An Ning looked up and saw a very seductive woman. Her intuition told her the woman was dangerous. Just as she was about to warn Xue Yunlan, a fragrance wafted towards her, and then she lost consciousness.
“My Lord, your subordinate has brought two young girls. One of them is still pure and meets your conditions.”
Wen Yuxi looked up and glanced at the woman. “There’s no need.”
Wen Nuan was stunned. “My Lord, you don’t need them anymore?”
“Drinking them would be a waste, so it’s better not to drink,” Wen Yuxi turned his face away, saying coldly.
“Then I’ll leave that person at the Yu Chun Lou,” Wen Nuan said.
“Fine,” Wen Yuxi replied.
Wen Nuan’s gaze fell upon the man. After a long while, a voice came, “You may withdraw!”
“Yes.” Wen Nuan stood up, a hint of emotion flashing in her eyes.
The disappearance of three princesses from the imperial palace at once sent the Emperor An into a furious rage, especially since his recently recovered little An Ning had also vanished. How could he not be anxious?
The people sent out were in batches, but there was no trace of them. Mo Yuan was so self-reproaching he wished he could impale himself to apologize. As an imperial guard, he had allowed his master to disappear, a humiliation to him.
Besides Emperor An’s extreme anxiety, Xue Jingyun also sent Xue Feng and Xue Song out to search.
It wasn’t until Xue Feng brought back a piece of news: on the day Princess An Ning left, Empress Xue Chang’an had also left the palace.
Xue Jingyun went to Xue Chang’an’s residence. At this moment, Xue Chang’an was grinding her teeth in hatred. The people she had sent out reported that An Ning and Xue Yunlan were missing without a trace.
How could she be reconciled after being made so pathetic, only for the two of them to disappear completely?
She didn’t hear when someone came to report that the Crown Prince of Xue had arrived. She angrily said, “I’m not seeing anyone. Don’t you hear me?”
The maidservant recoiled repeatedly and couldn’t help but ask again, “You won’t see the Crown Prince of Xue either?”
Xue Chang’an was stunned. She stood up and walked to the maidservant, asking, “Repeat what you just said.”
The maidservant was too scared to speak.
Xue Chang’an, in her fury, pushed the maidservant away and shouted, “All of you are useless.”
She walked out of the room and saw a tall, slender figure standing under a tree.
She froze completely.
Sensing someone behind her, Xue Jingyun looked at Xue Chang’an with a cold expression. His clear voice, like the desolate autumn, entered her heart.
“Has Empress Huang Ze seen Princess An Ning?”
Xue Chang’an trembled all over. Empress Huang Ze? Had they become so estranged that he wouldn’t even speak her name?
“Have you seen her?” Xue Jingyun’s expression was unusually cold, with a hint of chill.
Xue Chang’an heard him and chuckled softly. When she looked up, a ferocity filled her eyes. “Xue Jingyun, you came to find me just to ask about another woman?”
Xue Jingyun’s gaze turned icy, like congealing frost. “Xue Chang’an, you only need to answer this question for this palace.”
“If I don’t say, what can you do to me?” Xue Chang’an asked, word by word.
For a moment, Xue Chang’an felt the surrounding atmosphere become thin, as if it had condensed into frost. The cold permeated her body, even her limbs and bones, everywhere. She couldn’t help but tremble in this frost.
And this frost’s chill was emanating from Xue Jingyun.
She forcibly raised her head. His eyes at this moment were clear and enchanting, filled with a chilling frost and an intense coldness, devoid of any warmth.
“What? Do you intend to interrogate me with torture?” Xue Chang’an asked, word by word.
She saw Xue Jingyun merely give her a cold glance, his tone colder than ever, bone-chillingly so. “Xue Chang’an, it is best that this matter has nothing to do with you, otherwise, this palace will not let you off lightly…”
With that, Xue Jingyun left only his retreating back.
“Xue Jingyun…” Xue Chang’an gritted her teeth, squeezing out the three words from between them.
“Why? Why?” At first, she just chuckled softly, and then she burst into loud laughter.
She realized she was a joke.
In her previous life, her love was unrequited. In this life, her love was equally unrequited.
Why? Xue Changning, in the previous life, you easily won his heart. In this life, he is still devoted to you.
Why?
She was unwilling, truly unwilling.
Yu Chun Lou
“Master Wen, these goods are excellent, excellent…” The madame of the brothel looked at the two昏迷 girls in the room and nodded in praise.
Wen Nuan sat there, toying with her teacup. “Since they are excellent, pay more silver for the楼主.”
“Master Wen, rest assured, this servant understands.” The madame’s smiling expression vanished, and she spoke respectfully.
“I’ll hand the people over to you.” Wen Nuan stood up and left.
The madame watched the person leave, then walked over and pinched one of the girls’ cheeks, clicking her tongue twice. “This batch of goods is truly excellent.”
“Mama, the two in the back courtyard are on a hunger strike again,” a woman said, walking in and speaking in a low voice.
The madame snorted upon hearing this. “Let them go on a hunger strike. They’ll be fine after a few more days of hunger.”
The woman nodded, about to go out, when she suddenly noticed two more girls on the bed. She couldn’t help but ask, “Mama, where did you get these people from? They look good.”
The madame smiled. “Master Wen sent them.”
The woman said, “Since Master Wen sent them, they must be put to good use.”
“Go busy yourself. These two look like the ones in the back courtyard, stubborn and difficult. It will probably take some effort,” the madame said, looking at the girl who had just moved her eyebrows.
An Ning woke up to find herself in an unfamiliar environment. A woman in heavy makeup stood before her, smiling at her.
“Who are you? Where is this place?” An Ning asked coldly.
The madame smiled very gently. “Miss, this is Yu Lou Chun.”
Yu Lou Chun? An Ning felt like she had heard the name somewhere before, but she couldn’t recall it for a moment.
She moved her body and found her hands and feet bound.
“Let me go…” An Ning struggled. At the same time, Xue Yunlan also woke up.
She looked at An Ning and asked, “Where is this place?”
“Yu Lou Chun,” An Ning replied.
Xue Yunlan trembled all over. “A brothel?”
An Ning’s body stiffened. She turned to look at Xue Yunlan and said, word by word, “Say that again?”
“A brothel,” Xue Yunlan repeated.
An Ning turned to the madame and angrily said, “Let me go. I am a respectable woman, not someone who sells herself.”
The madame smiled. “My dear girls, when you come to my Yu Lou Chun, whether you are respectable or from the red-light district, you must earn money for this mama. Otherwise…”
The madame’s gaze turned fierce. “This mama has many ways to torment people. I believe you two are tired, so why don’t you rest first? We can talk tomorrow.”
The madame walked out.
An Ning gritted her teeth and said, “We’ve escaped one tiger’s den only to enter a wolf’s lair.”
Xue Yunlan heard this and gave a wry smile. “I’m afraid we won’t be able to escape this time.”
An Ning turned to Xue Yunlan and said, “When your injuries have healed, we’ll try.”
Xue Yunlan turned her face away. She didn’t say that Xue Chang’an, to make her obedient, had crippled her martial arts. She was now like a cripple.