A platform five feet above the ground is covered with colorful prayer flags on the left and right. The stones in the courtyard pave the way, and the trees beside the scripture banners have sprouted.

Ning Ruichen sat on the grass ball and worshiped a Dehua Kiln Avalokitesvara devoutly.

After a while, someone outside called for dinner.

In the Buddhist hall, the copper chime hummed loudly, and then rustled. Ning Ruichen lifted the prayer flags hanging from the joyful hall, put his arms around his cuffs, and straightened the longevity lock.After leaving the Buddhist hall, he thought of something again, turned back to straighten some crooked sticks of incense, and then hurried to the small hall where the family had dinner.

After entering the door, Ning Ruichen was stunned. His father was wearing an unfamiliar official robe, with a lion chest and back, and he had a majestic aura.This is a promotion, but Ning Ji didn't seem too happy, he took off his official hat and looked cold.

Now Nanjing is vacant of the second grade, and only the Minister of the Ministry of War, Ning Ruichen half guessed.

"Then congratulate Ning Shangshu for his promotion." Yuan Junyu squatted by the flowerbed, weeds fell on the gravel road one by one.

"Congratulations for what?" Ning Ruichen sat next to him with a small saddle, resting his chin and concentrating, feeling a little distressed, "You don't know, it was recommended by Chang Xi."

He said this very confidingly, Yuan Junyu took care of the flowers and plants, and said casually after hearing the words: "It seems that your father doesn't like Chang Xi very much?"

"You can't say that," Ning Ruichen honestly rolled up a string of sandalwood beads on his wrist, "Yu Gong, Nanjing's internal defense and military department belong to the same family, no matter what, they are all for the imperial court to guard one side. Yu private, the eunuch's habits , who doesn't know..."

Yuan Junyu stopped what he was doing: "I can't see that you are young, but you are very clear."

Ning Ruichen was embarrassed, and stared down at the budding flowers in the flowerbed.

"After all, it's promotion. Didn't you say how many tables are set at home?"

As soon as Ning Ruichen stopped playing the beads, he guessed he didn't know: "It's not my turn to set the table, and besides, my father doesn't have that problem."

Yuan Junyu smiled, he called the setting of the banquet a "problem", he was really naive.

"Nanjing's soldiers are still in the hands of the eunuch Chang. I guess this Shangshu is just a false title." Ning Ruichen put the beads in his sleeve pocket: "I don't know what will happen in the future."

"It was a while ago that my father had time to take care of me when I was done with work," Ning Ruichen procrastinated, and only then explained the purpose of his visit, "In the future, when I go out, I just need someone to follow me."

When Ning Ruichen came to the Cardamom Pavilion, he usually came to play with him. Yuan Junyu acquiesced, but he didn't expect him to be so coy.

Yuan Junyu let out a long "Oh": "It turns out that the young master is looking for fun again today?"

"Nonsense! I paid some money, let's go to the street where the lights were seen last time." Ning Ruichen was excited: "Brother Yu hasn't gone out for a long time, right?"

There was no reason for Yuan Junyu to refuse. When she went out, she walked the busiest street, full of groceries from the north and the south, shouting. Ning Ruichen was calm at this moment, but he couldn't hide his eyes. Fresh, look east and west.

At the middle of the street, a newly opened theater was attracting customers, and the sign in front of the door said "Romance of the West Chamber".

The door was left open, probably to allow passers-by to see what was going on inside.

Looking at it from a distance, Yuan Junyu frowned. This was far worse than the arrangement of the eunuch's house. The tables and chairs were simple, but there were a group of spectators sitting there.Seeing that the downstairs was full of people, the upstairs must have been full of customers, and there were only a few seats in the pool seats on the first floor. Yuan Junyu wanted to drag Ning Ruichen away, but when she turned her head, she saw him staring blankly. It looked like he suddenly changed his mind.

"Want to see?"

Ning Ruichen looked at him with a hopeful look, but he didn't admit it: "It's not..."

Yuan Junyu said: "I think there is still a seat, and it's early, so it's good to pass the time. I'm familiar with this place, and I've accepted your love so many times. This time I treat you."

After speaking, Ning Ruichen's eyes lit up.

Xiao Er was still quietly listening to the sound, and soon knew that the business was coming, and greeted him with a smile on his face.In fact, Yuan Junyu was rich enough to rent out the second-floor wing and drive away the original seat, but Ning Ruichen would definitely be unhappy, so he found two small coins and handed it to Xiaoer, telling him to find a clean seat and come out. .

"Come on—" Xiao Er yelled loudly, and handed over the lyrics book, "Two tea seats! Please—"

Suddenly, there was a buzz of discussion among the spectators in the audience. Ning Ruichen had just sat down for a while, and looked around uneasily.

Across a small square coffee table, Yuan Junyu held his hand, signaling not to panic.Suddenly there was a cry of Yingying, and the figure on the stage shook. It was Cui Yingying, holding a round fan, and came out from behind the scene on lotus steps.

There were still noisy whispers under the stage, dark and dense, peeking up stupidly.Ning Ruichen was a little embarrassed, but still mustered up the courage to look up to the stage.

The one on the stage can't tell whether it's a man or a woman. The thread curtain hangs on the back and shoulders, like a waterfall, soaked in carmine, and two locks of temple flowers cover a narrow face. Qian'er's skirt and shirt are filled with eight treasures of brilliant crystal flower hairpins".Seeing Yingying on the stage, Ning Ruichen vaguely remembered that Yuan Junyu could also act as a boudoir. He glanced at it indiscriminately. It was just a side face, but it was enough to see Yuan Junyu's Zhou Zhengya, so he couldn't avoid it. Compare him to the one on stage.

Wasn't it the same when he played the role of Yingying, with snow-white sleeves, a satin dress embroidered with gold and silver, dotted with emerald silver, with a flowing waist and Zhu Dan in his mouth?His appearance must be beautiful, with rouge on his makeup like this, dignified, sad, with a pair of pretty eyes, I don't know how many hearts will be seduced.

Because of a "Yingying" whom he had never met, Ning Ruichen became insane, and felt that Yuan Jun was as jade-like as a pearl, and he was such a wonderful person.At this time, the libretto on the stage suddenly rose up, like a ring splashing, which woke him up suddenly, and when he thought of the word "fanxin", his face became a little hot.

Ning Ruichen drank his tea with a guilty conscience, dispelling some of his unclear thoughts.

After the song was finished, everyone in the audience shouted hello, and some people excitedly threw some broken silver and copper plates on the stage, ding ding dong dong, shaking the curtains on both sides.

"Is he singing well?" Ning Ruichen was a layman who didn't understand the play, so he quietly grabbed Yuan Junyu and muttered softly.

There were a lot of spectators in the pool of the theater hall, and they all clapped their hands and shouted hello. There was a lot of voices. Yuan Junyu turned her head and whispered to him, looking very affectionate: "It's okay."

Ning Ruichen smirked: "It's definitely not as good as you."

Mentioning the past, Yuan Junyu's expression turned cold, not wanting Ning Ruichen to wrap his arms around him, and said, "Brother Yu is good at everything."

Yuan Junyu paused for a moment and didn't speak, but Ning Ruichen didn't notice the turmoil in his heart. He flipped through the two pages of the dictionary on his lap and put his elbows on the small tea table. After a while, the next fold began. , he sat upright, his hands lightly beating time with the music.

For a while, the theater gradually quieted down, and the little matchmaker came out with a little cinnabar on her forehead, smiling coquettishly.

"Brother Yu, Brother Yu, look at that..." Ning Ruichen lowered his voice, curiously, studying those lingering dramas for a while, and watching the red-clothed Liudan laughing and singing.

After a while, just now that Yingying appeared on the stage again, there was inevitably a burst of excitement in the audience.

Yuan Junyu didn't watch the excitement on the stage, just stared at him.

With a white and tender face pampered and pampered, a slender eye tail was flying sideways, and the light in the eyes was extremely bright, and she focused her attention on the graceful Cui Yingying on the stage.

"The courtyard door is closed for the fragrance of lonely flowers, and the Qiongxuan stands side by side with the beauty..." Yingying in the light red shirt is full of thoughts, and she doesn't know that she will meet Zhang Sheng.

Yuan Junyu paused for a moment, thinking that there would be nothing wrong with having such a likable younger brother by his side.

There was a burst of applause and discussion, and Ning Ruichen didn't notice it while drinking the rough tea sent by the teahouse.

"Say what's on your mind with passion, in front of the parrot's eaves..." That Yingying raised her eyes, pointing at the orchid blossoms, crying like complaining.

Yuan Junyu withdrew her thoughts, and heard the chanting on the stage clearly, faintly, dragging out the tone: "...don't dare to speak"

The author says:

There are very important exams in April, so. . .

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