Queen! What are you doing!
Didn't you see His Majesty's face looking unhappy?
Sure enough, as soon as Queen Changsun said these words, Li Shimin's fist on the table tightened.
"This brothel is really luxurious. Compared with the brothels in Chang'an City, it is probably even worse!"
"This kid's annual income is only less than a thousand taels of silver. Add in the expenses of the palace, where did he get so much money! Could it be that he did some other shady things behind his back?"
Thinking of this, Li Shimin became even more furious: "This beast! I must beat him to death today!"
Fang Xuanling had sweat on his forehead. Seeing Li Shimin's angry look, he quickly advised him: "Your Majesty, please don't be anxious. Maybe there is some hidden secret in this that we don't know about?"
"What's the secret? Didn't you see him making out with the madam?"
"Ever since this bastard left Chang'an City, he has become more and more unruly!"
"If he idles around all day, I won't ignore him, but if he hangs out with these people, what else can he do?"
Fang Xuanling was speechless for a moment.
Empress Changsun, who was still enjoying the meal, advised: "Your Majesty, why don't we go in and have a look."
Li Shimin glanced at Empress Changsun, and then he restrained his anger. He said in a deep voice: "Okay, let's just wait and see what happens. But let's make an agreement first. If I find out what this bastard did, I won't do it." Regarding my face, you can’t stop me when the time comes!”
This was said to Queen Changsun and also to Fang Xuanling.
Empress Changsun nodded: "I will never dare to stop Your Majesty."
Fang Xuanling also sighed softly.
Seeing this situation, Li Shimin stood up.
"That's it, let's go in and take a look."
Afterwards, Li Shimin and everyone headed towards Qiuyue Pavilion.
But when he arrived at the door, Li Shimin remembered something.
Just when he was about to speak, he saw a pretty maid in black coming over. She bowed to everyone before asking, "How many guests want to enter the building?"
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment. Although he was the emperor, he had never been to this place before and didn't know how to deal with it.
Fang Xuanling on the side knew Li Shimin's thoughts and took the initiative to step forward and said: "We have female relatives accompanying us, I don't know..."
Before Fang Xuanling finished speaking, the pretty maid smiled and said, "Don't worry, women are allowed in here. They are all distinguished guests, there is no difference."
"I think some of you would like to be more elegant and quiet. I can arrange a private room for you to rest."
"Private room?"
Fang Xuanling was also dumbfounded. Although he was well-informed, he didn't understand what a private room was.
Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, but still responded: "Then let the girl arrange it."
The pretty maid also nodded: "Guests, please wait a moment."
After saying that, I saw the pretty maid turning her head and walking toward something that looked like a horn or a long tube inside the door. She used the horn as a trumpet and shouted: "You three distinguished guests! Please escort me to the Tianzihao private room!"
The pretty maid's voice was not loud, and she didn't know who she was talking to.
When the people behind him saw this, they all looked surprised.
They had never seen this thing before, and Li Shimin even asked: "May I ask, girl, what is this?"
The pretty maid smiled again, showing her white teeth, and replied: "This thing is called a microphone, and it was invented by His Highness the King of Shu. It can transmit what I say here to the front desk, so that other guests will not be disturbed. "
Just as the pretty maid finished speaking, a voice suddenly sounded from the microphone.
"Tianzihao on the second floor is vacant. Please invite a few guests upstairs."
Everyone was very surprised to hear that the sound could actually come from that little thing.
"Guests, please come with me!"
Hearing the pretty maid speak again, several people came back to their senses and moved their eyes away from the microphone.
Li Shimin nodded and followed the pretty maid into the building.
But when Li Shimin and others just entered, everyone was stunned. Is this really a brothel?
No wonder Li Shimin was so surprised, after all, these things were so novel.
Naturally, the small city of Licheng couldn't compare with Chang'an City, but when they got here, they still felt that they were a little short-sighted.
Entering Qiuyue Pavilion, I found that this place was very different from the brothels in my impression. It did not have a philistine feeling like a flower street or a willow alley, but instead exuded a sense of elegance.
You can't hear the lustful sounds of warblers and swallows, but there are faint strings of silk and bamboo playing in your ears, giving people a rather elegant and unique charm.
Moreover, even the woman passing by did not want to be caught in the world, and her gait was graceful, giving people a sense of ease.
Seeing that Li Shimin and the others were walking very slowly and looking around, the pretty maid waited for a moment.
Come to the private room on the second floor.
He didn't see the soft couch in the room, but he saw a few lounge chairs placed there. Li Shimin frowned slightly.
"This is?"
The pretty maid immediately explained: "This is a recliner, also an invention of His Highness the King of Shu. Because it is used here, the King of Shu specially modified it."
After saying that, several women waiting in the room came forward one after another. They each held a pair of weird shoes and placed them in front of several people.
"These are slippers. Several guests can change into them. This will make you feel more relaxed. The person who will press your feet will be here soon."
Press your feet?
Li Shimin was stunned again, another quite new word came out.
After everyone had put on slippers, someone brought them clothes and asked them to go to the changing room and put on these loose clothes.
Although the clothes look a little weird, they are really comfortable to wear.
It's just that when changing clothes just now, Fang Xuanling almost had a frank meeting with Li Shimin. As a courtier, it was naturally a bit embarrassing for such a thing to happen.
"Your Majesty, I was rude just now."
Li Shimin waved his hand nonchalantly. Seeing that there were no outsiders at this moment, he said: "There is no need to treat yourself as a king and a minister here. Let's take a look at the situation here first."
Fang Xuanling couldn't help but smile bitterly, but she could only nod in agreement.
On the contrary, Queen Changsun found it novel. He looked at the slippers under his feet and said, "These are quite comfortable to wear. I just heard from the maid that these shoes are also made by Ke'er."
Li Shimin didn't say anything. He just looked at the recliner, hesitated for a moment, and then lay down on it.
The cushions of the recliner were very soft, and the gentle rocking of the recliner relaxed Li Shimin's nerves.
"This chair is not bad either."
Li Shimin seemed very satisfied. Seeing this, Queen Changsun and Fang Xuanling breathed a sigh of relief.
But then, Li Shimin became serious again: "This guy came to Qizhou, but it turns out he only cares about having fun and not being a great person!"
He said this seriously, but Li Shimin's brows relaxed a lot.
Seeing Li Shimin acting like this, Empress Changsun also shook her head and laughed, and sat on another recliner.
As soon as the body relaxed, several women in uniforms walked in, holding a basin of water in their hands.
Putting down the things in his hands, he saluted Li Shimin and others.
