Chapter 21: Wishing Mother-in-law's Provocation
The Frost Leaf Building is in the center of the Frost Leaf Pavilion, on the south side of the garden, with four floors high and shaded by green trees in front of the door.
As soon as you enter the Frost Leaf Building, there is a spacious hall with a carpet, and the candlelight in the hall is bright, and the seats have been set.
There are five main seats in the hall, obviously there are five people presiding over the battle of the little oiran today, there are four guest seats on the left, and there are already three beautifully dressed girls, and the innermost seat is empty, obviously reserved for Yue'er.
On the right side of the hall was very lively, there were two rows of seats, the first row of four, where three women with heavy makeup had already been seated, and the back row of twelve seats, also full.
Yue'er saw Shang Wenda sitting in the back row at a glance, and couldn't help but laugh in her heart, this fake Taoist should be a guest invited to watch, he would really join in the fun.
When those people saw Yue'er coming in, they looked at her together, but Yue'er didn't look at them and walked forward.
"Yo, this is Miss Yue'er, right?"
A woman in red stood up and walked towards Yue'er.
This woman is not tall, she wears a large embroidered sleeve, six or seven strings of pearls around her neck, her head is not big, but she has a Lingyun bun, which looks a little top-heavy.
Coming closer, Yue'er saw that the woman's face was extremely thick, compared to Wang Niang, there was no better, Rao was so, the wrinkles on her forehead were still faintly visible, this woman's eyes were not big, the eyes were very flexible, the two eyebrows were drawn long and thin, and the lips were very thin.
Yue'er was a little frightened at first glance, but she still owed a salute.
"Yue'er, this is Mother Zhu of Sansheng Pavilion, Mother Zhu, this is my family Yue'er."
"Yue'er wishes her mother a gift."
It turned out that this woman was Granny Zhu, she was the oldest of the four mothers, but she didn't like others to call her Granny Zhu, Yue'er felt that the most uncomfortable thing about Granny Zhu was that she looked at herself, as if she wanted to peel off her coat and see inside.
At this time, two other women also walked up, and one of them took Yue'er's hand, as if they were very affectionate.
The two women stood on one side with a bit of a comical contrast, tall and slightly chubby, short and extremely thin.
The tall woman also wore a big sleeve, but the color was dark brown, and her face was not thick with powder, and she was originally the most normal looking one among several mothers, but she had a sable fur around her neck, which looked a little nondescript.
"This is Sister Yingying."
Wang Niang introduced.
"Yes, Yue'er has seen Sister Yingying."
Yue'er knows that among the four women, Wang Niang has some friendship with this Sister Yingying, and she can be regarded as sisters, and she and Mother-in-law Zhu are mortal enemies who have been fighting for many years.
The remaining thin woman is naturally Mother Meng in the small courtyard, Mother Meng's cheekbones are protruding and her cheeks are sharp, she doesn't wear any makeup, but she wears gold and silver, like a rich country man who got rich overnight.
Mother-in-law Zhu smiled at Wang Niang and said, "Miss Yue'er, I heard that you used to be a rope trick in the acrobatics class, and your body must be very soft, come, give your mother a look at your waist?" β
Wang Niang's face has changed slightly, Yue'er bought it from the acrobatic class, except for a few people such as pothos and Baozhu, others don't know, even her best sister Yingying hasn't said it, where did Mother-in-law Zhu find out?
Yue'er is not surprised, the teacher who taught her dance asked her about her origin, and she didn't hide it, she said it one by one, the teacher not only asked her to dance, but also asked about the west, and it didn't seem to be careless to teach her dance, maybe she was bought by Mother-in-law Zhu.
The three girls in the guest seat couldn't help but smile, and the three of them were also covered with translucent tulle on their heads, although they couldn't see their expressions clearly, but they must have been sarcastic.
Yue'er smiled lightly: "Yue'er is a monk halfway, so she will learn to look like her, where can she compare to Sister Murong of Zhu's mother's family, my sister has been guided by a famous teacher since she was a child, Yue'er is a little bit of a way, or don't get an axe in the class." β
Mother-in-law Zhu originally wanted to embarrass Yue'er, laughing at her for being a rope trick in an acrobatic class, but she didn't expect Yue'er to answer that she was neither humble nor arrogant, she touched a nail that was neither hard nor soft, she rolled her eyes, and asked: "How much is Miss Yue'er worth, how much did Mother Wang spend to buy it back?" β
Wang Niang estimated that Mother-in-law Zhu had already inquired about the price, and said lukewarmly: "Sister, I am picking up a treasure, and it is not as good as you to buy Miss Murong for 10,000 taels." β
The four girls who participated in the little oiran today are worth the highest with Murong Qi'er's 10,000 taels, Zhu Ziyi is 5,000 taels, and Epic Qin is 3,000.
Mother-in-law Zhu saw Yue'er having calluses between her knuckles at a glance, and deliberately made a fuss and said: "Miss Yue'er, what's wrong with your hands, have you done rough work and dirty work before, oops, our little Oiran in Windy City is also a beautiful daughter, how can you do this?" β
Yue'er despised Mother-in-law Zhu's meanness very much, and said: "Yes, Yue'er doesn't have a few sisters who have a good life, and my sisters don't have to endure hardships when they have been reading and practicing swords, writing and dancing since they were children." β
Sister Yingying saw that Zhu's mother was aggressive, so she hurriedly came out to play a round and said: "Today is the competition of the little oiran, what is the hurry of Zhu's mother, what kind of excitement can you not see?" β
"That's right, Miss Yue'er is very likable, today's little Oiran is over, you can come to me, my Lingyin Building still lacks two young ladies!"
Mother-in-law Zhu's words are bad, Lingyinlou was obtained by her three years ago, similar to Lichun, Yihongyuan, etc., only one level higher than the third-rate kiln, Mother-in-law Zhu said this, on the surface it is to Yue'er, but secretly it is to humiliate Wang Niang, although they have a gambling contract, but now the winner is not divided, so it is very excessive to talk like this.
The twelve guests in the back row whispered, obviously they were a little surprised by Yue'er's identity.
Yue'er's heart suddenly rose with anger, and she sneered at each other: "Linyinlou has such a good opportunity, I wish my mother to leave it to Sister Murong, Yue'er doesn't dare to take the position." β
A girl on the seat stood up suddenly, her chest rose and fell a few times, and sneered: "Some people's identities, inviting her to Lingyin Lou is still raised!" β
Yue'er smiled faintly, turned to the girl and said, "Since Sister Murong likes to be lifted, shouldn't your Sansheng Pavilion and Lingyin Building be the first to get the moon near the water?" β
That Murong Qi'er was furious, picked up a sword from the table, and pulled it out at once, and the snowy sword blade pointed directly at Yue'er.
The atmosphere was tense at this moment.
Yue'er looked at Murong Qi'er, with a rare and somewhat familiar feeling, as if she had seen it when she was a child, but in her impression, there was no acquaintance surnamed Murong, so she smiled slightly and said, "I heard that my sister's sword dance is very beautiful, is it going to start performing now?" β
Mother Zhu glared at Murong Qi'er sternly, and said, "The competition hasn't started yet, so don't put it away yet!" β
Murong Qi'er stomped his foot hatefully and put away his sword.
Yue'er ignored these people and walked to her seat, there was a nameplate on her table with a name on it, and a plate of fruit, she picked up a grape, opened the light veil and stuffed it into her mouth.
Wang Niang sneered in her heart, Yue'er grew up in a place like Baihua Class, maybe she can't write and write poems, but her words are sharp, and her eloquence Bai Liguang and Liu Erye are not opponents, what can I ask my mother for?
At this time, the sound of several carriages outside the door sounded at the same time, and Steward Mo shouted at the door: "The Imperial Gift Xiping King Li Dahao Li Wang Ye has arrived-Nanyang Sikong Fu Sikong Gongzi has arrived--Taiwei Mansion Gao Bin Gao Ya Nei has arrivedββ"
This Li Dahao used to be the emperor of Xichun Kingdom, and then his son rebelled and wanted to kill this father, so he fled to Dawei with a few cronies, and was named the king of Xiping.
Sikong Fu is Sikong Man's only son, Sikong's hometown is in Nanyang, so people call Nanyang Sikong, Sikong Man is the prime minister, now he is under one person, above 10,000 people, it can be said that the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition, this Sikong was originally just an official position, after the Han Dynasty, it slowly became a surname.