Chapter 183 Four Rich Women Businessmen 36

Business in Wangyou Pavilion is now sluggish, and you don’t need to queue up to sit in a good seat. The Minister of Rites came to Wangyou Pavilion at the agreed time. Not long after he sat down, someone sent a message saying that the person he was waiting for would come tonight. Please be careful not to be impatient.

Lord Shangshu can only wait patiently.

He didn't dare to leave either. What if the Regent left and the next step came?

I was anxious, so I didn't feel like I was in the mood to appreciate singing and dancing. The girl sitting next to me knew how to observe her words and expressions. She was very tactful and didn't speak much. She just poured wine and served her silently.

As the sky gradually darkened, there were more and more customers in Wangyou Pavilion. Although it could not be compared with the past, the first floor lobby was also 70% or 80% full.

Some people recognized him as the Minister of Rites. They were afraid of their high official position and did not dare to talk to each other. They just whispered, guessing why the Minister of Rites came here.

Yao Niang also recognized the other party.

Speaking of which, when she met Lord Shangshu in a brothel, Shangshu was not Shangshu. Later, she probably became higher and higher in official positions, and became more and more clean and improved, and never appeared in a place of love and miserable life.

...It may also have nothing to do with self-discipline, but you are more cautious in your heart?

Yao Niang observed for a while and couldn't guess what the Shangshu wanted to do.

Li Lingjing walked to her and asked in a low voice: "I heard that the Minister of Rites is here?"

"Well, right there, the table by the window." Yao Niang said, "I have been here for a while, as if I were waiting for someone, and I didn't want anything except a pot of wine."

Li Lingjing stood curiously in the distance and watched.

The Ministry of Rites is one of the six ministries, which is in charge of the imperial examinations and exchanges between vassal states. The Minister of Rites is the second rank and has the most noble status. The officials who can achieve this position are naturally quite old.

The Lord Shangshu in front of him was about fifty years old, with a beard and a straight waist, looking calm and elegant, but his expression was a little tense, and I didn't know what he was nervous about.

Wangyou Pavilion has received many officials during this period, including the most six or seven ranks, the most four or five ranks, and I have never seen them at all. I heard from Yao Niang that high officials are cautious when traveling. They either go to the house at home or in their own courtyard, and they will hardly visit the restaurants on the street.

Now a second-rank senior official has come, and the opportunity is rare.

"I don't know what Lord Shangshu likes..." Li Lingjing murmured.

Yao Niang said: "He turned out to be a chess fanatic, and few people in the court can beat him."

Li Lingjing's eyes lit up and she looked at Yao Niang, "I remember you are also proficient in chess skills."

Yao Niang was slightly stunned and nodded, "I have indeed studied it for a while, why?"

"If Yao Niang competes with Lord Shangshu, who will win?" Li Lingjing asked her with anticipation.

Yao Niang laughed, "I haven't touched a chess piece for a long time since I was sick. How can I compare with Lord Shangshu?"

"Even if you can't win, it would be great if you can tie it." Li Lingjing held Yao Niang's hand and was a little excited. "When tomorrow, everyone in Shengjing City will know that Lord Shangshu was chess all night with Lord Wangyou. Yao Niang, this is a hot topic that comes to your door, and it is a rare opportunity."

Yao Niang looked hesitant, "...It's rare, but I've never played chess with him. I don't know the depth of his chess skills. Maybe I won't last a quarter of an hour and I will lose in his hands."

Li Lingjing smiled, "Yao Niang, even if we lose, we won't suffer any loss."

Yao Niang thought about it and it was indeed the reason. She smiled at Li Lingjing: "I'm just looking forward to it. As long as Lord Shangshu is willing to play chess with me, no matter whether it wins or loses, it will be considered that our Wangyou Pavilion has taken advantage of it."

"Yes!" Li Lingjing also smiled, then looked at the figure not far away, "I just don't know if he would be willing..."

Yao Niang said: "Wait a minute, if the time is right, I will arrange it, don't worry."

The guests come here for entertainment, not for playing chess. It will only make people feel annoying when disturbing each other rashly, so Yao Niang needs to wait for the opportunity quietly.

She observed secretly for a long time. At the time of Hai, the tense feeling on Lord Shangshu's face was less, and replaced by a strong sense of impatience.

Anyone who sits in one place for more than two hours will probably be impatient.

But he didn't dare to leave.

He was worried that this was a test, and that someone was following him in secret, so he could only bite the bullet and continue waiting.

Yao Niang thought that the time was almost over, so she came over with the wine in person, knelt down at the table, poured wine for Lord Shangshu, and asked with a soft smile: "Sir, have been sitting here for a long time. If you can make him wait for so long, the other party must be an amazing figure."

Lord Shangshu's heart was thrilled and he immediately looked at Yao Niang, thinking to himself whether this woman was the informant of the Regent?

"What do you... know?" The Minister of Rites asked cautiously.

Yao Niang covered her lips and chuckled, "The young lady doesn't know what it is. She just saw that you have been sitting for a long time. I want to relieve you. Our Wangyou Pavilion cannot let the guests go back in a depressed manner."

After saying that, he asked someone to set up a chessboard on the table, and then held two black and white pieces in his hand, and slowly set up a chess game on the chessboard.

"I heard that adults love chess, but I don't know if my endgame is there any tricks to crack."

Yao Niang is very smart. Chess players are usually very picky about their opponents, and they will become interested in talking about a game by their own players. If Yao Niang directly makes a chess request, she will most likely be rejected by Lord Shangshu.

So she made an endgame. If Lord Shangshu is interested, she will naturally make a move without saying anything. If she is not interested, it would be fine.

Shangshu waited here for too long, and immediately attracted attention from the chess game in front of him. He stroked his beard and said, "Watching this chess game, Bai Zi is in danger. If you want to turn defeat into victory, you need to find another way."

Yao Niang said: "Please give me advice."

The two sat at both ends of the table and started playing chess.

This chess game lasted for a long time, and in the end, Lord Shangshu narrowly defeated Yao Niang by the difference of seven sons. Yao Niang breathed a sigh of relief, complimented the other party in time, and proposed to next game.

Lord Shangshu looked at the night outside. It was already very late. The Regent was still missing. The message was sent by a secret spy. There would be no mistakes. I could only wait...

In the second game of chess, Yao Niang slowly regained her feelings and, on the basis of the endgame, she won the third son of Lord Shangshu.

After the game ended, the closing time had already passed. Lord Shangshu reluctantly left Wangyou Pavilion, but still couldn't figure out why the Regent asked him to come here tonight.

The next day, Li Lingjing immediately released the news, praising the excellent skills of Shangshu, and cracking the endgame in Wangyou Pavilion.

She praised Shangshu openly and secretly made small advertisements for herself. This trick she learned from Shi Xianyu, and it was called implanted advertisements.

The effect of implanting advertisements is very good - there must be something extraordinary where the Minister of Rites visited. With this idea, the number of guests coming here at night has increased a lot, and there is a slight queuing outside the door.

A man dressed in a servant suddenly ran over panting and said, "Make an appointment!...My master wants to make an appointment!"

The manager was embarrassed: "We are currently only providing reservations for senior members, so you might as well queue up in the back."

The servant is rich and powerful, "Then you can get a senior member!"
Chapter completed!