I am imprisoned in Kaifeng Mansion

Both Wang Siniang and Ping'er stared straight at their eyes, and it took a while before they came back to their senses.

Ping'er pursed her lips, nodded halfway, and pretended to be calm.

But Wang Siniang couldn't control that much, she slapped her thighs and laughed.

Ping'er couldn't help being led by her, and laughed out loud.

Zhang Wang straightened his back, and glanced at Wang Siniang and Ping'er coldly, "Study progress in learning, what's the shame in losing? You two are so stupid that you don't know what to do, but you still laugh at everyone. What's the use of living? Waste of rice ? It’s not even as good as cow dung, which can still nourish crops.”

After Zhang Wang finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves and walked towards the foggy dense forest.

"Senior, I'm so sorry!" Ping'er hastily bowed and apologized to Zhang Wang.

Zhang Wangli didn't bother to talk about it, and just said before the figure disappeared: "Tianxianglou."

"Why is this guy still swearing at people? Why am I not as good as cow dung? Cow dung can nourish crops, but my shit can't?" Wang Siniang asked angrily, turned to Ping'er and Cui Tao, and asked them Is this the truth?

Ping'er frowned in surprise, and said to Wang Siniang with disgust in her eyes, "How can you speak so vulgarly?"

"Oh, vulgar? Don't you shit? The shit you shit is crystal buns. Can you eat it?" Wang Siniang asked Ping'er with her neck stuck.

Hearing her words, Ping'er felt even more vulgar, so she turned sideways to avoid it.It's because she doesn't have a long memory, she always wants to reason with a shrew like Wang Siniang, it's impossible to reason.

Cui Tao was so teased that she laughed for a while, and nodded her head again and again in response to what Wang Siniang said, "Your words are not rough, human... can indeed nourish the crops."

Satisfied, Wang Siniang laughed, scolding Ping'er was a lot of work.

The three of them then returned to Beijing and returned to Kaifeng Mansion under the darkness of night.

Han Qi was dealing with official business in the study, even Wang Zhao was waiting outside, so were Cui Tao and others.

"By the way, how is the investigation of Xinghua Lane going? Are there any new clues?" Cui Tao was very impressed with Xinghua Lane, which was full of murderous houses.

Wang Zhao shook his head.

They checked the history of the construction of the houses in Xinghua Lane, and they were all built by an old carpenter named Wang Guan.But this old carpenter died three years ago, and he has only one daughter, who is already married.Neighbors said that he was a lonely old man who didn't like to socialize too closely with others, so everyone didn't know much about his past, and they didn't know whether he knew Feng Shui.

As for Wang Guan's daughter, Wang Shi, because she married far away, the yamen has sent someone to ask her where she lives and ask for a statement, but at least it will take another five days to get any news.

"...In short, there are too few clues now. First, there are no witnesses, and second, there are no suspects. There is no clue at all." Wang Zhao sighed.

With a 'squeak', the door was opened.Zhang Chang came out and invited everyone to come in.

Just as Han Qi put down his pen, his long eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyes. His side face was picturesque, but with a bit of tiredness, as if he didn't get a good rest last night.

He was a little surprised to see Cui Tao and others coming.

"Is it found out?"

"Tianxiang Tower." Cui Tao said, "I don't know where this Tianxiang Tower is?"

From the moment Wang Siniang followed into the house and saw Han Qi, her eyes had only one purpose: to peek at him, to peek at him, to peek at him.

Suddenly, Han Qi's eyes shot at Wang Siniang.

Ping'er quickly tugged on Wang Siniang's sleeve secretly, telling her to restrain herself quickly.

Wang Siniang regained her senses in a hurry, and quickly covered herself and said: "I have been to many famous restaurants in Bianjing, but I have never heard of Tianxiang Restaurant. I think it is probably a small shop with terrible food."

Han Qi only glanced at Wang Siniang, and immediately withdrew his gaze.He took the case file from Wang Zhao, and after looking at it twice, he asked Wang Zhao to send someone to check the Tianxianglou.Tell him not to rush forward again this time, just inquire about the situation on the periphery, and we will discuss the solution together later.

Wang Zhao agreed, and immediately took the order to go down. Before leaving, he gave Wang Siniang a warning look.

Wang Siniang didn't notice, and her eyes still secretly swept Han Qi intentionally or unintentionally.Not only the face is good-looking, but the hands are also good-looking, even the shoulders and arms where the robe is hanging are more handsome than others.

The three of them resigned after that, and after resting for one night, they will check Tianxiang Tower tomorrow before making a decision.When Wang Siniang left, she was reluctant to leave, and was the last one to leave.She went out and wanted to look back, but Zhang Chang came to close the door and gave Wang Siniang a hard look.

Wang Siniang was startled, and then walked behind Cui Tao embarrassingly.

Ping'er had seen all of Wang Siniang's performances in her eyes, and now she couldn't help but feel sorry for her: "I didn't know who was mocking me at Xiao Xianghan Tuiguan. I think it's you who want to eat swan meat! If you say you are vulgar, you still don’t admit it, but just now you stared at Official Han Tui like that, it was very obscene and rude, do you know how to be ashamed?”

"Who said I want toads to eat swan meat! No matter how stupid I am, I know that people like Han Tuiguan are beyond our imagination. But he looks good, I just can't help but want to secretly look at him twice Eye, what can happen to this? Is it wrong? Is it against the law? "

Ping'er saw that Wang Siniang was being unreasonable again, so she stopped talking to her.

But Wang Siniang didn't stop, asking Cui Tao whether she was wrong or not.

"Understood, everyone has a love for beauty—"

Before Cui Tao finished speaking, Wang Siniang was very proud.Now Cui Tao's words are like an imperial decree to Wang Siniang, they are all right!The imperial decree said she was right, she was right, Wang Siniang raised her chin and rushed towards Pinger.

"But the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is."

After Cui Tao finished the second half of her sentence, the complacency on Wang Siniang's face stopped abruptly.

"Wh, what do you mean?" Wang Siniang muttered.

Ping'er, who has always been bullied and at a disadvantage, now 'turned over', "It means you, want, bad, bad luck!"

If it was before, Wang Siniang would definitely not care about these two sentences, but it is different now.Cui Tao speaks really well, and among the three, she is the only one who understands Han Tuiguan better.

"Really, really?" Wang Siniang asked stammeringly.

"There is no absolute, about [-]% possible." Cui Tao said.

"But I didn't break the law, so why should he punish me? Could it be that he wants to abuse me by lynching me? Then I'll tell Yin Bao!" The reason why Wang Siniang was able to get out of prison this time is because she made a fuss last time. Bao Zheng.Bao Fu Yin is upright and will never condone Han Tuiguan's abuse of lynching her.

In the end, she just looked at Han Tuiguan more, and didn't eat two pieces of his meat, so she would be so stingy and care about her?

Ping'er laughed and said: "That's why people need to read more books to understand etiquette and rules. Civilians can't look directly at officials, let alone you are just a low-level prisoner. They will use this reason to punish you for a big crime of disrespect." , you can't do anything about it."

Wang Siniang was dumbfounded, and turned her head to ask Cui Tao for proof. Seeing Cui Tao nodded, she was even more frightened out of her wits, regretting that she finally had the opportunity to get out of the prison, but she dared to go Coveting the beauty of Han Tuiguan.It's good for her to have had fifty sticks in her ass, but she doesn't want to be spanked again!

Wang Siniang begged Cui Tao to intercede and save her life.

"With Mrs. Cui's ability, Han Tuiguan will definitely give you face. From now on, I will take care of my eyes and stop looking at him like that, I promise!"

"No help."

If one person makes a small mistake, he has to trouble the people around him to bear it, and it will be difficult to remember the lesson and not make it next time.Cui Tao and Wang Siniang have never been good friends who can help each other, so she will not take trouble for herself when she has nothing to do.

Wang Siniang wailed, and immediately sat on the ground, slapped her thighs and shouted that her life was miserable, that the man was dead, the adulterer was dead, and she didn't even have a friend around her.But she yelled twice and saw that no one was paying attention to her. Pinger and Cui Tao walked forward as usual, so she quickly got up and caught up.

Wang Siniang hurriedly rushed to Cui Tao to apologize to her, and discussed with her in a friendly voice: "I don't ask Mrs. Cui to intercede for me, give me some advice, at least let me suffer less punishment, it depends on me, me ...for the sake of skinning rabbits."

This was originally Wang Siniang's nonsense words that had nothing to say, but after Cui Tao heard it, she was poked into her mind.

"I like to eat things like pork belly and fat intestines, but these things are too troublesome to clean up."

"I, I, I, I will do all the dirty work, tiring work, and smelly work in the future, as long as Mrs. Cui is willing to show me a clear way." Wang Siniang hurriedly imitated the posture of gentlemen bowing, which looked very different. Give Cui Tao a salute.

Cui Tao whispered a few words to Wang Siniang's ear, and Wang Siniang repeatedly nodded in agreement, promising to obey obediently.

Half an hour later, Han Qi finished his business and came out of the room, and suddenly saw a black shadow kneeling in the middle of the ground in the courtyard, looking sideways at Zhang Chang.

"To make amends." Zhang Chang explained.Naturally, he wouldn't bother with such a trivial matter when his master was busy, he just waited until we met now, and simply explained in four words.

Han Qi chuckled, he had already seen clearly that this person was Wang Siniang, but he didn't think she would have such a comprehension given her temperament.

"Who gave you the idea?" Han Qi walked up to Wang Siniang, but his eyes were not on her.

The faint, cold sandalwood fragrance permeated the surrounding air, as if it had stagnated.

Sandalwood originally has the effect of calming the mind, but at the moment Wang Siniang smelled it, her heart was pounding with fright, and cold sweat was streaming down her forehead.As expected, Han Tuiguan looked gentle and gentle, but he was a fine person, and he poked at the vital point with a question.

Fortunately, Cui Tao guessed this point and taught her how to deal with it. It really is only a smart person can deal with a smart person, and a fool like her can only finish the game.

"It was Mrs. Cui's idea for the concubine to go back to Korea to push the official."

Han Qi lowered his eyes and glanced at Wang Siniang.

Wang Siniang hurriedly seized the opportunity, and said with a trembling voice: "Madam Cui was kind enough to scold the concubine, and then the concubine realized that her rude behavior had offended official Han Tui. The concubine knew that the official Han Tui was not good enough Climbing, there is absolutely nothing wrong with it, the concubine is a vulgar person, used to going straight in the past, always seeing something beautiful, I can't help but want to look at it more. But when pushing officials to Han, the concubine forgot etiquette Rules, really shouldn't be read, this concubine knows she's wrong, please forgive me!"

After Wang Siniang finished speaking, she reverently kowtowed three times to Han Qi in a particularly standard posture.

Han Qi left.

Wang Siniang raised her head again, and found that her eyes were empty, she was stunned.

Zhang Chang came over and said to her unhappily: "Come on, you're lucky today."

After all, he went with his master.

Wang Siniang heaved a sigh of relief, luckily Cui Tao gave her advice.

……

The next day, the three of them gathered again, preparing to meet Han Qi and discuss how to deal with Tianxianglou.But this time, only Ping'er and Cui Tao were allowed to meet Han Qi, and Wang Siniang was left alone outside.

On the contrary, Wang Siniang breathed a sigh of relief, she was really afraid of seeing Han Tuiguan, and even more afraid that her short memory head could not control her eyes, and she felt happy to be picked out.

"What? Tianxianglou is actually a brothel!" Ping'er stared wide-eyed in shock, tightened her neck and shoulders, and shook her head repeatedly, fearing that her innocence would be ruined, "I can't go to that kind of place, and I won't even die. .”

"I can." Cui Tao eagerly said, and immediately received a cold look from Han Qi.

"You're crazy, that's a brothel, do you know what a brothel does?" Ping'er looked at Cui Tao in disbelief, Cui Tao looked a hundred times more juicy than her, going to a place where women are tortured without spit out their bones, I'm afraid there won't even be a piece of good flesh left.

"Of course I know, I can handle it!" Cui Tao patted her chest to assure her.

The days in prison can be said to be very monotonous, and it is very nice to have some eclectic and exciting scenes.This is not a particularly embarrassing thing. Human beings have to experience this kind of great harmony to breed the next generation.

Han Qi knew that she was capable and her temper was different from ordinary people.

"Think carefully," Han Qi still reminded Cui Tao to be cautious, "If you don't go, there are other ways."

Cui Tao knew that with Han Qi's character, he would not take the initiative to push a woman into the fire pit.But if she doesn't enter the tiger's den and do some dangerous tasks, how can she have enough 'credit' to support her to be pardoned.

"Then everyone will use their own methods, and the two swords will shoot together, and the chance of hitting will be greater."

Ping'er didn't know what to say anymore, she stared at Cui Tao, she didn't expect her to be so proactive.

"Forget it." Seeing Cui Tao's insistence, Han Qi didn't say much.

Immediately, everyone discussed how to arrange Cui Tao to enter Tianxiang Tower, such as a poor woman from a good family, a concubine unwanted by another family, a wandering beggar, or a criminal daughter from an official family who escaped privately.

Cui Tao shook her head and denied Silian, "It doesn't work. You have to climb up from the bottom. The starting point is too low. How long will it take to reach the top? Time doesn't allow it."

No matter how interesting the Fragrant House was that day, Cui Tao had no plans to stay there permanently.

"Then what identity should I use? If the starting point is high, can it be called a noble girl? But this is even more unreasonable. Who will send the noble girl to the brothel." Wang Zhao asked with a puzzled face.

Han Qi looked at Cui Tao, knowing that she had an idea in her mind, so it was okay to let her say it.

"The oiran from Yangzhou should be called Bairihong." Cui Tao immediately chose her 'stage name'.

Suddenly, Wang Zhao understood what Cui Tao meant by "high starting point".It's just that Mrs. Cui's confident appearance always makes people feel that something is not right?That's an oiran...how could she do it?

At this moment, Ping'er was so shocked that she almost stared out her eyes, "You want to pretend to be an oiran? But not everyone can pretend to be an oiran..."

"You mean I'm not worthy anymore?" Cui Tao asked back.

Pinger quickly shook her head, indicating that she didn't mean that, "I mean that the courtesan of the brothel only needs to have a beautiful appearance, piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, singing, dancing... Almost all talents must be complete, it is not so easy You fooled it. Wouldn’t it be more dangerous if the bustard at Tianxianglou discovered that you had a flaw?”

"There's no risk in catching a thief, let Wang Siniang be my maidservant." Cui Tao said to Han Qi.

Ping'er was silent for a moment, and said: "I want to go too! This Tianji Pavilion is my job, but I let Mrs. Cui and Wang Siniang take risks, and I left the Kaifeng Mansion for nothing. It's too unreasonable."

Cui Tao smiled and praised Ping'er: "You can teach a child."

Han Qi stared at Cui Tao seriously, asking her to think again.

Cui Tao asked Han Qi if he could lend her pen and ink.

Han Qi got up and gave the table to Cui Tao.

After a while, Cui Tao handed over what she had written to Han Qi.

Here is a 'disclaimer':

She voluntarily participated in the investigation of Tianji Pavilion. No matter any dangers in the investigation process, it has nothing to do with Han Tuiguan and Kaifeng Mansion, and she is willing to bear the consequences.

After reading the content, Han Qi squeezed the paper slightly harder, causing the paper to wrinkle.

He knew that Cui Tao wrote this article out of good intentions, and if something happened to her during the mission, this piece of paper could save his official career from being affected.

He didn't need Cui Tao to guarantee these at all, but now he couldn't ignore Cui Tao's kindness.

After everyone in the room dispersed, Han Qi put Cui Tao's 'statement' on the table, silently looked at the delicate lower script on the paper, and after a while, he pressed the paper under a stack of books.Immediately, he took a pen and ink, and wrote an excerpt for Cui Tao to be exonerated.

……

Three days later, news began to gradually spread in Bianjing.The famous oiran of Yangzhou, Bairihong, came to Bianjing. It is said that this woman is beautiful and talented, and she is very popular among dignitaries in Yangzhou.

"Now that Hundred Days Red has come to Beijing, not only has Lu Sanlang, the Prime Minister, looked for him everywhere, but also attracted talented disciples like Yan Juhou to be obsessed with her, and even wrote a poem to praise her beauty. If you are doing this, if you don't know this Yan Juhou Who it is, his father must be known to everyone, it is Yan Shu who entered the test as a child prodigy at the age of 14."

When the people in the tea shop heard this, they all became curious about what this Hundred Days Red looked like, which attracted so many honorable children to chase after her.

The more mysterious you are, the more curious you are, and the more curious you are, the more you need to discuss and inquire. Soon the news spread throughout Bianjing, and everyone in the industry must know about Bairihong.

Many brothels in Beijing began to take the initiative to inquire about Bai Rihong's whereabouts, and they all intend to invite this oiran into their buildings to attract wealth and wealth.

It was at this time that Cui Tao showed up and went to Tianxianglou.

Different from other brothels, Tianxianglou stands alone in the corner of Lihua Lane in the west of Bianjing.The location is remote, with red lanterns hanging high in front of the gate, but there is no shortage of carriages and horses.Tianxianglou is divided into east and west courtyards, with the east being the most expensive and the west being the cheapest.Those on the east side are called "prostitutes". They are all of good looks and talents.The ones on the west side are called "prostitutes". They are all miserable girls with no talent. They can only serve people with sex.

After dark, Cui Tao, who was wearing a bright begonia red dress, stepped out of the sedan chair with Ping'er's support.Immediately, she was welcomed into the private room by Madam Sun, the bustard of Tianxiang Tower.

"I really didn't expect to invite Miss Bai to come to our Tianxianglou. It's really my Tianxianglou's luck." Mama Sun immediately introduced the situation of Tianxianglou to Cui Tao, and the price conditions that they Tianxianglou can offer to Cui Tao.

Mama Sun has a round face and average looks, but she smiles very kindly and kindly. After all, she is in charge of the building. She is the most delicate person, she speaks nicely and pleasantly, and when she praises others, she makes you feel as comfortable as if Roll on the fluffy clouds in the sky.

Cui Tao didn't like Mama Sun's tricks, she lightly held the white jade teacup in her hand, shook it slightly, and brought the tea to her nose to smell it.

Seeing that Cui Tao did not agree to her conditions, Mama Sun knew that this matter had to be discussed, so she asked Cui Tao to taste the tea first, "In order to welcome Miss Bai, I brought out our best tea!"

"The color is emerald green and the shape of the leaves is beautiful. It can be seen that this is the best Mingqian Longjing." Cui Tao said and put down the teacup, but did not drink the tea.

Ms. Sun quickly echoed and praised Cui Tao's good eyesight, "Miss Bai is really insightful, and I will live up to me and prepare this good tea for Miss Bai."

"But it will definitely not be the best tea in your building. The taste is a bit weak, with a little less sweet tea fragrance and a little more turbidity. Is it old tea?" Cui Tao asked.

Mother Sun was shocked. She really didn't expect that the tea thing could be discovered.This is indeed old tea from last year, but it was well preserved. She took it out and gave it to countless distinguished guests who claimed to know tea, and none of them saw it through. Unexpectedly, this prostitute saw it through at a glance today, and she didn't even taste it. taste it.

Mama Sun pretended not to know that it was Chen Cha, and after taking a sip, she scolded the maid in charge of the tea for taking it by mistake, and then apologized to Cui Tao, thus muddling the matter away.

Cui Tao smiled faintly, and looked at Mama Sun with soft but distant eyes, which showed that she was not surprised by favor or humiliation.

Now Mama Sun didn't dare to underestimate this hundred-day star, she really lived up to the oiran's Sheng Ming, she was very knowledgeable.Look at her appearance, this figure, and her mysterious and slightly noble temperament, it really fits the taste of too many noble children in the building.

"I don't know how talented Miss is?" She couldn't spend a lot of money to take a leave of absence to come back.

Cui Tao immediately tried guzheng, pipa, bamboo flute and other musical instruments. No matter which one they were, they were all distinct and melodious.

She found a treasure!

"I will never hold back Miss. You can pick up guests whenever you want. If you don't want to, I will try my best to help you. The money I got is only four in Tianxiang Tower. How about six for Miss? As long as Miss can serve you Well, our distinguished guests here have all kinds of high-quality clothing and treasures." Mama Sun immediately changed the ordinary but slightly higher price she had proposed earlier, and gave Cui Tao an 'exception' share.

Cui Tao looked at the freshly brewed tea, "It's bright green and beautiful, even and lustrous, and it tastes sweet, fragrant and fresh. To those men, the women in the brothel are just like this tea, the first taste is fresh , the taste is good, and I am willing to taste it for a while, but after soaking it a few times, it will eventually lose its taste like white water."

Mama Sun sighed and nodded agreeingly, "There's nothing I can do about it, everyone will grow old one day."

"My life in Yangzhou is also good. Mom, do you know why I did not hesitate to come to Bianjing?" Cui Tao lowered her eyes halfway, her eyelashes trembling slightly, it can be seen that her face was covered with a layer of sadness, as if she was worried about something.

"Why?" Mother Sun actually wanted to understand this point, and not just anyone can enter their Tianxiang Building.

"For the future."

"It's not difficult at all. As long as Miss is willing to stay in our building, I will definitely find a suitable husband for Miss, even the concubine of General Hou's House."

Cui Tao sneered, "Who will be a concubine?"

Sun's mother was very surprised when she heard the words. She didn't expect that the oiran in front of her had a big appetite, but with her background, how could she be the wife?Isn't this a fool's dream!

"Relying on mountains and mountains, relying on men and men to run. I want to be like Mama Sun, stand on my own and have my own business."

Mother Sun nodded suddenly. After this conversation, she admired Cui Tao even more.The prostitutes in the building are invited to live for the pleasure of serving men and coaxing men. It is really rare that there are as ambitious as her.

"If it doesn't work, forget it." Cui Tao got up immediately and left.

Mama Sun sat at the table and moved slightly, looking at Cui Tao with a smile: "Miss, if you want to do something else, I may not have Tianxianglou, but if you want to stand on your own and have your own future, then none of the many brothels in the capital can compare Mine. Why don't you think about it, whoever will raise a person who competes with his family in the building, even if he agrees with you, he will also lie to you, but we are different. "

"Oh?" Cui Tao turned to look at Mama Sun, "Why is it different?"

"You will know later."

"Then how do I know that Mother Sun is not lying to me?" Cui Tao pressed.

"Forget it, let me tell you, Tianxiang Building is just my master's property. If Miss does a good job, my master will appreciate it, and I will open a bigger Tianxiang Building for you." Madam Sun whispered Tell Cui Taodao, and warn her that this matter must not be spread, otherwise she will die.

Cui Tao immediately agreed.

After hard negotiations, Mama Sun kept Cui Tao. Naturally, she cherished the person she favored, and immediately arranged for Cui Tao the best room in Tianxiang Building, on the top four floors. At night, she opened the window, You can see most of the night view of Bianjing from a distance.

Cui Tao looked at the layout of the room and the excellent view from the window, and couldn't help sighing that it was better than the Golden Cave, which was extremely luxurious and comfortable.Compared with the hut she lived in in Kaifeng Mansion, it was like a mouse hole.Really should let Han Qi take a look, she treats special talents so badly, even worse than a procuress in a brothel.

Both Wang Siniang and Ping'er were then placed in Cui Tao's room and were responsible for serving Cui Tao.The two of them were also amazed by the various jade incense burners, ancient calligraphy and paintings in the room.

"Oh my god, if I run around with this jade stove in my hand, I won't have to worry about it for the rest of my life!" Wang Siniang said while touching the jade stove curiously.

"There is no need to worry, there is no trace of death, what else to worry about." Ping'er reminded Wang Siniang not to forget, this is probably the sub-rudder of Tianji Pavilion in Bianjing, there must be a cloud of experts, there are so many nurses in the brothel, How could it be possible for her to run away with such a big object.

"You should ask the old people in the building more information, don't be too obvious, and talk nonsense without a trace." Cui Tao then explained the two people's cliché skills, and asked Wang Siniang to be in charge of the cook and maid in the kitchen. Ping'er is in charge of making friends with the maids of the other girls in the building.

Cui Tao asked Mama Sun to find someone to take her around on the pretext of knowing Tianxianglou.Afterwards, Cui Tao was told that the courtyard behind the kitchen of Tianxiang Building, especially the east and west courtyards, was a warehouse for storing treasures, and the idlers were not allowed to come and go casually, even the girls in the building were not allowed to go.

Cui Tao continued to use the pretext of 'knowing each other' to visit girls everywhere, but in fact she wanted to observe the situation in the backyard of Tianxiang Building from the windows of these girls' rooms.Cui Tao immediately discovered that there were two dilapidated-looking houses in the northwest corner of the backyard. At first glance, they looked like firewood houses, and there were a lot of chopped firewood piled up in the yard.There were five rough-looking men sitting on the pyre and chatting, and not long after, another five people replaced them, also sitting there chatting, the number was just right, and it felt a bit strange.

After Cui Tao remembered this place, she was sent back to her room by Mama Sun, because the building was about to open to welcome guests.

Ms. Sun asked Cui Tao with a smile how familiar she was with this place, and seeing that Cui Tao was in good spirits, she asked her if she planned to pick up guests tonight.

"Then let's do a dance," Cui Tao said.

……

The lights are bright, illuminating the magnificent and luxurious lobby of Tianxiang Building.

The sound of music suddenly attracted the attention of the guests in the building.Immediately afterwards, the exclamation from the lobby attracted all the guests who were drinking tea and listening to music in the private room, and they all stood by the railings on the second and third floors and looked down.

But I saw a woman in a red begonia dress, holding two red silks hanging from the roof, like spirit snakes, wrapped around her waist or legs, completely controlling the red silks on her body.Her figure is well-proportioned, without even a trace of fat, and she is as light as a dexterous butterfly flying in mid-air with red silk dangling.Covering her face with a white gauze, her red skirt fluttered, her beautiful eyes shimmered, and she was full of infinite style, attracting all the men upstairs and downstairs to applaud her.

Han Qi and Yan Juhou were standing by the railing on the third floor.Yan Ju Hou stared intently at the woman downstairs who could no longer be said to be dancing gracefully, but was dancing in the air. He couldn't take his eyes off, exclaimed in amazement, and clapped his hands again and again.

"Brother Zhigui, you are really here today. I haven't seen such fun in the past. It must be because Brother Zhigui is here today, and the bustard specially showed the best dancer in the building. Ouch, this You can dance really well, tsk tsk, that little waist..."

Han Qi didn't look downstairs at first, he was waiting for Zhang Chang's news, when he heard Yan Juhou's words, he gave him a cold look.

"Brother Zhigui, take a quick look, and don't watch that little lady finish dancing!" Yan Juhou pulled Han Qi's arm anxiously.

Han Qi remained motionless, not wanting to talk to him at all, and saw Zhang Chang come back in a hurry.

"'Hundred Days Red' is dancing downstairs." Zhang Chang reported to Han Qi.

Han Qi immediately looked downstairs, and saw the woman hanging on the red silk landed gracefully, gave a slight salute to everyone, then turned around and went upstairs amidst the loud shouts of the crowd.Even after changing into brightly colored attire and wearing a veil, Han Qi could still recognize Cui Tao's back at a glance.

Mama Sun, the madam, was very enthusiastic about Cui Tao, and went upstairs with her, smiling with her.

Unexpectedly, she has just come to Tianxiang Tower for one day, and she has such a 'high starting point'.

"It turns out that she is the Hundred Days Red you asked me to look for before. I asked Brother Zhigui why he would come to such a place with me today." Yan Ju teased Han Qi with a thick smile.

Han Qi didn't say a word, and silently looked at Cui Tao who had already walked upstairs.

Her gold, silver and white jade hairpin rings of various styles make her look rich without being tacky, and her begonia red wide-sleeved gown and tube top skirt are embroidered with delicate and rich peonies.When she lightly moved the lotus steps, the peony flowers seemed to come alive, exuding fragrance.The place where the men present couldn't take their eyes off was the part of the neck that was exposed on the tube top dress. The beautiful bones protruded, and the skin was white and full of snow, but it was more delicate and permeable than snow.

Han Qi watched Cui Tao go up to the third floor, and was immediately invited into private room No. [-] by the bustard.He stared at the door of No. [-] private room, his face darkened.

Zhang Chang immediately paced to the front of No. [-] private room, wandering around as if taking a leisurely walk.

Seeing Han Qi's cold eyes and gloomy face, Yan Juhou seemed to care about something, and seeing Zhang Chang's "sneaky" in front of No. [-] private room, he suddenly understood, and happily touched Han Qi with his shoulder, Brother Gui, would you like some oirans? Is the price of an oiran enough? The price of an oiran is too expensive, but I still have some money, so I can help Zhigui brother make it up."

"Don't make any trouble, you go first." Han Qi said.

"Is there really no shortage of money? Then I'll go find my people. I wish Brother Zhigui a wonderful heart." Yan Juhou patted Han Qi's shoulder with a smile, and then left.

Zhang Chang turned back at this time and told Han Qi, "There are only Lady Cui and the madam inside."

Han Qi stopped talking and prepared to go downstairs.

When he walked to No. [-] private room, the door suddenly opened.

Cui Tao was surprised to see Han Qi after opening the door.Han Qi also looked towards Cui Tao.

"Why are you here?" Cui Tao asked.

Mama Sun could tell at a glance that the two knew each other: "Who is this?"

"Mom, this is my former benefactor. I didn't expect that we would meet here." Cui Tao explained to the madam with a light smile.

"It's such a coincidence?" It was too much of a coincidence to meet an old friend when he first came to Tianxiang Tower.Reminiscent of the fact that people from the imperial court spied on Tianji Pavilion some time ago, Mama Sun became more suspicious.

"Well! I have known you for three years, and he has always treated me very well." Cui Tao agreed with his usual attitude.

Mama Sun froze for a moment: "My lord?"

"He just... just likes me to call him that, mom, don't ask me any more." Cui Tao lowered her head in embarrassment, her cheeks were slightly flushed, and she looked like an embarrassed and shy girl.

Mama Sun suddenly understood that some noble people have different hobbies, and she has a lot of experience in this regard.Anyone who dares to use the title of "adult" is probably not a secret work of the government, they are all experienced veterans.Mother Sun dispelled her doubts a little, and put a pair of jade bracelets on her hands, saying that it was to reward Cui Tao for dancing well tonight.

Afterwards, Mama Sun warmly invited Han Qi into private room No. [-], but when she came out to close the door, she intentionally left a gap.Mother Sun stood by the crack of the door and looked in.

"Your Excellency, you heard that I'm here, so you came here specifically to find me?" Cui Tao cheerfully approached Han Qi, took his arm, and leaned against him.

Han Qi stood still in place, staring at Cui Tao with his dark eyes. After a while, his thin lips moved slightly: "From Yangzhou to Bianjing, I worked very hard to find you."

"Oh, that's really an honor for my family!" Cui Tao immediately leaned close to Han Qi's ear, and whispered into Han Qi's ear, "Then my family must take good care of you tonight."