Reborn Noble Daughter and First Wife

Chapter 199 The poignant love

Outside the window in July, the sun is like fire, the sky is blue, the sun hangs like a fireball, and the sky is blue and blue without a cloud.The melodious chirping of cicadas in the depths of willow shade indicates its vitality.From the direction of the lotus pond by the hall, there is a faint breeze, accompanied by the sound of gurgling water, with light-colored gardenia petals and a few green leaves floating on the water surface.There are several ice basins in the hall, although the outside is scalding hot, the inside is really cool and moist, with a pleasant fragrance, and all the female relatives are refreshed and cheerful, they are full of praise.

The cold dishes and fresh fruits had been laid out, and after catkins led all the female guests to sit down, they ordered hot dishes to be served and warm wine, and prepared lighter fruit wine and freshly brewed sherbet for the ladies, and then the servants paid for it. The dishes are passed to the table, and everyone picks up the chopsticks.

Gu Qinglian chose a quieter table to sit down, and began to eat by herself amidst the fluttering figures of Liu Xu busy with hospitality.

This is the first time that Gu Qinglian's Shen family has held such a grand banquet since she traveled through time. Madam Shen also spent all her time and energy in hosting it. Not to mention regular dishes such as chicken, duck and fish, there are also many delicacies from mountains and seas. Stewed deer tendon in a casserole, a dish of roasted shark skin with scallions, a dish of grilled shark fin with Hericium erinaceus, and a dish of suckling pig with skin, let alone eating, she has never seen it before, she has always been a vegetarian At this moment, he also opened his belly to eat.

The dishes on the banquet were exquisite and unique, with complete color, fragrance and taste, delicious and delicious, and everyone who ate was quite satisfied.

Women's family members don't drink and punch more than men, and there is no drinking during the banquet, and because the elders are all there, the girls are also reserved, and they have never proposed a couplet poem and wine order, everyone just eats and jokes in a polite manner.

After eating for a while, Liu Xu asked people to start a play in the small Yuhua Pavilion in front of the hall. A group of musicians brought drum boards, Qudi, Sanxian and other instruments, as well as several well-dressed horned fishes, entered the pavilion, Mrs. Shen ordered Liu Xu to give the playing cards to the older female guests one by one, and after they counted, she signaled to play the strings and drums, and the man in the oil-pink costume began to sing in a melodious manner.

There is a lotus pond between the Yuhua Pavilion and the hall, looking across the beautiful flowers and green trees, the clear water in the pond is full of green water, and the green lotus leaves are dotted with fluorescent light. The scenery, sound and color are all very good.

After listening for a while, Mrs. Meng looked at Mrs. Shen, and couldn't help but praise: "These ladies are well invited, the song is well sung, and the arrangement of this place is excellent; it is a feast for our ears and eyes." .”

Mrs. Shen was very happy after hearing this, she looked at Liu Xu with eyes full of relief, another elder quickly took over the conversation, and praised with a smile: "If you want me to say, it's still very thoughtful, if it were me, it would be Given such a good place for me, I can't think of such a good idea! Mrs. Shen really has a discerning eye!"

Madam Shen was very proud, she couldn't help laughing and said: "Sisters, don't praise me. I didn't think of this idea."

Everyone was puzzled after hearing this, and another lady said: "But invite an expert outside, can Mrs. Shen tell you, next time my family holds a banquet, you can also invite them to give advice?"

Mrs. Shen laughed even more after hearing this, and said proudly, "My daughter-in-law Xu'er came up with this idea." As she spoke, she turned her eyes to Liu Xu.

Everyone's eyes also turned to her, and words of praise arose one after another, Liu Xu got up and smiled and thanked her, "Everyone is absurd, this idea is not entirely my idea, my mother thought of a place, I just followed the same way The painted gourd has been slightly polished and arranged."

Mrs. Shen couldn't help but teased: "You are so honest, I'm just praising you, what are you missing!"

One sentence caused everyone to roar with laughter, Liu Xu pretended to be embarrassed and lowered her head, and someone of the younger generation who didn't know about it and wanted to please Mrs. Shen interjected: "Mrs. Shen is really lucky to marry such a capable woman." The eldest young mistress."

As soon as this remark was made, the laughter stopped abruptly. Nine out of ten women at the banquet knew that Liu Xu was a concubine bestowed by the emperor, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward. Mrs. Shen became obviously uncomfortable, and Liu Xu was even more embarrassed blushing.The female guests saw that the two of them were quite uncomfortable, and most of them stared at the person who said this with reproach, but that person looked innocent and didn't know.

Among them, Gu Qinglian is the most embarrassing one. At the beginning, she was drinking fruit wine and enjoying the little song comfortably, but now she suddenly felt a fever on her face, and seeing Mrs. Shen looking at her angrily, her heart was even more depressed. I couldn't help but glared at the man just now, and said to myself: It's none of your business, such a good mountain and sea food can't stop your crow's mouth, it caused my old lady to be shot while lying down!
Even a thick-skinned man couldn't bear such concentrated gaze, the man had no choice but to lower his head even though he didn't know the reason.

Mrs. Shen glared at the real young mistress sitting in the corner with displeasure, and Liu Xu forced a smile on her face, and quickly changed the topic: "The food is cold, everyone, please eat."

At this time, a very old woman with white hair and always squinting her eyes to listen to the opera spoke in a trembling voice, "Oh... the old lady is getting old and her ears are not good. When I speak, I can't even hear what is being sung."

Mrs. Shen hurriedly got up and apologized, "Old lady, I'm really sorry, we are the ones who bothered you."

Seeing this, Mrs. Meng turned to the girls of the younger generation, and the daughters-in-law said emphatically: "Stop talking, hurry up and listen to the music!"

After doing this, the hall became quiet, and Gu Qinglian also heaved a long sigh of relief, finally quitting her own business.He turned his head to look at the water pavilion, ignored them, and calmed down to listen to them.

Due to the large number of female customers, the plays ordered are all literary and opera jokes.

The tune card was in Gu Qinglian's hands. She opened it and saw that there was everything, such as "Midnight Song", "Dian Sorrow Music", "Song of Sui Nong", etc. She didn't know what to say. For her, being able to recognize the title of the tune Not bad.She looked at it casually, and found a song with a high hit rate. After careful identification, it was "The Peacock Flies to the Southeast".

Why recall that Lang Lang didn't come, look up at Feihong, Feihong is full of Xizhou, and Wang Lang goes to the brothel... While Gu Qinglian was anxiously waiting and had to wait patiently, her long-awaited "Peacock Flying Southeast" was finally staged .Due to the large number of people who order, the opera is basically sung from the beginning.

("The Peacock Flies to the Southeast" is the first full-length narrative poem in the history of Chinese literature, and it is also the peak work in the history of the development of Yuefu poetry. Later generations called it and "Mulan Poetry" in the Northern Dynasties as "Shuangbi of Yuefu". A marriage tragedy that happened in Lujiang County. The original title was "An Ancient Poem Written by Jiao Zhongqing's Wife", and it was also named because the first line of the poem reads "The peacock flies southeast and wanders five miles away".)
Since the former dynasty, this play tells a poignant love story, which is especially loved by female relatives.

The plot outline is as follows: At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Lanzhi, the wife of Jiao Zhongqing, a small official in the Lujiang prefect's yamen, was driven back to her natal home by Jiao Zhongqing's mother. After returning to her natal home, she swore never to remarry.Her natal deputy forced her to remarry, and she drowned to death.When Jiao Zhongqing heard that Liu Lanzhi drowned and died, she also hanged herself from a tree in her own courtyard.People at that time mourned them and wrote this poem to record this event.

Because this play is real and it's about a romantic relationship in the previous dynasty, so Gu Qinglian listened very attentively.

"Thirteen can weave vegetables, fourteen learn to tailor clothes, fifteen play the harp, and sixteen recite poems and books. Seventeen is a gentleman's wife, and her heart is always bitter and sad. Since the monarch is a government official, he keeps his integrity and love, and the concubine leaves a vacant room. ..." A female elder sang sadly.Emotionally and emotionally, she told about a boudoir woman who worked hard at her in-law's house every day from dawn to dusk, but still suffered from all kinds of difficulties from her mother-in-law.

When Gu Qinglian heard this, she couldn't help thinking of herself. She expressed deep sympathy for Liu Lanzhi, and casually glanced at Mrs. Shen. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Shen didn't know whether she was angry with her for what happened just now, or she felt something, and she was also ruthless. He glared at Gu Qinglian.She quickly dodged her eyes, and even the people next to Mrs. Shen glanced at each one, then withdrew her eyes, and continued to listen quietly.

After Liu Lanzhi finished crying, her mother-in-law scolded her for being rude, and wanted to drive her away, and Jiao Zhongqing asked him to marry Qin Luofu and divorce Liu Lanzhi! "Jiao Zhongqing couldn't resist her mother's majesty, so she had to let Liu Lanzhi go back to her mother's house temporarily.

This man is too shameless, he can't even protect his beloved woman, what a shame!Gu Qinglian slammed the table hard with her hands without feeling complacent, and immediately attracted all eyes.

The song continued, Liu Lanzhi was driven back home, and within a few days someone came to propose marriage, but she rejected them all, and vowed never to marry again.Reluctantly staying at his elder brother's house, he persuaded her in every possible way and forced her to betrothed to someone else. Jiao Zhongqing came to visit Liu Lanzhi after learning the news.

At this time, a light drum sounded from the pavilion, from slow to urgent, and the four musicians plucked the three strings with ten fingers together, like weeping like complaining, like beads pouring all over the ground, thrilling, Gu Qinglian listened to this tune, and looked up. The female relatives beside her saw that they were all excited and fascinated. She knew that the most exciting part was coming:
Jiao Zhongqing told Lanzhi that this rock is square and solid, and can be stored for thousands of years, while the pampas grass is flexible for a while, and it can only be kept between morning and evening.You will become rich day by day, I will go to the underworld alone!Lanzhi said to Jiao Zhongqing: We are both being persecuted, let's meet each other in the underworld!Don't break your vows today! " They shook hands tightly with each other, and then they said goodbye and left, each returning to his own home.

There is a saying: How can the resentment in my heart be exhausted if a living person is saying farewell on the verge of death?
When Gu Qinglian thought that they would both die for love and leave the world forever, her nose felt sour, and Dou Da tears could not help but fall down.

Amidst the melody of ox and horse neighing played by musical instruments, Liu Lanzhi completed the wedding.After the dying dusk, the lonely people settle down, accompanied by "I will die today, my soul will go away and my corpse will stay!" The female ancestor who plays Liu Lanzhi rolled up her skirt, took off her silk shoes, and jumped into the clear water pool.After Jiao Zhongqing heard Liu Lanzhi throwing water, he lingered under the tree in the courtyard for a while, and hanged himself on the branch.

After the song, most of the female relatives had red eye circles, and Gu Qinglian also felt her cheeks were wet, she wiped them lightly with her hands, and the cold ones turned out to be her own tears.

After a while of silence, there was a burst of applause in the hall, the daughters saluted one after another, and Mrs. Shen also ordered someone to reward them.Only then did Gu Qinglian recover and realized that the song was over.Although she has seen countless miserable love stories in her previous life, she has to admit that the one she is watching now is really a good one.

Gu Qinglian looked back at the faces of the surrounding female relatives, there were envious ones, some worried ones, all with a little bit of emotion, Xi Furong beside her sighed softly: "Alas...a woman can do what Liu Lanzhi does. For what it’s worth, it’s worth it.”

Only then did Gu Qinglian deeply understand why Liu Lanzhi's deeds can be passed down to the 21st century and become an eternal swan song.She is telling the women that there are indeed such affectionate and good men in the world.

The king is a rock, the concubine is a pampas grass, the pampas grass is like silk, and the rock has no transfer.

(End of this chapter)