I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 106 Performance
Zhu Houxuan knew that this was because he occupied the lottery position and blocked many people from making money through lottery, so they took advantage of this trend to attack him together and wanted to drive him out of the capital.

However, Zhu Houxuan was also happy with this, and he wanted to take this opportunity to leave the capital.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't give him this opportunity at all.

Zhu Houxuan went to look for Zhu Houzhao several times but couldn't find him. He finally caught him once, but Zhu Houzhao didn't give him any chance to speak.

Zhu Houxuan had no choice but to deal with all the matters left in the capital, such as the "Legend of White Snake" which had been delayed for a very long time.

In fact, "Legend of White Snake" has almost been rehearsed, but there is no official performance yet. It is not suitable for public performance at this time, but after Empress Dowager Zhang received the news, she couldn't wait to let the performance go ahead.

However, considering the current atmosphere in the capital, the performance of "Legend of White Snake" was very low-key. It was only performed in the palace, and the number of invited guests was very small, only various relatives of the royal family.

Just before the show was about to start, Zhu Houxuan was surprised to find that Zhu Houzhao, who had been hiding from him for several days, also showed up.

"Brother, your new play is about to be performed, and as your elder brother, I have to come and support you," said Zhu Houzhao.

"Thank you, my royal brother!" said Zhu Houxuan. He knew that Zhu Houzhao was very busy recently.

"Royal brother, please allow me to return to my fiefdom, I..." Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but say.

"Let's just watch the show today, don't mention this matter!" Zhu Houzhao said somewhat unhappily.

"Brother, I am leaving this time in order to come back better next time. Please let me go back! Just summon me to Beijing after a while." Zhu Houxuan advised earnestly.

"Brother, don't say anymore. I know you want to leave Beijing to relieve the pressure on me, but you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. This little pressure is nothing. Don't mention this matter again today!" Zhu Houzhao said with a stern face.

Zhu Houxun secretly groaned in his heart, he knew that it was Zhu Houzhao's bad temper coming out.

Zhu Houzhao mistakenly believed that Zhu Houxun's departure was to help him relieve political pressure, so he refused to let him go.

But Zhu Houxuan had already made up his mind to leave, and couldn't help but continue to say: "Royal brother."

Zhu Houzhao looked at him fiercely, "If you mention this again, I will leave now!"

Zhu Houxuan didn't dare to say anything more. He knew that this was the time Zhu Houzhao had squeezed out to relax, so he just let him watch the play and relax.

Soon Empress Dowager Zhang also arrived, and she was accompanied by Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang.

Empress Dowager Zhang greeted Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houxun with a smile, exchanged a few words of pleasantries, and then took a seat.

Following him were Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang, who looked at Zhu Houxuan with hatred.

Zhu Houxuan still politely bowed to them.

However, Zhang Heling, Marquis of Shouning, and Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Jianchang, snorted coldly and took their seats.

Zhu Houxuan and his two cheap uncles had a complete falling out.

After Zhu Houxuan donated the profits from the lottery to the Ministry of Revenue, these two uncles got the news and became furious, and went straight to the Princes' Palace to make trouble again.

Their reasons were very bizarre, and their train of thought was very strange. In their original words, they said: If the shares of the lottery all belonged to their nephew, the emperor, they would not say anything, but they could not tolerate you giving the shares to an outsider, the Ministry of Revenue. Their own relatives took the silver and refused to sell them, but instead gave them to an outsider, the Ministry of Revenue, for free. This means you don't treat them as relatives and you look down on them.

In short, they went to the princes' halls to make trouble several times, and Zhu Houxun naturally did not give them a good look, and then they fell out.

Empress Dowager Zhang sent someone to persuade Zhu Houxuan to give some of the lottery shares to her two brothers, but Zhu Houxuan ignored her. Fortunately, Empress Dowager Zhang did not take it too seriously. This matter spread all over the capital. In fact, people were used to the domineering behavior of the two uncles and treated it as a joke.

With the arrival of Empress Dowager Zhang, the new Jing opera "The Legend of White Snake" began.

"The Legend of White Snake" still maintains the tradition of Jing Opera with many novel and popular lyrics and music.

All the lyrics and music are from the 92 TV series "The Legend of the New White Snake".

As the extremely classic melodies sounded, classic songs such as "Crossing Love", "Waiting for a Thousand Years", "Past and Present Life", and "Bai Suzhen Under the Qingcheng Mountain" were performed one by one.

Compared to "Journey to the West: The Women Kingdom", "Legend of White Snake" is actually more entertaining, both in terms of lyrics and plot.

This time, Zhu Houxuan did not make the lines in the form of pure vernacular dialogues. Many lines were sung like in the TV series, and the singing style was also consistent with the TV series.

This was even more refreshing for the Ming Dynasty natives present. In fact, this was in line with their understanding of opera, which was that opera should be sung more often.
What surprised the Ming Dynasty natives even more was the singing style!
As we all know, the singing styles in the TV series "The Legend of the New White Snake" are all Huangmei Opera singing styles.

Huangmei Opera's singing style is simple and fluent, with a bright and lyrical style and rich expressiveness.

Huangmei Opera developed in the mid-Qing Dynasty. Its singing style has become extremely mature by modern times, and it still has many fans in modern times.

This kind of singing style is even more in line with the aesthetic taste of the Ming Dynasty natives today.

In addition, the professional skills of the bell and drum staff were so high that Zhu Houxuan also added harmony, making the expressiveness of the singing almost as good as the original TV series.

After a few repetitions, some audience members have learned this singing style. When the stage is singing, the audience can't help but sing along in a low voice.
In addition, Zhu Houxuan was surprised to find whale oil in the warehouse of the Bell and Drum Bureau. Whale oil burns very brightly, stably and for a long time. Before the invention of electric lights, whale oil was used for lighting in Western drama performances.

When whale oil came into Zhu Houxuan's hands, he used it in many ways, creating various lights to increase the performance of the stage, such as a simple searchlight.
In terms of the plot, due to time constraints, Zhu Houxuan simply simplified the original version, but most of the classic scenes were retained.

For example, the scene where Fahai forcibly separates Bai Suzhen and Xu Xian.

Then the plot after Bai Suzhen was imprisoned in Leifeng Pagoda was greatly changed.

In the original version, Xu Xian's son passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar. His filial piety moved heaven and earth, and he rescued Bai Suzhen.

But Zhu Houxuan did not like plots with such a strong feudal atmosphere, especially since he was going to abolish the imperial examination system in the future, so it was even more impossible for him to promote the imperial examination system now.

So he borrowed from The Lotus Lantern and changed the plot to make it more rebellious.

Xu Xian's son is a hybrid of human and demon, a talented cultivator with outstanding qualifications. Under the guidance of Xiaoqing, he obtained a hair of Sun Wukong and inherited part of Sun Wukong's inheritance. After he grew up, he went straight to Leifeng Pagoda, defeated Fahai, and rescued Bai Suzhen.

Anyway, Zhu Houzhao quite liked this plot.

The image of the characters is also consistent with the TV series. Bai Suzhen played by Qin Yuelan is quite similar to the original version, and Xu Xian is also played by a woman.

Qin Yuelan is very suitable to play this role.

As for why Qin Yuelan was chosen to play Bai Suzhen, it was because Empress Dowager Zhang once visited the set and saw Qin Yuelan communicating with the band, so she personally chose Qin Yuelan to play Bai Suzhen.

All in all, the performance was very successful and everyone was very satisfied with it.

But no one noticed that the brothers Zhang Heling and Zhang Yanling kept looking at Qin Yuelan with strange eyes as she bowed on the stage.
(End of this chapter)