The Concubine's Survival Manual

Chapter 233

For the next two or three days, the spring wine was arranged quite decently, and it was very lively inside and out, and there were not many disturbances at home.Even with Yu An's company, Yu Qiao kept to himself and never disappeared again.

Seventh Lady was somewhat relieved: Yu Qiao was quite sensible after all, and could understand her silent warning.

There is no need to worry about Yu Qiao, on the last day of spring wine, Qin Niangzi is actually free to accompany Mrs. Tai and Mrs. Xu, entertaining the guests to watch the show together.

On the last day of spring wine, all the family members who are related to the Xu family are invited. The eldest wife and Quan Ruiyun are of course both mother-in-law and daughter-in-law. The Qin family's eldest uncle and his family have already taken office, but the second uncle's family who returned to Beijing to join the club also came , the eldest wife and Mrs. Xu led Qiniangzi to meet, and the second wife praised Qinianzi, "In the letter written by the elder sister-in-law, she also praised Qinianzi. Yue, it looks like she has been at home for several years. Sanmei is really lucky!"

In front of everyone, the second wife wanted to save face for Qin Niangzi, Madam Xu of course cooperated, she immediately held Qin Niangzi's hand, showing her heart to heart. "It's not that I'm speaking politely in front of Fourth Sister. Xiaoqi is really pleasant. With so many things at home and outside of the house, she handles them impeccably, but she is also very peaceful. With her in charge, I don't know what to do. How thoughtful! Even Shiro and Goro were taught very well by Xiaoqi. Fengjia was able to marry her. The blessing is not with him, but with my wife. Otherwise, how can I have the heart to go outside to recuperate? I can’t get old Serving my mother-in-law honestly at home - it is also my mother-in-law who loves me and is willing to let me go out."

Mrs. Tai laughed, "You're not right. You've been dealing with it inside and out for more than 20 years, so why don't you let yourself be lazy?"

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law looked at each other and smiled, looking extremely harmonious.

The eldest lady looked at Qin Niangzi, but felt a little uncomfortable for a while.

When she opened her mouth to say something intriguing, Qin Niangzi had already caught her expression in her eyes, and hurriedly said, "How can Xiaoqi have such good praise from her aunt and mother-in-law? It's just a little credit, It’s also thanks to my mother and Fifth Sister who taught me well when I was at home. Even Shiro and Goro didn’t teach much, and they are already very obedient.”

Only Seventh Lady would talk about Fifth Lady all the time.

The eldest wife felt sour in her heart, she didn't say anything, she just kept saying, "It's Xiao Qi, it's good that we don't need to teach it."

Perhaps it was because Seventh Lady mentioned Fifth Lady, everyone fell silent, and an aunt in the next room of Xu's family laughed, "Look, Cui Zixiu is here."

The venue was so quiet that a needle could be heard, even Mrs. Tai sat up straight, took out a pair of glass glasses, looked out of the window of the Liushang Hall, squinted her eyes and carefully appreciated Cui Zixiu's graceful figure.On one side, the second wife smiled to Mrs. Xu in a low voice, "In the past few years, this Cui Zixiu from the unicorn class has really become popular in the capital. I see that the ancestors of your mansion seem to like it very much."

Mrs. Xu also answered with a low smile, "My mother-in-law didn't think he was good at first, but I saw a few plays in the past few days, so I can see that he is good."

She wanted to say something more, but Mrs. Tai had already waved her hand, and the two stopped talking.Qin Niangzi looked back and forth at several female relatives, but also gathered her mind, used her eyesight enough, and went to look at Cui Zixiu.

She doesn't know how to watch operas, and of course she has a vague understanding of the opera on the stage. She only vaguely knows that this is the part of "Sitting in the Palace" in "Si Lang Visits His Mother", and Cui Zixiu's string is of course Princess Iron Mirror. In Shengdan opera, the role of Danjia plays is very important. When Cui Zixiu comes on stage, her singing is bright and melodious, and her figure is soft and charming.Everyone was fascinated by watching it, but Qin Niangzi had no interest in Beijing opera at all, she just focused on observing Cui Zixiu's gestures, but she didn't see any special difference.

She had something on her mind, so she stood up quietly and left the main hall, went to the side hall with an excuse, found a little girl to ask some gossip, and took a peek at Yu Qiao.

Sitting in this side hall are all the girls who came to visit with the mistresses, and all of them are fans of the theater.At this time, when I saw the students in the Qilin class, they were also mesmerized, some of them were shallow, and they even opened their mouths to recite silently as the two of them chanted.Naturally, Yu Qiao was no exception, her eyes were shining with joy, she stared straight at the stage, she didn't even notice Qinianzi's sizing up, but Yu An noticed Qinianzi's gaze, turned her head, and kissed her Smile.

Qin Niangzi was even more relieved: just looking at the expressions of the girls in the hall, one would know that if given the chance, they would probably rush to see Cui Zixiu's bare face.Star chasers have existed since ancient times, and even the most noble girls can't resist the word human nature.

She laughed at herself a little: she lived in the gate of the mansion for a long time, and she seemed to see a little suspicion in everything she looked at.

Qin Niangzi turned around and went back to the main hall without a sound. Just as soon as she came out of the sitting palace and finished singing, everyone discussed with each other, "Sure enough, the men's drama can stand up to taste, especially Cui Zixiu, who can be said to be unprecedented in the dan corner." , There will be no one to come."

Even Mrs. Tai told Qi Niangzi, "Give that danjiao a few more taels of silver later, and don't let him think we are stingy."

As soon as she spoke, everyone followed her with rewards, to make the old man happy, some rewarded gold screws, some rewarded more than ten taels of silver, and some took off the bracelets on the hands of the servants to reward, and they were all given to the Xu family. To save face, Mrs. Tai is naturally happy.Qin Niangzi arranged a plate of golden pearls to be rewarded, and when she came back at night, she felt emotional with Xu Fengjia, "Back then, the pipa girl said that she didn't know how many red silks there were, but this Cui Zixiu is not too bad. To sing a play, just rewarding money is enough." There are nearly 300 taels, not counting the gold bracelets that were rewarded. Calculated, it is the expenses of an ordinary family for half a lifetime."

Xu Fengjia also laughed and said, "What is this? After all, we are a big family, and we have a sense of propriety. We will never be too extravagant. Those first-class merchants usually invite him to sing. I heard the third brother of the Lin family say that it is just for Cui Zixiu. Personal makeup costs 500 taels, and other calculations, how much silver can you earn a year as him?"

Qin Niangzi counted her fingers and couldn't help being dumbfounded. After thinking about it, she laughed and said, "There is only one Cui Zixiu in the whole country. There are thousands of opera actors in the capital. If they are all like him, that's okay. I really don't have a talent." Point, see how he can’t see a good thing, and I don’t know why so many people are obsessed with him! The makeup is so thick that you can’t tell what he looks like after taking off the makeup. What is obsessed with him? A big man made If you want to be fascinated by a woman's attitude, it's you men who are fascinated, I don't know what the female relatives are fascinated by him."

Xu Fengjia glanced at Qin Niangzi, and smiled unexpectedly, "Your cousin..."

Seeing Qiniangzi's eyebrows raised, he turned his mouth and smiled again, "Your cousin said, let's go over early tomorrow and have lunch at his house. Please greet my grandmother and mother tomorrow morning, and we will leave the house go."

How could Seven Lady not understand Xu Fengjia's subtext?After all, like Feng Jin, who has an ambiguous relationship with the emperor, no matter what he is, in the eyes of outsiders, it will always be a stain that cannot be washed away for a lifetime.With Xu Fengjia's temperament, it is not impossible for him to go to the same place and cultivate a brotherly friendship with Feng Jin, but he wants to take advantage of a little verbal advantage.After all, this young general still has the arrogance of a young general.

She sighed helplessly, and taught Xu Fengjia a lesson, "I have only had such a cousin in my life, and the most rare thing is to help us wholeheartedly. In the past, you looked down on him, so I didn't say anything. But now you want to use him, and you still want to use him?" You have to look down on him from the bottom of your heart, Xu Fengjia, don't you think you're going too far?"

Xu Fengjia pursed her lips and said calmly, "I don't like him, but it's not because I look down on him."

Qin Niangzi couldn't help laughing when she thought about it carefully. "Why, do you still mind what happened last year? I told you a long time ago that the relationship between me and my cousin is clean and there is nothing shameful about it..."

Seeing that Xu Fengjia turned her head away and did not speak, she couldn't help laughing even more, "Hello, Xu Fengjia, Xu Fengjia?"

(End of this chapter)