Blackening starts from the golden years

"Bah, you still know I'm going to throw you away?"

Chi Pan stood up from his chair, and walked towards Du Changfeng who was lying on the ground with his hands behind his back. Seeing him coming, Du Changfeng was frightened and quickly hugged the wood in his arms, saying weakly:
"You can't use the people to offend the officials."

"You are an official, who are you trying to fool?"

A servant beside Chi Pan said disdainfully. Upon hearing this, Du Changfeng said excitedly:
"I am a Jinshi this year. The list is still posted there. I am No. 27 in the second class. My name is Du Changfeng. You can go check it out."

Seeing Du Changfeng's confident tone, the two servants beside Chi Pan hurriedly said:
"Yanei, I think he really is a Jinshi."

"Yes, young master, we can't offend the officials as common people."

Seeing that Du Changfeng was actually a successful candidate in this year's imperial examination, Chi Pan secretly swallowed his saliva. The previously insignificant Du Blind Man had now transformed into an official that could not be provoked. Chi Pan felt discouraged. He glanced at the embarrassed Du Changfeng, waved his hand and said in a discouraged tone:
"Let him go."

Seeing that Chi Pan didn't dare to do anything to him, Du Changfeng stood up from the ground at once, no longer holding the wood, and proudly bowed to Chi Pan, laughing wantonly:

"Thank you, Thirteenth Master."

Hearing the disgusting nickname "Thirteenth Young Master" again, Chi Pan was obviously furious, but he couldn't do anything about Du Changfeng, the villain who was so arrogant when he succeeded. Since ancient times, the people have not fought against the officials. He is a commoner and Du Changfeng is an official, so he can only swallow his anger and not argue with him.

Seeing Du Changfeng in such an embarrassed and complacent look, the two servants beside Chi Pan were full of disgust, but they didn't say much. They just looked at him with disgust and disgust, and felt a little regretful that they had just fished him out of the Imperial River.

……

In a private room on the second floor of Shuangxi Building, Zhang Haohao and her personal maid Xiaoyu stood by the window. Looking at Du Changfeng who was in a state of disgrace and smugness downstairs, the maid Xiaoyu said angrily:
"This scholar is so rude. Chi Yanei asked someone to save him, but he was still so rude to Chi Yanei and deliberately called him Thirteenth Young Master."

"So what? He is a successful candidate in this year's imperial examination, which means he has an official position. Chi Yanei is just a commoner, and he is an official. Since ancient times, commoners should not fight against officials. Look at how rich Chi Yanei is, but does he dare to wear silk clothes or ride in a carriage that exceeds the rules when he goes out?"

Looking at the deflated Chi Yanei downstairs, Zhang Haohao said softly:

"No matter how rich he is, he can't wear the same clothes or ride in the same carriage as those nobles. This is the difference between scholars, farmers, merchants and artisans."

Hearing this, the maid Xiaoyu nodded and said:
“No wonder Chi Ya’s carriage is so small, but the two wheels are so big, and the clothes are so simple.”

Zhang Haohao smiled slightly and continued to watch the situation downstairs.

At this time, a young man dressed in black as a guard walked into Shuangxi Tower. Zhang Haohao looked down at him and noticed this introverted young man at a glance. He felt that his identity must be extraordinary. Ordinary people did not have the cold and murderous aura that kept strangers away from him. He looked like a guard of an important figure. Zhang Haohao had seen such people several times. The masters of these guards were all real top dignitaries.

What is he doing in Shuangxi Building?
Zhang Haohao was somewhat interested, so he continued to look downstairs, thinking to himself, he wondered who his master was, a powerful scholar-official, or a royal relative of noble status?
……

Noticing someone upstairs looking at him, Ah Da looked up and saw that it was Zhang Haohao, the courtesan of Shuangxi Tower, whose relevant information the master had ordered to be investigated. He then retracted his gaze and continued to walk towards Du Changfeng who was hiding not far away. The master said that he would let him soak in the Imperial River for an hour to sober up, but now it was still a little short, so he wanted to throw him back into the Imperial River.

"Help, help!"

Seeing that this evil star Ada still didn't let him go, Du Changfeng was trembling with fear. He was really scared. What kind of person was this? Even the officials didn't dare to deal with him. He was a successful candidate in this imperial examination, and he was in Tokyo City, under the feet of the emperor. Is there any law in the world?

"Chi Yanei, save me!"

Du Changfeng hid behind Chi Pan, wanting Chi Pan to save him.

"I save you? You wish!"

Chi Pan gloated over the misfortune and pushed Du Changfeng out. Ah Da grabbed Du Changfeng by the collar of his coat and dragged him out of Shuangxi Building.

"Chi Yanei, you watched someone die without helping him. How can you be called a hero? You are the Thirteenth Young Master. You will be the Thirteenth Young Master for the rest of your life!"

"Help me! I am a successful candidate in this year's imperial examination. A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. You, you cannot humiliate me like this. Who is your master?"

"Help me, Brother Ouyang, I am really in such a miserable state!"

……

Along the way, Du Changfeng shouted loudly, but Ah Da turned a deaf ear to him. He dragged Du Changfeng to the side of the pleasure boat of Shuangxi Tower, kicked him into the Imperial River, and said:

"There's still half an hour left."

"Help, help, gulu..."

Du Changfeng was struggling in the water and drank a lot of water from the Imperial River. At this time, Chi Pan came over with two servants. One of the servants was holding Du Changfeng's life-saving wood in his arms. He first carefully looked at A Da's face, and seeing that he had no reaction, he threw the wood in his arms into the water. Finally, Du Changfeng struggled hard and fell on the wood, choking and coughing.

After a while, Du Changfeng looked at Ah Da on the shore and asked with tears in his eyes:

"Who is your master?"

"No comment."

Ah Da said in a cold voice. Glancing at him, Chi Pan swallowed back the words that were about to come out of his mouth. He wanted to ask who Ah Da was, but seeing how cold he looked, he was afraid that he could not tell him anything.

"Let's go back."

"Okay, Yanei."

Chi Pan returned to Shuangxi Tower with two servants. Zhang Haohao in the private room on the second floor also withdrew her gaze. What she didn't know was that not long after, she saw Ah Da again and the mysterious master behind him. However, by that time, she had already been pressed down by the mysterious big man and was crying.

"Miss, who is that man? How dare he throw all the successful candidates into the Imperial River?"

The maid Xiaoyu asked curiously. Glancing at Ah Da downstairs, Zhang Haohao replied calmly:
"Maybe he is a guard from some family. Tokyo is a city of mixed people. A newly-appointed scholar is not an important figure. I'm afraid he must have offended someone, so they are trying to teach him a lesson and let him sober up in the Imperial River."

"So that's how it is. He deserves it. I think he should be allowed to sober up in the Imperial River."

The maid Xiaoyu smiled sweetly. Hearing this, Zhang Haohao smiled slightly, she turned and walked into the room, sat in front of the dressing table and started dressing in front of the bronze mirror on the table. The maid Xiaoyu walked to her side, helped her comb her hair, and smiled sweetly:

"Miss, it's your turn tonight, and those gentlemen should come to support you. Last time, Master Qi rewarded you with a fine white jade, wanting to see you alone. The same thing happened with Master Shen and Master Xiao, but you declined them all. If they come to support you again this time, what are you going to do, Miss?"

"I'm annoyed too."

As he spoke, Zhang Haohao sighed softly and said:

"You know what they are thinking. They just want to trick me into bed and use their beauty to please me. I don't want to do that, but they are all children of big families after all. If I refuse again and again, I am afraid that I will completely annoy them. If they really plan to use force against me, what can I do then?"

Hearing this, the maid Xiaoyu said hesitantly:
"Miss, I heard from other sisters that Mei Niang has found Lord Shi as a backer. Why don't you also find a backer?"

"Mei Niang has found Lord Shi as her backer? Is that true?"

Zhang Haohao was surprised. Mei Niang was the second most popular courtesan in the music academy after her. The most important thing was that Lord Shi was already a white-haired old man, while Mei Niang was in her prime. Why would she seek him as her backer?
"Really? I heard that Mei Niang was unwilling at first, but Lord Shi asked her to go to the mansion to sing and accompany the banquet. Mei Niang drank some wine and fell asleep. When she woke up, she was already lying on Lord Shi's bed, and Lord Shi..."

The maid Xiaoyu didn't say anything else, but Zhang Haohao had already understood what was going on. Such despicable things had happened many times in the Music Academy. Those nobles had the right to ask the girls in the Music Academy to attend banquets at their mansions. This was also the duty of the girls in the Music Academy. They had no right to refuse.

During the banquet, if those nobles really wanted to do something, they would not be able to discover it at all. Afterwards, they could simply shirk responsibility and say that it was the girls from the music academy who seduced them. Not only did they lose their virginity, they had nowhere to complain. In the end, most of the girls from the music academy had no choice but to accept their fate and follow the man.

But most of these women end up miserably, because since the man has chosen to do despicable things, it means that the other party's character is completely scum. When they have had enough fun, they will either choose to abandon them, or use them to entertain relatives and friends, or use them to please their superiors. Those women in the music academy either give up on themselves and become prostitutes who can be slept with by anyone, or are hung with a white silk and turn into a wisp of wronged soul and die. This is also what Zhang Haohao is most worried about. With her current fame as a courtesan, if she is entrusted to the wrong person, her future will definitely be even more miserable. Her pair of jade arms have been pillowed by thousands of men, and her red lips have been tasted by tens of thousands of people, and she has been wantonly molested by those powerful men.

The more Zhang Haohao thought about it, the more worried she became. She had heard that one of her sisters was pregnant, but her patron still gave her baby to a good friend of his. Some silly girls thought that they could become famous by having a baby, but they completely underestimated the beastly behavior of those scumbags. In the eyes of some powerful people, women are like clothes and friends are like brothers and sisters. Giving one's concubine to a friend is just a testimony of their friendship. Not only do they not think of themselves as bitches or beasts, they also think they are very noble. Those with a little talent even compose a poem to praise the sincere friendship between their friends.

Therefore, Zhang Haohao never chose those sons of famous families as her backers, because she was afraid that she would become a concubine shared by their friends. These sons of famous families all had criminal records. When the novelty wore off, they would most likely give their previously favored concubines to others and then pursue other fresh ladies. The courtesans changed one after another, but the children of the rich and powerful in Tokyo remained the same.

Compared with these playboys, Gao Guancha is more reliable. He is a royal relative and attaches great importance to his family's reputation. However, no one has ever heard of him abandoning his wife after having an affair. Thinking of Gao Guancha, Zhang Haohao couldn't help but sigh softly. She was about the same age as his daughter. Gao Guancha once told her vaguely that he was willing to marry her as a concubine. In addition, his wife had passed away long ago, and Gao Hui was his only daughter. Therefore, she was nominally a concubine, but in fact, she was treated the same as the principal wife.

Could it be that she really wanted to agree to Gao Guancha?
Zhang Haohao frowned slightly. She was now in her prime, with a pretty face, charming figure, and a voice as beautiful as the sound of nature. Her song of wild geese won the praise of the current emperor, the eight kings, and several concubines in the palace. They all gave her rewards. The current emperor even rewarded her with feather clothes and allowed her to ride the imperial horse to parade in the imperial street. With such an honor, she was extremely popular.

But even so, she still couldn't escape the covetousness of those powerful people, and had to become a concubine of an old man?

"Miss."

Seeing her young lady frowning and looking worried, the maid Xiaoyu immediately comforted her distressedly:

"Miss, don't think too much. As the saying goes, there is always a way out when you reach the mountain, and you will naturally find a way out when you reach the bridge. Maybe you will soon meet your ideal husband. You are so beautiful, there will definitely be a senior official who will really fall in love with you."

"is it?"

Zhang Haohao smiled when he heard this:

"You have such a sweet mouth."

"Hehe, I'm telling the truth. Miss, you are so beautiful, just like a fairy from heaven. There will definitely be a rich man who will really fall in love with you. When the time comes, he will marry you home and take good care of you."

The maid Xiaoyu said with a laugh.

"You just make me happy."

Zhang Haohao smiled slightly, she picked up a piece of rouge from the box, put it between her lips and sipped it gently, looking at the beautiful girl in the bronze mirror in front of her, with red lips, fair face, delicate eyebrows, bright eyes and white teeth, she was a natural beauty, charming and stunning.

Feeling sorry for herself, she thought sadly in her heart, Oh my God, what kind of man will my future husband be?

Is he a man of great power and wealth, or a man of great beauty and knowledge, a literary genius from heaven?

I don’t know what she was thinking about, but Zhang Haohao’s pretty face flushed and her beautiful eyes were full of shyness.

After taking a look at her, the maid Xiaoyu suddenly smiled with her hands covering her mouth. She thought to herself that her young lady might have fallen in love and was missing her husband. Well, her young lady was not young anymore. If she was born in an ordinary family, she should have married and had children long ago. Why would she still be single until now and still be a virgin?

"Xiaoyu, what are you laughing at?"

Zhang Haohao looked at Xiaoyu, the personal maid beside her, and asked in a tender voice.

"Miss, I dare not say."

"You tell me, young lady, I forgive you, just tell me."

"Then I really said it?"

"Well, tell me."

Looking at Zhang Haohao, the maid Xiaoyu blushed and said:

"Miss, were you thinking about men just now? I heard some sisters in the music hall say that when we get older, we women will think about men. Miss, do you think what they said is true?"

"What the hell are you talking about?"

After glaring at her personal maid, Zhang Haohao blushed and said shyly:

"Don't mess around with those little girls if you have nothing to do. You're thinking about men, and you don't know how to be shy."

"Oh, I see, miss."

Seeing her young lady's stubborn expression, the maid Xiaoyu replied with a smile. Zhang Haohao glared at her and her pretty face turned red. She thought to herself, is it possible that she really missed a man?

She couldn't help but think of what some sisters in the music school had told her before about serving men. They said it was a wonderful feeling, bitter at first but sweet later, which made people think about it again and again. Once they had tasted it, they couldn't help but want it.

For a moment, Zhang Haohao's pretty face turned red and she looked charming and beautiful.

……

On the other side, Yuan Xudong got off the carriage, then carefully took Zhao Pan'er's hand and helped her get off the carriage. Then Song Yinzhang, Sun Sanniang and Yinping girl got off the carriage by themselves.

Looking at the extremely magnificent royal palace in front of you, with high gates and large courtyards, pink walls and red doors, there are two majestic stone unicorns on both sides of the gate and a relief pattern of a flying dragon above the door. This is the idea of ​​a perfect match.

A group of maids and servants from the mansion were waiting to greet them at the door. Seeing this scene, the girls couldn't help feeling a little guilty, but they were mostly happy, joyful, and excited. The real identity of their men turned out to be the noble prince, how could these girls not be happy and excited?
After forcing themselves to calm down, the girls followed Yuan Xudong into the palace. Yuan Xudong first took them to see the backyard, which was divided into seven gardens with different scenery, corresponding to the number of three wives and four concubines. Yuan Xudong was the male owner of the palace, and he and his wife lived in a garden, which was the largest, with the best scenery and the most maids and servants.

Looking at the huge backyard of the palace, the groups of maids and servants, and the teams of elite guards patrolling the palace, the girls opened their eyes wide. Zhao Pan'er pretended to be calm, while Song Yinzhang and Yinping looked here and there, their little faces full of joy. Sun Sanniang was so shocked that she couldn't close her mouth and said:

"Oh my god, the prince's mansion is already so magnificent, how much more magnificent is the imperial palace?"

Hearing Sun Sanniang say such words, Zhao Pan'er immediately glared at her and said angrily:

"Sanniang, you can't talk nonsense."

"Oh, look at my mouth."

Sun Sanniang laughed awkwardly, and as she spoke, she gently patted her mouth with her hand and admitted her mistake:
"I was just talking nonsense, I didn't mean anything else."

"Yeah, it's okay. Just be more careful next time. This is Tokyo. Some things are hard to say, so as not to cause trouble for your family."

Zhao Pan'er smiled slightly. Hearing this, Sun Sanniang nodded and said:

"I understand, Pan'er, I will pay attention next time."

"Ah."

Looking at Zhao Pan'er who was explaining the rules to Sun Sanniang, Yuan Xudong approached her and said with a smile:

"Pan'er, I'll take you to see the garden where we'll live in the future."

"Ah."

Zhao Paner nodded slightly and responded.

……

He led a few girls into the main garden and looked around casually. Sun Sanniang was running around with a happy smile on her face.
"This garden is a bit too big, and there are many empty rooms."

As she spoke, she took a fancy to a side room where servants lived and said with an excited smile:

"Hey, I want this room. Don't compete with me for it."

...(End of chapter)