In the evening, Qingning went home to eat after getting off work in the embroidery village, and then hurried to the Mingyue Pavilion, she had to work in the embroidery village during the day, so only in the evening Cai had time to see the red sleeves.

Red Sleeves is the red card of Mingyue Pavilion, so she must be busy socializing at night, Qing Ning waited in a side room for a while before Red Sleeves took the time to meet her.

"Sister, why are you here?" After seeing Qingning, Red Sleeves couldn't help but ask with concern, "What's wrong?" ”

Since the red sleeves entered the Mingyue Pavilion, Qing Ning has never seen her here in the future, after all, she is a girl who is inconvenient to come to the Mingyue Pavilion, and it is easy to be gossiped about.

Therefore, Red Sleeves was very surprised when he saw Qingning, and thought that something bad had happened.

"Sister, today I secretly took over a business in the embroidery village, as long as my sister embroidered a few paintings, she could get a reward of two hundred taels of silver."

Qing Ning shook her head with a smile when she heard this, and then pulled her red sleeves and said, "This is a rare good business, with my sister's skills, I can easily embroider those paintings in seven days." ”

"What's going on?" Red Sleeves couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and looked at Qing Ning with confusion and said.

"Sister, here's how it ......"

Qingning then told Red Sleeves what happened in the embroidery village today, and then said quite unconvinced, "Hmph, Su Niang's slut's craftsmanship is far worse than her sister, she can earn two hundred taels of silver, and my sister is not a problem." ”

"Who are that couple?" Red Sleeves couldn't help but feel a little moved when she heard this, her private money was extorted a lot by Chen Aniu, and now was the time to need the money, so she asked quietly, wanting to see the details of the other party.

"They came from Xiangyang Mansion and went south to play, and I later asked the guys at the gold shop, and they bought three or four hundred taels of jewelry, and they were indeed the sons and wives of a big family."

Qing Ning smiled slightly, and said to Red Sleeves in a coquettish voice, "If my sister embroiders well, maybe those big families in Xiangyang Mansion will come to my sister to embroider in the future." ”

Red sleeves couldn't help but light up in front of him, I have to say that this is indeed an opportunity to make a name for himself, and he may not be able to do this embroidery business in the future.

"Okay, I'll do this next." Then, Red Sleeves made up his mind, nodded to Qingning and said with a smile, "Thank you sister this time, I will give my sister a bonus of 20% as a commission." ”

"No, they will give me money when the time comes, those dividends are earned by my sister, and my sister can't ask for them." Qing Ning shook her head again and again when she heard this, she is not the kind of person who is particularly greedy, so she knows what money to collect and what money not to ask.

"You deserve it, if you don't take it, I won't take it."

Red Sleeves laughed when she heard this, she knew that Qingning was not the kind of person who was greedy for money and forgot her righteousness, and in the future, she wanted Qingning to take over more business for her outside, and then also open an embroidery room, and Qingning was undoubtedly the best shopkeeper of the embroidery room, and she could rest assured that Qingning would help look after the store.

"Thank you, sister." Qing Ning no longer shirked when she heard this, and thanked her with a smile, so that she could have two remunerations to take.

Since Red Sleeves still has to entertain guests, Qing Ning did not stay long, and after greeting Red Sleeves for a while, he said goodbye and left, and went home happily, preparing to take over the business tomorrow.

Out of the Mingyue Pavilion, when passing through a dimly lit area, several figures rushed from behind, stuffed a ball of rags into Qing Ning's mouth, tied his hands and feet and carried it away, scared Qing Ning desperately struggling, thinking that he had encountered a human abductor.

After passing through a few alleys, Qingning was led into a secluded grove, and then she was thrown to the ground, so painful that her tears were about to come out, and her heart was extremely panicked, and she guessed in horror about the intentions of these people.

About half an hour later, accompanied by a sound of footsteps, Qing Ning saw several figures coming over, so she looked over in horror, wondering who was coming.

When the other party walked in, Qing Ning looked at the person who was walking in front with an expressionless face on a shocked face, and she recognized it, it was the Kuo Shao who went to embroider Zhuang and spent two hundred taels of silver to embroider today.

"Took what was in her mouth." Li Hongyu walked up to Qing Ning and said coldly.

"Childe, why did you kidnap me here?" When the big man on the side heard this, he immediately stepped forward and pulled the rag out of Qing Ning's mouth, and Qing Ning hurriedly asked nervously.

"Ben Gongzi asked you, where did you go tonight?" Li Hongyu sneered when he heard this, and asked quietly.

"Bright Moon Pavilion." Qing Ning looked at Li Hongyu with some puzzlement, not knowing what he meant.

"What kind of place is Mingyue Pavilion?" Li Hongyu continued to ask.

"The largest green building in Wuchang." Qing Ning replied suspiciously, this is not a secret.

"You actually asked a dusty woman to embroider this son, it's really unreasonable!"

Li Hongyu glared, and said to Qingning in a deep voice, "If it weren't for the fact that my son accidentally saw you at the banquet in Mingyue Pavilion tonight, I'm afraid I would have been hidden by you, do you want to let my son and his wife swagger through the market in the clothes embroidered by a woman in the dust?" ”

"Childe listened to my explanation, as long as I don't say this, no one will know."

Qing Ning's face suddenly changed when she heard this, she finally understood what was going on at this time, it turned out that the red sleeves were the identity of a prostitute in Mingyue Pavilion that angered Li Hongyu, and after her face changed, she quickly explained, what she was most worried about was inevitable to happen, how could a child like Li Hongyu from a famous family use something embroidered by a prostitute.

"Humph!" Li Hongyu sneered, "It's okay to deceive laymen with those embroidery, but insiders can see its origin at a glance, do you want us to become a laughing stock?" ”

"No...... No, I didn't...... I didn't think so, I just wanted to do it...... Make this a deal. ”

Qing Ning suddenly became anxious when she heard this, and stammered to explain, she knew that what Li Hongyu said was right, and people who were experts could know the identity of the embroiderer from the embroidery technique.

"You're so hateful, if you don't give you a little bit of power, look at you, you still think this son is a bully!" Li Hongyu's face sank, and he shouted at the big man on the side, "Wait and dig a pit to bury her, and things will be done more quickly." ”

"Yes!" The big men bowed down and replied.

"Childe, you can't kill me, my sister in Mingyue Pavilion already knows that I took over your business, and if something happens to me, you will also be implicated." Qing Ning was so frightened that her face was pale, and she hurriedly argued.

"Ask who her sisters are, and get rid of them all to avoid future troubles." Li Hongyu's brows furrowed, and he commanded the big man beside him.

"My sister is the red-carded and red-sleeved girl of Mingyue Pavilion, she knows both black and white, if you move her, it will cause big trouble." Qing Ning was startled when she heard this, and hurriedly said, this is her only lifesaver now.

"Do you know the Red-Sleeved Girl?" Hearing this, a subtle smile flashed at the corner of Li Hongyu's mouth, and then asked pretending to be surprised.

"She is my good sister, and we used to be embroidery girls in the embroidery village together." Qing Ning saw that Li Hongyu seemed to have heard of the name of the red sleeve, and hurriedly explained.

"I didn't expect the red-sleeved girl to have such a good craft." Li Hongyu couldn't help but say to himself when he heard this.

"Childe knows Red Sleeves?" Qing Ning's face couldn't help but be happy when she saw this, and she hurriedly asked, she felt that Li Hongyu's tone had become relaxed.

"My son has heard of her name, but she is the red card of Mingyue Pavilion, and there are many people who want to see her, but my son has no chance to meet." Li Hongyu shook his head and said with regret.

"Childe, if you want to, I can pass it on on your behalf." Qing Ning's face was overjoyed when she heard this, and she realized that Li Hongyu seemed to be interested in Red Sleeves, so she hurriedly spoke.

"Let her go." Seeing that Qingning actually pulled up the pimp, Li Hongyu couldn't help but smile in his heart, this is also human nature, after all, it is about Qingning's life, so he pretended to think about it and ordered the big man on the side.

Hearing this, a big man immediately stepped forward and untied the rope on Qing Ning's body, which made Qing Ning secretly relieved.

"The embroidery skills of the red-sleeved girl are so good, why did you come to Mingyue Pavilion?" After Qingning stood up from the ground, Li Hongyu frowned and asked with a pretended puzzled look.

"Childe doesn't know, although the red-sleeved girl's embroidery skills are good, she has a father who is addicted to gambling and fell into the trap of the old bustard of Mingyue Pavilion and sold her in the casino."

Qing Ning couldn't help but sigh when she heard this, and said to Li Hongyu with a look of regret, "The boss of our embroidery village originally wanted to spend money to redeem her body but was blocked back, and the red-sleeved girl had to commit herself to Mingyue Pavilion. ”

"How can such a thing happen?" Li Hongyu pretended to be surprised, and seemed quite sympathetic to Red Sleeves.

"Mingyue Pavilion has a deep background, and it is not something that ordinary people can afford to mess with." Qing Ning explained helplessly that there were local magnates behind the gold caves like Qinglou and casinos.

"It seems that the red-sleeved girl is really unfortunate to have such a gambling father."

Li Hongyu shook his head regretfully, and then pretended to remember something, and said to Qingning quietly, "I heard that the mother of the red-sleeved girl fell ill three years ago, and it was his father who cured her mother's illness after winning money from the casino. ”

"Humph!" Qing Ning sneered when she heard this, "The father of the red-sleeved girl is completely a ruthless and unrighteous gambler, even if he has money, he will lose in the casino, and he is reluctant to spend it on others." ”

"Oh?" Li Hongyu's eyes lit up when he heard this, what he was waiting for was Qingning's words, so he pretended to be suspicious and asked, "Could it be that he didn't even save his wife?" ”

"If it wasn't for the red-sleeved girl who hid the money at that time, he would definitely have gambled it out!" Qing Ning nodded and said rather angrily.

"That's weird, if it's not the father of the red-sleeved girl, where does the red-sleeved girl's money come from?" Hearing this, Li Hongyu pretended to be puzzled and looked at Qingning.

"It was a student who took the township examination from Changsha Prefecture who sympathized with the plight of the red-sleeved girl and gave him a sum of money to save the red-sleeved girl's mother." Qing Ning's train of thought at this time had been completely swayed by Li Hongyu, and he didn't have the slightest defense at all, so he couldn't help but blurt out.

After finishing speaking, Qing Ning couldn't help but cover his mouth with his hands, and a nervous look appeared on his face.

"Changsha Mansion students?" Li Hongyu's eyes lit up for a moment, and then he looked at Qing Ning pretended to be puzzled and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”