My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

Besides, Lu Xing had become rich and powerful. He completely ignored Aunt Mei's pleadings, burst into tears, and resolutely followed Lu Zhanyao back to Kyoto secretly. With the secret arrangement of the noble, he soon got a place as a eunuch serving in the Cining Palace.

He had always been proud and arrogant, so he was naturally unhappy about having to enter the Cining Palace as a eunuch. It was just that he had no other choice and was unwilling to stay in that hellish place where rabbits don't shit for the rest of his life.

There were still about ten days before entering the palace, and Lu Zhanyao and Lu Xingcheng were staying in an inn in Kyoto.

Thinking about how much he was valued by his teacher when he was studying in the academy, and how he thought that as the legitimate son of Wen Qiqi, he would surely have a brilliant future, Lu Xingcheng felt very depressed, so he suggested to go out and relax before entering the palace.

Lu Zhanyao was worried that his identity would be exposed, so he naturally didn't dare to go out.

But Lu Xingcheng said, "My son is growing up very fast now. He didn't know many people in Kyoto before. If he goes out to relax, no one will recognize him. Besides, even if someone recognizes my son, it's okay."

Lu Zhanyao felt a little distressed. After all, Xingcheng was his eldest son!

It is said that even a tiger will not eat its own cubs, but he wanted to send his own son to be a eunuch...

As a result, Lu Zhanyao felt even more depressed and was unwilling to be with Lu Xingcheng day and night.

"If you want to go out and relax, that's fine. But once you enter the palace, I'm afraid it will be difficult for you to come out again."

Lu Zhanyao took out a gold ingot and threw it to Lu Xingcheng: "Just enjoy yourself these few days and don't let your life be in vain."

Then Lu Xingcheng left the inn and carefully went to the money shop with the gold ingots in his pocket. After exchanging them for a bag of heavy silver, he began to wander around this prosperous capital city.

He first went back to the Lu Mansion, and seeing that the now dilapidated mansion had been sealed, he felt very disappointed.

Then he went to a restaurant, ordered a luxurious meal and a pot of good wine, and drank alone.

In the past, when he was in the Lu Mansion, he always pretended to be a good son to his stepmother Wen Qiqi, and never dared to drink casually. Only during festivals, would he warm up the wine and drink a few glasses with Madam Lu and everyone in the mansion.

Today, Lu Xingcheng drank heavily and felt very happy!

"Lu Xingcheng, you must remember! The reason why you are so miserable now is because of Wen Qiqi! Remember... If one day you can gain a foothold in the Cining Palace, you must... you must do everything you can to get rid of Wen Qiqi! Destroy the Wen Mansion! You must make Wen Qiqi wish she could neither live nor die!"

Soon, he was drunk and staggered out of the restaurant.

As the sun sets in the west, my sorrow grows even stronger!

People were coming and going on the street. Some were talking about the triumphant return of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Princes, while others were talking about the extraordinary decline of the Lu Mansion after its property was confiscated...

Good things or bad things are just the gossips of others.

Lu Xingcheng's eyes were blurred, he didn't dare to interrupt, and walked into a deep alley alone in a trance...

"Objective! This objective person! Oh, you look so young, how come you drank so much? You must be lonely and came to find a girl!"

An old procuress stood at the door of Xichun Pavilion, waving a handkerchief and grabbing Lu Xingcheng.

Lu Xingcheng sneezed because of the smell of perfume on the madam's body. He pushed her away with disgust. The madam was not surprised and cursed: "So you are a young girl..."

"He looks quite old, but he has no interest in us sisters!"

Behind the madam stood several young, beautiful, and casual girls, each with painted eyebrows and eyes, and they were well versed in the world of pleasure.

Lu Xingcheng stopped and glanced at them: "Vulgar!"

He looked down on such women. As the eldest grandson of the Lu family, Lu Xingcheng had always believed that he would marry a rich lady like Qin Yue who was of noble birth and good looks as his legal wife.

He felt disgusted looking at these women, and suddenly remembered the scene where Yu Zhenzhu scratched her face, which made him hate them even more!

He couldn't help cursing, "You are a bunch of fickle people! I don't think highly of you at all... vulgar people! You are all vulgar people!"

Which of these women is easy to bully!

Seeing that Lu Xingcheng not only did not come in to show his support, but also called them vulgar, they were so angry that they swarmed over and attacked him.

"Oh, look at him, he is so Westernized, he actually looks down on the girls in our Xichunlou! Which of our girls has not served those high-ranking officials in the capital..."

"That's right! If you don't have money in your pocket, don't say these sarcastic words!"

"Hehe... maybe he's useless! That's why he says he looks down on girls like us!"

The three words "useless" instantly hurt Lu Xingcheng's heart!

He had never had sex before, but the doctor had told him that he could not have sex, and now he had to enter the Cining Palace to become a eunuch...

All this has already made Lu Xingcheng feel like he has fallen from heaven to hell.

He watched these girls pointing fingers at him, covering their mouths and laughing, and suddenly he shouted angrily: "Shut up, young master! Today, young master will go to this Xichunlou for a stroll! Young master has plenty of money!"

After saying that, he staggered into Xichunlou without saying a word.

Since I'm going to enter the palace to be a eunuch, I might as well satisfy my manliness in Xichunlou.

Anyway, if I can't accomplish anything, I can just pat my butt and leave. If I can succeed, then I won't have lived in vain.

Even if Lu Zhanyao said that someone had arranged for him to enter the palace and he didn't need to undergo castration, and he could enter the Cining Palace as a eunuch, what difference would it make whether he was castrated or not!

Lu Xingcheng's eyes were blurred, but he had made up his mind. After he walked into Xichunlou, he immediately put one hundred taels of silver on the table!

"Find me a clean girl! If you dare to deceive me, you won't be able to take a penny of this hundred taels of silver."

The madam looked at the silver and felt itchy in her heart, but when she heard Lu Xingcheng said that he wanted a clean girl, she immediately laughed and said, "My lord, this is a brothel, where can we find clean girls? If we are talking about clean ones, they are only honest officials!"

Honest official?

Lu Xingcheng shook his head and sobered up.

When he was in school, there were some useless classmates who talked about Xichunlou all day long. He also roughly knew that Qingguanren were the women in the brothel who only sold their art and not their bodies.

"I am a clean official, so I cannot receive guests. If I just want to drink for fun, that's fine!"

Lu Xingcheng swallowed his saliva and thought that if he couldn't accomplish anything, it would be a good idea to find an honest official to marry him.

If it works...even if he's an honest official, it probably wouldn't hurt to give him a little more silver.

"Okay! Then find an honest man to accompany me!"

The madam agreed immediately, and after receiving the one hundred taels of silver, she quickly brought in a clean official from Xiyuelou.

The girl looked to be no more than fourteen or fifteen years old, with an average but pretty appearance, and her voice was very pleasant when she spoke!

"This young master, her name is Meng Yao, and she just turned fifteen this year! She sings a good song and dances well... How about letting Meng Yao accompany me tonight?"

Lu Xingcheng glanced at Meng Yao, but he wasn't annoyed, so he nodded.

Meng Yao then helped Lu Xingcheng walk to the inner room of Xichunlou, closed the door, brought out a guzheng, and started to play the piano and sing a song for Lu Xingcheng.