I was a conman in the Ming Dynasty.

Chapter 93 Courtesan Contest 9

Chapter 93 The Courtesan Contest

Zhang Shize realized he couldn't persuade Xu Yingjie, so he had no choice but to take out the silver notes he had on him and hand them to him.

"Thank you, brothers! A friend in need is a friend indeed! You're truly good brothers!" Xu Yingjie thanked them repeatedly.

"Go, Brother Xu, we support you!" the young masters cheered for Xu Yingjie. "Such a beautiful girl like Lady Liu, how can we let that fat pig sleep with her!"

Holding the silver notes, Xu Yingjie walked proudly to the judges' table.

After taking a count, Geng San walked onto the stage and said, "Just now, Xu Yingjie and Young Master Xu presented Liu Rushi and Master Liu with 600 million flowers."

"Wow..." the audience exclaimed. Sixty thousand taels of silver! Most people couldn't earn that much money in their entire lives!

Ma Deyun shook his head with a wry smile and said lightly, "Different people have different fates! Look at those noble sons, they throw out 60,000 taels of silver without even blinking."

"Yes! We must work hard so that our children and grandchildren can have such a day in the future!" Yang Shan encouraged.

“Yes!” Sun Feng and the others nodded repeatedly.

Sheng Lan glanced at the statistics sheet handed to her by the judges and said, "The incense is about to burn out, and the competition is about to end. Currently, Liu Rushi and Miss Liu are far ahead with 200 million flowers. Li Yajing is temporarily in second place with 600 million flowers, and Zhao Fengmin is closely following behind with 508 million flowers..."

After Sheng Lan finished introducing the current rankings, Wang Wenzhou suddenly walked onto the stage.

"Hello everyone, I'd like to sing a song to express my current feelings." Wang Wenzhou cupped his hands in greeting to the audience.

"Sing, sir!"

"Wang Qingtian, I just love listening to you sing!"

The audience below the stage started to jeer and make jokes.

Wang Wen waved his hand, and the band began to play.

"I ask myself how deep my love for you is, how impulsive my desire to be with you forever is, my heart is pounding with turmoil, tomorrow you are going to marry me..." Wang Wenzhou walked up to Liu Rushi, looked at her with deep affection, and sang with deep emotion.

Liu Rushi frowned deeply. "You fatso, are you serious?"

"Sigh..." Sheng Lan sighed mournfully, feeling like crying, tears welling up in her eyes.

Sheng Lan envied Liu Rushi. Why didn't the master sing this song for me? Master, do you like Miss Liu that much? What does she have that I don't? He always had a dark face, without a trace of a smile, and spoke in a cold and sarcastic tone.

"Will you marry me?" Wang Wenzhou suddenly knelt on one knee and asked.

Liu Rushi was both amused and exasperated. Wasn't the plan to swindle Xu Yingjie out of his money? Did she really need to act this convincingly?

"Wow!"

"Miss Liu! Say yes!"

"Miss Liu, why don't you marry Wang Qingtian!"

"Marry him!"

The people of Hanshan loved and respected Wang Wenzhou, and they all helped him propose marriage.

"Sorry! My eyesight is bad! I mistook you for someone else!" Wang Wenzhou said, standing up.

Liu Rushi frowned. "Wang Wenzhou, what are you doing?"

Wang Wenzhou jogged up to Sheng Lan, knelt on one knee, and asked, "Lazy Lan, will you marry me?"

"Ah..." The audience below the stage exclaimed again, "Who is Lord Wang going to marry?"

"Hmph!" Liu Rushi snorted coldly. You fatso! You've been teasing me all along! You've always liked Miss Sheng.

"Wang Wenzhou, get up quickly!" Sheng Lan said shyly, tugging at Wang Wenzhou's clothes.

"No! Lazy Lan, I won't get up until you agree to marry me!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile and tender affection.

"Yes, yes! I agree! How could I not agree!" Tears welled up in Sheng Lan's eyes.

Wang Wenzhou happily picked Sheng Lan up and loudly announced to the audience, "Thank you all for witnessing my proposal. In a few days, I will officially marry Sheng Lan."

"My lord! I absolutely must go to the wedding!"

Congratulations, Wang Qingtian!

Congratulations, Miss Sheng!

The audience below the stage offered their congratulations.

Liu Rushi stared blankly at Sheng Lan in Wang Wenzhou's arms, a smile on her face, a smile so full of happiness. If Wang Wenzhou truly loved her, and in front of so many people, knelt down on one knee to propose to her, would she say yes? A dignified county magistrate kneeling down to propose to a courtesan—it was truly enviable.

Wang Wenzhou held Sheng Lan in his arms, creating a happy and heartwarming scene.

Suddenly, Zhang Jiao ran onto the stage and shouted, "You fatso! Come home with me!"

"Jiaojiao, stop fooling around!" Wang Wenzhou said with a smile.

"You're marrying a courtesan? Mother will never allow it! Come on! Come home with me and we'll have Mother judge this!" Without another word, Zhang Jiao grabbed Wang Wenzhou's arm.

"Stop messing around! Don't drop Lanlan!" Wang Wenzhou had no choice but to put Lanlan down from his arms.

"Let's go!" Zhang Jiao grabbed Wang Wenzhou and left.

"Jiaojiao, you're being naughty again! Have you forgotten what Old Zhang said?" Wang Wenzhou said irritably.

"Slap! Slap!" Zhang Jiao turned around and slapped Wang Wenzhou twice across the face, shouting, "Shut up! Come with me!"

"Damn it! I can't stand this!" Wang Wenzhou shouted, "Guards! There's an assassin! Seize the assassin!"

"Ha ha……"

"Lord Wang is hilarious!"

"Miss Zhang, please go easy on him, don't hurt Lord Wang!"

The audience burst into laughter, never expecting to see something so funny.

"Guards! Seize the assassin!" Wang Wenzhou shouted.

"Slap! Slap!" Zhang Jiao slapped Wang Wenzhou's face twice more, and asked coldly, "Where is the assassin?"

"Xiao Qiang! Come and catch the assassin!" Wang Wenzhou waved to Wang Qiang.

Wang Qiang quickly lowered his head, pretending he hadn't seen anything. "Young Master, it's not that I didn't want to save you, it's that I'm incompetent. Last time I stood up for you, I got a severe beating from your sister-in-law. You know how skilled she is."

"Li Hechen! Come and catch the assassin!" Seeing that Wang Qiang was not coming to help, Wang Wenzhou hurriedly called out to Li Hechen for help.

"Who is that! Daring to urinate in the stadium! Doesn't he want to live?! Men, come with me and arrest him!" Li Hechen pointed randomly at the stands and led several constables over.

"Slap! Slap!" Zhang Jiao slapped her twice more.

"Are you leaving or not?" Zhang Jiao asked fiercely.

"Stop hitting me, Jiaojiao, I'll go with you, okay?" Wang Wenzhou had no choice but to beg for mercy. These bastards under his command were outrageous! Not a single one of them came to his rescue!

Wang Wenzhou's romantic proposal was turned into a farce by Zhang Jiao. The audience below the stage burst into laughter. Lord Wang truly dotes on Miss Zhang; even after being hit by her like that, he didn't lose his temper.

The audience didn't know that Wang Wenzhou wasn't unwilling to confront Zhang Jiao, but rather afraid to. Zhang Jiao had transformed into a violent woman, and her attacks were truly ruthless! Wang Wenzhou knew this all too well, and could only suffer in silence for the time being, planning to reason with Old Zhang later.

"Lazy Blue, you guys finish the Flower Queen Contest first, I'm leaving now." Wang Wenzhou said, and Zhang Jiao grabbed his arm and dragged him away like she was arresting a criminal.

Liu Rushi watched Wang Wenzhou's retreating figure, lost in thought. What kind of person was Wang Wenzhou? He was both a womanizer and a lecher! Yet, he was also somewhat afraid of his wife! Was that Miss Zhang in the policewoman's uniform Wang Wenzhou's wife? Women were supposed to be subservient to their husbands; how dare she treat Wang Wenzhou like that?