Reborn, meet you again!

Chapter 144 Control

The night is deep, and it is the time for red sleeves to welcome guests.

At this moment, in front of the huge landscape screen, Nie Shuangshuang was wearing a brocade silk dress, with gold hairpins and jade ornaments on her head, and she sat down with light steps.

She raised her slender hand and gently plucked the pipa, and the melodious sound poured out like flowing water.

The audience was packed with distinguished guests, including many dignitaries and literati dressed in silk and satin. Some of them listened to the piano music on the stage with particular attentively, while others turned their heads to chat and laugh with friends.

At the very front, a man in a moon-white brocade robe was looking at Nie Shuangshuang on the stage with a smile in his eyes. He had a wide belt inlaid with gems tied around his waist, which made him look noble and elegant.

Nie Shuangshuang seemed to feel his gaze, and her eyes fell on him. Then, the two looked at each other, lowered their eyebrows and smiled slightly, showing a bit of shyness.

The person next to the man saw this and joked.

"It's been a while since we've seen Miss Shuangshuang perform in the lobby. Today, thanks to Brother Su, we're able to enjoy this feast for our ears."

After he finished speaking, someone else spoke up.

"Brother Wang is right. Miss Shuangshuang's pipa playing is truly superb, and her appearance is second to none among the Red Sleeves."

"Over the years, countless people have wanted to be her guest of honor. Brother Su has only been in Beijing for a little over a month, and yet he's been treated so well by Miss Shuangshuang. It's truly beyond our reach."

"Of course. Brother Su is so talented and graceful. The poem he wrote for Miss Shuangshuang was truly brilliant and captivating. Naturally, he was able to capture her heart..."

The man in white was Su Ziyao, the eldest son of the Su family and Su Jinyue’s elder brother.

Despite being praised so highly, he still looked humble.

"Thank you for your praise. I just enjoy the art of playing the qin. I heard that someone in Hongxiu Zhao is skilled in pipa music, as good as the palace musicians, so I came here to listen."

"I didn't expect Miss Nie's zither skills to be truly remarkable. As for that poem... it was just something I wrote on the spur of the moment. I don't deserve such praise from you all."

After hearing what he said, the young men who accompanied him began to flatter him even more vigorously.

"Mr. Su is a man of great literary talent, and the poems he writes are so brilliant. He should be a role model for our generation! Brother Su, please do not underestimate yourself!"

Su Ziyao laughed again when he heard this.

"Well, with such a beautiful scene, please stop joking with me."

"Come, let's drink and listen to the piano."

As he spoke, he raised the cup on the table, and the several young men who accompanied him also raised their cups to drink with him.

Most of them were of humble origin or unfavored illegitimate children in their families. Now that they had married the "uncle of the king" who was willing to befriend them, they naturally had to serve him well. Perhaps they could use this friendship to secure a future for themselves in the future.

Amidst the sound of laughter and conversation, Nie Shuangshuang had finished playing a song, but did not leave. Instead, she handed the pipa to Xiaotao beside her and slowly walked to Su Ziyao and sat down.

Then she knelt quietly on one side and poured wine for him, sometimes covering her mouth with her hands and smiling, sometimes chatting and laughing with him and the few people who accompanied him, making the other guests sitting around envious for a moment.

In a corner, Chen Tai looked at Nie Shuangshuang, who was sitting next to Su Ziyao and talking and laughing. He felt that the laughter around him became blurred in his ears, and his face was full of indescribable loneliness.

After a moment, he couldn't help but stood up and left silently.

As the night grew deeper, Su Ziyao said goodbye to his companions and took Nie Shuangshuang with him through the long corridor and returned to the semi-covered room on the third floor.

But the moment the door closed, Su Ziyao's gentle and elegant demeanor when he was chatting and laughing with others on the first floor disappeared without a trace in an instant.

The eyes looking at Nie Shuangshuang were no longer as clear and open as before.

Instead, he showed a malicious smile. After he sat down, he took out a small white jade porcelain bottle from his sleeve and shook it in front of her.

"You performed well tonight. I brought this specially for you as a reward."

"come over……"

When Nie Shuangshuang saw the white jade porcelain bottle in Su Ziyao's hand, she hesitated for a moment, but seemed unable to resist the temptation of the thing, and walked towards Su Ziyao as the voice said.

"Thank you, sir."

But before her hand touched the white jade porcelain bottle, Su Ziyao suddenly withdrew his hand, and his eyes glanced back and forth at Nie Shuangshuang with ill intent.

"Hey, you can't hold it like this."

"You have to take off your clothes... and kneel down..."

Nie Shuangshuang's pupils dilated slightly when she heard this, and her mind couldn't help but flash back to the last time she was wantonly humiliated by the person in front of her in this room.

She bit her lip, her eyes full of struggle.

"Master Su, Shuangshuang is willing to serve you, but... could you please not be so..."

She admitted that she was shaken when she learned the identity of this person. The women in this brothel all have their blooming period. She had waited for Chen Tai for too long and didn't want to wait endlessly year after year.

So, she began to focus her attention on Su Ziyao.

But Su Ziyao was different from Chen Tai. She was afraid of her background and that he would not cherish her if he got her easily, so she used some tactics to play both sides.

After spending so many years in the brothel, she thought she could handle things well, but she didn't expect this man to have no patience at all and directly put something in her drink...

Let her fall deeper and deeper.

Even the maidservant around her was bribed by him, and because of the promise to redeem her together, she kept an eye on her every move for him.

By the time she discovered his true identity, it was already too late...

This man is simply a beast in human form, and he has some tricks up his sleeve to torture women...

Su Ziyao looked at the struggle on Nie Shuangshuang's face, but his expression became more and more excited.

"Why, you still want to taste what it's like without this thing?"

"Don't blame me for not reminding you. If you don't serve me well today, I will take this thing and leave."

"After this departure, he might not come back for ten days or half a month, or even longer..."

"There shouldn't be much left of what I left for you last time. If you ask for help again, I won't be able to grant your wish so easily..."

Nie Shuangshuang immediately thought of something and felt the hairs on her body begin to stand up involuntarily.

It felt like being devoured by thousands of ants, like a nightmare from which she couldn't wake up... She didn't even dare to think about it...

Compared to this, enduring this night doesn't seem too difficult to accept...

Nie Shuangshuang laughed bitterly at herself, a tear running down her cheeks.

She stretched out her hands tremblingly, and her clothes fell off one by one in the candlelight in the room.

Revealing bruises that hadn't yet faded.

Seeing this, Su Ziyao licked the corner of his mouth, nodded with satisfaction, and a hint of cruel pleasure appeared in his eyes.

He still remembered how cold and aloof the woman looked when he first came to Hongxiuzhao with someone.

Now I have to crawl at his feet.

Speaking of which, all this is thanks to my cousin Jiahe. This "Yao Su" is really a good thing. No matter how noble a woman is, once she gets involved with this thing, she will just surrender obediently.

With this thing, why would he worry about not being able to get a woman in the future? He wouldn't have to leave a mess behind like before. After all, Su Jinyue had repeatedly warned him not to cause trouble in the capital.

Although he did not take his illegitimate sister seriously in the past, now that she has become the empress dowager, his wealth and glory for the rest of his life still depends on her, so he can only be obedient.

Su Ziyao thought about it and stood up, holding the white jade porcelain bottle in one hand, gently stroking it across her beautiful body, and then placing it in her palm.

"That's good."

"Remember, as long as you're obedient, I'll naturally be willing to let you suffer like that again."

"Once I marry a noble lady from a high-class family, I will redeem you..."

"Otherwise... you know the consequences."

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