Chapter 146: Butterfly Fragrance
Speaking of this Butterfly Fragrance Opera Troupe, it is quite popular among the people in the Jiangnan area, firstly, because the performance ticket price is not expensive, and secondly, it relies on wonderful performances. The old class owner used to be a smash hit opera actor, but gradually faded out of the stage after becoming a family. But he did not leave the theater industry, but founded the Diexiang Opera Troupe with his wife, touring to make money while accepting apprentices; The current young class owner Qi Qingwei is the son of the old class owner, the old class owner has six sons in his life, and only Qingwei is the only one who supports him, and he is only sixteen years old this year. This time I came to Beijing for a tour, due to the long distance, the old class owner did not go along, and the entire troupe was led by this teenager.
What makes the Butterfly incense class special is its members. There are three "pillars" in the opera troupe, namely Qi Qingwei, the master of the young class, Tsing Yi Diejun and Hua Dan Xiangjun. Qi Qingwei is good at various roles, the best thing is the reverse string, he is already beautiful and refined, and he is also a woman who does not lose his authentic appearance; "Diejun" and "Xiangjun" are actually not their real names, but there is a rule in the troupe, and the two most popular members are fortunate to use the name of the troupe as their stage names, so there are Diejun and Xiangjun. The two of them have solid foundations and superb acting skills, and Diejun has an alternative beauty unique to the nation, with snow-colored curls that shimmer silver and reach the ankles are quite eye-catching; Xiangjun doesn't seem to be amazing, but a good voice is like an empty groom, and few people can match his beautiful place throughout the country. In addition, there is also a dwarf boy in the troupe, Moth, although he is a twenty-six-year-old adult man, his figure and appearance are like that of a six-year-old child; Dao Ma Dan, female martial arts orange taro, as long as it is a role that requires martial arts, she can capture everything. Tangerine taro is born with different eyes, one red and one blue, and has a peculiar personality. I don't love opera, but I'm obsessed with the pleasure of dancing guns and sticks on the stage! Therefore, even if she plays a supporting role for others, as long as it is a martial arts role, she is willing to play it no matter how big or small. In short, in this small troupe, there are many strange people, and there are many good shows.
Zi Wei was responsible for arranging and entertaining, and according to the queen's instructions, the troupe was settled in Ningxin Xiaozhu. When Ziwei first saw Qi Qingwei, he was wearing a glow-colored robe with a purple robe at the hem of the skirt; Although the man's hair is combed in a bun, the crown of the hair is decorated with several lifelike begonia flowers; The face is smeared with white and tender, and the cherry-colored lipstick and eye shadow are the most fashionable makeup among girls nowadays. Zi Wei really recognized him as a woman at first, and even his voice was as sharp as a string, which was really confusing and everyone couldn't recognize it.
Entering the palace this time, Qi Qingwei's outfit was more stable than when he first met, the azure robe was decent, and the embroidered Junzi Lan on the hem added a touch of style to him; The fat pink on the face is also a lot lighter, and the clear eyes that wipe off the eyeshadow do not change the brightness of the eyes.
Xiao Langjun held a peach blossom folding fan in his hand, covered his lips and exclaimed: "Oops! It is worthy of the inner garden of the Imperial Palace, and it is really gorgeous! The grass people have also been invited to perform in many high-ranking houses, and they have never seen such a luxurious scene! ”
"The young class master laughed, how can no matter how luxurious the portal can be compared with the wealth of the Heavenly Family?" Seeing Qi Qingwei's shallow eyelids, Zi Wei couldn't help but feel disdain.
"That's what the girl said. I'm a countryman who hasn't seen the world, so don't be surprised. Qi Qingwei smiled flatteringly, but the orange taro who followed him snorted coldly.
Zi Wei glanced sideways at the person who snorted coldly, and Tang Taro also stared at Zi Wei fiercely with her red eyes. The blood-like eyes were very strange, and at first glance they were quite shocking.
"Although the palace is good, it is not as vast and wide as the outside. Isn't it happy that the heavens and the earth are big and free? It's better than being trapped in this golden cage! "Tangerine Taro knows how to spy on people's hearts, and she has long seen Ziwei's contempt for their group. They were invited to perform for the Son of Heaven, and everyone relied on their ability to eat, so why should they be looked down upon?
"Yes, the outside is naturally as good as the outside, but the outside of the palace is not as convenient as the outside." Zi Wei felt it, and Qi Qingwei was afraid that she thought that the words of the orange taro had angered her, and these words must be insincere.
Qi Qingwei closed the fan and knocked it on the head of the orange taro, pretending to teach a lesson: "Girl speaks, how can you interject?" Don't you hurry up and compensate the girl! Tangerine lowered his head and was silent, but he refused to admit his mistake.
"Well, it's not a big deal. It's just that this palace is no better than other places, things can be eaten indiscriminately, and words cannot be talked nonsense. It's okay to say anything in front of me, just don't offend the nobles in the palace. Zi Wei was too lazy to deal with this group of people, and then led them straight into Ningxin Xiaozhu without saying a word.
"What the girl taught me is that we will take it to heart. The girl works hard, these are the hearts of the grass people, and they will not give up. Before leaving, Qi Qingwei stuffed a bag of broken silver for Ziwei, but he didn't expect that he knew how to behave in the world at a young age. It's hard to imagine that his sleek style was inherited from his decent father.
"Thank you for your kindness. However, Zi Wei is not short of these, the young class master might as well keep it to take care of the palace people in Ning Xin Xiaozhu, how to say that they will also take care of your daily life in the next few days. Ziwei politely refused, and Qi Qingwei took back the silver in a curtled manner.
When Zi Yu came out of Ning Xin Xiaozhu, Qi Qingwei's flattering look just now disappeared without a trace, and his face was a little more disgusted.
"What a stinky shelf! Do you think you're much more noble than we are, me! Qi Qingwei threw the silver bag on the table.
"People are palace maids, so it's naturally different if they are stained with some dragon energy." Diejun took off the scarf on his head, and his wavy silver hair fell down. Although she is not from the Snow Country, her ancestors do have Snow Country blood. It was now a sensitive period when the two countries were at war, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, she still listened to the class master's words and covered up her hair.
"The palace maid is the palace maid, and she is not the mother, what is the spirit?" Tachibana scoffed.
"I don't know what the ladies in the palace look like? It is said that the emperor's woman is as beautiful as a fairy, but I think our Butterfly King is a fairy! Alas, the emperor is really ecstasy......" The moth made a lewd expression with his childlike face, which was very disobedient. He also leaned over to Diejun's side with his face salivating, and was slapped away by Xiangjun, who couldn't stand it.
"You're not serious! Our Diejun is naturally no worse than the lady in the palace! "Xiangjun and Diejun are both orphans, they were adopted by the old class master since they were children, and they followed him to learn art, and their relationship has long been better than that of sisters.
"Then be careful! If you are favored by the emperor, 'once chosen on the king's side, the king will not be early from now on'! The moth not only pieced together and tampered with the verses, but also expressed them in a singing way, which made everyone laugh.
Only Diejun blushed with shame, and gently slapped the little man with a fan, and said angrily: "Tell you to talk nonsense again!" If you talk nonsense, let Xiangjun tear your mouth apart! Xiangjun cooperated to make a tearing action, so frightened that the moth hurriedly hid behind Qi Qingwei.
The group spent their first day in the palace unknowingly in a gag.
The day after tomorrow is the emperor's birthday, and there is nothing to do in the past two days, and the dwarf moth always can't sit still, so he has to take Qi Qingwei to go shopping in the court with him. At first, Qi Qingwei didn't agree, but he couldn't stand the moth's entanglement and his curiosity, and finally the two decided to secretly go to the imperial garden to take a look.
But after all, they are men, and it is a little inappropriate to appear in a place where women gather in a grand manner, so the two decide to disguise themselves.
Qi Qingwei used his tricks to transform himself into a graceful girl - pink peony green tassels on the double snail bun, red red bells, and the sound of the wind; shallot-colored sprinkled flower smoke shirt, lotus pink smoke and water flower skirt; He also deliberately painted the cherry red eyeshadow when he first saw Zihui, and the lipstick was also painted in a crystal clear peach color.
"Oh my God! Qingwei, you're amazing! Peerless beauty too! The moth gave a thumbs up, if he hadn't known that Qing Wei was a real man, he might not have been able to control himself.
"You're not bad." Qi Qingwei patted the pearl headdress of the moth. The moth is short and childish-looking, and wears a red children's costume, which looks no different from ordinary young girls.
"Hurry up, hurry up, I can't wait!" As long as the moth speaks with one mouth, his original form will be revealed, and he is still a vulgar man in essence.
The two easily avoided the palace people and guards walking in the palace and came to the imperial garden. The apricot blossoms in the imperial garden are blooming brilliantly, and it turns out that this palace also has a smoke wave spring color that does not lose the "chaotic flowers gradually want to charm the eyes" in the south of the Yangtze River.
Seeing the flowers in this garden, the moth couldn't help but open her throat: "What kind of mirror do you get up in the morning?" What kind of flowers are fragrant when combing an oily head? What kind of flower powder is rubbed on your face? What kind of flower is the rouge of the mouth? [ Excerpt from the lyrics of the Peking Opera "Selling Water, Showing the Name of the Flower"]"
Qi Qingwei made a board with his hands, and catered to it while playing the rhythm: "Get up early in the morning and look in the mirror of the diamond flower, comb an oily osmanthus fragrance, rub the peach blossom powder on the face, and the rouge apricot blossom red in the mouth." [ Ibid.]"
I never thought that the two of them sang and were listened to by the eldest princess Duanxiang, who walked here, she wondered where the palace people actually learned to sing? And he sings it well!
Duan Xiang walked through the shadows of the apricot blossoms, and saw two figures, one big and one small, singing vigorously with their backs to her. Duan Xiang coughed deliberately and said, "Who is singing there?" ”
Qi Qingwei and the moth secretly shouted badly, turned around and were about to kneel, but saw that the person who came was a little girl dressed gorgeously, who was only eleven or twelve years old. Seeing that it was just a yellow-haired girl, the moth immediately lost her awe, and said disrespectfully: "Where did you come from?" ”
"Presumptuous! How do you talk to the princess!? Duanxiang's maid Shudie and Qi Qingwei roared at the moth in unison, and the moth was stunned when she boarded, and her mouth was still trembling and muttering: "She, she's a princess?" ”
Qi Qingwei is like a moth, looking at this girl's body and temperament, you can guess that her identity is not ordinary, only the moth is not open!
"The princess spares her life, the villain's sin!" The moth knew that he had caused a big disaster, and hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, there was really no dignity left.
"This princess is still young and doesn't know how to be polite, so she doesn't care about you." He raised his head proudly as he spoke.
And Qing Wei, who was kneeling beside the moth, couldn't help but laugh and endure internal injuries, and was treated as a little ghost by a little kid who was more than a round younger than himself, and the moth really lost a lot.
Qi Qingwei's action of enduring a smile was seen by Duan Xiang, and she asked unhappily, "What, is what Princess Ben said funny?" ”
"It's not funny, it's not funny! What the princess said is that this 'little girl' is just rude and undisciplined! As he spoke, he looked at the back of the moth's head as if he was afraid that Duanxiang would not understand his hatred.
If the moth is on fire, how can it help outsiders humiliate their own people? He blurted out without thinking: "Princess Qiyu, the grass people are real men!" So did he! After finishing speaking, he saw Qi Qingwei glaring at him fiercely, and he realized that he had said the wrong thing.
"You ...... Are you men? Why do you dress up as a woman, and what are your plans? Duan Xiang didn't expect the beautiful "sister" in front of him to be a man!
"The princess misunderstood, we are the troupe singers who are going to perform on the Halloween Festival, and we just want to come to the Royal Garden today to rehearse a new play. Oh, we're just dressed up like this in the new play, just acting. Qing Wei tried his best to explain, he thought that this little princess should not be so suspicious, right?
"Really?" Duan Xiang was skeptical.
"Really, really! The grass people don't dare to deceive the princess! The moth also cooperated with Qing Wei and nodded desperately. Qing Wei hid the moth behind him, and then begged Duan Xiang not to tell anyone about today's events, the reason he gave was that he didn't want to spoil the surprise of the day of the Halloween.
Duan Xiang knew that her father didn't like her mother, and she didn't like herself so much, so she wanted to please her father and naturally wouldn't spoil the surprise prepared for her father's birthday, so she readily agreed. However, she had a quid pro quo, that is, she asked Qi Qingwei to teach her to sing a play in one day, and she also wanted to give her father a special gift on the day of Wanshou. Qi Qingwei had no choice but to agree to her. The agreement between the two sides was reached, and Qi Qingwei also breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't dare to stay longer for a moment and returned to Ning Xin Xiaozhu with the moth.