“I… I’ve gone against the Heavenly Stems!” Lu Renjia cursed.
Although he was angry, he didn't have much energy to cause trouble for Pan's family; he just cursed a couple of times.
"Master, the ointment is here. Would you like Madam to help apply it?" The servant brought over an ointment for burns and asked cautiously, afraid of offending the master.
Originally, although Lu Renjia was harsh, he didn't have such a bad temper. But ever since he couldn't sleep well for the past two days, his temper has gotten worse every day.
Several servants made mistakes by accident and were dragged away and sold off.
The place Lu Renjia wanted to sell them to was not a good place at all.
So everyone was very careful, afraid of making even the slightest mistake and getting caught.
"No need." Lu Renjia neither wanted to do it himself nor to bow down to Madam Pan, so he said, "Go to the other concubines!"
The concubine closest to the main house was married by Lu Renjia ten years ago, and she was quite shrewish.
Lu Renjia walked to his door, then turned back and went to his concubine, whom he had just brought back not long ago.
The newlywed concubine was indeed gentle and kind, and she applied the ointment to Lu Renjia's wound.
Lu Renjia, smelling the fragrance on her body, couldn't help but feel a little distracted, and pulled his concubine's hand to lie down on the bed.
Since the concubine was gentle and kind, she naturally wanted to see it through to the end, so she helped him take off his shoes.
"Ouch...that hurts so much!" Lu Renjia kicked away the concubine who had been so gentle just moments before.
The concubine, who had just entered the room, immediately looked at Lu Renjia's feet in a panic. "Master, what happened to you? There's a shard of porcelain on your foot!"
Lu Renjia looked down and realized that he hadn't noticed when he came over and had stepped on a piece of ceramic that he had broken earlier.
The thin porcelain shards had long since pierced through his multi-layered shoes, tearing a large patch of flesh from the soles of his feet, causing a lot of blood to flow out.
"Ouch! No wonder it hurts so much... You useless thing, hurry up and apply the medicine for me. It's all your fault, you bitch. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have had to walk this far. You unlucky thing!" Lu Renjia was in a lot of pain, and he no longer showed any tenderness or consideration to his concubine. He ordered people to apply the medicine for him.
He refused to stay in the concubine's room any longer and called several servants to carry him to the study.
Once in the study, free from the troublesome presence of those women, Lu Renjia felt much more comfortable and lay down on the soft couch to fall asleep.
He hasn't slept well these past few days, and when he does, he falls into a deep, drowsy sleep.
He didn't even realize he was having a dream. Lu Renjia just thought it was dawn, and his cronies were luring him out for drinks again. A group of them led him to a newly opened brothel.
Lu Renjia said angrily to his cronies, "I really don't know what trouble I've been through lately? Those damned women in my family have all caused me so much pain. Look at my foot... it's all because of those stinky women that I'm in so much pain!"
"Ugh!" The men urged him to drink to ease the pain, saying, "How many good women are there in this family? They've ruined all of us men; so many bad things have happened to them."
"But Brother Lu, don't be angry. I heard that a new top courtesan has come to this brothel, and she's still a virgin. Why don't you call her out so we brothers can broaden our horizons and also wash away your bad luck?"
Lu Renjia often hung out with these people and knew that they wanted him to spend money so they could benefit from it.
If the woman is indeed attractive and they take a liking to her, they can only look at her and have a couple of drinks with her.
But if he doesn't like her, he'll probably just go along with it and let her accompany them.
That's exactly the kind of money-saving idea those people were after.
However, Lu Renjia was furious and didn't care about the small amount of money. He called the madam over and said, "I heard you have a beauty here? I'm already here, why don't you hurry up and bring her over for me to see?"
“Master Lu, our top courtesan is young, and I was afraid she wouldn’t be able to serve you well, so I didn’t call anyone over. Now that you’ve said so, I’ll naturally send her over as soon as possible.” The madam hurriedly called the beauty over.
As the door was pushed open, a refreshing fragrance wafted out.
Lu Renjia and his group of cronies stared wide-eyed, their mouths watering.
They've seen plenty of beautiful women.
However, this beauty not only had an exquisite appearance, but also a cool and aloof temperament, which was very rare in a brothel, like a secluded orchid in a valley.
“This beauty… I feel like I’ve seen her before…” Lu Renjia said unconsciously as he looked at the top courtesan who had just been brought in.
The madam immediately said, "Master Lu, don't try to fool me with those words. My daughter has always been raised in Jiangnan, but she has always been kept hidden away and unknown to the world. If I hadn't met you today, I would never have let her come out to meet anyone."
"But I know that you've been with all the beauties in the world, and there may be some beauties who look alike. But my daughter is still young, so you can't say that."
“Of course!” Lu Renjia immediately seized the opportunity and said, “What you said is right. All beauties in the world are alike. I think this girl is an absolute beauty. No wonder she looks like any other beauty to me.”
Hearing his praise, the madam was overjoyed and took the beauty's hand, urging her to serve Lu Renjia: "Little Pink Butterfly, my good daughter, you must serve that Master Lu well."
Unexpectedly, the beautiful woman, as ethereal as an orchid in a secluded valley, merely glanced coldly at Lu Renjia before refusing, "No, he's too old. I don't want to serve an old man."
Lu Renjia is now 68 years old, which is indeed an old man by any standard of time.
Even though he is rich and even has some power, he is indeed an old man.
However, Lu Renjia himself flew into a rage upon hearing these words, wishing he could strangle the beauty in front of him.
"What did you say?" Lu Renjia asked, his eyes wide.
Little Pink Butterfly had already sat down next to one of his cronies, her eyes coldly watching his angry expression: "You're too old, you old thing."
After saying that, Little Pink Butterfly turned to the man next to her and asked, "Aren't you right?"
This young man was always very glib and smooth-talking. He had gotten a lot of benefits from following Lu Renjia around, but now that he had won the favor of the beauty, his mouth seemed to have become rusty. He stammered and hesitated for a long time before finally nodding and saying, "Lord Lu is indeed getting old. I'm afraid even if you have a beauty, it won't be of much use. It's better to have someone follow me!"
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