This team of dancers were graceful and elegant, some were tall, some were petite, some were plump, some were slender, each had her own beauty, it was as if they had picked out all the beauties in the entire tavern and selected a representative from them, and when they entered the room, they simply lit up this private room.
As soon as he saw her appearance and figure, he knew that she was carefully selected by Chu Er. Li Qishen's eyelashes moved slightly, but his expression did not change. He smiled indifferently, "What does this mean? A beauty pageant?"
"It's a beauty pageant, so it's not impossible. The prince will choose one?" Chu Er rubbed his hands and glanced at the leading dancer, "Go, toast."
The dancer understood, bowed gracefully, and stood up to move to Li Qishen's side. This dancer was slender, gentle, and dressed very carefully. When she held the wine pot, her sleeves hung down, revealing only a section of her fingertips that were as thin as green onion roots, which made people feel itchy.
Li Qishen was unmoved. He was quite calm and took the glass from the dancer: "Pour some wine for others."
This is what she meant by "no". The dancer was slightly stunned, and Chu Er was also stunned. He looked at the dancer's carefully selected face, and then looked at Li Qishen. After hesitating for a moment, he leaned over and lowered his voice: "Hey, Prince, this look... you don't like it?"
"She's a beauty." Li Qishen told the truth and leaned towards the window. "I'm not interested."
This is difficult. There are only a few things that men can do to close the distance. Chu Er can forget about risking his life. Then there are only wine and women. Chu Er is not used to the wine on the grassland, and Li Qishen thinks the wine in Chang'an City is tasteless. It is a honor to be able to drink together.
Now even the women's tricks didn't work, Chu Er frowned and waved his hand. The dancers all got the idea and immediately dispersed, each going to toast the gentlemen present, and soon they rolled on top of people.
All that flooded his ears were half-truthful rejections and coaxings. Li Qishen instinctively felt sick and quietly moved back to the window, resting one hand on the window frame, looking at the busy streets. He had a beautiful face, straight shoulders and a slender neck, with long black hair curling at his sides. His silhouette was framed in the window frame, like a painting of a beauty by a famous artist.
Chu Er smacked his lips at the silhouette, not giving up: "Prince, we are all men, we are all here, don't be so pretentious. Tell me the truth, what kind do you like?"
Li Qishen had never thought about this before. When he heard Chu Er ask this, his mind was confused and he actually pointed at a woman walking on the street and said, "That look."
Chu Er immediately leaned over the window, stretched his neck to look down, and just happened to see a figure from behind.
It was a young lady, wearing a light-colored skirt, with long hair half-covered and half-tied up, walking very gracefully, as if she was stepping on a lotus. Her back was beautiful, and her clothes were also beautiful, but after all, her face was not shown, so it was hard to say what she looked like.
"It's a pity that I didn't see her face." Chu Er looked at the girl's slender back and felt a little regretful. "Prince, I'll be honest, this looks good... but it's actually not that good."
Li Qishen was really annoyed at the time. He ordered it casually, but when the figure gradually moved into his field of vision, he actually felt that the figure looked a bit like Xie Wangzhi, and he couldn't bear to hear others say anything bad about it. He was a little annoyed and looked over: "Oh?"
"Hey, let me make it clear first. I don't mean it. The prince likes what he likes." Chu Er was sweating coldly at that look, and quickly waved his hand to save his life. "It's like this, a lady like this is all hanging by a skirt, and there's actually not much flesh on her body. You said this waist and legs, of course it's better to be thin, and it's easier to fold, but really... it hurts you."
Li Qishen didn't react for a moment and was slightly stunned.
"Prince, this is true! People can't be too thin, otherwise they look dull." A man holding a dancer spoke up, echoing Chu Er, "It doesn't look good if you hold her, it's uncomfortable everywhere."
The dancer in his arms patted him on the chest, half annoyed and half angry. He quickly lowered his head to comfort her. The man next to him laughed at him and said, "Women should have some flesh on their bodies. Otherwise, if you hit her bones, she will cry and you will complain about the pain."
Someone else on the side chimed in, one person said something and the other said something. Li Qishen was not stupid, he had been in the Tiande Army for five years, and at this age, he should understand. Hearing these people discussing in the tone of picking goods, and still talking about the girl whose back looked a bit like Xie Wangzhi, the alcohol in his chest suddenly came up, and he suddenly pulled out a dagger from his sleeve, pushed with his fingertips, and the cold blade shone back, hitting the dancer opposite in the face.
The dancer cried out "Ah", and stopped laughing. She turned her head to look at the dagger in his hand, trembling: "This..."
This sound ruined the atmosphere. Chu Er was about to scold him, but when he saw the flash of the blade, he quickly coughed and smiled apologetically: "Why did the prince suddenly take out the sword?"
"Nothing." Li Qishen didn't want to fight with them. He had chosen this path, so he had to endure it. He shook his head and said, "I got hurt just now."
He lowered his eyes, pushed the dagger back into the sheath, and slowly put it into his sleeve. His brows were calm, and he didn't look like he was in Pingkangfang, but rather like he was practicing hard in a sword hall.
Chu Er didn't care about this. He turned his head and looked around. Suddenly he laughed and said, "Prince, what a coincidence."
"What's wrong?" Li Qishen looked up.
"Look," Chu Er nodded, "the lady the prince just ordered has entered the wine shop."
This tavern does not openly engage in sex trade, and drinking is not gender-specific, but generally no one is as brave as the young lady, who dares to enter Pingkangfang and go straight to the largest tavern. There is a patio in the middle of the tavern, and the stairs spiral upwards. When Li Qishen was stunned, the young lady had already walked halfway to the second floor, and the corner was just facing the railing of this room.
He looked up and his eyes met the girl on the stairs. The girl was indeed a beauty, with an indifferent look in her eyes, as if she were a fairy from heaven.
Li Qishen was stunned.
Xie Wangzhi obviously saw him as well. He paused, turned around and said something to Hu Ji who was leading the way, then turned around and hurried back.
"Ah, why did you leave?" Jiang San was tempted by that indifferent beauty, and wished that hooks grew in his eyes to hook Xie Wangzhi back, "Beauty, what a beauty, the prince has good taste."
The dancer in his arms suddenly lost interest, and he pushed her away with a bit of force, causing her to fall to the ground. This was quite harsh, but the dancer didn't dare to do anything, and knelt down obediently.
This was even more boring. Jiang San was about to say something when he heard Chu Er say, "Prince? Prince, why are you leaving?"
Li Qishen ignored him and pushed aside the hanging curtain, walking faster than Xie Wangzhi.
"Don't worry about it, just go chase the beauty. If it's my turn, I'll chase her too," Jiang Sanyi pulled Chu Er, deliberately raised his voice, and shouted at Li Qishen, "In this state, even if your whole body is hurt, you can have a chance..."
Before he finished speaking, a cold light came straight at him and cut off the back half. Jiang San had no time to dodge and could only feel the whistling wind. The cold sword brushed past his face and just hit the side of his ear. If it was a little off, this ear would not be his anymore.
He felt cold all over and looked towards the railing, just in time to see Li Qishen turning the corner.
**
"… etc!"
Hearing the familiar voice behind her, Xie Wangzhi pretended not to hear it and continued to walk towards the alley. She came here in a carriage, which was waiting at the alley. She could get on it and leave the alley.
Seeing her enter the narrow alley, Li Qishen was extremely anxious, but he didn't know why. He just felt that he was in the wrong for letting Xie Wangzhi see this. He felt guilty and nervous, and a thin layer of sweat oozed out of his palms. He held it in for a while, then quickly stepped forward, passed by Xie Wangzhi, and directly blocked her way.
The narrow alley was not wide, just enough for two people to walk side by side. Li Qishen was taller than Shao Shi, so the alley was wider, blocking Xie Wangzhi's way. She couldn't just squeeze past him. She could only stop, take a half step back to create some distance, and looked up at Li Qishen: "What's the matter, Prince?"
After the Qujiang Banquet, she got drunk and rested her head on his shoulder, her face flushed, and she kept calling him in small characters, then turned around and ignored him, and said the same thing again. Li Qishen was so angry that his teeth itched, but he felt guilty, so he just asked in a gentle voice: "Why are you here?"
"Why can't I be here?" Xie Wangzhi threw the question back, "Pingkangfang and Chongrenfang are the intersection of the same street, and there is no law that says that only the prince is allowed to come, not me."
Of course, the law was not so idle. Li Qishen heard that Xie Wangzhi was arguing with him, so he suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to ask: "Are you here alone?"
"Um."
"No one is with you?"
"I told you, I came here alone." Xie Wangzhi thought the question was funny, "Why are you asking me again?"
She stood there, light and nimble, looking nonchalant. Li Qishen suddenly remembered the dirty talk in the private room of the tavern, and suddenly got angry, and his tone became serious: "Then do you know what this place is?"
The two were not far from each other and the alley was narrow. Xie Wangzhi was startled by the sound. He looked at Li Qishen in surprise and pursed his lips.
She was a cute girl, and this dazed look made her look even more cute. Her shoulders and back were tense, her whole body was stiff, and her eyes stared blankly. The cold and handsome man in front of her was reflected in her clear pupils, and he looked a little pitiful.
Li Qishen guessed that he had frightened her, choked, and whispered, "Sorry, I was drunk and my mind was not clear, so I scared you."
"… It doesn't matter." Xie Wangzhi didn't mind. "I know where this is. This is Pingkangfang, where there are many wine shops and singing halls. The musicians of the Jiaofang often live here. I came to the wine shop because I knew there was a musician in the wine shop who had a fragment of a lost music score from the previous dynasty. The teacher I studied music with wanted to ask for this volume."
Li Qishen didn't think Xie Wangzhi would go to a tavern, so of course he believed it. He raised his hand and touched the tip of his nose: "Then you can't come alone. There are so many people coming and going in Pingkangfang..."
He wanted to say that the people who visited the wine shop were dangerous, but then he thought it was wrong and couldn't say it. While he was struggling, Xie Wangzhi continued.
"What about the prince?" The girl said in a clear and calm voice, "Why is the prince here?"
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