New·New Consort

Of course, the position of prime minister is not as unimportant as Tianxiang thinks, but she has always been in a detached position, and ignores any possible influence.

Tianxiang, who had been in power for ten years in her previous life and was used to seeing dragons and tigers fighting, could not take the position of prime minister seriously, but Yuxian could not.

Prime Minister Yuxian has been enjoying himself recently.

Since he bowed to the prime minister, he took off his Taoist robe and put on a bright red prime minister's official uniform, beamingly receiving congratulations and praise from all directions.

Of course, there are still voices criticizing him, but Yuxian is already very satisfied with the present, it is a mediocrity not to be envied by others.

What he saw was more: Those officials who used to scold him one by one are now silent and dare not provoke him; while many of those who treated him coldly in the past are warming up now.Every day in Yuxian Palace, he could receive piles of greeting cards and invitations for banquets, and many of them volunteered to be his disciples.

This was the case with outsiders in the past, so how could the people who followed him from the beginning not express it?

The rudder masters of the [-]th rudder of the Yuxian Gang specially led their subordinates to the capital from all over the world. Hundreds of people packed up the entire Fireworks Lane to celebrate for their gang leaders.

The prime minister's disciples actually slept in flowers and willows with great fanfare, which really shocked the whole capital.

When Tianxiang heard Bao Dawen and Shan Shiwen tell her about the matter, she immediately expressed interest in going to Firework Alley to broaden her horizons, but Feng Suzhen quickly stopped her.

"Why, I'm going to find a girl, are you jealous?" Tianxiang joked.

Feng Suzhen's complexion froze, she had a ghost in her heart because of her enlightenment that day, she was very sensitive to Tianxiang's joke, so she turned her head and did not answer.

Shan Shiwen continued: "Why does the princess say that, isn't she afraid that the son-in-law will go to the brothel to find a girl?"

Tianxiang laughed: "What's the point? If she wants to look for it, she will look for it, and I will definitely help her pick a talented beauty. Our son-in-law is so beautiful, and the two of them sit together and play songs on the drum and piano. It seems so pleasing to the eye. !"

Shan Shiwen thought about the scene for a while, and said in admiration: "The princess is wise, with the princess' support, I am not afraid that the son-in-law will fight with others over the girl!"

Tianxiang was taken aback, thinking of the romantic affair she had made up with Dongfang Sheng before, she laughed even more cheerfully.

Those who knew about this matter, such as Li Zhaoting and Zhang Shaomin, kept it secret and didn't mention it. Only Shi Sanwen dared to reveal it in front of Feng Suzhen.

"Of course, now, I have the princess to support her!"

Feng Suzhen's face was heavy, although she coughed and gave Shan Shiwen a look, she felt a little more relieved: Tianxiang's attitude towards her is so open-minded, it doesn't seem like she is in love with her.But after thinking about it, she felt uncomfortable again: she had always been on all possible precautions, and now Tianxiang really has no serious feelings for her, but she seems to have been moved by others.

She struggled again.

Seeing that Feng Suzhen's face was turning black, Tianxiang hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, Concubine Ju and I told Concubine Ju that we would listen to opera together, but I seldom listen to those babbling things, so I don't know about it." Which theater in the capital is good at that time. You come from a noble family and know a lot of dudes, you should know, right?"

Shan Shiwen thought for a while and said: "Princess, why don't you invite the team from Fulou, the actors there are good, and sometimes you will write and sing new operas by yourself, which is the most fresh."

Tianxiang thought for a while: "It's better if I go to listen to it myself, so that I can invite you to the palace. Otherwise, if I don't sing well, it won't be my face!"

Shan Shiwen replied: "If the princess wants to go, I will find a friend who likes to listen to operas to give you a box!"

"Okay, okay!" Tianxiang agreed repeatedly, then turned to Feng Suzhen and said, "Since you won't let me go to the brothel, then accompany me to the theater!"

Feng Suzhen came to her senses, and agreed with a cold face.

Prime Minister Yuxian has been extremely busy these days.The merits are to be celebrated, the brothers in the Yuxian Gang need to be rewarded, their own pen and ink team must be formed, and those suffering masters who have been blackmailed and robbed by the Yuxian Gang are to be suppressed and bought, and the short-suffering riches and honors are to be rewarded. As promised, gifts must be accepted, and banquets must be attended.

In this way, Yuxian unknowingly spent a few days in busyness, feasting and having fun, and also promised a lot of official positions with empty teeth, as if he had pulled out his twelve helmsmen from all over the world to become big officials in the frontier.

After the process of appointing the prime minister by the Ministry of Officials was completed, Yuxian received the prime minister's seal, and headed towards Wenyuan Pavilion full of ambition.

Wenyuan Pavilion, this is the office of the head of the cabinet.In the past, Yuxian passed by here several times. At that time, he felt that the pavilions with red eaves and green tiles were very exquisite, but only after he went in did he realize——

Damn, it's not even half the size of my Yuxian Palace!

Two of the cabinet ministers who already had friendship with Yuxian saw that he had come to his new post, so they specially held a small ceremony to invite him into the cabinet, and showed him his permanent seat.

Yuxian was silent.

Damn, why did I think that this corner was all my own!

But except for the two who were a little warmer to him, the other four elders didn't even get up, they just raised their eyes slightly and nodded to him.

He called someone to clean up the seats, rewarded all the things that belonged to Liu Tao to his subordinates, and then arranged the pen and ink he was familiar with according to the formation of five elements and eight trigrams, and then he sat down cleanly .

Not long after sitting down, the two elders started fighting.

Yes, there was a fight.

"It's also a bad harvest, how come the relief to Taiyuan Mansion is so much more than that of Songjiang Mansion, you Xu Laoxier! You are not clear, you are showing favoritism!"

"Zhang Manzi, you are talking nonsense! How big is Taiyuan Mansion, and how big is Songjiang Mansion? Songjiang Mansion is already rich, so what if you don't make more money?"

Xu Gelao and Zhang Gelao, two important ministers in their 130s together, spoke their hometown accents and choked up sentence by sentence.

Old Chen Ge, who had been drinking tea from a purple clay teapot with a smile on his face, advised him repeatedly: "Yes, yes, Zhang Ge is right." Xu Ge stared.

He hurriedly said: "Old Xu Ge is right." Zhang Ge blew his beard.

Old Chen Ge patted his thigh: "Oh, be a human being, don't be so angry, come and sit down and drink tea." He muttered in his heart, if Liu Tao, who is the most cloudy and misty, is there, these two people will definitely not fight of.

Yuxian spent his first day as the real prime minister amidst a pile of mansion newspapers and two old court elders pulling their crotch and beard.At the moment of Shen Shi, when the drum sounded for the end of work, Yuxian couldn't sit still, and hurried back to Yuxian Palace.

He comforted himself that tomorrow would be fine.

But the next day, Zhang Gelao and Wang Gelao choked again.

Feeling annoyed by immortality, he ignored them, and directly planned the official position he wanted to confer, and chatted with two other elders who knew him well.

The old man Lu Ge looked at the long list with empty eyes, smacked his lips and said, "Prime Minister of the country, I'm afraid this list is inappropriate..."

"Oh, what's wrong?" Yuxian humbly asked for advice.

Lu Ge said: "It is a rule of the state that the official positions above the fifth rank need His Majesty's approval and the cabinet's reconsideration before they can be awarded. And the official positions above the seventh rank need to be proposed by the cabinet and approved by His Majesty before they can be conferred. No matter which way you go, this matter of conferring titles cannot be bypassed by His Majesty and the cabinet. In our cabinet—” He glanced at the other cabinet elders, “As you can see, everyone is ass-tempered , I'm afraid it won't be so good."

Yuxian was taken aback, he was self-aware, thinking that the prime minister he bought would not be able to stop those donkey-tempered Ge elders, so he turned around and asked, "Qi Ge elders, do you know who the officials are?" , can you see if there are any officials who can bypass the cabinet and let me directly seal them?"

Elder Qi Ge and Elder Lu Ge looked at each other, and said: "Except for some staff members in the prime minister's mansion who are determined by the prime minister himself, some ninth-rank subordinates in the local area can be directly appointed and dismissed by the Ministry of Officials..."

Yuxian frowned: "This is too small."

The two elders could only laugh and say nothing.

Seeing Yuxian frowning, Lu Ge always thought of the golden pill that Yuxian promised to give him, and hurriedly said: "Actually, there is another way..."

Yuxian hurriedly asked: "How do you say?"

Lu Ge said in an old way: "Isn't it necessary to build the Immortal Terrace... It is best to add an official to build a fortification. Although it is a low-level job in the Ministry of Industry, at least I have an official status, so I can do promotion in the future. "

Yuxian thought it was indeed reasonable, so he passed the noon with a heavy heart, and went straight to the emperor's imperial study.

But he rushed to nothing and was told that the emperor had gone out of the palace.

Yuxian was shocked, the emperor was usually the worst at walking around, why did he leave the palace now that he said he was leaving the palace?

He didn't ask the whereabouts of the emperor, so he had to go back angrily.

Zhang Gelao and Wang Gelao in the cabinet were still quarreling and choking each other.

It's time to get off work again, Yuxian has a banquet today, after changing into normal clothes, he put on his official authority and went to the packed fireworks alley again.

Tianxiang acted in a hurry, said she wanted to listen to an opera, but the next day she changed into a stinky attire and dragged Feng Suzhen to Laifulou.But she still remembered Shan Shiwen's vivid description of the members of the Yuxian Gang yesterday, and she passed by the entrance of the pink alley in a strange way.

The sub-ruler of the Yuxian Gang is welcoming the arrival of his own gang leader at the door, which is very eye-catching.

It's not that this person is so imposing, but that the attire of the many helmsmen is really hard to describe.

Not only are they dressed in red, orange, yellow and green, but their hair is also colorful and colorful. Except for a Confucian scholar in the middle who looks like a normal person, the rest of them are exaggerated to the extreme, even worse than the Westerners Tianxiang has seen in her previous life. eccentric.

Tianxiang was shocked and said: "It's useful, you said that the national teacher—ah, is the Prime Minister Yuxian actually blind, so he can let his subordinates dress up like this?"

Feng Suzhen sized up those people and said, "Although Yuxian's sect is Taoist, it is quite different from Zhengyi's teachings. They are dressed like twelve people. I'm afraid it has something to do with the five elements, eight trigrams, heavenly stems and earthly branches."

Tianxiang was surprised: "You can still see that there are twelve people, but I can only see a colorful patch, and I can't tell how many people there are."

Feng Suzhen pointed to a person from afar and said: "Look at that person, his hair is yellow, and his shoes are also yellow, which corresponds to the hexagram Kun. He must have come from the southwest. He is wearing a green coat and brown pants. , it is like vegetation breaking through the ground and sprouting, which corresponds to Jiazi, which is eastward. Southwest and eastward, and this person wears a red belt around his waist, which is the image of Lihuo. I guess this is a person from Sichuan and Chongqing."

Tianxiang admired: "You even know this, it is indeed useful!"

Feng Suzhen was a little complacent, and she wanted to continue to analyze the implication of the tattoos and accessories on this person with great interest, but when the twelve people moved, she was dazzled and couldn't find the original person.

It turned out that Yuxian had arrived.

Immediately, the two of them didn't want to continue watching here, turned their toes and walked towards Laifulou.

Yuxian got off the sedan chair, and all the rudder masters knelt down together: "See you, Your Excellency!"

Seeing this, Yuxian suddenly felt that the sullenness in his heart dissipated, he laughed and said: "Please rise up, gentlemen, please rise up."

Everyone entered the wing room together, summoning many enchanting beauties with slender waists, changing cups for a while, the sound of silk and bamboo, a cheerful and peaceful scene.

After arriving at the place, Tianxiang realized that the "Laifulou" was not far from the misidentified water restaurant, and immediately startled the alcohol bug in her stomach, thinking, whether it is watching a movie and then drinking, or drinking and then watching It's not as good as watching a play while drinking, so I excitedly went to make a jar of sweet-scented osmanthus wine and carried it to the theater building.

There is a water sign hanging at the entrance of the theater, which says today's drama, and the full version is sung, "Lianxiang Companion".

Feng Suzhen saw the name on the water sign clearly, her complexion changed slightly, and she said to Tianxiang: "Princess, why don't we come back another day!"

"Why another day?" Tianxiang glanced at the water card again, wondering if there is something tricky about this play?Is it the same way as that "Jin Ping Mei"?

She was instantly more interested.

Feng Suzhen stumbled and said, "This... this play...isn't... not very good."

Tianxiang was puzzled, and poked her head inside: "I see that there are quite a lot of people coming, and there is a word 'Xiang' in the title of this play, it seems to be related to me, so let's come out here!"

She dragged Feng Suzhen in without explanation, and the two gave their names, and they were led to the box that Shan Shiwen helped borrow.

The two passed through a sea of ​​people, Tianxiang said: "Look, this show is quite popular!"

Feng Suzhen buried her head in silence.

The two sat down in the box, Tianxiang happily ordered melon seed snacks, and asked for a bowl to pour the wine on.

Feng Suzhen was a little embarrassed, she looked left and right, feeling a little uneasy in her heart, and seemed to be looking forward to it.

The play begins.

"Lianxiang Companion" is a script written by talented Li Yu. Feng Suzhen has read many books and knew the story a long time ago, so she listened half-heartedly, but while listening, she watched Tianxiang's reaction from the corner of her eye.

——In the play, Cui Jianyun, the wife of the newlywed Yan Er's supervisor, enters the temple to burn incense.

Tianxiang was eating melon seeds beside her.

——Recited poems and sang harmony because of a strange fragrance, and then met Cao Yuhua, a famous lady.

——"I doubt the baked clothes cage when I go back to the temperature, and I doubt the wind in the water palace when it seems cold. Where does a strand come from? The wide part of the belt is surrounded by the belt."

——"The fragrance of pink musk and fat is not enough to guess, and the fragrance is given to Xie Jiacai. The curtain is mistaken for plum blossoms, and the fragrance comes from Yongxue."

Tianxiang gurgled and drank on the sidelines.

——The fragrance was actually Miss Cao's body fragrance, and the two met each other immediately.

Tianxiang coughed after eating snacks.

——So they became sworn sisters together, set their life in front of the gods and Buddhas, and promised the next life.

Tian Xiang didn't eat anything, and raised her eyebrows.

——"How about being a sister with a different surname in this life, and being a sister of a compatriot in the next life?"

——"Not good, can it be that I can't be a woman in two lifetimes?"

——"Wait, how about being a brother?"

——"It's not good, why don't we just be husband and wife."

Tianxiang raised her chin and stared at the two women on the stage to make an oath hand in hand, and Aunt Cui even dressed up as a man to pay her respects——Tianxiang's eyes were fixed.

As the plot progressed, the common ups and downs in stories were staged on the stage. The two women admired each other but could not stay together, so they tried their best to manage it. Cui Jianyun even disguised herself as a man and entered Cao's house as a servant.

Tian Xiang's expression became more and more solemn, Feng Suzhen dared not show her anger while watching from the side, and was afraid that Tian Xiang would notice her strange appearance, so she had to keep a straight face, so as not to reveal her feelings from her face.She felt that her throat was dry and she drank all the tea but did not dare to ask for more, so she pretended to be calm and poured the sweet-scented osmanthus brew into her cup.

Um?The aroma of osmanthus, although it is water wine, is also delicious... After all, isn't the name of Tianxiang the same as the name of osmanthus?

Feng Suzhen unconsciously drank a few more glasses.

Tianxiang entered the play, her brows were tightly frowned, and when she reached out to touch the wine jar, she found that the wine jar was empty.

She sighed lightly, hey, she hasn't had enough of the drink yet, why is the wine gone?

She had no choice but to smack her lips, this Lianxiang Companion was clearly telling a story about two girls falling in love, it really was a deviant drama...

I just don't know what Feng Suzhen thinks about it.

She glanced at Feng Suzhen, and saw Feng Suzhen was sitting upright, with a solemn expression, her face was longer than Xiao Hei's, she didn't seem to care about the emotions on the stage, but there seemed to be some blush on her face that she had never seen before.

On the other side, everyone in Yuxian spent three rounds of wine and five flavors of food. Most of them are men here, each of them is warm and soft, and they feel a little bit distracted for a while.

Yuxian also used the strength of wine to rub his arms around the two beauties, and was about to get up and walk towards the single room, but saw the yellow-haired Shuzhou rudder master coming over with his tongue out: "Master, my subordinate will accompany you!" Have another drink!"

Yuxian laughed, took the wine glass and drank it down.

The rudder master of Shuzhou accompanied him with a smile and said, "Master, look at the commander of the Sichuan and Chongqing Guards that I want to be. Is he a good one? No problem, right?"

Yuxian's face changed, and he remembered that he was drunk the day before yesterday and allowed such a big official to go out.

The rudder master of Shuzhou continued to babble: "I just hoped to go back in a good time and scare that Yue Zongbing into a son of a bitch. Mom sells the autumn wind all day long, so annoying!"

When he said this, the other rudder masters also came back to their senses from the gentle village, and asked about the official position that Yuxian himself was looking for.

Yuxian felt dizzy, thinking about it, I should give everyone a warning today, lest they will be disappointed in the future.

But he didn't want to say clearly that he had limited authority, so he couldn't appoint officials to his subordinates, so he put on a straight face: "Where is it so easy to be a commander? It's really impossible for the governor, chief secretary, and chief secretary to arrange for you casually." ? It’s not that I don’t care about you, it’s that you are all mud legs who can’t read big characters, and I have to think long-term about the matter of appointing you officials.”

The rudder masters were taken aback for a moment, and they all looked at Jiang Zuo rudder master who was wearing a Confucian shirt.Jiang Zuo's rudder was shocked. He had read the book and even had a reputation. He thought he was better than other rudders, and he was also more knowledgeable and measured than others. He immediately stepped forward and asked: " I don’t know if the prefect of Songjiang that my subordinates want is missing, does the leader have any..."

Feeling ashamed, she hurriedly said "Ouch", saying that she was drunk and fell on the beauty beside her.

Seeing this, Jin Kanglong hurriedly scolded: "All of you who are making noise are the next one! Didn't you see that the gang leader is drunk?" He immediately pushed away the crowd and stepped forward, and took Yuxian to the private room to rest.

The rudder masters looked at each other, each feeling apprehensive.

Jiang Zuo's rudder felt uneasy, so he hurriedly asked the earth protector beside him: "Earth protector, what do you think is wrong with the lord?"

At the beginning, Yuxian donated 50 taels in the court hall and won two titles of loyal and brave warriors, one of which was given to the tufa.He was able to enter the palace with Yuxian, and he had some understanding of Yuxian's predicament today, but it was hard to explain clearly.Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, he rubbed his bald head and stared at him: "It's up to you, why do you still want to be the magistrate of Lao Shizi, and you don't take a good look in the mirror! You think about how much you have contributed to the leader, How much money did you give, how much money did you offer? Now you have come here to ask for an official without doing anything, what a beautiful idea!"

The rudder masters were in an uproar for a while, Jiang Zuo rudder master snorted, and counted with his fingers: "Jiang Zuo rudder has given the gang leader no less than one million taels of silver in three years, earth protector, your troublesome loyal and brave man is the gang leader's flower." Donated 50 taels, isn't it due to me, Jiang Zuoduo?!"

The guardian of the soil suddenly shrank, but turned his eyes and said: "Why are you in a hurry! The leader came to the capital this year to expand the territory, and there are many places to spend money and employ people. What is your 100 million taels of silver? The leader It cost more than 2000 million taels of silver to become the prime minister just now! He has just taken office, and there are still many things to plan and arrange. How can he manage local affairs? Even if he wants to be appointed, it is natural that we, the chief helmsmen, will be the first , let’s arrange you sub-rudders again!”

When the other rudder masters heard this, their lungs exploded and they clamored to argue with the soil protector.

"Enough!" Jin Kanglong jumped out with a loud shout, and went straight forward to slap the guardian earth: "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't you hurt the hearts of the brothers!"

He bowed his hands towards the sub-heads: "The head of the gang has just taken office now, and there are many things that can't be arranged. Let's talk about it after a few days when he goes on pilgrimage and meets the emperor!"

Seeing that Jin Kanglong beat Tu Xingsun with his hands, all the rudder masters breathed a sigh of relief, and they dispersed separately under the pressure of the fire.

The play on Laifulou's side also came to an end.

At the end of the story, Cui Jianyun finally made Cao Yuhua marry her husband as his concubine after some planning, and the two daughters were able to stay together.

After the play ended, the two had their own concerns and remained silent.

Pity, fragrance, companion.

Perhaps it was because of the word "Xiang", these three words hit Tianxiang's heart hard.

But in the end, the ending of two women and one man sleeping together made Tianxiang feel irritated-what else is left Yuruan, right Xiangwen, and love in the middle?At this time next year, pearls will give birth to mussels, and watch a pair of unicorns descend?

Obscene, quite obscene!

She couldn't help but think of the ending of Li Zhaoting embracing left and right in "The Female Consort" sung in the streets and alleys of her previous life, and immediately frowned and gritted her teeth in disgust.

Feng Suzhen looked at Tianxiang's expression of bitterness and hatred, and hesitated in her heart, but she still cleared her throat and said, "Princess, how is the play?"

Tianxiang had mixed feelings in her heart, pondered for a moment, and was about to open her mouth to comment, but she heard Feng Suzhen added: "Is the corner of Lai Fu Lou still worthy of the stage?"

Tianxiang couldn't tell the difference between good and bad singing, she thought back and saw the appearance of the two young girls, and said with a hum: "It's okay... let's choose them when we enter the palace."

Feng Suzhen boldly asked again: "Then what does the princess think of Cai's play?"

"Oh... this scene is really..." Tianxiang frowned, shook her head fiercely, and sighed loudly.She was really disgusted by this seemingly happy ending, and she was silently typing up her manuscript to organize her words, intending to criticize this ending endlessly, and then praise the talents of those two women .

Sure enough, not everyone can accept such feelings——Seeing Tianxiang's expression, Feng Suzhen smiled self-deprecatingly.But it's true, Tianxiang once fell in love with Yijian Piaohong, and also liked Zhang Shaomin. What she likes should be stories about heroes and beauties.

Feng Suzhen felt a little perplexed, and didn't want to hear Tianxiang say anything unpleasant about the love in the play, so she took the first step and said: "...I also think this story is not very good, so don't worry about it, and invite someone into the palace It's time, just don't click here." She managed to regain her former composure, "It's getting late, let's go back home quickly."

Tianxiang opened her mouth, and thousands of words were locked in her throat.

Knew it……

She suddenly thought of Feng Suzhen's unnatural face just before entering Fu Lou, and the stern face of that person when she was watching the play later.Tianxiang couldn't help shaking her head in self-deprecating—Feng Suzhen had been waiting for her Li Lang in the boudoir for three years, and she must have longed for the gifted man and the beautiful woman to get married in the end.

Tianxiang suddenly felt uneasy, after getting along for so long, even though she was so determined, she must have already gained an extraordinary position in that person's heart, but she didn't know when she would be able to let go of those worldly prejudices, and then "pity Xiang", willing to "companion" ".

Both of them had their own concerns, they didn't comment on the play, and they walked towards the princess mansion in silence all the way.

The author has something to say:

The court system of my Han dynasty uses the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty.The elders in the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty really fought~

Lianxiang Companion, a book written by Li Yu, a native of the Qing Dynasty.

Those who are interested can search for it.

As for the specific content, as the story in this chapter says, it is a lily story, and the ending is quite shocking, but you can’t force the ancients by modern standards. Girls in that era couldn’t live independently, and they could live with the woman they liked. It is a rare consummation in a family.

As long as girls talk about hygiene and take a bath frequently, they will be delicious... Aunt Cui, you idiot...

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When blind people feel an elephant, some people think it is columnar, while others think it is fan-shaped.

When the two listened to the play, one saw a strange feeling that cannot be tolerated in the world, and the other saw the slightly regrettable ending.

The perspectives are different, one is ignorant of the first meeting, and the other has loved for a lifetime in regret.

It's interesting to look at the mountains horizontally and the peaks on the side.