Chapter 273: Scruples
The people in the hall obviously didn't expect the distinguished guests on the second floor to start tipping so quickly, so they turned their heads to look at the box on the second floor, secretly guessing which box it was a guest from.
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"On the second floor, Zhao Gongzi sent ten red lights to Miss Lianxiang!" Just as people were talking in a low voice, the loud voice sounded again, which made the people at the scene can't help but make a commotion.
There are ten taels of lanterns, and the red lights are fifty taels, and ten red lights are five hundred taels of silver.
"On the second floor, Mr. Qian sent fifteen red lights to Miss Lianxiang!" Immediately, a guest on the second floor raised the number of red lights.
For those dignitaries on the second floor, money is just something outside the body, and they value face and reputation more, so they naturally do not hesitate to spend a lot of money to win the jackpot.
Especially those distinguished guests who usually have personal grudges, they can't sit back and watch each other be in the limelight, such as Qian Gongzi and Zhao Gongzi on the second floor, who usually have deep personal grievances, so Qian Gongzi deliberately put five more red lights on Zhao Gongzi.
"On the second floor, Zhao Gongzi will send ten more red lights to Miss Lianxiang, and the red lights for Miss Lianxiang are full, so hang up the big lanterns instead!" Zhao Gongzi couldn't bear this breath, and then raised the number of red lights.
As he spoke, the guys in the hall took down the ten red lanterns that Zhao Gongzi had hung up earlier from the shelves on both sides of the stage, and hung up a large lantern.
In order to avoid the guests raising prices with each other and hurting the harmony, there are also certain rules for hanging lanterns, from low to high to follow the order of small lanterns, red lights, and large lanterns.
When the 20 red lights are gathered, they will be replaced with large lanterns, and guests will not be able to send any more lights.
After all, this is the capital, the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger, and the guests come to the theater for fun rather than anger, so in Li Yuntian's opinion, he would rather have less reward money than peace and harmony.
Seeing that Zhao Gongzi was replaced with a big lantern, Qian Gongzi on the second floor immediately changed the big lantern, so that the two had a tie, regardless of victory or defeat, and they had face for each other.
"Your Majesty, do you want to hang a big lantern for Miss Lianxiang too." Li Yuntian glanced at the two big lanterns, smiled and asked Emperor Xuande for instructions, no matter how he said that Emperor Xuande was also the Son of Heaven, everything was the head, how could he let Zhao Gongzi and Qian Gongzi press on the lanterns?
"I don't want to fight with them." Emperor Xuande waved his hand with a smile when he heard this, and said disappreciatively, he already knew the details of that Zhao Gongzi and Qian Gongzi, how could he care about such a thing with his subordinates?
Although the names of Zhao Gongzi and Qian Gongzi were not reported, but the two surnames in the capital, and the powerful people who had grievances in private, Emperor Xuande could guess who they were with his eyes closed. The update is the fastest and most stable
If it is changed to Jiangnan, then the guys downstairs will definitely report the name of the person who sent the lanterns to shine, but this is the capital, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, who dares to show this kind of limelight, maybe he will be impeached by the official the next day.
Anyway, whoever sent the lanterns, everyone present knew it, and as for those who didn't understand, it showed that they were not qualified to know these grievances from the upper echelons.
Not long after the two big lanterns were hung up, the two big curtains in front of the stage slowly opened, and the scenery on the stage had been replaced by the front yard hall.
Emperor Xuande and Sun's eyes were once again attracted by Lianxiang, and they looked at the stage with great interest, especially Sun, who sang softly there, as if they liked Lianxiang's performance very much.
Looking at the crowd of people in the audience, Li Yuntian had a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, with this theater, then the Sifang Hall is half of its success.
After the whole performance, the people in the hall stood up and applauded, applause was like thunder, Lian Xiang led the actors of the troupe to smile on the stage for a curtain call, enjoying the cheers and cheers of everyone in the audience, at this moment she felt extremely happy and happy.
It's just that Reika glanced at the box in the center of the second floor with some disappointment, it was empty, and the person she wanted to see most now had left.
At this time, Li Yuntian, Emperor Hong Xi, and Sun were already on their way back to the Forbidden City, and many of the people who came to watch the performance tonight were high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the capital.
Li Yuntian's carriage stopped in front of the palace gate, and after he got out of the carriage, he bowed down and stood in front of the palace gate, watching the carriage of Emperor Hong Xi and the Sun family enter the Forbidden City.
After the carriage of the two of them was gone, Li Yuntian got into the carriage with a frown, and was escorted back home by several guards on horseback.
The shopkeeper of the Sifang Hall had already found out the identity of the white prince in the middle of the play, and to Li Yuntian's surprise, the white pure prince turned out to be Song Shifeng, the cousin of the king of Han, who was his own uncle, who had just arrived in the capital a few days ago, and he didn't know how to get mixed up with Liu Fu.
Li Yuntian did not tell Emperor Xuande about this matter, after all, Emperor Xuande was in a good mood today, there was no need to spoil his good mood, Song Shifeng came to the capital at this sensitive moment, he must have other plans, and he must pay attention to it in private.
"Help, help!" Just as Li Yuntian was sitting in the carriage and closing his eyes to recuperate, a woman's frightened cry suddenly came from outside the window, which was quite harsh in the silent night.
"Stop!" Li Yuntian suddenly opened his eyes when he heard this, and said to the coachman.
Then, he lifted the curtain of the carriage, and in an alley on the side, a woman ran in front, calling for help as she ran, and two big men were chasing closely behind.
Due to the darkness of the night, Li Yuntian couldn't see the woman's appearance clearly, but he was very frightened when he heard the voice.
Soon, the two big men caught up with the woman, and one of them carried her and walked back with a lewd smile.
The woman struggled hard, beating and kicking, but she was a weak woman, and it was futile to resist it, which made the big man who was carrying her horny and slapped her ass in a daze.
"Let's take a look!" Li Yuntian's face immediately became gloomy, and it was simply lawless to rob the people in the capital in broad daylight.
Moreover, since Lu Calyx was forced to hit the wall and be martyred by Zhang Youde's nephew Qin Yi that time, what he hated most in his heart was this kind of rape of people's girls.
When the coachman heard this, he immediately turned his horse's head and drove quickly into the alley.
The two big men quickly carried the woman into a house on the side of the road, the yard inside was not large, and it looked like an ordinary family.
The door of the courtyard was closed, and Li Yuntian stood in front of the door and did not hear the voice of the woman before, and there was a chance that Yankuai was gagged.
After a deep sigh, he nodded at one of the guards standing nearby, who flew up and kicked open the closed courtyard door.
There are three bungalows in the courtyard, the north side is the main house, the east side is the guest room, and the west side is the wood house.
"Who? How dare you break into a private house! When Li Yuntian walked into the courtyard, the door of the guest room opened, and a big man with a Chinese character face walked out while lifting his pants, looked at him and asked with a calm face.
"Oops!" As soon as he finished speaking, a man's painful voice came from the guest room, and then a young girl in disheveled clothes and a double bun rushed out of the room.
"Childe, save my young lady, the maid kowtowed to you." The girl's appearance was peugeot, her expression was frightened, and after glancing at the shape in the yard, she ran forward and knelt down for Li Yuntian with a plop, crying and kowtowing to him.
"You little ****, you dare to yin Lao Tzu, see how Lao Tzu will clean you up later." Immediately, a shirtless man wearing only a pair of shorts walked out with his hands on his crotch and bared his teeth, and scolded the girl with a painful expression.
"What's going on?" Li Yuntian's eyes were cold when he saw this, and he reached out to help the girl up.
"Childe, quick, save my young lady!" The girl didn't have time to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, turned to the main room, and said with a frightened expression.
"Boy, sue you, my son-in-law is An Yihou's second son, if you don't want to die, get out of here!" The big man with the national character face may have sensed that Li Yuntian was not good, so he reported out of the house loudly, glaring at Li Yuntian coldly, wanting to make him retreat.
"An Yihou?" Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he heard this, An Yihou Gu Dayong was the right governor of the Right Army Governor's Mansion and had a close relationship with the King of Han.
"Hmph, you should get out of here before my little marquis is not angry, otherwise you will wait to be arrested and put in the prison of the Chinese Military Governor's Mansion." The big man with the national character face thought that Li Yuntian was afraid, so he couldn't help but sneer and said arrogantly.
Li Yuntian's brows furrowed slightly, and he fell into a dilemma for a while, although he hated what the little marquis did, but because of Gu Dayong's relationship, things suddenly became a little tricky.
This is not that Li Yuntian is afraid of Gu Dayong, but the current situation is very delicate, he is Emperor Xuande's person, and it is not appropriate to attack the people of the King of Han, otherwise it will definitely provoke a strong backlash from the King of Han.
Although the situation in the capital can be suppressed by Zhou Zheng, it is difficult to say about the fourteen capitals in the north and south of the Ming Dynasty.
According to the usual practice, the commanders of the capital are all served by the nobles of the imperial court, most of them have fought side by side with the king of Han, and now Emperor Hongxi has died, and Emperor Xuande has ascended to the throne for the first time, and the prestige is simply not enough to make those who are highly meritorious and the lords command the envoys to submit, so once things change, the consequences are unpredictable.
After all, people's hearts are still nostalgic for the old, and besides, the Han Dynasty, like the Yongle Emperor, has always relied on the nobles in the court, while Emperor Hongxi began to shift his focus to Wenchen, which will undoubtedly damage the interests of those nobles.
Just when Li Yuntian was in a dilemma there, there was a sudden "ah" in the main room, and a man's scream came out.
"Childe!" The big man with the national character face was taken aback when he heard this, and he didn't care about Li Yuntian, so he hurriedly broke open the door of the main house and broke in.
"Oh no, the little marquis has been killed!" Soon the big man with the national character face rushed out again and shouted in horror.
"What?" Li Yuntian was stunned, and hurriedly walked into the main house. One