Becoming a Saint by Leisure Reading - Chapter 92

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I’m not sure why, despite only being here for the second time, Chen Luo felt that he was very familiar with the tables and chairs in Linglong Building.

　　After all, it was the place where he had fought.

　　Literary battle, it was a literary battle.

　　Don’t think too much about it!

　　Han Sanniang led people to meet Chen Luo from a distance, and they helped Chen Luo out of the carriage with a grateful, her voice almost affectionate: “My lord, I’ve been waiting for you all day and night, hoping for you to be here and you are finally here. Little King Xiao Jing has been waiting for a long time, please come with me quickly…”

　　While speaking, Han Sanniang reached out her hand, Ji Zhong took a light step forward and got between Han Sanniang and Chen Luo. Han Sanniang’s face remained expressionless as she patted her sleeves and said: “Come, lord, I will lead the way for you.”

　　Chen Luo nodded as he followed Han Sanniang, and walked towards Linglong Building.

　　…

　　Before coming here, Chen Luo specifically asked Lu Tong who Prince Jing’s son was, he would not have known if he didn’t ask.

　　It turns out that this lineage of King Jing is the youngest son of Daxuan’s founder Taizu. Although he is young, his military achievements in Daxuan’s founding days were enough to rank among the top three which was the first among all the princes. Later, in order to avoid any conflict with the crown prince, he took the initiative to ask for a post and lived in the south of Yongzheng. The emperors of the past dynasties continued to increase their fiefdoms. At the peak, the fiefdoms included the entire Jingzhou in the south, half of Wuzhou, and half of Yuzhou, a total of ten prefectures. It can be said that there are thirteen states in the world, but King Jing’s line monopolizes 20% of the states.

　　However, during the reign of Emperor Lin, King Jing of the previous generation took the initiative to resign the fiefdoms of Wuzhou and Yuzhou, and only kept Jingzhou, which was frontally defending the Ten Thousand Demon Kingdom. Later, Emperor Lin was assassinated, and too many forces were involved in it, so in the end the culprit was executed.

　　 When King Jing heard the news, he ordered six thousand loyal men to rush thousands of miles at night to the location of the culprit’s family and slaughter the other party’s entire family of 336 people, including eight Confucian scholars and thirty-two in the Fuzi realm and 103 Confucian scholars below the Fuzi realm.

　 Daxuan Law stated “Assassinate the emperor, the family will be punished! Emperor Daxuan must not be humiliated!”

      The court was in turmoil at the time, Emperor Wu was young, and some people wanted to pretend to depose the emperor. The powerful officials were killed that night, and there were blood letters on the court wall——

　　”Everything is loyal and brave, Jingzhou is full of dead men!”

　　For a while, all officials were in danger.

　　Apart from that, King Jing’s lineage still conscientiously guarded the southern border of Daxuan, and never intervened in matters, and his military order never left Jingzhou. Everyone finally understood that as long as the change of imperial power was not involved, even if powerful ministers interfered with politics, King Jing’s lineage would not interfere. This vein is the township stone reserved by the founding ancestor of the Ye family for the royal family.

　　 The little King Jing who invited him today is the son of King Jing, the next generation of King Jing. Because all the successors that conferred the title will eventually change their names, so the name is not important before that. King Jing casually named him “Dafu”.

　　”The gatekeeper of the throne!” Chen Luo sighed in his heart, this is no ordinary son of a vassal prince.

　　Chen Luo only knew that this eldest son was two years younger than himself, about the same as Ji Zhong, which was around seventeen or eighteen years old, and he didn’t know why he was suddenly invited to a banquet?

　　However, there shouldn’t be any malice in making an appointment at the Linglong Building.

　　”In front of a seventeen-year-old child, if I let out my domineering spirit, I might be able to put on airs and have him recognize me as a brother!”

　　Chen Luo thought secretly.

　　…

　　”My lord, look, this is the cost of the meal you treated people to…”

　　An accountant handed a piece of paper to Ye Dafu, still with explanation in his mouth——

　　”I heard that the Lord of Wan An planning to have a banquet. All the top ten brothels in Zhongjing have given him a banquet and girls as gifts. But this Linglong building is the most practical, as they privately packaged two thousand taels of silver.”

　　”Luo Hongnu, a master of music, heard that Wan Anbo was coming, so she waived her appearance fee.”

　　”My lord, you will also need to use some treasures to show your sincerity. So I took the initiative and brought out a pot of drunken wine that you brought from the palace. I also brought some meat of some rare and exotic animals for cooking delicacies.”

　　”So, excluding the things brought out from the palace, we’ll make a net profit of two thousand taels?”

　　”Of course not! Now Wan’an Bo’s reputation in Zhongjing Brothel has surpassed that of Liu Jingzhuang. There are other courtesans in brothels who also want to see the Lord of Wan An’s demeanor. I have offered five hundred taels of silver each of them so they can enter Linglong Tower as the little prince’s entourage, with a total of six people, that is three thousand taels!” Read the most updated version of this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at – “ ”

　　”In addition, I have an agreement with Han Sanniang. In the past, the entry fee for Linglong Building was 100 taels, but today it has been increased to 200 taels. The extra 100 taels will be divided in half between Linglong Building and Prince Jing’s Mansion.”

　　”I have already spread the news of the Lord of Wan An’s coming to the banquet, and specifically mentioned that excellent words may be released. Those who are obsessed with “Laughing in the Wind” and the Confucian scholars who love romantics will definitely flock to it. According to my estimate, one thousand taels of income is more than enough.”

　　”Based on this calculation, with the little prince inviting the Lord of Wan An to the banquet he will make a guaranteed net profit of 6,000 taels!”

　　”Besides, the other nine brothels promised that if the young prince had a way to invite Wan Ambo to sit with them, they would be willing to pay one thousand taels…”

　　Hearing this, Ye Dafu showed a satisfied smile on his face: “This Lord of Wan Anis really my fortune star… I must greet him later and form a brotherhood.”

　　Standing on the side, Chengyu looked a little ugly and turned his head away.

　　This little son is good at everything, and his disposition can be considered pure, but… he cares too much about gold and silver things.

　　Ever since he accompanied him to Zhongjing, he hasn’t seen him doing anything extravagant, instead he just watched him staring at the palace to make money. Twenty thousand taels is not too much, and ten or two hundred taels is not too little. Sometimes even King Jing doesn’t want face just to earn money.

　　But when asked why he wanted the money, he laughed again and didn’t answer.

　　I wrote to King Jing several times to complain, and King Jing replied with only two words: let him!

　　Maybe it’s a child’s heart.

　　Thinking of this, Chengyu thought of Chen Luo who he had rescued before.

　　Never expected that in such a short period of time, he would have such a great reputation in Zhongjing. I thought it was the Bamboo Forest’s Fourth Mister’s disciple before, but he didn’t expect him to be that other one’s disciple.

　　Seeing Ye Dafu’s round body and his smile staring at the harvest list, Chengyu sighed softly.

　　”It would be great if the son could also learn from the Lord of Wan An’s wit and flair…”

　　…

　　Linglong Tower Spring Observatory.

　　This is a place for Geisha to rest before performing on stage. Through a window, you can have a panoramic view of the private room on the opposite side, hence the name Chunwang.

　 Luo Hongnu was already dressed at this point. This time she tidied up especially well. Despite the fact she was still dressed in red, she tied a lovesickness button on her head. 

　　This button is two rings intertwined together, the long hair is bundled into two strands, passed through the rings, and finally formed into a bundle, and it is named the lovesickness button because it resembles a pair of lovers intertwined. It was used by women who had a beloved man in their hearts and was later imitated by girls in the boudoir, meaning to look forward to love.

　　”This lovesickness buckle, isn’t it too frivolous?” Luo Hongnu felt like there was a deer in her heart, but shook her head again, “The Lord gave me the “Yearning Song”, so it’s just the right time for me to wear this lovesickness buckle.”

　　”It’s just that he is a man, will he pay attention to my hair accessories? Should I remind him?”

　　Thinking of this, Luo Hongnu became a little worried about her gains and losses.

　　…

　　In the lobby of Linglong Building.

　　The two scholars in Tsing Yi paid the admission fee and entered the Linglong Building. They chased away the turtle slaves who came to greet them and found a corner to sit down.

　　”Brother Pan, are we really going to provoke the Lord of Wan An? I heard that Qian Erkang was expelled from the academy and couldn’t even go home. He’s quite miserable now…”

　　The man called Brother Pan had a goatee and said, “Nonsense, of course I know. But the crown prince intends to recruit the Lord of Wan An, which will affect the position of the person above us.”

　　”The man thought of this strategy ever since he learned that Little Jing King was hosting a banquet for the Lord of Wan An. It can be said that the plan he made is invincible.”

　　”We still have to rely on that person to eat after all, don’t we?”

　　”Besides, the matter among scholars, it’s just asking for advice, not tit for tat like Qian Erkang! Don’t worry.”

　　Hearing Brother Goatee Hu Pan’s words, the other person was slightly relieved. At this moment, cheers came from Linglong Building. The two followed the prestige and saw Chen Luo in a plain Confucian shirt walk in through the gate, led by Han Sanniang…