Guan Shao'an, a native of Jiangsu, his father did business and was not rich, but he was idle, eating, drinking, gambling, and squandering, and finally his father was driven out of the house. So he left his wife and went to the capital to fool around.
He has a beautiful face, a foundation in brush strokes, and is particularly good at playing and singing Jiangnan minor keys. When he arrived in Beijing, he was running into the Ruyi Pavilion of the Imperial Academy of Painting to recruit painters, and he was admitted with the first place in the examination.
The eunuchs often went to the Ruyi Pavilion to get paintings, and Guan Shao'an qu was greeted, and soon befriended Li Lianying. After Li Lianying's recommendation, Cixi summoned and interviewed for painting, Cixi was satisfied, so Guan Shao'an ascended to heaven step by step, became the head of the Ruyi Pavilion, and often went in and out of the court.
In particular, the obscene little songs he sang were the most appealing to Empress Dowager Cixi's appetite. Cixi was doubly pampered by him, rewarded him with countless rewards, and ordered the eunuchs to find a wife for him and arrange a luxurious residence. Guan Shao'an said shamelessly: "I am willing to bow down for Lafayette, and I will not return home when I die!" ”
The above content is excerpted from the book "Interesting Soul One: A Complete Collection of Funny Short Stories of Chinese Literati in Past Dynasties".
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