rape me in front of everyone!"

"Could I not confess?"

Ji Siniang's eyes were filled with grievance and misery.

She roared hysterically. But this only brought even more contemptuous looks from Yu Linglong and the others.

"What a joke, Yufang could choose death over surrender, yet you couldn't?"

"Do you think you are nobler than us? How could you be any different? Didn't you come from the same place as us? Now you're here talking about chastity, who are you kidding?"

Yu Rou was so angry she laughed.

Pointing at the three cold corpses covered in white cloth under the stairs nearby, she accused her shrilly: "Yufang, Xiao Yudian, and Qingyu, didn't they all die miserably at the hands of those beasts? But for the sake of all the sisters, for the sake of Young Master Ning, they chose death over surrender and didn't utter a single word!"

"And you?"

"In my opinion, you're just used to being pampered and don't have as much loyalty as we prostitutes do!"

Yu Rou was uncontrollably angry.

"That's right!"

Yu Linglong was also full of indignation, and almost as soon as Yu Rou's voice fell, she immediately rebuked: "In the past, you did indeed look after us all within your ability, but in truth, every time things really came to a head, you were more eager than anyone to sell us out!"

"Someone like you just wants to please both sides, making everyone think you're a 'good person'!"

"Once you realize you can't please them, you immediately flip to the opposing side!"

"Heh, trash!"

Yu Linglong spat without any regard for her image, her eyes full of disgust.

"No, it's not, it's not like what you all say!"

Struck in her heart by Yu Linglong, Ji Siniang panicked instantly.

She scrambled down the stairs in a flurry, falling and rolling, then knelt on the ground and looked at Yu Linglong and the others, begging: "Actually, I was thinking, if I betrayed Young Master Ning, perhaps Young Lady Pusa would give us the antidote?"

"Bullshit!"

"Still making excuses?"

"Young Master Ning has already had the Reverend prepare the antidote for us; in a few days, we will be rid of the toxins. Do you think a three-year-old child could be fooled by such an excuse?"

Yu Linglong was furious; not only did she curse, but she also kicked Ji Siniang in the shoulder.

"Ah..."

Ji Siniang fell backward instantly; this kick happened to land right on her wound, making her grimace in pain.

"I am telling the truth, Linglong, Yu Rou, think about it: why did the Blood Lotus Sect control us in the past? It was nothing more than for money and intelligence. Now that Young Master Ning has subdued us, isn't it the same?"

"Serving anyone is the same; you, me, her, them, all of us are destined never to escape this fate in this lifetime."

Ji Siniang pointed her finger at the group of famous courtesans and prostitutes; those pointed at all lowered their heads in dejection.

"Under such circumstances, as your 'mother,' of course I must choose the situation most beneficial to us all. If it were you, tell me, wouldn't it be the same?"

Ji Siniang argued and wailed.

Yu Linglong shook her head, not bothering to waste any more breath on her.

"Yu Rou, tie her up and hand her over to Young Master Ning tomorrow to deal with!"

"Alright!"

The two nodded, then immediately summoned two Servants and used rope to tie the terrified Ji Siniang to a pillar.

By common logic.

As prostitutes, they were even lower than slaves, and even their indentures were in Ji Siniang's hands, so they had no right to treat her this way.

But everything is afraid of inciting public anger! Although they were prostitutes, they were not unreasonable.

Ji Siniang's sophistry was full of holes; they didn't even have the heart to refute it!

Just mentioning one thing—that the Blood Lotus Sect would consume the Pure Essence accumulated by one top courtesan every year—was enough to leave Ji Siniang speechless!

As prostitutes, they were all reserves for Pure Essence.

Naturally, no one wanted to follow in those footsteps!

Furthermore.

Liuli had entered the scene fiercely and slaughtered all the members of the Blood Lotus Sect; when she killed the last living Pusa Tan'er, it happened right in front of Yu Linglong and Yu Rou.

Consequently, Liuli directly ordered Yu Linglong and Yu Rou to clean up the scene of the fight and the corpses, and left the subsequent matters for them to handle.

With Liuli 'backing' them, the miscellaneous laborers and thugs kept by Ji Siniang dared not lay a hand on the two of them.

That was where they found the courage to stand up for Ning Mu and tie up Ji Siniang, who had betrayed Ning Mu! (End of chapter)