The government was sending out wives, and I ended up with a princess from the previous dynasty!

Anyone would be devastated to see twenty taels of silver slip away just like that, seeing it almost within their grasp.

Especially for poor scholars like them.

However, the fat man had an unusually good attitude in the face of these scholars' attacks. He almost ignored them, his eyes darting around, occasionally glancing at the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion.

Despite the long queue, the line moves very quickly.

Before long, Jia Daoshi arrived at the entrance of Baihualou.

It must be said that the Baihua Tower is indeed magnificent, and it is quite impressive even in the entire Yilan County!

The building has three floors, and each floor has large mahogany carved windows. In each window, there are one or two girls holding small handkerchiefs, smiling and waving at the crowd outside. Under the dreamy lights and the sound of string and wind instruments, the group of men outside are so excited that their eyes are green with desire, and they can't wait to rush into the Hundred Flowers Pavilion and confess their feelings to these girls!

"Flowers in the left hand, candy in the right, chatting with young girls all the time. Sacrificing oneself to win a beauty's smile, what does it matter if one is despised?"

From afar, a scholar's poem drifted over. The girl standing at the door looked disdainful and shook her head: "No. Please go back, sir."

"What? No good?! You're saying my poem is no good? Do you even know who I am? How dare you say my poem is no good?"

"You think you can find girls at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion just by bringing some candy and flowers? The Hundred Flowers Pavilion will starve! Get out of here!" The fat man who had been handing out money to grab seats earlier said with a loud laugh.

Upon hearing this, the people around burst into laughter again.

"Hmph! Fat pig! Don't think you can get in just because you have some money! I'd like to see what makes you think you can get in!"

"Hmph! Then you'll see!" The fat man shook the gold lock around his neck, walked up to the girl, and cleared his throat.

"My vast wealth flows like water, and I hold gold and jewels in my hands. If you ask who is the richest person in Yilan City, the answer is none other than me, for I am the epitome of nobility and glory!"

"Hahaha……"

Upon hearing this poem, the surrounding scholars burst into laughter.

The scholar, who had been ridiculed earlier, laughed the loudest at this moment!

"This is supposed to be poetry? It's utter nonsense! It's an insult to literature! It's laughable!" The scholar laughed wildly, clutching his stomach, while pointing at the fat man and mocking him loudly.

"Ahem..." The girl guarding the entrance of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion coughed lightly, stepped aside, and gave a curtsy. "Please come in, young master!"

"Wh...what? Please come in?" The smile on the scholar's face, who had been refused entry earlier, immediately froze. "Wait a minute! Are you mistaken? This kind of utter nonsense! He can go in? If he can go in, why can't I? This is outrageous!"

"This is simply unreasonable!"

"Young master, are you trying to teach us how to do things at the Hundred Flowers Pavilion?" The girl's face darkened, and even her voice turned cold!

"Achoo!" The scholar shivered, then came to his senses and hurriedly waved his hands, "No! I wouldn't dare! I'll be going now!"

After saying that, he fled in panic!

The girl turned to the fat man again: "Young master, please write your name on this sign before you can enter."

At these gatherings at Baihualou, everyone is given a small tag upon entering. Those who are qualified write their names on the tag, and once inside, they can be assigned a seat, which also makes it easier to get to know Yuan Jin'er.

The fat man patted the gold lock on his chest, then wrote the three characters "Gold Ingot" on the sign the girl handed him, which seemed to be his name.

Then, he turned to the scholars around him who were mocking him, his face full of disdain: "So what if you can compose poems? Are you as rich as me? If you're not, then go cool off somewhere else! Miss Yuan Jin'er is not someone you poor slobs can meet!"

These scholars gritted their teeth, ready to launch into a long speech, but Jin Yuanbao had already swaggered into the Hundred Flowers Pavilion!

Next up is Jia Daoshi!