The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

After resolutely rejecting the ideas of his subjects, Xia Anran also began to think seriously about how to deal with Chen Jiao's problem.

He almost didn't need to ask Chen Jiao to know what the little girl was thinking.

Now the school in Zhongshan has just started, and Lunu County has not been on the right track for a long time. Chen Jiao still wants to open a school in Beiping County. At this time, she definitely doesn’t want to go back to Chang’an, but this is not the case. Does she want it to be that simple.

Chen Jiao has now reached the marriageable age, and once she returns to Chang'an, even if she wants to leave again, no one will agree.After all, the little girl from the noble family will follow Xia Anran, and Tang Yihou will not accept such an embarrassing situation for his daughter.

Xia Anran believes that the little girl knows this well.

It can be said that the chance for Chen Jiao to be free again may only be when she gets married and follows that person to the fiefdom.However, judging from Liu Xing's love for her daughter and the political system in the early Western Han Dynasty, it is very likely that she will still be trapped in Chang'an City.

Xia Anran sympathized with the little girl.But sympathy is all sympathy. It is very difficult for Xia Anran to intervene in this matter. Considering that Chen Jiao is likely to be his task target, Xia Anran wants to know her sister's thoughts, and then see if there is room for her to help.

So he pondered for a while, and still sent someone to remind his little cousin to prepare the luggage.

Unexpectedly, after listening to what the person he sent said, Chen Jiao acted extremely calm.She came directly to the door to ask for an interview. First, she stared at him with regretful eyes that the little king couldn't understand, and she didn't really want to understand. After a while, she said, "Brother, Jiao wants you to do me a favor."

Xia Anran was a little curious about Chen Jiao's request, but she was also very cautious. He didn't agree, but motioned Chen Jiao to speak first.Chen Jiao was not surprised by this, she said without shyness: "Jiao wants to ask brother to help me make a kiss with Zhang Tang."

What?Who are you talking about?What do you want me to do?Xia Anran's entire expression froze.

Seeing his shocked appearance, Chen Jiao showed a little embarrassment on her face. She coughed dryly and repeated: "Jiaojiao hopes that Brother Tang will meet Brother Tang for me... Where are you going, Brother?"

Chen Jiao looked at Xia Anran suspiciously, got up and left without hesitation.While asking questions in doubt, he turned his head back again, pulled out a ring-shoulder knife from under the table, and continued to walk out.

She suddenly realized something, and exclaimed—"Brother, what are you going to do?"

do what?Do you still need to ask?

Xia Anran thought angrily, of course he was going to beat that guy Zhang Tang, Chen Jiaojiao is still a minor, that shameless Zhang Tang is actually tempting a minor!Do you know that there is no cap in the three-year start?

Chen Jiao couldn't understand his feelings as an elder brother at all, and she ran after him and shouted, "Brother, you, don't act recklessly, you can't beat him!"

Xia Anran sneered in her heart, of course I know I can't beat him, but I can't beat him, I can find helpers.At this moment, his thoughts don't even mention how rich he is.

In the end, Xia Anran was persuaded when he walked halfway. He sat on the carriage, touching his ring-shoulders with murderous intent, while listening to Chen Jiao explain the current situation to him.

In fact, the story is very simple. Chen Jiao's age is far from being overwhelmed by hormones. She just doesn't want to marry someone she doesn't know, and she's trapped in the capital, so she wants to choose A best choice for her at the moment.

—Exclude the choice of Xia Anran.

She has brothers and fathers herself, so of course she knows what kind of virtue these honorable men are in private, no matter how bright and beautiful the outside is, in fact they are almost the same underneath.

Those who are capable can't take care of their family, and those who can take care of their family are mostly incompetent and not clear-headed. After marrying, don't they have to worry about their family fortune being ruined every day?

In the same class, her cousins ​​are the most suitable for her to marry, but the reason is the same as entering the palace. If she marries these cousins, her greatest advantage will become a disadvantage instead.

Therefore, Chen Jiao's ideal marriage partner in her early mind was a rising star who was slowly rising, capable and intelligent. The other party needed her family background and political sense as assistance, while she needed a certain degree of freedom.

It would be even better if you can find someone who is about the same age and looks good.

This was Chen Jiao's original thought, and she realized her innocence only after she got to know Zhang Tang.

Does Zhang Tang know her identity?For sure.

The two met because they sat next to each other in the lectures. Although Chen Jiao entered the school on her own strength, she did take a break for a while, and it was difficult to keep up with the progress. In addition, her self-care ability is indeed not as good as that of normal men. When they come and go, the two of them inevitably meet with each other.

For some things, he can be used as an excuse for being young and delicate, but of course not for some things. As long as the observation skills are sharp enough and dare to think enough, the truth will be very obvious.

Chen Jiao didn't realize this at first, but she discovered that she had been exposed long ago when her brother woke her up after the Chinese New Year.Because Zhang Tang's attitude towards her was not ambiguous, but treated her like a gentleman's friend. Chen Jiao, who grew up in the deep palace of the back house, knew the difference very well.

After observing for a long time, she finally came to a conclusion reluctantly.

In the eyes of capable and arrogant people like Zhang Tang, all the old nobles are their stepping stones.Although Zhang Tang never said it out, Chen Jiao knew that she didn't even doubt that Zhang Tang would minor in laws and regulations, and also had ambitions in this regard.

A wise man who understands the law, knows how to use the law, and is ambitious, can climb very high as long as he is given a chance.For him, Tangyi Wengzhu will be a shortcut, but she is by no means obligatory, and even marrying her may expose him to the eyes of others prematurely before he is fully fledged. Among the criticisms, there is a suspicion of joining the team too early, which is not good for his official career.

Therefore, she is not the best choice for Zhang Tang.However, people's hearts are long, and later her identity was exposed, and Zhang Tang couldn't pretend to be confused after she understood, and the communication mode between the two naturally changed... In the end...cough...

The little king's patience finally ran out, he widened his eyes and said in disbelief: "So you two just got better these days?"

"Yeah." Chen Jiao scratched her cheeks, "It was about the money back then, I would fight with him at that time, and then..."

Seeing her brother's expression of disapproval, Chen Jiao became a little anxious.

Zhang Tang has not entered the officialdom yet, even if he did, he started as a small official. Although his father has an official position, there is no doubt that his mother must not look down on such a background.If brother doesn't help her, it will be much harder for them to go.

It's not that Chen Jiao is afraid of the hardships, but she thinks it's unnecessary. They are getting married, not feuding.In particular, what she is most worried about is that her mother will catch Zhang Tang's father to retaliate against him, or try to ruin Zhang Tang's future.She knew about Zhang Tang, if his mother had really made a fuss, Zhang Tang would definitely find a way to toss Tangyihou's mansion whenever he had the chance.

My mother's hair is full of braids, and it's fine if my uncle is in power now. When Liu Che comes to the throne in the future, the feelings will fade away at that time, and it's hard to say what the result will be.

Obviously nothing started, but Chen Jiao, who had already rehearsed all kinds of bad results in her mind, really couldn't think of a way to get the best of both worlds, so she could only ask her cousin for help.

What she meant was to ask her cousin to help her think of a way that could last two or three years.Zhang Tang will take part in the talent selection test in Zhongshan next spring, and if there are no accidents, he will definitely win, and they will slowly figure it out after he has established a firm position.

"The talent selection for next year..." Xia Anran hesitated for a while.

Seeing his appearance, Chen Jiao immediately straightened her back and said, "Brother, don't think too much. If the man Jiao chooses has to be supported at the first step of entering an official career, then Jiao would be too blind." .”

The little king was overwhelmed by his sister's domineering, and was speechless for a moment.Seeing him like this, Chen Jiao immediately changed her face again, and said rather gossipingly: "Actually, brother Tang and I haven't explained it clearly...how should we say about this matter, brother, do you have experience?"

Why are you asking me?This sentence was written in Xia Anran's staring eyes.

Chen Jiao was a little puzzled, "Brother, isn't he experienced? Same as Dou Wan..."

The little king's face flushed immediately, and Chen Jiao could easily read the five words "how do you know" from his expression.

Is it difficult?Tangyi Wengzhu said, "I saw it two years ago, but don't worry, brother, I should be the only one who saw it. This may be a woman's carefulness. I have observed it for a long time, and it seems that the man next to you Didn't find any."

"But, but," Xia Anran said in a low voice, "We only..."

"...The day I caught Guan Fu?"

"Ah."

Chen Jiao was speechless for a moment, she squinted her eyes and looked at her brother, and then recalled the past of the two people getting along, after a while, she couldn't believe that her judgment was wrong, she asked: "Is it really the beginning of this year? "

"Why did you lie to you?" Xia Anran felt shy, but he quickly recovered from the embarrassment of being stripped of his vest.The little king who wanted face said that he couldn't be thinner than the teenage girl in front of him, right?So he immediately puffed up his chest, with a manly and upright appearance, especially righteous and strict.

Unexpectedly, the little girl said with a serious face after thinking for a while, "The relationship between you guys is really strange."

She smacked her lips, "So Dou Wan went to join the army after expressing his happiness with you?" Seeing her cousin nodding and not feeling anything wrong at all, she couldn't help but touch her forehead, "Is it true that you guys are all in this way……"

"If it were me, I would definitely beat that person's dog brains out."

Xia Anran looked at her charming and charming younger sister with horror on her face, and almost wondered if there was something wrong with her ears. How did he hear the terrible words that her sister just said?

Chen Jiao lowered her wrist, and smiled in a concealed manner, her bright eyes and white teeth were not offensive at all.Her eyebrows have not yet opened, but she has already revealed the peerless elegance inherited from her parents, and her smile at this time is actually a little innocent and cute.

The royal family in the Western Han Dynasty was basically all face control, and the daughter-in-laws they chose were all very beautiful. The son, mother Xiao, and the princes naturally looked good.Empress Dowager Dou was able to get the favor of Emperor Wenwen of Han who already had several children from her family, so she was naturally quite beautiful.Liu Xun inherited this beauty, and Tang Yihou, who she could catch a glimpse of... When he was young, he also looked handsome and suave, and the scene of laughing and riding a horse across Chang'an Street is the dream of many spring girls.

Chen Jiao's appearance is naturally good, and she was born in a wealthy family, she is full of wealth, and she is full of poems and books, so she can't look weak even when she wears men's clothes without makeup.But now, in front of Xia Anran, the girl's full aura is as cute as a rabbit with its teeth and claws open.

He couldn't help coughing dryly, patted his sister's little head, and whispered softly, his slightly squinted almond eyes revealed a bit of cunning, "It's okay to say it in front of brother, but be more careful in other places."

Chen Jiao immediately became serious.

The siblings were silent for a while, but Chen Jiao still couldn't hold back, she leaned over limply, and asked softly, "Brother, can you tell me what's going on with you and Dou Wan~"

The wheels were rolling, and when they stopped, Xia Anran almost jumped out of the carriage as if fleeing.

He said very seriously that it is better to abide by the etiquette in the future. My sister has grown up and it is not easy to share a ride.

Chen Jiao got off the carriage with a sweet smile, her whole body was filled with the sense of happiness that her gossip desire was satisfied.

The situation of Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang is more complicated. The first hurdle to get them together is Liu Xing's heart.A good only daughter marrying an ordinary official, even though Xia Anran and Chen Jiao believe that Zhang Tang has a promising future, this is the future after all.Moreover, even if the officials are sangong, they will still be civilians after being dismissed, which is far less reliable than those with titles in terms of protection.

Liu Xing only has one daughter, and she would not agree to it, either for the sake of face or for her daughter's future life security.

Chen Jiao can take care of life security by herself. Although the little girl is young, she already has a plan, and the face project is more difficult. This is not a problem that can be solved in a while, and Chen Jiao can't afford it.

So Xia Anran thought of a bad idea that wasn't a bad idea. He planned to make a story out of the story of Chen Jiao and Zhang Tang, spread it among the people first, and then explode it when there was a certain foundation among the people.

In the eyes of the working people, the drama of the rich girl and the poor boy has been everyone's favorite since ancient times.Whether it is the theory of true love first or the satisfaction brought about by this difference in status, it can bring a strange sense of spiritual pleasure and substitution to the people at the bottom.

But this kind of satisfaction will soon dissipate, and people will soon develop envy, jealousy and hatred for the man, and even feel that all his achievements depend on his wife's belt, and feel that the girl is too stupid and willing to degenerate. Characters with archetypes are at a disadvantage.

Therefore, the final ending must be BE, and it will be effective only if it is so miserable that people think "they are so miserable, how can you still talk about them".And only when the story is miserable enough can people remember it deeply, and it will quickly spread the story.

As the saying goes, the sincerity can't be kept since ancient times, only routines can win people's hearts.

For example, until now, Xia Anran can't forget the childhood shadow "Blue Life and Death Love". At that time, I don't know how many parents were deeply affected by it. When giving birth, they had to repeatedly check "Is this from my family?" "Is it possible?" Wrong?"

After a "talk" with Zhang Tang, Xia Anran began to prepare the story.

Half a month later, a small shop in Lunu County suddenly opened. Although a counter was set up inside, the goods had not been displayed for a long time.This area belongs to a place with a better location in Lunu County, and there is a lot of people coming and going. Seeing that this store has not put anything for sale, some curious people went over to ask.

The answer I got was surprising - here is to put a puppet theater.

These so-called "counters" are actually stages that have not yet begun to be decorated.

The puppet show was introduced to Zhongshan during the Chinese New Year last year.Artists took a fancy to the huge market and the flow of people under the curfew in Zhongshan Kingdom for several days, and ran here from their hometowns, and successfully became popular in Zhongshan Kingdom with their performances. After that, they were welcomed by the leader of Zhongshan Kingdom The invitation is here to stay.

The young king gave them many useful suggestions for their performance, and generously paid for their stage, and asked the craftsmen to redesign their puppets, make them up, and dress them in exquisite costumes.After a repackage, who would believe that the puppet troupe, which now has a full musical ensemble, was once a show that could only be performed on country funerals?

The master of the puppet show who has changed his face clenched his fists and said that he must win the first prize at this year's annual meeting.But the problem standing in front of them has not been solved for a long time, and that is the script.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, folk entertainment was scarce, especially after decades of leadership by the Qin Dynasty, entertainment during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods was completely suppressed, and many entertainment nobles could enjoy it, but the folks were not allowed.

And any art, if separated from the mass base, will lead to decline.

Later, after a long period of war, entertainment almost all withered, and the last remaining entertainment methods such as singing and dancing have become instincts that will never be forgotten.

In addition, there are hundreds of juggling, but these are not suitable for the performance form of puppet show.The show they performed last year was "Heroes Fighting the Tiger". It was very popular in the first few days, but the story was too simple, and the number of people who watched it in the next few days decreased.

It's a pity that although the theater troupe owner has the heart to change, there is no way to change.They heard that it is very popular to act out the stories of various schools of thought, but the problem is that all the people here except the class leader are illiterate, and the class leader is only literate.

And just when these people wanted to stabilize their popularity in this year's performance and not disappoint His Highness who trusted and expected their performance, the little king suddenly sent a script.

This is a story called "Nymphae" compiled by the novelists of Zhongshan Kingdom. So far, only the first few episodes have been written. Enrollment stories.

Novelists are also one of the hundreds of schools of thought. They often travel among the people, collecting folk stories, and then compiling them into books.But because their work hobbies deviate from the mainstream society to a certain extent, not only do they have no way of teaching and educating people, but because the stories they tell are mostly strange and supernatural stories, which are easy to captivate the mind, so they are regarded as low-level professions.

After these novelists were brought back by the farmers, Xia Anran has been thinking about how to use this resource.

The Western Han Dynasty is different from the Qin Dynasty. Due to the long-term recuperation and the improvement of farming strength, the Western Han Dynasty gradually became rich in resources. When people no longer rush around to live, they will naturally have entertainment needs.

Xia Anran is very clear that in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, the entertainment industry in the Western Han Dynasty has great prospects for development, but how to develop becomes a problem.

Previously, Xia Anran wanted someone to make up a fable.The fables are so good, they are necessary for preschool education, but he found out sadly... Even the novelists, who can be called the most imaginative people in this country, are old men after all, and the stories they write are hard and hard due to the influence of the times Not to mention, all of them are thirteen prohibitions, full of blood.

Don't talk about fables, the dark series Grimm's fairy tales are more or less the same.

The same is true for writing the story this time, because she was afraid that her story would be too advanced, so Xia Anran gave an outline and asked these novelists to expand it, and the final writing also greatly deviated from the main line. These people have talked about the male protagonist going to fight the Huns, why don't you write about the female protagonist crying on the Great Wall.

The little king hurriedly ordered revisions, and only handed over the first few chapters that were not off topic to the troupe for rehearsal.

In desperation, he can only make a detailed outline for others. Although he is really busy, the pleasure of making a detailed outline without having to write such a thing by himself is incomparable. Xia Anran stayed up all night and unexpectedly Still in high spirits.

The current head of the novelist is Yu Ji, a young man in his thirties, named Yu Ji.When he saw Xia Anran's outline, his eyes widened, and his eye circles turned red when he saw the end.

Most people who write novels have big brains, and they can make up a tragic and tragic story with just a few words. After thinking about it, I feel like tears are about to fall out.

Miserable, it is really too miserable, so there will be such a miserable couple?First, there were many misunderstandings, and after the misunderstandings were resolved, the family disagreed. Finally, someone helped, but the yin and yang were separated by misunderstandings.

He looked at the little king with a bit of awe in his eyes. What kind of enmity does His Highness have with these two protagonists? Does this mean that you hate these two people so badly?

Xia Anran stood still under such complex eyes, and said calmly: "Just follow this route, and I will find some scholars who are good at writing parallel prose to write parallel prose and prose for this story. You add it to the story, polish it up."

"It's not urgent, you can let it go for now, but you should first sort out the context and hand it over to the troupe owner, let them prepare the puppets, scenes, scripts, etc., I hope to see this play staged during the Chinese New Year .”

Chinese New Year? !

Yu Ji's eyes widened, he looked down at the ending, then looked up at the corner of the little king's clothes, his lips trembled for a long time, and finally said: "Your Highness, this, this is probably not very good..."

This is too unkind!New Year's Eve!

The little king thought he was saying that it was not easy to write in such a short period of time, so he comforted him: "It's okay, you write out the key points first, it's just the first performance, and the theater troupe will adjust the stories in it according to the feedback of the masses."

After a pause, Xia Anran added: "When they are performing, you can watch the reaction of the crowd on the sidelines, and the script can be revised."

He got up and went down the stairs, with deep expectation in his eyes, "Yu Jun, I know that you novelists like to write about the past, and this story really makes things difficult for you. Just you need to know that this article is a groundbreaking style of writing, There has been no one before, and it is unknown whether there will be anyone in the future."

Yu Ji was holding the bamboo scroll, and his heart was full of enthusiasm. He stammered and said: "His Royal Highness, Your Highness, Ji will live up to His Highness's expectations."

Xia Anran succeeded in fooling a young man into high spirits, he coughed dryly, then what, it is definitely the happiest thing to let other authors write, there is no one.

But he was not happy for long, and the news from Chang'an City caught the little king by surprise.

The little king's application to go abroad sent to Chang'an City was returned, along with several surrounding countries that were closed.Chang'an's reply was that this year the princes and kings should stay in their fiefs, and there is no need to go to Beijing to see them.

This is very strange.

Xia Anran held this letter with an extremely polite tone, and at first glance it looked like a "mass sent" letter thinking.It is common practice for feudal kings to come to Beijing to meet at court, and kings generally would not refuse, after all, this is the time for feudal kings to pay taxes and give gifts.

And if the king refuses...something must happen.

What's the big deal?Is it the sequelae of Broomstar?

He didn't know until more than half a year later that in the autumn of that year, Emperor Jing fell seriously ill.

The author has something to say:

Newcomer Chen Jiaojiao: (watching the two sitting together reading, writing, talking, and playing the piano) ... um... always feel a little subtle.

Newcomer Chen Jiaojiao: (Watching the two hugging, teasing, walking and washing the cat) But no one responds?Am I mistaken?

Newcomer Chen Jiaojiao: (Watching the two hiding in a corner, one cooks and the other tastes food, and even feeds each other) It's locked, it must be like this, they didn't find it because they were too stupid!

Entering the school Chen Jiaojiao: How should a man be friends with a man?What if there are only negative examples around me?Observation in the dark.jpg

Entering school Chen Jiaojiao: No, wait a minute, how do you smoke your clothes?How to adjust the kang bed is too cold?Why do other people take a picture after drying the quilt?Do I want to shoot?

Entering school Chen Jiaojiao: Fortunately, I met a good person

Chen Jiaojiao, who witnessed the whole process of boiling the frog in warm water: Are you telling me now that you were just brothers?

Xia Miao: No, it’s really just brothers... Jiaojiao, why do your eyes look like modern rotten girls?

(In the future) Chen Jiaojiao with sharp eyes: Heh, another couple.

With sharp eyes, Chen Jiaojiao: Hehe, again.

With sharp eyes, Chen Jiaojiao: Hehehe.

Men: No, you wait?

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Puppet show, puppet show, and puppet show come from the same source. They all started in the Han Dynasty. It's very difficult to do.

The small dolls in the Western Han Dynasty already have movable joints, so the development of puppet shows is very promising. (rubbing hands)

cough.

In fact, at the beginning, I also wanted to act in real people, but puppet shows are better in magic scripts, and the effect of real people is not good.Hey, it's all your fault, what did you say to the author, Chen Yingtai is amazing, (takes out the pot)

Butterfly Lovers is a folklore story, there is no copyright issue (kimbo)

...It is said that the early education methods of the Qin and Han Dynasties are actually similar to fables, that is, one thing is used for education, but those are quite... scary.