The road of the farmer's fortune and the imperial examination

Chapter 421 The Oiran
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.

Go through the hanging flower door and walk in, and there is a small independent courtyard inside.

The small courtyard is not big, but it looks very delicate.It is early spring now, and the winter jasmine in the small courtyard is in full bloom.

Mother Hua came to the front of the main room, without knocking on the door, she just pushed the door open and entered the room.

In front of the vanity mirror by the window, sat a graceful young girl.

At this time, she was doing her makeup in front of the mirror, and she didn't look back when she heard the door open.At this hour, there was no other casual person in her room except Mama Hua.

Mother Hua stood behind the girl, and took a look at the girl's clothes. She was wearing a beautiful embroidered double-butterfly tinsel shirt, and a bright red pleated light gauze moon skirt, which set off her skin as white as snow, making her look very bright.

Mama Hua nodded with a smile on her face.It's not in vain that she waits on the white fungus and bird's nest every day, and the ointment to wipe the body after taking a bath costs about ten taels of silver every day.

The girl gathered the hanging cloud bun she had just combed, looked at the half box of jewelry in the jewelry box, picked out a flat square coral hairpin from it, and put it on her head.

"Hey! My good girl! This is too plain, how can it be worthy of our Xiyan girl?" As he said, he picked out two hairpins from the jewelry box and stuck them on the girl's head.

"Why did mother come to see me so early in the morning? But there is another distinguished guest who wants to ask me to accompany you?"

Once Mama Hua came to look for her, nothing good would happen.Xiyan felt restless for a while, she had to bow her head while she was under the eaves.

That's all for those arty young masters!To maintain the decency of a scholar, one would never act excessively towards her.It's just that those powerful people, who look like dogs outside, covet her in private, really make her sick.

She is the oiran of Tianxiang Pavilion, she doesn't entertain guests easily, and she only sells her art but not her body.She studied piano art hard, read books and practiced calligraphy, and even had some attainments in painting, so that she became a famous master in the capital.Don't you want to be an oiran and don't need to pick up customers?
But the face is easy to age, how long can the woman's flowery appearance last?She was elected as the oiran at the beginning of last year, and she is already fifteen this year. When she arrives, Tianxiang Pavilion will choose another oiran.

Needless to say about her future fate, if someone could redeem her during this period, that would be the best result.

If not, then it will be the same fate as the other girls in the building, becoming a poor woman with a pair of jade arms and a few red lips.

Since ancient times, "prostitutes" have always been the most humble and inferior people. Even if those officials' children want to take concubines, they will also find women from good families, or families in the mansion to have children. They can only be concubines like this.

Sighing, she turned her mind back, Mother Hua rarely let her show up, usually once every ten days and half a month.

Counting from the date of the last banquet, it has only been two or three days, why did you come to see her again today?Could it be that some distinguished guest is here this time?
Speaking of this, Mother Hua's eyes couldn't help but wrinkled, "The distinguished guests are not so much, they are just a group of young masters who have just finished the examination. There are a few of them here who are not young, and they are all famous people. Today It is said that we will hold a literary conference in our Tianxiang Pavilion, this time it is not a dude, don’t you also like calligraphy? It’s good to go and have a look.”

After hearing this, Xi Yan understood Mama Hua's intention.This is to use the reputation of these students to create momentum for them in Tianxiang Pavilion!Among these candidates, there are always those who can be admitted as Jinshi and become officials.

If the calligraphy can be kept today, Tianxiang Pavilion will also have some confidence in the future.Although Tianxiang Pavilion is the largest brothel in the capital, others cannot compare.

But two years ago, another Zuihonglou was opened in the capital, and it had a strong background. Most of the girls in the building were good at singing and dancing, and Tianxiang Pavilion's business was robbed a lot.

It seems that Mother Hua is also in a hurry, right?If Tianxiang Pavilion lost its business, she would not be spared either.

"Which family are there?" Xiyan knew that she couldn't shirk, and she had to find out where those young masters came from before going.

Mother Hua introduced a few words about the big names inside, and specifically mentioned Gu Chengyu.

"This time there is still Xie Yuan from the provincial examination! Hurry up, don't make them wait for a long time."

Xiyan was very surprised, it turned out to be Gu Chengyu?She has participated in several poetry symposiums, and of course she has heard of Gu Chengyu's name.It was also heard that these students dismissed Gu Chengyu at the banquet, saying that he was a coward who hid in the mansion and refused to show his head.

However, news that Gu Chengyu got No. 1 in the Imperial College monthly exam would come every month to slap her in the face, and these people still enjoyed the criticism.Therefore, she became curious about Gu Chengyu.

I heard that he is as famous as Gu Jieyuan for his literary talent, and his appearance...

Xi Yan took a look at her body and found that there was nothing wrong with it, so she got up and went to the inner room to get the piano.

Gu Chengyu and the others followed Gui Nu into a courtyard, which they said was a private room, but in fact it was more than one room.

A group of people entered the yard, and Gui Nu led them to the flower hall in Linshui.Leaning on some peonies and crabapples planted by the pond, Gu Chengyu and the others walked across the small bridge over the pond and came to the main house.

There are low tables in this flower hall, but there are no chairs, only cushions, and the wooden floor underneath, it seems that they are sitting on the ground.

After entering the room, I found that there was a gauze curtain on the opposite side, and the furnishings inside were indistinct, but faintly visible.

The cushions were arranged in two rows. Huang Junheng was the initiator, so he naturally sat in 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, Gu Chengyu felt that he must have drunk 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? Early in the morning, he came to the mansion to look for me and said he wanted to come out to drink. I said to drink in the mansion, but he refused. I had to risk my life to accompany the gentleman. Come on, he wants to drink flower wine again, I can't hold him back, so I'm here."

Zheng Lun was discharged in the second batch, and he slept until the next morning when he came back. If Zhu Pang hadn't come to see him, he would still have planned to sleep!
"Then why are these people here?" Gu Chengyu glanced at the dozen or so people around him. There were several familiar faces among them, and they were all candidates for this exam.

However, Yu Ting was not. He didn't take part in this year's examination, and he wasn't even a Juren!

"Let's talk about this when we go back!" Zheng Lun found that someone was already watching them, so he could only wink.

After sitting down for a while, several maids came in one after another carrying trays.

Gu Chengyu glanced at it and found that there were only some wine and food. It seems that this poetry meeting will last for several hours.

Mama Hua staggered into the flower hall, twisted her waist that was no longer slender, and said to the crowd with a smile: "The girls are all up, do you want the girls to pour tea and wine?"

The faces of the girls present here became a little ugly, they were just vulgar fans who were not popular in the court.

I didn't expect these sons to be favored, I just hoped for some rewards, what Mother Hua said was to drive them out.

　Thanks to April Misu for the reward!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)