Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2472 Reconciliation 14.0

"Are you going to watch the fun?" Bai Meng looked at the shadow who came to deliver the message with a confused look on his face, and asked, "What kind of fun is worth so many people going to watch?"

"Replying to the commander-in-chief, it's the excitement in the theater." Shadow saw that Bai Meng still didn't understand, so he continued to explain, "The Ke family will be performing in the theater starting today for a total of five days. Most of the people in the city have gone to watch the excitement. There are not many people on the streets, and the business of the young masters has not been carried out today."

"Master Ke?" Bai Meng sneered. "Oh, then I know. It's the Master Ke who got drunk at the palace banquet. Calculating his age, he must be almost fifty years old. He can still perform on stage. I have to say that he is really strong despite his age."

"Drunk and crazy at the palace banquet?" Shen Cha waved his hand and asked Shadow to leave. Seeing that Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng all had meaningful expressions on their faces, he was particularly curious, "What do you mean?"

"That was a long time ago, probably more than ten years ago?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin and then at Bai Meng, "Am I remembering correctly?"

"No." Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha and said in a low voice, "When you and Jiu'er returned to Beijing for the first time, I wanted to bring you two to the palace, but you suddenly had a high fever, so mother stayed to take care of you. Only father took Jiu'er and me into the palace to attend the palace banquet."

"Is there?" Shen Jiu raised his head and thought about it after hearing Shen Haolin's words. He really couldn't remember it, so he looked at Xia Jiu and asked, "Is there really?"

"Maybe!" Xia Jiu was not sure. He looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian and said, "To be honest, I have no impression at all."

"It would be strange if you two could remember it, then you two are geniuses." Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes helplessly, "You two were ten months old and six months old, both under one year old, it would be amazing if you could remember it." He looked at Bai Meng, then at Xue Ruitian, "What were they like back then? Tell us about their embarrassing childhood experiences and let everyone have a laugh."

"That's a lot to say!" Bai Meng looked at Xia Jiu, "You were carried out by the late emperor that day, and His Majesty was also beside him. He wanted to formally introduce you to everyone, but before he could say anything, before he opened his mouth, you were soaked in it. Not only the late emperor, but also His Majesty's clothes were not spared. You two can't wear such clothes, right? It's not polite and respectful, so the palace banquet was suspended, and the two of them carried you back to change clothes. When they came out again, they had already thrown you to Uncle Shen."

"Ah?" Xia Jiu looked at Shen Jiu, "Where's Xiao Jiu?"

"Each of us held two, but you two were not very obedient." Xue Ruitian chuckled, "Uncle Shen was kicked by you two continuously, and then he fell asleep. He slept for almost the entire palace banquet, and at the end, he cried loudly, startling everyone."

"Hey, none of what you said is funny. You should tell me the funniest part." Bai Meng patted Xue Ruitian on the shoulder. "We should save their face. When the two of them were crying, it happened that Mr. Ke was drunk and acting crazy at the palace banquet. He was startled by the two boys' loud crying. He dropped the wine glass in his hand, and accidentally stepped on the spilled wine and fell down. His Majesty also muttered in a low voice that he broke the floor tiles of the palace and should make him pay for the repairs or something."

"Yes!" Shen Haolin nodded, "Come to think of it, it was that time that the Empress Dowager disliked Mr. Ke very much." "It seems so!" Bai Meng thought for a moment, looked at Xue Ruitian, and said, "But it's not just as simple as being impolite in front of the palace. Before the palace banquet began, he went to the harem to pay a visit to the Empress Dowager. I heard that he behaved very frivolously, which made the Empress Dowager very unhappy, right?"

"Hmm!" Xue Ruitian sighed and said, "After I entered the palace, I stayed with my mother by the side of the Empress Dowager until the palace banquet began. When that Mr. Ke came to pay her respects..." He shook his head gently, "It was too rude. This also directly led to my not having a good impression of opera singers and song singers." He looked at Shen Haolin, "You were there at the time, right?"

"Yes!" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha who was looking at him eagerly, and said, "Did Mr. Ke still look young at that time? He was probably in his twenties or thirties, probably no more than thirty-five. He was still a little famous at a young age, and he looked down on others. He was not the first person invited by the royal family to perform, but he was definitely the first one who dared to come up and do it."

"Just what?" Seeing Shen Haolin was a little embarrassed, Shen Cha raised her eyebrows slightly, "He spoke rudely to the Queen Mother?"

"He was very frivolous, not just in his behavior but also in his words." Xue Ruitian sighed, "Very unbecoming, because at that time, there were not only us in the queen's palace, but also three queens from other palaces and relatives of other important officials. He was not shy at all and came to each of them one by one." He sighed, "Just..."

"No need to explain, I already understand." Shen Cha nodded, "It sounds like he doesn't have a very good character, right?"

"I really don't know his character. Anyway, his behavior is not very good, and his drinking habits are not very good. In every aspect, the Queen Mother and several concubines are dissatisfied. In addition, they don't like to listen to operas and think it's boring, so their attitude towards this Mr. Ke is not very good."

"I heard that there is not even any reward, right?"

"Yes!" Xue Ruitian nodded gently and said, "He left empty-handed, and he didn't even get a cup of tea. Not only that, the Queen Mother and several concubines also told the wives of several important officials to tell their daughters to be vigilant about such smooth-talking and frivolous men and not to be fooled by their sweet words."

"Indeed." Shen Cha couldn't understand, "Why is he still so popular even though he is like this?"

"Because he really sings well. His singing voice can be gentle and melodious, or sonorous and powerful, like war and iron cavalry. He can sing about the delicate love between men and women, or the magnificent battles on the battlefield. Anyway, he really deserves the title of a great singer. At least back then, and even now, there are very few people who can be like him, so..." Xue Ruitian spread his hands, "It is natural that he is sought after, especially those who are a little older, they still like him very much."

"That's understandable. After all, they only admire Mr. Ke on the stage, and don't admire the person off the stage, right?" Seeing everyone nodding, Shen Cha thought for a moment, "In that case, we've been sitting here for too long, why don't we go out for a walk and take a look at this Mr. Ke?"