Wei Ya is a very playful person. Speaking of which, like Ye Xue, he has never been to a brothel.
You know, in the Zhuque Empire, there are only scholars who have no money and have never visited the flower house, and there are no rich people who have never visited the flower house.
Scholars go to brothels not for the beauties who sell their bodies. Their targets are usually those women who are good at performing arts but not selling their bodies, and have a good reputation for poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting... Of course, if they can get these
No scholar would refuse the favor of a geisha and spend time together in the gentle countryside, but most scholars only want to sit down and drink tea with them, comment on paintings, talk about poetry, and play chess...
When a beauty is in front of him, he is happy even if he does nothing. Of course, if the beauty shows off his talents, he gets inspiration and writes a good poem, and he might become famous overnight...
In the history books, I read about poets and lyricists who became famous overnight by writing poems and lyrics for those famous geishas. It would be a lie to say that Wei Ya never thought that one day he would have such an opportunity.
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Although both Han Ming and Wei Ya came from a scholarly family in Yangzhou for a century, their family backgrounds were very average.
When they come to Fengcheng to take the exam, their money is limited.
Prices in Fengcheng are very expensive, and they have to rent a house together, so naturally they don't have any money left to visit the Qin Lou Chu Pavilion.
Fengcheng Yichun Pavilion is the best brothel in the Suzaku Empire. It has a third-floor house on the busiest street in Fengcheng.
When Wei Ya and Han Ming came to Fengcheng, they arrived only a few days earlier than Ye Xue. For more than a month, apart from staying at home and studying, they basically went out with Ye Xue and Feng Jinyu.
Wei Ya saw Yichun Pavilion for the first time. He was so surprised that he said: "Yichun Pavilion..."
After hearing Wei Ya's words, Han Ming frowned.
Feng Jinyu's face was expressionless, but she felt a little more comfortable because Wei Ya let go of Ye Xue's hand.
"Yichun Pavilion..." Ye Xue's eyes lit up, and she opened the window. The tall three-story red building was particularly conspicuous, and she saw it at a glance.
"Stop!" Ye Xue greeted the groom driving the car.
The groom immediately shouted, causing the black horse to stop.
Ye Xue turned around and said to the three people in the carriage: "Let's not go to the suburbs of Beijing. Let's go to Yichun Pavilion..."
"No!" Han Ming opened his mouth to refuse, but Feng Jinyu spoke one step ahead of him.
Feng Jinyu quickly and resolutely refused, leaving Han Ming, Wei Ya, and Ye Xue stunned for a moment.
Feng Jinyu knew that he had spoken too quickly. He raised a gentler and more elegant smile than usual, "We all agreed to go to the countryside to see the spring water and green willows..."
Ye Xue said: "The spring water is still coming, and the willow trees are sprouting..."
After hearing this, Feng Jinyu, who didn't want Ye Xue to visit a brothel, quickly made excuses.
At this time, Han Ming said: "What time is it now? It's not long past noon, and Yichun Pavilion hasn't opened yet..." Then he said: "We just took the general examination and are waiting for the results. How can we go there?"
Yichun Pavilion... You know, if we are admitted to the tribute service and do not fail the final palace examination, we will become officials. The imperial court stipulates that those who are officials are not allowed to enter brothels and other places where they are looking for flowers and willows...
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Wei Ya also wanted to go to Yichun Pavilion and meet people, but he did not dare to openly defy Han Ming's wishes. He only dared to whisper in a low voice, "Didn't the results of the general examination not come out..."