Where prosperity ends, flowers never end

Chapter 276: The Substitute Spy

In front of the Moon-catching Tower in the evening

As the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, there is singing and dancing in the Qin and Chu pavilions. Baili Yong keeps talking about Xier, and Baili Shang can't stand it anymore, so he takes him out of the palace and comes to Bu Yue Lou. At the corner, he sees a young girl in a tattered red dress covered with scars, who immediately attracts his attention.

It just so happened that when the woman raised her eyes, she looked very similar to Ran Qianxi. Even the curve of her peach blossom eyes was exactly the same as hers. Shu Xuanhe and Baili Yong were suddenly in a trance.

A cold and ruthless straw whip was swung over, and the woman kneeling on the ground fell weakly at Baili Yong's feet. Seeing this, Baili Shang pushed her to the ground. Her delicate figure was exactly the same as when Ran Qianxi pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger.

Baili Shang: "Be more discerning. You can't pounce on everyone."

Shu Xuanhe felt very strange looking at the woman under his feet. Why would such a coincidental person appear at such a coincidental time? When his eyes glanced at Baili Yong, he found that he was indeed absent-minded.

Baili Yong: "It's okay, go and ask."

Baili Shang pretended not to understand what he meant: "What do you want to ask?"

At this time, the slave prisoner swung the whip again. The woman at his feet was extremely frightened and grabbed his clothes delicately. When the whip was about to hit her, Baili Yong caught it easily.

The woman grabbed him tightly and begged him as if she had seen her savior. Although she didn't say a word, the helplessness and pity in her eyes gripped Baili Yong's heart.

Baili Yong: "I'll buy her for whatever price she gives me."

His words were shocking, Baili Shang was shocked and pulled him away.

"Brother, why did you buy a slave?"

"The palace is short of a maid."

Before he could finish his words, Baili Yong turned back as if his soul was hooked.

Baili Shang: "Hey, hey, hey, my origins are unknown, brother."

Ran Qianxi, who heard the sound not far away, saw everything.

The girls soliciting customers at the door were also looking at them with amusement. The madam caught them and said in a sarcastic tone, "Look, if you kneel down and get beaten, you can be bought by a rich young man. What do you think I should do with my Moon-catching Tower? From now on, you will just kneel down like this and won't even have to receive any customers."

One of the girls said: "Tsk, didn't this guy just come today? Someone bought it so soon?"

Another girl: "Yeah, it's such a good luck, what a coincidence."

Ran Qianxi listened to what they said and came over: "You said this woman just came today?"

The madam saw her smile become rich, and quickly interrupted her: "Yes, yes, looking at her injuries, she doesn't look like a new slave."

Ran Qianxi raised her chin in surprise. Another girl said, "I just heard that she came from Jizhou. She also said that she had been selling in the west and north of the city for several days but no one bought it. So she came to the south of the city today to try her luck."

Ran Qianxi: "No, I think she's pretty good looking. There are so many wealthy people in the west of the city, how can I afford her?"

Girl: "Who knows? Second Miss, please go in quickly. Jiuzhou and Yunshuang are both here."

Ran Qianxi walked into the Moon Catching Tower with doubts. It was such a coincidence that they met Baili Yong here and even paid him money.

The courtesans were dancing gracefully in the hall, the guests were drinking wine worth ten thousand yuan, the top girls were replaced wave after wave and all of them ended up in Ran Qianxi's bed, and all of them were spies from other countries who left one after another, and now business was being done properly in the building.

Not long after they sat down and the snacks were not served yet, Baili Yong and his group walked in with a female slave. When Ran Qianxi saw the appearance of the slave girl, her heart was startled, but when he saw her, Baili Yong frowned deeply.

She drank and watched the dance seriously without saying a word. When Jiuzhou and Shi Huan walked down the pavilion, they were both stunned when they saw the scene with clear positions in front of them.

Shi Huan: "Ah Qian."

Jiuzhou: "My lady, you are so elegant."

The two walked in unison, looking at each other with disdain...

The calling voice awakened her wandering thoughts, and when she looked up, she saw two beautiful faces coming towards her.

"Kyushu."

Jiuzhou smiled gently, and Shi Huan was ignored by her without warning...

"Ah Qian, can't you see me?"

Ran Qianxi picked up the wine glass, and remembering that he had assassinated Tan Qianhuan, he snorted angrily, "Killer."

"Haha~"

Jiuzhou sneered and sat beside her, slowly took the wine glass from her hand, smiled evilly and drank it all in one gulp with his bright red lip marks. The ambiguous action was undoubtedly a thorn in the hearts of the three people present.

Jiuzhou: "My lady, please don't blame the Third Prince. He was just following orders and had to do it."

Although it sounds like he is trying to excuse Shi Huan, he is actually angering Ran Qianxi.

She knew who ordered Shi Huan to do this. She turned to look at Baili Yong, but she felt that there was something indescribable strange about the woman next to him. The madam looked at him who was standing there, smiled and stretched out her hand.

"Please come in, sir. Would you like a private room or the main hall?"

Shu Xuanhe also came back to his senses: "Private room." Then he took out an ingot of silver.

The madam laughed so hard that her forehead shook, and her smile lines deepened several shades when she took the silver.

"Okay, okay, please go upstairs."

Around the Mid-Autumn Festival, wealthy businessmen all met friends here. When they saw Shu Xuanhe, they ordered people to send fine wine and beauties to the private rooms.

Looking at the merchants coming in and out of the stairs, Ran Qianxi ordered a jar of sixty-year-old wine.

In the private room -

The female slave was so hungry that she could not bear to eat the delicious food on the table. Baili Yong could not bear it and let her pick up the chopsticks first. He could only sigh like Baili Shang.

Baili Yong: "Slow down, order more if it's not enough."

The slave girl looked at him with eyes full of affection, and a vivid substitute zombie occupied Baili Yong's brain.

The private room was opened from the outside and Ran Qianxi walked in with some wine.

"Prince Shen~"

Shu Xuanhe's heart was trembling like cotton wool, and at the same time, Baili Yong's sharp eyes were fixed on him...

Shu Xuanhe: "What do you want from me?"

She smiled and walked over to him and sat down gracefully.

"It's alright. I heard that the prince was hosting a banquet here, so I specially sent him some fine wine."

Shu Xuanhe was already terrified, and even the look in his eyes when he looked at her was a little panicked. It was not clear whether to chase her away or not, and everyone fell silent.

Baili Yong: "What kind of wine?"

Ran Qianxi: "Nürühong, it's delicious, would you like to try it, sir?" After she finished speaking, she did not pour him a glass of wine, but poured a glass for the female slave beside her.

"Try it too."

The slave girl's careless look exposed her secret. In that moment of vigilance, unlike a slave who had been humiliated, she pretended to be like a slave: "I... I can't drink..."

Ran Qianxi raised the corner of her mouth and was the best at distinguishing green tea and white lotus.

She lifted the man's chin and drank the wine without leaving a drop. As a result, the man coughed a few times and his expression was not fear but sinister. Ran Qianxi suddenly raised her right hand, but the man did not dodge in a hurry.

She instantly saw through everything and smiled, "Don't be afraid, girl, I won't hit you."

After hearing the words "don't be afraid", the female slave began to hide behind Baili Yong.

Baili Shang looked at the woman in front of him who always had surprises in mind in a daze, then she walked to Baili Yong and lifted the slave girl's chin again.

Ran Qianxi: "You look familiar, are you the second young lady of the Ran family?"

I have seen people crying "stop thief" before, but this is the first time I have seen someone crying on behalf of the thief. The slave girl was naturally surprised and panicked because she knew the culprit in front of her.

Slave girl: "My name is Axi..."

Ran Qianxi was suddenly so angry that she laughed, and the contemptuous look on her face made this fake person feel uncomfortable.

Ran Qianxi: "A Xi? The second young lady of the Ran family also has the character Xi in her name, eh? Did you name her after her looks and appearance?"

Although the sarcastic words did not sound very harmful, they reminded Baili Yong that he was picking up things like her like a beggar. He immediately became angry and pulled her hands away to protect A Xi.

The atmosphere was obviously tit-for-tat. Even though saying another word would bring the emperor's wrath, unexpectedly, before Baili Yong could even open his mouth, she easily took back the initiative with a kiss. His brain shook and he naturally let go of A Xi.

Ran Qianxi: "I heard from the girls that the slave prisoners have been running around the west and north of the city for several days but have not been able to sell you. How come it happened that I just came to the south of the city and ran into a young master who wanted to buy you?" She raised her chin again. "It shouldn't be like this. You are so beautiful. It's the Mid-Autumn Festival. All the houses and stores need manpower. Are you expensive?"

The slave girl who suddenly didn't know how to defend herself tried to gain Baili Yong's sympathy with a look of help, but unexpectedly Ran Qianxi turned the emperor's head away, and with a "click" sound, he immediately became angry.

Baili Yong: "Ran..."

Ran Qianxi: "Shh."

She turned her back and placed her finger between Baili Yong's lips, still staring at the spy in front of her with interest.

"Not like..."

After hearing the master's comments, the slave girl panicked completely and threw out two words unconfidently.

"what?"

Ran Qianxi raised her eyebrows and said, "The eyes look similar but the expression is different. Maybe I made a mistake. The second daughter of the Ran family doesn't like to make such a miserable expression. She likes to make a lecherous expression."

Baili Shang: “Puff~”

Baili Shang couldn't help laughing when hearing her self-deprecating words.

Ran Qianxi: "By the way, are you from Jizhou?"

Slave girl: “Yes.”

Ran Qianxi: "Then you don't know the second daughter of the Ran family? She is the tyrant of Jizhou!"

Ah Xi said miserably: "Of course I have seen it."

Ran Qianxi nodded doubtfully, actually still playing psychological warfare with her: "Where are you from in Jizhou?"

Female slave: "I am from Qin County, Jizhou."

"Hahaha."

She laughed helplessly a few times and said, "Bullshit, the two counties are tens of thousands of miles apart, how did you see her?"