On the imperial street, gongs and drums are noisy,
Today is the opening day of the opera theater. It is impossible for the opera theater to occupy the Cuju theater all the time. After the public transportation company worked overtime to renovate it, it was finally completed as quickly as possible.
"Everyone Li is here!"
A lively crowd had already gathered at the entrance of the Qu Theater. When they saw Li Qingzhao arriving, they couldn't help but cheer.
With the popularity of opera, Li Qingzhao's status in the literary world has also risen.
After experiencing thousands of years of poetry, Li Qingzhao rose to fame and was called the most talented woman in the Song Dynasty by the literary circles of the Song Dynasty.
Although Li Qingzhao's literary achievements surpass those of talented women of all generations, he dare not say that future generations cannot surpass them. Now that Li Qingzhao founded a sect and created opera, it can be said that no one has ever done it before or since.
Not to mention the most talented woman in the world, even a talented person pales in comparison to Li Qingzhao.
"Fortunately, Gongshu Ying lived up to his mission and finally lived up to everyone's trust." Gongshu Ying said loudly.
Although the Qu Theater was renovated into a teahouse, it incorporated the most advanced technology at the time. In the future, opera performances will not be restricted by weather. Moreover, the Qu Theater is a closed space and uses echo and amplification technology to allow everyone to hear the opera clearly. .
"Thank you for your hard work and you will lose the great craftsman." Li Qingzhao said gratefully. The opera will have its own theater and a foothold.
"This is what I should do, but the Qu Theater has not made a plaque yet, so I would like to ask Mr. Li to name it." Gongshu Ying said with a cupped hand.
Li Qingzhao thought for a while and said: "The famous doctor is known as the master of Xinglin. "New Book of Tang Dynasty: Rites and Music" records: "Xuanzong knew the music and loved the music. He selected three hundred disciples from the Ministry of Music and taught them in the Liyuan. The Qu Theater is named after the Liyuan. "
Li Qingzhao can be regarded as half a doctor, and Li Shishi is also a doctor and nurse. Moreover, the first play of the opera is also adapted from the love between Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty and Yang Guifei. The opera theater is named after the Liyuan, which can be said to be a coincidence.
At the moment, Gongshu promised and produced it immediately. Soon, the Liyuan plaque was hung high above the Opera Theater.
"Liyuan! What a name!"
In the backyard of the Qu Theater, Wang Chaoyun couldn't help but clapped his hands and cheered when he heard that the Qu Theater was named after the Liyuan.
Quju claims to be the third generation literary genre, but it has never been recognized by the literary world. If Quju can be traced back to the Liyuan of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, it will greatly increase the heritage of Quju.
Li Qingzhao saw Wang Chaoyun and asked, "Mrs. Wang, have you recruited the singer in place?"
Wang Chaoyun showed a hint of pride and said: "There is no shortage of people who can sing in Kaifeng City. Now that there is a better way out, those who are willing to sell themselves in brothels have come to apply for the job, and they all have a good foundation. Now they are being taught opera in the backyard!"
The two came to the backyard of the Qu Theater and saw Master Li teaching singing skills to a group of singers.
"Since all sisters have joined the opera, you must understand the rules of the opera. As soon as the play starts, everyone in the audience must finish singing. One side is human, three sides are ghosts, and four sides are gods. The gongs and drums will not stop until the play ends." Master Li said solemnly.
"I'll understand!" the singers said with firm eyes.
They finally escaped from the misery of the brothel, so they naturally cherish this hard-won opportunity.
When Li Qingzhao saw this, she nodded with satisfaction. She decided to invite Master Li to perform the opera. She was really wise. The opera was at the right time and place, so it would definitely become popular.
Wang Chao Yun, who was on the side, frowned and said, "Shishi is indeed very good. He was born to eat this kind of rice. However, just because he is so good, I am afraid he will cause trouble."
Li Shishi became famous for playing Yang Guifei and Mu Guiying consecutively. In addition, with her extraordinary appearance, she was praised as the most beautiful woman in Kaifeng by the good people, which aroused the pursuit of many self-proclaimed romantic people.
"Is this happening?" Li Qingzhao frowned.
Wang Chaoyun sighed: "For women, appearance is a double-edged sword. Master Li's peerless appearance is both a blessing in her life and a possible disaster in her life."
"Madam Qi, Bachelor Qin Guanqin sent the poem "A Cluster of Flowers" to Master Li." Suddenly, a concierge came to report.
"Qin Guan!" Wang Chaoyun frowned, took the manuscript and looked at it carefully.
"I have come to see my teacher tonight. My cheeks are red with wine. Outside the half-rolled curtain, there is a small lamp, and the dew flowers are hanging on the flowers. Smoke curls from my mouth. Hairpins are thrown around, I can't stand up to anyone, and I sing a new song with tears.
Who knows how long the good times will last? Melancholy lingers. Corresponding to the wonderful dancing and clear singing at night, and the sighing of autumn colors. Only in the painting building, the moon was bright at that time, and I took photos in two places. "
Qin Guan's literary talent is excellent, otherwise he would not be able to write such famous works as "Magpie Bridge Immortal". This poem "A Cluster of Flowers" is also an excellent work, and as soon as this poem came out, it directly made Master Li famous. This is a talent that is highly praised. The reason why brothel women love it.
However, Wang Chaoyun looked embarrassed and said: "What a Qin Guan, go back and tell him that opera is a third-generation literary genre, not a vulgar hook-listening genre. If he dares to write a sexy word about Master Li again, then don't do it again." People who call themselves Sumen.”
Outside the opera house, Qin Guan suddenly became embarrassed when he heard the concierge's reply. He didn't expect to bump into Wang Chao Yun Zai, and he couldn't help but run away.
"Hahaha! You, Qin Shaoyou, are from the Su clan, but I, Yan Jidao, am not." Outside the opera house, Yan Jidao smiled proudly and sent the concierge of his masterpiece sect in.
"The distant mountains have long eyebrows and slender willow waists. When the makeup is done, the spring breeze will blow, and a smile will cost you a fortune."
When he returned to Fengcheng, he told Liyuan: "Looking at the flowers in Yingchuan, it's not as good as the teacher." "
Yan Jidao pretended to be a romantic man and recited his poems openly outside the opera garden.
"What a literary talent!"
As soon as the song "Sheng Cha Zi" came out, it immediately aroused applause from the onlookers.
Yan Jidao couldn't help but feel proud. With the reputation of his Yan family and his literary talent, he couldn't believe that he wouldn't be able to fall in love with Li Shishi.
After a while, the concierge came back with a strange look on his face, handed Yan Jidao the lyrics and said, "Caizi Yan is so lucky."
Yan Jidao couldn't help but said in surprise: "But Miss Shishi replied."
The people around him suddenly showed a look of envy. Master Li was extremely arrogant and never had any contact with outsiders except when he sang operas. Now, for the first time, he replied to his letter.
The concierge shook his head and said: "It's not Miss Shishi who replied, but everyone Li is also here, and they happened to comment on Yan Caizi's poems."
Yan Jidao's expression suddenly changed. Li Qingzhao is known as the leading female poet in Kaifeng. He is famous for his vicious tongue when commenting on poetry. Even famous people cannot escape her poisonous hand.
If he had encountered Li Qingzhao commenting on poetry before, he might not have taken it seriously. Now that Li Qingzhao has founded a sect and created a third-generation literary school that ranks among the leaders. Its status in the literary world has greatly increased. If Li Qingzhao commented on it, even he would have nothing to say.
When Yan Jidao saw the comments on the poem, his face changed continuously, and finally he left the opera house with a dark face without looking back.
Zhou Bangyan, another talented man from Kaifeng City in the crowd, looked at the poems he had prepared and finally did not have the courage to hand them out.
Under the double blow of Li Qingzhao and Wang Chaoyun, all the talented people in Kaifeng City were defeated and left the opera house.
However, the two of them could stop a group of talented people, but they could not stop the powerful.
Among the powerful suitors of Master Li, there is one person who is the most special, and that is Duan Wang Zhao Ji.
Since the rise of opera, Zhao Ji has been present at every performance of Li Shishi and has given him a generous reward. His admiration for Li Shishi can be said to be well known to everyone.
"Miss Shishi is so honored to have been favored by Prince Duan! When you enter the palace in the future, wouldn't it be like flying up a branch and turning into a phoenix!"
All the singers looked at Master Li with envy. It was common for a singer to get the favor of a prostitute in a brothel, but it was different to get the admiration of the prince of the day. Glory and wealth were not easy to come by.
Li Shishi shook his head and said: "How can we, a woman of low status, be as high as the prince of the dynasty!"
Which woman in the world is not excited by Zhao Ji's pursuit, and Master Li is no exception. However, Master Li is not a brothel singer in a sea of suffering, waiting for a good man to rescue him from the sea of suffering.
She also has another identity, that is, as a female nurse in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. She is already a good citizen. Although she is moved by Zhao Ji's pursuit, she is not dizzy.
This is because many singers who enter wealthy families are not as happy as they want. Even if they can gain temporary favor based on their appearance, when their appearance fades in old age, their end will be extremely miserable.
Of course there are exceptions, and that is Wang Chaoyun, who was also a geisha, but luckily met Su Shi and made a good story.
"And I am just a concubine. Even if Grand Scholar Su has not remarried, I can only be a concubine for the rest of my life!"
Wang Chaoyun naturally understood what Master Li was thinking, and a trace of sadness appeared on his face.
It was not that she and Su Shi didn't love each other, but at the time Wang Chaoyun had a lowly status and could only marry Su Shi as a concubine. Moreover, even if Su Shi's first wife died, according to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the concubine could never become the first wife.
The real wife is just like Li Qingzhao. She was carried into the Fan Mansion in eight sedans. The matchmaker married her and became the official wife. She was the second generation housewife of the Fan family as she should be. She was respected both inside and outside the Fan Mansion.
"My fair lady, you are a gentleman. Whether you intend to escort His Highness or not, you need to make it clear in advance. If you delay for too long, there will be disaster." Wang Chaoyun pointed out.
Duan Wang Zhao Ji is the current prince, so he cannot be careless when it comes to royal affairs.
Master Li nodded solemnly.
The next day, when Master Li's performance was over, Zhao Ji gave him a generous reward as usual.
"Please ask my sister to pass on the message. I am going to invite Miss Shishi to visit Yanqiu together." After the performance, Duan Wang Zhao Ji did not leave, but asked a singer to pass on the message.
Nowadays, Yanqiu by the Bian River is the place where the men and women of Kaifeng swear an eternal alliance. Zhao Ji invited Li Shishi to go to Yanqiu, and his thoughts are naturally clear to his eyes.
The singer said with envy: "Miss Shishi has refused many times, but His Highness Prince Duan is really infatuated, which is really enviable."
Zhao Ji couldn't help but feel slightly arrogant. He was a prince personally pursuing Master Li. He believed that Master Li would happily accept the promise. All the previous rejections were just Master Li playing hard to get!
Sure enough, after the singer left, she soon returned with good news.
"Congratulations to His Highness Prince Duan, Miss Shishi is here to invite you!" the singer said with a charming smile.
Zhao Ji couldn't help but be happy. Li Shishi did not agree to go to Yanqiu together, but agreed to meet him. This was not a small improvement.
He immediately followed her to the backyard of the Liyuan, and saw a peerless beauty standing in a pavilion. She was none other than Li Shishi, the most famous beauty in Kaifeng.
"Miss Shishi, you are finally willing to see me!" Zhao Ji couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart and walked forward quickly.
Li Shishi turned around and looked at it. For some reason, his heart was throbbing. If he could get the favor of the prince, it would be a good thing that many women dream of. However, Li Shishi shook his head rationally and said:
"I'm afraid I won't be able to accept His Highness Duan Wang's love. His Highness Duan Wang is a prince, and I am just an ordinary woman. I am older than Duan Wang and have a low status. It is impossible for you and me to be together." "
"So what? I don't mind!" Zhao Ji said condescendingly without hesitation.
Li Shishi shook his head and said: "But I mind, because I don't want to be a concubine!"
"I don't want to be a concubine!"
Zhao Ji suddenly felt like he was struck by lightning. He thought that it was her honor to fall in love with Master Li, and he would definitely agree happily, but he did not expect that he would receive a wake-up call.
"If you don't want to be a concubine, then you have to be a wife. But Master Li, a singer, actually wants to be the princess of the royal palace."
The singers who were eavesdropping on the side couldn't help but exclaim. No one thought that Master Li was so angry that he wanted to be his wife. This was not a status that they could covet.
Even Zhao Ji looked at Li Shishi in disbelief, because he could not give Li Shishi the position of his wife. Not only was Li Shishi's identity, but he was already engaged to the daughter of Wang Zao, the governor of Dezhou, and it was impossible for him to regret the engagement and marry Li Shishi.
When Li Shishi saw this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly. It turned out that Duan Wang Zhao Ji was no different from the literati who hung out in brothels. He seemed to be infatuated with her, but in fact he just coveted her beauty.
"Perhaps His Highness Prince Duan will laugh at Shishi for not overestimating his abilities. However, if Shishi is like them and has just left the brothel, marrying a wealthy family as a concubine may be the best choice. However, Shishi is a doctor." Li Shishi said proudly.
"A doctor!" Everyone couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Master Li in confusion.
Li Shishi said decisively: "I am a female nurse in a traditional Chinese medicine hospital. I was temporarily invited by the Li family to perform an opera. Now that the opera is on track, it is naturally time to return to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital."
In an instant, the whole opera house exclaimed. You must know that Li Shishi's status in the opera world is almost the same as Li Qingzhao's status in the literary world. It can be said that the two have achieved mutual success. However, Li Shishi suddenly gave up the glory and wealth at his fingertips and turned back to the traditional Chinese medicine hospital to be a doctor. Female nurse.
"In order to avoid me, you have to give up your position in Quju and return to a traditional Chinese medicine hospital to be an ordinary female nurse." Zhao Ji couldn't believe Li Shishi's choice.
Li Shishi shook his head and said firmly: "His Royal Highness Duan Wang must know my life experience. At that time, I was about to fall into the world. Fortunately, I was rescued by a doctor. The past few years when I stayed in the traditional Chinese medicine hospital to practice medicine were the most stable days for me. Shishi prefers her days as a nurse to singing."
The benefits of the traditional Chinese medicine hospital not only cover the doctors, but also cover the first group of female nurses. Master Li no longer has any worries in the traditional Chinese medicine hospital. Such a sense of security is so precious to Master Li, whose parents have died since childhood, and she is dependent on others and has no one to rely on. .
Many singers looked at Master Li with envy. Most of them used sex to entertain people. When they got old and their sex faded, they often ended up miserable. There were countless such cases, but they had no choice, but Master Li still There is a way out for female doctors and nurses.
This is an open and honest profession, where you can gain a good family status and not be discriminated against.
"It doesn't matter! Even if you are a female guardian, my heart will not change." Zhao Ji gritted his teeth.
"Furthermore, Master Shi serves as a female nurse, and when encountering critically ill people, he can also use the technique of resurrecting the dead. Even if His Royal Highness Duan Wang can accept this, can the royal family accept it too!" Master Li shook his head and asked.
She was the first female nurse to take the initiative to practice oral respiration and rescue patients. Although she was a centralized authority, it was absolutely intolerable to the royal family, and I am afraid she would not accept it even if she was a side chamber or a concubine.
"ah!"
Zhao Ji suddenly felt as if he was struck by lightning and staggered. Although he was a prince, he found that he could not meet any of Li Shishi's conditions.
(End of chapter)
