box of hearts

Chapter 127 Drunken Taiping (17)
"There is also the matter of flying out of the sky! This empress has a problem brought out from the kiln yard. She can't get out of bed if she can't sleep in the sun to dry her buttocks. The prince is a soldier, and he has to practice bow and horse before dawn. It is said that when he gets up every day, the prince does not allow anyone on duty to go in and serve him. He sneaks out of the house in the dark like a thief, just for fear of disturbing others to sleep late. This is really "Ms. , Yuchai’s hairpin is twisted in a black cloud. Miss, you’re so lazy!’” The man cited the libretto of the matchmaker in "The West Chamber" and giggled.

The latter laughed a few times, and thoughtfully said: "So you said, is this background worthy or not? The same is soil and water, and what is being played with in the hand is mud. There is a person who looks like a witness In the niche, he becomes a Bodhisattva."

"Do you mean that your little hoof said that the prince picked up a piece of mud and squeezed a bodhisattva for himself?"

"Hey, when did I say that? I'll call you a rotten mouth!"

The cheers start and end—outside the cabin, Cuiyi stepped in.

Just after hearing that line, Cuiyi already guessed who these two are, they must be the actresses in the garden.These actors are all young girls, they inevitably like to play and make trouble, but in Cuiyi's eyes, they are naturally flamboyant and unrestrained, and I don't like it very much, but I also saw that they were talking about the duan's surname in their words The bitch woman is quite envious, wouldn't it make people angry?

Seeing the person walking out suddenly, the two little opera singers were so frightened that they fell to the ground on all fours, out of their wits, "Miss Cuiyi, please forgive us, Miss Cuiyi, we dare not do it again!"

Cuiyi held a silver flower hairpin in her bun with her hand, and raised the tip of her slender nose, "Get up for me."

The afternoon sun is as light as a white gauze, and it falls through two thick layers of cotton window paper, making it even more hazy.The reclining chairs in Yiliangxuan's dressing room are covered with squirrel chairs, You Yan is standing in front of the chairs, and Qing Tian is reclining on the chairs with half-faded skirts, holding a copy of "Qingbo Magazine" written by a Song Dynasty in his hand. , was feeling tired, suddenly saw Cuiyi screwed in two small dramas one by one, and slammed them to the ground, "Learn everything you just said again!"

Both Qingtian and Youyan were stunned and speechless, they only listened to Cuiyi scolding and cursing, and the two girls complained and cried, and it took a stick of incense to explain the whole thing clearly.Qingtian calmly went to the dressing table and sat down, casually picked out a tube of snails from the gold-painted makeup box, "'It's mud when you play it, but it's a Bodhisattva when you sacrifice it.' This is interesting, who said it to you two? of?"

"I'm asking you something!" Cuiyi shouted sharply.

The two girls looked at each other sobbingly, one of them wiped his hand back and forth on his knees, raised his eyes timidly to look up, then quickly lowered his eyes, "Hui, Hui Niang, yes, it's me. "But the voice is soft and beautiful, and the words are spoken slowly, as if the words are spoken.

It happened that Zhaohua came in from the other side, looked sideways, and suddenly slapped her hand, "Oh, it's you! Madam, she was Du Liniang who sang "The Peony Pavilion" that day, and I said her eyes were wonderful. What's the matter? ?”

Qingtian didn't answer her, just looked at the little girl with a slight smile on her face, "Sure enough, she was born beautifully, her eyes are watery, but she is shy and dignified, she has a good appearance as a boudoir girl, and she sings like a jade, a sweet song. Lan Qilu, having such a foundation at such a young age is quite remarkable."

"laugh--"

Originally quite cheerful, Qingtian's face turned cold, and he leaned aside, "Cuiyi, what are you laughing at?"

Cuiyi played with a string of coral bracelets on her wrist up and down, and looked around, "I just pushed Zhaohua a little bit that day, but my mother spoke harshly to me, today these two little bastards dare to speak out Insulting the prince, but the empress is talking and laughing with them. This, I don't understand."

"Cuiyi!" You Yan whispered from the side.

Qingtian smiled again, "You mean to criticize me for being unfair?"

Cuiyi also laughed dryly, "It's really hard to convince people."

Youyan was already sweating profusely, and shook Cuiyi violently, "What nonsense, why don't you apologize to your mother?"

"It doesn't matter, let her talk." Qingtian turned his face to face Linghua's large mirror, and swept twice at the end of his eyebrows with Dai Zi.She has natural long eyebrows, which add green color to this painting and reveal a more striking chill. "Then according to what you mean, how should we develop these two people?"

"Play fifty big boards each."

"The charge is—?"

"Being disrespectful."

"Okay, pass on my word, pull these two little actors out to play fifty big boards each."

The two girls kowtowed repeatedly to beg for forgiveness, Cuiyi was greatly moved and occasionally smugly took pleasure in the cold eyes, but Qingtian added indifferently: "Treatment like Cuiyi." She couldn't help but shouted in shock: "Why?"

Qingtian threw away the thousand-dollar Meidai in his hand, and glanced at Cuiyi's reflection in the mirror with a relaxed expression, "I was asking a question, but you interrupted me with a word to contradict me face-to-face, and it's okay for me to teach me how to discipline my subordinates. What counts as 'offending disrespect'? If I don't comply with the punishment you set yourself, won't you call me 'unfair'?"

Who else "chucked" a few times, but the two Xiaodans who were kneeling on the ground were laughing while wiping away their tears.Cuiyi gave them a gouged look, then glared at Qingtian sideways with resentment, "I can see that you just want to protect them."

A pair of old emerald bracelets on the arm were intertwined, Qingtian raised his right hand, and scratched his brows with his nails, "This is strange, I am not related to them, why do I want to protect them?"

"Then who knows? Maybe it's—" Cui Yi folded her arms and elbows, and paused every word, "Things, pity, other things."

"Cuiyi!" You Yan almost yelled loudly, and then squeezed her mouth tightly when she was done.

Qingtian also paused, and then slowly turned his upper body, a pair of extremely bright white spots flashed in his black eyes, "What is this 'kind'? I don't understand. You understand, Youyan Okay, then explain to me."

Youyan was so anxious that she rubbed her clothes belt, not knowing what to say in her mouth.On the contrary, Zhaohua smiled coldly: "Your Majesty, why don't you understand this? They are actors and we are prostitutes. Since ancient times, prostitutes have not separated from each other."

"Oh——" Qingtian nodded in great satisfaction, "So that's what you meant. Cuiyi, do you mean that?"

Cuiyi also thought to herself that she was too impulsive, but since her face was torn apart, she had to hold her shoulders stiffly, like a cold white porcelain vase, smashed into thousands of pieces in order to make a loud noise. "I don't dare to mean anything, I just can't tolerate sand in my eyes."

Qingtian looked at Cuiyi's proud appearance, and felt really angry. Of course, this woman could not tolerate the sand in her eyes, because she didn't have to live in the wind and sand that was so cruel that it would tear every petal to pieces, and she didn't have to wait every day when she opened her eyes. to be insulted and damaged.Qingtian has had enough of these two feelings, unfortunately, Xiyi made her feel it again.

Shuangdie Lianhua's soft satin shoes stepped on the carpet silently, Qingtian walked up to Cuiyi, and his voice was as cold as a handful of ice balls, "But this sand has already entered your eyes, you can't tolerate it, you just put this The hooked big eyeballs—" She brushed her hand over her face, and the gold-encrusted glazed armor on her fingers stopped icily on Cuiyi's eyelids, "Pick it out and throw it away."

Cuiyi was startled and annoyed, she stared for a long time, then suddenly stomped her foot and turned around and ran out.You Yan also stomped her feet, "Ma'am, I, I'm going to scold her. Cuiyi! Cuiyi!"

Qingtian didn't move his eyes, he just sat down and took Zhaohua's serving tea, and said seriously to the two Xiao Xi who were still kneeling on the ground: "You two talk about your master behind your back, you should be beaten to death with sticks one by one, let's see You are young and ignorant, and you are the first offender, first write down this mistake, and each of you will be fined for half a year. If you commit the crime again, you will not be lenient."

The little operas fell deeply on the ground, kowtowing in tears of gratitude.

Qingtian scraped the tureen twice, took a sip of tea, "kneel up and talk." With the tea fragrance spread on his cheeks, he also relaxed, and asked Xiaodan who was full of snot and tears, "How old are you this year?"

Xiao Dan first looked at his companion in bewilderment, "I, I am ten years old, ah no, ten or eleven."

"what is it call?"

"The servant girl is called Xiuguan."

"What about your real name?"

"Yongying."

"I won't sing in the future, and you will be willing to follow me?"

Xiaodan's eyes were so wide that it took up half of her face, and she flung herself at Qingtian for a while, her childish voice was clear and crisp, "Your Majesty, won't you coax me?"

Qingtian smiled and said: "The word 'Yong' in your name violated the taboo of the former princess, so I have to change her name. Her name is Zhaohua, so you can call her, um——, 'Yingzhi', okay?"

Xiaodan unexpectedly had such an adventure—being turned into gold by this female Bodhisattva wearing a golden armor and having golden fingers all over her hand!If you strayed into the drama by mistake, the small face exuded the brilliance of oil paint, and bowed four times upright, "Yingzhi thanked the master for giving the name."

Qingtian was also happy to have such a good-natured confidant, just now his expression was filled with warmth, but immediately turned cold because of the young smoke that crashed into him.She raised her hand in front of her, and there was disgust and coldness gushing out of her lips and teeth, "You Yan, you don't need to kneel or beg. I knew that Cuiyi looked down on me, and I don't need her to look down on me. I just don't want to." There is a person under your nose who makes you uncomfortable, I believe you can understand. Tell her, when the prince comes back, tell her to think of a way to say it by herself, whether you go back to the palace or wherever she goes, I don’t want to She's dead." Having said this, he paused again and sighed, "In short, the prince will never hear anything wrong with Cuiyi from me, that's all."

Youyan choked up, "Your Majesty, you really have a big heart, I—"

(End of this chapter)