Nangong Yu had Mama Du announce that on the first and fifteenth of each month, the three young ladies will be able to receive guests, but they will only meet three people at most. As for during the other times, it will depend on whether the young ladies" mood was good or not.

Suspending people"s appet.i.te, in this way their worth would be maintained continuously.

In order to express his thanks towards Luo Qing Luan, Nangong Yu quickly delivered to her the forty percent share of profits that she deserved. Even though it hasn"t been one month, Heavenly Dream Tower"s business was already so fiery. He was absolutely not worried that there would be a loss.

When Luo Qing Luan personally went to withdraw the twenty five thousand taels of silver that Nangong Yu deposited for her, she couldn"t help but sigh. The courtesan house"s business was truly a money making one.

In a short while, she made close to thirty thousand taels of silver. Luo Qing Luan didn"t linger at all and immediately visited the best pharmacy in the city to buy many precious hundred year old mountain ginseng, also fire reishi mushroom, as well as every kind of rare medicinal ingredient.

Last time, she refined poison to disable a person, but did not refine any antidotes.

Moreover, she also wanted to always have certain medicinal ingredients on hand, so as to avoid having to look for them when they"re needed urgently.

Seeing how nearly half of the money she just had on hand was already spent away, Luo Qing Luan couldn"t help but smile bitterly. Sure enough, it"s easy to spend money, but difficult to make it. She still had not done anything, yet over ten thou

sand taels of silver was already gone.

As before, she placed the remaining banknotes in the secret compartment at the head of her bed. Luo Qing Luan then got up to see Dai Yue come in.

"My Lady, the side madam will be sending the eldest lady away very soon."

Unconsciously, half of a month had already pa.s.sed. Today was the day that her older sister, Luo Qing Shuang was to be married.

It"s just too bad. Because of the disturbance caused by the erotic ill.u.s.trated book, the eldest daughter from the grand General"s Mansion was bestowed by His Majesty to Fifth Prince, Nangong Chen as a minor concubine. Moreover, they also could not recklessly make arrangements. It was easy to know how depressed Luo Qing Shuang must be feeling at this moment.

"Oh? This is the time?"

Luo Qing Luan couldn"t help but smile. "Let"s go. We"ll go to take a look."

Following the limestone pathway, they arrived at the courtyard where the side madam, w.a.n.g Xue Ru, and Luo Qing Shuang resided at. They had yet to enter, when from a distance, they heard the sound of weeping. And around the courtyard, only some red silk were hung, barely enough to be festive. As for the other places, they didn"t look the least bit lively like a wedding would be.

"Mother……daughter don"t want to get married anymore……"

Don"t know whether it"s because she felt wronged when she thought about getting married in this way, or because Luo Qing Shuang heard something, but she cried to the point she seemed to be made of tears as she threw herself into w.a.n.g Xue Ru"s bosom.

Luo Cheng uncharacteristically did not scold her. Instead, his expression was cloudy and steady and also appeared very gloomy. Some of the servants didn"t even dare to approach. Each and every one of them hid in the distance and didn"t dare to come forward for fear of touching upon their master"s bad luck.

Having guessed some things, Luo Qing Luan pretended that she didn"t know anything as she approached them and lightly said, "Father, today is Elder Sister"s big day. Even though we can"t make an ostentatious display, we should still be happy. Why is Elder Sister crying instead?"

"It"s nothing. All girls are like this when they"re getting married." Luo Cheng wasn"t in a good mood as he spoke.

How would it be proper for him to tell his two daughters that a few days before he was to wed his daughter, Nangong Chen spent ten thousand taels of silver just to win the favor of a courtesan?

When this news spread to his ears, he was furious without end. Luo Qing Shuang was even more directly aggrieved and cried loudly.

But what else could she do?