Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

The sound of the piano lingers in your ears.

Gu Ling was enjoying the music when he heard a "clang" sound. The music stopped abruptly and the strings broke suddenly, cutting Su Mu's fingers.

Gu Ling opened his eyes and saw Su Mu's bloody fingers. He threw him a bottle of ointment and said, "Why are you so careless? I haven't been here for the past few days. You seem to be much more haggard."

Su Mu picked up the medicine bottle and said, "Thank you for the reward, Miss. I've been worried about the selection of the most beautiful lady lately."

Gu Ling joked: "My dear, you are so handsome, are you still worried that you won't be chosen?"

Su Mu's cold face also showed some helplessness: "The lady teased me even though she knew I was the one in charge of selecting the oiran this time."

Mianhua Pavilion is an intelligence network, and Su Mu has a very high status here. He is considered to be Gu Ling and Shen Jingyi's right-hand man, and on the surface he is also one of the most popular men in Mianhua Pavilion.

Every year, Mianhua Pavilion selects the most outstanding young man to be the Oiran, who will appear at the annual Oiran Night. The Oiran will choose a woman as her lover to spend the night with.

The woman who is chosen on the night of the Oiran does not have to spend any money, and she can have the company of a beautiful woman without spending any money. No woman would refuse such a romantic affair.

The Oiran will start receiving customers officially only after the Oiran Night, but this rarely happens, or it happens relatively late.

On the surface, the Oiran Night is a trick used by Mianhua Pavilion to attract customers, but in fact, the women chosen are tools used by Mianhua Pavilion to gather information.

It is certainly not something that can be accomplished in a day or two. What the courtesan has to do is to stay with the target long enough to obtain practical and effective intelligence.

How to make the target fall in love with you is a compulsory course for a qualified courtesan.

However, Su Mu was not sure about the candidate for this year's courtesan.

Gu Ling said, "Tell me what difficulties you have and I will give you some advice."

The Oiran Night takes place once a year, and each time the "tool man" is chosen with great care by the intelligence team, and no carelessness is allowed.

"Among the newcomers this year, there is a girl called Lian Qiao. He is good-looking and a quick learner. Originally, he was the best choice for the Oiran, but—"

Su Mu paused for a moment, with an embarrassed look on his face: "He is from the Northern Territory. He was sold to the Central Plains by his family and had no one to rely on. We accepted him after a careful investigation. Not long ago, his family appeared in the capital and wanted to take him away."

"According to the report from the surveillance personnel, Lian Qiao resolutely refused, but I am always worried that something unexpected will happen."

Hearing this, Gu Ling became serious.

The appearance of people from the Northern Territory in the capital is not good news. The situation at the border is tense now, and the Northern Territory may attack us at any time. So why are they wandering around the capital now?

"Find someone to find out when the people from the Northern Territory showed up, and find out their identities and purpose."

"Yes. What about Forsythia?"

Gu Ling smiled and said, "Since you think he is good, he must be good. Don't employ a person you doubt, and don't doubt a person you employ. So let's pick him."

Gu Ling's tone was slow and he could coax people out of his mouth easily. Coupled with his good looks, it was hard for anyone not to be moved.

But the person in front of him was out of Su Mu's reach, so he just smiled when he heard these words. It would be ridiculous if he really took them to heart.

After a while, he heard Gu Ling say, "Since we have nothing to do, why don't we let the new courtesan come in and show her to me?"

Although he said he didn't care, he was still a little skeptical.

Su Mu complained in his heart that his master was being hypocritical, but he still quickly went downstairs to bring the person in.

Lian Qiao has deep facial features, a pair of beautiful sky-blue eyes, and is much taller than the average man.

"I have met the young lady."

Only the core figures of Mianhua Pavilion knew that Gu Ling was their master. Others only thought that Gu Ling had a noble status and was favored by Su Mu, so his status in Mianhua Pavilion was somewhat special.

Tomorrow is the night of the Oiran, but Su Mu asked Lian Qiao to meet Gu Ling. Lian Qiao thinks that Su Mu is being partial and looks down on Su Mu as the person in charge.

Gu Ling lifted Lian Qiao's chin with his fan: "You have beautiful eyes. Don't lower your head. It's such a waste."

Although Gu Ling often lingers among flowers, he doesn't touch just anyone.

Of course, the main reason is: with the Gu family’s educational policy, if Gu Ling dares to do whatever he wants, General Gu will dare to clean up the mess.

Ning, who is gentle on the outside but strong on the inside, would probably cry while choosing a good coffin for her.

General Gu also knew that Gu Ling had not been fooling around outside and was still innocent, so he could resist beating her to death.

The Gu family's ancestral precept of choosing one person to spend the rest of your life with is not just talk.

I had heard that the daughter of the Gu family was beautiful, but Lian Qiao was still stunned when she raised her head.

Gu Ling said: "I heard that the young master is from the Northern Territory. I grew up in the capital, so I don't know what the Northern Territory looks like."

Hearing Gu Ling refer to herself as "I" and not having the arrogance of an aristocratic woman, Lian Qiao couldn't help but relax a little and tactfully told Gu Ling some interesting stories or customs of the Northern Territory.

He was obviously good at telling stories. As Gu Ling listened to his narration, the scenery of the Northern Territory actually emerged in his mind.

When he was tired of talking, Gu Ling poured him a cup of tea.

Lian Qiao felt that Gu Ling was a little different.

Aren't customers who come to places like brothels looking for that kind of thing? But after he came in for a long time, except for the teasing words at the beginning, Gu Ling did not overstep the line at all.

And instead of trying to get him drunk and take advantage of him, he actually poured him a cup of tea?

Seeing that Lian Qiao didn't drink, Gu Ling asked: "Don't you like tea?"

"I'm just a little confused. Why doesn't the young lady allow me to drink?"

"Drinking is harmful to your health, and tomorrow is the night of the Oiran. It would be inappropriate for you to get drunk."

Lian Qiao's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Seeing Gu Ling smiling at Su Mu, she said, "I can't bear to embarrass Su Mu."

Su Mu, who had been standing quietly beside him, heard what was said and smiled at Gu Ling calmly.

Lian Qiao's fingers tightened slightly: "Miss and Brother Su Mu have a really good relationship."

The word "emotion" was used inappropriately, and Su Mu, who had been acting as a background figure, couldn't help but frown.

There is no such thing as "feelings" between prostitutes and their clients.

Gu Ling turned his gaze back to Lian Qiao. Lian Qiao's blue eyes were as beautiful as ever, as if he could see through her at a glance.

Gu Ling tapped his palm with his fan from time to time. After a while, he said, "It's getting late. Young Master, go back and have some rest."

Why? Because Su Mu frowned?

Lian Qiao thought so in his heart, but still stood up and bowed. When he walked to the door and closed it, he saw Su Mu sitting in the position he had just sat.

The pretty girl smiled and raised her hand to take the wine glass that Su Mu handed to her.

The daughter of General Gu...is an extremely noble identity.

Moreover, he is an extremely gentle person.

Sumu, Sumu, you are really... lucky.

There are three voices in one’s heart: one is ambition, two is admiration, and three is jealousy.

This is Lian Qiao, the most beautiful lady tomorrow night.