Chapter 177: Book of War

Ah Xing steadied herself and raised her head. (Apex hand-hitting) met his gaze and said: "This song is called Phoenix Seeking Phoenix, a very common tune, I don't know how many people can blow and sing, Ah Xing hums this tune, I don't know what's so strange?" ”

He grabbed her hand and tightened it, his eyes looked at her for a moment, Ah Xing held back the pain, and his gaze did not flinch at all. After a while, he suddenly let go of his hand, lowered his head, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "So you don't remember anymore......"

As soon as Ah Xing was free, she bent down and saluted him: "If there is nothing else to do, the people's daughter will retire first!" She turned around and walked forward, at this time she no longer remembered what Zhang Zhao asked her to wait here, he just wanted to escape from her as soon as possible, every second with him was a kind of torture for her, she didn't know how long she could last, but she knew that she had to hold on, because it was so painful.

Just two steps. His cold, slightly mocking voice came from behind him, "What about your Rong Zheng who is not married?" Why didn't you see him? His footsteps rang out, and he gradually approached her.

Ah Xing didn't want to stay and quickened her pace, but Shen Yuanfeng jumped lightly and blocked her side, "Why are you in a hurry to leave as soon as I mention him?" Is your heart weak? ”

Ah Xing lowered her head, her heart was cold, and after a while, she said softly, "Lord Shen, don't you think you're asking too much?" ”

Shen Yuanfeng ignored her words and said to himself: "Let me guess, is that Rong Gongzi no longer fresh to you?" Now, the courteous Prince Bourtai of the Kingdom of Kim has become your new target? Later, his tone was as cold as ice.

Ah Xing's heart seemed to be slashed by a sharp knife, but her voice became more and more stable, she raised her head, looked at him, and said word by word: "Didn't I tell you earlier, I have never been long about a thing, and I am ...... to people And so it is! ”

His face was calm and terrifying, his lips were pursed tightly, the lines of his face became extremely stiff, he looked at her, his eyes shouted three points of anger, seven points of disgust, and then he gently spat out two words: "Shameless! ”

He turned resolutely. The figure quickly disappeared into the darkness.

Ah Xing stood there in a daze, and the blood in her whole body seemed to stop flowing. The heartache was extreme, and it became numb. She was like being in the cold water, rising and falling with the waves, there was no light, no temperature, no hope, only boundless darkness and coldness deep into the marrow.

She couldn't even shed tears.

That's fine, that's fine...... In this way, there will be no more conflicts between them......

The voices of Sister Chen Jing and Zhang Zhao came from not far away, "I obviously told her to wait here, where did she go?" ”

Then came Chen Jing's reproach: "You are really, why did you let her stay here alone?" It's better for you to ask a maid to accompany her! "But where do you want me to find the maid for a while?"

Ah Xing patted her face, trying to make herself look normal, this is her own business, there is no need for them to be sad with her and worry about her. Ah Xing walked over to them, "I'm here." ”

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For the next period of time, Prince Burtai would come to Tingsong Theater almost every night to watch a play, and Ah Xing would go over to accompany him for a while every time out of respect for him. Gradually. Rumors began to circulate in Beijing that Prince Bultai was fond of listening to the owner of the Song Theater.

Long before, A-Xing's beauty and talent had already attracted the jealousy of Miss Qianjin in Beijing, and the men got together, and the women who talked about the most were not Princess Yunluo and Miss Zhang Qingqiu, who were famous for their beauty, nor were they the famous Ji Gu Lingling girls of Tianxiang Academy, if it was the former, they were ashamed of their status and beauty and talent, and these daughters were convinced, and the latter was a prostitute who was tasted by thousands of people, and they would not compare themselves with her, but what they couldn't bear was that What makes the men feel the most heartbroken is a woman who runs a theater! And every time he talked about her, there was a kind of admiration and appreciation in his tone, which made the jealous eyes of these young ladies red.

In the past two years, this woman's momentum and reputation have faintly surpassed that of a wealthy lady in Beijing, and she has become a beauty alongside Princess Yunluo and Miss Zhang Qingqiu. Let such a lowly woman with no background press on their heads, they are naturally unwilling, so every situation around A Xing will be criticized by these daughters. And the slander of Prince Jin's pursuit of A-Xing was even more stirred up through their mouths.

On this day, these noble ladies participated in the tea party held by Miss Zhang Qingqiu for the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting, and talked about it again.

One of them, Miss Lu, who is petite and has a melon seed face, started the topic first, she is the daughter of Lord Lu, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion University, because her fiancé had planned to take Ah Xing into the house last year and regarded Ah Xing as a thorn in her side, she took a sip of tea and said to everyone: "I heard that the fox spirit has caused trouble again, I wonder if the sisters have heard of it?" "The vixen has become synonymous with A-Xing.

A plump woman, with a round face and snow-white skin, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, snorted softly and said, "Why haven't you heard of it?" This Li Xing is really uneasy, first attracted the children of the capital to rush to her to propose marriage, and after being in the limelight, she pretended to make a drama of refusing to marry in the court, and won the reputation of not being afraid of power among the people, and then hooked up with Zhang Xiang's youngest son, and it didn't take long for him to openly yin* the prince of Jin at Zhang Xiang's banquet! Now the prince of Najin has to go to Tingsong Theater every day, and the vixen is always accompanied, and he doesn't know what he is doing inside behind closed doors! It's infuriating that the boys in Beijing still treat her as a treasure of Bingqing Yujie, and when it comes to it, they have to write a word for this vixen! ”

Another young lady smiled and said: "Miss Lin, what Li Xing knows is just some tricks to seduce men, what is there to be convinced of you, you say this, you don't have to lower your status!" ”

The round-faced woman was a little embarrassed, and she coughed a few times before she stopped speaking. The other ladies laughed at the sarcasm of Prince Jin's pursuit of Ah Xing.

Just when everyone was talking happily, Miss Zhang Qingqiu, who had been sitting in the first place and had not made a sound, suddenly chuckled and said, "Sisters, let me say something fair!" ”

When all the women saw Zhang Qingqiu speak, they all quieted down. They all looked at her. Zhang Qingqiu, as Zhang Xiang's daughter, is famous for her beauty and talent, and her sister is the crown princess, and she will either be a palace concubine or a princess in the future, and her future is unspeakably expensive, and the women naturally dare not slack off.

Miss Lu covered her mouth and smiled: "Sister Qingqiu has something to say, so we naturally want to listen to it." The other girls covered their mouths and laughed.

Zhang Qingqiu smiled, her beautiful eyes flowed, she looked at Miss Lu and said, "Xiao Nizi is getting more and more naughty, it seems that I should marry you off quickly and let your father-in-law take care of you!" ”

The other girls laughed. They all made fun of Miss Lu, and Miss Lu's face was flushed and coquettish.

A young lady shook her handkerchief lightly and said, "Okay, let's listen to what Sister Qingqiu has to say." ”

Zhang Qingqiu looked at all the women looking at him respectfully, and a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth, "Qingqiu thinks that everyone shouldn't be too harsh on Miss Axing. Miss A Xing often goes to the Prime Minister's Mansion to perform, Qingqiu and her have also had a few faces, Qingqiu thinks, Miss A Xing is a knowledgeable person, who knows how to advance and retreat and abide by the rules, everyone should not believe the rumors outside, what is going on between her and the prince of Jin, we don't know, some words that ruin the reputation of other girls or don't talk nonsense. And she can make a theater gain a foothold in Kyoto so quickly at a young age, Qingqiu admires her a lot. ”

The previous round-faced woman was very unimpressed by her words, she pouted and said, "Sister Qingqiu is kind and kind, and the little sister is naturally extremely admired. The little sister can't compare to Sister Qingqiu's broad-mindedness, and the little sister just can't see Li Xing's coquettish appearance but pretending to be jade and icy. For her kind of person, her name was even mentioned together with Qingqiu's sister's name, which really made the little sister angry, this is simply an insult to her sister. ”

Zhang Qingqiu shook his head lightly, as if he didn't care, "Sister, you're serious!" ”

Miss Lu rolled her eyes, clapped her hands and said, "I have a good idea!" ”

All the women looked at her and urged, "What a good idea, tell me about it!" ”

Miss Lu smiled and said, "I'm thinking about the Mid-Autumn Festival poetry meeting hosted by Sister Qingqiu, and I will also ...... that fox" She glanced at Qingqiu, saw that she frowned, and quickly changed her words: "I also invited that Li Xing, thinking that Li Xing is just a civilian, how much ink can there be in her stomach?" At that time, we will try to make her ugly, so that everyone in the sky can see that Li Xing is just a straw bag with an empty appearance! What a stupid thing to compare her to Sister Qingqiu! ”

The round-faced woman was the first to clap her hands in agreement, and she excitedly said, "Great idea!" I'll think of an idea when I go back today, I must make Li Xing have nothing to hide! ”

The rest of the women also chimed in, and came up with ideas. thought of Li Xing's ugliness. Everyone was very excited.

Zhang Qingqiu looked at the girls, beautiful and frowned slightly: "Sisters, this doesn't seem to be good!" Let her make a fool of herself in front of everyone, I really can't feel at ease! ”

Miss Lu snorted lightly and said, "If she has something in her stomach, she won't be ugly, otherwise she can only be blamed for being superficial and stupid, who is to blame?" We know that my sister is kind, but some people don't teach her a lesson, and she really doesn't know how many pounds and taels she weighs! As she spoke, she looked at everyone, "Everyone said, am I right?" ”

"Yes, I just want to teach her a lesson, I have long seen her unpleasant!"

"Sister Qingqiu is soft-hearted, this matter will be left to us to do well!"

"Look at her in the future, do you dare to hook up everywhere!"

"I'm afraid that when everyone sees her true colors, she won't be able to hook up if she wants to, who would like a straw bale beauty!"

Saying that, everyone seemed to see A-Xing's gray face, and they all laughed happily.

At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly said: "What if Li Xing knows that he is only a shallow learner and refuses to come?" ”

The round-faced woman snorted lightly and said, "So many of us jointly signed an invitation to her, but she didn't dare to come!" ”

On the other hand, Prince Burtai also heard these rumors, and when he came to Tingsong Theater to watch a play, he said to Ah Xing with some embarrassment: "Ah Xing girl, it seems that Xiao Wang has brought you a lot of trouble. ”

Ah Xing poured him a cup of Biluochun, and said with a chuckle: "Since I came to the capital, the rumors about Ah Xing have never been broken, and Ah Xing has never cared about it." She brought the tea to him: "The prince does not have to take it to heart. ”

Prince Burtai took the tea, the fragrance of the tea was straight to his heart, in the mist, his eyes were dark and moist, "But the Tang Kingdom attaches great importance to women's names, does the girl really care?" ”

Ah Xing sat down opposite Bultai, poured herself a cup of tea, and said slowly: "Ah Xing actually opened this theater, it is impossible to be like those ladies who do not go out of the door and do not enter, and enjoy flowers and embroidery at home every day." When I open the door to do business, I naturally have to come into contact with customers, and I am completely expected to have these rumors, and I am mentally prepared that these rumors will not hurt me. She took a sip of her tea, smiled satisfactorily, and then looked up at the prince, whose smile was bright and clear, without a trace of impurities. So the prince doesn't have to worry about A-Xing. ”

Bultai seemed to be moved by the frankness of her words and her strength, he nodded slightly, was silent for a while, and then asked: "I believe that the girl has already earned a lot of wealth, why not end this business and live a little of the life of an ordinary woman?" He stopped, looking straight at her with his eyes, his dark eyes were like bottomless black holes, as if they could swallow everything, "With all due respect, the girl's age is not too young, although the girl doesn't care about such rumors, it will definitely have an impact on the girl's marriage, and it's time for the girl to plan for herself!" In fact...... Those rumors weren't exactly rumors, and Bourtai ...... to the girl."

Before he finished speaking, Ah Xing interrupted him with a smile, "Ah Xing knows that the prince has good intentions, Ah Xing has always been a mentor and friend to the prince, and he never dared to think about it!" A-Xing, thank you for your concern! But, Prince, you see......"

Ah Xing stood up, gently walked to the railing of the private room, looked at the stage, the stage was playing a wonderful drama, the actors were all very devoted, the audience was also very happy, and there were many small servants walking around the theater, pouring tea and water for the guests.

Prince Burtai walked up to A-Xing's side. Ah Xing looked at him and saw that he was a prince, although she politely refused, there was no trace of anger on his face, and his heart was even more favorable.

She turned her head, looked at the hall, smiled, and said slowly: "Prince, now Tingsong Theater has five branches across the country, employing 500 operas, and hundreds of small servants. If it is really going to be closed, where can these people go? With this alone, it is impossible for Ah Xing to make the decision to close the theater. ”

She turned her head to look at Bultai and said with a smile: "Moreover, A-Xing has a quirky personality, and becoming a biological child is not what A-Xing wants, what A-Xing pursues is this kind of free and unrestrained life," Speaking of this, her expression darkened, "There are too many rules to abide by when married, there are too many insistences that must be given up, and A-Xing can't compromise......"

Ah Xing realized that she seemed to have said too much, smiled a little embarrassedly, and said; "Look at me, it's endless when I talk about it, I don't know what's going on today, I can say so many things, it makes the prince upset!"

Prince Burtai held on to the railing in front of him, the lines of the muscles on his arms were slightly tensed, showing a kind of masculinity, he turned his head, looked at Ah Xing and smiled, his smile was very manly, "No, I even want you to say more, I like to hear it!" It makes me know you better! The voice and expression revealed a faint ambiguity.

Ah Xing knew that her friendship with Burtai should come to an end, not every man was Zhang Zhao, and if he couldn't meet what the other party wanted, he had to stay away as soon as possible.

"Prince, it is better to sit down and continue to drink tea."

A-Xing made a gesture of please and smiled faintly.

Bourtai smiled unconcernedly, and sat down at the table.

Ah Xing sat with him for a while, and after some talking, he excused himself and left.

After leaving the private room, Yun Duo greeted her and handed her an invitation.

Ah Xing opened it and asked, "Who sent it?" ”

Yun Duo said: "According to that maid, it is from the mansion of Lord Lu of Wenyuan Pavilion. ”

"Lord Lu?" Ah Xing muttered suspiciously, in her impression, it seems that she has no contact with Lord Lu's mansion? She quickly opened the invitation card and looked at it, it was Juanxiu's font, and at a glance, she knew that it was from a woman's hand, and there were more than ten signatures in the lower corner, densely packed with small characters, which made people dizzy.

Yun Duo leaned over curiously: "What is it?" Did the Lu government invite us to perform? ”

Ah Xing handed her the invitation card, smiled helplessly and said, "Please be invited, but not to invite us to the house, but to invite me to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Meeting!" "It turned out that so many noble ladies invited her together, and at first glance, I knew that there would be nothing good.

Yun Duo looked at the invitation, his face became heavier and heavier, "It seems that the signatories are all official women, these people usually don't like you, and sometimes they have to be sneered at by them when they perform in their house, how can they be so kind to invite you to the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Club this time?" There must be a conspiracy! She snapped the invitation card and said categorically: "A-Xing, don't go!" ”

Ah Xing shook her head, "You also said it, they are all official ladies, they jointly invited me, if I don't go, this beam will be big!" Going is a must-go! Don't worry, clouds," she looked up, her eyes flickering ahead, "I won't offend them as long as they don't play too much, but if they push too hard, I won't let them bully!" ”

I have something to do today, so I'm sorry to be late! There's a shift tonight, it may be late, so I'll see it tomorrow!