Chapter Twelve Listening to Perfume
Guangdefang, where Jingzhao Prefecture is located, is located three neighborhoods, namely Yanshou, Baozhengfang and Buzhengfang. They are just passing through the West Market on the way.
This is the first time that Gongsun You and Gongsun Xi have come to Chang'an. Although they have seen the prosperity of the eastern capital Luoyang, if you really look at it, Luoyang still has a certain gap compared with Chang'an. Especially in terms of planning and layout, Chang'an has unique advantages.
As the host, Pei Min introduced the situation in Chang'an to the two girls along the way, especially in the West Market. It is no exaggeration to say: "In the West Market, you can buy goods that are available in the entire Tang Dynasty, whether it is the pearls in Panyu, Sichuan, Kunming, or even the lacquerware in Fusang abroad, and the swords and shields of Byzantine food. Only you can't imagine that there is nothing you don't sell."
Women all have a shopping heart. Whether it is the intellectual Gongsun You or the happy Gongsun Xi, when they hear Pei Min's words, their eyes couldn't help but lit up.
The two sisters killed a lot of thieves and obtained the Kaiyuan Tongbao of 500 coins. It was the time when they were rich and they could squander it.
Pei Min could understand their thoughts and smiled and said, "Forget it today, the western market is too big. There are no fixed items to buy, and it takes more than half a day to wander around and you can't make a name for yourself. The dusk is coming, and it's about to close the market. Before you buy the thing you like, you'll be forced out of the street market, which will ruin your mood. When tomorrow and the next day, I will ask my wife to accompany you, prepare a carriage, and stroll around, throw whatever you want to buy, and throw it into the car."
Gongsun You and Gongsun Xi then gave up their minds and walked all the way to Pei Mansion. When the gatekeeper saw Pei Min leading two almost identical "Young Master Jia" into the mansion, his eyes were straightened, and he couldn't help but think in his heart: "Young Master won't have that habit, right?" He was a little older and a little dizzy.
"Please in there!" Pei Min invited him warmly, paused and said, "I haven't returned home for many days. I want to go to visit my mother, Miss You, Miss Xi first, should I wait in the guest room, or go with me?"
Gongsun You said without hesitation: "Of course I'm going to visit the old lady. As guests, You and Xiaomei are not going to visit the old lady. However, it's too rude to go to the old lady for us. It's best to change into clothes and restore our daughter's body."
Gongsun Xi also nodded seriously.
"Then let me go!" Pei Min was happy to see that the Gongsun sister respected her mother, and it was not in vain that she had to worry about them.
He led them to the guest room, and after they changed into women's clothing, he walked to the courtyard where Pei's mother lived. When he was still close, he heard a melodious sound of piano coming from the courtyard.
The sound of the piano is light and lively, like the innocent laughter of a child. Then accompanied by several high-profile speakers, there is another kind of child naughty. The adults laugh and scold, full of happiness and joy. It makes people unable to help but raise the corners of their mouths, and a picture of the family happiness arises in their mind. No matter how much boredom is in their hearts, it will dissipate because of this cheerful music.
Pei Min knew that this was Jiao Chen's masterpiece, and she could play the sound of the dead piano vividly. There was not many people in Chang'an that could do. There was just one in Pei's mansion...
Gongsun You and Gongsun Xi were shocked. The dance music was not divided. Without music, where did the dance come from? Although the two of them were far less talented than dancing, they also dabbled in one or two. They had a certain foundation and could clearly distinguish the quality of the piano sound. Moreover, even if they were completely a layman, they could still distinguish the advantages and disadvantages of the nature sound played by the beautiful Chen Xianxian jade hands.
"Let's go, my mother should be enjoying the flowers in the 'Listen to the Perfume Pavilion'!"
Pei Min knew Jiao Chen’s hobbies. If Jiao Chen had itchy hands and practiced piano skills alone, she would play difficult songs such as the phoenix of birds, Guanglingsan or Pingsha Lost Geese, and would not play these simple songs that would just please the old man. When he returned to Chang'an, he heard Pei’s mother say that the lotus in the mansion would bloom, and let him enjoy the lotus with him.
It must be because he was not here, so Chen Xianhui accompanied Pei's mother to admire the lotus.
"Can you turn this simple song into magic! Mrs. Pei's piano skills are indeed the best in Chang'an!" Gongsun You's eyes were shocked, obviously capturing Jiao Chen's piano sound.
Gongsun Xi also clapped his hands in surprise and said, "I want to dance when I listen to this song. No wonder the master said that after listening to the master's wife's piano, there are really some dancing people!"
Pei Min glanced at Gongsun Xi in surprise.
The three of them came outside the courtyard and looked at the plaque at the door "Tingxiang Shui Pavilion". Gongsun You couldn't help but admire: This name has a full artistic conception.
In fact, Pei Min is a nameless person. The four words "Tingxiang Shuixie" were copied from later generations.
After entering the yard, it turns out that in the pavilion on the lotus pond, Pei's mother sat on the guardrail and watched the flowers and feed the fish.
After playing Jiao Chen Yiqu, he was talking with him.
"Mom!" Pei Min shouted from afar.
Pei's mother looked here in surprise when she heard Pei Min's voice, but when she saw a pair of pretty girls like flowers and jade like mirrors following her beloved son, she couldn't help but think: "I've all the girls like fairies in the world, and I can't help but look at Jiao Chen beside her, and seeing her seeing the two girls, there was some surprise in her eyes, but no negative emotions, and she was even more satisfied.
Pei's mother is 100,000 satisfied with her daughter-in-law, and is virtuous. If it weren't for Pei Min's current identity, it would be impossible for her to help a woman from a brothel like Jiao Chen as a wife. She even had the idea of directly supporting Jiao Chen. However, this is also the same as thinking about it. In this era, the position of a wife and concubine was a serious crime of "a loss of the right way for a couple, blaspheming the laws of human ethics, upsetting the superiors and inferiors, and confusing the classics and etiquette system."
Once Pei Min does this, in just two days, the memorials of impeachment will pile up into mountains.
Pei Min's special favor to Jiao Chen, Pei's mother also saw that Pei Min was vaguely worried about whether Jiao Chen would be favored and charming. Now it seems that she is too worried.
"What a sing! The fish in the pond scared you away."
Pei Min quickly stepped forward and said, "Isn't this a happy person to see you? Today I met two old friends who were in Youzhou in the street market. I will bring them to see you!"
"Gongsun You!"
"Gongsun Xi!"
"Have you met the old lady!"
In front of Pei's mother, even Gongsun Xi, who was free from it, bowed respectfully and greeted him.
Pei's mother knew that if Pei Min really wanted to marry her, she would not have been able to notify her. She was undoubtedly a friend: "The two girls don't have to be too polite, hurry up, sit down and talk."
Gongsun You sat down and said, "My sisters have accused their enemies outside. Mr. Pei is worried about our safety and invites my sisters to stay in the mansion for a while. I have been bothering the old lady and Mrs. Pei in the past few days."
Pei Min knew that Pei Min was exonerating him, and was afraid of causing their family disputes. Although she secretly laughed at Gongsun You for such a thing, she did not appreciate Gongsun You's erotic heart.
Chapter completed!