The three of them looked at each other and walked against the crowd towards the city gate.
When they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers stopped the three of them: "What are you doing!"
Yan Yiyi took out a token from her arms: "We are from the Duke of Pingguo."
The soldier looked at the token carefully and looked at the three of them: "Hurry in!"
Although Duke Ping passed away, the token of Duke Ping's mansion is still useful.
Yan Yiyi and Ye Fuxun entered the city. When Qing Ling saw that no one was paying attention to them, she couldn't help but ask: "Sister Yiyi, how come you have the token of Duke Ping's Palace?"
"It was a smooth trip to Duke Ping's Mansion that time."
At that time, in order to persuade her mother-in-law to trick Gu Yelan into going to Ping Guogong's yard, she knocked out a token that the steward took away.
"Sister Yiyi, you are so amazing." Qing Ling admired her wholeheartedly.
Yan Yiyi's red lips curled up: "Ling'er, why don't you go back and follow Sister Yiyi to enjoy the good life."
Qing Ling blinked and sighed maturely: "Ling'er has a heavy responsibility and must know Qingyi City."
"Sister Yiyi is teasing you." Yan Yiyi smiled and pinched Qing Ling's face.
"Let's go to the Jiaofang Department."
Jiaofangsi is located in Walnut Hutong, Beicheng. The three of them walked through the streets and alleys of the capital and felt the solemn atmosphere more and more.
There were many soldiers patrolling the streets.
Many shops are only half-open, and people buying goods are coming and going in a hurry, not daring to stay any longer on the road.
"The people in the capital have always been highly vigilant," Yan Yiyi was surprised. "When gods fight, fish in the pond suffer. People will hide if they can."
She took Ye Fuxun and Qing Ling around the alley several times, and finally stopped in front of a gate with gray walls and red tiles.
"Where is Jiaofangsi?" Qing Ling looked up at the plaque on the door curiously, "There will be many girls inside?"
"Jiaofangsi is a place where women are taught music, chess, calligraphy and painting," Yan Yiyi said mockingly, "most of the women who come here are the relatives of criminal officials."
"It sounds nice to be called Jiaofangsi," Yan Yiyi's eyes were slightly cold, "but in fact it's just an official brothel."
Qing Ling opened her mouth wide: "Can we go in here?"
"It couldn't be done before."
Since Ping Guogong took charge of the government, he has killed countless imperial officials, and all the female relatives of these officials have been sent to the Jiaofang Division, causing the Jiaofang Division to be overcrowded.
"In order to make a profit, Jiaofangsi got permission from the superiors to secretly sell the singer."
Yan Yiyi walked up and knocked on the door, "As long as you have connections, you can buy people."
Not long after, the door of Jiaofangsi was opened, and a woman showed up: "Who is knocking on the door?"
Yan Yiyi once again raised the token from Duke Pingguo's mansion. The woman quickly changed her expression and said respectfully: "Master, please come in."
As soon as you enter the Jiaofangsi, you can hear bursts of music and singing.
The mother-in-law asked: "I wonder why the young master came here today..."
"Buy someone." Yan Yiyi said, "I want to see Lan Gu."
The mother-in-law frowned.
Lan Gu is the chief manager of the Jiaofang Department and rarely sees outsiders.
But this young master came with the token from Pingguo Duke's mansion, and he didn't dare to offend him.
Yan Yiyi said again: "Go and tell Lan Gu that I am here to buy purple kites today. She will definitely see me."
The mother-in-law stepped back in response.
The three of them stood in front of the corridor and looked around. The garden was full of flowers and trees, and at first glance it looked bright and colorful. Who could have imagined how many youths and lives of official girls were buried here.
"Master, please move."
After half a cup of tea, the mother-in-law returned and led the three of them to the inside of the Jiaofangsi.
After walking through many long corridors and passing through several moon gates, we finally stopped in a courtyard.
"Lan Gu is in the main hall, please come in."
Yan Yiyi took the lead into the yard with her hands behind her back.
After entering the main hall, I finally met Lan Gu, the chief manager of the Jiaofang Division.
Lan Gu was a middle-aged woman with a solemn face. Her hair was meticulously pulled into a bun. She sat upright on the main seat and looked at the three of them with cold eyes: "You three young masters, do you want to buy a purple kite?"
Yan Yiyi took a step forward with a smile on her lips: "Yes, we are here today to buy the purple kite."
She raised the token in her hand and said, "Lan Gu also asked someone to bring Zi Yuan out. We will take him away after completing the formalities."
A look of panic flashed across Lan Gu's eyes: "Who is entrusting the young master to the Duke of Pingguo?"
If in the past, someone from Duke Ping's palace came to ask for a buyer, how could she dare to ask more questions.
But now that Duke Ping is gone, Duke Ping's mansion will fall sooner or later.
And Ziyuan...
Lan Gu thought of Zi Yuan and tried to calm down: "Ping Guogong has always looked down on the girls from Jiaofangsi. Duke Ping passed away not long ago. Who did you get the order from?"
Lan Gu's tone was unkind, but Yan Yiyi was not angry. Instead, she smiled faintly and took out the token: "My Duke of Ping wants a singer, but the Jiaofang Secretary actually dares to stop him? Could it be that Lan Gu is relying on the fact that she was once a palace?
Is it possible to show favoritism if you respect etiquette?"
"Young master, you are serious." Lan Gu secretly clenched her fists because of Yan Yiyi's words.
Yan Yiyi smiled again and said, "Or is it because I wanted Zi Yuan, so Lan Gu deliberately blocked it?" She protracted, and there was something in her words.
Lan Gu's back instantly stiffened, but her face became much more relaxed: "It's no big deal. Since he is an important person of the Pingguo Government, there is no reason why the Jiaofang Secretary should disagree.
It's just that Ziyuan's skills are not ordinary, and he also suffers from mute disease, so I only asked a few more questions to prevent the Duke's government from being unclear about the situation."
"The Duke's office doesn't care whether Zi Yuan has any skills, let alone whether she has mute disease," Yan Yiyi seemed unsurprised, her eyes bright, "It only cares about Zi Yuan's identity. So, I brought this person here."
The young master must be taken away immediately."
Lan Gu was shocked and confused: "All the girls in the Jiaofang Division are the daughters of guilty ministers. I remember that Zi Yuan is just the daughter of the Xingping Marquis...
, I don’t know why?”
Yan Yiyi waved her hand: "Gu Lan is overthinking, not because of Zi Yuan's identity as a member of the Xingping Marquis Mansion, but because of the identity of Zi Yuan's mother."
"Zi Yuan's mother?" Lan Gu's nails dug into the palm of her hand, causing the skin to break and bleed without even realizing it. She felt her heart shrinking into a ball, and she tried her best to calm herself down, "
What do you mean by this, Master?"
Yan Yiyi narrowed her eyes and smiled: "I am here just for Zi Yuan's mother..." She lowered her voice and said, "Lan Gu, you are here."
"What!" Lan Gu couldn't help but her voice rose an octave, and she almost stood up from her chair.
She tried her best to find an opportunity to be transferred to the Jiaofang Division as the general manager, just for Zi Yuan.
Zi Yuan was the child she secretly gave birth to to Marquis Xingping, but no one except Marquis Xingping knew about this!