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Chapter 87 A red dust and a dream(1/2)

In the sky, there are stars and a silver-white crescent moon hanging high in the sky, sprinkling a faint silver afterglow, covering the quiet Chang'an City with a set of silver gauze, making this thousand-year-old ancient city look particularly beautiful and dignified.

For ordinary people in the Tang Dynasty, they had already closed the door and hid on the bed, and began the primitive human movement that had been repeated. For those nobles, the wonderful life had just begun.

The major brothels in Chang'an City have become holy places for these noble merchants to linger. The world-famous Luohe Boat House has already been brightly lit. If you stand on the bank of the Luohe River and just admire the boat buildings with lanterns on the Luohe River, it would be a pleasing thing. What's more, from time to time, there will be women in gauze who open the windows and look at each other overnight, and they are indescribable and charming.

There will always be a group of literati who are not qualified to step onto the Luohe Boat House and stay on the shore and sing their new poems loudly, hoping to arouse the admiration of those brothel women and introduce them to board the boat. However, the opportunity is too slim. Not to mention that most of the women on the boat are ordinary people who love money. Even some talented women will occasionally be moved by the poems of a scholar, and without the permission of the old mother, these literati are not allowed to board the boat.

For old mothers, their favorite thing is often money.

So many times, some wealthy merchants occasionally get on the boat shop, but those literati can only secretly hurt themselves on the shore.

The boat house in Luohe, that is the boat house of the noble...

At this time, the most famous and popular boat house in Luohe, Hongchenfang welcomed the last group of guests today. The leader was wearing a silver-white brocade robe and a white feather crown. He looked handsome and cold, and a dragon belt tied around his waist. He looked handsome and elegant.

Walking side by side with him was a man in a light blue brocade robe with long black hair tied into a ponytail, tied behind his head, revealing an equally handsome face. He was holding a folding fan in his hand. Even though the wind was strong by the Luo River, it still kept shaking, as if it was very hot, or it was just to show his literary style.

Behind the two, they were also followed by two people, one of whom was wearing coarse cloth clothes. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, those who did not have the meritorious service were not qualified to wear brocade robes. Of course, this was also for the people below. For those big families, who did not wear brocade robes when their children went out? Even those who were not qualified to inherit the title would have their own gorgeous clothes and swaggeringly.

However, for ordinary merchant families or ordinary people, they dare not wear brocade clothes at all. Even those rich people, even if they buy some brocade clothes, they will only dare to wear them secretly at home.

The man in a coarse cloth dress has a thin face and looks bad, especially the wisp of a whisker on the corner of his mouth, which looks extremely sexy. If it weren't for the two men in the brocade clothes in front of him, it would have attracted the favor of many women.

A young man next to him looked much more handsome, and he was shorter than the three of them. He was wearing a luxurious dress. I don’t know if it was the first time he came to such a place. His expression looked a little nervous, and two blush appeared on his white and tender face.

The big eyes looked at everything inside the boat building curiously.

Of course, if someone with vision, such as Qin Yuyan, the old mother of Hongchenfang, can tell at a glance that this is a lady dressed as a man.

A wealthy daughter who dressed as a man came to visit the brothel. Such a thing has happened in Chang'an City, not to mention that the fourth prince of the dynasty brought her to him, so how could the old mother dare to say anything more?

"Fourth Master, Mr. Chen, you two haven't come to our Hongchen Square for a long time. Have you been inadequate in my family? I offended two of you. I haven't come to our Hongchen Square for a long time?" Seeing the four distinguished guests boarding the boat, Qin Yuyan, who was sitting on the bow of the boat, had already greeted her with a smile on her face.

The person who is called the Fourth Master is naturally the fourth prince Li Zijun. Although it is nothing in the Tang Dynasty that the royal family is visiting brothels, it is a royal identity after all, so you should pay more attention to it. Generally, princes come to call him the master directly.

And Mr. Chen is naturally Zi Chen.

Even though his name of a waste has already resounded throughout Chang'an City, he is the son of General Ziyang after all, and it is definitely not something that these brothels can offend. Moreover, he always comes with Li Zijun. Even if the backstage of Hongchen Square is extremely large, these women in the world dare not offend.

Even because his mother was born in a brothel, these women infatuated like him more than ordinary people.

The other two were naturally Lin Xubai and Shangguan Yuer disguised as a man.

Originally, they were three of them, and Shangguan Yu'er kept following behind quietly until she found that Zi Chen and others were going to board the boathouse, and it was also the boathouse above the Luo River. After a few days in Chang'an, she knew that the Luo River boathouse was not something that ordinary people could step on. She had to show up from the darkness and ask to go in together, saying that she wanted to see the brothels in Chang'an.

Zi Chen had no choice but to ask someone to prepare a set of brocade clothes for her and take her on the boat.

Anyway, for him and Li Zijun, it was just a boat to drink flower wine, and they didn't do anything. It was nothing to bring a tomboy around him. She couldn't let her ignore it, right?

"Haha, Mama Qin was joking. Brother Zi and I went to the border a few days ago. I have only been back to Chang'an for a few days. After dealing with the matter, we rushed over immediately. How could we say that we were not good at serving us? By the way, these two are my friends. You must make good arrangements tonight!" Li Zijun knew that they were all judged by their appearance. He was afraid that Mama Qin would misunderstand Lin Xubai as his entourage, so he neglected it. He took the lead in reminding him.

"Haha, it turns out that it is the Fourth Master's friend. Come on, come on, everyone is here to invite you upstairs. Today, Yanyu Pavilion is empty. Is the Fourth Master in Yanyu Pavilion?" When he heard that even those who were wearing cloth clothes were the Fourth Master's friend, the smile on his face became even brighter.

"No, I'd better sit in the Peony Hall!" Li Zijun shook his head. He knew that Yanyu Pavilion had always been the room the prince liked, and others were not qualified to enter on weekdays. He didn't want to get into the prince in these trivial matters.

"Fourth Master, this..." Who knew that there was a look of embarrassment on Mama Qin's face.

"What? Is there someone in the Peony Hall? If that's the case, just change it for us!" Li Zijun never forced on these trivial matters.

"Wait..." Qin's mother was about to say thank you, but who knew that Zi Chen, who was beside her, suddenly spoke.

"Master Chen, what's wrong?" Qin's mother quickly said carefully, she felt a vaguely bad feeling.

"We all know who Yanyu Pavilion is. As the fourth master's brother, it's nothing that Fourth Master is polite. But as Fourth Master is the identity of Fourth Master, can't you sit in a peony hall?" Zi Chen snorted coldly, and shook the folding fan in his hand hard.

"Mr. Chen, of course this is not, it's just that there is indeed someone in the Peony Hall, I..."

"Tell me, who is it? Is his identity more noble than the Fourth Master?" Zi Chen interrupted without waiting for his mother Qin to finish speaking.

"It's the second son of the Changsun family!" Qin's mother dared not hide it and spoke.

"Changsun Wuyu?"

“That’s right!”

"You go and tell him, just say that I and the Fourth Master are here and ask him to give up the Peony Hall!" Zi Chen said coldly.

"This..." Qin's mother looked embarrassed. Whether it was the Fourth Master or the Second Prince of the Changsun Family, she was definitely not something she could offend.

"Why don't you go quickly?" Zi Chen didn't give her a chance to explain at all, and snorted heavily.

Mama Qin dared not say anything more, so she had to hurried upstairs as Zi Chen told him.

"Brother Zi, why are you doing this?" After Qin's mother disappeared, Li Zijun came forward and said in a low voice.

For him, he was having fun in the brothel anyway, so there was no need to hurt the harmony for these trivial matters and cause trouble.

"Your Highness, this time you went north to the desert. Although the three thousand iron cavalry were wiped out, you have also wiped out more than a dozen deserted tribes. According to the rules, Your Majesty should have granted you a title of prince, but he has never expressed anything. Don't you know what this means?" Zi Chen lowered his voice and said, looking at the side and no one on the left.

"Huh?" Li Zijun was stunned. According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, when a prince becomes an adult, except for the heir of the crown prince, he will be awarded the title of king and become the prince. However, before the title is granted, he always has to go to the frontier to coat with a layer of military merit.

The contributions made by Li Zi County were enough to be granted the title of king. Your Majesty did not make any statement. It was definitely not because Your Majesty forgot it or was biased against him, but because he had other thoughts.

According to the rules of the Tang Dynasty, as long as you are a prince, you will have the opportunity to take the imperial examination, even if you have already made a reservation.

However, the prince who was named the king would completely lose his chance.

Your Majesty now has four sons. In addition to the prince, the second and third princes have long been granted the title of king. Li Zi County was invaded by the northern expedition of Beimo. Originally, everyone thought that this was a gilded king. Unexpectedly, Your Majesty did not respond after coming back. This is enough to show some of His Majesty's thoughts.

The other court officials understood, the Crown Prince understood, and Li Zijun understood too.

However, what he wondered was that it had something to do with letting Changsun Wuyu give up the Peony Hall today.

"In the past, we gave in, but we had no backer, no hope, and no strength. But now, we have the greatest backer, a bright hope, and a strong strength. Why do we still have to give in? At this time, we will not hide our strength and keep a low profile, but be cowardly. How could those civil and military ministers support a cowardly prince?" Zi Chenyu explained earnestly.

With Zi Chen's explanation, Li Zijun's eyes gradually lit up, and he even thought of his father's words: Only by enduring hardships can one become the best, but if you want to become the best, you can only endure hardships.

If you don’t fight for it yourself, what’s the use of no matter how much hardship you suffer?

What I want to fight for is this world. If I don’t even fight for a Peony Hall, what else can I use to fight for the whole world?

"Brother, thank you!" Li Zijun said heavily to Zi Chen.

"Haha, why are you so polite between you and me? Anyway, you will win in the future, just remember to keep me!" Zi Chen laughed loudly, and Lin Xubai and Shangguan Yuer, who followed behind, didn't hear the conversation between the two at all, were inexplicably confused. Could this guy be crazy?

Also, what does custody mean?

"Haha, if there was really that day, I would definitely support you!" Li Zijun, who had long been used to Zi Chen's inexplicable words, laughed.

In just a moment, Mama Qin had already walked downstairs, and Changsun Wuyu, who was terrified, came down together.

I don’t know what magic pill he took. In just a few days, the redness, swelling, bruises on his face had disappeared without a trace. When he saw Li Zijun and Zi Chen, he trotted all the way regardless of Qin’s mother’s horror gaze.

"Fourth Master, Brother Chen, why are you here? I didn't say hello to me before coming. I can make arrangements for you both!" Changsun Wuyu said with a flattering look on his face.

Seeing Changsun Wuyu's respectful look, Li Zijun was a little surprised.

Although he is a prince, Changsun Wuyu is a person from his elder brother. He used to treat him on the surface, so how could he be as respectful as he is now?

He looked at Zi Chen suspiciously, but saw Zi Chen snorting coldly: "Where are you going, can you say hello to you first?"

"Brother Chen, Brother Chen, you misunderstood, you misunderstood, I just want to help you arrange it, absolutely nothing else!" The tragic lesson that day was still vivid in my mind. Seeing Zi Chen's slightly changed face, Changsun Wuyu was so scared that she shook her whole body.

This scene was even more surprised in Li Zijun's eyes. What medicine did Changsun Wuyu take wrong? So afraid of Zichen?

"Arrangement? Do you mean that our expenses are calculated tonight?" Zi Chen held his chin with one hand and said thoughtfully.

"Of course, all the expenses tonight are mine!" Changsun Wuyu patted his chest and promised.

"This is not very good, right? How embarrassed you have made you spend money?" Zi Chen looked embarrassed.

"No, absolutely no, I can invite the Fourth Master and Brother Chen. That's what I have always wanted to do. I finally gave me this opportunity today. If Brother Chen is polite to me again, I will treat me as an outsider!" Changsun Wuyu shook his head repeatedly.

"Okay, since that's the case, it's better to obey your orders than respect. Mama Qin, go and tell everyone on the boat that Brother Wuyu will beg for Hongchenfang tonight, so let them all go down!" Zi Chen waved his hand and said heroically.

"Ah..." Changsun Wuyu and Qin's mother exclaimed at the same time, and took over Hongchenfang?

"What's wrong? Didn't Brother Wuyu say that he would be polite to you just because he treats you as an outsider? As a brother, I can't be polite to you, right? I'm fine, but the Fourth Master's identity, shouldn't he be bound by the entire Hongchen Square?" Zi Chen snorted lightly.

"Does, do it, Mama Qin, why don't you go and do it quickly?" Changsun Wuyu nodded repeatedly, and the cold sweat on his forehead continued to fall one by one.

How much does it cost to book the entire Hongchen Square?

But when he thought of the tragic situation that day, how could he dare to say more?

"Oh..." Mother Qin came to her senses. Although she felt that doing this was not good, she did not dare to say anything more in the face of the anger of these masters?

"Remember to tell those people that it is Mr. Wuyu's meaning, and they dare not resist!" While Mrs. Qin was running upstairs, Zi Chen added another sentence.

Changsun Wu, who was standing next to Zi Chen, had his legs weakened and almost fell to the ground.

This is not just a matter of money. Just this sentence, I don’t know how many people will hate themselves after tonight. Although there are no people on the boat with too noble identities tonight, it is definitely not a good thing to be hated by so many people. But when facing Zi Chen’s faint smile, how could he dare to say half of the word “no”?

Not only did I dare not say "no", I also had to respectfully invite Zi Chen and others to the Peony Hall.

"Okay, go and arrange it, we'll wait for you here..." After arriving at the Peony Hall, Zi Chen sat carelessly on a chair, swaying the folding fan in his hand, and said casually to Changsun Wuyu.

"Yes, yes, the Fourth Master, and two more..." Changsun Wuyu only looked up at this time and saw Lin Xubai and Shangguan Yuer. Lin Xubai had no impression of him, but he had a deep impression of Shangguan Yuer. He never expected that Shangguan Yuer would dress up as a man and come to visit the brothel.

I just thought that it was because of this woman that she met Zi Chen, the evil god. Changsun Wuyu didn't dare to look at him anymore. He quickly lowered his head and retreated straight away, obviously going to make arrangements.

"Brother Zi, why is this guy so afraid of you suddenly?" After Changsun Wuyu went out to arrange, Li Zijun asked Zichen in surprise.

"He was scared of being beaten by me!" Zi Chen said with a smile.
To be continued...
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