Chapter 15: Shadow Puppetry
Lu Huaiyu stood in the garden, looking at Luo Shuangyi's non-stop running figure, his face crossed with a touch of disappointment: she seemed to be extremely busy today, and he searched for several times but did not find a chance to talk to her.
However, it is much better to be able to look at her from such a distance than to stay alone in the study and think about it.
The king of Chu didn't know what was delayed today, until the sun was about to set, and it was too late.
As soon as he entered the Luo Wangfu, he couldn't wait to search for Lu Huaiyu's figure in the crowd.
The King of Chu stepped forward and patted Lu Huaiyu, who was looking at Luo Shuangyi's figure in the distance: "Hey, I said that you are standing here, you are about to become a stone of looking at your wife, why don't you go over?" ”
"I didn't think you would come today." Hearing the voice, Lu Huaiyu continued to look at Luo Shuangyi's figure without looking back.
The King of Chu looked at this scene, and only felt extremely dazzling, this Lu Huaiyu has become different since he was fascinated by that little girl.
When it was time for the evening show to start, Luo Shuangyi gathered everyone back into the courtyard.
After arranging for everyone to sit down, Luo Shuangyi instructed the people to take out the things to be used in the shadow puppet show.
The old lady saw that the yard was empty, there was nothing, and the black light was blind, so she looked at Luo Shuangyi suspiciously: "Yi'er, you don't have anything in this garden, what do you want everyone to come and see?" ”
"Grandmother, wait a minute, this prop will come out soon!" Luo Shuangyi signaled everyone to be calm, clapped their hands, and the performers who had prepared in advance stepped forward with props.
A candle?
"This ...... How does this candle perform? Someone immediately questioned it.
Luo Shuangyi smiled and motioned for the people behind him to step forward again.
A screen with a white curtain came up, saying that it was a screen, but it was not at all, but the appearance looked no different from the screen.
Seeing that there was nothing on the curtain, some people couldn't help but start to speculate: "This eldest lady, should she want to perform painting skills in public?" ”
The person who came with him hurriedly accosted: "I look like it!" ”
It's just that they have already seen the painting skills of the second lady during the day, and if the eldest lady comes to paint again, then this excitement will have to be seen.
However, the lantern painting on this big night is a bit new, but it is not too much fun.
Someone even asked directly: "Miss, what are you going to paint?" ”
Luo Shuangyi smiled lightly and didn't answer a word for everyone's questions.
"Hey, what's that?"
Everyone looked at the man in unison with the man's doubts, and saw several servants holding a tray in their hands, and a delicate little paper figure was placed on the tray.
This little paper figure is different from what they are used to, the clothes on the paper figure are extremely delicately painted, and even add the technique of hollowing, and paint with colorful colors, which looks very realistic.
When you look closely, you can also find that each little paper figure is connected to a few particularly small bamboo sticks, everyone has never seen such a strange and interesting little paper figure, for a while, very curious.
"Wait a minute, everyone, the show will start soon!"
Luo Shuangyi inquired, in this era, there is no such thing as shadow puppetry, so for the old lady's birthday banquet, she asked people to prepare the things to be used in shadow puppetry early in the morning, and invited a troupe next to her to perform this show.
The most important thing in this shadow puppet show is to control the technique of the paper figure, and after practicing for many days, the master of the performance has almost controlled it.
Thinking of the scene that the "Yunde Opera Troupe" couldn't sing today, she always felt a little pity in her heart, so she contacted the master who performed the shadow puppet show in the afternoon, and asked him to actually operate it a few times, and only after confirming that it was feasible did she re-sing the play book she arranged.
When the old master sat behind the screen with the small paper figure, everyone was blocked from view, and they twisted their heads vigorously to see what the person behind the screen was doing.
"Bah......"
There was an explosion behind the screen, and two small figures suddenly appeared on the bright curtain, and everyone took a closer look, isn't it the little paper figure on the tray just now?
"The show is on, all the judges, please take a seat!" The rich and authentic Beijing accent spread out in the garden with the unique communication power of the opera, and everyone seemed to be sucked by this sound for a moment, and their eyes were firmly fixed on the screen.
I saw that the little paper figure standing on the screen seemed to be alive, and suddenly began to twist its limbs, and began to act hand and foot as it spoke.
This kind of novel way of singing has to be said to have instantly attracted everyone's minds, even the old lady, staring at the moving little paper figure, like a child, her eyes are full of excitement.
The show sang to a climax, and everyone cheered in unison.
Luo Shuangyi's mind was on the sidelines, and she inadvertently always felt that there was a line of sight glued to her body, she looked back and crashed into Lu Huaiyu's deep phoenix eyes.
Luo Shuangyi was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked behind her, she was standing outside the field, and there was no one beside her, so what Lu Huaiyu was looking at was herself?
When she looked back again, she found that Lu Huaiyu's figure was gone.
"This play is very interesting!" A whisper suddenly sounded in his ears, and Luo Shuangyi was startled, so frightened that he almost jumped up.
She was so frightened that she didn't know what she stepped on, her whole body was stunned, and she subconsciously wanted to grab something, but it happened to fall into a big hand stretched out.
"Thank you...... Thank you! Luo Shuangyi withdrew his hand in shock, took a step back, and subconsciously didn't want to let the people next to him see this scene.
Lu Huaiyu saw her every move into his eyes, saw her subconsciously retreating movements, a trace of darkness flashed in her eyes, and when she saw a hint of shyness floating on her cheeks, her eyebrows instantly stretched, and the corners of her mouth hooked up a light smile.
"Good! It's just great! The warm cheers sounded, the shadow puppet show had reached the end, and the master took the villain out to thank him.
Luo Shuangyi hurriedly stepped forward and ran in front of the old lady without looking back.
"Yi'er, my grandmother likes this play you arranged today, this birthday banquet, thank you very much!" The old lady touched Luo Shuangyi's hand, and her eyes were full of gratification.
"This is what Yier should do, it's not hard!" Luo Shuangyi showed a sincere smile, the old lady's liking is the best support for all she has done.
As soon as they heard that this play was conceived by Luo Shuangyi, the wives and wives of each family praised Luo Shuangyi again, and wanted to invite this shadow puppet show to their own home to perform.
At the end of the birthday banquet, the guests who came to celebrate the birthday began to leave.
"Let's go, you are turning back three times in one step, do you want to live in Luowangfu?" The King of Chu looked at Lu Huaiyu's reluctant look, only to feel that he had recently committed an eye disease, and his eyes began to hurt again.
"His Royal Highness!" A delicate female voice came into the ears of the two.
The King of Chu looked at Luo Yingxue who came forward, and the acquaintance took a step out of the house.
Lu Huaiyu looked at Luo Yingxue, his face was a little terrifying.
"Your Royal Highness, your jade pendant has fallen to me." After the words fell, Luo Yingxue took out a piece of azure jade pendant from her arms.
Lu Huaiyu looked at the jade pendant, his brows wrinkled unconsciously, and after seeing that it was indeed his own, he reached out and took it.
"Thank you!" Taking the jade pendant, Lu Huaiyu politely said two words.
At this time, the guests had not completely dispersed, and the scene of the two standing on the corridor was seen by many people.
"Hey, isn't that the second miss of Luofu and His Royal Highness the prince?" A woman in a pink shirt looked at the two of them, her tone full of curiosity.
The woman who came with her looked in the direction she was pointing and nodded affirmatively: "Don't say it, it's really the two of them!" ”
"I just heard from the second young lady that His Royal Highness the prince's jade pendant fell to her, could it be that the relationship between the two of them is?" The woman in the pink shirt stopped, deliberately lowered her voice as she spoke, but her eyes unconsciously glanced towards the two.
The woman who accompanied her thought of what she had heard two days ago, and hurriedly shook her head: "Don't talk nonsense, I heard someone on the street two days ago that His Royal Highness the Prince of the World accompanied Miss Luo to go shopping?" ”
The woman in the pink shirt replied disapprovingly: "Shopping? Have you seen it with your own eyes? Or maybe you just accidentally bumped into it on the street. ”
She stared at Luo Yingxue tightly, and got close to the woman who came with her: "Look at those two people, now they are standing under a corridor, you say, under what circumstances will this man leave the jade pendant on the woman?" ”
"...... so"
The two women looked at the two people not far away and discussed very energetically, and a cold look swept over, which made both of them shiver, and they hurriedly ran away.
Lu Huaiyu listened to the words of the two of them, and looked at Luo Yingxue, who was low and shy in front of him, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, he didn't know how this jade pendant could fall on this woman, but this woman took advantage of the guests to leave in this place to hand over the jade pendant to herself, in order to cause others to misunderstand?
Subconsciously, Lu Huaiyu raised his eyes to look around, hoping that this scene would not be seen by Luo Shuangyi.
Seeing that there was no Luo Shuangyi around, Lu Huaiyu breathed a sigh of relief.
He suddenly felt that the jade pendant in his hand really didn't want to take it for a second, but if he threw it away like this, and was picked up by another woman with ulterior motives, he was afraid that he would have to get into such trouble in front of him again!
Poor Luo Yingxue looked at Lu Huaiyu stupidly, but she didn't know that she had already been regarded as trouble by the person opposite!
"Miss Luo Er, is there anything else?"
The cold voice sounded, Luo Yingxue was stunned, but she didn't expect Lu Huaiyu to suddenly approach, and the beautiful voice sounded like a spell in her ears: "If Miss Luo Er is fine, go back quickly, there is a surprise waiting for you in the house!" ”
By the time Luo Yingxue reacted, Lu Huaiyu had already left Luofu.
She was so overjoyed by Lu Huaiyu's sudden approach that she lost all her souls and six souls, and hurriedly turned around and walked towards the mansion.