"Where is Master Lu from? Does he have a wife and children? Or concubines?"
"I live in Lingnan and do business all over the place. I have a wife and children, as well as six concubines. My lady is so beautiful, why don't you come home with me? If you come with me, I will redeem you from your servitude immediately. From now on, you will be my wife, Master Lu's wife. I will definitely spoil you rotten. What do you say?"
Master Lu leered at Cen Xi's figure, his determined look making Cen Xi want to punch him, but she held back for the sake of the woman inside.
"Drink this tea, then go lie down on the bed. I'll tidy up and come to serve you."
Cen Xi smiled and handed him a cup of tea.
"Okay!"
The portly man took the tea she offered, and hastily hid behind the screen, saying:
"Young lady, I'll take off my clothes and wait for you right away."
"No need to wait any longer, I'm right here."
No sooner had the fat rich man finished speaking than Zhu Yanniang pulled him into the quilt, and then the bed curtains fell, revealing a sea of red.
Listening from outside, Cen Xi felt like the bed was about to break under the weight of the two people.
She shook her head speechlessly; she couldn't stay in this room any longer. So she said:
"Well, I won't disturb your good time, Zhu Yanniang. I'll go next door and find you another man. If he's suitable, I'll send him over. Take it easy, and remember what you said when you came out. Don't ruin him."
"Um!"
Zhu Yanniang freed her mouth, hummed in agreement, and then flipped over, pounced on him, and choked the rich man to finish what he was about to say.
After Cen Xi pushed open the door and went out, he locked it.
"Oh? Why are you out here, young lady?"
Just as Cen Xi was about to step into the madam's room, the madam brought in another sucker.
Cen Xi looked the man up and down and was speechless. What kind of luck was this? Another fat man, and just as fat as the last one.
Are fat men the only rich people visiting brothels lately?
"The person inside is handling matters and leads you to the next room."
Cen Xi glanced calmly at the madam and pointed to a room next door.
"Well... okay, wait a minute."
The madam glanced at it with a troubled expression, then knocked on the door of the next room and asked a young woman to come out.
The young woman gave Cen Xi a complicated look, then left without saying a word and followed the madam.
After Cen Xi took over the place, she wasn't ashamed at all. She let the fat man in again and used someone else's teapot to brew him a pot of tea.
She washed the quilt several times before pouring a glass for the other person and a glass for herself.
"You're so beautiful, girl. No wonder my mother said she'd give you a thousand taels of gold. You're definitely worth that price."
As soon as Cen Xi sat down, the plump old man opposite her looked at her with a kind expression.
Cen Xi didn't know why she could feel the affection, but she just had this inexplicable feeling, and it was quite annoying.
"So you brought the silver notes worth a thousand taels of gold?"
"To win Sleeping Beauty, you must show sincerity. Today, I've brought not only a thousand taels of gold, but this whole pile is yours."
The fat man smiled, reached into his pocket, and pulled out a large wad of silver notes, placing them in front of Cen Xi.
Cen Xi glanced at him and counted the silver notes on the table.
Yes! That's quite a lot, a full five thousand taels, enough for Zhu Yanniang to sleep with five men.
"May I ask this gentleman what you do for a living? And why do you frequent brothels?"
Cen Xi asked, feigning profundity.
“I am from a branch of the Jun family. You know the Jun family, right? They are the local tyrants of Shangyang City. I’m not bragging, but in Shangyang City, my Second Master Jun can make people tremble with just a word. Moreover, I never paid any money when I came to places like this before. Today, the madam said that a newcomer has arrived and she has set her own rules: she will only sell herself for a thousand taels of gold.”
"I was so curious that I came up to take a look. The girl is really beautiful, even more beautiful than the girls I brought back before. Today you will come with me and stop serving others. Go back to our Jun family and become my concubine. From now on, you can walk around Shangyang City with your head held high, and no one will dare to bully you. How about that?"
The fat old man spoke eloquently about how imposing and domineering he was.
Perhaps because he was used to seeing beautiful women, although he praised Cen Ximei, he did not make any advances or say any lewd things.
“Sir, even if I wanted to go back with you, I couldn’t. I’ve sold myself here, and to redeem myself, I’d need a lot of money. Just think, you want to sleep with me for one night, and it costs a thousand taels of gold. To redeem me, it would cost at least a hundred thousand taels of gold. Are you willing to do that?”
Cen Xi blinked, deliberately looking at the old man in front of her who was so ugly that she couldn't bear to give him to Zhu Yanniang, and said.
"Why would I need 100,000 taels of gold? I won't spend a single penny here. Come on, come with me now. Do you think I can afford to spend 100,000 taels of gold?"
The fat old man chuckled and immediately got up, walking over to Cen Xi and intending to pull her away.
Cen Xi dodged it with a quick movement, and smiled reassuringly:
"Oh, I see. That young lady was quite ignorant. Please have a seat, Your Excellency. I'll go with you later. How about we chat some more?"
"Let's chat a little longer. Your tea is quite good, very sweet."
Seeing that he couldn't catch anyone, the fat old man could only sit down and chuckle awkwardly.
"Hmm, I'd like to ask, were there any other sisters from our Chunhua Pavilion who were brought into the manor by the Lord before?"
Cen Xi had a smile on her face, looking like a curious child.
"Yes, the girls at Chunhua Pavilion are really beautiful. I have six concubines from there. If you come back with me, you'll be the seventh."
The fat old man had a smug look on his face.
"Did you redeem them before? How much did it cost? Did the madam just agree to let you take me away?"
Cen Xi looked at her and pressed for more information.
"How could I possibly spend money, young lady? Let me tell you, the Jun family is the bread and butter of Shangyang City. The madam looks at me like she's her own ancestor. How could she possibly ask for money? It's a blessing for Chunhua Pavilion that you're giving me this girl. I'm just accumulating good fortune for Chunhua Pavilion. I, Second Master Jun, wouldn't deign to give good fortune to other places."
The fat old man frowned and looked at Cen Xi with disapproval, while babbling on and on.
After his explanation, Cen Xi finally understood why this person was there.
So this old man is the local tyrant of Shangyang City, someone no one dares to mess with. So the madam wants to use her as a tool to get rid of him today.
Or, to put it another way, the madam felt that this Master Jun was not someone to be trifled with, and that he might come up with a foolish trick to subdue her and Zhu Yanniang, thus avenging them for ruining her business tonight.
In any case, she has benefited from this today.
After figuring this out, Cen Xi was utterly speechless. She had paid money, after all. Although what she did today wasn't very ethical, she had genuinely spent money.
Five thousand taels of silver notes, although not comparable to gold, are still a considerable sum, well.
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