The Blessed (Book 5)

791 - 805

791. Xue Wuyang Asked Rewards for His Credits (2)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad

Without saying anything more, Sikong Qi nodded to him, then bowed to Sikong Yu and said, "father, Uncle Yang, I'm going to have a rest."

After saying that, without caring about what reaction Sikong Cheng and others would have, Sikong Qi directly pulled Tiewa's hand and turned to leave. However, Tiewa, who had been led by him all the time, frequently turned back and said, "Big brother, hurry up."

"Good night, father, daddy."

Yan Xiaobei held his younger brother's hand with one hand, and the big bun held Yan Shangqing's hand. The group of kids bowed to them respectively and then turned to catch them up. The little Dumpling was tired after having played for a whole, so he had already been taken to sleep by Mrs. Long.

"Qing'er will come live here tomorrow. Ask someone to clean up a room for him."

Watching the backs of the children, Highness Fu suddenly said. He just came back in the evening, only a step earlier than Ling Jingxuan, because their imperial old lord said that he had something important to talk to him. But when he went back, what he was told was that Qing'er would move here and the old imperial lord asked him to tell Ling Jingxuan, which made him almost roll his eyes. Wasn't it just Qinger living here for a few days? Did he have to say it's something urgent and call him back? It gave his parents another chance to urge him to get married as soon as possible again.

"Hmm, let him live in Wen's yard. It's convenient for the children to play together."

This time, Yan Shengrui didn't object. The main reason was that a child was not threatening, so Ling Jingxuan gave the order casually. The main building outside the city had been almost accomplished, and they could move in in one or two months. By then, them one hundred taels of silver each, which had earned them enough face, but the big bun had been depressed for several days. So far, he would still fell painful when he mentioned it.

"What is a play?"

Yan Shengfu looked at him strangely. He just heard such a strange term today, and the others were also confused. Was there anything they had never known?

Fine, there were many things they had never seen, but in that era, drama was indeed something that shouldn't have appeared. It was not strange that they hadn't seen it before.

"To put it simply, you need to write a script, and then arrange actors and actresses to act according to the script one by one on the stage. Compared to opera, no need for those musical instruments, and they even don't have to do somersaults. They just need to act as if it's in real life. If you are interested, I have a touching story here. You can try to adapt it into a script."

Ling Jingxuan explained briefly. There was too little entertainment in ancient times. For men, they'd only go to brothels or what. And for women, they'd only have the chance to watch the opera on festivals or went to join other families' gathering. No wonder they were only good at scheming against others and house fight.

"Then tell me."

Hearing the two words "story", Yan Shengfu couldn't stay calm anymore, although he didn't understand what the so-called drama was.

"Let's talk about it some other day. It's too late today. What about you guys? Have you decided with what identity to talk to me?"

Throwing him a glance, Ling Jingxuan turned his eyes to Xue Wuyang and Sikong Cheng. In fact, not long ago, Yan Shengrui got the news from the border that the son of the emperor of the Dong Kingdom was likely to be he crown prince in the future had already come to Qing Kingdom. He had the sixth princess and eighth princess accompanying him. No one knew exactly what he was doing here. They might have arrived at the imperial city at the same time as the crown prince of the Nan Kingdom. Before that, the first thing he needed to do was to win over the Xi Kingdom. At least, he needed to get a promise from Sikong Cheng. At present, the nomads had suffered a huge setback and dare not make another attack for at least two or three years. The long-term expedition had already made the national treasury very tight. Just with the silver support of his man and Shaoqing, it was undoubtedly like a drop in the bucket. Therefore, the recent two or three years were very crucial for them. In any case, he would try to let the Qing Kingdom rest for a few years. When their national treasury was full, at that time, it was not a problem if the Dong Kingdom would not suddenly send out troops or the nomads would stage a comeback. It was better to remove the nomads of the Dong Kingdom which was like the malignant tumor that would explode from time to time as soon as possible.