Chongzhen revived the Ming Dynasty

The first day of the fashion festival was mainly a display of various crowns and costumes.

Except for some new categories, most of the clothing has been seen by people, and some people even find it very familiar.

But even so, the display of so many crowns and costumes still opened people's eyes.

Under normal circumstances, ordinary people would never see so many costumes!

What people especially talked about was that the men and women who displayed the crowns and costumes were very handsome. It was said that they were specially selected and were called models by the emperor.

Before the fashion festival was over, many people asked where these models came from. After learning that most of them came from music schools, these people sighed.

As a school jointly run by the inner court and the Ministry of Rites, the School of Music was very famous and was the highest institution for cultivating music talents in the Ming Dynasty. It was responsible for supplying talents to the Music Bureau, the Jiaofang Division, the Royal Orchestra and other institutions, and was protected by these institutions.

What is particularly noteworthy is that there is a women's college in the music school. It is one of the only two women's colleges in the capital. And like the women's college, it is run by the empress. It is said that the empress uses this college to train women to be presented to the emperor.

No matter how ignorant a person is, he would not dare to cause trouble in this school. Otherwise, he might offend the future concubines and bring disaster to himself.

However, everyone loves beauty. Although I dare not provoke them, I can't stop them from talking about them.

During the final concentrated demonstration, Chen Zilong pointed at an extremely outstanding woman and said to Zhang Pu next to him:

"Brother Tianru, does that woman look familiar to you?"

"I seem to have seen it somewhere before, but I can't remember where."

Zhang Pu took a look and felt it was somewhat familiar.

However, he also didn't remember it for a while, until he was awakened by the music next to him, and then he suddenly said:

"He is Xu Fo's disciple. We happened to meet him there when we visited the Royal Orchestra last year."

"Her singing of 'The Female Number One Scholar' was really impressive!"

"No wonder she was wearing the attire of a noblewoman that matched the crown and robes of the number one scholar, but her eyes were always looking at the number one scholar."

During an encounter at the Royal Orchestra last year, everyone was deeply impressed by the petite but heroic woman.

Chen Zilong also remembered her name at this time, and said suddenly:
"I remember now. It was Xu Fo's disciple, Liu Yin Liu Rushi."

“I didn’t expect that there would be such a big change in just one year.”

If Liu Rushi was still a girl last year, she has grown into a young lady this year. Although she has not fully grown up, we can already see what she will be like in the future.

This made them sigh that Xu Fo was worthy of being Xu Fo. He trained such an outstanding disciple, which would provide him with security when he was old.

It is obvious that Liu Rushi will be more beautiful than Xu Fo in the future. She can be said to be stunningly beautiful.

If someone had some of Xu Fo's talents, it would be obvious that his fame would surpass Xu Fo's.

If this person had not been recruited into the Royal Orchestra and sent to study at the Women's Music Academy, perhaps the two of them would have approached him and shown off their talent.

I think that the woman who sang "The Female Number One Scholar" and envied the number one scholar's crown and clothes would like talented men like them more.
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Liu Rushi was indeed extremely envious of the top scholar's robes worn by the man next to her, because she had originally applied to wear this robe, hoping to appear in front of everyone as a female top scholar.

But drama is drama after all, and she is not allowed to wear anything casually in such a formal occasion that displays the court's crown and costumes.

In the end, she could only wear the attire of a noble lady that matched the number one scholar's crown and robes and accompany him on stage.

She was unhappy and kept looking at the "number one scholar", which made the man feel uncomfortable and thought he was wearing something wrong.

Queen Zhou, who was sitting on the high platform, also noticed this and asked the female official next to her:

"Who is that woman? Why is she staring at the man next to her?"

"Could it be that the atmosphere of the women's music academy is not strict enough to allow them to have an affair?"

I was already thinking about whether to separate the women's music college from the music school.

Otherwise, if a scandal arises, it will be shameful for her.

The female official next to her was one of the organizers of this fashion festival, and she stood beside the queen to explain. Hearing this, she glanced in Liu Rushi's direction, smiled, and said:

"It's not that there's any private affair. Miss Liu originally planned to wear the crown and robes of the top scholar, but she didn't wear them in the end."

"She was looking at the person's clothing and probably thought she would look better in it."

He explained in detail to the Queen why Liu Rushi looked at that man.

When Queen Zhou learned that she was the candidate for the female lead of "The Female Number One Scholar" and wanted to wear the number one scholar's crown and clothes but was unable to do so, she also laughed:

"What a little girl, everything is on her face."

"Tell her to study opera well. If she can sing well in the future, I can fulfill her wish and give her the crown and clothes of the top scholar."

Empress Zhou was very tolerant of the heroine of the play "The Number One Scholar", because the main part of the play was written by the emperor for her, and then the play was made.

So she really likes this play. She also loves the woman who can sing this play well.

At this moment, she looked at Liu Rushi carefully. The more she looked, the more she felt that she was a potential beauty, and that she might be as beautiful as Concubine Tian in the future.

Thinking of the emperor's preferences, she asked the female official next to her:

"How talented is this Liu Rushi?"

"Besides singing, what other talents do you have?"

Seeing the Queen's concern for Liu Rushi, the female official knew that she had caught the Queen's eye, and she carefully considered her answer:
"She is Xu Fo's disciple and has inherited Xu Fo's talent."

"The Queen asked Master Li to recommend a woman before, and she was on the list."

Master Li is Li Yu, the conductor of the Royal Orchestra, and he and Queen Zhou are both from Suzhou.

Before, Empress Zhou asked him to use his position as the head of the Royal Orchestra to recommend some girls for key training. She pointed out that those who were good at music and had talent should be presented to the emperor in the future to share the favor of Concubine Tian.

The fact that Liu Rushi was recommended by Li Yu shows that she is both beautiful and talented, and not just a pretty face.

Thinking about Liu Yinzi Rushi's name on the list, she smiled softly and said:

"I see how charming Qingshan is, and I expect Qingshan to see me like this."

"The little girl is really confident. No wonder she can sing "The Female Number One Scholar"."

Liu Rushi knew Xin Qiji's poems and was confident that the green mountains would find her charming. Her confidence and talent were extraordinary.

Empress Zhou admired this kind of person, but she was also a little wary of him. She was worried that another Concubine Tian would appear after she was selected into the palace.

Thinking about how Liu Rushi was now Xu Fo's disciple and how famous Xu Fo was in the past, she frowned slightly and instructed the female official beside her:
"Introduce this person to Madam Fang, and ask Madam Fang to train him well."

"Teach her the palace rules. From now on, she is not allowed to go on stage without my permission."

He planned to let Liu Rushi take Fang Weiyi as her teacher to cultivate her etiquette.

As Fang Yizhi's aunt, Fang Weiyi was invited by Empress Zhou to the palace to draw a picture of the Nine Lotus Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara giving birth to a child. After that, Empress Zhou gave birth to the prince, which made her very grateful to Fang Weiyi.

Last year, when Fang Yizhi was granted the title of Yuanshi, Empress Zhou asked the current emperor to grant Fang Weiyi, who taught Fang Yizhi, an imperial edict. She was also invited to the palace to explain how to teach a child.

Now Fang Weiyi has been appointed by her as the deputy principal of the girls' school, teaching the girls studying in the school.

I think with her training, Liu Rushi will be more outstanding in the future and will not easily go astray.

In fact, if Empress Zhou did not want people to think that the atmosphere in the girls' school was not serious, she even planned to transfer Liu Rucong from the Women's Music College to the Girls' School to learn what it was like to be a lady from a noble family.

But thinking that most of the girls in the girls' school nowadays were from wealthy families and royal families, she had to give up this idea. She only let Liu Rushi worship Fang Weiyi as her teacher and still stay in the girls' music school.

But she would never have to show up in public again. Empress Zhou planned to hide her and wait for an opportunity to present her to the emperor. (End of this chapter)