Years of drama and become a concubine

Chapter 5

Su Xiaoxiao realized that she had really underestimated the ability of the ancients to get up early.How could she have thought that the Yin time Chen Tingqiu mentioned was three or four o'clock in the morning?
Just after Ye Yin time, Chen Tingqiu came to Su Xiaoxiao's door and waited. After waiting for a quarter of an hour, there was no sound in the room. Chen Tingqiu was a little anxious, so he knocked on the door, but it was still as silent as death, only hearing the wind blowing through the leaves. Chen Tingqiu smiled helplessly, and waited for another quarter of an hour. He was really anxious, pushed the door and went in. He dragged the drooling Su Xiaoxiao out of the bed, and tied a thin cloth for the sleepy Su Xiaoxiao. Qiu cloak, pulled her and left.She exerted a lot of strength with her hand, but found that she didn't drag it. When she turned her head, she found that Su Xiaoxiao had fallen asleep again holding the bedpost with one hand.Chen Tingqiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so he broke Su Xiaoxiao's arm, squatted down and hugged Su Xiaoxiao horizontally, and carried Su Xiaoxiao out.

The autumn night was still cool, and Chen Tingqiu was looking forward to the wind blowing Xiaoxiao to wake him up, and hoped that the wind would not damage his Xiaoxiao.When he arrived at a secluded and deserted place in the imperial garden, he put Su Xiaoxiao down and called her: "Xiaoxiao! Wake up!"

Su Xiaoxiao opened her sleepy eyes, looked at Chen Tingqiu for a while, then closed them again, and murmured: "What are you doing so late? It's still dark, go back to sleep..."

"Do you still want to learn?" Ting Qiu asked her, her tone seemed a little annoyed.

"Study, learn..." Su Xiaoxiao suddenly realized, she rubbed her eyes, only to find that Chen Tingqiu was so close to her around her waist, her forehead was about to be buried on his collarbone, frightened She hastily stepped back a few steps, and a blush rose uncontrollably on her cheeks, in exchange for Chen Tingqiu's chuckle.

"I think it's still early, at least I can sleep for another two or three hours, who knows what time you said will be right after I fall asleep..." Xiao Xiao complained.

"From when you were six years old, Boss Zhen brought you back in a war-torn border town, until you were 14 years old. For eight years, you got up to practice kung fu every day. In the past two years, because of your poor health, you changed later. Who knows that you have even lost this habit now, and you don’t have the slightest impression..."

"Er... is that so? Haha! I'm getting older, I'm getting older..." Xiao Xiao heard about the life experience of this body for the first time, and while trying to smooth things over, she secretly wrote it down.I didn't expect that she was also a hard-working girl, so it's no wonder that she was so desperate to sing, and she hoped to marry the prince to be a master. The circumstances of her childhood made her only want to stand out and not be bullied by others. It's not difficult to eat ugly Understood.

"Seeing that the sky is about to light up, let's start as soon as possible." Chen Tingqiu paced and said, "The song handpicked by the Queen of the Double Ninth Banquet is "Meeting the King at the Falling Blossom Season", which tells the story of a woman from the south of the Yangtze River meeting her sweetheart for the first time. In addition Your famous song is the song "Ru Shi" sung by Chu Yu yesterday, sometimes the emperor and empress will let you play for a while when they are in the mood, we will learn this again if we have time. So we have to learn two songs in total."

"It's too difficult! Didn't you say there is only one song before?" Xiao Xiao's eyes widened. At this moment, she just wanted to travel back with one click.

"Don't be afraid, after all, the second song is just a backup. The Double Ninth Banquet is a family banquet, and the princes and princesses will all go there. If there are too many people, they may not order your play again."

Xiaoxiao felt relieved.Well, just act as an actor yourself, you still have to have this professionalism.Scene [-] Scene [-] First time, action!

Chen Tingqiu found that Xiaoxiao is still talented, it's true that God appreciates the food.He said he didn't know how to sing anymore, but he opened his voice seriously and taught him a few more lines of singing, and the twists and turns in the middle are quite decent.As for the movements on the stage, Lan Hua pointed out, a sleeve was pushed over, and her waist was also very elegant.

"There is no such thing as a perfect road, another half a month of practicing like this will be enough to make it look like the real thing!" Chen Tingqiu's previous worries were swept away, and now he is in a very good mood.

Xiao Xiao didn't expect that singing is not as difficult as imagined.In addition to the difficulty in remembering the lyrics, those opera accents and postures, not only the body has a good voice but also has an extremely soft figure, which made her get twice the result with half the effort. The dancing and singing skills she practiced when she was an artist also came in handy.Hey, fortunately, I'm still doing my job in this life, and I'm a mess in the entertainment industry!Wouldn't it kill me if I accidentally transmigrated into a policeman, medical officer or something?Be careful and get lucky.

It wasn't until the sky was bright, and the palace servants who got up early started sweeping, that Xiaoxiao and Tingqiu quietly walked back to the pear garden.

For several days in a row, it was like this every day. In the early morning, Su Xiaoxiao's singing skills improved all the way, and her acting skills soared; while in the daytime, Su Xiaoxiao was like a sleepy man, her face was almost buried in the soup bowl when eating. Fortunately, Chen Tingqiu had a quick eye and a quick hand Support Su Xiaoxiao's head, otherwise Su Xiaoxiao, who is famous in the capital, might be disfigured.Chu Yu and a little girl Ding Xiang who waited on props and costumes watched from the sidelines and burst out laughing, calling out to Boss Zhen to come and see Su Xiaoxiao's appearance.

"Sister, don't fall asleep on the stage of the Double Ninth Banquet!" Chu Yu poked Xiao Xiao and teased her.

Su Xiaoxiao shuddered, and replied in a confused state of mind: "That's not true. It's natural to be nervous when you're on stage, and you'll wake up when you get nervous..."

Chu Yu was a little surprised: "I've always seen my sister perform well and be as stable as a rock, but I don't know that there will be moments of nervousness?"

"Aren't you excited to see the prince?" Ding Xiang leaned her head and stuck out her tongue as she spoke.

Dare to gossip on my old lady?As an entertainer, Xiao Xiao really hates gossip reporters at all times.At this time, her face was flushed, and she was about to explode.

Chen Tingqiu's face was livid, and when he saw this, he quickly took up the conversation and said: "Not to mention that the prince Sima Yu is very picky, but the sixth prince Sima Yue, who is known as the 'leader of the dandy', can't escape his ears even if he sings wrongly. Zhou returned from the victory, and will definitely attend the Double Ninth Banquet. Facing him, who would dare to slack off in the slightest?"

Seeing the steps, Su Xiaoxiao hurriedly stepped down the donkey and nodded. Hearing that Chuyu also stopped talking, she didn't dare to make fun of her anymore, she just lowered her head and ate in silence.It seems that Sima Yue is really a difficult person to deal with, Xiaoxiao felt a little cold again, and practiced more diligently than before at night.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day of the Double Ninth Banquet, and in the abandoned corner of the imperial garden, Su Xiaoxiao was still trembling like an ant on a hot pot, walking on thin ice, even though it was Mao Shi, she still refused to let Chen Tingqiu go back.

Xiaoxiao held onto Chen Tingqiu's sleeve and asked, "Tingqiu, what if I'm at the scene of a car accident again?"

"Car accident? The scene?" The suspicious expression on Chen Tingqiu's face reminded Xiaoxiao that he had slipped his tongue again.

"Ah, what if I break my voice again, go out of tune, or sing wrongly? What if that Sima Yue catches me?"

"No, you have become very familiar with "Meeting the King Again in the Season of Falling Blossoms" for the past few days. Before you go on stage, you should open your voice first. There will be no problem. If there is still a mistake, I will tell the emperor that you are not in good health." , the emperor will not make things difficult for you at the banquet where you enjoy family happiness."

"Then... "Ru Shi" has only had time to learn half of the song, what if... what if I want to sing it?"

"Anyway, it's an extra play. If you really want to sing, you can sing a few more lines to cheer everyone up. It's fine if you don't sing the whole book..." Chen Tingqiu comforted him. He wasn't worried, but it wasn't a big problem. , you can always take a gamble.

Just when Xiaoxiao was relieved, suddenly there was a crackling sound of branches breaking, and Xiaoxiao was startled.Chen Tingqiu made a silent gesture, took a small hand, and walked silently to the locust tree not far away...

Who could be eavesdropping?Did he only eavesdrop this time, or is he here every day?If he knew that I can't sing, would he have already reported me?Xiao Xiaoxi was terrified when she thought about it, her palms were dripping with sweat.It's getting closer... it's getting closer... Chen Tingqiu swerved around to take a look!
I saw a big fat and white cat standing comfortably under the tree and licking its paws. It turned over and a few small branches under its feet were broken, and its tail swept the fallen leaves on the ground with a rustling sound.

"This stinky cat! It scared me to death!" Xiao Xiao was still in shock.

Fortunately, cats are better than people and don't talk nonsense.She knelt down and teased the unintimidating fat guy a few times, then watched it slip behind the bushes and disappear.

"Let's go." Ting Qiu said.

"it is good."

For some reason, seeing this cat did not reassure Su Xiaoxiao.Her heart was up and down, and this feeling of apprehension could not go away.

Maybe after tonight, everything will be fine.Think carefully.

(End of this chapter)