Chapter 23
While everyone was singing, the sky they were talking about…Marquis Qingtian was currently being questioned by his father in his mansion.
"Now, there are rumors that you have feelings for the Prime Minister's daughter and even privately agreed to marry her. Is that true?”
Grand Preceptor Pang stared at Pang Yu with his eyes wide open, as if he had considered that if this wasn't his only son, he would have raised his sword to chop him up.
"That father…This is definitely a misunderstanding. What entanglement of feelings, what private engagement, those are all nonsense. The people outside are spreading rumors. There's absolutely no such thing ~"
Pang Yu immediately denied it, with an expression that said that this was definitely a lie.
"Really?"
Senior Grand Tutor Pang looked at Pang Yu suspiciously and asked.
"Dad, why would I lie to you? Wang Yanling and I, that old man's daughter, are not entangled in any romantic relationship. If word of this gets out, it will ruin my reputation.”
When Grand Tutor Pang heard this, he heaved a sigh of relief. However, what Pang Yu said next made him want to beat someone up.
"She and I are together openly. Her father knows about this. Now, we are just short of getting married and doing everything else. Father, if you don't agree to this marriage, I'll bring your grandson back after she's born ~ Don't worry.
Don't you know my ability? This is definitely a one-shot. Just wait for your grandson!"
Pang Yu patted his chest and said with certainty. Senior Grand Tutor Pang was so angry that his veins were popping out.
"I'll beat you to death, you unfilial son. How dare you lie to me ~"
"Bang ~"
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Just like that, he threw out an inkstone and Pang Yu quickly slipped out of the old man's study.
" Dad, calm down. I'll work harder so that you can have a grandson soon."
Before he could finish, he ran out of the mansion, leaving Senior Grand Tutor Pang panting at the door of the study.
" Master, please calm down! Calm down!"
Pang Fu, the butler, quickly ran over to massage Senior Grand Tutor Pang's back. He didn't want him to really faint from anger.
" Humph! This unfilial son. When he comes back, tell him to come to my study room. If he doesn't come, I'll kick him out of the house!"
Senior Grand Tutor Pang said angrily. Pang Fu curled his lips in his heart. Exiled? Are you willing to do that? This was the only son of the Pang family. When the time comes, I'm afraid you'll be the first to feel heartache.
However, Pang Fu also understood why Senior Grand Tutor Pang was angry. He was angry not because Pang Yu had agreed to marry someone else without his consent. Pang Yu had grown up in a honey pot. If he wanted to marry that girl, how could Grand Preceptor Pang not agree?
He was angry that Pang Yu had actually agreed to Wang Yanling's marriage. The daughter of the prime minister was no small matter. Once she was married, it would be impossible for her to have two wives. It would be difficult to even take in concubines.
In short, the daughter of the prime minister was no small matter. However, Pang Yu was the only son of the Pang family. Senior Grand Tutor Pang still hoped that he would marry a few more wives and work hard to have a few more sons to continue the Pang family's legacy. In the end, she agreed to Wang Yanling's marriage. Would that work? What if Wang Yanling's daughter failed and gave birth to a girl? Wouldn't the Pang family have no descendants?
In ancient times, there were three ways to be unfilial. The greatest was to have no descendants.
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After leaving the residence, Pang Yu combed his hair, exhaled and said with a smile,""Awesome ~ Let's go to the brothel ~"
In ancient times, there weren't many entertainment activities. Cockfighting, strolling birds, and visiting brothels were all there were. It was one thing to fight cocks and walk birds, but it was more like calling cocks and walking birds. Therefore, the only thing left was to go to the brothel to have some fun.
As the son of the Grand Preceptor, he didn't have much to do every day. His father didn't give him any errands or anything. All he did was think about how to play.
"Lord Marquis, hehe ~ you've come out as well? Come, you came out just in time. I don't even need to go to the mansion to call you.”
Just as Pang Yu was about to leave, Qian Kai Cai and Gao Baoshen brought a group of hedonistic sons with them and stopped at the entrance of the Grand Preceptor's Residence with seven or eight carriages. Pang Yu took a look. There were quite a few people here, and they were all members of the Imperial Court.
For example, there was a flamboyant young man next to Gao Yamen who was waving a folding fan. He was the son of the current Minister of Justice, Jia Chun. He claimed to be the number one scholar in the capital. Usually, he held a signature folding fan in his hand. Even in the middle of winter, he would wave it twice, making him look like a romantic scholar.
Everyone in the industry knew that this guy was indeed talented and could write poems. However, others were all sentimental and unsatisfied with their careers. However, he was good at writing erotic poems and was nicknamed the Young Master of the Brothel.
This was because his favorite thing to do was to go to brothels and write erotic poems for those courtesans. After he was done, he would even ask others if they wanted to write another poem. He was simply known as the brothel killer.
"What are you guys doing today? So many people? They wouldn't gather at a brothel, right? I figured that you didn't go to the brothel to call a girl. It seemed like you went to the brothel to cause trouble.”
Pang Yu glanced at these people. Each and every one of them was dressed luxuriously and luxuriously, looking like a dog.
"Lord Marquis, you don't know?"
Gao Baoshen jumped down from the carriage and looked at Pang Yu as if he had seen a ghost.
"What can I know? What are you going to do?"
"The annual Courtesan Belle Competition will be held in two hours. Every year, not long after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Courtesan Belle Competition will be held on the Bian River. All the Courtesan Belle in the capital will participate in this competition. Every year, each brothel would promote their own Courtesan Belle.
The top four would be the four courtesans of the capital. This was also a competition for each brothel to build their reputation and introduce new courtesans. Many brothels had bad business because of the change of courtesans. Once a new courtesan was introduced and became famous in this competition, the brothel would naturally become famous in the capital.”
Gao Baoshen said to Pang Yu, leaving him dumbstruck. Courtesan Belle Competition? There was such a thing in a brothel? However, thinking about it, the Song Dynasty was the first dynasty to promote literature and suppress martial arts. At the same time, scholars were particular about a romantic scholar. Going to a brothel was not called visiting a brothel. It was called romantic love.
As the saying went, there was an effect. Scholars liked to do romantic things. These brothels would only launch Courtesan Belle competitions. Anyway, these scholars were rich. They just needed to build their reputation and scam money.
"There's such a good thing? Let's go, let's go. Bring me to take a look ~"
Pang Yu chuckled. This was a good thing. It would be a pity if he did not go and meet them.
"That's for sure. We have the final say on who the four top courtesans of Beijing are ~"
Gao Baoshen chuckled as well. He then got into Gao Baoshen's carriage and rushed towards the Bian River.
When they arrived at the Bian River, it was already crowded with people. Pang Yu could not help but sigh. No matter when, men would always come to places where women gathered. Look at this, a group of men surrounded the Bian River.
Those who did not know better would think that something good was about to be unearthed. The few of them got off the carriage. Naturally, they would not wait by the river.
"Lord Marquis, the boat by the river is ours. Those boats with banners on the river now belong to the brothels. Every brothel had a ship. As long as they were slightly rich and powerful, they would basically book a ship for themselves.
As for the people by the river, they were all poor scholars with no money or power. They always thought of stories about talented scholars and beautiful women. They were showing off by the river to attract the attention of the brothel women.”
Gao Baoshen said as he brought Pang Yu onto a luxurious ship.
Pang Yu nodded and looked over. There were really quite a number of brothels in the capital.
"Tsk tsk, there are so many brothels. I think it shouldn't be called the Courtesan Belle Competition.”
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