Rebirth of the Firstborn Daughter: Life is like a Dream

"Yes." It seems that the general surnamed Gong had bribed Wei Zhong and other officials with benefits and made them completely convinced.

Wei Zhong was pleased with Li Yuyan's attitude, "There is also the Bai family... Although they are not as powerful as the Gong family, you should still take them seriously."

Li Yuyan continued to respond with a smile.

They had already stepped onto the second floor and were walking towards the wide gallery on the right. A man stepped out from the largest and most comfortable seat in the gallery. When he saw them, he immediately came over while clasping his fists and bowing respectfully. "Master Wei, everyone is waiting for you. No one has moved since you didn't come."

"Boss Shen, you're welcome." Wei Zhongxu returned the greeting and walked into the room with a smile on his face.

Li Yuyan's handsome face had a gentle and elegant smile, and when Boss Shen bowed to him respectfully, he nodded slightly. Boss Shen was the owner of a reputable business, specializing in doing business across the ocean, and was also a person of status in Baiyue City.

Long before he came to Baiyue, he had already investigated all the people he should pay attention to in this place. Although he had never seen the real person, he could guess who they were based on their appearance and behavior.

There were eight people in the room.

The first one was idle. On the right was a good-looking man in his forties, with a big mole near his mouth, a slightly fat body, and a simple smile. If it weren't for the wisdom, sharpness and dazzling brilliance shining in his eyes, it would be hard to imagine that he was the famous Boss Gong.

After bowing to each other, they sat down as master and servant.

Boss Gong looked directly at Li Yuyan and raised his hand gently in a salute. "I've heard from others that Mr. Li is a man of great talent and influence in Beijing. Now that I see him, I can see that he is as impressive as I expected. Seeing is believing."

Li Yuyan smiled and said, "Boss Gong, you are too polite. I am not as famous as you."

Sitting directly next to Boss Gong was the head of the Fang family, who looked innocent enough, with a well-proportioned face and handsome features. He made no attempt to flatter Li Yuyan, but simply bowed and sipped his tea without saying a word.

The Fang family...seems like they just changed their head recently.

Li Yuyan carefully observed this Boss Fang under his eyelids. If he was not mistaken, this man was the legitimate son of the previous head of the family, named Fang Shengjing. When he just took over the Fang family, 30% of the family business was swallowed up by the Gong family. Now he was obedient to the Gong family, as if he had some weakness that was caught by the Gong family.

If you want to deal with the Gong family, you have to start with the Fang family.

The three big businessmen in Baiyue City who can move mountains and seas are already here. The other five are the officials in power who are fully responsible for water transportation. The governor, Lord Li, did not come, but sent his military advisor over.

Li Yuyan quietly took note of these eight people. What he was going to do would have both advantages and disadvantages for those people in the future. In order to deal with them, he had to finish them off first.

During the conversation, Boss Gong had already told the servants to serve the meal and called in the old mother and son of Caifeng Tower, Li Sanniang, "Sanniang, today we are hosting the most famous number one scholar in the Tang Dynasty. Please do not neglect him. Ask your daughter to come immediately. Do not let Master Li look down on our Baiyue City."

After hearing this, Li Sanniang smiled with her fingers dyed with bright red nail polish. Although this woman was no longer as pretty as she was in her youth, she was still middle-aged. Her bright eyes swept across Li Yuyan, and her pupils lit up. She thought that she was indeed a person of great influence. Not only was she beautiful, but her calm and gentle demeanor was very difficult for any man of Baiyue to match.

She said, "Mr. Gong has distinguished guests today, how dare Sanniang cherish her clothes? Everyone wait, the young ladies will be here soon."

As he spoke, he walked towards Li Yuyan, "Master Li, is this your first time in Baiyue City? Today, I would like to ask you to pay more attention to our Baiyue ladies. Cheng Yang has always only sold his art but not his body, and he is indeed very fond of Master Li."

Li Sanniang's words stunned everyone present. They all knew Cheng Yang clearly. She was the most beautiful girl in Caifeng Tower. She was proficient in calligraphy, painting, chess and music, and her beauty was so stunning that the moon would be ashamed of the flowers. Li Sanniang regarded her as the cash cow of Caifeng Tower and easily prevented her from coming out to receive distinguished guests.

If Caifeng Tower didn't have a strong background, there would be countless people here who would want to use their domineering attitude to buy Miss Cheng Yang back.

Wei Zhong was even more unhappy. He was also interested in Cheng Yang, but Li Sanniang was not so generous as to let Cheng Yang accompany him. Could it be that he was not as good as his son-in-law?

As soon as this thought flashed through Wei Zhong's mind, he immediately felt a little embarrassed and cursed himself in his heart for competing with his son-in-law for a woman. If others knew about this, he would become a joke.

Li Yuyan seemed oblivious to everyone's reactions, his face still icy cold, "Boss Gong knows how to cherish women better than I do, Sanniang, please don't embarrass me."

"Haha, Sanniang, you don't know that our Lord Li is afraid of his wife. You even asked Lord Wei's son-in-law to care about other women in front of him. Isn't this really making things difficult for him?" Wei Sanbi, the Marquis of Baiyue City, laughed loudly and talked nonsense.

Wei Zhong smiled and looked at Li Yuyan.

Li Yuyan pretended to be embarrassed, shaking his head and constantly shouting at everyone not to laugh at him.

A strong, intoxicating scent of watercolor flowers wafted in from outside, followed by one graceful and soft figure after another appearing in front of the crowd. Although there were many beauties, everyone's attention was focused on the last young girl.

This girl has delicate eyebrows and eyes, she is as delicate as the beautiful spring flowers and as charming as the moon in late autumn. Her postures and movements are even more graceful and elegant, charming and pretty. She is wearing a cloud-shaped skirt with ancient patterns of double butterflies and thousands of waters, which makes her look like a fairy among flowers. How can she look like a prostitute?

Li Yuyan looked at her and closed his eyes slightly. This must be the Miss Cheng Yang, right?

As expected, it was a beauty. Who on earth was this Caifeng Tower that could allow such a beautiful woman to receive distinguished guests when she wanted to, and not to see guests at all when she didn't want to, amidst so many powerful forces?

Li Sanniang came over and took Cheng Yang's hand, "Cheng Yang, you must serve Master Li well today."

Cheng Yang looked directly at Li Yuyan with his bright eyes, smiled gently, and said with a face as red as a peach petal, "Please cherish me, Master Li."

Everyone looked at Li Yuyan. No one would refuse such an amorous encounter.

Li Yuyan was not moved at all by Cheng Yang and Shun Ni Ni's eyes. She smiled faintly and said, "I don't have the blessing to enjoy it. Miss Cheng Yang should serve Mr. Gong."

It is estimated that no man would resolutely reject her. Cheng Yang was stunned.