After Mu Shenchou walked out, Shen Tianyu walked around the table and sat down on the bench sofa next to Sung Ming . She put her hands on the back of it and indicated to the seats aross from her with her chin .

"This is my seat now . You sit over there . " Sung Ming looked at her with a wronged expression as he got up and sat in her previous seat .

"By the way, I didn't stop your excitement before but, how do you plan on explaining to the others?" Sung Ming asked in a serious tone as he lazed on the chair .

Lavender Palace was founded by Shen Tianyu, and behind them was the organization she inherited from her Master, Yaodu, the Demonic Underworld . The reason it became so popular was because of the unique things she integrated into the brothel . Because she was unsure of the way brothels worked in this world, she implemented some basic rules of respect for all the workers, including the prost.i.tutes . The world has the basic setup for brothels and prost.i.tutes as the brothels during the ancient world she came from, largely due to cultivation . However, partly because of that, women aren't as valued for their intelligent and other talents as the prost.i.tutes back in ancient China . In order to counter that, she set up a system of education, not only for the prost.i.tutes, but also for all the workers at the brothel . The problem was, even with cultivation supporting gender equality, women are still just expected to be "white lotuses" .

Therefore, to not go out of business because of the intelligent and some a.s.sertive women, she also introduced some services from the modern world . For example, patrons can request one of the prost.i.tutes to do a strip show or pole-dancing . If she agrees, she will perform and he will have to pay for it . Due to resources and the inconvenience, there is only one stage, with a pole in the middle, for such performances in the center of the reception hall . So, almost all of those performances are public . Sometimes, one of the girls can ask for permission to perform on a certain night to earn extra money as tips, or just for enjoyment .

The Lavender Palace works in a way similar to a host or hostess club, from modern j.a.pan . Unless a guest or prost.i.tute requests to go to the prost.i.tute's room or palace, everyone is in the reception hall, where the tables, chairs, and chaises are arranged around the pole-dancing stage . Also, due to the underground popularity of gambling in the capital, patrons can play small gambling games with their hostess or hostesses and other patrons . Nevertheless, if one gambles too much money, they will be suggested to stop by the prost.i.tutes, less they aren't able to pay for their company at the end of the night . Yet, some young n.o.blemen always go too far and end up nearly loosing everything . In that case, the guards will throw him out and a bill will be sent to their residence the next day . If they can't pay by a certain time, they will be reported and retaliated against, if need be . Though, brothels are publicly frowned upon, it is still a business, not to mention all the connection that the various prost.i.tutes have acquired throughout their time at Lavender Palace .

The Master rarely has to show up . In fact, the Master has never been seen at all . All business of all the branches of Lavender Palace are usually handled by the Managers a.s.signed by the Master . Unless they are found to have broken the rules or been a partic.i.p.ant of unfavorable conduct, and the Master needs to get rid of them . The only reason the people know, or think they know, the Lavender Palaces are founded by one person is because they all have the same name and rules . In addition, the Managers have only called the person "Master", not "Masters" .

Therefore, it would be hard to believe that such a young girl can be in charge of all of that . In addition, this daughter of Minister Shen's is known to be a beauty without talent . If it's hard to believe for such a young girl to be in charge of such a big and successful business then it's simply and completely unimaginable for a talentless girl like her to even be in the management body of it!

"Just say . . . I'm a special new member . . . ," She replied nonchalantly .

"A special new member? That is certainly . . . ambiguous," Sung Ming furrowed his brows as he replied .

"Just let them keep guessing . It'll make me mysterious without revealing much . Plus, it'll be easier for me in the future . . . ," Shen Tianyu narrowed her eyes as she smiled .