647 Breaking the Precep (2/2)

The young monk, who had been serving Kumie, felt that the name 'Shangguan Ru' was very familiar. He muttered her name over and over until he finally remembered, loudly exclaiming, ”Shangguan Ru, isn't that the Queen of the Land of Fragrance?”

The monks and nuns had been held for nearly a month and knew little about what had occurred in the Royal Court. They didn't know the news of the Dragon King's visit. Upon hearing this, all of them were surprised and simultaneously turned to look at Shangguan Ru, whispering to each other.

”No, you don't look like a queen,” Lianqing said in a matter-of-factly tone.

”I was never a queen in the first place.” Shangguan Ru flushed. She didn't like being stared at by so many people.

The attention lasted for a quarter of an hour, and when the lunch was over and the servant packed it all up and left, she was finally free because what the officer had called 'gruel' had arrived.

This was a woman that wasn't a nun judging from her dress. The escort took off her hood and left without a word.

Standing in the doorway, the woman blankly looked at the baldies in the tent, her body swaying and seemingly unable to support herself. She looked very tired, and her hair was a little disheveled but it extruded a peculiar elegant disposition and seductive charm. The monks couldn't take their eyes off of her and even the nuns couldn't help but be jealous.

Shangguan Ru was also very pretty but whether she admitted it or not, she still seemed immature and was quite different from this mature and gorgeous new woman.

The woman seemed to be used to these kind of stares and showed no trace of shyness and timidity. Instead, she grew more and more bewildered. ”Where is this?” she asked. Then she took a step forward but nearly fell.

Over a dozen monks stuck out their hands at the same time but also drew back at the same time. Some turned around, some coughed, and others even continued chatting sutras, all feeling very embarrassed.

”Xiao Fengchai!” Shangguan Ru finally recognized this woman.

”And you are?” Xiao Fengchai didn't recognize Shangguan Ru.

Several years ago, Shangguan Ru had kidnapped the courtesan of the Retention Alley for a short time. But she had been wearing a mask and was very young at that time and therefore, hadn't left an impression on her.

Shangguan Ru was very happy to finally meet someone that she knew. She walked over and helped Xiao Fengchai to Fayan's side and let her sit on a futon.

Before Xiao Fengchai could ask, Lianqing suddenly patted his head and said, ”Xiao Fengchai, aren't you the number one prostitute in the Retention Alley of Jade City?”

His voice wasn't small. Everyone in the room heard him. The monks, who had ducked their heads, secretly peeped while the nuns glanced at her with obviously disdainful eyes and even their impression of Shangguan Ru grew worse.

Unaware of how long she had been in the carriage, Xiao Fengchai still felt shaky but she gradually calmed her mind and looked up at the monk, and coldly said, ”So, you've been to my place before? I don't remember ever having a monk customer like you.”

Lianqing blushed, ”Amitabha. Before I became a monk, I visited the Retention Alley a few times but never had the luck to meet Miss Xiao.”

”Hey, that's fine. I thought that you'd spent all your money on me and had no choice but to be a monk.”

Lianqing's face turned even redder. Xiao Fengchai's customers were either rich people or nobles. He was indeed not qualified to meet her but like many men, he also had many fantasies about the most popular woman in the Retention Alley.

”Amitabha.” Lianqing felt that his cultivation over the years was in danger of being destroyed in one day. Ashamed, he turned his back to Xiao Fengchai and chanted sutras in a low voice, not daring to look at her again.

To those who knew her and helped her, Xiao Fengchai, however, was very polite. ”Who are you, little girl? How do you know me?”

”Shangguan Ru. We've… met before.”

Thinking of that childish kidnapping, Xiao Fengchai suddenly realized who the little girl was and said with a smile, ”I was wondering which little girl would have such gallantry. So it's the Tenth Gongzi of Jade City.”

Shangguan Ru's face was as red as Lianqing's. Neither 'little girl' nor 'Tenth Gongzi' were titles that she liked. ”How did you get here?”

Xiao Fengchai skillfully arranged her hair and said, ”I was also wondering this. Who could have imagined that an experienced person like me would become careless and be drugged in my own house? I don't know why I was brought here, and no one told me the reason along the way. I'm really confused, to the point that my puzzlement is almost killing me.”

”This is the Royal Court. We are all in the Khan's prison.”

Xiao Fengchai was dumbfounded. She had tens of thousands of ways to deal with women and money but she still didn't understand why she would end up being thrown into a group of monks and nuns. ”The Khan? If he invited me, I definitely would have come. Why did he kidnap me?”

Fayan, who had been silent all the time, opened his mouth. ”I'm afraid it has nothing to do with the Khan. He's just providing a place.”

”If it has nothing to do with him, then who kidnapped me?”

Shangguan Ru was even more confused than Xiao Fengchai. If Lotus had kidnapped her out of jealousy, then why did she kidnap Xiao Fengchai from the far-away Jade City? After all, Xiao Fengchai had nothing to do with the Dragon King.

A young monk at the door suddenly stood up and started tearing his robe, shouting, ”I can't bear it anymore. I'm going to break the precept!”

The monk fixed his greedy eyes on Xiao Fengchai like a hungry wolf.

Although Xiao Fengchai was confident about her appearance, she didn't expect that she had such a huge draw. Shangguan Ru's heart moved a bit and she blurted out, ”The rice!”

The young monk was not the only monk who had become restless. Over a dozen monks' eyes changed. Although the rest of the monks managed to sit quietly and meditate, they weren't able to stop their companions.

They were all people with a strong degree of self-control who would rather die than act like a fool in public if not having been stimulated by drugs.