"Husband?"

Song Yilan repeated softly.

The tears that had welled up in her eyes from fear paused slightly.

Trembling, she slowly shifted her gaze to Xie Jin'yan.

Even in the dim light, she could still clearly see his handsome features.

She had to admit, he was too good-looking.

His features were deep, and even though his expression was gloomy, it couldn't hide his perfect face.

She had previously thought Shen Ke was handsome, but now, seeing this man, she suddenly realized that Shen Ke paled in comparison.

"Miss Song."

Seeing Song Yilan looking dazed, Yu Qingwu gently called out to her.

Through Song Yilan's eyes, she could already see what she was thinking.

Yes, compared to Xie Jin'yan, even a fool would know who to choose based on appearance alone.

And when it came to power, the choice was even clearer.

Finally, in terms of character, Xie Jin'yan was obviously better than Shen Ke, who had taken everything from her family and used Song Yilan's life as a stepping stone.

In fact, after ten days of hardship, the thorn in Song Yilan's heart had gradually been smoothed out.

But when she thought of Yu Qingwu tormenting her like that, the hatred in her heart rose wildly again.

Soon, her haggard face returned to its former hostility.

She raised her eyes, glared coldly at Yu Qingwu, and sneered, "Who knows if he's really your husband or something else..."

"Miss Song, the price for a foul mouth can be very high..."

Song Yilan gritted her teeth and was about to say the words "paramour" when Yu Qingwu's gloomy words suddenly made her freeze, and her face turned pale again.

She bit her lip and looked at Xie Jin'yan again, asking, "You say you're the Crown Prince of Wei, you say you're her husband, what proof do you have?"

"Miss Song, I don't need to prove anything to you."

Xie Jin'yan had originally planned to talk to her properly, but seeing her attitude now, his face immediately darkened, and he finally understood why Yu Qingwu had sent her to the brothel to scare her.

This girl was really a little out of her mind.

He glanced at her indifferently, his tone icy.

"Miss Song, don't you think you're a little confused about the situation?"

"What? Do you want to go back to the brothel?"

"Although the brothels in this Qu County aren't as varied as those in your Qing Province, they're still good places to torment people. Qingwu is timid and only wanted to scare you, so she wouldn't dare let those people defile you, but I'm different."

"Shen Ke must have told you about the things I've done countless times, right?"

"If you don't speak properly again, if you dare to be foul-mouthed again, I'll immediately send someone to throw you into the lowest-grade brothel!"

Xie Jin'yan's breathing was weak, but his suddenly sharp tone still frightened Song Yilan.

Her face turned pale, and her lips trembled.

Subconsciously, she shrank back.

When she looked at Xie Jin'yan again, her body couldn't help but tremble.

"What... what do you want to talk to me about?"

Song Yilan said unwillingly, biting her lip.

Xie Jin'yan didn't waste any more words with her.

With a cold face, he replied, "Miss Song, we want to cooperate with your father, so I hope you can keep your mouth shut. When you're in front of your father, don't talk nonsense."

"Of course, if you insist on telling everyone, I don't mind spreading the news that you were a prostitute in a brothel for ten days. Then, not only Qing Province, but the whole country will know about your good reputation, Song Yilan."

"Tell me, then... will you still have a way out?"

Yes, in the Wei Dynasty, a woman's purity was of utmost importance, and Song Yilan understood this.

It didn't matter to those women who roamed the martial world and didn't care about minor details, or the top courtesans in the brothels.

But Song Yilan, as the daughter of a chieftain, valued these things the most.

Even if she was willful and arrogant.

She would never allow herself to lose her purity.

Once she lost her purity, it would be the same as death.

Even if her father loved her and wanted to protect her, the others in the clan would not agree.

After all, she alone could ruin the entire family's reputation.

Song Yilan knew this better than anyone else.

For a moment, she felt her scalp tingling, and her back was turning cold.

It was also at this moment that she was sure that the person in front of her must be the Crown Prince of Wei.

The only one who could be as insidious and vicious as that fox spirit was her husband.

Song Yilan wanted to refute, but when she thought of her situation, the inhuman days she had spent in the brothel for the past ten days, and the sisters who had died tragically and were tortured every day.

Her body trembled again unconsciously, and tears welled up due to fear.

She raised her eyes and glanced at Xie Jin'yan, her voice trembling. "I... I promise you, I promise I will never mention this to my father, but I can't guarantee whether my father will agree to cooperate with you."

"Also... I want you to help me save someone."

Save someone?

This was something Yu Qingwu hadn't expected.

She frowned and looked at Song Yilan suspiciously, asking her, "Miss Song, who do you want us to help you save?"

"Save a woman, a... a prostitute."

Song Yilan gritted her teeth, and when she mentioned the last two words, she felt embarrassed and awkward.

These two words were what she had once despised the most.

She had also looked down on such people the most, and she even believed that those women who seduced men to go to brothels deserved to die.

But in the past ten days, if that prostitute hadn't protected her, she really didn't dare to think about whether she would still be alive.

Thinking of that sister, Song Yilan felt another wave of worry in her heart.

Therefore, she no longer struggled with whether it was embarrassing or awkward.

She pursed her lips and took a deep breath.

She said again, "That woman is a girl from the Xin Yue Brothel. When she was young, she was abducted to Qu County and sent to the Xin Yue Brothel. She originally planned to save enough money in the future to redeem herself and go home to find her family."

"But... that black-hearted madam just wouldn't let her go."

"She said... she said that a wealthy man in Qu County had taken a fancy to that sister and wanted to send her to be his seventeenth concubine, but... but that man is already so old that he's almost her grandfather, and I heard that he likes to torture women for pleasure."