Xiaosheng is not a nerd

Chapter 700

Seeing that Tantai Wenwang was holding a silver crane in his hand, all the students' eyes lit up. This silver crane is worth 800 taels tonight, including eight hundred pearl flowers.

According to the annual expenditure of five taels of silver for an ordinary family, this silver crane can feed a small village for a year.

It also represents the skin on the face tonight.

Everyone embraced Tantai Wenwang and came to the stage, wanting to enjoy some scenery.

Tantai Wenwang raised the silver crane in his hand, a field manager immediately came forward and asked respectfully: "Master, which lady is this silver crane for?"

Tantai Wenwang proudly called out a name: "Peony Lady!"

The field manager took the silver crane with both hands, came to the center of the stage to display it, and announced loudly: "Mr. Tantai Wenwang, Mr. Tantai presents a silver crane to the peony lady!"

The scene was silent for a while, and the crane was on the crane so quickly. Generally speaking, there are bead flowers in front, followed by treasures.

But it's just little treasures like Pegasus, Mandarin Duck, Jade Rabbit, and Jinniao.

Pegasus is counted by fifty beads, mandarin ducks are one hundred, jade rabbits are three hundred, brocade birds are five hundred.

And Yinhe is eight hundred.

So there are big guys who can't wait to make a move.

Of course, as soon as the golden dragon with a price of tens of thousands of flowers came out, the dust basically settled.

Although Suzhou is prosperous and wealthy, a silver crane is considered a big deal, and one hundred and fifty taels of silver is enough to buy a house with a single courtyard in a prosperous area of ​​Suzhou.

According to the usual practice, Miss Peony needs to perform a performance to thank for such a handwriting.

An old Confucian student with a beautiful beard and gray temples stepped onto the stage, wearing a special Confucian uniform. The sleeves of this Confucian uniform were wide open, and the waist and shoulders were extremely slim. Elegant demeanor, but also elegant and majestic temperament.

This person is Shinansheng, a celebrity in Suzhou.

Shi Nansheng is a gourmet and an expert in clothing and decoration. He himself runs an engraving printing workshop and a bookstore.

"Leisure and Fun Magazine" mainly publishes clothing, jewelry, music, calligraphy and paintings, exotic birds and birds, and other entertainments of rich and noble families.

"Leisure and Fun Magazine" will be accompanied by some patterns. These patterns are drawn according to the actual objects by the masters of Danqing. Because each copy needs to be hand-painted, the number of issues is very small, and only one issue is published in a few months.

Although the number of publications is small, it does not affect the spread of "Leisure and Interest Magazine" in the upper-class aristocratic society. Circulation has become the key, after all, the upper-class society has a certain social circle.

Even if this special outfit is not worn by Shi Nansheng, it will attract attention, not to mention that if it is worn by a fashion expert, many interested people have already seen the Xuandanzhai logo on the clothes.

This logo is not a specific pattern, but Xuantanzhai's Kesi craft of picking warp and showing weft. The pattern of the clothes presents the effect of carving and carving, full of three-dimensional effect.

Kesi has always existed as a work of art, because the weaving process is extremely delicate and complicated, and the requirements are extremely high.

It is not that no one has thought of applying Kesi craftsmanship to ready-made garments, but the cost is too high, and it is not easy to find people who have this craftsmanship.

It is obvious that Tantai Crane is so passionate about money that he has succeeded in playing it.

As a businessman who has been floating in the business world for many years, she understands that rare things are more expensive, and the rarer things are, the more these nobles flock to them.

Zhang Lingxiao said with a smile: "Miss Tantai made a good advertisement, I'm afraid the gate of Xuantanzhai will be crowded tomorrow."

Lu Wenlin added: "Obviously Miss Tantai is a master of trespassing and manipulating people's hearts. Brother Xie, be careful."

Xie Fu smiled and said: "Sometimes the relationship between husband and wife is like a war between two armies. You need to use your strengths to avoid weaknesses. She is good at playing with people's hearts, so you should not fight her, look for her weaknesses, and fight to the death."

Zhang Lingxiao asked: "Then what is Miss Tantai's weakness?"

Xie Fu replied: "I can't tell you that."

"Ha ha……"

Shin Nansheng is now appearing as the host of tonight's flower selection. Usually, Chen Qinglan and Chen Duzhi host this kind of occasion, but Chen Duzhi has disappeared for a long time. dusty place.

Shinansheng bowed his hands to the audience: "Everyone, I am honored to be invited by Qin Lou to be the host. Shi himself is also a romantic person. He thought he could see the beauty and beauty of the twelve great masters, so he hurriedly accepted. .”

The relaxed and funny opening remarks of this party attracted many applause.

After Shinansheng briefly introduced his identity, he turned to the main topic: "Lady Peony is famous for her poems, Peony, and she is known for her poetic talent. How about a poem written by Lady Peony for performance?"

The poem showed temperament, and the audience applauded.

Shinan waved his hand: "Please step down from the stage and rest first."

After the eleven famous actors left the stage, Mudan said generously, "Mr. Shi, please come up with a question."

Shinansheng chuckled: "No, no, I didn't give this silver crane as a gift. It's not my turn to come up with the question." He waved his hands and asked loudly, "Where is Mr. Tantai Wenwang?"

Tantai Wenwang took a step forward and appeared in front of people. In fact, the moment he presented the silver crane, he became the focus of everyone, and he clasped his hands and said, "Mr. Shi, I was born here later."

Xie Fu nodded and smiled when he saw him, but Wen Wang hadn't seen him for more than a year.

Shinansheng smiled and said, "Mr. Tantai, please write a question."

Tantai Wenwang and Mrs. Peony looked at each other, and said, "Ms. Peony, I will write a poem based on this scene at night, called Autumn Yexi."

Lady Peony smiled and nodded, thinking about it, she has the name of Poem Peony, so she is naturally good at poetry, it is not difficult to compose a poem on the spot, but it is better to compose a good poem that convinces everyone in a short time. It's a bit of a test, so think carefully.

At this time, Shinansheng smiled and said: "If Lady Peony's poem is good, Mr. Shi will also present a treasure as a token of respect, please!"

The word "please" has the meaning of urging and urging, and the peony lady is not allowed to think twice before making it. Only quick wit and quick thinking are super skills.

Madame Mudan naturally understood what Shinansheng meant, and she blurted out: "Yes." She recited a poem.

Everyone was still savoring the matter carefully, Shinansheng laughed loudly: "Okay, Mr. Shi presents a brocade bird."

The brocade bird is worth [-] pearl flowers, which not only shows that Shinansheng is rich, but does not overwhelm Tantai Wenwang in the limelight.

In the conspicuous place in front of the vermilion curtains are twelve brocade tables covered with red cloth, one of which belongs to Lady Peony, and at the moment there are two treasures of a silver crane and a brocade bird placed on that table.

These two treasures have a total of [-] bead flowers, which is already worth a boat of bead flowers from Lingbowu Luo Chuzhuang.

Tan Taiwen lost the limelight, and Miss Mudan also saved face, and at the same time, she showed her quick thinking and poetic talent to the public.

Then Lady Peony stepped down.

Naturally, the stage couldn't be empty, and then a group of women, Niaoyao Nana, came on stage.

Shinansheng said loudly: "I invite all the ladies of Jinfenglou to perform Qingyue "White Standing Dance".

Together with the sound of silk music, a group of girls danced on the stage.

Everyone was fascinated by watching, it was too rare to see such a scene in normal times.

Sitting at the D table, Wu Jie knew that Tantai Wenwang had something to do with Xie Fu. He didn't know whether it was to please Tantai Wenwang or Xie Fu.

In fact, what he supported was Qin Lou's famous actress - Taohualiu Keqin.

And Zhao Yuanfei supported Yu Lihua Hengmei.

He also had a private bet with Zhao Yuanfei, the bet was 500 taels, and at the same time, the loser had to stay away from the other party in the future.

The two don't have the strength to control the oiran throne, so the winner or loser is judged by the ranking of Hengmei and Keqin.

After the dance, Shinansheng went on stage and read out the names of the treasures presented one by one.

The twelve famous actresses each have their own treasures, most of which are small treasures such as flying horses and mandarin ducks, but Lingbo Wu Luo Chuzhuang won the Jade Rabbit worth three hundred pearls.

Lady Peony gets two more mandarin ducks.

Wu Jie heard that Zhao Yuanfei also gave Lady Peony a mandarin duck, and wondered, what does Zhao Yuanfei mean?
Can't help looking at Xin Zhuo Zhao Yuanfei, just happened to Zhao Yuanfei also looked at him.

The two looked at each other, instantly full of gunpowder.

Mrs. Mudan went back to her room to rest. As soon as she sat down, she heard the maidservant come to report: "Mr. Tantai is here to see you."

"Please."

Tantai Wenwang was already very familiar with Mudan, so he sat down without being too polite.

After Mudan waved her hand to let the servant girl back down, she asked, "Where did you get the silver crane?"

Tantai Wenwang grinned and said: "Peony, don't worry about it, anyway, I will support you to the end tonight."

But Mudan said: "What do you mean I don't care, I will take care of you spending money on me, if you commit crimes in order to get money, it is my fault."

Tantai Wenwang chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm no longer the ignorant Tantai Wenwang back then. When I get the honor in the exam, I will mention to my sister that I will marry you."

Mudan smiled lightly, but she didn't show how happy she was, how could she be the official wife of Tantai Mansion as a brothel girl, according to Miss Tantai's temper, even being a concubine would be difficult.

He said: "Since you know that you still have studies, why do you still come here tonight and cause delays in your studies? I don't care about the ranking in this flower selection at all. I told you not to come."

Tantai Wenwang chuckled.

Lady Peony said, "Go back."

Tantai Wenwang was taken aback for a moment, "It's all here."

Lady Peony smiled faintly: "What can you do here?" She said getting up to fetch something.

Tantai Wenwang said: "Didn't I just give you a silver crane to save you a lot of face."

"There are strong enemies like a forest tonight, and you want to influence the ranking with a single silver crane. It's a dream."

Lady Mudan walked over as she spoke, and handed a heavy purse to Tantai Wenwang, and said with a smile: "Miss Tantai is a rich man in Suzhou City after all, but she is so stingy with you, my own brother, that you are so dignified Mr. Tantai can't even afford the travel expenses."

Tantai Wenwang smiled wryly: "My sister is dead, let me have no spare money, let alone go to brothels."

Lady Peony smiled and said: "Take it, don't even be able to enter the gate of Qinlou. Next time we meet, I will give you a test. You will see you only after you pass the test."

Tantai Wenwang asked: "What if you can't pass the test?"

(End of this chapter)