At the entrance of the Opera House, crowds of people surged once again.

Lao Ren and a group of brothers started working here early.

"One silver coin each. There are only two seats left in the first few rows."

Lao Ren personally shouted to the crowd to sell the two tickets he had just received.

The situation of hard-to-get tickets for the Opera House's popular theaters has never been completely alleviated.

Especially since today's performance is "Swordsman", which has become popular in Chang'an City recently, the tickets will sell even better.

"Two silver coins, right? Give it to me."

Su Chengguan didn't queue at all today. He was experienced and not short of money, so he went directly to Lao Ren and asked for two front-row tickets.

Today, he came to the opera house with Xie Tianwu, the magistrate of Chang'an County.

By chance, Su Chengguan, who is good at dancing, now knows a lot of people in Chang'an City.

Xie Tianwu had some official dealings with him, and Su Chengguan became familiar with him after going back and forth.

"These people are really good at making money. With such a simple ticket, they can actually find a way to make money."

General Xie Tian saw this scene and felt very emotional in his heart.

"Xie Xiancheng, in the words of some students at Guanshishan Academy, there is a market where there is demand. The supply of tickets to the Opera House exceeds demand, so naturally some people are willing to queue up to buy tickets and then sell them to other people; there are also people

Specializing in purchasing tickets, reselling them to other people, I think this can be regarded as solving the needs of some people."

The butt determines the head.

As a beneficiary of this rule, Su Chengguan would naturally not be aware of this phenomenon.

"That's true. It's no wonder that both Naqujiang Academy and Weishui Academy are building opera houses. It seems that they also saw that the opera house of Guanshishan Academy is making money in a good way."

Xie Tianwu and Su Chengguan walked towards the ticket gate while chatting.

…

"Shan Bin, it seems that my second brother didn't come today."

Li Tai was sitting in one of the few boxes in the opera house, talking to Du Chuke beside him.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, today is the premiere of "Swordsman". According to my guess, there is an 80% chance that he will come to watch it, unless he has watched it beforehand. However, even if he does not come today, as long as he is allowed to

Knowing that you are here, Your Majesty, can be considered as half of the goal has been achieved."

As the chief historian of the Wei Palace, Du Chuke naturally tried every possible means to provide him with advice when Li Tai and Li Chengqian were competing for power more intensely.

This time I watched "The Swordsman", of course it had something to do with the fact that this drama had already become popular in Chang'an City before it even started, but more importantly it was because I wanted to "encounter" Li Kuan by chance and build a relationship with him.

Li Tai is no longer a child.

He also has an increasingly intuitive understanding of the influence of the Chu Palace in Chang'an City and even the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, he spent a lot of money recruiting people in the past few years, which also made him more aware of the importance of having a God of Wealth by his side.

Most of the noble sons and daughters of Chang'an City are willing to support him in order to plan for a better future.

Of course, it would be best if you have a good future and countless money.

"The imperial court has decided to establish the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty near Guanshishan Academy. I think this place is the best place to expand its influence to the military. Although His Majesty personally serves as the dean and the governor is Qin Shubao, but once

However, my second brother’s opinion is the main one when dealing with matters. If we can win his support, then our influence in the military academy will be greatly increased.”

Not many people in Chang'an City can understand the far-reaching significance of the Royal Military Academy of the Tang Dynasty.

But this academy is a place to train future generals at all levels of the Tang Dynasty. Everyone still understands this truth.

"His Royal Highness the King of Chu doesn't want to bet on either side right now. He has the same idea as some ministers in the court. However, if we can't pull him over, we must not let him fall to His Highness the Crown Prince."

As the actual executor of many matters in the Wei Palace, Du Chuke had a deeper understanding of the influence of the Chu Palace.

"I had this worry before, but the more I think about it now, the less likely it will be. Why doesn't he want to place a bet yet? Isn't it because he doesn't want to take any risks? With his ability, after the new emperor ascends the throne, he still wants to

If you have some ambition, you won't attack him easily.

Even if you attack him, do you think he really has no power to fight back? Not to mention Liangzhou and Dengzhou, just Japan and Nanyang, how many people in Chang'an City know how powerful he is in those places?"

Li Tai is thinking more and more clearly now.

The absolute strength of the Chu Palace is there. No matter who wants to deal with him, they must think about the consequences and whether it is worth it.

"That's true. I heard that Donghai Fisheries has built a new city in Puluozhong in Nanyang. It is very large. Many maritime merchants from Jiangnan Province now basically end at Puluozhong when going to Nanyang. Donghai Fisheries is in order to bring more

Many maritime merchants docked in Puluo, and they even took the initiative to take some merchants out to sea."

When Du Chuke said this, he inexplicably thought of the bunches of pepper.

If he hadn't acted quickly enough, the finances of the Wei Palace would have been almost destroyed by the pepper shipped back from the East China Sea fishery.

"So, my second brother is not as easy to deal with as you want. If he hadn't been adopted, there would probably be many people supporting him in the fight for the throne."

Although the distinction between legitimate concubines and concubines in this era was very strict, concubines were not completely without opportunities.

"His Royal Highness the King of Wei, my subordinates saw that His Highness the King of Chu was walking very close to His Highness the King of Jin. Could it be that he placed the treasure on His Highness the King of Jin?"

When Du Chuke said this, even he didn't believe it.

At this time, although Li Zhi was very favored by Li Shimin, he had no sense of presence in the court.

So neither Li Chengqian nor Li Tai, to be honest, did not regard Li Zhi as their competitor.

Li Shimin also never expressed his intention to let Li Zhi take over.

"Both Pheasant Nu and Si Zi like to run to Prince Chu's Mansion, but when it comes to the succession of the throne, I don't think anyone will easily change their stance because of this situation."

Li Tai thought for a few breaths and didn't think that what Du Chuke said was possible.

"That may be because my subordinate is worrying too much."

…

In Gaochang, Qu Wentai has been feeling some pain in his heart from time to time recently.

Especially after every exercise with his beautiful concubine, Qu Wentai would feel persistent chest tightness, chest pain, and radiating pain, and was often accompanied by cold sweats, palpitation, shortness of breath and other symptoms.

There are no good doctors in Gaochang. Besides, except for these symptoms, Qu Wentai feels that he is quite normal at other times.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation from Qikou."

Qu Wentai had just drank a glass of wine, admiring the graceful figures of the singers, and thinking about who he would spend the night with, but he was interrupted by a hurried emergency call.

"Is there anything that we can't talk about until I finish enjoying this dance? Do you still know your priorities?"

Qu Wentai was very unhappy and glared at the guard who also disturbed his beautiful state.

Ever since Gaochang State defected to the Western Turks and cut off the Silk Road of the Tang Dynasty, Qu Wentai's life had become much more comfortable.

In the Western Region, although the Western Turks have declined, they are still the big brother.

With the Western Turks covering them, several small countries around Gaochang State did not dare to make any small moves.

"Your Majesty, the army of the Tang State has appeared in Qikou. It is spread all over the mountains and plains. There are cavalry everywhere. The troops are so powerful that there is no way to resist them. Now they are heading straight for the capital."

"What?"

Qu Wentai stood up suddenly, his face turning pale.

Why did he dare to do things that harmed the interests of the Tang Dynasty and defected to the Western Turks?

Not because Gaochang State is seven or eight thousand miles away from Chang'an City, and there is a dangerous desert in between, so the possibility of Datang sending troops is very low.

Now, I suddenly heard that Tang Jun appeared in Qikou. Is that okay?

The Tang Dynasty had sent troops and generals to attack Gaochang. Qu Wentai had heard about this news from businessmen traveling to the Western Regions before, but he didn't take it seriously.

The Tang army came from Chang'an. Once they left Dunhuang, they were in a desert area. It was extremely cold in winter and unbearably hot in summer, making it difficult to cross during the march.

Even though they barely crossed the desert, Qu Wentai believed that the Tang army had suffered heavy casualties and had no supplies, so it had no combat effectiveness at all.

The news I heard now is completely different.

This is a bit bad.

With the strength of Gaochang State, there was absolutely no way to deal with the Western Turks, let alone the Tang Dynasty, which did not even have the confidence to provoke the Western Turks.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty... Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

Qu Wentai's son Qu Zhisheng sat aside and didn't say much.

However, suddenly, he found that his Aye was holding his chest tightly with both hands, his face was pale, and he was breathing rapidly.

"Quick, call the doctor from Liangzhou to come over."

Qu Zhisheng had seen his Aye suffer from chest tightness before, but this was the first time he had seen a situation like today.

Before he could finish his words, Qu Wentai was already squatting on the ground with his body hunched over, his face pale, his teeth clenched, and it looked like he couldn't even speak.

Suddenly such a situation occurred, and the whole hall was in panic.

The dancers stood there at a loss, not knowing whether to continue dancing.

"No, the king is not breathing!"
To be continued...