1. Buy the 'night of springtime' auction lot and secretly probe yu zhirou's depth
2. Bring the empress and the others in disguise, infiltrate xianyue house, and feel out yu zhirou's weakness
3. Requisition the city's underworld runners and thoroughly investigate xianyue house
1. "Tonight... A raid... Ningning... Hah..."
1. On the surface, xianyue house is just a brothel. In the shadows, it's huoyu tower's foothold in the capital...
2. Yu zhirou, it looks like she's the key breakthrough. I need to watch her carefully... And as for this "Deal"...
1. "Don't tell me it refers to yu zhirou's "Night of springtime""
2. Bring the empress and the others in disguise, infiltrate xianyue house, and feel out yu zhirou's weakness
1. "Letting the little empress enter xianyue house for our very first mission is way too risky. Hard pass."
1. Requisition the city's underworld runners and thoroughly investigate xianyue house
2. Requisition underworld runners? I've never dealt with that organization before. Making a move that big would definitely spook the target...
1. "So there's only one option. I choose..."
1. "Move out!"
1. "I want to see what secrets huoyu tower is really hiding!"
3. "Yes, grand commander."
1. You chose - buy the "Night of springtime" auction lot and secretly probe yu zhirou's depth
1. "A distinguished guest has arrived!"
1. "A mysterious surprise at xianyue house is about to strike!"
2. "Worthy of being dafeng's #1! Every time I visit, I never want to leave!"
1. "As long as our guest enjoys himself!"
1. "My heavens! This lady's aura is truly otherworldly!"
1. "Even a woman like that visits brothels? Wuwuwu..."
2. Current rollback attempts available: 2
1. "A distinguished guest has arrived!"
1. "Attending the auction serves two purposes: one, I don't have to expose my identity; and two, it lets me get close to yu zhirou naturally. This has to be the right pick!"
1. "My lord, did any young lady catch your eye today?"
1. "How about spending tonight with your little sister~"
1. SO THIS IS HOW THE RICH LIVE. "LIFE" AND "STAYING ALIVE" ARE TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT CONCEPTS. I REALLY HATE RICH PEOPLE!
2. ...Even though I don't really have the standing to hate them now, do I?
1. "Big sis, this way."
1. Atta girl, zhu jun! You deserve a reward for saving the throne!
1. "Sister gu is sitting openly in the central hall this time-"
1. "She must've thought up some fresh new "Play," like the top courtesan is obsessed with me or the poor scholar's little darling, right?"
1. "Zhu jun, when was the last time we were here?"
1. "Sister gu, you're such a tease. Don't you come by once every quarter? You try the new tea and handle routine business while you're at it~"
2. "Routine business? What business?"
4. "Like in a bit, when we go door-kicking through all the nobles' rooms, threaten them, and freeload off the pretty"
1. "Girls while we interrogate them and persuade them to go straight-"
2. "And if there are ones you don't like, we demand "Benefits" from the officials. If they won't cooperate... We make them "Disappear"!"
1. No wonder gu ning's reputation in court is trash, even the commoners are terrified of her...
2. "Zhu jun, we're not robbing anyone today. Start by telling"
1. "Today, start by telling me about this place and about yu zhirou."
2. "Huh? We're not freeloading anymore?"
1. "But you always said that as a court official, you're not allowed to buy sex, so if you don't pay, it doesn't count as buying."
1. "And you also said "Other people's food always tastes better." what was that called... The legacy"
1. "Cheered in the legacy of cao cao!"
2. "Zhu jun, just tell me about xianyue house..."
1. "Xianyue house divides its patrons into three tiers. Where we're sitting now is called the "Straw mat." it's the most crowded and lively area,"
3. "Usually reserved for"
1. "Usually reserved for people of ordinary or lower status."
1. "The private rooms are mostly for officials and nobles, though their rank, compared to the very top level, "Yaochi," is still a bit lower."
1. "As for yaochi, going up there means you're a high-ranking noble expected to join the bidding..."
1. "Huh, that is..."
1. "Wen shiyu?!"
1. Minister of personnel wen shiyu. Through multiple confrontations and rollbacks between me and han xiao, he's one of the few who always stayed neutral.
1. "He's one of those "Clean stream" types, who never takes any sides."
1. If he were just being classy, that would be fine. But being in "Yaochi" means he's here for the auction... So this "Clean stream" is official...
1. ... Or am I imagining things?
1. "It's courtesan yu! Yu zhirou is here!"
1. "Is here!!"
2. "They say"
1. "Xianyue house's top courtesan, yu zhirou, is both the star and the house master."
2. "She's normally incredibly hard to see and we're getting a glimpse today... She truly is unmatched."
1. "If I could spend one night with courtesan yu, I could die happy! I bid five hundred"
1. "Bid five hundred taels!"
1. "Get lost! The last courtesan went for two thousand. You dare shout five hundred? Know your place."
1. "Wow, courtesan yu is breathtaking!"
2. "Courtesan yu is bound to go to a noble in yaochi. You straw-mat folks should just admire from afar and call it a day."
2. "Sister gu, the earlier courtesans were all auctioned off. Even this last one has already been driven up to five hundred. Aren't we going to make a move?"
3. "We only brought a total of one thousand taels for this trip!"
1. "Five thousand taels."
1. "Our honored guest is offering five thousand taels."
1. "Huh?! Five thousand taels?? That's enough for me to live on for half my life!"
1. "That kind of power... There's no comparison. As expected of courtesan yu—she's a fairy I wouldn't dare touch even in my dreams."
2. "Sigh... Courtesan yu has found an owner tonight. That five-thousand-tael swagger—what high spirits!"
1. "This shadow... That new official is flexing that hard?!"
2. "Alright, all of you can leave. Tell courtesan yu I'll be waiting in yaochi, room a-1..."
1. "Three thousand, five thousand-it doesn't matter. I bid whatever I feel like."
2. "Anyway, once I meet yu zhirou and the intel handoff is done, those banknotes will come right back to me."
1. "Six thousand taels!"
2. "What?!"
1. "Holy, today was so worth it. Not only did we see courtesan yu, we even get to watch a straw-mat guest go toe-to-toe with a yaochi immortal!"
1. "A true legend— an absolute legend! Someone this bold must have a serious backer!"
1. "She looks like a sharp, clean-cut lady... Too bad she's veiled. I can't see her face."
1. "She really stood up for us straw-mat guests!"
1. "Daring to ruin my plans-do you have a death wish or something?! Do you even know who is backing me..."
2. "The girls downstairs are so ill-mannered. A guest this"
1. "Honored shouldn't be seated on the straw mats, she should be invited up to yaochi."
1. "It's fine. Sitting anywhere is the same to me. Once I win courtesan yu, we'll go up to yaochi and enjoy ourselves together."
1. "The patron in yaochi, room a-1 bids six thousand five hundred taels!"
1. Damn it-my cash on hand is about to run out. How am I supposed to take yu zhirou away in front of everyone now?
1. "Sister gu, when do we move? Which room do we hit first? Once we show our badges, that courtesan will definitely be on her best behavior!"
2. "We're not freeloading"
1. "My, my-lady, what extravagant generosity~ this humble one is truly overwhelmed~"
2. "But I must remind you: you can't just enjoy talking big."
1. "Enjoy talking big."
1. "Once you name a price, you must produce the actual silver and gold to match, otherwise... This humble one will be heartbroken~"
2. "She's not hiding her face anymore! Now it's getting interesting!"
3. "Seeing miss yu zhirou's true face... This life was"
1. "Face—this life was worth living!"
1. "Money is no object!"
1. "Government notes! Those are official silver notes!"
1. "Look at the vermilion seal—one slip is five thousand taels, and she's"
1. "Thousand taels, and she's got a whole stack. Unbelievable!"
2. "It's settled. Tonight, courtesan yu belongs to that lady."
1. "Sis, where did you get that much money?"
2. "I don't have it- but the court does. Lord jiang yi brought the public funds the court allocated for us."
3. "Once we're finished, we can just flash the imperial"