PFC Chapter 192: Difficulty in Martial Arts
Chapter 192: Difficulty in Martial Arts
Now the princess has successfully cultivated and planted corn, sweet potatoes and cotton. The court has taken away these talented people and taken away 70% of the produce, leaving only seeds for planting next year.
Su Zhen said: "Okay, this time when I go to the back mountain for retreat, I will be extra careful. There is no need to send guards to protect me. I am learning the top-level Qinggong. Chunfeng, didn't you say that if I master this Qinggong, even if I meet a great martial artist, I can protect myself and escape."
Chunmei's mind turned, what kind of Qinggong can be mastered to be able to protect oneself and escape from the hands of a great martial artist, "Princess, is the Qingfeng Lingxue skill you practiced?"
Su Zhen was delighted, "Do you know the technique?"
Chunmei's expression changed slightly, "Chunfeng, what do you mean? Everyone in the martial arts world knows that Qingfeng Lingxue is difficult to cultivate, but you let the princess practice it. What are you thinking?"
Is this technique difficult?
"Ordinary people cannot cultivate it, but the princess is not an ordinary person. She has practiced the peerless internal skills, and she will definitely be able to cultivate it."
"There are no certainties in the world."
If the princess fails to cultivate, it will waste time and energy.
There are so many poor light skills that I have to recommend this one.
Chunmei felt that Chunfeng had bad intentions.
The two were still arguing, and Su Zhen hurriedly said, "Okay, I believe you. You are all doing this for my own good, so stop arguing. Just because you haven't practiced before doesn't mean you can't practice. Just try and you'll know."
He helped the two of them up.
Su Zhen said: "Chunfeng, tell the people below that I will go to the back mountain tonight. If Chunxiao and the others ask, just tell them that I went to the back mountain to learn new skills from Xia Yang, so that they can relax."
Xia Yang is in the back mountain?
Didn't he mean to find a place to retreat and advance to the level of a great martial artist?
If Xia Yang succeeds, he will truly be the best martial artist among the Supervisory Guards.
Outside, Xiao Luo reported crisply, "Princess, Li Dajian is here."
Chunfeng and Chunmei left the inner room.
Su Zhen returned to the flower hall.
Two little girls served tea and snacks.
Li Dajian said, "Princess, I have to go back to the capital. The emperor asked me to bring the paper-making master and the printing master back to the capital. There is already a paper-making workshop waiting for them in the capital."
Chunmei's heart sank: Look, these people have achieved success only with the princess's guidance. They worked in the court's paper mill before, but they didn't achieve anything. Now that they have learned skills, they want to take them back.
Su Zhen said: "Not all of them can return to Beijing. I will leave a few people to continue the research. Papermaking and printing have not yet reached the results and heights I want."
"Which ones does the princess want to keep?"
The people Su Zhen wanted to keep were those who truly studied and improved papermaking and printing as a career. On the papermaking side, there was a father and son, and on the printing side, there was a master and apprentice. She only specifically named these four people to stay.
"Bring the people back with Uncle Li this time, and give me some talents in papermaking and printing. Let them learn from Master Zu and Master Lu, and it would be good to help them."
"Okay, these people will be delivered within half a month." Li Dajian looked at the tribute paper and books sent to the palace. It was great. The emperor wanted to print more books, so he needed these people.
"Princess, the opera troupe in Liyuan is great..."
Chunmei knew that these people were trained by Chunxiao and the princess with great effort for more than half a year, and now they had finally finished rehearsing the first drama. Li Dajian was watching the play yesterday, and he was about to ask for people.
Su Zhen said, "I said earlier that when my grandfather's birthday comes, I will invite the Liyuan Opera Troupe to set up a stage outside the Grand Commander's Mansion to perform." She paused, "Let them perform a play there tomorrow in advance. After the performance, Uncle Li wants to take them away, and I have nothing to say. It is not easy to cultivate drama talents. If Uncle Li takes away some, he will send some back. They must have a good voice, a good figure, and a good appearance. More importantly, they must love drama and be able to endure hardships."
She had originally planned to open the first big theater in Yueyang Prefecture, and have the troupe perform there every morning and afternoon. As long as it was launched and could make money, people would follow suit and learn, and naturally the art of drama would be promoted.
Li Dajian was silent for a moment, "This time I will take two people away, Xiao Bailing who sang the Seven Fairies, and Yu Shengsheng who sang Dong Yong."
Chunmei said sarcastically, "Li Dajian is so capable that he even found out the stage names of the two main actors in the Liyuan Opera Troupe."
Su Zhen nodded slightly, "Okay, let them go with you. They were born in the common people. When they come to the palace, Uncle Li should remember to protect them. The maids outside the palace are no more cunning than those in the palace. If one day the palace can no longer accommodate them, spare their lives and let them return to the Liyuan Opera Troupe. I will let them be the troupe's masters and teach the younger generation how to sing."
The princess was kind and righteous, and she was also concerned about the suffering they endured.
Chunxiao was unwilling to give up. Xiao Bailing and Yu Shengsheng were brought up by her personally and they learned the best in the theater. If they left, she would have to select new people. Although the theater was still there, it was not as good as before. She had to continue to watch them rehearse recently.
Chunxiao ran towards the Pear Garden and told the story in detail about how they were chosen by Li Dajian from the palace.
Xiao Bailing and Yu Shengsheng both smiled with tears in their eyes.
They were originally daughters of poor families, but they were chosen from the pimping industry by the princess's selection of performers, and then came to Baixianzhuang Pear Garden to learn opera. Now they have the opportunity to enter the palace and sing for the nobles.
The princess couldn't bear to leave them, so she asked Li Dajian to protect them. Even if she got old and couldn't stay in the palace, she could come back and be their teacher.
The other girls were reluctant to leave as they had developed feelings for each other after studying together for a long time.
On that day, Xiao Bailing, Yu Shengsheng and other masters from the paper mill and printing workshop left with Li Dajian.
Su Zhen gave Chunxiao and Chunmei some instructions, mainly to prepare for the opera performance in Yueyang Prefecture on the first day of next month. "The script of The Female Prince Consort has been finalized, and we can rehearse in the near future. We will use the music score that was finalized earlier. If after the rehearsal, he is unable to return for my grandfather's birthday, Chunmei will lead the troupe to perform.
At the Grand Theater, Chunxiao remembered to keep an eye on the progress of the renovation.
Once the decoration is completed, you can ask the monks in the temple to choose a good time, and then you can hang up the playlists and perform. If you need manpower, you can communicate with Chunfeng. Yueyang Grand Theater is not a folk theater, but a government-run theater, so it will be temporarily handed over to the Supervisory Guard for management. Let Chunfeng and the higher authorities determine the profit distribution, but they must give the monthly salary and rewards to the troupe artists appropriately, so as not to let these hard-working artists who sing and learn opera suffer losses. "
Chunmei clasped her fists and bowed, "Princess, how about leaving the Grand Theater to me? This is what my group is best at."
Chunfeng exclaimed softly: "Chunmei, are you trying to steal our business?"
"It's just to steal business!" She did not deny it. The people from Ghost Flag were elusive, so it would be strange if Chunmei didn't steal their business.
Seeing that Chunfeng had no intention of snatching it again, Su Zhen went along with it and said, "Okay, the theater will be handed over to Chunmei. Remember to decorate it according to the drawings. You can discuss and resolve the specific matters with Chunxiao. Don't bully Chunxiao by relying on your martial arts skills."
"Princess, bullying the weak and fearing the strong is what Xia Yang does. Neither I nor Chun Feng are that kind of people."