How can someone travel through time and space and become a beggar?

At the beginning of the show, a woman in green clothes with a sad and melodious singing voice appeared, waving her sleeves and crying, as if she was singing about a heartless man.

Xia Chu didn't understand at first, but after listening carefully, her brows slowly furrowed. She felt sorry for the woman's experience, but also hated her for not fighting back.

The woman was originally the daughter of a wealthy family in town. Her father, impressed by the man's talent, betrothed his daughter to him and funded his studies for the imperial examinations. The woman was originally a young lady, and after marrying, she served her parents-in-law, doing laundry and cooking without complaint.

After the younger brother-in-law and sister-in-law in the family got their sister-in-law, they just sat there and waited for everything to be provided for them, and they didn't care about anything else.

The heroine's mother felt sorry for her daughter and bought a maid to help her with the housework. However, the man sternly refused, saying that it was a joke for a poor family to have a servant.

But he spent the heroine's dowry to buy the best writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, and went to the theater and drank with his classmates, so he was not afraid of being laughed at.

Finally, such a person passed the imperial examination and was selected as a son-in-law, and married the daughter of another official in the capital.

The heroine waited patiently for her husband to return, even after the official who announced the good news had come. Finally, she begged her brother to take her to the capital to find her husband. This play depicts her arrival in the capital to discover that her husband had remarried and was trying to send her away. She was heartbroken, and recalling their past, she questioned her husband.

Those questions, one after another, were like crying blood, and everyone present was moved.

Even Bai Wuxia was listening with gusto, but it was a shame the drama hadn't concluded yet. "Mrs. Rong has such a good temper. If it were me, I'd tell her brother to beat up that unfaithful man and take him back."

"It's not that easy. Fuxin's new wife is the daughter of the Minister of Revenue. How can she watch her husband being beaten?" Li Yun sighed.

"This seems to be a newly staged play. I've never heard it before." Lin Lang watched the people downstairs take their bows. He wanted to throw silver but was afraid of hitting someone.

"I don't know how it will end." Mo Qingmei felt a little unsatisfied.

Xia Chu made a bold guess. These books were most likely written by scholars. Given their nature, "In the end, there will probably be two concubines. The original wife will continue to manage the household and take care of his parents and siblings, while she will continue to rise to prominence with her new father-in-law's influence."

"It's very likely." Bai Wuxia recalled the plays he had listened to in previous years and nodded.

While we were chatting, the next show began.

The three of them spent the entire afternoon in the theater, listening to all three plays, and the sun was already halfway down.

Today's three leading actors removed their makeup and came out to thank the guests. They happened to be the Qingyi (Qingyi) who played Rong Niang, the Xiaosheng (Xiaosheng) from Fuxin, and the Wusheng (Wusheng) who played the young general of the Lin Mansion. Behind them was a little girl holding a tray with a wine jug and wine glasses on it.

When he reached them, the young man bowed first. Without his make-up removed, he looked handsome, and when he bowed, he had a unique grace that was pleasing to the eye, and his words were clear and melodious.

"Youfei/Yangliu/Kuilong from the Qingyu class, toast to all the distinguished guests." The three of them drank in a very happy manner. Bai Wuxia and others followed the custom and threw a piece of silver in.

You Fei thanked him a few more times and prepared to leave.

"What happened to Rong Niang in the end? Did she reconcile with that unfaithful man?" Lin Lang suddenly remembered when he saw them leaving.

"Rong Niang, can you tell this guest?" You Fei said to the woman beside him with a smile.

"Yes, the Minister's daughter, Qiuniang, took pity on Rongniang and kept her." The new play wasn't meant to be revealed, but they'd performed it so many times in the capital that some people knew the sequel. Many veteran opera fans never tire of hearing it, so revealing the storyline wasn't always important. Besides, this distinguished guest was so generous, the troupe owner wouldn't say anything. "I'll be visiting the nobles' residence in the next few days. The theater will be rehearsing the play in eight days. If you're interested, you can come and see it then."

"Yeah." Lin Lang nodded.

"Will we come back to watch in eight days?" Bai Wuxia thought that the martial artists in the Qingyu troupe had some skills, and their fancy spear movements were dazzling.

"Come." Li Yun nodded. You Fei had a very good voice.

After making an appointment, they went back downstairs when most of the people had left. As they reached the stairs, they saw a man with a big belly pulling Yang Liu, insisting that she go drink with him.

Qingyang, the owner of the Herring Class, trotted over, trying to rescue Yang Liu with an apologetic smile. "Sir, members of the Herring Class don't go out alone. Please let her go."

"Give me money!" The fat man took out two silver ingots and threw them at Qingyang. "Is it enough?"

Qingyang's eyes were attracted by the silver. He held the heavy silver in his hands and didn't speak for a while.

The fat man smiled triumphantly and dragged Yang Liu out. Yang Liu was slender and frail, less than half the size of the fat man. She was dragged so hard that her feet were almost off the ground. She was so anxious that tears came out, "Boss! Boss, save me!"

"I've already given you the money." The fat man snorted.

Qingyang came back to his senses, quickly caught up with him and stuffed the silver back into the fat man's arms, "Sir, no, we won't go out."

The three of them tugged and pulled, but neither of them could hold their own against the fat man. Yang Liu was almost dragged out of the house. Xia Chu didn't know whether to intervene or not, so she looked at Li Yun.

Li Yun seemed a little conflicted, but Bai Wuxia was unconcerned. "That fat guy, let that girl go!"

Kuilong had already rushed out with the fancy spear he had played with during the day, but he stopped when he heard someone speak.

Most fat people are very sensitive to the word "fat". For example, the guy at the door turned around and glared at me, "Who are you calling, you bitch?"

"I'm calling you, fat guy, take your dirty hands off me." Bai Wuxia always carried a dark red horse whip with her, and she pulled it out again. She swung it on the stair railing with a 'snap' sound, and the fat man trembled in fear.

"Our Wuxia is becoming more and more like a heroine." Lin Lang smiled with her hands covering her lips.

Li Yun worriedly said, "It's not appropriate to come to the theater to listen to music. I don't have time to be so high-profile. It would be bad if someone saw us."

"He's wearing a mask, so no one would recognize him unless they are acquaintances. Besides, if we were caught here, everyone would feel guilty." Mo Qingmei said.

"Whose daughter are you? You are covering your head and face with a mask. Do you dare to show yourself so I can see you?" the fat man said angrily.

Xia Chu was afraid that Bai Wuxia would really pick it up, "Are you sure you want to see it? With my identity as a young lady, even if you kowtow and apologize tomorrow, you won't be able to enter the gate."

The fat man hesitated, unsure whether to believe it or not. But what if it was true? He was just a small businessman, he couldn't afford to offend such nobles. Looking at the ladies' clothes, he was already a little scared.

Never mind, I’m just a little actor. I’ll come back another day.

As soon as the fat man let go, Yang Liu quickly ran back and hid behind Bai Wuxia.

"Get out of here!" Bai Wuxia whipped the horsewhip and the fat man ran away in a hurry.

"Thank you very much, benefactors." Yang Liuying bowed.

Qingyang also came over to express his gratitude. Bai Wuxia waved his hand without saying much.

"Let's go." Li Yun said.

"Wuxia, you are so majestic." Lin Lang took Bai Wuxia's arm, "I will also bring a horse whip with me next time I go out."

Xia Chu smiled when he heard this, and no one took this little matter to heart.