The Biography of Concubine Wen Xi in Qing Palace

Chapter 651 The Story of the West Chamber

In the early morning of the next day, the concubines gathered in Changyin Pavilion, Wannao dressed up to go out, and entered in the evening wearing imperial concubine court clothes.

The inner eunuch opened the curtain and called in a solemn voice: "The imperial concubine is here."

The concubines stood up and greeted each other with blessings: "May the imperial concubine and empress be blessed and safe."

Wan Yu smiled and said gently: "Get up."

The concubines took their seats in turn after thanking them.

Wan Yu straightened her clothes, said with a smile on her brows: "It's been a long time since I got together with all the sisters, thinking that the last time we went to the opera together was on the Qixi Festival of the year before last, it's because I'm alienated from all the sisters."

Xiuyan jokingly responded: "Where is the imperial concubine and empress estranged from us? There have been many disasters in the palace recently, how can we still feel like this?"

Wan Yu smiled without answering, and said to herself: "What kind of play are you planning today?"

The head of Nanfu respectfully handed the playbook to Wanyu, and replied: "Returning to the imperial concubine, I have prepared [-]% off "The Romance of the West Chamber", and the rest is for the empress to light with the young masters."

Wan Yu took the playbook and flipped through it casually: "Let them start, this "The Romance of the West Chamber" was my favorite, especially remember the selection of the matchmaker was very exciting, can you prepare it?"

The head of Nanfu bowed his waist and smiled apologetically, and then ordered the actors to start preparations.

I saw the actor dressed as a matchmaker appearing on the stage, and his singing was melodious and clear, which was really pleasing to the ear.

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"Tell Zhang Sheng to hide under the chessboard, and I will come to you step by step."

"Don't be afraid to be brave and swallow your anger. This incident makes me feel like a mess."

"This can be regarded as a romantic story, follow orders and don't disturb her."

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Wan Lai saw that Zhuo Lan's face was a little embarrassed, and she became more certain about her identity in her heart.

At that time, Lin Lan was holding the playbook in her hand and was reading it carefully, Wan Yu softly ordered: "Concubine De, I don't seem to like the play I ordered. Pass her the playbook. , asking her to choose what she likes to listen to.”

Zhuo Lan heard the words and said hastily: "Let's see, Empress Concubine De, the concubine is very happy with the play that the empress concubine ordered, but today the concubine is not feeling well, I'm afraid it will disturb the interest of the sisters."

Lin Lan glanced at her, and put the playbook on the table far away in front of her: "If you want to choose, you can choose. Where do you come from such nonsense?"

Zhuo Lan obediently responded, opened the playbook and pointed at a random side: "How about just clicking "Return to the Cloud Moon"?"

Wannai raised her eyebrows and glanced at the playbook in her hand, pointed to the script on the side and said: "Look at the book on the side, but it's "The Book of Qing Loyalty"? By the way, click on it again and listen to the [-]% discount."

Xiuyan took a sip of tea and said slowly: "This is about Wei Zhongxian, the eunuch of the former dynasty, who manipulated the government to mutilate Zhongliang. Why did the imperial concubine order such a play so well? It's not bad luck."

"I just find it strange." Wanyu showed her white teeth and smiled brightly: "He, Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch, was able to turn the Ming Dynasty upside down. The Ming Dynasty is really exhausted, so it will be replaced by me, the Qing Dynasty." She looked at Zhuo Lan with a half-smile and said, "Concubine Jia, what do you think?"

Zhuo Lan's heart trembled, Youzi pretended to be calm and nodded and said: "The imperial concubine is absolutely right."

"There are always these playbooks over and over again, nothing new." Lin Lan took care of the tea on the table and said, "I want the Nanfu's manager to also provide snacks, and arrange a few more good plays. Momo If you want to eat money for free and not do real things, and offend the emperor and empress dowager, how do you explain it?"

Rou Jia covered her lips with a smile and said: "Sister De Concubine's words are right to the point. And to arrange it, it's best to use the emperor as an example, except for Oboi, the flattening of San Francisco, and the collection of Taiwan, which one is not earth-shattering big deal?"

Hearing the words, the head of Nanfu cupped his hands and said bluntly that he would quickly prepare for it.

At this time, Wan Yu casually said: "Except for Oboi and the collection of Taiwan, put it aside temporarily, and calm down the matter of the San Francisco, I feel that I can order someone to come up with a play and arrange it."

She glanced sideways at Zhuo Lan, seeing that her complexion was becoming more and more ugly, and said: "Especially that little Wu Sangui, we must describe him in a bad way, so as to bring out the majesty of the emperor. My palace heard , but he has a concubine named Chen Yuanyuan?"

"That's not it. The name of the devil." Lin Lan looked disgusted, and said: "Coincidentally, I heard that the person was also a famous singer in the past, and became famous because of the role of Xi Niang in "The Story of the West Chamber" Where is Jiang Zuo!"

"That's it. It's all about Wu Sangui's fate. The more tragic it is, the more joyful the emperor will be when he sees it. I feel that Wu Sangui died suddenly himself, so it's not appropriate to change it in the arrangement. That little concubine of his can make a fuss." Wan Lai raised the silk in her hand to look at Zhuo Lan, and asked, "Concubine Jia, what do you think is a better way to die?"

Zhuo Lan clenched her fists behind her hands, tried her best to conceal the anger in her heart, and smiled warmly at Wanyu: "The concubine has no research on these things. The imperial concubine has served the emperor for a long time, so she naturally understands the emperor's anger." Thoughts, but depending on the imperial concubine's decision, the emperor must be pleased."

Lin Lan smiled lightly and said, "Talk well, Concubine Jia, why are you sweating so much?"

Zhuo Lan hastily wiped off the fine sweat, and said repeatedly: "Perhaps it's warm in spring and it's too late to take off the thick clothes, so the concubine's chest is tight at this moment."

Wanyu ordered the three and two palace servants to wait beside Zhuo Lan with a round fan to fan her to enjoy the cool air, and ordered Yunchan to bring the tremella lotus seed rock sugar soup prepared in advance for the concubines to drink.

Zhuo Lan holds a jade spoon in her hand and keeps making circles in the soup.

Where there is no wind, there is no wave, she understands that Wan Yu's insulting words today must have found out the clues.

Thinking about how to deal with this, he didn't realize that it was too late, and the scene soon ended.

Everyone left the table, but Du Zhuolan still stood there in a daze.

Wanyu got up and moved to her side with lotus steps, coughed twice, and said, "What is Jiafei thinking? But the "Romance of the West Chamber" just now didn't sound good?"

Zhuo Lan raised her eyes to look at her, got up and quickly smiled and said: "It's nothing, it's really in the heart of my concubine."

"Listening to the song just now, do you feel that there is anything that needs to be improved?" Wan Yu looked gentle and joked with her in a somewhat joking tone: "You have been used to this song since you were young. , naturally have unique insights.”

Zhuo Lan blessed again, and apologized with a smile: "The imperial concubine is joking. The concubine is from a rural family, how can I be lucky enough to hear such elegant things as opera?"

"Country people?" Wan Lai repeated in a high voice, and suddenly said with a sneer: "If you are from a country family, how would the poor people in the suburbs of Beijing live on their own?"

"The concubine doesn't know what the imperial concubine and empress mean."

Wan Lai walked up to Zhuo Lan's ear and whispered in her ear: "This palace has newly obtained a military register, and there is a soldier named Kong Nianlang recorded on it. I wonder if my concubine Jia has time to come to Changchun Palace for a while?"

Zhuo Lan's eyes flashed with a cold sharpness, and they were meeting Wanyu's expression of not smiling.

After confronting each other for a while, Zhuo Lan gritted her teeth and said impassionedly: "The concubine is so disrespectful!"

(End of this chapter)