Chapter 3: The Third Play
"You and I will temporarily retreat to the courtroom to see which one dares to sit on the country------"
Eight Immortal Tables, Bamboo Leaf Greens, Melon Seed Plates, people watching the play sit bustling in the theater, their identities are varied, among them are students who skip class to listen to the play, women dressed as men, the owner of a certain shop, and so on. The heart-warming music echoes in the Guihe Hall, the light fragrance of melon seeds and bamboo leaves and green tea permeates the theater, the net corner of the copper hammer face on the stage is holding a fake beard, the gorgeous costumes are dazzling under the illumination of the lanterns, the movements are fluently dancing with the copper hammer tied with red tassels, and the singing tone is mellow and singing the majestic and atmospheric lyrics.
On a table of eight immortals in the back, there is a pot of warm bamboo leaf green, and there is a person in a man's horse coat sitting next to the table of eight immortals. Today's Xingzhen is a seventeen-year-old girl who is slim and slim, and she is a little more mature when she grew up than she was cute when she was a child. Xingzhen elegantly peeled the skin of the melon seeds, and after putting a melon kernel on the porcelain plate, she called softly: "Pipa." ”
As soon as the words fell, Pipa, who was dressed in men's clothes, stood up from the chair on the other side of the Eight Immortals Table and whispered in Xingzhen's ear: "Miss, what's wrong?" ”
The young lady was now seventeen years old, and the pipa smiled bitterly without a trace, but she was already a twenty-one-year-old girl.
Pipa remembered that the old man and the lady had intended to let her marry a good family, but she politely declined.
Pipa said: "Being able to accompany Miss for the rest of your life is Pipa's greatest happiness." ”
I don't know how long ago, Fu Qing, whom she loved, returned home because of a letter from home, and has not been back since.
This secret love, Pipa has always been hidden in the bottom of my heart, if it is revealed, it will be said that I don't know the system.
Even the young lady didn't notice her anomaly.
Xingzhen said: "Open your mouth." ”
"Ah------h
Xingzhen mischievously put the peeled melon seeds in the pipa's mouth.
"Hey." Xingzhen lightly tapped the forehead of the pipa with her fingers, covered her sleeves and snickered, "How is it, is it delicious?" ”
"......" Pipa was eating melon seeds in his mouth and couldn't speak.
Danfeng's eyes were bright. Looking at the young lady, Pipa suddenly remembered a poem: "Looking back and smiling, a hundred beautiful students." ”
Xingzhen didn't blame the pipa, and smiled happily and narcissistically: "The melon seeds I chose must be delicious~" After speaking, she took a sip of bamboo leaves and continued to listen to the play.
"Oh, yes." After a pause, Xingzhen pointed to an inconspicuous corner, "There is a strange person in the back, I stared at him for a long time, and suddenly found that he seemed to be the housekeeper in the house." The steward is faithful to Amma, and it is useless to bribe him with the money, but I have a way. Xingzhen took out a small purse from her sleeve and handed it to Pipa, and whispered in Pipa's ear to say the way, after speaking, Xingzhen smiled and patted Pipa's shoulder very gently, and said, "Go, come on!" ”
Pipa nodded and said, "Then I'll step back first." After speaking, he walked out, and before leaving, he did not forget to put the melon seed plate on the table of the eight immortals.
Thinking of her own method, Xingzhen suddenly felt a burst of pride, smirked narcissistically, swallowed melon seeds, and continued to listen to the play.
"Lao Wang did a bad job at the beginning, and the copper hammer should not be given to the Xu family. July 13 to the world, August 15 to China! ”
The tune of the Xipi assembly board is progressing rhythmically, and under the gorgeous singing of the actors, it sets off the fascinating play, Xingzhen listens to the play with her ears, her fingers beat, and she indulges in the gorgeous beauty of the opera.
"This young lady, can you borrow the next seat?"
An unfamiliar male voice sounded in her ears, and Xingzhen thought at first that she was not talking about herself, until the bystander nudged herself with a folding fan, and Xingzhen reacted.
Xingzhen turned her head, and a fresh and handsome face came into view, the man's face was like a crown of jade, wearing a luxurious hat, lips like Zhu Dan, and eyes were bright. Xingzhen hurriedly said: "Ah, okay, please! With that, the man sat down where the pipa had been sitting before.
There are a lot of people watching the play. Xingzhen watched this play, but her heart was not on the play. For some reason, Xingzhen had a very special feeling that this was the first time she had sat with a young man other than the men in the house, even if it was across a table. Xingzhen felt that her face was a little hot, her heartbeat was beating faster than usual, and she had an unprecedented sense of novelty in her heart, she suddenly wanted to chat with a man and make friends with him, he seemed to be very gentle.
No, no, men and women can't kiss!
But it's okay to talk about it.
Xingzhen turned her head and saw that the man was engrossed in listening to the play, very naturally, and didn't seem to care about men and women sitting together, and there was a feeling that he was used to it.
He seemed to be accustomed to men and women sitting together. Xingzhen thought to herself.
Make friends with him......
No, no, no, how can men and women make friends?
It's just a matter of making friends, and it won't be good.
Just when Xingzhen was troubled by her own thoughts, the man unceremoniously picked up the teapot containing bamboo leaves on Xingzhen's table, Xingzhen wanted to remind that there were no extra teacups, but the man took out a teacup he carried to hold tea. Throughout the process of pouring tea, the man's elegant movements carried an aristocratic atmosphere.
His teacup seemed to be expensive. Xingzhen thought to herself.
Also, it seems that I paid for this bamboo leaf green!
Xingzhen thought about it again, not only Zhu Yeqing paid, but also paid for this table and location.
Well, forget it, think about what to do, and besides, if you can make a friend because of this, that's what you can be happy about.
Hey, wait, I'm a woman, I'm already thinking about making friends with men!
"I'm so sad for the country that my face has changed------ God, God! I think I'm worried about the Ming Dynasty for seven days and seven nights!"
humming gently, in the mellow and gorgeous singing voice, it is Yang Bo, the squire of the military department, who worries about the country and the people, and grasps the voice of the old student with a mustache appropriately and appropriately, which makes people think it is their own voice when they hear it.
Xingzhen was a little fascinated when she heard it, and she couldn't help but turn her head to the man and said, "You sing so well." ”
After the man heard this, the corners of his mouth couldn't help but smile, he ignored Xingzhen, and said: "This play is called "Dragon and Phoenix Pavilion", which is composed of three parts: "Dabaoguo", "Visiting the Emperor's Mausoleum" and "Erjin Palace". Loyal ministers Xu Yanzhao and Yang Bo were the motherland's sheji, and after visiting the emperor's mausoleum, they re-entered the harem and persuaded Concubine Li Yan, who knew that the two were loyal, so they handed over the power to the prince, and Xu and Yang jointly assisted the prince as the emperor. When he finished speaking, the man sighed, "It would be nice if everything was as good as it was in the play." ”
Xingzhen looked at the man with her cheeks raised, and felt that the man was becoming more and more handsome for no reason, Xingzhen said: "What is there to worry about Mr. Fei?" Can you tell the little girl? ”
The man looked at Xingzhen, innocent and cute, as pure as the magnolia flower he liked, the man couldn't help but smile, and wanted to ask a little child: "What's your name?" ”
Xingzhen said in her heart: "Enie (Manchu people call mother) said that men and women can't tell their names casually. After thinking about it, he said: "The people in the family call me Xing'er, and the neighbors call me Xing Girl." ”
Xingzhen only felt that the man was sighing at this time, fortunately he didn't spit out the tea, and after the man coughed a few times, he said, "Cough, that...... Ahem, shall I give you a name? ”
A name?
I just felt a sense of curiosity and excitement that I had never felt before. Xingzhen said happily: "Okay, good! ”
The man thought about it, and suddenly laughed, and the man said, "It's better to ...... Is it good to call it Magnolia? ”
Yulan?
Xingzhen flashed her good-looking Danfeng eyes, smiled, and said, "Okay, okay!" Yulan...... That's a nice name. ”
Magnolia, Xingzhen understands that this name has an absolute meaning, but the man doesn't say it, and Xingzhen doesn't ask, in short...... Magnolia, as long as the name is nice.
Xingzhen looked at the man and asked, "What about you?" ”
"Huh?"
"What's your name?"
“...... That, I have to say that your maid is quite dedicated, and the person in the back seat has already left when I came. ”
Xingzhen was proud: That's, you know, it's a pipa. Alas, wait, if the pipa had done his job, wouldn't he have come back a long time ago, strange.....
Xingzhen looked out the door and saw a few familiar soldiers walking by the door.
The man said casually: "Well, that seems to be the son of the blue flag, and I don't know which official is so bold.....
After speaking, but there was no response, the man turned his head, only to see that the position where Yulan was originally sitting was empty.
The man frowned: "Strange, where did the people go?" ”
In January, the ice wheel hung high in the inky night sky of the Forbidden City, and the most beautiful moonlight was sprinkled on the ink-colored roofs of the Forbidden City one after another.
"What, let me into the palace?"
Xingzhen has been very strict by the feudal family since she was a child, so even if she encounters such a big thing as entering the palace, she doesn't dare to speak more than the appropriate decibels.
Since being taken home by the children of the blue flag at home, Xingzhen has been ready to be punished, but she doesn't want to be because of this incident.
"Or else? Do you think it's because of your thing about wearing men's clothes to go to the theater, you know, we all already know! You don't know, we all love you, and we won't care about you if you learn those three-way teachings and go to the theater in men's clothes. No, you didn't learn that, you inherited your father! I'm a few years older, and I'm still watching the girl next door by the window, and I don't know that there is a beautiful wife waiting in the boudoir at home......"
Listening to Mrs. Huizheng's previous words first, Xingzhen suddenly felt ashamed. Because the family had invited an opera troupe to sing before, since then, Xingzhen has been out of control obsessed with listening to operas, so she will have this behavior of sneaking out to listen to operas. But Mrs. Huizheng's words immediately made Xingzhen, who was everyone's lady, feel guilty. However, when Mrs. Hui Zheng said the back, Xingzhen wanted to laugh again, what does wearing men's clothes to go to the theater have to do with watching the girl next door?
And what about Hui Zheng? looked at Madame dotingly, and didn't say anything.
Well, so, Xingzhen is in such a strict family.
Feeling that his wife's face was a little bad, Hui Zheng was about to hurry to persuade him, but at the same time, Jing Rui's face was also a little bad. Pipa saluted, and suddenly said, "So, madam, Miss is about to get up and enter the palace?" ”
If you really persuade them, if this continues, the two will be scared.
In the big family of feudal society, the master speaks, and the slave is not allowed to interject; But in the family where Xingzhen lives, it seems to be the opposite of the old society. When the master speaks, as long as he is polite, the slave can speak; Women are strong and men are weak, and wives are strict; The daughter can go out dressed as a man. Mrs. Huizheng looked at the pipa and said, "Yes, so, Xing'er, you have to get ready these days, and you are not allowed to go out." Pipa, take the young lady back to the room. ”
Jing Rui said: "Xing'er, go back to the room, good night." “
Xingzhen saluted and said, "Yes." Good night to Sagdamama, Amma, Enne. ”
When she went out and looked at the crescent moon in the sky, Xingzhen thought to herself: "Turn Zhu Ge, low Qihu." Legend has it that there is a gorgeous palace in the moon, will the palace be as gorgeous and magical as the legendary Guanghan Palace? ”
Mingyue Lou is high and rests alone, leaving me a hook in front of the court.