Chapter 116: It's Really Him!
Li Zhongqing is going to bid for the Oiran!
When this news came out from the Spring Breeze Smile Building, it can be said that one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the city of Hangzhou exploded in an instant.
At that time, the bustard's mother Mantangchun even asked the Li family three times in front of everyone: "Your family officials are not joking?" ”
However, when she received a definite and affirmative answer, her first reaction was a little difficult. After all, there is something inside the story that outsiders don't know.
Later, I thought about it again, anyway, no matter how much the Li family fights, it can't compete with the Zhao family, so it is better to use the fame of this talented man to hype it up, not only can it attract more people, and then raise the price of combing tonight, but also take this opportunity to make the popularity of Chunfeng Yilou to a higher level.
So, she happily instructed several people in the building to spread this important news as soon as possible, and the greater the sensational effect, the better.
Of course, it wasn't outsiders who first learned about it, but the girls in the back yard.
"What? Li Daguan is also going to participate in tonight's bidding? How is this possible? A young red girl questioned.
"What's impossible about that? Men, they are all bees who are born to like to collect honey, and when they see the delicate flowers, how can they not rush forward to make up? A girl with heavy makeup and an unusually enchanting demeanor retorted: "You don't look at it, what is the relationship between people and Sister Ruyan?" Wasn't that "Sideburns and Pine Order" sent by him? ”
Another girl answered: "That's not right, who doesn't know that Li Guanren once broke into the boudoir like smoke?" His words and deeds were quite frivolous that day, and in the end, he even rated her as a 'vulgar fan' in front of Ruyan, how could he participate in tonight's combing ceremony? ”
"Hmph, aren't men all hypocrites? depreciates you as worthless, but in fact, I am thinking in my heart, what kind of rhetoric should I use to coax your heart to bloom, and I am willing to recommend myself to spend the Spring Festival with him------"
It is said that three women are in one play, and this is the case in ancient and modern times.
The whole spring breeze smiled upstairs and downstairs, whether it was the popular girls or their personal maids, they were all gathered together, talking about it one after another, and expressing their different views.
Unlike most people who don't know the inside story, the people in the small courtyard in the rear.
Although they were a little surprised by this, they did not show the same great interest as the others. Because most of these girls know in their hearts that the final result of tonight will not be changed by anything happening.
But no matter how you say it, this news is relatively timely, and it quickly dispels the girls' previous feelings of being infected.
Isn't it? After all, she Liu Ruyan is still different from herself and others, not to mention winning the oiran, but also won the favor of a great talent------ there are actually many talents in Hangzhou Mansion, but this Jinshi was born, and there is only one talent who has been praised by the Son of Heaven! This is really more human than human, and it is infuriating to death------
Bang Chang ------
The beauty on the second floor leaned up, and when the two Qingqi people were casually talking about the matter, they suddenly heard a piercing sound behind them, and when they looked back, they found that the copper basin in Liu Er's hand fell to the ground, and the water in the basin was spilled on the ground.
One person was about to say a lesson, but saw that she seemed to suddenly come back from her stunned at this moment, her face was happy, and then she rushed to her young lady Liu Ruyan's room like a gust of wind.
"Miss, Miss, happy event, big happy event------"
was so excited that Liu Er was a little speechless, and in short, she broke into the room with a blind shout.
It took a lot of effort for her to convey the meaning clearly to her young lady's ears, and said with a happy face: "Miss Miss, I really can't imagine that Li Gongzi really doesn't care about the previous things anymore, and he is willing to help you this time!" ”
Liu Ruyan, who heard this for the first time, had a very wonderful expression on her face, and she couldn't tell what it was like for a while.
Joy, it's a little bit, after all, at this time, Li Qian, a very important figure in Hangzhou, will run out to stir up the situation, it's hard to say that he didn't come by himself. But she really suspected in her heart that this man shouldn't have too much kindness, and most of them came for his body------
But overall, in this almost desperate situation, there is someone who is willing to 'stand up' for himself, and this life is worth it. Although she knew that Li Qian's move would not have much impact on tonight's result.
On this hot summer afternoon, the hot headlines in Hangzhou suddenly shifted from Oiran to Li Qian.
In Shilin, in the alleys, in the restaurant, in the teahouse, everyone is arguing about this matter, most people think this is fake, Chunfeng Xiaolou is obviously using Li Zhongqing's fame to hype, Li Daguan is being tied up and marketed------
Everyone knows that as long as this rural eunuch who is obsessed with the countryside is willing, it is not difficult to re-enter the court as an official, and he can't be stigmatized for being a Fengyue woman, so as to affect the reputation and increase the difficulty of being reinstated in the future.
However, a small number of opponents said, is there still less stain on his Li Qian? Look at how much trouble he has made in the past few months?
The two parties insisted on their own words, and launched a war of words, which was quite a bit of the taste of Zhuge Wuhou's tongue battle group Confucianism.
Some gambling houses even opened handicaps, not only betting on whether Li Qian would appear in the Spring Breeze Smile Building tonight to compete for the Oiran, but also specially opened a bet with odds of one hundred odds, betting on whether Li Qian could finally win tonight, and then get what he wanted and hold the beauty------
In fact, this is simply a matter of no suspense. These owners of gambling houses are very well informed, how can they not judge the final result tonight from some insider information that others do not know?
The heated argument continued into the evening.
When the Li family's car and horse turned into Liucui Lane, in the tea and wine shop on the side of the road, many gamblers were heartbroken, and they bet that Li Qian would not appear tonight! But he came, he still came, without the slightest precaution or the slightest concern------
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Most of the Qinglou in the world are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Education, and there are government and private enterprises.
In the early years, Zhu Yuanzhang had a "courtyard" on the bank of the Qinhuai River in Jinling, which was intended to encourage businessmen to spend money and have fun, and then increase national taxes, but later he found that the most nostalgic for the Qinlou and Chu pavilions was often not the rich businessmen, but the officials after the next dynasty------
For this reason, he once strictly banned officials from sleeping in prostitutes, and also abolished official prostitutes.
But how can this kind of thing be completely banned? At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the officials are still a little more restrained, either going out in civilian clothes to drink flower wine, or raising **, doing that peach and broken sleeves------ can't stay prostitutes, my good male style is not a problem, right? The sages of the past dynasties, from the princes of the countries to the literati, have taken this as an elegant thing!
Moreover, although this prohibition also makes strict regulations on scholars, there are too many scholars in each scientific examination, even if the imperial court really wants to manage it. You can't send someone to squat in front of the Qinglou day and night, and force him to show off his famous thorn when he catches someone, and interrogate him if he has a meritorious reputation, right?
What made Lao Zhu even more troublesome was that after the state-run brothels were revoked, the private brothels of the people flourished in vain------
For this reason, the imperial court once cracked down, but the result was very effective, and finally Lao Zhu made a decision to include private brothels under the jurisdiction of the Department of Teaching and Workshop, but the rule that 'officials are not allowed to stay in prostitution' still exists.
It's just that everyone understands in their hearts that this is nothing more than another waste of paper, just like the 'prohibiting the common people from keeping slaves privately' promulgated in the fifth year of Hongwu.
Chunfeng Yixiaolou belongs to a private brothel, but all the musicians under its name are under the jurisdiction of the Jinling Teaching Department.
Hangzhou has always been prosperous, and it is not at the foot of the Son of Heaven, so although the magistrates are a little shy about the Fengyue place, but that is only on the bright side, many officials are actually secretly guests of various green buildings, and occasionally come out to have fun in their spare time, and most of them are extremely low-key, so as not to let any guy who doesn't know good or bad to 'recognize' in person.
At the time of the palm lamp, the spring breeze smiles and the building is lit up, and the guests are like clouds.
In fact, in the past, whenever there was a combing ceremony, it was usually several girls who were happy at the same time. Only in this way can we attract customers from all walks of life at the same time, gather in one place for fierce bidding competition------ just the high registration fee, the building can make a small profit.
However, the comb of the Oiran is obviously hot enough, and there is no need to arrange other girls to bid at the same time, otherwise she will be the focus of the audience as soon as she appears, and will become the red flower tonight, in contrast, the other girls will inevitably be overshadowed and reduced to fallen leaves.
As soon as Li Qian entered the door, he saw a chaotic scene, and those literati were quite gentle and elegant, and they gathered together with a few friends to talk and laugh in a low voice. The nouveau riche and the rich landlords, on the other hand, were in a hurry when they opened and closed their mouths and shouted for people to hurry up and invite the Oiran out to take a look.
Guigong, who had received Li Qian twice, recognized him at a glance, and hurriedly greeted him with a smiling face, and asked, "Li Gongzi wants a private room with the best view upstairs?" ”
"Yo ho, you're pretty smart!" Li Qian threw him a 'count of acquaintance', and then followed him forward, and went straight to the second floor from the wooden staircase on the side.
His fame is so great that although he lives in seclusion on weekdays, there are still people who recognize his back with a casual sweep.
"Brother Zi'an, look, that person is Li Zhongqing?"
"Li Zhongqing? Is he really here tonight? The young man who was called 'Brother Zi'an' looked in the direction of his finger, and happened to see Li Qian's back disappearing around the corner, and he exclaimed in surprise.
"It's really ?!! him"