Chapter 214: Friends
The troupe restarted the gong and sang the same lively play, but this time it was no longer the babbling of the gods, but a martial arts play. Dozens of actors on the stage waved colorful flags, fought with knives and guns, and some people turned over more than 50 fights in a row, which attracted a cheer from the men's seats downstairs, and the children upstairs also watched with relish.
Xie Mulin and Xie Yingfen were quite fascinated. It's much more interesting than those Sven dramas that you don't understand.
During this period, Xie Mulin noticed that Xie Yinghui came back after going out for about ten minutes, and Xie Yingrong, who was traveling with him, sat at Mrs. Xie's table after she came back.
Originally, she thought that Xie Yinghui and Xie Yingrong would go to change their clothes, if they planned to do something, they would probably take advantage of this opportunity, but they brought enough girls and mothers-in-law, and they came back not long after they went, and they probably didn't plan to do anything unseemly, so she didn't move.
After the wonderful performance on stage came to an end, Xie Mulin finally had time to pay attention to Xie Yinghui, so he asked the other party: "Why does the big sister seem to be in a bad mood?" Don't you love to watch theater? β
Xie Yinghui said lazily: "What's the point of being noisy?" I've never liked to watch such dramas. β
Xie Mulin felt that things were not so simple: "Big sister Fang is going to change clothes?" Is the place far away? Is it clean? Not a lot of people, right? β
"The place is quite clean, not far away, just turn left outside the gate of this yard, and walk all the way to the end. There is also a small garden over there, which is quite quiet and has a good view. Xie Yinghui paused, "But people...... Even if it's not much, as long as you meet someone you don't like, it's enough to block your heart. I'd rather there be more people in that place, after all, there are so many people that some brazen guys will have some scruples and dare not show their ugly faces. β
Yo, it seems there's a story?
Xie Mulin hurriedly asked what was going on, and even Xie Yingfen turned her attention back to the sisters, waiting for Xie Yinghui's answer.
Xie Yinghui was helpless, and felt that it was nothing to say this kind of thing, so she told them.
She just went to change clothes with Xie Yingrong, in fact, it was really just an excuse, the purpose was to "meet" Miss Zhao, who was rumored to be the crown princess who had not returned to the banquet for a long time. They rewarded a little Taoist priest who poured tea and delivered water, knowing that Miss Zhao was going in that direction. However, Miss Zhao didn't meet, but they met two other ladies, one was Ma Yurong, and the other was Xie Yinghui's best friend, Xie Yinghui didn't want to mention her name.
Ma Yurong is the youngest daughter of the current emperor's sister, Princess Yongning, and is very favored at home. And the eldest princess of Yongning lost her mother at a young age, and was adopted by the lord of the palace where her biological mother was - that is, the current Queen Mother, and she is as close to the Queen Mother as mother and daughter. The emperor's half-brother was adopted to the palace of King Yan, and was stationed in Beiping for many years, rarely returning to Beijing. The queen mother's licking of calves and the emperor's brotherhood are mostly reflected in the eldest princess of Yongning. Even if the Cao family is in power, they must be afraid of her.
Ma Yurong and Xie Yinghui are both little girls from the imperial family, and they are still the same age, and they have many opportunities to meet, but they have never been close friends with good relations. The former couldn't get used to the latter's style of acting, and he was also very uninterested in the Cao family, so he dared to scold Xie Yinghui in person, saying that the Cao family was not. But the Cao family and Xie Yinghui couldn't do anything about her, so they couldn't get along.
However, when Xie Yinghui met Ma Yurong outside the dressing room, the other party did not speak sarcastically as she thought, but nodded lightly, courteous and thoughtful, and greeted her body about the weather, and left politely.
In contrast, there was another girl they met. Although the political stance of that girl's father and brother was more inclined to the Chengenhou Mansion, he had not been less involved in the Nanbo Mansion in the past. The girl herself actively befriended Xie Yinghui and made good friends with her. Xie Yinghui treats each other well, often gives gifts or something, and often says good things for her in front of her elders. But when they met just now, the girl spoke ill of her and ridiculed her a lot, as if she was snubbed by the Chengenhou Mansion, which was equivalent to falling into dust.
But in fact, Xie Yinghui is now the daughter of a high-ranking official of Sanpin and the granddaughter of the Cao family. That girl's father's official position is less than three grades, and the change in attitude is so abrupt, it's really not an ordinary snob. Xie Yinghui remembered the other party's flattery to her in the past, and then looked back at the attitude of Ma Yurong, who was not in harmony with her, and felt a little uncomfortable.
She sighed and said to her two younger sisters present: "I just found out not long ago that my relatives who are convinced have been lying to me. Today, I am sure that my fiancΓ©, who I thought was sincere to me, was probably just trying to trick me. And now, I see again that people who thought they were good friends sneered at me, and people who thought they were opponents treated me with courtesy. Things in this world are completely different from what I thought. Have I been blind for the past thirteen years? β
Xie Yingfen hurriedly comforted her: "Big sister, don't be sad, they are all the closest people around, who would suspect that the other party is not a good person for no reason?" You are not to blame for this. β
Xie Mulin said: "It's not too late for you to find out, and those deceptions have not caused serious consequences for the time being." Be optimistic, it's better for you to know the truth sooner than to wait until you're deceived and cornered in the future to know the truth, isn't it? β
Xie Yinghui gave her a blank look: "How could I be deceived to that point?" You don't talk nonsense here! β
Xie Mulin smiled and looked up at the viewing seat diagonally opposite: "It seems that someone is arguing over there." β
Xie Yinghui followed the prestige: "Oh, that's Ma Yurong, it was her sister-in-law who quarreled with her, I remember that her mother's surname is Bai, and she is Mrs. Qishanbo's maiden niece." β
Xie Mulin took a closer look, and it turned out that the girl was Ma Yurong. She's seen it.
She had just crossed through when she was rescued from the water and sat on the shore wet and cold. Wen repeatedly begged Qian's mother to invite a doctor to treat her, but Qian's mother insisted on waiting for the banquet to be dismissed before inviting someone to come. Among the onlookers at that time, there was a little girl in green and a little girl in yellow who couldn't look at it and said something sarcastic about the master and servant of the Cao family. Ma Yurong is the little girl in green. Xie Mulin opened his eyes and saw her at that time, and thought he was on the set of the small drama Dream of Red Mansions.
This horse girl has a very upright outlook and a background, no wonder she can be so arrogant that day.
I don't know what happened today Ma Yurong and her sister-in-law quarreled in front of everyone, and the quarrel between her aunt and sister-in-law has attracted the attention of other female relatives, and even the wives and grandmothers of the Zhao family have frequently looked over. Probably because she didn't want to be watched, Ma Yurong's sister-in-law Bai Shi closed her mouth first, and turned her head down the stairs with resentment.
Ma Yurong sat down with a straight face, noticed the Xie family sisters diagonally opposite, her face relaxed, showed a reserved smile, and nodded.
The three Xie Mulin sisters nodded in unison in response to each other's greetings, and they all felt in their hearts that this girl probably really didn't care about the change in the Xie family's status in Jinling City. Even if she wasn't enthusiastic, such an attitude was rare.
Xie Yinghui sighed: "In the future, I should really bring my eyes to recognize talents." It's just that I've offended her a lot in the past, and I don't know if she is willing to be my friend. β
Xie Mulin smiled: "The eldest sister really wants to make friends with her, why should she refuse?" It's just that this kind of thing doesn't have to be too deliberate, just let it be. β
Xie Yinghui nodded, and looked in the direction of the stage again: "Ah, the next scene to be sung is good, that Xiao Dan is very funny, you pay attention to it." β
Xie Yingfen hurriedly turned her head to look. Xie Mulin listened for a while, but he couldn't understand what the actor was singing, so he could only watch the movements. She turned her head to look at the others with some boredom, and unexpectedly found that Old Lady Xie and Xie Yingrong had disappeared without a trace.