Chapter 54: A Play
When Baozhi and Tang Wan arrived at the Houfu in the west of the town, several daughters had already arrived one after another.
Tang Wan didn't expect Baozhi to come so generously, and after a short period of surprise, she put on a virtuous and friendly smile, stepped forward to greet Baozhi, and introduced everyone, most of the girls were curious about this girl who could make incense and attract butterflies, and some showed disdain and disdain.
Although Bao didn't like to socialize with people in his previous life, but since she fell in love with Chu Yao, as long as she had the opportunity, she forced herself to attend all kinds of banquets, and she might meet him at banquets, after learning that Chu Yao liked Tang Wan, a talented woman in the dynasty, she worked hard to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, although she learned it, but she still didn't dare to show it in front of outsiders, and she didn't have the opportunity to make him look back at her.
Therefore, although these girls before meeting again did not have much contact in their previous lives, they still understand them.
"It's really better to see than to hear, Miss Zhang is really the same as rumored." After Yu Qiuwan finished speaking, she pursed her lips and looked at Tang Wan.
The tall and thin girl with a pointed chin in front of her is the second girl of Uncle Huaiyuan's family, who has been engaged to the youngest son of General Chonghua.
In the face of such a person, Baozhi didn't want to talk to her much, so he smiled back at her gently.
Tang Wan was a little sour in her ears when she heard this, but the smile on her face became brighter and brighter, as if she was praising her instead of praising Baozhi.
"You don't know, Baozhi is now a celebrity in front of the queen's mother, and he only left the palace a few days ago."
Speaking of which, there is the unhappiness of the usual love of twisting sourness, and looking for the trouble of finding treasures.
After some introduction, the people were almost there, and everyone was led to the small flower hall by the maid, and Baozhi and Tang Wan sat down next to each other.
"Sister Wan, everyone can't wait to see Baoqin." It was Yang Sixian, the third girl of the Qingguo family, who spoke highly of Tang Wan.
Tang Wan said with a smile: "The piano is secondary, today is just an excuse to try the piano, invite everyone to come, and we sisters will get together." ”
As he spoke, he called the maid to fetch the harp.
"I heard that Sister Wan's piano is extraordinary, and it is the famous piano 'Crying Warbler' in the previous dynasty." Yang Sixian has a proud way.
The ladies here are all young ladies of the famous family, most of them are well-informed, listen to Yang Sixian mention the name of the piano, can't help but be a little surprised, according to legend, "Cry Ying" is the previous dynasty Emperor Wu ordered the most famous qin master at that time to make for the queen, its workmanship is exquisite, the voice is melodious and tactful, and later due to the change of dynasty, the war changes, "Cry Ying" has been lost for a long time, I didn't expect Tang Wan to be able to get.
Looking at the surprised and envious eyes of the ladies below, Tang Wan was not without pride, you know, how much effort she spent in order to find this 'warbler'.
Baozhi was stunned, 'Crying Warbler', why is it also called 'Crying Warbler'? Before sending Ying out of the pavilion, Mr. had taught the piano for a while, and her brother saw that she liked it, so he collected a guqin for her, and once when she wiped the body, she accidentally saw a small seal engraved at the bottom of the piano, which was the word "warbler".
I think it was my brother who bought the imitation piano of later generations.
Tang Wan noticed Baozhi's distraction and asked in a low voice, "What, is there any problem?" ”
Baozhi felt that there was no need to say anything about this, so he shook his head.
The maid had already hugged the piano up, and the ladies at the bottom were faintly a little restless, and it was better to see this 'warbler' than to hear it, and then a proud voice sounded.
"According to legend, 'Crying Ying' is named because of its melodious and crisp sound like a warbler's cry, and Emperor Wu personally engraved the name for it, I don't know if Miss Tang can be famous on this guqin?"
Tang Wan was happy, and whispered to Baozhi: "I didn't expect Tang Wan to invite her too." ”
Without waiting for Bao Zhi's question, Tang Wan continued: "This woman's surname is Xie Mingyun, she is the granddaughter of Concubine Xian's mother's family, An Fuhou, she thinks very highly of herself, and has always wanted to snatch the name of Tang Wan's first talented woman in Da Zhou, Tang Wan will not invite her on weekdays, but I didn't expect that she would be bored today." ”
In fact, Tang Wan didn't give Xie Yun a post, but Xie Yun couldn't sit still when she heard that her rival had a guqin, so she didn't receive the post, and she came hard.
Tang Wan looked at Xie Yun and became angry, hasn't this person always been pretentious, why is he so thick-skinned today, thinking that he is here to stir up the situation, he snorted coldly in his heart, and smiled generously on his face.
"Naturally, there is a name, and after getting this qin, I asked the master to identify it, and if it was a fake piano, there would not be today's banquet. But I still want to thank my sister for her kind reminder. ”
After saying a few words, the next ladies nodded again and again, and they all admired Tang Wan's generosity, and looked at the people who were sour, but they didn't say anything, but thanked them, what kind of bearing is this.
Tang Wan endured it, but Yang Sixian couldn't bear it, her sister Wan was too kind, everyone bullied her, blindly tolerating it would only make her more proud, and said in a loud voice: "Xie Yun, all the sisters here have received Sister Wan's post, I don't know where your post is, can you take it for everyone to see." ”
The implication is that Xie Yun has no post uninvited.
Xie Yun said unhurriedly: "The people in Beijing know that I have been obsessed with the piano since I was a child, and anyone who has anything to do with piano music will invite me. I heard that Miss Tang got the guqin, and she had been thinking about it, but she never thought that Miss Tang would not list Xie as a guest. It's a bit rude to come this time, and I ask you not to be surprised. ”
Baozhi secretly complained to himself, no wonder Xiao Wan doesn't like to participate in these parties, obediently, look at others, explain your mistakes because of the consequences before, and then come to a few tepid apologies, the dark tide is surging, three women in one play, so many little women, how many plays do you want, it is better for her to talk less and watch more plays.
Tang Wan took a few deep breaths to stabilize her mind.
"In this way, it's all me who is my sister, when I first proposed the guest list, my sister was the first person to be decided, maybe the next person was negligent, and I blamed me for being too indulgent with them on weekdays."
"Sister Wan, you are always very good at talking, and you are too lenient with the people below, and these people are becoming more and more unruly!" Yang Sixian kept glancing at Xie Yun as he spoke. These words were addressed to her.
Xie Yun's face turned red and white for a while, and after a moment, he calmed down, feeling that he had lost his identity by arguing with her, and sat up straight, staring at Naqin.
"Sister Tang Wan, try the piano quickly, the world-famous piano, with my sister's peerless piano skills, I don't know how it will be born in a wonderful realm." Another lady said.
Tang Wan was busy and humbled and didn't dare, Xie Yun snorted coldly, peerless piano skills, and really dared to boast.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of Tang Wan, who had not spoken for a long time, and when she saw Baozhi beside her, Tang Wan had a plan.