Emperor Xian of Han, who was chatting with Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others in the main hall, saw the small yellow door guarding outside the hall coming in a hurry, and without waiting for the other party to speak, he asked first: "But the Marquis of Anyang has arrived?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty!" Xiao Huangmen replied respectfully: "The Marquis of Anyang is waiting outside the palace at the moment!" ”

Knowing that Han Zhan was already waiting outside the palace, Emperor Han Xian hurriedly instructed Xiao Huangmen: "Hurry up and announce that the Marquis of Anyang will meet you." ”

When Xiao Huangmen turned around and walked towards the outside of the hall, in addition to Emperor Han Xian, who was still sitting firmly in his position, Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others all stood up. Don't look at their official positions higher than Han Zhan, but now the Jingshi and even the imperial palace are all within Han Zhan's sphere of influence, and they have to give three points to Han Zhan.

Han Zhan took Guo Jia into the main hall, and walked quickly to the front of Emperor Han Xian to salute: "Han Zhan, Marquis of Anyang, see Your Majesty." ”

"Anyang Hou is exempt!" Emperor Han Xian saw that Han Zhan only took Guo Jia into the hall alone, and felt that he had really misunderstood the other party just now, so he hurriedly stretched out his hand and helped him: "Hurry up and calm down!" ”

After Han Zhan thanked him, he stood up with Guo Jia, and bowed to Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others next to him: "Ladies and gentlemen, Han is polite!" ”

Yang Biao and the others hurriedly returned the salute and said, "I've seen Anyang Hou!" ”

After Emperor Han Xian and others greeted each other, they asked Han Zhan: "Marquis of Anyang, I don't know if the opera troupe mentioned by the Qing family has ever entered the palace now?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, they are all waiting outside the palace."

"Hurry up and let them in, let me see what the legendary Huangmei Opera is like." Seeing that Han Zhan asked Guo Jia to go outside the hall to call the opera troupe inside, he turned around and ordered Xiao Huangmen who was standing aside: "Go and invite the queen quickly!" ”

Queen Fu also wanted to come and see what Huangmei Opera was like, so she had been waiting behind the palace for a long time, and she didn't have much work, so she followed the little yellow door out of the back of the palace. She came to Emperor Han Xian's side and gave gifts: "The concubine has seen Your Majesty!" ”

Seeing the queen appear, everyone who had been sitting down hurriedly stood up and saluted Queen Fu.

Guo Jia walked in from outside the hall with more than 20 women from the opera troupe, and in the main hall, saluted Emperor Han Xian and Empress Fu: "I have seen Your Majesty, I have seen the Empress!" ”

"No courtesy, flat!" Emperor Han Xian knew that the women in the opera troupe were all from the music workshop, and he had seen their dances a few times before, and he couldn't wait to hear what this Huangmei Opera was at this moment, so he urged: "It's not early, Anyang Hou, let's start quickly." ”

"Your Majesty, the minister has prepared four plays for Your Majesty and the Queen." Han Zhan spent so much effort to train these Le Fang women, so he naturally wanted Emperor Han Xian to see his achievements, so before the play began, he said to Emperor Han Xian: "It just so happens that there is nothing to do today, and I am sure Your Majesty will be able to watch them all." ”

Emperor Han Xian stayed in the palace every day, he was already bored to the extreme, and he was in a hurry to listen to the drama at the moment, so he just waved his hand at what Han Zhan said, and said: "Don't worry, Marquis Anyang, I will definitely listen to all four plays." ”

The first performance was the first to come out "The Female Concubine", where did Emperor Han Xian and others see this kind of novel drama, and after listening to it for a long time, they were attracted by the story and the singing of the actors. After listening to Xiang'er, who played Feng Suzhen, singing a few paragraphs, Empress Fu smiled and said to Emperor Han Xian: "Your Majesty, could it be that this girl is a female concubine?" But from ancient times to the present, concubines have never heard that a colt can still be a woman. ”

Emperor Han Xian was attracted by the singing Xiang'er, and he thought to himself that this woman was not only beautiful, but also had a good voice, could he consider including her in the palace. was interrupted by Queen Fu like this, and couldn't help but feel a little angry in my heart. But in front of everyone, he still put on a casual appearance and said to Queen Fu: "The queen is calm and don't be impatient, and she will see soon." ”

Half an hour later, when "Feng Suzhen" was recruited by the "emperor" as a concubine, Emperor Han Xian couldn't help but laugh and said to Empress Fu: "Empress, you can't see that not only this emperor is a fool, but even the prime minister who is a matchmaker is also a fool, and he can't even tell the difference between men and women." ”

After hearing this, Empress Fu smiled faintly, lightly opened her lips and said, "Your Majesty, the concubine is worried that if the identity of the female concubine is revealed, it will be a crime of bullying the king. At that time, not only will she not be able to save Li Gongzi, but she will also put her own life into it. ”

Emperor Han Xian pondered carefully, and this was really the case. Not to mention that a woman dressed as a man, she also became a concubine, which is a big crime of bullying the king, even if it is to wipe out the three clans. Thinking of this, he hurriedly raised his hand to interrupt Xiang'er, who was singing, and asked Han Zhan, who was sitting below, with a sideways face: "Marquis of Anyang, Feng Suzhen disguised herself as a man and became a concubine, this is a big crime of bullying the king, according to the law, it is to wipe out the three clans." She can't save herself, if she goes to save the wronged Li Zhaoting? ”

The reason why Han Zhan tossed out Huangmei Opera was because he wanted to find a pastime. Today's performance in the palace is nothing more than to get the recognition of Emperor Han Xian, which is very beneficial to future promotion. Who knew that Emperor Han Xian was actually a research party, and he would put forward different opinions on some details in the drama.

Han Zhan hurriedly stood up and said to Emperor Han Xian: "Your Majesty, please be calm for a while, please continue to look down, Feng Suzhen naturally has a way to get out." After speaking, he made a gesture to Xiang'er, who was standing in the hall, and motioned for him to continue singing.

Emperor Han Xian patiently continued to look down, and when he saw the end, he found that the princess sympathized with Feng Suzhen's plight, and persuaded the emperor to accept Feng Suzhen as a righteous daughter and give Li Zhaoting, who was given a marriage to prison. And the princess herself changed to Feng Suzhen's brother Feng Shaoying as a concubine, and the whole drama ended with a happy ending.

For such an ending, Emperor Han Xian nodded with a smile and said with satisfaction: "Not bad, not bad." Anyang Hou is very talented and can make up such a wonderful drama, and I like it very much. Queen, what about you? The next sentence he said was to ask Queen Fu, who was sitting beside him.

"Your Majesty likes it, and the concubines naturally like it." Queen Fu was also attracted by this novel form of drama, and hurriedly instructed Xiao Huangmen to take some jewelry and jade and reward them to Xiang'er and others.

Han Zhan saw that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Empress Fu liked to listen to Huangmei Opera very much, and Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others who were sitting on the side were also fascinated by it, so he struck while the iron was hot and said, "I wonder if Your Majesty and the Empress are willing to continue listening to the other three?" ”

Emperor Han Xian had just listened to the addiction, where was he willing to stop there, and hurriedly said: "Let the troupe continue to sing, even if it is sung until tomorrow, I will listen to it all." ”

After singing the second part of "Tianxian Pei", the sky had gradually darkened, and Emperor Han Xian ordered a banquet to be held, eating and drinking with Han Zhan and others, and enjoying the wonderful performance of the Bagu Opera Troupe.

After singing the four Huangmei operas, Han Zhan was already drunk under the persuasion of Yang Biao, Zhu Jun and others. Guo Jia called Chen Zhi and Luo Bu in and asked them to carry Han Zhan out.

Back in the mansion, Cai Yan and Xiahou Yun, who had been waiting, couldn't help but feel anxious when they saw Han Zhan being helped in by Chen Zhi and Luo Bu. Cai Yan hurriedly instructed the maid to bring Han Zhan a bowl of honey water and let him drink sobering wine.

Not long after Han Zhan drank the honey water, his whole person gradually became sober. When he saw Cai Yan sitting in front of him, he hurriedly started to do it, and said a little inarticulately: "Zhaoji, Your Majesty watched our Huangmei Opera and praised the troupe, and asked us to rehearse the new drama as soon as possible and re-enter the palace on a later date......"

Before he finished speaking, he began to vomit loudly. Cai Yan patted his hand lightly on his back while ordering the maid to come and clean up. When he was done with all this, he saw that Han Zhan was already sleeping heavily on the couch. She hurriedly pulled a quilt over Han Zhan's body, and she knelt aside, ready to serve Han Zhan at any time.

In the middle of the night, Han Zhan suddenly began to vomit again, this time only retching for a while, but he couldn't vomit anything. Cai Yan felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly ordered the maid to call the backyard housekeeper Patch, and said to him: "Patch housekeeper, Childe's situation seems to be inappropriate, you quickly go and invite a Lang Zhong to come over and show Childe." ”

The patch replied, "Mr. Zhang Ji has been living in the mansion recently, and the younger one will invite him to come over to see Gongzi's illness." ”

Although Zhang Ji was woken up by the patch in his sleep, he heard that something was wrong with Han Zhan, so he immediately took the medicine bag and rushed to Han Zhan's room to see if he was sick.

Zhang Ji saw Han Zhan lying on his back on the couch, his face was pale, and he was full of alcohol, looking like he was drunk. He originally planned to prescribe a pair of sobering pills and pour them on Han Zhan to solve the problem. Who knew the pulse, and his brows furrowed. First the left hand pulse, then the right hand, back and forth a few times, but never spoke.

Seeing this situation, Cai Yan felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Doctor Zhang, I wonder if there is something wrong with the son?" ”

"Master Hou seems to be drunk, but the contemptible person repeatedly checked his pulse, but found that he was not drunk."

"It's not drunk, what's that?" Cai Yan asked anxiously: "Could it be that the son has some kind of acute illness?" ”

"It's not a sudden illness." Zhang Ji shook his head, and then announced in shock: "It's poisoned." ”