After finishing the treatment, the troupe on the stage had to continue the performance, and everyone shook their calves and sang, chanted, and beat on the stage. The people next to them looked at the emperor's face, and there was silence.
The third princess was originally sitting next to E Niang, pulling Zhang Guiren's sleeves and twisting her around, talking here and there. Seeing Huang Ama deal with the person, she silently put down her hand.
Guazi, watch the show honestly.
The most important place for performing operas in the park is Tongyuan, which is a three-story courtyard-style stage with a rolling shed and a mountain-style roof, covered with green glazed. The top level of the stage is called "Fu Tai", and the middle level is "Lu Tai".
The bottom floor is the "Shoutai", which when combined, contains the three characters "Fu Lu Shou".
Tongyuan adopts an exaggerated and gorgeous style that is rare in the Old Summer Palace.
But people are just stage actors, so no exaggeration can be exaggerated.
It was also built early - it was completed in the fourth year of Emperor Yongzheng's reign. The terrain is open and the opera can be heard from a distance, which corresponds to the two words "Tongle".
Perhaps because of the huge momentum, except for Wanshou Festival and Shangyuan Festival, there are not many performances in Tongyuan Festival at other times.
The red opera troupes who entered the palace were all led to the beautiful scenery of Xifeng next to Fuhai. Next door is Guangyu Palace, which is where the New Year Street was last time.
This is considered the northeast corner of the Old Summer Palace. You enter from the Grand Palace Gate, pass by the Zhengda Guangming Hall, the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall, and then wind your way up to the bridge. It takes a long time to walk - it won't take you half a day to get there.
Moreover, the beautiful scenery of Xifeng is separated from the sea of Fu, with the waves lapping at the shore and the sound of water, which dilutes the sound of silk and bamboo a lot.
There are not many entertainments in the palace, and the days are long. The concubines all like to go to the theater. Ji Ling had no interest in it in the first few years when she just traveled through time. Later, she watched more, especially in recent years, and some people gave her
After the explanation, she could understand it, and she gradually became interested.
Ji Ling was very happy to watch the show. Yinzhen saw her from the side. Before leaving, he patted the back of her hand and asked her: "Do you like watching it?"
Ji Ling nodded: "I like it!"
Yinzhen smiled and gave a few gentle instructions in a low voice, telling her not to look too long and to stand up and walk around after a while; to eat well when the time came and not just watch the show without eating.
In addition, if there are any scenes that are too lively and have too much fighting, don’t order them to avoid scaring the child in your belly.
The concubines nearby had never seen the emperor giving such detailed instructions before, and they were all stunned for a moment.
Every time Yinzhen said something, Ji Ling nodded obediently. In the end, the two of them looked at each other and smiled. He turned around and gave instructions to the people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs - from now on, let this stage perform for three consecutive days.
After all, he still left the last trace of face for the queen. Although the emperor did not say it directly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs understood it clearly: The emperor barely said one sentence: Concubine Chen will do all the drama in these three days.
Whatever she likes to watch, the troupe will act.
As long as the imperial concubine is happy!
Yinzhen ordered to go down, and as soon as the front foot left, the queen on the back foot said she felt uncomfortable and stood up.
All the concubines stood up to see the Queen off.
Ji Ling also stood up.
She has a belly, so she naturally has to be extra careful when squatting down.
As a result, Ji Ling flicked the veil, bent his knees slightly, and swayed like this. Before he could squat down, concubines Qian, Mao concubine, Li Guiren, etc. all rushed up behind him.
Seven or eight hands scrambled to help Ji Ling.
Seeing this, Ulanara glanced at Ji Ling's belly coldly.
Before Ji Ling could finish saying "Congratulations to the Queen," with the word "Empress" still in his mouth, Ulanara turned around and left directly.
Concubine Qian was holding Ji Ling's waist with one hand and supporting her elbow with the other. Seeing Ulanara's expression, she felt a little unhappy and whispered in a low voice: "Concubine Chen is pregnant with a dragon fetus."
Well, I’m already physically inconvenienced, so why should I act like a queen now?”
Although she was "murmuring", everyone around her heard her.
Li Guiren was also an outspoken person, so he immediately agreed, raised his head, and said in a louder voice: "Yes! Even the emperor felt sorry for Concubine Chen, and even let the stage perform a play for three days - isn't this just for the purpose of specializing in concubine Chen?
Does it make the imperial concubine happy if she performs it for her? Our emperor loves the imperial concubine so much..."
Ji Ling turned around and glanced at Li Guiren, who immediately shut up and stopped talking.
As soon as the queen left, only Concubine Chen was left, and the rest were all the concubines watching the show with Zhan Guang, and the atmosphere suddenly became relaxed.
When the people on the stage saw the dark-faced emperor leaving, they suddenly lost a lot of pressure, their calves stopped shaking, they stopped breathing, and all the singing, chanting, and beating became smoother.
This play is getting more and more exciting.
The people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs next to them breathed a sigh of relief: Concubine Chen is easy to talk to and easy to serve. As long as the troupe continues to perform in an orderly manner, nothing will go wrong.
Concubine Xi was sitting under the stage, but she was thinking quietly: Acting in the palace is an old tradition. During the Kangxi Dynasty, during the Kangxi Dynasty, every New Year's Eve, the Forbidden City would also be bustling with singing, chanting, and beatings.
As for the Fourth Master, he actually also likes going to the theater, but when he was in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, he was afraid of being known as a "pear garden addict", so he always paid attention to it.
In the impression, Xibin remembered very clearly: from the time she entered the Qian residence, except for important New Year holidays, the opera troupe never came to perform for more than half a day in the prince's mansion.
Later, the fourth master ascended the throne and became the emperor, and then there was the "Tong Paradise" in the Old Summer Palace.
Although he likes it, he still has a strict restraint on himself and will never allow him to be too indulged in opera.
If the original "restraint" was due to the fear of spreading the reputation, the current "restraint" is due to diligence - fear of wasting too much time on governance because of watching the show.
This can be seen from the requirements that the fourth master made to his ministers: he did not allow the palace ministers to delay the time of doing business because of watching the opera, he did not allow the ministers to indulge in the opera, he was not allowed to waste the people and money by watching the opera, and he was not allowed to gather in the pear garden to make noise and extravagance.
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So even if it was Yinzhen's own Wanshou Festival, there was only one day of drama in the Old Summer Palace.
And for the sake of Concubine Chen, he directly ordered her to sing on the stage for three consecutive days.
Xi's eyes unconsciously moved from the stage to the back of Concubine Chen's head.
Zhang Guiren was sitting behind Concubine Chen, lying on the back of her chair, holding the shoulders of the third princess with one hand, pointing to the stage with his other hand, and was talking to Concubine Chen.
You don't need to think twice to know that Mrs. Zhang is explaining the opera to her - she always does this whenever she sings an opera.
Concubine Yu glanced at Zhang Guiren from afar, with undisguised disdain on her face.
Xibi couldn't help but smile softly.
After the faint smile disappeared, her eyes moved from Concubine Yu's face to the back of Concubine Chen's head.
In fact, there is not much black hair visible on the back of the imperial concubine's head - it is all wrapped in gold and jade inlaid jewelry, sparkling and swaying.