Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 80
The Jinxiu Troupe will put on several new plays every year and festival, and today the newly compiled play "Blessings from Heavenly Officials" is being sung at the Prince Jin Mansion.

Wearing a big red robe, the beaming Tianguan sang: "Auspicious mist, auspicious light and purple mist are rising, and the blessings of the world are celebrating longevity. I am happy to see the day when the world is in peace, and we can enjoy peace and enjoy peace together."

The children didn't like to watch this kind of babbling play, so the concubine ordered Princess Kangren to lead them to play in the warm pavilion.

The Tianguan said: "Today, according to the decree of the Jade Emperor, because the blessed masters of the lower realm are willing to do good and have great Yin skills, I specially invite all the gods of good fortune to go to the lower realms to bestow blessings and rewards to show the rewards of good deeds and good deeds. Everyone protects everyone."

The gods replied: "Yes".

Tianguan said: "I invite all the stars."

The gods said: "Receive the decree, I invite all the stars."

Playing actors such as the birthday star, the cowherd, the weaver girl, the god of wealth, etc., they stepped on the stage to the beat of gongs and drums.

Jiang Changning doesn't like to watch this drama either, but she is a married woman, she has to socialize with others, smiling, and politely commenting on the actors on the stage with her cousins ​​from the Yan family, cousins, and Mrs. Gu Chen.

"That fairy's appearance is beautiful, especially her gait, which is so smooth, it really has the charm of a fairy." Fourth Lady Yan said, nibbling on melon seeds.

"The one who pretends to be a fairy is the new Xiaodan from the Jinxiu Troupe. Not only is he beautiful in appearance, but he also has a very pleasant singing voice." Mrs. Yan raised two theater troupes to make money, and she knew the roles played by these troupes very well.

"Big cousin, I heard that the son of Wendebo is going to take that little Taohong from Ji Qingkun's class into the mansion as a concubine. Is it true?" Mrs. Yan asked.

"I'm afraid Mrs. Wendelberg told this story." Mrs. Gu Chen sneered, "It's really a green bamboo with a snake's mouth and a wasp with a needle in its tail. It's so bad for my step-son's reputation, I'm not afraid of her mother-in-law crawling on her bedside in the middle of the night. .”

Mrs. Yan curled her lips and said: "As a stepmother, how many of them will really love the original wife's son, besides, if it doesn't destroy the son, how will her father and son stand out?"

"Ms. Wendebo was married and gave birth in seven months. I'm afraid that if the first one didn't die, she would have done nasty things with others." Mrs. Gu Chen said contemptuously.

"Hey, by the way, the Empress Dowager proposed marriage to Wendebo Shizi, which girl is she referring to?" Mrs. Yan asked.

The eyes of Mrs. Gu Chen and Mrs. Yan fell on Jiang Changning. Jiang Changning smiled, "It's Zhuang Juyue from Zhuang's West Mansion."

Mrs. Yan knew about Jiang Changning's relationship with the dealer, so she couldn't continue this topic, so she turned her gaze to the stage, "The libretto is pretty good."

"Clusters of fragrant flowers greet the painting pavilion, and the green and auspicious grasses are all over the steps. It really is a blessed place." The opera singers sang.

On the stage, all the actors walked behind the scenes wearing flowers and brushing willows.

Shou Xing sang: "The little god has nothing to offer as a gift, and presents a picture of a hundred years of life, wishing a long life and a long life, and building a sea house."

Who doesn't look forward to a long life, the concubine said happily: "Reward."

Mrs. Qiao had prepared two large baskets of copper coins for the concubine to reward.

Hearing this, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law grabbed two handfuls of copper coins and threw them on the stage.

The cutscene sounded, and all the actors saluted the concubine, "Thank you, empress dowager."

A group of little opera singers quickly picked up the copper coins on the stage, and the play continued, "Little Immortal offers you happiness and peace every year. May the rice grow double ears and the grains will be plentiful."

After listening to the play for half an hour, at noon, Mrs. Qiao had arranged a banquet and came over to invite everyone to move to their seats.

In the air, the sister-in-law looked at each other.

Qiao's eyes darkened, and Jiang Changning smiled.

A group of people went to the banquet hall, and when they passed by Mrs. Qiao, Jiang Changning said, "Today is my concubine's birthday, sister-in-law, please be quiet."

The concubine's birthday banquet was arranged by Mrs. Qiao, so logically, she should guard against Jiang Changning's sabotage.

However, Jiang Changning did not do this. Qiao, who was waiting for her to make a move, simply arranged for someone to sabotage, and wanted to blame Jiang Changning.

Jiang Changning never thought that Mrs. Qiao would do this, but he made people stare at Mrs. Qiao if he had a date or not.

Seeing that Qiao's actually sent people to exchange ingredients, he wanted to replace the inferior with the superior, and the inferior with the superior.

Jiang Changning's evaluation of her is: I don't know the general situation, and I don't have a big picture.

The banquet was hosted by Mrs. Qiao, and the person who changed the ingredients and wanted Mrs. Qiao to make a mistake, everyone would take it for granted that it was Jiang Changning.

Jiang Changning is the concubine of the Jin Dynasty, but she does not have the housekeeping power of the Prince Jin's mansion. She made Qiao's mistakes, and the concubine will definitely take away the housekeeping rights of Qiao's family and let her take charge.

The plan was good, but unfortunately it didn't work out.

At the banquet, both the host and the guest enjoyed themselves.

Shen Shizheng is three o'clock, and all the guests are sent away.

"My lord, take my concubine back to the yard to rest. There are concubines and sister-in-law here." Jiang Changning sent Jin Wang away.

"Don't be too tired." King Jin instructed, and helped the concubine to leave.

Jiang Changning turned around and looked at Mrs. Qiao, "Sister-in-law, you are willing to spend a lot of money to harm me. Thank you, sister-in-law, for giving me the money."

To plant the stolen goods so that people believe it is true, it must be Jiang Changning's confidant.

Qiao's spent nearly 1000 taels of silver to bribe people around Jiang Changning.

Xiulan's four maidservants, Jinya and Xiangdai, are the two companions, which Jiang Changning values ​​so much that they cannot be bribed.

The other maidservants were not too suitable either, and Mrs. Qiao set her sights on Liu Ye.

Liu Ye was appointed by the palace, and it is very possible that Jiang Changning arranged for her to do this in order to show her loyalty.

After the incident was defeated, because Liu Ye was sent by the palace, he was able to retreat unscathed.

With this mentality, Qiao assumed that if Jiang Changning wanted to do this, he would let Liu Ye do it, so she tried to buy Liu Ye.

Liu Ye resisted at first, but money is touching.

100 taels, 300 taels, 500 taels, 700 taels, Liu Ye agreed.

"You knew from the beginning that you asked her to accept the money." Qiao stared at Jiang Changning with fierce eyes.

"Sister-in-law, you're not stupid." Jiang Changning smiled lightly.

Qiao Shi was so angry that his chest heaved up and down, "Jiang Shi, you are very proud of me, aren't you?"

"No." Jiang Changning shook her head. The Zhongfu is still in Qiao's hands. She has nothing to be proud of.

"Mr. Jiang, let's wait and see." Mrs. Qiao left in a huff.

"Wait and see, just wait and see, you make a move, I catch it, I make a move, you have to catch it well, don't hit your instep." Jiang Changning raised his voice.

Qiao's foot tripped, and she turned her head and gave Jiang Changning a hard look.

Jiang Changning smiled, and glanced at the servants who seemed to be tidying up, but were actually eavesdropping on her conversation with Qiao Shi, "Work hard, don't play tricks."

With Xiulan and others, they swayed away.

Jiang Changning was fighting openly and secretly with Qiao's family in the mansion, and there was also a dark tide surging in the court.

On the early morning of the fourth day of the lunar new year, Mr. Tan, the second minister of the cabinet, came out and said: "Since Your Majesty's Imperial Majesty, the world has been at peace, and all directions are peaceful. As the saying goes, in a peaceful and prosperous age, you should write a book and write a biography. I implore your Majesty's associate ministers to compile a book "Wen Yuan Yu." View" to pass on to future generations."

The reason why the emperor is so rejoicing, in fact, has a lot to do with the flattery of his courtiers.

He has been on the throne for six years now, and his political achievements are mediocre, but he has made no achievements. According to Tan Da's population, the emperor who has made great contributions is the wise emperor and the benevolent emperor. He is almost as good as the three emperors and five emperors.

(End of this chapter)