"Where's Ren Baqian?" The empress was bored out of her mind and went out for some fresh air. The sky had just darkened, but the palace was brightly lit.
"He was invited to House Yunyan by Minister Tong. He came to inform Her Majesty just now," Hong Yuan whispered as he followed behind Ren Baqian while carrying the empress's wine pot.
"Oh?" The empress thought for a while. Ren Baqian did come by just now, but she was watching a television drama and didn't pay much attention.
After thinking for a while, the empress said, "That old man! He brought him to House Yunyan again! "
"Sir Ren knows his limits." Hong Luan pursed her lips and smiled.
"Men are all cats, there's no one who doesn't cheat!" The empress thought of a common saying in television dramas and blurted it out.
"Then … Your Majesty, do you want to go and take a look?" Qing Yuan instigated with a mischievous smile. She actually liked the scene of the empress tormenting Principal Ren.
The empress, who was walking out, stopped in her tracks and revealed a trace of excitement on her face.
However, another saying from television dramas came to mind, "Don't push men too hard, give them some space."
Then, another saying came to mind, "Don't give men the chance to cheat."
After struggling for a while, the empress smiled. Why was she thinking about this? Since when did she have to consider the thoughts of these street kids?
I'm Qi Zixiao. If anyone in this world let me down, I'll hang him on top of the city wall to dry and then suppress him in the palace square to accompany the erhu spirit.
"I don't think he has the guts," the empress said coldly. Furthermore, Ren Baqian couldn't always be around her in the palace. It wasn't a bad thing for him to interact more with the people from the Ministry of Works.
She still trusted Ren Baqian.
After finishing her sentence, the empress turned around and walked into the palace. "I'm bored. Change into men's clothes and go to the brothel to have some fun."
At this moment, Ren Baqian had a strange look on his face in House Yunyan. He couldn't tell if it was playful, pitiful, or something else.
The hall was full of officials from the Ministry of Works, including Feng Hou and Ge Yihong. Even though they weren't unrestrained, they were still dancing like demons.
Other than Ren Baqian, there was no one on either side of him. He was just drinking and casually chatting with everyone about the recent developments.
For example, the blast furnaces and hydraulic forging workshops on the banks of the Nineteen River in the south, and the promotion of crops such as potatoes and pumpkins in the coming year.
He always wanted to look at the development of Dayao's agriculture and industry from a higher perspective so that he could make plans.
However, the group of women who came in just now surprised him, because he saw a familiar face among them.
She was a young girl in her twenties. She was twenty-eight, not twenty-eight.
His appearance could be considered excellent, with fair skin and a slightly broad forehead. His appearance carried a heroic spirit. After putting on some makeup, she looked much more gentle and charming. He was dressed in the traditional aqua-blue clothing of the Jing Tribe. There were many flowery embroidery on his clothes, and he wore a few silver rings on his wrists.
This batch of women was sent from Tianjing Basin. After Xi Wanya pacified Tianjing Basin, he selected some young women from the relatives of the prisoners and sent them to these brothels in Lan City.
As for those in the House of House Yunyan, they were the best of the best. They had just been trained, and today was the first time they were sent out to receive guests.
As soon as he entered the House of House Yunyan, he heard about this from Feng Hou, but he didn't pay much attention to it.
It wasn't until this batch of women came in that he saw the girl among them that he was stunned for a moment and even suspected if they looked alike.
It wasn't until he saw the astonishment, shyness, and hatred in the girl's eyes that he confirmed that it was indeed her.
He had forgotten the name, but he remembered the person. Back in the hidden village, apart from the experts from the old sect, there were also some of their disciples.
This girl was one of them. If he remembered correctly, her master was an old woman who later invited a Spirit Wheel expert who used a paper umbrella as a weapon and executed a stunning spear attack. Ren Baqian still remembered that the expert's name was Chang Tian.
After Chang Tian's death, the old woman disappeared with his corpse, and Ren Baqian had forgotten about her.
After all, a peak Earth Wheel expert wasn't worth his attention in that situation.
He didn't expect to see her disciple here.
"Where's your master?" Ren Baqian asked.
The girl hesitated for a while, then sighed and said, "Dead."
"Why are you here?" What Ren Baqian actually wanted to ask was why she was still alive. He had a good impression of the people from the hidden village. At the very least, they were a group of people who bled for their ideals.
He would rather hope that the people from the hidden village surrendered or died than to see such a girl fall into a place like a brothel and become a doll.
However, when the words were on the tip of his tongue, Ren Baqian felt that he shouldn't be so harsh. Not everyone had the opportunity to make such a choice.
It wasn't wrong to want to live.
"There's actually someone you know!" Feng Hou laughed heartily and patted Ren Baqian's shoulder. Ren Baqian immediately felt the chair beneath him creak.
"Do you want to ask me why I didn't die with my master?" The girl raised her eyebrows as if she understood the meaning behind Ren Baqian's words. She then said with hatred, "That was what I thought at first, but now I want to live and see how those traitors die and how you all perish!"
As soon as she said this, the surroundings became quiet. Everyone present looked at her with a faint smile. In Lan City, even Spirit Wheel experts couldn't leave even if they entered.
Moreover, a Man Wheel expert was no different from an ordinary child. No one cared about her. However, her thoughts determined her fate.
The others who had the same status as her all distanced themselves in fear. They lowered their heads and didn't dare to say anything.
"I will take her away in a while. I will let you live peacefully and watch." Feng Hou smiled and decided the girl's fate with one sentence.
"If you want to live, you shouldn't say such words. Do you still want to die? Or is your heart wavering between living in humiliation and death? You have been trained in House Yunyan for three months and still haven't understood. Even after three months of training, you still haven't figured it out. "Ren Baqian shook his head.
The girl bit her lip and stared at Ren Baqian stubbornly.
"Don't take her away. I will handle it." Ren Baqian turned his head and said to Feng Hou. If Feng Hou took her away, even if he didn't kill her, he wouldn't let her have an easy time. To these people, she wasn't even comparable to a doll.
If her legs were to be chopped off and tied up in the courtyard, she might as well be killed.
"If Her Majesty finds out, I'm afraid you will be in trouble." Feng Hou laughed.
"Her Majesty won't care about such a small matter." Ren Baqian waved his hand and asked the guards to take the girl to another room.
…
In one of the rooms, Xing Rong, who was missing an arm and an eye, was sitting.
"The principal of Black Bamboo Academy, Ren Baqian, is here. This time, he wants to take away someone who seems to be an acquaintance," a man with a crippled body said from below.
"He is here again?" Xing Rong frowned. The last time he was here, half of House Yunyan was almost demolished.
"Minister Tong again?" After thinking about it, only Tong Zhenye was fearless enough to invite him to the brothel.
"Yes."
"He wants the person, sure, but he has to leave the money behind. Get someone to tell him that it's 500 taels of silver, "Xing Rong said after some thought.
After a while, someone came in and reported, "Just now, three women dressed as men came, and one of them looks like Her Majesty …"
Xing Rong's face darkened when he heard this.
Why is Her Majesty here again …
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