"It's really a sense of conquest." Song Qing echoed casually. He knew the customs of the Jurchens. Unlike the Han people, they didn't value chastity too much. It won't make them feel less points, but more attractive. Song Qing himself came from later generations, and his ideas in this regard were much more open than those in the Song Dynasty, and he also didn't think there was anything wrong.
Wan Yanliang was very satisfied with his reaction: "To tell you the truth, I have admired this fifth princess for a long time, but I value heroes more than beauties, so I plan to present her to brother Tang Kuo by offering flowers and Buddhas." , and this time brother Tang Kuo suffered an unreasonable disaster because of this king, and at the same time let this king be prepared against assassins in the future, this king would like to thank you even more."
Song Qing smiled wryly and said: "My lord, how can a gentleman take what others like, not to mention that I didn't help at all this time." r ←←←，＠.＠±.∧/>
"Why not? You let the king know the assassin's methods in advance, which is equivalent to saving the king's life. How can you not repay the favor of saving your life? Brother Tang Kuo has been unwilling to accept it. Could it be that this thank you gift is too light? Already?" Wan Yanliang said with a deliberately controlled tone.
"My lord was joking. If that's the case, then I'd rather be respectful than obedient. Thank you lord for your generosity." Song Qing actually wanted to get in touch with the fifth princess and learn about the situation of her sisters in Huanyiyuan.
"Brother Tang Kuo, don't thank me for being too early. Although the king is bound to win the five princesses, there is no guarantee that some troublesome characters will appear to compete with the king. It is impossible to do anything. I hope brother Tang Kuo don't blame me." Wanyan Liang said with a smile.
"How can I be so ignorant, the lord is worrying too much." Song Qing was very surprised, this Wan Yanliang first promised something that was not his, and he couldn't fulfill the promise afterwards, didn't he offend others? Wan Yanliang is a person with a deep mind, so he shouldn't make such low-level mistakes.
Noticing the change in Song Qing's expression, Wan Yanliang laughed: "Brother Tang Kuo, don't worry too much. As long as there are no accidents, you can enjoy the beautiful fifth princess later. Of course, if something goes wrong, Brother Tang Kuo will accompany the king back to the mansion, and the women in the mansion, except the concubine, you can choose as you please, and it will be the gift of the king's apology."
Song Qing's heart skipped a beat. You must know that there are not only maidservants and maidservants in the palace... He is a prince with real power. Sometimes as long as he thinks about it, he can even sleep with his side concubine? What a joke!
"My lord is serious. As the saying goes, if I gain my life, I lose my luck. How dare I ask the lord to make amends or something. This matter should not be mentioned again." Song Qing refused solemnly.
Wan Yanliang looked at him with a half-smile: "Brother Tang Kuo, are you afraid to pick a woman in my palace? Hahaha, this king treats you as a friend, and it is normal for friends to give concubines as gifts. Don't take it too seriously."
"This..." Song Qing was about to say something to refuse, but Wan Yanliang waved his hand casually, pointed down and said: "The competition for the oiran has begun."
In the middle of the platform came a bustard who still had a charming charm, and began to introduce the precautions for this competition for the oiran, and then boasted that the oiran's beauty was unmatched in the sky, and at the same time introduced her special identity and experience. What Yan Liang mentioned was not much different.
Song Qing didn't care about what the bustard said, but focused on Wan Yanliang's actions tonight. No matter how he thought about it, Wan Yanliang's actions were too suspicious, whether he made an empty promise recklessly, It was still a sudden mention of donating to concubine Ji, which was weird everywhere.
He scanned the surrounding boxes, although he couldn't see who was sitting inside, but those who could reach this floor must be rich or expensive. Although Wan Yanliang is not small, but he has been in the capital for so long, Song Qing He also knew that there were many people with higher status than him in the imperial court, so why was he so sure that he would be able to photograph this oiran? Even if he doesn't hesitate to use his concubine Ji as compensation, is the risk too great
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Suddenly Song Qing had a flash of inspiration, and finally figured out the whole thing. Wan Yanliang was not sure that he would be able to photograph this oiran, on the contrary, he should be sure that he would not be able to photograph this oiran at all this time, in order to give it to concubine Ji Find a reasonable reason!
Perhaps in the eyes of modern people, it is unbelievable to give one's own woman to other men, but in this world, apart from being a regular wife, concubines have no status at all, and it is indeed common for them to be gifted by their masters. For example, the great talent Su Dongpo, On the one hand, he was able to write a sentence that touched thousands of people like "Ten years of life and death" for his dead wife. He looked like a great lover, but on the other hand, he was ruthless towards concubines Ji, and often gave them away casually. Even when some concubines are pregnant, he can still deliver them...
Su Dongpo was like this as a Song person, and Wan Yanliang, a Jurchen aristocrat, was even less likely to take those concubines and concubines seriously. However, unlike Su Dongpo, Wan Yanliang's status is more noble. Although he doesn't care about those women, to others, those women can barely be regarded as princesses. Much bigger than ordinary concubines.
Ordinary people, if they saw that Wan Yanliang actually gave him a woman from the palace, wouldn't they be grateful, and their loyalty value would be maxed in an instant? It's a pity that Song Qing is not an ordinary person, so of course he won't be bought by him because of this, and he suspects that Wan Yanliang didn't just want to take the opportunity to win him over, maybe he had another purpose.
Although there is no other evidence, Song Qing's intuition tells him that Wan Yanliang's ultimate goal may be Tang Kuobian's wife, Ge Bi.
Song Qing still remembers reading a book called "Red Mansions. The Secret" in the previous life, in which the Beihai County King used a similar method, first inviting Jia Rong to the palace, and then instructing his concubine to seduce him, and then turning his face to find him. Jia Rong settled the accounts, and at the same time took out the evidence of Jia Rong's embezzlement and perverted the law to coerce and lure her. Jia Rong was terrified and fell into the trap set by the other party step by step. In the end, she had to sacrifice her wife Qin Keqing to beg for mercy from the King of Beihai County...
"I didn't expect to see that kind of help today, hehe, in the eyes of the old driver, what kind of routines have I never seen?" Song Qing couldn't help but sigh with emotion. The wisdom of prostitutes is indeed infinite, although he is currently not He knew what Wan Yanliang's specific methods were, but he thought they were not much different from the methods used by the Duke of Beihai.
Looking at the boxes not far away, Song Qing even suspected that Wan Yanliang wanted to use this time to compete for the oiran, so that he would have a conflict with a certain powerful person, and had to fall to his camp from then on.
"I said, old bustard, what's the use of you making extravagant hype here, why don't you invite that fifth princess out, and let us see if she is really as beautiful as you said." The old bustard's tedious explanation has already provoked Many people were disgusted, and someone below couldn't help but shouted directly, which immediately attracted a burst of echo.
"I know you guys are waiting in a hurry, so I'll let the fifth princess come out to meet everyone." The old bustard clapped her hands after she finished speaking. After receiving her signal, the thick curtain on the second floor was pulled aside, and there was a burst of elegance immediately. The sound of the earth piano came from inside.
A group of men suddenly stretched their necks and looked towards the second floor, only to see a beautiful figure sitting there playing the piano behind the bead curtain, and the exclamation suddenly came and went:
"Sure enough, it's stunning in the world."
"No wonder he was able to fascinate the second prince back then."
"I must be her guest of honor today."
"Just dream, and don't look at how many princes and grandchildren are waiting upstairs, which round will get you?"
"Hmph, anyway, tonight's rule is that the highest bidder wins. I don't have anything else, but the richest!"
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How sharp Song Qing's eyes are now, even though separated by a layer of bead curtains, he can still see the appearance of the oiran clearly. At about twenty-seven or eight years old, with Song Qing's critical eyes now, he has to Admitting that she is indeed an outstanding beauty, perhaps because of noble birth, despite years of hardships, she still has some innate arrogance left on her body, which makes her different from the general courtesan air.
Hearing those vulgar nouveau riche downstairs commenting on her, she frowned at first, as if she was about to get angry, but it soon turned into sorrow.
Song Qing didn't know why he could think so much just by seeing her eyebrows move, but he had a feeling somewhere that he didn't guess wrong about her thoughts at this time.
"Sure enough, I feel sorry for you." Wan Yanliang couldn't help admiring, "Brother Tang Kuo, are you satisfied with this king's gift?"
Song Qing had roughly guessed his plan, and quietly echoed, "It's really beautiful."
Seeing everyone's astonishment, the old bustard seized the opportunity and yelled loudly: "Gentlemen, I won't say much else. The base price is five hundred taels of gold. Whoever bids the highest will be the fifth princess of the Northern Song Dynasty tonight." guest."
Song Qing noticed that when the old bustard was talking, the fifth princess lowered her head, seemingly expressionless, but the tightly clenched white fists under the table betrayed her anger and helplessness at the moment.
"Let the following people fight for a while, and then I will go out when the king is almost done."
Wan Yanliang obviously didn't want to lose his identity and compete with those below. At this time, the price was shouted one after another, and the price soon broke through a thousand. Song Qing secretly clicked his tongue when he heard it. This is gold, and he doesn't even know the price. How many oirans can buy Qinhuai River, but they can only buy her overnight ownership, and judging by this posture, the final transaction price is far more than this amount. The status of this girl Song Dynasty princess is really extraordinary.
After shouting 3,000 taels of gold, the voices shouting down the price suddenly fell by half. After all, spending so much money can only enjoy one night, which is too extravagant.
"Five thousand taels!" The big fat man who claimed to have a lot of money had a different response, and almost doubled the price as soon as he opened his mouth.