Chapter 23: Yun Niang
On the Jinluan Palace, behind the light gauze curtain, a person dressed in a bright yellow dress, lazily leaned on the dragon chair and tried to adjust his sitting posture.
On her right hand is a plate of peeled melon seeds, she supports her chin with one hand, and pinched the melon seeds on the plate with the other hand to eat. There were two palace maids on the side who fanned her, but she looked sad as if she couldn't feel anything.
"Your Majesty, Weichen thinks that the officials of Xuzhou can be commuted, and Your Majesty should deal with it lightly and recover the people with a merciful heart."
Wei Yu in the curtain rolled his eyes, disapproving at the words of the person below. Although she didn't know much about the government, she had also heard the imperial sister say that after the disaster relief money allocated from the Shengjing treasury arrived in Xuzhou, there was only a dime left.
How many corrupt officials did the disaster relief silver pass through since Shengjing? And how many DPRK and Chinese officials are involved? How could the lives of Pei Ji, the head of a household department, and the Xuzhou officials be worth the innocent lives lost in the flood, these people are too naΓ―ve.
"If it weren't for the embezzlement of the disaster relief silver, how could the flood in Xuzhou take away so many innocent lives, if Your Majesty is merciful to them, then how can you give an explanation to all the people in the world?" Although the tone of the low and cold voice was flat, it resounded through the hall.
Ji Yan is not bad, Wei Yan showed a delicate smile, although she can't make a little sound after the light veil, at least she can listen to others.
"What Prime Minister Ji said is reasonable."
As soon as the old minister who spoke out earlier heard the female voice coming from the green gauze tent, he retreated and didn't dare to say more.
After waiting for the next court, the courtiers came out of the Jinluan Hall one by one, and Wei Yufang came out from behind the curtain, she stretched her waist without any posture, completely ignoring the complaining eyes of Yuzhu behind her.
"This princess can be regarded as knowing what kind of day the imperial sister lives every day, she has been like this for three years, if it were me, I would have suffocated to death."
Ji Yan walked over slowly, and after hearing her words, he said lightly: "The princess has only been sitting for two days and complaining so much. β
Wei Yu said nonchalantly: "Where can I compare to Ji Xiang, I criticized and folded all night, and I was still very energetic during the day." β
Ji Yan said respectfully: "The princess has tormented Weichen. β
"But where did you find a capable person, who actually imitated the voice of the imperial sister exactly the same, if it weren't for me watching her open her mouth and talking, I would really think it was the imperial sister just listening to the voice." As he was talking, Wei Yu stopped and glanced at the woman behind him who was silently following them with her head down.
The woman was dressed in palace clothes, with a plain appearance, which made people look like she would only think that she was an ordinary palace maid, but the voice just now came from her mouth.
Even though Wei Yu had already seen her ability when he sat in the light gauze tent in place of Wei Ning on the first day, he still couldn't help but marvel when he heard it just now.
Ji Yan's eyes changed a few times in an instant, and he said simply: "The person who was found in the teahouse by chance." β
Wei Yu thought for a while and said, "She should have heard the voice of the imperial sister, otherwise how could she imitate it so similarly." β
Ji Yan didn't answer.
At that time...
"Ah Yan, Ah Yan, hurry up, there will be no place for a while." The soft doll voice shouted loudly, and there was a rampage in the teahouse, and I don't know how many people it hit.
The person who was hit looked behind him, and a young white boy in coarse cloth clothes in the crowd was grimacing at him. "Who's bear child is not optimistic."
Then a panting little girl ran behind her, dressed in the same coarse linen clothes as the little boy before. Because I ran too quickly just now, my face was dyed red, and I looked very cute.
When the man saw her, his eyes lit up and said, "Whose little girl looks so cute and beautiful?" β
The little boy behind him ran over angrily and grabbed the little girl, and said angrily to the man, "Uncle, where are your eyes?" This is obviously my junior brother..."
The man's mouth was open enough to stuff an egg, and the white little boy ignored him, grabbed the younger brother who looked like a girl and squeezed it into the legs of a group of adults.
The little boy muttered, "Ah Yan, you are a man, why are you always recognized as a girl, it is all because your mother gave birth to you too well." β
The other party's watery eyes were full of worry, and he said softly: "Ning'er, we will be punished by the abbot when we go back." β
The little boy found a place with few people, and struggled to pull his junior brother in, and said with a heartfelt voice: "No wonder they all see you as a girl's family, isn't it just copying scriptures, I'm not afraid of Master Kongzhi." Besides, compared to Yun Niang's ventriloquism, copying scriptures is nothing. β
The little junior brother whispered aggrievedly, "Then don't throw it to me every time to copy, it will cause me to not sleep well at night, and I will always doze off in the morning class and be scolded by the master." β
"Ah Yan, how can you take revenge? If I hadn't asked you to copy the scriptures, how could you have been praised by the master yesterday for your great progress? The little boy watched the scene of wearing colorful clothes and strange makeup on the middle stage, and taught his junior brother a righteous and awe-inspiring lesson.
"The master said that you must be a man and repay your kindness, otherwise it will be a villain. Well, I don't want you to give anything in return, and when I go back tonight, you can copy my share of the scriptures. β
The junior brother looked at him dumbfounded, and forgot to reply.
The little boy continued, "Just say yes." β
The junior brother was about to speak, when a burst of gongs and drums suddenly sounded, and the scenes on the stage went down one by one.
The little boy clapped his hands, pulled his junior brother's clothes in surprise and said, "Look, Yun Niang is coming up." β
His white and tender little face could not hide the excitement, and the little junior brother swallowed back the unspoken words when he saw this, and his face also showed a satisfied expression.
The little guy put a circle of screens in the center of the stage, and there was a startling sound inside, and the performance began.
The whole teahouse was silent, although it was overcrowded, and when I heard this startling sound, I consciously closed my mouth.
There were a few snorings, then from far and near, and then from far and near, there was the sound of neat and uniform footsteps of a group of soldiers, from far to near, from near to far, and finally slowly disappeared. It seems that the sound of a bird spreading its wings is so light and thin that it is almost impossible to touch.
Suddenly, a wolf howled, a horn sounded on the high watchtower, and a sudden killing sound outside the city walls shook the sky. The shouts inside the walls, the tapping of soldiers, the lifting of tents, the joining of armor, the thumping of drums, changed from chaos to uniformity.