The prince longs for me every night after mastering thought-reading-Chapter 79 - 78 The Beauty We Bought Turns out to Be
Chapter 79: Chapter 78: The Beauty We Bought Turns out to Be…
Chapter 79 -78: The Beauty We Bought Turns out to Be…
Xiao Jinyu’s peach blossom eyes curved into a smile.
“This of course poses no problem, only, your younger brother has a small request.”
Xiao Jinyan replied, “Speak.”
With two fingers raised in a gesture for asking money, Xiao Jinyu pleaded, “Brother, I’ve been a bit tight on money recently.
Could you support me a bit first?”
It wasn’t much to spend money when asking for a favor, even if the person in question was one’s own brother; doling out some getaway funds was acceptable.
Xiao Jinyan asked, “How much?”
Xiao Jinyu said, “Five thousand taels.”
Upton hearing five thousand taels, Xiao Jinyan’s expression darkened, “Say that again!”
Unafraid of death, Xiao Jinyu repeated, “Five thousand taels…
of gold.”
At the mention of gold, Xiao Jinyan raised his hand and began to give him a beating, “Do you have the nerve to mention gold?”
Xiao Jinyu cupped his head with a pitiful look, “Brother, only you can help your little brother now.”
Xiao Jinyan’s tone appeared very calm as he asked, “What do you need so much gold for?”
“Brother, I accidentally lost a bet…”
Xiao Jinyu noticed Xiao Jinyan’s face had a stormy look, suggesting a tempest was about to come, so he quickly raised his hand to swear, “As long as brother helps me through this difficulty, I promise, I swear this is just this one time, never again.”
With disappointed frustration, Xiao Jinyan stared at Xiao Jinyu for a while, barely suppressing the urge to lash out, “You write an IOU and a guarantee letter.”
“No problem.” Xiao Jinyu returned to the writing desk and quickly penned the documents.
In no time he finished writing, picked up the papers, and walked over to Xiao Jinyan to show him.
Xiao Jinyan took a glance at them and saw that every line was suffused with a strong will to survive and sincerity.
Reluctantly, he nodded, “Only this one time.
Next time, even if you have a knife to your throat, I won’t save you.”
Xiao Jinyu’s peach blossom eyes curved again in gratitude, “Thank you, brother.”
With the five thousand taels of gold his brother gave him, Xiao Jinyu left the Imperial Palace and headed straight for Paradise–
Paradise was a place where men sought pleasure; it was also the most luxurious and largest of entertainment venues in the imperial capital.
Carrying the five thousand taels of gold, Xiao Jinyu swung his folding fan jauntily, taking the steps of a noble scion as he walked in, the anticipation barely hidden.
The brothel madam, upon seeing Xiao Jinyu’s arrival, greeted him with an obsequious smile, “Eh, young master Xiao, you’re here?”
Her face, slathered in powdered rouge, cracked with her smile so that flecks of powder seemed to fall away; Xiao Jinyu instinctively took a step back.
“Where are they?”
“Ah, Beauty Han is upstairs.
Let me lead Young Master Xiao to her,” said the madam as she flashed a suggestive look and waddled up with her wide hips.
Xiao Jinyu followed leisurely behind, covering his face with his fan to avoid being recognized by acquaintances.
“Madam, she’s not entertaining guests, is she?”
Waving a little pink handkerchief, the madam cooed, “Young Master Xiao, Beauty Han is a rare gem, you know.
So many are wanting to buy her first night; we’re planning to put her up for auction tonight to the highest bidder.”
Xiao Jinyu nodded in understanding, relieved that he had not arrived too late.
As they arrived at the room’s door, the madam knocked on the intricately carved wooden gate, “Ms.
Han, Young Master Xiao has arrived.”
Xiao Jinyu looked around before he pushed the door open, stepping inside and shutting the madam out.
“Young Master Xiao, you mustn’t get fresh, you know!”
Xiao Jinyu ignored the madam as he walked in with his fan.
Inside, he saw a woman in a cyan dress sitting at a round table, her cheeks covered with a cloth of the same color, revealing only a pair of lustrous eyes, their cold colour ill-suited to the purple veils and gold shadows of Paradise.
Not long ago, while accompanying the fifth prince to Paradise for a glimpse of the outside world, he had seen a crowd of men clamoring to redeem Ms.
Han.
Xiao Jinyu’s compassion was stirred, and he conceived a plan to rescue this woman entrapped in the mire.
The desire to be a hero saving a damsel was uncontrollable, risking a beating to seek aid from his Crown Prince brother.
From within his robes, Xiao Jinyu produced a banknote and laid it in front of Ms.
Han, “Ms.
Han, here’s five thousand taels of gold.
You don’t need to continue selling your art and body here anymore.”
The woman known as Ms.
Han, with her slender fingers, picked up the banknote in front of her, exactly five thousand taels of gold, neither more nor less.
Ms.
Han’s voice was as cool as ever, “Thank you, Young Master Xiao.”
Xiao Jinyu felt like he had done something tremendous and attempted a grave voice, “Ms.
Han, gather your things and come with me.”
“Very well,” Ms.
Han said, getting up to pack her belongings.”
Within moments, she was ready, and as she approached Xiao Jinyu holding a bundle, there grew an inexplicable sense of pressure.
First was the oppression coming from Ms.
Han’s height.
Xiao Jinyan believed that his well-proportioned physique was owed to a nourishing upbringing; he was but a couple of years shy of catching up to the Crown Prince brother.
Yet, this Ms.
Han before him was exceptionally tall, almost rivaling his Crown Prince brother.
He raised his hand to compare the height difference between them, smile growing awkward, “Ms.
Han, your height…”
Ms.
Han explained, “I’m from the north, where the women are robust, no less than the men.”
“I see, that’s good, that’s very good,” Xiao Jinyu withdrew his gaze awkwardly, maintaining a respectable distance; her height truly was stressful–
Redeeming one’s freedom could be difficult or easy.
Xiao Jinyu had not waited long before he saw Ms.
Han emerge, followed by the ingratiating madam, waving her pink handkerchief.
“Come back when you’re free!”
“Do you even know how to speak?
Who would jump back into a fire pit after escaping?” Xiao Jinyu retorted before pulling Ms.
Han with him, striding out of Paradise with confidence.
Ms.
Han, with her long legs, followed at a steady pace behind Xiao Jinyu, her cool eyes glancing at the hand that grabbed her wrist without making a sound.
Once outside of Paradise, Xiao Jinyu released Ms.
Han’s hand.
He hadn’t forgotten that he still needed to buy a fluffy little creature for his Crown Prince brother.
Walking ahead, Xiao Jinyu, with Ms.
Han trailing behind him, appeared as two unrelated individuals.
Xiao Jinyu stopped at the same stall he visited the day before and bought five adorable little pets all at once: yellow, red, white, aqua green, and blue.
Ms.
Han stood aside, looking down as she watched Xiao Jinyu’s actions and asked, “Do you like keeping these creatures?”
“Not me, it’s for my brother.
He uses them to charm the girls,” Xiao Jinyu said, placing the five little pets into a cage and happily carrying them away.
Ms.
Han remained silent, keeping up with Xiao Jinyu at a leisurely pace.
Even though Xiao Jinyu was bestowed the title of Prince Jinyu, the Empress was reluctant to let her youngest son live on his own, so she let him stay in the Hall of Qiancheng, where she could see him often.
Yet, bringing a woman back to the palace was somewhat improper, so he rented a residence outside the palace.
“You can stay here for now.
Don’t worry about food and drink,” he said.
Ms.
Han lifted her eyes to look at Xiao Jinyu, her voice as cold as always, “Is Young Master Xiao planning to leave me here alone?”
Seeing the look of grievance in Ms.
Han’s eyes, Xiao Jinyu immediately felt as though he was bullying her and quickly explained, “Of course not.
What I mean is for you to stay here temporarily until I’ve made proper arrangements.
Then I’ll take you home.”
