Chapter 158 Xie Guanlan also visits brothels
"Why not?" Chen Lezhi was unhappy. "I've been feeling really pissed off lately and was looking for a place to have a drink. I've decided I'm not going home until I'm drunk tonight!"
Xie Shian hesitated for a while, then said honestly: "Only men can go to that place..."
Chen Lezhi was the first to react, "Brothel?"
Xie Shian rubbed the tip of his nose and said, "I didn't say that. You said it yourself."
"It's a brothel, so what? My brother and I have been there before. Ningning has definitely never been there before, so we can take her there to see the world. Come on, Ningning, let's go back home and change into men's clothes. Xie Si, please lend us your clothes."
Xie Shian watched Chen Lezhi swagger into the palace.
Why did he feel that Chen Lezhi looked more like the master of Zhenbei Palace than he did?
Chen Lezhi took out two sets of men's clothes from Xie Shi'an's room and changed into them together with Wen Xingluo behind the screen.
While she was combing Wen Xingluo's hair, Yu Pingping stood beside her and asked hesitantly, "Princess, don't I need to change my clothes?"
Chen Lezhi put a jade hairpin on Wen Xingluo and said, "I'll ask Cuicui to take you back to Xiejinyuan to rest. You don't have to go with us tonight."
Wen Xingluo looked into the bronze mirror and clearly saw a look of disappointment pass across Yu Pingping's face.
Noticing her gaze, Yu Pingping looked at her expectantly.
Wen Xingluo drooped his eyelashes.
She doesn't like Yu Pingping.
She and Le Zhi are good friends, and she just wants to play with Le Zhi.
She didn't want to bring someone she felt unfamiliar and disliked to attend her fourth brother's party.
Chen Lezhi and Wen Xingluo had packed up, and Xie Shian was waiting in the corridor.
He said, "Let me make this clear first. Neither of you is allowed to tell anyone about the brothel I took you to tonight. Otherwise, Father and Big Brother will beat me again!"
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone!"
Chen Lezhi waved his hand and took Wen Xingluo's hand and ran straight out of the mansion.
Wen Xingluo looked back and saw Yu Pingping standing alone under the eaves.
The night was dark and she couldn't see the expression on the other person's face.
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The building is full of flowers, and the women are dressed in fragrant clothes and thin women are beauties. The lights are bright and the guests are coming in like a flock.
Chen Lezhi quickly integrated himself into Xie Shian's good brothers, becoming proficient in everything from finger-guessing games to drinking games, and looking as if he was determined to use wine to dispel all his sorrows.
Wen Xingluo sat in the corner.
In her past and present lives, this was her first time visiting a brothel.
Xie Shian protected her very well and did not allow anyone to force her to drink. He also ordered the maid to replace the wine pot in front of her with fruit drink. When he turned around to talk, he saw that some of his friends came to chat with Wen Xingluo, so he kicked those people away and gave them a severe warning.
When the wine was half drunk, the second son of the Song family was flushed and slammed the table and shouted, "Ask Xiangjun to sing for us! I want to hear her sing "Garden Tour"!"
"Yes, call Xiangjun over!"
Wen Xingluo looked at them curiously and whispered to Xie Shian, "Fourth brother, did you come to the brothel just to listen to the music?"
"That's right." Xie Shi'an scratched his head awkwardly and whispered, "We do want to do something, but we don't dare... If I sleep in a brothel today, my eldest brother will probably hang me up and beat me tomorrow! Don't look at my brothers as all playboys, but none of them dare to do anything reckless in private, otherwise their fathers and brothers will definitely not forgive them. Every time we visit a brothel, the best we can do is to ask a few beauties to come up and pour wine and sing songs..."
Wen Xingluo couldn't help laughing and teased him, "Fourth brother has the will but not the courage to commit a crime."
The second young master of the Song family across the street kept calling Xiangjun for a long time. A maid came in hurriedly and said with an apologetic smile, "Don't be offended, Young Master Song. Miss Xiangjun has gone to sing in another private room tonight. How about you find someone else?"
The second young master of the Song family was very dissatisfied, "No, I want Xiangjun!"
Xie Shian lazily cradled a carved sandalwood folding fan. "Everyone knows that Miss Xiangjun from Hua Man Lou is not only the most beautiful, but also the best pipa player. How come, with over a dozen of us here, we can't invite her? Who in Rongcheng dares to compete with us for her?"
As he spoke, the second young master of the Song family had already slammed a stack of banknotes on the table and said domineeringly, "Go and invite them! If they don't let us go, don't blame us for going to their private room and causing trouble!"
The maid wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
This group of playboys are well-known second-generation rich people in Chengdu, and she dare not provoke them.
But the ones who asked Miss Xiangjun to sing the song were the brothers of this group of second-generation rich kids, the real heirs and rulers of Rongcheng.
Especially the one from Zhenbei Palace...
"What are you still standing there for?!" Chen Lezhi, drunkenly joining in the fun, yelled at the top of his voice, "Go get some help! Can't you see we're waiting?!"
The maid swallowed, bowed, and hurried away.
Wen Xingluo couldn't stand the smell of alcohol, so he said hello to Xie Shian and got up to go outside to get some fresh air.
She walked through the corridor and was suddenly stopped by a man, "Are you new here?"
Wen Xingluo was puzzled, "What newcomer?"
"Look at you, with your red lips and white teeth, you're the new waiter, right?" the man said gruffly. "Qiuqiu happens to have diarrhea, so hurry up and take this pot of wine in for him!"
Wen Xingluo said: "You misunderstood, I am a guest."
"New waiters who are embarrassed to serve others will say this!"
The man waved his hand impatiently, stuffed the wine jug into her arms, and pushed her into the private room next door.
Wen Xingluo was caught off guard and staggered a few steps holding the wine jug before he could stand firm.
She looked up and found that this private room was even more magnificent than Xie Shian's.
Through the pearl curtains and green screens, she caught sight of the person sitting in the middle of the seat.
Her hair is tied up with a golden hairpin, and she wears a red dress with a jade belt. Her face is as white as jade and as red as a flower.
It’s Xie Guanlan.
He actually visits brothels...
A charming beauty was sitting next to him, holding a pipa. She must be Miss Xiangjun.
Xie Guanlan and others are discussing matters.
The eldest son of the Song family said, "We've just started a tea-horse trade with the border states, and the court has issued an edict ordering the commander to march on Yelang. They've clearly seen through our plan to recruit troops under the guise of trade. In my opinion, the court wants to sow discord between Shu County and the border states, thereby reducing the military forces that can contain us."
"I heard," another person said, "that it was the Crown Prince's most capable advisor who first saw through our scheme. He was the one who persuaded the Crown Prince to write to the Emperor, urging us to go to war on the border. He's incredibly cunning, but I don't know his name. Everyone in the Eastern Palace only calls him—Master Xie San."
Xie Guanlan slowly turned the black jade ring, and his eyes suddenly fell on Wen Xingluo.
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