"Okay, you continue drinking, I'll excuse you now."
Chongzhen left immediately without any hesitation.
Seeing that Chongzhen was about to go downstairs, Li Xiangjun suddenly found the courage and knelt down on the floor.
Li Zhenli, who had just gone upstairs with a pot of wine, heard this and almost fainted from fright. She thought to herself, girl, what are you doing? Do you want to enter the palace? Don't you want Mr. Hou anymore?
Kang Wanwan and others also looked at Li Xiangjun with half-smiling smiles.
Xin said, although this is a brothel girl, she does have some courage.
Chongzhen looked back at Li Xiangjun who was kneeling on the ground, and asked with a smile: "Are you Li Xiangjun?"
This sentence, "You are Li Xiangjun," inevitably makes people misunderstand. The Holy One has actually heard of Li Xiangjun's famous name?
"Yes, the daughter of the people is Li Xiangjun." Li Xiangjun responded respectfully, "Your Majesty, the daughter of the people reported to the Ministry of Internal Affairs that Ruan Dacheng engaged in malpractice for personal gain and acted unfairly."
"Oh?" Chongzhen laughed hoarsely, "Is this happening? You should tell me quickly."
Li Xiangjun said: "After the Holy Spirit ordered the Propaganda Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to recruit actors and actresses and form a theater troupe, they would go into the countryside to preach about the barbarism and cruelty of slavery, or they would go to border towns to sing operas to reward the troops. Although the civilian girls were just a stream of women, they
He also received court training at a young age and knew well the great righteousness of his family and country, so he decided to go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to apply for the army."
Chongzhen asked with a smile: "I heard that Miss Xiangjun is good at singing and playing the piano. I think I will get my wish by going here."
Li Xiangjun said: "As the Holy One said, the folk girls' piano skills and singing skills are indeed the first among many applicants. However, Lord Ruan Dacheng refuses to hire folk girls. Dare I ask if Lord Ruan is showing favoritism?
"
"This matter is indeed strange." Chongzhen asked, "So what is your appeal?"
"A civilian girl wants to join one of the national disaster troupes going to Xuzhou." Li Xiangjun said resolutely.
"Bang!" The wooden tray in Madam Li Zhenli's hand fell on the stairs, and the wine bottle also shattered.
Wu rushed to the stairs with his charcoal, and when he saw it was the madam Li Zhenli, he took back the half-drawn waist knife.
Chongzhen said happily: "Okay, it's rare that Miss Xiangjun understands justice so well. I will make an exception today and personally give Ruan Dacheng an order later, ordering him to specially recruit you to join the National Disaster Theater Troupe, but..."
Li Xiangjun bowed down again and said, "If there are other conditions, please ask the Holy One to state them as well."
"There are no other conditions." Chongzhen waved his hand and added, "It's just that after joining the National Disaster Theater Troupe, it is equivalent to joining the army. If you leave the theater privately in the future, you will be treated as a deserter."
Chongzhen originally thought that Li Xiangjun would retreat in the face of difficulties. Although this woman had a miserable life experience, the madam Li Zhenli raised her as a daughter and had not suffered much in fact. How could such a weak girl endure the hardships of the army?
But he didn't expect that Li Xiangjun would agree immediately: "Yes, a civilian girl will never leave privately."
"Okay, then you can wait for the news in Meixiang Tower." Chongzhen looked at Li Xiangjun deeply, turned and left.
As soon as Chongzhen left, Li Zhenli didn't care that Kang Wanwan and the other four were still there. She rushed upstairs in three steps and grabbed Li Xiangjun: "Girl, what kind of madness are you? Why do you think so suddenly?
Get up and join the theater troupe of the Mission and Education Department? And you still have to join one of the two national crisis theater troupes. Are you crazy?"
"Mom, please accept my daughter's obeisance." Li Xiangjun knelt down in front of Li Zhenli.
He kowtowed three times in a row and said, "Mother's kindness in raising me will be repaid in the next life when she is tied with a ring of grass."
Li Zhenli immediately felt a sore nose and started sobbing softly. She wanted to scold Li Xiangjun, but she couldn't bear it. She really raised Li Xiangjun as her daughter.
Three years ago, Li Xiangjun gave her a gift and was really choosing a son-in-law.
Li Xiangjun fell in love with the penniless Hou Fangyu, and Li Zhenli didn't even say a word of reproach, and happily gave them a comb-over gift that night.
After the comb-over ceremony, Li Xiangjun only agreed to drink with her, not stay overnight, and Li Zhenli followed her.
Later, Li Xiangjun learned that Ruan Dacheng secretly provided the money for the combing, so he insisted on returning it. Li Zhenli did not say a word of reproach and obeyed Li Xiangjun.
When encountering unruly guests, Li Zhenli even sacrificed her appearance to help Li Xiangjun. In short, she really raised Li Xiangjun as her daughter, even though Meixiang House was a brothel.
In the end, the words full of blame were reduced to one sentence: "My dear, I don't know what year or month it will be when I see you again. After arriving in Xuzhou, remember to take care of yourself and stay away from those Qiu Ba Si soldiers."
"Mom, my daughter will take care of herself, and you should take care of yourself too."
"Well, Mom will take care of herself too." Mother and daughter cried holding each other's hands.
Seeing Li Zhenli and Li Xiangjun hugging each other and crying, Kang Baiwan and the other four could only smile bitterly.
Today, I was not in the mood to drink the fancy wine, so I left 500 taels of silver on the table, gave Zheng Tuoniang and other three prostitutes 50 taels of silver each for travel expenses, and then got up and left.
As soon as Kang Wanwan and four others left, Hou Fangyu boarded the Meixiang Tower with a dark face.
"Li Xiangjun, you have to join the National Disaster Troupe, right?" Hou Fangyu asked with a dark face.
Li Xiangjun ignored him, just hugged Li Zhenli and cried, as if she didn't hear him.
Hou Fangyu completely lost control: "Li Xiangjun, why are you so mean? You don't want to be a good oiran in Meixianglou, but you have to go to the border town of Xuzhou to sing for those Qiu Eighth Soldiers? Are you counting on those Qiu Eighth Soldiers to be happy?
Are you going to reward you with a few big bucks, or are you hoping that one of them will take you as a concubine?"
"Get out, get out!" These words pierced Li Xiangjun's heart.
In Li Xiangjun's heart, she has long regarded herself as the daughter-in-law of the Hou family.
Although she is a brothel girl, Li Xiangjun does not want to be someone else's concubine.
But Hou Fangyu's words just now revealed that in his heart, he did not regard Li Xiangjun as the Hou family's daughter-in-law, but only regarded her as a concubine with no status and who could be given away to others at any time.
"Okay, okay, I'm leaving, but Li Xiangjun, you'd better not regret it."
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Ruan Dacheng is working overtime in his Stone Chao Garden to rehearse a new play.
Shichaoyuan is Ruan Dacheng's residence in Nanjing. He spent tens of thousands of taels of silver to buy six private houses next to each other, open them up, and then renovate them into a luxurious building.
These include the water pavilion and stage in the back garden.
At this time, "Qin Liangyu" written by Ruan Dacheng was being sung on the stage.
The person who plays Qin Liangyu is a singer who makes a living on the Qinhuai River Boat. Although this singer has worked very hard and her singing is perfect, Ruan Dacheng always feels that there is something missing, the charm?
Yes, charm. This singer lacks that charm. Even though she is wearing cotton armor, she is still a singer, not like a female general galloping on the battlefield.
Thinking of this, Ruan Dacheng sighed lightly.
In fact, the most suitable person to play Qin Liangyu is Li Xiangjun from Meixianglou.
That day, as soon as Li Xiangjun put on her costume and stood on the stage, before she even sang a word or made any movement, the valiant and heroic appearance of a female general was already fully revealed.
When Li Xiangjun opened his voice again, Ruan Dacheng was even more impressed.
Qin Liangyu's songbook is simply tailor-made for Li Xiangjun.
It's a pity that Li Xiangjun is Hou Fangyu's forbidden favorite, and now Hou Fangyu, Gu Gao, Wu Yingji and others are all famous people in front of Ma Mingluan, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and they can't be offended.
Although Ruan Dacheng is now a member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is self-aware. The reason why the Holy Emperor recruited him into the Ministry of Internal Affairs is to let him rehearse a play. It is as simple as that.
You cannot compare with Ma Mingluan.
If you can't offend Ma Mingluan, you can't offend Hou Fangyu and others.
So that day, when Hou Fangyu, Gu Gao, and Wu Yingji came to Shichao Garden to demonstrate, Ruan Dacheng turned away Li Xiangjun without hesitation.
At this time, "Qin Liangyu" on the stage had already started singing.
The story tells that in the first year of Tianqi, the Jiannu army invaded Shenyang. The imperial court ordered Baigan soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers to rush to Shenyang to rescue Shenyang. Before they arrived in Shenyang, they were surrounded by Jiannu on the south bank of the Hun River.
After hearing the news, Qin Liangyu left the army and rushed to the aid of Hunhe alone.
In the play, Ruan Dacheng made some wonderful adaptations of historical facts in accordance with Chongzhen's orders.
Historically, Qin Liangyu's three thousand white pole soldiers did not have time to rush to the Hunhe battlefield, and the war was over. All the white pole soldiers and Zhejiang soldiers who participated in the battle were wiped out, and the Liao soldiers were completely defeated.
However, Chongzhen personally issued an order and asked Ruan Dacheng to change his role to Qin Liangyu and rush to the Hunhe battlefield single-handedly. However, at that time, the Baigan soldiers led by Qin Liangyu's brother Qin Bangping and his younger brother Qin Minping had already been completely wiped out, the Zhejiang soldiers were already in a hard fight, and the Liao soldiers were
Stay on the south bank of the Hun River to watch the excitement.
Then Qin Liangyu's words stimulated the Liao soldiers, who were ashamed, and immediately followed Qin Liangyu to launch an attack, and finally rescued the Zhejiang soldiers from the heavy siege of Jiannu. Qin Liangyu also took back the bodies of his brother Qin Bangping and his brother Qin Minping from the battlefield, and escorted them personally
Returning to his hometown for burial, that's the story.
At this time, "Qin Liangyu" on the stage happened to sing "Three thousand cavalry all took off their armor, and not one of them was a man." The four "soldiers" and "yong" who played the roles of Guan Ning's cavalry next to them covered their faces with their hands and muttered "ah ah ah ah"
He made a sound, expressing his shame, and then followed Qin Liangyu to launch a fierce attack on Jiannu.
Looking at the singers performing hard on the stage, Ruan Dacheng sighed again.
It's almost funny, but it's still a little weird. She really doesn't look like a female general.
At this moment, Ruan Dacheng suddenly caught a glimpse of Wang Chengen walking into the waterside pavilion from the corner of his eye.
"Your Majesty!" Ruan Dacheng was startled, and quickly stood up and came forward to greet him. He said with a flattering look on his face, "What kind of wind has brought you to my Stone Chao Garden?"
Wang Chengen smiled and said: "There is a will."
When Ruan Dacheng heard this, he quickly knelt down and said respectfully: "I respectfully ask Your Majesty Jin An."
"Holy greetings." Wang Cheng'en clasped his fists in the direction of Nangong and bowed his head far away. Then he said in a high voice, "The Propaganda and Education Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has appointed Ruan Dacheng, a geisha from Meixianglou, to join the National Disaster Troupe."
