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"Clear Lake!"

After discussing with Xiao Zhen about publishing the engagement news in the newspaper, Xiao Tong ran to Si Qinghu's courtyard.

Si Qinghu was sitting on the couch outside the room at that time, reading the script of a new opera, when he heard Xiao Tong's voice, he smiled and stood up to greet him, "Shiro."

Xiao Tong quickly came to her and looked at her with a bright smile.

Although the two met only yesterday, today is the day when their engagement ceremony was completed. The meaning of meeting this time is different from before, and they looked at each other with more excitement.

From now on, they are the ones who are determined by each other, and no one can take them away from them!

Xiao Tong immediately walked around Si Qinghu's waist from behind, resting his chin on her shoulder, as if he hadn't seen her for a long time, rubbing his half-closed eyes against the beautiful woman's neck, smelling the fragrance there, and said: "I will hire you today." The gift, is the lady still satisfied?"

Si Qinghu smiled shyly, and hummed lightly.

She held Xiao Tong's hand, feeling a bit cold to the bone, and said distressedly: "Hands are so cold, please sit down and keep warm."

Just when he was about to break free from his arms, Xiao Tong sat down on the couch, pulled her down and sat on his lap with both hands, hugged her delicate body in his arms, and said with a smile: "It's warm like this."

Si Qinghu smiled helplessly, let her go, and held her hand again, covering her with the warmth of his palm.

Next to it was a burning charcoal basin, and Xiao Tong's whole body quickly warmed up.

"What happened to Li Zao after reading the letter?" Si Qinghu asked suddenly.

Xiao Tong was startled, wondering whether he should tell the truth.If their marriage is a nonsense in Li Zao's eyes, and he refuses to admit this marriage, and wants to separate them after he overthrows Duke Chu, will it scare Si Qinghu and make her sad?

Seeing her being silent for a long time, Si Qinghu's face became heavy, and he said, "I know it even if you don't tell me, it's impossible for him to accept it."

Xiao Tong said softly: "Let's leave him alone. Now that the situation in the court is complicated, he doesn't dare to act rashly. It's just..."

"Just what?" Seeing that Xiao Tong changed the subject and became worried, Si Qinghu asked doubtfully.

Xiao Tong said: "Li Zao is fighting with Chu Guogong, I'm afraid you will be involved."

"How?"

"A new opera is about to be staged, and you have to go out and about. How about I hire some people who know martial arts to follow you?"

These days, she heard that the old and the new parties were fighting bloody battles in Da Nei. At the last moment, the leaders of the two parties, Li Zao and Duke Chu, were always involved. The martial arts of Xiao Yi and Si Qinghu are not enough to protect themselves, and they already have the idea of ​​hiring someone to follow Si Qinghu.

Si Qinghu has always liked simplicity and simplicity, unlike other famous prostitutes in the market, who always have a few maids and guards when they go out. After she became the most famous prostitute in the market, she only took Linger with her. Now a few more people follow her Around, how many will feel uncomfortable.It can be seen that when Xiao Tong talked about this topic, the old hippie smile was no longer there, only a face full of heaviness, worry and fear.

She had already guessed the seriousness of the situation, and said, "Okay."

"You don't have to worry too much, I will protect myself with martial arts."

Xiao Tong smiled and said, "That's good."

"Shiro, I also have something to tell you."

"what's up?"

Si Qinghu was silent for a while, and said: "After the performance of this opera, I won't be on stage anymore."

Xiao Tong turned his puzzled eyes to Si Qinghu.Although she also expected that "The Lady of the Tang Dynasty" might be Si Qinghu's last work on stage, what she thought of was that after Chu Guogong fell, Si Qinghu would definitely return to the Li family. How could Li Zao allow her to continue to appear on the stage?

Ke Si Qinghu offered to take the stage, but what was his idea?

Si Qinghu explained: "Now you are the deputy envoy of Jiaofang, and you are also an official after all. Since we have made a marriage contract, won't the wife of the deputy envoy of Jiaofang become a laughing stock if she performs in Goulan?"

Xiao Tong considered Si Qinghu's words, and understood her. After all, geisha in this era is somewhat different from modern entertainment stars. Geisha looks beautiful on the surface, but in the eyes of officials' families, it is a lowly profession after all.Ordinary families with a little wealth would not allow their children to engage in this industry, let alone the wife of a sixth-rank official performing in Goulan.

But because of himself, Si Qinghu's career was deprived, so what's the point of this marriage?

Xiao Tong said: "I don't care what other people think, as long as you marry me, you can happily do what you like."

Si Qinghu put his hands around her neck, looked at her from top to bottom with his shiny almond eyes, his eyes were as gentle as water, and said: "Being with you is my favorite thing. Shiro, performing on stage is not my favorite thing." , what I want, you have already done it for me!"

Even if she didn't meet Xiao Tong, she planned to quit Goulan in a year and find a small place with Linger to spend the rest of her life.

The reason why I signed the contract with Xiao Tong at the beginning was because I was forced to redeem myself and spent all my savings. I planned to perform for another two years to earn some money for the opening of the shop. I also hoped to prove myself by performing works that surpassed the previous work "Xian Suo Xi Xiang".Xiao Tong gave her "Mulan", a work that won the applause of the audience in Goulan and recognized by the dignitaries in the court, making her the most famous geisha in Beijing.

Now she has a home, but she just left the couch ahead of time.

She added: "From that audition, I found that I actually prefer to do behind-the-scenes things. In the future, I will compose operas and help teach juniors in the tooth shop. Do you think it's okay?"

Xiao Tong smiled and said, "Since you like it, it's up to you!"

Si Qinghu held her face in both hands, approached her with a playful smile, parted his soft red lips, and whispered: "You are so good, my official!"

"My official", the four words are soft and soft, this is the first time Si Qinghu calls her "official", like a feather across the heart, it makes her itchy, coupled with this beautiful as a fairy , and playful face, in an instant, her breathing was also tight.

Si Qinghu seemed to have caught her reaction, and kissed her lips without hesitation the next moment.

Her kiss was gentle and long, like a long stream of water, nourishing Xiao Tong from lips to heart.

On the second day, the news of Xiao Tong and Si Qinghu's engagement was published in the latest issue of "Bianjing Fenghua", and spread all over the streets and alleys of Bianjing, and even spread to the cities near Kyoto. Among the many fans of Si Qinghu, many young women lost their "officials" in one day, and men lost their goddesses. They cried and sent letters to the tabloid publishers to express their heartache and blessings.

Liang Fu, Liang Feifei and a few close friends from the fan support club sat in the boudoir, surrounded by a charcoal basin to keep warm, each holding a tabloid, the hand holding the tabloid trembled slightly, distraught.

Liang Feifei turned her eyes away from the tabloids, looked ahead, and sighed sadly, what should come is still coming, the sister Qinghu they liked was finally married by the Xiao family!

A woman wiped her tears and said: "When you get married, you get married. Why is sister Qinghu married or not?"

The other also felt uncomfortable: "Then, will you not see sister Qinghu on stage?"

Liang Feifei was dumbfounded: "That's right."

This morning, she received a letter from Yaxing, saying that sister Qinghu would no longer be on stage after performing "The Lady of the Tang Dynasty". look.

The words are serious, this time it is really not hunger marketing!

The fans burst into tears.They all fell in love with Si Qinghu because of "Mulan". It's only been half a year, and they haven't seen enough of Si Qinghu's performance on stage, and she is about to retire behind the scenes.

It is a pity that such a brilliant achievement is no longer on stage.

Liang Feifei raised her head, her eyes were sad, and she sighed: "It turns out that Sister Qinghu is just a shooting star flying across the sky of our destiny, gorgeous but short-lived!"

The next day, the tickets for the opera "The Lady of the Tang Dynasty" were pre-sold in the market and a book store. Whether it was a fan of Si Qinghu or a passer-by, after learning the news of her engagement, this would be her last performance in Goulan. They flocked to buy tickets, and some fans from other places rushed over after reading the tabloids to watch Si Qinghu's farewell work with tears in their eyes.

This drama was originally scheduled to be staged before the audition. Due to the postponement, Xiao Tong continued to fine-tune the plot and performance. Fans were reluctant to leave, watching and watching, the performance lasted for six days, with two performances per day, and the venues were full!

At dusk that day, Xiao Tong was wearing a green official uniform, and like many other officials had just come out of the palace, a well-dressed man walked towards her anxiously, she remembered that he was the guard hired by Si Qinghu not long ago.

Before she could speak, the guard hurriedly said: "My lord, Madam got into a fight with someone in Sang's house!"

Xiao Tong's heart skipped a beat, he was almost dumbfounded, Qinghu was fighting with someone?

How could she fight with someone on the street when she was so relentless?

"Who bullied Madam?"

"Liu Qingmu!"

Xiao Tong immediately breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not from Chu Guogong!Liu Qingmu was not Qinghu's opponent, but she still followed the guards to Sangjia Wazi.

Si Qinghu's performance today was one in the morning and one in the afternoon. Just after the second performance, she came out of Goulan with Ling'er and four guards, and was about to get into the carriage when she saw Liu Qingmu surrounded by a group of people, who seemed to be Listen to her gossip.

"This pearl hairpin was really given to me by Deputy Envoy Xiao, and her name is engraved on it. If you don't believe me, take a look."

The voice was neither soft nor heavy, and it just reached Si Qinghu's ears.

Si Qinghu frowned, and walked slowly to the front of the crowd.

I saw Liu Qingmu dressed in bright red, with gorgeous makeup on her face. She didn't look like she just finished the performance, but she looked like she was about to get married, but she only had a red jade hairpin in her hair and a gold flower Huasheng on it, and her outfit was much simpler than that of the bride.She held a pearl hairpin in her hand and showed it to the onlookers one by one. After seeing it, they all said: "It is really a gift from Xiao Silang."

"Didn't she want to marry Si Qinghu? Why did she give you a hairpin?"

"Hey, which official is not coquettish?"

Ling'er wanted to go forward in a hurry, but Si Qinghu pulled her, calmly watching the changes.

She guessed that Liu Qingmu was counting on her to come out, and deliberately acted this show for her.Sure enough, when Liu Qingmu found her coming, his eyes fell on her, he evoked a seductive smile, and slowly walked towards her with his waist twisted.

"Hey, isn't this the wife of the deputy envoy of Jiaofang? Why are you still performing arts in the Goulan?"

"What are you holding in your hand?"

Si Qinghu's eyes were always on the pearl hairpin in her hand, the two gold hairpin handles, the golden hollow carving on the head, and a jadeite inlaid in the middle, and three bead chains hanging down, each with five white pearls .

From what Liu Qingmu said just now, Xiao Tong's name is engraved on it.

If she guessed correctly, it was the gift that Xiao Tong prepared for her on her 15th birthday, but she rejected it several times.

Until the beginning of the year, Xiao Tong heard that she was given to Mr. Liang by Aunt Yu, thinking that she and Mr. Liang were in love with each other, and when they came to collect debts, she gave her a wedding gift by the way. At that time, she didn't care and let Aunt Yu take it away. Liu Qingmu asked for it from Aunt Yu, and now she is making waves here, trying to tarnish Xiao Tong's reputation and drive a wedge between them.

Liu Qingmu smiled, "What is it? Of course it is the pearl hairpin given to me by Deputy Envoy Xiao."

Si Qinghu sneered and said: "Don't pretend, this was given to me by Xiao Tong at the beginning, and I left it in Qingyufang, please return it to me!"

"this is mine!"

Liu Qingmu raised her hand and inserted the pearl hairpin back into her bun, staring at Si Qinghu, raised her chin, and looked provocatively!

Si Qinghu gritted his teeth and stared angrily.

None of the gifts Shiro gave her should fall into the hands of outsiders!

"You give it back to me!"

After all, Si Qinghu stepped forward to take the pearl hairpin from Liu Qingmu's hair. Liu Qingmu waved his claws wildly, pushed Si Qinghu, and when he raised his hand to protect the pearl hairpin, he messed up his neat hair. chicken coop.He kept yelling "robbery".

Si Qinghu's four guards quickly stepped forward to help, clasped Liu Qingmu's hands upside down, and pressed her down.

Si Qinghu pulled out the hairpin from her hair, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, Ling'er hurriedly straightened her messy clothes and hair.

Liu Qingmu stared viciously at Si Qinghu, with messy hair, eyes resentful like a ghost, and kept yelling: "Si Qinghu, you bully people too much!"

At this time, a gorgeous brown carriage stopped by the side of the road. A dignified and beautiful woman in pink clothes and fox fur got out of the carriage and walked into the crowd surrounded by two servant girls and four guards.

The woman's skin is firm and fat, her teeth are white and her eyebrows are high, she raises her eyes and blinks, and her every move shows the demeanor of a famous artist. Looking at her style of travel, she must be the top brand of a teaching workshop or dental practice.

Si Qinghu remembered her as a student who was drafted out, Lu Qingqing from Qingyufang.After she won the No. 4 draft, she has become the most famous geisha in Qingyufang and the most valued geisha by Aunt Yu.

After Lu Qingqing's performance, on his way back to Qingyufang, he stopped the carriage when he saw the dispute between Si Qinghu and Liu Qingmu.

She saluted Si Qinghu and said, "Qingqing has met Senior Sister Qinghu."

Si Qinghu smiled and said: "Qingqing came just in time, take your Senior Sister Qingmu back!"

Lu Qingqing looked at Liu Qingmu, pretending to be distressed, and said with tea in the air: "Oh, Senior Sister Qingmu, isn't today your day of great joy, why are you running here?"

Overjoyed?Si Qinghu was puzzled, it turned out that Liu Qingmu was really getting married with this outfit.

Liu Qingmu gave Lu Qingqing a fierce gouging look, "Little □□, don't think I don't know that you persuaded Aunt Yu to get me out of the scriptures!"

Lu Qingqing said confidently: "Yes, it's me. A person with a declining reputation and a lack of talent is not qualified to stay in Qingyufang."

It turned out that after Lu Qingqing won the fourth place in the draft, she went back to pass on the opera skills she had learned to her classmates. In addition to the high popularity she gained during the draft, many Goulan bosses and merchants were willing to pay for Qingyufang to perform operas, with her as the protagonist.

She naturally became Aunt Yu's new favorite, and she was trained as the future head of the family.

In the past, Liu Qingmu made things difficult for her everywhere, but now that she gained power, she persuaded Aunt Yu to make Liu Qingmu Dian someone else's concubine.The drama "Song of Everlasting Regret" that Liu Qingmu and Bai Shu collaborated on couldn't pay back, and all her savings were wasted. Now Aunt Yu gave it to a businessman in his early thirties in the east of the city, and he couldn't even pay for the redemption fee. There is no power to fight back!

After hearing the cause and effect, Si Qinghu felt very complicated, and he didn't know whether it was joy or sorrow.

At the beginning Liu Qingmu squeezed her out and forced Aunt Yu to entrust her to Mr. Liang, but now she has also ended up being squeezed out by the back wave and out of the pawn!

Liu Qingmu refused to leave desperately, saying that Si Qinghu robbed the things Xiao Tong gave her, and clamored to report to the authorities.

So Si Qinghu sent a guard to wait for Xiao Tong outside the Xuande Building, and brought her to clarify the matter, otherwise it would cause criticism in the future.

When Xiao Tong arrived, he looked at the pearl hairpin in his hand, the hairpin handle was engraved with a tiny word "Tong", it took him a long time to remember its origin, and he immediately explained his innocence to the onlookers.Pointing at Liu Qingmu, he angrily reprimanded: "Do you know that framing a court official is also a felony! If you apologize to my wife for today's incident, I will not punish you!"

Liu Qingmu said: "I'm not, you officials are too deceitful!"

Xiao Tong wanted to continue talking, but Aunt Yu's flattering voice suddenly came, "Deputy envoy Xiao calm down, today is her wedding day, please spare this poor woman!"

The onlookers tactfully parted ways, and Aunt Yu led a sedan chair carried by four people and walked towards them.Because Liu Qingmu was accepted as a concubine, the sedan chair was ordinary and simple, not a red wedding sedan chair, and there was no welcoming team, but Aunt Yu hired a few bearers to carry her to the other party's home.

Aunt Yu raised her hands and said solemnly: "Qing Mu, get on the sedan chair!"

Si Qinghu winked at his subordinates and let go of Liu Qingmu. Liu Qingmu smiled foolishly, swaying around, scanning the crowd, with tears welling up in his desperate eyes.

She raised her index finger, pointed at people around with a wry smile, and finally pointed at Aunt Yu and said, "Who promised me to be the future head of Qingyufang, but now entrusted me to someone else to be a concubine? It's you, you Heartless old witch!"

Everyone looked at Liu Qingmu like a lunatic, and no one cared about her questioning and insulting.

With a sway, she turned to Lu Qingqing, pointed at her and said, "Don't think that you are so proud of yourself today, you are still young, and there is still a long way to go in the future. When you are no longer useful, Aunt Yu will also kick you out!"

Lu Qingqing remained silent. With the lessons learned from Si Qinghu and Liu Qingmu, can she still not see through Aunt Yu's character? No matter how stupid she is, she will never lose her ransom fee!

Liu Qingmu finally pointed at Si Qinghu, looked at it for a while, with a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth, smiled, tears fell like rain, and said: "Why is my luck not as good as yours? You have been squeezed out by me After leaving Qingyufang, I entered a bankrupt dental firm, but why did I become the most famous geisha and even married an official!"

And she can only be a concubine, not even married!

Her cheeks drooped, and she murmured to herself with tears: "I took the stage at the age of ten, and I have never neglected a performance in the past ten years. I just want to become the No. I don't want to be in the upper class, I just want to guard this Goulan stage for the rest of my life. Why did I end up like this?"

Aunt Yu couldn't take it anymore, and immediately ordered the bearer to put Liu Qingmu into the sedan chair and carry it away, and she still flatteredly said goodbye to Xiao Tong and Si Qinghu.

The onlookers saw that the excitement was over, and dispersed one after another, chatting and laughing, not at all moved by Liu Qingmu's words.

Si Qinghu, on the other hand, stood there for a long time looking at the gradually blurred sedan chair, sighing.

Liu Qingmu entered Qingyufang at the age of six, and was extremely talented in singing. She was able to perform on stage at the age of ten, earlier than Si Qinghu.Many geisha want to save more money while they are young to start a business in the future, or find a lover by virtue of convenience.But Liu Qingmu is different, she just wants to inherit Qingyufang and dedicate her whole life to the cause of Goulan.She is the most persistent and purest person to this career, but she just ended up like this!

Xiao Tong comforted: "Don't sympathize with her, the poor person must have something to hate, and she deserves what she deserves!"

Si Qinghu nodded, thinking about it too.

If she hadn't saved the ransom fee, today's scene would have already happened to her.

"Let's go shopping!" Xiao Tong said again.

The two of them took Ling'er and a few guards and walked straight towards the downtown.When passing the arched stone bridge, Si Qinghu said to Xiao Tong: "My pearl hairpin."

It was given to her by Xiao Tong, and she lost it today and found it again, so she has to treasure it carefully.

Xiao Tong looked at the pearl hairpin he was holding in his hand all the time, and thought, it was a gift from the original body, not her.If you look at Si Qinghu wearing the pearl hairpin given by the original body every day, you will always feel that your hair is green.

So without saying a word, she raised her hand and threw the pearl hairpin into the Bian River under the bridge.

Si Qinghu: "Hey!"

Xiao Tong smiled, took Si Qinghu's hand and walked away quickly, "We don't want the ones worn by others, and I will take you to buy them again for my husband!"

Si Qinghu looked back at Bianhe obsessively, with a pained look on his face, "But it's precious, and there are dozens of taels if you pawn it, what a waste of you!"

The author has something to say: Original Body: You took my body, married my goddess, and even threw away my gift!

Next, I may have to ask for three days off to save the manuscript, and write and post every day. I feel that many words are not expressive and the writing is rough.It's almost the end and I want to write better, I hope everyone will forgive me.