Big businessman and little fisherman

Chapter 257 Rules
Mrs. Zhen Guogong is listening to an opera and drinking tea with a group of noble ladies at the theater on the other side.

Princess Anyang likes to listen to operas. Not only does the princess mansion raise opera actors, but she also recruits actors from outside theaters to sing operas in the mansion every now and then.

When there is a banquet in the mansion, two or three theater troupes will come in turns, babbling and babbling non-stop.

In the Princess Mansion, the two most famous ones are the big and small ones. The big one is now the flower hall of the Zhen Guogong Mansion. It is built in the garden, and the inside is warm in winter and cool in summer.

The second floor where the wives are located is the original small theater stage. The stage is built on the second floor, and you can sit on the railing. You can enjoy the scenery or listen to the opera, and you can also have a panoramic view of the scene in the big stage. It is generally used as a family banquet. .

Before the Tang family moved here, there were few Tang family members, Duke Zhen was either in court or in the military camp, and Tang Jinming had no interest in these sensual dogs or horses.The only idler, Mrs. Tang, doesn't like listening to operas very much, and she doesn't like to invite a group of actors to babble and make noise at home.The stage on the other side of the flower hall was dismantled, and it was only used for entertaining guests.

On the side of the small stage, only the railings, the stage, etc. have been repainted, the curtains and screens have been replaced, and there are tables and chairs for guests.

The rest of the changes are not big, just save the occasional banquet in the mansion and ask one or two corners to sing a few paragraphs to add fun.

Because there is only a garden between the theater building and the flower hall, and it is on the second floor, people on this side can see the movement on the opposite side clearly, but on the other side, it is not very clear, only faintly visible behind the shade of flowers and trees. eaves and red walls.

Accompanied by a group of wives, there were only three young girls who had not yet left the cabinet. One was Shen Zhengqing, the niece of the queen's mother's family, one was Gongsun Wanying, the granddaughter of Prime Minister Zuo, and the other was Jiang Peiting, the youngest daughter of the royal doctor.

These three girls are the future daughter-in-law candidates tentatively decided by Mrs. Tang after careful consideration and inquiring about the personality and temperament of the tutor.

Jiang Peiting has been sitting up straight since entering the door, looking dignified and dignified, and doesn't intend to talk too much.But Gongsun Wanying didn't hold back, she chatted with the neighbor Shen Zhengqing and asked, "I heard that Princess Huaiping is as beautiful as a flower, and looks very similar to the Empress? Is it more like you as a niece?"

These words sounded like a compliment to Princess Huaiping, but they also indirectly praised Shen Zhengqing.

"You'll know when we meet." Shen Zhengqing smiled calmly, "But my mother said, if I look two or three times as good-looking as my two aunts, she will be satisfied!"

"You are so good-looking and your mother is not satisfied?"

Gongsun Wanying took a closer look: "I think you and the empress are quite similar, don't you say that your niece is like an aunt?"

She actually likes the girl Shen Zhengqing very much. She is good-looking and acts generously.Unlike the daughters of other upstart families, they are either cowardly as hell, or they are desperate to curry favor when they see her.What's even more ridiculous is that some people actually think that she needs to cling to them because her grandfather is a former minister!
I really don't know what to say!
Shen Zhengqing pursed her lips and said with a smile: "At most, I look like my aunt to one or two points, and my younger sister at least has four or five points."

Hearing this, Gongsun Wanying's heart immediately moved: "I will be with you later, I have to go and see how beautiful Princess Huaiping is."

She likes to see beauties the most.

Some people say that Concubine Zhou Gui is so beautiful that she is favored by the emperor.

She thought so too.

But the first time she saw Empress Shen and Concubine Zhou at the palace banquet, Gongsun Wanying cursed inwardly, how blind the person who spread the word must be to say such outrageous words.

Time has never defeated a beauty.

Probably referring to a beauty like Empress Shen.

The two girls beside them were chatting, and Jiang Peiting, who was sitting with them, couldn't help frowning secretly.

A niece of the queen's empress, and a granddaughter of the prime minister's family, actually talked about her beauty like that gossiping woman in the market.

A real big girl who pays attention to virtue and workmanship.The most important thing is moral character, and tolerance is not a compliment to appearance, but to point out that people should be dignified and polite, not frivolous.

Thinking of the purpose of coming to Zhen Guogong's mansion today, Jiang Peiting exhaled secretly, raised her hand inadvertently and stroked her smooth temple hair, making sure that it was not messed up, then sat down dignifiedly, and looked at the corner of the stage with a smile.

Mrs. Zheng Guogong's son, this status is very suitable for her.

The movement of Lu Yange entering the garden was so loud that even the small stage was paying attention.

Mrs. Jiang took a sip of tea, looked at Lu Yange who had just arrived and asked, "Which girl wearing cloud brocade is the princess of Huaiping?"

Because her husband is a royal censor, he was praised by the emperor for being upright and upright.Mrs. Jiang dressed a little too solemnly, appearing rigid and dogmatic.

Even her daughter, Jiang Peiting, has the most dignified expression among the three young girls, and even her hair is not messed up.

Mrs. Tang followed her gaze, and saw that the garden was full of flowers, and a pretty figure was standing among the flowers. From a distance, she looked more delicate than the flowers, suppressing the spring scenery of the garden.

"It's so beautiful, it must be." Then, Mrs. Tang politely asked Mrs. Shen, "Look, is that your niece, Princess Huaiping?"

Mrs. Shen Er had seen Lu Yange enter the garden a long time ago, and nodded with a smile when she heard the words: "That girl, I was going to pick her up in the morning, but it happened that the empress sent a nanny to teach her the rules, so let's go and pick her up first." coming."

This was explained indirectly for Lu Yange, why did he come here until now.Between the words, there is love and care.

Naturally, it is more important for the empress to send the nanny from the palace than to attend the banquet at the Duke of Zhen's mansion.

What's more, although Lu Yange came later than others, it was not nearly noon, but he was not rude.

Before Mrs. Tang answered, Mrs. Jiang spoke first: "Princess Huaiping has no father and no mother, and she grew up in the countryside since she was a child. She really needs to be taught by the nanny in the palace. Otherwise, if she doesn't understand the rules, go to others. Isn't the family going to make a joke."

Second Madam Shen's complexion changed, and just as she was about to speak, Madam Tang smiled faintly: "She is the princess, it doesn't matter if she has the rules or not, who would dare to show her face?"

This is extremely blunt, but it is impossible to refute.

Today, the Holy Majesty only has two sons, and there is not even a little princess in the palace.Except that there was a princess in Chengwang's mansion, the Great Shang Dynasty really only had a princess and no princess.

Don't say that Princess Huaiping was born in the countryside and didn't know the rules. Her status alone made many people have to bow their heads in front of her.

Mrs. Jiang's face turned red and white after being told, and she looked down on these court upstarts even more in her heart.

It's just them mud legs from the countryside who don't know how to behave. The mud spots on their legs have not been washed, and they are acting like aristocratic families.

Bah, what a shameful thing, he doesn't even talk about etiquette and rules, and he still thinks he is justified.

Such a family may not last long.

Originally, she wanted to establish a family relationship with the Duke of Zhenguo, but now she felt that these upstarts were mediocre.

In the end, it is because of lack of background, and some lose their dignity.

(End of this chapter)