Chapter 29 I like women with gentle temperament
She has a close relationship with the Zhou family, so it is not easy to kill someone with someone else's knife. Liu Mingyue thought for a moment, and the first person that popped up in her mind was the famous young general in her previous life.
She had seen that man once or twice by chance when she attended a palace banquet, and in this life, he was still in the cold palace. That man was the current unpopular ninth prince, Chi Hongyuan.
"Madam? Are you okay?" After Guihua finished replying, she saw that her master did not speak, with a solemn look between her eyebrows. She was a little worried that the madam was worried about Aunt Liu. Since the master was going to the battle, the mistress might secretly make trouble for Aunt Liu.
"My aunt doesn't argue with others and stays in her own courtyard most of the time. Even if the mistress tries to make things difficult for her on purpose, she can't go too far because of the master's face. Nothing will happen." Guihua thought of many words to comfort her master, not knowing that she had guessed her master's thoughts wrongly.
Liu Mingyue realized that she had misunderstood and chuckled, but did not reject her kindness: "Thank you, I feel better now."
"I want to read a book, you all go down first." Liu Mingyue picked up a book and sat on the Luohan couch. Huasheng lit another lamp and put it on the table, then left with Guihua.
Liu Mingyue casually opened a page of the book, seemingly reading seriously, but in fact, she didn't pay attention to a single word. She had to find a way to get in touch with this secretive and low-key prince.
Chi Hongyuan is as his name suggests, he is not an ordinary person. Although he seems to be doing his job in the cold palace, he is actually taking this opportunity to secretly win over powerful forces.
The wind starts from the tip of the green duckweed, and Chi Hongyuan was just a breeze at the tip of the green duckweed that no one cared about at the beginning.
Liu Mingyue leaned on the table and stared at the pages of the book in a daze. The firelight on the table flickered, and the woman raised her eyes in surprise and looked.
It turned out that a moth flew in from the window in search of light, and flapped its wings around the dancing flames, as if foreshadowing something.
In her previous life, before her death, the Ninth Prince in the cold palace had already begun to emerge and show his talent. He had several privately run shops in the capital, and she had business dealings with his shops.
The memories that remained in her mind were very helpful to her plans for her lifetime. This information would allow her to find opportunities to get close to Chi Hongyuan and establish a connection with him.
Liu Mingyue put a lampshade on the oil lamp to separate the moths from the fire.
Half a month later, it was the first day of the month. Liu Mingyue stayed in the house all day. After nightfall, she asked Peanut Butter to bring her men's clothes. After changing clothes, she put on a human skin mask and took out a gold-sprinkled fan from the fan box.
"It's getting dark. Where are you going?" Peanut helped his master straighten his clothes, leaned over and asked her.
"I remembered that I missed the account book of Ruyi Pavilion. I will go back and look at it carefully. Business matters cannot be sloppy, especially the accounts."
Liu Mingyue fooled people without blushing or beating her heart. Huasheng knew nothing about business and just felt uneasy.
"Can you handle it by yourself?" Peanut frowned as he saw that his master had no intention of letting him follow.
"It's just a matter of checking the accounts. It's a little difficult, but for a traveling merchant, this is the most basic thing. You and Guihua can rest first. I will change my clothes and go to sleep when I come back. Don't wait for me to come back."
Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention to her side of the courtyard, Liu Mingyue quietly left the Marquis' Mansion, but did not go to Ruyi Pavilion. Instead, she came to a long, brightly lit alley in the north of the city. This was the famous fireworks place in the capital.
Red-light districts have always been places of debauchery where flowers are everywhere and people dazzle the eyes. Some people come here just to have fun, while others spend huge sums of money.
Chi Hongyuan would go to Zuixianglou, the most lively place in the red-light district, on the first and fifteenth day of every month. This glamorous place with constant lights was also owned by Chi Hongyuan and was used specifically to collect intelligence for him.
Liu Mingyue hired a carriage. Before she arrived at Zui Xiang Lou, she smelled a faint fragrance floating in the air, which was the scent of cosmetics.
"Young master, we're here." The coachman put the footrest in place, then rolled up the curtain and asked Liu Mingyue to get off the carriage.
Putting away the folding fan in her hand, Liu Mingyue slowly got off the carriage and walked towards Zui Xiang Lou.
He was so elegant and seemed to be an upright man, and he didn't look like someone who would hang out in brothels. However, there was never a shortage of these sanctimonious young men in brothels.
"Oh, a new face is here today. I wonder what kind of girl you want, sir. In our Zui Xiang Lou, beauty is to everyone's taste. There is always a type you like." The madam was only middle-aged, and perhaps because of years of forcing herself to smile, there were a few deep wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.
Liu Mingyue came here for a different reason. She pretended to blush and coughed, "I like elegant and graceful women. I like romance. It would be even better if the girl could play the piano well."
There was a hint of embarrassment on her face, but her voice was clear and frank. The madam was not surprised to hear that he wanted a clean prostitute. She smiled and ordered someone to take Liu Mingyue to the side room first. Before going upstairs, he casually handed the madam fifty taels of silver.
The madam took it with a smile, and the smile on her face deepened: "Young Master, please go to the box and wait for a while, someone will be here soon."
Soon after they sat down in the wing room, fruits and snacks were served. After the fruits and snacks were put down, a beautiful girl came in holding a Fuxi guqin and bowed to Liu Mingyue gracefully: "What do you want to hear, sir?"
The girl's voice was gentle, and her figure was as slender as a willow in the wind, which made people feel pity for her. She was worthy of being a member of Zui Xiang Lou.
"Let's play a piece of music while we enjoy the flowers." After saying this, Liu Mingyue waved to the servant and asked for a pot of osmanthus wine.
Since she was in Zui Xiang Lou, she had to look good. She didn't want to be out of place here.
When the girl played the zither, she saw that Liu Mingyue only nodded to her and didn't look at her again. A hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but she still knelt down in front of the low table, put the zither in place, and calmly played a piece of music with graceful melody about appreciating flowers.
Liu Mingyue was leaning against the window of the side room, listening to the piano and sipping some wine, her eyes seemingly falling unintentionally on the lobby on the first floor, as if he was a young man from a wealthy family who came to listen to music, drink, watch the fun and kill time.
She seemed to be at leisure, but in fact her hand holding the wine cup was rubbing the rim of the cup in an impatient manner.
"Sir, my piano is not played well?" When Liu Mingyue was distracted, the girl stopped playing.
Liu Mingyue realized that she had lost control of her expression, and turned to the girl playing the zither and smiled, "Not really, you play very well, keep going."
Seeing that she really had no intention of blaming him, the girl continued to play. Liu Mingyue filled the wine glass, restrained the expression on her face, and continued to think about Chi Hongyuan.
The memories of her previous life were so vague and unreachable that she was not sure that Chi Hongyuan would come today. The difficulty of leaving the palace and leaving the mansion was simply incomparable. Maybe there was an accident and she was tripped up.
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