Prince Qin had never seen the eldest legitimate daughter, who was not famous at all and not married even though she was already old.
On their wedding night, he had gone to their room in anger and saw her for the first time. With how much she shivered and how pale her face turned when he raised his voice at her, he knew that she was a woman he could not bring to public. She was not fit to be his imperial consort.
Naturally, he mocked her rudely and sent her out of the mansion. The imperial chancellor knew that they had done wrong, so they did not dare to say even a single word about it.
But even when he thought about this now, Prince Qin still got angry.
"It's fine even if you don't like her. You should still bring her back and put her in the backyard. I will take care of her for you. Once Madam Jiang passes away, you can do whatever you want with her. Right now, your reputation is more important. You mustn't be accused of not being filial," Secondary Consort Li said.
This was something she had thought of after considering the matter long and hard. If that did not work, she could not think of any other way she could make the prince bring back his unfaithful wife.
"We'll talk about it later. I still don't want to see her."
When he remembered how cowardly that woman was, he found himself scoffing in disdain.
She was the eldest legitimate daughter of the imperial chancellor, but she did not have the presence of someone with that title. She could not even compare to Shanhu, who was her maid.
Secondary Consort Li stopped trying to persuade him. If he said that he would think about it later, then so be it.
Chu Yue, who was said to be cowardly and not having the airs of the imperial chancellor's eldest legitimate daughter, went to the gambling house for a few days in a row and only stopped after she managed to get five thousand taels of silver.
She might have stopped going to the gambling houses, but she brought Yingda to a brothel the next night.
Yingda stopped at the entrance. He had so much to say that he did not know how to summarize his thoughts in just a few sentences.
"Why are you standing around daydreaming? Let's go," Chu Yue urged him to move.
Right now, she had money, so it was impossible for her not to check out the specialty of ancient China—its brothels. In the modern world, such establishments that just made people waste their money were not allowed to exist in such an open and grand manner. But in this era, they were a perfectly legal business.
Yingda did not want to go in, but when he saw her going in, he could only follow her.
"Oh my, Young Master, you're an unfamiliar face. Is this your first visit?" The pimpstress came over with a fan. Her fragrance was very strong, and she smiled as she greeted them.
"This is my first time here, but I think you know what I want. Have the beautiful ones come over." Chu Yue stuffed a silver note into the pimpstress' collar and also caressed her in the process.
Yingda found himself speechless.
Chu Yue had done it with such familiar ease that he began to wonder whether she was a veteran.
The pimpstress covered her chest while she took the money. She winked at Chu Yue, who was dressed as a man and was very generous with her money. "Young Master, you're not picky at all. I'm already old, and yet you still flirt with me?"
"What do you mean, old? You're still charming," Chu Yue praised her.
There was no woman in the world who did not like to hear people praise them. The pimpstress was incredibly happy, and she smiled as she led the way. They went to a private room on the second floor. "Young Master, please come with me. I will choose the best room for you."
Once they reached the private room, the pimpstress smiled and said, "Young Master, please wait a moment. The girls will arrive shortly. What sort of girls do you like? Choose whoever you want. You can also choose to have all of them stay."
After the pimpstress left, Yingda was finally unable to hold back. He looked at Chu Yue. "Ma'am!"
"Yingda, you can have fun however you want tonight. You can have as many as you want. I'll buy them," said Chu Yue with a wave of her hand.
Yingda felt troubled. When the lady acted like this, he believed that he could not control her. So, without another word, he jumped out of the window and had a hidden guard send a letter.
When he came back, Chu Yue already had women surrounding her. A few red marks had been left on her cheeks as well.
Yingda found himself unable to say anything. His master might want to commit murder soon.
"Oh my, Young Master, who is this?" The beauties who were stuck to Chu Yue were shocked.
"I brought him. Don't worry," Chu Yue said. She pointed at another two girls. "Both of you, go and serve him."
"There's no need for that," Yingda said.
Due to the cold aura he emanated, the girls did not dare to get close to him, so Chu Yue stopped paying attention to him. She just rolled her eyes at him.
"You're such a blockhead. I already paid for you, but you refuse to take the chance to have fun. Bai Yu, massage my shoulders."
Yingda said nothing.
"Young Master, you got my name wrong again. My name is Qing Yu. Young Master, you have to drink a cup of wine as punishment," the girl said.
"Alright. Then, Miss Qing Yu, drink this cup for me," Chu Yue said with a grin. She held that girl called Qing Yu in her arms and tried to feed her wine.
The girl played hard to get, and Chu Yue "accidentally" poured the wine on the girl's collar. "Oh my, that was an accident. I'll wipe it for you."
She touched the girl.
"Ah! Young Master, you're so mean…" The girl giggled.
At that moment, the door was suddenly kicked open with a bang.
Qin Heng stepped in with a hat over his head and saw Chu Yue with two girls in her arms. His expression was so dark that it looked like there was a storm raging in him.
He had waited for so many days, yet she did not come back but instead went absolutely wild outside. He could no longer wait in Longan Temple, which was why he decided to come here and bring her back himself.
When he reached the entrance of Xiang City, his hidden guard passed him a letter. After he read it, he was so angry that he started seething.
This audacious woman! He did not say anything about her going to gambling houses to fool around every night, so now she even went to a brothel! Was there anything that she did not dare to do?!
"Get out!"