Golden Lotus's speciality was p'in hsiao - playing
the flute - the Chinese euphemism for fellatio.
GOLDEN LOTUS HAD taken particular pains to make herself look pretty and she had washed her body with perfumed water. She was expecting him and, when he came, she smiled sweetly. She took his clothes and told Plum Blossom to make tea. They went to bed, and, under the coverlets, embraced and pressed their tender bodies closely together. She used every one of her hundred charms to give him pleasure. They enjoyed each other for a while, then Hsi-men Ch'ing found that he could not sleep. He told her how he had longed for her while he had been away. Then, as he was still unsatisfied, he asked her to play the flute for him. She was ready to do anything he asked, so that she might the more firmly establish her hold over him. They had been separated for a long time. She had been starved for love so long that passion set her afire. She would have made herself a part of him. She played the flute all night, without letting it out ofher mouth. He wanted to get up to pee, but she would not let him. 'My darling,' she said, 'let me take however much you've got stored up in my mouth. It is chilly tonight and you might take cold if you got out of bed. It would be more trouble.'
Hsi-men Ch'ing was delighted. 'Dearest,' he said, 'I don't believe anyone else would love me as you do.' Then he peed into her mouth and she drank it. Hsi-men said, 'Do you like it?' 'It tastes acrid, 'she said. 'Give me some fragrant tea-leaves to take the taste away.
'The tea-leaves are in my white silk coat,' Hsi-men said, 'get them for yourself.' Golden Lotus pulled the coat to her, took the tea-leaves, and put them into her mouth.