Chapter 285: Entering the Palace
Life in Lifang is boring and boring, coming and going in this little place, it is no different from the woman to be married in the boudoir.
And the neighborhood where Dong Ce lives seems to be all dignitaries, he wanted to visit him and sell some goods casually, but after people learned that he was just a government councilor, they said that the master of the family was not there, and there were too many female dependents, so it was inconvenient to receive him.
Even if it's one or two, it's the case in the entire Lifang, isn't that obviously looking down on him?
In his previous life, he ate too much closed-door soup, and Dong Ce didn't care about it, and concentrated on guiding the drama to practice.
The weather in late autumn has begun to turn cooler, and Dong Ce enjoys the most when he gets up in the morning, and after a fight of Wang Baquan, he leans back on his chair and enjoys the morning sun.
The little tiger who was also basking in the sun on the side could be regarded as close to Zhu Zhechi, and he accompanied Dong Ce to practice every day, and then took a nap.
But in fact, it is Dong Ce who accompanies it to practice, and he also has to bring his self-made protective gear, otherwise if he comes down with a claw, it will be a skin and flesh!
Xiaohu is now more than a year old, because he is a little lazy to eat, he stares at Dong Ce with pitiful eyes if he doesn't eat five or six catties of beef a day, resulting in almost two hundred catties now, fortunately it is not the Song Dynasty, otherwise Dong Ce doesn't know where to get beef to feed it.
Compared to it, the little skin is getting easier and easier to raise, the little guy is not picky, as long as it is not a fruit, but it is a little skin, like to run around, this is not, now run to the tree in the backyard of the neighbor's house, and the family obviously also found the little skin, especially a few children's screams, and the little skin is not to be outdone, jumping on the tree, chirping downward.
After resting for a while, Dong Ce personally went to choose some gifts and asked You Yan to find someone to send them to the Qin Mansion, which was also grateful to Qin Qi for taking care of him. Presumably, Old Man Qin will not refuse.
When You Yan came back, he actually brought another post, but it was not a reply from the Qin family, but an invitation from the Marquis of Changyang!
"What are you doing with this? So persistent? "Dong Ce won't believe that for people who have never met, they will keep inviting you to bed.
The only possibility is that in the past few days, someone has mentioned him on Mrs. Changyang's pillow every day!
"What kind of man would be so ashamed of himself?" Dong Ce smiled bitterly and said, "In the future, the post of the Marquis of Changyang Mansion will be rejected by Steward Lao You." ”
Although You Yan also knew what Dong Ce was thinking, he could have just made an excuse to refuse without coming over with that post every day, but You Yan came every time, it seemed that Dong Ce had not given such an order for a day, and he would not decide on his own.
Dong Ce thinks that such an upright steward is excellent, but You Yan is obviously not ordinary, and Dong Ce can't dig it if he wants to.
After You Yan refused to come from the Changyang Marquis' Mansion, Dong Ce continued to work on making props.
The props he wants to make this time are very simple, it looks like he can only accommodate one person to stand, but in fact, as long as he is sideways, he can accommodate two people, and he can also cooperate with the rotation of his body.
Of course, this is not enough, it is necessary to make it impossible for two people to be visible inside the box, which relies on the optical illusion of adding a flat piece of wood to the cabinet, but it looks like it is recessed inside.
In fact, it would be best if there was a mirror, but unfortunately, there was no glass process in these years, even if Dong Ce knew that the glass was made of quartz sand, but he didn't have the extra energy to organize a team to study, so he could only put it in the future and take his time.
When Dong Ce was busy making props, at this time, in the Changyang Hou Mansion, Mrs. Changyang's gorgeous cold face was very ugly.
"I've gone to the Qin Mansion, hmph, this Dong Ce is really a busy man, in the three days he came to the capital, he either went to the Zhang Mansion or the Lu Mansion, and now he is still in the Qin Mansion, how many ministers does he know?"
"Madame, rest your anger!" Qianming hugged Mrs. Changyang into his arms and said with a light smile: "Don't underestimate that this Dong Ce is just a mere government councilor, but there are many scholars who are related to him, especially the Qin family in Jinling and the Gusu Lu family, and he really should go to visit him." ”
"You still say good things for him, what is the relationship between the two of you?" Mrs. Changyang said sourly.
"What a great wrong!" Qianming immediately grimaced and said, "I have nothing to do with him, I just learned about him from rumors, and he is definitely not as dirty as Madame imagined!" ”
Mrs. Changyang squinted at Qianming, and snorted coldly: "Hmph, if you don't have that habit of breaking your sleeves, why are you so powerless recently?" I think you have changed your mind, then Dong Ce must be Dong Xian's descendant! Otherwise, how could he have repeatedly rejected Mrs. Ben's invitation? ”
When Qianming heard this, he suddenly had an urge to do evil, secretly thinking that Lao Tzu was powerless, and he was not rectified by you, if he didn't want you to sit down with Dong Ce early to confirm this dirty thing, would Lao Tzu need to add oil and vinegar to your ears every day? I'm really not afraid of squeezing my iron body!
Mrs. Changyang is undoubtedly extremely tempting, but because of this, it will be easy to get tired, and it is nothing to try for a long time, but if you are allowed to gnaw braised pork every day, and it is not vegetarian at all, can you stand it?
But speaking of which, this Dong Ce is too ignorant of current affairs, Mrs. Changyang has invited him three times, but he actually refused, obviously he doesn't give face to Mrs., Qianming can't count Dong Ce's no, otherwise Mrs. Changyang will be disgusted with Dong Ce, and the matter will not be done!
When September was low, the day of the emperor's wedding was tomorrow, and Chen Lu finally came again, and led Dong Ce and them into the palace.
This time, because the emperor was going to set up a big banquet, there were too many officials invited, so that the palace that held the banquet on weekdays could not accommodate it at all, and Ding Changzhi arranged many programs, so he simply set up a banquet in the palace square and set up a stage.
That is, the end of autumn is okay, if it is in a month, this open-air banquet is equivalent to inviting people to drink the northwest wind.
The investigation of entering the palace is so cumbersome that it is outrageous, such as Lu Qing, these women were taken to the uninhabited palace by some old palace maids and stripped naked to look carefully, which can make them ashamed, but fortunately, there are no men, otherwise even if they are eunuchs, they will want to die headlong.
After a series of strict investigations, everyone finally gathered behind the stage built in the square.
"Dong Yilang, after the singers of the workshop are familiar with the stage, you will go up and walk again." Chen Lu reminded.
Dong Ce nodded, he was very depressed now, not because he had been stripped naked and checked, but because this open-air place was so wide that the voice could not take care of everyone at all when singing, and only the front row could hear it a little clearly, and it would not be clear if it was farther away, as for the last few rows, it was no different from watching pantomime.
"Xiao Lu, when you practice later, you try to raise the pitch, I'll go down the stage and listen, see where I can hear clearly, and then agree on how high the pitch is."
After Dong Ce finished speaking, he looked at the singers on the stage, and after waiting for them to walk through, he immediately let Lu Qing and the others go on stage.
This time, Dong Ce not only brought people and costumes, but also brought the curtains and props, so after the people from the art garden came to the stage, they moved a lot of things up, although the rehearsal did not use the curtain, but the screen was still needed, after all, there was no backstage here, and the drama could only hide behind it temporarily.
When the people in the art garden were ready, Dong Ce really wanted to go to the front to listen, and suddenly, a graceful and luxurious beautiful woman walked up to him, bowed and asked, "But the owner of Jinling Art Garden?" (To be continued.) )