Chapter 193 Not inferior

Xibao just smiled naively.

The role she has to work on today is Chunlan in "Flower Field".

This play tells the story of Song Yuyan, a young lady from a wealthy family in the Song Dynasty, who was in her wedding year. She and her maid visited relatives and looked for her husband. In the flower field, she met Bian Ji, who was selling calligraphy and painting on the roadside to earn money while rushing to take the exam in Beijing. She fell in love with him at first sight and returned home.

The family reported that they wanted to propose marriage, but they didn’t want their family to take the little bully Zhou Tong home by mistake.

It is easy to ask the gods but difficult to give them away. Zhou Tong identified Song Yuyan and threatened to come to pick her up in three days.

Chunlan, the savior, was eager to ask Bian Ji to disguise herself as a man and sneak into the Song family to meet Song Yuyan.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Tong suddenly came to steal the bride for fear that things might change, but accidentally took back Bian Ji who was disguised as a man.

It happened that Zhou Tong was involved in another lawsuit and was arrested by the government.

When Bian Ji saw that his identity was discovered by Zhou Tong's sister Zhou Yulou, he explained to her the reason.

Zhou Yulou was reasonable and let Bian Ji go, and also helped him travel to Beijing to take the exam.

It happened that the Song family reported to the government that Zhou Tong had kidnapped Song Yuyan. The government sent people to the Zhou family to pick her up, but they mistakenly picked up Zhou Yulou and sent her to the Song family.

Chunlan knew that Song Yuyan had not been picked up, so she thought it was Bian Ji who was sent back. She and the Song family knew that Bian Ji had disguised herself as a man and was in love with Song Yuyan. The Song family then directly sent Zhou Yulou to the bridal chamber to marry Song Yuyan.

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Later, she discovered that something was wrong, and Chunlan was worried that Zhou Tong would cause trouble again after he was released, so she left Yulou in the Song family first.

After Zhou Tong was released from prison, he came to the Song family again to ask for someone. It happened that the strong man Lu Da saw an injustice and beat Zhou Tong away. On the chase, he met Li Zhong. Li Zhong helped to mediate, rescued Zhou Tong and persuaded him to return when he was lost.

Later, Bian Ji won the first prize in the exam and came back to marry Song Yuyan. Chunlan wanted to add to the happiness and arranged for Zhou Yulou and Li Zhong to get married.

The whole play is run through by Hua Dan Chunlan, and there are very brilliant performance scenes.

Xibao often performed this play in Shanghai, but it was the first time it was performed in Beijing.

Mainly because the audience under the stage today has different identities. There are more ladies and ladies here today, unlike outside where there are more gentlemen and young men.

If she plays the role of a beautiful courtesan today, she will have to have her hair pulled by these ladies later on.

"Don't say that to Zi Lan. He is a good opera singer and there is nothing wrong with him. Even if I were to sing the front part, I would not let him off the hook."

While talking, as soon as Mei Zilan's end came out, the Yikun class also became nervous. Everyone started to make final arrangements and waited to go on stage.

In front of the stage, Han was still grinning from ear to ear as he recalled the performance of Mei Zilan and Yang Xiaolong just now.

"This Mei Wanqing is really good. I always heard people praise him in the past. I also thought about how good he could be. Now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I really wish I could keep his troupe at home and listen to it every day."

The other wives all smiled and said nothing.

Only the Han family dared to say this, but no one else would have dared. After all, the current national strength is far inferior to that of our ancestors.

The price of raising a theater troupe has increased significantly.

The costumes worn by the better actors are all hand-embroidered by the best embroiderers in Suzhou and Hangzhou, and each piece is priceless.

Not to mention those extremely gorgeous jewelry, helmets, and the like. There are fifty or sixty sets of the most basic ones in a box. Famous actors in the capital like Mei Zilan even have to have their costumes and headsets made separately. That’s another thing.

price.

Fortunately, Mei Zilan sang well today. Even Yuwen Shike was fascinated by it. He sat there without saying anything, just stroking his beard and humming a few words from time to time.

Seeing that he was happy, Mrs. Han came up and asked, "Sir, how does this Mei Wanqing compare to the previous ones in the inner court?"

"Well," Yuwen Shike continued to stroke his beard, "no less than that."

Yuwen Shike felt really beautiful at this moment. He didn't understand why his ancestors and the emperor loved the actor so much. Now that he is sitting in this position, he understands it in an instant.

Because they are the best, the best actors, and the best plays, just to please him.

This feeling is simply not too refreshing.

While he was immersed in this pride, an official next to him smiled and said: "Mei Wanqing is beautiful, but after all, she has a male body and cannot be touched or touched. Liu Xibao, who will come up later, is

,ah ha ha ha!”

As soon as he heard Xibao's name, Yuwen Shike's face sank, and he hummed: "He's just an actor. Brother Zhongting looks a little too out of character."

Shen Zhongting did not refute, waved his palm in front of Yuwen Shike, and said with a smile: "You don't have to tell me, you will know after you see it later."

In "Hua Tian Cuo", the Song family master who was applied for the job by Lao Sheng appeared first and briefly explained the background of the story, and then the servants invited the young lady Song Yuyan to come.

Originally Xibao wanted to cast Cao Guiying to play Song Yuyan, but Cao Guiying realized that Xibao was playing the leading role today and did not want to play Green Leaf, so he sent Jiang Xiaoshan to play the role.

Jiang Xiaoshan has mediocre qualifications. He used to be a green leaf in a theater troupe, and when he plays Song Yuyan, he still has a bit of a petty attitude.

Yuwen Shike didn't recognize Xibao's appearance and didn't know what she was playing. When he saw a female artist coming up and she looked like a young lady, he thought it was Xibao and couldn't help but ridiculed: "That's it? Brother Zhongting, I'm afraid his family is too busy."

Yan, don’t you see less women? Is this considered stunning?”

"This is not Boss Liu. What Boss Liu is applying for today is the maid Chunlan. Besides, Uncle Shen, it's a new world now, and Boss Liu is even more untouchable and untouchable."

Yuwen Liang waited for a long time, and finally got to watch Xibao's scene. Listening to Yuwen Shike belittling Xibao, he suddenly spoke up for her.

Yuwen Shike became even more unhappy, his face suddenly turned cold and he said, "How do you know this?"

Yu Wenliang was so frightened that his back was sweating and his face turned pale.

"Child—baby—"

In the end, it was Yu Wenke who came to his rescue and said: "Dad, don't scare him. This boss Liu is the most popular woman in Beijing now. There are reports about her in the newspapers. It's hard for A Liang not to know her."

Mrs. Han was also afraid that Yuwen Shike would get angry and anger her younger son. She hated her younger son in her heart for speaking out of turn, and at the same time she wanted to smooth things over for him.

"Yes, yes, I've seen it in the newspaper two or three times. Boss Liu is indeed very famous."

There were other guests present, so Yuwen Shike certainly couldn't get angry, so he suppressed the matter.

Only Yuwen Ding, who had been silent all this time, secretly curled his lips.

No.

He never missed a day of reading the newspapers delivered to his home. Although Xibao's name often appeared in newspapers, her photos never appeared again.

His good third brother actually knows exactly what Xibao plays, which means they must be very familiar with each other.

And he could also tell that Yu Wenke must know something.

While Yuwen and his family were harboring their own secrets, Chunlan, who was applying for a job at Xibao, was finally invited to the stage.

As soon as she appeared on the stage, she was greeted with thunderous applause and cheers, which made it difficult for Yuwen Shike not to look at the stage.

But just at this glance, his hand never took off his beard.

"Is this person Liu Xibao?"
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