Chapter 172 Hold a grudge

The two chatted while walking to the Tingsong Theater. (Vertex Hand Hit)

The entrance of the theater is very wide. The gate was large enough for two carriages to pass side by side. Three strings of pink lanterns hang on both sides of the gate, and the golden letters on the plaques are reflected in the joyful lights.

Entering the door was a large spacious ping, which was already full of carriages, and the little man of the theater led the carriage of Prince Bourtai to a corner of the pingli.

Ah Xing took Prince Burtai through the big flat and invited him into the theater with a smile.

The theater hall is 400 square meters, the hall on the first floor can accommodate 300 people at the same time, and there are 12 private rooms on the second floor. Ah Xing led Prince Burtai to a private room with the best view on the second floor. All the furnishings in the private room are of the highest quality, even the silk handkerchief for the guests is also made of the best silk weaving, and then smoked with the best spices, not only the touch is smooth when used, but also a sweet fragrance comes to the nose, which makes people feel refreshed and refreshed. Even a handkerchief for wiping hands is so delicate, not to mention the other furnishings in the private room. The most expensive private room in Jincheng Theater is 10 taels of silver, but even the most ordinary and smallest private room here costs ten taels, and the largest and most luxurious private room charges as much as 50 taels for a play, and the income of twelve private rooms alone is a lot of money.

Ah Xing invited Prince Burtai to sit down, and after a while, five servants dressed in uniform clothes came in, and three of them served fragrant tea. One person serves the plate, one arranges the cups, one makes tea, and the other two light sandalwood. After finishing, the two servants who lit the sandalwood and the little servant who served the plate retreated, and the remaining two retreated to the side, waiting for orders.

Now there are more than 100 small people like this in Tiandu, all of whom are children of the people at the bottom of Tiandu, and the basic monthly silver is 3 taels, plus the reward and guest reward at the end of the month, the maximum time in a month can reach 10 taels, and the minimum is five taels, and the Tingsong Cinema has always been generous to the staff, never scolded, and the work is also very easy, so the Tingsong Cinema has become the place where young men want to work the most.

Now there are more than 500 operas in the five Tingsong theaters in the Tang Kingdom, and there are about 100 female operas, half of which come by buying slaves, and the vast majority of the other half are young girls from poor families. In this world, many poor families sometimes sell their daughters into slavery in large families because they can't live a good life, and parents who are a little ruthless will even sell their daughters into Qinglou. But later, when I saw that Tingsong Theater recruited female actors, not only did they not have to sell their bodies, but the contracted silver was more than that of large families, and the money they earned in the future was even more unimaginable, so they willingly sent their daughters to the theater, as for the lowly status or something, they would not consider it. Even if they don't do drama, their status is not noble, and they won't be able to marry any good people in the future, and they can at least earn money by doing drama.

In this way, Tingsong Theater has become the hope of poor children, as if as long as you can enter Tingsong to do things, your life in this life will be settled. And Ah Xing's benevolence, righteousness and generosity have won her a good reputation among the majority of low-level people, which is one of the reasons why Ah Xing can gain a firm foothold in Tiandu in such a short period of time.

Bultai looked at the series of well-trained and very delicate movements of the little guys, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The life of your Tang people is really exquisite, and you even have so much attention to watching a scene.

Ah Xing smiled: "We are nothing, those nobles' daily life is called exquisite!" ”

Bourtai picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and then smiled and praised, "It's so fragrant." ”

Ah Xing originally planned to accompany each other for a while, but at this time, a little maid came in and whispered in Ah Xing's ear for a while. Ah Xing's face changed slightly, then she stood up and said to Burtai apologetically: "Prince, Ah Xing suddenly has some urgent matters and needs to leave, I'm really embarrassed. ”

Bultai sat at the table and looked up at Ah Xing and said with a smile: "It's okay, the girl will go and get busy first." ”

"I hope the prince can have a pleasant evening here."

"That's nature. It was so comfortable and very relaxing. ”

Ah Xing saluted Burtai and withdrew, and outside the door of the private room, Yun Duo waited for her with an anxious face.

Ah Xing walked up to her: "What's the matter?" As he spoke, he walked downstairs.

Yun Duo followed her footsteps, and his tone was a little anxious: "It's Lord Sun, he is angry, probably because of the rejection of Qiao Ying's redemption." I arranged for him to be in the reception room, and he had a very bad face. ”

Ah Xing frowned, and asked again, "Is there any drama for Qiao Ying tonight?" ”

"Not at this time."

"Find someone to tell her to go to the reception room."

The living room is on the third floor of the theater, and the third floor is where Ah Xing usually handles daily affairs, with an office room for Ah Xing's daily work, a meeting room for discussing with the actors, and a reception room for receiving guests.

Ah Xing came to the reception room and saw Master Sun sitting on the main seat in regular clothes, with a black face, looking extremely unhappy, and there was a small servant beside him serving him tea.

Ah Xing greeted him with a smile, saluted respectfully to Lord Sun, and said, "Lord Sun, if you don't watch the play downstairs at this time, is Ah Xing not being well entertained?"

Sun is of medium stature, with a dark face and a narrow distance between his eyebrows, and it is said that the popularity of this physiognomy is very narrow.

Master Sun snorted coldly and said contemplatively: "Ah Xing girl, don't pretend to be confused for me, you should know why this official came to you!" ”

Ah Xing knew that if he went around in circles again, the other party might be like thunder, so he walked to Lord Sun's side and filled him with tea. said calmly: "I know that Lord Sun is here for Qiao Ying, but Ah Xing has already made it very clear in the reply, although Qiao Ying is from the theater, but her marriage is not up to me, if Qiao Ying is willing to follow Lord Sun, Ah Xing should give the deed of sale with both hands, and will never dare to accept a penny from Lord Sun, but Ah Xing has already asked Qiao Ying what she means, although she admires the adult, but she doesn't want to talk about marriage for the time being." Ah Xing never forced others, so she dared to refuse the adult. ”

Master Sun raised his hand and slapped it heavily on the table next to him, and said angrily: "Do you mean that the official forced her?" The official told you that the official had asked Miss Qiao Ying before making this decision, and Miss Qiao Ying did not object at that time! You're now refusing to give her a reason to refuse! It's so hateful! You think that the official doesn't know your thoughts, but you just hold on to her because Qiao Ying can earn money for you! He stood up, pointed at Ah Xing, and said viciously: "Say, how much silver does it take to let this official redeem Qiao Ying!" ”

Ah Xing took two steps back, lowered her head, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "My lord, I really wronged Ah Xing for this!" Qiao Ying is not the only popular actress who listens to Song, and Ah Xingwan did not risk offending adults to force her to stay! And if Qiao Ying has a good home, Ah Xing is also very happy for her! But every actress in the theater is like a sister to me. If they don't want to marry, I won't force them! ”

Since the last time Ah Xing sued the official who forced her to marry in court, and there was a lot of uproar, no one really dared to blatantly rob people in Tingsong Theater, as long as Qiao Ying was really unwilling, Master Sun would not dare to take Qiao Ying away, and he was afraid that Ah Xing's last lawsuit would be repeated. But whether he will hold a grudge against Ah Xing in his heart is another matter.

Seeing that Master Sun still had an indignant expression, Ah Xing said, "Master Sun, if you still don't believe me, I can call Qiao Ying." You can ask her in person, and as long as she nods, I'll give her the deed of sale right away! Seeing that Master Sun didn't object, Ah Xing asked Yun Duo to bring Qiao Ying up.

After a while, Qiao Ying lowered her head and walked in with a shy and timid look, and after coming in, she first saluted Lord Sun, her head slowly raised, Yingying's eyes glanced at Lord Sun, and called softly: "Lord Sun." ”

When Lord Sun looked at her delicate appearance, his heart was full, and he wanted to take her as a concubine even more. Lord Sun's wife is too fierce, so he has always liked delicate women, and thinks that delicate and cowardly women are real beauties, so although Ah Xing is a recognized beauty in everyone's mouth, but in his opinion, the temperament is too cold, and there is no taste of women, which can be regarded as radish and cabbage have their own love!

Ah Xing walked to Qiao Ying's side and asked softly: "Qiao Ying, now that Master Sun intends to redeem you, I will ask you again in front of Master Sun, are you willing?" ”

Master Sun took two steps forward, with an eager expression on his face, and said, "Qiao Ying, this official will definitely treat you well, as long as you nod, this official can take you away immediately!" As he spoke, he looked at A-Xing again, and his tone suddenly sank: "Don't try to stop anyone!" ”

Qiao Ying looked at Ah Xing, and then at Master Sun, her eyelashes blinked twice, and the tears rolled out in a moment, she lowered her head, the tears became more and more fierce, and she sobbed quietly.

Master Sun walked up to her and bent down slightly: "Qiaoying, why are you crying?" But someone persecuted you? ”

Qiao Ying covered her face. He didn't say anything, he cried and shook his head vigorously. My whole body trembled, as if I was afraid of something.

Master Sun grabbed her arm and was a little anxious, "Then are you willing to follow me?" You're talking! ”

Qiao Ying's body trembled even more, tears poured down her fingertips, she still didn't say anything, shook her head lightly a few times and ran out crying.

"Qiao Ying, Qiao Ying!" Ah Xing called twice behind her, but Qiao Ying didn't look back.

Ah Xing turned to Lord Sun and said respectfully, "Lord Sun has already seen Qiao Ying just now and is unwilling to leave here, please be considerate of Lord Sun!" ”

Lord Sun looked at Ah Xing, his face was cloudy, and his eyes were very gloomy. Qiao Ying's expression just now seemed to Ah Xing to be very scared, but in the eyes of Master Sun, it seemed that there was something unspeakable, and Ah Xing had been obstructing him from beginning to end, so he thought that Ah Xing must be playing tricks on it! But Qiao Ying didn't nod, and he had no other way for the time being. He snorted heavily, flicked his sleeve hard, and rushed out the door.

After Master Sun rushed away, Yun Duo walked in through the door with a frightened expression. She walked up to Ah Xing's side and said angrily, "What happened to Qiao Ying just now? He said a good thing in front of us, but when he came to Lord Sun, he made that kind of appearance, and Lord Sun didn't know what he would think when he saw it! ”

Although Ah Xing felt a little strange, she didn't think that Qiao Ying did it on purpose, after all, she had been with Qiao Ying for a few years, she knew Qiao Ying, although Qiao Ying was a little cautious, she was not a vicious woman, and what reason did she have to harm her?

"Maybe it's because she was too scared to reject Lord Sun in person, after all, Lord Sun is a five-grade official, and it is natural for her to have this reaction."

Yun Duo was a little worried: "But I saw that Lord Sun's face was very unsightly just now, I was worried that he would hold a grudge against you, I heard that Lord Sun's popularity is very small, and he will repay him, I am afraid that he will be unfavorable to you!" ”

Ah Xing patted her on the shoulder, smiled and comforted her, "You don't have to worry, I'm just a small person to Master Sun, so he won't take me to heart!" ”

The clouds were worried: "I hope so! She raised her head, looked at Ah Xing and said, "Ah Xing, my father and mother are not around, the eldest sister has to take care of the children and basically doesn't care about the affairs of the theater, and I am not smart, I can't help you, you are carrying everything alone, Ah Xing, sometimes I am really worried, I am so afraid that something will happen to you!" ”

Yun Duo's tone was full of sincere feelings, which made Ah Xing very moved, she took Yun Duo's hand, shook her tightly, and said, "My good sister, you don't have to worry about me." It's been two years since we came to the capital, and we have experienced many things, and not all of them have come smoothly. I believe that as long as we don't have the intention of harming others, do business in a down-to-earth manner, and strive to make the lives of the people around us better, then even if there is any disaster, we will definitely get through it safely! ”

Under Ah Xing's persuasion, Yun Duo nodded, but there was always some uneasiness in his heart.

After Qiao Ying rushed out of the living room, she hid under a tree and cried, and not long after, Master Sun also came down from upstairs, heard the cry, and found Qiao Ying very smoothly.

He hugged Qiao Ying's shoulders with a look of pity: "Qiao Ying, we didn't say it well before, why did you suddenly regret it again?" ”

Qiao Ying raised her head and looked at Lord Sun with tears in her eyes, with infinite grief in her eyes: "It's that Qiao Ying has no blessing and can't follow the adult, and the adult will forget Qiao Ying in the future!" As he spoke, he gently pushed Master Sun, turned his head and ran away crying.

Master Sun called her a few times in the same place, looked at the direction Qiao Ying left in a daze, and turned around after a while, he looked up at the window of the reception room, with an angry expression on his face, and then left without looking back.

Not long after he left, Qiao Ying flashed out from behind a fake stone not far away, the tears in the corners of her eyes had not dried, but the sad and lingering expression just now had completely disappeared, she looked at the direction in which Master Sun disappeared, and a cold smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Waiting for the end of this drama, Ah Xing went to Prince Burtai's private room and watched the play and chatted with him.

After the drama ended, Ah Xing personally sent Prince Burtai into the carriage. After getting into the carriage, Bultai lifted the curtain of the carriage, waved to Ah Xing and said, "See you at the Prime Minister's Mansion in two days." ”

Ah Xing also smiled and waved to him: "Goodbye." ”

Not long after Bourtai left, Chen Ying and Wang Gang returned side by side, and the smiles on their faces showed that tonight's date should have been very pleasant. Ah Xing beckoned to them, Chen Ying was stunned when she saw Ah Xing, and then turned her head and said something to Wang Gang, Wang Gang nodded, and after making a gesture to Ah Xing from afar, he turned around and entered the theater. But Chen Ying walked towards Ah Xing.

Chen Ying's face was a little strange, hesitant, as if he couldn't make up his mind about something.

A Xingqi said: "Sister Ying, how do you pull?" Is there anything you want to tell me? ”

Chen Ying looked at her fixedly for a while, then lowered his head and asked, "What about Chen Jing?" ”

"I'm still here just now, maybe walk away for a while."

Chen Ying nodded, and then said, "Then I'll go find Chen Jing." With that, he walked away.

Ah Xing looked at her back and was a little confused, maybe it was the troubles of falling in love, and she felt inconvenient to tell herself? Ah Xing thought for a while and came to such a conclusion.

Chen Ying found Chen Jing in the theater and hurriedly pulled Chen Jing to a quiet corner.

"Chen Jing, guess who I saw when Wang Gang and I were swimming in the Night River just now?"

Chen Jing smiled, and didn't take her sister's serious attitude to heart, "Could it be that you saw a certain master and tried it with Wang Gang with him?" ”

Chen Ying patted her sister on the shoulder, a little angry, "I'm talking to you seriously!" Who is joking with you? ”

Chen Jing saw that her sister was angry, so she restrained the joke on her face, "Okay, tell me, who did you see?" ”

Chen Ying looked at Chen Jing without blinking, "Shen Yuanfeng, I saw Shen Yuanfeng, he was standing by the river alone, not knowing what he was thinking." ”

Hearing Shen Yuanfeng's three words, the expression on Chen Jing's face suddenly became very solemn, "Did you say hello to him?" ”

"I did, but I feel like he's changed a lot, and I can't say where he's changed." Chen Ying sighed: "He didn't even ask a word about A-Xing...... He knew we must be with her, but he didn't ask anything. ”

"Then what else did you say, how did he appear in the sky?"

"I didn't even have time to ask, so I just said a few words, and he made an excuse and walked away."

Chen Jing frowned: "Did you tell Ah Xing about this matter?" ”

Chen Ying shook his head: "In the past two years, although Ah Xing has not mentioned Shen Yuanfeng once, she seems to be living happily. But I can see that in fact, she is very bitter in her heart, and he still occupies a very important position in her heart, but there is a dead knot between them, which is difficult to untie, and I don't know whether to tell her or not. ”

Chen Jing took two steps forward, then looked back at her sister and said, "Forget it, let's not say anything for the time being." If their fate is not over, they will definitely meet again. Until then, let her keep this quiet......"