The dormitory in the Jinan Palace is insufficient, so the emperor and the queen live in the same hall, but they are divided into two warm pavilions in the east and west.

After the emperor and queen let their son say goodbye, they broke up the family reunion, returned to the bedroom, and went to bed under the service of the palace people. Xu was excited about his son's return home, and the two did not sleep for a long time. In the end, Chongzhen pretended to babble and said, "Brother Chun doesn't know who is serving him." ”

"Didn't you serve well?" Zhou Hou finally turned over, apparently enduring it for a long time. She said: "I think Brother Chun is much stronger and taller. ”

"The sleeves are two inches shorter." Chongzhen said: "His subordinates are all fierce generals, how can he convince people if he doesn't pay attention to his prestige?" ”

Zhou Hou was a little ashamed: "I didn't even see it as a mother, but you were careful." I'll tell Liu tomorrow. ”

"Alas, tomorrow is the New Year, and at this time last year, the palace was still gloomy, and Brother Chun didn't even have any news." Chongzhen laughed at himself: "Who would have thought that so many things would happen in a year. I even lost the mausoleum of my ancestors. ”

"It's a shame that Brother Chun is sensible." Zhou Hou said: "I knew that he was old since I was a child, but I only knew that he was so old." It's really a blessing to our ancestors. ”

"That's what I'm afraid of." Chongzhen turned over, opposite Zhou Hou, and said: "I went to the battle that day, and I saw Brother Chun'er facing the enemy, and after I came back, there was always a thought lingering in my mind. ”

"What's the idea?" Zhou Hou asked in a low voice.

"I always think of Brother Chun with someone who has nothing to do with him." Chongzhen was a little reluctant to speak, and when he saw his wife's shining eyes in the dark, he mustered up the courage to say, "Huo Quai." ”

Zhou Hou was puzzled: "Huo Huqi? What are the similarities between our brother Chun and him? ”

"The books all say that Huo Huqi was sent by Emperor Wu to pacify the Huns." Chongzhen said: "Therefore, I went out at the age of seventeen, and I swept the desert at the age of twenty-four and left." He saw that there was already a trace of horror in his wife's eyes: "Now many people say that Brother Chun was ordered by heaven to pacify the thief. I'm worried about ......."

After the week, tears came out, and he calmed his voice and said, "How is that good?" ”

"The destiny of heaven cannot be determined, only take one step at a time and see one step at a time." Chongzhen sighed: "The people around Brother Chun also have to find something to care about. Don't know if your clothes don't fit. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Hou responded, paused for a while, and said: "Master, let's do it in a hurry, and follow Brother Chun'er's wishes." ”

"You mean ......"

"I thought that the worship of the ancestors was mainly the spirit of the ancestors in the sky, and it would be enough to have a god. As for the outer temple. That's all stubs. Let Brother Chun get married in the middle of the year, maybe there will be one? We are also so relieved. ”

Chongzhen turned over and lay on his back, staring at the top of the bed in a daze, and said for a long time: "Let's see what Lichen says when the time comes." ”

After Zhou, my heart was much more steady, and I answered, and finally fell asleep. Chongzhen didn't sleep for a long time, and he didn't fall asleep until dawn.

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The New Year's Festival in the Ming Dynasty has become the biggest festival of the year, starting from the twenty-fourth day of the year, the palace people began to wear gourd scenery complements and python clothes. Each family has to steam dim sum. Reserve meat for use on the 120th during the Chinese New Year. On the evening of the 30th, they began to greet each other, which was called "farewell to the old year".

The whole palace was to drink and chew, and the drums were noisy to celebrate. Next to the door, the peach charm board, the general charcoal, and the door god. Indoor hanging of the god of good fortune, ghost judgment, Zhong Kui and other evil New Year's paintings. On the bed, hang the eight treasures of gold and silver, the prayer wheel of the western fan, or weave yellow money like a dragon. Insert sesame stalks on the stalks. The burning of cypress firewood in the courtyard is called "焴 year".

It starts from the twilight of the year and the New Year's Day. The palace people all wear "moths" on their heads, which is the so-called "noisy shouting" among the folks: cut with black gold paper, painted with colors, all of them are moths, grass insects, butterfly shapes, hairpins on the head, big as palms. The small ones are only the size of copper coins, in order to cope with the festival scene. There are also some wealthy officials who wear small gourds, the size of which is only as big as peas, called "grass gold", and the two pieces are worth two or three taels of silver.

After Zhu Cihong returned to the palace. Stuck in the annual holiday boredom again. Outside, whether it is the Long Solstice Festival or the Winter Solstice Festival, as long as he doesn't want to go out, no one can disturb him. But in the palace, he had to participate in all kinds of festive activities. Otherwise, the emperor and queen will take King Yong, and even Princess Kunxing will be there, but the crown prince is not there, which will inevitably give people too much reverie.

At Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, all the heavenly family sits together to eat and watch songs and dances, but in fact, there are only a few old sets of them. Then it's time to watch the play. Because Zhou Hou likes the Kunshan dialect, some new arrangements have been added this time, such as "The Angry Dragon King" and "Burning Hancheng", all of which are adapted from the battle examples of the East Palace.

"The Angry Dragon King" is still a full-fledged martial arts drama, about the main battlefield of the battle on the river in the first month of the seventeenth year, where Xiao Mobu faced Li Zi's formation. Considering that the common people do not accept the idea of "exchanging prisoners", and they also want to maintain the face of veterans such as You Shiwei, this play is introduced in the antecedents: In order to protect the evacuation of the people, the crown prince personally led a large army to suppress the battle, so he encountered Li Chuang.

After a simple singing, the frozen Yellow River was laid out on the stage with white flower paper, and then the two groups of Wu Xiaosheng began to play with flower guns to interpret the battle. Seeing the army under the banner of "Ming" slowly retreating, King Ding and King Yong, who were watching the play, covered their mouths and exclaimed, and even Concubine Yuan and Kun Xing covered their chests and widened their eyes.

Zhu Cihong only watched it as a joke, and also deeply felt that naïve and naïve people can always get more joy.

"On the River" soon burst out with a fluff of fireworks, yellow, green, and red sparks flew on the stage, and the "Chuang Army" suddenly turned on their backs, and the "Ming Army" who was counterattacking was killed indiscriminately, and they crossed the river to cut down Li Chuang's Daxu, and the whole play entered a climax.

Although the art form is very strong, it still gives the audience the illusion of being on the battlefield. Especially Emperor Chongzhen, now he no longer suspects that he lied about the results of this battle, and he is very happy to see it, and he called Wang Chengen and ordered a reward in a low voice.

When the big drama ended, his own eunuch straightened his throat and shouted: "The emperor is gracious, reward Xiao Luo Tang: two pieces of woven flower brocade silk, and two silver beans." ”

A group of actors poured out on the stage over there, lined up in a row, and shouted thanksgiving for the New Year. Standing at the forefront is Xiao Luo Tang, who was rewarded this time, who looks like he is only thirteen or fourteen years old, and his singing voice is average, but he was rewarded for playing the crown prince Zhu Cihong.

"Burning of Hancheng" is a surprise attack on Hancheng in the Battle of the River, but the storyline is very small, but it is a big display of acrobatics and stage effects. The only outstanding thing is the Fu Jiao who plays Li You.

In Kunqu Opera, the harlequin and the Fu horn are similar and separate.

Harlequins play mostly small people in the market, with hearty, outgoing, and hot personalities, such as bartenders, children, Caidan, etc., all of whom are employed by harlequins. On the other hand, Fu Jiao often plays a character with a certain culture and identity, and his personality tends to be introverted, and the rhythm of reading Bai is slow, dignified, and humorous.

This is the case with Fu Jiao, who played Li You this time, telling cold jokes seriously, and playing the harlequin who played Cao Ning on the side, which made the audience laugh. Even Zhu Cihong, a person who often memorizes words in his head when watching dramas, has daxiao several times.

"Tip." Zhu Cihong called the chamberlain: "Compare with the emperor's father's reward to reduce one level." ”

"Master," the waiter said with a smile, "This is a big axis play, and the reward will be added to the usual reward." ”

"Oh......" Zhu Cihong really didn't know this rule, "then ...... Not rewarded. ”

Zhu Cihong was sitting next to Chongzhen, who happened to be serving tea and drinking water, ready to end the show after watching it. Hearing Zhu Cihong say this, a mouthful of tea squirted out, and he still caressed his chest. The ladies and dependents all sat on the other side of the curtain, and they all looked over when they saw it, not knowing what laughter the emperor saw.

"Reward, reward." Chongzhen pointed at Zhu Cihong and said with a smile: "Add one class, it will be counted as the crown prince's reward." ”

"A little more." Zhu Cihong touched his chin and whispered.

Chongzhen finally calmed down and said with a smile: "For example, although today's family is not as good as the temple master, those who should be rewarded still have to be rewarded, which is the duty of the theater watcher." It's also a credit to make you laugh. What's more, this bit of silver is useless to us, but it is the foundation of food for them. You also have clear rewards and punishments on weekdays, why are you stingy today? ”

"To make my father laugh." Zhu Cihong also smiled: "Doesn't my father think that I can play better than that Fu Jiao?" ”

Chongzhen was hooked out of the laughing worm, and he leaned back and closed his back with a smile, as if he had laughed at the depression in his chest for more than ten years. Zhou Hou and Zhang Hou's palace relatives also heard the cause and effect, and they all covered their mouths and laughed. Kun Xing had a whim to "reward" her imperial brother, but the aunt next to her was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled her back. (To be continued......)

PS: Xiao Tang really didn't use Chongzhen to ask for a reward, but Xiao Tang personally thought that Emperor Chongzhen was still very wise in this regard. Thank you for your recommended votes, the monthly pass should wait until the 4.28th of the end of the month to vote, it can be doubled.