This is the largest silk shop and ready-made clothing store in Fengzhou. Most of the nobles will purchase clothes here, and some contraband items are even traded in private. These contraband items are tributes.
What is a tribute?
That is for the exclusive use of the royal family, and ordinary people, merchants and the like are not allowed to use it.
Of course not all tributes are like this.
But if the nobles like things, they like to prohibit common people and businessmen from using them to show their nobility.
This means that only the state officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps.
But the state officials forbade the people to light lamps, and it was impossible for the people to completely obey the order.
There are always some people who like to listen to some treasonous words and wear some clothes that violate etiquette.
Qixiu Pavilion secretly provided this service, and the business has been doing very well.
"Qixiu Pavilion's business is booming, why is my sister so gloomy?"
"Women can't do this, they will grow old easily."
As soon as Liu Ruxin returned to Qixiu Pavilion and walked into the VIP room in the attic, she heard a slightly teasing voice.
"Mrs. Nightingale, why are you here?"
Liu Ruxin was shocked when she heard the sound.
She recognized the owner of the voice, who was none other than the head of the Hehuan Sect, a master of the realm of manifestation, the contemporary Basumi Donu, and the world-famous Lady Nightingale.
Now, in order to deal with Chu Qianqiu, she hurriedly returned to Fengzhou from Yuzhou, lurked in Qixiu Pavilion, and started a contest with Chu Qianqiu with the help of Liu Ruxin.
"It's not okay to call me madam. That old fellow, Zen Master Buye, is already dead."
"You are free now, how can you call me Madam again?"
"Sister, just call me sister."
Mrs. Nightingale smiled softly. She seemed to still be very young, and the years had not left any traces on her body.
She was wearing a black silk dress, the skirt fluttering in the wind, revealing a pair of white breasts.
Her hair was tied into a high bun with a red peony flower stuck on it, which complemented her red lips. Her eyes were like two pools of autumn water, filled with endless charm and temptation.
Even Liu Ruxin, who is also a woman, can't help but be shaken by her enchantment.
"Master Nightingale, please exercise some restraint."
"I can't resist it anymore."
It took Liu Ruxin a lot of effort to restrain herself from the urge to kneel down under her long skirt and said with great difficulty.
After all, she is only in the early stage of innate talent. If she really reaches the actual combat stage, Tang Wan'er, the female assassin that Chu Qianqiu recently recruited, can beat her violently, let alone a master of manifestation.
"Then please tell my sister how the plan is going?"
"Why are you back so early?"
Mrs. Nightingale asked with a smile on her face, which made Liu Ruxin couldn't help but swallow her saliva. She was going crazy and felt that she was in love with him.
But this is impossible.
【I like men, not women.】
Liu Ruxin reminded herself with difficulty, but she already knelt down in front of Mrs. Nightingale's silk dress, lowered her head and said.
"Don't worry, Sect Master, everything is going according to plan."
"I have deceived Lord Zhongwu, saying that I wanted to be a double agent for him and betray the Hehuan Sect."
"He seemed convinced."
"My sister did a great job, and she is very pleased."
"It's just that my sister came back so early, Master Zhongwu has very little interest in you, or is it that my sister is unwilling to work hard?"
"Hey, thank you to my sister for taking so much trouble to dress you up."
"In the past, there was a girl with a red whisker who ran at night looking for her husband."
"After meeting Chu Zhongwu today, my sister should take the initiative to sacrifice herself."
"When Lord Zhongwu is stunned by beauty, things at the charity auction will be much easier to handle."
Mrs. Nightingale made a few teasing remarks. Liu Ruxin lowered her head, but her face turned red. She tried to defend herself.
"Sect Master, this Chu Zhongwu is a powerful figure in the world, how could he-"
"Men are all the same."
"One character means monk, two characters means monk, three characters means ghost, music official, and four characters means hungry ghost." (Note 1)
"Chu Zhongwu is only sixteen years old. It has been less than a year since he became famous all over the world. Not to mention how many great things he has done, how many women are related to him?"
"If a man like Chu Zhongwu wants to be serious with you, he must be pretending to be serious."
Mrs. Nightingale said without mercy, leaving Liu Ruxin speechless for a moment.
"Men forget their loyalty when they see sex, and businessmen forget their loyalty when they see profit. They are all the same thing."
"It is a common thing for Master Zhongwu to ask you to stand in line. You can obey him on the surface. Hehuan Sect will not care about this matter."
"Master Buye wasted several chess pieces of the slave family. Zi Hanyu cannot gain the trust of Lord Zhongwu at all."
"Only people like you can be trusted."
Mrs. Nightingale smiled lightly and said that she released the Liu family's bait just to let Chu Zhongwu eat the bait deliciously, so that she could send people to really penetrate into Chu Qianqiu's interior.
Because Liu Ruxin is not a woman trained by the Hehuan Sect, she is more natural and original.
"Master Nightingale, aren't you afraid that I will pretend to be real?"
Liu Ruxin took a deep breath, she was in a dilemma now.
It was too difficult for her to act as a double agent for Chu Zhongwu and the Hehuan Sect on her own, not to mention that the Nightingale Sect Master controlled her body, which made Liu Ruxin a little more dissatisfied.
"Sister, please don't say such things."
"Chu Zhongwu can make the Liu family's life worse than death, and my sister can do the same."
"Lord Zhongwu may still show mercy and fall into the hands of the Hehuan Sect. The women of the Liu family will be much more unfortunate."
"Sister, I can assure you that this is absolutely true."
Mrs. Nightingale smiled and said extremely terrifying words.
She wanted Liu Ruxin to understand that Chu Zhongwu was a man who loved beauty, so even if the Liu family was defeated by him, he had never heard of him liking to torture beauties.
But if the Liu family really defected to Chu Zhongwu, then the Hehuan Sect would have plenty of means to deal with the traitor.
"Master Nightingale, I understand." Liu Ruxin swallowed the bitter fruit.
"Just understand. My sister is a smart person. She knows that the sage said that only women and villains are difficult to raise."
"Sister is both a woman and a villain. She is the last person to be offended."
"My sister is so beautiful, she must not go astray."
When Mrs. Nightingale saw this, she let go of her mental pressure and helped Liu Ruxin up with a smile.
"Master Nightingale, what exactly are we going to do?"
"Master Zhongwu is just using this charity auction to ask for some money. Why should we embarrass him?"
"My sister is talking too much again. This is not something you can know."
"It's a secret."
Mrs. Nightingale lightly tapped her red lips and said with a smile.
"Then can Chu know?"
Chu Qianqiu said with the same smile, and the smile on Mrs. Nightingale's face froze instantly.