Finally, after gazing at the blue fox and butterfly painting hanging in Mei Zhixuan's room for a long time, Yi Junhao gradually narrowed his charming peach blossom eyes, frowned, and muttered to himself in confusion, "Ice Beauty? How come there's this painting here?"

A bad feeling suddenly arose in his heart, as if an extremely evil force was mixed in with the shady Wanjiao Pavilion, and this force seemed to be related to someone in Nan'an...

But after a moment, he immediately remembered his maid. After a slight hesitation, he asked Mei Zhixuan, "Who are you? How do you know the maid? Where is she now?"

Mei Zhixuan glanced at him indifferently and asked in confusion, "Girl?"

Yi Junhao revealed his displeasure and said disdainfully, "She is Yi Shangyun, the eldest daughter of Yi Shangkun from the Yi family in the west of the city. She is the white-clad woman you recently brought to this Wanjiao Pavilion."

Mei Zhixuan suddenly realized, and slowly remembered that the person dressed so flamboyantly and seductively was none other than the Crown Prince of Nan'an, whom he had just seen yesterday, the one who had fought with Prince Xuanyuan Han of Western Qin over a woman in the street!

Mei Zhixuan's face immediately showed a contemptuous expression, and he said with a smile, "Oh, I wondered who it was? It turns out to be the Crown Prince of the famous and noble Nan'an Kingdom of the Lingkong Continent. But what kind of woman can't this Crown Prince have? Why would he come to such a lowly brothel to seek pleasure? If this gets out, I'm afraid that cowardly old man from Nan'an will be so angry that he'll vomit blood! Hahaha..."

After saying that, Mei Zhixuan burst into loud laughter without any restraint.

Upon hearing this, Yi Junhao was startled and quickly glanced around. Seeing that no one seemed to have heard, he looked back at him coldly and asked suspiciously, "Who are you? How do you know my identity, the Crown Prince?"

Clearly, Yi Junhao was quite surprised. It wasn't because of what Mei Zhixuan had said about how angry his father would be if he knew Yi Junhao had gone to a brothel, but rather because his identity in the Western Qin Kingdom had always been extremely well-hidden. Even the King of Western Qin, Xuan Yuanhan, had repeatedly tried to investigate him openly and secretly, but to no avail. Yet, this mysterious man with a butterfly mask on his face had seen through his disguise in a single sentence.

It seemed that the person in front of him was indeed extraordinary, and he had been exposed just like that. Yi Junhao thought to himself.

However, after guessing his identity, Mei Zhixuan suddenly changed his attitude. With his hands behind his back and his posture straight, he replied with disdain and a hint of provocation, "Who am I?... How could a mere filthy lecher from Nan'an Kingdom like you be qualified to know my identity?"

"you…"

Immediately, Yi Junhao's eyes blazed with fury as he looked at him in surprise, but then he hesitated and stopped himself from speaking.

He carefully examined the despicable fellow before him, who wore a mask, dared not show his true face, and spouted provocative and arrogant words...

A moment later, just as he was about to explode in anger, he seemed to suddenly remember something and had already made up his mind...

He slowly put one hand behind his back, straightened his back, half-closed his eyes, and questioned Mei Zhixuan with an extremely arrogant attitude, "Are you a spy sent by the Dongning Kingdom or the Beilie Kingdom? How dare you provoke this Crown Prince so arrogantly time and time again?"

Yi Junhao had already heard what his father had told him: now, the four kingdoms of Lingkong were all eager to unify the entire Lingkong continent and become the sole overlord of the world.

Both Bei Lie and Dong Ning had already dispatched extremely mysterious, powerful, and covert spies to infiltrate Xi Qin.

It is said that there is an extremely mysterious and powerful force in the Western Qin Kingdom throughout the entire Lingkong Continent. Whoever obtains this force will rule the world. As for what this force is, people have many different opinions.

Some say that this power is a mysterious tribe that possesses boundless wisdom capable of controlling the entire world.

Some say that this power belongs to a special woman who has been given a great mission by heaven, and that to obtain her is to receive the favor of heaven and to gain the whole world.

Some people say that this power is a divine sword that can slay demons and monsters;

Some say that this power is a mysterious blood that possesses the most magical power in the world;

Some say this power is a sacred object, possessing the ability to create miracles...

Therefore, Western Qin became the first target of the struggle for supremacy in the world. If they wanted to unify the Lingkong Continent, they had to find and obtain this power first.

However, Yi Junhao had no interest in the world whatsoever. If he had to give a reason for coming to Western Qin, he would be completely uninterested.

So, initially, he was driven by curiosity about this mysterious power, but it was just curiosity; he never wanted to compete for or even possess this power.

All he ever wanted in his life was this kind of carefree, pastoral life, with wine, beautiful women, and the fragrance of herbs.

But now, having met the girl, his focus seems to have shifted significantly. However, all this beauty is now fraught with difficulties due to the intervention of Prince Qin, Xuanyuan Han, yet the flame in his heart has never been extinguished.

But what Yi Junhao didn't expect was that he would encounter someone who was clearly a spy in this Wanjiao Pavilion. Could it be that spies from various countries have become so ubiquitous?!

What worries him even more now is that this spy in front of him is entangled with Yi Shangyun. What exactly does he want from his girl?

As he was deep in thought, Mei Zhixuan sneered at him dismissively and retorted, "Hmph... a spy? If I am a spy, then why did Your Highness travel all the way from the distant land of Nan'an to this land of Xi Qin? Don't tell me that you are just lingering over the girls in the Wanjiao Pavilion of Xi Qin?"

"Hmph, why should I tell you why I came to Western Qin? In any case, it's better than some people who don't even dare to show their true colors."

As he was talking, Yi Junhao's eyes darted around, and he suddenly realized that he had caught an opportunity to use the other person's own methods against him.

This seems like an even better idea to infuriate people to death.

After a brief pause, before Mei Zhixuan could even retort, he reached out a hand to lightly cover his nose, saying with utter disdain, "Could it be your face... perhaps you've contracted some kind of venereal disease that has spread to your face, which is why you need to cover it? If so, my medical skills are quite good; I can overlook past grievances and take your pulse and prescribe a medicine for you free of charge, how about it?"

Upon hearing this, Mei Zhixuan was indeed furious. He immediately lowered his eyes, clenched his teeth, and glared fiercely at Yi Junhao, about to vent his anger...

Just then, the two of them simultaneously heard a woman's panicked shouts and hurried footsteps coming from outside the door: "It's bad! The soldiers are here! It's bad! The soldiers are here..."

It is said that the reason why Wanjiao Pavilion was able to grow so rapidly in just two years and become the number one brothel in Western Qin was because it had to maintain excellent relations with the local government on a daily basis, which enabled it to operate so successfully.

But why are the authorities suddenly coming to investigate today? Who ordered this investigation? And what are they investigating...?

Hearing this, it was clear that the verbal battle between Prince Mei Zhixuan of Dongning Kingdom and Crown Prince Yi Junhao of Nan'an Kingdom, who had just met, could no longer continue.

Hearing the growing commotion outside, the two of them strode to the door and peered out.

Just then, Yan Hong rushed upstairs in a panic, but she wasn't there to see Mei Zhixuan.

As soon as Yan Hong came upstairs, she knocked on the door of the next room. The woman who opened the door was Lan Xiang. As soon as Yan Hong saw half of Lan Xiang's face, she hurriedly slipped her hand through the crack in the door, pulled Lan Xiang out, grabbed her hand, and rushed downstairs, saying as she ran, "The soldiers are here. They seem to be looking for someone. Come with me quickly..."

The two stumbled down the stairs and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Yi Junhao and Mei Zhixuan both leaned half their bodies out of the door at the same time, one in front of the other, one above the other, looking at the two women who were gradually disappearing in front of them with puzzlement. They looked at each other, wondering what had happened.

At this moment, Yi Shangyun, who was dressed in the next room, came out from behind the screen.

But when he came out, he saw that Lanxiang was no longer in the room, so he frowned and seemed a little puzzled.

Looking up, I saw that the door was slightly ajar, and I could faintly hear a series of noisy sounds coming in. So I slowly walked towards the door and gradually stuck my head out.

"Girl!" Yi Junhao exclaimed in surprise as soon as he saw her, and Mei Zhixuan behind him also looked at her instantly.

"Third Young Master" Yi Shangyun was equally surprised.

Originally, Yi Junhao only suspected the white-clad figure who entered Wanjiao Pavilion. He felt it was Yi Shangyun, so he secretly followed him into Wanjiao Pavilion to confirm.

He was following along just fine when he was suddenly stopped by a group of beautiful women who appeared out of nowhere. It took him a lot of effort and a lot of coaxing and pleading to get rid of them. But then he realized that he had lost track of Yi Shangyun.

Just as he was searching everywhere again, he encountered a ragged, mute girl downstairs.

Yi Junhao painstakingly gestured for a long time to describe Yi Shangyun's appearance, but the mute girl didn't seem to understand what he was saying. In the end, she simply pointed to what appeared to be the door at the far end of the upstairs room and gestured for a long time. He seemed to vaguely understand that the mute girl was indicating to him that she saw Yi Shangyun being dragged by a woman into that room upstairs.

It turns out that the mute girl was pointing to the room next to the one on the far side, not the one on the far side itself.

Yi Junhao finally realized that he had knocked on the wrong door and had stumbled upon an extremely arrogant but unknown foreign spy and a mysterious painting.

Just as he was pondering this, he saw the soldiers about to come upstairs...