Gu Xin looked at Zheng Qiu seriously: "Xiao Qiu, you're right. Since there are laws, we should follow them. Otherwise, what's the use of laws?"
The woman in white pursed her lips, shook her head, and said nothing.
These two girls are thinking too simply. The emperor doesn't act according to the law. Throughout history, well, maybe our current emperor really does follow the law. After all, there has never been an emperor like our current one who doesn't play by the rules.
"Third Miss, Xiao Qiu, is it alright to eat?" Bai Er didn't care about any of that; he was starving and whispered a reminder.
A large portion of the cost of this meal was his; how could he not eat his fill?
"Okay, let's eat. Let's all eat. These things aren't for us to think about. Besides, nothing is more important than having a full stomach." Gu Xin picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of pork rib, and then invited everyone to eat together.
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After dinner, the group strolled around the city. Taizhou Prefecture was quite wealthy, and there was no curfew. Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu ate snacks from one shop to another until it got dark.
Bai Yi Bai Er and Dong Xue were dumbfounded. These two are girls, how can they eat so much?
The three of them started eating along with the food, but later they really couldn't eat anymore.
"Hey, that must be the red-light district of Taizhou Prefecture!" Gu Xin suddenly looked at the street ahead. There were so many girls, all dressed in bright colors, and her eyes lit up. "My sister has always said she'd take me to a brothel for drinks. We went once in Kunzhou, and I even went to discuss musical scores with someone. Bai Yi Bai Er, I'll treat you to some red-light district drinks!"
"Huh?" Bai Yi and Bai Er looked shocked.
"Xiao Qiu and Dong Xue, you two come too. Let's change into men's clothes and go to a brothel for drinks! Let's see if the girls in the brothels of Taizhou can play the zither as well as the girls from Kunzhou!" Gu Xin said to Zheng Qiu and Dong Xue.
"Huh?" Zheng Qiu and Dong Xue were also shocked.
"What do you mean 'oh'? Let's go! Let's go buy clothes now! I remember there's a clothing store on the street next door." Gu Xin linked arms with Zheng Qiu on her left and Dong Xue on her right, and headed towards the clothing store on the next street.
Before long, five elegant young men appeared in front of Chunyu Tower. If you looked closely, one of the young men looked a bit awkward; that was Dongxue.
Bai Yi Bai Er was originally a man, and he had carried out missions in brothels before, so he had been here before.
Zheng Qiu had previously investigated cases in brothels with Lord Qin when he was in Jiangnan, so he didn't show any fear.
Gu Xin, on the other hand, looked on with curiosity, as if he were someone's young master visiting such a place for the first time.
Her presence was so striking that the girls from Chunyu Tower immediately came to greet her: "Is this your first time here, young master? Would you like to hear some music, drink some wine, or have someone keep you company? Whatever you wish to do, we have it all. Please follow me inside!"
Gu Xin got goosebumps all over. Goodness, weren't the girls in Taizhou supposed to be very outgoing? How come they're like girls from Jiangnan, speaking softly and with hands that are as soft as if they have no bones?
"Oh my, gentlemen, please come in. Yan Hong is playing a new piece she just learned! It came from Kunzhou! I guarantee you gentlemen have never heard it before!" At this moment, an older woman came out, gently waving her fan and swaying her hips, and went directly to the man in white.
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