Every year, a new batch of talented and beautiful women would be selected to enter the restaurant. This was to avoid being seen and heard by others, so that it would not arouse the suspicion of the outside world or the imperial court. Moreover, there would be some people that Ge Shuyi had planted in the group, so it would not be suspicious if they came in this way.
Li Xi looked at the row of women standing opposite him. They were pretty and beautiful, and he couldn't help but sigh.
"All of you came in voluntarily.”
"Yes." A fresh voice sounded.
"You must know that although my Prosperous Fragrance Brothel is a place for performing arts and not selling your body, it is still a place for romance. Sometimes, some guests will not behave themselves, but you still have to endure it. Moreover, if you want to enter the Prosperous Fragrance Brothel, you have to be talented.”
After Li Xi finished speaking, the twelve girls began to perform one by one. Li Xi took a look and kept two of them, leaving the rest as ordinary girls.
The one who was left in front of Li Xi was dressed in red. She was charming, her eyes were sleepy, the corners of her mouth were slightly curled up, and her soft breasts were half exposed. She danced very well. Li Xi knew that Ge Shuyi had arranged for her to come in. Her name was Hong Shang. Back then, she and he were considered the two most popular people around Ge Shuyi. Hong Shang killed people with her dance, while he killed people with his zither. However, they usually did not interact much. As for the other one, she was dressed in a sky-blue dress that made her look extremely beautiful. Her face was arrogant and cold, but she did not perform. She only wrote a few words. Li Xi felt that her aloof appearance might make men like her more, so he stayed. That woman was Chu Yin.
"Why do you want to come here?”Li Xi asked as usual.
"Heh, I'm a young lady from Yuzhou's Lily Pavilion. Because I was dissatisfied with my mother, I left Lily Pavilion and came to the capital to seek a way out. It just so happened that this place wanted a new person, so I came.”Hong Chang's every frown and smile were filled with charm. After she finished speaking, she even giggled.
"Desperate people want to find a place to stay, so they came.”Chu Yin's tone was still indifferent. She had already thought of a reason. Many young ladies from official families who were in trouble now made a living by doing this, so it did not arouse any suspicion.
Li Xi naturally knew that many young ladies from official families were still arrogant even though they had entered brothels. Hence, she did not mind Chu Yin's rudeness. She nodded and instructed Wenxin.
"Bring the two ladies to their rooms. Our top stars this year are Hong Shang and Chu Yin.”
"Yes, ladies, please."
Hong Chang smiled at Li Xi with ill intentions and followed him. Chu Yin nodded at Li Xi and left.
Li Xiyin was still concerned about Yue Qingyuan, so she did not have much time to care about the meaning behind the smile on the girl's face. She already knew that Yue Qingyuan might really have been captured by Ge Shuyi. If it was really him, then she would not be able to help Shangguan Ruoyu. However, she knew Ge Shuyi well. He would not waste his time catching someone who was useless to him. This meant that Yue Qingyuan's life was not in danger for the time being. Thinking of this, she wrote a letter to Shangguan Ruoyu. She wanted to ask her to send it to Shangguan Ruoyu when Wenxin returned.
On the other hand, after Wen Xin sent Chu Yin into the room and continued to take care of Hong Shang, Hong Shang started to speak.
"Wenxin, where is the sect master?" Hong Chang held Wen Xin and leaned against her. Anyone who saw her would be tempted.
"Miss Hong, Miss only asked me to bring you into the room. I don't know anything else.”Wen Xin shifted her body slightly. Because Li Xi and Hong Chang didn't have much interaction, she naturally wasn't very familiar with her. However, she often heard about Hong Chang from her sisters in other sects. She knew that her usual behavior was a little unrestrained, so she naturally didn't have a good impression of her.
"Aiya, Sister Li Xi always wants to occupy the sect master. However, Wenxin, I was summoned by the sect master. If I don't go to him, he will naturally come to me.”Although Hong Chang still had her usual charming smile on her face, there was already a hint of ruthlessness in her tone.
"We're here. Miss Hong, please rest early.”Wenxin ignored her and left.
"Humph, cheap girl, you're just as cheap as your master.”Seeing Wen Xin leave, hatred appeared in Hong Chang's eyes. She twisted her slender waist, opened the door, and walked in.
" Eh…" Red Dress pushed the door open and saw Ge Shuyi sitting at the table.
"Sect Master." Red Shirt's charming eyes were like silk. Her feet left the ground slightly and she pounced towards Ge Shuyi.
Ge Shuyi waved his hand and caught Hong Shang in his arms. With a flip of his right hand, Hong Shang sat on Ge Shuyi's lap.
"Hong 'er is becoming more and more beautiful." Ge Shuyi caressed Hong Shang's face with his other hand.
"Sect Master, you've praised me. You haven't been around recently, and Hong 'er misses you so much.”Red Shirt approached Ge Shuyi's chest and patted him from time to time.
"Didn't I call you here?" Ge Shuyi grabbed Hong Shang's restless little hand and stared at her with his peach blossom eyes.
"What instructions do you have, Sect Master?" Hong Shang knew that he was going to talk about serious matters, so she left Ge Shuyi's embrace.
"Recently, Xi 'er's mood has been a little unstable. I've taken back the iron masked man.”
"Sect Master, you're so cruel. Sister Li Xi knew that I brought the iron masked man over, so she didn't get angry with me!。”Hong Shang pouted her little lips, looking extremely adorable.
"Xi 'er won't. Just do as I say.”
"Got it." Hong Chang could hear the command in Ge Shuyi's tone. Although he usually had a smile on his face, she knew that no one was his match when it came to ruthlessness.
"The iron masked man has captured a person. Just watch carefully and wait for my order.”Ge Shuyi instructed and left.
Shangguan Ruoyu looked at the letter sent by Li Xi and felt a mix of emotions. Although Li Xi said that he would continue to investigate Yue Qingyuan's matter, she was inexplicably worried.
"Miss Lin." Just as Shangguan Ruoyu was lost in her thoughts, Shang Feng interrupted her.
"Big Brother Shang." Shangguan Ruoyu turned around.
"I heard from Ling Er that you were here, so I came to take a look.”Shang Feng sat next to Shangguan Ruoyu.
"You're looking for me for something." She did not have much of a relationship with Shang Feng, so she did not know why he was looking for her.
"It's nothing. You don't have to worry too much about Brother Qingyuan. At least his life won't be in danger.”
"En, I will. However, if it was done by the Yingxiang Brothel, I don't know why they did it.”Shangguan Ruoyu frowned slightly.
"We don't know the background of this Splendid Fragrance Brothel, and it's indeed a little difficult to deal with. I think that if they're on the same side as Ouyang Xiong, they captured Brother Qingyuan to threaten you in case you do anything during the Martial Arts Circle Convention.”After all, Shang Feng had been in the martial arts world for a long time, so his analysis of things was also very logical.
Shangguan Ruoyu nodded." By the way, how are the arrangements on your side?"”
" It's about time. Seventh Prince and Xingyan have already contacted each other…" Shang Feng suddenly stopped talking. He knew about Shangguan Ruoyu and Zhang Xingyan, so he was a little embarrassed.
"I'm sorry."
Shangguan Ruoyu shook her head." It's okay. Just say it."”
Shang Feng knew that she didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't force her and continued.
"Xingyan will contact us at any time about Zhang Zhongshou's movements. Seventh Wangye and Zhang Zhongshou are both judges of the Martial Arts Circle Convention, so he can't make any obvious movements. He heard from Xingyan that Zhang Zhongshou wanted him to investigate the Glazed Sword.”Shang Feng glanced at Shangguan Ruoyu.
"Um." Shangguan Ruoyu was a little surprised. She had only met Zhang Zhongshou once and he was not an easy person to deal with. She felt that he did not trust Zhang Xingyan very much.
"Won't Zhang Xingyan be in danger? I always felt that Zhang Zhongshou was a little strange towards him.”
"A vicious tiger doesn't eat its cubs. It should be fine.”Hearing her words, Shang Feng was still very concerned about Zhang Xingyan and couldn't help but feel happy for him. Perhaps they still had a chance.
Shangguan Ruoyu knew that she had gone too far, so she didn't say anything else.
"The Martial Arts Circle Convention is in three days. How are your preparations?”
"Everything is just fate." Shangguan Ruoyu was very calm.
Shang Feng knew that she was the disciple of Leng Yuezi and Xi Que 'er, so her martial arts were not weak. Moreover, her swordsmanship was something that even he was afraid of not being able to compare to, so he was not worried.
"Then I'll leave first. Have a good rest.”
Shangguan Ruoyu stood up and bowed. Shang Feng also left. She took out the letter Li Xi gave her from her sleeve and looked at it, thinking about what to do. After a while, she put it back into her sleeve and left the pavilion.
In the pharmacy, Nangong Luobing was holding a herb in a daze.
When Nangong Wan 'er saw her young miss like this, she felt a little strange. Usually, as long as she held the herbs, she would be in high spirits. She had never been like this today.
"Miss, Miss, Miss." Nangong Wan 'er called her three times before she snapped back to her senses.
"Uh, what's up, Wan 'er?" Nangong Luo Bing looked at Nangong Wan 'er, not knowing what was going on.
"Wan 'er wanted to ask you what you were doing.”
"Dazed? Oh, Wan 'er, look, what's this?”Nangong Luobing suddenly remembered what she was doing and handed the herbs to Wan 'er.
It was a green-blue herb with dark red leaves. The texture of the leaves was very clear, like the palm lines of a palm, but also like the growth rings of a tree trunk. It was very strange, and the entire herb only had four leaves.
"Is this the goal of the Four Gentlemen? It didn't seem like it. Four years old eyes weren't dark red, and the veins weren't so clear. Miss, what exactly was this?”Nangong Wan 'er also had an excited expression on her face. She had been with Nangong Luobing for a long time, so she was also interested in some herbs. Usually, she knew some rare and precious herbs, but she really didn't know about this one in front of her.
"I don't know." Nangong Luo Bing threw out a time bomb.
"What?" Nangong Wan 'er cried out in surprise.
How could this be? The young miss was able to name all the herbs in Pure Ice Valley at the age of three, and concocted all kinds of poisons or antidotes at the age of five. The old Valley Master and Madam had said that the young miss would definitely surpass them when she grew up, but the young miss actually said that she did not know what this herb was.
Nangong Luobing was very calm. There was nothing strange about this. There were all kinds of strange things in the world. It was normal for there to be herbs that she didn't know about. However, it was unusual for this herb to appear in Maple Feather Pavilion.
"Miss, where did this come from?" Nangong Wan 'er knew that she liked to act like a gentleman at night and' collect 'herbs everywhere.
"He's from Maple Feather Pavilion." Nangong Luo Bing's tone was calm, but if one listened carefully, one could hear a hint of impatience.
She usually strolled around at night to see if there were any precious herbs. She had even been to the Imperial Palace. There were a few times when she accidentally saw Li Yun Tian and those beautiful concubines. It was only last night that he thought of strolling around Maple Feather Pavilion. He did not expect to find this treasure. Even the treasure in the palace could not compare to it.
"Should we ask Pavilion Master Shang?" Nangong Wan 'er had heard from Nangong Luo Bing that the darker the color of some herbs, the more precious they were, and the clearer the leaves were.
Nangong Luobing shook her head. If she went to ask him now, wouldn't she be slapping herself and saying that she was in a good mood that night and went to his family's treasure vault to take a look?
"Wan 'er, let's go out for a walk.”Nangong Luobing suddenly thought of something, stood up, and walked out.
"Ah, daytime." Nangong Wan 'er revealed a look of disbelief.
"Yes." Nangong Luo Bing knew that she had misunderstood her meaning, but she didn't plan to explain.
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