Daming Military Empire

Chapter 69 The Oiran Conference
The climate in the south is relatively hot. Even in October, the daytime is still unbearably hot. Only at the end of October will the climate gradually cool down.At this time, Jinling has a cool breeze and a suitable climate. It is the most comfortable time of the year, and the annual Oiran Conference begins at this time.

This day’s Zuixianlou can be said to be a place where celebrities gather, and it’s hard to find a place near the water. Zhu Cijiong led Zheng Sen to occupy a seat early. Even if they were regular customers, the shopkeeper only opened a table for them. There was no way. At this time of the year, Zuixian Building is always overcrowded. It is a great honor to occupy a seat on the second floor, and it is already the limit of what the shopkeeper can do to directly give a table a seat.

Zhu Cijiong didn't care, he even chose the table on the far side. Anyway, he didn't come to see the beauties. To be precise, he came to see the local tyrants in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, it doesn't matter whether they have a seat or not. Whether they can save their lives depends on their luck.

As night fell, the Zuixian Tower became more and more lively. The first floor was already crowded, and the second floor was full of seats. Even the tables were full of guards and followers. Every table on the second floor is surrounded like a box.

At Zhu Cijiong's table, he, Zheng Sen, Qin Mingyue, Luo Yangxing and others were sitting at the table. As for the old scholar, he was just a scholar, so it would be nice if he could stand beside him, and all the people present were high officials of the imperial court!

At the time of You, the Oiran Conference kicked off on time. A middle-aged scholar who pretended to be romantic shook his head on the stage. An oiran candidate, the proud disciple of Xu Fo, the oiran winner in the 28th year of Wanli, whose surname is Liu Mingyin, and whose flower name is so, what is so so? , I expected Qingshan to see me like this. So how charming is Miss Liu Rushi, please wait and see, the judges, next, I invite Miss Liu Rushi to appear on the stage!"

Zhu Cijiong was stunned when he heard Liu Rushi's name. How old is Liu Rushi at this moment, 13 years old? 14 years old?Not so exaggerated!
He only knew that Liu Rushi married Qian Qianyi in the end, but he didn't know how this Liu Rushi, the head of the Qinhuai Eight Beauties, got here. In fact, this Liu Rushi made his debut this year, and two years later married a Zhou's number one scholar was a concubine, and she married Qian Qianyi after more than ten years of wandering.

Legend has it that Zhou Zhuangyuan was also a cabinet scholar in his early years, but he died within two years after marrying Liu Rushi at an advanced age. He waited for someone to have a love affair, and finally married Qian Qianyi, the cabinet scholar at the time and Minister of Rites.

A singing girl can fascinate two academicians and several great talents in a row, which shows how outstanding Liu Rushi's beauty is. Although she is only thirteen or fourteen years old now, she has already fallen into a beautiful state, and I feel pity for her.I saw her sitting gracefully on the stage, stroking the pipa, and singing the current ditties with a clear and tender voice. Her appearance, figure, and voice almost fascinated everyone in Zuixianlou.

After finishing the song, the applause suddenly sounded, and the sound almost overturned the Zuixian Tower. The flower basket with Liu Rushi's name in front of the stage was quickly filled up, leaving Zhu Cijiong dumbfounded.Those flowers are not cheap. A flannel red flower the size of a finger costs ten taels of silver, and a rag red flower the size of a fist costs 100 taels of silver. A full basket costs at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!
At this time, Zheng Sen saw that no one was sending flowers at the table, so he couldn't help feeling lonely, and he commented like an adult: "Well, although she is not as beautiful as sister Mingyue, she is still a rare beauty. How about we send him some big red flowers."

Zhu Cijiong rolled his eyes, and said disdainfully: "I want to send you off, little color embryo."

Hearing this, Zheng Sen pouts his mouth and argues: "When did I lose my temper? After all, I have to attend an oiran meeting. I have to send some flowers. It's boring to just watch."

At this time, Qin Mingyue's loving mother fell ill again, she stroked Zheng Sen's head and comforted her, "Little Squirrel is right, this girl Liu Rushi is really nice, why don't we send her some flowers?"

The other people in the room kept silent, just joking, this is the emperor, these two are probably the only ones in the world who dare to talk back to him, others would never dare, that is the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Zhu Cijiong is speechless, he really doesn't know how expensive firewood, rice, oil and salt are, and a few flowers cost hundreds of taels, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of dollars, just for fun!He will never understand the world of local tyrants. Perhaps in the eyes of Zheng Sen, the heir to the No. [-] local tyrant in Ming Dynasty, there is no difference between silver and sand.

Now it was two to one, Zheng Sen had the absolute advantage, Zhu Cijiong had to grab a piece of pastry and stuff his mouth to avoid embarrassment.

Seeing that he had won, Zheng Sen shouted happily: "Go, send ten flowers to Miss Liu Rushi, the big one."

The oiran meeting lasted for two hours, and Liu Rushi finally won the championship with an absolute advantage. After all, she is the leader of the Qinhuai Eight Beauties, and no one can compare to her if Chen Yuanyuan can't come out.

Now that the oiran has been elected, is the oiran conference over?Of course not, there is still the most important link, that is bidding.

Needless to say, everyone knows what this oiran was chosen for.

The local tyrants on the second floor are not here to choose oirans. Most of them are here to buy oirans. Even if they can’t buy No.1, No.2 to No.10 are pretty good.What do all the oirans want to do?Then there is only bidding. The total price of the red flowers in the flower basket is used as the base price, and everyone can increase the price at will. As long as you suppress everyone, the oiran is yours.

Thus, the vigorous bidding activity began. Seeing that the time was almost up, Zhu Cijiong couldn't help jumping off his chair, and asked excitedly, "Are you all ready?"

Luo Yangxing, Cao Huachun and the others hurriedly stood up, cupped their hands together and said, "Everything is ready."

Zhu Cijiong rubbed his hands together, and eagerly said, "Then let's start."

Luo Yangxing, Cao Huachun and the others quickly winked at their cronies, and three or four people in the guard immediately ran downstairs in a hurry.

Zheng Sen looked at them curiously, and asked naively: "Third brother, do you also like Miss Liu Rushi? How about I buy it for you!"

Zhu Cijiong fainted by mistake when he heard the words, went up to face him with a shudder, and scolded with a smile: "You've been thinking about something messy in your little head all day."

Why are you beating people? Zheng Sen looked at Qin Mingyue aggrievedly, as if he was suing her.

Seeing this, Qin Mingyue quickly hugged him in her arms to comfort him.

Zheng Sen poked his head out of Qin Mingyue's arms, and asked relentlessly, "Then why did you tell them to go down?"

Zhu Cijiong heard the words, and said mysteriously: "Didn't you ask me who my father is two days ago? You will know after a while."

Zheng Sen continued to ask naively: "Oh, is your father coming soon? Are you asking them to meet your father?"

"Uh..." Zhu Cijiong was speechless with black lines all over his face.

(End of this chapter)