Wanchuntang is one of the famous opera houses in Chenjing. Today, the troupe knew that a distinguished guest had arrived, so they performed the opera with all their might, and from time to time they looked in the direction of the private room, where a wealthy young woman was sitting.
In the preparation room at the back, several young actors were joking with each other.
An older actor squatted on a stool and said with a smile, "That veiled woman is so generous, maybe she'll take a fancy to someone and take her back to her hometown to keep as a baby. So hurry up and seize the opportunity!"
Several teenagers felt embarrassed.
In Kyoto, there are nobles everywhere. Some women of high status would find a young man with red lips and white teeth to tease in the opera house. Although it is a rare thing, it is not uncommon.
I remembered that the woman in the private room had covered her face with a veil when she first came, but looking at her figure and her graceful movements, I don't think she was ugly. Moreover, even if she had an ugly face, her figure alone was enough to seduce people.
Several young men in the troupe were somewhat tempted, hoping that they would be chosen so that they would no longer have to lead a hard life here.
When You Jiamu first came to Kyoto, he liked to go to Liyuan with his father to listen to operas. You Yuji also came twice. However, the You family often went to another theater and had never been to Wanchuntang.
Since his father passed away, entertainment was banned in the family. You Jiamu hadn't been to the opera for a long time. When he was brought here by his sister today, he was sensitive to the fact that something was wrong and didn't pay much attention to the stage. In the past, when he went to the opera with his father, he was always open and aboveboard, but today his sister wore a veil and asked him to wear a mask with bared fangs and claws.
After entering the private room, the two took off their face coverings.
You Yuji smiled and said, "If you don't like listening to the opera here, you can wear a mask and go downstairs to watch the fun."
You Jiamu shook his head and said, "I am here to listen to the opera with my sister."
"Okay." You Yuji nodded, turned her head to look at the stage, and listened to the opera attentively.
You Yuji listened to the play for half an afternoon, and before leaving, she called a few young actors to come over to receive the reward. When the young men came over, they all took off their makeup, and You Yuji looked at them one by one through the white gauze.
On the carriage returning to You's house with his brother, You Yuzhi was still thinking about his plan.
She needed a child, but she didn't want the child's father, so she set her sights on these poor and unfamiliar actors. The You family had some property, and she had been in charge of it for many years, and she was already very good at handling it. After the child was born and her mother recovered, she moved out of the Jinnan Palace and would always have no worries about food and clothing. If she didn't want to stay in Chenjing, she could also return to the grassland to find an old house and pasture to stay.
Although she wanted a child in the first place to save her mother, she would still treat the child as a treasure. She couldn't help but think about the child. It was a pity that the child would not have a father, so she could only love him even more.
You Yuji didn't want to have too much involvement with the child's father in the future, so she had to worry about the selection of the right person. The appearance of those young actors just now reappeared in front of her.
You Jiamu pursed his lips and secretly looked at his sister's frowning and thoughtful expression.
When You Yuji took his brother to Wanchun Hall to listen to the opera, the King of Jinnan was in the palace with His Majesty to appreciate poetry. Not only was he there, but also the King of Pinghuai, the King of Shengxiang and the Crown Prince were there.
Deshun listened to the instructions, came up to add tea, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Doctor Hu said that you drink too much tea every day."
When the emperor heard Deshun mention Doctor Hu, he put down the calligraphy and painting in his hand, looked at the King of Jinnan, and said, "I heard that Anzhi is already very lucky with women before he even came of age, and he seems to be planning to buy three palaces and six courtyards for himself."
The emperor used a joking tone, but the King of Jinnan was sweating profusely. He quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty: "My son is not a good parent. I will discipline him when I return!"
The emperor said nothing, but picked up another scroll and asked Prince Ping Huai: "What do you think of this painting of winter plums?"
“The brushwork is profound, the painting scene is realistic, and it is very appropriate to the scene!”
The emperor stroked his beard and laughed, then gave the painting of winter plum blossoms to Prince Pinghuai.
King Jinnan stood up silently, his heart no longer at peace.
Chen Anzhi was angry for most of the day, but he slowly calmed down in the afternoon. He frowned, regretting his careless words. After a while, he sighed, feeling depressed.
—He didn't know why he was so irritable recently. He clearly wouldn't get angry so easily before.
He no longer wanted to argue with You Yuji, and got up to go to Anxiangyuan. Fang's mother and daughter often stayed in Jinnan Palace for a short time in recent years, and regarded it as their second home. Anxiangyuan was Fang Qingyi's residence.
Chen Anzhi walked into Anxiang Courtyard and saw Hongzan holding a teapot and pouring the remaining tea in the teapot on the red plums in the corner of the courtyard.
"Why did you pour out the tea?" Chen Anzhi asked.
This tea is good. He drank a lot of it at his cousin's house this morning while he was waiting for his mother to come back from Yunping Temple.
Hong Zan was startled, her hands trembled, and the teapot almost fell from her hands. She quickly knelt down and bowed, smiling and said, "The master said that the tea was cold, so she asked me to use it to water the flowers."
Chen Anzhi had only asked casually, and didn't really care about Hongzan's words. He nodded casually and continued to walk forward to find his cousin. His cousin was pregnant and had been hit by her mother. She was in a vulnerable period at this time, so he had to accompany her well.
Fang Qingyi was crying bitterly, and Chen Anzhi coaxed her with kind words and stayed with her.
However, he would be distracted from time to time, thinking of You Yuji drawing her bow and shooting an arrow at him when she left today. This was the first time he saw You Yuji angry since they got married.
It turns out that she can get angry, and it turns out that she also has joys and sorrows.
Does You Yuji really want to divorce
Impossible, she must have been so angry and embarrassed that she started to talk nonsense.
"Cousin?" Fang Qingyi called softly, quietly observing Chen Anzhi's expression.
Chen Anzhi came back to his senses and said, "Cousin, you take a rest first. I'll go see mother."
When Chen Anzhi left, he looked at the red plum blossom under the courtyard wall again. He looked at the tea stains left on the soil and walked out slowly.
When was the last time he was as uncontrollably irritated and angry as he was today
It was... the day he married You Yuji.
Last time, my mother said that on the day he married You Yuji, his two cousins deliberately forced him to drink. Was it possible that they added something to his wine
I thought the absurdity of that day was just the effect of alcohol.
So what about today
Chen Anzhi touched his chest, recalling the sudden anger he felt when he had the argument with You Yuji.
Fang Qingyi's proud piano playing could be heard from the room.
Chen Anzhi came back to his senses.
That's impossible. How could his cousin harm him
He is simply judging others by his own mean standards.
Even though You Jiamu wanted to keep her sister at home for one night, You Yuzhi still took advantage of the moonlight and rushed back to the Jinnan Palace that day.
She doesn't want to delay doing what she wants to do for a day.
Chen Anzhi was originally anxious about whether he should listen to Nanny Gu's advice and go to You's house to pick up You Yuji, but suddenly he got news from the servant that You Yuji had returned by herself.
Chen Anzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
"Tsk, I thought there would be some fuss. Now he just went home quietly?"
As soon as Chen Anzhi finished speaking, You Yuzhi sent someone to invite him over.
Chen Anyi, who was sitting with his legs crossed, was startled and sat up straight.
On the way to Tanxiang Yingyue, Chen Anzhi felt a little complicated. He was an impulsive person and often regretted things later. The cool breeze of early winter blowing on his face also made him calm down.
Chen Anzhi touched his head, thinking of the fear he felt when he shaved his head in the daytime. He frowned, disapproving of You Yuji's unvirtuous act of threatening him with a bow and arrow. However, You Yuji sent someone to invite him over to surrender voluntarily, so he could only reluctantly forgive part of it, after all, he was also wrong.
Seeing You Yuji, Chen Anzhi glanced at her from the corner of his eye, coughed lightly, and said with a stern face: "Why did you invite me here?"
"Today is the nineteenth day of our marriage." You Yuji said in a gentle voice.
Chen Anzhi looked at You Yuzhi strangely, wondering why she said that.
You Yuji sat at the desk, looked at Chen Anzhi and said, "It was the Empress Dowager Cixi who asked me to choose the person that day. She is now recuperating in another palace and will not return to Beijing until the end of the year."
Chen Anzhi frowned as he listened. What did she mean by that? Shouldn't he apologize for what she did to his opponent today
You Yuji's tone was gentle without a trace of annoyance: "When she returns to Beijing, I will personally apologize to her for our divorce."
Chen Anzhi was confused: "When did we get divorced?"
You Yuji pushed the divorce papers on the desk in front of her forward.
Chen Anzhi lowered his head and saw that it was a divorce letter. His expression changed immediately: "You Yuji, are you crazy? Do you really want to disobey the order and break off the engagement?"
Chen Anzhi opened his eyes wide and looked at You Yuzhi, as if he was seeing her for the first time.
"I have signed my name, now it's the prince's turn." You Yuzhi handed the pen to Chen Anzhi.
Chen Anzhi laughed angrily: "You Yuji, you haven't calmed down after a day? What are you thinking about? Do you know what you are doing?"
You Yuji was not surprised by Chen Anzhi's attitude. She put down her pen for a moment and said calmly, "Does the prince know about the dirty things in the harem? Does the prince know that concubines are involved in buying and selling? As the mistress, I can sell your concubine at will."
"What do you want to do, you evil-minded woman?"
"Sign the divorce agreement, and we'll part ways when the Empress Dowager Cixi returns to Beijing. Otherwise..." You Yuji had her usual gentle smile on her face, and she whispered softly, "I will make your harem restless forever."
Chen Anzhi looked at You Yuji in disbelief: "Ha, you finally showed your true colors! You vicious woman!"
You Yuji half-closed her eyes, still speaking in a gentle tone: "Let alone becoming a co-wife, even if it's becoming a concubine, Fang Qingyi can't do it if I don't agree. Perhaps, I can wait until her belly is big before allowing her to enter the house."
“How, how do you know…” Chen Anzhi was shocked.
"I will not bear you any children, so you will never have a legitimate son. Without a legitimate son, all your concubines can continue to drink contraceptive soup. Maybe when you are close to forty, I will allow them to stop drinking contraceptive soup." You Yuji paused, "That's not right, maybe before that time, all your concubines will be given away by me."
"How dare you! How dare you!" Chen Anzhi was furious.
"The marriage granted by His Majesty is my support for doing evil. Anyway, the prince doesn't dare to disobey the order and divorce his wife." You Yuzhi smiled.
"You!" Chen Anzhi was furious and cursed "vicious" three times.
You Yuji held the divorce agreement she had written word by word with her slender fingers and handed it to Chen Anzhi. She looked into his eyes and said, "Sign it, and I will not interfere with anything in your harem from now on. If you need me, I can even treat your concubines well before the Empress Dowager returns to Beijing."
"You are threatening me!"
"When the Empress Dowager Cixi returns to the capital, I will apologize. The Crown Prince can say that I forced him. Even so, the Crown Prince still doesn't dare to do it?" You Yuzhi looked at Chen Anzhi and curled her lips lightly, with a smile at the corners of her eyes. Her gentle tone sounded like both seduction and mockery.
"Why wouldn't I dare?!"
You Yuji had a smile on her face and her tone was calm, she was her usual gentle self, but she did the most shocking thing for a woman in this world - ending this marriage that lasted only nineteen days.
In Yunxiao Pavilion, Liufeng was squatting on the ground giving Baisui a bath.
Si Que lazily leaned on the soft couch and asked, "Madam has returned home?"
"I'm back." Liu Feng stole a glance at Si Que, "As soon as Madam returned home, she sent someone to invite the prince over to talk."
Si Que touched the sleeve stove between his long fingers and raised his eyelids.
Liu Feng held Baisui by the back of his neck and lifted him out, placing him in a soft cotton brocade. While wiping the water stains off him, he muttered, "Young couples quarrel at the head of the bed but make up at the foot of the bed. Besides, it's time for them to consummate their marriage."
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