Pingyang Fu of the Red Chamber

Chapter 303 Mother Yun's Sarcasm
Yunliang Court,
The children from various academies gradually came, and the atmosphere in the building became more and more enthusiastic.

The whole Yunliang Pavilion was noisy, but it didn't show the customs and elegance. Qin Keqing also lost interest after watching it for a while, and buried her head in her meal.

"My lord, you said that they are all disciples of the academy, how could they be making noise like peddlers in the market, isn't it indecent?"

Lan Yue'er and Lan Shu'er were even more disappointed. They wanted to meet those talented men and beautiful women, but who would have thought that would happen.

Qin Keqing and Yang Hanyu nodded in agreement.

Zhang Jinyu took a bite of the food, looked outside, also smiled, and said;

"How tall are the high apprentices! Those academy disciples are still human beings. There are so many people downstairs. If you don't shout loudly, whoever you say can hear you here, and you can say what you want. I don't know how many times I have been scolded by others. If it's you Can you not be angry?"

"Pfft,"

With a sound, the girls couldn't help laughing after listening to Master Hou's explanation. After thinking about it, it was the same reason. If they didn't respond when they were scolded, they would be so angry that night.

Suddenly,
Guigong downstairs took a gong and drum,
There was a sound of "Dang".

Then Mother Yun stood on the high platform and shouted to the people sitting below;
"Everyone, everyone, be quiet, it's almost time, let's start tonight."

"well."

"Hurry up, I'm getting impatient."

"That's right, why did you come here?"

On the first and second floors below, the onlookers were all shouting and shouting.

"when."

There was another gong, and the building was quiet.Mother Yun didn't feel annoyed, she tied up her hem with her hands, and said;

"Dear benefactors, this year's oiran competition and poetry meeting will be held in Yunliang Pavilion in Jinling. I am also very happy for Mama Yun. It is still the old rule that the four brothels will draw lots three days before, and let the alternate oiran perform on stage. Everyone can play Appreciate the red flowers in your hands, the more the better. The last day is the competition of the academies to select the heads of the six academies, and to choose this year's oiran."

Mother Yun briefly introduced the rules over the years, and then continued;

"This year, Liu Rulan and Dong Xiaowan are the candidates for Yunliang Pavilion in Jinling, Zheng Wumei and Kou Baimei are the candidates for Jinling Yuelai Pavilion, Li Xiangjun and Chen Yuanyuan from Yanchun Building in Beijing, and Ma Xianglan and Gu Qiubo, the first competition will start today."

After the words were finished, everyone in the building seemed to be yelling like a pot had exploded, and then everyone in the academy came to prepare baskets of red flowers that they didn't know where to get.

After a while,
It was Miss Liu Rulan from Yunliang Pavilion, who came out slowly wearing a turban, with a swaying figure, a swinging dance skirt, and a water snake waist, which was even more graceful. .

Moreover, Liu Rulan's ancestral home is Yangzhou, an authentic Yangzhou surname, and a person in the south of the Yangtze River who was raised by the soil and water. The "Yangzhou thin horse" really lived up to its reputation.

Arrived at Central Taiwan,
Liu Rulan opened her mouth slightly, and sang a lovesickness song, which was tactful and sad, and her ethereal voice was even more unique.

"The leaves blow down and the autumn wind rises
who sang lovesickness
Shadows in the dim candlelight

cry cry cry

Clouds and smoke linger in dreams

Lovesickness rains outside the window again
"

Zhang Jinyu was half lying on the chair upstairs, closing her eyes and admiring it. Her voice was really good. These women can be regarded as everyone. The singing voice is beautiful, the dance is also beautiful, and the people are even more beautiful. The beautiful concubine Ji stays, if I come here for a while every day, tsk tsk, it's cool.

Qin Keqing and the others stretched their heads and looked down, their eyes inevitably a little shocked, this brothel girl has such a demeanor, there is no need for those ladies from big families, and young ladies from small families are probably not as good as them.

Qin Keqing was even more puzzled and asked;
"My lord, this woman is called Liu Rulan. She has a good figure, appearance, and talents. The slave family thinks she is high-class. Why did she fall to this point?"

"Hey."

Zhang Jinyu also sighed, and could only reply;
"A person is born with his own conclusions. Sometimes manpower can't do it. Whoever really wants to come to the brothel will always be involuntary. Even if there is no her, it may be Wang Rulan, Zhang Rulan's. It can only be said that fate is like this."

Qin Keqing frowned even more, a little unconvinced, but it made sense when she thought about it carefully. If she didn't come on stage today, someone else must have taken the stage for her. She sat down a little bored, and then took a red flower and threw it down. Landing at Liu Rulan's feet, Liu Rulan also stopped and looked up, only to see a handsome young man throwing it down, feeling shy in her heart, blushing and continuing to sing;
"People who love each other can't meet

Only in the dream can I return to my hometown.

"

Liu Rulan used her eyes to look up from time to time, but Qin Keqing didn't care, but it was like a start, and the people in the attic started to throw the safflower brocade cloth over, like a rain of flowers.

Zhang Jinyu was also a little dazed. Women still spend money for women, shouldn't they throw it away by themselves, and then the women also threw it once.

The inside of Yunliang Pavilion was full of heat, and the outside was not idle. Many people who came late squeezed their way inside, including the servants brought by Xue Pan.

"Damn it, get out of the way, get out of the way, I don't know if you, Uncle Xue, are here."

The yelling sounded like it really happened, scaring away many people, and many people glared at him angrily. Xue Pan was also used to domineering, so he swaggered and wanted to go in there wherever he was afraid of them.

Unexpectedly, a school boy in white said,
"I wonder who it is, isn't it Mr. Xue? Why come today, you can compose poems and you are right. Could it be that your face can attract the attention of several oirans? It's a joke, haha."

The surrounding white-clothed children also laughed, Xue Pan immediately blushed and cursed;

"Where did the brat come from, dare to speak nonsense here, old man"

Before he finished speaking, Xue Pan stepped forward and kicked the white-clothed disciple away, then walked over and kicked him a few times, and was stopped when he wanted to hit him again.

"Who dares to take care of my business?"

Just turning around, a group of children in white clothes surrounded a young man with a blue belt around his waist,
"Mr. Xue, you have to forgive others and forgive others. Forget it, help him up."

"Yes, Chief."

A few white-clothed boys behind him helped the man who fell on the ground up, and when he wanted to say something, the chief glared at him.

Xue Pan looked at it coldly,

"Who are you? Talking so big, this person actually laughed at my Xue family. Hitting him a few times is considered an advantage."

"Damn Lan Xinwen, the head of Bailu Academy, Brother Xue, you have said too much. This person just complained to you, but you beat him with your hands. Besides, you just talked about it, and you were promoted to the Xue family. I don't know you How much right and wrong has been recruited in this way, the Xue family can really last long."

Lan Xinwen also made some sarcasm. My father, Lan Jili, had already told me that once the Patriarch of the Xue family left, the Xue family would be regarded as defeated. Unless there is a noble person to help them, otherwise they will not be able to get back together, or they can marry for their own use, but The merchant's daughter has a bad background.

Xue Pan suppressed his anger, but felt that something was wrong with this person. This person was surnamed Lan, and he was from Bailu Academy. Could it be the son of Lan Jili, the imperial envoy of Jiangnan Qiandu? I endured it. After all, my sister is not married yet, so I can't cause trouble, so I endured it.

"Let's forget about this matter, you still have a lot of face, Mr. Lan, Xue Mou has nothing to say, so I leave."

Xue Pan was not stupid, he turned around and left after finishing speaking, and went into the attic, leaving all the students of Bailu Academy here, Lan Xinwen was also taken aback, this is different from the rumors, Xue Pan is not that stupid Ah, I wasted the opportunity, shook my head and followed in.

Among the onlookers, Jiang Chunyue also saw what happened in front of her eyes. Lan Xinwen, the head of Bailu Academy, isn't this the beloved son of Master Lan.

It seems that Master Lan is also looking forward to his son becoming a dragon. Obviously, Xue Pan and Young Master Lan both know each other. In that case, the most powerful person is actually Xue Pan's mother, and she is indeed a daughter of the Wang family.

After thinking about it, he quickly led the people into the Yunliang Pavilion, looked at Xue Pan's back and chased after him.

Xue Pan finally squeezed in. There was no place in front of him, and he was extremely annoyed. He was even more annoyed when he saw Liu Rulan, who he missed every night, on the stage. He hurried too late.

Looking around, I saw that there were some vacant seats in front of some small fences, which were reserved by people who paid a lot of money. When Xue Pan saw that no one was sitting, he didn't care about so many and just turned over the small fence and sat. Going down, the people around were stunned for a moment, wondering which family it was.

And when Mother Yun saw that someone was sitting in the upper seat in the front row, she also came over in person and served her;
"Oh, what kind of young master is this? I don't even know I'll meet you when I come here. Do you have an invitation card?"

Xue Pan was also taken aback, and asked for an invitation to take a seat. When did I, Uncle Xue, feel so useless? Some people automatically send invitations, but this year they are gone.

"I don't have one, why can't I sit?"

"Oh, my lord, you can sit in another place. These seats are reserved for the famous masters in Jinling. It would be a bit bad for you to sit."

Although Mother Yun still greeted her with a smile on her face, she had already turned her away with words. Xue Pan also blushed and said;
"Mother Yun, don't I give the Xue family face at all?"

Mother Yun was also a little surprised. The Xue family in Jinling is a good master, but now that the Xue family has lost the head, it is becoming more and more difficult to get on the stage, but it is not easy to lose face. According to rumors, the mistress of the Xue family is It has a lot of background, this.

"Mr. Xue, it's not that you can't sit here. Look at this, this guy is 1000 taels of silver. If you can get it out, you can sit down. If you can't get it out, you can't sit down. It's you who came, and no one else can."

Mother Yun deliberately used words to sarcasm, wanting to let Mr. Xue quit, and deliberately asked for a higher price.

Xue Pan was furious when he heard that, and he treated himself like a monkey, 1000 taels of silver per seat, why not grab it,
"Mother Yun has passed, and this place wants 1000 taels of silver. What if I, Xue, don't give it?"

"you."

Seeing the person in front of her start to play tricks, Mother Yun raised her eyebrows and said coldly;
"Mr. Xue, others are afraid of you, but I, Yunliang Pavilion, are not afraid of you. What kind of place do you think this is, and you don't even look at it."

And the thug guards around the high platform all looked over when they saw that there was an abnormality.

Xue Pan couldn't bear it when he saw it, he patted the table with his big hand,
"What are you, you dare to insult me!"

(End of this chapter)