After saying hello, Cao Yi and Yu Youwei also sat down, and everyone also shifted their attention to Song Lingling's dance just now, praising her for dancing like a fairy, and like wearing flowers and butterflies.

Then everyone fell into a happy atmosphere, after all, this event several talents gathered, and the six major Oiran were also present, which is a rare elegant event in Yangzhou. Although this grand meeting was organized by Cao Yi at the request of Diaosuo, Cao Yi did not occupy a dominant position in the discussion just now, basically others were talking, sometimes he just echoed a few words, and sometimes he didn't even echo it, let alone take the initiative to provoke the topic.

Later, I didn't know how, the topic slowly began to lead to Cao Yi, Wang Honghua smiled and asked Cao Yi if he often participated in this kind of grand event when he was in Jiangning, Cao Yi shook his head with a smile, and replied that he rarely participated in this kind of gathering in Jiangning, so Wang Honghua didn't ask more. They also heard by chance that Cao Yi was the first talent in Jiangning, and he rarely participated in the gatherings and exchanges between Jiangning's talents, and he was so maverick that he was like the most talented literati in Jiangning.

It stands to reason that as long as the talent can be ranked in the top ten, they will basically actively participate in various gatherings to enhance their reputation and popularity, and from time to time they will give everyone the poems they have written in recent days to evaluate, say some occasional masterpieces, please give you guidance and other polite words. After all, everyone carries the sedan chair, and sometimes the fame of this talent and the singing of good works are coaxed up in the lively atmosphere of the crowd. Of course, the same is true of the beauty, the talented and beautiful woman has always been a romantic and elegant thing, when the two are tied together, they are very popular with the general public, and the common people also love to listen to the stories between the talented and the beautiful.

So naturally, this kind of gathering, not only the talented people love to participate, but also the beauties, if you can also be at the event, let a talented person write poems and lyrics for themselves, then it is a glorious thing, if the quality of the poems written is still very good, not to mention the fame through the ages, praised for a hundred years, etc., that is, at that time to be able to preach locally for a period of time, it is a meaningful thing for the beauty.

So before Cao Yi came, everyone had a discussion, this Cao Yi really rarely participated in this kind of gathering when he was in Jiangning, but now that Cao Yi came, the anxious Wang Honghua asked directly, but he himself is a madman with a personality very different from ordinary people, so Cao Yi said that he would not ask after Jiang Ning usually did not participate much, and if it was replaced by other people, he would definitely still ask a reason or something.

Today's grand event, the arrangement in the main hall is to separate the six Oiran and the talented people to sit on one side, after all, men and women are different, and they can't sit casually in a mixed manner, so the current position is that the six Oiran are done together in one area, and the other talents are gathered together, so when Wang Honghua and Cao Yi asked and answered, the area of the Oiran over there instantly whispered, and they were all discussing Cao Yi, the first talent in Jiangning, in a whisper.

After all, Oiran is also a woman, and like normal people, she loves gossip and admires young talents, especially a talented person like Cao Yi who has a great reputation, plus is young and good-looking, and is even more sought after.

Others like Lu Xiaofeng, Shi Chengxuan and others just looked at the situation with a smile, even Yu Youwei was indifferent at this time, and even had a hint of pride and pride on her face, after all, he was the man she loved, so good, naturally there would be many people who sought after him, which was unavoidable, especially in this era of advocating literature and suppressing martial arts, the more outstanding the talent, the more popular it was.

However, among the people present, there was another person who was resentful of Cao Yi's treatment, that is, Chu Mingxuan, who had been defeated by Cao Yi before, when Cao Yi didn't come to talk about it before, Chu Mingxuan had a disdainful expression, and his face was full of disdain, but if there was no previous competition with Cao Yi, then everyone would be able to fully understand.

Because among the four great talents today, Duan Xinde and Chu Mingxuan are famous for looking down on people with lower talents than them, among which Chu Mingxuan is even worse, so they usually discuss some literati whose talents are not as good as the four talents, Chu Mingxuan has always had this expression, but after the last competition, everyone has seen Cao Yi's true talent and learning, Chu Mingxuan still has such an expression, and if it is ugly, he can't afford to lose, but in other words, maybe he hasn't completely convinced him, so that's why it's like this.

When everyone was discussing Cao Yi, there were suddenly two very abrupt sneers, and there was no need to guess that it was Chu Mingxuan, after all, the other people present had a good relationship with Cao Yi, and although the remaining four of the six Oirans had never seen each other, at least they did not have any intersection, so naturally there would be no hatred for no reason.

"Cao Dacaizi, I heard that you had a conflict with Liu Chengze, the richest man in Yangzhou, the Liu family, a few days ago, and he sent him to prison, and then because of the strength of the Liu family, you were bullied in prison, and you were severely beaten with a leather whip, and after you came out, you still recuperated at home for three or four days before you can go out, is this the case?" After sneering, Chu Mingxuan said in a weird manner.

The others looked sideways at the same time, although they all knew that after all, everyone had gone to the Zhizhou Mansion together to attend the dinner that day, and it was naturally clear why Cao Yi was injured, and even these people had indignantly accused Zuo Gaogao and Liu Chengze of doing it, but Cao Yi said that he would handle it himself, and now Chu Mingxuan has made this matter public in front of so many people, especially in front of the six unaware Oiran, this is not only tearing Cao Yi's scars, but also completely slapping Cao Yi's face!

At least Yu Youwei's face had completely cooled down at this time, if Cao Yi hadn't noticed and pressed her down, Yu Youwei would have gotten up to compete with Chu Mingxuan.

Among the six major oirans, Min Yue looked at Cao Yi with worried eyes, she hadn't heard of this matter before, and she didn't know if Cao Yi's injury was serious, and whether the conflict with the Liu family had been resolved.

And Xin Nini looked at Cao Yi with a curious expression, didn't she just drink with Liu Defa, the head of the Liu family, in the courtyard of her Mingyu Building yesterday to talk about cooperation...... Although she only plays the piano from afar, but the yard itself is more exquisite, so it is not big, she can still occasionally hear the conversation between Cao Yi's Liu Defa next to her, and even he knows that the relationship between the two can even be said to be respected by Cao Yi. When she toasted, Liu Defa also deliberately asked her to toast Cao Yi first, as one of the six major Oiran in Yangzhou, she naturally knew the meaning of it.

But it was precisely because of this that she was curious about what Chu Mingxuan said just now, why Chu Mingxuan said it as if Cao Yi was being bullied by the Liu family, but knowing the truth, she clearly recognized how strong Cao Yi was, and even so strong that the Liu family chose to make up and apologize, and even the little junior sister next to Cao Yi, that is, the girl Yu Youwei who was introduced just now, estimated that her family background was also outrageous......

She heard at noon yesterday that she wanted to compensate herself to Cao Yi at the beginning, but unfortunately Cao Yi disagreed, just because he had a girl like Yu Youwei by his side, and later compensated a merchant ship, but the price of the merchant ship and the price of redeeming herself should be about the same, both of which are about 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver, so in Xin Niyi's opinion, Cao Yi did not choose a merchant ship because the value of the merchant ship was higher than herself, it was purely because of the existence of Yu Youwei, so she did not have much emotional fluctuations, and she could be sent to Cao Yi by Liu De. That's the best, I didn't send it out, and my life in Mingyulou was at least not bad, and it was okay.

It's just that in the normal psychology and thoughts of a woman, in her mind, she unconsciously compared herself with Yu Youwei, wanting to see what kind of woman Cao Yi can choose to give up herself, at present, her appearance and posture are not much different from herself, and she even has to admit that Yu Youwei is slightly better than herself in this regard. And from the perspective of temperament and demeanor, it is also extremely decent, and it is obviously well-trained, which confirms everyone's conjecture.

But Xin Nini is confident that in the poetry book, maybe this Yu Youwei is better than herself, but in terms of other talents, she feels that as a "professional" woman, she must be better than Yu Youwei.

Xin Nini's complicated thoughts in her heart are not mentioned for the time being, like Yun Shao, Fu Wan'er, Song Lingling and Huai Die are all discussing in a low voice over there, for them, what Chu Mingxuan said just now is also more reasonable, Jiangning's first genius has just come to Yangzhou, and as a result, he was given face by Yangzhou's first evil young man, Liu Chengze, the head snake, which is not a big rumor for them, and it is something that people are willing to discuss and laugh about after dinner.

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