I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 21 Si Lili

The pleasure boat of Zuixianju was not the largest brothel boat on Liujing River, but it was the most high-end one because on this boat sat the most popular courtesan in Kyoto's entertainment scene - Si Lili.

Needless to say, this Miss Si Lili has a good appearance and personality. She is also proficient in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, and various other musical instruments. Although she may not have achieved great accomplishments, she has earned a reputation as a talented woman with the praise of many famous children in Kyoto.

Of course, the reason why Miss Si Lili emerged as a rising star in the entire Kyoto Prefecture's romantic scene and became the most popular girl within less than a year after arriving in the capital was not just because of these. To a greater extent, it came from a rumor.

Legend has it that this Miss Si Lili's surname is not actually Si, but Li, the Li surname of the royal family of Qing Kingdom. It is rumored that this Miss Si Lili is the descendant of a royal family at the beginning of the founding of the country, and because her ancestors committed serious crimes, she has fallen to her current state of desolation.

In fact, not many people believed this rumor, but Si Lili never explained it, so people just went along with it. After all, it was exciting to think about the emperor's distant relative tossing and turning under them.

Therefore, Si Lili became famous throughout Kyoto, and Zuixianju became very famous and expensive. However, the more expensive it was, the more people came. There were countless suckers who were willing to spend a fortune to become Si Lili's guests, including many young men from famous families.

Unfortunately, although many people were invited on board by Miss Si Lili, she never kept any guests as guests, so Miss Si Lili is still a prostitute.

This information was obtained by Zhao Huai'en and his companions from the girls in their respective rooms after they left. It was no secret in Kyoto, but Zhao Huai'en still went out of his way to report it to Li Chengzong.

"Well, I see."

Li Chengzong nodded and asked, "Do you know who the owner of Zuixianju is?"

"This boss is quite mysterious, and our family rarely pays attention to matters in the entertainment industry, but it is said that he is related to the Jiangnan Ming family."

"The Jiangnan Ming family."

Li Chengzong nodded again, waved his hand, and suddenly shouted: "By the way, Xingzhi is married, don't worry about her. You have to find a girl to live with. The prostitute in this brothel is quite good. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is also good-looking. It would be a good idea to take her home as a concubine."

"Master, I am over thirty years old."

"What do you mean?"

Li Chengzong said he didn't understand why the issue of age was mentioned out of the blue.

Speaking of which, his five hundred guards are not of the same age. The oldest are Zhao Huai'en and Li Junxin, who are now in their thirties, and the youngest are now twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

"They are all girls of 16 or 17 years old. I always feel like I have ruined them."

"...Then you can find someone older." Li Chengzong was stunned and said so.

"Master, do you think there are any older prostitutes in this brothel?"

"You're so hypocritical, get out of here..."

After seeing Li Junxin off, Li Chengzong slept for an hour, and waited for another half an hour after waking up. The maid from Zuixianju brought writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone.

Obviously, this was to allow Li Chengzong to display his talent and impress Miss Si Lili.

He remembered quite a few ancient poems, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Chengzong was still not a plagiarist.

After all, Fan Xian would recite poems when drunk in the future. It would be embarrassing if he copied the poems and asked Fan Xian to recite them.

Besides, it's not easy to become a superior person again, so you should at least enjoy the taste of power.

So Li Chengzong picked up his pen, wrote a sentence and signed his name, and asked the maid to send it to the pleasure boat.

On the pleasure boat, Si Lili stared at the note from Li Chengzong in a daze, "Interesting, have you heard of this Li Xiu?"

A maid who carried a sword shook her head and said, "His surname is Li. He should be from one of the five major families in Kyoto, but I have never heard of him."

The five major families in Kyoto are Li, Lin, Qin, Fan, and Ye. I won’t mention Lin, Qin, Fan, and Ye, but the Li family is a royal family.

With the rise of Prince Cheng, most of the Li clan members were killed for their crimes. Now, the most powerful mansion in Kyoto is Prince Jing's Mansion, and this so-called Li Xiu is obviously not from Prince Jing's Mansion, so there is no need to care about him.

However, Si Lili really wanted to see what kind of ability this Li Xiu had to be able to say such big words. After thinking for a while, she asked, "Which children from the famous families in Kyoto are coming to Zuixianju today?"

"There are many children of famous families who sent poems and songs. The most prestigious ones are Li Hongcheng, the son of Prince Jing, Guo Baokun, the son of the Minister of Rites, Liu Linjie, the third young master of the Duke of Chen's Mansion, and Zhou Dewang, the young marquis of the Weiyuan Marquis' Mansion."

"Then hold a banquet and invite these four and Li Xiu."

"My subordinate understands!"

After the maid went down, Si Lili looked at the note in her hand again and threw it into the stove. She could vaguely see words written on it: If you don't see it, I will make it impossible for you to take a single step in Kyoto.

In the elegant room.

Li Chengzong waited for another half an hour. By this time the sky had completely darkened and obscene sounds could be heard from the surroundings.

"Bah, beast!"

Li Chengzong cursed inwardly. After his martial arts reached a higher level, even the slightest sound sounded particularly clear to his ears.

Fortunately, the maid knocked on the door at this time.

"Mr. Li, Miss Si Lili invites you to the pleasure boat."

"Here we are." Following the maid out of Zuixianju, crossing the covered bridge, and then walking along the lakeside path for more than a hundred steps, a pleasure boat appeared in front of us, and we could vaguely see people drinking and having fun in the boat.

Li Chengzong jumped lightly onto the boat. The maid at the bow immediately opened the curtain, and saw four grown men drinking wine and chatting, but there was no sign of the famous Kyoto girl Si Lili.

Yes, I know them all.

Li Chengzong nodded, walked in with a smile, clasped his fists and said, "I am Li Xiu, nice to meet you all."

Li Hongcheng, Guo Baokun and Liu Linjie were all stunned, but then they reacted.

As a prince, if outsiders knew about visiting a brothel, he would probably be scolded by the censor. It was normal to use a pseudonym.

So, the three of them stood up and returned the greeting with a smile, "Mr. Li."

Zhou Dewang also stood up and bowed, but did not say anything. He bowed out of courtesy as a scholar, not because he recognized Li Chengzong.

Zhou's ancestors were military men. They were dukes at first and even married the princess of the time. Unfortunately, they gradually fell into decline and became civil officials. Now they still have quite a say in the court.

Zhou Dewang knew Li Chengzong when he was a child, after all, he had studied at the Imperial College.

But Li Chengzong was a fat man at that time, and he lived a secluded life. Although he showed up again when he went out of the palace to entertain the sons of nobles and in the spring examination, Zhou Dewang was not qualified to attend the banquet, and he had never been seen in the spring examination. So even though he and a group of second-generation civil servants were ready to teach Li Chengzong a lesson in the past two years, he actually couldn't recognize Li Chengzong when he saw him.

Li Chengzong didn't care about Zhou Dewang's attitude. Before he could speak, Li Hongcheng smiled and said, "Brother Li, sit over here."

Before Li Chengzong came, he had the highest status at the scene. Now that Li Chengzong was here, it was inappropriate for him to sit in the main seat, so he gave up his seat.

"You sit where you want, I'll sit wherever I want."

Li Chengzong sat down next to Guo Baokun, looked at Guo Baokun standing next to him and smiled, "Brother Guo, what are you standing for? Sit down."

"This... Brother Li, my father is very strict. I'll take my leave now."

Although two years had passed, Guo Baokun still felt guilty when he saw Li Chengzong in person and didn't want to stay any longer.

Li Chengzong didn't know about this and thought that he was afraid of his identity. Plus, he had previously snatched the position of chief examiner of the Spring Examination from someone else's father, so his attitude was very kind.

"Brother Guo, there's no need to be like this. Be more casual and sit down!"

Guo Baokun had no choice but to sit down.

Li Chengzong ignored him and turned to look at Li Hongcheng, saying with a smile: "Hongcheng, you are a frequent visitor to brothels. Do the girls on this pleasure boat always receive guests like this? Do they receive several people at a time?"

Speaking of which, Li Hongcheng is worthy of being his uncle's son. He is one month younger than him but already famous in the Kyoto's romantic circles. Last year, he even won the heart of Yuan Meng, the famous courtesan in Liujing River. But for some reason, Uncle Jing has not liked indulging in romantic affairs in the past two years. Instead, he likes farming and raising flowers.

"Some pleasure boats are like this, but Miss Si Lili usually only receives one guest. But today she suddenly invited a few of us. We were just discussing this matter."

Li Chengzong nodded, thought about it, and roughly understood Si Lili's intention.

I guess he read his note and wanted to use the son of a famous family in Kyoto to intimidate him.

Just then, Si Lili came out.

"I have met the five gentlemen."

Her voice was very pleasant and she was even more beautiful. She walked lightly towards Li Chengzong.

"I don't recognize this gentleman. I think he is Mr. Li Xiu. I would like to offer you a toast."

As she spoke, Si Lili sat directly in Li Chengzong's arms and held the wine glass to Li Chengzong's mouth.

Si Lili is beautiful. I have liked her very much when I watched her drama before. Now she is pretending to be pretty. Her bright eyes are looking around, and her red lips are gently opening and closing, revealing an alluring charm. What is more fatal is her plump body. Sitting in Li Chengzong's arms, the touch of every inch of her makes Li Chengzong a little absent-minded and his heart is fluttering.

Feeling the handsome young man's heartbeat getting faster and faster, Si Lili couldn't help but be a little dazed. When she saw the note, she thought he was a veteran and never expected that he was a novice.

So Si Lili couldn't help but feel a little curious about Li Chengzong. After all, nowadays, a rich and powerful young man like him would have fooled around with the maids when he was thirteen or fourteen years old. Now, just sitting in his arms made his heart beat faster. Isn't this a little too innocent? !
Si Lili certainly didn't know that Li Chengzong grew up in the deep palace, surrounded by women older than him. He wanted to hang out with them, but he was powerless. After he became strong enough, he focused on practicing martial arts to become a grandmaster, and there had never been any woman around him.

Si Lili looked at Li Chengzong who was fidgeting a little bit, and felt a bulge somewhere. She blushed slightly, spat in her heart, secretly cursed him as a pervert, but on the surface she smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Li, drink some wine."

Seeing this, Li Hongcheng gave Li Chengzong a look that all men understood, stood up and said with a smile: "It seems that Miss Si Lili has taken a fancy to Brother Li. Congratulations to Brother Li for getting the beauty. I will not disturb you any more. Goodbye, goodbye!"

As soon as these words came out, Liu Linjie and Guo Baokun also stood up and said, "Congratulations, Brother Li. We will take our leave first."

Very tactful!
On the other hand, Zhou Dewang had no intention of leaving, and looked at Si Lili in Li Chengzong's arms with obsession.

Li Hongcheng coughed immediately and said in a somewhat cold tone: "Young Marquis Zhou, why don't you leave?"

While Li Hongcheng was speaking, Guo Baokun pulled him subtly.

At this moment, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that the man in front of him named Li Xiu was not simple.

Zhou Dewang suppressed the fire of desire in his heart and said insincerely: "Congratulations, Brother Li. I suddenly remembered that I have something to do at home, so I'll take my leave first."

(End of this chapter)