While the girls were talking and laughing, the carriage slowed down, and the little waiter pulling the carriage called out outside the car: "Master, Jiusiban has arrived." ”

After the carriage stopped, the three of them got off the carriage in turn, and the junior second of the opera troupe led them up to the corridor on the second floor.

"Three girls, where do you want to sit?" Xiao Er asked enthusiastically.

Duanmufei casually glanced around, and saw four or five young girls sitting on the north-facing verandah, one of whom was wearing a lilac-colored skirt, which looked very familiar.

It just so happened that the girl in the lilac dress also heard the voice, and the eyes of both sides met in mid-air for a moment, and they both read the same meaning in each other's eyes

It's not a coincidence.

Wuyang and Hanxing didn't want to be difficult to leave the palace and entertain her, so Wuyang simply raised his hand and made a gesture, so that Geng Tinglian didn't have to come over to greet her.

Geng Tinglian smiled, sat in place and bowed slightly, even if she said hello, she couldn't go away.

Wuyang asked Xiao Er to take them to sit down on the south-facing verandah, and ordered Xiao Er to serve tea and snacks.

"Scarlet cousin, look ......" Han Xing pointed to a blue-clothed girl sitting next to Geng Tinglian, and leaned into Duanmu Fei's ear and said, "That's the second girl Zheng from the Wu'an Hou Mansion." ”

As she was talking, she saw that the second girl Zheng also looked at Duanmu Fei and them, her eyes were a little complicated, and she seemed to recognize Wuyang and Hanxing.

Miss Zheng quickly withdrew her gaze, but after a while, she quietly looked at the three of Wuyang.

No matter what Miss Zheng said, she is also the daughter of the Hou Mansion, of course, she has seen the eldest princess and the fourth princess.

She and Zheng Shizi are siblings, and they have had a good relationship since childhood, and they thought it was a happy event for their brother to have the opportunity to be the master, but they didn't want it to happen, but it became a disaster.

When my father found out, he was furious and slapped his brother hard, and now my brother is still bedridden, and he almost almost gave up his position as the son.

Second Miss Zheng bit her lower lip, and a trace of resentment flashed in her eyes.

It all originated in Wuyang.

If it weren't for Wuyang, even if my brother had raised an outer room, why would he have made such a fuss today!

Sure enough, Princess Shang is not a good thing, if she let her father refuse, why is it so!

Geng Tinglian naturally noticed the complicated expression of Second Miss Zheng, and patted the back of the other party's left hand comfortingly.

Geng Tinglian and Zheng Er's girl have been friends for many years, and they are close friends in the boudoir, and they still know something about Zheng Shizi. Of course, Zheng Shizi was at fault in this matter, but if there is a mistake, admit it, and forget if the marriage fails, Wuyang has to make things like that, and let Zheng Shizi marry a lowly actor, which is a bit polite and unforgiving.

Sure enough, the Tao is different, and they don't conspire with each other.

Geng Tinglian secretly shook her head in her heart, no wonder Wuyang and that end of Mufei are so friendly, it seems that they are all the way, so no matter how good he tries to persuade him, Wuyang can't listen.

"Li Niang, I heard that the new play that Jiusiban just opened this time is very interesting, especially the heart-to-heart confession of Hua Dan when she was drunk in the fourth act...... Later, we can taste it carefully......" Geng Tinglian quietly diverted the attention of Miss Zheng Er and smiled gently at her.

Second Miss Zheng knew Geng Tinglian's kindness, and smiled at her, "I also heard that Hua Dan and Xiao Sheng of the Jiusi Class are both civil and military. ”

Several other girls also talked about Jiusiban, and even other theater troupes in Beijing also commented on them one by one.

While laughing, there was a loud sound of gongs and drums below, and then a strong and colorful drama appeared, and Wu Nong sang softly along with the sound of the flute and the three strings.

The girls stopped talking and were immersed in the opera.

After listening to the play for a while, Geng Tinglian felt a little dry mouth, so she picked up the teacup and took a sip, but frowned slightly. This tea is also a little too astringent.

She was about to tell the maid to make tea again, when out of the corner of her eye, she suddenly glanced at a handsome man in his twenties walking into the lobby on the first floor below.

The boy was wearing a purple straight jacket, a jade belt around his waist, a small seal and a purse hanging on it, and he seemed to be dressed very ordinary, but his appearance was perfect, a pair of narrow and charming eyes seemed to be seductive, and his red lips were even more undyed.

Geng Tinglian recognized Cen Yin at a glance, staring intently at his beautiful face, as if he was sluggish.

Among the other girls at the same table, there were also those who had seen Cen Yin, such as Zheng Er's girl, whose complexion couldn't help but change slightly in fear, but more of them had never seen Cen Yin, and they all showed amazing looks.

Everyone has this love for beauty, and several girls whispered one after another, and their eyes lingered on Cen Yin's face a few more times.

Cen Yin "pedaled" upstairs under the guidance of Xiao Er, and his every move, smile and smile was indescribably elegant.

Geng Tinglian watched Cen Yin get closer and closer along the stairs stupidly, her expression became complicated after the initial amazement, and her long eyelashes trembled slightly.

In the past month, Dongchang has searched and raided several mansions, which has caused panic in the entire capital.

A few days ago, she overheard her father say disdainfully to her mother that Cen Yin had repeatedly offended the public, and sooner or later the trees would fall and scatter, and Cen Yin's scenery would not be long......

Geng Tinglian bit her lower lip, she knew that Cen Yin was also acting impartially, and the fault was those who sold salt money privately, but she also paid attention to methods in doing things, Cen Yin was going on like this, she was really worried that he would be as her father said......

Geng Tinglian's hand on her knee secretly rubbed the handkerchief in her hand, and she was about to get up, but she saw Duanmu Fei walking towards the table where Cen Yin was sitting, and sat down with a smile.

Geng Tinglian's buttocks were half an inch away from the chair and sat back stiffly, staring at Duanmu Fei's delicate and lovely side face with gloomy eyes, her nails had sunk deep into her soft palm, and she said in her heart: Shameless!

Geng Tinglian stared at Duanmu Fei deadly, as if she was about to spew flames in her eyes.

On the stage downstairs, when the performance reached the ** place, the two actors moved their hands to each other with a punch and a palm, one of them did three backflips in a row, and suddenly ushered in a full hall of applause, applause like thunder, listening to Geng Tinglian's ears, I only felt very harsh.

"Fourth girl Duanmu, how is your little eight?" Cen Yin looked at Duanmu Fei beside him, the corners of his mouth curled higher, and his face became softer and more beautiful, as if he was looking at his own sister.

Duanmu Fei originally just came over to say hello to Cen Yin, but when Cen Yin asked about his little starling, he opened her chatterbox: "Master Cen, my little eight's wings are almost healed, thanks to the imperial doctor's wound medicine." However, it's strong on the outside, and it doesn't dare to fly until now, and it flutters around at home every day......"

Duanmu Fei unceremoniously brought all the troubles of his own Xiaoba to share with Cen Yin, which made Cen Yin laugh.

"Do you want me to let Imperial Doctor Zhang go to the house to show it again?"

"No, no, no." Duanmu waved his little hand and smiled, "It's a heart disease and a heart medicine doctor." ”

Cen Yin clenched his fist to his lips and chuckled, "Your little eight is really interesting." ”

"It's just spoiled by my sister."

Duanmufei told Cen Yin a few interesting things about Xiaoba, and then he heard an uproar downstairs, the sound of sheng music around him suddenly stopped, and the drama on the stage stopped at a loss.

A group of brocade guards dressed in flying fish costumes and embroidered spring knives rushed into the theater building violently, attracting all the eyes around at once.

Then, there was silence, and the guests in the theater were a little apprehensive, this brocade guard has never been a good thing.

Duanmu Fei recognized at a glance that the man at the head was Cheng Xunli, the commander of the Jinyi Guard.

"Jinyi Wei is here to arrest criminals, and no one is allowed to leave!" Cheng Xunli said while looking around the theater building, but when his eyes swept to the second floor, he saw a tall purple figure, and his body was slightly stiff and startled.

Cheng Xunli made a gesture to the seven or eight brocade guards behind him, and he walked quickly up the stairs to the second floor, until he came to Cen Yin, and made amends with his fists at him: "Cen ...... Childe, the last general doesn't know that Childe is here, how offensive it is. ”

Cen Yin waved his hand casually, as if he didn't take it to heart.

Cheng Xunli secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "The last general got the news that the little son of the Liang family was hiding here, and he came to arrest him. ”

Duanmufei, who was sitting on the side, also heard it, and his eyes flashed.

Duanmu Fei also knows about this Liang family.

General Liang guarded the city of Changxu in Qianzhou, and like most border generals, his family remained in Beijing. A few days ago, news came from the south that Changxu City was lost, saying that General Liang had surrendered to the enemy, opened the city gate, and welcomed the enemy army into the city.

The emperor was furious and ordered Jinyiwei to seal the general's mansion and put his parents, wives and children in prison. Now listening to what Cheng Xunli said, could it be that the little son of the Liang family escaped?

Cen Yin said lightly: "You guys just run your own errands, be quiet, don't disturb this seat to watch the show." ”

"Yes, Master Cen." Cheng Xunli respectfully clenched his fists to receive his orders, and when he turned to go downstairs, his eyes swept over Wuyang and Hanxing, of course, he recognized the two of them, but he didn't go up to salute, and went down the stairs directly.

The theater was sealed up by the Jinyi Guard, and those guests were not allowed to go out, and they all sat in place nervously, not even daring to take a breath.

After a while, the melodious sound of the sheng flute and the sound of the three strings sounded in the theater again, and the actors on the stage also continued to sing, but they were all trembling, and the originally cheerful and dripping play became stiff and dry.

Several brocade guards silently dispersed, and went to the backstage of the actors' makeup, the backyard of the theater, and the private seat to search, and everyone only heard the sound of those slight footsteps coming from all around.

Time passed little by little, and the guests in the lobby on the first floor became more and more uneasy, some were looking at Cheng Xunli who was sitting on the side, and some were secretly looking at Cen Yin on the second floor, secretly speculating about his identity.

Everyone only felt that time was passing more and more slowly, and probably only Cen Yin, Duanmufei, and Wuyang on the second floor were still in the mood to watch the play and laugh.

After about a stick of incense, several brocade guards returned to the lobby and said in a low voice to Cheng Xunli, who was sitting near the stage: "Commander, I didn't find it." ”

Cheng Xunli quickly glanced at Cen Yin on the second floor, also lowered his tone, and said, "Check the guests here again, and check them one by one for this commander!" ”

"Yes." The mustachioed brocade guards hugged their fists at Cheng Xunli to receive the order, and then made a gesture to the brocade guards behind him, and the others began to check the guests here one by one.

Inevitably disturbing the nobles, these arrogant and domineering brocade guards on weekdays can only act cautiously with their tails between their legs, try to keep their voices low, and let go of their footsteps, and the atmosphere in the teahouse is becoming more and more strange.

At the same time, the two actors on the stage were still babbling and singing, one moment cheerful, one moment graceful, and one moment mournful......

Cen Yin on the second floor was drinking tea and watching the play at the same time, as if he was not affected at all, and Cheng Xunli on the first floor was already drenched in cold sweat, and the back of his neck was already wet.

Hey, I just hope that this ancestor upstairs will not be angry!

In the confusion of thoughts, the three brocade guards had already walked towards Geng Tinglian's table, Geng Tinglian frowned slightly, and glanced at the Tsing Yi maid beside her.

The green-clothed maid immediately took a few steps forward, blocked the three brocade guards, and said decently: "Three adults, my girl is the fifth girl of the Weiguo Mansion, and she is listening to a play with a few friends in the boudoir, I don't think there will be any adults who want to arrest him." ”

The three brocade guards looked at each other and said in their hearts: There are really a lot of nobles in this teahouse today.

Of course, they still have to give the face of the Weiguo Mansion, and one of the square-faced Jinyi guards politely hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be a girl from the Weiguo Mansion." It's bothered. ”

The three brocade guards were about to leave, when they saw a boy dressed in a stone blue straight jacket at a table next to him suddenly stood up and said lightly: "It turns out that the girl of the Geng family is also here." ”

For a while, everyone's eyes on the second floor looked over in unison, and they saw that the boy was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a tall figure like a bamboo, delicate facial features, clear eyes like water, and a somewhat calm and indifferent expression.

The boy in Tsing Yi walked slowly towards Geng Tinglian's table, followed by a low-eyed servant.

Geng Tinglian naturally saw him, her face changed slightly, and her long eyelashes drooped, covering the tension and apprehension at the bottom of her eyes.

"Fifth girl Geng......" The young man in Tsing Yi walked up to Geng Tinglian with a clear purpose, and the other girls at the same table couldn't help but look at him in unison.

"......" Geng Tinglian also looked at the other party, did not speak, and pinched the handkerchief tighter with her white jade-like hand.

The boy in Tsing Yi took out a piece of jasper pendant with a round carved phoenix bird from his arms, put the jasper pendant on the table beside Geng Tinglian, and said calmly, "Miss Geng, since you and I have divorced, this token still has to be returned. ”

Geng Tinglian's pupils shrank, and her beautiful face faded with blood.

The second girl Zheng at the same table all subconsciously looked at each other, their faces could not hide their surprise, and said in their hearts: According to the meaning of this son's words, Miss Geng had been engaged to him before?! Why haven't they heard of it?

The girls' faces were both curious and puzzled.

Geng Tinglian's cherry lips were pursed, her eyes were dark, and she almost wanted to slap the table and confront the other party, but gritted her teeth and endured it.

But when it comes to marriage, no matter what the truth is, it is always the woman who suffers.

If you make a fuss at this time, the person who will lose face will only be yourself.

However, this person is simply too despicable, secretly following himself to chase here, and deliberately returning the jade pendant to himself in front of other people, so that others will know that he has been engaged to him, and his intention is obvious, it is clear that he wants to ruin his reputation and make himself unable to marry a good family.

Fortunately, fortunately, my father immediately decided to divorce from such a promiscuous family!

Geng Tinglian squeezed out the word "good" for a long time, and just wanted to send this person away quickly, but he didn't want the other party to look cold and said again: "Please also ask the fifth girl Geng to return the token given by her mother back then." ”

Geng Tinglian's body tightened even more, and she tried to endure it.

The boy in Tsing Yi naturally continued: "The token was given to your house by the first mother for the sake of the two families, and now that they have all withdrawn, the girl should not be unable to repay the debt!" ”

With his words, the expressions of the girls around him became more and more subtle.

Geng Tinglian only felt like she was sitting on pins and needles, her face became more and more ugly, she endured it and endured it, but she still couldn't continue to be silent, gritted her teeth and said: "Of course I won't bring things with me, and when I go back, I will immediately send them to the Taijun Palace." ”

The boy in Tsing Yi stared at her fixedly, his eyebrows furrowed, as if he was examining whether she was lying.

The three brocade guards on the side naturally heard it, and glanced at the young man in green clothes, with a look of sudden realization on his face, and said in his heart: It turned out to be the prince of the Taijun Palace, since he "met" the girl from the Weiguo Mansion, his identity should not be suspicious.

The faces of the three brocade guards showed a meaningful look, and when they watched the excitement, they beckoned to walk towards the next table.

The boy in Tsing Yi spoke again: "Then I will believe the girl once, and ask the girl to return the things to me within three days, otherwise, I can only come to the door to disturb me." ”

He seemed afraid that she would pay the bill, and there was a hint of threat in his tone.

Geng Tinglian only felt that her face was spicy, almost self-conscious, and her voice seemed to be squeezed out of her throat, and said, "Don't worry, childe." Although I am a woman, I also know that a gentleman is difficult to chase. ”

The boy in Tsing Yi frowned slightly, arched his hand casually at Geng Tinglian, turned around without hesitation, and returned to his own table, and his little servant followed him like a shadow.

finally sent the other party away, but Geng Tinglian did not breathe a sigh of relief, she was ashamed and annoyed, the handkerchief in her hand was almost rubbed by her, and the chanting of the surrounding drama had long since left her......

She looked nervously at Cen Yin not far away, and landed on the other party's perfect side face.

Cen Yin's eyes were half-drooping, his eyes were staring at the stage in the lobby below, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and Duanmu beside him pointed to the stage below with a smile, saying that he was talking and laughing. The two seemed to be completely immersed in the play downstairs, and did not notice the movement on Geng Tinglian's side.

Geng Tinglian bit her lower lip, and subconsciously picked up the teacup on the side again, at this moment the tea was already cold, and the taste became more and more bitter and rough, just like Geng Tinglian's mood at the moment......

The Jinyi guards in the theater quickly finished checking the guests here, but they found nothing, and they all returned to Cheng Xunli.

Cheng Xunli frowned, and said in his heart: Could it be that the news is wrong?

If this is usual, he would dig three feet into the ground, and he would have to search again, but ......

Cheng Xunli glanced at Cen Yin on the second floor again, and after thinking about it, he stood up, kicked up the stairs again, and hugged his fist at Cen Yin and said, "Master Cen will leave first." ”

Cen Yin replied faintly, and his right hand casually rubbed the teacup in his hand.

Soon, a group of brocade guards quickly withdrew from the theater, and the atmosphere around them was relaxed, and even the voices of the two actors on the stage scolding each other seemed to be much louder, and their steps became lighter again......

Those guests also breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly beckoned Xiao Er to add tea, and asked each other what Jinyi Wei was searching for.

In the midst of lively laughter, the boy in Tsing Yi also left with the little girl.

"Pedal ......"

The sound of their footsteps going downstairs faded away.

Geng Tinglian looked at his back as he went downstairs and gritted her teeth, and said in her heart: She wrote down this account. She must tell her father when she goes back, and let him make the decision for her!

Duanmufei was also looking at the back of the boy in Tsing Yi, silently eating a piece of red bean crisp.

Well, if she remembers correctly, when she came with Wuyang and Hanxing, only the prince of the Taijun Mansion sat alone in the corner, when did this little guy behind him come?

Duanmu curled the corners of his lips, his eyes narrowed thoughtfully into two crescent moons, and he seemed to be very satisfied with eating.

At this time, a play on the stage was finally sung, and the actors retreated one after another, and the music stopped, but the spectators were already absent-minded, and they didn't even notice what they had just sang, and only cared about talking about the Jinyi guard's arrest of people.

Duanmu Fei took advantage of the fact that the next play had not yet started, so he said goodbye to Cen Yin and returned to the table of Wuyang and Hanxing.

"Sister Scarlet, this play just now is so exciting." Han Xing sighed with a smile, and she didn't know if she was talking about the play downstairs or the play on the second floor.

Duanmu blinked, thinking about the boy in Tsing Yi and his little servant, and said with concern: "It is indeed superb acting." ”

However, her words had a different meaning in Han Xing's ears.

Han Xing said with emotion: "I didn't expect Geng Tinglian to have a relationship with Mu Jinfan, the prince of Taijun, these two families are really tight, if I hadn't heard it today, this palace wouldn't have imagined that they would have made a marriage silently and retreated......

"The Geng family has always been shrewd." Wuyang said meaningfully.

The young man in Tsing Yi just now is Mu Jinfan, the eldest son of the Taijun Palace, and he is also the son of the world, and his biological mother is now a little embarrassed.

Duanmu Fei thought of something and said, "I remember that Princess Taijun is surnamed Liang, right?" ”

"General Liang in the south is the father of the princess of Xiantai County." Han Xing nodded, and said with a little embarrassment, "That princess of Taijun passed away three years ago. ”

Saying that, Han Xing glanced at Geng Tinglian's direction with a smile, it was obvious that the reason why the Geng family and the Taijun Wangfu would withdraw from each other was because the Liang family had an accident, Mu Jinfan had such a foreign family, which was equivalent to Bai Yu having time, how could the Geng family look down on such a son-in-law.

Han Xing's gaze moved from Geng Tinglian to the empty staircase again, "I think that the prince of Taijun came to Taijun because he was divorced and felt shameless, so he gave Geng Tinglian no face in public just now." ”

Duanmu Fei smiled slightly, his eyes were shining, and he picked up a piece of candied dates and put it in his mouth, noncommittal.

Wuyang sighed and said as if he had a feeling: "I'm afraid that the Geng family won't give up, Mu Jinfan is too reckless." ”

As he spoke, a brisk string music sounded in the lobby downstairs again, and the second play began.

As Wuyang expected, the Geng family would indeed not stop easily, and Geng Hai went to the Taijun Mansion in person that day.

Within half an hour, Geng Hai and King Taijun left the county king's mansion together, and made trouble all the way to the palace.

Geng Hai couldn't swallow this breath, and sued the emperor with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty, this marriage matter is about your love and my wishes, the king of Taijun said to his ministers a moment ago, he is willing to withdraw from the marriage, and when he turns around, he will let the prince humiliate the little girl so much in front of everyone, which is really unbearable!" ”

"Your Majesty, the little girl is just a fifteen-year-old girl, and she was almost so ashamed that she didn't hang herself when she went back, and it really hurts to be a father."

Geng Hai said sadly, looking like "the heart of the parents of the world", and the emperor who heard that there was a woman under his knees was also slightly touched, and reprimanded the king of Taijun for "teaching children without a way".

"The emperor has been trained." King Taijun Cheng accepted it in fear, knelt directly on the ground, and said righteously, "What the dog did, the minister is also very sad, and the minister has made amends to the Duke of Wei Guo on behalf of the dog!" The son of the world is not virtuous and unbearable, and the emperor and the minister asked for the abolition of the son of the world as a punishment, and separated from the dog. ”