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Chapter Thirty-six The good show begins

Before the Tianxu period arrived, officials of the fifth rank or above who received the invitation arrived. Their carriage almost blocked the door of the Children's Theater. As a last resort, Zhu Cheng had to send his guards out to maintain order. After all, they were Jinyiwei, so they all had to give some face.

Some officials also wanted to bring the guards into the theater, but were stopped by the selfless ticket inspector.

Gu Dazhang shouted, "I am the dignified Minister of Rites. I didn't take my entourage wherever I went. Why can't I bring it in to your small children's theater?"

Is the ticket inspector an eunuch or a person who was sent to Zhidianjian and was stern in his work. He said to Gu Dazhang: "The Children's Theater recognizes votes but not people. Only one person can enter a ticket. Either you enter or your entourage enters, choose it yourself."

Gu Dazhang looked at the guards and then at himself. He felt a little embarrassed when he wanted to enter. Suddenly, he saw Zhu Cheng bringing a group of people into another entrance, and a few were wearing the guards' clothes, and shouted: "Why are you favoring one or the other? Look at that person, why did he bring the guards in? Look, there are more than one, two or three."

The ticket inspector glanced over there and said, "You can't compare over there."

Gu Dazhang asked, "Why can't you compare?"

The ticket inspector said casually: "First, that person is the brother of Zhu Cheng, the director of the Children's Theater. He entered the VIP room. Second, that person is long live the present."

Gu Dazhang was shocked and didn't bother to argue with the ticket inspector, so he quickly handed over the ticket and entered the theater.

The theater was brightly lit, and the audience was surprised to find that the structure and layout of the children's theater were completely different from that of ordinary theaters. The theater was fan-shaped and the ground was sloped. The Minister of Works couldn't help but nod. The design was good, and the audience behind was not easily blocked by the people in front of them, and it also had the effect of gathering sounds. There were no tables in the theater and only rows of chairs, which made some officials who liked to taste tea a little disappointed. Seeing this arrangement, no one would serve tea, and they originally wanted to taste what tea the emperor drank.

Zhu Cheng jumped onto the stage and said loudly: "Dear audiences, welcome everyone to our Children's Theater. In the future, it will become the highest-level theater in the Ming Dynasty. If you want to listen to high-level music and watch exciting plays, come here to watch. The water sign at the door will clearly write the program of the day, please buy tickets to enter the venue. Today, let us first thank the great emperor of the Ming Dynasty who visited the theater to visit and guide him."

Zhu Cheng's expected thunderous applause did not appear. The Ming Dynasty may not have such a ceremony to welcome the leadership. Zhu Cheng and all the staff of the theater took the lead in slapping their slaps, and the officials present understood and slapped them.

Emperor Tianqi smiled slightly. Zhu Cheng was really good at making new tricks, but seeing so many officials applauding, he felt quite beautiful when he felt that he was deeply admired by everyone. He couldn't help but stand up and waved to everyone in the private room.

When the officials saw that Emperor Tianqi was really here in person and greeted him, they were excited and applause sounded again. This time, the applause was really thunderous.

Zhu Cheng introduced the officials who visited the Children's Theater one by one. Only then did everyone realize that all the officials Zhu Cheng invited were officials of the fifth rank or above in the court. Some officials couldn't help but secretly glad that they had arrived this time, otherwise they would have been embarrassed to talk to the Children's Theater when they were chatting tomorrow.

Zhu Cheng retreated backstage, and the lights in the theater went out one by one, but the stage was still as bright as daytime. The officials were frightened, and suddenly saw two strong lights coming from behind, throwing a few lines of words on the whiteboards on both sides of the stage. On one side, he wrote the precautions for watching the play and the floor plan of the children's theater, and specially marked the location of the toilet. Many officials couldn't help but nodded secretly after seeing it. People had three urgent needs, especially middle-aged and elderly people. Many people had frequent urination and urgent urination, and they were usually unwilling to attend the rally. Now that they knew where the toilet was, they finally felt relieved and were not afraid of the play being performed too long. On the other side, it was written that Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian would perform a song "Let's Roars" for the emperor's brother, wishing Emperor Tianqi to be happy every day and always healthy.

Then the curtain opened, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cheng were wearing gorgeous clothes, standing in the center of the stage, with a row of musicians holding various instruments sitting behind them. Soon the music started, and everyone was refreshing. No one had heard this tune before, and it was melodious and very nice. After the music was played, Zhu Youjian and Zhu Cheng sang together: "Let's take off the oars, and the boat pushes away the waves. The water reflects the beautiful palace, surrounded by green trees and red walls.

The boat was gently floating in the water, and a cool wind blew towards us. The Chinese clothes faced the sun, and the sunlight sprinkled on the water. The fish in the water looked at us and quietly listened to our happy singing. The boat was gentle, floating in the water, and a cool wind blew towards us. After doing the homework for the day, we came to have fun. I asked your dear partner, who arranged a happy life for us. The boat was gentle, floating in the water, and a cool wind blew towards us."

After the song was sung, everyone was still immersed in the music. Many officials who had just come back cursed: "The flattering ministers, even if they sing, they don't forget to flatter the emperor. Although there is no word in the song to praise the emperor, anyone can see the emperor's benevolent politics from your happy life. This flattery is good, why can't I flatter such a good flattery?"

Emperor Tianqi was proud of his heart when he heard this, shouted loudly and slapped excitedly. When the officials saw the emperor applauding, they also applauded.

The musician and Zhu Youqian left the stage. Zhu Cheng stood on the stage and said loudly: "This song is to let everyone feel the effect of the stage. If you pay attention just now, you will find that the lyrics of this song are projected on the whiteboards on both sides of the stage. Later, the main drama begins, all the lyrics, cast lists and related content will be projected on the whiteboard."

Zhu Cheng retreated backstage, the curtain opened again, and a realistic Qinglou appeared on the stage, and everyone was shocked again. These bureaucrats had eaten, saw many of them, but they had never seen such exquisite arrangements. The arrangements they watched in the past were quite simple, and without any abstract thinking ability, they really couldn't see what was arranged on the stage.

The whiteboard lights on both sides of the stage changed, and the name of the play was reflected on the left and the introduction of the play was reflected on the right.

Gao Panlong couldn't help but stand up. He saw that the whiteboard was released clearly. The name of the play was "Du Shiniang's Angry Treasure Box"; the introduction on the right was clearly written. The protagonist's name was Li Wentong and his father was Li Sancai. Only then did he realize that Zhu Cheng was really meant to invite them to watch the play.

The official behind saw a man standing up in front of him blocking his view, and didn't know who he was, and said angrily: "Do you recognize words or not? Haven't you seen "Watching the Play" just now? You stood up to block us from watching the play."

Gao Panlong roared angrily: "Zhu Cheng, you villain, are here to deceive the public again."

Zhu Cheng snapped his fingers and two Jinyiweisers pulled Gao Panlong out. Gao Panlong was the leader of the Donglin Party. He thought that he was being pulled out and all the Donglin Party officials would follow him. However, he was disappointed. He found that the officials he was in looked at him with a fool's look, and then he realized that he was so wrong.

These officials were able to climb to the fifth rank high position, and they were all good at humanity. Zhu Cheng did not report to Emperor Tianqi. Do you dare to perform this drama? Emperor Tianqi used this drama to publish a message to the officials. He didn't like Li Sancai very much. Although the officials accepted Li Sancai's bribes, they did not need to save his life. Therefore, when everyone saw the name of the drama, they were already very bright and would not stand out. Besides, the song Zhu Cheng sang just now was indeed nice. Although the following drama has not started yet, it can be seen from the set, and it will definitely be very exciting. It would be a pity to miss such a wonderful drama.

The officials' speculation is really correct, because the stage was not singing Kunqu Opera, but Yue Opera, or the Yue Opera adapted by Zhu Cheng. Kunqu Opera is indeed elegant, but the officials were already elegant enough when they were in court and met, so they wanted to relax when watching the show. There was no choice before, but now why should they be wronged and pretend to be elegant? So, as soon as they saw the actor appear, they drank a meeting. The actor who played Du Shiniang was so scared that he was smart and saw if there were any mistakes in his dress.

Besides, Gao Panlong waited outside the Children's Theater for a long time, but he didn't see half of his colleagues coming out. He knew that he had made another ugly thing, and he was angry.

When the entourage saw the master come out, he asked with concern: "Master, I've finished watching the show, is it exciting?"

Gao Panlong had no place to get out of evil fire. Seeing the follower asking this, he kicked him down and said, "I told you to talk too much, I told you to talk too much."

The follower got up, feeling annoyed and had a secret desire to betray. He followed Gao Panlong to welcome and see him off, knowing many secrets of the Donglin Party, and later defected to Wei Zhongxian and made great efforts to eliminate the Donglin Party. This is a later story, so I won't mention it for now.

Gao Panlong returned home, and the more he thought about it, he became more and more hatred. He thought to himself: "A small person is not a gentleman, and a husband is not a poison. Zhu Cheng, if you are not kind, don't blame me for being unrighteous."

Gao Panlong spread the paper and placed it on the table, preparing to write a memorial to impeach Zhu Cheng.

What crime should I get? Gao Panlong thought about it and then thought that he wanted to find a crime that was enough to make Zhu Cheng's head fall.

Suddenly he slapped his thigh and thought of a detail today. Once this crime is reached, Zhu Cheng will have to peel off even if he does not die.

He wrote the memorial bit by bit, but because he was too excited, his hands trembled a little. He thought to himself: "Zhu Cheng, Zhu Cheng, you embarrass me, I will kill you."
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