In order to highlight the value of the oiran, the Jiaofangsi prepared a separate courtyard for each oiran, which was even equipped with a small garden and a pool.
Lotus Garden is the residence of this year's new oiran Mei Ji.
At this time, inside the house, the oil lamp was glowing with golden luster, covering the entire house with a layer of golden light.
Under the oil lamp, a beautiful figure is reflected. Meiji is wearing a floral skirt and is holding a brocade bag in her hand. The needle and thread are shuttled back and forth, and two mandarin ducks are jumping on it.
"Hiss~"
Perhaps due to carelessness, the silver needle pricked the belly of her finger, and bright red blood immediately oozed out. Mei Ji couldn't help but frown in pain.
"Miss, are you okay?"
Seeing this, Xiangxiang hurriedly came over and said with a worried look.
"It's okay, I just got pricked by a needle."
Mei Ji chuckled and said, "I haven't embroidered for a long time, so my skills are a bit rusty."
Xiangxiang said with a reproachful look on her face: "Huh, miss, your temperament is not suitable for doing this, but you still want to embroider something here."
Meiji held the pricked finger in her mouth and handed the kit to Xiangxiang. She smiled and said, "Xiangxiang, take a look at the kit I made. I'll finish it tomorrow and put it in."
Some herbs can be made into a sachet to give to Mr. Su."
Hearing Meiji's words, Xiangxiang's face couldn't help but froze, and muttered: "Master Su, Mr. Su, what are you talking about Mr. Su all day long? You two have only met three times in total. Do you know who he is?"
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"He is just a small military guard. Is it worth your time to treat him so hard?"
"There are so many young masters in Tai'an City, who do you have a crush on, but you have to fall in love with him?"
"I really don't know what kind of ecstasy soup that guy poured into you to make you fascinated."
When Mei Ji heard this, she recalled the vivid scenes of her previous meeting with Su Yu, and her eyes couldn't help but shine with a crystal luster.
She smiled and said: "If it hadn't been for Mr. Su and that song for Meiji, I wouldn't have become a well-known oiran in Tai'an City."
"But, we bought the poem for Meiji with money. We spent a whole five hundred yuan to buy it. Looking at the world, a poem can be sold at such an expensive price, and only one copy of it can be sold."
Xiangxiang said dissatisfied: "This is a fair transaction in itself, and we don't owe each other anything."
Meiji said: "Xiangxiang, please read it once and give it to Meiji for me to listen to."
Xiangxiang was startled when she heard the words, then shook her head and said: "My waist is like a thin willow supporting the spring breeze, looking back to dance like a foolish dream, as graceful as floating clouds covered with colorful clothes, and my temples are stained with frost after the curtain falls."
After reading it, Xiangxiang asked in confusion: "Miss, why did you ask me to read this poem?"
Mei Ji chuckled and said, "Now that you can recite this poem, do you know the meaning of this poem?"
"meaning?"
Xiangxiang's little face was full of doubts, and she couldn't help but shook her head and said: "I didn't know this. I can only memorize it because you forced me to do it."
"The meaning of this poem is not about the life of an courtesan?"
Meiji's eyes showed a trace of sadness, and her pretty face said seriously: "Xiangxiang, you are still young, but you have to understand one thing."
"The most beautiful age for us women in this life is only a few years. When we pass that age, we will gradually grow old. We are not like the lotus in the pond in front of the house. It bloomed this year and will continue to bloom next year.
, we women will grow old slowly throughout our lives after we are in our twenties."
"In the years when our appearance is at its peak, we must try our best to find a man worthy of entrusting us with our whole life."
"My mother once said to me that a woman must find a worthy man as soon as possible, otherwise when she gets old and loses her lust, the man will find a younger woman than you. But if you don't do it before he gets rich,
Just stay with him, and when he becomes successful in the future, he will naturally miss the days when you shared the hardships with him."
"For us women, the most important thing in this life is to find the right man."
Xiangxiang said in confusion: "Miss, do you think Mr. Su is the right man you can trust for the rest of your life?"
When Mei Ji heard this, her pretty face couldn't help but blush, and then she nodded seriously.
The first time she met Su Yu, she never looked directly at Su Yu.
Even if Su Yu helped them drive away a few local gangsters, she had no good impression of him. She just thought that the Zhenwu Guards were just warriors who knew how to fight and were very vulgar.
But later, after she got the poem written by Su Yu, which made her shine in Tai'an City, she couldn't help but start to wonder, who actually wrote this poem?
When she got the answer from Su Yu, her heart finally started to ripple at that moment.
The warning her mother gave her back then, after so many years, has long been shelved in a corner of her heart.
But because of the song given to Mei Ji, she once again realized the true meaning of what her mother said.
The morning sun fades away easily, and the appearance grows old easily.
If a woman can't find a man she likes when she's at her prime, why do she think she can make a man fall in love with her wholeheartedly when she loses her looks?
A woman's greatest asset in life is her appearance.
When the looks no longer exist, men will naturally focus on younger and more beautiful girls.
There is no oiran who keeps her appearance forever, but there will always be oirans who are in their prime.
Xiangxiang couldn't help but said: "Miss, we don't even know who that guy is, but you just so hastily think that he is your rightful man?"
Mei Ji chuckled and said, "I believe I won't misjudge the person. Do you still remember the first time we met him?"
Thinking of the first meeting, Meiji's pretty face couldn't help but look a little shy.
In order to avoid being kicked out of the house by Kong Yangming, she deliberately exposed her shoulders and yelled that she was indecent. Su Yu was at the scene at that time
"I still remember his expression at that time."
Mei Ji said with a smile: "His eyes were very calm at that time, and he did not show any trace of covetousness because of the skin I showed."
"And later, when we met Mr. Su for the last time, I was already a well-known courtesan in Tai'an City, but he still didn't show any infatuation because I was Meiji."
"Even when I offered to invite him to the Jiaofangsi for a cocktail party next time, he politely declined."
"If a man is only addicted to women, he will not achieve much in his life!"
"On the contrary, when a man no longer devotes all his energy to women and always thinks about building a career, he will no longer lack women. Things in this world are so wonderful."
"Xiangxiang, our life is short. My mother once said that looking for a man is like looking for an ear of wheat in a wheat field. We can only find one ear of wheat in the wheat field. When you find one, you think
Once you have a full ear of wheat, you should pick it immediately, then choose to leave the wheat field, and never think about whether there are more plump ears of wheat in the wheat field."
Xiangxiang said thoughtfully: "Miss, do you think Mr. Su is the ear of wheat you are looking for?"
"There are so many young masters in Tai'an City. If we just pick one, will he be better than him?"
"Look at his last time, we bought him a ticket, but he just sold the ticket for money."
"I see, he is not pretty, but he is greedy for money, and he is extremely greedy for money. And that time we went to his home, do you see how poor his family is?"
"This kind of person must be afraid of poverty, so he is so greedy for money."
"Miss, if you follow him, you don't know what kind of hard life you will live."
For Su Yu, Xiangxiang didn't have much favorable impressions. His young lady had paid so much for him, so it was a good thing that he didn't even come to the reception, which wasted all the good intentions of the young lady.
Then she seemed to have remembered something and said: "Besides, miss, even if you commit yourself to him, can he have the money to redeem you?"
"As far as I know, it's not a small sum of money to redeem the oiran of Jiaofangsi. How can he, a small military guard, have so much money?"
"When you are no longer an oiran, the Jiaofang Secretary will not be like you are now and will let you go."
Xiangxiang didn't finish what she said later.
But Meiji naturally understands.
The Jiaofangsi Oiran Competition is held every year.
The oiran from last year may be re-elected, or he may be replaced by someone else.
Once the position of oiran is no longer available, Mei Ji, like other girls in the Jiaofang Division, will be forced to pick up guests.
According to Xiangxiang's idea, the best destination for the young lady is to find a rich man, and then the rich man can redeem him and make him a concubine.
In this way, Mei Ji can at least live the second half of her life with fine clothes and fine food, and will not be reduced to the quagmire of Jiaofangsi.
When Mei Ji heard this, she shook her head and murmured: "How many rich people really treat you?"
"He stays with you because of your appearance, and will leave you because of your appearance. When your appearance grows old, he will abandon you like a pair of old shoes."
She had heard of too many courtesans who were ransomed by rich men in the Jiaofangsi, and their lives were worse than those in the Jiaofangsi who had a little bit of red lips and thousands of people tasted them.
There was even an oiran who lived a good life for several years but ended up drowning in the river.
I can save the money to redeem myself. If I don’t have enough money this year, I will strive to be re-elected as the oiran.
Meiji's eyes were firm and she thought to herself.
At this moment, there was a sudden knock on the door of Lotus Garden.
Xiangxiang frowned and muttered: "It's true that you are disturbing people at this time."
"Xiangxiang, go and see who is coming." Meiji urged.
"oh."
Xiangxiang nodded, then walked straight out of the inner room, went to the front yard and opened the door.
"Lan Ju, what are you doing here at this late hour?"
Xiangxiang saw the person coming clearly and couldn't help but ask.
"Xiangxiang, Miss Meiji, have you rested?" Lan Ju gasped and said quickly.
"It's time to rest soon," Xiangxiang said.
"Xiangxiang, ask Meiji, a group of people came to the front yard today. They are from the Zhenwu Division. Mr. Su has been promoted to the position of captain and is holding a promotion banquet in the front yard."
Lan Ju continued: "Mommy asked me to come over and tell you that Mr. Su is a handsome man with a handsome appearance. Now he has been promoted to the rank of captain at a young age. In the future, he may be promoted to a hundred households. His future is limitless."
"Mommy said, if you can get acquainted with a powerful person early, even if you become a concubine, it will be a lifelong blessing."
"See if you can persuade Meiji to perform a dance or perform a song to entertain some distinguished guests."
Hey, it's just a school captain, what's the big deal?
Xiangxiang couldn't help curling her lips, and then said: "Lanju, have you been to the other three oirans?"
"We've already been there."
Lan Ju smiled bitterly and said, "They all said that their young lady was in poor health, and then refused to attend."
Xiangxiang smiled and said: "Then you go back. My lady also caught the cold today and will have to rest soon."
Hearing this, Lan Ju could only nodded, then turned and left.
The oiran of Jiaofangsi has great autonomy.
Since they don't want to go, the Jiaofang Department can't force them.
This is the rule that Jiaofangsi has had since its establishment.
But once the identity of the oiran is taken off, the Jiaofang Secretary will force him to arrange to receive guests.
"Hmph, a school captain wants my young lady to join in the fun. It's really ugly but beautiful."
Looking at Lan Ju turning away, Xiang Xiang muttered, then closed the door and walked straight to the inner room.
"Xiangxiang, who is here?"
Mei Ji continued to embroider the mandarin ducks on the brocade bag and asked without raising her head.
"It's Lan Ju next to grandma."
Xiangxiang said: "I have already sent you away."
"oh?"
Meiji couldn't help but ask: "What is she doing here?"
"It's said that a Zhenwu Division officer from the Zhenwu Division has been promoted to the position of captain, and he wants you to perform a dance to help the fun."
Xiangxiang said: "She also went to the other three courtesans, but they were all rejected."
"Mammy also told Lan Ju that Mr. Su is a handsome man with a handsome appearance. Now he has been promoted to the rank of captain at a young age. In the future, he may be promoted to a hundred households. His future is limitless."
"What kind of future can a mere school lieutenant have? What our young lady is looking for must be from the Hundred Households of Zhenwu Division."
When Mei Ji heard this, she laughed and said: "Don't look down on the captain of the Zhenwu Division. Besides, those who can be promoted to the position of one hundred households in the Zhenwu Division are at least thirty or forty years old. Do you want me to find him?"
A man who is about the same age as my dead father?”
But just after saying this, Mei Ji seemed to have remembered something, her pretty face suddenly changed, and then she said in a trembling voice: "What was the name of the adult you just mentioned who was promoted to the position of captain?"
"Master Su, that's what Lanju told me just now." Xiangxiang looked at her with a puzzled face, not understanding why Meiji suddenly lost her composure.
Meiji looked at her and then said: "Xiangxiang, do you think it is possible that Mr. Su, who was promoted to the position of captain, is Mr. Su?"
"Isn't it possible?"
Xiangxiang couldn't help but said: "He still looks so young, how can he be promoted to captain?"
"As far as I know, the captains of the Zhenwu Division all need to be promoted to the eighth-level bronze-skin realm. That guy can't be a bronze-skin realm warrior, right?"
Although they are not warriors, in the Wei Dynasty, which was founded on martial arts, even ordinary people can tell the truth about martial arts.
Su Yu was too young, and his family was impoverished, so it was simply impossible for him to be promoted to captain.
Meiji shook her head and said: "Xiangxiang, go to the front yard to find out. It's best to go to Master Su's box to see who this Master Su is, and then come back and tell me."
Xiangxiang said: "Miss."
Seeing this, Mei Ji raised her eyebrows and glared at her, saying: "Xiangxiang, you don't even listen to me now, do you? Go quickly!"
Hearing this, Xiangxiang shrank her neck.
Only then did she think of Meiji's nature. She was not a gentle and gentle woman.
"Oh, then I'll go over and take a look now."
After Xiangxiang finished speaking, she hurriedly walked out of the inner room, opened the door, and walked towards the front yard.
Looking at Xiangxiang's retreating figure, Mei Ji placed the soon-to-be-finished kit on the table, her eyes glittering with crystal luster, and she murmured in a low voice: "Could it be him?"
Until a stick of incense time passed, Xiangxiang turned back under the moonlight.
"How about it?"
Meiji hurriedly asked: "Is it Mr. Su?"
Xiangxiang took a long breath and said with disbelief on her face: "Miss, what a coincidence, it's really that guy!"
"But how could he be promoted to the position of captain? He cannot have the cultivation level of the copper-skin realm. I remember that it is not an easy task to be promoted to the copper-skin realm."
She really couldn't figure out how that guy, who looked so young, could be promoted to the position of captain.
Meiji's eyes suddenly lit up, and then she said urgently: "Xiangxiang, go and get my moon robe and piano quickly. I have to go and present a song to Mr. Su and congratulate him on his promotion to the school captain..."
Xiangxiang couldn't help but said: "But, Miss, I have already told Lan Ju that you caught the cold tonight."
"Then just treat me as sick and come to help the officials to cheer you up."
Meiji glanced at her dissatisfied and continued: "Xiangxiang, happiness must be in your own hands. Since Mr. Su is unwilling to take the initiative, then we have to take action ourselves!"
"oh."
Xiangxiang nodded, and then followed Meiji's instructions to remove her moon robe and piano.
After three rounds of wine and five tastes of food, the atmosphere in the entire private room became extremely harmonious.
"Old bustard, old bustard, where is the old bustard?"
Ji Longcheng seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help shouting: "Call the madam over quickly and ask her to call the oiran over. Why has it been so long and there is no letter at all?"
"That's right, call the madam over here quickly!"
"Old Bustard"
In the private room, a maid immediately took the order and left.
After a while, the madam came to the box again with her maid.
"Masters, I'm really sorry. I just sent someone to invite them, but what a coincidence, the four courtesans are weak and all contracted the cold."
The madam said with a sly smile: "In order to avoid infecting you, the four courtesans have gone to bed early. I am afraid that they will not be able to attend your banquet tonight."
When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other in shock.
How could it be such a coincidence that all four courtesans were infected with cold?
This is just the reason why the oiran doesn't want to attend this banquet.
The madam also had no choice. The four courtesans were unwilling to come, and the Jiaofang Secretary could not force them.
Of course, as long as she is no longer an oiran next year, then there is no reason why she cannot insist on such a statement.
"Madam, you don't have to make excuses for the four courtesans."
Ji Longcheng chuckled and said: "How could it be such a coincidence that all four courtesans were infected with the cold tonight?"
"I see, they just look down on us, Mr. Su, and think that a school captain is not worthy of their presence to cheer for us. Am I right?"
The madam's tone paused: "Uh"
"Everyone, I'm really sorry. You must have come to Jiaofangsi often, and you should have a certain understanding of Jiaofangsi's rules."
The old madam smiled coquettishly and said: "The Jiaofang Secretary cannot force the oiran to do anything she doesn't want to do. If they are unwilling to attend, then there is nothing I can do. Please bear with me. How about I ask you to do it later?
Miss Qingluo, the oiran of the Jiaofang Department, is here to perform a song to cheer you up?"
Last year’s Jiaofangsi Oiran?
When everyone heard this, their expressions couldn't help but become a little strange.
Last year's oiran, I guess she has changed into countless shapes this year since she lost her title as oiran, right?
Even the corners of Su Yu's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and he didn't want to make it difficult for the old bustard, so he said with a smile: "Old Madam, there is no need to ask Qingluo to come to join the fun. Since the four oiran girls don't want to come, then just let them, and you can
Go and do your business."
"Eh."
The old bustard smiled and said: "Please bear with me, I will go down first."
At this moment, Lan Ju walked in from outside the box and said quickly: "Mommy, Miss Meiji is here."
Um?
When everyone heard this, their expressions couldn't help but change, and the noise in the box couldn't help but stop suddenly.
Miss Meiji?
Mei Ji, the most popular courtesan in Tai'an City, has a reputation that directly surpasses the other three courtesans. She is said to be the number one court lady in Tai'an City today by word of mouth among the people in the city. Is she here?
She was actually willing to attend Su Yu's promotion banquet?
Even the madam couldn't help but be stunned.
She never expected that Meiji would come to her rescue.
"Then why don't you invite her in quickly?" the madam lowered her voice.
"yes."
Lan Ju turned around and left again.
Everyone in the box immediately released their arms around the girl next to them, straightened their appearance, and sat upright, looking like gentlemen.
When Su Yu saw this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Are these guys mistakenly thinking that Mei Ji can like them?
"Sure enough, every man always has a mysterious confidence in his appearance."
Su Yu was filled with curses.
"Everyone, I didn't expect that Miss Meiji would come."
The old bustard said with a smile: "Mei Ji from our Jiaofang Department has now become the number one oiran in Tai'an with her song "Gift Mei Ji". Now, Mei Ji is known to everyone in Tai'an City.
I don’t know.”
"Masters, I believe that Miss Meiji will come to join the fun. Everyone will return from this promotion banquet tonight with great enjoyment."
Lu Ze and Lin Canglan both looked confused.
The arrogance of the courtesans was obvious to all.
Since the two were promoted to captains, socializing between their peers has become indispensable.
This kind of high promotion banquet has always been held in the Jiaofang Division.
After all, the only way for men to deepen their friendship is with women at the wine table.
At the wine table, seeing everyone behave in a drunken manner is a way to deepen mutual trust.
As for women, they can have the effect of adding to the entertainment program.
Inevitably, some lustful people will start to stir up trouble in front of everyone. This is also a manifestation of trust in other people participating in the banquet.
But even after attending so many promotion banquets, the two of them had never encountered an oiran coming to join the fun.
Meiji's current popularity has overwhelmed the other three courtesans.
Even now when everyone is discussing, only Meiji will be discussed, and the other three courtesans have long been filtered out.
The final situation is that everyone now only recognizes Meiji as the well-deserved oiran of Jiaofangsi, and she is the only oiran of Jiaofangsi.
And the reason for all this is the song given to Meiji!
But who actually wrote the song that was given to Meiji has always been a mystery, and Meiji has never told anyone else about it.
Could it be that some extraordinary person was present at today's Gaosheng Banquet?
The two couldn't help but look around. Almost all the people present were familiar people. Who could have the energy to ask Miss Mei Ji to come over?
Or maybe, Miss Meiji is because of today’s protagonist, Su Yu?
At this moment, Meiji had already arrived at the door of the box holding the piano.
The moment they saw Meiji, the eyes of everyone in the box lit up.
Even Su Yu couldn't help but feel his heart skip a beat.
What a beautiful woman.
Su Yu couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Even though he had countless concubines in Douyin in his previous life, the moment Meiji appeared, Su Yu's heartbeat accelerated a lot.
At this time, Mei Ji did not cover her face with a veil, but showed her true face directly.
She has a beautiful face, and her long black hair is pulled into a bun and hangs down behind her.
She has an oval-shaped face, a straight nose, moderately thick lips, a mountain of dark eyebrows, autumn-cut pupils, and gleaming eyes that look forward and shine, revealing a natural charm.
She wore a complicated moon-white robe, covering her body airtight, but her proud bust and graceful figure made the moon-white robe look embossed.
At this moment, all the men present were stunned.
The moment she appeared, all the women present were instantly eclipsed, like stars surrounding a full moon.
Everyone's eyes could no longer stay on other women.
Facing the eyes of everyone present, Mei Ji smiled brightly, bowed and bowed, and then said crisply: "Mei Ji has met all the officials!"
After saying that, her pretty face couldn't help but look at Su Yu in the field with a hint of resentment, and then continued: "I heard that Mr. Su was promoted to captain today, Mei Ji came here specially and is willing to present a song for all the officials. I hope that all the officials will
I wish you could come here tonight and come back having fun."