There is no informal birthday banquet at noon, and there are still more than a dozen tables on the women's side, and there will be more people at the dinner. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Love * First * Hair"

Wu Niang came back before the luncheon, probably because she told Aunt Cui everything, and Wu Niang's face was a little lighter. Sanniang didn't ask her what Aunt Cui's plans were.

However, Wu Niang took the initiative to whisper to Sanniang in the gap between everyone drinking tea after lunch: "Aunt said that this matter should be treated as if she didn't know, and she designed it first, otherwise we can hide this time, and we may not have such good luck to avoid the next time." ”

Sanniang was surprised, is Aunt Cui planning to beat the plan down?

"I have already sent the little girl to the gold ingots to say, let him do what the second sister said in the evening."

Wu Niang let out a sigh: "I have long known that the second sister is sweet-faced and bitter, but I don't have any big enmity with her, and she will calculate me so far." Third sister, have you seen her true face clearly this time? In the future, you have to stay away from her, otherwise she will be calculated by her somehow. ”

Sanniang smiled and lowered her head to drink tea.

After sitting and resting for a while, the Sun family asked Gan Song to spread the word and ask the ladies and ladies to move to the theater in front of them to listen to the meeting. The ladies and ladies were all kind when they heard this.

There is a theater building in the east courtyard of the palace, it is said that it was built by an ancestor who loves to watch the play, it has been built for some years, and it is not commonly used on weekdays, but it will be repaired every two or three years, and people will be sent to clean it on weekdays, and the style is still there.

"Let's take the ladies of each province out from the corner gate on the east side of the courtyard, the theater is not far in front of the corner gate." Yuan Niang saw that the ladies were all walking in the direction of the second gate. Busy to the Wang family's sisters.

When everyone saw that it was closer to go like this, no one objected. So the sisters of the Wang family led the guests to the east courtyard.

Yuan Niang is a very qualified owner, and along the way, she is introducing the various courtyards and pavilions, flowers and plants in the east courtyard to the ladies of each family. She is gentle and soft-spoken, and all the ladies like to listen to her. So there were a lot of people around her.

Sanniang doesn't like to join in the fun, so she walks slower. Wu Niang also has Chen Simin, the sixth cousin. The ninth cousin walked with her. When she arrived at the atrium of the East Courtyard, Sanniang heard the sound of monks chanting scriptures from the courtyard, and couldn't help but glance over there.

Yuan Niang, who was walking in front, was explaining to the ladies: "This is the eldest aunt who invited the master of Qingming Temple to make a dojo for the old lady, for fear of disturbing the masters' chanting. "Elegance * Wen * Words * Love * First * Hair" and food and drink should also be separated from ours. Therefore, the dojo was set up at the back of the east courtyard. ”

These boudoir ladies who came were all villains, and when they heard the words, they naturally praised the ladies and ladies of the Wang family for being extremely filial, and Yuan Niang listened with a smile on her face.

Seeing that there were not as many people around her as there were in front of Yuan Niang, Liu Niang was a little surprised, so she deliberately said loudly: "Yes, my mother specially opened a kitchen in order to let the monks recite the scriptures well, and she was busy for a long time yesterday." The lady in charge is just not good. Like the second aunt, it is much easier, and the grandmother will not arrange anything for her to do, and today it was the mother who let her take care of the big kitchen when she saw that she was idle. Let the steward who used to be in charge of the kitchen come to the East Courtyard to take care of the monks' kitchen. ”

Liuniang's words are clearly alluding to the fact that the second lady is not favored at home, and it is very inappropriate to have outsiders on this occasion.

But she was young and the head of the house, so the ladies of each family looked at each other. Those who understood what was going on smiled as if they didn't have anything, and those who didn't understand just smiled reservedly and said that Aunt Shi was really hard.

Yuan Niang paused, ignored Liuniang, and continued to walk forward with the ladies of each family. It's just that she also paid attention to no longer letting herself be in the limelight, but instead led the topic to Erniang, Wuniang, and Liuniang. Seeing that the atmosphere was active again, he gradually fell a few steps behind and joined Sanniang and Wuniang.

Wu Niang saw it and whispered: "I don't even look at when I steal the limelight, it's really embarrassing." ”

Yuan Niang looked at Chen Simin and the sixth cousin and the ninth cousin who were walking aside, and shook her head at Wu Niang.

The Wang family's theater building is a courtyard with an I-shaped structure. There are two halls in the front and back, and the middle is connected by a hall. The hall in front faces the courtyard, and there is a large stage built directly opposite the hall. The stone base of the stage is as tall as a child's body, and it is made of brick and stone, and it is square in shape. It is surrounded by a red lacquer carved wood railing, surrounded by twelve large prototype columns.

There is also a small attic on the stage, and there is a patio on the ceiling, which is used to place derrick wheels and other objects during ghost plays.

"Ah, I heard that this theater of the Wang family is the largest theater in the entire Qingcheng County, and it is really magnificent when I see it today." A young lady exclaimed.

"I once followed my mother to my grandfather's house in the capital, and the theaters of those princes and ministers did not have this style." This is clearly flattering.

Liuniang and Siniang listened to the admiration around them, and they were very honored. Smile and introduce to the ladies of each family.

This is the first time Sanniang has come into this courtyard, but it is not good to look around with the curiosity of the ladies of various families, so she followed Yuan Niang to the hall. This hall is very large, it is not a problem to accommodate one or two hundred people, at this time the housekeeper has sent someone to clean up the place, the room is full of melons and fruit snacks, and there is a large ice kettle standing every few steps against the wall, so although the sun is already scorching outside, this hall is cool and pleasant.

After a while, Sun and a few older old ladies came in soft chairs. Naturally, the daughters-in-law who were accompanying them were the daughters-in-law, and the Jin family also respectfully followed Sun's soft chair, because she came over under the scorching sun, and she was also sweating all over her face. On the occasion of her mother-in-law, she is not qualified to shout that she is tired, so she can only follow along, and the soft chair naturally has no part of the younger generation. I don't know if she envies the second lady who can not show up at this moment.

The Sun family and several old ladies naturally occupied a few seats in the middle of the best view. Although Sanniang and the other juniors arrived first, no one sat down first, and they all waited for the elders to sit down before choosing a more remote seat.

After a while, someone presented a list of plays for Sun and a few old ladies to order, and the old ladies made concessions to each other, and finally Sun discussed and ordered a few more.

Sanniang was not interested in these things, and it was a little far away from the winner's seat, so she didn't listen to what they ordered. On the other hand, the little girls at the table next to each other were talking about today's play.

At the beginning, the hall immediately fell silent, and everyone was engrossed in staring at the stage in front of them, which was built without knowing how it was built, and sitting in the hall could hear the drama on the stage clearly. It's just that Sanniang doesn't understand.

After only two scenes, Sanniang saw a girl coming from the corridor on the right, and finally stopped by the gable on the right side of the hall. ”

Several girls at the same table were listening energetically, and Chen Simin was still listening while gently clapping her hand on the table, so she replied casually when she introduced Sanniang's words, and she didn't care.

Sanniang got up and took Bai Ying out of the hall and went to the right. The maid who was originally waiting under the gable also bowed down and followed behind Sanniang.

At the back of this courtyard is a clean room, which is for the convenience of theatergoers. From this time there was already sandalwood burned inside, and the room was full of fragrance. Bai Ying went in to check that there was no one else, and Sanniang went in.

"Miss, just now the little girl in Fangzhi Courtyard reported that she had been paying attention to Aunt Cui's movements in the afternoon after listening to your instructions, and just now Mrs. Guan, who was guarding the gate of Fangzhi Courtyard, secretly entered Aunt Cui's side courtyard." It turned out that the person who had just come in was Bai Guo, and as soon as she saw the door closed, she immediately said.

"Mama Guan?" Sanniang groaned.

"Miss, Mama Guan is the mother of the eldest maid Cui'er next to Mrs. Liu." Bai Ying said softly.

Sanniang nodded when she heard this, and said to Bai Guo: "I know, you go back and continue to stare over there, and come and report to me immediately if there is news." ”

Bai Guo was ordered to retreat.

"Miss, what does Aunt Cui want to do?" Bai Ying asked.

Sanniang knew that Aunt Cui must have taken action, but she didn't want her to use this chess piece that had been decided to be abolished again.

Now Aunt Cui's mother and daughter are naturally the most worried, and Erniang wants to use that birthday gift to make a fuss. Therefore, it must be to ask Cui'er to help keep an eye on the whereabouts of that birthday gift, and it seems that the spies that Aunt Cui planted next to the Liu family belong to this Cui'er who is closest to the Liu family.

Sanniang smiled: "Where is the chess piece that has been abandoned by her so easy for her to pick up and use again, and she can't take advantage of all the good things." ”

I don't know if Aunt Cui knows that her move has been exposed. When she gave the bracelet to Hongxuan, she just thought about laying a foreshadowing first, and then using someone from Hefeng Yuan to give her the top cylinder, but she must not have expected that Cui'er would be exposed in just two days.

When Sanniang and Bai Ying came out of the clean room and walked back, they suddenly saw that the maid who was originally standing under the porch was very busy.

"What's going on? So anxious? Bai Ying grabbed a little girl and asked.

"There is a rumor from outside that Prince Li is here, and the old man and the old man have gone to receive it, and the steward has asked us to transfer a few people over to serve." After the little maid finished speaking, she hurriedly saluted Sanniang and walked out quickly.

Prince Li? Sanniang paused, last time I heard Xuan Shao say that Prince Li came to Jinan Mansion, I didn't want to come to Wang's house today.

"Miss, Prince Li is here, will Prince Xuan also come?" Bai Ying whispered.

Sanniang thought, this is very likely, and she has not been in contact since she asked Xuan Shao to help investigate the matter of the ancestral hall mother-in-law last time, I don't know if there is any news. If he had come today, he would have found an opportunity to deliver news to her. (To be continued)