Xiao Fei turned to look at Qiao Ruolan, still smiling.
When watching the play, she thought about what the sister-in-law said last time.
At this point, when asked by Qiao Ruolan, Xiao Fei naturally said: "This Lu family is really ridiculous! Marriage is the fate of her parents' marriage. She ignores her parents and insists on marrying, it is not filial piety; After ten years of bitter cold kilns, I have spent the most brilliant years of a woman, but when married, I married another wife, which is better than Chen Shimei’s reputation..."
Qiao Ruolan was dumbfounded, unable to speak for a while.
But Xiao Fei said more and more freely, and persuaded: "Cousin, this kind of track is generally written by those who are poor scholars or good readers. You can listen to it and be a fun. That’s all, don’t really believe it!"
Thinking of the two years ago, the daughter of a wealthy businessman in southern Xinjiang likes to watch drama on weekdays, and finally eloped with a drama, Xiao Fei felt that his worries were not unreasonable.
Qiao Ruolan heard the mouth twitch, when did she say she believed it!
But she was not willing to let Xiao Fei prevail, and retorted: "Sister Fei, you are not good at this. Lu's respectable thing is that she does not think poor and love rich, when he marries General Li in declining. ; After another ten years of hardship in the cold kiln, it was Li Fuzhenyuan, a model of women for hundreds of years!"
The dispute between the two girls has long attracted the attention of several girls. A girl sitting on the left hand of Xiao Fei couldn't help saying: "Girl Qiao, I think that Xiao Xiao's girl makes some sense, Since ancient times, marriages have always paid attention to the destiny of parents, and they are right in every household.
Another girl also said abruptly: "Yes, Lu's Zhenlie is a virtue worth praising, but Baishan's filial piety is first, and unfilial piety is a big sin! It is that she later took over her desolate parents, and she is also a strong woman. What she did was right, she can only say that she changed it later when she knew what she was wrong!"
On weekdays, these girls simply touched the life of the ups and downs of the characters in the drama, lamenting the sorrows and joys of life, but never linked reality to these dramas. Now when I think about it carefully, many girls think that there are many tracks. Some are ridiculous. Those famous "Xi Xiang Ji" and "Walting on the Wall" are all stories about the boudoir and the private, but in fact, the folk customs in southern Xinjiang are more enlightened and can't accommodate girls' furniture. It is not uncommon for a bowl of soup to kill the girl's life in some strict regulations.
The girls spoke excitedly, and their voices were raised unconsciously, and the ladies sitting by the side gallery were also attracted.
Mrs. Qiao looked at Nangong Yue with a smile and asked, "Concubine Shi, I think this Lu family is both virgin and virtuous. When parents and husbands are declining, she will never leave. What do you think of Princess Shi?"
Nangong Yue smiled slightly: "Aunt can know that there is a Qingmao Academy in Luoyue City?"
Mrs. Qiao was stunned, and did not know why Nangong Yue suddenly mentioned Qingmao Academy. She listened to Nangong Yue and continued: "This Qingmao Academy is the best academy in Luoyue City. I don’t know how many people are. The chief of Qingmao Academy is very kind. Every year, ten outstanding poor students are eliminated. I don’t know if my aunt can choose a good son-in-law for her cousin?"
You... Madam Joe stared so hard that her eyes protruded forward.
Nangong Yue looked at Mrs. Qiao with a smile, and said: "Aunt is assured that those students are all excellent, and the head of the academy and all the gentlemen can guarantee it. The cousin will marry when the male way is in the future. The name of the cousin's gold list will also remember the cousin's good!"
Mrs. Qiao's mouth opened and closed, and she was speechless for a while.Who doesn't know that the Imperial Examination is one of the ten thousand choices, that is, it is no matter how young you are at the age of the judging people. Some people are too old to be able to get into the scholars! Her daughter is born noble, where to find a poor show to speculate!
Mrs. Qiao took a deep breath, barely suppressing her anger, and said lightly: "Thank you Princess Shi for worrying about Sister Lan, I have already settled the marriage of Sister Lan."
Nangong Yue gave her a meaningful look, and then looked at the stage again, but she didn't laugh.
The meaning at that glance made other husbands think secretly, and even whispered something familiar with their neighbors. Madam Qiao's face was green and white, but everyone felt that they were pointing at themselves.
At this moment, the sound of gongs and drums, three strings, and whistle stopped over the stage, and after a fold of the show, the actors on the stage dropped off one by one.
Nangong Yue glanced at the leaking pot, although it was only a four-fold sing, but it unconsciously passed more than half an hour.
Nangong Yue looked around. The husband and wife were in charge of the home feed at home. It was difficult to come to the banquet and watch the drama. But the young girls were afraid that they could not sit still.
Nangong Yue pondered for a while and then smiled and proposed: "Sister Fei, why don't you accompany a few girls to take a look in the garden at will? The Mingxiang Pavilion on the other side of the lake is also a quiet and elegant place. You can also go to your young girl's house. Chat there and relax."
Mrs. Tian was a little funny in her heart. In fact, the concubine was not too old, and she was not too old, but at the moment it was a bit old-fashioned.
Xiao Fei stood up and blessed him: "Sister-in-law is right." Xiao Fei's temperament is naturally sitting, but today she is the master, always showing the style of the master, helping the sister-in-law to treat guests. It is.
It is said that several little girls next to them can no longer suppress their excitement. In fact, they have been unable to sit still for a long time, but they are afraid that this is the palace of Zhennan, and they dare not be arrogant.
The girls stood up in twos and threes, one by one, as if they were birds that were to be released from their cages, which made the ladies feel funny in their hearts.
A delicate voice suddenly sounded: "Cousin Fei, it's rare to see all the ladies present today, why not make the show lively?"
Everyone looked at it soundly and saw a little girl in a tight skirt made of brocade green roses. She looked naively at Xiao Fei, Du Xinmin, the daughter of Du Liancheng.
Du Xinmin seemed innocent, but he was somewhat provocative in his eyes.She had always had a good relationship with Qiao Ruolan, but she did not have much affection for this cold-looking cousin. In particular, Xiao Fei's fate was that Nan Gong Yue was obedient.Thinking of Xiao Fei who refused to fight with Qiao Ruolan at Huanxi Pavilion that day, Xiao Fei was afraid that Qiao Ruolan would learn.
This time, Xiao Fei must be ugly!
Xiao Fei did not have those twists and turns in her heart. Du Xinmin said that it was a fighting painting. She also regarded it as an ordinary fighting painting. She nodded and said: "Cousin Min's proposal is good, then we will go to Mingxiang Pavilion to play with paintings. Okay." She said, looking around the girls, "Every girl is casual."
Nangong Yue glanced at Du Xinmin lightly, and said with a smile: "Since you want to fight painting, then the leader will come out, and I will come out with a color."
No matter whether this thing is precious or not, Shizifei will always be glorious.The little girls were all bright, and they whispered to each other with great enthusiasm.Those who did not intend to participate also gave birth to a bit of interest, and a few girls stood up and went downstairs together with Xiao Fei.
After the young girls stepped back, for a time, the second floor was quite empty, but soon, the actors on the stage re-entered the stage and sang "Drunken Golden Branch" again, this time singing the most lively in the drama. One-fold show.Seeing that the "drinking and brave courageous" concubine raised his fist and hit the princess... The ladies were all amused, and the second floor occasionally launched bursts of laughter from time to time.
It was a fold after another in the play... About half an hour later, a series of paintings were sent by the maid.
The ladies spread the paintings neatly on the big cases, and several ladies couldn't help looking at the direction of the paintings, whispering to each other from time to time...
After the singing of the show was over, Nangong Yue simply ordered Grandma Lu to temporarily stop the troupe from singing, and then stood up and invited the ladies beside him to enjoy the painting.
More than ten paintings have been put on that big case at the moment.The paintings drawn in these half-hours will naturally not be meticulous paintings, mostly landscape freehand paintings, which are mixed with several flowers and birds freehand brushwork. They are all swaying with vertical strokes and ink colors flying.
These paintings are anonymous, and there is no payment or poetry, so after the first look, most of the ladies really can't see which one was painted by their own daughter or granddaughter.
At this time, the thrush came up holding a mahogany tray, and dozens of colorful silk flowers were placed on the tray, which suddenly attracted the attention of the ladies.
Nangong Yue nodded to the thrush, and the thrush and the little girls gave the silk flowers to the ladies.The ladies secretly observed the silk flowers, and saw that the dozens of flowers were all different colors, bright and delicate, and the materials were exquisite. At first glance, they were made by the imperial concubine's house maid or needlework room.
Nangong Yue explained with a smile: "The girls fight for paintings, it is better for ladies to help evaluate together. If you think the painting is good, put down a silk flower and which one has more silk flowers, who is the leader. What do husbands think?"
Nangong Yue made such a suggestion that after hearing the husbands' eyes were all bright, they all echoed with words:
"The idea of Princess Shizi is good!"
"Let's make fun together too!"
"Oh, I watched these girls paint well, and I didn't know which one to choose..."
"..."
In fact, Nangong Yue is the concubine of the world, the highest status among the people, and comes from the Shilin family. Even if she is the leader of the fighting painting today, others think it is natural.Nangong Yue let everyone participate together, which is lively For a moment, everyone is having fun.However, she was so attentive at a young age, which made many ladies think about it, and sighed again in her heart: It is indeed the master of the Yufeng!
Husbands hold all kinds of silk flowers and comment on the paintings.
Nangong Yue sat beside her and drank her tea. After just looking around, she already knew in her heart which of them might be the best.
After the ladies looked at the painting again, they saw that Madam Qiao was the first to move, and decisively cast the yellow silk flower in her hand to a landscape painting, followed by, and two or three ladies also cast the silk flower. Gave that picture.
Queer immediately lowered his voice and said to Nangong Yue's ear...
Nangong Yue raised her lips slightly, and did not stipulate that her mother should not throw silk flowers to her daughter. Furthermore, Qiao Ruolan was indeed talented.
After watching those two more circles, the ladies dropped silk flowers one after another... Afterwards, the magpies and the thrushes went to count the silk flowers.
It turned out to be a coincidence that there were ten silk flowers in both paintings.
The maids removed all the other paintings neatly, leaving only a freehand landscape painting and a colorful freehand peony picture.
"Concubine Shizi," Mrs. Tian suggested with a smile, "would you choose the last leader?"
This proposal could not be more appropriate, and immediately attracted the response of the ladies, and Madam Qiao's face was stiff for a moment, and she did not speak out against it.
"Then I'm disrespectful." Nangong Yue stood up calmly and walked to the two paintings.
I saw that the freehand landscape painting on the left depicts the surging rivers and rivers, the peaks and mountains, the clouds and the clouds smoky, and the layout of the paintings is dense and dense, and the ink colors are light and dark, and it seems that the charm is super ease.
The freehand peony picture on the right uses both ink and color. The peony blossoms are bright in color, but not fancy. The whole painting is elegant and refreshing.
These two paintings are indeed quite good, and it is no wonder that they can stand out in a masterpiece.
Thrush held a tray and presented a purple silk flower to Nangong Yue. Nangong Yue twisted the silk flower and put it on the freehand peony picture...
Mrs. Qiao's pupils shrank, and the words of the question almost came out, but she still managed to hold back her reason.
Finally, there was another lady who chose the landscape map, and asked with some confusion: "Sister Fei, I don't know where this peony map is winning? In my opinion, this landscape map is extraordinary, more important than this peony map. There is a lot of atmosphere."
In the discourse, Xiao Fei, Qiao Ruolan and other girls' homes also walked up the stairs to the second floor, and just heard the lady's words, they all looked at Nangong Yue in full, wanting to see how she would answer. .
Nangong Yue smiled faintly and said, "I chose this peony. The first one is that this one is indeed superior in painting skills. The second one is that this peony is beautifully painted. It must be what the painter saw firsthand. Out!"
Nangong Yue did not comment on the landscape painting anymore, but the implication is already obvious, meaning that this landscape painting was not seen by the painter, but was it conjecture, or was it copied?
The husbands looked at each other, and soon someone thought of something, and suddenly realized to the person next to them that they had ears, and occasionally heard Fuchunshan words floating out...
Nangong Yue's gaze glanced over Qiao Ruolan's face, but although Qiao Ruolan's painting skills were extraordinary, her painting was only a piece of the landscape in the ``Picture of Fuchun Mountain'', but the beauty was beautiful, but it was not. What spirituality.
Nangong Yue said, "I don't know which girl painted this peony picture?"
As soon as the voice fell, a crisp voice said, "It's a Chinese girl!"
For a time, everyone's eyes were focused on a girl with a purple purple cardigan and a satin jacket. Nangong Yue also remembered the Chinese girl and smiled at her slightly.This little girl is really interesting, and the gates painted in Huanxi Pavilion were also a bit tasteful.
The Chinese girl was a little shy, but she nodded slightly to everyone.
Bai Hui came with a rosewood box. The box was exquisitely made and engraved with detailed and complicated patterns, which made people secretly speculate and did not know what was put in it.
Nangong Yue instructed Bai Hui to open the box. I saw a set of pearly and precious Nanzhu heads in the box, but it was just a glance. Many sharp-eyed ladies on the scene saw that it was an authentic South China Sea bead, and it was still top grade.They can almost imagine that under the light, the southern pearls on these beads, hairpins, earrings and other accessories will exude a touching luster like a bright moon!
This pair of Nanzhutou face is not only of great value, but also a gift from the concubine of the world, but it is also a long face for future dowry.
Madam Hua couldn't help showing her face and looked at her daughter lovingly.
The Chinese girl stepped forward step by step, thanked Nangong Yue for her fortune, and took the box respectfully with both hands.
Many girls were around her, and they rejoiced.
Behind the crowd, Du Xinmin looked at the Chinese girl for a while, and Xiao Fei at the same time.She proposed fighting painting today, hoping that Qiao Ruolan would win and Xiao Xiao's face.Who thinks that Xiao Fei doesn't take any moves at all!
When she was fighting in the Mingxiang Pavilion just now, she tried to stimulate Xiao Fei to participate in the fight painting. Who knew Xiao Fei looked at her strangely and said: "Cousin, I am the Lord, how can I compete with the guests for my sister-in-law? What about Caitou?" Xiao Fei's "you are too ignorant" at that time made Du Xinmin's face pale, but he was dumb and speechless.
Du Xinmin has to admit that his cousin Fei has really changed! Not so easy to fool...
At this moment, a little maid came upstairs and quickly walked to the front of Nangong Yue, and Fu Shenyu said: "Yang Shizi, the eldest girl, and Mrs. Fang San are here, to see you..." The appearance of "who is not good, who is not good".
Although Xiaomao's second sentence didn't say anything, Nangong Yue had already grasped it.
Everyone present also heard that most of the banquet was over, and it seemed that the party was about to end, and Mrs. Fang San's reality at this time was extremely abrupt.
If she is late for receiving the post, she will be late for this one. It is better not to come, and choose to apologize on the other day; but if she did not receive the post at all, or if she originally received the post but could not refrain from it, then Now running hurriedly, there are naturally other plans.
Those wives looked at each other, and it was neither walking nor staying.
Xiao Fei frowned, but Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, and said with a smile: "Go and invite the third aunt here." Mrs. Fang San is estimated to be prepared, even if she does not invite her to come, she also I will try my best to make it happen.
After a while, he heard the sound of footsteps upstairs.
Mrs. Fang San, who was wearing apricot-yellow plain-faced makeup, took a 14-year-old, beautiful girl on the second floor. She looked around proudly, and then her eyes fell on Nangong Yue's body, her head high. Came over.
As soon as she came up, she said angrily, "Concubine Shizi, I always thought you were virtuous and virgin, but I didn't expect to be so filial! Your mother-in-law is now bedridden by a serious illness, so you don't have to wait for sickness on the couch. What's the point of holding a banquet here!"
"Sister-in-law." Mrs. Qiao said puzzled, "What happened to my sister-in-law?"
Mrs. Fang San said with sighs and sighs, "Hey, you don't know about my elder sister. I just went to see my grandma's four aunts. She was too sick to be able to stand up. It was very pitiful. But her daughter-in-law was There are still big banquets here, talking and laughing." She said, she was even more indignant, "Concubine Shizi, what do you do, can there be a word of "filial piety" in your heart?"
Mrs. Qiao was angry at once, and asked Nangong Yue: "How can you do this, Princess Shizi?!... When Fang Cailan asked your mother-in-law, you were still pushing excuses, which was really disgusting. Han! Even if you are the master of the county and the concubine of the prince, you should be your daughter-in-law!"
Nangong Yue looked at them calmly.
It was a pity that the two of them sang and played together.It is a pity not to be on the stage!
After that incident, Nangong Yue also felt that Mrs. Qiao would not come to the banquet. Unexpectedly, Qiao's House responded to the post the day before yesterday.Nangong Yue wouldn't naively think that someone as strong as Madame Qiao would control her face and fix it with herself.
It turned out to sing this one.
Oh, this is too much to have a miscarriage, the man still refuses to rest.