The general kneels on the washboard again

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It's the Lantern Festival again this year, and the right to host this year's Lantern Festival falls to the Fu family, which can be regarded as a kind of recognition.

Xier came to Yuechenyuan with a note in her hand.

"My wife has given me your instructions. Tonight at the Lantern Festival by the Tao River, my eldest daughter will perform a blessing dance for the people of Lingzhou."

Several dancers from the mansion came out from behind her and said, "You must teach the young lady how to dance well. This dance is very important and there must be no mistakes."

Yue Niang smiled charmingly, "Isn't this blessing dance performed every year by the dancers from the music troupe in the capital? Why am I the one dancing this year?"

Xier said, "There are so many banquets in the capital this year. Which music hall can handle it? Besides, this is the result of a divination by a master hired by the Chamber of Commerce. It concerns the interests of the entire Lingzhou Chamber of Commerce this year. If you have any questions, please ask the master yourself."

Yue Niang continued to smile: "Okay, I'll dance."

After Xi'er left, Dong Zhu came over and said, "Miss, they clearly know that you are not good at dancing. It is the Fu family that has brought shame upon you today. What are they planning?"

Yue Niang looked at the dancers lined up in the yard and said in a gentle voice, "You guys continue rehearsing. I'll go in and change my clothes and come back soon."

Yue Niang brought Dong Zhu into the house and said, "Dong Zhu, go to the closet and look for some of my looser clothes."

Then he said to the darkness, "Lian Xing."

Lian Xing appeared before him in a flash: "Master, what are your orders?"

Yue Niang thought for a moment and said, "Go to the Jade Storage Courtyard and see if the Second Young Lady is also practicing."

"Yes."

Lian Xing is the best at light work. Just as Dong Zhu took out a pile of clothes, Lian Xing came back.

"Master, the Second Miss is not practicing."

"No?" Yue Niang didn't know what was in this Shi Qing gourd.

He waved to Lian Xing: "Okay, you go down first."

Then he changed his clothes and walked into the yard.

How can I dance well when my limbs are not coordinated?

As I was practicing, the sun started to set.

At this time, one of the dancers said, "Miss, there are only two hours left before the Lantern Festival. If you can't practice it, it will affect the fortune of the Chamber of Commerce next year. Please pay attention."

Yue Niang looked the dancer up and down and asked, "Do you know which bosses will be here today?"

The dancer pointed them out one by one. Although these people were dressed like the dancers in the mansion, their movements were very stiff. Hearing that a dancer actually knew the guests present, Yue Niang's doubts were finally resolved.

Yue Niang's perfume was selling like hotcakes in Yan Hua's shop, and several spice business owners came to Yue Niang to discuss business.

I think Fu Shiqing's move was not to ask Yue Niang to perform a blessing dance. His real purpose was to make Yue Niang offend the bosses in Lingzhou and make it impossible for Yue Niang to carry out her business in Lingzhou.

At this time, another maid came in and brought a dress: "Miss, the lady said you should wear this dress tonight."

Dongzhu took it and checked it carefully.

At this time, Yue Niang said to the dancers in the courtyard, "You can practice here by yourselves. I'm going back to my room to rest. I won't dance this blessing dance anymore."

Everyone had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, and now they were angry: "Miss, if you don't dance, we won't teach you anymore. Sisters, let's go."

Looking at the dancer walking away, Dong Zhu gnashed his teeth in anger: "Miss, the dancer at home dares to bully you like this, and you don't know how to establish your authority."

She was really worried about Yue Niang. This situation was too depressing.

Yue Niang looked at Dong Zhu like this and laughed out loud: "Dong Zhu, this is not home, it's just a den of tigers and wolves. Don't worry, after you break away from them, I will take you to Yunzhou and find you a handsome boyfriend, so you don't have to endure all this bullying anymore."

Dong Zhu stared at Yue Niang with starry eyes. After a moment, he thought, "Miss, are we really not going to do this blessing dance anymore?"

"Jump, why not?"

"But they are all gone?" Dong Zhu looked at the empty yard.

Yue Niang shouted into the darkness, "Wan Cheng, come out."

"Master." Dong Zhu was often frightened at first by these three people who came and went without a trace, but now he is used to it.

Yue Niang circled around Wancheng.

Wan Cheng was terrified: "Master, don't look at me like that. I'm a little scared."

"Okay, why are you so scared? Go to Tianyinfang and find me some dancers."

"Ah?" Wan Cheng's ears turned red, he hesitated to speak, and then said with difficulty: "Yes."

After Wan Cheng left, Yue Niang asked Lian Xing, "What happened to Wan Cheng?"

Lian Xing's face was full of gossip: "Master, you don't know, two days ago, Wan Cheng went out to look for clues about He Mama, and somehow he accidentally entered Tianyinfang, and he broke into a dancer's room."

Lian Xing, with a wicked smile on his face, paused in his narration. Yue Niang said dissatisfiedly, "What's the big deal? What happened next?"

"Later, the dancer was bathing inside, and he caught her naked. She just wanted to report it to the police, but Wan Cheng's identity was not glorious to begin with, so even if she reported it, it would be useless, and they wouldn't be able to catch him."

"So he ran away without a word?"

Lian Xing nodded and commented, "For something like this, you could just apologize and it would be fine. But not only did this guy's pockets bulge, he didn't even say a word. Master, you don't know that the streets are full of pictures of him trying to get him arrested."

Yue Niang interrupted him: "Why are you talking so much like Man Yue? Well, you are good at Qinggong, so catch up with him and go in his place. Nothing can go wrong with this tonight. As for Wan Cheng's matter, we can talk about it later."

Lian Xing was indeed quick in his work. He brought the dancer from Tianyinfang here in no time. She entered the mansion through the side door of Yuechenyuan. She had not been discovered yet, so he had to make a quick decision.

Two hours, four hours, it sounds like a long time, but Yue Niang had just learned it once and there was not much time left.

What the dancers in the mansion taught her was not the right way at all, so she had to start from scratch.

Fu Shiqing understood the principle of sharing weal and woe, but he didn't care at all. He probably thought that Yue Niang was not from this family, and that what happened to her had nothing to do with him.

During the break, Yue Niang chatted with the others: "I heard that a flower thief broke into Tianyinfang a few days ago. Has the thief been caught yet?"

Yue Niang only heard the sound of someone's unsteady footsteps making a tile crack on the roof opposite.

At this time, one of the red-dressed dancers said, "That thief was really despicable. He actually ran into my room. But looking at his red face and nervous expression, I don't think he did it on purpose."

Looking closely, the dancer has a slim figure and charming eyes, and is indeed very pretty.

Yue Niang pretended to be surprised: "Ah? But now Kyoto is full of portraits of people hunting him down."

The dancer sighed and said, "Alas, young lady, you don't know. Although we are musicians and don't need to sell our bodies to make a living, there are always some people with bad intentions who equate us with those who use their bodies to please others. This is also a warning to them. Tianyinfang is definitely not a brothel. Of course, that man didn't even apologize, and I feel a little uncomfortable. Did he also equate me with some shameless woman?"

Yue Niang shook her head: "Sister, why bother thinking too much? Maybe he is just stupid." She emphasized the word "stupid".

The woman in red was also surprised: "You call me sister? Isn't this against the rules?"

Yue Niang smiled and said, "What rules do I need to follow? You look a little older than me, so it's only natural for me to call you sister. What's your name, sister?"

The red-dressed dancer said, "My name is Feng Ning."

Yue Niang stood up and said, "Then let's continue practicing. Thank you for troubling me with this blessing dance tonight."

Yue Niang is really not cut out for dancing. She has the kind of uncoordinatedness that could be noticed even when she was doing radio gymnastics as a child.

As the night deepened, thousands of lights suddenly lit up. Yue Niang rode in the Fu family's carriage all the way to the Tao River. The capital was indeed prosperous, but there was also no sense of belonging.

On the bank of the Tao River, several circles of people had already gathered inside and outside the stage set up by the Fu family, all waiting for the blessing dance performance.

Yue Niang became more and more at a loss.

Feng Ning's warm hand fell on Yue Niang's hand: "Don't be afraid, I will dance with you in the audience."

Yue Niang thought of the scene where a kindergarten teacher taught the children on the podium to dance at a gala, which was a bit weird.