There are many beautiful places in Bianjing City, such as Taohua Cave and Yanglou Street, and there are also some medium and low-end small places to vent their desires for all the idle people of all kinds. Of course, this kind of place is only a flesh-and-hearted business, and places like Minglou that are famous for their art can produce courtesans. As long as a brothel woman goes out to pick up customers, her value will plummet. No matter how good her beauty is, she is just a skin bag. The talent pursued by literati is an interesting soul, well... it's too far.

It was slightly dark, and a heavy rain broke out in the city of Bianjing, and the drizzle covered the city in a hazy rain curtain.

A small pleasure boat on the Dongshui River stopped under the stone bridge, with dim lights on, and occasionally the sound of silk and bamboo came from the cabin, mixed with a little girl's delicate voice chuckled.

Manager Song Changqiu, holding a black oil-paper umbrella, sneaked through the alley with a wooden box. After looking left and right, he stepped onto the stone embankment by the river and came to the pleasure boat.

When I opened the pearl curtain, there were several small cases in the small pleasure boat. Several women dressed in charmingly gathered together, some playing music and some gently swaying round fans, and two beautiful men in their beautiful clothes were nestled around.

The wine and food were rich and neatly placed on the small table. Wang Rui, the eldest son of the Wang family, ate the wine and food casually, and turned a blind eye to the woman beside him.

The girl who was booked in the pleasure boat was enthusiastically complimented, but she did not dare to touch the wine and food on the table without authorization, just saying all kinds of nice scenes.

It was windy and rainy outside.

When Wang Rui saw the person coming in, he showed a friendly smile in his eyes and waved: "Go and accompany Manager Song."

"yes!"

Yingying and Yanyan immediately surrounded her, put the umbrella in the corner, and thoughtfully wiped away the rainwater from Manager Song's shoulder.

Song Changqiu was a little nervous and waved his hand to let the women on both sides retreat and walked to Wang Rui to sit down. He hesitated for a long time, but hesitated without letting go of the box in his hand.

"Shopkeeper Song."

Wang Rui picked up the wine glass and looked at him kindly: "I can see your talents in the past two months. It's a pity to condescend to a small shop. What Wanbaolou can give you is only a drop in the price for ten times. You should know the reputation of my Wang family. Half of the jewelry business in the city is under my hands, and this is not considered a noble person in the palace."

"The little one knows it."

Manager Song looked nervous and kept looking at the street outside the window. Whenever the yamen runners patrol by, they would shrink their necks.

"It's all my people." Wang Rui was not surprised. After all, there were people behind Wanbao Building, but who was Wang Rui afraid of in Beijing?

"Have something been brought?"

Manager Song was holding a wooden box, and the appearance was decorated with extremely gorgeous colors, with landscape paintings engraved on all sides. It was obvious at a glance that the shopkeeper of Wanbaolou was the work of him.

The wooden box was placed on the table, and the shopkeeper Song carefully wiped away a few splashing raindrops with his sleeves and pushed them in front of Wang Rui.

Wang Rui narrowed his eyes slightly and raised his eyes to open it, but Song Changqiu pressed it down.

"Young Master, what you promised me..."

Wang Rui smiled, hesitated for a little, let go of his hand from the box, took out a stack of official tickets from his arms, and placed them on the table.

The singers around him looked at each other and found that there were all 100 taels of official tickets. It was unclear how many of them were in a stack, but it was definitely more than enough to buy the pleasure boat with everyone.

"As I said before, as long as it is true, I will add another ten thousand taels to you."

Wang Rui looked at the rogue in front of him calmly and pushed the silver notes on the table.

Ten thousand taels are not a small amount, and even the kings and princes will not take this fortune seriously. And for a poor and innocent person, it is equivalent to reaching the sky in one step.

Manager Song swallowed, looked at the stack of silver notes, hesitated for a long time, and finally let go: "Your and I, the only one who knows this matter, must not be spread."

Wang Rui waved his hand: "Everyone is out."

The singer and dancer did not dare to neglect and hurriedly got off the pleasure boat.

After only two people were left in the pleasure boat, Wang Rui solemnly opened the square carved wooden box.

Under the candlelight, golden light appeared in the pleasure boat. In the wooden box under the red cloth, a hundred birds pay tribute to the phoenix and golden crown is extremely gorgeous, but it does not lose the royal atmosphere and grandeur.

“Good skills.”

Wang Rui looked at it casually for a few seconds, then covered the wooden box and placed the box beside him.

Song Zhangui wiped the sweat from his forehead with his sleeve, looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he walked forward and whispered: "The thing was just put in the shop, and was about to find an opportunity to let Princess Yong'an come to the palace. There was absolutely no mistake, the remaining 10,000 taels..."

Wang Rui nodded and chuckled, took out a stack of silver notes from his arms, and pushed them in front of Song Changqiu: "I, Wang Rui, have always been so happy. As long as Manager Song is willing to work in my Wang family, the benefits will be more than this."

"Small understand."

Manager Song nodded quickly and took the silver note: "When the wind passes, I will definitely visit you."

Next was to push the cup and the singer came in to accompany the wine. After the sound of silk and bamboo, a black oil-paper umbrella penetrated into the alley in the rain curtain, and calmed down under the stone bridge again.

In the pleasure boat, Wang Rui waited a little before taking out the box and putting it on the table.

In the cottage behind, Li Ya, who was hanging a jade pendant on her waist, walked out and looked at the wooden box curiously:

"Real?"

The wooden box opened and the phoenix crown was exposed again. Wang Rui looked at it carefully, not daring to have any bumps.

Li Ya narrowed her eyes slightly, and her face immediately became a little solemn. As an expert in jewelry industry, he could see at a glance that the Fengfeng crown was several grades higher than that of a flower and bird hairpin and a landscape hairpin. It was definitely a work of craftsmen who worked hard, and I don’t know how many days and nights it took.

"This craft is really ingenious."

Wang Rui watched for a long time, sighed softly before covering the box with a meaningful smile.

Li Ya sat down next to her and was silent for a long time: "Fortunately, Brother Wang is more skilled. If this thing is given to the Queen Mother's birthday, Wanbaolou will not be able to suppress it."

Wang Rui smiled and placed the box solemnly beside him: "There are three days left, and the gods can't create another one."

Li Ya nodded and looked at the box: "It's a pity that such a good thing will ruin it."

"What's the matter?" Wang Rui stroked the beautiful patterns on the wooden box: "I can't do anything that is wasteful."

Li Ya was stunned. The phoenix crown was a forbidden object, and it dared to hide it privately after it was made. He wanted to remind him, but suddenly he realized: "Brother Wang... do you want to offer this thing?"

Wang Rui's face was calm: "What's wrong? Why can't I offer the things I bought for 20,000 official tickets to the Queen Mother?"

"this..."

Li Ya was stunned. It was nothing wrong. She just let Wanbaolou find out who was tampering with behind his back, so she would tear her face apart. However, as Wang Rui's identity, she was not afraid of tearing her face apart.

Thinking of this, Li Ya felt something was wrong again: "Brother Wang, if you present this thing, isn't my Li family..."

Wang Rui patted the wooden box lightly and looked at Li Ya in a blink of an eye: "You can buy one too. Besides, the phoenix crown forged by your Li family is rare to be worse than this?"

"Brother Wang..."

Li Ya suddenly changed her expression. If he offered this phoenix crown, there would be his Li family's affairs. As for buying this thing, what would he and Wang and Li family do?
Chapter completed!