Zhen Guo Princess GL

Because I was afraid of getting up early in the cold, it is not suitable to ride a horse. My appointment with Dugu Shao was originally in the afternoon, but she came early. Because I had already ordered her here at the palace gate, I also brought her in. It happened that Zhang Siniang also came to the teaching workshop. See, I thought Dugu Shaoshan was good at dancing, so I invited her to the side hall together.

This side hall is specially set up for watching dances and banquets, because I don't like excitement very much, and I seldom entertain banquets, so the furnishings are simple. I was afraid that the two of them, Cui Mingde, would be disgusted by them. , the four walls are decorated with dragons, phoenixes, algae, and turtles, and the curtains are made of new colored silk, which is bright and bright. The ground is also replaced with a red thread carpet, which is shining in color—the red thread carpet is produced in Xuanzhou, and the color is gorgeous. Not inferior to Shu brocade, soft and smooth, even better than tapestry, it is an excellent dance floor.It is only because it is very expensive to make silk thread, and it is said that one zhang blanket requires thousands of taels of silk, which consumes a lot of material resources, so it is not set as a regular tribute. On my mother's birthday, I donated six pieces from other states, which is less than a hundred zhang. I enjoy dancing and music every day, but I am also reluctant to lay such an expensive blanket on the Baixi Stage. However, today I was given two horses thirty feet.I was thinking about taking this blanket out of the palace and selling it, and storing it in the treasury for official money, but Wei Huan was so neat in handling the affairs, the red thread blanket given in the morning has now been replaced by a dancer in the hall.

As soon as Dugu Shao came in, he looked around, touched the curtains in the hall for a while, looked at the carvings on the four sides, kicked his toes on the wire carpet, praised for a long time, and cupped his hands to me: "I often hear about the magnanimity of the heavenly family, but I didn’t have the luck to see it, and I only know that there is such a fairyland in the world today.”

Cui Mingde glanced at her, noncommittal.I just smiled at her, and when I walked to the side, I asked Wei Huan: "Why is it suddenly decorated so richly?" Since I was a child, the luxury of my palace has been more than that of other places, but today's furnishings are not even for me. A little scared, not to mention red thread blankets and colorful silks, just those thirty or so colorful candles that are as thick as a baby's arms cost an incredible amount of silk, which is not a common practice.

Wei Huan whispered: "It's a colored candle presented by the King of Wu. It is said that it can burn for six hours without extinguishing. We have counted five hundred here. I think this object is not ordinary, and it may not be sold. Why don't we just use it?" The hangings on the four walls and the colorful silks in the hall were also sent by the king of Wu."

I said, "He's bleeding heavily...I mean, it took a lot of effort."

Wei Huan said: "Your words are quite appropriate. Isn't it like someone cut a knife and bled profusely? He hasn't been to Beijing for many years. Once he has the opportunity, how can he not curry favor with the people in Beijing? I heard that he gave the crown prince a gift. The two celestial horses loaded several carts of silk, silk, satin, and were sent back by the crown prince, saying that they should not let this extravagance go."

I hurriedly complained: "Then why don't you go back?" When she saw it, I realized that I had said something stupid again - the crown prince is the elder brother and a half-lord, so it's only natural for me to teach my younger brother a lesson. Didn't he make it clear that he doesn't want to show his brother's face?

Wei Huan knew that I understood, the corner of his mouth curled up, and said: "Compared to what he gave to the prince and King Ji, what are your things? There are a lot of colored candles in the prince's mansion outside the palace, and it's not bad for you. The sage also specially gave you a red carpet, isn’t that what you meant to use it with? I used half of it, and the remaining half will be used as a dowry for you.” In the end, a sentence flew out of the sky, but it was making fun of me.Just when I was thinking about it in my heart, listening to her words sounded a little sour, so I took a look at her and said slowly: "My dowry is undertaken by the palace itself, don't worry about it, it's yours." The dowry might come from me."

The smile on Wei Huan's face disappeared immediately, and he frowned and said, "I'm joking with you, but you're showing some princess money."

I didn't expect her to change as soon as she said, and she was still in a daze. She had already walked away a few steps, and Zhang Siniang and many seniors in the teaching workshop had already entered, and greeted me with a hug.

My father doesn't like the showy and showy, and the palace is more restrained, and he doesn't dare to go too far when dressing, but the people in the teaching workshop are different, all of them have high buns, wide eyebrows, red cheeks, red lips, and wear various skirts , the skirt is shorter than the usual palace style, and underneath are colored striped trousers and soft brocade pointed boots. The fourth lady is wearing a red and green skirt blatantly. : "I've seen the princess. It's a great fortune for the concubine to be favored by the princess in the teaching workshop."

When she looked up, I saw a familiar look, and I thought she was always serving in the palace, but I couldn't remember what kind of music she had performed, so I asked, "Why can you dance?"

This picture of Si Niang showed surprise, even Dugu Shao couldn't help but look at me, I said, "Why does Sixteen Niang look at me like this?"

Dugu Shao said: "Er Niang doesn't know? This Zhang Si Niang is a famous lady in the workshop, and she can be "Tao Yao Niang"."

But I don't even know the name of this dance, just when I was about to ask her, Zhang Siniang laughed and said: "The dance in the market is not enough for the princess."

Cui Mingde also said: "There are many celebrities in the palace, what do you know?"

Seeing them say this, I became curious and ordered Zhang Siniang to show the dance. She rolled her eyes and said with a smile: "I don't know if the princess wants to watch this dance, but my concubine's brother didn't come in. This song needs to be performed." Two people have to dance together, the only one who can match a concubine in the workshop is the brother concubine. Today she went to another house, begging the princess to call her again at another time."

Dugu Shao said: "Siniang's brother, do you mean Pei Runniang?"

Zhang Siniang nodded her head, looked at Dugu with a smile and said, "This little lady seems to be very familiar with the story of Jiaofang."

Dugu Shao said with a smile: "When I was young, I also learned the skills of pole wood and Zhezhi, and I have heard some ancient classics."

Zhang Siniang said with a smile: "If you practice music and dance for a long time, you must be able to be an uncle?"

Dugu Shao said: "I have seen it a few times, but I have never acted it. If Mrs. Zhang Si does not dislike it, she might as well give it a try."

That Siniang Zhang looked at me, I was still thinking about Wei Huan, I raised my eyes to look at her, she was looking at Siniang Zhang with great interest, and after a while, she went to look at the rest of the people in the teaching workshop.I remember she said that she didn't have many opportunities to watch dances outside the palace, so it's better to ask these people to perform for her, so she said with a smile: "If that's the case, it will be troublesome for Liu Niang."

After hearing this, the ladies of the Jiaofang laughed and embraced Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang to put on makeup, and asked my palace servants for men's clothes, and took out a lot of gongs, drums, cloud boards, etc., laughing and laughing very lively.

I just couldn't understand, so I walked a few steps towards Wei Huan and said, "Does Ah Huan know what's so special about this dance? They are all so happy."

Wei Huan said: "I don't know. Does Second Lady Cui know?"

Cui Mingde said indifferently: ""Treading Yao Niang" is a playful dance in the public. One person is dressed as a man, named 'Uncle', and the other is dressed as a woman, walking and singing, it is for stepping on the ballad."

While talking, I saw Zhang Siniang put on makeup, dressed as a market lady, stood on her tiptoes before going on stage, and looked around, that kind of old-fashioned demeanor, I couldn't help but let me say hello, and I saw her mention it. Swaying the skirt left and right, stepping in slowly, leading the song in a clear voice, with every step, many peacers said: "Ta Yao, come with me!" With another step, some people said in unison: "Ta Yao, mother is bitter!" , and come!"

When Zhang Siniang arrived at the venue, she saw Dugu Shao swaying in drunk.

Dugu Shao was wearing my clothes, because she wanted to act like a street boy, so she wore my red clothes backwards. She is very tall, so when she wore my clothes, it was naturally shorter, just like a blouse, and Wearing a long-legged headband on one side, holding a jug of wine in his hand, pretending to have taken a few sips, he threw the jug away. It was not enough to throw away the jug, and he stretched out his foot and kicked off half of the socks on his feet. Playing tricks, said: "Uncle, the foot clothes fell off."

Dugu Shao turned back and forth to look for things—others bend down to look along when looking for things, but she deliberately bent her back and turned her eyes to look at her feet. With two cheeks, he glared at the peacemaker and said, "I can't even see the feet. Where can I find the clothes for the feet?"

I laughed out loud at one sentence, and even Wei Huan burst into a laugh. When I saw her laugh, I laughed too. Hearing my laughter, Wei Huan looked back and said, "Second Niang, just sit and watch, you stand. It's not easy for anyone to sit."

I said, "Then you sit too."

She hummed, and then I reluctantly left her, sat down in the main seat, and asked Cui Mingde to sit down, there was already a drink on the table, I stretched my head to see Wei Huan's, and saw that the one in front of her was the same as mine At this moment, Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang are fighting like husbands and wives, the music is brisk, the drums are jubilant, and the accomplices on both sides are trying their best to tease everyone in the hall. You have to lean forward and backward.

I smiled along with them, tilted my head, and called for the waiter who was standing on the sidelines: "What the hell is this show?"

The servant said in a low voice: "It turned out that there was a Su pimple nose in the previous dynasty, who was fond of drinking and beating his wife. His wife often complained to the neighbors. Over time, someone made such a play to mock him. It's a play in the public, Princess Bo Just have fun."

I hummed, seeing that they were all engrossed in watching, it was not good to disturb the interest, but this kind of lively and noisy drama is also a scene of husband beating his wife, and I have something on my mind, I really don't want to watch, so I turned my head again Turned to look at Wei Huan, watched for a while, afraid of being seen, turned back, ate a few snacks, pretended to look around the field, smiled admiringly, and then turned to look at her again, so repeatedly, the stomach was full When I heard the sound of the drums suddenly stop, Zhang Siniang and all the peacemakers came to bow and salute. Dugu Shao also took a step forward and looked at me with a smile.

Wei Huan gave me a wink, and I came back to my senses, and hurriedly said: "Reward." Wei Huan coughed lightly, and said: "The princess rewards a hundred pieces of silk."

I said: "Extremely rewarding a hundred bolts of silk."

Wei Huan glanced at me, waited for Dugu Shao and Zhang Siniang to go down and take off their makeup, and suddenly asked me: "Does Erniang think this dance is good?"

I said: "Excellent."

But she looked at me with a half-smile, and said: "I saw the princess looking around frequently, so I thought the princess didn't like it."

Then I remembered that I was only looking at Wei Huan, and I was afraid that I would neglect Cui Mingde, so I hurriedly turned my head to the right, and smiled at Cui Mingde, who was next to me: "This dance is good, but seeing a husband beating his wife, it's really shocking." I feel uncomfortable, what does Erniang think?"

Cui Mingde picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and said with a smile, "It's just for fun, don't take it seriously."

Wei Huan also said with a smile: "No matter how arrogant the family is, no son-in-law would dare to beat the princess, Er Niang, please relax."

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Tangwaiguan: refers to the errand servant who waits for dispatch

Insider: The person who is often in front of the imperial court is called in the teaching workshop

In the teaching workshop, they call each other brothers, and their men are called brides, sisters-in-law, etc. according to women.