Although there were no subtitles or dialogue.
However, it is thanks to the vivid expressions and gestures of the characters in the play.
Audience members present.
And every viewer in the live stream.
While listening to music.
They were all captivated by the love stories on stage.
It's like traveling through time to watch a real-life scene of ancient lovers.
Every action of the characters in the story, every change in the scene.
They all captivated the attention of everyone present.
Within the melody of the music.
The images flow.
The scene of the scholar in green robes strolling through the peach garden has returned.
As the memory ends.
The audience is even more eager for the appearance of the lively girl in the pink dress.
However.
No matter how much the top scholar knocked on the door.
Inside that somewhat dilapidated house, no one ever came to open the door again.
The girl in pink whom I longed for day and night.
He never managed to appear before the top scholar.
"ah…"
"No way! This is too cruel..."
"Although the story is a bit cliché, it's really heart-wrenching..."
Looking at the top scholar who arrived full of expectations to fulfill his promise.
He never got to see the lover he longed for day and night.
Countless viewers began to get restless.
Some people were even secretly wiping away tears under the influence of Wang Yueheng's singing.
Who grinds red beans, thread by thread, into fragrant paste?
"Let longing overflow from the cracks and become a river..."
Background music.
The top scholar, having failed to find the person, leaned helplessly against the door of the empty house.
He looked at the peach tree in front of him.
It was as if they were reminiscing about the time they spent together by the river.
The scene depicts a girl listening attentively to her own ambitious aspirations.
The inquiry yielded no results.
Unable to fulfill his official duties, the top scholar had no choice but to turn back and ride away.
The audience couldn't help but feel a pang of melancholy.
However.
The story doesn't end there.
Accompanied by Wang Yueheng's melancholic singing voice.
The scene changes again.
The magnificent and imposing imperial palace came into view.
Above the incredibly spacious palace.
A group of graceful dancers, draped in sheer white dresses, began to dance.
He was a top scholar who had already risen to the sixth rank and served as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy.
Once again, a familiar figure was spotted among the group of dancers.
The lead dancer was exceptionally beautiful.
It turned out to be the girl in the pink dress who had pledged her life to him under the peach blossom tree!
However, at this moment, her face was aloof, like a fairy who did not eat the food of this world.
The top scholar only found out after asking around.
The girl's parents were greedy for money, possessions, and power.
He even offered his own flesh and blood to a favored eunuch in the court as a concubine.
The girl refused to comply, but her parents threatened to kill themselves.
Forced to enter the palace with tears in her eyes, her heart was filled with despair.
Under the gaze of the scholar-official who seemed struck by lightning.
The aloof lead dancer finally noticed the man sitting among the courtiers.
It was the same down-on-his-luck scholar who had come to his door a year ago asking for water.
The dancer's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief.
The two parted ways under the peach tree.
Now, however, we meet again within the strictly hierarchical imperial palace.
He achieved his goal of becoming the top scholar.
However, she lost her girlish vivacity and became a lowly concubine.
In an instant.
The girl's eyes widened for a moment.
Two lines of clear tears instantly slid down the ethereal, aloof face of a fairy.
"Listen to the light in your eyes"
"Love burns in my ears"
"Listen to us on both sides of the wall of our hearts"
"Until the end of time..."
The singing echoed above the palace.
The top scholar clenched his fists, his eyes also brimming with tears.
The two were clearly very close to each other at that moment.
Yet it seems as if an insurmountable distance separates us...
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Note: The original singer of the song "Listen" is Zhang Jie; the lyrics are by Ji Chuchen; and the music is by Tan Xuan.
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