129 Rumors
Because I am afraid of getting up early and getting cold, it is not suitable to ride a horse, I have an appointment with Dugu Shao in the afternoon, who knows that she came early, the palace gate because I have already instructed here, and she was introduced, coinciding with the teaching workshop Zhang Siniang also came to see, I want Dugu Shao to be good at dancing, so I invited her to go to the side hall together.
This side hall is designed for watching dances and feasting, because I don't like to be lively, and rarely feast, so the furnishings are simple, I was afraid that Cui Mingde two would see dislike, who knew that they would go in to see, but see that the inside and outside are completely new, the four walls are decorated with dragons, phoenixes, algae, turtles, tents and curtains with clusters of new colored silk, bright and bright, the ground is also newly replaced with a red line carpet, the color is shining - the red line carpet is produced in Xuanzhou, the color is gorgeous and does not lose the Shu brocade, soft and smooth more velvet felt, it is an excellent dance Yin. Only because of the production of extremely Fei silk thread, it is rumored that a blanket needs a thousand taels of silk, extremely consuming material resources, so it is not set as a constant tribute, mother's birthday, six horses from other states, less than a hundred zhang, my father loves music, and when he was sick, he was even more dancing and music every day, but he was reluctant to lay such an expensive blanket on the hundred stage, but today he gave me two horses and thirty zhang. I was still thinking about whether to take this blanket out of the palace and sell it, and exchange it for official money and store it in the treasury, but I didn't expect Wei Huan to do things very neatly, and the red line blanket given in the morning has now been replaced by a dance in the hall.
As soon as Dugu Shao came in, he looked around, touched the curtain in the hall, looked at the carvings on all sides, and kicked and tread on the line blanket on his toes, admired for a long time, and arched his hand to me: "I often hear the temperament of the heavenly family, but I am not fortunate to see it, and today I know that there is this fairyland in the world." ”
Cui Mingde glanced at her, noncommittal. I just smiled at her on my face, and when I stepped aside, I beckoned Wei Huan: "Why is it suddenly so richly decorated?" Since I was a child, the luxury of my palace has been twice as much as that of other places, but today's furnishings, even I am a little frightened, the red line carpet, the colored silk needless to say, the only more than 30 colored candles with the thickness of the baby's arm, I don't know how much silk it costs, that is not the norm.
Wei Huan whispered: "It's a colored candle given by King Wu, saying that it can be burned for six hours without extinguishing, and we have five hundred here, I think this object is not an ordinary thing, and it may not be able to be sold if it is sold, so it is better to use it." The four walls are hung up, and the colorful silk in the palace is also sent by King Wu. ”
I said, "He's bleeding profusely... I mean, it took a lot of effort. ”
Wei Huan said: "Your word is also appropriate, isn't it like a person who has cut a knife and is bleeding profusely? He has not entered Beijing for many years, once he has the opportunity, how can he not be good at befriending the characters in Beijing? I heard that he sent the prince two heavenly horses, and several carts of silk, silk, silk, and satin were returned by the prince, saying that he could not drive this extravagant style. ”
I hurriedly complained: "Then why don't you go back?" was looked at by her, only to realize that she was saying stupid things again-the prince is the eldest brother, a half-king, teach the younger brother, that is a matter of course, I am the younger sister to return his thing, isn't it clear that I don't want to give my brother face?
Wei Huan knew that I had figured it out, the corners of his mouth hooked, and said, "Compared to what he sent to the prince and the king of Ji, what are you doing?" There are so many colored candles in the prince's mansion outside the palace, not worse than you here." The saint also specially gave you a red thread blanket, doesn't it mean that you should use it? I used half of it, and the remaining half was used for you as a dowry. "In the end, a sentence flew out of the sky, but it made fun of me. I was thinking a little in my heart, listening to her words, no matter how I heard it, it sounded like a little sour, I looked at her with my eyes, and said slowly: "My dowry is undertaken by the palace, and you don't have to bother, but your dowry may have to fall from me." ”
The smile on Wei Huan's face immediately disappeared, and he frowned: "I'm joking with you, you have some princess styles." ”
I didn't expect her to change when she said that she would change, and she didn't move, she had already walked away a few steps, and Zhang Siniang and many seniors in the workshop had already come in and greeted me in a hug.
Father doesn't love prosperity and showiness, the palace is more self-restrained, and he doesn't dare to go too far when he wears it, but the people in the workshop are different, all of them have high buns, wide eyebrows, red cheeks, and red lips, wearing various color skirts, the skirt is shorter than the usual style in the palace, and the bottom are all colorful striped trousers, soft brocade pointed boots, and that Zhang Siniang is even more blatantly wearing a red and green skirt, with copper fish, wearing a step to shake Cuihua, and laughing before speaking: "I have seen the princess." Teaching cheap arts, it is a great luck for a concubine to be able to get the favor of the princess. ”
When she looked up, I saw that she was familiar, and I thought that she had been serving in the palace all the time, but I couldn't remember what kind of music she had played, so I asked, "Why can you dance?"
This Siniang's face was surprised, and even Dugu Shao couldn't help but look at me, I said, "Why does Sixteen Niang look at me like this?"
Dugu Shao said: "Erniang doesn't know? This Zhang Siniang is a famous lady in the workshop, and she can be a "Rumor Girl". ”
I didn't even know the name of this dance, and just about to ask her, Zhang Siniang smiled and said: "The market is not enough to worry about the princess." ”
Cui Mingde also said: "There are many famous people in the palace, what do you know." ”
When I saw them say this, I became curious, and ordered Zhang Siniang to take a look at this dance, she rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "I don't know if the princess wants to watch this dance, but the concubine's brother didn't come in. Today she went to another house, and the beggar princess summoned her another day. ”
Dugu Shao said: "Siniang's brother, do you mean Pei Runniang?"
Zhang Siniang nodded her head and looked at Dugu Shao with a smile: "This little lady seems to be very familiar with the history of the teaching workshop. ”
Dugu Shao said with a smile: "When I was young, I also learned the skills of poles and trees, and I listened to some old classics. ”
Zhang Siniang said with a smile: "If you learn music and dance for a long time, you must be able to be an uncle?"
Dugu Shao said: "I've seen it a few times, but I've never acted it, if Zhang Siniang doesn't dislike it, you might as well give it a try." ”
That Zhang Siniang looked at me, I was still thinking about Wei Huan in my heart, and when I looked up at her, she looked at Zhang Siniang with great interest, and after a while, I went to see the rest of the people in the teaching workshop. I remember saying that there were not many opportunities to watch the dance outside the palace, so it was better to ask these people to show her, and said with a smile: "If that's the case, it's bothering Sixteen Niang." ”
When the group of ladies in the teaching workshop heard this, they smiled and hugged Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang to make up, and asked my palace people for men's clothes.
I just couldn't understand it, so I took a few steps towards Wei Huan and said, "Ah Huan knows what's so special about this dance? ”
Wei Huan said: "I don't know. Does Cui Erniang know?"
Cui Mingde said lightly: ""Stepping on the Ballad Niang" is a banter dance in the market, one person is dressed up as a man, called 'Uncle', and one person is dressed up as a woman, and he is walking and singing, which is to step on the ballad. ”
While speaking, I have seen Zhang Siniang put on makeup, dressed up as a market woman, stood on her tiptoes before going on the field, raised her eyes and looked around, that kind of half-old demeanor, I couldn't help but let me shout hello, I saw her lift her skirt and swing it left and right, slowly stepped in, and sang clearly, every time she stepped on, there were many people and said: "Stepping on the rumor, and coming!"
When Zhang Siniang arrived at the scene, she saw Dugu Shao being drunk and swaying in.
Dugu Shao is wearing my clothes, because I want to play a market man, so I will wear my red clothes backwards, she is very tall, when she wears my clothes, it is naturally short, just like a short shirt, and crooked wearing a long foot, holding a pot of wine in her hand, pretending to drink a few sips, then threw the wine jug, throwing it is not enough, and stretched out her foot and kicked, kicked off half of the socks on her feet, and the person next to her made a fool of himself, saying: "Uncle, the foot clothes have fallen." ”
Dugu Shao staggered around and turned around to look for it - others were looking for things by bending down to see, she deliberately bent her waist back, turned her eyes upside down to look at her feet, and couldn't see it, so she suddenly got up, puffed out her cheeks, glared at the and said: "I can't even see my feet, where is the foot clothes?"
I laughed at a word, even Wei Huan laughed, I saw her laughing, and I laughed, Wei Huan heard my laughter, looked back, and said: "Erniang sit and watch, you stand, no one can sit." ”
I said, "Then you can sit too." ”
She hummed, I reluctantly left her side, sat down on the main seat, and asked Cui Mingde to sit down, the table has been set up to drink, I stretched out my head to see Wei Huan's, and saw that the one in front of her was the same as mine, so I was relieved and distracted to look at the field, at this moment Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang have done the husband and wife fighting, the music is brisk, the drums are jubilant, and the people on both sides are playing hard, and the people in the hall are all leaning forward and backward.
I smiled at them, tilted my head, and called someone to summon the waiting officer standing on the sidelines: "What the hell is this playing?"
The chamberlain said in a low voice: "It turned out that there was a Su Huobi in the previous dynasty, who was so drunk and beat his wife, and his wife often complained to the neighborhood, and over time, someone made such a play to mock him. ”
I hummed, seeing that they were all fascinated, it was not good to stir up the interest, but this kind of lively and noisy drama was a scene of a husband beating his wife, and I had something in my heart, so I really didn't want to watch, so I turned my head to look at Wei Huan again, looked at it for a while, afraid that people would see it, turned back again, ate a few bites of snacks, pretended to look at the field, showed some appreciative smiles, and then turned my head to look at her, so repeatedly, my stomach was round, and then I heard the drum stop urgently, Zhang Siniang and all the peacemakers came to bow and salute, Dugu Shao also stepped forward and looked at me with a smile.
Wei Huan glanced at me, and I came back to my senses and said hurriedly: "Reward." Wei Huan coughed lightly and said, "The princess will reward 100 silk horses." ”
I said, "Yes, reward a hundred silk horses." ”
Wei Huan glanced at me, waited for Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang to go down to remove their makeup, and suddenly asked me, "Do you think this dance is good?"
I said, "Great." ”
She looked at me with a smile and said, "When the concubine saw the princess looking around, she thought the princess didn't like it." ”
Only then did I remember that I was only looking at Wei Huan, and I was afraid that I would snub Cui Mingde, so I hurriedly turned my head to the right and smiled at Cui Mingde who was below: "This dance is good, but seeing such a thing as a husband beating his wife will inevitably make people feel uncomfortable, what does Erniang think?"
Cui Mingde picked up the wine glass, took a sip of himself, and said with a smile: "It's just fun, you don't have to be serious." ”
Wei Huan also smiled: "No matter how arrogant the family is, no horse dares to beat the princess, Erniang and relax." 166 Reading Network