As an entertainment venue, the Rouge Pavilion had expanded at a frenzied pace over the past few years, emerging as a formidable new force. It even had branches in the imperial capitals of both the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
Unlike other entertainment venues, most of the women at the Rouge Pavilion sold their talents rather than their bodies. Of course, it was entirely their own choice.
Men, however, tended to be more interested in women who hid half their faces behind a pipa-tempting delicacies they could look at but could not taste.
Naturally, some people with ill intentions tried to stir up trouble. By the next day, however, their stinking corpses would usually turn up in a filthy ditch.
The Rouge Pavilion's fierce protection of its own earned resounding praise from others in the trade. After all, what these young women shivering in the cold feared most was freezing and exhausting themselves warming someone's little bird, only to receive no payment.
Thus, more and more entertainment venues pledged allegiance to the Rouge Pavilion, even if it meant handing over a portion of their profits.
As the Rouge Pavilion was currently Moon Wheel City's foremost entertainment venue, Qian Chongling found it simply by asking a passerby.
As he approached the entrance, Qian Chongling could already see the bustling crowd from afar. Young women dressed as brightly as flowers, each charming in her own way, covered their mouths as they giggled.
They scarcely needed to solicit customers. Wave after wave of impeccably dressed men, all wearing a façade of respectability, walked straight into the Rouge Pavilion.
Whenever these men encountered a young woman they knew, the pair would exchange meaningful glances and flirtatious banter. Some even began groping them on the spot.
"Isn't this a bit much?