The Huangmei Opera "The Female Prime Minister" tells the story of Han Suzhen and Li Zhaoting who have been in love since childhood and were engaged by their mother. Later, the Li family declined, Han Suzhen's biological mother died, and her stepmother forced Li Zhaoting to break off the engagement.

Li Zhaoting went to Beijing to take the imperial examination but had no money, so Han Suzhen gave him some private money. His stepmother found out about this, fabricated a crime, and put Li Zhaoting in jail.

As a result, Han Suzhen disguised herself as a man and went to Beijing to find her brother, and replaced Li Zhaoting to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination. Unexpectedly, she won the top spot and was recruited as a royal consort.

On the wedding night, Feng Suzhen told the truth to the princess. The princess was moved and helped her to resolve the crisis in front of the emperor. The emperor summoned her, adopted her as his daughter, and ordered Li Zhaoting to marry her.

The entire play lasts for two hours from the beginning to the end, during which the actors do not drink a sip of water or eat a bite of food.

So Lin Qianqian selected the most famous passage.

This is just a short passage with a lot of words, and it is very difficult to guide a newcomer to perform it word for word.

The lyrics of Huangmei Opera are much more colloquial and popular than those of other operas. They are easy to recite and memorize.

Following Princess Anle all the way, we walked from the palace gate into the magnificent imperial palace.

Lin Qianqian looked at these solemn and majestic buildings indifferently. She had a visual sense that she was in the Forbidden City, and also felt that she had traveled to another era and was playing a role that did not belong to her.

And she seems to be trapped in a role, and she hasn't found a way to leave it yet.

Anle noticed that she didn't look around and didn't look at all timid like someone who was entering the palace for the first time.

He asked curiously, "I was really worried about you. I thought you would be scared, but I didn't expect you to be so brave. You don't look like someone who is entering the palace for the first time."

Anle was dressed up today, wearing a gorgeous pink and blue princess dress. She had a bun on her head, a gorgeous crown on her head, two strands of gemstone beads hanging down to her chest, and an exquisite and complex blue necklace around her neck, looking like a princess.

Lin Qianqian and the palace maid beside her were wearing the same clothes.

Whenever she met concubines or other princes along the way, Lin Qianqian would follow behind and bow her head to greet them.

When they arrived at the banquet, all the royal family members were present.

Lin Qianqian stood beside the princess, looked around, glanced at the emperor, empress and queen mother at the top, noticed that Prince Beixuan, the ninth prince and other princes and princesses were right next to them, and at the bottom were the unfamiliar ministers.

She saw the Marquis chatting with the ministers next to him.

Standing here, Lin Qianqian once again deeply felt that she could have avoided becoming Gu Huai's concubine. Even if she had been a palace maid, she could have had her own career and at least she would not have been trapped in that mansion and forced to engage in intrigue all day long.

She really made a bad move.

There is no freedom in life.

However, if we take a step back and think about it, if she becomes a maid, there will be powerful men who will be attracted by her beauty, and these men will definitely have wives and concubines, and they will eventually be involved in domestic disputes.

Hey.

If Gu Huai didn't redeem her, who else would? Those who came to the brothel were all men, and men were in charge of the money, so why would a woman go to a brothel to redeem a prostitute?

In the end, I couldn't get around men.

The princesses and princes came forward one by one with carefully prepared gifts to celebrate the birthday and said many auspicious words to the empress dowager.

Princess Anle tugged at Lin Qianqian's sleeve and quietly pulled her away.

The Queen Mother sat on a high seat and saw the ginseng, flowers, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, or priceless jade that were presented to her. She always had a smile on her face and did not show too much surprise or disappointment.

Suddenly, there was a sound of gongs and drums.

The scene immediately fell silent, and everyone looked towards the opposite stage.

A man in red opera uniform appeared, swinging his sleeves and taking steady steps.

"In order to save Li Lang from his home, who would have expected to be number one in the imperial list."

"The top scholar, wearing a red robe and a palace flower in his hat, so fresh~"

Anle sang a few lines energetically on the stage. The Emperor and the Empress Dowager watched with great interest. Several people even speculated who had prepared this play.

Then, a handsome boy in a blue coat and a small hat appeared on tiptoe, followed her lively, and continued the lyrics.

The Queen Mother smiled with satisfaction, "The little girl next to Anle has such a clear voice, like a lark."

"The number one scholar on the stage must be An Le, right? I knew her voice right away."

The emperor nodded, "It's her."

"Mother, I guess this is the birthday gift she prepared for you."

The Queen Mother never took her eyes off the opera performance on the stage.

The Ninth Prince and the Fourth Prince, who were queuing up to give gifts, had no choice but to take the gifts and return to their original seats and sit down.

They kept their eyes on the Queen Mother while watching the stage performance.

"Is this the troupe Anle invited?"

"How come I haven't heard of this play? It's so new. A woman becomes the top scholar. What dynasty's joke is this?"

"This isn't a play from our capital. Such straightforward and simple lines make it sound more like a Yue Opera."

"Yes, it is Yue Opera. It is embarrassing to bring something sung by common people to the imperial palace."

Just as the Ninth Prince finished speaking, he suddenly noticed a sharp gaze from the crowd looking at him.

He turned around and saw that it was the Queen Mother, and quickly shut up.

On the stage, Miss Han Suzhen transformed into the number one scholar Li Zhaoting, and the maid Chunhong transformed into the servant Li Long. When the performance reached this point, the audience burst into laughter at the same time.

Anle was concentrating on the performance, but suddenly he heard laughter and saw faces that were completely different from the past, and he immediately panicked.

I was so panicked that I stopped moving, stood there, and even forgot the words.

The mocking voices reappeared in her mind, and she suddenly lost her confidence.

At this time, Lin Qianqian came around the table, held her hands tightly, and reminded her with the lyrics. Anle suddenly realized and quickly continued to perform.

The Queen Mother laughed and said, "This is Anle's first time on stage, she is timid."

"But the girl next to her is obviously a skilled one. Her steps are steady and her movements are neither slow nor slow. She is an old lady and knows how to adapt to circumstances."

She turned around and asked the maidservant beside her, "When did a new person who can sing opera appear in our palace?"

"did you know?"

The maid said, "I don't know."

Seeing this, Prince Beixuan stood up and came to sit next to the Queen Mother, saying, "Queen Mother, this is what Anle learned from a master outside the palace. I thought you were used to listening to the plays of several masters in the palace, so I went to learn a new script."

The Queen Mother was overjoyed, "Anle is a thoughtful child."

"Good singing! Yes, the one who played Li Long sang well, and those steps were really beautiful."

"The girl's voice is so crisp and clear, it makes people happy just listening to it."

When the emperor heard that the queen mother liked it so much, he suggested: "If your mother likes it, you can ask this master to come to the palace to sing for you for a few days and nights, and it would be nice to appoint him as a court musician."

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