Cao Rui thought about it carefully. It was a fake name used by Qianlong.
Clear!
Wasn't this the name of the Qing Dynasty?
Hongli!
Wasn't this the Han name of the current Emperor Qianlong?
If the young master beside him was the legendary emperor, then some of the previous things could be explained.
Why did He Shen agree to come to Apricot Blossom Tower with him before rejecting him in the end? Why did he come to Apricot Blossom Tower with this young master in front of him?
After interacting with He Shen for so long, He Shen did not seem like a person who would go back on his word.
If the person who came to Apricot Blossom Tower with He Shen was the current Qing Emperor, then everything would make sense.
Because He Shen couldn't refuse.
Thinking back, He Shen clearly wasn't prepared to accept Mu Wenfu's challenge, but after being told by Qing Hongli, He Shen immediately agreed.
Only when the Qing Hongli was the current emperor of the Qing Dynasty would this explanation be the most reasonable.
Now that he looked at Qing Hongli's face carefully, he was shockingly similar to the emperor who appeared at Caishikou that day.
The more Cao Rui looked, the more he felt that they were similar. In the end, he was sure that the two of them were the same person.
When he found out that he was sitting at the same table as the legendary emperor, Cao Rui's thoughts were in a mess. In the end, there was only one thought in his mind, and that was: "In the future, I can use this matter to brag to my juniors for the rest of my life.”
When this unreliable thought disappeared, Cao Rui finally thought of a realistic problem. He had made friends with a noble person.
Since He Shen was able to come to the brothel with the current emperor in plain clothes, it meant that their relationship was not ordinary.
Especially when the emperor called He Shen brother He and He Shen called the emperor brother Qing.
Although there was definitely a reason why the Emperor didn't want others to know his identity, if it wasn't for his good relationship with He Shen, he definitely wouldn't treat He Shen so casually.
"Brother He, when did you meet the emperor?”
Cao Rui was puzzled.
It definitely wasn't because his ranking was taken away, and the emperor finally cut off the heads of the three presidents of the exam and rearranged He Shen's ranking in the imperial examination.
Thinking about it carefully, during this period of time, when he went to look for He Shen a few times, He Shen's room was empty.
Now that he thought about it, it was most likely that he had gone to meet the emperor.
To be able to get along so well with the Emperor in less than a month was definitely a skill.
And with Heshen's literary talent, it shouldn't be too difficult for him to become a Jinshi in the court examinations.
Once he passed the imperial examination, with his relationship with the emperor, he would definitely not be idle. He would definitely be granted an official position, and his official position would definitely not be small.
He Shen, who was bound to become a high-ranking official in the future, was not a noble person?
Previously, He Shen did not have any silver. When he was eating and drinking with him, he heard He Shen say that he was robbed on the road and all his silver was taken away.
With the idea of helping as much as he could, and in his interactions with Heshen, he felt that Heshen was a good person. He had been helping Heshen pay for his room and food and clothing, and the two eventually became friends.
Who knew that this gang would befriend a future high-ranking official?
While Cao Rui was letting his imagination run wild, Qianlong asked Heshen curiously,"
"By the way, Brother He, I heard that you won against Mu Wenfu at the Spring Breeze Courtyard's number one courtesan, Chen Yuanyuan. I heard that you not only saw Chen Yuanyuan's appearance, but also slept with her for one night.”
He Shen couldn't help but roll his eyes. There were rumors in the outside world that he had slept with Chen Yuanyuan."Bullshit"?
He had only slept in Chen Yuanyuan's room for one night, alright?
What night of spring?
He wanted to answer truthfully, but he suddenly remembered that the person sitting next to him was the current emperor. If he told him how beautiful Chen Yuanyuan was, what if Qianlong had feelings for her?
He had some special feelings for Chen Yuanyuan, the first beauty he had seen since he came to this world.
He didn't want her to become someone else's woman. Even the current Emperor Qianlong was no exception.
"It's not bad, about the same as Lee Xiangjun.”
He Shen lied through his teeth.
Who knew that Qianlong would smile knowingly. He sensed He Shen's thoughts and smiled."Brother He, you're not honest. Don't you know me? With my status, I wouldn't be interested in famous courtesans.”
There was a need to explain.
In ancient China," prostitute " did not refer to the " prostitute " of modern China.
In modern China, prostitutes who sold skin and meat were called prostitutes in ancient China.
In ancient times," prostitute " generally referred to a geisha who had certain talents. They usually knew the piano, chess, calligraphy, or painting. A geisha was usually a prostitute who sold her skills without buying a body. This was very similar to the celebrities of later generations.
However, they were born in the wrong era. They did not have the treatment of being sought after by tens of thousands of people. The lowly " geisha " would not end up well in the end.
A large portion of them would also be forced to become prostitutes when they were old and their reputation declined to a certain extent, becoming the lowest grade prostitutes.
A small portion of the lucky ones would be taken in by the wealthy merchants and become their concubines. Even so, they would eventually enter the wealthy merchants 'families. Because of their original identity as geisha, they would often be bullied and live an extremely difficult life.
The luckiest ones were the very few geisha who could marry into the families of high officials in the imperial court.
However, these kinds of people were usually even more rare, and they would not live very well because there would definitely be a wife in the official's family who was of equal status. The wife would make things difficult for the concubine, especially the low-status geisha, who would be bullied in every way.
He Shen smiled, but he didn't think much of Qianlong's words. Since ancient times, the emperor's words had always been golden words, but how many of the emperor's words could be truly believed?
"Welcome, young masters and scholars, to my literary gathering.”
At this moment, Lee Xiangjun, who was standing in the lobby on the first floor, spoke.
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