Chapter 33 Shaking

After Xue Chongxun returned to Penglai Palace, he took out the memorial and read it carefully. The content was not new to Xue Chongxun. The strategy of focusing on Yingzhou was discussed long ago when he summoned Du Xian.

The reason why he had more associations was that this copy was delivered directly to him through eunuchs. At that time, he had no intention of handling business and was traveling by the lake with Yao Wan.

Since he ascended the throne, he has not been ignoring the government for a long time. At least those high-ranking and powerful ministers in the court can meet almost every day. Du Xian was anxious and could not even wait for a day. He had to deliver the memorial to himself today.

What's he anxious about?

Xue Chongxun thought about it for a while, and then threw the note on the table.

He had to admit that the psychological pressure of working in the emperor was very high, especially those who were wronged in the country like him.

Is Du Xian trustworthy?

Xue Chongxun could come to the answer without much consideration, yes. He has always felt that he had a subtle tacit understanding with this person. If it weren't for the relationship between the monarch and the subject, he might have become a close friend.

But now he found that he was actually aware of Du Xian, and he couldn't help but guard against everyone...

No wonder the emperor calls himself a lonely man.

However, it is one thing to be careful in secret. Xue Chongxun will never act rashly on important officials, because someone in this country must be in charge of the matter.

Even if you have supreme power in your hands that you can continue to do whatever you like, will the newly promoted person be better than before?

He sat alone for a long time, and in a daze, he felt like a butterfly. Then he came to his senses and found that it was the close servant Dong who was doing trivial matters beside her. There was a birthmark on her face, which looked like a butterfly. The birthmark on her face was originally very affecting the beauty, but her birthmark was just right and did not make people feel ugly. Instead, it had a strange beauty, just like a tattoo.

Starting from the evening today, Dong should be on duty, and she is responsible for all the affairs of Xue Chongxun's daily life.

Although Xue Chongxun was concerned about Yao Wan, who had just lost her virginity, he did not specifically re-arrange the order on duty, and everything was still the same.

Dong was not very beautiful, and there was nothing outstanding about his face except that birthmark, but his skin was white and plump, especially his breasts on his chest, and he was trembling slightly when he walked.

She and two other close servants served Xue Chongxun for a long time, and Xue Chongxun trusted them very much.

However, Dong is not only worse than Yao Wan, and it is not because of her appearance. They are one plump and the other slim, and they are not easy to compare with different types, but they have huge differences in temperament.

The so-called temperament is nothing more than the usual movements and eyes. Dong is also quick to do things, but he still has the rough taste of the people in the city. It is simple but not a little bit details. Xue Chongxun accidentally saw her standing posture when she lowered her head to look for something, with her legs crossed. Such movements are absolutely impossible to see in a palace lady.

At this moment, a female official called the door outside, and the palace maid inside went out to ask. The female official said: When Princess Taiping learned that the Yonghe County Lord (Wu family) admired Li Guinian's talent, she invited Li Guinian to Chengxiang Palace to perform. The queen, Princess Jincheng, and Princess Hezhong had all gone. Princess Jincheng sent her servants to ask His Majesty if she wanted to go there later.

After hearing this, the palace maid came over and recounted what had happened just now. As soon as she spoke, Xue Chongxun interrupted: I have heard it just now, you don’t need to say it again.I'll go there now if I ask someone to prepare the car.

Since Princess Taiping was interested, she invited her family to listen to the opera, Xue Chongxun thought she should also participate.He was not very interested in these entertainment activities, but just to give Princess Taiping face.

Li Guinian is very famous and takes a high-end route. Generally, the places where he enters and leaves the performance are either royal nobles or official geniuses. His identity may be a star in modern times, but now he is a actor.

Xue Chongxun also made friends with this person, of course, the deepest impression on him was from a poem by Du Fu, "Meeting Li Guinian in the South of Jiangnan".

It is common to find it in the house of King Qi, and it is heard several times in front of Cui Jiutang.

It is the beautiful scenery in Jiangnan, and I meet you again in the season of falling flowers...

Not all celebrities can be famous for thousands of years.

Xue Chongxun picked up the memorial on the table and went out. When he saw Sanniang, he handed it to her for custody and sent it to the court tomorrow. There were no memorials or documents in the bedroom.

A group of palace maids followed him to the corridor outside the bedroom and met Yao Wan.

Yao Wan was not on duty today, and she didn't know how she passed by here. When she saw Xue Chongxun coming, she lowered her hands according to the rules and asked her to bow her knees beside the road.

Xue Chongxun turned around and watched her pass by without saying a word.

At this moment, Yao Wan suddenly lowered her head and said: Your Majesty is wearing this outfit to meet people?

Only then did Xue Chongxun realize that he was still wearing a robe of flax (linen) cloth. This thing is naturally a very irregular dress material, but it is very breathable and comfortable to wear in summer.

Dong, who was on duty in the room just now, didn't remind him of his outfit. Maybe she didn't expect that much, but Yao Wan, who was resting, was more thoughtful.

Now I'm having a lot of time when I go back, so Xue Chongxun said: No matter what, I've eaten dinner, and I can't even be a banquet. Isn't it just listening to the opera?

Sure enough, when he was about to pay homage to Princess Taiping in Chengxiang Palace, Princess Taiping said: You are not as well dressed as you are not as neat as the actors.

Xue Chongxun said: I was in a hurry to come over to see my mother, and I didn’t even have to change my clothes.

Princess Taiping couldn't help but smile: Fortunately, Gu Shang was wearing shoes and didn't come over barefoot.

My mother taught her lessons with allusions, and her son was ashamed.

Xue Chongxun took the opportunity to fool him.

Princess Taiping was wearing a bright red dress, with her head full of jade, and her face was even more meticulous. Her face looked white and red, and her complexion was very good. She couldn't tell her age just from her skin color.

As a person in power, Xue Chongxun obviously does not pay as much attention to dressing and appearance as she does.

Almost all the women in the hall were all women, and the specifications were not as formal as modern evening parties. At most, they were entertainment activities after meals. Only the people in the palace were mostly palace ladies, princesses and concubines.

The spectator is Xue Chongxun, and some of the guys performing operas are men. Li Guinian himself is a man, and there are also male musicians.

County Lord Yonghe will return to his hometown in Hezhong if he lives in the palace for a while. Tonight is also the show prepared for her by Princess Taiping.

The Yonghe County Lord admired Li Guinian's performance. In the first show, Li Guinian did not let Li Guinian appear in person and chose the scenes he had rehearsed.

The eunuch came up to report the names of Princess Taiping and Emperor Xue Chongxun, saying it was "Taiyao Niang".Princess Taiping said: The sage girl in the sect house is the leading role of a woman. Isn’t this Li Guinian coming to perform?

The eunuch hurriedly said: I'll report to Your Highness, it was Li Guinian who sang.

Princess Taiping smiled and said: This is quite interesting.

The eunuch said: As long as your highness is happy, everyone will be happy.

Princess Taiping looked at Wu Shi sitting below and said: Princess Yonghe has agreed to yes, and I will reward them more.

After a while, the musician played music to set off the atmosphere. A woman dressed in an actor slowly walked onto the wooden platform in front of the imperial throne, and the play began.

The woman was wearing a woman's costume and makeup. She was actually Li Guinian. She was not only a man but also a middle-aged uncle.

Since ancient times, opera singers have had the tradition of using men to play women, and it is not surprising that Li Guinian dressed up as a woman.

His current role is a wife from a commoner. He had just come on stage and didn't make a sound. His walking posture and a series of movements looked very similar to a woman, and the audience on the seat immediately started to laugh.

At this time, Li Guinian sang amid the crying sound of the pipa. The voice of a woman once again made the atmosphere rise, and some people cheered.

Princess Yonghe widened her eyes and asked excitedly: Is he Li Guinian?

The eunuch beside him hurriedly replied: Go back to the princess, it’s Li Guinian, it’s like a fake one.

Princess Yonghe smiled and said: If I hadn't known in advance, I would have thought I was really a woman.

Even Xue Chongxun, who usually doesn't listen to operas, became interested and watched with relish.

The musician beside him sang: Shake, come with me!The pain of shaking my mother, come with peace!

The song became serene. In people's laughter, Li Guinian sang and danced while complaining. She claimed that she was a native of Hanoi in the late Sui Dynasty. Her husband was disgusted and addicted to drinking. She called herself a doctor and beat her when she got drunk.

She claimed to be beautiful and good at singing, so she used singing and dancing to express her grievances and suffering.

Then a husband who was wearing very ugly makeup came in and performed fiercely and uglyly. During this period, a supporting role appeared on the stage and performed the dictionary in the pawnshop to claim the dictionary.

The actors' performances were vivid and just like the real ones. The audience gradually got into the role and naturally responded with great sympathy for Tayao Niang.

Although the play is fake, the feelings of the ladies who are boring in life are real at this time.

Against the backdrop of the supporting role, Li Guinian successfully portrayed the role of his wife who is as beautiful as a flower, able to sing and dance, and has a miserable fate.

As Xue Chongxun looked at it, he felt that the swaying girl on the stage actually had the mood of being so beautiful.

If Ta Yaoniang was an actress, Xue Chongxun might really like it, because his every word and action was really feminine...

But that outfit is a disgusting middle-aged man.

Xue Chongxun couldn't tell what he felt, probably because he was surprised that a man could make people feel itchy in his words and deeds.

And that feeling of being a sensation doesn't seem to be a show at all, just like it's true.

So if a woman who already has sex with color can be so popular, can she be very fond of?

Xue Chongxun suddenly sighed in his heart that life is like a play.

After the performance of "Taking the Shaking Mother" was over, everyone said that Princess Taiping asked the county lord Yonghe to get a satisfactory answer, and asked the eunuchs to give some valuable toys in the palace on the spot.

Li Guinian stepped forward to thank him. The man with a righteous and upright character emphasized that his demeanor was even more polite and did not give in to the manners of the officials in the temple.