210, split account: ten thousand taels of silver, with the invention of 'spectacles

"My Lord, did you already know that she would choose to become an 'Imperial Merchant'?"

After stepping out of the office, the young secretary Qian Kerou tilted her head and asked curiously.

Zhao Douan chuckled and countered, "Why do you say that?"

The rookie government officer thought for a moment and said,

"It's just a feeling, I sensed that you weren't surprised at all."

Zhao Douan did not deny it:

"Someone like Lin Susu would never leave her fate to chance."

Qian Kerou appeared thoughtful, then blinked,

"Then why is her name written on the contract? She is not a merchant... Oh, I understand now, it was to provide her some protection, right?"

Zhao Douan remained silent, his hands clasped behind his back as he gazed at the lanterns hanging in the government office.

Love is always unreliable.

No one knows, after this ordeal, how the merchant surnamed Hu, once released from prison, would feel towards his wife who had been defiled by the Young Master.