"Young Master, there is no need to be nervous. You have come at the right time today. We, the courtesan of Fengyue Tower, are having a performance today. You might as well stay and take a look."
The second prince's expression changed after hearing this, and he took out the money and handed it to the madam, asking her to help the third and fourth princes arrange private rooms.
"Second brother, what about you?" The fourth prince looked at the second prince who did not come with them and couldn't help but ask.
"I have other things to do, you can play with them first and don't worry about me."
After walking out of the private room, the second prince stood by the door waiting for the madam to come out, "Follow me."
The two of them walked to a place with few people. He stared at the madam and said in a cold voice, "Didn't you promise me that you won't let Yanran come out to perform again?"
The old madam had an innocent look on her face, "Young master, it's easy for me to say that. Yanran is the oiran of my Fengyue Tower. How can she do it without performing? You should know better than me how many people are here for her."
"We have an appointment. Isn't it inappropriate for you to force her like this?"
"I didn't force her. She volunteered. You can ask her."
The second prince narrowed his eyes and took the familiar route to Yanran's room. He hesitated for a moment before raising his hand and knocking on the door.
The maid was helping Yanran dress up. When she heard a knock on the door, she put down what she was doing and went to open the door. When she saw the second prince, she let him in directly.
"Girl, the young master is here."
Yanran sat in front of the bronze mirror and paused when she heard this.
After a moment, he slowly put down the hairpin, turned his head and looked at the second prince standing behind him with a seductive smile.
The voice was charming: "Hey, why are you free to come here today?"
She stood up, let the maid go out, walked towards the silent second prince, raised her slender fingers and hooked his chin, "Why don't you look happy? Could it be that the others didn't take good care of the young master?"
The second prince raised his hand and squeezed her hand, with an anger in his voice that he had not noticed, "Why do you want to go out to perform? Don't you know that people outside are eyeing you?"
Yanran was pinched so hard by him that she wanted to free her hand.
Realizing that he was too emotional, the second prince quickly let go of his hand and apologized: "Sorry, I hurt you."
"Young Master, there is no need to apologize," Yan Ran raised her hand and rubbed her wrist, then said nonchalantly, "Of course I know what people outside think, but I have a low status and cannot place my hopes on others."
The second prince was speechless, and after a while he said: "If you don't want to perform, don't force yourself."
"Since you have nothing else to do, young master, let's go out!" Yanran picked up the veil and put it on her beautiful face, "I still want to go out and perform."
At this time, the maid knocked on the door and came in, "Girl, we have been waiting outside for a long time."
Yanran responded and walked out holding the guqin.
When he reached the door, he stopped, turned around and said to the second prince who was still standing there: "Since the young master is here, please listen to me!"
…
Mu Xue was led into the private room by Qin Qianqian, feeling like she was sitting on pins and needles.
"Sister Xue, don't be restrained."
Qin Qianqian poured her a cup of tea and pushed it in front of her, "Both men and women can come to Fengyue Tower. We just came to watch the oiran's performance, and we didn't do anything else."
She heard that the oiran from Fengyue Tower was not only good-looking but also talented, so she brought Mu Xue to see him.
"Qianqian, is this your first time here?" Mu Xue put the tea on the table and looked at Qin Qianqian, who was particularly at ease.
"Yes," Qin Qianqian blinked her smart eyes, "The oiran rarely performs. We..."
"What's wrong?" Seeing her suddenly stopping, Mu Xue asked in confusion.
Qin Qianqian made a silencing gesture and pricked up her ears, "I seemed to hear the fourth prince's voice."
Mu Xue shook her head and laughed, "Why didn't I hear you? You clearly miss the fourth prince."
"But..." Qin Qianqian had some self-doubt and wanted to defend herself, but there was a noise outside that diverted her attention.
"It should be about time, let's go out and take a look."
Also attracted by the sound were the three princes.
"Let's go out and take a look." The fourth prince breathed a long sigh of relief. He didn't know why the second prince liked coming here.
The three of them walked out of the private room and went downstairs. The cheers of the men kept reaching their ears.
"Is this oiran so powerful?" The fourth prince said, looking at the silent second prince, and asked with regret, "Second brother, why are you unhappy?"
Seeing that the second prince ignored him, he looked at the third prince.
The third prince shrugged, saying that he didn't know.
"It's started, it's started. I heard that this girl Yanran is a master of piano skills. You can enjoy her music today."
The fourth prince didn't take it seriously and raised his eyes to look at the stage. A girl with a veil was sitting in front of a guqin, her slender fingers flying on it, causing the people below to cheer.
After the song ended, Yanran stood up and bowed.
"Why are you still wearing a veil? You can't even see your face." Two voices sounded at the same time.
Qin Qianqian turned her head and met the eyes of the fourth prince.
"What a coincidence, Qin Qianqian, what are you doing here?"
Just now she said that Sister Xue still didn't believe it when she heard the fourth prince's voice.
But this person has time to come here but doesn’t have time to look for her?
Thinking of this, Qin Qianqian turned her head away again, "It's none of your business."
The third prince next to him looked at Mu Xue, nodded in greeting, and motioned for her to come to the side to talk.
Mu Xue walked aside, and the subtle feeling of meeting the person she loved in such a place made her look a little unnatural.
"These are the medicinal materials for the princess," the third prince took out the packed medicinal materials and handed them to her, "I originally wanted to send them to the Marquis' Mansion, but I didn't expect to meet the princess here."
"Thank you, Your Highness," Mu Xue raised her hand to take the medicinal materials, but her hand accidentally touched the slightly cold fingertips of the third prince. She quickly retracted her hand, "I came here with Qianqian."
Seeing that she was explaining to him, the third prince was stunned for a moment.
The two of them had indeed had a lot of contact recently, but Mu Xue treated each other with courtesy, and now she suddenly explained to him, leaving him unsure of how to react.
"I'm here with the emperor."
Mu Xue, who was feeling annoyed, raised her head when she heard this, a smile blooming on her cold face.
Is the third prince explaining to her?
"Sister Xue," Qin Qianqian came over and pulled Mu Xue up, "Let's go back!"
The second prince was following the fourth prince listlessly when he suddenly noticed a familiar figure. He raised his legs and wanted to chase after him, not wanting to be blocked by the person walking next to him.
After the person walked away, when he tried to look for that person again, he had already disappeared.
"What are you looking for?" The fourth prince asked him.
The second prince pulled back from his thoughts and said, "It's nothing."
He must have seen it wrong, that person couldn't possibly appear here.
"By the way, aren't you going to chase Miss Qin?"
The fourth prince scratched his head, "Why should I chase her? We often quarrel, just get used to it."
The second prince and the third prince looked at each other, smiled, shook their heads and walked away.
The man who just disappeared stood upstairs watching the Third Prince and others walk out of Fengyue Tower, with a sneer on his lips.
