He and Ruo Rufei gingerly climbed up the stairs, hoping that they will find just what they are looking for and also get the chance to show the rude entertainers who the real boss is.

The soldiers following behind them barged into the rooms upstairs in search of the criminals while Wei Xianlu and Ruo Rufei walked ahead of them, some of the entertainers in their rooms where startled so the hallway was filled with screams.

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"Make sure you search every nook and cranny and leave no stone unturned," Wei Xianlu ordered, the senior entertainers followed them upstairs with Meixiang.

Judging from what the girls told her, she has a feeling that the criminals they are looking for are inside the madam's room so she hurried upstairs to inform her before she is caught unawares.

Ruo Rufei's eyes caught a room with a lavishly decorated front which is alienated from the other rooms.

She started walking towards the room with her eyes narrowed while Wei Xianlu followed after her knowing that she has a hunch.

Just as she was about to rudely push the door open, Meixiang held her wrist, she turned to look at her with a deadly glare on her eyes but that couldn't scare the bold entertainer.

"No one is permitted to enter that room without the permission of madam, even the governor won't open that door carelessly" She warned with a threatening gaze in her eyes, she scoffed and fling her hand out of her hand.

She paused her lips and nodded her head, the next thing they saw is her hand raised...

THWACK!

she held her cheeks and let out a deep breath, she couldn't believe that she had just gotten slapped, even the other entertainers were startled at the sound of the slap.

"If you dare talk down on me again, I will slit your neck," she emptily threatened and turned to open the door but it wouldn't open, she turned to Wei Xianlu signalling him to open the door, he obliged with a smile and kicked the door open.

They walked into the room but they were greeted by an elegantly decorated room with a tone of red surrounding the room, the room looked like the room that an empress would be living in, around the room traces of gold could be seen, they were already starting to wonder if they are really in an entertainment pavilion or not.

As they walked further into the room, their eyes caught the sight of a woman's back, she was sitting on a stool in front of what looks like a dressing table while combing her long hair cascading on her shoulders, the woman slightly turned her head.

"Who is there?" she questioned pretending like she doesn't know something had happened in the pavilion.

"it seems like you are the madam of Ruyi pavilion after all," with that, she stood up from the stool and walked to her bed, they could see from the curtain that she is wearing white so they had already assumed that she is in her undergarment.

Wei Xianlu felt the need to turn away even though there is a curtain separating them so Ruo Rufei doesn't think he is a lewd man even though he won't think of doing that if she wasn't there.

"oh oh, I haven't had anyone barging into my room ever since I founded Ruyi pavilion, you must have some guts to dare enter my room without my permission," she chided in a rather calm and alluring voice.

"I am sorry for my incompetence madam, I failed to stop them," Hua Meixiang hurriedly pleaded as soon as she entered the room.

"I won't drag this matter on for too long, this young master came to spend my time leisurely but I didn't expect that I will have to go through so much trouble on the first day of my visit, I..."

"I am sorry to hear your plight but what does that have to do with Ruyi pavilion. do you think this is a place you can just barge into if you feel like!" she reprimanded with her voice slightly raised.

"It seems like the problem is from the root, no entertainment place in the capital dares to act so rudely in front of me but it seems like this young master will have to teach you all a lesson," Wei Xianlu bellowed with his hands firmly clutching his sword in anger.

"Young master Wei, why don't we deal with the matter at hand first then we can punish them however we like," she suggested holding his hand to stop him from bursting out in rage, she could see that he is almost the same as her, they both hate to be looked down upon.

"Right...where are they?"

"I don't know what this young master is talking about, who exactly are you looking for," she replied, they couldn't see her expression because of the curtain separating them but they could tell that the look on her face judging from her tone is not something they would like to see.

"Alright...this young master will clearly explain to you, I am looking for two men and one small-statured girl, one of the man is seriously injured and I will only ask you this question one more time, where are they?"

{Did that jerk just call me small statured}

Xiaodi whispered from under the bed, she clutched her fist tightly as though she was ready to go out and beat the hell out of him but Xi Feng held her hand still with a warning glare in his eyes, she quickly took his warning obediently.

"It seems to me that this young master is confused or you have been misled, my Ruyi pavilion has never harboured criminals before and such people you described will never be allowed entry into the pavilion so I suggest you continue your search somewhere else," she answered calmly and confidently.

"I don't think so, considering their horses are right behind your pavilion..." he walked closer to the curtain while the girls walked forward with him in preparation to stop him by all means if he tried to open the curtain.

"I am sure they are inside this pavilion,"

"Young master Wei," one of the soldiers entered into the room and bowed his head.

"Have you found them?" he asked with an expectant look in his eyes.

"No, we have searched every nook and cranny but we couldn't find them," he answered

"Young master Wei!" another soldier came running in

"We have searched everywhere but we couldn't find them," the other soldiers soon followed after with the same news, the girls smiled triumphantly including Madam Ju and Hua Meixiang.

"This doesn't prove that they are innocent, we might have searched every nook and cranny of the pavilion but we still haven't searched this room," Ruo Rufei commented.

"Search!" Wei Xianlu ordered and the soldiers went into action immediately, the girls watched as they rummaged the room and scattered it but they obviously avoided breaking anything in the room since most of them looked like really expensive antiques.

"you can search all you want but if you don't find the people you are looking for them you will have to pay heavily for your actions," Madam Ju threatened calmly, they were itching to see her face, she is clearly angry and fuming inside and all of her words show this but her voice still sounds very alluring and calming to hear.

Wei Xianlu was now thinking of opening the curtains separating them, he needed to see her face.

He moved forward and swiftly opened the curtain but the woman inside was just as fast as he is, before he could fully open the curtain, her face was already covered with a veil, covering her entire face but it was transparent enough for her to see clearly.

The entertainers and even Ruo Rufei were surprised by his action, they weren't expecting him to suddenly open the curtain, not when the madam's face has never been shown to anyone except for the entertainers in the pavilion.

"How dare you," she bellowed angrily, this time with her voice raised.

"Don't you think this part of the room also needs to be searched," he responded with a smirk on his lips, he had a hunch that they are really in this room and his hunch has never failed him.

"No one is allowed to search my personal space, I am in my undergarment and yet you opened the curtain, if young master is looking for a place to womanize, why don't you visit the brothels, I am sure they can satisfy your sexual needs and harbour your lewdness,". At the realization of the situation he is in, he felt slightly embarrassed, he turned to see the expression Ruo Rufei has on her face but he realized that the look in her eyes also accused him.

{I can only distract him with this, I hope he doesn't go any further}

She prayed in her mind.

There is no wrong in the fourth prince getting caught since he is a prince but he has already started his ice transformation and if they see him in that state, they might find out his real identity, this she couldn't risk.

"I apologise for my rudeness but...." he stopped for a moment and bent his head to clearly see the red spots on the floor, he raised his head with a smirk on his lips.

{I think he found us, we will just fight our way out}

{No, remain still until he sees us}

"I don't think I have any reason to apologise, he opened the curtain wide to allow everyone have a view of what he had just seen, the girls quickly draped her shoulder with a robe while she held the edges to cover her body.

They looked down to see what he meant but what their eyes saw is red spots on the floor...resembling blood.

"I think they are really here," Ruo Rufei remarked.