Tough Princess : Once Upon A Brothel Chapter 28

The man dressed in blue was indignant. Yang Zijin showed her att.i.tude. If he continued to make trouble, there would be something more terrible.

But he thought that there were so many people looking at them, so Yang Zijin dare not to harm him.

“It's just a board. I don't care! Whatever you do, you can't change the fact that you are a b.i.t.c.h. Even if I were asked to go, I wouldn't want to see you, b.i.t.c.hes!” He swore, pointing to Blossoming Peach.

Yang Zijin scoffed, “You look like a literati, but you speak like a rogue. We are now making lives relying on ourselves. I think we are much better than you, a gentle sc.u.m.”

The man rejected, “So what? Don't forget that you are the child of a procuress.”

He laughed.

Yang Zijin didn't declare herself. She looked at the man with a light smile, and said slowly, “Blossoming Peach is mine, but this house belongs to Marquis Shuo. Moreover, His Majesty used to say that people are encouraged to innovate and start a business. What we are doing now is also innovation; after all, we are unique in this city. So when you are abusing me on the street, you are stopping us from innovating and starting a business. I wonder if you are dissatisfied with the decision of His Majesty?”

Hearing her words, the man suddenly felt panic. He just wanted to abuse them. He didn't expect that she took it seriously and gave him such a great hit! If what they said today was spread out, his reputation and career… would come to an end!

“I…”

Yang Zijin didn't wait for his words. She raised her hand and said, “Wufu, Lu'an, get this man to the grocery market. Ask Madam Yang for fifty thousand taels of silver, and then go to the Ministry of Revenue to buy or rent the whole street. From now on, if this man appeared in our territory, send him to the government for breaking into people's houses.”

The Minister of the Ministry of Revenue had a good relationship with Yang Zijin, or in other words, he had a good relationship with Spring Breeze.

He owed Spring Breeze. Now they just wanted to buy a street, and he dare not refuse.

Looking at this, people on the street were in an uproar!

Yang Zijin was going to buy the street!

Just because the man abused girls in Spring Breeze!

“Yang Zijin, you are bullying people with your money! You are going too far!”

Yang Zijin sneered, “You defied His Majesty in public, I was kind enough and didn't send you to the government. If you still want to make trouble, I hope you don't blame me for my atrocity.”

Yang Zijin looked at Lu'an and Wufu and said impatiently, “Why are you still here? Take him away!”

He insulted the girls in Spring Breeze and raved at the door, how could she allow him to go freely?

She was not a philanthropist!

These girls decided to stay with her when they were at stake because they trusted her. Now that they chose to stay with her, she would not allow anyone to hurt them.

The problem was solved, but it reminded Yang Zijin that although Spring Breeze changed its way of doing business, it's hard to change people's minds.

…

The mansion of Marquis.

Shuo Ling knew what happened in Blossoming Peach today. He saw Yang Zijin came back and locked herself in the room. She looked depressed. It seemed that her knitted brows could press a fly to die.

Shuo Ling asked Mo Li to prepare some food. Then he personally took the food to Yang Zijin's room.

What he was doing was seen by Qiao Shu.

“What's the matter with you?” Shuo Ling raised his voice.

Yang Zijin heard him before he came in. She looked up and saw Shuo Ling walked in with food plates in his hands.

“My Lord, how can you personally fetch me food? Is the end of the world coming?”

Shuo Ling smiled and ruffled her hair, “What are you saying? Come and have your dinner quickly.”

“Thanks a lot.” Yang Zijin was not coy and sat down at the table to eat.

Seeing this, Shuo Ling felt more comfortable. He casually asked, “What are you worrying about?”

Yang Zijin frowned, “You must have heard what happened today.”

Shuo Ling smiled and nodded, “What you did today is so sensational. I heard about it, of course.”

“Don't make fun of me.” Yang Zijin glared at Shuo Ling and said, “It's not a big thing. I have lived in this city for many years. I understand and won't be scared. In the past, there were farces in Spring Breeze frequently. We got through these difficulties successfully. In these days, many people visited Blossoming Peach. But they were just rubbernecking. They went away soon. In this case, it's hard to do business.”

Qiao Shu lived beside Yang Zijin, so she knew that Shuo Ling came to see Yang Zijin every day. Whenever she heard their laughter, she would quiver and clench her fists with her eyes full of hatred. She wanted to kill Yang Zijin immediately.

Qiao Shu became more jealous of Yang Zijin. She treated Shuo Ling nice in the past few years, but Shuo Ling never saw that. He just knew Yang Zijin for a few days, but he was so dedicated to her. Was she inferior to a girl who grew up in a wh.o.r.ehouse? Thinking of that, Qiao Shu blushed and looked terrible.

She must do something to make Shuo Ling get away from Yang Zijin.

After thinking for a long time, Qiao Shu decided to find a few reliable people and asked them to spread the rumor that “Marquis Shuo is gay. He stays together with the Young Master of Blossoming Peach all day. He is an indecent person who loves toy-boy. It was heard that the Young Master of Blossoming Peach seduced him.”

Qiao Shu knew Shuo Ling very well. To end the rumor, he would get far away from Yang Zijin. He might even let her move out of the house. Thinking of that, Qiao Shu snorted and sneered. Yang Zijin, your good day was coming to an end.

Although she was asked by Shuo Ling to live here for Yang Zijin's recuperation and she might move out of the mansion, she thought its better than seeing them staying together.

As soon as the rumor started, it was circulated and could be heard everywhere…

“I used to hear that Marquis Shuo doesn't like women. It turns out that he likes toy-boy…”

“It must be true. I heard that he killed the most popular girl Ling Long as she tried to go to his bed in Spring Breeze. How can we know that he doesn't like women? The girl is so poor…”

“Gee… I can't imagine that such a handsome man is gay.”

“It shouldn't be true. Even if he is gay, he will not let people know, and Blossoming Peach is not a wh.o.r.ehouse now.”

“Who knows? Maybe he is just fascinated by Yang.”

“Is Yang Zijin a monster? Spring Breeze was on fire before, and I used to believe that there was no one escaped from the fire. But soon, Blossoming Peach was opened, and people there were all from Spring Breeze. It is so strange.”

“Yes, you're right. He must be a monster. Marquis Shuo is a decent person. He wouldn't be the same person as Yang Zijin.”

…

The rumor became worse and worse. People believed that the Young Master of Blossoming Peach was a monster. People all dare not go there anymore. Yang Zijin wondered how everything changed overnight? Who would be the one that started the rumor? No one in the city ran the same shop as her. Was there someone envious of her? After careful thinking, she thought it wouldn't be like that because if there were a person who was jealous of her, he or she wouldn't mention Marquis Shuo. He was not a person of a good temper. If he knew who started the rumor, the person would be killed at once. What was his or her purpose?

“It shouldn't be the Lord Protector. He was a man who valued his face. Even if he didn't want Blossoming Peach grew up, he would not take such a way.”

Now wherever Yang Zijin went, she would hear people talking about her. She angrily got back to Shuo Ling's mansion and went straight to Shuo Ling's room.

Seeing that Shuo Ling was leisurely drinking tea, Yang Zijin felt angrier. He was the person who caused these troubles. He was a person of high status, so people won't talk about him anymore, but she could be their target.

Yang Zijin was angry not for her face, but for the reason that once Blossoming Peach had no customer, those girls there would lose their livelihoods.

Yang Zijin went straight to his front and grabbed the cup in his hand, “You still have the mood to taste tea! Girls in Blossoming Peach is going to suffer starving.”

Yang Zijin was so angry that she wanted to swallow Shuo Ling.

Shuo Ling knew why Yang Zijin was so angry. He got news already.

Shuo Ling looked at Yang Zijin, who was in great anger. Shuo Ling decided to appease her at first. He said with a smile, “Zijin, calm down. I will make it clear and treat you with justice. I also promise Blossoming Peach a prosperous future.”

Yang Zijin kept silent, squinting at Shuo Ling. Shuo Ling felt that Yang Zijin was very cute at the moment. So he added, “Before everything returns to normal, I will pay for the losses of Blossoming Peach.”

Hearing his words, Yang Zijin immediately smiled. “He will pay for the losses! Hum, I will make him know how sinister the world is!” She thought.

Seeing that Yang Zijin became happier, Shuo Ling smiled. He ordered Mo Li to prepare dinner. He would have dinner with Yang in this room.

Qiao Shu gnashed her teeth. “In this case, you still want to protect her. Okay, fine. It seems that I shall increase the dosage. I can't get your love, and you also don't want to live well!” She thought.

The rumor was getting worse…

Mu Yunong was choosing new hair ornaments of Pretty Lady Shop in her room. Servant Xiaocui hurriedly ran in, “Miss Mu, Miss Mu, I went to get the rouge you ordered last time in the workshop today. I heard a sensational event…”

Mu Yunong fiddled with her hairpin without lifting her head, “What happened?”

“I promise you will be surprised by what I'm going to say.” Xiaocui deliberately kept Mu Yunong guessing.

Mu Yunong looked up with a smile, “When did you become so slippery. What can be a big thing in your mind? I really want to hear it.”

“My lady, it is said that Marquis Shuo is gay. The Young Master of Blossoming Peach Yang is his toy-boy!” Xiaocui laughed.