Crown Jewels

Chapter 168 The Story of the Storyteller

The two entered Junyoulai, and it happened that there was a storyteller holding a folding fan in the lobby.

Between clapping and clapping, Shen Lanqing followed Fu Sinian to the box on the second floor.

The decoration in the box is far more luxurious than Shen Lanqing imagined, and there are compartments in the box, it doesn't look like a simple restaurant, it feels like a combination of a restaurant and an inn.

There were urging voices from the people in the hall, and the new story told by the storyteller was starting.

"Let's talk about Lixian scholars, handsome and uncommon, with a suave and romantic temperament. They bid farewell to their parents and went to Beijing to catch up with the exams, but they were also proud. The hottest number one scholar in Lin'an City."

In recent days, the township and county examinations have been held one after another, and stories about literati and refined scholars are very popular.

Shen Lanqing took the teacup handed by the maid, nodded to her and thanked her, then looked over the fence on the second floor, and sat opposite Fu Sinian, squinting and listening to the storyteller's story.

I usually prepare for the imperial examination, and my head is full of worries. Now I can finally let go of my thoughts and listen to folk stories while waiting for Gu Baozhu. It can be considered a half-day leisure.

"On the day when the list was released, how many noble families in Lin'an City were obsessed with the red list, waiting to find a son-in-law for their own daughter. Who would have thought that the number one scholar would reject her daughter who is as beautiful as a flower? .

The storyteller slapped the folding fan on the table again, and his tone was full of resentment and regret, which caused the audience in the hall to exclaim, and their mouths were full of sighs, wishing that he could replace the number one scholar in the story to marry the daughter of the Junhou Bofu's family.

"Xungui asked why, and Yuanlang responded that one was unmarried and had children, and the other was that he had no concubine outside. Nian Fang was born alone at 23 years old. If he had to ask the reason, he replied: I don't like the restraint of famous families, and I don't like beautiful girls. Just because the nature is unrestrained and loves freedom, all nobles sigh."

This remark caused the guests in the soup cup to sigh, some shook their heads in disbelief, while others shook their heads with satisfaction.

After Fu Sinian peeled the walnuts in his hand, and handed the nuts to Shen Lan, he also got a little bit of fun and listened to the story of the storyteller in the audience.

"Zhuangyuanlang rode a horse to meet him. He really complied with the phrase that the spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease. He saw all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. The team passed through Dongshi and passed Pingkangfang opposite us. Many daughters of good people surrounded them to join in the fun. Look at how handsome this champion man who loves freedom by nature is born."

"However, the flower girl in Yicui Pavilion is holding a bronze mirror and leaning against the window to thrush her eyebrows. The sound of the gong parading through the street is loud, and the flower girl's face pales when she is frightened. It fell on the head of Xinke Zhuangyuan who was riding a white horse below!",
The guests in the hall exclaimed, all of them stiffened their necks, full of expressions of watching a good show.

Seeing that everyone's excitement was provoked by him, the storyteller pursed his lips proudly, but put down the folding fan in his hand and came to taste the tea proudly with the teacup in the presence of the old god. Seeing this appearance, the people in the hall laughed and cursed.

Rao had some guesses about the following plot, but he still felt itchy. He had to listen to the storyteller tell it in person. Seeing that the crowd exchanged for a buddy and added tea, he picked up the folding fan in his hand and continued to tell about the affair.

"However, it's strange to say that this misty number one scholar, and Pingkang Huaniang, who is looking out from the railing, just looked at each other up and down, and fell in love at first sight! The hottest number one scholar came to Pingkang Square alone to roll call the flower girl who was going to lean on the railing during the day."

"Europe--

"Europe--

There was a tacit understanding of the audience in the hall, and gossip clapped and applauded.

He doesn't love noble girls but loves Hua Niang, this new champion is really... a man of temperament?

Hearing the booing from the people in the hall, Fu Sinian shook his head helplessly and said to Shen Lanqing: "Miss Shen, what do these two people think will happen next?"

The young man added new tea and only asked casually, but Shen Lanqing's muffled voice came from the opposite side.

"What can I do? The love is only temporary, and it may be true to love freedom with an unrestrained nature, but it is just a joke to abandon a wife and child if you say that you love that woman so much at first sight. If you really cherish freedom as he said, you will Will not easily provoke others."

When Shen Lanqing said this, Fu Sinian on the other side looked at her in surprise. The woman narrowed her eyes and pulled the corners of her lips, but she couldn't see any joy.

"Feel sorry--"

Seeing Fu Sinian's surprised and worried eyes, Shen Lanqing knew that she might have lost her interest, and shook her head slightly at the young man after a while to indicate that she was fine.

In Shen Lanqing's eyes, although the sarcasm was gone in a flash, Fu Sinian was keenly aware that she was not as relaxed as when she just entered the king and came again.

"Miss Shen—"

Feeling sorry for her tired face, Fu Sinian simply proposed.

"There is a compartment at the back of the box. The princess personally told me yesterday that you should go in and rest after the scientific examination. Song Yan and the others will wait a while. Otherwise, I will call you when the time comes."

It was rare for Lan Qing not to refuse this time, she put away the reluctance on her face, nodded slightly to Fu Sinian, and then came to the innermost private room beside her.

Shen Lanqing waved the maid to leave, and pushed open the door of the box by herself. She felt that she needed time to digest some deep emotions hidden by her.

Seeing the woman's figure go away, Fu Sinian's eyes naturally fell on the opposite side. The walnut kernels in the white disk were intact, and they didn't use a single bit. Only the nearby tea cup was half empty. Such a situation made Fu Sinian patted his forehead annoyed, He actually noticed that Miss Shen was not in the right mood until now.

But after thinking about it, this kind of emotion was obviously just a matter of just now. He asked himself if he didn't offend Miss Shen, so why did he behave like this? Open and close the folding fan again and continue.

"Afterwards, the number one scholar lingered in Hualou every night, and he was really obsessed with this flower girl. All the girls in the market envied this woman, and the number one scholar even publicly stated on many occasions that he would redeem her life for her. , the love between the two is sincere, and there is a saying in the market."

"If Mr. Lang is full of heart, he will crush the jade hairpin and become a flower girl!"

The storyteller crushed the folding fan, and said the words with an obsessive look, which aroused disgust from everyone in the hall, and it was quite funny when the atmosphere became warmer.

There are a lot of iron mines in Yan State, but there is a shortage of jade mines. The jade in the hands of nobles are all rare items exchanged with items from neighboring countries. Therefore, most ordinary women do not have access to such rare things as jade hairpins.

The subtext of that sentence is that the noble girl in Lin'an City loves the champion man, and she is willing to give up the jade hairpin not to be a noble woman, even if she is committed to Hua Niang, she is willing to be with the champion man.

Although the story is a bit mindless and bloody, but the storyteller's mouth is full of lotus flowers, and his voice is so expressive that he actually brings the men in the hall into it. It seems that the proud Lin'an noble women who are usually proud are so committed to their men. There was an unspeakable complacency and vanity in my heart.

Fu Sinian withdrew his gaze, stared blankly at Shen Lanqing drinking the remaining half cup of tea, suddenly hissed softly, turned his head again in disbelief, recalling the story that the storyteller just told.

The door of the compartment was closed, Shen Lanqing had just entered, and when she raised her eyes, she saw that there was steam inside, and when she was surprised, she heard a cheerful voice from a woman.

"Miss Shen—"

(End of this chapter)