The queen mother looked at Xiao Yulan, and said to Qianlong with a smile: "What the emperor said is right, this woman does have the appearance of my youth, and her voice is also good." Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info" Qianlong laughed and laughed on the side, and asked Xiao Yulan to pick up two beautiful tunes and sing two paragraphs softly. On the side, a palace maid who was already proficient in musical instruments knelt below, Xiao Yulan nodded and sang along with the music.

After singing the two songs, Qianlong smiled and said to Xiao Yulan, you made up the "Stone Story" song card, take it out and sing it. Xiao Yulan was secretly shocked in her heart, how did the emperor know that he had made up a new music card? But think about it, the palace maids around her have been listening to it for many days, and they think that they passed it on. But the palace maid who accompanies the new song card can't, so Xiao Yulan took a pipa and played and sang to herself.

This song is not long, but it completely outlines Xue Baochai's self-pity and stubborn character of not admitting defeat, and the tune is extraordinarily ethereal and beautiful. As soon as the end of Xiao Yulan's last sentence stopped, the Queen Mother's half-open and half-closed eyes also opened, and asked Xiao Yulan with a smile, "This music card was written by herself?" Xiao Yulan quickly leaned down and knelt down, and told her feelings about reading "The Story of the Stone", how she picked up the words in the book, and how she borrowed the traditional music card to tell the story of the new compilation 1510.

After listening to this, the Queen Mother said with a smile: "I really can't imagine that you are a young woman with such understanding, I also love to watch this "Stone Record", you make it up well, sing it well, it's really rare." The emperor is the most filial, and he knows that I like it, so he recommends you to enter the palace, then Xiao Yulan, you usually come more, sing me these newly composed tunes, and, listen to the emperor, you are from Haining?"

Xiao Yulan knelt and nodded: "Most of the Guangtai class are from Haining, but we came out early and haven't been back to our hometown for many years. Speaking of this, Xiao Yulan suddenly realized that this was a great opportunity, and hurriedly kowtowed to the Queen Mother twice, and whispered: "The Queen Mother, the last time the Guangtai class was acting in the palace, there was an accident and collided with the holy car, please be merciful and let the troupe go." ”

Qianlong, who was sitting on the side, laughed: "Xiao Yulan, do you think I am a faint king? For the sake of that accident, you have to connect the entire opera troupe?" Mother, the emperor has already greeted the governors of Liangjiang, and he will not embarrass the Guangtai class, you don't have to worry." ”

The Empress Dowager nodded, and said with a smile: "If the emperor greets him like this, it is not a question of embarrassment or not, I am afraid that this Guangtai class has been praised by them." ”

Hearing the Queen Mother say this, Xiao Yulan was relieved. Also after entering the palace this time, Qianlong came to the small courtyard more often, and often sat for an afternoon, mainly talking about how to adapt "The Story of the Stone" into a new play. Xiao Yulan found out that Qianlong's knowledge is profound, and he also understands the rhythm of sound, and has a unique angle of looking at the problem, especially for the book "The Story of the Stone", which is obviously more than he can see through and through, under his point, soon, Xiao Yulan created a new excerpt, and naturally it is indispensable to enter the palace for the Queen Mother to perform, and slowly listening to Xiao Yulan's "The Story of the Stone" has become the Queen Mother's favorite leisure way.

Xiao Yulan actually understood in her heart that at the beginning, Qianlong may have valued her own achievements in drama, and she could make the queen mother happy, which was a manifestation of the emperor's filial piety. But as the so-called love grows over time, the two have been together for a long time, and each of them has seen the shining things in human nature from each other.

From the moment Xiao Yulan was trapped in Jingshan, she already understood that many things could not be changed by her wishes, and people had to learn to accept reality. Besides, the life that Qianlong gave her now is not as bad as she originally imagined.

Later, Qianlong came too much, so he simply lived in a small courtyard and did not return to the palace at night. Soon, the monthly offerings on Xiao Yulan's side also began to be distributed according to the standards of concubines, and the number of palace maids also increased a lot. But Xiao Yulan didn't value these, but just begged Qianlong to send her the palace maids who were in the palace.

The small courtyard in Jingshan, according to Xiao Yulan's vision, has become a rehearsal room, with music and laughter every day. All the palace ladies who like opera have their own roles, and they study hard every day, and the dull and gloomy forbidden palace will only become different here.

Qianlong sometimes came to the small courtyard, did not enter the door, but listened to the music inside by the wall, stood for a while and then turned back to the palace.

Soon, Xiao Yulan adapted and created more than a dozen excerpts based on "The Story of the Stone", and every time she went to the Queen Mother to perform, she would be praised and bring back a lot of rewarding gifts. But Xiao Yulan found that although Qianlong often went to the small courtyard for a while, he always seemed to be very silent, as if he had something on his mind.

Finally one day, after listening to Xiao Yulan's new play, Qianlong and Xiao Yulan sat under the grape trellis in the courtyard, and Qianlong told Xiao Yulan that his mother, the Empress Dowager Chongqing, was originally surnamed Qian, and was an out-and-out Han person, a descendant of the Qian family of Haining.

Since ancient times, the harem has been valued by the mother and the son, and he has been favored by the emperors of Kangyong since he was a child, and was established as the heir to the throne very early, but even so, because of the identity of the mother Han, the biological mother Qian has always been a concubine. Later, he had to recognize the Niu Hulu clan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and said that he was the daughter of Ling Zhu, the official of the Four Grades, who completely hid the history of the Qian family, and reluctantly raised his identity after changing the book, but it still caused a lot of criticism in the court.

Xiao Yulan's background as a Han actor can gain a foothold in the palace? How can she get a proper identity for her? Although she is usually high above and has unlimited authority, Qianlong is helpless when it comes to etiquette and court discussions.

Only then did Xiao Yulan understand that what Qianlong was worried about was the problem of his identity, and there was a trace of sweetness in her heart, but she also felt a little ridiculous. had to tell Qianlong that he didn't care about his reputation, and he never thought that he would live a lifetime in the harem, and it was the greatest blessing to be able to write and act in the small courtyard of Jingshan, so what luxury would he have?

However, when Xiao Yulan said this, she still mentioned the secret hidden in her heart. In Xiao Yulan's opinion, there were too few people in the entire Qing Empire who could read and write, and an engraved book was even more valuable, and not many people could afford it. "The Story of the Stone" is such a strange book through the ages, but only a few dignitaries and scholars have read it, and many more people may not have heard of it.

Many of these books and works were disseminated through the form of storytelling and drama in the market, so these excerpts created by myself were not entirely for the love of the Queen Mother. If she has the opportunity, she would like to bring the manuscripts of these creations back to the Guangtai class, even if she can't perform them on stage anymore, at least let the Guangtai class complete them. Come to think of it, the owner of Fat Yan Zhai doesn't want his hard work to be shelved and unable to pass on, right?

Listening to Xiao Yulan's words, Qianlong pondered for a long time, nodded and said approvingly: "Xiao Yulan, it is really rare for a young woman like you to have such insight. You are right, drama should not be a church meeting in the homes of dignitaries, your wish must be fulfilled, after all, you are not from the palace, after a while, I will allow you to go home and take a look, and by the way, bring your drama back to Guangtaiban. ”

It's a pity that nine times out of ten things are unsatisfactory in the world, when Xiao Yulan was looking forward to taking the manuscript back to Guangtaiban, an unexpected incident happened. She was pregnant with Qianlong's dragon seed. For the women in the palace, this matter is a dream good thing, an opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step, but for Xiao Yulan, there are only endless troubles. She had to think about what she would face when her baby was born, and unfortunately, those were not options for her.

There is also Qianlong who has the same troubles as Xiao Yulan. Qianlong was already past the age of excitement about having children, he already had eleven children, and he knew that the more children there were, the more battles in the harem, and many times, these battles would become extremely bloody. What frightens him even more is that most of them he doesn't know, and he can only choose to accept them helplessly after becoming the truth.

But Xiao Yulan is pregnant with her own blood after all, and she must think of a perfect way, that is, not to let Xiao Yulan get involved in the dangerous whirlpool, and to let the child have an identity and live a safe life, and the most important thing is to bypass the court's criticism of this matter.

When I saw this, I was suddenly tapped on the shoulder, which brought me back to reality from the world of fiction. When I looked up, it was Peng Yushu standing next to me with a smile. I looked around and was surprised to find that while I was reading a book, the auditorium was already filled with most of the audience, and some people were hurrying into the theater. And the sweet voice of the hostess came from the loudspeaker on the stage: "Please sit down, please sit down, please sit down, there are five minutes left for the performance to officially start." ”

I shook hands with Peng Yushu, asked him to sit down beside him, tilted my head and asked him, "Yushu, how is it? Have you seen Lao Hu recently?" I have exchanged letters with him twice, and this paragraph is not often in Beijing, and I haven't seen him for almost two years. ”

Peng Yushu shook his head at me, smiled wryly and said: "Don't mention it, I have only met Juan Bei once in a year, Shenlong has seen the beginning but not the end, since he took over the task in the group, all the time has been used to arrange the show, he is the kind of person who is too serious, and he has to verify the slightest problem, and I don't know how many times it happened." ”

"How's his voice? Has he recovered? Is there any play with him today?" I quickly asked again.

Peng Yushu smiled bitterly at me, didn't speak, and handed me the program list in his hand.

(Good knowledge, the mind is not stained in all realms, and there is no thought.) In terms of self-thought, he often leaves the realm, and does not have a heart in the realm. It is a great mistake to think only about all things, to get rid of all thoughts, to die when you think about them, and to be born elsewhere. If a student of the Tao does not understand the meaning of the Dharma, it is okay to make mistakes for oneself, and even more so for others; if one is confused and does not see oneself, he will slander the Buddhist scriptures. Therefore, there is no thought as the sect. --"The Altar of the Six Patriarchs")