Chapter 629: Excessive Amassing of Wealth—A Hidden Meaning for the Emperor!
Inside, the place was brightly lit, filled with singing and dancing, and the sounds of string and wind instruments mixed with decadent music. Even during the reign of Emperor Renxiao, it was excessive.
Liu Yan caught up with them.
"Your Majesty, let's find a quiet place."
Shen Lanxi stared expressionlessly at the men, each one surrounded by women and lost in their own world. These men seemed to have never experienced the brilliance of war; they were as if they had always grown up in a life of luxury.
"good."
The madam of the Lichun Pavilion arrived with two beautiful women.
"Gentlemen, please let my two daughters keep you company for a chat and a drink. My two daughters are among the most beautiful and have the best figures in my Lichun Pavilion."
Just as Liu Yanhui was about to refuse, she heard Shen Lanxi say, "Stay."
No sooner had the madam left than her two daughters began pouring them drinks.
"Actually, my sister and I aren't the prettiest in the Lichun Pavilion. The best ones are upstairs."
"The people upstairs are different from those downstairs. It's not enough for them to just have money; they also have to be of high status."
Liu Yanhui didn't understand what His Majesty wanted to do, so she remained silent.
Shen Lanxi overheard their conversation and, going along with it, asked, "How can we get upstairs?"
The two women exchanged a smug look and said with a smile, "I already said, it'll cost an extra three hundred taels of silver to go up."
"Judging from these two guests, they don't seem to be short of money; their status must be quite extraordinary."
"To be honest, things are very different upstairs from downstairs."
The two women were talking back and forth, their underlying message being that they wanted them to pay to go upstairs.
"How is it different?" Shen Lanxi asked, looking like she'd been hooked.
The woman chuckled softly, then said meaningfully, "Of course, the rules are different."
"You guys are obviously new here; you don't even know our rules."
Shen Lanxi sneered inwardly, fearing that these two unfamiliar faces would be targeted as soon as they arrived.
"You two little vixens speak so well, I'd like to go up and see for myself."
Liu Yanhui stared wide-eyed in shock. What kind of outrageous words were these?
"No, no..."
This place is already an eyesore for His Majesty; what he sees above is certainly even more unbearable.
If his colleagues found out that he had brought His Majesty to such a place, he would surely not even leave behind a complete corpse.
Although His Majesty brought him here, no amount of explanation could change the minds of His Majesty's admirers.
"Three hundred taels, upstairs!"
Liu Yanhui deflated as he pulled out his silver notes; he knew it would end up like this.
The two women looked at each other, their smiles radiating joy.
"The second floor is different from the first floor. The women on the second floor are all talented and versatile. But to get them to come out, you either have to pay money or you have to be knowledgeable."
"If the girls inside are impressed by your talent, they will come out and take you in."
Liu Yan Hui exaggeratedly said, "So, we spent three hundred taels of silver, and neither of us could see anything?"
"That's not quite right. The women inside are all talented, and most people wouldn't even be able to see them."
"Most importantly, they are all innocent." A suggestive voice rang out.
Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "If you want to become one of their intimate guests, is the price higher than downstairs?"
The two women were embarrassed for a moment, then said matter-of-factly, "Even street food is divided into different grades, let alone people. The higher one goes, the more talented a woman is, and naturally, the different her status will be."
"Ordinary men wouldn't even be worthy of seeing them."
There's a hint of provocation in those words.
Shen Lanxi immediately adopted a goaded demeanor and said, "Grandpa has plenty of money. Today I want to see what your most expensive woman is like."
A hint of smugness flashed in the eyes of the two women.
"Give me the money."
Liu Yanhui has now decided what she's planning, but she doesn't know what it is. She can only act as an emotionless money bag, letting people hand over their money as she pleases.
In the blink of an eye, the money bag was empty, and just as he wished, he was taken to the top floor.
After seeing what it looked like, Liu Yanhui's expression changed.
"Sword dance, huh? Is this all the fancy stuff you have here? It's not that great, is it?" Shen Lanxi said with a disappointed expression.
The woman immediately explained, "This is no ordinary sword dance. The women here all know martial arts, and many of them are highly skilled."
Shen Lanxi's eyes lit up, and she sat down in her seat as if her interest had been piqued.
Many people came to the top floor, and while they were talking, quite a few people threw silver notes at the dancers.
Liu Yanhui was so engrossed in looking around that she lost focus for a moment, and the purse at her waist ended up in Shen Lanxi's hand.
When I came to my senses again, I saw the purse fly past me and land with a thud at the feet of one of the dancers.
Two women standing not far from them smiled and went to attract other customers.
This greatly worried Liu Yanhui. Although it wasn't all of their silver, there was still a considerable amount of silver in it.
She's not the type to waste money on things like that.
"Has Your Majesty noticed the problem?"
Shen Lanxi's eyes were cold: "They're ruthlessly accumulating wealth here."
Liu Yanhui naturally realized that if the brothel didn't make money, could it be that it was going to follow the example of a charity and give out porridge?
"The woman dancing with a sword here is alluding to me."
These words struck Liu Yanhui like a thunderbolt, turning her face pale.
Her gaze fell upon these women, and recalling the words of the two women from before, Liu Yanhui's face turned as cold as ice.
A cold voice rang out.
"Many men, though they may not say it openly, are very dissatisfied with my sitting on the throne as a woman."
The deeper Liu Yanhui thought about it, the darker her face became, and her whole body slowly tensed up like a piece of wood.
“This place is far from the capital. Those who look down on women from the bottom of their hearts and are dissatisfied with me will surely have designs on the women here.”
Liu Yanhui's face was darker than the night outside.
Disgusting and vile, the people here deserve to die.
“In the capital, they dared not do anything to women, but here, they can do whatever they want.”
The two women just now kept emphasizing that the women at the top were highly skilled in martial arts; weren't they implying that she was the one being targeted?
"Nie Congzhou deserves to die." Liu Yanhui wished she could kill Nie Congzhou right now.
Shen Lanxi said with a deep look in her eyes, "He definitely wouldn't dare to do it alone."
Liu Yan glanced back, a glint in her eyes: "Does Your Majesty suspect him of colluding with officials in the capital? Or is he one of Zhou Ruyuan's men?"
Shen Lanxi smiled: "Zhou Ruyuan may be stupid, but he's not this stupid."
So who exactly is it?
"Let's wait and see."
The sword dance gradually changed its tone, and soon a man familiar with the place led the dancer into a nearby room. Their purpose was self-evident.
The two men, pretending to be drunk, staggered into a nearby room. The people there assumed they were just too drunk, took them to the room, closed the door, and left.
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