Surprise! The villain is my brother, stay calm!

But she was a concubine's daughter and was destined not to become the wife of a noble family. She was very envious and jealous of her elder sister. Tonight, she must find a rich husband and absolutely must not let her father give her to some officials as a second wife or concubine.

There were many people who held this idea. In the elegant seats on the second floor, a girl with ordinary looks but covered in gold, silver, pearls and jade and a sturdy figure in orange fancy clothes looked up at "somewhere" opposite the third floor, with a look of determination in her eyes.

"Xianxin, you said you would help me today, so don't go back on your word." She turned her head and stared at Su Xianxin who was sitting next to her, her eyes full of arrogance.

Su Xianxin, the second young lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, was dressed in gorgeous pink clothes, with delicate makeup on. Her innocent eyes were full of spirit, and her whole body exuded an innocent and lovable aura!

When she heard the woman talking to her, a hint of disgust flashed in her eyes, but it was covered up by her usual innocent acting skills.

She smiled and said, "Don't worry, Lan Xi, you and I have known each other for many years. If I don't help you, who else can I help? Although I can't marry Brother Lu, I don't trust others to marry her. But I think of you. You are the only one in the whole capital who is more suitable for Brother Lu."

Wu Lanxi heard Su Xianxin's promise and raised her head proudly: "You are sensible, I don't think you dare to fool this county lady!"

She is the legitimate daughter of King Wu, a king of a different surname, and also the princess of a county.

That year, the emperor was assassinated while on a southern tour. My grandfather, who had been traveling around the world, rescued him. Later, he became brothers with the emperor, who had concealed his identity, and the two of them had a very pleasant conversation.

But there were too many people who wanted to assassinate the emperor, and her grandfather died in the end to save the emperor. The emperor was grateful for his kindness and posthumously conferred him the title of a king of a different surname. He brought their Wu family to the capital to live as rich and idle people. Her father took over the throne of King Wu, and she was conferred the title of County Princess when she was born.

The emperor has shown his grace by granting them hereditary honor. As long as they don't commit suicide, they can live a life of wealth and leisure forever.

But compared to these noble families, the Wu family can only be regarded as a nouveau riche. The Wu Palace is only glorious on the surface, but it has no foundation inside. Although the people in the capital are respectful to them on the surface, they secretly look down on the empty shell of the palace.

On that day when the number one scholar was paraded through the streets, she had already fallen in love at first sight with the aloof, noble and talented number one scholar Lu Zhanyan. However, at that time, he and Su Xianxin were already engaged, so she could only wait for her father to choose a husband for her.

But their Wu family is not a real aristocratic family after all. Those aristocratic families will naturally not choose the Wu family with no roots as their in-laws, even if the emperor cares about them a little, it will be useless.

Now the Wu family is still honored by the favor of His Majesty, but if His Majesty passes away, the Wu family will undoubtedly decline. No one is willing to choose such a useless in-law.

In addition, Wu Lanxi looked a little burly, which might be inherited from the family genes. Some young masters from aristocratic families would not consider her because of her tall stature. But she was unwilling to marry a young official of the fifth or sixth rank or below, so she never found a satisfactory marriage.

Until she heard that Lu Zhanyan had not married, she felt that all this was God's will.

I was just thinking about how to get close to Lu Zhanyan, but I didn't expect Su Xianxin to come to me and say she wanted to help her. This was really heaven's help.

She stared at the handsome man in white with an infatuated look.

Facing many secret or blatant gazes, Lu Zhanyan remained indifferent. He just frowned and gently turned the white jade ring on his hand. He felt a little regretful. He didn't like this kind of place.

The two colleagues didn't know what was going on, but when they heard about the literary gathering, they insisted that he come and show off his skills. Thinking of the fact that he would have to support the Anguo Mansion in the future, he decided to come and see if he could make friends with some talented people with real talents and become a helper in the future.

That's why he had endured it until now, but the strong fragrance and charming atmosphere around him made him uncomfortable.

She inexplicably thought of her cousin Lu Zhanxing. She obviously liked to join in the fun in places like this, so how come there was no fragrance on her body?

Just as he was lost in thought, a lively sound of stringed instruments suddenly rang out in the venue, which meant that today's show was about to begin.

It was already evening, the sun was setting, and the pleasure boats were already lit up with colorful lanterns.

Many guests consciously quieted down.

Looking up, I saw that on the huge central stage on the first floor, the lights were on and the evening breeze was blowing. In the flickering light, a huge red silk seemed to fall from the sky, rolling like red waves, covering the entire stage.

At the same time, more intense and lively string and bamboo music sounds arose again, and accompanied by this melodious string and bamboo music, teams of enchanting and graceful dancers, dancing in neat steps, came onto the stage, their long sleeves swaying and their graceful figures lingering.

It adds an indescribable sense of strangeness to the already hazy night.

These are just the opening dances, the campaign has not yet begun.

Just after the dancers on the stage sang and danced vigorously, the music of strings, bamboo and drums gradually faded.

It seemed as if several of the lights on the stage were blown out by the night wind.

But the climax of tonight has just arrived.

Mother Zhou stood on the stage and said with a smile, "Welcome all the distinguished guests to Qingyao Painting Boat. Thank you for your support. Today's first Oiran competition will begin now!"

"The first one to appear is our Miss Miaomiao. She has a beautiful face, a voice as melodious as a nightingale, and amazing ventriloquism. Please enjoy Miss Miaomiao's unique skills."

After Mother Zhou finished introducing, a masked woman in lotus-colored clothes came up to the stage. She bowed to everyone and said, "I am Miaomiao. I hope you will vote for me and appreciate my ventriloquism skills."

Then, without anyone noticing any musical instrument, ethereal piano sounds came from the woman's mouth, and then more than a dozen musical instruments came out of her mouth, and even the sound of birds singing was performed, which was truly amazing.

During this period, many guests have already thrown money into the wooden box with the word "Miao Miao" written on it. The election of the courtesan is very simple. Whoever gives enough tips will be the real courtesan. This is simply a money-making ceremony.

Lu Zhanxing had to admit that this new boat owner was really a talent for business!

After the performance, Miaomiao took off her veil, revealing her beautiful face, which won the favor of many noblemen, who began to order their subordinates to put silver into the box.

Soon after, another beautiful woman came on stage and performed a wonderful dance. She was also very clever and dropped her veil while spinning, which made people marvel at her beauty and naturally won applause again.

One after another, beautiful women came on stage to perform, some dancing, some playing the piano, some painting while dancing...

Each woman was beautiful in her own way and had unique skills, which made many young men unable to stop. They thought one was good, then another, and kept putting the money in their pockets into the box.

It can be predicted that today Qingyao Painting Boat has not only made a name for itself, but also made a fortune.

The scene was very lively. When Lin Tao saw the cold and elegant woman Tang Shishi playing a pipa piece, he immediately put one thousand taels in the box in the name of Lu Zhanxing.

When the old man guarding the box saw that the amount was over a thousand taels, his eyes lit up and he shouted, "Second Young Master Lu of the Anguo Mansion supports Miss Tang Shishi with a thousand taels!!"

Wow! !

Everyone was shocked!

So far, he is the only one who can invest one thousand taels at a time, which has stimulated many playboys. It turns out that names will be called out if the amount exceeds one thousand taels?