Mother Hua called a turtle slave and took Gu Chengyu and the others to the private room in the backyard, but she herself went in the opposite direction.
Pass through the hanging flower door and walk inside. Inside is an independent small courtyard.
The courtyard is not big, but it looks quite delicate. It is early spring now, and the jasmine flowers in the courtyard are in full bloom.
Hua's mother came to the main house and opened the door directly without knocking.
Sitting in front of the dressing mirror by the window was a graceful girl.
At this time, she was dressing in front of the mirror. She didn't look back when she heard the door open. Except for Hua's mother, there were only two casual people who came to her room at this time.
Mother Hua stood behind the girl and took a look at the girl's clothes. She was wearing a splendid double-butterfly mother-of-pearl blouse and a bright red pleated gauze moon skirt, which made her skin as white as snow, making her look very bright.
Mother Hua nodded, with a smile on her face. It was worth noting that she served her with white fungus and bird's nest every day. The cream she used to wipe her body after bathing cost about ten taels of silver every day.
The girl tightened her freshly combed bun, looked at the half-box of jewelry in the jewelry box, picked out a flat square coral hairpin, and inserted it into her head.
"Hey! My good girl! This is too plain, how can it be worthy of our girl Xiyan?" With that, he picked out two more hairpins from the jewelry box and inserted them into the girl's head.
"Why did mom come to see me so early in the morning today? But another distinguished guest came and she wanted to ask me to accompany her?"
When Hua's mother came to look for her, something bad was definitely going to happen. Xiyan felt agitated, and she had to lower her head as she was alone under the eaves.
Those arty young men are nothing more than that! If you want to maintain the dignity of a scholar, you will never do anything excessive to her. Only those powerful people, who look like shit outside the city, covet her in private, which is really disturbing.
She is disgusting.
She is the oiran of Tianxiang Pavilion. She does not entertain guests easily, and she only sells her art without selling herself. She studies the piano skill hard, reads and practices calligraphy, and even has some attainments in painting, so that she becomes a famous person in the capital. She does not want to become an oiran.
No need to pick up customers?
But beauty ages easily, how long can a woman's flowery appearance last? She was just elected as the oiran at the beginning of last year. She is already fifteen this year. When she turns eighteen, Tianxiang Pavilion will choose another oiran.
Needless to say about her subsequent fate, if someone can find someone to redeem her during this period, that would be the best outcome.
If she can't, then she will have the same fate as the other girls in the building, becoming a pitiful woman with a pair of jade arms that can be used as a pillow for thousands of people, and a bit of red lips that can be tasted by thousands of people.
Since ancient times, "prostitutes" have been the lowest and lowest class of people. Even if the children of officials want to take concubines, they will also find girls from good families or have children from families in the palace. They can only be concubines.
Sighing, she turned her mind back. Mother Hua rarely asked her to show up, usually once every ten days and a half.
It was only two or three days since the last banquet we went to, so why did she come to see her again today? Could it be that some distinguished guest came this time?
Speaking of this, Hua's mother couldn't help but laugh out of her eyes, "The distinguished guests are not that big of a group, they are just a group of young men who have just taken the examination. There are a few here who have a good background and are all famous people.
Today we are going to hold a literary conference in our Tianxiang Pavilion. This time I am not a playboy. Don’t you also like calligraphy? You might as well go and have a look."
After hearing this, Xiyan understood Hua's mother's intention. She wanted to use the reputation of these students to build momentum for Tianxiang Pavilion! Among these candidates, there will always be those who can be admitted to the Jinshi and become officials.
If the calligraphy treasure can be left behind today, Tianxiang Pavilion will also be able to gain some confidence in the future. Although Tianxiang Pavilion is the largest brothel in the capital, the others cannot compare.
But two years ago, another Zuihonglou opened in Beijing. It had a good reputation and most of the girls in the restaurant were good at singing and dancing. Tianxiang Pavilion's business was robbed a lot.
It seems that Mother Hua is also anxious, right? If Tianxiang Pavilion loses its business, she will not be spared either.
"Whose young masters are they from?" Xi Yan knew that she couldn't shirk it. Before going, she had to find out where those young masters came from.
Hua's mother introduced a few important things in it, and specifically mentioned Gu Chengyu.
"This time there is actually Jieyuan from the Provincial Examination here! Hurry up and don't keep them waiting."
Xiyan was very surprised, it turned out to be Gu Chengyu? She had participated in several poetry gatherings, and of course she had heard of Gu Chengyu's name. She also heard that these students looked down upon Gu Chengyu at the banquet, saying that he was a coward who was hiding in the house.
Willing to take the lead.
However, the news that Gu Chengyu got first place in the Imperial College Examination came every month, and these people still enjoyed the criticism. Therefore, she became curious about Gu Chengyu.
I heard that Gu Jieyuan is as famous as his literary talent and his appearance.
Xi Yan took a look at her body and found that there was nothing wrong with her, then she got up and went to the inner room to get the piano.
Gu Chengyu and the others followed Gui Nu into a courtyard. It was said to be a private room, but in fact it was more than one room.
A group of people entered the yard, and Gui Nu led a few people to the flower hall near the water. There were some peonies and begonias planted by the pond. Gu Chengyu and the others walked across the small bridge over the pond and came to the main house.
There is a low table in this flower hall, but there are no chairs, only cushions, and there is a wooden floor underneath. It seems that they are sitting on the floor.
After entering the house, I discovered that there was a gauze curtain on the opposite side. The furnishings inside could not be seen clearly, they were only vaguely visible.
The cushions were arranged in two rows. Huang Junheng was the sponsor and naturally sat at the front. Gu Chengyu found a seat at the back and sat down. Zhu Pang and Zheng Lun also sat next to Gu Chengyu.
Zhu Pang opened his eyes, his eyes fixed, and Gu Chengyu felt that he must have drank a lot.
"What's going on? Why are you here? Didn't you just leave the Gongyuan yesterday? Have you rested?" Gu Chengyu pulled Zheng Lun and whispered.
"Oh! Isn't it because of him? He came to the house to see me early in the morning and said he wanted to go out for a drink. I said he would drink in the house, but he refused, so I had no choice but to risk my life to accompany you. But who wants to come to the street?
Come on, he wants to drink flower wine again, but I can't resist him, so he's here."
Zheng Lun was discharged in the second batch. He slept until the next morning when he came back. If Zhu Pang hadn't come to see him, he would have slept there!
"Then why are these people here?" Gu Chengyu glanced at the dozen or so people around him. There were several familiar faces among them, all of whom were candidates for this examination.
However, that is not the case with Yu Ting. He did not participate in this year's examination, and he is not even a qualified candidate!
"Let's talk about this after we get back!" Zheng Lun found that someone was already looking at them, so he had to wink.
Not long after I sat down, several maids came in one after another carrying trays.
Gu Chengyu took a look and found that it was full of wine and food. It seemed that the poetry party would last for several hours.
Mother Hua staggered into the flower hall, twisted her no longer slender waist, smiled and said to everyone: "The girls are up, gentlemen, do you want girls to pour tea and wine?"
The faces of the few girls present looked a little ugly. They were just low-ranking and vulgar fans in the pavilion.
I didn't expect the favor of these young masters, I just hoped to get some silver rewards. What Hua's mother said meant that she was going to drive them out.