Chapter 90 Wants to Go to the Branches

In fact, the homecoming banquet is not particularly complicated, but if it is not for the relatives who are rare to see during the New Year's holidays, they will first warm up with each other, send each other something, and then have a lively meal, at most, the family will invite the troupe to listen to a play, and it will be over, because Bai and Bai Yiyun are both married in the capital, after all, they still have to return to their own homes at night, so after eating, the two of them hurriedly retired with their children, and when they walked out of the house, Bai led He Changan to walk in front, Bai Yiyun walked slower because she was pregnant, Xu Huanche accompanied her mother, and fell behind slightly, so He Changan didn't notice the lost look in Xu Huanche's eyes.

But after all, it was the Chinese New Year, and the Bai family still invited the troupe, so sitting in front of the troupe were the old lady Chen and Bai Benting and his wife Bai Wenting and his wife, as well as Bai Yuyun, a concubine who came all the way from Gansu to temporarily live in the Liang Guogong Mansion.

The stage was babbling and singing "The Legend of the West Chamber", Chen thought about the things of the day, and couldn't help but be a little irritable, and there was no match to follow the rhythm of the opera, but he didn't listen very attentively, Geng knew Chen's thoughts, so he instructed the troupe owner: "Who ordered this? How can there be such a play? The New Year swept the old lady's interest." ”

As soon as Geng asked, he replied honestly: "If you return to the Duchess, this "The Story of the West Chamber" is the drama list ordered by the second lady of the house, but the villain also thinks that "The Story of the West Chamber" does not have any bad luck, and in the end, Zhang Sheng and Cui Yingying have a lover and finally become married, and they are all happy, but I don't know ......."

But those things that happened during the day, the second lady Du Shi was born in a small family, and her husband did not hold important positions above the court, so she didn't know much about it, and saw Geng's saying to the troupe owner that the play he ordered swept away the nature of his mother-in-law, isn't this equivalent to suing himself for evil at his mother-in-law, where is he willing to follow, the phoenix eyes picked, and a knife was thrown to Geng's: "Sister-in-law, what are you talking about, you just ordered a play "Will Xianghe", this New Year's fight and killing is good?" Why is it not good to order a play "The Legend of the West Chamber" when you come to me?"

Geng smiled indifferently: "If my younger siblings don't think that this play has swept away their mother's nature, then let the troupe continue to sing, but I want to remind my younger siblings that there are some things that should be understood or understood." Brother and sister think why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suddenly visited our Liang Guogong Mansion today?"

Du Shi was a little disapproving: "In the early years, I didn't see His Royal Highness come to our Liangguo Mansion for the New Year's holidays, that is because at that time he was still the prince, and the power of the East Palace was stable, so he naturally did not hesitate to use the power of his relatives to make himself look stronger, but now it is not the case, the position of the prince cannot be kept, what face is there? In order to be able to become the prince again, it is natural to rely on the power of our Bai family." ”

But he didn't expect to hear the voice of his husband and the second master on the side: "Confused!

The second master of Ping Suli thought that he loved this wife very much, so Du Shi was also a little overwhelmed by this life's drink, but because his mother-in-law was not good in front of him, he had to grab his skirt and rub it around, and his voice trembled a little: "Husband...... My husband yelled at me, and I ...... I didn't say anything wrong, why didn't my husband save me face like this?"

The second master's anger is no less than that of the second lady: "Face? Your head on the neck is almost impossible to keep, what else do you want to do with face? Not to mention whether the prince is something you can discuss, even if the second highness is no longer the prince, but it is also a serious dragon son and phoenix grandson, it can't be easier to find a mistake in you! Let me tell you, just because you failed to give birth to a son, and you don't even have an heir under your knees, Your Highness has a reason for me to divorce you!" You must know that His Royal Highness is also a relative of our Bai family, this matter, if it is not good, it is called nosy, but if it is called Zhen'er, it is also His Highness's family matter!"

Then he turned around like Liang Guogong and Geng hugged his fists and said: "My brother has no way to teach his wife, so that my brother and sister-in-law can laugh, I still ask my sister-in-law to mention Du Shi more, if not, when we break our Bai family because of Du's mouth, then my brother will be to blame." ”

Liang Guogong was silent, and Geng had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "It's all a family, how can there be any jokes that don't joke about it?" Brother and sister are just afraid that they don't know, today His Royal Highness suddenly visited our Liang Guogong Mansion, I am afraid that this matter is inseparable from the girl in Chang'an. The painting "Empress Xi" given to her mother by His Royal Highness has an allusive meaning, even if so many people thought about kissing Empress Xi at the beginning, but she finally married Emperor Wu of Liang, which means that our family should not easily fight Chang'an's idea. ”

Du Shi understood a little when he heard this, but he just didn't let out this breath and panicked in his heart: "Sister-in-law's meaning is that His Royal Highness has taken a fancy to He Chang'an? He Chang'an is just an earl's daughter, where can there be such a blessing to make His Second Highness droop? Don't be a sister-in-law chasing the wind and shadows, let's be alarmist." ”

"If my brother and sister don't believe it, they can ask their mother to verify it, and this matter is definitely not my family's words. Besides, the younger siblings might as well think about it carefully, when the second highness sent things to the third sister, he also specially instructed the third sister to have many problems such as the son of the Marquis of Anshun, which seemed to be concerned, but in fact it was not insinuation. As for when His Royal Highness fell in love with Chang'an, I can't draw any conclusions on this matter, but I'm afraid that Chang'an is really edified. ”

After all, "The Legend of the West Chamber" is about young men and women who make a private lifelong decision, and it is no wonder that Geng will say that this play stabbed Chen's glasses, after all, it is the old lady Chen who is in charge of telling Chang'an and Xu Huanche that is kissing, which is somewhat similar to this, but I am afraid that it will arouse the displeasure in the heart of the old lady.

Du Shi also understands this at this moment, I am afraid that it is true, although he is still angry with Geng in his heart, but he is more full of vinegar, if the person he marries also has a title or an official position of the first, second and third grades, wouldn't his two daughters also have the possibility of being selected as the prince's concubine? But I didn't think about it, she was just the daughter of the prefect of Qingzhou, and marrying into the Liangguo Mansion as a daughter-in-law was already Gao Pan.

But he still said reluctantly: "Since my mother doesn't like to listen, tell them to stop and stop singing." ”

Chen coughed lightly twice: "Since it's already ordered, let's sing it, it's not easy for the opera troupe to celebrate the New Year." I was a little tired, so I went back to rest. ”

As he spoke, he took Mama Jiang's hand and went back to his room, leaving only a group of children staring at each other, and after watching the play for a while, they also felt bored, so they went back to their respective courtyards.

Du Shi followed the second master closely and walked back slowly, the second master did not speak, just walked forward silently, Du Shi followed closely because of his face, but he did not speak, he did not expect to come to the courtyard where the second room lived, and the second master turned to the left after entering - the main room was going straight away, but the left side was the study.

"Old man......"

The second master didn't reply: "I'll rest in the study tonight, you go to bed early." ”

Du's heart collapsed, and tears swirled in her eyes, but her strong temperament for many years did not allow her tears to fall out like this, so she could only go to the bedroom alone, but she didn't want to see Du Ruo coming out with a lantern on the road.

"Auntie, what's the matter? Why are your eyes red? If your aunt has something on her mind, you might as well tell Ah Ruo, although Ah Ruo is young, she doesn't know anything. The sincerity in Du Ruo's eyes was almost impossible to refuse.

Du didn't like this niece very much in his heart, but he felt that he seemed to see himself in Qingzhou many years ago, when he was in Qingzhou, he was also a local phoenix-like figure, every day there were countless girls holding it, full of hope to marry to the imperial capital, only to find that he was nothing at all, Du Shi hated this feeling of returning to the past, but this time I saw Du Ruo, and suddenly I wanted to see a caring person, after all, the husband and wife are not harmonious, I can't tell the two daughters, I'm afraid that even the daughters will look down on themselves after saying it, but Du Ruo is different, she was able to live in the Liang Guogong Mansion, all because of her own face, so she was naturally not afraid that she would not have a door.

Du Shi took Du Ruo's hand all the way back to the bedroom, sat on the bed and said intermittently: "Ah Ruo, your uncle...... He...... He's just afraid that he dislikes me......

Du Ruo wanted to ask Xu Huanche about the matter of kissing in the end, what was the conclusion of the Bai family, and he was so anxious that he couldn't do it, but he still had to listen to Du Shi's babbling complaints, and his toes kept rubbing on the ground, but Du Shi's mind was all about complaining to this niece, where would he notice Du Ruo's careful thoughts?

"When I married your uncle, your uncle lifted my hijab, and his eyes were full of amazement. Later, he told me that he had been living in regret all his life, regretting that he was not the eldest son, regretting that he had not been taught by a famous teacher since he was a child, regretting that his career was not as smooth as his brother, and that marrying me was the least regrettable thing in his life......"

Talking all the way, most of them were how they loved the second master back then, and told Du Ruo how the second master reprimanded her today, and said hatefully: "Usually I have a fight with the big house, who am I for, not to give the second room a breath......?"

Du Ruo didn't think about it so much, she heard that He Chang'an was the reason why His Royal Highness almost made trouble in the Liang Guo Mansion, she almost gritted her teeth, and on the one hand, she felt sorry for Xu Huanche's infatuation, and her mind turned and said: "Auntie, Ah Ruo has a plan, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”