Chapter 18: Jokes and Legal Arguments (3)
"What's the matter with you?" The old servant asked him.
"I'm going to see the prince soon, I have something for you." As soon as Cai Xianqing waved his hand, a small actor held a shiny red lacquer box and walked in front of Cai Xianqing. Cai Xianqing took the lacquer box and handed it to the old servant.
The old servant took off the lid of the box and saw that it contained a pair of crystal glasses with brass frames, which were dazzling.
"Oops......" He was speechless for a moment, but he was stunned and didn't move.
"I heard that you are old-eyed, so I picked out a good pair of Western glasses from the shop and gave them to you." Cai Xianqing said with a smile.
"Could it be that it was really given to me?" The old servant still couldn't believe it.
"Can there be a fake?"
"Oops!" The old servant clapped his hands, so surprised that he clung to the lacquer box, and almost cried when he looked at the glasses. "Xianqing, I thank you! How much money do you have to spend here? ”
"This crystal is hard to find, and the price is naturally expensive. About...... Eighty-two taels of silver. ”
"Eighty-two taels! I'm so old that I'm going to kneel down for you! He was about to kneel down immediately, but he saw Cai Xianqing taking the lead and kneeling on the ground: "Xianqing is just a play, a lowly family, can An be worshipped?" Why don't you kneel down! ”
The old servant helped him up: "I am also a slave, why do you need to be lighthearted?" Hurry up, it's okay if you don't kneel anymore? ”
Cai Xianqing just stood up.
"It's not too early, go to Zixintang to find the prince...... Also, I don't know how to thank you! Then he made another gesture, and then he slowly departed from the garden, and went elsewhere.
"Master, if we want to sing the song well, can we also receive this reward?" A playful joker asked.
"Phew!" As soon as Cai Xianqing turned around, he spat in his face, but fortunately, the little actor hid quickly and was not spit on his face.
"It's as if the eighty-two taels of silver are worthless! If he wasn't from the palace, how could I be so kind to spend this money on him? Your master and I are not so righteous, and I am still so distressed, it is really like cutting off a piece of my flesh! ”
He let out a long sigh and walked straight to the 'new hall' in front of him.
After he entered the house, he was confronted by a photowall, so he called to the actors and said, "You wait here, I will go in to meet the prince, and come out in a while." Do not make noise and disturb it, and remember, this is the palace! ”
"Disciples will be taught by the master!" The group replied in unison.
Cai Xianqing was relieved, went around to the back of the wall, lifted the bamboo curtain in front of the door, and saw Wan Heshun sitting crookedly on the chair, letting the slave hold a child, he was playing with the kid. Turning his face, Cai Xianqing was waiting outside the door, and said with a smile: "Come in." ”
Cai Xianqing walked over slowly, smiling all over his face. "Lord Wan is the first time to take the little boy out! It's the first time I've seen the villain. ”
Wan Heshun laughed and said, "What do you think of my kid? ”
Cai Xianqing took a closer look and exclaimed: "Looking at it vividly, it will be able to inherit the great cause of the prince!" ”
Wan Heshun shook his head lightly: "What about the great cause, my throne is not hereditary, so if you don't say it, you won't have it." As he spoke, he snorted through his nose, but no one heard him.
"The prince is really in a good mood today! You can choose a play of your own choice and let the villain arrange it. ”
"Hugh has to arrange," Wan Heshun pointed at him, "I want you to sing it yourself!" ”
"Lord Wang, I haven't sung for a long time, my body is old again, and I can't move easily, so let's let the children act." Cai Xianqing said kindly.
Wan Heshun took the child's hand and said, "Don't be too modest...... I really want to hear you sing! If you can't cope with some plays, don't worry, this king is up to you, and you can sing whichever you want. ”
"That ......" Cai Xianqing smiled embarrassedly, but Wan Heshun still nodded to him.
"Then the villain will choose a ......" Cai Xianqing thought for a long time, and sighed again: "These villains can't sing." ”
Wan Heshun was speechless.
"There is a way," Cai Xianqing said again: "I'm writing an easy-to-sing song now, won't the prince be able to listen to the villain's play?" ”
"Write? Is it in time? Wan and Shun Xingtou came up again and asked.
"Then I can only ask the prince to arrange my play to the end, and when the previous one is finished, the song will be completed. Just so that you can listen to a new one, wouldn't it be more than one stone? ”
Wan Heshun smiled and clapped his hands: "This plan is wonderful!" Then I'll arrange it! ”
"Thank you for your face!" Cai Xianqing saw that everything was as he expected, and he couldn't help but feel relieved.
"I'll call you again in a while, and write your songs!" Wan Heshun smiled kindly, patted Cai Xianqing's back gently, and told him to go out.
Wan Heshun watched Cai Xianqing bypass the photo wall, and then smiled and said to the minion: "It seems that Cai Xizi has ulterior motives......"
Cai Xianqing returned to the aisle in front of the wall, set up a chair, sat there to arrange the music, asked the actors to wait on the side, and when the time came, arrange for them to go in and sing.
But after a while, Cai Xianqing heard that the prince had a temporary idea again, and was ready to put up a stage in the garden to watch the play and enjoy the scenery with his relatives; He had to send the team out of the house while pondering his tune.
He could hear that he had just finished singing three or four folds outside, and he had just finished writing the song here, showing it to his apprentices, and picking a few people to hurry up and play.
Halfway through, I saw the old servant from before entering the house, and said to Cai Xianqing: "The drama outside is finished, and the prince called you out to prepare." ”
Cai Xianqing had no choice but to grit his teeth and said, "You go and tell the prince, I'll come immediately." ”
The old servant then closed the door and walked away.
"Is the play right?" Several actors all asked worriedly.
"That's right! After you read it hastily, go out and sing with me! Cai Xianqing hurriedly packed up her things and ran quickly towards the house.
The wind outside the house is extremely warm, and the lake is as quiet as a mirror, and Wanheshun by the lake is blown by the breeze, listening to the song of the beam, and is comfortable.
There were seven or eight chairs next to him, and beside him sat his wife, the so-called princess. However, Wan He Shun remembered that he was a king with a different surname, and he was different from the blood relatives of the clan, so he did not dare to be arrogant, and strictly ordered his subordinates to call him 'madam', and if there were slaves who dared to call him 'princess', they would be beaten to death with a stick and severely punished.
This 'lady' was holding Wan Wangye's son and was pointing to those plays to tease the children, while several concubines of Wan Heshun were sitting on the side, all staring at the stage quietly and not making a sound.
Wan Heshun lay on the circle chair, motionless, listening to the noisy gongs and drums, his eyelids drooped slightly, as if he was a little drowsy.
When he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a light cough, and then a gentle and crisp voice came from the stage:
"The old man's surname is Wei, and his name is Jingshan ......"
Looking at it, Cai Xianqing slowly walked to the stage, and his play had already begun.