"Hehe, boss, the girls on the pleasure boat may not have the family background, but they sure are pretty." The assistant scratched his head.
"Get lost! You went to the pleasure boat again last night, didn’t you? Your monthly wages are barely enough to give to those girls." The shopkeeper shouted angrily, "If you go next ti, don’t bother coming to work."
"Yes, yes, I’ll definitely not go again."
The assistant left with a forced smile.
The shopkeeper muttered again, "Sigh, when you don’t have money, you wish for it, but once you have it, there’s no peace; it’s all sent to the brothel."
Yang Chuxia furrowed her brow. Since entering Zhejiang, everything she heard and saw seed to convey one ssage: there is money here.
Yet, the more it seed that way, the more it felt like there were countless corrupt officials here.
After going upstairs, Ye Yi ca over.
"Madam, can you guess what Luo Linfei is here for?"
"Did you find out?"
"Yes, indeed." Ye Yi said excitedly, "She’s here to visit a renowned painting master. She went out this afternoon to buy lots of gifts, preparing for a visit first thing tomorrow morning."
"A painting master?" Yang Chuxia was a bit puzzled, "Did she travel such a long distance to beco an apprentice? Is she really that eager to learn? It doesn’t seem like her."
"Madam, if it were about other matters, she surely wouldn’t be so eager to learn, but this matter concerns her potential entry into the palace. Of course, she would co."
Now Yang Chuxia was even more curious, "How does that make sense? What does it have to do with her entering the palace?"
Ye Yi coughed and said, "Because she sohow heard that the Emperor likes paintings. She might be trying to use this to attract the Emperor’s attention."
"Oh my!" Yang Chuxia was convinced. This girl really went to great lengths for Baili Yan.
If she didn’t know that her aim was the wealth and glory behind Baili Yan, she might truly believe her admiration for Baili Yan was so profound.
"Does Cousin like painting?" Ye Zi’an raised his eyebrows amusedly and asked again, "How does she know?"
"Probably found out from private inquiries."
Ye Zi’an laughed, "The one who seems to like painting is the Empress; the Emperor is more interested in chess."
"Pfft..." Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but laugh. She also felt a bit sorry for Luo Linfei, who by now didn’t even know what her target liked, to the point of getting it wrong.
"When one day she realizes her mistake, she’ll likely be furious."
"That’s her issue, not ours," Ye Zi’an poured himself a cup of tea and asked Ye Yi again, "You went out and checked only on her? How is the investigation I asked you to do?"
Ye Yi wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, "Checking on her was just in passing. As for the news about the Second Young Master, the ssenger said that half a month ago, that old man already left with people. They originally intended to intercept him, but the old man’s skills were impressive; they were discovered right as they followed."
"And now?"
The person was no longer in Zhejiang, as he’d expected. That old man seed to be genuinely traveling, staying for only a short ti in each place, with Zhejiang being where he stayed the longest.
At this point, Ye Yi imdiately knelt down, "Master, I deserve to die for not properly instructing the others. After the old man realized soone was following them, he didn’t stop the tail. However, once they arrived at Jiangsu Prefecture, the old man and Second Young Master suddenly disappeared."
"Disappeared? Have you searched?"
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