"Qiu Tang, this is today's reward, so I don't have to sing it today. And from now on, you don't have to come to Shuyutang. As soon as Qiu Tang rushed to Shuyutang with the pipa in his arms, he was called aside by the proprietress of the teahouse and handed a few strings of copper coins.

"Boss, did Qiu Tang do something bad to make you angry?" Qiu Tang heard that the proprietress was going to drive her away, and panicked instantly, "Please, don't drive me away." Qiu Tang's anxious tears swirled in his eyes.

"Get up and speak." The proprietress sighed and pulled Qiu Tang up, "It's not that I'm going to chase you." The queen mother in the palace is scolded, and the saint decrees that the whole city will keep filial piety for the queen mother for three months, and the ringer must not be moved within a year, and I can't help it......"

When Qiu Tang heard that it was a holy order, he knew that there was no room for maneuver in this matter, and as for what the proprietress said later, Qiu Tang didn't listen to a word. When Qiu Tang came back to his senses, he was already sitting on the edge of Xu's mother's bed.

"Master, the old queen mother in the palace is gone, and I'm afraid our drama garden won't be able to open for a while." Yuluan hurried back to Xiwang Mansion and said the holy decree he had seen at the city gate.

"Alas, the house leak has been raining, but at this time, alas, ......" Boss Gu sighed deeply, it was only a few days of hard work to buy the promising two-story building, just hung up the door number, and met the national funeral, and now Boss Gu is in a dilemma. It took a lot of money to buy a small building, and now if you don't let the sounder, this building can only be left empty, and the money in your hand is not much left because of buying a small building, and it is indeed difficult to support this theater troupe. Boss Gu thought about it again and again, as if he had made up his mind, "Yuluan, go and call all your junior brothers, I have something to say." ”

"Yes."

After a while, all the apprentices gathered in the courtyard. Boss Gu stood on the steps with his hands behind his back, looking at the group of dolls who grew up with him: "Children, there is something I want to explain to you clearly now." We entered the holy city this time to congratulate the old queen mother on her birthday, you also know, it is because we came out, so we escaped the disaster of the slaughter of the mausoleum, and we are also destined to live, but now there is an accident, the old queen mother is gone, the saint is benevolent and filial, and the whole city is ordered to keep filial piety for the old queen mother for three months, and can not move the loudspeaker within a year. But you know, if you don't move the ringer in our business, it means that there is nothing to do, nothing to do, and there is no income. Although the troupe has an appropriation from the imperial court, after all, there are many monks, porridge and less food, so I want to ask you what you think today. If there are people who want to leave the troupe and set up their own business, I support it, after all, there are no noise suppressors in other towns, and you may be able to have food if you go to other towns to sell your art. If you don't want to leave and want to stay in my troupe, I welcome it, but you may have to have a hard time in the future. ”

"Master, the apprentice's life was given by the master, and the apprentice will not go anywhere." The first one to kneel down was Yuchen, tears rippling.

"Master, the apprentices won't leave."

"Where is Master, where am I."

"Master, don't drive us away......" The corners of the jade character department knelt down with tears in their eyes, they all grew up with Boss Gu since they were children, they were all orphans without a home, it was Boss Gu who raised them and taught them to sing, and now they are valued by the saints, not only given jade characters, but also given white robes, at this time, if they abandon Boss Gu and find their own way to live, it has really become a ruthless and unrighteous play. They can't do that.

"Master, leave us, even if you serve tea and pour water, clean the courtyard, leave us." This time kneeling down are those little dramas who serve the corners of the jade character department, some of these little dramas are bought by Boss Gu from poor people, and some are begging dolls picked up by Boss Gu on the street, and now they have grown to the age of seven or eight years old in the troupe.

"Since everyone doesn't want to leave, let's stay. However, I said ugly things in the front, a year's time, not too long, not too short, the existing money is limited, every drink and food must be planned, don't complain, make emotions. Seeing that everyone was reluctant to leave, Boss Gu was ruthless and set up rules. In a special period, if there are no strong rules, I am afraid that no one will survive in the end.

"Follow Master's teachings!" The apprentices said loudly.

"Get up. Let's go and practice separately. ”

"Yes."

"Master, have you heard? The Holy Decree is to ban the ringer for one year. Hua Chen accompanied Lu Pengju and walked around Xu Hanyun's back garden.

"yes, I don't know what happened to Boss Gu." Lu Pengju sighed. Under the national mourning, all entertainment activities are not allowed, and the saddest thing is these ninth-rate performers who make a living. "Huachen, you go to my house, take the monthly money given by Xu Sanye last month, and send it to Boss Gu."

"Yes." Hua Chen ran back to the house, not only took Lu Pengju's monthly money last month, but also took his share.

"Why are you here?" The martial arts practitioner has sharp legs and feet, and it will not take long to arrive in front of Xiwang Mansion.

"Boss Gu. My master knows that you are in trouble, so he sent me to send some heart. Hua Chen said and took out a silver bag.

"It can't be wanted. You have just settled in the Holy City, and it will not be easy. Boss Gu excused himself.

"Boss Gu, listen to me, we now eat and live under Xu Sanye's door, and we have food every month, but the saint has banned the ringer, which is equivalent to cutting off your financial route, and you have to feed so many apprentices, my master said that you take this money first, and if he develops in the future, then return us." Hua Chen said, and put the silver bag in Boss Gu's hand.

"Okay." Boss Gu's eyes reddened, "Then even if I borrowed it from you first." Go back and thank you, Master, for me. ”

"You can rest assured. I'll quit first. Huachen saw that Boss Gu had accepted the money, and his heart was steady.

"If you're not in a hurry, let's go see Yuchen. I haven't seen you in days. Boss Gu smiled, he knew that Huachen and Yuchen were very close.

"Thank you, Boss Gu." Hua Chen said, and walked towards the courtyard where Yuchen practiced. It's not that he doesn't want to meet his good brother, but after all, this is a holy city, and Yuchen is a holy person, without the consent of Boss Gu, Huachen doesn't dare to be as casual as in Lingcheng.

"Madam, the Holy City is ahead." Yue Shumei sat in the carriage, and Ke Xia sat in front of the carriage, holding the reins tightly. It was followed by three or four wagons full of grain.

"Okay, let's go into town." Yue Shumei sat in the car and took a deep breath, finally, what she had been planning for a long time was finally about to move. It was not in vain that she waited outside the city for so many days, and finally boiled the old queen mother to death.

"You Dexing, the proposed holy order, I am going to abolish the prince!" Mu Jianyu walked back and forth in the imperial study in filial piety clothes. The Queen Mother is gone, so I have to seize the opportunity to abolish these minions.

"The Queen Mother's will!" Before You Dexing could prepare the pen and ink, the personal palace maid beside the Queen Mother walked into the imperial study with the Queen Mother's will in both hands.

"The retainers take the order!" Although Mu Jianyu's face was blue with anger, he still had to kneel down to accept the order.

"The eleventh prince Mu Lingyi is of good character, pure and filial, knowledgeable, and righteous, and should be established as the prince and must not be deposed."

"Sons obey orders!" Mu Jianyu forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, snatched the will from the palace maid's hand, and looked at it carefully.

"Shengshang, this is written by the Queen Mother herself, there will be no mistakes in the judgment, please think twice."

"Get out!" Mu Jian trembled angrily and drove the palace maid out.

"Holy Lord, do you think we still have a holy order......" You Dexing asked tremblingly.

"Get out!" Mu Jianyu kicked at You Dexing and drove him out. He can't pretend to, at least not now. The queen mother's bones are not cold, if she forcibly deposes the prince in disregard of the queen mother's will at this time, I am afraid that she will end up with an unfilial name, and maybe it will cause turmoil in the court, Mu Jianyu hesitated. The queen mother has been entrenched in the court for many years, and there are many henchmen in the former dynasty and the harem, otherwise she would not have just moved the idea of deposing the prince, and the person who announced the will will will arrive.

Mu Jianyu sat on the dragon chair in a daze and looked at the candle in a daze, he wanted to think of a countermeasure, a countermeasure that could be balanced.

"You Dexing, go and invite the two generals of Dragon and Tiger." Mu Jianyu refused to sit still, he had to find a way to regain the royal power that belonged to him from the Queen Mother, who was no longer there.

"Yes." You Dexing outside the door answered.

"Boss, you can show you these handkerchiefs." Qiu Tang lost his livelihood from singing, so he had to make embroidery day and night, sell it to Embroidery Street, and exchange some money for Xu's mother to buy medicine and food.

"The stitches are not bad, and the appearance is good, five handkerchiefs, give you two copper coins." The owner of the splendid building on Xiufang Street squinted his eyes and looked at the embroidery carefully at the sunshine.

"The boss is kind, give more, I still have patients at home." Qiu Tang begged.

"It's not that I won't give it to you." The boss put down the handkerchief and looked Qiutang up and down, "Girl, you also know that the whole city is guarding filial piety, and only white cloth is sold well in the whole city now, and a handkerchief like this is worthless now." I saw that you really embroidered beautifully, so I was willing to accept it. Twenty more coppers will be added to you, and no more. ”

"This ......" Qiu Tang hesitated, these five handkerchiefs were put in the past, and they would be sold for five copper coins, but now they are not even half.

"Why don't you ask somebody, girl?" The boss returned the embroidered handkerchief to Qiu Tang.

"As you said, two hangings plus twenty." Qiu Tang gritted his teeth and agreed to the boss's price.

"Gotcha. You take the money. The boss accepted the handkerchief with a smile and handed the money to Qiu Tang.

"Thank you, boss." Qiu Tang gave a deep salute and left in a hurry. At home, Xu's mother is still waiting for her to go back to boil medicine and cook, and she really can't delay.

"Madam, I bought the chicken and came back, let's stew chicken soup." As soon as he got home, Qiu Tang shouted to the back room. Every day, no matter how many rolls of eyes and how many difficulties Qiu Tang suffers outside, when she comes home, she is always smiling.

Entering the house, Qiu Tang saw at a glance that Mother Xu, who was leaning on the head of the bed, was looking at her with a smile, this smile was just like the appearance of Qiu Tang when he first entered the Linglong Pavilion, warm and loving.

"Madame, are you feeling better today?" Qiu Tang sat on the edge of the bed and took Xu's mother's hand.

"Ahh Mother Xu still couldn't say the whole thing, but her ruddy face made Qiu Tang feel very comforted.

"You rest, I'll go cook medicine for you."