I fought back after reselling my engagement

She borrowed two female musicians from there to re-make the music scores and copy the scripts. She took the two to the printing house to print the eight plays into books, with the first print run of 500 copies of each. Because of the music scores, the printing process was more complicated. She had to write the scores on the music scores and then fix them, and also incorporate the text, which was several times more labor-intensive than simple printing in the past.

With the help of female musicians, the people in the printing house who did not understand music scores saved a lot of trouble. It took five or six days to typeset just one version of "The Peony Pavilion", and then it was time to print it.

A group of people were in charge of printing, and two female musicians continued to typeset The Legend of the White Snake...

After everything was completed, Su Zhen's eight ministers sent 100 copies of each of the opera's music scores and scripts to the palace, and sent 10 copies of each to Su Jingzhai. The Peking Opera group received 10 sets, and the Kunqu Opera group also received 10 sets.

In her dream, she recorded the novels "Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Injustice of Dou E" again. Perhaps because she was a monk, she had a good memory and completed the scripts of the two novels. She signed them with the original real names of the authors. After proofreading, they were sent to a printing house to print 5,000 copies of each script.

The Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera groups were originally composed of geishas from the palace. They had advantages in both singing and dancing, and were able to endure hardships during rehearsals. Especially after getting the scripts, with the music scores and lyrics, it was much easier for them to learn.

The Peking Opera's appearance is gorgeous, while the Kunqu Opera's appearance is graceful and elegant, each has its own style. Even the costumes are different, and the lyrics are in different styles. The musicians believe that they have discovered that the lyrics and music scores are of a higher literary and artistic level than the earlier Huangmei Opera.

After the script was available, five of the six musicians in the Huangmei Opera troupe transferred away, three transferred to the Kunqu Opera troupe, two transferred to the Peking Opera troupe, and a large group of Huangmei Opera apprentices who were familiar with literature and poetry transferred to the other two troupes. In the end, those who were left were those who had learned the opera for the longest time and were unable to transfer away.

If they move away, it means they have to start all over again.

Chunxiao heard from people that the princess had returned and created Kunqu opera and Peking opera. She saw the music scores and scripts from Su Jingzhai. In order to learn opera better, she learned music and literacy. After singing a few passages, she immediately fell in love with Kunqu opera.

Kunqu Opera, Peking Opera and Huangmei Opera are not on the same level. Chun Xiao knows little about drama, so he went to the opera theater and entered the Kunqu Opera to learn it from scratch.

Huangmei Opera is a drama for the common people, while Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera are for the aristocrats. This is the difference.

With the publication of the vernacular novels "Romance of the West Chamber" and "The Injustice of Dou E", a preface signed by "Princess Jiaxing" talked about the queen of the drama world - Kunqu Opera. She wrote a story about her own journey to the fairyland in a dream, where she met the god of drama and saw the queen of drama - Kunqu Opera. She praised the charm of Kunqu Opera with her exaggerated writing.

He also wrote a preface for a classic Peking Opera repertoire, changed some vocabulary, and after the revision, ordered the printing house to print 10,000 copies of the script.

The scripts had not yet been published because the news that the famous drama actor Chunxiao gave up Huangmei Opera and chose to study Kunqu Opera had already spread widely. Chunxiao no longer performed on stage. With the publication of the two scripts, everyone could see Princess Jiaxing's preference for Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera. Kunqu Opera is the queen of drama, and Peking Opera is the king of drama. It can be seen that these two are the kings in the drama kingdom and are extraordinary.

Later, it was spread that the earlier name of the opera was Huangmei Opera, which belonged to a small school of drama, while Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera were large schools, just like the difference between common people and princes and princesses.

The theater tickets are full of anticipation, but now that we have entered the rehearsal of the new play, the poems in the storybooks are fascinating and evoke endless reverie.

The new play had not been rehearsed yet, but the nobles in the palace had already been looking forward to it. Some of them even pestered the emperor to issue an edict to recall the Kunqu opera and Peking opera troupes to Beijing after the first show at the Yueyang Grand Theater.

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The capital city, the official music hall.

A group of masked supervisory guards entered.

All the men and women in the official music house gathered in the hall.

The madam smiled ingratiatingly, "Your Excellency the Flag Bearer, may I know what you want me to do for you?"

"Now, I will give you a chance to change your fate. Those who are proficient in singing and dancing, please step out!"

Change your destiny and all men and women will look up to you.

Immediately, some of them could sing and dance and move forward a few steps.

The flag bearer said in a loud voice: "Princess Jiaxing's soul traveled to the heavens and met Mr. Tang, the god of drama in the fairyland. He took her to appreciate the drama in the drama wonderland. She was very impressed by Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera and brought back the scripts from the other world. As long as any of you learn Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera and become a leading actor, you can leave the official music house and enter the big theater."

The ticket buyers are crazy. Those dandies chase after famous actors and throw gold and silver ingots onto the stage. But there are too few actors now, and there is only one Chun Xiao. But because she has an adopted mother and is protected by Governor Su, they cannot touch her. She is a cash cow.

It is better to cultivate your own than to steal what others have.

The Supervisory Guards are also human beings. They also need money and food. The important thing is to train famous actors.

Twenty percent of the people inside walked out, and after hearing the flag-bearer's words, a few more took a few steps forward.

The flag bearer said, "Okay, you twenty-six people, from now on, practice and learn the new play in the garden behind the official music hall. I will give you the play script and music score. You must study hard. Whether you can become a famous actor depends on this."

The opera scripts and music scores were rewards from the emperor. Each of the twelve banners of the Supervisory Guard received five sets. Each banner had its own official music troupe, and without exception, all of them selected people to learn and study opera.

The Emperor wants them to open a large theater. Since they have received instructions from above, they have to let people learn.

Su Zhen had never expected that these people's enthusiasm for pursuing and praising dramas was no less than that of modern star-chasing. Some even sent people from Beijing to Baixianzhuang Liyuan to learn Kunqu and Peking operas. Because these two types of dramas were the aristocrats in the drama wonderland, a wave of aristocratic children learning dramas was born. Aristocratic families from all over the country prepared generous gifts and asked their children to take the selected people to Liyuan to learn dramas.

Su Zhen was very helpless. Since when did any nobleman or lady keep up with the fashion? Just because she used the adjectives "queen" and "king", some people came to learn from her.

Although he could not learn to perform opera, he could sell the scripts and music scores at a fixed price. A complete set of materials for a play was priced at ten taels of silver, and a troupe could only purchase three sets at most.

After receiving several groups of people in succession, Su Zhen sold the scripts and earned money.

After that, this matter was handed over to Xiaoluo and Chunjiang. Every day during the day, the two of them would stand at the gate of Baixianzhuang with the play scripts. When someone came to buy them, they would register and collect the money.

There are hundreds of people and hundreds of plays. Although there are music scores and scripts, the styles of the performances will be different when they are sung.

It is still unknown to what extent they can learn in the future.

Su Zhen decided to print the earlier Huangmei Opera into music scores and scripts so that more people can learn it. Huangmei Opera is easier to learn than the others. Once you learn one, you can learn the rest. For one thing, there are fewer characters and the storyline is simpler, unlike Kunqu Opera and Peking Opera, which have high artistic content.

Huangmei Opera is close to people's lives, so it is a good idea to let the opera troupes organized by non-governmental organizations learn from it.

When merchant ships and businessmen passed through Yueyang, they would stop at the dock to buy opera scripts and music scores.

But each of them can only buy one set.

After more than half a month, all the hundreds of sets in Su Zhen's collection were sold out, leaving only two sets, one was her handwritten copy, and the other was a printed copy she kept.