Although ZiLi was very grateful to Hong Qing for helping him out, his last words were so strange! ZiLi glanced at Hong Qing, who was standing next to him, shook off his hand that was grabbing him on his shoulder, and said, “Prince Qing, didn’t you want to go in? So why don’t you go in first?”
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The three followed Hong Ying and Xiao Tao, who led them to the farthest room on the second floor, and before they even pushed open the door, they could hear the sounds of music and cries for more wine.
“Oh, it seems that Brother Xiao Yu and the others have all arrived at their destination. Why don't we also go in and see what's inside! Prince Qing, please come in.”
When they pushed open the door, they saw that four Young Lords 3 were already sitting inside, their hands embracing a courtesan in revealing clothes, either drinking, or flirting. When they saw that someone was coming in, they all glanced at the door. They had only expected An JinYu and Lian Pan, so why was there another man with them today? Thinking, they turned their attention back to Hong Qing, and as soon as they looked again, they thought in surprise, Wait a minute, isn't that the Ninth Prince? The four were low-ranking Officials with a position with practically no obligations. Although they were not allowed to enter the Imperial court because of their low rank, they still knew such a distinguished person.
So the four of them quickly let go of the courtesan in their hands and cupped their hands to Hong Qing and said, “These lowly Officials greet the Ninth Prince!”
“Please, don’t! That's not necessary!” Hong Qing let go of his Imperial manner of speaking, waved his hands and said, “You can all ignore me and keep drinking!”
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“Don’t.” ZiLi quickly backed away to avoid her physical advances.
“Still saying no, why are you avoiding this young lady?” She moved closer again and said lovely but pitifully.
“Oh, brother JinYu, *hic*.” Lian Pan drunkenly carried a wine cup with a beautiful woman in his arms and staggered to ZiLi's side and said as he slurred his words, “*Hic*, I think, *hic* I haven’t seen you drink even one cup of wine! Isn’t that right, guys?”
Several other men, who were also very drunk, vaguely agreed and said, “Yeah, that’s against the rules. Look how much even Prince Qing enjoyed drinking, so how can Your Highness stand by and just watch us having fun?”
When ZiLi looked at Hong Qing, he saw that his face was also flushed and that he was busy sticking out his tongue to lick the wine in the jade pot 7 . Hong Qing had not originally intended to drink, but he still had gotten drunk. He had just been curious and wanted to go inside and finally see why a brothel made so many men linger. At first he was a little surprised to see a group of courtesans in revealing clothes. Were these women not afraid that they would be told that they were not abiding by the code of conduct for women 8 ? Then, when he saw those few courtesans who enjoyed rubbing themselves against the men and covertly using their hands to tease the men's sensitive spots, he gradually understood the true meaning of brothels. Actually, he had wanted to drag ZiLi back to the palace, but unexpectedly Lian Pan had come up to him and said he would like to have a drink with him, so he had to give face, and he drank a cup. Then several other people came up to him and asked him for a drink too. How could he drink only with Lian Pan and not with them? So he drank another cup! After one round, Hong Qing could no longer stand ―― he was drunk!
“Your Highness, why don’t you have a drink too?” The cup was brought to his mouth, and just when ZiLi had opened his mouth, wanting to refuse, the hot and spicy drink was immediately poured into his mouth.
*Cough, cough*
Before he could close his mouth, another cup was poured in.
“Here, have mine as well!”
“Ughh――”
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Thus, when Hong Xu had arrived at the House of Xiang Wan and opened the door of the room, he saw a scene full of drunken individuals, behaving in a licentious and obscene manner.
He kicked away a pair of men and women who had tumbled to his feet, then stepped on the floor covered with clothes with a dark face and walked over to Hong Qing, who was lying drunk on the table, and pulled him up.
“You ask how deeply I love you;
And just how great my love is;
My affection is real;
And my love is true;
The moon represents my heart.”
Suddenly, a very out of tune 9 wail like a ghost and a howl like a wolf was heard in the room.
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He reached out his hand to pull and touch him, “You’re just really interesting. Uncle 10 , come and dance with me.” After saying that, he grabbed Hong Xu's hand and swung them from side to side. “If you don’t want to dance, let this gentleman kiss you.”
Now Hong Xu's face was as black as the bottom of a frying pan. He stared coldly at the crimson red face before him. ZiLi, with intoxicated hazy eyes and disheveled clothes puckered his red lips, moved closer to Hong Xu’s lips and gave him a big kiss.
“Muah.”
“And another one, Muah, muah, muah.”
Hong Xu let his soft, wine-scented lips fall on his lips and jaw. With a meaningful look in his eyes, he said, “This time you made the first move, so you cannot blame Us in the future!”
After he finished speaking, he took ZiLi and Hong Qing, jumped out of the window on the roof and flew to the Imperial palace.