Chang'an is rich and prosperous, and in recent dynasties, except for the "Huai" Dynasty that was established for a short time more than 300 years ago, the rest of the dynasties have set their capitals in Chang'an.

Over the generations, the prosperity of Chang'an City has also become regular, for example, rich families will live in the east and north cities, or the inner city close to the imperial city, which can catch the emperor's qi. The southern and western cities are mainly common people, and although the markets only sell some ordinary items, they are expensive and practical. When it comes to the pastime of Chang'an City, Jinchangfang under the South Mountain of the South City is the most famous.

Jinchangfang is one of the four squares in the south of the city, the Great Ci'en Temple in Nanshan occupies half of the boundary, along the Daci'en Temple stands in the street composed of small buildings of different heights, the theater building, the green building, the chess building, the storytelling field are large and small, there are hundreds of rooms, there are many servants, and there are many teahouses and restaurants during the period. Jinchangfang is also considered to be the gathering place of the three religions and nine streams, in addition to the famous Great Ci'en Temple and the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Jinchangfang, there is also the official education workshop.

After training, the young and beautiful will be assigned to the official brothel, and if they have special skills, they will have the opportunity to enter other places to serve the royal and nobles, such as those who can embroider will enter the needle courtyard, and those who can sing and dance will be assigned to the singing and dancing workshop. Those who have no talent and skills are more than the army.

No matter where they go, they can't get rid of their "lowly status", unless they make money or someone redeems them for them, they will be lowly and good. Not all the women in the singing and dancing workshop are from "lowly origins", and the teaching here is generally official, from the ninth grade or the ninth grade, leading the court, and the singing and dancing girls are not all the children of criminal officials, and there are also many ordinary daughters who sell themselves.

When the year is bad, ordinary people can't afford to raise their daughters, so they will sell them, and their sons are reluctant to sell. The singing and dancing workshop is not better than the Qinglou, at least there is no need to taste a little red lips here, and there will be more or less a reward for silver, and there are also many daughters of good families who like to dance and come here to do things, and they must have a posture and appearance before the workshop is willing to accept it, so every year there will be a lot of new singers and dancers here. Whether these women are cheap or good, they have to go to the government for the record.

The song and dance workshop is close to Nanshan, and before you enter the courtyard, you can hear the sound of piano music coming from inside. Because it is an official office, the direct superior of the song and dance workshop is Taichang Temple of the Ministry of Rites, but Jingzhao Mansion has direct jurisdiction over the household registration of singers and dancers, and it is also considered a superior department.

Sui Yi stood at the door, knew the guest, and respectfully invited him to enter the door.

The singing and dancing workshop was not luxurious, the dancers and singers practiced singing and dancing inside the house rather than outside, and the acquaintance led the group to the garden, still only hearing the music and the bustling women's voices, and no one was seen. The envoy of the teaching workshop was an old eunuch in his forties and fifties, and he heard a tone that was much sharper than the high pitch: "The young Yin of the Beijing Mansion is coming, and the old slave has missed the distance, and he is guilty of sin." Unexpectedly, the young official of the Beijing Mansion personally came to inspect the rule at the beginning of his tenure, and such a conscientious duty is really a blessing for the old slave. ”

Liu Yu got goosebumps and fell to the ground after hearing this.

The old eunuch's name is Mo , who was originally a retired father-in-law, who led the good people here, and at this time he brought a group of teachers out to greet him. The Han sisters were a little disappointed that they didn't find the person they were looking for.

After the salute, Yu Mo couldn't help but look at the group of people behind Sui Yi and asked, "Sui Shangguan, who are these people?" ”

"It's the Jingzhao Mansion Yacha who carries the weapon." Sui Yi pointed at Liu Yu and said, "This is a painter invited by this official, and I want to repaint a few portraits of the singing and dancing girls you submitted this year." ”

Yu Mo said enthusiastically: "Yo, it turned out to be a painter from Jingzhao Mansion, and he is really handsome." ”

Liu Yu's spine was a little cold, and he glanced at Sui Yi, who was smiling evilly, and arched his hand as a courtesy.

Yu Mo asked the teacher to bring out all the female singers who had newly entered the singing and dancing workshop this year, and more than 20 people stood in a row. To say that it is beautiful, but compared with the Han sisters, it is inevitably a little dwarfed, and Liu Yu is not even in the mood to start writing after reading it.

Sui Yi saw that Liu Yu's expression was not very satisfied, and said, "Young Envoy Yu, you are here...... Isn't there a better look? ”

Yu Mo smiled and said, "Yo! Sui Shangguan, are you here to inspect or choose a girl, how can you choose a good posture to paint a portrait? ”

Sui Yi leaned over to Yu Mo's ear and said a word, Yu Mo showed a deep smile, turned around and entered the door. Sui Yi walked over, and Liu Yu couldn't help but ask him what made the old eunuch look like this.

"I said I would choose a few to go home and raise by myself." Sui Yi smiled bluntly.

The Han sisters were a little anxious to find their "husband", Liu Yu asked in detail, the Han sisters didn't know the name of the person, they called "Aunt Xuan" on weekdays, and a female teacher said: "Xuan Jiaoxi?" She rehearsed the song and dance performed in front of the emperor in the folk workshop next door. ”

can perform in front of the emperor, Liu Yu's level of estimation should be very high, and Han Sheng's selection of teaching must be the best in the singing and dancing workshop.

The singing and dancing workshop is not only government-run, but also civil, and now it is also considered a country and a people's peace, and generally wealthy and large families have to invite kabuki to invite guests, and dancing also depends on talent, and it is far from being able to meet the market demand by relying only on the family members of the offender. In the event of a large-scale performance, the government will also select some people from private workshops, and the training location will be chosen by the responsible instructors.

Liu Yue's purpose here is not to "choose a concubine", but to take Mr. Han Family Sisterhood. I said goodbye to the folk workshop next door.

There, Liu Yu saw the "Aunt Xuan" in the mouth of the Han sisters for the first time, a woman who was about forty years old and had excellent manners and charms, with a natural smile on her cheeks and a sense of kindness, Liu Yu finally dispelled the doubts in her heart, and Aunt Xuan, who was very intimate with the Han sisters in front of her, looked more like the love of the elders for the younger generations, and was not at all like a "female pervert".

Taking advantage of the fact that the Han sisters were making love with their Aunt Xuan, Liu Yue took a look in the hall, there were two groups of people dancing in line, and there were many people in one group, all wearing gray-blue nun robes. Nuns also come to learn to dance? Liu Yu took a closer look, although these "nuns" all wore monk hats, none of them had shaved their hair, they were either nuns with hair and practiced or they arranged a dance that only nuns participated in.

Liu Yu's mind was immediately congested as soon as he saw the dance in the other hall, and someone was wearing Liu Yu's oral description of Liu Liniang's design of the "neon dress feather coat" dancing in it, a woman with a soft body, but her graceful posture was less charming than Liu Liniang's dancing, imitating but not imitating the essence. When he saw that it was not Liu Liniang, Liu Yu's hanging heart was put down. I wasn't worried about myself, but I thought about Liu Liniang's safety.

I'm afraid she won't be able to give an account to King Huai when she goes back.

"Childe, Childe, she is what my sister and I said about Aunt Xuan, Aunt Xuan, Aunt Xuan, he ...... It's our son. The Han sisters and Aunt Xuan are almost intimate, and Han Xiaoting pulled Aunt Xuan to introduce Liu Yu. When Liu Yu was introduced, the little girl couldn't help blushing.

Aunt Xuan has read countless people, so she naturally understands the meaning of this "son", and smiled at Liu Yuyanran: "The concubine asks for the son." ”

"Aunt Xuan doesn't have to be so polite, it should be the juniors who greet you." Faced with such a polite woman, Liu Yu hurriedly returned the salute.

Aunt Xuan smiled comfortingly and said: "The concubine has known Yi'er and Ting'er for nearly five years, but I didn't expect to see them for a few months, and Mr. Han actually found a home for them." Childe should also be kind to their sisters in the future. I wonder how Mr. Han is doing now? ”

Liu Yu heard her mention Han Sheng, her tone was quite respectful, vaguely a little lost, and she was a little sure in her heart, she might be Han Sheng's admirer.

Don't look at the old man Han is nearly sixty, but he is free and graceful, has the arrogance of a literati, and the important thing is that he is an old bachelor, which attracts the attention of these mature women the most.

Liu Yu said with a smile: "Mr. Han has always been in good health, and he often mentions Aunt Xuan, let me say hello to you on his behalf." ”

"Oh? Can...... It's true? When Aunt Xuan heard Liu Yu's words, she was obviously a little more happy, and Liu Yu was even more sure in her heart that she was a follower of Old Man Han.

The two talked for a while, and all the topics they talked about were around Han Sheng, Aunt Xuan obviously didn't know that Han Sheng was the emperor's humerus adviser, only that he was a talented businessman who didn't meet talented learners. Liu Yu heard Aunt Xuan say that some of his and Han Sheng's festivals couldn't help but feel a little worthless for her, Han Sheng obviously attracted bees and butterflies, but he abandoned it with a false Taoism and a sanctimonious beginning.

Liu Yu thought about it and said it to Old Man Han when he turned around.

was talking very happily, and the woman who had seen practicing encouragement in the hall before came out with a wooden sword in her hand, and said with a little annoyance: "Xuan Jiaoxi, why is it that no matter how I imitate it, it is far from Liu Liniang's dancing posture, isn't it...... It turned out that Xuan Jiaoxi had guests. ”

The person is very demure, or a little cold, with light eyebrows, red lips and white teeth, and the outstanding temperament of everyone's ladies. Maybe I feel that the clothes on my body are a little revealing, and my body wants to retreat into the house.

Originally, wearing a dance costume was for people to admire, but Aunt Xuan was not unimpressed, and said with a smile: "Lan'er, I used to often mention the Han sisters to you, these are the two pearls of the Han family." Yi'er Ting'er, she is the sister I mentioned before. ”

The woman couldn't help but be a little surprised when she saw that the two sons dressed in men's clothes were the "pearls of the Han family" in Xuan Jiaoxi's mouth. It's just that there is a completely obsessed boy who is looking at her, but he is a little annoyed, but it is inconvenient to have a seizure.

Liu Yu smiled and said: "Girl, forgive me, I saw the girl's dancing posture before, and I felt that the girl's posture and dancing posture were beautiful, but there were shortcomings." Just because I was fortunate enough to see Liu Liniang dance this dance, I think the lack of charm that the girl said is just that Liu Liniang can still beat the drum on tiptoe under the basis of such a difficult balance, and if the girl practices diligently, she will be perfect. ”