Chapter 96

Seeing Shen Yiru and her servants preparing to leave, the young man panicked. He hurried forward to catch up with them. "Miss, please don't go," he pleaded. "I mean no harm. I simply wish to make your acquaintance. Besides, I am a scholar who has already passed the xiucai exam; my future is limitless. If you were to be with me, you could very well become the wife of an official. Of course, I likely could not take you as my primary wife, but at the very least, I could take you as a concubine. You are so breathtakingly beautiful that I would certainly dote on you." The more he spoke, the more smug he became, convinced that his words would surely win her heart. Shen Yiru found his remarks both laughable and infuriating. She looked at the young man and said coldly, "You want me to be your concubine? Do you even have the standing to ask?"