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In truth, what Baoqin knew did not quite overlap with the knowledge of Wan Dongliu’s circle. After all, the Four Idols Cult did not sit around holding strategy meetings with Tang Wanzhuang; everyone went about their own business, relying more on tacit understanding than formal plans.
For instance, the scheme to use Tang Buqi’s birthday banquet as a trap. Tang Buqi himself was utterly clueless. Huangfu Qing and Lady Three had both agreed that if he was informed beforehand, he would probably ruin everything by accident.
Even now, despite the Marquis of Wu cultivating thirty years of prosperity in the south, few actually trusted Tang Buqi’s intellect. That flourishing era had more to do with the maritime boom than any strategic brilliance on his part—any pig could fly in a strong enough draft. And then there was Tang Wanzhuang’s frequent “interventions” and “personal guidance.” Was Baoqin’s visit this time not just another oversight tour?
Wan Dongliu did not chat much with Baoqin, whose hair was styled in a married woman’s bun. He merely said, “Since you’re here, I won’t be going to Gusu.”
Zhao Changhe quirked an eyebrow. “You’re not attending Buqi’s birthday? Not even going to celebrate with a proper drink?”
Wan Dongliu laughed. “We live nearby. We see each other all the time. Just a couple of months ago, he even accompanied me drinking at Xiaoxiang Pavilion all night long.”
Zhao Changhe: “…”
The way you’re wording it sounds as if you entirely ignored the second half of “drinking and whoring.” Come on now. Both of you are regional lords now, it’s not like you lack women. Is it really that hard to hold back?
“What kind of look is that?” Wan Dongliu asked with a smirk. “It’s just entertainment, different from what we can have at home. You’re the weird one, always claiming to be a lecher and yet never indulging.”
“Yeah, yeah, I’m the weird one.”
Baoqin, who had been quietly sipping wine while the men talked, finally interjected. “Such pedestrian tastes… My young master has no need for such vulgar...
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