Chapter 584 Lie
Before the final result of the Courtesan Competition was announced, Xu Jin stood up and left. He did not plan to participate in the dinner after the Courtesan Competition, because the work of land clearing is in full swing. Although he, the imperial envoy, did not need to go to the fields in person, there were many documents that needed to be reviewed and processed every day, and time was quite tight. If he hadn't wanted to listen to the song "The Song of Burial of Flowers" composed by Wang Cuiqiao today, he would have been lazy to attend.
To put it bluntly, the Courtesan Competition is a beauty pageant, a grand event for men to appreciate beautiful women. However, Xu Jin’s beautiful wife and maids at home can gather two tables of mahjong, so he has no intention of playing tricks outside. The reason why he is willing to help Wang Cuiqiao is largely to restore the favor he had in Nanchang. Of course, some of them are out of appreciation. After all, feudal women like Wang Cuiqiao who are "pursuing" are rare.
Xu Jin was not sure whether Wang Cuiqiao could win the championship in the end. Ten fine beauty poems were already his limit. Anyway, the three masters of Qing lyrics (Nalan Xingde, Zhu Yizun, and Chen Weisong) had been copied by him. If Wang Cuiqiao still couldn't win the championship in the end, then Xu Jin would be helpless.
In fact, just half an hour after Xu Jin left the courtesan competition was announced to end. Twenty fine beauty poems appeared in the audience, half of which were signed by Mr. Xia. So in the end, it was undoubtedly Wang Cuiqiao who won the title and won the title of Jiangnan Courtesan for three consecutive years. Wang Cuiqiao's achievement is unprecedented, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the most popular famous prostitute in the Ming Dynasty.
This purple-popular king is about to retire after today. He chose to retire at the peak of his career and retire with a perfect appearance. It has to be said that it is a miracle. I guess his colleagues will regard her as the ultimate idol in the future.
When Wang Cuiqiao won the championship, the happiest one was naturally the Huishang Group led by Xu Dong and Wang Zhi. Sixty percent of the salt turbulence and a profit of 1.2 million taels can make a big profit this year; the most frustrated one was the Fujian Shang Group, who could only get 200,000 taels of salt turbulence. With so many people in the Fujian Shang Group, the profit was only about 200,000 taels of silver. It is better to do other transactions.
Fortunately, in addition to 70% of the money invested by the three major merchants in the courtesan competition, 30% of which will be rewarded to brothels belonging to famous prostitutes. Apart from all investments, merchants can "recover" about 20% of the money they invested.
After the Flower Courtesan Competition, the audience did not disperse, but became even more enthusiastic, because the newly released top ten famous prostitutes in Jiangnan will take a flower boat to parade on the Sishui River and throw away flowers...
When the tour ended, it was already evening, and the audiences on both sides of the Sishui River dispersed one after another. The top ten famous prostitutes in Jiangnan, led by Wang Cuiqiao, boarded the stairs and greeted the judges and officials.
As soon as the ten beauties boarded the ship, the fragrant wind blew on their faces, and the spring orchids and autumn chrysanthemums were dazzling. Tang Shaozong couldn't help but his index finger was lingering with lustful eyes on the girls. Among the ten beauties present, the most fascinating one was naturally Dongye Lily, but the one who made Tang Shaozong most moved was the third-time courtesan Wang Cuiqiao.
Living in the richest house and sleeping in the most beautiful girl is undoubtedly what most men dream of. The more beautiful this woman is, the more famous she is, the more she is, the more she will naturally feel happy and fulfilled when she conquered.
It is probably because everyone knows that Wang Cuiqiao is about to retreat, but this woman seems to have no backer behind her, so the officials present showed no contempt for coveting. Some people even took advantage of Wang Cuiqiao's opportunity to come over to show their respects.
Wang Cuiqiao walked all the way, and although she tried her best to maintain a peaceful smile, she felt uneasy inside, just like a little white rabbit walking among the wolves, which could be swallowed up at any time.
It is the instinct of all animals to seek good fortune and avoid bad luck, just like when people are in the cold, Wang Cuiqiao subconsciously searches for Xu Jin's figure in the crowd. Unfortunately, she was disappointed. The original position where Xu Jin was sitting was empty.
It is said that distance creates beauty, but Tang Shaozong looked at Wang Cuiqiao who was close at this moment, and he felt even more beautiful. This girl is really the best. There is no flaw on her face. Her petal-like lips really want to kiss her.
"Cuiqiao has seen the Marquis!" Wang Cuiqiao lowered Zhen's head and bowed to Tang Shaozong with a gentle blessing, thinking about leaving here as soon as possible after the social engagement.
Tang Shaozong came to his senses and inadvertently wiped away the saliva that almost flowed out of the corner of his mouth, and said with a smile: "Congratulations to everyone Wang for three consecutive years, it's a happy congratulations. Haha, this marquis gave all the remaining flower baskets to everyone Wang."
Wang Cuiqiao bowed again and said, "Cuiqiao thanked the Marquis for his kindness."
Tang Shaozong stroked his beard and laughed: "Wang Jiao's song "The Song of Burial Flowers" is heartbroken, which makes the listeners cry. I also like it so much, so I want to ask Wang Jiao to go to my residence tonight to sing another song, how about it?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the officials around all looked different, some cursed, some were upset, some were jealous, and some were regretful, and they could even imagine it with their butts. If Wang Cuiqiao went to Tang Shaozong's residence tonight, it would undoubtedly be like sending a sheep into the tiger's mouth, and there would be no return!
As the saying goes, his colleagues are enemies. Wang Luzhu looks gloating at this moment. She doesn't believe that Wang Cuiqiao dares to refuse the invitation of a marquis. Haha, what if the third term is the courtesan? In the end, it's not a bad old man. It is said that this marquis of Lingbi is as fond as his life. There are dozens of wives and concubines alone, and he also raises many male favorites.
"Who are you all unwilling to do it?" Tang Shaozong's face suddenly darkened when he saw Wang Cuiqiao remained silent, and he asked with a little displeasure.
Wang Cuiqiao bit his teeth and said, "Marty, I'm really sorry. Cuiqiao has agreed to the imperial envoy Xu to go to his mansion to sing a song tonight."
After Wang Cuiqiao said that, Xia Fei flew her cheeks, half pretending, and half because she was lying.
The officials around suddenly realized that Wang Cuiqiao had already had sex with the imperial envoy, and they couldn't help but put away their covetousness and robbed the woman with Xu, who had the power of life and death. This was undoubtedly a search for abuse.
Although Tang Shaozong dared to sarcastically sarcastically at Xu Jin, he really didn't have the courage to fight against Xu Jin. After all, even the relative Zhang family was knocked down by Xu Jin. So at this moment, Tang Shaozong's face was gloomy and his stomach was on fire but it was inconvenient to attack.
At this moment, Wang Luzhu, who was behind Wang Cuiqiao, said with a smile: "I heard before that Sister Cuiqiao plans to travel around the countries after she retired. Have you changed your mind now? But it's good that she can become the person in Lord Xu's room. Congratulations to Sister Cuiqiao, but is Mr. Xu a little bit about her sister... she left before she even finished the courtesan competition."
Tang Shaozong's eyes flashed. He had long suspected that Wang Cuiqiao deliberately used Xu Jin to suppress him. Now, after hearing Wang Luzhu's words, he immediately became even more suspicious.
Wang Cuiqiao said calmly, "Mr. Xu probably has a busy official business. Marquis, sirs, the little girl is not in good health, so she will not attend the next banquet."
Chapter completed!