"Aunt...when does sister plan to leave?"
Tang Yuerong said with some worry: "Although Li Linheng died, Your Majesty is still looking for traces of the thief. Now he has started to search every household, and someone has followed the clues and found traces of the Tang Mansion. Maybe in the near future, someone will Come to the door."
Ruyi said: "I know, what are you looking for in a hurry? I've been here already, of course I have to play for two days before walking. Did you run from Qingshan City to Shangjing? How far is it? I'm so non-stop that I can't rest." Come down."
Tang Yuerong seemed to have something to say, but after a moment of hesitation, he just nodded.
Ruyi glanced at her and said, "Women are troublesome. They hesitate to say anything."
"Ah?" Tang Yuerong paused.
Ruyi ate the peeled orange in one gulp, then clapped her hands without forcing anything, and then ran to the street to play with Li Hua.
She was so generous that she dared to take a walk on the street under such circumstances.
She had a lot of fun, wandering around here and there, teahouses, wine shops, and even brothels. She had to say that the girls inside were indeed pretty, and they spoke nicely, too, with that voice. It was soft and made her feel a little tired.
Just like at this moment, she was picking up a girl's chin and looking around.
"Auntie, have you seen enough?"
The prostitute in the brothel blushed at the sight of the woman in front of her.
Ruyi looked at her and said, "Look at you, why did I turn red when I just picked my chin? You didn't look like this when you were flirting with those men down there."
The prostitute blushed, but said: "That's..."
"That is……"
She didn't know what to say. She didn't have any feelings for those stinky men, but she had never been looked at by another woman with her chin raised. After all, she was a little embarrassed.
Ruyi withdrew his hand, came to the chair in the room and sat down.
Lihua leaned close to Ruyi's ear and whispered, "Ruyi is lustful."
Ruyi reached out and knocked on it and said, "What are you thinking about? I'm just curious and came to see it."
Li Hua only said one word: "Sex!"
Maoer deeply criticizes this behavior.
Unexpectedly, he was knocked three times by Ruyi.
Ruyi asked: "Hey, by the way, are there any other girls?"
The prostitute paused for a moment. She was a little shy and blushed at Ruyi's teasing. When she heard this, she quickly said: "I'll go and call my mother."
Not long after, a woman in a red dress led several girls over.
"This girl, I don't know..."
When Ruyi saw the man, he was stunned for a moment.
"It's you!"
Ruyi immediately sat up and looked at the old bustard at the front who didn't look young and had some weather wrinkles on his face.
Chunxiu's words were interrupted, but she was slightly stunned and looked at the girl carefully.
She was still wondering which girl was so unafraid of fame.
Chunxiu paused and asked: "Me and the girl know each other? Could it be that the girl is not here to have fun? But she is looking for something to do with me?"
Ruyi paused for a moment and said: "You're wrong. I came here to have fun, but I didn't expect to meet you here. Having said that, you didn't look like this in the early years. It's only been a few years now. I’m getting older, my face is wrinkled, and the charm of the past is gone.”
Chunxiu raised her hand to screen the woman behind her.
Soon everyone left and Chunxiu closed the door.
She sat down and said, "It seems that we do know each other, but I can't remember when I met you, girl. I don't have any impression."
Ruyi said: "When Uncle Chen came to the capital, you delivered a meal to Mr. Chen once. I saw it. Your eyes were watery at that time."
Chunxiu was startled, then she realized what she was talking about and asked, "Is the girl talking about...Mr. Chen?"
Ruyi nodded.
"Are you Mr. Chen's niece?"
"yes."
Chunxiu suddenly fell into a trance and said, "I never thought that after so many years, I could still hear the name of my benefactor from others."
She paused and asked, "How has Mr. Chen been doing well these past few years?"
Ruyi paused for a moment and asked, "My benefactor?"
"Girl, don't you know?"
"Is there anything I should know?" Ruyi was a little curious and said, "Tell me about it."
Then Chunxiu started talking about the old events in Xuecheng.
This story is not too long, just a few scattered strokes, but it tells a lot about the sufferings of the world.
"Then I came to the capital. Unexpectedly, I learned about Mr. Chen not long after I arrived."
Only then did Ruyi understand and said, "It turns out it's to repay the favor!"
Chunxiu nodded and said with a smile: "That's what happened."
"I do not believe."
A smile appeared at the corner of Ruyi's lips and she said, "Do you dare to say that you didn't have any peeps at all at the beginning?"
Chunxiu laughed as she spoke and said bluntly: "Of course there is, someone like Chen Engong. As a woman, I have nothing to be ashamed of to admire her beauty."
Ruyi snorted and said, "I'm just saying that Hu Meizi doesn't have any good intentions."
Chunxiu said: "Girl, people like me who hang out in brothels have seen all the false feelings, and it is actually difficult to have a slight change of mind. I have a peep at Chen Engong, but I definitely don't have any bad intentions."
After hearing this, Ruyi paused and asked, "Doesn't that mean that except Uncle Chen, you have never been attracted to any other man?"
Chunxiu opened her mouth, but suddenly stopped.
Maybe it’s a little difficult to answer.
Because there is only one person in her memory, probably because these memories are far away and profound, and she always feels confused every time she thinks about them.
Chunxiu breathed a sigh of relief, but said: "A brothel girl like me is always cautious. I will definitely meet such a heart-warming man in this life, but everything about him can only be seen from a distance... "
"Didn't you deliver some food to Uncle Chen?"
"yes……"
Chunxiu murmured: "I did such an impulsive thing based on that thought, but I regretted it on the way back. I thought about how shameless I was. I was not clean but I also polluted my husband." Since then, I only dared to look at him from a distance and never took a step forward."
After hearing this, Ruyi lost her playful smile.
The cat's eyes looked at the slightly old woman. It felt that there were many thoughts in this person's eyes, but they were all regrets and no joy.
Ruyi opened her mouth, but didn't know what to say.
She said, "Uncle Chen hasn't been back for a long time. I don't know how he is doing."
"That's it..."
Chunxiu murmured and said, "I think people like my benefactor will always be safe and smooth."
Ruyi was silent for a moment.
There was a lot of joy and laughter outside the house, but without exception, most of them were just illusions. The brothel was such a place.
But there is always a grain of truth.
Just like that sentence of peace and smoothness.
Ruyi said.
"you're right."
