Chapter 58 A paragon of male virtue has come to watch Xiao Xie visit the brothel! Look at me…
Pei Jiu Niangzi was taken aback for a moment, and then a belated joy appeared on her face.
With a client base as high-quality as Xie Qianli, how could Pei Jiu Niangzi possibly have the time or inclination to continue having tea parties with others?
She immediately sent someone to refuse the patron, claiming she had sprained her ankle. Lady Pei, holding her dog, bowed and led Xie Qianli back to Yulouchun.
Yulouchun was the largest brothel in Chang'an.
The building is magnificent, with carved beams and painted rafters. The window lattices inside let in apricot and light pink light, making the whole building look charming.
A pimp had already lifted the crystal curtain.
A fragrant breeze wafted over, carrying the heavy, sweet scent of rouge, making Xie Qianli's heart and lungs choke.
The beauties passing by him all noticed the tall, handsome man in fine clothes standing at the door and couldn't help but stare at him a few more times. Some of the bolder girls even tried to brush him off with their handkerchiefs, but when they saw his gaze fall on them, they all stopped warily.
Pei Jiu Niangzi felt even more puzzled.
If you said he was here for leisure, his expression was anything but relaxed; if you said he was on official business, he didn't ask any questions.
Little did Pei Jiu Niangzi know that Xie Qianli had absolutely no experience visiting brothels. He was already distraught, and now he seemed even more numb.
Pei Jiu Niangzi forcefully opened the door: "Young master, are you here to enjoy tea, listen to songs and watch dances? The Peach Blossom Wine of Jade Pavilion is intoxicating, and the Zhezhi Dance is famous throughout the world."
Xie Qianli replied, "Please make arrangements as you wish, young lady. First, take me to a quiet room." After speaking, he handed over the turban.
This caught Pei Jiu Niangzi's eye; what a brilliant touch!
In fact, with his official salary and annual stipend, Xie Qianli's annual income was at least ten thousand taels of silver. He had no idea how much it cost to patronize a brothel, and somehow he became a distinguished guest in Pei Jiu Niangzi's eyes by sheer chance.
What he stumbled upon even more was that if the man in the building who planned to spend the night there hadn't mentioned spending the night together, but had simply said he was going to a secluded place, everyone would have understood.
Another blush appeared on Pei Jiu Niangzi's face.
"Please come upstairs, guest."
Yu Lou Chun has three floors. The first floor is the lobby, and the second floor has private rooms. Passing through the lobby, one can hear lewd talk and unrestrained behavior from the guests, who occasionally clink glasses when urged to drink. Xie Qianli keeps his eyes straight ahead.
The second floor was only slightly more elegant than the downstairs. Guests discussed popular storybooks, and one of the beauties mentioned a story that was currently popular among young women in the city, featuring an emperor from some unknown dynasty.
Xie Qianli felt a tightness in his back. He hurriedly quickened his pace.
He would also pass by the room and ask girls to accompany him for drinks, talk about world affairs, and when he drank too much, he would talk about the situation in the North and South, having a great time.
Meanwhile, some people were enjoying themselves, with soft moans drifting out of the room and the furniture creaking and groaning inside.
Xie Qianli was not uneducated in this area, so he naturally knew what he was doing.
He had drunk the imperial wine, which made him feel hot all over.
His brows furrowed tightly.
At the prime of his life, when passion stirred, images he shouldn't have seen would appear in his mind. He dared not let those images become clearer, and could only suppress them desperately.
Fortunately, we entered the side room at that moment.
Pei Jiu Niangzi's private room was quite elegant, with decent soundproofing. Xie Qianli breathed a slight sigh of relief and sat down in the main seat with an air of authority. At this moment, only the little dog dared to approach; Pei Jiu Niangzi assumed she was about to preside over a military meeting.
Fortunately, the head of the guild is a head of the guild after all; he is experienced and can handle any kind of customer.
Pei Jiu Niangzi picked up a pot of rose dew and poured it full. The fragrance of the roses was rich and the scent of perfume wafted around her. "May I ask how you are addressed, young master? Since it's just the two of us here, I hope you will relax, or you might frighten me."
"My surname is..." Xie was not uttered, the last syllable turning into Xi, a completely unprofessional alias.
Pei Jiu Niangzi greeted, "Greetings, Young Master Xi."
Xie Qianli sighed softly.
He naturally had to correct his bad habits. Xie Qianli accepted the rose dew, which was a low-alcohol wine that his patrons could drink without getting drunk, and the girls in the building could also drink as much as they wanted.
He raised his cup and gulped it down. Pei Jiu Niangzi poured him more, and he drank more and more as she poured. Xie Qianli finished the whole pot of rose dew immediately. His expression became even more solemn, unlike the usual talkative or frivolous behavior of a man after drinking.
This strange guest piqued Pei Jiu Niangzi's curiosity, and she began to respect his character. Why would this young man want to enter a brothel?
Pei Jiu Niangzi chuckled inwardly, increasingly eager to taste this young man's flavor. He had already drunk the entire pot of rose dew, which had been spiked with something; even a celestial being would find it hard to escape the snare of love.
Pei Jiu Niangzi was not in a hurry, watching little by little as the guest fell into her trap.
"My lord."
"My dear husband."
Before long, Pei Jiu Niangzi's voice seemed to come through a layer of mist, and her figure became indistinct.
Xie Qianli thought that he shouldn't be drunk, but he did have a drunken reaction. His dark eyes became dull. Although he could still maintain his sitting posture, Xie Qianli felt dizzy and then his lower abdomen burned.
His knees sank.
Pei Jiu Niangzi had already seized the opportunity to sit on his lap, causing Xie Qianli to suddenly tremble and his shoulders to shake slightly: "Get down."
How could the head of the business possibly give up this deal?
The more the man resisted, the more she knew he couldn't resist. She observed the sweat on Xie Qianli's forehead and the movement of his Adam's apple, knowing that the potency of the entire pot of rose dew was being exerted on his body.
Pei Jiu Niangzi added fuel to the fire: "Xi Lang, this place is a paradise of pleasure and debauchery. You've spent money, so I'll serve you until you're completely satisfied."
Her hand gripped Xie Qianli's shoulder, and she was suddenly stunned by the man's powerful physique beneath his official robes, feeling as if she had been electrocuted.
Pei Jiu Niangzi was terrified for a moment, but at the same time, she felt a surge of pleasure from taming a wild beast.
She gently massaged his shoulder inquisitively, and he clenched his teeth tighter and tighter.
Pei Jiu Niangzi scoffed, "Xi Lang, this is a place for men to unleash their wild side. Why did you come here? Are you here specifically to test yourself?"
Yes, why did we come here...?
Xie Qianli thought with great difficulty: In the afternoon, he realized that he had developed inappropriate lustful thoughts towards Ying Xi.
The thought had barely surfaced when it gradually became clear, so intense that he stopped himself in time, his mind instantly filled with turmoil.
He feared that this malicious intent would be exposed to Ying Xi, causing her to become wary and distant, or secretly regard him as an outsider.
This idea is wrong.
He tried to climb the brothel, hoping to get back on the right path.
Xie Qianli lowered his head and forced a bitter smile, then reached out to Pei Jiu Niangzi.
That hand was strong and powerful, with long, slender fingers and distinct knuckles, exuding a sense of strength.
Pei Jiu Niangzi was delighted and continued to coax her with a smile.
But the hand trembled as it approached, then painfully withdrew. Even though the man's fingertips were trembling and his face had turned pale from the burning effects of the drug, he still kept his distance from her, even enduring the full potion's power, and his hand abruptly stopped in front of her.
Pei Jiu Niangzi was stunned.
She sat on his lap, and then involuntarily got up.
Xie Qianli said in a hoarse voice, "I want to be alone for a while. Give me a pot of water. You should rest."
Pei Jiu Niangzi: "..."
There was a long silence.
If it weren't for the experienced captain's ability to tell that the man was holding back, he would have thought that the man was not capable!
As the top beauty of Yulouchun, she was actually kicked out of the embroidery room by a man. Although he was polite enough, Pei Jiu Niangzi was still quite unhappy. She secretly rolled her eyes. However, just as her eyes were wandering, she saw a long, soft, brown hair tied around the man's wrist.
Pei Jiu Niangzi was touched.
The courtesan, experienced in the ways of the world, could naturally guess that the hair belonged to the man's beloved.
She thought that he must have someone he admired but could not be with, and that he came to the brothel to forget her, but in the end he could not let go.
How could Lady Pei dare to be angry?
Having witnessed countless casual encounters, I've come to realize that there are men in this world who are deeply in love and remain unmoved even when faced with temptation. Such men are truly admirable.
***
Iced water, hangover soup, and a large plate of fruits and snacks.
Pei Jiu was a very hospitable person, and he really didn't bother them afterward.
Xie Qianli poured himself a full cup, one after another. He was so exhausted that he couldn't shake off the heat. He felt that all his bodily functions were working normally. Precisely because they were all too normal, he had to force himself not to have any fantasies. The moment a certain figure appeared, he used ice water to suppress them.
His stomach felt cold, but thankfully he was in good health.
He held the cup with a half-smile, but helplessness weighed heavily on his heart; he ultimately couldn't take that step in the brothel.
Seeing that strand of hair, where is Pei Jiu?
Xiao Xi's slender and graceful figure lingered everywhere, while the emperor's aloof and outstanding demeanor overlapped before his eyes.
The water had dried up, revealing ice at the bottom. Xie Qianli poured himself a glass of ice, poured it into his mouth, and chewed it, making a crunching sound. The coldness felt like needles pricking his mouth.
Crack, crack...
He forced himself to listen only to the sound of chewing ice cubes, banishing any distractions.
He took two steps forward with his wine cup in hand, then slumped against the wall. At that moment, he vaguely heard a deep male voice coming from next door, accompanied by a soft panting.
The sound was faint, but it was exceptionally clear against the wall, especially given the exceptional hearing of a martial artist.
Xie Qianli recognized the male voice among them—Prince Yong.
Prince Yong's voice was highly distinctive:
"You need to raise your legs a little higher."
"Yes, get closer, tilt your head back, and bend it upwards, as if you are both unbearable and forced to be conquered by me. Your expression doesn't look like that."
"Your Highness, please spare me..."
"No! No!"
"He won't beg for mercy; he's never ever acted like that before!."
But then one could hear the bed hitting the wall, and the voice of the person in the room had changed.
But the pleas for mercy were swallowed up by Prince Yong.
Prince Yong immediately became enraged: "If you want to talk about being presumptuous, you want to tell me to get out, you want to unleash mad dogs to tear me apart, and then cut me with a sharp blade, and finally, finally—finally give me a pitying look and send some insignificant little shrimp to treat me."
Prince Yong's voice had a hysterical madness about it.
Xie Qianli frowned, feeling something was off. His mind was in a daze, as Prince Yong had never been quite normal.
Meanwhile, the commotion next door grew louder and louder, almost breaking the wall panel open!
"Speak! Speak now!"
"How dare I, a lowly servant..."
But under Ying Dang's relentless pressure, the other party in the next room was almost destroyed.
Ultimately, he had no choice but to comply with Ying Dang's demands: "You are presumptuous."
Xie Qianli heard the voice clearly, his heartstrings tightened, and he instantly sobered up most of the drunkenness and fever.
Ying Dang, however, shouted with unbridled joy, "Royal brother, I'm being presumptuous! I've always wanted to be this presumptuous with you since I was little! Royal brother, look at me! Do you remember how close we used to be? And the promises we made to each other before coming to Chang'an?!"
"Brother, I want you, brother."
"Brother Emperor—"
Those delusional utterances echoed in the room.
But it made Xie Qianli's chest feel like it was about to explode, and in that instant he realized that Prince Yong had long harbored wicked intentions towards Ying Xi that disregarded human ethics!
A fire burned within him, as if someone was defiling his moon; jealousy and possessiveness made him completely unable to control his reason.
The wooden wall was solid, but he broke it open with a single palm strike. The entire Jade Pavilion roared loudly. He grabbed Ying Dang from behind by the back of his undergarment by the collar, pulled Ying Dang over, and punched him hard in the left cheek.
Caught off guard and unclothed, Ying Dang was struck in a daze and spat out blood.
A scream came from inside the bed curtains: "Ahhh, help! There's a fight!"
It wasn't a woman.
Xie Qianli had no intention of looking at her, but upon hearing that voice, he was shocked to discover that the person having an affair with Prince Yong was actually a young boy.
The boy wrapped himself in a blanket. He was slender and looked flustered. His brown hair was sticking to his cheeks with sweat. His face looked seven or eight parts like the emperor's!
At that moment, Xie Qianli's mind went blank.
He was not only astonished that men could actually have romantic relationships, but he also gained a deeper understanding of Prince Yong's treacherous intentions, and his anger reached its peak.
Xie Qianli threw another punch!
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