Book 17 - Chapter 6 – Peerless Courtesan (1/2)

Book 17 Chapter 6 – Peerless Courtesan

By the ti, like an i to the secular world, appeared in front of everybody’s eyes, the entire hall, both -all-living-things-upside-down fa think about shi+ Feixuan and Wanwan

Shang Xiufang reance; but at the sa mysterious beauty The end result was another kind of exceptional charm, which was not inferior in any respect to the to about her, other than her sli and expression; eveneyes, which could hook people’s soul and absorb people’s spirit, full of tender feelings, co smile, which appeared on the corner of herat her, Kou Zhong almost could not remember the purpose of his visit

This ed Contrary to everybody’s expectation, Shang Xiufang, wearing plain yellow gauzed dress with light green cape, started to sing and dance

It was only thiswere able to see clearly that her jade countenance was devoid of any cosht as day; she looked a thousand times better than any women who applied makeup conspicuously It was not clear whether she had just eed from a public bath, but there was no hairpin or any other jewelry hanging on her beautiful hair, yet there see water, pure, beautiful and clean, which char down beautiful silk dress, young Gongzi bears er sisters were traveling distinct roads, none treated him with sincerity After careful consideration, there’s a faint feeling of good resolution”

Her singing carried soly dark, disant flavor that no one can match Her voice and vocal skill did not leave any flaw for the critics to criticize Co expression, nobody was not emotionally moved

“The deep bridal room was e solitude Waiting for the arrival, waiting with a prayer, cease the longing for wild flower youth Mild and even adorn, just for the sake of five hills in distant and indistinct places The snowfall in the breast, froht with thousand catty of gold”

Her singing seemed to absorb the listeners into a fantastic realh variety of vocal tones, displaying so down and circled back to wound the e tide covering the listeners’ spirit, flooding their earth so that no peak was left uncovered

But the one thing thatlose hi beautiful wo herself presentable’, yet inadvertently revealing her natural beauty

The song ended

The music faded

It was half a day later that the hall erupted in thunderous applause, followed by the cla in adht to be co from the heaven, which circled back to the earth to be heard Miss, I wonder rote this song?”

Shang Xiufang gently hung her sant and slender shu Daren, please do not mock; this tune was created by qie [I, your servant] herself”

Delighted, wang shi+chong said, “I have already guessed so, it’s just that I wanted Miss to confirm it with your own , please take a seat”

Except Linglong Jiao and Ouyang Xiyi, allfor this natural beauty with peerless talent, the stunning young lady to be seated, before they dared to take their seat again to show their respect

With her sitting within his hand-reach, Kou Zhong could not stop his heart fro faster

At this point all eyes were focused on her, but no one dared to show any leering look On one hand, they were intimidated by her noble personality traits, but they were even more afraid she would look down upon them, and then they would forever lose the chance to please her

wang shi+chong introduced her to everybody first, but when it was Kou Zhong’s turn, Shang Xiufang’s beautiful eyes swept his face across several tishu Daren need not introduce hi time Luckily in the end he displayed his divine prowess by capturing the treacherous villain alive and took him away”

Not only was she an eloquent and fluent speaker, she had deep understanding of the way tothe praise around cordial words so that it was unobtrusive; she orthy to be called the famous courtesan who traveled everywhere north and south sides of the Yangtze River

Looking at her fro felt even rance assaulted others’ nostrils And theWhether it was her sweet voice, her tone modulation, to delicate expression fro carried so charm, which confused people’sXiyi, as sitting on the other side, suddenly let out a sigh so soft that only Kou Zhong was able to hear

I came to his senses and re, “If I had known that Miss’ singing voice is better than the sounds of nature, that night I would have waited until Miss’ i ’s eyes, inwardly Shang Xiufang was greatly astounded

Although she only turned twenty-one this year, but since she finished her apprenticeshi+p and cae of thirteen, what kind of e, rarely have they seen her without having their spirit and soul turned upside down

This e and experience, wang Xuanying was trying to engage Shang Xiufang in a discussion about the S Song, which was very popular at that ti took this opportunity to lean over toward Ouyang Xiyi and asked quietly, “What h?”

An e Xiyi’s eyes; he replied in low voice, “Too much alike! Tooreached his destination – he was rushi+ng on foot instead of on the horseback, a big burly man happened to push the door and walk out of the house where Song Jingang stayed The two ht

This gentlely, Yun Yuzhen’s lieutenant Bu Tianzhi

Xu Ziling hastily greeted, “Turns out it is Bu Fu Bangzhu [vice gang leader] Is Kou Zhong inside?”

Frowning, Bu Tianzhi replied, “Kou Ye did not co out to look for hi’s heart sank, he wondered inwardly whether so?

Bu Tianzhi continued in low voice, “Xu Ye, could we go so his serious expression, although he was anxious of Kou Zhong’s safety, Xu Ziling had no choice but to nod his head and said, “Bu Xiong, just call , you must not call me Xu Ye or whatever”

Bu Tianzhi cheerfully said, “Although Ziling is already world famous, but your emotion, character and attitude are completely the same as before Merely this point, notte that he had the ability to deal with danger Together with Bu Tianzhi they walked side by side toward the end of the lane He spoke indifferently, “Fa to rely on Isn’t Bu Xiong with Yun Bangzhu?”

Bu Tianzhi was silent for half a day In the end he shook his head and said, “Bangzhu is with her lover, how could she spare tis? She only ordered ’s place, to see what the outcolance, and said, “Listening to the tone of Bu Xiong’s voice, it appears that you are dissatisfied with Yun Bangzhu”

Bu Tianzhi replied heavily, “Ziling and Kou Ye are men whom I, Bu Tianzhi, admire and trust from the botto from you My dissatisfaction toward Yun Yuzhen did not start just today And within our Gang, I aht”

Xu Ziling was stunned speechless

Bu Tianzhi pointed to a so inside and sit down before continuing this talk”

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Shang Xiufang casually responded to wang Yingxuan, “The so-called ‘trend’ is using ‘new’ in place of ‘beauty’, using ‘marvel’ in place of ‘finery’ Hu music[1] in itself not necessarily excels over our Central Earth’s ‘source is distant and the flow is long’ [fig sooes back to the dim and distant past] music, but we could always use it as a reference All India, Qiuci, Shule, Anguo, Gaoli, Gaochang and Kangguo’s[2] music, each one has its own unique characteristic and different flavor, particularly Qiucithe Northern Dynasties’ Qi and Zhou, there appeared not a fewforeign flavor”

With her status as a wanderer she spoke an expert remark, immediately it provoked a burst of heartfelt praise

Linglong Jiao was a Qiuci; hearing Shang Xiufang’s very high evaluation of her country’s ood impression rose up tremendously

[1] Huliterati Hu is basically any non-Han tribe in China

[2] India, orig Tianzhu, Indian subcontinent in Tang or Buddhist context Qiuci, ancient Central Asia city-state, flourished during firstShule, ancient na Gaoli, Korea (esp in context of art and culture), Anguo [lit An State], Gaochang, Kangguo [Kang State], I have no idea But I ahten the rest of us

But Shang Xiufang’sXiyi were the only two around the banquet table who did not look at her with heart and soul