"Since you are going to marry many women, and you will be far away from this country in the future, is there anything else you have always wanted to do but haven't done yet? Tell me that I will satisfy you this time. The two of us will spend some time. It’s time to have some fun, what do you think?”
Zhaoyan nodded quickly and said: "I came to you today just to ask you to accompany me to go out and play. Since you took the initiative to say it, I will tell you what I want to do."
After saying that, he took out a piece of paper from his arms. Yan Ling didn't expect Zhaoyan to come prepared. He raised his eyes and took the piece of paper in her hand, and saw that countless numbers were listed densely on the paper. Small options, and some options have a check mark after them, indicating that this option has been completed.
There were only a few options left, and it seemed that Zhao Yan was determined to finish all of them today.
Yan Ling took the piece of paper and looked at it carefully, then frowned, then pointed at one point and said to Zhaoyan, "Are you crazy? As a princess, how can you think of going to a brothel? What? That’s not something people like us should be able to enter.”
When Zhaoyan saw that Yan Ling had discovered her little secret, she snatched the paper, folded the board, and stuffed it into her arms again, saying, "And there's nothing wrong with this. Men can do that." Go, why can't women? If nothing else, can't we just listen to a little song? "
Yan Ling stood there. Zhaoyan's confident look made Yan Ling laugh. After a long silence, Yan Ling finally seemed to have made up his mind and said, "Change clothes, let's go together."
Yan Ling must have had such a thought in his heart, so he pursed his lips and said, "You still need to prepare. I have already prepared the clothes. We will go after changing clothes."
Li Qiu came up from behind, holding two bags of clothes in his arms, with a cold face as if he didn't understand the two masters' decision to do this.
However, as a maid, she naturally couldn't say anything. She could only stare in anger. Liqiu was Zhaoyan's second maid, and she was very responsible for Zhaoyan's image. She was afraid that her reputation would spread to the outside world and have some influence on the royal family. Affected by this, she always abides by her duties, for fear that she would go out and cause trouble.
Poor Zhaoyan was about to get married, so now that she wanted to indulge, she couldn't say anything, but she thought Yan Ling could stop her from doing stupid things.
But even though he didn't want to see Yan Ling's expression, he had been yearning for that place for a long time.
After the two quickly changed into clothes, they walked outside the house.
When she walked to the door, Zhaoyan seemed a little worried, so she turned to Yan Ling and said, "Do you want to say hello to Liang He? If he didn't know, I would have taken you away." If so, wouldn’t he be angry and come to me to challenge me?”
Yan Ling turned to look at Zhaoyan and said, "Are you asking me to tell him that we are going to a brothel? Do you think he will agree?"
Zhaoyan thought so, and the two of them walked all the way to the main street of the capital without saying hello to anyone.
The main street of the capital is very bustling. It is the morning, there is a lot of traffic, and the sound of hawking on the street is endless.
The two of them walked to the largest brothel in the capital one after the other.
In Manyue Tower, the largest building in the capital, there were several carriages parked in front of the door. It was obvious that dignitaries were coming in and out.
There were two gorgeously dressed women at the door, waving handkerchiefs and greeting guests.
When she saw Yan Ling and Zhaoyan coming over, the old lady looked them up and down first, as if she had noticed something. Then one of the old ladies came up, put her hands on her hips and stood in front of them and said, "You two girls, what's going on here?" This is not a place you should come to. There are some girls in the capital who do have some hobbies and like to come to places like this very much. It’s just that you two are strangers. I don’t know what you are here for, but I can’t let you in and cause trouble.”
When Yan Ling saw this woman, he really had a look on his face. He could tell at a glance that they were dressed like this, and they had obviously seen the world.
She was stunned there and didn't know what to do. She saw that Zhaoyan had already taken out a silver ingot from his arms and threw it to the woman and said: "Stop talking nonsense, let us go in."
As soon as the old lady saw Zhaoyan's generous move, she immediately knew that a big deal was coming. This girl was so generous and could make money. She didn't care what she did in the brothel, so she quickly led the two of them into Manyue. building.
There is a huge screen in the middle of the first floor of Manyue Building. There are two roads behind the screen. Each road leads to a long corridor. There are many rooms in the corridor. Behind the screen are several tables with some guests on them. , the guests were drinking and having fun, creating a prosperous and peaceful scene.
On the side of the screen are two stairs, from which you can go to the second floor. The second floor is a circular platform with countless small doors on both sides, and behind each door is a room.
The brothel is hung with curtains made of colorful beads, which look very beautiful when illuminated by the lights.
The moment they walked in, the aroma was fragrant. The smell of powder mixed with various flavors hit their faces and impacted their noses, making them feel dizzy after smelling it.
The girls in this Beijing family all have the habit of incense, but the spices are fresh and elegant.
And places like brothels seem very frivolous precisely because the smell of rouge and gouache is too strong.
Yan Ling stretched out his hand to cover his nose, but Zhaoyan's face remained as usual. She waved her hand and asked the woman to find a private room for herself.
The mother-in-law took Yan Ling Zhaoyan to the private room on the second floor. As they walked along the corridor, they heard all kinds of strange sounds coming from the room. Yan Ling's face turned red and he turned around to see Zhaoyan. When I arrived, I discovered that there was no trace of shame on this woman's face.
It seemed that she was very eager to come to this place and had been planning this for a long time, but she should not have asked Yan Ling to do this.
Yan Ling was very resistant to this matter, and he couldn't be as calm as Zhaoyan when he came here, but since it was Zhaoyan who wanted to accompany her to spend the time before getting married, and to accompany her in what she wanted to accomplish, He had no choice but to accompany her to the private room with a blushing face.
There are several private rooms on the second floor that are close to the windows. The doors of the private rooms are open, and the sound of guzheng and other musical instruments such as silk and bamboo can be heard from inside.
As the largest brothel in the capital, the girls in this brothel are proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and the education they receive is no worse than those of official ladies.
There are even many singing and dancing girls whose abilities are superior to those of official ladies.
(End of chapter)