As in previous editions, the number of golden flowers obtained by the people of this year's Oiran Tournament is determined by the number of golden flowers obtained by the Qing people, and one golden flower represents one thousand taels of silver.

This is also the reason why these Qing people came to Yangzhou City early to prepare, they only take care of their interpersonal relationships first, then there will be distinguished guests to give them golden flowers.

It can be said that the competition of the Oiran Conference is not only about talent, but also about colorful and complex interpersonal relationships.

Except for the red luan and purple juan, there was only one golden flower between the oiran and the list, and the number of golden flowers obtained by the other years of the oiran was significantly higher than that of the list.

For the guests who attended the Oiran Tournament, they preferred to see a close contest so that it seemed interesting, and the reason why the Oiran Tournament of Red Luan and Purple Juan was remembered was precisely because of the wonderful contest between the two.

Of course, Hongluan's later becoming Li Yuntian's wife also made this Oiran Conference talked about, which made countless Qinglou women envious.

At the beginning of the hour, a melodious and brisk music sounded in the lobby on the first floor of the Baihua Building, which made the noisy scene gradually quiet.

In room No. 1, Li Yuntian and Xue Wu looked at the high platform in the lobby with great interest, waiting for the Qing people to enter the show.

Compared with Xue Wu, who participated in the Oiran Conference for the first time, Li Yuntian's mood was very flat,

When the master of ceremonies who served as the Oiran Conference finished the opening remarks, the Qingqi people who competed for the leader of the Oiran Conference appeared one by one according to the order of the selected number plates, or sang or danced, or played the piano or painted, showing their talents in front of everyone, which caused bursts of applause on the scene.

Li Yuntian talked and laughed with Xue Wu and others, the back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, the new people in the world drove out the old people, and many beautiful and delicious Qing people would emerge at the annual Oiran Conference, but he was not a womanizer, and he had a beautiful wife and concubine, so how could he be tempted by those Qing people?

Just like last time, the several maids serving in Room No. 1 seemed to stand quietly aside, but in fact secretly remembered Li Yuntian's reaction when each Qingqi person took the stage, so that those powerful people in Jiangnan could judge which Qingqi person Li Yuntian was most interested in after the Qingqi people finished performing.

Naturally, the Qingqi people that Li Yuntian is interested in are of course the leaders of this year's Oiran Conference, and no one will compete with Li Yuntian if they are full.

Li Yuntian knew this, but he could understand the good intentions of the Jiangnan magnates, and knew that everyone was afraid that they would collide with him when they sent Jinhua, but he couldn't let those people guess his thoughts, so he would praise every Qing person who came to power, so that the Jiangnan magnates who were waiting for the news were confused, and they didn't know which person Li Yuntian was going to choose.

As time went by, the night became deeper and deeper, and more and more Qingqi people performed on stage, and the atmosphere of the scene became more and more enthusiastic.

Although Li Yuntian was there to talk and laugh with everyone on the surface, he was very interested in his heart, these Qingqi people were a little worse than the overall quality of the Oiran Conference he had experienced, and he couldn't mention his interest.

"The next person to perform on stage is the Ziyin girl from Hangzhou Tianxiang Pavilion, who will bring us a song "Mulan Ci". When Li Yuntian, Xue Wu and the others were laughing and talking about the performance of the previous Qingqi person, the voice of the master of ceremonies came from the lobby.

"Mulan Ci?" Li Yuntian couldn't help but be slightly stunned when he heard this, due to his busy official duties, he hadn't heard this song for a long time since Zijuan played this song "Mulan Ci" at the last Oiran Conference.

"This woman actually used "Mulan Ci", which is really a mistake." At this time, a nobleman sitting on the side couldn't help but shake his head and said with some regret.

"Mulan Ci" is now a must-have repertoire for the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, so everyone is very familiar with it, so it has lost its freshness, and naturally it will not be interested.

Li Yuntian came back to his senses when he heard this, smiled slightly and said nothing, outsiders didn't know the relationship between this poem and him, so naturally they wouldn't have experienced his state of mind at this time.

About 20 years ago, Li Yuntian, who was named on the gold list, came to Hukou County with his enthusiasm to serve the country, but he was subject to the bullies of the county government, and he was depressed and almost drowned in Poyang Lake.

Later, when Li Yuntian was in Baishui Town, he was attacked by Wang San, the leader of the Poyang Lake bandits, and the bandit Wang San not only looted in Baishui Town, but also threw a human head in front of Li Yuntian in a demonstrative manner, Li Yuntian was helpless against Wang San at that time, and had to pretend to be unconscious to get out.

After Baishui Town was attacked by water bandits, the outside world thought that Li Yuntian would turn a big incident into a small one, and try to suppress this incident that affected his career, and the Jiujiang Mansion even hinted that he could conceal and lie about his losses.

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Yuntian ignored his career and gave the Yongle Emperor a dismissal, and took all the responsibility for the attack of the water bandits, and made every effort to relieve the disaster, so that the victims were properly settled.

Although Li Yuntian's cowardly performance when the water bandits arrived made his third wife, Chen Ningning, who was still a young lady of the Chen family at the time, hated him, but his behavior of caring for the people moved Chen Ningning, so he saw him off when Li Yuntian left Baishui Town, and the two boated on the lake.

On the rippling Poyang Lake, Chen Ningning thanked Li Yuntian three times: first, Li Yuntian thanked Li Yuntian for rehousing the victims of Baishui Town who were harassed by water bandits, so that they could avoid the suffering of sleeping in the open air; Second, Li Yuntian released those people who were forcibly recruited by the Baishui Town Inspection Department to reunite with their families; Three thanks Li Yuntian did not blame her father Chen Bozhao, it was Chen Bozhao who left Li Yuntian in Baishui Town in order to curry favor with Li Yuntian, which made Li Yuntian make a big fool.

After listening to Chen Ningning's three thanks, Li Yuntian responded with Nalan Xingde's "Mulan Ci", chanted it and gave it to Chen Ningning.

The biting cold wind, the desolate lake, and Li Yuntian's low and sad tone, Chen Ningningxin, who was captured as soon as "Mulan Ci" was chanted.

Chen Ningning especially likes "If life stops as it first sees, what is the autumn wind sad painting fan" in "Mulan Ci", and thinks that the finishing touch of this poem this time expresses the sadness and helplessness of the emotions of men and women in the world, and the grievances and sorrows.

Therefore, this poem "Mulan Ci" has a special meaning for Li Yuntian, not only witnessing his love with Chen Ningning, but also recalling his past in Hukou County, which was the most difficult period when he was the magistrate, and he knew nothing about his future.

The reason why Li Yuntian wanted to uncharacteristically plead guilty at that time was not that he really wanted Emperor Yongle to punish him, in that case, his future would be ruined, he did this to fight hard, hoping to enter the eyes of Emperor Yongle and then get the opportunity to be promoted.

After all, Li Yuntian is just a small Qipinzhi County, and if he is promoted in the official career step by step, God knows how long it will take to get ahead.

Therefore, in Li Yuntian's opinion, instead of living in obscurity and mediocrity, it is better to take risks and hang up in front of Emperor Yongle.

Of course, Li Yuntian did not blindly give Emperor Yongle a dismissal, but based on the situation at the time, he thought that Emperor Yongle would definitely not blame a new branch jinshi for being stunned by his head when he led the army to fight with the water bandits, after all, he already had great courage to take the lead in fighting the water bandits.

As for the crime of curing Li Yuntian's unfavorable punishment of bandits, Li Yuntian had just arrived in office, and it was only right to cure the crime of his predecessor as a county magistrate, and how to say that Li Yuntian dared to organize people to fight against the bandits, which was already good enough for Li Yuntian, and someone else would have slipped away a long time ago.

In addition, Li Yuntian also deliberately issued a military order to suppress bandits in Shangshu, and said the bold words of throwing pen to paper, successfully capturing the heart of Emperor Yongle, who had been in the field for most of his life.

Coupled with the help of Li Yuntian's mentor Yang Shiqi on the side, Li Yuntian not only exonerated himself from responsibility, but also aroused the ideas of Emperor Xuande and Yang Shiqi, which laid a good foundation for his later entry into Beijing to serve as the superintendent of the imperial history.

Under Li Yuntian's gaze with interest, Ziyin, who was holding the guzheng in his arms, stepped onto the platform in the lobby on the first floor, his appearance and figure were better than the Qing people who appeared in front of him, which attracted the distinguished guests at the scene to whisper one after another.

Since Ziyin was suddenly replaced by Tianxiang Pavilion, no one present knew Ziyin, which aroused everyone's interest.

After placing the guzheng on the desk, Ziyin first bowed to Li Yuntian's No. 1 room, and then bowed to the VIPs at the scene, and then sat down on the round stool in front of the table.

Liu Ma stood in the crowd at the entrance on one side of the hall, looking at Ziyin with a smile on her face, although Ziyin's piano skills were not as good as her, but it was already very difficult, and these Qingqi people who participated in the Oiran Conference were inferior to her in piano skills.

"If life stops as it first sees, what is the autumn wind and sad fan. Waiting for idle changes but old people's hearts, but old people's hearts are changeable! Lishan said that it was half a night away, and the tears and rain and zero bells did not complain. How is Bo Xing Jinyilang, who wishes on the day of the wings! ”

Just when everyone looked at Ziyin with interest, Ziyin stroked the body of the piano with both hands and sang "Mulan Ci" in the quiet sound of the piano, with a mournful tone, which instantly attracted the hearts of everyone at the scene, making the scene silent.

Looking at the guests in the hall who were listening intently to Ziyin's singing, the corners of Liu's mother's mouth showed a smug smile, it seemed that Ziyin had calmed these people.

Subsequently, Liu's mother looked at the No. 1 room on the second floor, presumably Li Yuntian had a lot of feelings in his heart at this time, after all, this was done by Li Yuntian when he was the magistrate of Hukou County.

"Suffered!" Not far from Liu's mother, Zhang's mother looked at Ziyin with a surprised face, and secretly said in her heart that it was not good, Ziyin's strength exceeded her expectations, it seems that Diewu has met a strong opponent this time.

Li Yuntian looked at Ziyin with some surprise, he didn't know why, he felt that the scene in front of him seemed to be similar, the Ziyin in front of him and the image of Zijuan back then slowly coincided, the two were very similar in terms of piano skills and singing, making him seem to be back to the time when Hongluan and Zijuan competed for a while.

Like Zijuan back then, after singing "Mulan Ci" twice in a row, Ziyin's hands left the piano surface, and the melodious and tactful sound of the piano wandered in the air, making people feel unfinished, with endless aftertaste, and an indescribable charm.

"Miss Ziyin has superb piano skills and beautiful singing, and she should be the leader of this Oiran Conference!" With a hula, the scene burst into warm applause, and a voice sounded from the crowd.

"Miss Ziyin has extraordinary piano skills, and she is really the best candidate for Oiran."

"can perform this "Mulan Ci" so exquisitely, the girl Ziyin is also talented."

"Zijuan is talented and beautiful, and her skills are extraordinary, so she will definitely win the championship!"

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Subsequently, everyone was full of praise for Ziyin, and no one expected that Ziyin could perform a well-known song to such a subtle level.

Glancing around at the crowd of people who were shouting praise, the corners of Ziyin's mouth showed a smile of relief, and she got up and walked to the front of the stage to thank the people, which made the applause at the scene even more enthusiastic.

Mother Liu's eyes were full of approval when she looked at Ziyin, Ziyin played very well just now, she was very satisfied, and Mother Zhang hurriedly left with a gloomy face, and went to Ziyin to discuss countermeasures, otherwise Butterfly Dance would definitely fail in this situation.