There was a vague female voice accompanying the dance steps to the music, gently and softly floated to everyone's ears, and attracted all the attention. When the last note fell, everyone was still immersed in the weeping sound just now, and they didn't come back to their senses for a long time...
I don’t know who took the lead. After the applause started, the curtain slowly opened, revealing a stunning face. She doesn't have the coolness of Wang Mei, nor the beauty of Lu Chenxia, but she has an upright style of her own.
There was another person who walked slowly onto the stage from the side and looked at the guests in the audience with a smile.
After Su Liuyuan saw this person clearly, she finally understood why she felt familiar when she heard the words "Yihong Villa". Because this person was the mother Di whom she met when she bought Ana Shen.
"Hey, Mother Di, where did you find this treasure?"
Before Mother Di could speak, someone in the audience began to boo. The person making the noise was wearing a turban, a plain gown, and a fan in his hand. He has a delicate face and a somewhat scholarly temperament.
"Hello, Mr. Zuo, I did not dig up this girl like a bird. Where can I find a beauty like her?" Mother Di said to the man in an angry and coquettish tone while shaking her fan.
"Mother Di, tell me what the starting price is for this girl?" At this time, another fat man asked impatiently.
When Mother Di heard this, she narrowed her eyes and said with a smile: "No more, no more, the starting price is one hundred taels!"
"Ha-Mother Di, you don't have much?" As soon as Mother Di finished speaking, someone suddenly complained and made a fuss.
"One hundred taels is enough for me to buy a beauty and go home!" The person who said this was the one who was impatient just now. His name was Huang Zhi. His family had been in business for three generations and he was a well-known wealthy young man in the capital.
"Huang Zhi, if you're not willing to buy the book, you shouldn't come here!" It was Zuo Wenbin who spoke.
"Humph, I don't have anything, but I do have money! Mother Di, you don't have to ask anyone else. I want this beauty tonight!"
Huang Zhi's weakness is that he cannot withstand excitement. And Zuo Wenbin, who had been having trouble with him, obviously took advantage of this weakness of his. Ever since the two met, their conflicts have never stopped. This has something to do with the family.
The Huang family and the Zuo family were both royal merchants of the Southern Qi Dynasty, but because they dealt in cloth, every time the palace came to purchase, the Huang family and the Zuo family were the two most competitive. Apart from this contradiction, Huang Zhi couldn't stand the fact that Zuo Wenbin, a man who smelled like copper, was writing and writing all day long, and Zuo Wenbin couldn't stand Huang Zhi being idle all day long.
"Hmph, you're showing off!" Zuo Wenbin curled his lips.
"Thank you Mr. Huang for thinking highly of us, Miss Ruque. Do other gentlemen want to increase the price?" Di's mother was not overjoyed or angry because of Huang Zhi's words.
"Huang Zhi, have you forgotten the lesson Mr. Huang gave you the day before yesterday?" A young man in gray brocade clothes joked with a smile.
Huang Zhi frowned and turned back to glare at the man in brocade: "Who said my father taught me a lesson? What kind of bastard is talking nonsense? Get out of here, young master!" But after he saw clearly who the other party was, Huang Zhi Zhi couldn't help being stunned, and quickly said with a flattering smile, "It turns out to be Young Master Sui! Young Master Sui is also here to see the beauty?"
When the people nearby heard that this man turned out to be the young master of the Sui family, they all turned their heads and looked at him with expressions of surprise and curiosity.
The latter turned a blind eye, laughed loudly, and put down the cup in his hand: "I'm just here to watch the fun."
Sui Tang was born handsome and handsome, and his smile made even the expressionless evil man turn around to take a look.
"Haha, I see, that's it." Huang Zhi felt relieved. Fortunately, he didn't mean to blame himself, otherwise he would have been taught a lesson again when he went back.
Mother Di's eyes circled around everyone, and finally landed firmly on Sui Tang. She turned forward and said with a sweet smile: "Master Sui came to Yihong Courtyard today. Di Yuan is really honored!"
Sui Tang smiled: "Mom, you're welcome."
"If Master Sui needs anything, just tell Di Yuan. There is no other Yihong Courtyard, but your waiting skills are quite good..."
Although Mother Di is a mature lady, her charm is still there, and she is still favored by many benefactors. She smiled sweetly and rubbed against Sui Tang. Because of her movement, her half-tied clothes revealed a large area of snow-white skin, causing a burst of swallowing sounds from the side.
Sui Tang avoided Di Yuan's embrace without leaving a trace, and said with a smile: "Then Sui Tang would like to thank Mother Di first."
Di Yuan had already become a woman in the brothel, so she naturally saw what Sui Tang was thinking, so she smiled and said, "Young Master Sui, you don't have to be polite~"
"Mama Di! Are you still selling your beauty's first night?" Someone shouted in amusement when they saw that Sui Tang didn't care about the beautiful woman's love.
"Di Yuan is open to do business. She has money but doesn't make money. So why doesn't Di Yuan go to the northwest? Just now, Master Huang said that he wanted to keep Miss Ruque. But in a place like ours, people only care about money and not people. ! Just as usual, the one with the highest price gets the beauty!"
That bird has always been standing on the stage, her eyes falling on her toes, not looking at anyone, and the expression on her face is also very light. There is no pain of being auctioned, nor is she secretly happy about becoming a hot beauty. Just stood there calmly. Even though she was being traded like a commodity by Mother Di, she didn't change her expression at all.
Su Liuyuan'e frowned slightly, this ancient woman really had no social status at all! If she fell to this level, she really didn't know if she could be as calm as Ruque in the audience.
"I'll pay you one hundred and fifty taels!"
While Su Liuyuan was meditating, someone had already made a quote.
"Two hundred taels!" a hunchbacked old man shouted.
"Hmph, you go ahead and submit your bid! I'll be waiting for the last one of you!" Huang Zhi's nostrils were turned upward and he looked at those who made quotations nonchalantly.
"Really? Then I'll pay five hundred taels!" Zuo Wenbin heard the words and immediately reported the number.
"Zuo Wenbin, if I don't want it anymore, you can come up with five hundred taels!" Huang Zhi said sarcastically.
But Zuo Wenbin was not angry. Instead, he said with a smile: "I, Zuo Wenbin, am not like someone who goes back on his words and can't get so much money, but he wants to make a fool of himself by showing off his fatness!"
"You!" Huang Zhi's eyes widened, and he couldn't breathe out of his chest.
"Master Zuo bids five hundred taels." Mother Di reminded everyone in a timely manner.
"I'll give you a thousand taels!" Huang Zhi shouted with a breath of evil breath.
Mother Di said with a smile: "Master Huang is really compassionate and considerate of us like a bird!"
"Zuo Wenbin, you're so quiet!" Huang Zhi proudly glanced at Zuo Wenbin, who was two seats away from him.
Zuo Wenbin just smiled and did not answer.
"Master Huang, once a thousand times." Mother Di's voice was soft and gentle, her eyes narrowed, looking at the patron in the hall.
"It seems that this beauty is going to fall into Huang Zhi's hands!" Someone in the audience sighed.
"I think this time Huang Zhi will be scolded by Mr. Huang again!" Someone next to him snickered.
"Young Master Huang, one thousand or two times!"
When Huang Zhi heard this voice, his heart ached a little, a thousand taels! If dad finds out, why not break his legs! I just finished training him a few days ago, and this time, he even spent a thousand taels in one go...
"Master Huang, one thousand taels..."
"Wait!"
A whisper came out, stopping Mother Di's last pricing decision.