It was just that she hadn't expected all these women, selected by the major families of Jiangnan and sent to the Ye family, to be candidates to become Young Master Ye's concubines.
The fact that Flying Eagle Fortress had enough power to select beauties for a young master like an emperor choosing consorts truly meant its influence could not be underestimated.
I already found your current identity in the registrar's roster in the carriage at the very front.
You're now called Su Lian Yue. You're sixteen years old, and you were adopted by the Su family as a child and carefully cultivated. Put nicely, Old Madam Su thought you had a good affinity with her and acknowledged you as her adopted granddaughter. Put less nicely, you're actually a Thin Horse of Yangzhou.
Of all the places under heaven, Yangzhou was foremost in prosperity.
Thin Horses of Yangzhou had first flourished in the Yangzhou region.
Some wealthy merchants selected little girls with good figures and looks, bought them, and then divided them into multiple grades according to their aptitude and innate conditions. They trained and disciplined them to satisfy the desires of the powerful and influential.
The key word in Thin Horse was "thin." Their greatest characteristic was being thin.
They had to be "as thin as yellow flowers beneath the west wind," and "serene as a delicate flower reflected in water, moving like a frail willow swaying in the breeze."
Ideally, they had to be so pitifully beautiful that anyone would feel sorry for them, panting delicately after taking only a few steps.
Being so thin was actually the result of being starved alive.
One unbelievable piece of news after another slammed into Su Qiao, leaving her stunned.
She had originally thought that, no matter what, she would at least