And the ladies and gentlemen—

The luncheon was dispersed early, and before it was right, everyone followed the master, Princess Fu, to listen to the play in the studio set up in the flower garden, some of the noble girls, some of them also accompanied the elders, some of them got together in three or two to gossip, and some were impatient to watch the play, and went out to hang out.

Qi's almost never left Huang's side, seeing Yijing sitting obediently and skillfully, and not leaving an inch, he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, but he couldn't make sure that he called other people's daughters, but he was unwilling to give up the early plan, so he didn't listen to the play much, and sat there full of thoughts.

Except for Yichen and Yijing sisters, none of the little ladies in the Guogong Mansion stayed in the theater booth.

Sanniang knew that today's spring banquet was a separate table for men and women, and she was not even in the same place after the banquet, so she was disappointed, but she still had a trace of luck, and this time she was pulling a maid who was married next to Yichen, and asked her to lead her around, waiting for an opportunity to have a "coincidence" with the three princes.

Siniang knew that the beautiful scenery had countermeasures, and "assured" to follow Qi Niang to the pond to fish.

Liu Niang also followed, and saw that there was a flat boat tied to the edge of the palace pool, so she asked the paddle man to ride up, hold the book, and find a quiet place in the clear wave of the pond that was not disturbed at all.

Ritchie wanted to wait for the opportunity to follow the little ladies to "be quiet", but was stopped by Xu: "Second sister-in-law, you always have to adapt to such occasions, in fact, there is nothing difficult, when you meet someone who is in love, you will get close to them, if you don't want to deal with it, on the surface, a few polite words are that the second master is responsible for the literary and prose rank of a good doctor, you are a lady with a second-class fate, whoever dares to slack off, it is those people who are shallow, but you can't look down on yourself." ”

When Li heard this, he was naturally very ironed in his heart, and he was even more grateful to Xu, so he no longer thought about dodging, but he was still a little restrained, staring at the stage with his eyes, and listening to the play fascinated.

The servant on the stage is playing the story of a legendary woman in the former Chao Dongming Dynasty - the Rose Lady.

Suddenly, a woman pursed her lips and smiled, and looked at Ritchie: "Madame is so fascinated by this, is it because she feels something?" ”

On the surface, there is nothing wrong with this.

But the ladies knew the meaning, and looked at Ritchie's gaze, some of which were indifferent, some of which were mocking, and some of which were sympathetic, and they flickered differently.

Ritchie hadn't reacted yet, and was a little stunned.

Huang only smiled calmly and said: "Today's play is somewhat interesting, and I can also listen to it." ”

Before her words fell, Xu Shi and Yijing both lowered their eyes and frowned secretly.

The woman who spoke just now was clearly sneering and ill-intentioned, as the Duchess of the Kingdom, why did the Huang family be despised by her own concubines, so why did she ignore it?

As a junior, Yijing is not easy to interject, but she expected that since the woman who spoke had picked a head, she was afraid that there would be ridicule underneath, and then, maybe there would be an embarrassing situation, and she picked the corners of her eyes slightly, and once again took the anxiety of Qi and Xu Sanniang into her eyes, and smiled lightly - it was time to take advantage of this reason to give them a chance.

Then he gently pulled Xu Sanniang: "I'm a little tired, do you want to go to Huizi Flower Garden?" ”

It's a send-off! Xu Sanniang almost didn't high-five.

The two little ladies each confessed to their elders and left the table, Xia Ke and Qiu Yue were about to follow, but Yijing stopped them: "Look at the appearance of the two of you!" Just stay here, Hengzhi is on the big sister's house, and you don't need to leave an inch. ”

When Xu Sanniang heard this, she couldn't help but be overjoyed - this is really the time to operate, the most difficult thing about the means I thought earlier was to break the maid, and it would be surprisingly smooth.

Yijing and Xu Sanniang left the theater, and the woman who opened the house just now saw that the person she was targeting did not react, and she was unwilling, and said with a smile: "Madame should have the same fate as the Rose Lady, and sympathize with each other, right?" ”

If the sentence just now is still a little tactful, it is very obvious, so that Ritchie understands that others are satirizing her origin, only to feel a basin of cold water poured down her head, and as if she was being put on fire, the soles of her feet are scorching, but the backbone is cold and piercing, if according to her usual temperament, those swear words have been in her throat, but looking around at the ill will of everyone, and finally afraid of losing face in front of the noble lady.

At this time, Huang "happened" to talk to Qi, and seemed to be deaf.

Xu's brow furrowed even tighter.

The woman who sneered was a family member of the Ministry of Industry, who was promoted by the Ministry of Industry, and she was not even called a wife, and she was originally not qualified to attend the spring banquet in the palace.

But she has a younger sister, but she is the concubine of King Kang, and today Princess Kang was absent for some reason, so she sent this concubine Wu to come, and the Wu family only accompanied her.

Wu's targeting of the Li family is obviously not because of personal grudges, whether it is her husband or her mother's father and brother, they are all die-hard supporters of Jinxiang.

It is precisely for this reason that although the wives of Zhuo and Wei are here, they have the intention to please the ladies of the Guogong Mansion, but they are not good at "speaking out".

Xu smiled lightly: "What does Mrs. Wu know about this play?" ”

Wu raised his eyebrows slightly: "The Rose Lady is a famous strange woman in the Eastern Ming Dynasty, I have naturally heard of her deeds, she was an official woman, but she was convicted of her family and sold herself in a brothel...... There is also a legend that the Rose Lady has outstanding medical skills, and even some people have been diagnosed by many doctors as mortal due to acute abdomen, but they were rejuvenated by the Rose Lady's wonderful hands, some people say that she used the ancestral elixir, and some people say that she cut the patient's abdomen, what is it called, and the laparotomy cures the disease. ”

About the Rose Lady, the most amazing thing is her medical skills that she doesn't know where she came from, as well as the vigorous love legend with the son of Prime Minister Dongming.

Wu had the intention to show off, and continued: "The Rose Lady is both talented and beautiful, and the son of the Prime Minister, the talented man Wei Lang who is famous in Kyoto, finally persuaded his parents to accept the Rose Lady back to his home, but the Rose Lady swore to the sky - never to be a concubine, if someone forces her, she would rather die...... Even Emperor De heard about it, and praised the Rose Lady for a 'good ambition' to achieve this marriage, but Prime Minister Wei Cheng knelt outside the hall and knocked on the Prime Minister to ask Emperor De to take back his life, otherwise he would touch the pillar and die, Wei Lang did not hesitate to disobey his parents for this, but also married the Rose Lady as his wife. ”

The next story is - Rose Lady Xiushu and Wei Lang, persuading him not to lose his family for this, but also to be loyal to the monarch and the country, and to honor his parents, he is the man who stands up to the sky, otherwise she will despise him. Wei Lang had no choice but to compromise, but refused to obey his parents' orders, matchmakers, and marry others. After hearing about this, there was a wealthy businessman in the south of the Yangtze River, who made a special trip to Kyoto to redeem herself with the Rose Lady, and recognized her as a "righteous daughter", and gave her business skills, supplemented by the principal, to help the Rose Lady settle down, after ten years, the Rose and Wei Lang were separated by thousands of miles, and never met.

Later, the northern plains attacked the border, and the border was in an emergency, at that time, the rose lady had already settled in the city of Chongcheng and naturalized, and with her talent for business, she became a rich party.

The German emperor used troops for naturalization, but Qiao Weilang was the supervisor of the army.

According to this, the two people, who have been separated for ten years, were able to reunite.

In the battle of Yinshan, the Dongming general was seriously wounded, almost died, and it was difficult to resist the invasion of the Northern Plains, and there were many Rose Lady's wonderful hands to rejuvenate, it is said that it was used to heal the wounds by osteopathy, only to cure the life of the general, so that the Dongming army was determined, retreated from the Beiyuan army, and saved the naturalization and hundreds of thousands of people in the border fortress from the iron hooves of the Beiyuan people.

Wei Lang returned to Beijing, asked for a reward for the Rose Lady, and then asked the Holy God for marriage, and the two eventually became married, and the Rose Lady was also named the Lady of the Command.

After the death of Emperor De, Wei Lang resigned, and it is said that he and the Rose Lady have been traveling on the shores of the East China Sea since then.

And when the famous doctor Ji appeared later, it is said to be their son.

After Wu finished speaking, the legend of the Rose Lady looked very proud, and at this time, the noblewomen below were not on the stage, and they all wondered what Xu's intention was.

"What Mrs. Wu said is really detailed." Xu smiled again: "But in my opinion, the style and intelligence of the rose lady, how many men are not comparable, no wonder Wei Lang and the talented people in Beijing were impressed back then, and even Emperor De praised her for her 'good ambition', and some rich businessmen were willing to redeem her for her, thinking that the righteous daughter, with the principal, gave business skills, and achieved such a strange woman...... However, what Mrs. Wu said just now is quite appropriate, how can I say that my second sister-in-law has the same fate as her? ”

Wu was stunned.

Xu raised his eyebrows: "Is Mrs. Wu a slip of the tongue, or does she mean something else?" ”

Concubine Wu on the side sneered coldly at this time: "Madame, you have ulterior motives for this, who doesn't know that the second lady of your mansion is also from that background." ”

"What kind of background?" Hui's pretense is unknown.

Concubine Wu sneered again: "Everyone here knows that the second lady of your mansion is not a high-ranking woman, just like a rose lady, originally a lowly ......" Wu also came back to his senses at this time, and said with a smile: "Isn't that the case? Looking around with schadenfreude, the two sisters were full of ambition.

"The two of you are cautious, it is true that my second sister-in-law is not from a high family, but she is also a son of a good family, and she deserves a cheap word, is it that according to the two of you, in addition to the noble family, tens of millions of people in Dalong are untouchables?" Xu smiled: "Today's saints still love the people like sons, the two of you are really ...... Be on one's high horse. ”

When he saw that Concubine Wu's sisters had changed color, Xu Shi said idly: "Moreover, if according to the law of Dalong etiquette, if a woman is married, the noble and the lowly are all with her husband's family, and my second sister-in-law is also the wife of the imperial court, and she is the same as Concubine Wu, but I don't know what grade Mrs. Wu is, and a cheap word can be exported so easily?" If it is said that it is investigated, Wu Niangzi can be regarded as the following crime? ”

Wu's expression changed, staring at a pair of almond eyes, but he was stunned.

"What? Shouldn't Mrs. Wu ask my second sister-in-law for forgiveness, you are offending at this time? Xu chuckled.

The noblewomen around them didn't dare to look at Ritch with that contempt - they originally thought that Ritchie's background would be squeezed out by the two ladies of the Guogong Mansion, but they didn't expect that the Xu family would defend the concubine like this.

Ritchell was even more grateful to Xu at this time, and his lips trembled lightly and he couldn't speak.

Although Concubine Wu was unwilling and was about to speak, she heard the queen's sister-in-law, Mrs. Kong, say at this time: "What the third lady said is very true, Mrs. Wu's words and deeds are inappropriate, and she apologizes for the reason." ”

Mrs. Kong is known for her prestige among the noblewomen, and Concubine Wu doesn't dare to say much.

Only at this time, Huang said again: "Wu Niangzi lost her words for a while, and the second brother and sister will tolerate her this time." ”

Xu Shi looked at Huang, his eyes were deep, and Li Shi saw that Concubine Wu's sisters were already red-faced, Wu stood up, helpless, but also "generous", and said with a stiff smile: "Everyone is just gossiping, I don't care." ”

When Xu Shi heard this, he felt that Ritch's response was really decent, and he no longer insisted, and took Lally's hand with a smile: "Let's concentrate on listening to the play, this play, isn't it just a part of the Rose Lady who swears by the sky and refuses to be a concubine?" ”

Many noblewomen understood the meaning of Xu's words, so they looked at Concubine Wu with sarcastic eyes, and many of them raised the corners of their lips lightly-

It's really self-inflicted.