The neighborhoods around the east and west cities of the imperial capital are the main gathering places of the Qinglou, and Dingfang Pavilion is located in Changle Fang on the east side of the east market.

In the middle of nowhere, Dingfang Pavilion was not built next to the street, but was located on the side of the Anqu. Eighty years ago, it was a large vacant lot, owned by Zhuo Mingyang, a wealthy businessman in Beijing, who used it to stack goods destined for Beijing. During the period of Emperor He, the imperial capital was renovated, flowers and trees were planted on both sides of the five canals in Kyoto, and merchant ships were forbidden to dock at will.

Zhuo Mingyang has successively invested millions of taels of silver, and through more than ten years of construction, the pavilions and pavilions of Beizhuang are dotted with trees, flowers and plants, and it has become a good place for beautiful scenery. Zhuo Mingyang often held banquets and poetry meetings in Beizhuang to entertain relatives and friends, and Zhuo's Beizhuang became a famous and elegant place in the capital.

Later, the descendants of the Zhuo family did not manage well and resold the village to the Lu family, and the Lu family changed the village to the Qinglou Dingfang Pavilion, becoming one of the most famous Qinglou in Beijing. Lu Jialin learned from the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and the Lu family's power in Beijing was suppressed, and it was very likely to follow in the footsteps of the Li family. Lu Jialin found the king of Ningling County and sold Dingfang Pavilion to the palace at a price of 200,000 taels, this price is simply a free gift, this piece of land alone far exceeds this price, not to mention that the income of Dingfang Pavilion is not less than 200,000 taels a year. In return, the king of Ningling County secretly ran for the Lu family, and in the third year of Jianwu, Lu Jiaxiu was transferred from Suzhou to Huangmen Shilang, and the crisis of the Lu family was temporarily resolved.

The buildings in Dingfang Pavilion are everywhere, and the eight separate courtyards with the best scenery live in the eight most popular girls in the pavilion. The Magnolia Pavilion is the best place in these eight places, and Lianxi lives here, if you want to enter the Magnolia Pavilion, you can't just have silver, you can't have money, and your wealth and talent are indispensable.

Xiong Yi'an stood in the small courtyard of the magnolia pavilion with his hands behind his back, the chrysanthemums were in full bloom in the golden autumn and September, and the two sides of the corridor were full of all kinds of precious chrysanthemums, competing for beauty, competing for colors, and decorating the small courtyard into a colorful spring scene. It's just that the precious treasures are piled together, and they are as inconspicuous as vulgar powder, there are many beauties in Dingfang Pavilion, and the ring fat and swallow are thin, each with its own characteristics, in Xiong Yi'an's eyes, just like these flowers in front of him seem ordinary.

However, Pian Xi is an exception, even in the Dingfang Pavilion full of famous flowers, Pian Xi is still so elegant and elegant, and the other women have lost their color in front of Pi Xi. Yu Gongzi has always been a benefactor of the Qinglou, and three words are enough to make the Qinglou woman greet him, but he lost his magic power in the Yulan Pavilion, and waited in the courtyard for a quarter of an hour, and he couldn't wait for Lianxi to send someone to call him in.

The gentle smile on Xiong Yi'an's face was a little stiff, the last time he refuted Lianxi's face in Changqiao Jiang Anyi, he suffered an unjustified disaster, and Lianxi was obviously much colder to himself. Xiong Yi'an secretly regretted it, he knew that he shouldn't have taken Lianxi to go, especially when the prince arrived, Lianxi came out to greet the prince, and the prince's eyes couldn't wait to stick to Lianxi, which made Xiong Yi'an even more remorseful. How did he forget the prince's brother-in-law's playful and lustful temperament, if Zhuxi was summoned to the palace by him, not only would his good dream be disappointed, but also invisibly attract a strong enemy for his sister-in-law, and his father knew that he had to break his legs.

On the rosewood table is a tortoiseshell hairpin sent by Xiong Yi'an, the hairpin head is like a butterfly, crystal clear, and extremely exquisitely made. Lian Xi took it in her hand and glanced at it and threw it on the table, making the little girl standing next to her feel tight, the tortoiseshell is brittle, wouldn't it be a pity if it was bruised.

Lan Xiang finally withdrew her gaze from the hairpin, thinking that she would always have a good word for him after receiving the two taels of silver from Xiong Gongzi, she said cautiously: "Girl, Xiong Gongzi has been waiting for a long time, do you invite him in." ”

Frowning slightly, Lianxi tilted his head to look at himself in the bronze mirror, and said with self-pity: "You go and tell Yu Gongzi that it will be the Oiran Club soon, and my mother told the slave family to practice singing and dancing quietly, and I don't see any outsiders during this time, please forgive him, and you can return the hairpin to him." ”

Xiong Yi'an received a message from Lanxiang, heard the sound of the piano in the house, sighed lightly, and had to leave abruptly.

At the end of Shen, the old bustard of Dingfang Pavilion led the stone square? When he came to the Yulan Pavilion, Lianxi dared to be coquettish and petty in front of Xiong Yi'an and Li Jingxuan, but he didn't put on a show in front of Wang Shizi of Ningling County. I still remember that I was unwell once, Shi Fang? asked her to sing music and wine, but she refused to be coquettish, which annoyed Shi Fang, and asked her to strip her clothes and tie them to the pillar outside the door. Put back on your clothes, wake up like a dream, you are just a golden magpie in a cage for people to play, those guests under the skirt just love their faces, just like they like the chirping of golden magpies, if you want to live well, you have to make good use of your face.

Stonework? Greedily looking at the pity, this Nizi is really a disaster, I don't see it for half a month, I feel a little more beautiful, and when I stand up, it's really like a flower with dew in the wind. Suppressed the desire in his heart, Shi Fang? He said with a pleasant face: "Mercy, this year's Oiran will gather famous flowers from all over the world to pray for the emperor's grandson, if you can win the championship, it will be the first flower in the world, and the champion of the imperial examination is nothing more than that." This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for you, I intend to invite the prince to come and watch, if you can win the championship, you will have the opportunity to toast the prince, you are a smart person, this rare opportunity must be seized. ”

Prince, the two eyes that were misty appeared in Lianxi's mind, and at the same time, Jiang Anyi's cold gaze flashed, and that gaze flashed like a cold light, breaking through the hard shell she was wrapped in layers and hurting the weak heart inside. Lianxi is sixteen years old this year, and has been in the Qinglou for nine years, from "Qi persuasion of longevity wine" to "when is the bright moon", and then to "look at the end of the world", every song of Jiang Ci Lianxi will be played and sung.

Jiang Ci is moving, provoking the love of the young girl, not to mention that the words are written by Zhuangyuanlang, who is young and graceful, satisfying the beautiful longing of Lang Cai and Woman, red sleeves and fragrance, and she is also full of admiration for Jiang Anyi, so she never goes out, I heard that it is for Jiang Cixian to pick up the wind and happily go to the Long Bridge. If I wanted to see Jiang Cixian, I was full of joy and sang for him, but I was coldly rejected before I complained, how could I not make people break my liver and intestines.

Stonework? The words made Lianxi's eyes light up, she was like duckweed in the Qinglou, married to Li Jingxuan, Xiong Yi'an and others as concubines, but she was changed from one cage to another, and she had heard too many stories of her predecessors who were old and decrepit, lonely and empty, and even lived in the neighborhood with nothing to rely on, and Lianxi would never allow herself to end up like this. The slender vine is leaning on the big tree, and it can also stand proudly in the air, Shifang? The words made Lianxi see a bright future, maybe the golden silk magpie could break free from the cage and fly into the emperor's house.

Lian Xijiao said drippingly: "Thank you for the great grace of the prince, if you can really get your wish, Zhuxi will never dare to forget the great kindness of the prince, and is willing to serve the prince." ”

It's not hard to talk to smart people, Shi Fang? He nodded and said, "With your intelligence, it is not difficult to get ahead." However, let's get the Oiran first, otherwise everything will be in vain. This time, the Oiran is as strong as a forest, and I intend to ask for a good word for you to help you. ”

Zhu Xi's heart was gloomy, when she was in the long bridge, she had the intention to ask Jiang Cixian for words, if she wished that the name of this year's Oiran would fall into her own bag, a few years ago, the Red Courtyard became famous in Beijing, and it was two poems written by Jiang Cixian for the girl in the courtyard. It's a pity that Jiang Cixian refused to be thousands of miles away, and his mother spent six hundred taels of silver to buy the first "Qingping Le" from Fang Zhiyi, the director of the Ministry of Rites. Stonework? is so full of confidence, could it be that Li Cixian, who has not moved his pen for a long time, or Liu Beijia, who is far away in Chenzhou? This time the Oiran will very likely change its own fate, and Zhuxi will inevitably have some gains and losses.

"You change your clothes and go out with me." Stonework? Stand up and sell the off. The carriage stopped in front of the Jiangfu gate, and Zhuxi got off the car with the help of the maid, and looked up at the plaque of "Jiangfu", and his heart couldn't help but beat a little faster.

It was already two o'clock in the morning, Jiang Anyi was reading a book in the study and waiting for dinner, when the housekeeper Jiang Xingyou came in to report: "Master, there is a guest visiting outside the door." As he spoke, he handed over the prayer note in his hand. Jiang Xingyou was a servant bought by Zhang Keji, who was shrewd and responsible, and Zhang Keji sent him to Beijing with He Xigui and his wife, and arranged for him to be a housekeeper.

Jiang Anyi opened the post, and it was written impressively, "Wang Shizi of Ningling County, loyal Hou Shifang? Worship". Stonework? is not only the prince of Ningling County, but also was named a loyal marquis by the Son of Heaven. Jiang Anyi was taken aback, stood up and said, "Open the door to greet you." ”

While walking out, Jiang Anyi muttered in his heart, he had never met this prince, and he was a little bit of a holiday. Back then, he also won 420,000 taels of silver from his Yunshui gambling house, Li Donghong was forced out of Beijing by him, but he called him as a staff member.

The door opened, Jiang Anyi hurriedly stepped down the steps, bowed to the figure in a red robe in front of the steps, and said, "Jiang Anyi has seen His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

Stonework? He picked up Jiang Anyi with both hands and said with a smile: "Shi has heard that Lord Jiang's reputation has been known for a long time, and he has never had a chance to see him, so it's no wonder that he came to bother him today." ”

"Don't dare, please in the world!" Jiang Anyi solemnly let go of the guest, and saw Shi Fang sideways? Behind her, Lian Xi Yingying bowed down and said, "The little girl has seen Master Jiang." ”

Stonework? My heart moved, and I said with a smile: "This girl is smart and clever, I like her very much, I have accepted her as a righteous daughter, she has always admired Lord Jiang, so I brought her to meet Lord Jiang together." ”

Lianxi's body shook, trying her best to stabilize her figure, tears rolling in her eyes, she knew Shi Fang? is to use himself to get close to the prince, but saying this in front of Jiang Anyi is equivalent to announcing in front of everyone that a girl in a green mansion has become a righteous daughter of the world, and she is really happy to descend from the sky, that is, she is calm by nature and can't help but feel excited.

Jiang Anyi didn't care too much, and said politely: "Congratulations to Miss Pixi, please inside." ”

The guest and the host sat down, and Zhen'er heard the news and welcomed the pity to the back house, Shi Fang? Dao Ming, three things, apologized for Li Donghong's incident, sent an invitation to the Oiran Club, and begged for mercy.