Chapter Fifty-Seven: Entering the Grand Theater
Cuiyun, the maid who was close to the carriage door, silently picked up the juanpa at Shen Yinqiu's feet, patted it clean and handed it back to Shen Jinqiu.
She was the only maid in the carriage who was allowed to come up and wait, it was so cold outside, this was an enviable errand, but the atmosphere of this smoke and rain was really uncomfortable, and she preferred to blow the wind outside the carriage.
Zhang and Shen Jinqiu kept staring at Shen Yinqiu, as if they were about to pounce and skin her.
In the face of such pressure, Shen Yinqiu poured himself a teacup and drank it, treating them as transparent. As soon as Shen Jinqiu was about to have a seizure, he was tightly held by Zhang's hand.
She looked at Zhang dissatisfied, looked at each other, and Zhang shook his head at her gently.
After that, there was silence in the carriage, listening to the faint noise outside, and no one spoke. Until the wheels of the car stopped turning, the handlebar type said respectfully: "Madame, Miss, the big theater has arrived." ”
Cuiyun got out of the car first, and then helped Zhang's family and Shen Jinqiu down. And Shen Yinqiu fell last, walked out alone, held the door panel with one hand, raised the hem of the cloak with the other, stepped on the footstool, and got out of the car quite elegantly and naturally.
Zhang's mother and daughter, who wanted to see her embarrassment, couldn't get their way, so they snorted lightly and turned around. At this time, Qianguang Qianyun caught up from behind, and when he saw that his master was safe and sound, he covered his mouth and gasped.
"What's going on?" Shen Yinqiu led them to follow behind the Zhang family, and asked quietly while paying attention to the crowd around them.
Qianguang calmed his breath, except that his face was still a little red, and his expression was already as usual. She glanced at a few maids behind her and said, "I've been asked for trouble, is the master okay?" As soon as they saw them coming around, they knew that they were going to be demons, but fortunately, Liu Da and Liu Er rushed over to scare them away. ”
"I'm fine." Shen Yinqiu shook his head, there were a lot of people coming and going in this big theater, but they all leaned aside and didn't dare to approach the avenue between them.
They weren't too far away from Zhang, and they followed closely behind them five or six paces. It is said that it is a big theater, that is, the plaque above has these three words written on it, and when you step in, you will find that the layout is similar to that of a teahouse, that is, a large platform is set up in the middle, and the rest are tables and chairs, with hot tea, melons and fruits.
The gate was guarded by several guards wearing family coats of arms, but did not prevent others from entering. At the entrance of the second floor, there were also guards, as well as four or five maidservants, one of whom stepped forward to salute the Zhang family, and then led them upstairs.
Shen Yinqiu was a little behind, swept around the layout, stepped on the sturdy plank and went up step by step, and when he reached the second floor, he found that there were already many people, about five or six.
Zhang stepped forward to greet the general's wife. As soon as they greeted each other, she didn't know what she saw, so she was a little surprised and lowered her voice: "Mrs. Hou is also here, it's rare to be there, or Mrs. has a big face." ”
The lady she said has a noble status, she is the eldest princess of the dynasty, the emperor's sister, and has a title and real power. And with a hot temper, few people dare to befriend him and avoid it. But the identity is there, and there are many people who want to stammer, but the eldest princess rarely cares about them.
She married the queen of Bac Ninh and became the princess of Bac Ninh, but she was a stepfamily.
The muddy waters are so deep that no one understands them. In addition, she was pregnant not long after she got married, and gave birth to a linzi, three years younger than the prince of Bac Ninh.
Although the child left by the first princess was asked by the king of Bac Ninh to be crowned the prince, the one born to the eldest princess is very likely to inherit the title. Because the first princess's child is a sick seedling, it may pass away anytime and anywhere, I heard that it is still rough, and he followed his mother from Wulin.
Thinking about it, the king of Bac Ninh was greedy for freshness before marrying a rough woman who fought and killed.
The Zhang family just remembered the background of the Hou Ye Lady in an instant, and the general's wife didn't go to see the Hou Ye Lady, she glanced at Shen Jinqiu, who was dressed very uniquely, and mentioned out of selfishness: "The Hou family is also looking for ...... The princess's. ”
Zhang's heart was turbulent, "Yes...... The prince? ”
"Otherwise, who else?" Lu said in a low voice, looking at Shen Yinqiu somehow. She remembered that Shen Yinqiu and Wan Yanyan had a good relationship?
If the other party is willing, she can help with this.
Zhang's subconsciously grabbed Shen Jinqiu, her daughter can't marry that kind of man and be widowed! However, she noticed Lu's gaze, and some thoughts floated in her heart.
A lot of people came one after another, and Zhang couldn't always stand in front of Lu, so he took his daughter to the arranged position and sat down.
Shen Yinqiu was just about to follow, but was suddenly stopped by Lu's gentle shouting.
She stopped and didn't look at Zhang, who wouldn't give any response anyway. He saluted to the sitting Lu Yingying, "Hello Mrs. Lu." ”
Lu beckoned her to come closer, and asked softly, "Miss Shen Er, is she interested in someone?" ”
He asked...... Shen Yinqiu was full of question marks, and at the same time faintly vigilant, she lowered her head slightly shyly as if she was embarrassed, and whispered: "Mrs. Hui, Yinqiu didn't ......"
"Then, what do you think of the prince of the Hou Mansion?"
The prince of the Hou Mansion? Shen Yinqiu looked puzzled, who knew who he was? Could it be that the general's wife wants to pull Lang to match the matchmaker? What the heck! Shouldn't this kind of thing be asked to Zhang? Of course, if it's a good Zhang family, I'm afraid that it will be yellow, maybe it's okay. Thinking of her coming back to the capital from the south of the Yangtze River, the main reason is not to say kiss!
For a while, Shen Yinqiu's brain complained a lot. Seeing that her face was full of doubts, Lu Shi frowned slightly, and couldn't tell if this little girl was pretending.
"What do you think? If you're interested, I'll help you. "Although the identity of this concubine is indeed not enough, for the sake of her grandmother's family, it will not be too low.
Shen Yinqiu's heart trembled when he heard the help, and he was a little nervous: "Yinqiu doesn't understand what the general's wife means, and I don't know the prince of the Hou Mansion, so it's better to ask the lady to discuss these things with my mother first." ”
"You don't know the prince of the Hou Mansion?" Lu didn't dare to raise her voice, but her expression already showed how surprised she was.
But this kind of surprise was even more strange in Shen Yinqiu's eyes, she looked at the Lu family suspiciously, she must know the prince of the Hou Mansion? The identity of the prince of the Hou Mansion is climbed by a concubine? You don't want her to be a concubine, do you?! No! She would rather marry an honest person with an average family background.
"Madame, I ...... That, I just returned to Beijing not long ago, and I don't know much about it, and the prince of the Hou Mansion really doesn't know it. After she finished speaking, she plucked up the courage and said: "But, I don't marry someone as a concubine, thank you Mrs. General." ”
Lu Shi thought, what kind of mess is this, "You will naturally be the princess of the world when you get married." ”
Shen Yinqiu took a step back, she should be the princess? Seeing that a general and a young lady are all squeezed out of their heads by these daughters and want to marry, let alone a princess, looking for her? Even if she has suffered a crime in the General's Mansion, she doesn't need to make up for this kind of thing!
Knowing that this matter was strange, she didn't agree, but smiled: "Mrs. General, don't joke, if it's not a joke, I will obey my parents' orders for marriage matters." The implication is that you should not consult with her.
Lu Shi stared at her deeply, unable to see the appearance of lying, and suddenly realized that he was a little surprised: "Your eyes? All right? ”
Shen Yinqiu chuckled and nodded, "Mrs. Hui, your eyes will be healed after the injury is healed." "Are these people so slow to react? It was only after the conversation that she realized that she had a problem with her eyes.
Lu Shi glanced at her more and let her go back to Zhang's side. What's going on? Wan Qiyan's attitude towards her doesn't seem like she doesn't know, is there something hidden in it? In short, she wants Wan Qiyan to marry a wife as soon as possible, so that her daughter will give up Xiao Xiang.
Shen Yinqiu muttered as she walked about the purpose of the general's wife. But I didn't know that she was so close to the Lu family just now, and she was looked at by someone with a heart, and she thought a lot.
She came to the table where Zhang was and sat down in a separate seat from Shen Jinqiu. Zhang glanced at her and asked, "What did the general's wife tell you?" ”
Shen Yinqiu felt that someone was looking at her, and when she glanced back, she was facing a soft-looking woman, full of malice towards her. Suddenly, she felt that God was playing tricks on her, how could she always make enemies inexplicably?
However, when she heard Zhang's question, she retracted her gaze and replied, "It's nothing, just ask me if I'm okay and can see with my eyes?" This kind of problem. ”
Zhang didn't doubt it, and felt that it was, what else could they say besides these.
Shen Jinqiu was very upright in front of outsiders, he didn't give Shen Yinqiu any face, he sat quietly on the side with a smile, and he looked really eye-catching. Shen Yinqiu was a little more casual, slowly eating the snacks on the table, naturally with a little elegance, and it didn't look offensive.
The troupe hadn't started yet, and the guests were still coming up from the staircase, and she was stared at by the whole back, and pretended to be unintentional: "Mother, who is the family next door?" ”
They speak very quietly, and the theater is quite noisy, and they are not afraid of being heard by the people around them.
Zhang glanced sideways, and bowed his head to the death opponent with a smile, and the other party returned with a salute, it was not a young girl's house, and the fight between them naturally rose to another realm.
Only then did she say: "Mrs. Zuo Xiang and her daughter, why do you ask this." ”
"It's nothing, I don't think they're looking at us very friendly." Shen Yinqiu was very witty to add one behind me and encircle the Zhang family as well.
Sure enough, Zhang's face showed the mean look he had before towards her, "If she is friendly to us one day, it will be when we get to the end of the big mold." ”
Shen Yinqiu sighed, picked up the hot tea poured by Qianguang and tasted it slowly, and muttered to herself: "I didn't expect the tea in this theater to be so good." ”
Qianguang leaned close to her ear and explained, "Miss, it should have been specially prepared by the master's family." ”
"Is this so, you go and ask Liu Da to go outside to inquire, who is the prince of the Hou Mansion and what is his character." Shen Yinqiu always felt that it was not simple for the general's wife to mention this person for no reason, and the expression of the prince of the Hou Mansion that she must know...... Who is making trouble for her behind her back?!
If there is nothing strange about the prince of the Hou Mansion, as for wanting her to become the princess? I guess I can't look down on her as the number one person.