The old bustard was taken aback, "Someone came to book a seat early in the princess's mansion this morning, I thought..." Although very few people in their brothel Chu Hall came to book a seat early in the morning, since it is the princess's mansion, it would not be possible to prescribe such a thing to them Are you kidding me
Bai Shandao: "I made the reservation." Since you want to come, naturally you have to sit in a good seat and enjoy yourself to the fullest.
"Let's go," Bai Shan held Zhou Man's hand, "Go in and have a look."
The entrance of Chunfeng Building is a lobby with a large platform in the middle. At this time, some actors are playing on it. walk in between.
The bustard smiled and led them upstairs, "Lord Bai's location is on the second floor, Room No. 2, looking down from the window, facing the platform, the view is the best."
There are many private rooms on the second floor, but only four are the widest, with windows on both sides, so you can look at the table in the lobby and the scenery on the street.
For other private rooms, depending on the dance music, you can get to the corridor, or the angle is not very good.
As soon as Zhou Man and the others entered, many guests in the lobby looked at them.
It is not uncommon for female customers to appear in flower houses. The folk customs of the Great Jin Dynasty are open-minded. Some wives like to watch dances, music, and operas, or the love between some noble couples, so the flower houses accept female guests.
It's just that there are few female customers who come to play with a big belly.
The old bustard led the group to the private room with a smile on his face, and showed them the list, "Nian Jiaoer, the oiran in our building, will be on stage tonight, and we have invited Fenghua girl from Jiaofang to come on stage, adults. Click it after they perform?"
Bai Shan asked: "Acting in a private room?"
"It all depends on the preferences of the nobles."
Bai Shan looked at Zhou Man, "What do you think?"
Zhou Man: "Ms. Fenghua's dance is very good. Let's order it out. Since the sight line is good here, let's perform it on the stage."
Bai Shan clicked it out and said, "You're really cheering."
"Whose show?" Zhao Liulang led a group of people to push the door in, and glanced at the list they had made. "Oh, why do you only order the dance of Fenghua girl?"
He hastily clasped hands with Ming Da, then squeezed beside Bai Shan and said, "Let me tell you, the best performance in the Spring Breeze Building is actually the lotus-picking dance that the girls in the building dance together. Ye Xi, the fish play with the lotus leaves to the south, the fish play with the lotus leaves to the north, and finally the fish leaps from the flowers, that is called beauty.”
He pulled out the folding fan from his waist, opened it with a snap, and shook his head against the bustard after fanning, "It's a pity, my sister is stingy, and I only perform this one or two times a year. If you are unlucky and can't catch up, then no Good luck."
Zhou Man was full of interest, "So pretty?"
"Of course, I can lie to you in other ways, but can I lie to you in this kind of thing?" Zhao Liulang said: "If you don't believe me, ask my wife if she has seen it, is it better than the dance music in the palace?"
Everyone looked at Mrs. Zhao Liu together.
Mrs. Zhao Liu nodded and said, "That's right, don't have some fun."
Ma Run and Lu Yue, who followed, nodded together and said, "It's really pretty."
Bai Shan then looked at the old bustard, and asked with a smile, "I wonder if there is such a program in the building today?"
The old bustard looked puzzled: "Your Majesty invited us, we shouldn't refuse, but this dance is extremely difficult, and the girls dance like this twice a year, both during the Flower Festival and the Mid-Autumn Festival every year, it's not right now. At this time, this..."
Bai Shanyi met, and asked with a smile: "If I order this order, how much will it cost?"
The bustard didn't speak.
Zhao Liulang coughed lightly, leaned into his ear and said, "Hua Lou doesn't shop around like this, just throw money at it, what's the price, it's not like buying goods outside."
Bai Shan backed away a little, and turned his head to look at him.
Zhao Liulang winked at him, "It's agreed that you and Bai Er will treat you today."
With a helpless expression on his face, Bai Shan took off the purse from his waist, took out the largest piece of silver from it and put it on the table.
The bustard just laughed.
Zhao Liulang urged aside, "This is definitely not enough."
Bai Shan: "..."
He thought for a while, and poured out all the money. Seeing that the bustard was indifferent, he spread his hands to Zhao Liulang and said, "I didn't expect this. After all, Miss Fenghua's dance only costs 10,000 yuan."
Zhou Man looked around and saw that Bai Erlang and Ming Da were touching the purse, so she reached out her hand to stop them. She fumbled in her sleeve, finally took out an ingot of gold, and handed it to the old bustard while everyone was dumbfounded, "Enough!" Yet?"
The old bustard smiled instantly, and immediately held Zhou Man's hand in front of his chest, "That's enough, that's enough, Mr. Zhou, wait a moment, I'll go and make arrangements for you, and I'll let you guys see the best thing tonight." Good lotus-picking dance."
He laughed again: "Tonight's fruit plate is ours, nobles can eat whatever they want."
After finishing speaking, he held the gold and twisted his waist to retreat.
Zhao Liulang looked at Zhou Man, clicked his tongue twice and said, "As expected of Mr. Zhou, you are magnificent!"
Mingda was also shocked, "Why do you carry such a large ingot of gold with you?"
Zhou Man tidied up his sleeves calmly, and said with a deep expression: "Don't they all say that Hualou is a cave for dissipating gold? Of course, you have to bring gold. You can't carry a sack of copper coins to visit Hualou, right?"
Zhao Liulang couldn't help clapping his hands, "Yes!"
Mrs. Zhao Liu's eye knife flew over, and Zhao Liulang immediately restrained his expression, and said with a serious face: "You can't say that, as an official of the Jin Dynasty, you still have to be diligent and thrifty to manage your family, hehehe..."
Bai Shan shook his head and smiled, looked at Ma Run and Lu Yue who were still standing, and got up to salute, "It's been a long time since I saw Brother Ma and Brother Lu, these two are my sister-in-law, right?"
The classmates in Chongwenguan, except for Yin He, are all married. Bai Shan and Bai Erlang are relatively late, but except Zhao Liulang and Feng Zongping, who have played better wives, everyone has seen the wives of others. None of them have seen it.
Lu Yue and Ma Run responded yes and introduced their wives to everyone.
After seeing each other, everyone found a place to sit down. The room was spacious, with two tables, a screen at the back, and two large windows at the front and back.
Especially the window facing the lobby, with almost half of the wall open, has an excellent line of sight.
Bai Shan talked to Lu Yue and others, while Zhou Man, Ming Da sat at another table with Mrs. Zhao Liu.
Zhao Liulang sat between Bai Shan and Bai Erlang, hooking shoulders and backs with the two of them, "I've been bored to death for the few years you've been away from the capital."
Bai Shan persistently took his hand away, "I didn't see it."
Zhao Liulang stepped up again, "That's because you just came back, and you haven't realized it yet. Ask Bai Erlang if I've been very honest this year since he returned to Beijing. I'm so honest that I don't look like me anymore. Isn't it boring? What is it?" ?”
Bai Shan: "I thought Brother Zhao was sensible and knew to take care of himself."
Zhao Liulang laughed loudly, "Your words sound like Mrs. Zhou, don't be like her, it is enough to have an imperial doctor at home, and you even imitated her."
Lu Yue was a little displeased, raised his glass and said: "Naturally, we are not as favored as Master Bai, and we can go on official careers in the world, so naturally we can only enjoy ourselves in the brothel and Chu Pavilion."