Yu Guangguang quietly studied Jiang Hao, wondering whether to give him this exquisite beauty, but the sight of Liao Yunxiao beside him instantly banished the thought.
What a joke. Giving him a woman right in front of his sister-was he tired of living?
"Well, Marquis, her name is Bai Bingbing. She used to own this White Palace Hall. I was thinking-"
"Don't even think about it!"
"No!"
Liao Yunxiao and Wen Ruxue spoke almost in unison. Both thought he meant to give Bai Bingbing to Jiang Hao, so they spoke up to stop him.
Yu Guangguang covered his face at once. He had only wanted to ask whether he could keep this woman, nothing more. Did they have to react so strongly?
"Master Liao, you've misunderstood. I didn't mean to give her to the Marquis. I meant that she has ties to Grand Lord Violet, so keeping her might prove useful later." That was all.
"Ahem!"
Jiang Hao cleared his throat solemnly, then pointed at Qin Shu. "And who is he?"
Guo Dundun hurried forward to smooth things over. "Brother Hao, his name is Qin Shu. Half the blood in his veins is Shenzhou blood. When we attacked Chongtian Town, we had him to thank for guiding us."
Everyone understood what that half-Shenzhou blood meant: one of his parents must have been a slave abducted from Shenzhou. There were many such people in the Beihai Kingdom. Their impure ancestry not only subjected them to rejection by pure-blooded Beihai people and made it hard to gain a foothold in the kingdom, let alone rise in the world, but left them with no choice but to become retainers of those Lords, serving as slaves generation after generation.
"Qin Shu, greet the Marquis. What are you standing there in a daze for?" Guo