Ever since she severed ties with Shangguan Jin, Shangguan Qingge had nearly a month of leisure. During this time, she no longer had to go to the old lady's morning and evening visits, no longer had to look at Shangguan Jin's dead face, no longer had to look at Liu's disgusting face, and even Shangguan Qingyun didn't bother her. Very good, very good!

During this period, Master Su often came to her, but he didn't come to ask her to teach him, but to ask Shangguan Qingge to teach him. Since Shangguan Qingge gave him the "Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng" that day, he studied this article painstakingly. No matter how he studied or imitated it, he couldn't reach such literary talent, so he came to Shangguan Qingge to be his teacher. But Shangguan Qingge didn't know how to write articles or poems. Every time, she would send Master Su away with a new poem.

Shangguan Qingge naturally had no idea how to get cement, but Bei Yunchen had already figured out how to block the downstream section of the moat. Bei Yunchen found a carpenter to make three large wooden boards as wide as the river and nailed them into the riverbed. He then used mud to block the gaps and sandwiched the wooden boards together to make a sandwich-like shape. The canal dug from Xingluo Village was also connected, so there was no need to worry about water in the capital.

Shangguan Qingge only went to the Zunwang Mansion every three days to store food. If you want to know what the most important thing for Shangguan Qingge is in the past month, it is of course making money! Money can make the world go round, and without money, you can't do anything. If you want to make money quickly and at a low cost, then you can treat patients. After all, she is a medical student who has studied for a bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree. She is more than capable of treating patients. If there is a high probability of getting a disease, it is gynecological disease. If there is a place with the most women, then of course it is a brothel!

In the past month, Shangguan Qingge has become a frequent visitor to the brothel, and many girls know her. After all, Mr. Lu is good-looking, sweet-spoken, understands women's hearts, and has superb medical skills. He has cured many gynecological problems for the girls here. Mr. Lu is simply a friend of women and the best friend of these girls.

"30,000 touches~"

Shangguan Qingge was playing mahjong with the girls in the brothel. Mahjong was not a product of this era, but something she took from the universe. It was boring to play with those girls in the yard, who were not as interesting as the girls in the brothel, so she had no choice but to come and play with the girls in the brothel.

"Hey, Mr. Lu, why do you always touch it! Five!"

"Win! I'm lucky today, hehe! Give me the money!"

"All my money will be won by you, young master."

"It's okay, Sanniang. It's normal to win and lose when playing mahjong!" Sanniang was the woman who received Shangguan Qingge and Bei Yunchen when she came to the brothel for the first time that day.

Shangguan Qingge always came in the afternoon. During this time, the brothel was closed, and she would stay until the brothel started preparing for business.

"Speaking of which, Sanniang, how did you get here?" Shangguan Qingge was very curious about this woman named Sanniang. In her impression, the madams in feudal society were basically not good people. Forcing women of good families into prostitution, trafficking in human beings, and abusing women were basically all done by madams. Sometimes, the one who oppressed women might just be a woman! But when she was treating other girls, they said that Sanniang was very good to them. These girls were all 17 or 18 years old, and Sanniang was already in her 30s. She took care of these girls like an elder. Some girls who had no money to see a doctor were paid by Sanniang, so she was very curious.

"Hey, it's all in the past, what's there to mention?" A trace of dejection flashed in Sanniang's eyes.

"I'm just curious. It doesn't matter if Sanniang doesn't want to talk about it."

"Mr. Lu, you are a man, so you naturally don't understand the hardships of women in this world. If you can make a living, who would be willing to come to a place like this! Pancake~"

"Fifty thousand~ Sanniang, isn't this place your property?"

"Of course not. I also fled here half a year ago. My family was starving to death. I sold myself here just to have something to eat. Unfortunately, I'm a bit old. The old procuress saw that I was good-looking, so she kept me. Mr. Lu, the old procuress was very ugly. She saw that I was good-looking, so she asked me to pick up customers for her."

"What did Sanniang's family do?"

"It turns out that my family had a rouge and powder shop. What a pity. Forget it. It's all in the past."

"Are you planning to stay here forever, Sanniang?"

Sanniang shook her head and sighed.

"I don't know. We can live one day at a time. For women like us, even if we redeem ourselves, people outside will look down on us. We don't have any skills to make a living, so we can just stay here. At least we can have enough food to eat and a place to stay out of the wind and rain."

How could Shangguan Qingge not understand? She is also a woman. In a patriarchal society like this, it is very difficult for women to survive, not to mention women at the bottom of society.

"Sanniang, are all the girls here here coming in voluntarily?"

"Hey, Mr. Lu, there are some things that we don't want to talk about, but we all know them in our hearts. Which girl is willing to do this? Just know it in your heart. I, the third lady, don't have much ability. I can only do my best to take care of these girls. After all, I am not the master here."

Shangguan Qingge remembered that Mingcheng had said before that there were many underground transactions involved here. It seemed that human trafficking was also a possibility. This Sanniang did not seem to be the core figure here.

"Hey, it's just that looking at the girls here, all of them are as beautiful as flowers, serving those stinky men, it makes me feel sad."

"Mr. Lu is thoughtful. It's fate! Fortunately, the customers here are good. I'm afraid that the girls here will get sick and be thrown to the west of the city. The people in the west of the city are all old bachelors who are crazy about women. They don't care whether you are sick or not. They only care about their own happiness. Thank you Mr. Lu for treating us. Sanniang can't thank you enough!"

"Chengxi?"

"Well, hey, I forgot that Mr. Lu is not from the capital. The west of the city is the most chaotic area in the capital. It is also the place with the most poor people in the capital. There are countless bullies and gangsters there, and there are many bachelors. If a woman goes there, she will be tortured."

"Does Jingzhao Yin not care?"

"Who knows? I, a little girl, don't understand these things. It's better not to go there."

One afternoon, Shangguan Qingge was very lucky and won a lot of money. When she left, she left a lot of family planning supplies for Sanniang. She taught Sanniang how to use them, which could prevent many diseases from infecting the girls. After Sanniang received them, she thanked her repeatedly.

Shangguan Qingge went back and earned a lot of money today, about fifty taels of silver, not bad!

When she returned to the house, she found Bei Yunchen waiting for her.

"How did you come?"

"Have you been going to brothels all the time?"

"Yeah, to make money, where else can I go?"

Hearing this, Bei Yunchen walked over angrily and grabbed Shangguan Qingge's hand holding the money.

"What are you doing? It hurts!"

"How much money can you make in a place like that? Don't forget that you are a princess. How can you go to such a filthy place!"

Shangguan Qingge shook off Bei Yunchen's hand.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I go to treat their illnesses and earn some medical expenses, how can that be considered as a dirty place? Moreover, what do you mean by that? What is a dirty place? If you can make the people live and work in peace and contentment, and everyone has a way out, who would be willing to sell their body for a living?"

When Bei Yunchen heard that she was going to treat the women in the brothel to earn money, he loosened his grip on her hand.

"I'm sorry, I thought..."

"What do you think it is? Also, Bei Yunchen, the relationship between you and me is only based on interests. What position do you have to control me? If you think that I am not a good princess, you can ask your father, the emperor, to remove my princess."

"Father wants to see you."

"Why are you meeting me?"

"Something happened."

"When will you see me?"

"It's dark!"

Shangguan Qingge thought about it and felt that the emperor wanted to see her for something important, so she agreed readily.

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