The Evil King's Favorite Concubine: Genius Perfumer

Chapter 104 Yujiang Incense Club ([-])

Before coming to Yujiang Mansion, Gan Tiantian didn't know that there would be such a prosperous big city in this era of low productivity.

And it wasn't until the day when the Yujiang Incense Fair was held that she really realized how prosperous the Yujiang Mansion could be.

"What a big scene..."

Gan Tiantian admired from the bottom of his heart.

The venue of the Yujiang Fragrance Club is located in a famous micro-garden beside the Qujiang River in the outskirts of the city.This garden is an old relic of the previous dynasty, and it has gone through several owners. Now it does not belong to any gentry, but to the official family of Yujiang Mansion.

Usually, the important festivals and ceremonies of Yujiang Mansion, or big events like Yujiang Xianghui will be held in Weiyuan.

There are pavilions, terraces, waterside pavilions, high-rise courtyards, and many rare ancient trees and flower trees in the micro garden.Of course, depending on the significance of each event and the number of participants, the location of the venue is also different.

This time, the Shangsi Xianghui, as in previous years, is arranged near the large platform near Qujiang.Because the activities of the incense meeting are very rich, not only tasting and appreciating incense, but also poetry, literary and singing and dancing performances.

However, in order to maintain the elegant style of the incense meeting, the organizer Xijiang Xiangfang still deliberately limited the number and qualifications of the participants, not just any passer-by can come in to watch the excitement.

You must be an insider in the fragrance medicine industry in Xijiang Province to be able to get the invitation.Of course, some local aristocratic families and officials from Yujiang Mansion were also invited.

In terms of rank, Gan Tiantian is probably the lowest among the participants today.

Originally, "country folk workshops" like Yujinfang couldn't be put on the table, but Gan Tiantian, who is a new apprentice of Yujinfang, needless to say?
So they only got invitations to enter the arena, but they didn't even arrange their seats. They could only walk around in the garden at will, enjoying the singing and dancing performances, and wandering casually.Do you want to go to the small building over there to taste incense and participate in the review of famous and new fragrances?Forget it.

But Gan Tiantian wouldn't have any thoughts because of his poor treatment, Fangzhu Chen happily wandered around the garden with his hands behind his back.

"How many years?"

Different from Gan Tiantian's calmness, Ji Bingyun's thoughts are fluctuating at this moment.

The Yujiang Fragrance Club and Weiyuan used to be places he was very familiar with.

When he was still a young boy, he followed his father here to participate in the incense meeting.Every year at the Shangsi Xianghui, Qixi Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival, his father Ji Wufeng would bring him and his brothers and sisters here.

And after the entertainment, his father would sometimes hold his hand and walk along the water.It’s not necessarily about spices, it’s just about whether the snacks are delicious, how it feels to learn to write recently... very trivial things.

Since he was a child, he had a cold temper, and he didn't have many opportunities to be alone with his father. Whenever this time came, he would just nod and listen.Occasionally responding with a word or two, my father would show a loving smile and rub his hair.

Thinking about it now, it has become a very... very luxurious memory.

Ji Bingyun never thought that she would think of these dusty past events in Weiyuan.Father.

It's because of his father's doting on him that my brother and sister hate him even more, right?

"What's that, stage?"

Ji Bingyun followed Gan Tiantian's line of sight, and said casually: "Well, that's about it. But it's been so many years..."

He didn't finish speaking, Gan Tiantian didn't know why he stopped.While he was wondering, he heard Ji Bingyun sigh quietly and say, "She is old."

"she?"

At this time, Gan Tiantian noticed that under the stage that had just been set up over there, a group of women in colorful clothes came slowly.At first glance, most of them were young girls, but the one walking in the front was an elderly woman.

From a distance, the woman was in good shape, slender and elegant, and well-dressed.It's just that the face can't withstand the wind and frost of the years after all, the corners of the eyes and forehead are full of fine lines, and no amount of makeup can cover them.Gan Tiantian speculates secretly that this woman is about forty years old...

Eh, it looks like this woman is a top-notch bawd who led the singers to perform. Could it be Ji Bingyun's lover back then?
No way!impossible!

"...What are you thinking about. It's nothing like that." Ji Bingyun said angrily, "It's just an old friend who has met a few times."

Ji Bingyun said that this woman used to be a famous singer in Qujiang. More than 20 years ago, she was famous far and wide.Because he is good at incense and Taoism, and has many contacts with scholarly scholars, he often appears in various incense meetings.

It stands to reason that this type of famous prostitutes would have found their home early.The so-called destination is nothing more than marrying a good person. Those who are a bit famous like them will not be unable to pay for the ransom money, and it is not difficult to marry.Of course, it is not easy to marry well.

Most of the famous prostitutes married some literati or officials and became concubines.There are also people who would rather bring a large dowry and marry ordinary people as big wives, but this kind of result is not very good. There are quite a few people who have been cheated out of their money and have to go back to their old jobs.

Only a very small number of people choose to die in brothels.

Obviously this woman named Ren Hongxiao is the last type.

"No, this is not your character." Gan Tiantian said suddenly: "How can you remember a stranger you met once or twice decades ago? There must have been intersections."

Hmph, it's not that easy to fool her!There must be gossip!

"She is quite savvy in the way of incense."

Ji Bingyun's answer disappointed the gossiping Gan Tiantian again. "I once instructed her to mix fragrances, and I also suggested that she can find a perfumer to learn... Later, I heard that she made a fragrance named after her stage name 'Hongxiao'. At that time, I Already in the capital, but have never tasted it."

"And later?"

"...what can come next."

Ji Bingyun is very strange, this level of communication is very deep and rare for him, okay?

Gan Tiantian continued to ask unwillingly: "Since she loves Xiangxiang, she should adore you a lot, right? There is no... er, no... expressed any intention of admiration..."

She didn't want to admit that this guy had any advantages, but back then, he should have been super handsome in front of everyone.

Family background, appearance, talent, fame... everything that should be there and should not be.Such a beautiful and affectionate courtesan would have no other thoughts about him?

She really wanted to ask Ren Hongxiao if she had recommended herself as a pillow, but considering her own image, she swallowed the sentence.

"Admiration?"

Ji Bingyun asked her back very puzzled: "She loves me? How is that possible?"

"Why is it impossible!"

"Nobody ever told me that. It can't be."

...Wait, master, have you never been in love?

What a life full of regrets!
Gan Tiantian actually forgot in an instant that he had never had a secret love in his previous life, and Ji Bingyun and Ji Bingyun were like brothers and sisters, just like each other...

(End of this chapter)