Chapter 393: Emperor's Heart
The concubines all looked at Luo Qingluan, completely forgetting today's purpose.
Empress Wei was full of joy and asked Luo Qingluan to sit beside her, and asked her to stay later to help her and Emperor Dongwan recuperate. Li Guifei, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't pay attention to it at all, her kneeling knees were numb, but she didn't dare to get up without Emperor Dongwan's order.
"Your Majesty, Niangniang, the princess just sent someone to say that the drama is ready to be staged." At this time, the little eunuch beside Emperor Dongwan said, looking like he was waiting for instructions.
Only then did everyone react, and Empress Wei couldn't help but smile and said to Emperor Dongwan: "Hey, after waiting for so long, Ning Yu has finally changed her clothes, this girl has always been anxious, the concubine has to take a good look today, what kind of drama is she making." ”
"Isn't that spoiled by you?" Emperor Dongwan said, but there was a smile on his face, full of love.
"Didn't Your Majesty spoil the girl, and blame the concubine?"
Emperor Dongwan laughed again: "Okay, watch the play!" Today's play was specially prepared by Ning Yu for the queen, and everyone will see how they sing. ”
Seeing that Emperor Dongwan and Empress Wei were so interested, how could the concubines dare to be 'uninterested'? One by one, they all said that the princess prepared it must be excellent. also said that the princess is filial, smart and clever, kind and well-behaved, and she couldn't stop laughing when she heard Queen Wei.
Hearing the news, Luo Qingluan's heart that had been hanging in his heart finally let go.
Since Xiao Ningyu is a person, it proves that the two protagonists are fine, and they can play again. As long as the White Snake can be successfully passed on, Luo Qingluan will be able to complete the hard work this time, and everything before will not be in vain.
The stage in front of it has already been set up, but it is empty and no one, if it weren't for the fact that Princess Duanrou had set it up, where would she be so willful and have waited for so many people for a long time? With a wave of the eunuch's hand, a group of palace people went down in turn, and soon there was movement on the stage.
The first to appear is the protagonist this time, Bai Suzhen played by Xiao Xiangyu, the pillar of the Tongchun Troupe.
Dressed in white, dignified and beautiful, eyebrows and smiles, one sentence at a time, instantly attracted everyone's attention. When Xiao Xiangyu sang that her identity was a white snake that had been practicing for thousands of years, although everyone knew that the name of the play was 'The Legend of the White Snake', she couldn't help but exclaim.
Luo Qingluan didn't need to turn his head, he could hear that the concubines beside him were completely attracted, and they were all watching carefully.
For this kind of novel character image, and Xiao Xiangyu's appearance and singing voice are quite good, so Luo Qingluan has reason to believe that these boring concubines in the palace can't resist this kind of fresh thing at all. Usually, these concubines have the opportunity to watch a play, even if it is quite luxurious, how can they have the opportunity to hear such a fresh?
The plot unfolds one by one, and the white lady transforms into a big lady, going to West Lake to find a benefactor in her previous life to repay her kindness. When everyone saw Xiaoqing played by Princess Youduanrou appear, there was a burst of applause.
"Princess? Turned out to be a princess? ”
"This appearance is really delicate and lovely, I can't imagine that the princess is so hearty for the queen, it is really commendable."
"The princess sings so well." The concubines did not hesitate to praise, and some even directly said that even if Princess Duanrou played the white lady, it would be very suitable. Empress Wei also watched it with relish, not only did she look at it intently, but even Emperor Dongwan was interested in it, and couldn't stop nodding.
Listening to everyone's praise, Queen Wei knew that she could see the shortcomings of her daughter, at least she was not suitable to play Bai Niangniang at least in terms of age, and the role of Xiaoqing was suitable for her enough. But he was still very satisfied, and exchanged a look with Emperor Dongwan from time to time.
With the appearance of Xu Xian, played by Tian Lang, the son of Tian Ban Master, everyone has been waiting for a long time for the male protagonist to finally come.
Dressed in green clothes, dressed as an ordinary person, with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a light tone, as soon as he appeared, this 'Xu Xian' attracted everyone's attention. Empress Wei nodded slightly, and she didn't know whether she was affirming Tian Lang's singing skills, or praising her daughter Xiao Ningyu's casting ability, and she became more and more interested.
The audience was silent, and everyone was attracted by the drama on stage. Emperor Dongwan rarely relaxed, enjoying his daughter's careful preparation at this time, naturally the dragon's heart was happy, and he held Queen Wei's hand the whole time.
The content was originally rehearsed according to the White Snake written by Luo Qingluan, what plot is behind it, and what characters should appear, Luo Qingluan is clear. Glancing at everyone's expressions, she was quite satisfied, if nothing else, this drama should be popular, and as long as it is operational, the book of the White Snake will naturally sell well, far exceeding the Shengshi Book Store.
"Lady, today is the Dragon Boat Festival, everyone has to drink realgar wine, I specially called you two or two back, how about we drink together as husband and wife?" Tian Lang, who played Xu Xian, was full of affection, and his deep love for the White Lady was vividly performed.
The concubines in the audience exclaimed, and some even whispered: "No, how can you drink realgar wine?" As soon as you drink it, it will appear round. ”
"This Xu Xian, he didn't know that his lady was a snake spirit, alas...... What can I do? Oh, in order not to make him suspicious, the white lady actually drank it? This sucks......"
As the plot unfolded, Empress Wei watched the progress endlessly, and Emperor Dongwan occasionally glanced at Luo Qingluan and nodded secretly, but he didn't show anything. Luo Qingluan noticed his eyes, but he didn't know what to do, and he was secretly worried in his heart, not knowing what Emperor Dongwan meant.
Could it be that Emperor Dongwan guessed something? After all, he even knows his relationship with Xiao Yuqi, as long as he has the heart, he will understand everything if he goes to check it. If so, it is not known whether it is good or bad.
Although there were some speculations, Luo Qingluan remained silent and did not reveal anything at all. Just staring at the stage, as if he had been attracted by the performance above.
When the white lady drank realgar wine, hid in the room and refused to go out, and Xu Xian shouted outside to open the door, all people's hearts hung up. The plot is developing step by step, and it has reached the most tense time, Luo Qingluan knew that this drama was almost over, and she asked Xiao Ningyu to arrange the White Snake to pass the drama until Xu Xian was scared to death, and there was no follow-up.
If you want to see the follow-up, you can only buy the books of the White Snake. This is naturally a way to use the appetite to attract everyone's desire to buy, which was originally Luo Qingluan's plan.
Listening to the nervous voices of the concubines around him, he even clenched his hands, and only Luo Qingluan was at ease.
"It's not good, Xu Xian is dead, scared to death by the prototype of the White Lady, how can this be?"
"Is he really dead?"
When they saw Xu Xian fall to the ground, some concubines couldn't help but be surprised, completely unaware of what was happening behind them. After all, they have never seen such a play, and the protagonist is dead, so how can they play it later? But they have a glimmer of hope in their hearts, after all, they know that Bai Niangniang is a thousand-year-old snake spirit, maybe it is possible to save Xu Xian, this is the charm of this play.
When all the actors on the stage came out and bowed, everyone knew that the play was over like this.
Xiao Ningyu, who had been instructed by Luo Qingluan before, stood up, Shi Shiran walked to Queen Wei's side from the stage, and said with a smile: "Queen Mother, how do you see the child's play?" ”
How could Queen Wei be dissatisfied, she smiled and pulled Xiao Ningyu up and down: "Okay, good, Ningyu, the queen mother didn't know that you still had such skills, and you sang so well, you had enough fun today, right?" ”
Xiao Ningyu saluted Emperor Dongwan again, and said sweetly: "Father, the child played well, shouldn't you give the child a reward?" ”
Emperor Dongwan laughed: "Obviously, you are a girl who can't be idle, and you have nothing to do all day to make up this, for the sake of your filial piety to your mother, I won't punish you, and I want to reward you." ”
It can be heard that Emperor Dongwan is joking, and Xiao Ningyu is not afraid at all: "Queen Mother, look at the father, not only does he not reward his daughter, but also punishes his daughter, how can there be such a reason?" ”
Empress Wei couldn't close her mouth with a smile, she watched the play performed by her daughter today, she was really happy in her heart, she hadn't been so happy for a long time: "Ning Yu, your father is joking." He doesn't reward you, but the queen mother rewards you? ”
Xiao Ningyu suddenly became happy, and said coquettishly: "It's better to be the queen mother, Erchen likes the queen mother the most." ”
Speaking of this, Empress Wei also reacted, and she was still a little worried about the drama just now, and couldn't help asking: "By the way, Ning Yu, you haven't finished the drama, what's next?" Is there a second play in a while? ”
These words asked all the questions in the hearts of all the concubines, and they couldn't wait for Xiao Ningyu's answer. The latter glanced at Luo Qingluan and said, "Sister Luo, it's up to you to answer the queen mother." ”
Luo Qingluan only spoke at this time: "Back to the queen's mother, this drama has not been performed because of time." If you really want to finish the performance, I am afraid that Her Royal Highness the princess will be tired, because this play is too long, and I am afraid that I will not be able to finish it for three days and three nights. ”
Empress Wei was surprised and delighted: "Really, what is the ending after that?" Did Xu Xian come back to life? Did the White Lady save him? ”
After waiting for a long time, and finally waiting for this time, Luo Qingluan took out a book from his arms that he had brought a long time ago and handed it to Queen Wei: "Niangniang, if you want to know the follow-up story, just read this book." ”
When Empress Wei heard this, she took the booklet in Luo Qingluan's hand, looked at the three words of the white snake on the cover, and then opened the inside, and kept nodding: "It turns out that there are still books, it's good now, even if the palace doesn't usually go out, you can take time to read a little."
She just wanted to turn to the end and watch the ending directly, but suddenly remembered something, hurry up,
Closed the book: "No, this palace is still not optimistic, you have to look at it next to each other, you can't watch the end directly, then it's not interesting." ”
After speaking, Empress Wei handed the book to Emperor Dongwan again: "Your Majesty, take a look." ”
seemed to know that Empress Wei liked it very much, and Emperor Dongwan didn't take it, but said: "Since the queen likes it, how can I rob the queen from it?" Presumably, Miss Luo should have more than this one there, right? ”
Luo Qingluan nodded: "Your Majesty Mingjian." I have a lot of here, but I didn't bring it today, if you all like it, tomorrow I will let people send a batch into the palace for each mother. ”
This made everyone laugh and laugh, everyone was attracted by the plot just now, and they were looking at it, and now they know that they can read the book and know the ending, how can they be unhappy.
Just as Luo Qingluan was about to get up and leave the palace, Emperor Dongwan said meaningfully: "Miss Luo helped Ning Yu carefully prepare such a play, I think it's not just as simple as letting me and the queen watch the play, right?" Tomorrow, when Miss Luo enters the palace to bring books, I will come by the way, I have something to ask you. ”