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Chapter 421 A Good Concubine
Zhu Yu turned to look at Yan Daoxin, who looked weak, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly. Usually, he and Lu Qing had very different personalities and were good at different things. They had nothing in common, so it was hard to imagine that these two people could be such close brothers.

This time she figured it out!

Putting everything else aside, just based on Lu Qing and Yan Daoxin's skill in sealing acupoints and creating the false pulse they wanted, these two are definitely true brothers, no doubt about it!
Previously, Lu Qing used this trick to deceive the physician of the Imperial Pharmacy, making it impossible for them to tell what was wrong with his body or what ailment he had.

Now, with Yan Daoxin, not only did she create a pulse indicating physical weakness for herself, but she even deceived the doctor, making him believe that she was a woman with weak constitution and qi deficiency.

Upon hearing that there was nothing seriously wrong with her, just weakness, Granny Shi was very satisfied, and her smile deepened.

"That's good. It seems you've been traveling and suffering from hunger all this time!" She said to Yan Daoxin in a tone of pity and tenderness. "Miss Yan Xin'er, you and your sister can stay here in my little mountain house and live comfortably without having to worry about anything else."

"From this day forward, I will have someone prepare nourishing medicine for you two sisters every day, and we'll also make sure your meals are plentiful. With both food and medicine supplements, I guarantee you two sisters will be fully recovered in just a few days!"

"Granny Shi, you are such a kind person!" Zhu Yu quickly got up, knelt down with a thud, and said to Granny Shi in a slightly trembling voice, "Thanks to your rescue yesterday, my sister and I were lucky enough to escape with our lives. It is already a blessing from heaven!"

Yesterday you treated us to a good meal and drinks, and today you even asked the doctor to take our pulses. Yan Ning doesn't know how to repay you and really doesn't dare to cause you any more trouble, Granny!
Why don't you let me do some menial work for you in this little mountain building for a few days? Although I don't have any needlework skills, I can handle any kind of rough or tiring work!

"Let me work for a few days to repay your help to my sister and me. After my sister has recovered enough, we will set off. We dare not trouble you any further, and we certainly cannot let you spend any more money on us!"

"Miss Ning'er, you're too kind. Please get up and speak!" Seeing this, Granny Shi quickly stepped forward and pulled Zhu Yu up from the ground. "It's not that I'm bragging, but in our little mountain building, we really don't need you two sisters to have a bite to eat."

Let alone yesterday's simple meal, we can afford even the most exquisite delicacies and nourishing foods!

"You two don't need to be so anxious. I see you're both in much better spirits today, and you're such good girls who don't want to owe anyone anything. So, this old woman will have a heart-to-heart talk with you."

She turned around and shook her sleeves. The servant behind her quickly brought her a round stool and she sat down next to the chaise lounge.

Granny Shi sat down, ready to start a conversation, and said to Yan Daoxin and Zhu Yu, "Let me tell you this, you two sisters are really very lucky. When you were at your lowest point, you accidentally knocked on the door of our little mountain building."

Do you know what this little building is for?

Zhu Yu and Yan Daoxin, with their superb acting skills and perfect chemistry, both looked bewildered and shook their heads.

“You’ve come from out of town to visit relatives, so it’s normal that you don’t know,” Granny Shi said, her reaction was exactly what she expected. “This place is not an ordinary one.”

"Xiaoshanlou is the only place in the world where we dare to claim second place, and no one else would dare to claim first." Zhu Yu looked at her in confusion, then turned to look at Yan Daoxin, seemingly not understanding.

Seeing that the two of them didn't understand, Granny Shi explained it more bluntly: "The so-called matchmaker is what we in Landi call a matchmaker who specializes in arranging marriages for wealthy and powerful families."

Our little mountain village isn't the kind of place that casually arranges marriages for ordinary people.

We specialize in finding wives and concubines for the most powerful and wealthy families in the world.

Yesterday I saw that you two sisters are both beautiful and outstanding, but you have had a hard life and have suffered a lot. However, with time, you can easily recover.

If you ask me, since you two have no relatives to turn to, and your uncle has moved away and there's no way of knowing where, you might as well not go out and make things difficult for yourselves. If you search everywhere and can't find him, you'll both be exhausted, not to mention you two young women wandering around like this isn't a good idea! What if you run into bad people…”

Zhu Yu and Yan Daoxin looked at each other, then stared at each other in bewilderment.

Granny Shi was quite satisfied with their reactions, nodded slightly, and continued, "This world is not so peaceful!"
Just a hundred miles east of here, there was a bandit outbreak not long ago. If you were spotted by them, they would have kidnapped you and taken you up the mountain. It's hard to say whether you would have survived.

Why don't you just stay with me? I'll help you two sisters take good care of your health first, and I guarantee I'll make you fair, tender, and beautiful. Then I'll help you find good families.

Don't worry, I'm not some human trafficker who sells girls.

The women I arrange to leave my little mountain house are all to become concubines or mistresses in the wealthiest families.

If you're lucky, you might even become the legal wife of someone's illegitimate son. Either way, you'll be a legitimate wife, without any indenture. It's a proper marriage, a lifelong source of wealth and honor, a rare and wonderful thing!
My dear sister, you are the older sister. Now that our parents are gone, and an older sister is like a mother to us when we are away from home, I think you should make the decision.

What do you think of my suggestion?

It's unclear whether Granny Shi valued the most beautiful and incomparable "elder sister Yan Xin" more, or because "younger sister Yan Ning" had repeatedly said things that wanted to distance herself or even leave, so this time after her persuasion, Granny Shi ignored Zhu Yu standing to the side and stared intently at Yan Daoxin, wanting to get the answer she wanted from him.

Yan Daoxin looked at Granny Shi, blinked her eyes, but remained silent and made no comment.

After waiting for a while without him responding, Granny Shi pressed him again, "What? Such a good thing is right in front of you, and you all disagree?"

Although you two are good-looking, you are orphans and destitute. With such backgrounds, do you really think you can find better marriages on your own?!