Chapter 22: Meeting Qin Qing again, awkward laughter

  Tian Xiang Lou has a total of six floors, with only two rooms on the sixth floor, called "Inviting the Moon" and "Listening to the Rain". Inviting the Moon is the room of Wan Qiu Yun, the top courtesan of Tian Xiang Lou, while Listening to the Rain is Qin Qing's room.

  Qin Qing is a special existence in Tianxiang Building, with rumors that she is as beautiful as a heavenly fairy and has exceptional painting skills, but also rumors that she is a mediocre woman who pretends to be noble and mysterious to raise her value.

  But anyway, Qin Qing is the fantasy of many men. Because they can't see her face, men imagine all good things on Qin Qing. Therefore, Qin Qing has a nickname "Tian Xiang Guo Se" in Tian Xiang Building.

  At this time, the Listening Rain House was filled with the faint scent of agarwood burning and spreading. A woman holding a paintbrush and painting heard what the maid next to her said and burst out laughing, saying: "He can actually think of such a question. Can the all-powerful Buddha create a stone that he himself cannot move?"

  "Oh no, my painting!" The woman exclaimed, only to see that her "Lady's Portrait" had a crooked line due to the brush shaking from laughing earlier.

  The woman looked at the painting, shook her head and said, "What a pity." Then she put down her brush and told the maid, "Go invite him in, I want to see what kind of talented person can answer my extremely clever questions."

  "It's a young lady." The maid curtsied and left, the woman lifted her head, under the bright light of the lamp, an absolutely beautiful face suddenly became clear.

  A beautiful woman who can paint in the Rain Listening Pavilion and instruct her maid to do things, without thinking, it is clear that she is the owner of the Rain Listening Pavilion, Qin Qing. Today, Qin Qing wears a pale purple high-waisted long skirt, with a tall and slender figure, a beautiful waist, and those surprisingly prominent jade-like breasts... all revealing an intense charm. Adding to this, Qin Qing's absolutely stunning face, it's not at all excessive to say that she is the beauty of the heavenly fragrance and national color.

  In the hall, Liang Xin, who was full of praise, bowed to the people around him and began to chat with Yang Jia. Yang Jia smiled and said: "Xin'er, your question just now was really wonderful. I think today that Qin Qing girl must see you, you'd better hold on for a while, don't reveal your identity."

  Liang Xin was slightly stunned and smiled awkwardly: "Ah...yes, Father, I remember."

  As expected, before long a young maid walked up to Liang Xiao and said: "The young lady Ya Shi greets the young master."

  Liang Xian stood up and supported himself on the doorframe: "Miss Ya Shi doesn't have to be so polite, is there something I can help you with?"

  Yasha said: "My young lady Qin Qing invites you to sit in the pavilion upstairs."

  Liang Xin turned around and looked at Yang Jia, who nodded slightly to show his support for him to take a look. Liang Xin slightly bowed his head and said: "Then I'll trouble you, miss, to lead the way."

  Yashi shook her head: "No need to be polite, young master."

  Liang Xin followed Ya Shi to the sixth floor and arrived at the door of Ting Yu Ju, where a melodious and pleasant sound of the guqin came from. Upon hearing this sound, Liang Xin suddenly thought of Wang Zhao Yi in the Yu Han Palace within the palace, it seemed like he hadn't visited her for several days. Hmm, this time when he returns to the palace, he must go see her.

  "Tap, tap, tap..." Yashi lightly knocked on the door and said: "Miss, Liang Xin has arrived."

  The sound of the zither stopped, and a voice came from inside the room: "Please come in, Mr. Liang."

  "Yes!" Yashi pushed open the door and said to Liang Xin: "Young master, please come in."

  Liang Xin nodded slightly and said, "Thank you." Then she stepped across the threshold and walked into the room.

  The room was a large suite, the hall was simply decorated but everywhere showed clever and meticulous thoughts that made people feel very comfortable. The faint scent of sandalwood made one smell refreshed. Liang Xin thought to herself: "Just now, I heard the sound of the guqin and the voice were quite pleasant, just don't know what the real person looks like."

  "Qin Qing, a young lady, has met you, sir."

  The voice came from behind Liang Xiao, who turned around to see Qin Qing bowing to him. Liang Xiao smiled and slightly raised his hands, saying: "Miss Qin Qing, no need to be polite."

  Qin Qing stood up and looked at Liang Xin, who was also looking at Qin Qing at the same time. After seeing Qin Qing's appearance clearly, Liang Xin's heart suddenly shook violently, and he exclaimed: "Damn it, what a great thing!"

  Qin Qing looked at Liang Xin clearly and originally thought that this person's appearance was not bad, his talent was also good, and it was rare that he was not a bookworm who had read books to the point of being stupid. But then she saw Liang Xin staring at her with a silly expression, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

  "Hmph..." Qin Qing couldn't help but burst out laughing at Liang Xin's silly expression, and Liang Xin suddenly came back to his senses, scratching his head in embarrassment: "Ah...the young lady is a heavenly beauty, stunningly beautiful, I was momentarily dazed, please forgive me for my rudeness."

  "Whoa! Beautiful lady, may I ask directly how much for a night?" Liang Xin appeared to be a humble gentleman on the surface, but in his heart he was constantly having wild thoughts.

  Qin Qing shook her head and said, "Since ancient times, beautiful women have been a source of trouble. Whether they are beautiful or ugly, what's the difference? They're just a smelly skin bag after all. After a hundred years, aren't they just a pile of white bones?"

  "The girl's words are somewhat incorrect." Liang Xin shook her head and said: "The most precious thing in life is life. Everyone only has one chance at life. A person's life should be spent like this: looking back on past events, he will not regret wasting his years, nor will he be ashamed of being mediocre and vulgar. Beauty and ugliness are both gifts from heaven, we don't need to pay too much attention to these innate things, but think about how to make our lives more meaningful, more qualitative."

  "What's the meaning? What's the quality?" Qin Ying blinked her beautiful eyes, she felt that Liang Xin's words contained very profound philosophical meanings, but many of the terms were unheard and unseen to her.

  Liáng Xīn's face turned slightly pale, and he broke out in a cold sweat. He thought to himself, "How could I have forgotten that this is the Northern Song Dynasty? Who would be able to understand me if I were to discuss the meaning and quality of life with them?"

  However, Qin Qing did not continue to ask questions, but instead said: "Young master is talented, Qin Qing has learned from you." After Qin Qing slightly bowed and pointed to the side hall, she said: "The young lady has already prepared wine and dishes for the young master in the side hall, please move your noble steps to the side hall to have a meal."

  "Oh, okay." Liang Xin followed Qin Ying over and sat down. After they were seated, Qin Ying poured a cup of wine for Liang Xin, then raised her own cup and said: "Here's to you, young master. A toast from me, Qin Ying."

  Liang Xian raised his wine cup and clinked it with Qin Qing, then downed the drink in one gulp. After finishing the wine, he put down the cup, and the two of them couldn't find a topic to talk about because they had just met for the first time. The atmosphere was a bit awkward for a moment. Actually, this kind of situation would not normally occur in front of a courtesan, but who made Qin Qing someone who had never received guests before?

  After being stunned for a while, Qin Qing stretched out her chopsticks and picked up a piece of chicken to give to Liang Xin: "Young master, try our Tian Xiang Lou's Lingzhi Fragrant Chicken. This chicken was raised from a young age with famous and precious medicinal materials, its meat is smooth, tender, and refreshing, with a strong aroma of the medicinal materials."

  Li Xian handed the bowl over and took the chicken, saying "thank you." Then he smiled slightly and said: "Speaking of this chicken, I actually have a funny story to tell. Would you like to hear it, Miss Qin Qing?"

  Qin Qing nodded as if a weight had been lifted off her shoulders and said, "Please proceed, young master."

  Liang Xin's mouth curled up into a sly smile as he began to tell an interesting story.

  "That day, I and several friends made an appointment to eat chicken. One of our friends said that the best part of the chicken is the butt. So when the chicken was served, we all rushed to grab the butt. As we were grabbing, I suddenly found that the butt had disappeared, so I asked, 'Huh? How did the butt suddenly disappear?' At this time, one of our friends pointed to his own mouth with a proud expression and loudly exclaimed: 'The butt is here! The butt is here...'"

  Liang Xin finished speaking and started laughing, while Qin Qing looked at her with a stunned expression, standing there in a daze.