A life of two souls traveling through time

Chapter 171: Talented Lady Liu Visits a Brothel

Fengqifang under the moonlight was still full of debauchery and laughter. In addition, tonight was the premiere of the new dance of the famous prostitute Hongqing, which attracted many dignitaries. There was a lot of traffic outside the square. Mother Yun stood in front of the door to welcome the guests one after another, with a grin on her face, and she sighed in her heart that Hongqing was really her god of wealth.

An Yun and Lao Zhou drove a carriage and stopped outside Fengqifang. Li Yunye and Liu Jiangxi, who was dressed as a young master, got off the carriage. Both of them were gently waving paper fans, looking graceful and elegant, attracting a lot of people's attention.

Thinking that his aunt and uncle would definitely not agree with him going to Fengqifang to watch Hongqing's performance, Li Yunye asked for leave from Madam Zhuo the day before. He still found an excuse about the cloth shop to leave Zhuo's house and return to his brother's courtyard. This way it would be much more convenient for him to go to Fengqifang at night.

Ever since the prince promised not to embarrass his nephew, Zhuo Yanzheng relaxed his supervision of Li Yunye a lot. In addition, An Yun and Lao Zhou, who followed Li Yunye, were both very skilled, so he felt at ease letting him go back to the outer city occasionally.

Liu Jiangxi was originally angry that Li Yunye wanted to take her to a brothel, but when she heard him praising Hongqing's dancing skills, her anger was mostly gone. Although she had never seen Hongqing, she had heard about the superb sword and spear dances of this famous prostitute in the capital, and she also wanted to see her excellent dancing, so she agreed reluctantly.

"Mr. Liu...Mr. Liu, please come in." Li Yunye smiled at Liu Jiangxi, who was dressed as a man beside him, and swept his right arm, making a gesture of invitation.

Liu Jiangxi was naturally a little nervous as it was her first time coming to Fengqifang, but she couldn't show her fear in front of Li Yunye, so she pretended to be calm, glanced at him, fanned herself elegantly, and went up the stairs.

Seeing Liu Jiangxi trying to pretend to be calm despite being obviously embarrassed, Li Yunye followed her while holding back his smile. He never expected that the proud and talented girl could have such a lovely side.

"Oh, Mr. Li, you're here at last. Hongqing has reserved a seat for you in the elegant room upstairs." When Li Yunye and Liu Jiangxi walked up the stairs, Mama Yun, who was waiting at the door, knew that Mr. Li didn't like other girls to approach him and was only in love with Hongqing. So she sent away the girl who wanted to pounce on him, came to Li Yunye alone, smiled, then turned around and called the fat maid beside Hongqing and ordered, "Dafeng, take Mr. Li to the elegant room upstairs, and tell your girl that Mr. Li is here." After Mama Yun finished speaking, she curiously glanced at the delicate, unworldly and elegant young man beside Li Yunye.

"Mr. Li, please come this way." After responding to Mama Yun's words, Dafeng, the fat maidservant beside Hongqing, led Li Yunye into the hall.

The hall was already crowded and noisy, and it was a hot summer night, so the smell was not pleasant. Li Yunye and Liu Jiangxi both covered their noses with fans and hurried upstairs with the fat maid. Old Zhou behind him liked the lively scene very much. When he wanted to ask the servant next to him for some wine, he was dragged away by An Yun and chased after the young master.

"Please wait a moment, gentlemen. The young lady's performance is about to begin." After the fat maid Dafeng arranged Li Yunye and Liu Jiangxi in the elegant seats on the second floor, she bowed slightly and left.

"I didn't expect that Mr. Li is also a frequent visitor to Fengqifang?"

Just as Li Yunye was introducing Hong Qing's new dance tonight to Liu Jiangxi, Yuan Xin, dressed in a purple shirt and brocade hat, came to Li Yunye leisurely with a wine glass in his hand and smiled happily.

I heard that Censor Zhuo is a man who keeps himself clean, so how could he tolerate his nephew going in and out of such a place of entertainment?

"Coach Yuan, you are here too?" Li Yunye was slightly surprised to see that it was Yuan Xin. She then glanced nervously at Liu Jiangxi who was covering herself with a fan, hoping that Yuan Xin did not recognize her.

"Is this young man a friend of Young Master Li? Why not introduce him to me?" However, Liu Jiangxi's use of the fan to cover his face was just an attempt to cover up his own faults. Instead, it aroused Yuan Xin's greater interest. He actually sat down next to Liu Jiangxi and asked curiously.

Li Yunye laughed dryly with an embarrassed look on his face, not knowing how to answer. This Yuan Xin was really a social bully.

Seeing that Yuan Xin was sitting beside him and refused to leave, Liu Jiangxi had no choice but to put away the fan and looked at Yuan Xin with a cold and disdainful look on his face.

"Ahem, Mr. Liu..." Yuan Xin almost spit out the wine he had just drunk. As soon as the words came to his lips, he was frightened by Liu Jiangxi's glare. After reacting, he hurriedly smiled and bowed to Liu Jiangxi: "So it's Mr. Liu. I admire you. I admire you."

If the news that Lady Liu visited a brothel were to spread, it would surely cause a sensation in the entire capital. However, Lady Liu has always been extraordinary, so Yuan Xin didn't care. But he wondered how that coward Yan Cairong would feel if he knew that the girl he liked came to Fengqifang for fun with another man?

Thinking of Yan Cairong's green face, Yuan Xin covered his mouth and laughed with some smugness.

"What are you laughing at?" Liu Jiangxi naturally thought that Yuan Xin was laughing at him, so he glared at him angrily.

"Mr. Liu, please don't misunderstand. I'm not laughing at you." Seeing the anger in Liu Jiangxi's eyes, Yuan Xin quickly stopped smiling, stepped back, and waved to Li Yunye.

Liu Jiangxi glanced at Yuan Xin again and ignored him. He just turned around with his tea and looked at the stage downstairs.

"Master Yuan, please don't misunderstand. Miss Liu came to Fengqifang tonight just to watch Miss Hongqing's new dance."

"Hehe, Master Li, what you said is true. Aren't we all here at Fengqifang tonight just for Miss Hongqing's new dance?"

Li Yunye was instantly choked by Yuan Xin's words and could only nod repeatedly in embarrassment.

"Mr. Li, could the rumors outside be true?" Yuan Xin glanced around and suddenly leaned close to Li Yunye's ear and asked in a low voice.

"What rumor?" Li Yunye was confused and turned to look at An Yun and Lao Zhou who were sitting behind him.

An Yun also shook his head blankly. He followed the young master every day, so naturally he would not know the rumors that the young master did not know.

"Rumor has it that the young master and Miss Liu are getting married." Old Zhou smiled at Liu Jiangxi while drinking.

"Ahem..." Li Yunye choked on the cold drink in his mouth. He looked up and saw Liu Jiangxi's threatening look. He didn't have time to cough. He explained with a red face, "I didn't spread this!"

"Don't come near me in the future! How can I get married if you ruin my reputation?" Liu Jiangxi naturally knew that it was not Li Yunye who spread the news, but she still said angrily.

"Why are you like this? I invited you out to watch the dance with good intentions, but you blame me instead? Besides, I didn't force you to come out with me. What do you mean by me ruining your reputation?" Li Yunye felt wronged by Liu Jiangxi's angry words, so he pouted and said angrily.

Yuan Xin, who was caught between the two people, saw that he was the one who caused the quarrel, so he did not dare to speak to persuade them. He held his wine glass and left silently with a guilty conscience.

"Finally he left." Liu Jiangxi breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Yuan Xin leave. He then turned back and warned Li Yunye, "If you don't want to cause trouble for the famous Li in Jiangnan in the future, it's best to stay away from Yuan Xin."

It turned out that she was deliberately picking a quarrel with Li Yunye. She couldn't chase him away openly, so she had to find a way to let Yuan Xin leave on her own.

"Why?" Li Yunye obviously had no idea what Liu Jiangxi was thinking, and was still angry.

"The Yuan father and son have always valued money more than their life. If you make friends with such people, you might lose your life." Liu Jiangxi glanced at Li Yunye with disdain, said lightly, and then ignored him.

"Mr. Li, you don't know that Prime Minister Yuan has a bad reputation among the people. He flatters the emperor while collecting money everywhere. He is a complete traitor. Now that he is favored by the emperor, he can still be prosperous, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has long hated him. If the Crown Prince ascends the throne in the future, the good days of his Yuan family will be over. After Liu Jiangxi finished speaking, Lao Zhou also came forward and sat next to Li Yunye, whispering.

Li Yunye took a deep breath when he heard this. Fortunately, he and Yuan Xin were not very close.