[R18] Meat is fragrant – Chapter 92 of “Charming Flesh and Fragrance” [English]

Chapter 93 One of the eldest ladies of the warlord family who eloped with an actor

“The flowers on the balcony are trembling, the curtains are shaking in the wind, and the majestic figures are leaning against them. The love of spring is endless, and the golden hairpin is willing to comb the hair. The idle flowers add beauty, and the weeds are fragrant, so my wife does it. Tonight, the lights and shadows are so red that I should be ashamed to see them commonplace. It is really difficult to solve the problem.”

At the end of October in the 13th year of the Republic of China (1924), Shanghai.

Xue Heze was sitting in the balcony of the Xia Ling Pike Cinema, watching the first song of “The Peach Blossom Fan” performed by Qian Yunsheng, a famous dancer from the Shanghai Xianni Club. At this time, he was singing the sixth part of the sleep fragrance.Qian Yunsheng’s Li Xiangjun is full of brilliance in her appearance, her voice is crisp and smooth, her singing is impeccable, and her performance is smooth and perfect.With such a profound foundation in opera performance, it is hard to believe that Qian Yunsheng has just turned 20 years old.

Yes, Qian Yunsheng is exactly 20 years old, two years younger than Xue Heze, who is still in his prime.Xue Heze, who returned from studying abroad two years ago, was madly infatuated with Qian Yunsheng.She is the only daughter of a local warlord who is a member of the Zhejiang Governor Lu Yongxiang. She grew up enjoying countless favors and became an out-and-out rich lady.

In the past few years, Pu Yisheng’s play “Nora” triggered a wave of ideological craze in pursuit of free love and marriage. The “couple, friend, and partner”-like marriage relationship model has attracted many women to run away from home in order to get rid of parental tyranny, and rush to advanced Western societies to pursue open relationships between men and women.Xue Heze was deeply affected by this and asked her father to allow her to study abroad. After a persistent fight, she finally got her wish.

As a woman in the transition between the new era and the old era, she traveled across the ocean and studied in the United States as a girl. Her thoughts are at the forefront of today’s society and are very trendy.

Xue Heze has shoulder-length hair, which is permed with a hair iron into wavy waves during the day. She always wears Western-style clothes, loose clothes, and parallel layered tailoring styles that are quite novel for Shanghai today. The young woman wearing a bell-shaped hat walks on the streets of Shanghai, becoming a beautiful scenery and attracting everyone’s attention.

At this time in Shanghai, most women still restricted their graceful physical characteristics and regarded the traditional flat chest and slim shoulders as beauty.The woman’s thin body coupled with gentle makeup exudes traditional elegance.Xue Heze drank foreign ink, and her aesthetics and values ​​​​have naturally undergone earth-shaking changes. She opposes women covering up their inherent softness under the constraints of feudal dogma, and advocates equality between men and women in the new era. Women should put aside the shackles of old ethics and show themselves.

Among the many ladies and daughters of famous ladies, there are quite a few women with progressive ideas. Modern daughters wearing glasses and wearing white silk scarves are eager to be paid attention to and recognized by the society as women’s value. Among them, there are many wonderful people who are highly sought after by young talents.

As a member of progressive women, Xue Heze is undoubtedly outstanding.Not to mention her orchids in the empty valley, her lotus-like appearance under the moonlight, her bold and innovative Westernized dressing style, and her courage to chase Qian Yunsheng everywhere for three days and two, people can’t help but admire her courage to love.

However, she also lost her father’s face.

It is really despising that the elegant and beautiful eldest daughter of a warlord family should abandon her reserve and pursue a low-ranking actor.

But Xue Heze didn’t care about other people’s opinions at all, she just wanted to go her own way and be independent according to her own preferences.

To a certain extent, he is so naive and so cute.

“With golden cups and wine, I kept persuading Shen and Shen Yu after dusk. They held hands privately, with sad eyebrows and fragrant skin. The spring night lasted for a long time, how could I untie the hibiscus button in front of people. I hope that when the lights are dim and the feast is over, the palace pot will drip all the lotus flowers…”

Xue Heze touched his chest with his hand as he listened to the long, melodious and touching singing.

The heart under the palm of his hand was beating wildly, and this body still honestly retained the throbbing for Qian Yunsheng. Gu Mingyue’s breathing was disordered, and she thought with ups and downs of emotions.

Qian Yunsheng’s smile on the stage moved people’s hearts.The eyes are full of emotion, bright and lively.He walks like a weak willow supporting the wind, and his figure is natural.The simple and elegant clothes are swaying lightly in the movements, and the movements are delicate and charming. The colors are fragrant and national, and the colors are unparalleled.

Today is the day. In the original article, Xue Heze and Qian Yunsheng eloped tonight.

After the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, Lu Yongxiang left the country and crossed to Japan, and Qi Xieyuan took actual control of Shanghai today.Xue Heze’s father led the army to join Sun Chuanfang of Fujian after the Jiangsu-Zhejiang War, and betrothed his only daughter to the son of his close subordinate.

Xue Heze was unwilling in every possible way. All she thought about in her dreams was Qian Yunsheng. How could she accept an arranged marriage that was “ordered by her parents and arranged by a matchmaker”? So she took all her money and jewelry with her and chose the last day of Qian Yunsheng’s three-day performance, and asked someone to give him a message to meet him backstage after the show.

Love that is as desperate as a firefly fighting against the fire mostly ends in tragedy.Xue Heze’s short life ended when he eloped with Qian Yunsheng.

So when Xue Heze stepped into the building of Xia Ling Pike Cinema, Gu Mingyue was transported to this working world.

It was the time when Qian Yunsheng came on stage. Even though Gu Mingyue, who was sitting high up, was separated from the person on the stage by a distance that could blur their faces, she still felt the burning gaze from the stage.

Wherever there is money and Yunsheng, there is the eldest lady of the Xue family.I have been chased by an eldest lady from a good family for two years. I am sorry that he is just a block of ice, and it is time to cover it up a little.

Gu Mingyue, who is familiar with the plot, actually doesn’t know how much Qian Yunsheng’s true feelings for Xue Heze are.As a popular Kunqu opera actress, Qian Yunsheng is willing to drop everything and elope with Xue Heze. Perhaps the fundamental reason is that he wants to get rid of that person, the man who made him famous…

“This cloud situation followed the rain, and it just scratched my heart. Who stirred up the sleeping mandarin ducks. I was turned over by the red waves, and I was full of joy in a hurry. The lingering fragrance on my pillow, the lingering fragrance on my handkerchief, the ecstasy taste, I only tasted it in my dreams.”

In the soft and beautiful lyrics, Gu Mingyue stood up and tidied her clothes. After two more performances of this opera, she was going to count her belongings and leave the balcony to go backstage.

What kind of expression should she show after seeing Qian Yunsheng this time, and how should she persuade him to elope with her? Gu Mingyue was not sure, and for the first time, her heart was pounding in panic.

The two-year acquaintance was not long enough for Qian Yunsheng to understand Xue Heze’s character.

How to play the role of a young lady who is slightly petite and willful, innocent yet cute, and has a heart for Qian Yunsheng without being noticed. As Gu Mingyue who does not really live in the current society, this task is quite a test of acting skills.

The closer she got to Qian Yunsheng’s exclusive dressing room backstage, the more nervous Gu Mingyue became. Her mouth was dry, her heartbeat was racing, and her fingertips were slightly cold.When the staff members walking back and forth in the corridor saw Gu Mingyue, they all showed unexpected expressions on their faces. One of them, a familiar-looking man, glanced at Qian Yunsheng’s dressing room from the corner of his eye, and then winked at her with a gloating smile on his lips.

Come to think of it, he is another well-known female actor in the Xianni Society. He has good looks, body and singing, and his performance is on point. However… he was unlucky and was outshined by Qian Yunsheng.

If he really can’t sing as well as Qian Yunsheng, he will just accept his fate.However, Qian Yunsheng was clearly held up by the person inside. He Wen Chuanxi was no match for Qian Yunsheng. He was always suppressed by the butt-selling Mr. Rabbit and could not stand up.

Miss Xue is a loyal fan of Qian Yunsheng, and no one knows that she has already been secretly attracted to him.In order to please Qian Yunsheng, he would come to every scene to support him, and the gifts he occasionally sent were valuable.If she knew the relationship between the person inside and Qian Yunsheng, there would be a great show to watch. It would definitely be an unparalleled show… I really can’t wait.

Gu Mingyue pretended not to understand what Wen Chuanxi meant, gave him a toothy smile, and held the door handle of the dressing room. At the moment of exerting force, her hand paused slightly… She took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, she calmed down and quickly adjusted her mentality, and then opened the door with one breath.

There was someone in the dressing room, who they were, and what kind of relationship they had with Qian Yunsheng. Gu Mingyue knew very well.

Xue Heze found Qian Yunsheng after the performance, so he was separated from that person.Gu Mingyue deliberately came to the dressing room in advance just to meet that person.

“Is it you?”

“What, are you surprised to see your fiancée?”

The man in the dressing room sat leisurely on a chair with his legs propped up. He was wearing a white silk high-end suit and his leather shoes were polished to a bright finish.The suit jacket was casually placed on the back of the chair, and he was only wearing a light gray plaid vest and a white shirt. Two buttons on the collar of the shirt were unbuttoned, and the slightly convex collarbone could be vaguely seen from between the collars.

The mood of the man in front of him was as comfortable as if he were at home. His hair was parted in the middle and combed back on both sides. It didn’t have the wet-hair effect that is common nowadays, but had an airy fluffy feel, which was unique and stylish.The lines on his face were sharp but not overly sharp. His eyes were straight and his nose was straight under his slender eyebrows. His thin and moderate lips were slightly raised. His hands that were loosely folded on his knees were spread out to both sides. He made a welcoming gesture and said, “Tang is not surprised at all to see Miss Xue here.”

The implication is that in Shanghai’s social circle, who doesn’t know Miss Xue’s thoughts about Qian Yunsheng and her habit of abandoning her reserve and running after men?

The smell of gunpowder in this sentence is so strong, it can be seen that Tang Yingshao is also very dissatisfied with his marriage to Xue Heze.

Tang Yingshao can be regarded as a young and promising generation. The traditional Chinese education he received since childhood and the Western education he received while studying abroad made him knowledgeable, personable, and extraordinary in conversation.Tang Yingshao was the second among the younger generation in the family. He had an elder brother who supported his father, and a younger sister who followed her mother to take care of daily affairs. He did not need to worry about anything outside the family, so after returning to China, he opened a bank in Shanghai. With the help of his family and relatives and friends, he became one of the successful people in Shanghai’s business community in a short period of time.Tang Yingshao was talented, rich, with a good family background and good looks. There were countless women pursuing him like crucian carp crossing the river.As a golden bachelor, Er Shao Tang has been playing among the flowers in Shanghai these years, until a few days ago, his family decided to marry him.

Xue Heze and Tang Yingshao were 7 years apart. The woman was as beautiful as a flower, and the man was tall and handsome. People who were not familiar with the Xue and Tang families all praised them as a perfect couple, while those who were familiar with them were secretly waiting to see the two of them make a joke.

Xue Heze openly admired Qian Yunsheng, while Tang Yingshao was secretly the financial sponsor of Qian Yunsheng. The two were unclear, and acquaintances secretly thought that if these three people got together, what a show they would not miss!

“You’re not surprised, but I’m surprised. Why are you here, why did you come here to see me?” Gu Mingyue straightened the uneven wavy curls around her face and found a chair to sit down.

Tang Yingshao smiled brightly, shook her head and said in a calm tone: “Miss Xue is extremely smart, she doesn’t know the reason why Tang is here, why should she know about the consultant?”

Gu Mingyue’s attitude of pretending to be ignorant was immediately revealed, and he got to the point without any hesitation, as if to make her not know how to answer the question.

The atmosphere turned awkward for a moment.

Gu Mingyue gritted her teeth secretly. This Tang Yingshao was really hateful. If the real Xue Heze was here, he might be so angry that he would tear her face apart.

It’s a pity that she is not Xue Heze who is infatuated with Qian Yunsheng, nor will she be stimulated to the point of confusion by Tang Yingshao’s words like teasing a pet.

“The rumors are not trustworthy…but now I have to believe them.” Gu Mingyue said lightly with lowered eyes. Her long eyelashes were like two small fans, covering the emotions in her eyes.

“Haha… interesting, so interesting…”

Tang Yingshao didn’t see Gu Mingyue jumping around in her imagination. Instead, she laughed out loud. Her eyes fell on the woman who was wearing a light pink silk embroidered open-collar top and a long skirt with layered ruffles of the same color. The more she looked at her, the brighter the light in her pupils.

Although the two were newly engaged couples, they had never met before today due to the hasty engagement.

The eldest lady of the Xue family is even more beautiful than she looks in the photos.

She has curly black brocade-like hair hanging down on her shoulders, with one side pinned behind her ears by a pearl hairpin. Thin bangs on her forehead are dense and dense, hanging on her curved eyebrows like willow leaves.Her eyes are round and big, with long and curly eyelashes, and dark pupils like two shiny black agate pills, full of water and light; her nose bridge is straight and small, and her beautiful mouth is like a bright red rose petal; her skin is so white and flawless that you can’t even see her pores up close, her texture is delicate and shiny… Her figure is even more slender, with curves exposed and a graceful posture.

Just looking at Xue Heze’s appearance, it seems that he agreed to the marriage in vain. Looking at her calm demeanor and her conversation without revealing any thoughts, she is not like the coquettish, willful and ignorant wife in the rumors. It is estimated that she will be a wife who can support her appearance and run a good family.

Tang Yingshao just wanted to have a tryst with Qian Yunsheng today and express his displeasure about the marriage. Unexpectedly, after meeting Gu Mingyue, his mind changed completely and he sincerely wanted to marry her.

In this way, it would be difficult to see Qian Yunsheng again now.

It’s okay to leave directly, but leave her…

After thinking for a few times, Tang Yingshao stood up and picked up his coat from the back of the chair. He walked up to Gu Mingyue and stretched out his hand to her. Unsurprisingly, he was completely ignored.

really.

“He Ze, see you next time.” Tang Yingshao was not annoyed. He took back his hand with a smile and opened the door gracefully.

Although he is reluctant to leave, maybe he should find a way to send Qian Yunsheng out of Shanghai temporarily. Suzhou is a good place…

When he walked to the corridor, he happened to meet Qian Yunsheng who came off the stage and returned to the dressing room.

Tang Yingshao smiled lightly and patted Qian Yunsheng on the shoulder, and left without any communication for the first time under the doubtful look in his eyes.

“Hey, what’s going on?” Wen Chuanxi leaned against the wall with his arms folded, with a hint of a scheming smile in his eyes.He raised his chin in the direction of Qian Yunsheng’s dressing room and said, “It was so fierce, it drove everyone away.”

That’s it.

Qian Yunsheng felt relieved and ignored Wen Chuanxi’s obviously unkind “concern”. He walked into the dressing room with a normal expression and closed the door behind him tightly, blocking out the probing eyes of the troublemakers.