Just before Zhang San left, he suddenly remembered that his play was about to be performed at the Zhangjiacun Market. If he could invite Li Shimin to watch it, it would surely spread the reputation of the play.
At that time, as long as you tell the outside world, the emperor will like to watch this drama. Think about the scene, not to mention the empty streets, at least you can set a good example for this emerging industry.
So Zhang San said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen has rehearsed a play that will be performed at the small theater in the Zhangjiacun market in three days. Your Majesty, if you have time then, you can give us some guidance."
"Drama?" Li Shimin heard it for the first time and was very confused about what Zhang San had cooked up again.
"It's just a performance that is both educational and entertaining. Your Majesty, if you have time, you can go and see it." Zhang San extended the invitation again.
This was also the first time that Zhang San took the initiative to invite Li Shimin.
"I know, I'll go take a look when I have time." Li Shimin did not agree directly, and Zhang San did not suggest it.
If you go, it will naturally be the icing on the cake. It doesn't matter if you don't go. You will just change the way of publicity.
When Zhang San walked out of the palace gate, he saw Xie Yun standing at the gate of the palace waiting for Zhang San under the supervision of two guards.
Seeing Zhang San walking towards him, Xie Yun really wanted to dig a hole in the ground and crawl in.
"Okay, don't look so embarrassed. In fact, if it weren't for Hua'er's sake, I wouldn't bother to talk to you. Come back with me." Zhang San naturally didn't have anything nice to say to Xie Yun.
"Thank you Zhang County Marquis for the rescue. I am very grateful. It turns out that I was deceived by lard, so..." Xie Yun now regrets that his intestines are blue.
"Come on, hold back what you said, or the emperor will put you in jail again." Zhang San said angrily.
Zhang Fu didn't like Xie Yun very much either. Zhang San sat in the carriage, while Xie Yun and Zhang Fu sat on both sides of the carriage. The three of them didn't say a word along the way.
When she returned home, Xie Hua'er's eyes turned red when she saw her master in such a desolate state. However, after listening to Xie Yun's narration, Xie Hua'er looked like she hated iron.
But after all, this was his own master. Xie Hua'er looked at Zhang San gratefully, and then took Xie Yun to arrange for him to live in the original room.
For Xie Yun, everyone from Zhang San, Xiaomei and Keying to the servants didn't like Xie Yun very much. For such an ungrateful guy, everyone consciously stayed away from him.
He is far less respected than Xie Yun was at home.
The huge gap between before and after made Xie Yun even more regretful. He no longer had the same enterprising spirit as before. He stayed in the house all day and rarely went out.
Xie Hua'er saw this and was anxious in her heart, but she didn't know how to comfort her master.
Zhang San told everyone about the performance of "The West Chamber" for the first time in the theater in three days, and told everyone that a mysterious man might parachute into the scene at that time, so that everyone should train hard these two days and memorize the lines.
At the same time, Fang Keying also sent invitations to many female relatives in the mansion, inviting them to come to the theater to watch the performance. The Zhangjiacun Theater did not charge any fees for the first performance. The main purpose was to see whether the new performance method of drama would be accepted by today's people.
accept.
Zhang San also sent invitations to Fang Yiai and others, mainly to invite some young people to watch. As for Li Shimin, Zhang San asked him to be a free spokesperson for him and use his influence to promote it privately.
The story of Romance of the West Chamber is actually more suitable for girls to watch. Fortunately, Fang Keying, as the daughter of a wealthy family, also attended many banquets with her mother, so naturally she got to know some girls who were also raised in boudoir, as well as female dependents.
The atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was relatively open, and it was not impossible for women to show up in public, but it was relatively inconvenient to travel.
Originally, Xie Hua'er wanted to ask Xie Yun to go to the theater to watch her performance, so that he could relax and not stay in the house all day.
It's a pity that Xie Yun politely refused, and Xie Hua'er was also very helpless about this.
On the day of the performance, Xie Huaer, as the lead actor, was inevitably a little nervous, and Xiaolan was even more so.
Dressed in the attire of a male scholar, Xiaolan looks very delicate and full of scholarly atmosphere.
Although Xiaolan is similar in age to the younger sister, she is not short, and is a full head taller than the younger sister. Standing next to Xie Huaer, she really looks like a handsome man and a beautiful woman.
Zhang San was very satisfied with these costumes, but as for the psychological quality of the leading actors, Zhang San was speechless.
"Xie Hua'er, don't say you're nervous. It's not like you've never seen this kind of scene before, right? You are the protagonist in today's play." Zhang San sat on the carriage and led everyone to the theater.
"Who said I was nervous?" Xie Hua'er said harshly.
"If you're not nervous, why are your hands shaking?" Zhang San joked.
Hearing this, Xie Hua'er quickly put her hands behind her back and said harshly: "I'm just memorizing my lines. I'm making gestures. Don't interrupt me, or I'll forget my lines again."
"Okay, it's up to you whether our theater can become an instant hit. Xiaolan performs well." Although Zhang San pretended to be calm when she saw Xiaolan sitting there, her panicked eyes still betrayed her inner feelings.
nervous.
"Sir, I'm afraid that I'll be nervous and forget my words. What will happen if I don't perform well?" Xiaolan said in a low voice.
"It's okay, just like you rehearsed before, don't be nervous, just relax. It doesn't matter if your performance is not good for the first time. There will be opportunities in the future." Zhang San comforted.
By the time Zhang San and the actors entered through the back door of the theater, there were already many audiences inside, most of them young girls, all of whom were invited by Fang Keying.
As for Fang Yiai and others, they also arrived early and sat in the private room in front.
The entire theater is divided into two floors, with more than 60 seats on the first floor and a table between the two seats.
The second floor is a private room with independent private rooms. Each box has matching tea and snacks. This is also the place with the best view.
In order to prevent Li Shimin from coming, Zhang San specially asked the escort team to strengthen the security level here.
At the same time, the most luxurious private room was also reserved for Li Shimin.
In order to avoid the embarrassment of men and women sitting together in feudal society, Zhang San divided the seats on the first floor into two parts, separated by a screen. A servant would stand every two meters, and two entrances and exits were also set up.
, both the beginning and the end are branched out.
This suggestion was made by Fang Keying to Zhang San after visiting the theater. Originally, Zhang San did not intend to treat him differently, but after listening to what Fang Keying said, Zhang San felt that it made sense. After all, times were different.
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After Fang Yiai and Qin Huaiyu arrived, they said hello to Zhang San and were led up to the private room on the second floor by their servants.
Cheng Chumo, Yuchi Baolin and Chang Sun Chong did not come this time. I heard that after the last incident, the three of them were thrown into the army to participate in training.
