Chapter 515
Chapter 515
What surprised Jiang was that the fourth young lady of the Pei family, who dressed up so lavishly that all the other women in the room pale in comparison, seemed to be fine.
Thinking of what her husband had said before getting off the car, "The fourth young lady of the Pei family is not a weak person. Fuyun regretted leaving the house, but she can't enter the Huang family again. When you get to the second gate, keep an eye on the fourth young lady. If you see anything strange, tell Fuyun back."
Jiang was speechless.
After a while, she caught her husband who was about to get off the carriage and said, "Husband, I have one more question. Is the matter at Longen Temple aimed at the Fourth Young Master's wife?"
Jin Yunfan sighed.
"Yesterday I went to visit Qing Sangu privately. Although she was severely reprimanded by Fuyun, she was still very stubborn. She told me that if my wife and I were not smarter, we would be dragged to death by Fuyun. She was very tight-lipped. I asked her about Longen Temple several times, but she just smiled and didn't answer, with a mysterious expression on her face."
Jiang was slightly stunned, "Then we——"
"Act according to circumstances, and pretend you know nothing."
So, when Jiang entered the inner courtyard and saw Song Guanzhou sitting next to Old Madam Qin at the main table, she sighed in her heart, "Sister Fuyun, you are too clever for your own good. If you had eaten the meal inside these two gates, there would be no place for the young lady of the Pei family who had no rank or status at the main table!"
Fortunately, Song Guanzhou did not offend her and called her sister-in-law in a very intimate manner.
"Don't worry, sister-in-law. The eldest girl and I are just like this. We miss each other when we are not together, and we quarrel when we meet." That's right! When we had never met, we were concerned about each other's lives. Now that we meet, if it weren't for the wrong timing and the wrong position, the two of us would definitely draw swords.
She practiced with the dagger that Linshan gave her every day.
Looking at the unsharpened sword, she had no mercy in her heart. All she could think of was using Jin Fuyun's blood to sacrifice the sharp weapon that Pei Hai had hidden for a long time!
Now that she realized that Jin Fuyun was a reborn person, she had no other thoughts but the fight between life and death.
The Huang family's theater is not small. The stage in the middle is backed by a pool of water, with a temporary backdrop and carpet. Everything is ready now, waiting for the host and guests to arrive and order the show.
Old Madam Qin wanted to pull Song Guanzhou to sit in the first row, but Song Guanzhou quickly shook his head.
"Aunt, please forgive me. I'll just sit in the back."
In modern times, she can't understand any Peking Opera, Shanghai Opera, Kunqu Opera or Yue Opera. Not to mention that she is too young to sit in the first row, even if she could, it would not make her sleepy.
If the old ladies ask her to discuss the plot again, she will definitely be clueless.
When Madam Qin heard this, she frowned and said, "Why don't you and your sister-in-law Jin sit next to me and tell me about this play?"
Of course it’s not good!
My dear ancestor, I can’t do that!
Song Guanzhou quickly pushed Jiang to the front, and then grabbed Qin Youran who was half a step behind him, "Aunt, please forgive me. I don't understand these things. It's my fault for ruining your and Aunt Huang's acting time. Sister-in-law and Sister Youran will just sit with you."
She moved half a body back, which made Old Madam Qin very angry.
"How could you not know? Stop being lazy."
Song Guanzhou repeatedly knelt down and begged for mercy, bowing and retreating, and finally sat next to Mu Yunzhi in the third row, "Aunt, I like Sister Mu, can we two keep each other company?"
"…Naughty monkey."
Seeing this, Old Lady Huang smiled bitterly, "Old sister, just let her be. Look at the girls and wives in this courtyard. There are so many who are as charming and charming as her. If you don't respond, I will be soft-hearted."
Madam Qin pretended to be angry, took Jiang's hand, and pointed at Song Guanzhou, who was sitting behind her with a fan covering half of his smile, "Look, I don't mind her getting into trouble every day, but she does mind an old woman like me bothering her!"
Song Guanzhou quickly stood up and said he didn't dare.
But she had a smile on her face, without any fear, and her frankness made everyone amazed. This Old Madam Qin treated her so closely, no different from her own daughter, right?
Because of this, when I looked at Song Guanzhou in private, I was more cautious than when I first saw him.
Yuyan and Jindie followed Song Guanzhou closely. Song Guanzhou asked them to find two drum stools and sit aside to listen to the opera.
Tea, snacks, fruits and dried goods were placed on the high table between the two seats. Song Guanzhou ate all of them himself and also fed Mu Yunzhi, a lady from a wealthy family, and Yuyan Jindie.
"Madam, I can't eat any more."
Yuyan was a little embarrassed. She had already eaten most of the fruits and snacks in front of the young lady before the show even started. Mu Yunzhi didn't know the identities of the two maids, but seeing how familiar the old lady of the Qin family was in giving orders, she knew that the two maids should be the well-known maids in the Pei Mansion.
"Don't be shy, sisters. I'll ask Zhulan to get them later. The kitchen still has freshly made wick cakes, rose cakes, and plum blossom cakes and lotus leaf soup. I'm afraid they're not cooked yet. They'll be ready in a while."
The seats in the theater's viewing platform were all placed in the front, with a screen in the middle to separate male and female guests. As for the left and right sides of the stage, in addition to the dressing tables set up by the theater's staff, the maids, old women, and servants of the mansion also sat around to watch.
On the stage, gongs, drums and erhu played out as the plot unfolded.
Song Guanzhou felt drowsy after listening to the music. She didn't get a good rest the night before, and had to get up early this morning to put on makeup before dawn. Now she was full and tired, and was hypnotized by the ups and downs of the opera. She fell asleep quickly and violently, and it was very difficult for her to close her eyes and open them.
"Young Madam, Young Madam——"
Jindie gently pushed Song Guanzhou, who just sat up straight, but his voice softened, "Good sister, let me take a nap, the warm wind makes me unable to open my eyes——"
"Young lady..."
Yuyan found another sweet and sour cheese and fed it into Song Guanzhou's red lips with a bamboo stick. The sour taste made Song Guanzhou's face relax a little, but not long after he finished eating, he fell asleep again.
Seeing this, Mu Yunzhi whispered, "If Sister Guanzhou doesn't mind, can you come to my room and take a rest for a while?"
Feng Rufeng was originally sitting in the front with her mother-in-law. When the opera was not playing, she looked back and saw Song Guanzhou's eyelids twitching. After hearing what Mu Yunzhi said, she turned around and whispered something to her mother-in-law.
The old lady of the Huang family looked back and saw it clearly.
"Well, let Yunzhi take me to her room to take a rest." Jin Fuyun was not there anyway, and nothing would happen if Jiang sat next to him.
With her mother-in-law's order, Feng Rufeng called the maid and asked her to pass the message to Mu Yunzhi in the back. After listening, Mu Yunzhi turned around and said to Jin Die Yuyan, "Sisters, do you want to help the young lady go to my room, or should I go find a sedan chair..."
Song Guanzhou was now a little more energetic and helped Yuyan to stand up. "Sister and I will walk there."
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