Chapter 1,434 Listening to music on the hook, the prince comes to visit
Chapter 1436 Listening to music on the hook, the prince comes to visit
The song "Liangzhou" made both Si Lili and Sang Wen amazed.
Liangzhou is not the kind of pipa music that is suitable for brothels. The passion, impassionedness and vigor of the pipa music are completely incompatible with the temperament of a brothel. The artistic conception and style are far from being comparable to that of love and love music.
Sang Wen only knew that Zhou Chen had a noble status, but didn't know much more. But Si Lili was different. She knew Zhou Chen's status, and she was even more shocked by Zhou Chen's versatility.
It's surprising that someone like Zhou Chen, who was born into a noble family and has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, can also have such superb pipa skills.
After the song ended, Zhou Chen returned the pipa to Sang Wen. He just played the song out of emotion.
Looking at Sang Wen again, Sang Wen was about the same age as Si Lili, but unlike Si Lili who was so radiant and charming, her appearance was not bad at all, but she looked a little deliberately clumsy and had a weak posture.
He seems to be an alert and intelligent man.
Zhou Chen was drinking with Si Lili, while Sang Wen was playing music beside him. Because both of them were housekeepers, even though they were in a private room, they were just eating, drinking and listening to music, authentic Goulan music.
, and did not play any other tricks.
Zhou Chen Goulan has extremely rich experience in listening to music. No matter what kind of scene he is, he can easily grasp it.
Almost an hour later, Sang Wen was tired, and Zhou Chen didn't embarrass her. He gave her a piece of silver, and Sang Wen gave her a polite salute and left.
As soon as Sang Wen left, only Zhou Chen and Si Lili were left in the private room.
Looking at Si Lili who was pouring wine for him, Zhou Chen suddenly said: "You seem a little afraid of me? Are you afraid that I will bully you, or are you afraid that I will force you?"
Si Lili's hand when pouring wine trembled slightly, and he put down the wine bottle, pretending to be shy.
"My lord's name has spread all over Kyoto, and he is very prestigious. The little girl is just a girl from a brothel. The lord is too majestic, so the little girl is naturally afraid."
She wasn't pretending, but she was really scared. If she faced others, she might still be able to decline politely by means, but Zhou Chen is a great master.
Even though there were many of her subordinates in Zuixianju, they could not play any role in front of the Grand Master. As long as Zhou Chen wanted to, she could not resist at all.
Zhou Chen played with the wine glass and said with a slight smile: "You can speak so calmly about fear. It seems that the royal family of the Qing Kingdom in the past have indeed grown a lot in Northern Qi."
Si Lili's expression suddenly changed, his body retreated unconsciously, and he looked at Zhou Chen in horror.
"How could you..."
"Don't be nervous. If I want to do something to you, do you think you can resist?"
But these words of comfort did not make Si Lili feel at all at ease, but made him even more nervous and scared.
Seeing her anxious and fearful look, Zhou Chen stopped scaring her.
"I told you, don't be nervous. I have no ill intentions towards you, and I'm not here to entertain you. I was just asked to come over and see how you are doing."
"Entrusted by others?" Si Lili didn't quite understand.
Zhou Chen drank the wine in the cup: "The Holy Maiden of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Begonia Duoduo, your friend."
Si Lili was even more surprised: "Haitang Duoduo told you? How could she tell you such a secret?"
Zhou Chen is from Nanqing and Haitang Duoduo is from Northern Qi. They are still close friends. Logically speaking, it is impossible to tell Zhou Chen the truth.
Zhou Chen smiled and said: "Maybe she thinks she has a good relationship with me, or maybe she is worried about you, so she asked me to take care of you after I return to Kyoto. Do you believe it now?"
Si Lili finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although she didn't understand why Haitang Duoduo talked about her to Zhou Chen, since she told the truth, it meant that Haitang Duoduo felt that Zhou Chen could trust her.
Thinking of Zhou Chen's previous trip to Shangjing City to face off against the Grand Master in the Kuhe Palace, maybe it was at that time that Zhou Chen and Haitang Duoduo got to know each other, and they seemed to get along very well with each other. They regarded Zhou Chen as someone he could trust.
people.
Occasionally, she looked at Zhou Chen again, and she realized that maybe Haitang Duoduo had different emotional factors for this fifth-ranked grandmaster in the world.
Having been in a brothel for a long time, she naturally knows a lot about men, and as a woman herself, she naturally understands women's thoughts.
If a woman feels that a man is trustworthy and can be entrusted to her, it means that this man has entered her heart.
Haitang Duoduo is a saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty and a disciple of Kuhe Gate. She has a high status. However, Zhou Chen is a great master and is also very outstanding in all aspects. Haitang Duoduo looks at Zhou Chen and can completely understand.
"Thank you, sir, for clarifying my doubts."
After this conversation, Si Lili seemed more relaxed. She had not experienced the feeling of not having to pretend in front of others for a long time.
Zhou Chen put down the wine glass: "Pour some wine."
"Sir, I'll call you a few more people to come over to play and sing songs?"
"Okay, just look at the arrangements."
For three days in a row, Zhou Chen would go to Zuixianju every day, and every time he would find the oiran manager Lili to accompany him. The news soon spread throughout Kyoto.
After Emperor Qing heard about it, he said cheerfully: "I'm still thinking of finding him a well-matched noble girl to marry. It's better for him. He goes to a brothel every day?"
Seeing that Emperor Qing was in a good mood, Eunuch Hou also smiled and said: "Your Majesty, although this young Master Zhou is a great master, he has not actually been crowned. After all, he is still a young man with a young heart, a young man who loves women, and is really a human being.
Common sense."
"Oh, you old guy, you don't have that ability, but you know a lot about this kind of thing."
Eunuch Hou said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it is precisely because of my incompetence that this old slave understands the character of a young man like Young Master Zhou better."
Emperor Qing nodded: "You are right, a young man, no matter how great his achievements are, is still immature. It is good to like women, which is a good thing. So what do you think, should I reward him with some beauties?"
"ah?"
Eunuch Hou was confused. Why should you ask him about such a thing?
"Ah, what, forget it, it's useless to ask you, go down, go down."
Emperor Qing waved his hand and drove away Eunuch Hou, and then his expression suddenly turned serious.
"The great master likes women, who would believe it?"
Looking at the four great masters in the world, none of them is a womanizer.
As an emperor, before he became the Grand Master, his desire for power far exceeded women. After becoming the Grand Master, his desire for women was almost gone. Otherwise, there would not be only a few sons in such a huge palace, because
He rarely stayed in the harem.
Rather than staying in the harem, he prefers to stay in his bedroom, polishing arrowheads and forging armor.
Using himself to judge others, he felt that if Zhou Chen could become a great master, he must be a determined person and could not be a lustful person. He felt that Zhou Chen deliberately showed this to others, and even simply acted it out to him.
of.
However, he felt that this was not a bad thing. Zhou Chen sent such a signal, which showed that he still had some scruples and did not mean to be treasonous, otherwise there would be no need to pretend like this.
"He will soon be crowned, and it's time to inherit the title. Grand Master, I'm afraid one earl is not enough..."
In addition to Emperor Qing, other forces that were eyeing Zhou Chen also knew about this matter, but just like Emperor Qing, they didn't take it seriously.
She is just a woman from a brothel and cannot affect the situation.
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On this day, Zhou Chen was still drinking in Zuixianju. The oiran manager was helping him pour wine while Sang Wen was sitting there, playing the pipa.
After playing the song, Sang Wen stood up a little decadently.
"Sir, I have been learning your Liangzhou song for three days. Although I can play it, there is still a big gap compared with you."
"With different moods, the mood of the music played will naturally be different. You are also very talented. You are very similar to an old acquaintance of mine. You play well."
Zhou Chen praised Sang Wen, saying that even if the mastery of the same piece of music is the same, when a man and a woman play it, the feeling and artistic conception will be different after all.
It only took Sang Wen three days to master this Liangzhou Dabian, which shows that her pipa skills are already very superb.
Sang Wen bowed lightly: "I would also like to thank you for your appreciation and teaching me this piece of music."
She already knew Zhou Chen's true identity, but after getting along with her for the past few days, Zhou Chen didn't despise her at all, and even taught her to play Liangzhou, which made her extremely grateful and moved.
You must know that she is just a lowly girl from a brothel, while Zhou Chen is not only a grand master, but also the son of a distinguished noble, and will inherit the title soon.
Their identities were very different, but she felt respected by Zhou Chen, which she had never experienced before.
Sang Wen rested for a while, then went to change his clothes, and then came in with a group of women to perform songs and dances for Zhou Chen.
Si Lili poured wine for Zhou Chen and asked inadvertently: "Sir, have you fallen in love with Miss Sang Wen?"
Zhou Chen glanced at her: "Why do you ask?"
"I see that adults seem to treat Miss Sang Wen differently."
"Have it?"
"Of course, I've been in Zuixianju for so long, so I still have some discernment."
Zhou Chen said casually: "Maybe it's because she is good-looking. I treat good-looking girls a little differently."
Si Lili said with a smile: "There are many good-looking girls in Zuixianju, but I have never seen adults treat other girls like this."
She has been with Zhou Chen for a few days. Although Zhou Chen comes to Zuixianju every day, he does not stay overnight and has never slept with a girl from Zuixianju. He comes here every day, except for her and Sang Wen.
I ordered other girls, drank and listened to music every day, and occasionally played small games with them, but I never took advantage of them.
So after a few days, Zhou Chen left a very good impression on her. In addition to the label of being powerful, she also gained the label of being a gentleman.
What made her slightly uncomfortable was that Zhou Chen seemed to treat Sang Wen better than he treated her.
Zhou Chen didn't even explain that it was partly because Sang Wen was good-looking, but also because of Sang Wen's experience, which made him unconsciously put some filters on her.
The happy time in the brothel passed quickly. All the other singing and dancing girls left, leaving only Si Lili and Sang Wen to accompany Zhou Chen to drink and talk.
While I was drinking, someone came and knocked on the door.
"Dong dong, dong dong."
"Master, it's me."
"come in."
Sun Yi opened the door carefully and walked in.
"How did you come?"
In the past two days, it was He Qin, the 'bad gambler', the ninth-grade swordsman who drove Zhou Chen's carriage, while Sun Yi stayed in the mansion.
"Young Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly paid a visit. Hearing that the Young Master was not at the residence, he left many gifts and left. Before leaving, he also said that he would come to visit the next time the Young Master is at the residence."
"hehe."
Zhou Chen smiled playfully: "Prince? It's interesting. Who in Kyoto doesn't know that I have been hanging around Zuixianju these days. He knew I was not here and he went to my house to pay a visit. This prince is quite interesting."
When the prince was involved, the faces of Si Lili and Sang Wen who were accompanying him changed drastically. Si Lili was fine, but Sang Wen stood up with a nervous look on his face.
"Sir, you guys are talking about business, I'd better go out first."
Zhou Chen waved his hand and said: "Sit down, there is nothing you can't hear."
Sang Wen's face was filled with bitterness. This all involved the prince, so he said it was nothing. She was just a prostitute in a brothel. How could she listen to such gossip?
But Zhou Chen wouldn't let her go, and she couldn't disobey him. She could only sit down again bitterly, but she made small movements, covered her ears with her hands, and lowered her head.
Seeing her cute and pitiful appearance, Zhou Chen found it very interesting.
"Other than that, he didn't say anything else?"
"No, I rushed over as soon as the prince left. Tong Quan asked me to ask the young master what to do with the gifts sent by His Highness the prince?"
Zhou Chen was not here, and as servants, they had no right to refuse the gift from the prince, so they came to ask Zhou Chen in time.
"They have already sent it to our door. We can't send it back. The prince also wants to save face. If he insists on meeting, it's not impossible. Come to Zuixianju."
The three people in the room all looked at Zhou Chen in shock. Is it an exaggeration to ask the prince to come to Zuixianju to meet him?
Sun Yi still asked naively: "Will His Highness the Crown Prince come?"
"Who cares? His Majesty asked me to go to the court meeting and I was too lazy to go. If I took the initiative to see the prince, what would your Majesty think? So he can only come to me on his own."
Hearing that Zhou Chen was both a prince and his majesty, with no respect whatsoever, Sang Wen lowered his head even further and his face became even more bitter. Is this something she can listen to?
Sun Yi understood what Zhou Chen meant and stopped disturbing him. He closed the door and left.
Sang Wen thought he could breathe a sigh of relief, but Si Lili suddenly said: "Sir, I heard some rumors yesterday. I heard that Your Majesty is planning to arrange a marriage for you. I don't know whether it is true or not?"
"Are you going to marry me? This old majesty has a lot of things to do."
"Cough cough, cough cough."
Sang Wen coughed violently. Oh my god, what evil had she done? All she heard were words of tiger and wolf. At this moment, she really thought she was deaf.
Si Lili's eyes sparkled with wonder. Although she didn't quite understand what 'Lao Bidian' meant, she could tell from Zhou Chen's tone that Zhou Chen had no respect for Emperor Qing. Instead, he felt that
Emperor Qing meddles in other people's business, which is not the attitude a normal minister should have.
Zhou Chen has not paid attention to outside news these days, so he has not heard of this matter.
Recalling Emperor Qing's series of betrothal operations in the plot, it seems that the old man really likes betrothals, and now he actually has his mind set on him.
Zhou Chen just thought about it for a moment and understood Emperor Qing's thoughts, and wanted to deal with him the same way he dealt with Ye Liuyun.
What a good calculation, but he is not Ye Liuyun.
"I came to the brothel to have fun, so don't talk about these bad things. Lili, can you sing another song?"
"certainly."
Of course, Si Lili had no reason to refuse and asked Sang Wen to accompany her. Not only did she sing, but she also danced.
She is beautiful in person, singing, and dancing. Zuixianju is the manager, and she can be regarded as the number one courtesan by the Liujing River.
Listening to songs and watching dances, Zhou Chen's eyes became deep-set.
Emperor Qing is still the same Emperor Qing. He has become the Grand Master. Unless he surrenders to Emperor Qing, Emperor Qing will never let him go. Sooner or later, the two will fall out.