Chapter 360 - The Performance (2) (1/2)

Xiao Fang tried to design a play what was combining a few outstanding performances that she had seen and then, turned it into a simple play about a love story which quite popular for the ladies. Besides, the one who was celebrating the birthday here was the Empress Dowager which always loved gossiping -- this was a known fact in the noble circle.

When people were old, they tended to have no entertainment, so they usually gathered around with her friends and talked about interesting gossip in the capital. They had been bored with ordinary dancing and music performances, thus, they generally loved to call a storyteller once in a while --- but they only talked without doing any performances.

That was the reason why Xiao Fang tried to invent a new performance to attract the crowds' attention.

Not only that, but the Empress Dowager had a love story that people rarely knew back then --- only a few people knew and one of them was Han Xiang. The latter was the one who told Xiao Fang about it back then.

When Yao Ying was still performing up there by doing some acrobatics and dangerous moves, a woman suddenly came out from the back of the stage and laughed along with a few beautiful women --- all of them were wearing veils so no one could see their real faces clearly. It made the audience feel even more curious ah~!

This trope chose not to reveal any of the women's face, unlike the other tropes who wanted to find a chance to climb the ladder. However, they seemed to have outstanding appearances judging from their elegant movement --- they didn't look like commoners at all. People began to question their identities but not in a negative way.

Yao Ling played a piece of upbeat music and adjusted it with Yao Ying's joyful performance which representing Yao Ying's youthfulness. Some of the audiences even moved along with the beat secretly. However, when that group of women appeared, the qujin's sound turned into soft once again, highlighting those women's appearance on the stage.

Yao Ying was surprised and stopped his movement when he felt there was a change in the atmosphere. He was still standing up in the middle of the thin rope, but his eyes kept darting around to find the lovely laughter voice of a few women that drifted into his ears.

Yao Ying didn't move... no, not didn't... but couldn't, because he was entranced by someone and because of that, he couldn't take off his eyes from one of the women that had just come --- the woman who was standing beautifully in the middle of the stage and surrounded with so many women at once.

The other women deliberately wore white-colored articles of clothing which emphasized the beautiful woman's pink robe. It seemed like the woman in the pink robe was the daughter of one of the important officials --- judging from her graceful bearing and walking manner. Despite the cheery laughter of the others, she only smiled softly.

This performance made the audience feel mixed feelings. The performers seemed bold enough to choose a taboo love story for the theme when they saw the male lead and the female lead. They were afraid that this would affect their wives and daughters' mind, but at the same time, this performance was carefully packaged that it made them feel curious to watch everything until the end.

The story was that enchanting to them.

The officials looked at the Emperor and Empress Dowager, but both of them didn't seem to have the intention to stop them from performing, thus, they could only sit back and back to enjoy the performance once again. There was still a lot of time to stop the performance later if the content wasn't suitable.

The woman in the pink robe was played by Xiao Fang. After laughing for a little while, Xiao Fang started to tease the other women and dance beautifully. She heard the beautiful melodies that were played by Yao Ling and it made her feel the sudden urge to dance.