As for the trivial matters between Emperor Daojun and Li Shishi, Shen Yuelan didn't really want to know about it, mainly because she was afraid that after she knew about it, a related skill would be automatically generated for her.

Hey, look at my technique of finding beauties in brothels. Shen Yuelan felt extremely embarrassed when she thought of this scene.

But skills are skills, and this does not prevent Shen Yuelan from going to the ancient brothel to see the world. After all, Shen Yuelan still wants to see the place where Liu Yong wrote such beautiful lines as "Where will I go when I wake up from the wine tonight? Willow bank, morning breeze and waning moon" and "Holding hands and looking at each other in tears, I am speechless and choked with emotion".

Although this excuse was immediately seen through by Shen Sushang, she also complained about it, saying, "You little pervert, you just learned useless things from Zhao Xuanlang. You just like to stare at those beauties all day long. They can play, but can you?"

Shen Yuelan saw that she was exposed and stopped pretending. She directly replied, "Don't you know whether I can play or not?" Shen Suchang was forced to shut herself up.

Just as Shen Yuelan was admiring the beautiful scenery and arguing with Shen Sushang in her heart, two pretty figures quietly appeared behind Shen Yuelan and Gan Yuelong.

Shen Yuelan naturally knew about the two people's sneaking approach. After Shen Yuelan's eyes were upgraded, one of the many small enhancements was the ability to identify the bloodline identity of the Zhao royal family. Shen Yuelan used it when she first met Old Zhao.

The two people behind him are none other than the two little princesses of the current emperor Zhao Er’s family. The second daughter, Zhao Yuanling, was the eldest princess of the Xu State in history; and the third daughter, Zhao Yuanxian, was the eldest princess of the Bing State in history.

Chapter 30: Change of Family

Gan Yuelong beside her rolled her eyes. She had told Shen Yuelan a long time ago to come out wearing a Taoist robe, but she refused. She insisted on experiencing the treatment of a female princess consort. Now her dream has come true. Let's see how it ends.

How to end it? Ha, it's not easy to end it? Shen Yuelan glanced at Gan Yuelong with an expression that made her look favorably upon him, then turned around and took the initiative to speak in a sweet voice before the two girls opened their mouths.

[My two sisters, you are here to enjoy the spring scenery. This is a good place to enjoy the scenery. However, there are many people in the city. You two are so beautiful, you should dress up.]

Shen Yuelan thought that she could win the hearts of the two girls with just one sentence, but unexpectedly, the two girls did not understand Shen Yuelan's [words of concern] at all, and they blushed and said that they had learned their lesson.

Shen Yuelan was slightly stunned when she saw this, while Gan Yuelong, who was standing beside her, didn't dare to look back in order to hold back her laughter. Shen Yuelan still didn't give up, and deliberately walked to the upwind side of the two people, deliberately letting them smell her fragrance, but it seemed to have no effect except making the two people blush more.

Shen Yuelan, who was a little anxious, started to trip Zhao Yuanling. She deliberately conjured up a small stone and tripped him, causing him to fall into her arms. Humph, feel my sister's broad mind. This time you can finally find that I am a female.

Well, the trip was indeed successful, and Zhao Yuanling did fall into Shen Yuelan's arms. And then nothing happened. After Zhao Yuanling fell into Shen Yuelan's arms, he refused to come out.

Zhao Yuanling yelled:

[Oh, sir, it is said that men and women should not touch each other, but today you and my sister have had physical contact. Our sisters have lost their chastity and cannot get married anymore, wuwu~]

[For now, we can only ask you to marry me, or we two sisters will have no choice but to jump into the river, woo woo~]

While Zhao Yuanling was crying to Shen Yuelan, she would steal glances at her reaction from time to time.

Everyone was stunned by Zhao Yuanling's operation, although the feudal restrictions of [no physical contact between men and women] did start in the Song Dynasty.

But it was actually gradually formed after the rise of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Throughout the Northern Song Dynasty, the status of women in the entire society basically continued the high historical level since the Tang Dynasty. It can even be said that this was a period in which the status of women was the highest in the entire feudal society, especially during the early Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the guy in my arms was just talking nonsense. This was simply the rhythm of forcibly snatching [a man], and that was not all. She even said that she and her sisters had physical intimacy. Damn it, you are playing [false accusations] on me, right? I am two feet away from her sister, okay? Forced marriage is fine, but also buy one get one free?

God have mercy on me, this guy's sister was stunned by her behavior. As for Sister Yuelong, she was so happy that she almost fell into the river.

At this point, Shen Yuelan had no intention of continuing to talk nonsense with this guy, even though his body was indeed quite comfortable to hug.

Since I can't understand the cryptic words, I'll just say it directly. After all, if I continue to play like this, I will really become a "female prince consort" and be punished for deceiving the emperor.

[Well, young lady, please look carefully. I am a girl, and your rule of "no physical contact between men and women" does not apply to me.]

Zhao Yuanling, who was hugging Shen Yuelan tightly and was madly groaning in her arms, was stunned when he heard the words. He raised his head and stared at Shen Yuelan's face for a long time, and finally uttered:

[If it's you, it's not impossible for a girl to do it. ]

[Not impossible! ]

Zhao Yuanxian, who originally had no interest in Shen Yuelan, rushed over with shining eyes after hearing Shen Yuelan's words.

Shen Yuelan hesitated with her lips curled up, and made a final struggle:

[Well, ladies, don’t be fooled by my appearance today. I have actually become a monk. My Taoist name is Minglan. This is my master, Fairy Xuanlong.]

After receiving Shen Yuelan's introduction, the two of them instantly put away their previous expressions and became dignified. After tidying up their clothes, they all took two steps back and bowed to Fairy Xuanlong with great courtesy.

They had heard of Fairy Xuanlong. She had been providing free medical treatment to the poor in Tokyo City for the past two years. She was quite famous among the common people in Tokyo City and was someone who should not be easily offended.

But this is troublesome. If this pretty sister is the disciple of Fairy Xuanlong, my father will definitely not let me act recklessly, Zhao Yuanling thought with a headache. However, Zhao Yuanxian didn't seem to have this concern.

[Greetings, Fairy. I am a poor nun, with the Dharma name Yuanming. I was possessed by evil spirits and needed the protection of the Bodhisattva, so I became a nun. I have long heard of your noble character, so I beg you to protect me. I am willing to change my family and serve the Three Pure Ones.]

The two guys watching the show inside Shen Yuelan were almost laughing like crazy. Gan Yuelong twitched his lips and gave Shen Yuelan, the troublemaker, a cold look, but in the end he still decided to block it for Shen Yuelan. As for whether he could block it or not, that was another matter.

[You are too polite, young layman. If you need to regulate your body, diagnose or treat an illness, you can come to me at any time. As for changing your sect, there is no need to do so. Taoists believe in non-action and never steal other people's talents.]

Zhao Yuanxian rolled his eyes when he heard that, replied that he understood, and said no more. However, Gan Yuelong felt that this child was stubborn at heart, and he was afraid that he had thought of other ways.

But Gan Yuelong was too lazy to care about her. It was enough to stop her sister. In history, the Grand Princess of Bing State only lived until May of the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo. In other words, almost three months later, this little girl who was obviously weaker than her sister would pass away.

If she likes, just let her stay with Shen Yuelan for a few months. It won't delay anything. This person is just a poor person whose name is not even recorded in history.

After agreeing on a time for the medical consultation with the two sisters, they did not stay here for long. After saying goodbye to the two sisters politely, they left and continued to move around the shops and regular stores in Tokyo.

It was noon, and in the Longjin Bridge area, the two found a shop called Li Si Fen Cha, where they ate fried fish, fried meat, brain meat and plum juice in the style of the Song Dynasty.

The food tasted delicious, and Shen Yuelan decided on the spot to order about a hundred portions. Each portion was only fifteen cents anyway. Shen Yuelan had received the "compensation" from the King of Han, and was now very wealthy.

Shen Yuelan has been quite fond of brewing wine since she came to the Song Dynasty, so she naturally would not miss the wine shops in Dongjing City. According to the "Dongjing Menghualu", there is a shop near the Imperial Street of the Imperial Palace that sells excellent wine.

The two followed the trail and indeed saw a tavern there. Shen Yuelan didn't know whether the wine was good or not, but it was indeed expensive. A bottle of silver bottled wine cost seventy-two cents, and lamb wine cost eighty-one cents.

However, Shen Yuelan still reluctantly bought fifty bottles. These would be Shen Yuelan's bragging capital in the future.

Chapter 31: Lao Zhao's Debt

The beautiful and fulfilling time always passes quickly. The two of them had not seen the prosperity of Tokyo before the setting sun set. But how could Tokyo sink into oblivion just because of the night?

A new round of carnival began. At night, not only Shen Yuelan changed into men's clothes, but Gan Yuelong also changed into the attire of a nobleman. It was not that the two of them had to dress up as high-ranking officials.

However, the skin of the two of them was extremely white, even among these nobles. Even if they disguised themselves as ordinary people, no one would believe them. It would be better for them to disguise themselves as dandy young men, so that they could hide for a longer time.

Since it was already night and the two had no intention of returning home, they naturally had to go to the brothel. Shen Yuelan remembered a later netizen who made up a sentence that Mr. Lu Xun said: "Men have two major hobbies, one is to persuade decent women to go to the water, and the other is to persuade prostitutes to become good women."

Regardless of how many prostitutes in history have suffered and endured this sentence, at least for Shen Yuelan, who is now in a brothel, she only wants to say:

【Mr. is right!】

The women in the brothel were far more talented than Shen Yuelan had imagined. And it wasn't just one woman, but all the women in the entire building were like this. The quality of the people in the brothel was so high that Shen Yuelan was amazed.

To put it bluntly, Shen Yuelan feels that the women with the highest cultural literacy in this era are these female prostitutes who have always been the most discriminated against.

By the way, Lao Zhao once wrote a poem for a prostitute, which goes something like this: [One night the east wind blows deliberately, and I have no thoughts at first, so I take the top spot in spring. Every year I repay the southern branch’s letter, and I do not allow the flowers to accompany me.]

Wow, that’s really romantic.

Shen Yuelan and her partner booked a private room, invited someone who could play music and sing lyrics, someone who could write poetry, and also invited a young cook who specialized in mixing cocktails and cooking to prepare some side dishes for the two of them.

When these people were brought in, the madam told them frankly that she had long seen that the two guests were noble ladies who had sneaked out disguised as men.

Therefore, they specially found three young girls with clean backgrounds who had never received customers to serve the two men. They also warned them that in a brothel, it was a refined matter for men to come, but if girls came in, it would be hard to explain if the news got out.

Therefore, he asked the two of them to have some snacks, listen to some music and then leave, and not to stay overnight. After saying this, he left without waiting for their response.

The two people at the table were silent for a while. This was indeed a perceptive old procuress. If it was true as she said, that the two of them were noble ladies and something happened to her, she would be the first to die. Therefore, it was no wonder that the old procuress was lukewarm towards the two of them.

The one who sang the lyrics and played the music for the two was called Du Shiyan. Although she was still young, she already looked like a cool beauty. She was proficient in singing, dancing, playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and was especially good at singing.

Her mother was a famous prostitute in Beijing. It was unknown who she married and she passed away after giving birth to her. After many twists and turns, she was sold here and raised by a brothel owner. She was considered the top reserve prostitute trained here.

As for her father, her mother never revealed who he was until her death. It was only known that the man had written a poem for her mother, which went like this: "The east wind blew deliberately overnight, and I had no worries at first and took the first place in spring. Year after year, I repay the southern branch's letter, and do not allow the flowers to accompany me."

Shen Yuelan's face turned green when she heard this, and Shen Suchang in her body also looked contemptuous. Shen Yuelan sighed helplessly. Although she was reluctant, she had to prepare money to redeem the girl from the brothel. If she hadn't seen the girl of an acquaintance, it would be fine, but since she had met her, she couldn't just ignore it.

The woman who was grinding the paintings for the two of them was called Zhou Rounu. As her name suggests, she had a very pretty appearance. In addition to being good at writing, the most surprising thing about her was that she knew medical skills. As a result, she got along quite well with Gan Yuelong. During the chat, they learned that she was the daughter of a medical family, and her family had been running a clinic for generations.

Her father was even more outstanding and became the imperial physician of this dynasty. However, he was later involved in the death of Taizu and died in unclear circumstances. Her mother also died of a heart attack due to the blow. A good family was broken up. The young Zhou Rounu was sold to this place by her unscrupulous uncle to entertain people with her art.

Shen Yuelan was almost laughing out of anger. What the hell was this? She finally came out to have some fun. But in the end, she had to clean up the mess that Lao Zhao had done when he was young. It really pissed me off. I'll have to let Su Chang beat him up again when I get back.

Shen Yuelan then turned her gaze to the third person, and asked unhappily: [What about you, little cook? Tell me something too, so I can learn more.]

The young cook's name is Liang Suqing. Compared with the previous two people, she is not very pretty, but she has a heroic spirit of a warrior. She was born into a family of military generals in the Southern Tang Dynasty. There were many military generals in her family. She studied martial arts with her family since she was young, and her childhood was relatively happy.

However, during the war of unification between the Song Dynasty and the Southern Tang Dynasty, her father was defeated and killed because of his stubborn resistance, and her mother also died with him. From then on, the family fell into poverty, and Liang Suqing was forced to become a prostitute.

Okay, okay, these ones, one is Lao Zhao’s romantic debt, one is Lao Zhao’s debt of favor, and the other is Lao Zhao’s war debt. Shen Yuelan looked up at the sky speechlessly and suddenly lost the desire to play anymore.

Shen Yuelan even thought in a somewhat conspiracy-theoretic way, wondering if someone had deliberately arranged this story and was performing it through her for someone else to see.

Although Shen Yuelan only wanted to redeem Du Shiyan, Gan Yuelong fell in love with Zhou Runnu. Seeing that there were only three people in the house, it would not be a good idea to buy two of them and just leave Liang Suqing behind.

Romantic debts are debts, but war debts are not debts? So Shen Yuelan had no choice but to call the madam and offer to buy the three people. The madam didn't put on airs. After being attentive to the two, she directly asked for a thousand gold coins, 700 gold coins for Du Shiyan and 300 gold coins for Zhou Rounu.

Shen Yuelan was slightly stunned when she heard this, and reminded the madam that she wanted three people. The madam smiled and replied:

[Oh, young master, are you afraid that I will suffer a loss? Don't worry, I calculated correctly. The fire-making girl is worthless. She is a gift. You can take her away directly. This is the indenture of the three of us. Please take it.]

After saying that, the madam took the thousand taels of gold and left the private room. Shen Yuelan looked at Liang Suqing in silence. Liang Suqing's face turned red due to Shen Yuelan's speechless gaze. She rubbed her hands and said with a look of grievance that it was not her fault that she was not doing well.

Shen Yuelan put away the indenture contract. Since the three of them had already bought it, it didn't matter which side of the song sounded the same, so the two of them asked them to go back and pack their things and follow them back to the Taoist temple.

After the three of them left, Gan Yuelong excitedly called Shen Yuelan over and whispered to her that they had found another treasure. Shen Yuelan tilted her head in confusion and asked Gan Yuelong not to keep her in suspense.

Gan Yuelong told her that among these three people, except for Du Shiyan from the old Zhao family, the cheap and worthless ones were actually qualified, which means they could become civil servants in the other world after their death.

Moreover, it seems that the two of them died too early in the past and did not meet the admission standards of the other world, so they were picked up by Gan and Shen.

It is also very simple to make the two people meet the requirements. Just take them home, take good care of them, and let them live long enough.

Although Shen Yuelan questioned Gan Yuelong from the perspective of whether it was not a good thing to kidnap people from other time and space at will, Gan Yuelong said, "What's wrong with snatching people from myself?"

[But, they don’t necessarily have to be Yao Jinji? ]

[No buts, Zhou Rounu's core is Song and Yuan Tong Bao, Liang Suqing's core is Tang Guo Tong Bao, I said! ]

【But……】

[No! Yes! But! ]

Chapter 32: Brothel Dispute

Shen Yuelan twitched her lips and said, "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say."

The two of them debated for a long time about the affiliation of the three people in the brothel, and finally decided that Du Shiyan would be left to her father, Zhou Runnu would be left to Gan Yuelong, and Liang Suqing would be under the care of Shen Yuelan.

Just as the two were discussing how to accommodate the two during the support period, a riot seemed to break out downstairs, and then Du Shiyan and others ran in with their bags.

Shen Yuelan asked them what happened, and Du Shiyan replied:

[It seems that a noble lady from some family came to the brothel dressed as a man to have fun, and ordered a famous prostitute to serve her. It happened that the old customer of the famous prostitute also came, and both the new and old customers were disgusted with her.]

[Because of the famous prostitute's affiliation tonight, there was an argument, and then a fight broke out. During the fight, one of the two noble ladies had her crown knocked off, exposing her identity. And according to the older sisters, the status of the noble lady seemed to be quite high.]

Du Shiyan looked back and saw that there was no one outside the house, so she continued:

[According to gossip, that person seems to be the current princess, and has already become a nun.]

Shen Yuelan and Gan Yuelong looked at each other in silence, their faces were full of excitement. Wasn't this referring to Zhao Yuanxian? Could it be that the real cause of death of the Princess of Bing in history was due to this incident?

After discussion, the two finally decided to let Shen Yuelan take the three little ones away from here quickly and escape back to the temple. If they were a step late, according to the experience of Zhou Rounu and Liang Suqing's early death, these three people would definitely die.

Gan Yuelong was responsible for covering the rear and seeing if he could turn around and save Zhao Yuanxian's life. After all, no one knew whether these two bastards had followed them here.

Shen Yuelan did not waste any time. She picked up one in each hand, put another on her back, and then quickly jumped out of the window to escape. Humph, after the special training with Shen Suchang some time ago, although she was still a little short of being able to kill the enemy in the field, Shen Suchang had no problem running away. She jumped off the roof of the small house very slickly.

Looking at Shen Yuelan who had already run away, Gan Yuelong sighed softly and said, "Come here, let me see what's going on." Gan Yuelong put her hands behind her back and walked out of the private room.

The private room the two had booked was on the third floor, while the riot took place on the first floor. The conflicting parties had now moved to the lobby, and the two groups were standing on both sides of the stage, refusing to give in to each other.

Gan Yuelong took a closer look and saw that the noble lady lying on the ground with disheveled hair was the Zhao Yuanxian that the two were worried about. Because she was not good at fighting, the other party knocked off the crown on her head. Haha, it seemed that one of her eyes was black.

There were faint footprints on his body. Although it was hard to see clearly due to the distance, there should be blood flowing from the corner of Zhao Yuanxian's mouth. He was already weak, and after being kicked like this, it was no wonder that he would not live beyond May.

At this moment, Zhao Yuanxian was being embraced by a woman who looked quite ethereal. Judging from the distressed look on the woman's face, it was probably not the first day they had known each other. Tsk tsk, it was probably that Zhao Yuanxian was this woman's regular customer.

Her sister was standing in front of her to protect her. As for those people who suddenly appeared around them, they must be the secret guards bestowed upon them by the emperor.

The other party seemed to be drunk and did not realize the situation. He still wanted to chase and beat Zhao Yuanxian relentlessly. Zhao Yuanling saw that things had come to this point and was no longer polite. He directly ordered that this man be killed in secret and banned everyone in the brothel from entering or leaving.

Gan Yuelong probably understood what was going on and decided not to stay here for long. As for Zhao Yuanxian who had once asked for asylum from him.

Gan Yuelong frowned and stared at the person. After a brief thought, he chose to turn around and leave. He would wait until she came to him for help. It was too late to turn the situation around. It would make no difference whether it happened sooner or later.

At the Taoist temple, Shen Yuelan did not dare to stop for a moment, for fear that she would not be able to save the lives of the three little ones. Being able to fight was one thing, but whether she could protect others was another.

On the way back, Shen Yuelan secretly released Huanyan and Suchang, asking one of them to explore the way while the other one to cover the rear. Fortunately, they escaped in time and there were no pursuers along the way.

However, because they were carried too fast, the three little ones, who were thinly dressed, were shivering with cold and had runny noses when they were brought back by Shen Yuelan. They completely lost the gentle and lovely look they had in the brothel.

Shen Sushang, who had just returned from the palace, twitched her lips when she saw this, and scolded Shen Yuelan for not being gentle and considerate to women. Shen Yuelan pouted.

Fortunately, Shen Huanyan, who had rushed back earlier, noticed this carefully, and had already boiled a large bucket of hot water and ginger soup with Lao Zhao to drive away the cold for the three people.

When Old Zhao first saw the three people, he was quite happy. He thought that Shen Yuelan bought three beautiful female maids for him because she was afraid that he would be lonely after they left.

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