Guide the distinguished guests to the entrance of Youlan Courtyard.

The pretty maid completed her task, lowered her head and quietly left.

Not far away, she turned around a small rockery pool, passed through the screen wall, and walked into a dark courtyard next to Youlan Courtyard.

There are no lights on in the small courtyard next door.

The pretty maid walked silently into it,

In the dark lobby, there was a lady in a black dress wearing a purple and gold silk fabric. She was alone, sitting gracefully, with a gauze on her cheeks, her head held high and her eyes closed.

A sweet and melodious pipa music was leaking from the brightly lit plum forest courtyard next door and passed into this dark lobby.

The lady in black skirt seemed to be immersed in the sound of pipa and didn't pay attention to the people coming outside.

"Mrs. Pei."

The pretty maid shouted cautiously, knelt down obediently, and opened her mouth to report:

"Lord Chang Shi has introduced Miss Qin's courtyard."

The lady surnamed Pei didn't seem to hear the words. She didn't move at all. She tilted her chin slightly, turned her head towards the direction of Meilin Courtyard, closed her eyes and listened to something.

The pretty maid bowed her head deeply and did not dare to say a word.

The sound of pipa played melodiously in the unlit lobby for a while.

Pei Shisanniang, who was listening attentively, suddenly said:

"Why is there still sound of pipa?"

Her voice is lazy and magnetic, with a slight accent of Nuo Mian Wu dialect.

At this moment, the small round face with closed eyes was full of doubts.

The pretty maid was slightly stunned: "Huh?"

Pei Shisanniang frowned slightly and suddenly changed the question:

"Did you say anything to Mr. Nagashiro when you brought him here just now?"

The pretty maid thought for a while and replied truthfully: "My lord asked me my name, and then I said nothing."

In the darkness, Pei Shisanniang opened her eyes, looked at the pretty maid in front of her, and asked the same question:

"May I have your name?"

"Madam, my nickname is Hongxiao."

Pei Shisanniang stood up and walked around the red ribbon. When she walked behind her, she suddenly stopped and raised her beautiful hands:

"Snapped--!"

With a crisp sound, the slap landed firmly on the maid Hong Xiao's butt.

"Ah!" Hong Xiao exclaimed.

Pei Shisanniang nodded to herself: "My hips are very perky, and I know how to dress well. The waist of the skirt is cut tightly to complement this advantage, ha."

He commented with a chuckle.

Hong Xiao looked stunned.

Pei Shisanniang, who had a purple and gold silk hanging on her arms, suddenly stretched out her index finger, pointed at the Orchid Courtyard next door where the sound of pipa could still be heard faintly, and said calmly:

"Take off your skirt, take off your underpants, bring a plate of cakes, go in naked, kneel down and ask Mr. Nagashiro to enjoy the delicious food."

Hong Xiao's face flushed red to the base of her ears, and she knelt down and trembled: "How can this slave, a broken branch and a fallen leaf, be able to reach such a high level as the young and promising Lord Changshi? No... I don't dare to humiliate myself."

Pei Shisanniang was condescending and said in a cold voice: "How big are you?"

"This slave girl is in her second year...and she is twenty-eight."

Pei Sanniang chuckled: "Oh, no matter how old a man is, he will always like girls between eighteen and twenty-eight."

After a pause, "Unless he has any special hobbies. That Qin Siyu is a bit too young. If he is eighteen, he won't be able to do it, so let's try it if he is twenty-eight."

She pinched the pretty maid's chin and spoke calmly:

"Okay, take off your clothes, serve the dishes, and walk in before the sound of the pipa next door stops."

Hong Hao's face turned red and she kowtowed desperately:

"Mrs. Pei, please, please let me go. It has been ten years since I came here. I have worked hard and never done anything wrong. My boss takes pity on me and tacitly agrees that I will not sell myself..."

"After the winter solstice at the end of this year, I will redeem my life and return to my hometown. Madam Pei, please let me go. I know all the girls in the building who are willing to sell themselves. I can help Madam call her immediately. I will definitely satisfy you and make you happy."

Master Shi is satisfied."

Bang bang bang——!

A series of muffled kowtows from the pretty maid rang out in the lobby.

Pei Shisanniang looked at her strangely:

"Why are you kowtowing to me? I will not ask the owner of Xunyang House to force you. I have never done such obscene things. I am a businessman. I am willing to show my love. This is the headline of our Yangzhou Merchant Gang's business

rule.

"The ancestors said that if you want to walk in the world in harmony and make money, how can you buy and sell by force?"

Pei Shisanniang shook her head.

"real?!"

Hong Xiao was startled, and immediately knelt forward, hugged her calf under the black skirt, wiped the corners of her eyes, and said timidly:

"Madam, please let me go... When I marry into a good family, I will burn incense and pray for my wife every day."

"Okay." Pei Shisanniang nodded, touched the head of the pretty maid with a perky butt at her feet, and said with a smile:

"I didn't expect that you, a maid, are also a 'performer but not a prostitute'. You are exactly the same as Miss Qin next door. This side of Jiangzhou is indeed different from our Yangzhou. I remember who said it, this is called Kuangzhou.

The mountains and rivers of Lu are beautiful, and they cultivate the spirit of high moral integrity."

Hong Xiao forced a smile to please her and agreed a few times.

Pei Shisanniang pushed her head away and walked towards the door.

Hong Xiao exhaled carefully and wiped his sweat.

The next moment, a magnetic and lazy voice belonging to a noble lady came along with the faint sound of pipa next door and fell into Hong Hao's ears:

"Thirty taels."

Hong Xiao was stunned.

Pei Shisanniang continued to quote quietly: "One hundred taels."

Hong Hao's mouth opened wide.

Without much pause, the lady's voice came slowly:

"Five hundred taels."

A slight pause:

"If five hundred taels doesn't work, then one thousand taels. If one thousand taels doesn't work, then two thousand taels. You can get naked right now and put the plate in. After tonight, you can take two thousand taels back to your hometown."

There was dead silence in the lobby.

When she found that there was no movement behind her, Pei Shisanniang curled her lips:

"Three thousand taels."

In the middle of the dark lobby, there was a pretty maid kneeling in a daze, her expression unclear.

"You won't go even if you have three thousand taels?"

Pei Sanniang did not look back, she smiled and nodded:

"Well, I can only deliver it myself. However, the price of three thousand taels is valid for one hour. If you change your mind, you can come next door to find me."

Pei Shisanniang smiled, carrying a plate of pastries, and slowly walked out of the darkened lobby.

It was as if nothing had happened, no anger at all.

She walked towards the courtyard gate with a normal expression.

Before he had even taken two steps, a figure suddenly ran out of the dark lobby behind him and urgently stopped Pei Shisanniang.

"Mrs. Pei! I'll go, I'm willing to take off my clothes!"

The red face was filled with an abnormal flush, and her hands were trembling and she stretched out anxiously to take the pastry plate worth as much as its weight in gold from the purple and gold lady in front of her.

She missed the opportunity.

It turned out that it was Pei Shisanniang who took a step back nimbly and nimbly, dodging away. She held the plate with one hand, tilted her head and smiled:

"Aren't you selling yourself as an artist? Aren't you going to redeem yourself and marry into a good family? Are you sure you want to go? I never force anyone. Qin Siyu next door can testify to this."

"Yes, yes! This slave volunteered"

Hong Xiao nodded vigorously, as if to prove it, he took off his clothes and took off his belt directly in the open-air courtyard without fear of being chilled by the biting cold wind in winter.
To be continued...