King Yu was obviously taken aback, but immediately he put on a look of watching a show and looked at Su Mingyu with great interest. "Brother Su is really a bold one."
Su Mingyu pursed her lips and smiled, not bothering to explain. "Our grand Su Mansion can surely afford this amount of silver."
Mo Wenyuan's eyes darkened. "One thousand five hundred taels."
The people below the stage were in an uproar. No one had expected the price to go so high.
Su Mingyu raised an eyebrow. She slowly took a sip of water and then looked at Mo Wenyuan with a raised brow. "Brother Mo, it seems you're not going to let us enjoy this beauty?"
Mei Qing herself never expected such a thing to happen. As the center of attention, she didn't dare to move. She just carefully raised her eyes to look at Mo Wenyuan.
Noticing the other's dark eyes, Mei Qing blushed for no reason.
Others didn't see it, but Su Mingyu, who had been paying attention to the two of them, saw it clearly.
Narrowing her eyes, Su Mingyu felt a bit annoyed. "Forget it. I'll let it go to you."
After saying that, Su Mingyu put down her cup. "I'm not interested anymore. You can enjoy yourselves."
Seeing Su Mingyu getting up to leave, King Yu just gave Mei Qing a sidelong glance and then got up too. "I know a place where we can drink to our hearts' content. It's called Plum Garden. Brother Su, would you like to go and take a look?"
"Sure!" Su Mingyu nodded without hesitation. Just before leaving the brothel, Su Mingyu glanced at Mo Wenyuan out of the corner of her eye and then left directly.
That someone was actually so angry that they left directly stunned everyone. But Mo Wenyuan didn't care about them. He glanced at the clothes, chose a relatively conservative one, and then didn't say a word. He didn't even move.
After the incident with Mei Qing, almost all the votes today were cast for her.
Everyone wanted to see what was so special about this woman who could be fought over so fiercely by two groups of people.
Plum Garden.
Su Mingyu looked at the small dishes in front of her and joked. "King Yu, you invite me here to drink and this is what we eat?"
King Yu nodded frankly. "Don't look down on these small dishes. They're all the specialties of Plum Garden."
Then he pointed to a plate of green vegetables in front of him. "These vegetables are grown by the people in Plum Garden themselves. They're watered with the clear river water every day. They're picked only when someone orders them. Freshly picked and stir - fried. Absolutely delicious."
Hearing him talk so vividly, Su Mingyu picked up a chopstick - full and tasted it.
It was very fresh and even had the smell of grass.
From Su Mingyu's eyes, King Yu could tell that she liked it. He smiled. "Didn't lie to you, did I?"
Su Mingyu nodded non - committally. "You're a king. How come you like to eat such common people's food?"
"Can't a king eat common people's food?" King Yu raised an eyebrow and poured a cup of wine for Su Mingyu. "Try this. It's the peach blossom wine that only Plum Garden in the whole capital can make."
Su Mingyu wasn't really a person who loved wine, but she had a constitution that allowed her to drink a lot without getting drunk.
So she didn't refuse the wine that King Yu offered. She took a small sip. The fragrance of peach blossoms filled her mouth. "It's really good."
"I didn't get a chance to ask you in the brothel before. What's your relationship with Mo Wenyuan?" King Yu poured himself a cup of wine too and casually asked while drinking.
Su Mingyu didn't pause for a moment while eating. "I thought we could be friends before, but now it seems impossible."
"After all, it's all because of a woman." Su Mingyu shrugged as she said this, as if she wasn't very bothered by this outcome.
"Yes, because of a woman." King Yu looked at Su Mingyu with a solemn look in his eyes. "If you were a real man, I wouldn't think there was anything wrong with you competing with Mo Wenyuan for a woman. But you're just a woman. You don't have to go to such great lengths to compete for another woman."
"Moreover..." King Yu looked at her coldly. "Don't you think you gave up a bit too quickly?"
Looking into King Yu's dark eyes, Su Mingyu wrinkled her nose and then spread her hands. "Nothing can be hidden from King Yu."
"So why did you do that?" Seeing that she admitted it, a victorious smile appeared on King Yu's face. He wasn't too pushy.
"Because of silver." Su Mingyu said straightforwardly. "I'm sure King Yu has heard something about my situation in the Su family. My natal family doesn't care about me. The silver given by Su Zhengyi is not enough for my expenses at all. So after I heard about the First Beauty event, I found the madam."
"I told the madam that I could help her earn more silver and she didn't need to spend any capital. She just needed to act with me. Didn't King Yu notice that whenever I made a move, the silver from that voting was always especially high?"
King Yu narrowed his eyes and stared at Su Mingyu without blinking, as if he wanted to see if she was lying.
"But you still have the King of Ruixian."
Everyone in the capital knew her close relationship with the King of Ruixian.
Su Mingyu shrugged. "So what? Do you think I'll ask him for silver?"
When Su Mingyu said this, she was quite calm and determined.
Looking into her bright eyes, King Yu couldn't help but curl his lips. "It seems I underestimated you."
"So your initial approach to Mo Wenyuan and all that followed were all part of your plan?"
Su Mingyu nodded. "I knew Mo Wenyuan was going to the First Beauty place, so I deliberately pretended to be quite familiar with him. I didn't expect him to be unexpectedly easy to approach."
Hearing her say this so naturally, King Yu narrowed his eyes, as if thinking about something.
Su Mingyu also noticed. "From the look on King Yu's face, do you have some connection with Mo Wenyuan?"
"Just business rivals." King Yu smiled faintly. "Seeing the understanding between you and Mo Wenyuan, I thought you had known each other for a long time. Mo Wenyuan's figure is very similar to someone I know. I wonder if Miss Su has noticed?"
So, he deliberately mentioned Mo Wenyuan just to test her?
"Someone you know?" Su Mingyu pretended to think. "I don't know who he looks like."
Seeing this, King Yu didn't press further. "Just saying it casually."
Su Mingyu was a bit confused. She poured a cup of wine for him. "Come, let's drink."
One cup after another. The peach blossom wine didn't seem to have much effect at first, but later Su Mingyu seemed a bit drunk.
Although her complexion remained unchanged, her speech was clearly stuttering.
"I didn't expect you to be quite a good drinker." King Yu got up and pulled Su Mingyu by the shoulder. "Get up. I'll take you back."
Su Mingyu stood up. At first glance, she seemed quite sober, but her eyes were a bit dull. "I... I'm not drunk. I don't need you to take me back."
Although he had intended to get her drunk, he didn't expect this person to be so stubborn when drunk. King Yu raised an eyebrow. "Drinking so much in broad daylight. Do you have something on your mind?"