Gu Mubai is worthy of being Lu Yunzheng's best friend. Just from the smile on Lu Yunzheng's face, he guessed, "You don't think Qiao'er likes you, do you?"
Isn’t it
Lu Yunzheng raised his eyebrows proudly, but before he could say anything, he heard Gu Mubai continue.
"I asked, and it wasn't you either."
Lu Yunzheng's face instantly fell: "Oh? It can't be her childhood friend Niu Dahu."
Gu Mubai laughed a few times: "Who knows, the little girl is deliberately being mysterious, I'm afraid she is retreating to advance, deliberately attracting my attention."
As they were talking, unexpectedly, a huge storm broke out on the stage downstairs.
It turned out that at the end of this event, Liu Qiaoer arranged several women, wearing lantern sleeves, lantern pants, and tops that revealed their slender waists, with bells hanging on their ankles, wrists, and waists.
With a pair of bare white feet, they shine brightly on the stage. Their neat dance and seductive moves draw screams and whistles from the crowd.
After this dance, the singing and dancing performance was over.
Then the guests can order the girls in the music hall to perform solo.
The prices have increased several times compared to before, and the cheapest one starts at ten taels, which costs the time of a stick of incense.
Seeing that the business was extremely busy, the Zui Hua Lou across the street also benefited from it. The nanny from Zui Hua Lou came personally with the girls. However, there was a rule that the guests could only stay in Zui Le Fang and could not be brought to their Zui Hua Lou.
Anyway, Zui Le Fang also has guest rooms.
Seeing that the business was so good, Liu Qiaoer was just about to retire and went to have a couple of drinks with Lu Yunzheng.
Suddenly, a bold voice sounded from the private room on the second floor.
"Okay, really good, not bad, not bad, Miss Nishang, I'll take care of her today."
As he was speaking, he saw a man wearing a dark blue brocade robe, a gold belt around his waist, a jade pendant and a sachet on each side, and waving a fan in the middle of winter, slowly coming down from the second floor.
The madam's eyes lit up when she saw him: "This is the richest man in Fengxin County, Master Su Mingyu."
"Su Mingyu? What is his relationship with Su Xueying?" Liu Qiaoer asked.
The madam said, "Su Xueying is his biological sister. He almost became in-law with the eldest son of the Lu family, but they didn't get along very well. Although Mr. Su is young and has not yet married, he already has three concubines at home, and they are all stunningly beautiful."
Originally, Su Mingyu looked pretty decent, although a little effeminate and weak, but there are many celebrities in the end times who are more effeminate than him. There is nothing wrong with his appearance, but his character...
"Three concubines? How old is he? Isn't he afraid of kidney failure..."
The madam glanced at Liu Qiaoer, then went away to flatter Su Mingyu with a wrinkled face.
"Hey, Mr. Su, long time no see."
Su Mingyu took out a stack of banknotes from her bosom and stuffed them into the madam's pocket: "Here are 10,000 taels of banknotes. According to the rules here, this is enough to keep Miss Nishang for a whole year."
Who knew that when the madam was about to take the banknote, her hands started shaking when she heard that it was a one-year guarantee.
"Mr. Su, the price of our Nishang girl has increased, don't you know?"
The government stipulated that all prices must be posted on the wall. Yue Nishang was the top brand, so naturally her price was hung at the very top. The price was indeed not low, one hundred and two pieces costing the time of an incense stick.
One stick of incense is about half an hour, which is enough for listening to songs.
But if you want to book it all, it would cost several thousand for one night, and ten thousand taels would only be enough for a few days.
Su Mingyu took a look but didn't care at all: "Okay, I'll keep her for as many days as I can. When Lu Yunzheng is not around, I will tell everyone that Yue Nishang is mine."
Yue Nishang was sent to the music troupe by imperial decree and could never be redeemed.
Otherwise, Lu Yunzheng would have redeemed her long ago and there would be no need to go to so much trouble to set up a music hall.
Su Mingyu also knew that in the past, there was a Lu Yunzheng in Fengxin County who was above him, but now that Lu Yunzheng was gone, looking at the entire Fengxin County, there was no one who would compete with him.
At the end of the performance, all the girls in the music troupe came on stage. The cheaper ones were all ordered by the customers, and there were only a few people left on the stage. Yue Nishang was one of them.
Liu Qiaoer looked at Yue Nishang's angry and sad expression, and knew that she must be a girl who was loyal to her feelings and unyielding.
In the past, under the protection of Lu Yunzheng, she could live in peace without being harassed by other men, but now that Lu Yunzheng is gone, her umbrella of protection is gone.
Look, Su Mingyu was the first person to jump out and want Yue Nishang to serve her.
"Mr. Su, what a pity, you are too late. Miss Nishang has already been reserved by our young master."
Liu Qiaoer was racking her brains to think of how to help Yue Nishang out of trouble, but who would have thought that Gu Mubai walked down the opposite stairs gracefully.
Yes, she forgot that Lu Yunzheng was not dead.
Everyone thought Lu Yunzheng was dead, but only she knew that Lu Yunzheng was not only alive, but also came to watch the performance tonight.
After all, she was a woman whom he had protected for several years. How could she be bullied so easily
Liu Qiaoer's heart suddenly ached, as if someone had pinched it, almost making her unable to breathe.
She just hit it hard, turned around, and left in such a cool manner.
With Lu Yunzheng around, Su Mingyu can't take advantage.
Liu Qiaoer no longer cared about how the problems in the music house were resolved. She felt so tired. The music house would become a hit tonight. From now on, as long as she provided good music, the music house would get better.
Her task was completed and she was just waiting for the dividends. Logically, she should be very happy and relaxed tonight.
But she just felt tired and exhausted all over.
He changed into his usual clothes and walked out from the back door of the music hall.
The weather was so cold that it made people shiver. At this late hour, the streets were deserted and there were few people.
But the alley was deep and dark, and I accidentally ran into two drunkards.
When the drunkard saw that Liu Qiaoer was a little girl, he couldn't help but go up and play with her.
"Whose maid are you? You look pretty. Come, give me a kiss."
Liu Qiao'er was feeling very upset and had no intention of paying any attention to him, but the drunkard came forward and grabbed her clothes.
Liu Qiaoer's eyes suddenly turned cold. She grabbed the drunkard's arm and kicked him in the stomach, then threw him sideways.
He didn't give up until one of them fell down. He grabbed another one and punched him in the face a few times. Finally, he gave the drunkard a beautiful side kick and kicked him against the wall, and he fell down along the wall.
Liu Qiaoer used the two drunkards as punching bags and finally vented her anger. She rubbed her wrists, stretched her neck, kicked the drunkard, and cursed.
"Scumbag."
I don't know whether he was scolding the two drunkards or Lu Yunzheng who was heroically saving the damsel in distress.
Anyway, Liu Qiaoer didn't want to pretend today. She felt very unhappy.
After returning home, Liu Qiaoer fell asleep without washing up, which surprised Xia Ying, who had been waiting for them at the door.
"Qiao'er, are you hungry? Eat something before going to sleep. I left some midnight snack for you."
Liu Qiaoer covered her head with the quilt: "No."
Xia Ying sighed faintly: "Then you don't need to take a bath, I've prepared water for you."
"I'm tired."
She didn't eat or even take a bath. Xia Ying thought that Liu Qiaoer was really exhausted these days.
I covered her with the quilt, lit a candle, and continued to wait in the room. Lu Yunzheng had not come back yet.
Who knew that after a while, Liu Qiaoer said, "Go to bed, Lu Yunzheng will not be back tonight."