C29 (2/2)

She was not in the mood to care about this at all. As she spoke, she turned to see Zhu Guanliang holding onto a cup, looking at her with a complicated gaze in his eyes. After a moment of silence, her face grew hot and she spoke in a hoarse voice, ”No matter what, you're a prince of a country.

”Oh ~ ~” He deliberately dragged out his voice, and the simple word that came out of his mouth instantly changed its flavor, ”I meant clean up, where is the general?”

”I …”

He was lying. Wasn't it clearly a misunderstanding with his tone just now? Now that he said it, it was as if he was the one with dirty thoughts and impure thoughts.

Zhu Guanliang looked at her with his tail raised, his face clearly expressionless, but others would feel as if he was smiling.

She had to take him back to the city. Seeing that his expression was normal, she was not surprised at all, so she said, ”Seeing how you are like this, you must have visited the Flower Lodge many times, right?”

He nodded, not feeling embarrassed at all, ”Isn't it normal for men to go to this kind of place? ”General, don't look at others with prejudice. The girls inside are proficient in poetry, music, calligraphy, and painting. This isn't a place for them to have fun, but a good place to drink and relax.”

The imperial court, for the sake of the border guards and soldiers, tacitly allowed them to set up a brothel in the army. Originally, it was meant to reward the soldiers and their wives, but after a small incident occurred in the brothel, Zhou Leping used this opportunity to send all the girls away.

It didn't matter if she was a woman, but the young men in the barracks were different. If she continued to hold it in like this all year round, it would cause her to be sick.

Therefore, she turned a blind eye to the actions of the soldiers as long as they didn't go overboard after each battle.

She did not understand the women in Qin Lou and Chu Hall. Her impression of them was only limited to selling her body for money. When did the demand become so high?

She suddenly realized that the question she had asked was somewhat unnecessary.

He didn't have a family, so it didn't matter where he wanted to go, nor did it have anything to do with her.

”Seems like he is also a frequent customer. I just did not expect that the Dr Zhu, who seems like a gentle and modest person, would actually like that kind of woman.”

Zhu Guanliang frowned, ”Men always like gentle and exquisite women.”

This sentence was referring to himself, and also hinting at something else.

Zhou Leping caressed his knees and laughed, ”That may not be so, it's hard to control the crowd, maybe some people like to make things difficult for others.”

He did not retort and nodded in agreement. ”That's true.” He paused for a moment before continuing, ”But the emperor definitely likes gentle, gentle, and virtuous people.”

”How do you know?”

”We have only had the pleasure of meeting the Empress once. The Empress is a mother to the world, and her beauty is gentle and virtuous, together with the Emperor …” He looked sideways and said, ”It's really enviable to be like the zither of a drum.”

She lowered her brows and lowered her eyes. After listening to his words, she suddenly became silent.

The atmosphere was still, and the two of them did not speak for a while.

Zhao Deng arrived late, and immediately cupped his fists and apologized to Zhou Leping: ”I'm really sorry I made you wait so long.”

He scratched his head embarrassedly, ”I've gotten a new pet recently. The little girl's temper is a bit bad, she just started messing with me, I just managed to coax her into coming to see you, I'll get her to come and apologize later.”

Zhou Leping cast a sidelong glance at Zhu Guanliang, ”Didn't you say that men like gentle women? Why does Your Highness have a different taste from other men? ”