"Do you believe that with a single order from this old lady, I could slaughter your entire clan?"
Jing Yun shouted viciously at Lord Xuan Tong.
Jing Yun had originally been the top courtesan at the largest pleasure house in the inner city. With her outstanding beauty, she had drawn countless eyes the moment she appeared, and many influential nobles of the inner city had fallen beneath her pomegranate skirt. Even without relying on Prince Mu, even if she left the prince's residence, other powerful nobles would still gladly welcome her into their homes.
Speaking of Lingxiao City's inner city, all its businesses catered specifically to the influential members of the inner sect. Take the top courtesans in these pleasure houses, for example—they had been specially trained to serve those nobles. Since they had been trained for that purpose, they naturally came in all kinds of personalities: some gentle and virtuous, some spoiled and willful, some refined and graceful, and some capable of conquering battlefields... All of this was to satisfy the different tastes of the various nobles!
It had to be said that these pleasure houses had exhausted every possible means to curry favor with the influential people of the inner city.
Clearly, Jing Yun followed the spoiled-and-willful path. And coincidentally... that happened to be Prince Mu's preference. He did not like overly gentle women. He liked the spoiled and willful type, the kind who caused trouble, because only when they caused trouble and Prince Mu stepped forward to resolve it with ease could his status in Lingxiao City be displayed.
Some time ago, a general had encountered Jing Yun in the inner city. He had intended to curry favor with Prince Mu by coming over to greet her, but he had never expected Jing Yun to return and