"Alright! Young master, please have a seat. I guarantee I'll find you a beautiful woman with exceptional musical skills!"
Yue Niang winked at the girl closest to Lin Congyu, "Chunhua, take this young master to choose a good room."
"Oh! Young master, please come with me." Chunhua said with a charming smile, pulling Lin Congyu along.
In a daze, Lin Congyu followed Chunhua to a private room.
The private rooms at Baihualou, just like the brothel's name, were decorated with exquisite carvings. Inside, there was a large bed with a canopy, but the canopy was too transparent, allowing glimpses of the bed and its purpose to be clearly seen. Lin Congyu blushed and looked out to the outer room, where there was a small table with tea and some snacks laid out beforehand. A faint fragrance wafted through the room, which Lin Congyu couldn't identify, but it felt somewhat similar to the scent of flowers.
Chunhua said goodbye upon entering the private room and then left.
Xiao Cui, who had been tense, relaxed as she looked at the enclosed environment. She said worriedly, "Miss, aren't we going to leave in a little while? Why did you invite...that kind of person?"
Xiao Cui said hesitantly, the rules she had learned since childhood preventing her from saying what she really wanted to say, so she could only say something insinuating.
Lin Congyu didn't care what her conservative maidservant said. She boldly sat down and even poured herself a cup of tea.
He gave Xiao Cui a perfunctory reply: "Just follow me, we'll be going back in a bit."
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Qingyin was unaware of the female lead's wild life. The time for the academy examination was approaching, and the teachers of Bailu Academy were particularly concerned and gave him a holiday.
He declined with a slight smile and continued his life of attending classes with the teachers and managing his younger brother.
Seeing that Qingyin was calm, the academy's teachers were no longer nervous and continued as usual.
In early June, the weather was getting hot, but there were more and more people setting up stalls and selling peddlers on the streets.
Restaurants and hotels in the capital were packed with people, and some ordinary families even vacated one or two rooms in their houses to do business.
This shows how many people participated in the imperial examination.
Over the years, the number of candidates who had passed the preliminary examinations had grown to include both young and old, but most of them participated in the provincial examinations with some expectation. The provincial examinations were different from the preliminary examinations; they were considered the dividing line between commoners and officials. Those who obtained the title of Xiucai (a degree in the imperial examinations) were considered to have entered the ranks of the gentry, exempt from corvée labor and taxes, and were a class above the common people. They did not have to kneel before county officials, and even further, they could have the possibility of directly becoming officials. How could these common people not value it?
Some people spend their entire lives taking exams, even until they die, precisely because of these benefits.
So, Qingyin was accompanied by rigorous exams, while the other female protagonist was also making her own moves in a glamorous way, such as encountering a runaway male courtesan and rescuing a handsome, grieving man in black who had collapsed on the ground...
However, Lin Congyu was not without setbacks. Last time, her cousin, who knew her, saw her visiting a brothel, and then the heroine suffered. First, her maid was executed and driven out, and she herself was slapped and locked in a room.
If Gao Chenyi and Qin Shaohuai hadn't heard about it and specifically asked someone to persuade Lin Shaofu, Lin Congyu might not have had any chance of getting out.
Lin Congyu, who was punished so severely for the first time since arriving in ancient times, began to understand that this was a completely different world from the modern one. When she thought of Xiao Cui, who had been beaten bloody and mangled in front of her, Lin Congyu couldn't help but tremble, especially at the pleading look in Xiao Cui's eyes. But she was afraid and dared not persuade her furious father, nor did she dare to look into Xiao Cui's eyes.
Qingyin heard about this through the system's ear, which suddenly appeared after she finished her exam.
"Yinyin, this female lead is really something. She went to a brothel and got caught. The maid was beaten half to death and begged her for mercy, but she didn't dare to speak up. However, her sister's fiancé pleaded for her, and she was released. But she's really bold. Now she dares to come out again and even keeps a wild man in the side courtyard. Oh no, I mean, she keeps a wild man in that place too."
"Wow, that's really bold. But I feel sorry for that maid. She's been struggling to crawl out of the mass grave every day, unable to move or twist. Luckily, someone rescued her, so she should be able to survive."
"But my sister's fiancé, that guy surnamed Qin, is a real scumbag. He clearly has a fiancée, yet he still cares about other women. He's a slut! A scumbag! Get out of here, you big idiot, don't get involved with our pretty sister."
The system rattled off several sentences in a row, making Qingyin dizzy and rubbing her temples, which were slightly aching from not hearing the system's voice for so long.
Qingyin asked calmly, "You were spying on the female lead?"
The system chuckled and said seriously, "Ahem, what kind of surveillance is this? I'm just gathering intelligence for Yinyin so that my younger siblings can stay away from scumbags and move towards a happy and fulfilling life together."
"Do you think I believe you?" Qingyin said calmly.
"..."
Ignoring the dramatic system, Qingyin flipped through the storybook in her hand, quietly pondering. The female lead had probably saved the leader of that demonic sect, so she should also prepare to give him a "gift".
At night, Qingyin, dressed in black, lightly vaulted over her own yard and landed on the ground without making a sound.
A ball of light, taking advantage of being invisible to others, flew ahead arrogantly, saying, "Hey, turn left, turn left again, then go straight."
"Turn right again, go straight, then turn left. The house with the plum tree is where the troublemaker who harmed my sister is."
"Keep your voice down," Qingyin said calmly, looking at the light system.
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