CH 53

Chapter 53          It’s Over

The Red Silk Square by the Qianshui Lake.

On the high platform of the atrium, various handsome men and beautiful women took turns coming on stage. Beautiful beauties were playing the zither and flute, sexy dancers swaying their hips and dancing hotly. There were also handsome young men reciting poems while painting, and strong men showing their skills…

There were all kinds of styles with hundreds of flowers blooming.

According to the rules of Red Silk Square, the seated guests could participate in the auction at every other hour, and the one with the highest price bid could designate a girl or man in the square to accompany the guests in the workshop for an hour.

Of course, it was merely just for fun.

With the sound of gongs and drums, it was time for another round of bidding.

Feng Yuyao’s eyes showed excitement, but of course, she was just watching the fun and didn’t intend to participate in the bidding.

Whereas Qin Yan’s expression was indifferent. She traveled all over the country over these years and saw everything that should be seen and what should not be seen.

In some places where the sky was high and the emperor was far away, some of the games played by the local nobles didn’t even treat people as human beings…

In the capital city, at the feet of the emperor, the places for the nobles to have fun were fairly well-behaved, and even though they were a little out of line, it was harmless.

When she saw those muscular men just now, the smooth and beautiful muscle lines on Feng Zhan’s chest and abdomen flashed in Qin Yan’s mind, but it was a pity that she hasn’t touched it seriously…

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The bidding was very intense, and everyone’s tastes were also very different. Most of the young ladies bid for men, while most of the young masters bid for beauty, but some unconventional people disregard the secular standards.

“One thousand taels of silver, I want that zitherist in white.” A wicked male voice rang from a private room on the second floor.

The bids just now range from a few taels of silver to tens of taels to hundreds of taels. But it was extremely rare to spend a thousand zithers of silver to play zither for an hour.

As for the zitherist in white, he was only a handsome man sitting cross-legged playing the zither by the stage, but the bidder was also a young master…

Everyone followed the voice and saw it was He Xiao, the eldest son of the He family of the minister of the Ministry of War.

Young Master He didn’t know anyone. Since he had been hanging out in various places for nobles to have fun in the capital all year round, those who came out to play were familiar with him even though they hadn’t been in contact with each other.

Beside the stage, the white-clothed zitherist sitting cross-legged playing the zither raised his head when he heard the words, and his handsome face was full of surprises. He only arrived at the square today and was only a zitherist, not a male prostitute accompanying the guests.

The host of the auction was Mama Liu Shisan, the owner of Red Silk Square. Seeing that the one who opened the bid was Young Master He from the minister family of the Ministry of War, Mama Liu Shisan beamed with joy.

The eldest son of the He family played around Qianshui Lake often and had a very good reputation. He was generous, understood the rules of the trade very well, never caused trouble, and occasionally offered to the girls he likes. The bosses of the major places for nobles to have fun in Qianshui Promenade liked these kinds of wealthy guests.

“Send zitherist Su Qing to Young Master He immediately.” Mama Liu Shisan summoned two strong men, pulled up Su Qing who was still sitting cross-legged on the futon with a shocked expression on his face, and dragged him to the second floor.

Su Qing struggled desperately, turned his head, and shouted anxiously to Mama Liu Shisan, “Mama Shisan, I just came here to borrow a place to play the zither and didn’t sell myself to your Red Silk Square. You have no right to arrange me without permission. Mama Shisan, you… um…”

The strong man who was dragging Su Qing punched Su Qing in the stomach. Su Qing clutched his stomach and groaned, lost his words, and let the two strong servants continue to drag him upstairs.

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This kind of forced buying and selling was not uncommon in these kinds of places for nobles to have fun. At this time, there was another round of dancers with flowing sleeves coming to the stage, and everyone began to appreciate the beauty’s dancing posture with great enthusiasm. With the beauties’ occasional exposed slender waist, no one paid attention to the poor zitherist.

Only Feng Yuyao frowned, “How can this be?”

Feng Yuyao’s eyes followed the three people who were still going upstairs. When they were about to reach the second floor while the two strong men were not paying attention, Su Qing suddenly broke free from the shackles and ran away.

Two servants pursued Su Qing closely. Su Qing stumbled, but he had a clear purpose. There were two noble women in the private room not far away on the second floor, and one of them was amazingly beautiful, even overshadowing the handsome men and beautiful women in the Red Silk Square.

Everyone in the square had been paying attention to them since they entered the square, including Su Qing, of course.

Those two women, whose identities were uncertain, might have higher status than the eldest son of the He family.

When Su Qing was caught, he happened to be not far from Qin Yan’s private room.

“Help me, miss, help me…” Su Qing shouted with a clear voice.

Shen Ying frowned and stood quietly outside the room with her arms folded, without moving.

In the private room, Feng Yuyao heard the commotion outside. She turned her head to look at Qin Yan with a frown as if asking for Qin Yan’s opinion.

“Yanyan…”