"She went back?" The emperor's eyes widened. Is his money worthless?
"Your Majesty, perhaps His Highness has forgotten you."
"Never mind, she doesn't want to see me. Never mind, never mind!" The Emperor simply started reading the memorials.
As an emperor, he really has the spirit of not stopping on the 30th and continuing to work on the first day of the new year.
After Ji Yingying returned to Sishiju, she began to count her money, and the more she counted, the happier she became.
On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Ji Jiayu took Yanni back to her parents' home. The morning was chaotic, which was typical of Ji Jiayu's personality.
After everyone else left, Ji Yingying came out. Fang Yulan's family home wasn't here, so she decided to stay at home.
"Dad, Mom looks so bored. Why don't you take her out for a walk?"
"Alright, will you come out with us?"
"I'm not going..."
"You two go out, and I'm supposed to just go along and be a third wheel? I don't want to."
I'm going to the store to hand out red envelopes. It's Chinese New Year, and people are still working. As the boss, I have to show some concern for my employees.
Knowing that she had plans, he simply let her stay at home. The couple went out, leaving only Ji Jiaming, who was still studying hard.
"Brother, how about you come with me to the store to hand out red envelopes?"
"Alright, let's go."
The amount of silver in each red envelope is different, ranging from a copper coin to a hundred taels of silver, depending on which one the waiters draw.
Even though it’s not much, it’s a thoughtful gesture!
There are quite a lot of guys working in the store. When they all heard that they could get double wages, basically no one wanted to take a break and they all rolled up their sleeves to continue working.
After Ji Yingying arrived, she asked Fu Yunjie to arrange for someone to come in and draw red envelopes.
When the guys heard that they could draw a red envelope, with the lowest amount being a copper coin and the highest being one hundred taels, everyone was beaming. When entering the box, they couldn't help but pray to the gods, asking them to bless them to win the big red envelope.
Since this was the case, Ji Jiaming did not let Ji Yingying watch over the situation. Instead, he watched the situation himself and asked Ji Yingying to sit in the cabinet to prevent her from betraying the red envelope.
Each of the waiters entered without daring to look up. After drawing their red envelopes, they immediately opened them. Those who received one tael or two were happy, and those who received two taels were even happier.
The draw was almost over when the one hundred taels note came out and was drawn by an old lady.
The old lady is old and is usually responsible for cleaning several stores.
She was all alone, and when she drew the hundred taels, Ji Yingying asked her, "Grandma, what do you plan to do with it? Will you save it?"
In this era, poor people like to save their money and don’t like to go out to eat and drink.
Honest people are even worse... They would rather starve than spend a penny more. Ji Yingying despises those who suffer without effort.
"I plan to buy a house, a smaller one, so I don't have to live in the store. Woohoo, boss, you are a living asshole!" After saying this, he knelt down.
Those red eyes don't look fake.
"Alright, I'll have Fu Yunjie take a look for you. What do you think?"
"Okay, thank you, boss."
Ji Yingying asked Fu Yunjie for help, and Ji Jiaming also met his classmates and went out.
Ji Yingying was the only one left.
It was getting dark, and Ji Yingying decided to go to Liuxiangju to take a look.
Let's go to Liuxiangju quietly to see if it looks good during Chinese New Year.
[Okay, go ahead.] Ji Yingying was a man of action. She would do what she said and go out directly, or quietly.
It had just rained outside, and there were still traces of water on the bluestone road, and some unmelted snow could be seen.
[The snow seems to be quite heavy this year. There should be heavy snow in the north.]
[I think so. Have you thought about the countermeasures for heavy snowfall? ]
The sound of falling snow—close your eyes and imagine it will never stop, but you can't get close...
【It makes you want to deal with the snowstorm, and you sing. 】
[Things haven't happened yet, thinking too much will only lead to internal conflict, understand?] It would be much better to go to Liuxiangju instead!
The night at Liuxiangju was getting better and better. As soon as she stepped in, she was spotted by the madam who was greeting guests. She exclaimed happily, "Miss, it's you! Quickly, please come upstairs to the private room. Are you still one of those young masters?"
"What you're saying, madam? Of course, we're here to listen to music and watch dancing. Were we here to eat?"
"Oh, I've spoken out of turn," the madam said, her eyes wrinkled with laughter. "Young lady, please come in. I'll go call her over right away."
Ji Yingying didn't answer, but took out a silver ingot from her sleeve and handed it to the madam.
"It's the New Year, here's a reward for you!" He looked just like a spoiled brat, it didn't seem out of place at all.
"Oh, this is... a little girl..." a voice suddenly rang out.
Ji Yingying looked up and saw a group of playboys, even more dissolute than herself, raising their eyebrows and making faces at her.
"Why, the little girl can't come play here?"
"Yes, it's New Year's Day, don't spend all the red envelopes, or you will get beaten when you go back." After saying that, he laughed.
Although Liuxiangju had female entertainers and male officials, it was indeed a genuine brothel.
There are not many girls coming here. Most of the people who can come here are men.
The young men found it amusing to look at such a young girl so seriously, and couldn't help teasing her, "Do you know how to play with women?"
"Hey~Brother Jia, you should ask, do you know how to play with men?"
That's a lot...
[My goodness, they didn’t even know what they were doing when I was playing!]
this……
Everyone looked at each other, and suddenly understood why she dared to come here.
It turned out to be the Princess Protector of the Nation!
A few months ago, news came from the capital that the Princess was chased and beaten by her own mother for visiting a brothel, and she almost couldn't attend the morning court the next day.
Moreover, the eldest princess has the emperor behind her, so she can't afford to offend him, nor dare to.
Offending her means not only not being able to go home, but also potentially implicating your family.
Although they are not very capable, they know what is important and what is urgent.
"It's our fault. We'll leave immediately and won't bother you anymore."
[Huh? What's wrong with these people? Weren't they supposed to teach me how to play with men?]
I don't know either, but they have some gossip on them, wanna eat some?
【eat.】
The one in the middle of the three is named Lu Shaoqin. He has the most power among them, and the other two are all trying to curry favor with him.
【Then what?】
[Then, those two were sent by Lu Shaoqin's aunt. Their purpose was to make him willingly submit to weakness, so that the Lu family's assets would go to her son.]
[So it's the same old story we've heard before; these concubines really do use the same tricks.]
【This is different. This concubine's child isn't from the Lu family. She's plotting to kill the entire Lu family, including collateral relatives, ideally extending to the extermination of nine generations of their family.】
【What did the Lu family do to her? 】
[I can't see what they are specifically talking about, but they just want the Lu family to die and not be able to live.]
[In that case, let's eat melons when we meet. I have more important things to do now.]
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