A stack of banknotes was lightly thrown on the table. An Ning smiled and said, "Yu-daniang, this is ten thousand taels of banknotes. As I said, keeping Linlang for one night, do you think it's enough or not?"
Lingxiang Lou's courtesan Linlang was only paid one thousand taels of silver to appear on stage. If Linlang hadn't sold herself, perhaps this ten thousand taels of silver would have been enough to buy her. Yu-daniang took a deep cooling breath, her eyes glued to the dazzling stack of Huitong Bank banknotes, awkwardly saying: "May xiaojie forgive me, it's not that I don't know what's good for me, but the distinguished guests that have come today are really too many…"
A "dang" sounded crisply, and a piece of green pendant was thrown on the table and spun.
An Ning raised her eyebrows: "Go, take this thing and go around each box in turn. If anyone is not convinced, then let them come and speak to my face."
Hearing these words, Yu-daniang's expression turned frosty. She sized up An Ning cautiously, hurriedly picked up the green pendant, bowed and retreated.
Having the guts to say these words, this young lady was probably not as simple as just being wealthy.
Ren Anle lounged comfortably on the armchair, and threw a grape into her mouth: "An Ning, I have to say, today, this piece of green pendant on you is quite exhausted."
An Ning snorted, her voice a little lazy: "If not for thinking that it would still have this bit of usefulness after returning to the capital, I would have pawned this flashy thing early on back in the northwest."
The Shuangfeng Xiangyun green pendant was carved with the world's rare jade stone, and was the token of the eldest princess of the dynasty. Ren Anle blinked, and said doubtfully: "Even if you wanted to pawn, there would be no family's pawnshop daring to accept it. Why, the dignified princess of a nation, can't she be ashamed?"
( to be shy of what's in one's pockets; embarrassed by not being financially well off)
"The northwest has been fighting again and again, and my little bit of salary is not enough to subsidize the soldiers who died in battle…"
An Ning muttered this one sentence, quickly flew past this topic, and said happily, "Taking you today to Jucai Lou was indeed going correctly, that Jin Tong is a highly skilled gambler with deep internal strength. If it weren't for you, I really wouldn't have been able to win this much silver."
To drive the dice with internal strength without touching it, with her skill, it was nowhere near enough.
Ren Anle laughed, took a glance at the magnificent private box, and raised her eyebrows: "So you returned the favour?"
( tossing a peach and receiving back a plum)
An Ning nodded repeatedly, and while speaking, the doors of the private box were opened. A few handsome young men entered behind Yu-daniang. Yu-daniang smiled very modestly this time, presenting the green pendant to An Ning solemnly, and said with a smile: "Xiaojie, Linlang will arrive very soon. It is only playing the qin anyway, there is not much of a difference between being at Mudan Pavilion and on the high platform."
Hearing Yu-daniang's completely different words from before and after, An Ning said: "Alright, dismissed." Seeing Yu-daniang's gaze glued to the banknotes on the table but not daring to move, she quickly waved her hand and said, "Take it away then, you deserve it."
Yu-daniang was overjoyed, hiding the banknotes inside her sleeves at lightning speed, and left with her buttocks twisted.
But after a short while, the news that the Mudan Pavilion had a distinguished guest was known by all in Lingxiang Lou. Actually, anyone who could sit here was a distinguished guest, but allowing Lingxiang Lou's headliner Linlang-guniang to play for someone alone for a night let the others in the private boxes have no objections; this wasn't just simply someone wealthy.
Everyone guessed for themselves, the curiosity in their eyes stopping the guests'thoughts of leaving the venue. They were just listening to the qin's sound anyway. Wasn't it the same wherever Linlang-guniang played?