Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

Tu Shanjing coughed lightly and said, "It says 'Black Pig Walking' here. I've never heard of this."

I hadn't heard of it either. We racked our brains for a long time, and I suddenly slapped my thigh: "Is it pork elbow?! I remember, my eldest brother once said that he had eaten black pork elbow at the official's house, and it was considered the most delicious in the world."

Tu Shanjing couldn't help but burst out laughing, and he laughed with me, saying, "I was wondering what rare part it was! After all this fuss, it turns out to be nothing!"

I held back the tears of laughter from my eyes and said, "Brother is so funny! It's as if he was right next to me when I wrote this letter!"

Tu Shanjing curved the corners of his mouth and continued to read: "'Next time we meet, I'll treat you to black pork elbows and eight taels of girl's red wine. We won't go home until we're drunk!'" After reading, he folded the letter and looked at me with a smile.

I have never seen him laugh as loudly as he did just now, and even now he was still laughing with the afterglow. His face was flushed from laughing so much, his face was like a peach blossom, and his eyes were like spring water.

My heart skipped a beat and I felt my heart beating faster. I stared at him in a daze.

Seeing me lost in thought, his smile gradually disappeared, his eyes became deep, and then became like a bright pearl with a halo and brilliance. He asked softly, "What are you looking at?"

My face was hot, I lowered my eyes and replied: "I am looking at the young master, he is really handsome, standing like a delicate orchid and a jade tree, his smile is like the bright moon in my arms."

He leaned a little closer, and I could feel his breath. He said more softly, "Then why are you looking down again?"

I looked up: "I——"

My eyes met his, and they were like tiny stars and slender willow trees, entwined and winding, as if wanting to speak but shy.

I bit my lip and continued, "I'm afraid that after I get used to looking at you, I won't be able to stand looking at anyone else."

He smiled and said, "Then you might as well get used to it and don't have to see anyone else."

I suddenly blurted out something to ruin the atmosphere: "Sir, do you have my indenture?"

He was caught off guard by my question, and his smile faded. After a moment, he said, "Yes, but she should still be kept in Tushan Mansion... Why are you asking this? But - but you want to go back to Chenrong Mansion to be Fenglong's concubine? He wants to redeem you, right?"

I waved my hands quickly: "No, no! I just... just wanted to ask. So, how much was I worth back then? How much was I worth back then?"

Tu Shanjing's expression relaxed a little, and he replied, "I remember that you, like Jingye and Lan Mei, entered the mansion with a price of 500 taels of silver each."

I exclaimed, "Ha!" I didn't expect that I was so worthless. The silver he gave me as a reward during the Mid-Autumn Festival was almost enough to redeem myself.

Seeing me thinking, he pursed his lips and asked, "So... do you want to redeem yourself and leave the house? Is there anything you want to do outside?"

I waved my hands again and again: "No, no! I just... oh, I forgot, just asking, just asking."

He remained silent, and a gleam of inquiry flashed in his starry eyes, like a shooting star across the night sky.

"If something happens out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy. Why are you asking this out of the blue? Tell me, what is your intention? Only if you tell me, I will know whether it is difficult to do or not." He said seriously.

Yes, the atmosphere was just right, why did I ask this? I want to know whether I am worth a lot? No, even if I knew, I would not think of redeeming myself. I just want to stay by his side and be satisfied with him day and night.

I want to know if I am expensive, and whether others will buy me. Not really. I have been in the mansion for many years, and I have long been his personal maid. Although I have forgotten many chores after "losing my memory", I have also added many new tricks, sometimes making him smile, sometimes helping him, and seeing his appearance, he does not dislike me.

After ruling out these possibilities, the remaining directions pointed to the answer. I understood why I suddenly thought of this place when I was feeling happy and warm.

Because my happiness and warmth all depend on him, with just one word from him, he can overturn my world and decide where I will go. In the outside world, he can turn clouds with a wave of his hand, but when he returns home, he can still turn rain with a wave of his hand to make my world rain heavily, extinguishing the fire of my hope and the light of my happiness.

Thinking of this, I looked up at him cautiously and said, "Sir... can you agree to one of my requests?"

He said softly, "You tell me. I can do anything I can do."

My lips were trembling slightly. A simple sentence seemed to carry a heavy weight and I could hardly utter it.

He was not impatient, he just blinked and waited quietly.

I swallowed and said, "Please, sir, in the future, no matter when, no matter what the reason, as long as it does not involve your life safety, please do not send me away again."

After he finished speaking, I stole a glance at his reaction, and saw that his eyes were slightly red, and there was a rare ripple in his clear eyes, and it was hard to tell whether it was sadness or anger that appeared on his face.

I was worried that I had said something too serious, so I quickly added, "I don't mean to blame you, I just... I'm used to being by your side, and I've forgotten too much. I'm afraid that it's tough out there... I'd rather be by your side, day and night -"

"I understand." He suddenly said, walked up to me and shook my hand.

"I promise you, I will never give you away again." He spoke every word as solemnly as if he was swearing an oath. The heat from his hands was as hot as when he healed my wounds in the hot spring that day, burning from the palm of his hand all the way into my heart.

My eyes were a little hot, and the inexplicable depression that had been entangled in my heart for a while disappeared without a trace. He didn't hesitate at all, nor did he show even the slightest bit of annoyance at being rejected by me. He agreed immediately, with only a look of heartache in his eyes.

The wind was howling outside the window, and inside the room there were only him and I. Even if the cold air was driven by the wind and came in through the cracks in the window, it was melted by the heat around us and turned into the same warmth as the temperature inside the room.

"You, if you don't want to leave the house when you reach that age, then just stay in the house..." he said.

Then, as if realizing something, he raised his hand to cover his light pink lips and coughed softly, then said, "Stay in the mansion. After all, the Tushan mansion is big and powerful, so we are not afraid of supporting you. By then, the monthly allowance will increase every year, and at the end of the year I will--"

I smiled softly and covered his lips with my hand.

His lips were still so soft, and there was a gentle warmth on his fingertips.

"Thank you very much, sir. With your kindness, the fragrance of orchid is enough."

He raised his hand and held mine, but did not take it away, allowing my fingers to continue to rest lightly on his lips.

We didn't say anything else, just stared at each other with red eyes for a long time.