Chapter 265 Men don’t like women who are too thoughtful
"Healthy, naturally healthy."
Song Yanxi arched her brows and said, "I heard a few days ago that it was particularly good. I stayed in Chunyu Pavilion for most of the month."
Chunyu Pavilion is a famous brothel in Kyoto's red-light district.
The building is filled with beautiful women and only receives high-ranking officials and dignitaries.
The cheapest girl among them cost twenty taels of silver a night.
The Marquis's Mansion allocated only eighty taels to Lianyuan every month. Even if the family of four did not eat or drink, it was only enough for four nights of leisure.
As for silver...
Song Yanxi wasn't so kind as to pay for her own father to visit a brothel.
As the son-in-law of the richest man in Da'an and the biological father of Princess Yong'an, as long as Song Huai'en shows a little willingness to act as a matchmaker, there will naturally be many people willing to give him money.
Who doesn’t like white money?
In just two months, the family of four spent nearly ten thousand taels of silver, which was quite a glorious sum.
Song Yanxi always remembered what Yan Yichuan taught them when they were young.
There is no such thing as a free lunch, unless someone deliberately hides poison in the pie to kill you.
Doctor Liu took the time to drink a sip of tea, intending to moisten his throat, but was choked by Song Yanxi's words and coughed violently a few times.
He said with a gloomy look in his eyes, "Girls, you should be more careful with your words."
Song Yanxi chuckled, "Just pretend you didn't hear it."
"You..." Military Doctor Liu was at a loss for words, and said seriously, "Don't ever mention this again outside, not even in front of the prince."
Thinking of Zihuan, Song Yanxi asked, "Don't you also think that His Royal Highness Prince Jin is a good person?"
"Even good people are not allowed to do that." Military Doctor Liu said firmly.
He murmured to himself, "Men don't like women who are too thoughtful, especially the smarter they are."
Song Yanxi agreed: "Stupid ones should just be obedient and do whatever they are told to do. They won't have their own ideas."
In other words, it doesn’t matter whether you have ideas or not.
You just need to be obedient and dignified enough to play the role of the mistress of the harem.
If she had not seen her mother's bright and casual appearance in her youth from her grandfather's words and in the portrait in his study, she might have thought that she was born like this.
Like all the wives of noble families, she was graceful and elegant, but not very popular, like a puppet used by the man to make fun of her.
Doctor Liu opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end all he could say was a sigh.
After a while, he finally spoke: "Girl, this has been the case between men and women since ancient times. Our current emperor is already open-minded."
If the person who said this was Mo Jinchuan, Song Yanxi would definitely ask in return, "Has it always been like this since ancient times?"
But she couldn't say it to Doctor Liu.
This little old man was already very kind. He gave all his kindness to the soldiers and civilians in the border town, and did not exclude or target her just because she was a girl.
If we want to change those deeply rooted ideas, it is useless to make things difficult for them. It still depends on this generation.
Thinking of what he had just said about Zihuan's biological father, Song Yanxi hesitated for a moment and asked, "Zihuan was adopted by His Royal Highness Prince Jin. Why hasn't anyone else heard a word about it?"
Doctor Liu said awkwardly, "The army is so busy all day long, how can we have time to spread such gossip? Do you think we are all like those drunkards in the capital, who have forgotten their own names after drinking a few sips of cat urine?"
He raised his chin slightly and said proudly, "Let alone Zihuan, even about the other three children, you must have only heard that their mother is unknown at most."
Song Yanxi stood in awe, her eyes blazing as she said, "As expected of Mr. Liu, you guessed it word for word."
"Stop flattering me!"
Doctor Liu pushed the empty teacup forward and said, "Fill it up for me."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the voice of Doctor Xu outside.
"Is Lao Liu in there?"
“No.”
Doctor Liu was in the middle of a conversation and was unwilling to leave just like that.
But as soon as he finished speaking, Doctor Xu said "I'm sorry" and lifted the curtain of the tent and came in.
He bowed towards Song Yanxi and said hurriedly, "It's raining heavily in the west. Judging from the situation, the rain may continue until the second half of the night. The person who was supposed to pick up General Lin hasn't sent a message back yet.
If I can’t get back before the rain stops…”
Doctor Xu didn't even know how to say the rest.
Military Doctor Liu's face darkened as he spoke in a cold voice, "After all, he's been in battle for years. He shouldn't be so incapable of overcoming such a small challenge. The prince and An Yi narrowly escaped death at Beifengpo and returned."
"How can he compare with the prince?"
Doctor Xu almost blurted out the words, and only then realized that it was inappropriate for him to look down on Lin Tingfeng so obviously in front of Song Yanxi.
Seeing that she was not angry, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said anxiously: "I don't know if General Lin has borrowed the medicine yet. It's raining so hard, if the herbs are soaked in water, they will all be ruined."
Upon hearing this, Doctor Liu could no longer sit still.
He stood up suddenly and said in a deep voice, "I will take people to pick him up. General Lin must not get into trouble until the crisis in the border city is resolved."
Doctor Xu's eyelids twitched wildly as he listened.
What does this mean?
Once the crisis in the border town is resolved, General Xu can be in trouble?
He took a few quick steps, walked over to Doctor Liu, nudged him with his elbow, and said in a low voice, "Brother, could you please not be so scary?"
If someone with ulterior motives heard this, they would definitely make things difficult for him.
Doctor Liu didn't have time to chat with him and quickly reminded him, "The mountain road is slippery and difficult to walk on after the rain. I may not be able to make it back tomorrow. You have to stay here and help.
There are at least dozens of people here, and Doctor Song can't handle it all by himself. There's not much medicine left, and I'm worried there'll be trouble."
"Okay, I'll take care of it, you release it..." Doctor Xu nodded in agreement, but the next moment he felt something was wrong.
He grabbed Doctor Liu's arm and said, "No, you can't go. How can you walk on the mountain road with your weak legs?"
"Get out of here!"
"No, you stay here and help. I'm a few years younger than you and my legs are nimbler. I'll go."
"Stop the fucking nonsense, who is the older brother?"
The two old military doctors were arguing so fiercely that they didn't even notice that someone was missing from the tent.
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"If you want to leave the city, you have to step over the corpses of my subordinates!" An Yi blocked the way with a gloomy face.
Without saying a word, Song Yanxi pulled out Cheng Duan's sword and placed it across his neck.
“Get out of the way!”
"Girl, do it."
An Yi closed his eyes and did not move at all.
Even if he died here today, he would never let the girl take the risk.
Who the hell is Lin Tingfeng? Is he worthy enough for the girl to go rescue him in the heavy rain?
Noticing someone passing by, An Yi opened his eyes vigilantly, but he didn't expect to be punched on the head.
The scene before my eyes began to spin instantly.
As he fell, he heard Song Yanxi angrily say, "Didn't you say a light tap on the side of the neck would suffice? Why did General Cheng use such a heavy hand?"
Cheng Duan said innocently, "Princess, calm down. I'm naturally strong and don't know what a gentle tap is. I'm afraid if I use too much force, the Dark Commander will get hurt again."
"you……"
Song Yanxi sighed softly and said, "Put him on the bed, don't let him catch a cold."
Before An Yi completely lost consciousness, he heard her say, "If you were in the city, others wouldn't suspect I had left. Before the prince returns, the city must remain in turmoil.
As for Lin Tingfeng, he can die outside, but the medicine must be brought back."
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