When the opera troupe owner heard Lai Jiu, he was so scared that his face turned pale. However, as soon as he finished speaking, the Lai Jiu hurriedly gave some gold to the troupe owner with a flattering smile on his face.
Huarong saw that he was sensible and was very satisfied. He patted his head and said, "Don't commit more crimes in the future."
"Boss, I won't do it again!" Today, he spent all his allowance for the year. It was only the beginning of the year!
Huarong couldn't help but laugh like an old aunt.
She didn't have the patience for things like opera. She had accompanied all the women in the family to listen to this play. Unfortunately, she didn't hear the whole story once. However, every time the women in the family listened to it, they would discuss it, and she would know the story.
This time, she told herself in her heart that she must listen carefully! However …
"Boss, Boss." Lin Heqing called several times. Zhang Xiaotian couldn't help but poke her arm. Huarong finally came out of the room.
She opened her sleepy eyes and found that she was covered with a white mink fur cloak. Her first reaction was that it was really warm. Her second reaction was that she almost jumped up, "Shuxiu, what did you do!"
"Miss, what did I do wrong again?" Shuxiu felt wronged.
"If you didn't cover me so warmly, would I be able to sleep?"
Everyone — how could this be related?
"Miss, the troupe owner also put a heater beside you." Shuxiu pointed at the troupe owner, indicating that even if there was a mistake, it was not her fault alone.
The troupe owner wanted to apologize, but Huarong waved her hand, "Forget it, forget it. Call the person who wrote this play to me."
"Princess, why are you looking for him?" The troupe owner wiped the sweat from his forehead. He was still scared. This Minhui princess was too difficult to please.
However, he didn't know that the more difficult part was yet to come.
Huarong said lazily, "Of course, I want him to tell me the story that Lai Jiu told."
"Actually, I can do it." The troupe owner thought for a while and carefully recommended himself.
Huarong shook his head. "If you want to know the essence of the story, you have to find the author. Hurry up."
The class leader was put in a difficult position. He had a bitter expression on his face as he hesitated to speak.
"If you have something to say, spit it out!" Lai Jiu shouted angrily. He was in a bad mood today.
The troupe leader was so frightened by his sudden roar that he took several steps back. His face, which was not young and extremely ordinary, was as white as a sheet of paper. His entire body was trembling. "Princess, it's not that this lowly one doesn't want to cooperate. It's just that this lowly one can't find that person. Nineteen years ago, that person suddenly came to this lowly one's troupe to write this play. This lowly one gave him a few dozen taels of silver and he left."
"Why didn't you say so earlier?" Lai Jiu scolded him again.
Huarong raised his hand to stop Lai Jiu and said disappointedly, "Do you know his name?"
The class leader's eyes lit up. "I do know this. That person was an extremely famous scholar, his name was Lou Yiyang."
"That's enough. Lai Jiu, tip him." Huarong stood up and was about to leave.
Lai Jiu reluctantly handed over the last taels of silver. The shopkeeper didn't dare to accept it and waved his hand to indicate that he didn't want to be tipped. Huarong glanced at Lai Jiu. Lai Jiu immediately stuffed the taels of silver into the class leader's hands. "My boss is tipping you, so take it! What? Are you looking down on my boss? "
"I wouldn't dare." It was the class leader's first time receiving a reward. He was scared witless.
After leaving the troupe, Huarong glanced at Lai Jiu. "Do you know your mistake?"
"I know. I shouldn't have forcefully snatched a commoner's girl." Lai Jiu felt wronged.
Huarong saw that he still dared to feel wronged and became angry. He hit him on the head with his bone fan. Every time he hit him, Lin Heqing would shrink his neck for him. It was as if he was hit on the body.
"Have you memorized the 'Encyclopedia of Picking Up Girls' that I wrote? Don't you know that you need to use your brain to pick up girls? " Then he hit him again. "Go back and copy it for me a hundred times. With such a low EQ, how can you have so many wives in the future?"
"Boss, my grandmother said that money is enough." Lai Jiu still wanted to struggle. A hundred times was too much.
As soon as he finished speaking, the bone fan hit him on the head. "If you want high-quality girls, you need to use your brain! If you want to marry a few pigs, then go ahead. "
"I'll copy it!" Lai Jiu immediately changed his attitude.
"It's the first month of the lunar year. Don't cause trouble. Disperse." Huarong was tired. After copying the 'Encyclopedia of Picking Up Girls' a hundred times, this fellow's writing speed was like a snail's. He wouldn't come out to cause trouble for at least half a month.
After watching the show, explaining the rules and reminding them, Huarong saw that it was still early. He left Lin Heqing and Zhang Xiaotian behind and the three of them went to Yipin Restaurant.
After sitting down in the private room, Huarong pretended to ask casually, "Have you heard of Lou Yiyang?"
"There is a Family Lou, but they moved away many years ago. They used to live next door to my house." Zhang Xiaotian answered.
Huarong frowned slightly. "Those who live near your house are high-ranking officials and dignitaries. We can definitely find out. Go back and ask where they moved to."
"Boss, are you really going to look for them just to hear a story?" Lin Heqing almost didn't recognize her boss. It was not her style.
Huarong rolled his eyes. "Can't I?"
"Yes." Lin Heqing swallowed. It was better not to question him. Recently, Boss's temper was very bad. It hurt when the bone fan hit him on the head!
"Oh yes, have you heard of the Imperial Concubine?" Huarong asked again.
This time, Lin Heqing answered eagerly, afraid that he would be too slow. "I know, I know."
Huarong rolled his eyes again. "You only know how to gossip. Tell me." Although she disliked Lin Heqing for gossiping, it didn't stop her from wanting to hear more.
Lin Heqing poured a cup of tea for himself. Seeing that Huarong's cup was empty, he tactfully filled it up and prepared to have a long talk.
Huarong saw his posture and quickly reminded himself not to doze off.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat. "It is said that the Imperial Concubine used to be the Crown Princess."
Huarong nodded. There was nothing wrong with it. Some people were just weak and couldn't keep the position of the Crown Princess. It was not strange. "And then?"
"Later, the Emperor took a fancy to her and forced her to enter the palace. She was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine Xian. Imperial Concubine Xian was pregnant when she entered the palace. The Emperor was very happy and immediately promoted her to Imperial Concubine Xian. If the Empress didn't have two princes at that time, the Emperor would probably have abolished the Empress and appointed a new one."
Huarong listened and frowned deeply. Why did it sound wrong?
"Wait, you said that the Crown Princess was forced to enter the palace and become the Imperial Concubine Xian? Which Crown Princess? "
"Twenty years ago, the Second Prince, Jun Wushang, was conferred the title of Crown Prince because his Crown Princess was snatched into the palace by the Emperor. He was so angry that he offended the Emperor and was abolished. He committed suicide out of anger. It is said that the Eighth Prince was actually Crown Prince Wushang's son and was secretly executed by the Emperor." He made a gesture of cutting his throat. "Later, after the Eighth Prince died, the Imperial Concubine Xian was heartbroken and died a few days later."
Huarong's expression was blank. She seemed to have picked up a hot potato. However, the legend seemed to be inaccurate. Otherwise, the Emperor wouldn't have asked her to find it. He also seemed to be determined to let the Eighth Prince be the Crown Prince.
"Is the Jiang Family still around?" Huarong had never heard of the Jiang Family.
Lin Heqing didn't answer, but Zhang Xiaotian answered, "There is an abandoned house about an hour's walk from my house. It is the Jiang Family."
Huarong was speechless. Did it have to be so tragic?
"Moved away? Or … "She had a bad premonition.
"A heavenly fire. There were more than a hundred people in the family. None survived." Zhang Xiaotian looked a little scared as he spoke. "My father and grandmother didn't allow people from the General's Mansion to go to that place. It's not clear. In fact, the Emperor didn't allow people to go there. The Jiang Family's house has been abandoned for many years. No one dared to buy it."
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