Chapter 272: Uninvited Guest
On the night of the opening of the Sifang Guild Hall, Li Yuntian, dressed in civilian clothes, appeared in the theater, and with him was Emperor Xuande in micro-clothes and a handsome son, two eunuchs and several guards vigilantly followed behind him. Where to chase novels, go fast, and go fast
If you pay close attention, you will find that the handsome boy has no Adam's apple, and there are pierced earlobes, and he is a woman disguised as a man - Sun Shi, the concubine of Emperor Xuande.
Tonight, Lian Xiang will perform "The Female Concubine" for the first time in the theater of the Sifang Guild Hall, so it has attracted many powerful people in the capital to come to cheer, and it is difficult to find a ticket.
Nowadays, listening to Lianxiang singing has become a new pastime for dignitaries and nobles in the capital.
In addition to "The Female Concubine", Lian Xiang also sang "Tianxian Pei", "The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl" and "Yutang Chun" and other tracks, which became famous in the capital, and many famous sons competed to see the beauty.
Since Lian Xiang used to sing in the hall of the Zuiyue Building, not only the scale of the venue was limited, but the conditions were not good, but the theater of the Sifang Hall provided her with a perfect stage, allowing her to perform in front of more than a thousand people.
Due to the arrival of Emperor Xuande, Li Yuntian naturally chose the box facing the stage in the middle of the second floor.
Originally, several officials and governors of the five prefectures and six ministries also took a fancy to this box with the best location and the most noble status, but they were politely rejected by the shopkeeper of the Sifang Hall, so they could only retreat to the next best box.
After opening the window facing the stage in the box, the scenery in the entire hall appeared in front of Li Yuntian, Emperor Xuande, and the Sun family at a glance.
The scenery on the stage is blocked by the two large red curtains in front of it, so it is not clear what is on the stage, but it is certain that the scenery here is definitely more elaborate and rich than that of Zuiyue Tower.
Emperor Xuande and Sun came to listen to Huangmei Opera for the first time, so Li Yuntian introduced the background of Huangmei Opera to the two, such as the characters Zhengdan, Hua Dan and Xiaosheng, etc., Sun felt very interesting and listened with interest.
As the time of the performance approached, more and more luxuriously dressed people sat down in the seats in the hall, they were either rich or expensive in the capital, and many people knew each other, so they chatted and laughed with each other, which seemed very lively.
"Guest officer, there are people here, you better go downstairs to watch the play." Just as Li Yuntian introduced the three singing voices of Huangmei Opera to Emperor Xuande and Sun's - color cavity, fairy cavity and Yin Si cavity, a man's voice suddenly came from outside the door of the box.
"Get out! Lao Tzu has a distinguished guest today, how can he go downstairs and be in the company of those vulgar people? Immediately, a disdainful voice rang out, followed by a plop, as if the man who had spoken earlier had been kicked to the ground.
Li Yuntian couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, and turned his head to look at the door, feeling that the people outside the door seemed to be coming towards the box where he was.
At the same time, with a bang, the door of the box was pushed open, and several big men walked in with two well-dressed boys.
The two sons had red faces, and they were full of alcohol, and they seemed to have drunk a lot of wine.
Seeing this, several guards sitting in the room stood up suddenly, and walked over expressionlessly to block the way of the two sons.
"My son has taken a fancy to this room, if you don't want to eat prison food, you can leave obediently." An obese boy glanced at Li Yuntian and Emperor Xuande, and found that he didn't know the two, so he stretched out his hand and pointed at them, and said arrogantly, listening to the voice is the person who spoke outside the door just now.
The boy next to the fat boy looks white and clean, and he looks talented, but his eyes are rolling around Sun's body, and his eyes look a little **, he should recognize Sun's female dress as a man.
"Looking down, since everyone is destined to meet here, why don't you talk about wine?" As soon as the fat boy's words fell, the white pure boy opened his mouth to stop him, looked at Sun with a smile and said.
"Liu Gongzi, it's really unfortunate that there are guests here in this official, so it's inconvenient to invite Gongzi to sit down." Li Yuntian had already recognized the identity of the fat boy at this time, got up and smiled at him, and said quietly.
"Since you know Ben Gongzi, then you should know the fate of not giving Ben Gongzi face." The fat boy snorted coldly when he heard this, and replied with an arrogant face.
"Gongzi Liu, this official is Li Yuntian, the superintendent of Huguang Road of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, it is really inconvenient to ask Gongzi to sit down, please Gongzi Haihan, tomorrow this official will definitely report to Lord Yushi of Zuodu." Li Yuntian frowned slightly when he saw the fat boy flying and domineering, and said quietly.
"You're the son-in-law of Duke Zhongguo?" The fat boy couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and glanced at Li Yuntian in some surprise, looking quite surprised, it was the first time he had seen Li Yuntian, but Li Yuntian had seen him before.
"It's the official." Li Yuntian bowed slightly, he didn't want to sweep Emperor Xuande's interest, so he reported to his family early, hoping that the fat boy would retreat.
"Li Yushi, I'm sorry to be there." Sure enough, the fat man's face changed a few times, and then he bowed his hand at Li Yuntian and walked away, obviously knowing that he couldn't afford to provoke Li Yuntian.
"Li Yushi, it was a misunderstanding just now, I hope Li Yushi doesn't take it to heart, don't sue my father tomorrow." When he walked to the door, the fat boy stopped again, turned around and said to Li Yuntian with a smile.
"Childe, don't worry, Lord Zuodu Yushi is busy with official business, and this official will not go to disturb him." Li Yuntian nodded at the fat boy with a smile and agreed.
Bai Jing Gongzi also showed a shocked look on his face after learning Li Yuntian's identity, and after looking at him for a few times, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he followed the fat boy away with an expressionless face, looking quite jealous of Li Yuntian.
"Li Aiqing, he is the son of Zuodu Yushi?" Waiting for the two to leave, Emperor Xuande frowned slightly and asked, the fat boy's appearance just now was really arrogant.
"Your Majesty, this person is Liu Fu, the second son of the Imperial History of Zuodu, and the prince who is with him is the first time I have seen him." Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, and said in a deep voice.
Emperor Xuande frowned again, and then looked downstairs and fell into deep thought, he had already heard of the high-flying and domineering behavior of the powerful children of the capital, and now it seems that his arrogant Cheng dù is even more than the rumors.
Li Yuntian knew that Emperor Xuande was unhappy in his heart, who would have thought that Liu Fu would be so bold and reckless, and forcibly break into the box where Emperor Xuande was, doesn't this guy know that the people in the box on the second floor tonight are either rich or expensive, and which person's power is not under his father's Zuodu Yushi Liu Guan?
Taking advantage of Emperor Xuande's contemplation, Li Yuntian quietly went out and instructed the shopkeeper of the Sifang Hall to secretly inquire into the identity of the white prince who was with Liu Fu.
He keenly felt that Bai Jing Gongzi was not only very jealous of him, but also there seemed to be a trace of hatred in his eyes, which made him feel very strange, and he couldn't understand why Bai Jing Gongzi was so hostile to him.
In addition, since Emperor Xuande met Bai Jing Gongzi, Li Yuntian always had to give Emperor Xuande a clear explanation of Bai Jinggongzi's identity.
Soon after, the performance finally began, the two large curtains in front of the stage slowly parted to both sides, the noise of the scene gradually subsided, and people looked at the stage with great interest.
What appears in front of everyone's eyes is the scene of a back garden, with all kinds of scenery such as halls and pavilions and rockery flowing water, which looks very realistic and vivid, giving people an immersive feeling, and definitely putting a lot of effort into making zuò.
When Feng Suzhen, played by Lian Xiang, appeared on the stage, the audience immediately applauded thunderously, and the applause was endless, and it could be seen that she is very popular now.
Emperor Xuande and Sun were soon attracted by the plot of the opera and watched it with great interest, and it was the first time for the two to come into contact with such a novel miscellaneous opera.
Before I knew it, the performance of the first act was over, the red curtains on both sides slowly closed, and the applause in the hall rang out again.
"Done?" Sun didn't know what to do, looked at the closed curtain and asked Li Yuntian unsatisfactorily.
"Niangniang, they're preparing the set for the next scene." Li Yuntian explained with a smile when he heard this.
"Zhang Gongzi sent ten lanterns to Miss Lianxiang!"
As soon as his words fell, a loud voice rang out in the hall.
"Boss Wang sent ten lanterns to Miss Lianxiang!"
"Zhao Gongzi sent Fifteen Flower Lanterns to Miss Lianxiang!"
"Ma Gongzi sent ten lanterns to Miss Lianxiang!"
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Immediately, the loud voice reported a list of names in a subdued voice.
At the same time, the guys in the theater hung small festive lanterns on the rows of hooks on both sides of the stage.
Emperor Hong Xi and the Sun family couldn't help but look at Li Yuntian when they saw the situation.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, these lanterns are given by the guests to the girl of Lianxiang, and they are cheered for by the girl, and each lantern is ten taels of silver." Li Yuntian explained with a smile.
He came up with this idea, and he used it when he was in the Drunken Moon Building, so as to avoid mentioning money, so as not to fall into the cliché.
"That's a lot of money!" Looking at the lanterns that were hung up one after another, Sun couldn't help but sigh with emotion, just this moment's work, the lanterns hung up were already worth two or three thousand taels of silver, which showed the popularity of the incense.
"Niangniang, these rewards are not all for the girl who pities Xiangxiang, the theater wants to raise 30% from it, and the people in the theater take 20%, and she only gets 50%." Li Yuntian couldn't help but add when he heard this.
As the saying goes, "once you pick a class", as the head of the family, Lian Xiang is the soul of the troupe, and the spectators at the scene are not coming for her, she indirectly feeds all the staff of the troupe.
"Niangniang, this play was written by the minister, so the minister has free lanterns in his hand, if the mother is interested, hang ten of them for the girl to add to the atmosphere." Li Yuntian couldn't help but smile when he saw Sun looking at those lanterns with great interest.
Sun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and then he looked at Emperor Xuande and asked for Emperor Xuande's opinion.
Emperor Xuande saw that Li Yuntian was so thoughtful, so he smiled and nodded, so that the Sun family could enjoy themselves.
"On the second floor, Sun Gongzi sent twenty lanterns to Miss Pixiang!" Soon, the loud voice downstairs reported the lanterns sent by Sun, which not only included ten lanterns sent by Sun, but also ten lanterns sent by Emperor Xuande. One