Chapter 031 Adaptation

It's tolerable and intolerable

The third princess walked out of the garden on the back side with a gloomy face, followed by Zhao Yanniang with a complicated expression.

"What's wrong? Could it be that the plum blossom troupe has offended the three princesses? ”

When the women's army rushed to the stage, Wang Qifang understood a little - there was obviously no third princess in the banquet list, but Zhao Yanniang invited the third princess, and Zhao Yanniang and Aunt Su have always been good friends, and the plum blossom troupe was invited by Aunt Su.

Not only did Wang Qifang think of this, but Mrs. Zhao, who was old and sophisticated, also looked thoughtfully at Aunt Su who was watching the play coolly.

"Go, call me Su"

Today is a good day for herself, Mrs. Zhao didn't want to be angry, but the Su family is too disproportionate. She wanted to fight with the second young grandmother, but Mrs. Zhao had no opinion, but if she deliberately sabotaged her birthday banquet, Mrs. Zhao couldn't bear it.

Especially the look of everyone watching the show, it deeply hurt Mrs. Zhao's eyes - when did their Zhao family become the focus of ridicule and ridicule?

Tilting her head slightly, Mrs. Zhao whispered to Yinqiao, who was waiting on the side.

"Yes, ma'am"

Yinqiao also saw some clues, and peeked at his wife to get angry, and hurriedly agreed.

Here, Zijuan finally squeezed over from the crowd, and came to Wang Qifang's approach with an anxious face, "Girl, we have been calculated"

"I already know," Wang Qifang nodded without changing her face, and asked in a low voice, "What's going on?" Did the troupe offend the third princess, or is there something forbidden about this drama? ”

"Neither," large beads of sweat dripped from her sideburns, and Zijuan didn't bother to wipe them, and said urgently: "It's a bit complicated, slave and maid make a long story short." Two months ago, Gao Changguo suddenly took the initiative to provoke and raided the defenders guarding the border fortress, and the Northwest Army of the imperial court was caught off guard and suffered heavy losses, losing several important forts at one point...... The DPRK and China have two views on this, one side seeks peace, the other side seeks war, and the three princesses are the most determined ...... in the camp of war."

Zijuan lowered her head and whispered to Wang Qifang about the current affairs she had just inquired about from her husband, "But if the court starts fighting, all kinds of military supplies will not be prepared." Those ministers who are in charge of peace would rather listen to the drama at home than share the burden for the court, and it just so happens that many of these ministers are masters in charge of the household department and the ministry of industry...... The passive slackness of these old men made the plan of the three princesses to actively prepare for the war not go smoothly at all, and the three princesses were greatly annoyed. In order to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys, the third princess really suppressed a few officials who did not seek political power, and at that time, the offense was used to covet pleasure, good 'beautiful sound', and mislead the country and the people"

As she spoke, Zijuan's tone also became resentful, who did they provoke in the troupe, it was obviously those nobles who made a quarrel, but it was them who sacrificed

Thinking that Xiang Gong said in a painful voice, the plum blossom opera troupe had not sung a scene for a month, and she couldn't help but feel sad when she saw that the team couldn't open the pot.

As a result, many people in Beijing did not dare to listen to the drama blatantly. Even if you listen to the play, you will never invite the third princess and the officials who are good friends with the third princess. And we-"

Zijuan said here, on the stage below, several women's soldiers with treasure knives in their hands had already tied up the actors and musicians on the stage.

"I understand" Wang Qifang sighed faintly, she took precautions, but she still didn't prevent it, and let Aunt Su take advantage of the loophole.

Although everyone in the Zhao family knew that it was Aunt Su's idea to invite someone to sing, many of the guests present didn't know that when they saw her presiding over such a big banquet for the first time, they made fatal mistakes, and secretly laughed at her Wang Qifang couldn't do things, and she didn't have the demeanor of everyone's housewife.

"Then, Qi Niang, what should we do?"

Zijuan was so anxious that she couldn't do it, because she saw that there had already been a women's army to tie up her man in the side courtyard - Sangong took the initiative to be angry, maybe he would think of the face of the Wang family and the Zhao family, and if he didn't pursue the second young grandmother, there must always be someone who was responsible and carried the black pot, and in the end, her Su Lang would definitely not be able to escape the fate of being cannon fodder.

"Adapt to the situation"

Wang Qifang also saw it, and the whispers of the guests came from time to time. You don't need to listen to the content to know that everyone must be both 'sympathetic' and 'disdainful' for her. Come to think of it, being calculated by a concubine is really not a glorious thing.

"What? It's all dumb, weren't you still happy to watch the show just now? Hmph, what Old Lord Li said is right, 'The merchant girl does not know the hatred of the country, and she still sings chrysanthemums across the river'. The soldiers of the imperial court are bloody and murderous on the frontier, but you are here to sing and dance, drunk and dream of death."

The third princess stood coldly in front of the stage, her sharp gaze swept over the distinguished guests present, and scolded sharply.

"Hehe, the third princess is wrong," Wang Qifang's eyes lit up when she heard the words 'Old Lord Li', and she suddenly had an idea in her heart, she smiled slightly, moved the lotus step to the third princess, held the skirt in both hands, knelt on the ground and saluted: "Concubine Zhao Wang's family see Her Royal Highness the Princess"

"Get up," the third princess paused, if she didn't hear it wrong just now, the woman in front of her said that she was 'bad', hey, whose daughter-in-law is this, she actually dared to say that she was wrong with the third princess. Thinking of this, the third princess's face sank, and she asked unhappily, "You just said that this palace was wrong?" ”

"Third Princess Xie," Wang Qifang was not frightened by the third princess's cold words, she stood up unhurriedly, and said softly: "Your Highness, the concubine body is indeed saying that you 'say this is wrong'——"

"Bold, Zhao Wang, you are so bold, you dare to be presumptuous in front of the third princess"

Before Wang Qifang's words were finished, Zhao Yanniang, who was standing on the side of the third princess, suddenly shouted loudly.

"Hey~~" The third princess raised her right hand, signaled Zhao Yanniang not to talk too much, and then nodded her chin to Wang Qifang, "You go on, hum, this palace wants to hear where my 'difference' is?" ”

"The third princess forgives the concubine for being reckless," Wang Qifang suppressed the timidity in her heart, trying to keep her tone normal, "The concubine is not saying that the third princess is wrong, but suddenly thought that the old lord Li also once said a sentence, he said, 'The literary battalion is a vanguard, a sharp blade inserted into the enemy, and a brave soldier without weapons,' the concubine is stupid, and I don't know if this is the old lord's original words." The concubine only knows one thing, and the literary and artistic camp of that year seems to have been formed by the disciples of Liyuan from all over the Great Zhou."

The third princess was stunned, she didn't expect Wang Qifang to refute from this aspect.

Well, that's right, Li Tianci did say such things back then, but the background at that time was different. At that time, their martial arts family was a relative of the usurper of the dynasty, and they urgently needed someone to help sing the praises of virtue, and it was with this in mind that Emperor Taizu would adopt Li Tianci's suggestion and gather hundreds of actors and musicians to form the so-called 'literary and artistic camp', which specially rehearsed some small jokes that the common people liked to see to help the Wu family whitewash the peace.

is different from today's situation, not to mention that the current art camp has long been disbanded, and those actors are becoming more and more disrespectful, often doing some bad things of male thieves and female prostitutes, and the pear orchard has become a pickled place to hide filth and dirt.

But, but she couldn't refute it, she was angry at everyone watching the play, so she used the topic to play. really talked about it in detail, the other troupes did not do anything to endanger the court, even if they were unnecessary, they would not be guilty of death.

"When the concubine said this, she never meant to accuse the third princess," Wang Qifang saw that the third princess seemed to be stopped by herself, so she hurriedly changed her voice and began to say good things about the third princess, "On the contrary, the concubine is full of admiration for the third princess's worries about the country and the people. Just now, the concubine body just learned from the mouth of the master of Su Ban that among the soldiers guarding the border fortress in the northwest town, there are two thousand ladies under the command of the third princess," Speaking of this, Wang Qifang paused and said in an extremely reverent tone, "These heroines who are not afraid of the cold and the hardships are really admired. Just like Lord Li once said, 'Who said that women are inferior to men, women hold up half the sky,' compared to them, how can those old men in the court and the middle of the court still have the face to say 'peace'? ”

"Huh?" The third princess's eyes lit up, she didn't expect a woman in the inner courtyard to have such pride, and the trace of displeasure that had just risen in her heart disappeared, she pretended to be displeased and reprimanded: "Bold, the matter of the court and the central government is also something you can criticize?" ”

"Hehe, the third princess is 'bad' again, Lord Li also said that 'the rise and fall of the world is the responsibility of the husband', and the concubine is also a child of the Great Zhou, and it is even more natural to care about state affairs."

Wang Qifang saw the hidden smile in the eyes of the third princess, so she was bold and said with a little ridicule.

"Piff? What a puppet, it's ridiculous that those old stubborns who claim to be full of poetry and books are not as good as a puppet"

After a moment of silence, the third princess suddenly burst out laughing, but tears appeared in her eyes.

"The third princess praised it falsely, how can a concubine know so much about an inner house woman, and it is not a matter of watching a play," Wang Qifang said half-truthfully, she deliberately pointed to Su Zijian, who was tied together, and said: "There are many serious good shows in Su Banzhuo, like the legend of Lord Li, the dragon travels the world, and the 'charcoal seller' who angrily reprimanded Li Tang for his decadence, so that the concubine, a boudoir woman who doesn't hear anything outside the window, also knows a lot of history and world affairs."

"Oh? Now there are still those who sing 'Dragon Walks the World'" Obviously, the third princess is more interested in the legendary story of her ancestor, Emperor Taizu, than other people's stories.

"Yes, of course there is," Su Zijian is also a clever person, he saw that Wang Qifang seemed to have no intention of exculpating himself, and hurriedly replied loudly: "The little one is a musician from the Royal Pear Garden, who has rehearsed the dragon in the world many times, and now the villain's troupe often performs this play." Third princess, don't you know, the common people like this drama very much, and they all say that Emperor Taizu is the true son of heaven who is ordered by heaven.

In addition, the villain admires the sincerity of the third princess for the country, and has always wanted to make a play for you and your women's army, but it's a pity that ......"

"Oh, writing for Hongu?"

When the third princess heard this, she was also interested, and asked repeatedly, "What play, what is the name?" ”

E~~ Su Zijian was a little dumbfounded, he just wanted to pat the third princess's ass, where is there any drama.

"Back to the third princess, this play is called 'Red Women's Army', which tells the story of you leading your women's army to attack the enemy camp, bravely rescue the driver, and guard the frontier