Chapter 22: The Battle of the Casinos
Before getting on the carriage, Zhou Yan suddenly turned to look at Lin Xing, frowning slightly, called Zhang Ping, and ordered: "Take my wife to change into men's clothes."
Lin Xing then remembered that she was going to a gambling house after all, and wearing a dress was too conspicuous.
"I didn't think it through well, please wait a moment, Your Majesty." She bowed and saluted, followed Zhang Ping back, and changed into a green bamboo gown in the guest room.
She rolled up her sleeves and walked out casually, unaware that she had become a scene in the eyes of others.
After Lin Xing got on the carriage, Zhou Yan looked away and said, "If my sister-in-law hadn't been so petite and dressed like this, I don't know how many men she would have been able to outcompete."
When Lin Xing heard this, she smiled and said: "Compared to Prince Zhou, he is still inferior."
Not to be polite, Zhou Yan was born with a smiling face, picturesque features, as quiet as pearls, and as moving as wood. He was also born with nobility, and was indescribably dignified and proud. Not a "man" like her who had become a monk could compare to her.
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The two of them each concealed the surprise in their eyes and complimented each other.
Not long after, the carriage stopped at the back door of Wanqian Gambling House.
Perhaps it was because she had changed into men's clothing that Lin Xing lost a bit of restraint and gained a bit of youthful calmness. She supported the carriage and turned over to get out of the car.
The two of them were handsome in appearance and distinguished in temperament, and they were brought in through the back door. Thousands of gambling thugs looked at each other, and even if they saw that Lin Xing was a daughter, they did not stop them.
When people came in, the two thugs came together and whispered to each other, "Why does that little man look so familiar?"
"It looks familiar to me too. I feel like I've seen it somewhere before." The other person held his chin and thought carefully, "She's still a girl. Apart from the ones in brothels, the only girls we've seen are..."
Before he could finish his words, the two of them suddenly froze, causing deep shock in each other's eyes.
If it's really that person, then she didn't come to the casino just to gamble for money!
The thugs rushed up to the third floor in a hurry, rushing to spread the news.
Downstairs, Zhou Yan took Lin Xing to a private room on the second floor. He sat by the window and watched the people gambling downstairs.
Not long after, a woman wearing a light gauze with looming jade-like arms came up with a drink. She knelt down and put the drink on the table. She looked seductively between Zhou Yan and Lin Xing, and said in a charming voice, "You two.
The young master is already here, why don’t you go down and take a gamble?”
Lin Xing said nothing, holding tea and looking at Zhou Yan, waiting for him to speak.
Knowing that she was coming to the gambling house today, she brought a thousand taels of silver notes with her. If Zhou Yan wanted to gamble, then these one thousand taels would be their gambling capital.
However, Zhou Yan waved his hand and said, "If your shopkeeper is not here, we will stop gambling."
The woman was stunned for a moment, then asked with a sweet smile: "How about I take a gamble with the young master?"
While she was talking, the woman took out a dice from somewhere, flipped it with her bare hands, and shook the dice to a clanging sound.
"boom--"
The crisp sound stopped, and the dice cup fell on the table. The woman smiled seductively, and her eyebrows were as light as the moon. "It's the simplest way to bet on big or small, sir, why don't you take a guess?"
This was the first time for Lin Xing to see someone playing with flowers at such a close distance. She felt that the girl's hands were really nimble, which made her feel excited. She was about to open her mouth and guess the size, but was suddenly stopped by Zhou Yan.
He quickly closed the fan in his hand and tapped the woman's wrist with slight force. The woman screamed in pain, which made Lin Xing frown slightly.
This week Yan also doesn't know how to show mercy to women.
But before Lin Xing could speak, Zhou Yan stopped his smile and raised his eyebrows with a touch of sarcasm, "With this method, there is no need to be embarrassed."
As he spoke, his hand slowly fell on the back of the woman's hand, and with a slight hook of his little finger, he actually hooked a section of hair out of the woman's fingertips as white as jade.
Lin Xing's eyes were opened immediately.
She had been staring at the woman's hands just now, but she didn't even notice the hair on her hands.
Zhou Yan’s eyes are simply jaw-dropping!
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Lin Xing's reaction. Zhou Yan smiled slightly in his heart, but calmly blew his hair down on his face. He casually leaned on the armchair and said, "Take the things out of the room and put them in my house."
You are a little too green to play tricks in front of me."
The woman's face turned pale, and she responded in a low voice, and immediately asked someone to come in and clean up, and she also took away the tea in Lin Xing's hand.
Lin Xing was not surprised that the tea in her hand had been spiked - she had always been calm, but today she felt upset and agitated as soon as she entered the gambling house. Either there was something wrong with the tea or there was something wrong with the spices.
After everything in the room was packed away, a middle-aged man wearing a large-sleeved shirt with a copper coin pattern walked in quickly. As soon as he entered the door, he bowed deeply to Zhou Yan and apologized profusely.
"Luo Jingfeng's rule is not strict. Those idiots are so ignorant that they failed to recognize the prince. They came here to apologize. Today, Luo is responsible for all the prince's expenses in the gambling house. Please don't take it personally." Wan Qian Bet.
Luo Jingfeng, the chief shopkeeper of the shop, said with an apologetic smile.
Zhou Yan held a white porcelain eight-sided tea cup and stirred the tea in the cup. When he heard this, he snorted, "Did Shopkeeper Luo only recognize this prince and not this person?"
When she heard that the topic was about her, Lin Xing stopped looking at the good show and turned to face Luo Jingfeng. Perhaps because of Zhou Yan's support, her eyes were calm and showed no fear.
Luo Jingfeng didn't recognize who she was at first sight. It wasn't until he saw those almond-shaped eyes that he suddenly came back to his senses. He quickly leaned over and bowed, bending even lower.
"Mr. Luo was blind and didn't recognize Mrs. Zhao. It really shouldn't have happened! I wonder how Mrs. Zhao and Mr. Zhao are doing these days? I had to offend a lot of people in the past. If it comes in handy in the future, if Mrs. Zhao opens her mouth, she will definitely give it to Mr. Luo."
Help!"
As the shopkeeper of a gambling house, Luo Jingfeng is the best at observing people's actions. Today, it seems that Prince Zhou is here to seek justice for Lin Xing. He must make a good gesture, and then divert the trouble to the east and get himself out.
"Shopkeeper Luo, there is no need to pretend in front of my son. If you didn't know who this person is, would you have rushed over here in a hurry? Those thugs under your command are not stupid."
Zhou Yan bluntly exposed Luo Jingfeng's thoughts and threw the tea cup on the table. The tea staggered and splashed out. Just like Luo Jingfeng's thoughts, he was up and down and uneasy.
"What the prince is saying is that I am really ashamed and don't know how to face Mrs. Zhao." Luo Jingfeng sighed, turned to Lin Xing and bowed, "I wonder if Mrs. Zhao came here today to set up a trap for Mr. Zhao?"
Something?"
"It seems that Shopkeeper Luo has a clear mind." Lin Xing had a smile on her lips, but her eyes were cold.
Even when Zhou Yan came with him, he resisted. If he came alone today, he might not even see him.
He's really a pick-me-up person.
Chapter completed!