After some greetings, Cao Yi and Yu Youwei also sat down, and everyone turned their attention to Song Lingling's dance just now, praising her as if she was dancing like a fairy descending to earth, or like a flower butterfly dance. Song Lingling also responded modestly and gave in a bit of courtesy.

Then everyone fell into a happy atmosphere. After all, several talents gathered together at this grand event, and all the six courtesans were present. It was a rare elegant event in Yangzhou. Although this grand event was organized by Cao Yi asked Diaosou, Cao Yi did not dominate the discussion just now. It was basically said that others were talking about it. Sometimes he just echoed a few words, and sometimes he didn't even even echoed, let alone took the initiative to provoke the topic.

Later, somehow, the topic slowly began to be directed towards Cao Yi. Wang Honghua asked Cao Yi with a smile if he often participated in such a gathering of talented men and beautiful women when he was in Jiangning. Cao Yi shook his head with a smile and replied that he rarely participated in such gatherings in Jiangning, and Wang Honghua did not ask any more questions. They also heard by chance that Cao Yi was a talented man in Jiangning for the first time, and he rarely participated in the gatherings and exchanges between talents in Jiangning, and was so unique that he was the last literati with talent in Jiangning.

Logically speaking, as long as you can rank in the top ten, you will basically actively participate in various gatherings to enhance your reputation and popularity, and from time to time you will praise the poems you have written in recent days to everyone, and say some polite words such as occasionally having excellent works and asking everyone to give me some advice. After all, everyone is carrying a flower sedan chair. Sometimes the reputation of this talented man and the singing of good works are boosted in the lively atmosphere of the crowd. Of course, the same is true for the beauty. A talented man and a beautiful woman have always been a romantic and elegant thing. When the two are tied together, they are very popular among the general public, and the people also love to listen to stories between the talented man and the beautiful woman.

So naturally, not only talented people love to attend this kind of gathering, but also beautiful women. If a talented man can write poetry and lyrics for himself at a grand event, it will be a glorious thing. If the quality of the poems written is still very good, not to mention that the reputation has been passed down through the ages and has been passed down for a hundred years, it is even more meaningful for the beauty to be able to be passed down locally for a period of time.

So before Cao Yi came, everyone had a discussion. Cao Yi rarely attended such gatherings when he was in Jiangning. Now that Cao Yi is here, the anxious Wang Honghua asked directly, but he is a crazy man with a different personality than ordinary people. So Cao Yi said that Jiangning doesn't attend much, so he didn't ask after he said that if it were others, he would definitely ask the reason or something.

At today's grand event, the main hall arranged the six courtesans and talented men to sit on one side. After all, there is a difference between men and women, so we cannot sit on one side. So now we are doing the six courtesans together in one area, while the other talents gather together. So when Wang Honghua and Cao Yi asked questions and answers, the courtesans over there instantly started to whisper, and they were all there.

He discussed Cao Yi, the number one talented man in Jiangning in a low voice.

After all, the courtesan is also a woman, and like a normal person, he loves gossip and young talents, especially a talented man like Cao Yi who has a great reputation, and is young and beautiful, and is even more sought after.

Others, like Lu Xiaofeng, Shi Chengxuan and others, just looked at this situation with a smile. Even Yu Youwei was calm at this time, with a look of pride and pride on her face. After all, she was the man she loved. Such an excellent person would naturally be sought after by many people, which is inevitable, especially in this era of worshipping literature and suppressing martial arts. The better the talented man, the more popular he is.

However, there was another person present who was resentful of Cao Yi's treatment, that was Chu Mingxuan, who had been defeated by Cao Yi before. Before Cao Yi came to discuss, Chu Mingxuan looked inconsistent and looked disdainful on his face. However, if there was no previous competition with Cao Yi, everyone would be able to fully understand.

Because among the four talents of today, Duan Xinde and Chu Mingxuan are famously looking down on people with lower talents than them, among which Chu Mingxuan is even more serious, so in the past, some literati who are not as famous as the four talents, Chu Mingxuan has always had this expression. However, after the last competition, everyone has seen Cao Yi's real talent and knowledge. Chu Mingxuan still has this expression. To put it bluntly, he can't afford to lose. But in other words, maybe he hasn't completely defeated him, so that's why.

While everyone was discussing Cao Yi, two very abrupt sneers suddenly came. You don’t need to guess that it was sent by Chu Mingxuan. After all, the others present had a good relationship with Cao Yi. Although the four of the six courtesans were still there, they had no intersection at least. Naturally, there would be no hatred for no reason.

"Cao Da Talent, I heard that you had a conflict with Liu Chengze, the richest man in Yangzhou, the Liu family, a few days ago, and he was sent to prison by him. Then because of the Liu family's strength, you were bullied in prison. You were beaten with a whip. After coming out, you stayed at home for three or four days before you recovered before you could go out. Is that true?" After sneering, Chu Mingxuan said sarcastically again.

The others looked at each other, although they all knew that after all, everyone went to the prefecture to attend the dinner that day together, so they naturally knew why Cao Yi was injured. Even these people had accused Zuo Gaoang and Liu Chengze of their actions indignation. However, Cao Yi said that he would do it himself. Now Chu Mingxuan made this matter public in front of so many people, especially in front of the six uninformed courtesans. This not only tear Cao Yi's scar, but also completely slapping Cao Yi's face!

At least Yu Youwei's face had completely cooled down at this time. If Cao Yi hadn't noticed that he had pressed her down, Yu Youwei would have gotten up and competed with Chu Mingxuan.

The six courtesans are the moon

He looked at Cao Yi with a worried look. He had never heard of this before, nor did he know if Cao Yi was seriously injured or not, and whether the conflict with the Liu family had been resolved again.

Xin Nini looked at Cao Yi with curious expressions. Didn’t she just drink and talk about cooperation with Liu Defa, the head of the Liu family, in her Mingyulou yard yesterday... Although she just plays the piano from afar, the yard itself is more delicate, so it is not big. She can occasionally hear the conversation between Liu Defa of Cao Yi, who is next to her. He even knows that the relationship between the two can even be said to be Cao Yi as the most respected. When she toasted, Liu Defa also specifically asked her to respect Cao Yi first. As the six courtesans in Yangzhou, she naturally knew the meaning of it.

But it is precisely because of this that she was curious about what Chu Mingxuan said just now. Why did Chu Mingxuan say it as if Cao Yi was bullied by the Liu family? But knowing the truth, she clearly realized how strong Cao Yi is, and she was even so strong that she wanted the Liu family to choose to compensate and apologize. Even the youngest sister next to Cao Yi, the girl Yu Youwei introduced just now, is probably outrageously strong...

She heard at noon yesterday that she wanted to compensate Cao Yi at first, but unfortunately Cao Yi disagreed. Just because he had the girl Yu Youwei around him, she later compensated a merchant ship. However, the price of the merchant ship should be similar to the price of redeeming herself, both of which are around 20,000 to 30,000 taels of silver. So in Xin Nini's opinion, Cao Yi did not choose the merchant ship because the merchant ship was more valuable than her. It was purely because of the existence of Yu Youwei, so she did not have much emotional fluctuations. It was best that she could be sent to Cao Yi by Liu De. However, it was not sent out, and she lived at Mingyulou at least not bad, and she was OK.

However, in her normal mentality and thoughts of a woman, she unconsciously compared herself with Yu Youwei. She wanted to see what kind of woman she was that made Cao Yi choose to give up on herself. At present, her appearance and posture are not much different from her. She even had to admit that Yu Youwei was slightly better than herself in this regard. Moreover, from her temperament and behavior, she was also extremely decent. Obviously, she had received good training, which further confirmed the speculation of the ladies from her family.

But Xin Nini is confident that in poetry and books, perhaps Yu Youwei is better than herself, but in other aspects of talent, she feels that as a "professional" woman, she must be better than Yu Youwei.

Xin Nini's complex thoughts are not mentioned for now. For Yun Shao, Fu Wan'er, Song Lingling and Huaidi are all discussing in a low voice. For them, what Chu Mingxuan said just now is more reasonable. Jiangning's number one talent came to Yangzhou, but was given face by the evil young man in Yangzhou, local snake Liu Chengze. This is a small rumor for them, and it is something that people are willing to discuss and joke after dinner.
Chapter completed!