Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Xiao Guoer looked at the person in the bronze mirror. Although she had only made some minor changes to her face, the feeling she gave was completely different.

The person in the mirror looked a little worse than usual, and seemed to have lost some weight, with less flesh on his cheeks and his cheekbones more prominent.

It would be fine if she wasn't found, but even if she was, her sickly appearance wouldn't arouse suspicion.

The female thief whose true face was seen last night was alive and kicking. How could she be such a sickly person who can't even get out of bed like she is now?

While Xiao Guoer was feeling proud of her superb makeup skills, Zhao Yunrong was standing in a secluded corner on the second floor, looking down at the various beauties of all shapes and sizes on the first floor.

The purpose of his coming here today was to recognize all the girls in Zuihualou so as to find out the stunning woman who ruined his plan last night.

But his identity cannot be revealed yet, so he can only watch quietly in the dark.

Mother Qin asked the girls under her to line up, but was afraid that the distinguished guest on the second floor could not see their faces clearly, so she asked the girls to stand out one by one and salute.

The girls were full of complaints, but they kept their mouths shut in front of Mother Qin and dared not grumble.

Only Li Niang, perhaps relying on her status as a courtesan and the fact that she had just served a powerful general yesterday, felt confident enough to complain.

"What is mom doing? If you have time, why not let the sisters rest in their rooms? The sisters are tired after a night of sleep and exhausted. If they don't have a good sleep, how can they have the energy to work hard for mom to make money at night?"

Mother Qin frowned, "Alright, you're the only one who talks too much! I have my reasons for doing this! Just do as I say, stand up straight, and after you've bowed, you can go back to your room."

Li Niang pouted. Although she was unhappy that Mother Qin had humiliated her in public, she did not dare to complain anymore.

She still has some value now, so Mother Qin won't make things difficult for her.

But she didn't know how long she could remain the courtesan. Every year at the beginning of summer, Zuihualou would hold an event to select the courtesan.

Yingniang won the title of the most beautiful courtesan for two consecutive years. Last year, she caught a cold and the title of the most beautiful courtesan fell on her.

Can she still be chosen as the oiran this year? If not, her good days in Zuihualou will be over.

Mother Qin would never indulge an ordinary prostitute, let alone allow her to ask for clothes and jewelry for no reason.

Isn't the situation in Yingniang's room getting worse and worse? Even the food is not as good as before.

After the last girl had paid her respects, Mother Qin quietly looked towards her room on the second floor.

Then he calmly said to the girls in front of him, "These past few days, I've seen some people being too unbridled, stuffing their mouths with dried fruits, meat and other foods without caring about their posture."

"You all should be careful. If you become a stupid person with fat waist and legs, which customer will be interested in you?"

"When that happens, don't blame me for being cruel and sending human traffickers to sell you off!"

"If you sell it to a secret shop, the customers there will be no match for Zuihualou. All dirty and smelly people will be welcomed in! Then you will be living a life worse than death!"

When everyone heard Mother Qin knocking, they were so scared that their faces turned pale and they quickly responded, "Yes!"

"Okay, let's go back to the room."

Everyone then dispersed and went back to their rooms, wondering in their hearts whether they had eaten too much in recent days and let Mother Qin see them?

Don't be greedy anymore. But he didn't doubt Qin's mother's intention at all.

Mother Qin returned to her room, closed the door, and then respectfully bowed to the person standing in the room.

"Master, is there anyone you are looking for?"

Zhao Yunrong shook his head. "Is there any beautiful woman in this building who hasn't come out yet?"

Mother Qin replied respectfully, "Only Yingniang was kept by Master Zhou Fangye these days. She went out today and couldn't come out. The others are all ugly maids or servants who do laundry and cooking. Could it be Yingniang that the master is looking for?"

Zhao Yunrong shook his head. He knew Yingniang, the popular courtesan in the past two years, but it was not her.

After hesitating for a while, he spoke again, "Is it possible that there are women among the turtle slaves?"

Yesterday, the man was dressed as a man.

Mother Qin said with certainty: "It is impossible. The elf slaves bathe and sleep in the same place, and they are required to bathe every day, because they are afraid that the smell on their bodies will offend the customers. If it were a woman, how could she bathe in the same place without being discovered?"

Zhao Yunrong: "Are there any maids who came recently or left suddenly today and haven't returned yet?"

Mother Qin thought about it and answered, "No, there hasn't been any new people in the past month. The maids and servants usually don't go out. Even if they need to go out, they have to ask for permission in advance. There are eunuchs guarding the door, so no one will sneak out."

The woman's martial arts skills were not very high, so it was not possible for her to escape quietly from Zuihualou, which was well guarded, without being noticed.

There is no place in Zuihualou where a living person can be hidden, and no one would have the courage to hide a person of unknown origin.

On the surface, Zuihualou was managed by Qin's mother, but in reality, the boss behind Zuihualou was him, Zhao Yunrong.

Although he didn't come here often, every move in Zuihualou was under his eyes.

He controls the life and death of every person here.

Although they believed that it was Mother Qin who held their lives and deaths in her hands, they did not dare to hide from Mother Qin the fact that they were harboring a person of unknown origin.

"Let all the maids and servants gather on the first floor."

Mother Qin replied respectfully, "Yes, Master."

Zhao Yunrong waited for Mother Qin to leave the house, thinking about the woman he had fought with yesterday.

Zuihualou is so small, where can that woman hide?

Shen Jing, who was standing behind Zhao Yunrong, saw his master frowning and couldn't help but ask.

"Master, could this person be a martial arts expert who pretends to be incompetent and has actually already fled from here?"

"Besides, there are only a few people in this world who know about the treasure map, and those who covet it are even more powerful. How could they hide in this Zuihualou for such a long time?"

Zhao Yunrong also began to doubt at this time. Could it be that his judgment was wrong?

Is that person really pretending to be incompetent?

Looking through the crack in the door at the maids gathered on the first floor, not only did they look average, their manners were also different. None of them was definitely the woman from yesterday.

The last bit of hope in my heart is gone. Even if a person can change his appearance, his behavior and manners cannot be easily changed.

Mother Qin came back shortly after and reported, "Except for one maidservant who was severely injured and could not get off the ground due to 30 lashes I gave her yesterday, all the maidservants are already down there."

Zhao Yunrong narrowed his eyes upon hearing this, "Oh? Seriously injured? Did you personally supervise the beating 30 times? Are you sure she can't get off the ground?"

Mother Qin choked up and took a long time to reply.

"Although I haven't seen her with my own eyes, she has been in Zuihualou for more than ten years. She is definitely not someone with ulterior motives lying in wait here. Besides, there is a scar on her cheek that is more than two inches long. She is not at all the beautiful person that the master mentioned."

Zhao Yunrong didn't give up until he saw the person.

"Go find someone to carry that maid out."

Mother Qin disagreed, but she didn't dare to disobey.

He found two eunuchs to carry Xiao Guoer to the first floor, and then sent the eunuchs away.

The first floor is now filled with maids and servants from Zuihualou.

Mother Qin looked at Xiao Guoer and felt an indescribable feeling in her heart.

Why does this damn girl seem to have lost some weight and her blood circulation seems to be not good? Her appearance has not changed, but she doesn’t seem as smart as usual.

It must be because he was injured and had trouble resting and eating.

His eyes were also swollen. He must have cried because he got beaten yesterday.

She just met him in a hurry but didn't notice it. Maybe her mind was not on her, so she didn't notice it.

Xiao Guoer only made minor adjustments to her makeup, so even if acquaintances saw her every day and thought it was a little different from usual, they would never think that she deliberately made it ugly.

After all, what woman would deliberately paint herself ugly?

But despite this, she couldn't help feeling uneasy at the moment. She knew what had happened to the maids and servants gathered on the first floor.