"My lord misunderstood. The little girl didn't mean it. It's just that I'm not feeling well today, and my singing skills are also greatly affected. If I continue singing, I'm afraid it will disturb the interest of you guys." The beautiful woman said apologetically after blessing her body.
"What kind of physical discomfort, don't use such excuses to perfuse me." A young man stood up from his seat and said impatiently: "Why didn't I see that you have any discomfort, if you are asked to sing, you can sing, today Your lords are all present in the same year as you, if you don't sing, you will spoil everyone's interest."
At this moment, he was secretly annoyed that the actress didn't know how to praise her, and it was precisely because he had just seen that she could sing well that he appointed her to sing his favorite songs. Unexpectedly, she sang other people's lyrics without any hesitation. Here, there are actually all sorts of prevarications, which is obviously to save his face in front of so many of the same year and all the adults.
The beautiful woman looked distressed, today the princess's birthday banquet, all the famous actors and singers in the whole prefecture were invited to sing and dance, and they could not refuse at all, even though she was menstruating these few days, and she occasionally felt cold and was extremely unwell , and dare not violate it.
It's just that the feeling of physical discomfort is getting worse at this moment, and I'm already a little dizzy, and I can't perform even the best singing skills.
But she also knew in her heart that none of the people present tonight could be offended by a little actor like her. She gritted her teeth and was about to nod in agreement when a voice of a charming smile came from the side. The singer came over and said with a smile: "Young Master Cui doesn't know something. Ruoqing is feeling unwell today. If Young Master Cui doesn't dislike it, how about I sing this song?"
Wan Ruoqing looked at the singer with a look of gratitude in her eyes. The other party is also good at singing and is well-known in Qing'an Mansion. The two of them have never had a close friendship in normal times. She never thought that she would come forward to help her at such a moment. rescue.
"What are you?" The Cui man gave her a cold look, turned his head to look at Wan Ruoqing, and said coldly, "You really don't sing?"
The woman was stared at by him, her body trembled, and she opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything in the end.
She was just a lowly singer, and the other party was a leader among the officials of Qing'an Mansion, so naturally she didn't dare to say anything more.
After casting an apologetic look at Wan Ruoqing, he quietly backed away.
I have long been accustomed to such scenes, and the faces of the singers and actresses in the venue showed a little sadness and indignation, but they could only bow their heads and dare not speak.
"You really don't sing?"
When Cui's man said this, his voice raised slightly, and many people around stopped talking and looked over suspiciously.
"Hey, brother Yanxin, what's the matter?"
"Strange, why did brother Yanxin make things difficult for an actor?"
"Hehe, he drank a lot of wine just now, and I'm afraid he is a little drunk now."
There were also people who were relatively close who knew the whole story, and they explained it briefly at this moment, and everyone guessed in their hearts, embarrassing an actor for no reason, that Cui Yanxin might be really drunk tonight.
Speaking of which, the wine in the palace is really good, and the scholars are all happy with it, all of them have an amazing capacity for alcohol, but they dare not let it go to drink tonight, because the wine is too strong, if they are on weekdays, they will naturally raise their glasses to drink , but tonight I am worried about getting drunk...
Everyone looked at the two with interested expressions, but no one went up to persuade them.
For a mere actor and a lowly girl, if she is embarrassed, she will be embarrassed, and no one will take it to heart.
"Brother Yanxin, I'm afraid it's not appropriate to embarrass a weak woman so much." Wan Ruoqing was about to grit his teeth and agree when a young man in luxurious clothes came out of the crowd and walked towards this side.
"Brother Zi'an, what do you mean?" Cui Yanxin asked with a frown as he saw the young man approaching.
He and Jiang Zi'an belonged to the Jinshi who passed the examination in Qing'an Prefecture this year. They didn't meet much in the past, but they said a few words tonight. Presumably he is not a meddlesome person, but why did he stand up for this actress
The young man smiled and said: "Brother Yanxin, don't be angry, Miss Ruoqing is an old acquaintance of Zi'an."
The man surnamed Cui was taken aback when he heard the words, and after the two of them looked at each other, they gave him a weird look and said with a smile: "It's really unexpected that brother Zi'an is also a passionate seed..."
"Hehe, let's not hide it, brother Yanxin, I have been in love with Miss Ruoqing for a long time. This time when I return home from high school, I want to take off her humble status and take her back..." The young man smiled and said to Cui Yanxin, cupping his hands.
"If that's the case, naturally I won't embarrass her anymore." Cui Yanxin nodded, since the other party had already spoken, he naturally wouldn't insist, turned to look at the actor, and said: "My lords and these same year are here tonight, Since brother Zi'an is interested, if you don't agree, you can count as a testimony."
He saw what Jiang Zian meant, and he wanted to speak out to help him.
"Yanxin is right."
"Hehe, brother Zi'an stood up as a beauty, and it's a good story to spread."
"Extremely extreme, with so many witnesses tonight, there is no room for him to go back on his word in the future, so just promise to come down."
In an instant, countless officials got up and said.
They are Jinshi and the first degree, so it is naturally impossible for the media to marry a lowly woman, but it is still possible to take her as a concubine. In fact, such things are not uncommon among them.
Officials who are a little further away have long been accustomed to this, and even their concubine was a famous actor in Qing'an Prefecture or a Qing Dynasty official who was in the limelight. quite prevalent among them.
At this time, the resentment on the faces of the other singers and actresses in the field had long since disappeared, and their eyes were full of envy when they looked at Wan Ruoqing.
For these cheap girls, compared to getting old and decrepit, living alone is the best ending in this life, isn't that the case
That son was awarded a Jinshi at a young age, and his future is bright. Even if he became his concubine, it would not be considered a disgrace, but a great blessing.
Jiang Zian looked at the beautiful woman with a smile, and said softly, "Ruoqing, I don't know what you want?"
Hearing this, Wan Ruoqing looked up at him, with a smile on his face, and said, "Mr. Jiang's heart, Ruoqing understands it, but... I'm sorry."
The feeling of physical discomfort was getting stronger and stronger. She resisted the dizziness and picked up a piece of rice paper. The words written on it were Cui Yanxin's new words. After bowing slightly to Jiang Zian, she walked towards the pavilion without looking back. go.
Everyone was slightly taken aback when they saw this, she would rather choose the libretto than be Jiang Zian's concubine
Seeing this scene, those singers and actresses also showed a little regret on their faces. If it were them, I'm afraid they would have agreed without hesitation just now.
The smile on Jiang Zian's face froze, and after alternating between green and white for a while, he smiled again and said, "Hehe, it seems that Zian is wishful thinking."
Being rejected in front of so many people was already a great loss of face, but although he was extremely annoyed in his heart, he didn't show any displeasure, otherwise, it would only make people think that his tolerance is too small.
After Cui Yanxin was a little surprised by this, he didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, Jiang Zian's matter had nothing to do with him. Since the actor went up to sing the lyrics, his original goal was achieved.
After the brief accident, everyone stopped thinking about it and started discussing Cui Yanxin's lyrics just now.
"I just read Yanxin's Ci, and it's a rare masterpiece."
"When the actor sings, I'm afraid Brother Yanxin will be in the limelight again."
"Hehe, with the world in mind, it's hard to eat, hard to sleep, showing the sorrow of worrying about the country and the people. Brother Yanxin is really a role model for my generation."
Cui Yanxin said that his face was showing a little bit of color, and his writing was full of energy tonight, and he was in excellent condition. He wrote such a poem just to make a good impression in front of the adults. That actor's singing skills are not bad. But also to add a lot of color to this word.
Before Wan Ruoqing reached the pavilion, the feeling of dizziness became more and more intense. When he stepped up the steps, his foot accidentally stepped on the air, his body staggered, and he almost fell.
At this moment, a pair of strong palms rested on her shoulders, she was frightened, she jumped away, turned her head, and when she saw a familiar face, she finally let go of her heart.
"Are you okay?" The young man looked at her worriedly.
"It's okay." Wan Ruoqing held back her discomfort and shook her head lightly.
Looking at her pale face, the young man frowned remembering the scene he saw outside, took the rice paper from her hand, glanced at it, crumpled it up and threw it on the ground.
"WTF."
The faint voice of disdain clearly reached the ears of everyone in the arena.