Duke Jing's younger sister

After a piece of pipa music ended, the dancer gracefully exited the hall.

Xiao Wenhao took the lead in applauding, "As expected of you, you are the leader of the Jiaofang Division. Your musical skills are so amazing that they make people intoxicated. Gao Zhong, reward!"

Eunuch Gao, who was standing beside the prince, bowed his head and clapped his hands. A maid came in, holding a tray with two rows of silver ingots neatly stacked on it.

The woman playing the pipa stood up and handed the pipa to the maid behind her.

The end of the curtain swayed slightly, and the jade collided with each other making a crisp sound. The woman was tall and wore a light pink gauze skirt. The material had a very good drape, and as the woman walked lightly, the corners of her skirt fluttered and swayed gracefully.

Every step she took seemed to be on clouds, graceful and dreamy.

Standing in the hall, the woman knelt down and kowtowed, "Linlang thanks His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for the reward."

Shen Li had heard of the name Linlang.

She was a musician in the Jiaofang Bureau, and she played the pipa very well. She had performed at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet in the palace last year, and her song became famous in Jiangdu.

Although she was of low birth, she was able to gain a foothold in Jiangdu City with her talent and avoided becoming a courtesan.

Shen Li admired Linlang a little, and at the same time, she also felt a sense of sympathy with her. Most of the women in the Jiaofang Bureau were noble ladies whose fathers or brothers were convicted and implicated.

Putting herself in other people's shoes, if there was no Shen Beiqi and no Shen family, she didn't know what kind of lifestyle she would be living today.

What is certain is that it will never be better than it is now.

"Get up."

Xiao Wenhao was a little drunk, and he squinted his eyes as he looked Linlang up and down.

This undisguised covetous look made Shen Li feel a little disgusted, but Linlang, who was standing in the hall, did not seem displeased. Instead, she smiled even more charmingly and brilliantly.

"Mr. Shen, look at this Miss Linlang. Can you say she is beautiful?" The prince glanced at Shen Beiqi casually in a lazy manner.

Shen Li's heart skipped a beat and she looked sideways at Shen Beiqi.

Hearing the voice, he raised his eyes and glanced at the woman in the hall. He did not look surprised and his reaction was average.

"It's okay."

"Since it's still acceptable, why not..."

"Your Highness," Shen Beiqi interrupted the prince, bowing, "It's not appropriate today since my sister is here."

Shen Li's heart suddenly fell, because it was inappropriate with them around.

What if they didn't get on the ship by chance today? What would he do?

Just as she was stunned, the maid serving beside her accidentally knocked over the teacup, and the tea spilled all over her snow-white pleated skirt, soaking a large area.

Shen Beiqi hurriedly pulled her up. The maid shrank back and knelt on the ground after being coldly glanced at by him, begging for mercy.

"I didn't mean it. Please spare me, my lord... please spare me, my lord..."

"The tea is not hot," she comforted Shen Beiqi softly. He was drunk at the moment, so it would be better if nothing happened.

Shen Li turned to look at the maid lying on the ground trembling, "You go down first."

"Thank you, Miss Shen. Thank you so much!" After hearing this, the maid hurriedly retreated.

Shen Li raised her eyes and found Linlang looking at her from the side.

Just as His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, Linlang was beautiful, different from Shen Li and Shen Zhiyan, the two of them were like snow-white buds about to bloom, pure and beautiful.

Linlang, on the other hand, has a natural charm, and her every frown and smile is full of elegance, like a red plum blossom under the moon, beautiful yet not vulgar.

It's no wonder that a woman like this can easily win people's hearts.

Meeting Shen Li's gaze, Linlang smiled faintly, took two steps towards Shen Li, bowed and said, "Miss Shen's dress is wet, I have some replacement clothes here, if Miss Shen doesn't mind, why not..."

"No need."

Shen Beiqi interrupted coldly. Linlang was stunned for a moment, then returned to silence.

If she wanted to change her clothes, she had to get out of his sight. Even in the heavily guarded palace, he couldn't avoid her and was drugged to make the mistake she made that night.

If Shen Li was schemed against by others again, Shen Beiqi was afraid that he would go crazy.

After thinking for a moment, he bowed to Xiao Wenhao and said,

"Your Highness, my sister's dress is wet. Please allow me to leave first and send them back to the palace."

Xiao Wenhao smiled and did not intend to keep him, "Shen Qing, please do as you please."

Xiao Wenyuan and Luo Cheng stood up together, "Your Highness, I will take my leave first."

"Go ahead. We've had a great time today. I'm a little tired too. Please feel free to do as you please."

Xiao Wenhao was a little drunk, so Gao Zhong helped him to the inner hall. Everyone stood up and said, "See you, His Highness."

Linlang stood in the hall, not knowing what to do for a moment. Originally, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince wanted to give her to Duke Jingguo Shen Beiqi today, but now it seems that this approach is not feasible.

Linlang suddenly became dissatisfied with Shen Li and her sister. It was all their fault. They had ruined her good fortune!

But Linlang always felt that the third young lady of the Shen family looked familiar, as if she had seen her somewhere.

Linlang couldn't care less about so many things now. She just thought that her plan had failed. She gritted her teeth helplessly and looked towards the inner hall where the prince was resting.

Everyone returned to the deck. There were too many people leaving together, and there were only two small boats to ferry people.

Luo Jue walked closer to Shen Beiqi and looked at him meaningfully. Shen Beiqi naturally understood the deep meaning in his eyes.

But there are so many people here now, so it’s not convenient to say anything else.

Shen Li wanted to take out a handkerchief to wipe the wet marks on her pleated skirt, but she fumbled in her sleeves and couldn't find the handkerchief.

She had used it just now on Xiao Wenyuan's pleasure boat. If it was thrown on his pleasure boat, it would be fine, but if it was thrown on the royal ship...

She turned around and was about to go back into the cabin to look for it, but Luo Cheng stood beside her and grabbed her arm, "Where are you going?"

"I lost something, go look for it."

Shen Beiqi turned around when he heard the voice and saw Luo Cheng's hand holding Shen Li's arm, which was a bit dazzling.

Lost something? Luo Cheng said hurriedly, "I'll go with you."

"No need!"

"No need—" Shen Beiqi and Shen Li said at the same time. He walked to Shen Li's side and said to Luo Cheng, "I'll go with her."

The two returned to the hall of the pleasure boat. What surprised Shen Li was that there was no one in the hall and even the leftovers on the table had not been cleared away.

Where have all the maids gone?

She didn't care about much else and hurried to the desk in the front, squatted down and searched under the table. Shen Beiqi found a corner of a white silk handkerchief in the gap between her and Shen Zhiyan's cushions.

He pulled out the handkerchief and was about to ask her if it was this one, but he vaguely heard a few regular moans from a woman in the inner room.

Shen Li put one hand on the edge of the table and her back stiffened. She was no longer an inexperienced girl and could immediately imagine what kind of erotic scene was going on in the house.

At this moment, she would rather it was Luo Yan who came in with her. After all, there is a difference between embarrassment and embarrassment.

Suddenly, Linlang's moans in the room turned into screams of pain, accompanied by Xiao Wenhao's angry shouts and the muffled sound of objects like whips hitting the skin.

Shen Li just wanted to escape quickly and didn't even care about her handkerchief. She stood up in a hurry and bumped into Shen Beiqi who was standing behind her.

Shen Beiqi was already drunk, and was bumped by her unexpectedly. He lost his balance and fell to the ground holding Shen Li.