At this moment, Xie Qi had already taken off the mask on his face and placed it on the table, because he did not intend to hide his identity as the emperor from Zhan Ze.
So, when Zhan Ze pushed open the door and his eyes fell on Xie Qi's face, he was obviously stunned.
However, Zhan Ze reacted extremely quickly. He quickly came to his senses and did not show too much surprise or other unusual behavior.
Zhan Ze calmed himself down and said to Xie Qi in a steady tone, "Sir, if you have any other needs, please feel free to tell me. There is really no need to embarrass my people like this."
Although Zhan Ze was wearing a mask at this time and had deliberately changed his voice so that his voice was completely different from when he was in the court, Xie Qi still recognized at a glance that the person in front of him was Zhan Ze.
Xie Qi raised the corner of his mouth slightly and responded: "I didn't embarrass them. I really came here to have fun."
Zhan Ze's displeasure grew more pronounced upon hearing this. Previously, he had thought the emperor was incompetent and incompetent, but now it seemed he was actually so dissolute, openly visiting places like brothels.
Zhan Ze suppressed his dissatisfaction, took a deep breath, and said slowly: "Sir, you have already met everyone here..."
However, before he could finish his words, Xie Qi interrupted him rudely: "Aren't you from here too? You're quite the type of person I like."
Xie Qi's words not only shocked Zhan Ze, but even Mu Qianyu, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but shout angrily: "Do you want to die?"
Zhan Ze raised his hand to stop Mu Qianyu: "You go out first."
Mu Qianyu: "Pavilion Master!"
Zhan Ze: "Get out."
When Mu Qianyu heard this, she glared at Xie Qi, then opened the door and walked out.
Xie Qi saw this scene, but pretended to be stupid and said: "Are you the Pavilion Master? What is a Pavilion Master? Isn't there only the boss here?"
Zhan Ze walked over and sat across from Xie Qi. He didn't answer Xie Qi, but asked, "Sir, why did you choose me? After all, I'm wearing a mask, and you don't know whether I'm beautiful or ugly."
At this moment, Zhan Ze was looking at Xie Qi with a scrutinizing gaze. He even suspected that the emperor had guessed his identity.
However, there was no way Xie Qi could let Zhan Ze know that he had seen through his identity, so Xie Qi picked up the mask he had placed on the table and compared it to his face: "Because I also wear a mask, we look alike, so I think we can get along well."
Zhan Ze didn't expect this to be the reason, and asked, "Is that the only reason?"
Xie Qi picked up a peanut from the plate and put it into his mouth, saying casually, "What else? I'm judging based on my impression of you. Besides, they don't wear their clothes properly, but you're dressed very neatly. It's much more comfortable to chat with you."
Zhan Ze: "Sir, aren't you here to have fun?"
Xie Qi showed a puzzled look on his face, and said with an extremely pure look: "Yes, you and I are chatting, and I am happy and joyful. Isn't this seeking pleasure? Isn't this what your store does?"
Zhan Ze was a little surprised when he heard this. He had heard that the emperor was not favored before he ascended the throne, and there was no nanny around him to teach him such things. So when he was 17 years old, the emperor ascended the throne but he had not married, and it was even more impossible for him to know what a brothel was.
Could it be that the Emperor knows nothing about this? Zhan Ze thought about it, but suddenly dismissed the idea. After all, the aggressive look the other party gave him in the palace did not seem to indicate that he knew nothing about love.
But Zhan Ze didn't intend to alert the enemy. He wanted to see what secrets the emperor had, so he said, "Of course this can be considered as seeking pleasure, but I wonder what you want to talk about, sir?"
Xie Qi hesitated for a moment, then said somewhat embarrassedly, "I don't have anyone I can trust around me. I've been holding everything in my heart, and I just want to find someone to talk to."
Zhan Ze: "Then you can talk to me, I will help you solve your problems."
Upon hearing this, Xie Qi slumped over the table and complained, "It's not a big deal. There's just someone next to me who's in charge of... things like writing and editing articles. He helps me with those tasks, but I still have to do most of the work myself. Plus, it takes me hours to work, and he just sits there and ignores me. It's exhausting and boring."
Xie Qi sighed and continued, "Alas, I can't sit still. After writing for a while, I want to see what he's doing. It's best if he finishes quickly and helps me. Every time I work, I keep looking at him and signaling him to help me, but he doesn't seem to understand what I mean. He doesn't work hard at all. I'm the boss, but he doesn't do as much as I do every day. And I find that he seems to hate me. It's not like I haven't paid him. I've given him both money and status, but he's unwilling to help me reduce the burden. Every time I ask him to come to my place to work, he's not happy."
Xie Qi sat up and looked at Zhan Ze. "Tell me what's going on? I just want him to help me with some work. Does he really hate me so much?"
However, Xie Qi's words made Zhan Ze confused. He didn't expect that when he was reviewing memorials with the emperor before, the emperor's look at him was not the dirty thought he thought, but simply because he did not help him review the memorials?
At this moment, Zhan Ze couldn't help but laugh out loud. He was a pavilion master who worked so hard every day, and this dog emperor still complained that he didn't work hard enough?
Zhan Ze gritted his teeth and smiled, "Sir, you should do your own things yourself."
Xie Qi: "But I promoted him so that he could help me."
Zhan Ze: "Sir, what do you do? If it's something confidential, it would be difficult for others to handle it, right?"
However, Xie Qi certainly knew what was happening in the court, and the original owner would not leave everything to the male protagonist to handle.
But Xie Qi just wanted to play dumb and make Zhan Ze think that he had been staring at him because of work, so that he could clear himself in front of Zhan Ze.
Xie Qi: "Is that so?"
Zhan Ze looked at Xie Qi's lost expression and suggested, "Young Master, why don't you try to clearly explain your needs to the other party instead of staring at them and making them guess what you are thinking."
Xie Qi: "Then I'll try it next time."
Xie Qi said, and took out a gold ingot from his arms and put it on the table: "I feel much better after chatting with you. Can I come to you next time?"
Zhan Ze: “Of course.”
When Xie Qi heard this, he stood up and said, "Well, it's getting late, I have to go back early."
Zhan Ze also stood up and said, "Sir, take care."
Xie Qi waved his hand, put on his mask again, and left.
Xie Qi knew that if he wanted to pursue someone, he couldn't pursue too closely, and he couldn't let Zhan Ze think that he came just for Zhan Ze, so after clearing himself, Xie Qi didn't plan to talk to him any more and chose to leave.
At this moment, Zhan Ze and Mu Qianyu stood together at the window on the second floor, watching Xie Qi leave Xunfang Pavilion.
Mu Qianyu: "Pavilion Master, is he really the emperor? Could it be that he discovered something?"
Zhan Ze: "Not really, but just in case, please keep an eye out for him next time he comes."
Mu Qianyu: "Yes."
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