After midnight, the room had become very quiet. The curtains in front of the bed did not move at all, as if the wind in the yard had finally stopped after a continuous strong wind, as quiet as the leaves without wind.
Zhu Gaoxu asked, "Miss Du is not... How can she be a virgin?"
Du Qianrui said quietly, "I have played the piano and sang for many people, but I have never experienced that kind of thing. In the early years, the person who bought me was waiting for a higher price and didn't want to lower my price. Later, there were too many girls in the Jiaofangsi and Fuleyuan. I was just a musician."
After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu gently stroked her back with his hand and said kindly with pity, "It's all my fault for being too rough. Miss Du has suffered."
Du Qianrui curled up in his arms, raised her head slightly, shook her head and revealed a hint of a smile, "As long as the prince needs me, I'm happy. It doesn't matter how you treat me."
<"It seems...that's the person." Yun'er suddenly said.Zhu Gaoxu immediately looked up and saw a tall young scholar in a green robe and square scarf walking into the gate and talking to a woman inside. He immediately stood up and said, "Miss Yun'er, wait a moment. If I don't come back in a moment, I will come back another day."He walked out of the room calmly, stood in the attic, and watched the scholar from the corner of his eye. Regardless of whether it was Gao Xianning or not, Zhu Gaoxu had to go and take a look. He did not dare to leave Beijing for too long, and would leave at noon tomorrow at the latest.Zhu Gaoxu had discussed with Wang Gui yesterday that he would have Wang Gui cross the river from the port near Waijinchuan Gate to pick him up at 3 p.m. tomorrow. So Zhu Gaoxu had to return home first, regardless of whether the matter would succeed or not.The scholar did not go up to the attic, but walked in a direction without stairs. Zhu Gaoxu
After seeing his mentor and Zhu Gaoxu off, Gao Xianning returned to the brothel's guest room, packed his things, and sat in the room for a long time.The sounds of stringed instruments and the woman's emphatically sung songs from outside were now boring and he had lost all interest. Although those things were beautiful, they could only be appreciated when one had nothing to do and was not tired.But now Gao Xianning was worried. Wouldn't it be wrong to say that the safety of his mentor Qi Tai was enough to worry about just one thing: his illicit affair to protect imperial prisoners was seen by King Yan's own son Zhu Gaoxu. As long as Zhu Gaoxu speaks out, everything will be over!But what Zhu Gaoxu said makes sense. If he was here to harm others, why bother?At this moment, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and a woman's voice said, "The man with the Shandong accent is inside. His friend is generous and says that the Shandong scribe is a stude
There are many government offices on both sides of the wide Qianbu Corridor. The Hanlin Academy is located behind the Qianbu Corridor and is one of the government offices closest to the Wumen Gate of the Imperial Palace in the imperial city.Gao Xianning was on duty in this government office. He was a humble and easy-going person. Although most of his colleagues were Jinshi graduates, they soon became familiar with him.In the Hanlin Academy, there was really no unlearned person among the people he interacted with, and the people he made friends with were all well-educated and well-mannered. His colleagues were very polite and elegant to each other. The environment was also good, and Gao Xianning soon felt that being an official here was quite good.The capital therefore left a good impression on Gao Xianning.There was only one colleague who looked down on Gao Xianning. Soon Gao Xianning heard a talkative colleague tell him: that person said behind hi
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The mother of Zhu Gaoxu and others was canonized as queen. Within a few days, all the heroes of "Jingnan" were rewarded for their merits, and many of them were granted the title of duke, marquis or uncle. Only the emperor's children have not yet been granted titles, and Zhu Gaoxu and others still hold the title of county king and princess.The prince is usually relatively idle and has no control over the civil and military affairs of the court. Unless summoned by the emperor, Zhu Gaoxu did not even have to go to daily court affairs. Most of the time, it can be said to be doing nothing....The Prince of Gaoyang County has not caused any trouble in the capital for several months, and has not heard of any murders. All the ministers are very lucky. Rumor has it that because of his lust, he has acquired a beautiful little nun, a brothel singer, a few snatched folk girls, and others. They spend all day in the house to show off their prostitution and have no time to caus
After the drums of Youshi sounded, the officials in various government offices went off duty, and the emperor was about to take the royal chariot back to the harem. The day's business was coming to an end, and only the eunuchs and maids of each palace had to take turns to continue working.There were tens of thousands of people in the palace, but almost none of them could see the emperor. For several months, Zhu Di slept alone or with the queen at night, never spending the night in other concubines' rooms.Empress Xu was a virtuous person and would occasionally advise the emperor to get wet with rain and dew. Zhu Di then called other concubines to sleep with him, and when he was done, he asked people to take him away, but he still did not leave any concubines to spend the night.As soon as Zhu Di passed through Qianqing Gate today, he ordered his team to go directly to Kunning Palace and still look for Queen Xu.Queen Xu had just been canonized as quee
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