Chapter 262: Chapter 263 Going to the Flower Tower Chapter 262: Chapter 263 Going to the Flower Tower The two chatted idly for a while, and then Jhiang Yijia stood up to take his leave, repeatedly admonishing him to be cautious and to be careful not to fall into anyone else’s trap.
Hearing Shao He agree solemnly, he left with peace of mind.
On the other side, Pei Huaian learned that the previously suppressed rumors had surfaced again and knew it was the Empress and others who were behind it.
“Master, what should we do now? If this continues, even if the Second Prince and Doctor Shao don’t have any problems, sothing about them will still be spread, damaging Doctor Shao’s reputation.”
“Heh, the mother and son duo have made their calculations quite carefully, wanting to reach into everything.”
Pei Huaian guessed the Empress’s intention, which was nothing more than her realization of Shao He’s superior dical skills, wanting to take her for herself so that Shao He wouldn’t be with him and able to help him.
“It’s ti to give them sothing to do, lest they spend all day concocting idle sches.”
Ah Mo’s eyelids twitched slightly, “Master ans to…”
“Didn’t you receive news a few days ago that Pei Chengye was having people cast private silver? Leak this to Pei Jingyi, let them engage in infighting first.” A cold gleam swept through Pei Huaian’s somber eyes.
“Master is wise, I will imdiately see to it.”
They had accidentally discovered that Pei Chengye was lting down official silver of full weight and secretly sending out privately cast silver of insufficient fineness and weight.
Although few people were aware of it, they had still caught a loophole and followed the vine to find evidence.
It turned out that the official silver he had embezzled wasn’t transported out but was entirely lted down and cast into silver pieces of insufficient weight.
“Also, lure Pei Chengye to the Flower Tower and have soone teach him a lesson, making a big scene out of it, ensuring everyone sees that face,” Pei Huaian said coldly and rcilessly.
“I will obey your command.”
“Rember, don’t harm his life; leaving him alive is enough.”
“Yes,” Ah Mo felt a chill in his heart.
After Ah Mo left, Pei Huaian sank into silence, his lips curling into a cruel smile as he seed lost in thought.
In the deep of the night, when the streets were deserted, a luxurious carriage traveled down the road.
Suddenly, a dart shot into the carriage, and Pei Chengye looked at the dart next to him, calmly pulling it out to read its contents, then said to the outside, “Turn around, to Flower Tower.”
“As you command, Second Prince,” the servant boy replied, promptly turning the carriage around.
“Drive—”
Pei Chengye lifted the curtain, looking out the window, and found the surroundings empty, without a soul in sight; he frowned, could this be soone’s deliberate design?
The carriage ca to a stop, and Pei Chengye leaped out, quickly making his way into the Flower Tower.
The procuress spotted the visitor and imdiately lit up with joy, hurrying over with the embroidered handkerchief brushing against him.
The pungent sll of rouge assaulted him, causing Pei Chengye to involuntarily take a couple of steps back.
The procuress realized her own overeagerness, quickly straightening her clothes and said coquettishly, “Oh, the young master has arrived.”
“I’m here to find soone,” Pei Chengye stated bluntly and made for the stairs.
The procuress reached out to stop him, smiling, “Oh dear, what sort of man cos here if not to find soone? May I know whom the young master is looking for?”
“This prince… this young master need not tell you whom I wish to find. Out of the way!”
“That won’t do!” The procuress replied, blocking his path, her earlier friendliness vanishing in an instant as she rolled up her sleeves, her deanor turning fierce.
“A re procuress of a Flower Tower dares to be so arrogant. It seems you’ve grown tired of living,” Pei Chengye said, pushing the procuress aside to proceed upstairs.
“My goodness!”
As Pei Chengye stepped onto the staircase, he twisted his foot and fell towards the ground.
Cursing under his breath about the bad luck, Pei Chengye reached out to steady himself against the wall, slowly trying to regain his balance when, staggeringly, he fell to the ground again, grimacing in pain as he clutched his aching buttocks.
“Hahaha…”
Ear-piercing laughter sounded continuously as the irritated Pei Chengye glared at the person almost doubled over with mirth, and shouted, “Is this your doing?”
“Heaven forbid! This is a classic case of ‘the evil doer evil et.’ Young master, it’s best to refrain from ill deeds lest you trip even on flat ground,” the procuress mocked.
At that mont, soone in the crowd suddenly shouted, “The Second Prince, isn’t that the Second Prince?”
The utterance instantly hushed the entire Flower Tower as everyone’s gaze turned to the person clutching his waist.
And the flamboyantly dressed ladies’ eyes suddenly glead with gold.
“My goodness, the Second Prince, the Second Prince.”
“The Second Prince is mine, the Second Prince is mine.”
“All of you back off, no one should dare compete with !”
Suddenly, the won upstairs and downstairs all flung themselves at Pei Chengye, who, intending to avoid them but hampered by his waist injury, could only watch helplessly as they swooped in.
The person, already suffering from a serious waist injury, was now buried under a heap of bodies, barely visible.
The guards were pushed aside and, seeing the frenzied cluster of won, stood rooted, not daring to move.
“Ah, my arm, hand, stop, all of you stop for this prince!”
Regrettably, his shouting was to no effect; instead, it only whipped the won into greater hysteria, as they had never seen a prince enter such a place before.
The Flower Tower was not just a brothel but a place with so older won, sowhat better than a common song and dance hall, but far inferior to the Drunken Fragrance Pavilion.
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