Aging and life are always bitter, and they are not picky about meals. Whether it was begging along the street or living in a small temple with Yuanzhen, it was just a stomach, and there was no quality and taste at all. Rao is so, in the face of all the unseen and unheard of delicacies of the mountains and seas, aged and has no appetite.

Thus eating and drinking as a reward will be a great glory for some, while others will be on pins and needles. Seeing that Chen Hua and Ban Yan didn't move his chopsticks, Mu Zuo stopped the wine glass in his hand and asked in a low voice, "Second brother, isn't this palace dinner very delicious?"

Chen Huahe smiled bitterly: "Definitely." Just sitting here and eating that food, where is the appetite?"

Mu Zuo said: "Second brother, Lafayette is powerful and shocking, even if he feeds us as dogs, what can we do? Besides, you are treated as a guest of honor by the Queen Mother, this meal, the foolish brother is not used to it, but the rules in the palace are like this." Besides, there are more than 10 million subjects of my Qing Dynasty, how many people can sit here? ”

Chen Huahe shook his head and smiled, no more. Turning his face to look at Qin Xiaolou, he saw that he was eating with his mouth full of oil, so he casually pushed a Buddha jumping over the wall in front of him in front of Xiaolou. Qin Xiaolou smirked: "What, second brother, don't you eat?" picked up the spoon, scooped a spoonful of thick abalone juice and put it in his mouth, half-squinted his eyes and reveled: "It's really delicious, delicious, delicious......"

This appearance made Chen Huahe cry and laugh, and he was about to laugh at him. Suddenly, I heard Cixi say loudly: "Oh, look at Qin Xiaolou's child! ”

Chen Hua and Mu Zuo's thoughts, Qin Xiaolou had nothing at all. I was just happy with a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, and when I heard Cixi enjoy the fish again, I was happy in my heart, and I pointed to the dishes and bowls in front of Cixi and smiled: "Queen Mother, that, that, and that, do you want to eat it?"

Cixi has been in the palace for decades, and no one has ever dared to take the initiative to reach out to her when she is eating, first stunned, and then pursed her lips and smiled: "Little Lizi, bring it to him." ”

Li Lianying followed Cixi's instructions, and together with the little eunuch, brought many dishes to Qin Xiaolou, Qin Xiaolou was so happy that his mouth was difficult to close, he ate in his mouth, and said in his mouth: "Second brother, eat quickly, eat quickly, I don't know what this is, and it is sweet!"

Cixi looked at it with interest, as if she suddenly remembered something, turned her head and said, "I'm reading the building today, whose play is it?"

Li Lianying bowed down and said: "Back to Lafayette's words, it is Yang Xiaolou's "Changban Slope". ”

Cixi said: "Yang Xiaolou, Qin Xiaolou, it's really fate, the names are the same." ”

Qin Xiaolou asked, "Queen Mother, Yang Xiaolou, who is it?"

Cixi took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "This Yang Xiaolou is a famous actor in Peking Opera." It is said that there are a lot of corners invited into the palace by the mourning family, but they just like to watch his plays. That figure, handle, energy, and bearing are really extraordinary! Today's is "Changban Slope", next time, let him play "Jia Jialou" and "Wild Boar Forest" to the mourning family. After a while, I went to read the floor to watch the play, and after it was over, the mourning family will introduce you to you. ”

Chen Huahe has never seen Peking Opera, so naturally he doesn't know Yang Xiaolou's name. Wusheng Taidou Yang Xiaolou, ancestral home in Yang Andun, Shipai Town, Huaining County, is rumored to be a descendant of Wang Mang of the Yang family. After Wang Mang's usurpation failed, Liu Xiu wanted to destroy the Wang family, and the Wang family was afraid of being interrogated on the way to escape. Since then, the Yang family and Yang Wang are not distinguished, and the surname is still Wang within the clan, and the surname is Yang to the outside world.

Yang Xiaolou's grandfather was a famous actor in Beijing opera, he left his hometown in the early years of Xianfeng, pushed a wheelbarrow into Beijing, and played tricks by the overpass, making a good hand! Therefore, Cixi loved it very much when she saw it, and on the fifteenth day of the month, she would send someone to invite him into the palace to perform for Cixi.

Although he had never heard of this name, Chen Huaji was shocked in his heart. A few days ago, Tang Rumu said in the back garden that he wanted to visit the palace at night to find out the infiltration of the Mixed Yuan Sect into the Internal Affairs Office, which mentioned the scene of reading the building.

"Could it be that this famous character named Yang Xiaolou is also a person from Miss Rumu?" Chen Huaji secretly wondered in his heart. said with a smile: "It's the same Xiaolou, Xiaolou, you have to accompany the Queen Mother to look at the Xiaolou on the stage for a while." ”

Qin Xiaolou was so smart, he seemed to hear the deeper meaning in Chen Huahe's words, reached out and grabbed the handkerchief to wipe the soup from his mouth and said: "I love to watch dramas the most, but I haven't seen the plays of famous actors yet." Galeries Lafayette's grace, I will definitely appreciate it, appreciate it. ”

Cixi was very pleased and said: "Okay, if you love to watch it, you can go to the palace to chat with the mourning family and watch the play in the future." ”

Mu Zuo saw that Cixi had blue eyes for Qin Xiaolou, and he was jealous in his heart, but he kept smiling on his face. This meal was really not very pleasant.

It was easy to stay up until the end of dinner, and the group followed Cixi as if reading the building. I saw that the main hall was wide, and seven thrones were set up in the center, and Cixi sat in it. There is a corridor on the left and right in front of the hall, which is a place for the royal family or courtiers to accompany the play. On the wall of the hall corridor, hanging golden satin, satin on the pavilion body neatly book "longevity fu", wishing Cixi a long life.

Cixi nodded slightly, and Li Lianying hurriedly raised her voice and said loudly: "It is rumored that Lafayette Yi will play the scene of 'Changbanpo' with Yang Xiaolou, and I admire this." ”

The backstage musical instrument sounded, and I saw a person dressed and leaning, wearing a helmet, pedaling thick-soled boots, a beautiful and dignified work frame, pedaling a few steps and walking on the stage, a clean and neat appearance, without dragging mud and water!

"Okay!" Qin Xiaolou was excited, and a cheer made Cixi laugh out loud.

At the beginning of the show, Yang Xiaolou deserves to be a first-class famous actor, integrating singing, reading, doing, and playing the four skills, and the five methods of melting hands, eyes, body, law, and steps are a furnace, and the recitation is even more perfect!

Cixi loved this passage the most, and she was so happy that her fingers gently tapped the beat, and she also chanted it quietly in her mouth.

Then, Yang Xiaolou turned around sharply, a "inverted winged tiger", which won the applause of the whole house!

When everyone was fascinated, someone outside the Yue is building suddenly shouted: "Oh no! Chuxiu Palace is on fire! Hurry! Escort! Escort!"