Linshui Pavilion and Water Palace are separated by water. Now the ice has been frozen thickly by the cold. There are fewer vendors on both sides, but there are many more literati, and naturally there are also many women.
In this era, it was natural for women who had not left the palace to play and enjoy the scenery, and there would be no situation where they would not go out without leaving the door.
What made Li Hong embarrassed was that Pei Wanying looked at him strangely along the way. He finally got the answer and finally understood the meaning of Pei Wanying's eyes after entering the poetry meeting.
It turns out that the literati either took the maid who accompanied them to the poetry meeting, or took the little book boy to the poetry meeting, and he was the only one! Stupidly, I brought Yangwu over to participate in the poetry meeting! At this age, except for the old bustard of Huafang and other people here, he is probably the oldest in his martial arts career!
No wonder Pei Wanying hesitated to speak and looked strange along the way! I feel embarrassed to laugh if I want to, but I’m afraid of embarrassing myself if I want to remind myself!
But Yang Wu didn't have that consciousness. He still had an old face and his eyes were alert to the surroundings without any awareness, doing his duty for the safety of His Highness the Crown Prince.
In some large and flat open spaces, they are sporadically surrounded by curtains on three sides, leaving one side for people to enter and exit, with some square tables and benches neatly placed.
On the last stage, Hu Ji, as a backing figure, began to twist her enchanting body under the brisk music. She was no different from her usual clothes. She was still wearing a short shirt and short skirt, revealing her slender thighs and slender legs. Waist.
Literati often participated in poetry societies in their own poetry societies, ranging from a few people to dozens of people. Each poetry society occupied a flower shop, or several small poetry societies occupied a flower shop. In short, if there is a conflict between the poetry club and the poetry club, they will definitely not sit in the same flower shop.
The flower shops dotted around basically include all the poetry clubs. There are only a few poetry clubs for poor people, standing outside in twos and threes, chatting in low voices from time to time, or occasionally glancing at the orchids in the flower shops. .
What happened today was, of course, that after the highlight of the show, the first performance of Hua Fang, some scholars were able to brew up one masterpiece after another. As the saying goes, only with good wine and beautiful women can we have poetry and feelings.
The culture of brothels has extremely fertile soil in the Tang Dynasty. It can even be said that most of the poems and poems of the Tang Dynasty are closely related to brothels. Moreover, there were often sentimental love stories between literati and prostitutes, and many poems have been passed down through the ages. The romantic affairs of literati and prostitutes were common in the Tang Dynasty.
Poems caused by "sending prostitutes", "gifting prostitutes", "farewelling prostitutes", "carrying prostitutes", "injuring prostitutes", "mourning prostitutes", etc. have naturally become the realm pursued by literati, and can compete with famous actors and prostitutes. The occurrence of sincere feelings and romantic affairs had great appeal to the literati of the Tang Dynasty.
The elegant and high-spirited scholars were chatting and laughing one by one, or they did not enter the flower shop for the time being, but wandered on the winding paths of the garden, thinking and brewing poems, hoping that they could become famous today with their years of hard reading. The talent is famous far and wide.
Li Hong shrugged helplessly at Pei Wanying, saying that he didn't know there were so many rules for participating in the poetry meeting. The four of them, like other scholars, walked slowly on the winding path, looking at the scholars passing by from time to time.
"Since Mr. Li came here impromptu today, you don't know what to do or where to go, right?" Pei Wanying smiled gently, holding hands with the woman next to her, and followed Li Hong.
"Hasn't this already entered the poetry meeting? Shouldn't it be like this now, and then listen to them reciting poems and writing poems for a while?" Li Hong asked curiously.
Pei Wanying smiled and before she could speak, the woman next to her was named Pei Si. She was pretty and dignified. Although she was not married yet, she gave people a sense of stability and maturity.
"This place is not as simple as Mr. Li thought. The four major poetry societies are the top priority. These people are just like appetizers. Look at the crowd in front and the four large flower shops. That is the four major poetry societies, the important place for poetry gatherings today," Pei Si explained to Li Hong with a smile.
Li Hong looked up and saw four flower houses lined up side by side that were several times larger than the one he was passing next to. I'm afraid they could accommodate two to three hundred people. Each flower house had its own name hanging on it. And the curtains are all in pink, the favorite color of the flower shop.
You can use pink or even higher-end fabrics to make curtains. I think these flower shops are really wealthy, otherwise they would never have spent such a large amount of money.
As a few people approached, Pei Wanying became more and more curious about Li Hong's indifference. This man looked at the four flower shops without any reaction at all. Didn't he know that these four flower shops were all highly praised? There are famous flower shops in Chang'an, and literati are proud to have visited these flower shops.
But looking at Li Hong, he didn't seem to have any feelings about the four major flower houses. Looking at his expression, it was as if he had seen the flower houses for the first time. He was not like other people at all, who became very excited when talking about the four major flower houses. , showing off his romantic affairs in which he drank flower wine in the four major flower houses, drank wine and sang songs with famous prostitutes, and recited poems to each other.
"You...you haven't been to these flower shops, have you?" Pei Wanying curiously approached the looking Li Hong and asked.
"Ah? I haven't been here before. These flower shops look very different. They are very big." Li Hong was still unaware and could not detect the curiosity and surprise in Pei Wanying's tone.
"Huo Xiaoyu?" Pei Wanying suddenly said to Li Hong, wanting to see how Li Hong would react after naming a famous actress.
But apparently after she said it, someone's performance disappointed her. She originally thought that after calling out Huo Xiaoyu's name, Pei Wanying still hoped that Li Hong would be able to look at the flower shop on the far left called Jinmeiyuan. Unexpectedly, this guy turned around and looked behind him. He thought he had met an acquaintance!
Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong turning around to look for him. At this moment, his face was not only filled with surprise, it was simply unbelievable. This Mr. Li looked so talented and elegant, how could he not know anything about these places
Huo Xiaoyu, the top star of the Golden Academy, couldn't elicit any reaction from him
Li Hong looked back and saw that no one responded to Pei Wanying's words, and said lightly: "Who is your friend?"
"Uh... I saw the wrong person." Pei Wanying looked at Li Hong's expression. This was definitely not an act. What's more, for a man, if he had seen Huo Xiaoyu and other leading figures in the flower shop, he would never be like him. general reaction.
Li Hong seemed to be in a good mood and didn't pay attention to Pei Wanying's words. At this time, he looked up at the names on the front of the four flower shops and read: "Shihua Pavilion, Songzhu Pavilion, Huancai Pavilion, Jinmeiyuan, good , it looks like it’s a first-class flower shop.”
When Pei Wanying heard Li Hong speak like this, she felt a little relieved. It seemed that she understood something, not completely. At least he knew that pavilion, pavilion and courtyard were words that could only be used in the best flower houses.
As for rooms, classes, buildings, shops, and lower places, they are the names that can be used for third- and fourth-level flower shops. To the people of the Tang Dynasty, these are just like common sense in life.
As for the judging criteria of Huafang, although there are no clear rules, at the very least, the girls from the wharf must be good at singing and dancing, and know how to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even top-ranked girls like Huo Xiaoyu must be able to recite poems and compose poems.
And this is why Pei Wanying is surprised that Li Hong doesn't know these people. In the hearts of women in this era, they don't think it is shameful for celebrities and prostitutes to have romantic stories with men.
What's more, the top names in the four flower houses are all famous prostitutes in Chang'an who are not prostitutes. The literati who go to the four flower houses every day flock to them, hoping to find an opportunity to be alone with the four girls. However, To this day, few people have the opportunity to be alone with them.
But what even Pei Wanying didn't know was that these four flower shops were controlled by the Lu, Cui, Zheng, and Li families. Naturally, relying on their connections with the aristocratic family and the influx of literati, they It easily pushed them to the first-class status in the flower shop level.
The four flower houses are all different from each other, with unique styles and obvious characteristics. Each house is also far apart from each other. The literati who can enter the flower house are all talented and well-read poetry.
Naturally, people like Li Hong could only stand outside and enjoy the sound of singing and dancing silk and bamboo from a distance, just like other scholars in the small poetry club, and watch the graceful bodies flying like butterflies on the red carpeted stage.
"Miss Pei, my young master invites you to come over." A maid suddenly appeared in front of Pei Wanying.
Pei Wanying smiled and realized that this maid was the maid who sent her the invitation that day. She was a maid from the Zheng family in Xingyang, and the invitation in her hand was also sent by the maid Zheng Xingtai of the Zheng family.
"Thank you." Pei Wanying glanced at Li Hong and then said to the maid.
Li Hong naturally understood that they were not taking him for fun, and they didn't invite him over, but he didn't care. He waved his hand and said, "I'll go find you later."
Pei Wanying nodded, and then she and Pei Si followed the maid to the first flower shop on the right.
"We don't have any connections in this place?" Li Hong was doing nothing, looking at the flower shops one after another. Some scholars came in with excitement on their faces.
"Sir, I've never been here before. Why don't I order someone to go to the hall? Let's see who these people are. Can we go in too..."
"Wait a minute." In the flash of lightning, Li Hong chuckled. Didn't he still have Pei Wanying's invitation in his hand
They didn't invite me in, but wouldn't they be able to enter automatically just by holding the invitation
"Come on, let's go in and have a look. What's inside? This bunch of literati like it so much that they're trying to drill into it." After Li Hong finished speaking, he led Yang Wu and strode to the far right. Go to the flower shop on the side.
(End of chapter)