Baby, don't be afraid, I'll accompany you to the heavens and the seas!

"I treated you like a brother, and you treated me like a prostitute?!"

The Geisha 2.0 version features a military general singing "The Little Widow Visits the Grave" for all the nobles!

"In the first month of the lunar calendar, the first month of the lunar calendar..."

Red lanterns hung in front of every house

The young widow has no lamp hanging in front of her door.

So sad

All I can do is weep for my loved ones before their spirit tablet.

You rascal!

February is the month of Qingming.

Holding paper money to visit the new grave

Three feet to the Yellow Springs, separated by Yin and Yang.

So sad

The young widow was heartbroken upon seeing the grave—oh, you dead ghost!

Qianqianluo, clutching a silk handkerchief, strained her voice and sang loudly amidst the astonished gazes of the crowd.

You really want to hear a song, huh?! Hmm?! Is this one enough?! I'll spoil you this once!

When Prince Mu, who was sitting in the hall, heard Qianqian Luo sing her song, he was so stunned that he spat out the aged wine he had just taken a sip of.

Gui Ning'an sat to the side, fanning himself with a bone fan, laughing heartily.

"Hahaha~ Young Master Luo, Young Master Luo, you are so talented!"

"It sounds so good, so incredibly good!!!"

Gui Ning'an clapped his hands in delight, while the rest of the people turned to look at him, watching to see how Prince Mu would react.

"Hehe, it's really, really nice to listen to!" Qing Tingmu clapped her hands in praise without any expression: "Come here, come over to me!"

Qing Tingmu's reaction was really too strange. Qianqianlu felt extremely uneasy: "No, Your Highness, this servant will sit with Young Master Gui!"

Qianqian sat happily beside Gui Ning'an, feeling very relaxed.

"Oh my gosh~ The relationship between Young Master Gui and General Luo is truly enviable!"

Pang Er, feeling jealous, spoke up, deliberately trying to smear their seemingly illicit relationship.

Gong Tongbai, the son of the Vice Minister of Works who was also involved in organizing the gathering, seized the opportunity to fan the flames: "I think the eldest son of the Gui family is probably in love with General Luo, isn't he?!"

"Hahaha~ Ning'an, you don't mean you're in love! You're clearly just in love with someone else!!" Gui Ning'an insisted on the fact that she was in love with General Luo.

It is no secret that the sons of aristocratic families have a penchant for male homosexuality and keep male prostitutes.

However, when the eldest son of the Gui family laid this matter out on the table, the expressions of everyone present naturally became somewhat strange.

"Really?! Are men really that fun?!" Qing Tingmu asked, seemingly understanding but not quite, her eyes fixed on Qian Qianluo.

Qianqianluo, who had been stared at by everyone for a long time, exclaimed, "What are you looking at me for?! I've never tried it before!"

Everyone: I don't believe it!

Qianqianluo: Really not!!!

Everyone: You're faking it again!

In the battle of wits, Qianqian was defeated.

"Come, come! Let Prince Mu have a look!"

Gong Tongbai and Pang Er exchanged glances, and all sorts of handsome young men swarmed in.

The male prostitutes, adorned with makeup and wearing revealing spring clothes, were all trying to excite their guests.

"Your Highness, let me pour you some tea!"

The male prostitutes served the young noblemen on their respective couches, their charming and alluring manner surpassing even the most beautiful and graceful women.

Gui Ning'an secretly glanced at Qian Qianlu out of the corner of her eye, anxiously wondering if she also preferred men.

Qianqian calmly accepted the flower tea offered by the male prostitute, her face beaming with a bright smile: "Thank you!"

"General Luo, please don't stand on ceremony. This is what I should do!" Qingfeng, with his handsome features and eyes glistening with spring dew, bowed shyly in reply.

Qianqianlu looked at this handsome young man, more beautiful than any flower, and was utterly shocked: "Tsk~! He's more like a woman than me?!"

She and Qingfeng locked eyes, their tentative glances at each other were seen by everyone at the table, but were mistakenly interpreted as a secret engagement between two people who were in love.

"General Luo, why are you staring at her like that?!" Qingfeng raised her sleeve to cover her face, revealing a pair of round almond-shaped eyes.

"You all step back, lest you offend my eyes!" Gui Ning'an shouted at the ignorant lackey.

"Hey! Ning'an, don't scare him!" Qianqian stopped Gui Ning'an's behavior and gestured for the male prostitute to sit next to her.

Gui Ning'an was furious to see that this lowly male prostitute was serving Young Master Luo.

"Young Master Luo, please drink some flower tea and less flower wine, lest you harm your health!"

Gui Ning'an glared coldly at the male prostitute a few times while tenderly pouring tea and handing her water.

The young man was so frightened by the noble young master that he dared not raise his head and timidly shrank behind Qianqian.

Qing Tingmu, seated at the head of the table, observed the scene around him with great interest, growing increasingly curious about what charm General Luo possessed that made this noble young master of the capital so devoted to him!

Even? Even entered the palace of her cousin, the Crown Prince?! Slept in her cousin's bed?!

Pang Er and Gong Tongbai exchanged glances and figured out that Prince Mu was not interested in men!

The two then tried to come up with some other tricks to cause trouble.

"Hey, hey, go play some music! This 'Pipa Ballad' is a masterpiece, hurry up and play some music to add to the fun."

Pang Er then called out to the male servants attending him, ordering them to play music to entertain the guests.

Ever since General Lin's stunning performance at his mansion, singing houses and taverns in the capital have flocked to the music and spent a fortune to buy the score of "The Song of the Pipa".

From then on, the brothels and theaters in the capital were filled with literati and scholars who all tried to cultivate their refined tastes and it became fashionable to play and sing pipa music.

The sons of the most powerful and wealthy families in the capital also followed the example of His Highness the Crown Prince, raising eligible young men in their own residences.

Male homosexuality became a craze, attracting countless infatuated men and women who wanted to catch a glimpse of this handsome young man.

The music, with its crisp, pearl-like sounds, lingered on the beams of the open seating area on the top floor, captivating the listener.

The newly recruited boys, barefoot and with their thin, wide sleeves fluttering, swayed their slender waists gracefully to the accompaniment of the pipa music, dancing on the drums like startled swans, their beauty captivating.

Qianqianlu watched the young men dancing wildly and freely on the big drum in the center of the room, completely mesmerized!

Qianqianluo: Tsk~ That waist is so thin!

Wow, those feet are so white!

Tsk tsk tsk~ Something's not right. Among this group of people, what's that?! Why does one of the figures look so familiar?!

Seeing how much Young Master Luo favored these servants, Gui Ning'an felt even more resentful!

On the stage, Pang Er, who organized the gathering, and Gong Tongbai were embracing singers and male prostitutes who suited their respective roles, offering Qing Tingmu a toast with fawning smiles.

"Your Highness, Pang Erhe and Tong Bai offer you a toast!"

"You've traveled all this way to the capital, it must have been tiring! Here, let us toast you!"

Qing Tingmu couldn't refuse the enthusiastic greeting from the noble son who had just arrived in the capital, so he gestured for his personal guards behind him to offer a toast.

"Haha~ You're too kind, my noble ladies. I will have to rely on you all a lot in the future!"

"Come on! Let's drink this cup! Tonight, let's listen to music and drink, and drink until we're completely drunk!"

The one with lofty ambitions was Prince Mu, while the one drinking with all his might was his personal guard.

Upon hearing that Prince Mu was so sensible, Pang Er and Gong Tongbai downed several more cups of wine.

"Come on! Let's drink until we drop!" Qing Tingmu was surrounded by the two and couldn't get away.

Seeing that there was no rival in love, Gui Ning'an, emboldened by the alcohol, used his foot to hook Qianqianluo's thigh forcefully.

Qianqian was intently observing the familiar figure on the dance floor, so engrossed that she didn't notice someone hooking their thigh around hers.

"Young Master Luo, what do you think of Ning An?!"

"Young Master Luo, since you enjoy singing and dancing, Ning An will practice more and perform for you, okay?!"

"No, don't deliberately ignore Ning An!"

Gui Ning'an shouted at the top of his lungs, shaking Qianqianluo like a dice.

Qianqian was thinking to herself:

Brother, stop fooling around~ His Highness the Crown Prince is dancing!