With a slender and thin body and a refined appearance like a scholar, no one would have expected that such a man was actually the behind-the-scenes boss of the largest brothel in Jiangnan,"Spring in Jiangnan" and the restaurant "Rich Red".
Shangguan Lin was originally from a scholarly family in Suzhou, but he did not like to play with words. However, all the males of the Shangguan family had to read poetry and books and enter the capital to take the exam. Even if they did not pass the top scorer, they had to go to Tanhua. They relied on ten years of hard study to get an official position.
He had no interest in being an official in the imperial court, but his father wanted him to become famous by taking the examination. In order to deal a heavy blow to his father, who was obsessed with his career, he resolutely left home and opened his first brothel in Hangzhou when he was about to enter the capital for the examination.
Originally, he only wanted to disappoint his father so that he would not force him anymore. However, he did not know if it was because he was lucky or because he really had the ability to run a business, but the business of the first Spring Brothel was booming and made a lot of money for him. Therefore, he opened another rich red shop.
In five years, his brothels and restaurants spread throughout Jiangnan, and his wealth quickly accumulated. His greatest interest was to open a branch.
Today, he set his eyes on Jin Ling City and wanted to open his tenth Spring Brothel in Jin Ling City. Therefore, he traveled all the way from Hangzhou to Jin Ling City to find a suitable place to open his shop.
Women were the most indispensable part of a brothel, especially beautiful women. As long as they had a woman who could charm all living beings, they would not be afraid of men coming to their door and taking out ingots of silver.
Shangguan Lin was bent on finding a beauty suitable to be the head courtesan. After he came to Jinling, he heard that the richest man in Jinling had chosen twelve beauties.
He had a premonition that as long as he could find a way to recruit these twelve beauties, with their rumored beauty and fame, they would definitely be able to hold up the title of Jiangnan Spring Belle.
If he had come to Jinling earlier, he would have been able to witness the beauty pageant of the twelve golden hairpins.
Sigh! Unfortunately, he was a step too late.
"Why are you sighing?" Wu Yong heard Shangguan Lin's sigh and asked with concern.
"How's the investigation going? Any news?" Shangguan Lin didn't answer Wu Yong's question. Instead, he asked him about the progress of the matter that he had given him.
"I heard that these twelve golden hairpins are currently living in the Grand View Garden of the Jia residence. Old Lady Jia thinks that they are adopted granddaughters, and it is as difficult as ascending to the heavens to see them.”Wu Yong reported the information he had gathered to Shangguan Lin.
Shangguan Lin also knew that the Jia family was wealthy and powerful in Jin Ling city. With his status as an unscrupulous businessman, it was impossible for him to enter the Grand View Garden, let alone to meet these twelve beauties that were treasured by the old lady.
It was impossible to visit the Grand View Garden, but other than this proper method, he really couldn't think of how to enter it.
"Master, the Jia family is currently putting up a notice to recruit maidservants. This is a good opportunity to sneak into the Grand View Garden.”
As long as they could enter the Grand View Garden, it would be easy to see these twelve beauties. Even if he couldn't see them on weekdays, he could still visit them at night. He didn't have to worry about not having the chance to see them.
Most of the people in the Grand View Garden were women, so if they wanted to enter, they could only dress up as women.
Shangguan Lin pondered for a moment and knew what to do.
"Wu Yong, disguise yourself as a woman and let the Jia family recruit you as a servant. If these twelve golden hairpins are really as beautiful as the rumors say, find an opportunity to knock them unconscious and bring them back to Spring in the South.”He had placed his wishful thinking on Wu Yong.
Hearing Shangguan Lin's scheme, Wu Yong's face immediately fell.
He was a man, how could he cross-dress? If this got out, wouldn't his reputation be ruined?
Sigh! If he had known earlier, he wouldn't have talked so much and caused such a big trouble for himself.
"Master, can you not ask me to go?”There were thousands of unwillingness in his heart.
"If you don't go, do you want me to go?" Shangguan Lin roared angrily.
No matter what, he was still a master. How could he be wronged to dress up as a woman and be ordered around as a servant? This would lose his face as a man. Moreover, if others found out, he would not be able to raise his head in front of everyone.
Shangguan Lin had forgotten the principle of "do unto others what you would not have them do unto you".
He thought that he could push the responsibility to Wu Yong. No matter how unwilling Wu Yong was, he would not dare to disobey his orders.
"I…I…"
Wu Yong felt that Shangguan Lin would definitely be a hundred times better than him when he disguised himself as a woman, but because of his status, he did not dare to say what he was thinking.
"It's decided! You go!" Shangguan Lin had no choice but to leave this hard job to Wu Yong.
" But I..." Wu Yong was in a difficult position. He wanted to refuse, but he didn't dare to say no.
"No buts!" Other than him, Shangguan Lin had no one else in mind.
Other than himself, all men could dress up as women, and Wu Yong was the only one left by his side, so this heavy responsibility could only fall on his head.
Sigh! Wu Yong sighed helplessly in his heart.
How could a bearded and stocky man pretend to be a woman?
"Hahaha!"
When Wu Yong appeared in front of Shangguan Lin in women's clothing, he held his stomach and laughed until tears flowed out.
"Master, am I funny?" Wu Yong's face was ashen, and he did not smile at all.
He had already shaved off his beard with great reluctance. He had made such a big sacrifice for Shangguan Lin, but in the end, he was not grateful at all and even teased him like this. His sacrifice was really not worth it!
"It is very funny!" Shangguan Lin nodded very honestly.
Although Wu Yong had already shaved his beard, he could still vaguely see the roots of his black beard. His skirt only covered his calves, revealing his two hairy legs. His flat chest was now exaggeratedly protruding, and the shape was very strange.
"What are you using to pad your chest?" Shangguan Lin was curious about Wu Yong's fake chest.
Wu Yong reached into his chest and took out a steamed bun.
One of the buns was taken out. Logically speaking, one side of Wu Yong's chest should have collapsed, but one side of his chest was only a little smaller. There was no obvious difference.
"Strange!" He was puzzled.
"Master, what's so strange about it?"
Shangguan Lin directly used his hand to hit Wu Yong's chest and found that his chest was still a little elastic. That kind of elasticity was not something a man's hard chest should have.
"Is there anything else inside?" He thought that Wu Yong had probably stuffed something else into his chest.
"Only steamed buns!"
"Mantou? But didn't you already take out the steamed buns?”
"Oh!" Wu Yong understood what Shangguan Lin was puzzled about. He put his hands into his clothes one after the other and came out with three steamed buns in each hand. "Master, I'm afraid that my chest is too small and will arouse suspicion, so I stuffed four steamed buns into my chest.”
Four! When Wu Yong took out four steamed buns, Shangguan Lin was already dumbfounded.
This Wu Yong was really a treasure. He actually stuffed four steamed buns into his mouth at once. No wonder he felt that the shape was strange.
"Hahaha-you!" Shangguan Lin shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "You've been by my side for many years, and you've probably tasted a lot of benefits from going in and out of brothels with me. Now, you don't even know the size and shape of a woman's breasts.”
Speaking of this, Wu Yong couldn't help but feel embarrassed. He blushed and said softly,"Our Spring Brook girls all have exquisite figures, but none of them are as tall and strong as me. Therefore, I think that the taller and stronger the girl, the bigger her breasts should be.”
"I really lost to you!" Hearing Wu Yong's words, Shangguan Lin shook his head helplessly.
No one would think that he was a woman with his attire. Even if someone was blind and mistook him for a woman, it would be extremely difficult for him to sneak into the Grand View Garden.
The Jia family was a wealthy family, and they had certain principles in choosing maids. They could not randomly pick and accept those who came to their door.
"Go and change your clothes! You won't be able to take a step into the Grand View Garden. Even if you go, it'll be a waste.”
When Wu Yong heard that he could escape the disaster of embarrassing himself, he was extremely happy. However, when he thought about how his beard had been sacrificed in vain, his heart ached.
"Master, what should we do now?" He thought about it and realized that no one else was qualified for this task.
"For the sake of the twelve beauties, I'll go all out!”Shangguan Lin had already made his decision.
"Master, what do you plan to do? Don't tell me you want to barge into the Grand View Garden?" Wu Yong asked with concern.
If breaking into the Grand View Garden was feasible, there would not be so many men looking at the wall and sighing, lamenting that they could not see the twelve beauties that made people dream of them.
"I'll still use the same move!" He didn't plan to use any other method.
Then wouldn't she still have to go to the Jia residence to be a maid? However, he was no longer able to make it. Who else was willing to sacrifice themselves? Could it be…Wu Yong stared at Shangguan Lin with wide eyes in disbelief.
No way! For the twelve beauties, Master was willing to make such a sacrifice?
"Shut your mouth. If people find out that I've done such an embarrassing thing as cross-dressing, I'll make you dress like this and parade through the streets!”
Only the heavens, the earth, him, and himself knew that he had disguised himself as a woman. If anyone else knew about it, it would definitely be Wu Yong who leaked it.
"I won't tell you even if you beat me to death!" Wu Yong quickly covered his mouth to express his promise.
He did not want to go on a parade and embarrass himself!
Wu Yong really wanted to see Shangguan Lin in a female outfit, but he was already too miserable to look at. Even if Shangguan Lin wanted to do it himself, the result would probably be no different from him.
He could only secretly think about this in his heart and could not say it out loud. Otherwise, if he made his master angry, the first person to suffer would be him.
She wondered what he would look like in a female outfit. Would it be as tragic as him? Wu Yong was secretly looking forward to it. He really wanted to see Shangguan Lin in a female outfit.
Shangguan Lin knew very well what Wu Yong was thinking. He had no intention of wearing women's clothes in front of him.
There was no way she could see his embarrassing side!
She had come to the Ming Dynasty inexplicably, possessed the pottery statue of a beautiful woman, and transformed into a human form. If Peng Yingchun hadn't experienced all these adventures herself, she wouldn't have believed that she had really returned to the Ming Dynasty.
As a talented history student, she knew the history of the Chinese Dynasty like the back of her hand. She could recite any dynasty back to back, but it was only when she was in it that she realized how unfamiliar everything was. Moreover, the book did not teach her how to stay in the ordinary people's homes in the Ming Dynasty, nor did it teach her how to make a living in a dynasty where she had no family.
If it wasn't for her sharp eyes noticing that the Jia family had put up a notice to choose a beauty pageant, and that the chosen person could even provide food and accommodation, she would have been a beggar on the streets. If she was unlucky, she would have been caught as a prostitute in a brothel.
No matter what the outcome was, she did not want it to happen to her, so of course, she had to risk her life to be selected.
Now, she had already moved into Grand View Garden and was even taken in by Old Madam Jia as her adopted granddaughter. She lived the life of a young lady who had no lack of food and clothing.
All of this seemed to be going well, but Peng Yingchun still felt a little lonely in her heart.
Although she was in the magnificent Grand View Garden, she still missed the broken apartment that was filled with people and the rented dormitory that was only four square meters in size but had a bed, desk, and computer desk.
Sigh! Even a gold nest or a silver nest couldn't compare to his own dog nest.
She couldn't help but miss the noisy and convenient phone, the TV that could see everything, the internet that was so close yet so far away, the video games that could kill time, the idols and stars that she was obsessed with…and those hilarious, touching, and slightly emotional novels and comics.
Wu…She missed everything she had in the past. She really wanted to go home, but she couldn't go home at the moment.
She had also thought that if she died again, she might be able to return. However, she was afraid that if this method did not work, then she would lose her life.
It didn't matter if she was afraid of death or cherished her life, she just didn't have the courage to try.
She sat on the stone steps of the Butterfly Dream Garden with her hands supporting her chin and pouting.
Sigh! Was she lucky or unlucky to have such an encounter? Peng Yingchun had a bitter expression on her face, unable to find an answer.
"Miss Yingchun!" Suddenly, someone passed by Peng Yingchun and called out to her.
Peng Yingchun looked up to see who was calling her.
"Mrs. Steward!" Seeing that it was Jia Zhuang, Peng Yingchun forced a smile.
"Aiya! I'm just a slave. Isn't it a shame that Miss Yingchun calls me Madam?”Jia Zhuang happily left the seven or eight girls behind her and approached Peng Yingchun.
On the surface, she did not dare to accept the title of Madam, but in her heart, her expression could not hide her joy. After all, no one wanted to be a slave for the rest of their lives. They all wanted to be a Madam.
"What's wrong with Miss Yingchun? Why was he sitting here alone with a long face?”Peng Yingchun's sweet mouth won Jia Zhuang's heart, so when she saw that she seemed to be in a bad mood, she naturally asked with concern.
"Nothing, I'm just bored.”Peng Yingchun didn't dare to say that she missed home.
If she told him, it would inevitably lead to questions, and she would definitely not be able to answer where her home was, so she would definitely attract some unnecessary trouble. In order to avoid trouble, she could not bring up the topic of family.
"This Grand View Garden has everything to eat, drink, and play. How can it be boring? How about this, I'll get someone to bring you around to relieve your boredom. That way, you won't be bored.”
"No need. I'll go shopping by myself later. There's no need to trouble others.”Peng Yingchun quickly refused.
"No trouble, no trouble at all!”
Jia Zhuang's enthusiasm made Peng Yingchun a little overwhelmed, so she immediately changed the topic.
"Right! Who are these little…girls behind the chief wife?”
She originally wanted to say 'Miss', but then she remembered that in ancient times, only the daughters of noble families were called' Miss', so she quickly changed her words.
After Peng Yingchun's reminder, Jia Zhuang finally remembered the girls who had been following behind her.
"They are all here as servants and maids. I have to arrange their work quickly. I'll come back later to chat with Miss Yingchun to relieve my boredom.”
Once she started talking, she forgot her original job. Her memory was really bad.
"Then go ahead and do your work. Don't worry about me.”Peng Yingchun was also quite happy to be able to send her off quickly.
"Alright, I'll leave first!" Jia Zhuang quickly walked back to the girls. "Come with me!" She called for them to follow behind her.
Looking at them, Peng Yingchun felt that they were like a hen with a duckling.
She shook her head in amusement. Before she looked away, she realized that they gave off a very abrupt feeling.
Strictly speaking, the only person who stood out was that extremely tall person. He was at least 180 centimeters tall. This was not the height of a woman, especially in the ancient south.
In the past, she was 170 centimeters tall. Although she was a little shorter after coming to the Ming Dynasty, her feeling was definitely not wrong.
There was definitely something wrong with that person!
"Wait!" She ran to Jia Zhuang's side and called out to her.
"Miss Yingchun, is there anything else?" Hearing Peng Yingchun's voice, Jia Zhuang immediately stopped in her tracks.
"Mrs. Steward, this girl seems to be taller than the other girls.”Peng Yingchun said in a roundabout way, hoping that she could teach Jia Zhuang the same feeling.
Jia Zhuang understood that Peng Yingchun must have misunderstood because of her height, so she smiled and explained,"
"The first time I saw her, I was also frightened by her height. I thought she was disguised as a woman to sneak in. After asking, I found out that she was from the north. Any woman from the north is taller than us southerners.”
"Is that so?" Peng Yingchun didn't believe her words and continued to stare at her.
"Yes, and her background is quite pitiful! Her father was from Luoyang, and her mother was from Suzhou. The family of three had been living well in Suzhou. In the end, her father had been killed by bandits when he went out. The next year, her mother had died of grief, leaving her alone in the world. Because she was taller than the average woman, she could not find a husband. She had to work outside to support herself, and people thought she was too tall. I felt sorry for her, so I wanted to say that it was fine to leave her in the Grand View Garden to do some manual labor.”
Jia Zhuang was very sympathetic to her experience and told Peng Yingchun about her tragic life.
Strange! Why did she feel that these old-fashioned words were very familiar? She seemed to have seen this kind of plot on TV and in novels all the time.
This must be a trick she made up to make people sympathize with her.
It was still too early to trick her with such a small trick!
Peng Yingchun walked toward her, who was superior to her, with a strange smile on her lips.
"What's your name?" She sized up " her " appearance.
"I, I'm Lin 'er." the girl replied timidly.
Humph! This voice was quite soft, like a girl's voice, but he didn't know if it was her real voice or just an act.
" You…" Peng Yingchun's hand caressed her waist, making her break out in cold sweat.
Her figure was especially tall and her shoulders were wider than the average woman. She did look like a man, but the curves of her body were curvaceous.
After circling around her, Peng Yingchun stopped in front of her and looked straight at her neck.
If she was really a woman, she definitely wouldn't have an Adam's apple.
" Miss…" Seeing Peng Yingchun staring at her, she twisted her body uncomfortably.
Ha, she was right. He was a man!
His appearance and voice could deceive people, but the characteristics of a man and a woman could not. The protruding Adam's apple was enough to prove that he was a man.
"Can I check your body?" She deliberately made this request.
When he saw the shrewdness and intelligence in her eyes, he felt as if he had been seen through by someone. He knew that she was not doubting him, but confirming his gender.
That's right! He was Shangguan Lin, who was disguised as a man!
Although there were many people who suspected him along the way, he had broken through their doubts one by one. He had already successfully entered the Grand View Garden, but who knew that he would meet this Cheng Yaojin halfway.
" Miss, I…" Shangguan Lin deliberately pretended to look at Jia Zhuang pitifully.
Before Jia Zhuang could speak up for him, Peng Yingchun spoke up to stop her.
"Mrs. Steward, I was just joking with him. Don't be nervous.”Peng Yingchun already had a plan in mind. "Chief Madam, I happen to lack a servant girl to play with. Why don't you let him stay by my side with his pitiful background?”
"If Young Lady Yingchun wants her, how can I dare to disobey?”Jia Zhuang turned to Shangguan Lin and instructed," Lin 'er, you're lucky today to meet Miss Yingchun. Since she doesn't mind your appearance and is willing to take you in, you should thank her for her kindness and serve her well."”
"Thank you for your great kindness, Miss!" Shangguan Lin said through gritted teeth.
He felt as if he had been schemed against, and he still had goosebumps in his heart.
"Don't stand on ceremony with me. Come back to the Butterfly Dream Garden with me!”Peng Yingchun led him back.
Just like that, Shangguan Lin, who had sacrificed his body for the twelve golden hairpins, was intercepted by Peng Yingchun halfway. He was so resentful that he did not realize that the woman in front of him was one of the twelve golden hairpins.# specific
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