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... ame out, still holding the pipa and half covering her face.

When Bai Juyi wrote this sentence, I wonder if he was secretly mocking the pipa girl for being pretentious?

Xu Qian'an thought that the courtesan named Hongxiu was very pretentious, or that she was very self-righteous? She came late in the second half of the tea party, chuckled lightly, and said while holding the wine glass:

"I am not feeling well, so I took a break. Please don't be offended, gentlemen."

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