Walking side by side, Hsu Fengnian noticed that Xiyi's fragrance was light and her simple yet elegant attire made her look like a pretty girl from a humble family. Sister Cui was much more exaggerated. Her lips were painted with black paste, her face was painted with yellow powder, and her hair was decorated with a golden hairpin. Her long robe was four or five inches long, which made Hsu Fengnian sick of her. She was like a big pot of exotic delicacies. No matter how good one's appetite was, they would be intimidated at first sight. On the contrary, Sister Xiyi, who had lost her power, was like a small bowl of plain porridge that was carefully added with a few lotus seeds. She was the kind of woman who would be pleasantly surprised if tasted carefully. On the corridor of the fourth floor, there were green gallbladder vases and ink paintings hanging on the wall. It was elegant and unique. However, it was not uncommon to see beautiful maids carrying food boxes and fruit bowls. It could be seen that Guanghan House's business was not bad. When these people saw her, they all obediently called her Sister Xiyi. She was very popular. Sister Xiyi smiled and greeted them one by one. After passing through two corridors, she came to a room facing a window. She sighed in her heart and said, "Young master, we're here."
She pushed the door and entered. The floor was covered with a silk lichen that was extremely labor-intensive. There was a three-fold screen that copied the famous painting "Snow Banana Double Crane" that separated the sleeping area from the brocade hall. In the front hall, there was a small bed with a delicate pot door and a small table for warming wine and brewing tea. At the corner of the table, there was an incense burner with onions calcined in the Longquan kiln. On the table, there were bowls and other small utensils, especially the black glazed teacups, which were very eye-catching. If one was not an expert in tea, one would not know the rarity of this set of partridge teacups. The emperor of the Southern Tang Empire especially cherished this set of teacups. He once said that the color of the teacups was precious and the color was black. Just these teacups alone could be worth dozens of gold. Hsu Fengnian sighed in his heart. This Sister Xiyi was really a particular person who knew how to enjoy life. On the bed, there was a jade porcelain pillow painted with lotus flowers. Hsu Fengnian was somewhat puzzled. It was only the end of spring, this woman was too afraid of the heat.
Seeing the young master with the saber staring at the pillow, Xiyi's face was red and almost dripping with water, she did not dare to look at him directly. She just sat at the small table and skillfully warmed by hand.
Before the wine by side, Xiyi fondly played with a black glazed teby by hand and asked, "Young master's accent, are you from Gusai state? Do you recognize this black glazed lamp? "
Hsu Fengnian touched the simple teacup with his fingers and nodded. "My family happens to be in the porcelain business, so I know some famous items and the market. I'm just a small family, so I can't do any big business. I've only heard of the black glazed teacups in the Top Ten Tea Sets, but I've really profited from this trip. Fortunately, he was tactful earlier. Otherwise, if he wanted to take out two hundred taels and say something rude to Sister Xiyi, he would really be asking for humiliation. However, I only brought less than a thousand taels of silver with me this time. There are still a few states that I haven't left. I don't have the courage to go to the Embroidered Ball Pavilion anymore. Sister Xiyi, what do you think we should do? "
Xiyi laughed and said, "Then Gongzi should drink more wine, drink until you have the courage of a bear's heart and leopard's guts, and then go to the Embroidered Ball Pavilion. Xiyi, let me warn you first: you have entered the house, you have drunk the wine, you absolutely cannot not go to the Embroidered Ball Pavilion."
Seeing Gongzi Qiandao's aggrieved face, Xiyi's smile widened. She winked and said, "Guanghan Building is not a place to cheat people. If you just want to watch Miss Wei throw the embroidered ball, you can take one or two hundred taels of silver."
Hsu Fengnian said angrily, "Sister Xiyi, you say it so lightly. If I only go to the Guanghan Building to look at the embroidered ball and then leave, how can I have the face to ask you for wine in the future?"
Xiyi handed over a cup of wine and said angrily, "It's not difficult for Gongzi to come to the Guanghan Building to ask for wine, but you can only enter the house once."
Hsu Fengnian obediently took the wine and did not make any despicable movements. He took a sip and saw Tao Manwu sitting on the embroidered stool, so he raised the cup to her mouth. The little girl was like a newborn calf that was not afraid of tigers. She took a sip and smacked her lips, enjoying the taste. Hsu Fengnian found it interesting and simply gave her the whole cup of wine, only telling her to drink it slowly. After that, he left Tao Manwu to the side and allowed her to drink a cup of wine to entertain herself while he chatted with Xiyi. Both of them could hold their liquor well and were evenly matched. It was probably because Xiyi had become addicted to talking about porcelain with him. Seeing that this Young Master with a Saber was full of good stuff, she was also a porcelain addict. In addition, the little girl had drunk a cup of wine and was feeling drowsy, so she fell asleep on the small couch behind her. Xiyi couldn't bear to wake her up, so she warmed up another pot of wine. The topic was no longer limited to porcelain. The two of them were very smart not to bring up sensitive topics such as one's background. It was unwise for them to talk about such things when they weren't close. Hsu Fengnian probably knew that the heroic-looking girl in front of him used to be the most popular courtesan in Guanghan House. She was also very popular and was a wonderful person who could compete with the top courtesan of Feng Feng Lou. However, no matter how beautiful a woman was, she could not withstand the knife of time and men's love for the new and dislike for the old. She was disheartened and tired of flattery, but she did not have the fortune to meet a good man that she liked. There was once an official who wanted to take her as a concubine, but she did not want to live under someone else's roof and be troubled by the first wife for the rest of her life. Therefore, she became a nanny who taught Qing Ling. The decorations in her room that were worth more than two hundred gold were all the money she earned in her early years. She had no relatives or friends, and she did not bring them with her when she was born. Therefore, she simply exchanged the gold and silver for her favorite treasures in order to be pleasing to the eyes. Guanghan House was very preferential to women who had been a prostitute but were slowly getting older.
The drunk Tao Manwu woke up in a daze. She seemed to have choked on something hard and was not sleeping well. She picked up the object and looked at it, her eyes blank.
It was a "small ruyi" made of jade.
This ruyi was the same ruyi used to make lonely women feel happy.
Hsu Fengnian knew this, so he said calmly, "Peaches are used to knock on the back. Put it away and go back to sleep."
The little girl replied with an "oh" and put the jade ruyi back to the bed. She then fell asleep.
Xiyi pretended to be calm. Her eyes were blurred and her cheeks were pink. She tilted her head slightly and took a sip of wine.
Hsu Fengnian chuckled and said, "Sister Xiyi, why are you shy? It's normal for a man to be full of vigor. It also shows that Sister Xiyi is clean and honest … "
Xiyi's charming eyes were like silk. She said hatefully, "You're still talking about it?!"
Hsu Fengnian held back his laughter and considerately changed the topic. He asked, "When I went to the city, I talked to Shopkeeper Sun about the Four Freaks of the Flying Fox City. I know that there's a strange man who sells swords, paints, and sleeps in brothels. Sister Xiyi, do you know him?"
She hesitated and said self-mockingly, "I know him. I even asked him to draw a portrait. Of course I remember this swordsman. But he painted no less than a hundred pictures in those years. I'm afraid he doesn't remember me."
Hsu Fengnian frowned and said, "How can such an interesting person disappear just like that?"
Xiyi took the wine cup to cool her hot cheeks. She sighed and said, "I heard some news about him. He was dissolute and became a bearded sloppy man. He couldn't sell any more paintings, but he still had to live. It seems that he went to the City Magistrate's Mansion to be a swordsman. Young Master Tantai's swordsmanship should be taught by him. I don't think his life is too shabby. But he's no longer the top scorer of the brothel in the eyes of us prostitutes. That dissolute man who slept on the top of Feng Feng Lou is dead. "
Hsu Fengnian smiled and said, "Sister Xiyi likes this top scorer?"
Xiyi smiled and shook her head. She said softly, "I just admire his dissolute and affectionate nature. I don't like such a man who is destined to be lonely. Dissolute can't be eaten. "
Hsu Fengnian reverted to his old attitude and said harshly, "He wants to be both dissolute and stable. In the end, he likes dissolute men who can make money. Maybe he has the ability to be more dissolute than that Ruyi."
Xiyi was stunned for a moment and then laughed charmingly, "So what if he's a young master?"
Hsu Fengnian said calmly, "He's quite good."
Sister Xiyi didn't believe him.
Hsu Fengnian asked, "He's more dissolute than your Ruyi. Sister Xiyi, do you like him? Is the Ruyi dissolute?"
She spat and scolded with a smile, "Little rogue."
Hsu Fengnian corrected her, "Wrong. He's a big rogue."
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