"Listen carefully, this young master is telling you!"

"Lü Ping Xuan is Nanfeng Pavilion, also known as Xiao Guan Pavilion, a place that keeps male prostitutes and provides entertainment for people." Song Huai stared intently at Shen Qiyin, hoping to see a shameful and embarrassed expression on her face after he finished speaking.

Unfortunately, he was disappointed.

Shen Qiyin remained calm and composed, her tone steady and even, unaffected by the situation.

She gave a meaningful "Oh," and said, "You've been there?"

Song Huai was taken aback by her question.

Noticing that the onlookers were suddenly looking at him, he immediately denied it as if someone had stepped on his tail, saying vehemently, "I...I've never been to a place like that, don't make false accusations!"

"How do you know my junior brother is the top courtesan there if you've never been?"

“I…” Song Huai was speechless for a moment.

However, he quickly realized what he was saying and said, "I heard it from someone else."

"I heard?" Shen Qiyin smiled, "Heh, can hearsay really count?"

Song Huai stiffened his neck: "Why not?"

"I've also heard that you fell into a cesspool, Young Master Song. Is that true?"

"That's utter nonsense!" Song Huai jumped up and down in a fit of anger. "Whoever spouts this nonsense, I'll tear their mouth off!"

Shen Qiyin shook her head: "It doesn't matter who said it. I'm just curious whether this matter is true or false."

"Of course it's fake!"

"On what grounds?" Shen Qiyin calmly retorted, "On what grounds are the things you hear true, and the things I hear false?"

"Just because you are the young master of the Marquis of Jianning's mansion, and I am merely the daughter of a lowly physician?"

"According to you, the capital city has become a place where only social status matters, and right and wrong are disregarded."

At first glance, Shen Qiyin's words seem like a simple rebuttal, but in reality, they are not.

The fact that right and wrong have become indistinguishable and black and white has become rampant under the emperor's nose is not just a matter of the place itself being problematic, but rather a consequence of the emperor's incompetence and foolishness.

If Song Huai doesn't explain today, tomorrow the petitions impeaching Marquis Jianning will fill the imperial study!

He wasn't well-liked by his father to begin with, and if he caused such a disaster, his father would skin him alive!

Therefore, even though Song Huai was full of resentment, he had no choice but to follow Shen Qiyin's lead.

How should I put it?

If hearsay is not to be taken seriously, then what the two people said is false.

On the contrary, they are all true.

In other words, he either admits that he fell into a cesspool, or he denies that Sanwa is the top courtesan at Green Apple Pavilion.

Seeing Shen Qiyin waiting for his answer with a calm and composed expression, Song Huai was furious, but he could only grit his teeth and say, "...I also heard from someone that the top courtesan of Green Apple Pavilion, 'Gentleman Radiance,' has a rouge mark between his eyebrows, which is why I mistook Doctor Sanwa for him."

Despite saying this, he was still unwilling to give up, saying, "I suppose only the madam of Green Apple Pavilion can tell the difference."

"Why don't we just invite her over and see what's going on!"