Vol 2 Chapter 297 (1/2)
Chapter 297: Prostitutes, Pedestrians and a Downpour assassinat
The shopkeepers in Qingyu Hall were always assisting the palace treasury, and they also lent aid to othersaid, it had been many years since they had last shown their faces But this Lady Si Qing’er, if she could have co out as a lowly prostitute and beco to learn, a woh interest in theof a business establish as they were businessreat respect and admiration that stemmed from her bones It was a reflection of the respect scholars of this world had for Zhuang Mohan
So when Si Qing’er saw the third shopkeeper approach, and she ier She patted herself down and began her fe a deep, lo as ca from his looks, the third Ye shopkeeper was around 50 years old, his beard taking on the color white Seeing Si Qing’er’s pretty face, he nodded in his approval of the gesture
shi+ Chanli was standing nearby, wondering why Fan Xian had sent this horny old , ”This ladyat where the house is situated, and at lighting and decor of the interior, I reatly ad to remain in the house, there is no need for my presence here; I will return to Fan Xian, for ’er’s face was now one of surprise, and she said, ”You co you see in this place is of the Big Owner’s design; it has nothing to do with me”
The third Ye shopkeeper displayed a look of disappointment as he mournfully told her, ”Then the owner of this place truly was a genius of business How could he have possibly offended Fan…?” Even though he was old, he wasn’t stupid, and already he realized he had said too ht the stare that shi+ Chanli was giving hiht he was seeing a monster before his eyes He shook his head, but in a bid to see around and ad the room
The manner in which they conducted their business could be seen in the finest of details To Qingyu Hall, whose shopkeepers had been running merchant establishments for 20 years, the Bao Yue house was a shady business But despite that, the brothel looked bright and clean, and there was a pond in back and a lovely patio The workers and waiters ell-trained and polite, and the sa offered They weren’t trashy street walkers; they oantly, and possessed virtue and ht, and the hostess that maintained these standards must have been someone with a tremendous a the place, and shi+ Chanli could do nothing but shake his head and think to hie noble kid It is a wonderful thing for the Fan brothers not to be the run-of-the-mill sort
There had been no word fro with the shares of the third prince But the repossession posse had already arrived, and she had no choice but to bring out the ledger for their inspection Although it was coers, one that was legit and one that was illegiti’er did not dare play tricks Not long after, the Bao Yue house’s funds were all calculated and deeure of a measly 1,000 coins, so they took a hold of the shares and corresponding figure and sent it to the third prince Now all they had to do ait a response For all intents and purposes, the entirety of the Bao Yue house would now belong to shi+ Chanli
After doing all this, Si Qing’er was happily thinking that the er of the Bao Yue house would now becoyu Hall What she did not expect, was the old e and drive off She was suddenly frightened
What shocked her the er for the Bao Yue house, and the person as to take up the job was someone with a fah the door
”Sang Wen!?” Si Qing’er was petrified for aWen was bailed out of the Bao Yue house by Fan Xian, and there hadn’t been any news of her since But now there she was, back for revenge
shi+ Chanli took note of her expression and coer of the Bao Yue house fro Wen Not long after the Bao Yue house was established, Sang Wen had becoure It was because of this, and the fact that was cold and unyielding and as such, Si Qing’er always picked on her But to now see her becoer of the Bao Yue house, she knew for sure that she would not have much luck and with a forced, painful s of her pride, she hastily s
Sang Wen was actually quite nervous Mister Fan had performed an incredible service for her, and with the opportunity to e the Bao Yue house, she knew she could not let hireat worry, she was deter flawlessly Another bit of apprehension clouded her judg third prince’s toes she ht herSi Qing’er hasten for the door, called out, ”Oh, Lady Qing’er, you cannot leave!”
Si Qing’er laughed le contract with the Bao Yue house, so please, do tell me under what power can I be apprehended and be made to stay within these walls?”
shi+ Chanli looked troubled He unfastened his collar and explained, ”I have never run a brothel before; and Lady Sang is just a singer If you leave, then I’m not sure the Bao Yue house can retain its current status and earn the ht that she was needed, and with a snide and boisterous expression, responded ”If…”
She wasn’t even given the ti, ”Mister Fan said if you haven’t been given the per’er sighed, realizing that she wasn’t actually needed They just wanted her trapped She was just a wo a minor relation with the third prince, it was the commissioner of the Overwatch Council that had demanded her to stay Even she would not dare defy his order In this world, there wouldn’t be a single officer willing to help a former prostitute, especially one who had been in conflict with the commissioner Even the princes didn’t help her, as there would be no benefit involved for them If Commissioner Fan wanted to ruin the life of so on an ant
”What are you keeping me here for?” she asked, visibly confused
shi+ Chanli told her, ”Mister Fan… I es to the Bao Yue house For this, I believe Lady Qing’er will have a use at so to need these changes”
Si Qing’er was shocked The Bao Yue house’s business was doing great, and the thought occurred to her that the new big oas planning on establishi+ng doestion, the Bao Yue house was still fairlypart of the prostitution trade in the Qing Kingdoes, the brothel business had been static for quite so
boss ran business, was Fan Xian ai to stop prostitutes fro their bodies?
The proble their bodies, and if the pi in customers, could such an establishment still be deeuess what Si Qing’er was thinking about, and he wasto do as his teacher told hi to be flexible going forward Also, the duration of the contracts is five years, and following that, they are free to do as they please Secondly, there must be a doctor on station at the Bao Yue house at all times so they can tend to the women whenever they are sick With quicker recovery, the wo more custoe…”
He did not get to finish his sentence before Si Qing’er cut him off with a look of confusion She asked, ”Is it necessary to make the contract flexible?”
shi+ Chanli explained by saying, ”Mister Fan…cough wrong again… I think that adhering to this h You must always provide people with hope for the future If they believe that their entire life is on a leash, handled by soe prostitute would be less inclined to perforhter outlook coreater happiness co’er ly retorted, ”Five years is your deal? After this, will those poor girls be unable to do the business any to scrub away their notoriety as a prostitute and elevate their social rank?”
In the Qing Kingdom, performers and prostitutes were different In the social stratification of the kingdom, once someone’s social status hit rock bottom, a position which frequently included prostitutes, one could never recover The only way to elevate your status was to be bought by so you from the Royal Court From what he had just said, prostitutes would have to quit the Bao Yue house after five years and re As for her question, she received no response It was so that had crossed shi+ Chanli’s mind in his discussions with his teacher, but Fan Xian had told hi’er continued her , ”and the doctor part of your reformation is ridiculous The ladies in the house are cheap and of little concern to others; no doctor would be willing to coh to find a doctor as an ordinary person, what doctor would be willing to stay here, day in, day out? Do you think any doctor could handle such sha Wen, who had remained quiet the entire time, smiled and said, ”Mister Fan said there are many doctors in the Third Bureau of the Overwatch Council It would be no proble’er had a wry sht, The Third Bureau of the Overwatch Council is of the poisonous Yae their ways so that they can become doctors? She was of the reat deal about things Tauntingly, she said, ”So what? Even if there are doctors, and the girls are clean, who can promise that the customers who come here are free of sexual diseases?”
shi+ Chanli was starting to get a headache a symptom of her continued annoyance He said, ”I don’t have a solution for that” It wasn’t that there was no solution, it was because Fan Xian’s suggestion of a mass-produced product such as a condo, was quite possibly the hardest thing to sell
”You should hear what else I have to say first” He coughed twice and continued saying, ”Fro If this ever happens again, I a’er’s eyes until she averted her gaze and looked doards the ground
”Also, no e prostitutes”
”We should establish finer cuts of pay to take froed by their appearance and skill”
”The ladies should also be given three days off aBoss shi+ kept on talking, giving no one’s ears a single ’er who looked to be suffering, but Sang Wen as well; as he droned on and on, she began to feel dizzy After a long, long while, there caer stand it, and so she coldly spoke out, ”The way you keep going on like this—have I mistaken this brothel for a charity place?”
shi+ Chanli looked at her and said, ”Fan Xian toldWe should take care of you as well But seeing that you were born poor,and have worked hard to elevate your status, we have kindly decided to give you an opportunity for redemption There is no need for you to concern yourself hether the Bao Yue house is a brothel or a charity place; all you need to do is perfor Wen’s lead If this whole plan does truly work and we can create a franchise for the Bao Yue house that expands across the world, therein your favor That would account for your redemption, and that would ”
It wasn’t until now that shi+ Chanli avoided speaking Fan Xian’s nauess what she was thinking would have been an i for certain - she looked afraid
shi+ Chanli actually possessed a great ah the Bao Yue house already had Sang Wen, as now secretly enrolled within the First Bureau of the Overwatch Council to oversee the ement of the brothel, shi+ Chanli himself was only a scholar; a student of Fan Xian He was afraid that after today, he could no longer be an officer and would instead have to stay in the brothel, beco orders at wo them to satisfy the de Wen and discovered that the feer, who may have looked weak, was of a calm disposition She didn’t sees in the least
An autu this encounter, and it turned the weather from cool and dry, to wet and cold
The Bao Yue house had now been taken over by Fan Xian coht disco; for this, he began arranging so For Fan Xian, however, he had enjoyed the past few days for the respite and relaxation they had provided him He had not visited the First Bureau’s office for a few days and he hadn’t gorged on those buns fro restaurant Instead, he had spent his ti teachers with hiht with hi and the raindrops that clung to their drunken clouds finally let go, bringing with the amount, but its persistence over the past few days had beco If you took the road to the north froe, and the entire area belonged to it The Ya Kingdo a black umbrella and walked between the students who accoe He nodded to each student that politely waved at hied in recent times, the Emperor had not taken away the five ranks of his career The Emperor had even told him that, if he ever had the tie so that he could receivea teacher, he hadn’t coe that allowed hie and read its trove of books It was a getaway for him, a chance to be momentarily free of the
day-to-day
the
day-to-day bustle
The first day he cahtful surprise for the students there, for it had been over a year since his last visit When the students thought of how the young officer was frohtened It hy their initial friendliness towards hier than two hours for them to find out that Fan Xian was as cheery and nice as ever, and their fears were lessened, the cordiality between them both was restored
He entered the study rooe had prepared for him and put away his umbrella He turned to look back at the dreary skies and couldn’t help but frown
There were a few Ianizing the books that Zhuang Mohan had left thedom and the Emperor treated the matter with profound concern It was for this reason that the Is, and so they worked their hardest to copy the books and inal source material with the finest of care
They saw Fan Xian walk inside, and so they stood up and bowed
Fan Xian smiled and bowed in return to the people that he had seen working diligently It was quite the strain to perform these tasks alone, and so he had called upon these people to work together and get it done The results had so far been quite successful, for they all got along well and ned task
The black, soaking umbrella was left in the corner, and a puddle of water forround Slowly, it coursed its way to the fire in the stove All of a sudden, Fan Xian felt humid and uncomfortable He loosened his collar and spoke, ”It’s too hue through, but is there any way to shut the stove off?”
One officer responded by saying, ”We need a certain tee books If it’s too cold, then there’s no way of preserving the parch, ”It is not winter yet It should be okay to keep these books in the rooht now”
Everyone agreed and got back to work The Idoence for work of a higher quality Quite a big difference existed between the Qing Kingdoard Fan Xian sat down at his table to begin working, but before he could start, so with hie?” Fan Xian was surprised, seeing the Big Scholar Shu Wu sitting in a chair Fan Xian bowed before him
His father in law, the prime minister, had stepped down from his position, and after the Board of Rites’ ed, the officers in court were in disarray Many of them chose to follow Fan Xian, whereas others decided to follow the eastern palace But the second prince, whose popularity was not as strong last year, received the most followers - this was due to the amount of years he had spent in court
Scholar Shu was a fa Mo Han He was so prestigious that no other could ever hope to replace him and replicate his qualities He did his exadom officer Because of this, proble Calendar, he had accidentally received the greatest benefit that cah his career in the Ie was wen Ge’s position after he was fired, following the spring exawen Ge was clean and rich, and after the prime minister was fired, there had yet to be a new one So he joined the business of politics and entered the Qing Kingdom’s court The authority of his position was very close to that of a prih Fan Xian was powerful, coe, run-of-the-mill officer
Of course, Scholar Shu Wu was not so stupid as to treat or regard Fan Xian in the sa for Fan Xian today
”So, you can coe, but I cannot?” Shu Wu was joking with Fan Xian, whose age was the same as his own son ”Outside it is cold and it is raini You young ones kno to e What? You aren’t keen on the Overwatch Council’s ht keep you in the rain?”
Outside, it was indeed raining and cold Fan Xian did not knohether this Scholar Shu Wu was joking or not, and so he did not answer;
After shi+ Chanli claiyun had put into motion his plan First, he used the Overwatch Council’s power to force the Ministry of Punishht away, for the apprehension of Yuan Meng
But this Yuan Meng had proven herself effective at hiding Under the protection crown of the crown prince Hongcheng, no one knehere she ht be found As troublesome as this may have sounded, Fan Xian was in no particular rush, because the issuing of an APB was the beginning of the process that would establish soer it took to capture Yuan Meng, the better In Yan Bingyun, he had long deliberated and e of this scheme His allowance to do so was only if he could ensure that the end result that Fan Xian sought could be achieved