Chapter 2
Suffering from emotional injury
Seeing someone come in, Bai Jiuxiao hugged the man and said goodbye.
The days ahead are long, don't be in a hurry, but today she came up in a hurry, with her hair disheveled and only wearing a middle coat.
Take good care of it next time.
Anyway, knowing that he was working in this opera garden, he couldn't run away.
When Xue Gui, the director of the Liyuan, came in, Bai Jiuxiao happened to be going out, and the two had a brief meeting.
Glancing at Bai Jiuxiao's back as he strode away, Xue Gui turned back and asked Ning Shiqian: "Are you an acquaintance of the young master?"
"I don't know." Ning Shiqian's voice was dull.
Xue Gui raised his eyebrows slightly. Generally, people who come to the theater know that they cannot enter the backstage casually: "Then her."
"She said she came to see her lover. He must have been stimulated by emotional trauma. Obviously something is not normal here." Ning Shiqian pointed to his head.
Only then did Xue Gui's face relax.
Ning Shiqian glanced at the door and saw no one at the door, so he asked Xue Gui: "Has Bai Jiuxiao returned to the court with his troops? Have you seen the eleventh day?"
Xue Gui knew that the eleven he was talking about was referring to his younger brother Ning Qingzhou, the eleventh prince of Sang Linguo, who was brought to Great Zhao this time as a hostage by Bai Jiuxiao, the commander-in-chief of Great Zhao.
Ning Shiqian is the fourth prince of Sang Lin Kingdom. Emperor Sang Lin sent him here this time to secretly protect Ning Qingzhou's safety and pay attention to the military trends of Zhao Dynasty.
Niannan Liyuan was Sang Linguo's intelligence base in Da Zhao, so Ning Shiqian settled here.
"Going back to the Fourth Young Master, I saw the Eleventh Prince sitting in the carriage. He kept lifting the curtain and looking out curiously. What is certain is that he is in a good mood. He is free and his hands and feet are definitely not tied."
Ning Shiqian said "hmm".
"By the way," Xue Gui remembered something, "I heard from Shi Lei that the young master plans to perform on stage starting tomorrow?"
Shi Lei is Ning Shiqian's personal attendant.
Ning Shiqian said "hmm" again.
Only in this way can he stay in this pear garden with a legitimate name, and can he hide his identity well.
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The next day, Ning Shiqian took the stage.
Because singing is just a pretext and his heart is not there, and it is the first time for a newcomer to take the stage, the class leader only assigned him a literary role, that is, a supporting role.
But as soon as he took the stage, he realized something was wrong. The morning show, which had never been more than half full, was actually full. As he appeared on the stage, there was thunderous applause.
Although he was confused, he didn't think too much about it. He didn't think these people were here for a newcomer to play a supporting role.
Until he raised his eyes and saw the woman sitting in an inelegant posture under the stage.
Different from yesterday's slovenliness, today she wore a half-breasted skirt. Although it was also a very plain apricot color, it was still much more glamorous than yesterday. She also had a simple double-ringed bun on her head.
He just sat back on the Eight Immortals Chair, with his elbows resting leisurely on the armrests on both sides, and his legs spread wide apart, showing no trace of female restraint.
Ning Shiqian averted his eyes, as if he had not seen her, and did not look at her a second time.
Bai Jiuxiao didn't care, and concentrated on admiring his beauty, figure and temperament.
She doesn't understand opera or anything like that, and has no intention of listening to it. She mainly just watches people.
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Because he was a supporting role, Ning Shiqian ended up not long after.
Bai Jiuxiao raised her hand to call the waiter: "What else can you do to support me here?"
"When you get back to me, girl, you can give me a reward or send you a flower basket."
Bai Jiuxiao threw a gold leaf to him: "Then reward him."
The waiter's eyes lit up when he saw the golden leaves: "I wonder if the girl wants to reward Mr. Shi or Miss Mu?"
These two people are the protagonists of this morning's scene.
"That's the young man who played the role of the boy who just left the stage." Bai Jiuxiao said.
The waiter was dumbfounded.
The boy didn't say a word or move, he just waved a flag and stood quietly on the field for a while, and rewarded him?
"I know." The waiter took the gold leaf and went backstage.
The waiter was so surprised, but the person involved was not too touched, and he would definitely come to express his gratitude.
Bai Jiuxiao thought as she picked up the cup and took a sip of tea.
Not long after, the waiter came back.
Bai Jiuxiao glanced behind him, but there was no one else there.
"The fourth young master asked the young master to thank the girl for his favor. However, the fourth young master said that he cannot accept the reward." The second young master handed the gold leaf back to Bai Jiuxiao.
"What? Too young?" Having been in a position of superiority for a long time, she was not used to being rejected.
"No, it's too much," the waiter replied.
It must be too much. He has been in this pear garden for many years and has never seen anyone deal with such a whole golden leaf in one move. Or is it a small part of the reward? Who dares to take it?
Bai Jiuxiao was stunned because she didn't understand the market situation.
Then he took the gold leaf, broke it hard, broke the gold leaf into two halves, and handed half back to the waiter: "Then reward these."
The waiter was stunned, this powerful woman.
After taking half of the gold leaf, the waiter went backstage.
Not long after, he came back again.
This time not only did he not collect the half of the gold leaf, but he also brought her a playbook.
"The Fourth Young Master said that he appreciated the girl's kindness, but he was not rewarded for his efforts. He could not accept the reward. In addition, the Young Master asked the younger one to give this play document to the girl. The Young Master said, I hope the girl will take a good look at it.
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Bai Jiuxiao raised his eyebrows and sat up.
If he is not greedy for money or vain, he will be worthy of her.
The most important thing is that he even sent her a book, saying that he didn't care about her at all. He didn't even believe it himself.
"Okay, please tell the young master, I will definitely watch it carefully." Bai Jiuxiao happily took the gold leaves and the script.
Backstage.
Shi Lei helped Ning Shiqian change out of his costume, and after thinking about it, he asked the doubts in his heart.
"Young master, didn't you say that I only had a one-time relationship with the girl who gave the reward, so why did you send the play to her?"
Ning Shiqian took his robe and put it on with a calm expression: "She was emotionally injured and couldn't extricate herself from it. Her demonic symptoms are even worse than yesterday."
Yesterday it was just nonsense, but today I have completely indulged myself.
Sitting there like a dandy.
Although he was so poor that he didn't own any jewelry from head to toe, he still spent money like water, booking out venues and giving rewards.
"Sentiment hurt? Is this love at first sight for the young master?" Shi Lei smiled, which was not surprising.
After all, his prince is as handsome as jade, noble and handsome, and attracts the attention of all women wherever he goes. However, his prince is cold-blooded and indifferent to these things.
"No." Ning Shiqian said quietly.
He just unfortunately happened to be the target of her venting.
"Then the young master gave her a play." Shi Lei still couldn't understand.
"The gift is "Xi Ran Biography"." Ning Shiqian didn't say much.
Shi Lei reacted for a while before he finally realized.
"The Legend of Xi Ran" tells the story of a young girl Xi Ran who was betrayed by her lover, went from being heartbroken, sinking, and going crazy to overcoming her inner demons, coming out, and being born into the sun.
Therefore, this is to encourage people to look forward and get out of the gloom.
It’s just that his prince has never been a kind person, let alone meddling in other people’s business. How could he be so kind?
Shi Lei couldn't help but look at Ning Shiqian.
Chapter completed!