What interesting things happened in Canglang Pavilion during Emperor Qianlong's southern tour?

It is said that Emperor Qianlong passed through Suzhou during his southern tour and lived in Canglang Pavilion. One day, after dinner, the emperor felt lonely and bored and wanted to find a pastime. He heard that the storytelling in Suzhou is very famous, and it sings beautifully, with great feelings, color and interest. Then, pass on the will and want to hear the book.

There is a famous storyteller named Wang in Suzhou, and his reputation resounds throughout Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces. Suzhou magistrate personally invited Wang, and took special care of him and put in a good word for him in front of the emperor.

When Wang arrived at Canglang Pavilion, Emperor Qianlong was impatient and asked him to open the book at once.

Wang said quietly and slowly, "Long live the grandfather sitting by the candle, don't you know it's dark all around? How can I see little people playing and singing in the dark? "

Hearing this, Qianlong felt that there was a thorn in his words, but he pointed something at it. Embarrassed, he ordered Wang to give him a candle so that he could open the book quickly.

The king stood there, holding three strings in his hand, motionless. The emperor couldn't help getting angry and asked, "Why don't you open the book?"

The king is neither humble nor supercilious: "Long live the sovereign. Although I say that books are a way, I can only sit down and stand, not say books! "

Gan Long had never heard of Suzhou storytelling, and he didn't know there was such a regulation. He said gruffly, "Give me a seat!"

The chamberlain immediately moved his seat, but he was worried that the first-class officials were afraid to sit and talk in front of the emperor. At present, this storyteller has actually got golden stool, and he is really unconvinced.

Wang Ke ignored all this and sat down grandly. When the three strings are pulled, the sound of "jingle" sounds like birds flying at the phoenix and golden drums ringing together. Gan Long was beaming.

What Wang is best at is the legend of the white snake. So I picked the best paragraph and said it. Talking about how White Queen ate realgar wine by mistake during the Dragon Boat Festival, and how he showed his true colors and scared Xu Xian to death, it was really vivid and lifelike. Qianlong listened with relish, nodded repeatedly and blurted out the word "good".

Wang speaks with clear pronunciation and mellow voice, and the more he speaks, the more vigorously he becomes. Until the White Empress stole the fairy grass, returned to Suzhou, saved Xu Xian, and then fell back. The king released three strings and said, "Please be early tomorrow!"

Ganlong listened and refused to give up. He waved his hand again and again and said, "I'm in a good mood. How can I spoil the fun? "

The chamberlain made a prelude: "Your Majesty, it's already the fifth watch."

As a last resort, Qianlong ordered the chamberlain to place the king in Canglang Pavilion. Emperor Qianlong listened to books with rapture and couldn't rest for a day. He became a real book fan.

Later, he was going back to Beijing, and he was reluctant to part with such a good book, so he ordered Wang to go to Beijing with him and gave him seven pieces of clothes.

Wang went to the Forbidden City and lived in the palace, which was really a successful career. Eat well, dress comfortably, live spacious, and even the walking ground is soft and slippery.

However, on such a happy day, Wang could never get used to it. He felt that playing the piano and singing in the palace was like a lark trapped in a golden cage, unable to sing new songs or spread its wings.

So he made an excuse to get sick, told the emperor and returned to Suzhou. This is exactly what Wang said: "When we sing books, we always want to sing well, so we always do what we should do!" "

Because Wang would rather give up the rich life of the palace in order to tell stories in Suzhou, later there was a legend that Canglang Pavilion was better than the palace.