A pensive look appeared between Yun Wan's brows. The poem she had prepared to set the stage had long been ready, merely waiting for the right moment.
She attached extraordinary importance to this Gathering of Beauties Banquet, nearly emptying her entire fortune to buy flower pins.
A place among the top ten courtesans was hers for the taking.
Yun Wan, a woman who had always been dignified, elegant, and aloof from worldly strife within Moonlight Pavilion, had held the title of courtesan queen steadily for three consecutive years.
Now, faced with this rare chance to redeem herself, she had long since made up her mind to gamble everything.
If she did not succeed, then she would die trying!
Looking at the sheet of poetry, Yun Wan could not help but feel a trace of hesitation.
To seek out a young man she had never met, to wager on an unknown outcome...
If he refused, it would inevitably leave her upset and affect her performance onstage at the Gathering of Beauties Banquet.
Seeing her expression, Li Xiangjun comforted her gently. "I know what Sister Yun is thinking. But I have met Young Master Guan. Even if he does not offer you any poetry, he will not make you lose face or leave you embarrassed."
Seeing the hopeful look on Li Xiangjun's face, Yun Wan knew that this younger sister had kept a grievance buried in her heart ever since losing the title of courtesan queen that year.
At this Gathering of Beauties Banquet, even if Li Xiangjun was not doing it for herself, she still wanted Yun Wan to fight for her pride and outshine Hu Yunniang and the others.
Li Xiangjun had even spent more than half her fortune to lend Yun Wan a helping hand.
She continued, "Sister, have