The air in the night was cool, but Yue Xin couldn't feel any of it.

Her heart was racing with every step she took.

She glanced at the back of Lin Xuan Qi with a look of grievance.

Being the culprit for making her anxious, he was relatively calm and at ease.

She could, however, only muster a guess of what he had to say to her and follow him into his room.

Creak.

Lin Xuan Qi opened the door to his bedroom and took a seat at the tea table in it.

"Have a seat," he gestured and said to her.

She nodded and did as she was told.

Yue Xin sat down and helped pour a cup of tea for him and herself.

When she was done, he picked up the teacup and had a sip of the tea.

He swallowed the tea slowly, formulating his speech in his mind while doing so.

Although he was pretty sure that Yue Xin was more or less positive about him marrying Yue Jie, he wasn't sure how she felt about the idea of her being his concubine instead of his wife.

From what he knew of the Da Qian Dynasty, the young mistresses were very particular about the difference in the status of being the wife or concubine.

Usually, the heir to the clan or family comes from the first child of the wife.

And many feuds can happen if it wasn't taken care of properly, like having a concubine whose family was much more powerful than the wife's family.

Lucky for him, Xue Cong, Yue Jie, and Yue Xin were all his slaves, and he wouldn't have such headaches.

"I asked you here to tell you something important." He took another sip of the tea and continued, "I'll be asking your sister's hand in marriage together with Xue Cong.

"Xue Cong would be my wife, and Yue Jie would be my first concubine very soon."

He said and kept quiet, letting Yue Xin take in what he had told her.

Yue Xin put down the teacup in her hands.

She took a deep breath and glanced at him.

Even though she had wished for it, but when it was now a reality, Yue Xin still felt some unease at the thought of seeing her sister being married to Lin Xuan Qi.

She held her hands to her chest and felt her heart thumping quickly.

Inside her, she invariably felt a tinge of jealousy for Yue Jie.

This man in front of her was kind and understanding to her.

Lin Xuan Qi had always treated her like he had promised.

Work hard and be rewarded.

And now, she longed to be rewarded more.

But Yue Xin wasn't the young mistress anymore and knew that the world doesn't revolve around her.

Sometimes, there are compromises to be made.

She wasn't too concerned with the status of concubine for Yue Jie.

After seeing how busy Xue Cong was managing the household, she was actually glad that Yue Jie wouldn't have to be responsible for it.

Moments passed before she spoke.

There was still anxiety in her with the change of status between them and her status of being a servant.

But she knew that it wouldn't be consequential, and she had to just accept it when it happened.

With everything settled in her mind, Yue Xin finally nodded her head, gave him a huge smile, and said, "Congratulations, Master Lin."

"Thanks. I'm glad you took it much easier than I've thought." Lin Xuan Qi gave her a smile back and said.

Yue Xin frowned with her hands on her hips and said, "What do you mean by that? I've always been easy to deal with."

"How easy?" Lin Xuan Qi came close to her and whispered into her ears to tease her.

Yue Xin's heart nearly missed a beat when he did so.

It was different for her now.

Any advances he made on her were like... being in an adulterous relationship with him.

Yue Xin's body froze in a mixture of fear and excitement.

When his breath came onto her neck and face, her muscles tensed even more.

It got too much for her, and she stammered to him, "Master Lin... I don't mean... We can't... Yue Jie..."

Lin Xuan Qi took a step back and frowned at her.

She sure was able to have a huge leap of logic to arrive at her conclusion, he thought.

"What were you thinking?" He shook his head and flicked his finger onto the forehead of Yue Xin.

Smack.

Yue Xin sulked, but the pain had eased her tense body.

She rubbed her forehead and glanced at him with grievance.

But before she could say anything, he gave her another bombshell.

Lin Xuan Qi sat back on his seat, took another sip from his teacup, and said something that made her tense up again.

"After I've settled well with Xue Cong and Yue Jie, I will ask for your hand to be my concubine too."

"What? Me... No... Wait..." Yue Xin's mind was mashed up with what she heard, and she wasn't making any sense anymore.

He glanced at her in her state of confusion and quickly helped her back to her seat.

To calm her down, he tried to soothe her by stroking her hands.

Her hands clenched up into a fist, and he quickly stopped.

Finally, Yue Xin couldn't help it anymore and held his hands.

It didn't feel that wrong to be with him if he was going to take her as a concubine too.

Yue Xin lifted her head and glanced at Lin Xuan Qi.

And with a soft voice, uncharacteristic of her, she replied, "I agree to it..."

"Are you sure? You can reject it if you aren't willing to do so," Lin Xuan Qi said.

He wasn't one to force himself on them.

If he wanted to, he would have done so the moment he had bought them.

Yue Xin didn't need to think twice before nodding her head.

"Yes, I'm very sure," she replied.

The thought of being together with her sister and Lin Xuan Qi forever was the best she could have imagined.

Nothing else could have been better.

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