"Hey! Master Xue Zhao, what wind brings you here?" Ai Fei, the manager of Anxiang Tower, also known as the chubby Ai Fei, shouted and walked towards Ji Xingzhi with a handkerchief in his hand.

Ji Xingzhi raised an eyebrow and smiled: "What? Manager Ai doesn't welcome Xue Zhao?"

When Ai Fei heard this, he chuckled: "That's not true. Look at you, I just said that. You took it seriously. You're so angry. This is not the style of Mr. Qingcheng."

Ji Xingzhi smiled faintly and waved her hand nonchalantly: "Same as always, call Suju out."

When Ai Fei heard this, his face stiffened for a moment. No matter how well he hid it, it was still exposed in front of Ji Xingzhi.

Seeing Ai Fei's troubled expression, Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"

Ai Fei, holding his handkerchief, hesitated as he spoke, and said with a wry smile, "Um, Su Ju was taken care of today."

When Ji Xingzhi heard this, her brows suddenly tightened. Usually, whenever she came, Ai Fei would call Su Ju over regardless of whether Su Ju was there to receive guests or not. But today, he was acting out of character.

It wasn't that she was looking at Su Ju. Apart from her, Su Ju had almost no customers. Su Ju looked very ordinary, with nothing special. She knew a little bit about music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but she was not proficient in any of them.

How could someone book Su Ju's night? After thinking about it, there was only one reason.

After thinking about it, Ji Xingzhi put his hand on his chin and said, "Is it coming for me?"

She often came to Anxiang Tower and always asked Suju to accompany her. This was not a secret. Everyone who knew her nickname, Young Master Qingcheng, knew this.

Under Ji Xingzhi's gaze, Ai Fei nodded slowly, took a few steps closer to Ji Xingzhi, and whispered, "It's the Prime Minister's legitimate son, Prince Zi Liao, who wants to make friends with you."

Upon hearing this, Ji Xingzhi couldn't help but sneer: "Ha. The Prime Minister's way of making friends is really unique."

"Master Xue Zhao, don't blame me for talking too much. Master Zi Liao is not a good person. The power of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not comparable to yours. Don't argue with Master Zi Liao for a girl from a brothel." Ai Fei advised earnestly.

Ji Xingzhi nodded calmly, "Thank you, Manager Ai, for your advice. But don't worry, although I'm a scholar, I'm not a bookworm who only knows how to study. I can tell right from wrong."

Hearing this, Ai Fei nodded in relief and pointed to a room on the second floor and said, "That's it. Go up by yourself. I'll go and get busy first."

"Okay." Ji Xingzhi said.

At the same time, in the Regent's Palace.

Xiao Moyan sat quietly at his desk in his study, flipping through an ancient book. He wore a green robe, a white fur-collared cloak, and a jade crown tied around his hair. His eyebrows were picturesque, his eyes were cold, and his pale lips were slightly closed. The window next to the desk was not closed tightly, and the sound of bamboo leaves rustling came from outside.

Lin Feng stood in front of Xiao Moyan and reported: "Your Majesty, the Emperor went to Anxiang Tower."

Hearing this, Xiao Moyan paused turning the pages of the book, but didn't say anything. He just asked in a low voice, "Is someone auctioning my portrait at the Anxiang Tower?"

Lin Fengwei lowered his head and replied, "Yes. I have investigated. The painting was created by a poor scholar many years ago. It depicts the scene of you riding a horse into the palace. Normally, painting your portrait without permission is a crime, but the scholar has kept the portrait in his collection, so no one knows about it.

The painting appeared in the Anxiang Tower this time because the scholar's wife was seriously ill and needed a large amount of money for treatment, so the scholar resorted to this desperate measure."

After that, Lin Feng asked, "Your Majesty, do you want me to take the painting back?"

"No need." Xiao Moyan said lightly.

"Where is the emperor?" Lin Feng asked.

Xiao Moyan flipped through the book in his hand and said calmly, "Protect his safety, and ignore the rest."

"Yes." Lin Feng said.