Chapter 201 The Princess Immediately
When Chu Yichen heard Du Shaoqing's decisive answer, he couldn't help but feel confused.
This Miss Hongyu has been brought up in Xunfang Pavilion since she was young. If it is said that she and Master Qingyin have the same master, this does not make sense?
Could it be that this Master Qingyin was the missing Miss Hongyu? He remembered that after Hongyu disappeared, this Master Qingyin suddenly appeared and became famous.
Chu Yichen said to Du Shaoqing, "Cousin, why don't we go ask Qianhuan what's going on after we finish watching the show?"
"Yeah." Du Shaoqing also wanted to know who this Qingyin master was.
The stage play performed in the teahouse today is the story of "The Female Prime Minister" adapted by Qianhuan.
A monologue was heard on the stage, "In ancient times, there was a wealthy man in Xiangyang named Feng Shunqing. He was a childhood friend of Li Xueshi, a Hanlin scholar in the capital. The Li family had a son named Li Zhaoting, and the Feng family had a daughter named Feng Suzhen."
"Li Zhaoting and Feng Suzhen went to school together. One was a talented man and the other was a talented woman. They were a perfect match. They loved each other and were in love with each other. Feng Suzhen's biological mother saw her daughter's wish and arranged a marriage with the Li family, marrying her daughter to her husband."
The monologue continued, "Unfortunately, just as Li Zhaoting came of age, his father was framed by treacherous officials and dismissed from office, and the family fell into decline. The Feng family also suffered a major change. Feng Suzhen's biological mother died a few years ago, and Feng Shunqing married Wang as his second wife. Feng Shunqing doted on his new wife Wang and turned from a biological father to a stepfather. Wang was cunning and vicious, forcing Feng Suzhen's biological brother Feng Shaoying to change his name to Feng Yimin and flee to his uncle. Poor Feng Suzhen was bullied by her stepmother Wang at home, and her days were like years."
"On this day, Li Zhaoting came to the Feng family in Xiangyang on his mother's orders, hoping to marry Feng Suzhen. But Feng Shunqing and Wang Shi learned that the Li family was ruined, and they despised the poor and loved the rich, and wanted to cheat on the engagement."
The actor who played Li Zhaoting on the stage angrily sang: "Today, a dragon is trapped in shallow water, and my heart feels like it is burning with fire. We were engaged in a matchmaker, so you can't cancel the engagement!"
Stepmother Wang yelled at Li Zhaoting: "How can a crow be paired with a phoenix? How can a crow be paired with a phoenix?"
Feng Suzhen's father Feng Shunqing advised: "I will give you three hundred taels of silver. I hope you can go home and choose another noble family."
Li Zhaoting resolutely refused to accept the Feng family's silver. He sang indignantly: "Zhaoting is poor but his will is not. Ten thousand taels of gold are like burning soil, and I will not cancel the engagement even if the sky collapses and the earth breaks!"
The monologue sounded, "Li Zhaoting was determined not to break off the engagement, and he left the Feng family angrily. Feng Suzhen was heartbroken when she learned what her biological father and stepmother had done. She was afraid that Li Zhaoting would misunderstand her, so she asked her maid Chunhong to ask Li Zhaoting to meet her in the garden to tell her her feelings."
At this time, the actress who plays Feng Suzhen comes on stage and sings: "Carrying water with a bamboo basket up the mountain, all the joy is in vain. Li Lang, you have to make up your mind. Feng Suzhen will never despise you for being poor."
Li Zhaoting: "My father was framed and I returned to my hometown. I lived in a thatched cottage to avoid disaster. I came to Xiangyang to borrow money at my mother's order. If I had known that your family was not poor, I would have starved to death rather than come here."
Feng Suzhen: "Even if Second Parents have offended you, you can't abandon my sincere love for you."
Li Zhaoting: "It is precisely because I cannot let go of my sister's kindness and love that I am fighting with your father and not wanting to cancel the engagement. I am afraid that this good marriage will be in vain."
Feng Suzhen: "I will never change my heart, I will never change my heart! The breeze and the bright moon are my witnesses as I separate the pair of jade unicorns. I give this unicorn to you, and I will keep this unicorn with me. Unicorns come in pairs, and the world will not tolerate indecision!"
Li Zhaoting: "My virtuous sister gave me the Jade Unicorn. Seeing it is like seeing my sister's relatives."
Feng Suzhen: "I have one hundred taels of silver to help Li Lang go to the capital to seek fame."
Li Zhaoting: When will we meet again after we say goodbye today?
Feng Suzhen: We are of one mind, regardless of where we are.
Li Zhaoting: I advise my sister to refrain from embroidering downstairs on a daily basis, to avoid being bullied by your cruel stepmother.
Feng Suzhen: Even if you are reluctant to come, you have to give up
Li Zhaoting: We have to divide it even if we can’t.
Feng Suzhen and Li Zhaoting sang in a mournful chorus: "This is what it means to have tearful eyes watching tearful eyes, a heartbroken person sending off a heartbroken person, a heartbroken person sending off a heartbroken person."
The audience in the audience shed tears of emotion when they saw a pair of lovers being separated by their biological father and stepmother and unable to bear the separation.
The monologue sounded again, "Feng Shunqing and Wang Shi learned that Feng Suzhen had given 100 taels of silver to Li Zhaoting, and they came up with a vicious plan. Wang Shi deliberately framed Li Zhaoting for stealing the Feng family's silver and put him in jail."
On the stage, the actor who played Li Zhaoting was wearing handcuffs. He pointed at Feng's father and Wang and shouted angrily: "I guess you came up with a vicious plan to break off the engagement and accuse me of being a thief. You are so shameful for despising the poor and loving the rich. You take love lightly and read books in vain. You are a beast in human form and you are harming Zhaoting!"
Feng Suzhen was heartbroken when she saw that Li Zhaoting was going to be arrested and imprisoned. She also swore a solemn oath to her biological father and stepmother:
"If you want me to sever my relationship with Li Lang, it would take a sea-drying dragon to show up; if you want me to marry your noble son, it would take the earth to split and the sky to collapse! No! No! I won't obey you, even if the sea dries up and the rocks crumble, or the sky collapses and the earth splits, I won't obey you!"
The audience was in tears. "This Wang is so vicious. She broke up a pair of lovers. If Feng Suzhen's biological mother was still alive, she would never let her daughter be bullied like this."
The Ninth Princess also cried loudly when she saw this. She was so angry that she suddenly stood up, slammed the table and cursed, "If Wang Shi, this vicious woman, was born in my Great Yuan Dynasty, I would definitely ask my father to tear her into pieces and make her never be reborn."
Upon seeing this, the audience nearby all cast strange looks at the table of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Seeing his sister so out of control, the prince quickly pulled her to sit down and said, "Royal sister, stay calm."
Zhao Yanran also comforted her, "Shiyao, don't be angry, this is just acting, it's not real."
Upon hearing this, the Ninth Princess realized that she had immersed herself too deeply in the play. She felt a little embarrassed when she saw the audience around her looking at her table with confused expressions.
She quickly grinned at everyone and sat down.
Although the Ninth Princess is somewhat willful and overbearing, she is actually not a bad person at heart.
On the contrary, she is the kind of woman who hates evil and likes to show her joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on her face.
Qianhuan, hiding behind the stage curtain, had been paying attention to what was happening on the stage and the reactions of the audience below. Naturally, she also noticed the reaction of the Ninth Princess.
Qianhuan thought: I didn’t expect that this Ninth Princess is so cute.
At this time, the monologue on the stage sounded again, "In order to save her husband from prison, Feng Suzhen disguised herself as a man and came to the capital. She took the imperial examination on behalf of Li Zhaoting and won the first place in one fell swoop. Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Liu Wenju acted as a matchmaker to match Feng Suzhen with the princess as a consort, and the emperor happily agreed."
Qianhua, who was hiding behind the scenes, began to play and sing the Huangmei Opera "The Female Prince Consort":
"To save Li Lang from his home
Who would have thought that he would be number one on the imperial list?
The number one scholar wears a red robe
The palace flower in the hat is so fresh
I also went to the Qionglin Banquet
I also beat horses in front of the street
Everyone praises me Pan Anmao
It turns out that the gauze hat covers the beauty
I took the exam not to become famous
I took the imperial examination not to become a high official
For the amorous Mr. Li
The couple is in love and the moon is full. "