Transmigration: From Farmer To Empress
Chapter 98 Trade_1

Chapter 98: Chapter 98 Trade_1

Cai Wei shook her head and laughed, "Why wouldn’t I dare? If a person belittles themselves, then others will disrespect them too. If you, madam, do not respect yourself, then how can you blame others for looking down upon you?"

"Shut up, you slut!"

Madam Yu was extremely angry. She no longer bothered to argue with her. With a swift step forward, she swung her arm to slap Cai Wei in the face.

However, before her hand could fall, her arm was caught by a firm grip.

"Husband——"

When Madam Yu saw the man who had caught her arm, her earlier arrogance vanished. She suddenly looked upset, her eyes turning red as tears rolled down.

The newcomer was none other than her husband, Lu Junchen, the owner of Hongyun Casino, Hongyun Tavern, and Hongyun Rice Shop.

This man was around twenty-four or twenty-five years old. He was groomed and polished, with rosy red lips, white teeth, and always fascinated by the beautiful things in life. He was acknowledged as a major figure within the pleasure district, and the leader of the Mandarin Duck Society. Though he might seem carefree on the outside, the sharp light that occasionally shone in his eyes was enough to intimidate anyone.

Today, he was wearing a sky-blue silk robe with an ermine trim around the collar and cuffs. A jade belt was fastened around his waist, and he wore deer-leather black boots. At that moment, he was grasping his wife’s wrist while his narrow eyes, indistinct and dark, studied Cai Wei.

"Husband, this little slut is spreading false rumors, claiming that you are planning on bedding that whore, Think Slave Jing. You cannot let her go unpunished."

Madam Yu was on the verge of tears, covertly accusing the man she loved.

The truth is, she was well aware of her husband’s perverse desire for young girls. The wild girl had likely spoken the truth. Although she was consumed by jealousy to the point of madness, she did not dare to confront him or question him. Instead, she had used Cai Wei’s words to criticize his actions in an attempt to dissuade his unrighteous intentions, all while planning to use him to severely teach this wild girl who had the audacity to disrespect her a lesson!

What she didn’t expect was for the man to calmly respond, "A graceful lady is a good match for a gentleman. The girl didn’t lie. I truly am planning to ’groom’ Miss Zhao Yun."

The word ’groom’ is used to mean the first time a courtesan ’entertains’ a customer. On this day, the young girl’s virginity is taken and her time as a maiden ends. Therefore, her hair is gathered and tied up into a woman’s style, hence the term ’grooming’.

Upon hearing her husband’s words, Madam Yu felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stood there dazed, staring at the husband she loved so much with wide eyes. Her heart ached tremendously, yet she could not muster any words of rebuttal. She knew well that behind this man’s warm façade, he was ruthless...

Cai Wei too was too stunned to speak. She didn’t expect that this horse of a man would blatantly disclose his intentions of visiting a prostitute, even in front of his own wife and with an air of arrogance. Could there really be such shameless people in this world?

Though she detested Madam Yu, she found Master Lu even more repulsive!

After crying with a handkerchief for a while, as if suddenly remember something, Madam Yu murmured, "Concubine has heard that Miss Zhao Yun is only just thirteen years old. Husband, isn’t it too soon to ’groom’ her? This is against the rules."

Indeed, there were rules about ’grooming’ in the red-light district.

Grooming at thirteen is considered as ’testing the flower.’ This is frowned upon as the chances are the girl is pushed into this due to her mistress’s greed for money, disregarding the girl’s pain. The customer may only earn a title of deflowering but wouldn’t enjoy himself.

At fourteen called "blooming". This is when a girl matures like Tian Kui, and her body almost completely develops. Even though the girl wouldn’t be able to enjoy it completely herself, she at least won’t suffer too much.

At the age of fifteen, they are considered "blossomed." By this time, the girls have fully grown, like a blooming flower, ready to be plucked. Therefore, it is best to groom the daughters of brothels when they turn fifteen!

Due to these unwritten norms, usually in brothel families, they often groom their daughters when they turn fifteen. The least of them are groomed at fourteen, very few are prepared at thirteen.

To his wife’s words, Lü Junchen laughed arrogantly, his eyes frivolously looking at Cai Wei, "I just like young girls. What can the rules do to me?"

Lady Yu stuttered, "But... But..."

Caught mid-sentence, she suddenly looked at Cai Wei who was watching coldly aside, and said, "But husband, Miss Mu said if you can let Miss Zhao Yun go, she would give you the secret recipe of her roast meat skewers!"

Lü Junchen had already heard these words from Cai Wei but still flashed a narrow look at Cai Wei and asked frivolously, "Is this true, Miss Mu?"

Cai Wei felt a chill, feeling uncomfortable all over being stared at by such a sleazy person.

"Yes!"

She responded coldly.

Lü Junchen chuckled, "Discussing choices in the same breath, how should one choose? Miss Mu, you have stumped this Young Master!"

Cai Wei had no interest in watching his affectations, and bluntly stated, "Young Master Lü’s choice is none of my concern, all I know is, if you want my secret recipe, please bring the servitude contract of Zhao Yun before noon tomorrow. Otherwise, give up your hopes for my seasoning recipe, and this hairpin will be returned."

Having spoken, she took off the hairpin on her head and handed it to Lady Yu.

Lady Yu did not dare to make a decision on her own and stole a glance at her husband, who was looking at Cai Wei with interest.

"Since the deadline is tomorrow, there is no need to rush to return this hairpin now, especially this beautiful golden hairpin, it only becomes perfect with Miss!"

After Lü Junchen finished speaking, he reached out and took the hairpin from Cai Wei’s hand, trying to put it on her.

Cai Wei was startled, took a step back to dodge his reckless action, only to feel her pretty eyebrows invert and her almond-shaped eyes widen in anger. She was just one step shy of slapping him away...

Just failing in his attempt to flirt with Cai Wei did not anger Lü Junchen. He casually played with the gold hairpin in his hand, smiling, "Miss, your reluctance, doesn’t it mean you don’t want to make this deal?"

Cai Wei gritted her teeth and responded angrily, "It’s precisely because I want to make this deal that you are still standing here in peace, otherwise, just for your rude behavior earlier, you would have been lying on the ground by now..."

"Oh? Hehe..."

Lü Junchen laughed happily, saying interesting twice, then stepping forward and said ambiguously, "Since Miss also wants to make this deal, why not meet me tomorrow at Sishi in my Hongyun Tavern? Whether it’s successful or not, we can talk about it then. What do you think, Miss?"