Time Travel: Brothel Maid

Chapter 88 Relieve anger

In fact, this poem was slightly adapted by Xiao Guoer based on the famous work "On the Love of Lotus" by Zhou Dunyi, a Neo-Confucian philosopher of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the most popular sentence was selected as the core.

The reason why it was not copied exactly is that there was no method of writing ci in that era, and all the works were poems with neat parallelism.

While everyone was admiring the fact that this exquisite poem was written by Yingniang, only Tang Jingchen knew that it was not the case.

He was secretly shocked. How many unexpected talents did Xiao Guoer have?

And he is so lucky to own such a rare treasure that is unparalleled in the world!

The light in Chen Fengyao's eyes became more and more blazing, as if a blazing flame was burning. His possessive desire for Yingniang gradually rekindled, and it was faintly showing signs of spreading like wildfire.

Everyone was reciting over and over the most amazing line of poetry: Untainted by the mud, yet still pure and innocent in the clear water.

It’s amazing!

Zhao Yunrong sighed deeply amid the chanting of the crowd. The game he had carefully planned ended in failure.

His original intention of winning people's hearts at no cost was completely ruined by the variable of Yingniang, and his poem was ranked second.

A prince with great learning actually lost to a girl who came from a brothel. Although this girl's masterpiece was unprecedented and unparalleled, it was understandable for anyone to lose to such a masterpiece, but people would eventually think that the Eighth Prince's talent was not amazing enough.

Since the expected effect was not achieved, Zhao Yunrong had no choice but to give up and wait for another opportunity to think of another way and work on it slowly.

Zhao Yunrong's deep eyes are complex and hard to discern. It would be a pity for a woman to have such talent. If she were a man, he would surely have great potential.

Another person who didn't want to see this scene was Fu Yaoning. She had a lot of anger in her chest, but she had no place to vent it. Her face was very bad. She tightened the handkerchief in her hand and said to Zhou Fangye angrily, "I'm tired, I want to go home!"

Zhou Fangye wanted to go to Yingniang and ask her what was going on. But if he did so, Fu Yaoning, who was furious beside him, would surely make a scene.

"I'll take you back."

Yingniang watched Zhou Fangye and Fu Yaoning walk away from the pavilion. Her strong back, which had been trying to remain calm, suddenly lost its strength and bent slumped. She blinked her sore eyes and said softly, "Let's go too."

When everyone came to their senses from the shock, they found that the oiran who had composed this masterpiece had disappeared.

Xiao Guoer didn't see the poetry meeting develop into a large-scale blind date scene, but she didn't feel regretful because all her interest was ruined. Fortunately, she finally saw Fu Yaoning's ugly face, which made her feel a little relieved, otherwise Xiao Guoer would feel that today was really unlucky.

Yingniang, Xiaoguoer and Yueya returned to Zhuxian Lane. Xiaoguoer went straight to the east wing, found the purse from the secret compartment of the closet, and counted the silver bills she had earned during this period. There were 3,800 taels, which was almost all her fortune.

Looking at the banknotes that she had worked so hard to earn but might not belong to her soon, she felt a pang of pain. However, money could be earned again, but the matter between Yingniang and Zhou Fangye could not be delayed any longer.

When he came to the main room, he saw Yingniang crying again. When he saw her come in, he wiped her tears with a handkerchief and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Guoer sighed deeply. She didn't know how many times she had said the words of advice. There was no need to waste any more words. What to do next was up to Yingniang herself to make the decision.

"I have three thousand eight hundred taels here. If you don't want to drag it out with Zhou Fangye any longer, just give this banknote to Zhou Fangye. It will be regarded as returning all the money you paid for redeeming yourself and the expenses of this house. From now on, you don't have to feel that you owe him anything. You are even now. If..."

At this point, Xiao Guoer changed her tone and continued with a reluctant tone, "If you are determined to follow Zhou Fangye and are willing to endure all the grievances, then I will find a way for you. Although the door of the Zhou Mansion is difficult to enter, it is not impossible to become a concubine if you pay enough."

Yingniang immediately opened her misty eyes and looked at her, "What can you do?"

Xiao Guoer looked at her straightly, revealing a bitter smile of disappointment. Could it be that she still couldn't give up?

"I don't know whether it will work or not, but I can give it a try. If it doesn't work, sister, you should be mentally prepared."

When Xiao Guoer walked out of Zhuxian Lane, she felt indescribably bitter.

In the past, when she was in Zuihualou, if Yingniang had not protected her and concealed the secret on her face, she would not be where she is today. Later, the two of them were master and servant in name only, but sisters in reality, and they supported each other to get to where they are today. This process was so difficult that I still feel sad when I think about it carefully now.

After working so hard to get to where she is today, Yingniang is still hesitant in her feelings. She gives up her bright and promising life and insists on becoming Zhou Fangye's mistress. Xiao Guoer really can't understand this.

She thought that if Tang Jingchen did something that made her sad one day, she would definitely cut the Gordian knot and would never be indecisive and put herself in pain.

However, she believed that Tang Jingchen would not be an irresponsible scumbag like Zhou Fangye.

Her thoughts returned to Yingniang. She could only try her best. If she could really fulfill Yingniang's wish and let the Zhou family accept her...she would have to walk the rest of the way on her own.

The question now is, how can we make the Zhou family willing to accept Yingniang?

There is nothing in this world that cannot be negotiated. If there is, the benefits in exchange are too small to move people's hearts.

If you want to have the capital to negotiate with others, you can only start with money and fame and fortune.

Their current situation is not good. Although Yingniang is famous, it is indeed a bad reputation - the courtesan. If she wants to enter the Zhou family, it is better to have no reputation at all. So she can only start with money.

Xiao Guoer's thoughts gradually became clear, and he walked towards the lottery shop on Yongxing Street with firm steps.

For her, making money is the only way to give her a sense of security. Only with enough wealth can she have enough confidence to face the difficulties and challenges in life.

She was busy in the shop until dusk when Tang Jingchen came to see her.

The two had some questions for each other, so they went to the backyard of the spice shop - Tang Jingchen's temporary study.

"Why are you with the Eighth Prince? You seem to be very familiar with him?"

Some things are dangerous. Tang Jingchen didn't want her to know. He smiled and said casually, "Since I saved him last time, he has trusted me very much. He often asked me to go out with him, and we gradually became familiar with each other."