Wan Rou interrupted and said, "The stage ahead has already been set up, the people from the production team are currently stepping on it, it will take a while before they can start singing, so if the girls want to go earlier, that's for the best."
Everyone had heard the singing and hadn't seen anyone step on the platform. They were curious for a moment, so they took the maidservants and went to the Mirror Lake.
Wan Rou and Wan Ting walked at the back, measuring that the masters ahead could not hear their words, only then did Wan Rou grab onto the flesh of Wan Ting's arm and scold him softly: "Die, Miss is so doting on you that you even forgot your surname, how can we talk in front of Master?"
It wasn't that Wan Ting didn't know what was good for him, it was just that her hands were in so much pain that she was almost tearing, and she quickly begged for mercy, "Big sister, luckily you stopped me, I'll remember that I don't dare, just let me go this time, alright?"
Wan Rou looked at her for a moment before letting her go, but in the end, she was still worried, and instructed, "Our family's young miss is not someone easy to bully, next time we meet with this kind of situation, remember to control yourself."
Wan Ting nodded her head again and again as she continued to swear, coaxing Wan Rou to let go of her hand. Because there were so many people around, she couldn't help but roll up her sleeves to take a look.
Wan Rou rolled her eyes at her agshen, but did not reply, she secretly felt sorry for the box of ointment, she had not used all of the new one, and had also called for Wan Ting when she last bought it, so she did not buy it anymore, and now she was going to use hers again, if she had known earlier, he would not have pinched so fiercely.
While they were talking, they had arrived at the Mirror Lake. As expected, the stage had been set up. There were also snacks and melon seeds placed in the stands. They were all snacks that they had to eat when watching the show. Xu Mingwei looked around, thinking that this time, the treatment the Lady Ji was giving to the guests was rather meticulous, and not as unreliable as usual. How could she have known that the Lady Ji only paid them silver this time? She threw the rest to the butler to arrange, and did not participate.
The others had already chosen their seats and sat down to see how the group would step on the stage. The so-called stage setting was actually another way of rehearsing. Because it was to sing and fight on the main stage, all the students stood in their respective positions and tested themselves. They had a rough understanding of the stage size and the standing mentality, so it was not as complicated as rehearsing from the beginning.
The filming crew did not expect the main house to arrive so quickly. Originally, they were just there to test the waters and casually fight, but when they saw that Xu Mingwei and the rest were seated below, they immediately prepared themselves, acting like they were on steroids. In order to please the main house, they even flipped a few more times, causing Zuo Youlan and the rest to be on tenterhooks, afraid that that the person would fall from the sky.
After a while, Xu Minglan brought Fu Ninghui and the others and arrived. Seeing that Xu Mingwei and the others were already in the best position, they frowned. Just as Xu Mingwei wanted to let her sit, Fu Ninghui smiled lightly and pulled Xu Minglan to sit beside them.
"I see that this is the right spot. The sun is not shining." Fu Ninghui said to Xu Minglan.
The stands were sheltered, and no matter where you sat, it was impossible to sit in the sun. Fu Ninghui had said so, and that was how Xu Minglan listened to him. She sat down by Xu Mingwei's side, grabbed some melon seeds and started to eat them, she still remembered to comment to Fu Ninghui, that guy with a good figure and the martial arts student who fought more brilliantly than anyone else.
Taking the chance that she wasn't looking at him, Xu Mingwei smiled towards Fu Ninghui gratefully. With her here today, Xu Minglan should not have the time to find trouble with him.
When he looked to the side again, Xu Mingwei nearly broke into a laugh. The Quan Ge'er people could not move their seeds, seeing others eat them and feeling envious of them, he grabbed a handful himself, but could not do anything about it. He could only lick the taste of the shell until it was gone, and then bite and spit it out.
The servant girl at the side wanted to help him peel the melon seeds, but was stopped by Fu Ninghui, "Let him go.
Seeing that the main house was gathered, the stage master yelled out and withdrew his foot. From time to time, there would be people who would announce the start of the performance. He announced the contents of the song loudly and immediately, the Erhu Jingsi gong sounded as the show began.
The crowd of heroes was talking about how the Tianqi began to subdue the five generals under their tutelage and rose up in the Wu Ji Mountain. Even people like them, who were not used to listening to scenes like this, were able to sit and listen with patience.
When Xu Mingwei and the others were fully concentrated on watching, they suddenly heard a report from their wife. There was a Fu family's girl waiting outside, saying that they had matters to attend to and wanted to look for Fu Ninghui.
When everyone heard this, they thought that something big had happened. They hurriedly got their wives to invite them in and forgot to ask which young miss of the Fu Family it was. On the stage, Fu Ninghui and the rest were still singing as if they were fighting, but Fu Ninghui and the others below did not have the mood, seeing that the old lady was bringing a little girl in, Fu Ninghui looked at her for a long time, but could not recognize who she was from the family no matter how hard she looked. Instead, she looked more and more like the one from the palace.
She secretly thought that it was not good, and immediately got Xu Minglan to take all the servant girls that were waiting by the side. When they walked in, who else could it be other than the Eldest Princess!?
"Eldest Princess, how did you come out of the palace?!" Zhou Ranxing couldn't hold it in and jumped up in shock.
Fortunately, her voice was not loud, and she could play and sing on the stage, so they might not hear her clearly from afar. Xu Mingwei immediately covered her mouth, preventing her from speaking further.
Fu Ninghui also looked at the people who should not have appeared in the Xu family in fear, and asked softly, "Did you come out alone, without a follower?"
Eldest Princess lifted her cape, her face was full of pride, "Today is the day of the palace maid's visit, the guards at the door were not that strict, and while the mama wasn't paying attention, I changed into a palace maid's clothes and sneaked out. You guys sure are in a good mood, listening to the farce, I was about to suffocate and sprout even in the palace. "Quick, quick, tell me, what's going on up there?"
Xu Minglan was already scared silly, and simply did not know how to react. Yang Jinxi was also stunned, and was still thinking of a countermeasure. Fu Ninghui frowned as she looked at Eldest Princess, obviously thinking on how to persuade her to return to the palace.
There was no need to mention Zuo Youlan and his sister, they probably hadn't even thought of the benefits that would come with it. Suddenly, they saw the Eldest Princess at the Xu Family, who was still in shock, and didn't think about anything else.
Seeing that everyone was willing to speak, and that she was part of the main house, Xu Mingwei had no way to escape, and could only try, "I'm afraid that the palace lady is worried about the escape, the troupe can be invited any other day, why not accompany the Eldest Princess and return to the palace?"
Eldest Princess was dissatisfied with her disheartening act. She looked at Xu Mingwei unhappily and pouted, "Not good, I finally managed to get out with much difficulty. I haven't had enough fun. You don't have to cry out like a woman in the palace anymore, you just have to be at a loss for words. We still have to be together for more than ten years, how much better it is to be called by name! It's a promise. You're not allowed to call me Eldest Princess, I have a name too, just Longevity is all. "
Xu Mingwei had already known that sshe could not persuade her, but after trying once, he gave up. She wanted to look for Wan Ting and the others, but she forgot that all the servants had been forced to retreat by Xu Minglan's order.
Changsheng opened his eyes wide and looked at her warily. "Could it be that you want to go out and find someone to send a message to the palace?"
Fu Ninghui tried to smooth things over, and laughed, "Seventh Sister is thinking of changing her clothes. After sitting for a while, she drank too much tea, no, I have to go. Minglan, you guys accompany Changsheng, I will go with Seventh Sister and return."
Eldest Princess was not so easy to coax. She rolled her eyes and pulled both of their hands, "I've thought too much about you in the palace and I don't want to be apart for even a moment. Why don't we all go together, and have a companion along the way?"
No one dared to refuse. Thus, a group of more than ten people really headed towards the clean room in a grandiose manner. It wasn't as if Xu Mingwei and the rest didn't think of ways, it was just that the Eldest Princess was very tightly guarded, guarding against them as they sent people to inform others, and as they couldn't find any loopholes, they could only give up.
Xu Mingwei and Fu Ninghui looked at each other, there was nothing they could do, they might as well play with the Eldest Princess to their heart's content, so they could persuade her to return to the palace sooner.
Yang Jinxi had the same thought, and went back to the spectator stand, and took the initiative to explain to Eldest Princess the sequence of events that was being acted out. Hearing that the production team was about her grandfather, Eldest Princess was also interested, and she started watching the play while patting her melon seeds. Zuo Youlan and Zuo Youzhu, the two sisters, were assigned by her to knock walnuts. The two of them had never done such a thing at home. Eldest Princess was annoyed from watching her. She had just taken out her small hammer and started hammering, scaring everyone present so much so that they were not in the mood to watch a play.
After the performance, everything was still unclear. The stage master also knew that today's performance did not hit the hearts of the young masters. The cheers and applause that should have been heard all died down. The more he sang, the more confused he became. He thought that today's performance had been ruined. Unexpectedly, after receiving the gongs and drums, those who came to request a reward brought back a small gold ingot, a total of two gold taels. The person in charge was so overjoyed that the smile almost disappeared from his eyes.
After receiving such great rewards from the Eldest Princess, the troupe left happily, leaving behind Xu Mingwei and the rest, who complained bitterly in their hearts. It was not enough for the Eldest Princess to watch the show, and even asked them what they had played in the day for, to actually want to repeat it one by one with them.
Xu Mingwei and the others had no other choice but to lure the Eldest Princess to the moon-nesting. Although Wan Rong and the others were confused by the sudden appearance of an additional person, when they saw that the young masters did not speak up, they did not dare to ask either.