Xu Biao was drinking and singing in Pingkangfang.
Beiqu, which is close to the wall of the neighborhood, is where low-class prostitutes gather. You can get the job done by paying money.
There are many mansions and pavilions on the cross street in front of Zhongqu. There are beautiful women with skills, some plump and some thin, each with her own talent, which attracts the handsome young men and playboys in the capital to come and linger. The place is always crowded with people.
In Nanqu, the mansions are deep and deep, and the beauties are hidden in the golden houses. Only high-ranking officials and nobles can enter.
After the establishment of the Xin Dynasty, the situation gradually stabilized. Prime Minister Zheng issued the "Order to Seek Talents" in the name of Li De, announcing the reopening of the imperial examinations.
Candidates are not restricted by their origin or family background, and talented people from all over the world can take the exam.
Once the edict was issued, the whole world was shocked.
Scholars from the north and south responded to the imperial edict and went north. Famous families who had been scattered around to escape the war also returned to the capital one after another. Pingkangfang became more and more lively and bustling day by day.
Among the three pieces, the most prosperous one is naturally the middle piece.
Before sunset, rows of lanterns were already hung in front of the tavern's spacious entrance.
The heavy curtains cannot hide the laughter and singing in the building.
The sound of the pipa is clear, the erhu is passionate, the bells are loud, and the konghou is mellow.
Amid the melodious and graceful music, several Hu girls wearing colorful capes on their shoulders, purple shirts and long skirts tied around their waists stood barefoot on the ball carpet, gently twisting their slender waists and dancing gracefully.
The music is sometimes fast and sometimes slow, and the dance moves are also sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
When it is fast, it is bright and pretty, strong and powerful. When it is slow, it is graceful and light and charming.
After a while, Hu Ji's silk shirt was soaked with sweat, and her snow-white skin was faintly visible.
Indescribably gentle and charming.
When the song ended, Hu Ji swayed her waist and danced, her green eyes full of affection, and she slowly took off her clothes.
The drinkers in the building were already stunned.
The whole building was silent. Upstairs and downstairs, all eyes were fixed on Hu Ji's slender fingers that were slowly lifting up her clothes.
Xu Biao opened his mouth wide and swallowed excitedly.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang and the door was knocked open.
Several sheathed swords pushed aside the curtains, and bright golden sunlight poured into the hall.
The strong scent of powder and the overflowing aroma of wine were slightly diluted by the incoming wind.
Xie Qing stood in front of the hall and glanced around.
Several Hu girls screamed in fear, put on their clothes, and retreated in panic.
The ambiguous and charming atmosphere just now disappeared in an instant.
Complaints were heard everywhere.
"Don't stop! Keep taking it off!"
"Damn it! I'm enjoying it!"
Xu Biao followed suit and roared, slamming the table and standing up: "Where did this ugly bastard come from!"
Xie Qing's eyebrows twitched and he glanced at Xu Biao.
Xu Biao burst into curses.
Xie Qing said nothing, took a few steps up the stairs, opened his large hand like a palm-leaf fan, grabbed Xu Biao's collar, and pulled him downstairs.
Xu Biao is seven feet tall, strong and heavy.
Xie Qing, however, moved quickly and easily. He carried the man out of the tavern as if he were a chicken and threw him on the ground.
The colleagues who were drinking with Xu Biao reacted in a panic, put down their glasses, and ran out of the tavern, shouting drunkenly: "Let go! He is the General of the Central Army under the King of Qin! You..."
Before he could finish his words, he caught a glimpse of Qi Yue's figure riding towards the door surrounded by powerful slaves and servants, and he immediately fell silent.
In a moment, most of them sobered up and looked at each other in bewilderment.
Why would the Seventh Princess come to a place like Pingkangfang?
Li Yaoying dismounted and raised the curtain.
His eyes swept over the faces of several officials in the palace who were drunk and staggering.
Several people were terrified and lowered their eyes in guilt.
The second prince was careless and only knew how to fight wars. He never cared about domestic affairs. All matters in the palace were taken care of by the seventh princess.
Although they are servants of the Second Prince, it is the Seventh Princess who can decide whether they stay or go.
If the Seventh Princess disliked someone, the Second Prince would not even ask a single question but would immediately expel that person from the palace, even if that person was a servant bestowed by Emperor Li De.
Several people murmured in their hearts: Seeking pleasure and getting drunk... doesn't seem like a very serious crime, right?
Xu Biao was thrown on the muddy ground, with a mouthful of fishy mud. He did not see Li Yaoying get off the horse, but he could only hear the sound of horse hooves. The surroundings were surprisingly quiet, and no one dared to make a sound. Even the music in the tavern and the laughter and cursing of the drinkers stopped.
He was drunk, and without thinking much, he got up and angrily cursed: "You're looking for death!"
There were tense gasps all around.
Li Yaoying looked at him expressionlessly, her eyes raised: "Are you still drunk?"
Xu Biao's fierce anger was frozen on his face, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
The smart servants brought two large buckets of cool water and poured them on Xu Biao's face with a few splashes.
The weather was getting warmer and the cool water wasn't biting, but Xu Biao couldn't help shivering, and the chill went up from the soles of his feet.
He recognized the Seventh Princess.
Who among the Second Prince's retainers dares not recognize the Seventh Princess?
Yao Ying knew that he had regained consciousness and signaled to the guards with her eyes.
The guards came forward carrying several tied-up men.
The men rolled to Yao Ying's feet, kowtowed and begged for mercy: "My lord, please spare our lives! My lord, please spare our lives! We are also following orders. It was Xu Biao who ordered us! Xu Biao has a house in Shengpingfang, and all the women he kidnapped are locked up in that house!"
They were the same soldiers who had just robbed the girl from an honest family.
They had been threatened on the way here and were already terrified. Without waiting for Yao Ying to ask any questions, they knelt on the ground and confessed everything that Xu Biao had sent them to force the decent girl to sign and seal.
Xu Biao was completely sober, his face was ashen.
When the others saw this, they realized that Li Yaoying was coming for Xu Biao and they breathed a sigh of relief.
In silence, there was a sound of hurried horse hooves at the door. A guard jumped off his horse and ran into the courtyard carrying a middle-aged man dressed as a scholar. He put the man down and said, "My lord, the chief secretary is here!"
The palace's chief secretary had been jolted all the way, his hat was askew, his robe was messy, and he was out of breath, but he didn't dare to complain. He didn't even stand steadily before he saluted Li Yaoying.
Yao Ying returned the greeting and said, "It's urgent. I'm sorry to bother you, Mr.
The Chief Secretary hurriedly said he dared not.
The guard pulled out a pile of messy deeds from his arms and said, "These are the deeds we just found on them."
The Chief Secretary took the contract, looked at it carefully, shook his head and sighed.
He looked up at Xu Biao and said, "The King of Qin has issued strict orders repeatedly to prohibit the army from robbing decent girls. You forced a decent girl to sell herself as a slave. There are witnesses and evidence. What do you have to say?"
Xu Biao's face turned red and white, and his expression kept changing.
Finally, he said in a deep voice: "I have been with Your Highness through life and death, but I just wanted to snatch a few maids..."
He gritted his teeth and raised his chest.
"Your Highness is not in the capital. Now that I have fallen into the hands of the princess, you can kill me or mutilate me as you wish!"
The others looked at each other and dared not say a word.
The chief historian glanced at Li Yaoying.
In fact, the second prince did not issue a ban. The person who actually issued the ban was the seventh princess.
The second prince was careless and had many thieves and robbers under his command. Those people were unruly and the first thing he did after every battle was to lead his troops to sweep the area and often harass the people.
Because of this, the second prince has a bad reputation.
The Seventh Princess advised the Second Prince to discipline his subordinates, but the Second Prince forgot about it the moment he turned around.
Last year, a lieutenant under the Second Prince molested a woman, and the woman committed suicide out of hatred. When the incident came to Li De, he was furious and rebuked the Second Prince in public.
The Seventh Princess was also very angry. She summoned all the Second Prince's family generals and followers and sternly warned them: Military regulations are as strict as a mountain. Anyone who violates them again will be punished by military law!
At that time, the second prince stood beside the seventh princess, being humble and cautious, and he responded to whatever the seventh princess said.
Before the Second Prince left for the war, he had instructed that all matters, whether military affairs or the royal palace's rewards, would be decided by the Seventh Princess.
The Chief Secretary waited for Li Yaoying's instructions.
Xu Biao stiffened his neck and snorted a few times, with a mocking look on his face.
Amid the oppressive silence, there was a buzz of discussion all around, and more and more people gathered around to watch.
Li Yaoying did not order the area to be cleared, so the guards did not drive the people away.
The chief historian looked solemn.
Yao Ying glanced at him calmly and said, "Since the evidence is solid and Xu Biao has pleaded guilty, he will be dealt with according to military regulations."
The chief historian was shocked.
Really deal with it according to military regulations? The Seventh Princess is easy-going, tolerant and generous, and has never blamed or scolded the maids and palace maids...
Yao Ying frowned slightly.
The chief secretary concealed his surprise and said without hesitation, "Execute!"
In response, the two guards took two steps forward and forced Xu Biao to kneel down.
Xie Qing walked up to Xu Biao and drew his sword.
Xu Biao was no longer drunk and his face turned pale.
The officials in the palace did not expect that Li Yaoying would actually execute him. They were horrified and said tremblingly: "Princess, please forgive Xu Biao this time. He has a reckless temper..."
Yao Ying raised her hand.
Xie Qing immediately stopped drawing his sword.
The officials in the palace breathed a sigh of relief.
Yao Ying looked at Xu Biao and asked, "Are you left-handed or right-handed?"
Xu Biao lost all his courage, was stunned for a moment, and said: "Right hand."
Yao Ying nodded and said to Xie Qing, "Cut off his left hand."
Xie Qing responded and chopped down with his long sword.
A flash of cold light passed by.
The long knife cut off two fingers of his left hand, and blood spurted out.
Xu Biao screamed out in agony.
Several officials in the palace trembled with fear and subconsciously clenched their hands.
The crowd was silent for a moment, and then burst into loud discussions.
"The princess dealt with the villain according to military regulations!"
"The Wei army has strict military discipline. How could the Second Prince, a prince, rob a girl from a good family? It's all these villains who are causing trouble!"
"The Seventh Princess has clear rewards and punishments!"
Outside the tavern, the sound of cheers and praises never ceased.
Xu Biao was taken away to bandage his wound.
Yaoying's scalp tingled and her body trembled slightly.
Xie Qing glanced at her, raised his foot and stepped forward to block the blood on the ground.
Without the sight of blood, Yao Ying felt better and breathed a sigh of relief.
The chief official watched Li Yaoying grow up. Seeing that she looked strange, he knew that she was thinking about the past when she was five years old. He felt pity and sorrow in his heart and sighed, "Let me do this kind of dirty work... The princess is too delicate to bear such bloodshed."
Yao Ying shook her head: "What happened today should be done today. If Xu Biao is not dealt with today, my second brother's reputation will be ruined."
Li De would not allow Li Zhongqian to threaten Li Xuanzhen's position and suppressed him many times.
Li Zhongqian gave up on himself and did not discipline his subordinates much.
His subordinates often used his name to do evil things, and his reputation became worse day by day.
Li De disliked him for being dissolute, the noble families thought he was frivolous and cold-blooded, and the common people accused him of being cruel and vicious.
When he was surrounded, no one came to his rescue.
When he was young, he followed Li De into battle and fought for his country for many years.
Time gently buries bones in the yellow sand.
After death, there is not even a tombstone.
Why did Li Xuanzhen hate them so much?
Yao Ying was distracted for a moment, and then ordered, "Send someone to keep an eye on the trends in the community. Don't let anyone use this as an excuse to discredit my second brother."
"If any of my second brother's subordinates violate military regulations in the future, they will be punished according to the usual practice and will not be let off lightly."
"Remember to send someone to Shengpingfang to find the good girls detained by Xu Biao and release them back home."
"I understand." The chief historian nodded and paused. "Princess, to His Highness, his reputation is not as important as yours. You must take care of yourself. Next time you encounter something like this, let me handle it."
Before the Second Prince left for the battle, he was given numerous instructions, every one of which was to ask him to take good care of the Seventh Princess. He did not mention anything else.
Yao Ying smiled and said, "I know."
She looked calm and composed just now, without even blinking, but she was actually a little scared inside.
Watch the lively crowd gradually disperse.
The officials of the prefecture rushed over to report that the women had been sent home and properly resettled.
Yao Ying hummed.
He turned around and mounted his horse, and heard a roar of drums not far away.
The group of young men who had followed her for half a day were riding on fine horses and surrounding the gate.
"Princess, you are wise!"
"The princess is mighty!"
"Princess, let me, Lu Hengsheng, do this kind of thing for you from now on! Don't dirty your eyes!"
The corners of Yaoying's mouth twitched slightly.
I thought they had been scared away a long time ago.
She looked at the blocked front door and said, "Go through the side door."
Xie Qing agreed and followed her out the side door.
The guard walking in front suddenly pulled the reins to a halt, drew his sword and pointed upwards, shouting angrily: "Who is it?!"
Yao Ying looked in the direction the knife tip was pointing.
The side door was next to a high wall with a window next to it. A thin figure was lying by the second-floor window, clinging to the railing with both hands, most of his body hanging outside, his brocade robe fluttering in the wind, rustling.
The people in the tavern hurried over and said, "He is not an assassin..."
"Yes, he is not an assassin."
The guard saw the young man hanging on the railing, put away his long knife, and whispered in a low voice, "He is a prostitute."
As soon as he finished speaking, the young man could no longer hold on, his hands loosened, and he fell down.
Dust flew everywhere.
Xie Qing protected Yao Ying and retreated.
Yao Ying touched the Wusun horse and casually glanced at the young man who fell in front of the horse's hoof.
The young man was extremely embarrassed and struggled to get up. When his eyes met hers, his face instantly turned red and he was too embarrassed to raise his head.
Yaoying could almost feel the burning heat on his face.
Her heart moved.
Could it be that they knew each other?
Just as he was about to take a closer look, the sound of rumbling drums rose from south to north, and a red-dusted horse crossed the long street and headed straight for the imperial city.
"The Saint has triumphed! The Saint has triumphed!"
Yaoying raised her head in surprise.
This was the drumbeat she had been waiting for for a long time. The army was returning in triumph, and her second brother was back!
She gently pinched the horse's belly, turned the horse's head, and galloped towards the south of the city.
Xie Qing and the guards also turned around.
The sound of horse hooves was heard and fine dust filled the air.
The young man was lying on the ground, covered in dust and coughing.
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