Hong Jiu walked up to Lin Jinyan and bowed his hands, saying reluctantly: "My subordinate Hong Jiu, from now on I will do whatever I want the young lady to do."
Lin Jinyan stood up and returned the salute: "Thank you, Miss Hong, for saving my life. I will rely on her to protect me from now on."
Looking at Lin Jinyan's smiling face, Hong Jiu said awkwardly: "I have almost spent the fifty taels of silver before, so you can deduct it from my commission."
An Zhixian frowned and said, "What money?"
Seeing Hong Jiu lowering his head and saying nothing, Lin Jinyan smiled and explained:
"I forced it on Miss Hong after she rescued me. Miss Hong, don't take it to heart. Since the money has been given to you, you can spend it as you wish."
Hong Jiu noticed An Zhixian's serious gaze and kept looking down at his toes, not daring to look at An Zhixian.
After returning to Yan Yuxuan from the General's Mansion, Lin Jinyan asked Zhou Momo to arrange a place for Hong Jiu to live in the same room as Bai Zhi.
After settling in, Hong Jiu said that he had left something behind at Night Marquis and wanted to go out to pick it up. Lin Jinyan readily agreed.
After Hong Jiu left, Lin Jinyan told Bai Zhi to pay more attention to Hong Jiu and pay attention to Hong Jiu's words and deeds.
In the middle of the night, An Zhixian was sitting at the tea table making tea skillfully. Hong Jiu stood in front of him and secretly looked at An Zhixian from time to time.
Uncle An sat next to An Zhixian and coughed twice when he saw Hong Jiu's eyes pleading for help.
"Ahem, Hongjiu has just arrived in the capital and doesn't know much about the situation. Please don't..."
An Zhixian placed the brewed tea in front of Uncle An and interrupted him.
"Do you not understand the situation or your own identity? It was my order to her to let her follow Lin Jinyan. She promised me here. After meeting, she made disrespectful remarks and excused herself. Now she comes to me and tells me that she doesn't want to do it. If everyone behaves like this in the future, if they want to do something they will do it, and if they don’t want to do it they won’t do it, what use do I need from you?”
Hearing this, Hongjiu knelt down on one knee and cupped her hands and said, "Master, it's not Hongjiu who didn't obey your orders. I really didn't know that the daughter of the Lin family was so young at the time..."
"What? Now that you know it, you have to give up your job? It doesn't matter if you don't want to do it. With so many people there will be someone to fill your gap. Even if they can't call you, you don't have to stay in the capital. Go back."
"I know my mistake. Please don't drive me back, master. I will follow Miss Lin well."
Hongjiu knelt for a long time and saw sweat on his forehead. An Zhixian didn't say anything until he drank a pot of tea.
"Get up, what's going on with the silver?"
Hongjiu stood up and said awkwardly: "My subordinate didn't know she was Miss Lin at the time. After rescuing her, I gave me some silver. I thought it would be in vain if I didn't take it, so I accepted it."
An Zhixian: "That's all, she won't take it lightly and just take it. Although Miss Lin looks young, she is not like an ordinary woman. You, alias Hong Jiu, must be extra cautious in front of her. Don’t let her find out your true identity, and protect her well.”
"This subordinate only knows how to kill people, but he has never protected anyone."
"Killing the person who harmed her is protecting her."
"yes."
"From now on, she will be your official master. You should be more respectful in your speech and attitude. You should also remember your duty as a maid in front of outsiders. If there are any mistakes, you will come to apologize and leave the capital."
"…yes."
When Hong Jiu came back before dinner, Lin Jinyan took her to meet everyone. Looking at a room full of women and children, Hong Jiu felt that life was gray and boring.
Early the next morning, Lin Jinyan took Hong Jiu to Songmao Hall to meet Lin Yanqing and the old lady.
It was said that after the incident with the mountain bandits, she was so frightened that she could not sleep at night, so she specifically begged her grandpa to find it for her.
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