66. She Is in a Brothel

Translator: Storm in a Teacup

“In your dreams!”

Pushing Helian Chacha away impatiently, Meiniang left the room directly.

After Meiniang had left, all the other girls were looking at Helian Chacha who was standing in front of them with a sad face.

“Qingyu, please don’t embarrass us.”

Qin was almost crying, and she led Helian Chacha directly to that Guqin right next to them.

Outside the Red Cherry Land, Zhuifeng was staring at this closed venue with his gloomy face.

“Sir, if the info is correct, Her Highness must be inside this place.”

The man in casual clothes looked really embarrassed as in their eyes, Helian Chacha was the woman of Ye Shengxuan, and she should never have any connection with such a place.

“Tell His Majesty that I am just too incompetent to find the whereabouts of Her Highness.”

Zhuifeng’s eyes turned cold. As the subordinate of Ye Shengxuan, it was also his duty to protect the reputation of Ye Shengxuan.

Whether Helian Chacha was inside or not, he would never step into the Red Cherry Land because of its sinful nature.

“But…”

The man wanted to say something more, but he was stopped directly by Zhuifeng’s eyes.

Three days later, if Ye Shengxuan came to the river town himself, it would be impossible to keep this information from him.

“Sir, there is another thing. The Red Cherry Land said yesterday that there was a new girl joining them, and they will make an auction for her first night in four days. Do you think that maybe it is…”

The man clearly found it hard to continue saying what he wanted to say.

“Her Highness is the Concubine Xian of His Majesty!”

Zhuifeng left right away after saying that. He had to make sure that Helian Chacha was not inside. And if she was there…

A dark shade flashed through Zhuifeng’s eyes.

The image of Ye Shengxuan in their eyes had always been perfect, except for the part related to Helian Chacha. So, he decided to eliminate this imperfection.

The two of them disappeared at the entrance of the Red Cherry Land, yet neither of them realized that there was someone watching them from the third floor of the Red Cherry Land.

“Your Highness, shall we depart now? If Ye Shengxuan really comes to the river town, it will be quite tricky for us.”

There came the voice of that old man who stood behind the man in front of the window, and the fairy-like man nodded slightly.

He only needed three months, and after three months, he would definitely come back and take that woman with him.

In the morning of the next day, Meiniang came to the room once again.

After practicing Guqin for an entire day, Helian Chacha could no longer feel her fingers right now. Therefore, she looked super exhausted when she saw Meiniang.

“Qingyu, you have three days. In three days, if you can double the profit of my Red Cherry Land for real, you don’t need to entertain the guests.”

Meiniang had no expression on her face, and her eyes lost focus so that it was hard to tell what she was looking at.

“Does it mean that I don’t have to learn these things?”

Looking at these instruments in front of her with a pain in the head, Helian Chacha felt so tired. She used to hate the ancient poems so badly when she was at school, but compared to those things in front of her at the moment, ancient poems were indeed sweeter than sugar.

“You need to learn these things for sure. But if you manage to master them, I will let you free in three months.”

Meiniang talked as if she was joking, and she didn’t seem to care about the astonishment on the faces of the other four girls.

“Great! Deal!”

Helian Chacha’s eyes were glowing. Meiniang giggled and then left right away.

“Today at noon, I will have all the girls in Red Cherry Land come to report to you.”

After saying that, Meiniang walked out of the room again.

No need to meet the guests! Helian Chacha was so thrilled that she started jumping on the bed.

But honestly, she was quite curious about this brothel thing.

Being together with her for two days, the four girls had got used to her behavior. Looking at Helian Chacha being so excited, the four just stood there in silence.

Another day had passed. Except for the morning meeting, Ye Shengxuan spent the entire day in front of his study desk in Yangxin Hall, sitting so straight.

Looking at Shiao Qi who just walked in, he held the writing brush tighter unconsciously.

“Your Majesty, Zhuifeng reported that he failed to find where Her Highness was. And it seemed that Chu Jianmo has already left the imperial city. Shall we chase after him or not?”

Shiao Qi sounded a bit embarrassed. His Imperial Guardians had been always performed accountable, and this was the first time they failed a mission.

“Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager invites you to Kunning Palace.”

A young eunuch ran into the hall in a hurry with a panicked look on his face, as if he was trying to avoid the eyes of Ye Shengxuan.

“What happened?”

Ye Shengxuan sat still. Had it not been because of the Empress Dowager, he would have arrived at the river town by now.

“I really don’t know, Your Majesty.”

The young eunuch’s face was totally blushed. After hearing the quiet “hmm” from Ye Shengxuan, he ran out of the hall immediately, as if he would be dead if he stayed for one more second.

Looking at Shiao Qi in the eyes, Ye Shengxuan frowned immediately.

“Your Majesty!”

“She wouldn’t dare do anything to me.”

In just a short while, Ye Shengxuan came to Kunning Palace.

It seemed that something had happened there. In the courtyard of Kunning Palace, those palace maids who used to serve in the hall were right now standing in two rows there.

Seeing that Ye Shengxuan walked in, those maids all looked very embarrassed.

Opening the door and stepping in, he could see that the Empress Dowager was sitting on the main seat. Looking at Ye Shengxuan coming inside, she had a proud grin on her face.

“I heard that you’re still looking for Concubine Xian, Your Majesty?”

Putting down the beads she was playing, the Empress Dowager smiled and looked at Ye Shengxuan with her eyes filled with irony. This time, the poor emperor had lost completely.

“You can just tell me what you want to say, Mother. I still need to deal with my business in Xuanzheng Hall.”

That was not a friendly tone. If he and the Empress Dowager had maintained a seemingly good relationship before the incident of Helian Chacha, then after that, there was no need to pretend it anymore.

“Is this a proper way of an emperor talking to his own mother?”

The Empress Dowager was agitated as well. When she had helped Ye Shengxuan get the throne, she had thought he was an obedient one.

She was not mad. Just in a few days, there would be another one to take the throne, and she could be more unscrupulous. She couldn’t help feeling so good just thinking of that.

“But I heard that Concubine Xian is in a brothel right now. Don’t you worry if this news spreads out and causes damage to our imperial reputation?”

Ye Shengxuan’s pupils suddenly dilated. Helian Chacha was in a brothel?

“I only know that she is my Concubine Xian! I have some matter to deal with, so I’ll leave now.”

Helian Chacha was in a brothel!

All Ye Shengxuan was thinking about was this one thing, and that was absolutely unacceptable for him.

Shiao Qi was waiting at the entrance of Kunning Palace. Looking at Ye Shengxuan’s gloomy face, he had the intuition that there must have been something terrible happening to Helian Chacha.

“In an hour, you go to the river town with me. And bring Feng Xue here!”

Ye Shengxuan was full of anger and he didn’t want to have a negotiation about it. So, Shiao Qi turned around and rushed towards the palace gate immediately with his flying skills.

He had always been quite vigilant to Feng Xue, because he was afraid that he might take revenge for the Feng Family and hurt Ye Shengxuan. But he could never resist Ye Shengxuan’s order either.

In less than 10 minutes, Feng Xue arrived at Yangxin Hall. Looking at Ye Shengxuan standing in front of him wearing his casual clothes, he was a bit confused.

“I’m going to the river town now, and I’ll leave all the business in the palace to you. No matter what, I’ll bring your sister back!”

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