Chapter Forty-Eight: Throwing Hydrangeas and Choosing Benefactors
King Fu summoned someone again to give a few words, and also took someone to Wangyue Tower, he wanted to see what Luo Mingxuan was going to do when he went to Qinglou. Luo Mingxuan is indifferent, but he is not at home, when he is in a slightly better physical condition, he often goes in and out of the market, but Qinglou has hardly seen him go.
Besides, in the Moon Tower, in the Water Moon Pavilion, Luo Mingxuan listened to the report of the drizzle, waved his hand, and let the drizzle go back to continue to protect Bai Youlan's safety.
"Your little princess is really unusual, Qinglou dares to come! Aren't you going to catch it back and teach it a lesson? Gu Xiaoran, who was lying on the soft couch on the side, teased.
Seeing Luo Mingxuan raise his eyes and glance at him, Gu Xiaoran immediately raised his hand in surrender and said, "Yes, it's all my fault, it's all my fault!" Otherwise, you wouldn't have come to a place like the Qinglou. After saying that, I muttered in my heart, I don't know who I'm working so hard for! I didn't participate in the fun of catching "thieves" a few days ago, and it wasn't for some guy with no conscience.
While muttering, Gu Xiaoran also secretly glared at Luo Mingxuan, stretched his waist, he lay on the soft couch and fell asleep, and muttered before he fell asleep: "Call me at the beginning." ”
Luo Mingxuan saw Gu Xiaoran sleeping soundly, the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, and a faint smile appeared.
These days, Luo Mingxuan is busy with the affairs of the Wind and Rain Building, and the affairs of the Eagle Yang Army are all handed over to Gu Xiaoran, and the border pass is very non-stop during this time, otherwise he will not be tired like this, which is also the reason why Gu Xiaoran did not appear when he set up a bureau to arrest the people in the Wind and Rain Building.
The Eagle Yang Army is the most elite army in the Northern Tang Kingdom. Originally, the talismans of this army could only be held in the hands of the current emperor or the crown prince.
Everyone in the world regards King Duan as the eldest prince, but they have forgotten that the original prince of the Northern Tang Kingdom is not King Duan, but the prince Luo Tianyang, who has been deceased for fifteen years!
The crown prince Luo Tianyang was handsome and handsome, and his martial arts were excellent, but he fell ill after the death of the former queen An Ruo, and finally died of illness after three years of hard work. The emperor has never set up a crown prince again, and the crown prince has been suspended since then.
Born in the emperor's family, even if it is a brother, it is not immune to all kinds of intrigues, before the death of the prince Luo Tianyang, he saw that his brother was only eight years old, but since then he has been lonely, and it is unknown whether he can survive in this struggle for power.
So, Luo Tianyang begged the emperor to hand over the Eagle Yang Army Talisman to Luo Mingxuan, which had ensured that Luo Mingxuan could survive. I don't want him to ascend the throne as the emperor, but I want to keep him safe and be a free prince.
The emperor's feelings for the former queen An Ruo are quite deep, and he is even more satisfied with Luo Tianyang, the prince, but he didn't expect that these two people were going to leave him, and in his grief, it was also to appease the prince and accept the prince's request.
The ministers were in an uproar, and the princes were also dissatisfied, but the emperor's golden words could be changed? Since then, the Eagle Yang Army has been under the command of King Jing Luo Mingxuan.
Some time ago, the neighboring Yongming Kingdom and Qingxiao Country had frequent movements, and small-scale battles occurred from time to time, in order to prevent accidents, Luo Mingxuan sent Gu Xiaoran to lead the elite of the Yingyang Army to secretly go to the border to pay attention to the battle situation at all times, and find out what the intentions of these two countries were.
The battle at the border pass came to an end temporarily, and Gu Xiaoran, who got a message, arranged for others to continue to investigate, and rushed back from the border pass non-stop.
"The auspicious time has come! Please, our star girl! ”
Downstairs, with the voice of the old bustard in the green building, the matter of the star girl throwing the hydrangea and choosing a benefactor officially began.
Around the large stage on the first floor, many men gathered, and the windows of each room on the second floor were also opened, revealing men who were either watching or eager to try. Of course, there are still quite a few windows that are closed.
The moment the window opened, Bai Youlan saw Luo Mingxuan in the Water Moon Pavilion, but it didn't seem that he was interested, and he didn't look out. Then Bai Youlan was in that room, and unexpectedly saw Gu Xiaoran, who had disappeared for a while, and this guy waved his hand at her and yawned a lot.
"Humph!" Bai Youlan snorted coldly and closed the window again.
The so-called "throwing hydrangea" in Mochizuki Tower is actually not like throwing hydrangea in the real sense, just a gimmick, accompanied by the song "Lovesickness" of the star girl, the atmosphere was mobilized.
The "hydrangea" was tossed, but it was the "benefactors" who were there bidding as if they were auction items. Hearing the noisy noise outside, Bai Youlan sneered, thinking that there was something new, it turned out that it was just the one with the highest price, and then Bai Youlan frowned slightly, what did Luo Mingxuan want to do.
"Ten thousand taels of silver!"
Someone in a room on the second floor shouted like this, and the number of thousands of taels downstairs was suppressed at once, and everyone was silent for a while, and then immediately began to heckle, because the person who shouted the price did not show up.
But the old bustard said at this time: "Good! A guest officer bid 10,000 taels of silver! Will Miss Star's benefactor be this guest officer? ”
Before the bustard's words fell, another voice came: "Fifteen thousand taels!" ”
"Leaning on the Red Pavilion ......"
Hearing that voice, Bai Youlan raised her head suddenly, why does this voice sound a little familiar! Who could it be? It's just that before Bai Youlan could remember where she had heard this voice, she heard someone offer a price of 20,000 taels, this time it was Gu Xiaoran's guy!
Gu Xiaoran was still wearing a red dress, poked his head out of the window, and waved his hand downward, as if he was afraid that others would not know that it was him.
"Wow, the Xiaoran son of the Water Moon Pavilion has come out with 20,000 taels of silver!" The old bustard immediately shouted, it seems that Gu Xiaoran is really a frequent visitor to the Qinglou, otherwise this old bustard would not be able to recognize him at a glance.
In the following time, Gu Xiaoran has been bidding with the person in the Yihong Pavilion to compete for the star girl! And Luo Mingxuan in the Water Moon Pavilion never said a word from beginning to end.
The people in the Yihong Pavilion never showed up, but Bai Youlan couldn't remember where she had heard that voice.
"Aren't the people who leaning on the Red Pavilion unsightly? I didn't even dare to show my face. ”
This sentence immediately resonated, and everyone asked the people in the Red Pavilion to open the window and let them see what kind of person was robbing the star girl.
Listening to the coaxing voice, Bai Youlan smiled softly, she made people shout the words just now, to see how long they could hold out before they were willing to show up.
But the other party didn't pay attention to these people's coaxing, and didn't say a word except for the price increase.
Bai Youlan was about to give up, but she really couldn't think of it, so she let the drizzle follow her to take a look, but at this moment, the people in the Yihong Pavilion bid 100,000 taels, and the old bustard confirmed to him that the person said a "yes"!
Hearing this word, Bai Youlan suddenly remembered when she had heard this voice, and who the owner of this voice was!
It was in King Jing's Mansion, the subordinates of King Duan, who came to Xingshi to ask for sin, that Lang Yi voice!
Because when he was in King Jing's Mansion, Lang Yi only said the word "yes" almost from beginning to end, so although Bai Youlan felt a little familiar, it was difficult to remember until Lang Yi said the same word.
Lang Yi is just one of Duan Wang's personal guards, how can he have so much money to compete for the star girl? Could it be that the person who leans on the Red Pavilion is the king of Duan?!
Is Duanwang obsessed with the Oiran of Mochizuki Tower? At such a high price.
In the end, it was the person who had never shown up in Yihong Pavilion and was suspected of being the king of Duan, who took the Xinglian girl away at a price of 200,000 taels, but Gu Xiaoran looked disappointed, and nodded to a delicate-looking maid beside Xinglian.
Luo Mingxuan disappeared, there was no trace of him in the Moon Tower, and he was not seen coming out. Bai Youlan only saw Gu Xiaoran take the little maid beside Xing Lian and walked out of the Moon Tower.
Quietly asked about Drizzle, but Drizzle replied that he didn't know where the prince had gone. Helpless, Bai Youlan had no choice but to go back to Jingwang's Mansion first, and at the same time wondered in her heart, whether to use some of the medicinal powder for tracking for Luo Mingxuan.
And Gu Xiaoran actually brought the little maid to King Jing's Mansion in such a big way, and refused to let people take her down.
Bai Youlan endured it for a long time, and finally asked: "Gu Xiaoran, don't tell this princess, pull Luo Mingxuan to run to Wangyue Tower, just so that he can help you pay for it, and then you go and grab that oiran!" ”
It's simply impossible!
At this time, Gu Xiaoran looked at Bai Youlan who questioned him with a smile, and didn't say anything, just waved his hand.
The delicate-looking little maid walked up to Bai Youlan, bent down to give a salute, and a crisp voice popped out of her mouth.
"Slave and maid Xiangdie see the princess."
"Well," Bai Youlan didn't know what Gu Xiaoran meant, she looked at Gu Xiaoran coldly, answered, and suddenly reacted, the name that the little maid said was Xiangdie!
If she remembers correctly, she had heard this name in the conversation between Luo Mingxuan and Ben Lei. Xiangdie, it should be the person who was ordered to lurk in the Wind and Rain Building!
"Xiangdie, you get up first." Seeing that Xiangdie was still kneeling there, Bai Youlan let her get up, and glared at Gu Xiaoran fiercely.
At this point, Bai Youlan somewhat understood what Luo Mingxuan and Gu Xiaoran were doing.
In the eyes of other well-intentioned people, it was Gu Xiaoran, a romantic guy, who dragged Luo Mingxuan to Wangyue Tower, just to help him compete for the Oiran. Gu Xiaoran was disappointed, and took a delicate-looking little maid back very casually.
Moreover, Gu Xiaoran didn't dare to bring the Qinglou woman back to the General's Mansion, for fear that the iron-blooded general's father, who governed the army strictly, would beat him to death, so he took the person to his friend Luo Mingxuan's mansion!
However, in fact, the real purpose of their trip is Xiangdie!
However, Duanwang, who was supposed to be during the lockdown period, appeared in the Moon Tower, what was it for?