A few days later, Li really started to arrange the banquet.
After all, the second wife, Wang, is young and should not hold a big party, so this banquet is a family banquet. Although it is not too noisy, it is also prepared in an extremely decent manner.
Because the second lady had been listening to operas for a long time and was familiar with the theater troupes in Beijing, Li left it to the second lady to choose the troupe that would perform in the palace.
On the day of the banquet, the old lady had lunch, and because she had the habit of taking a lunch break, she went back to rest early.
Only the juniors gathered around the stage to watch the show with great interest.
Today's play is "Good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded" personally ordered by the Second Madam
The general meaning of the play is that there are two brothers in this family, the eldest brother is cowardly and does everything his wife wants, but the second brother died young and left a pair of orphans and a widowed mother alone.
After the death of the elder in the family, the eldest daughter-in-law, who was mean and unkind, drove the mother and son out of the house.
Fortunately, the second daughter-in-law was hard-working and virtuous, spinning and weaving all day long for the young master to study. When the young master grew up, he was not only talented in appearance but also full of knowledge. So he soon got a wife who he thought was beautiful and virtuous.
As the young master grows up, the life of the family of three is getting better and better.
But the jealous eldest daughter-in-law came to frame the younger siblings and their family for stealing her family's money, so that they could live such a prosperous life.
So they found a group of bullies and drove the mother and son out of their home.
Seeing this, the young master knew that if he didn't have an official position, he would be bullied by his aunt for the rest of his life, so he decided to go to Beijing to take the exam.
Fortunately, this young master is talented and tops the list in high school, but this is the time for the court to employ people.
As a last resort, the young master did not go home, so he had to take office first. After three years of leaving, the young master became the governor of a province.
The young master asked for leave from the emperor and returned to his hometown to pick up his mother and daughter-in-law.
But she didn't want to be told by her eldest aunt as soon as she got home that her daughter-in-law, seeing that the young master was not coming home, thought something had happened to him, so she tortured her mother-in-law to death and remarried.
The young master was so distraught that he had to give some of the money he had saved to his aunt.
The young master was so distraught that he went to his mother's favorite mountain in the back to worship. Only then did he discover that his mother had neither died nor remarried.
The two of them have been living in a cave to avoid the eldest daughter-in-law's troubles.
The young master was so happy that he took his mother and daughter-in-law to the governor's house and sued his eldest aunt for the crime of bullying his relatives. As a result, his eldest daughter-in-law was sent to the cold frontier.
Everyone in the audience watched the play with great interest, especially the tragic ending of the eldest daughter-in-law at the end, which made everyone happy.
Only Ms. Li kept a straight face throughout the whole scene. At the end, when she heard the derogatory insults about her daughter-in-law on and off the stage, she felt as if her heart was blocked and she was so stuffy.
"Well, Mr. Wang, I'm kindly organizing a banquet for you. It's fine if you don't appreciate me, but you dare to scold me for making a joke. If I didn't have something serious to do later, I would have to blow up the show on the spot."
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Thinking of this, Mrs. Li calmed down her irritable mood, and then winked at Liu's mother.
Liu's mother understood and left the theater with her wives.
Wan Su Lengyan watched on, pretending that they didn't notice anything about these people's actions.
After a while, Die'er, who was beside Wu Yiniang, suddenly came to the theater.
I saw her coming to Wan Su, and after bowing respectfully, she said: "Second Miss, what happened to Wu last time, thanks to your rescue, Wu Yiniang is safe and sound. I would like to thank you here."
Wan Su seemed not to have heard anything. He was listening to the lyrics on the stage and playing signs to the rhythm.
A trace of embarrassment appeared on Die'er's face, so she turned to look at Caixiang, as if hoping she would say something nice for her.
Caixiang now hates Die'er deeply and refuses to give her a good look: "Oh, the people in your Plum and Bamboo Garden are very expensive. Our lady cannot bear your gratitude."
When Die'er heard this, her face turned white and red, feeling very embarrassed.
"What happened before was all a misunderstanding. Everything happened because of my slave's recklessness. I hope the second lady won't argue with me, a cheap slave."
After saying that, Die'er fell to her knees with a "plop".
Fortunately, the place where Wan Su performed was relatively remote, and everyone was watching the show, so no one noticed the movement here.
Wan Su then turned his gaze to her and said with a seemingly moved expression: "Die'er, what are you doing? Why are you doing this? Caixiang, help Die'er up quickly."
When Caixiang heard this, she reluctantly tried to pull the butterfly off the ground.
But Die'er's legs were as if they were filled with lead, no matter how hard Wan Su pulled her, they couldn't get up! When she looked up again, tears were streaming down her face.
"Second Miss, please save my aunt!"
Wan Su asked with concern on her face: "What happened to your aunt?"
Die'er wiped away her tears with a sad face and said: "Fifth Yiniang, for some reason, her stomach suddenly hurt after lunch a few days ago! I wanted to ask the eldest lady to ask for a doctor, but the eldest lady said that today is the second lady's birthday, so I want to ask for a doctor.
It's unlucky. Then I went to find the old lady, but the old lady was taking a lunch break, and Mother Lin wouldn't let me in at all. Now that I'm desperate, I came here to ask for you. I know that you are proficient in medical skills. Please save me.
Auntie!"
Die'er burst into tears as she spoke, which really moved the listener.
Wan Su's face was busy and cooperative, with an anxious look on his face: "What? Is this happening? Take me over and have a look."
After Wan Su finished speaking, he stood up and followed Die'er towards the direction of Plum and Bamboo Garden.
Seeing this scene in the distance, Mrs. Li showed a strange smile on her lips.
After a stick of incense, Die'er suddenly ran to the theater like she was going crazy and said: "It's not good, help me! The second lady gave the fifth aunt a miscarriage medicine, and both the fifth aunt and the child can't survive!"
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and the music on the stage naturally stopped abruptly.
Everyone no longer had any intention of watching the show, and swarmed towards the Plum and Bamboo Courtyard.
As soon as Mrs. Li opened the door, she saw Wan Su Zhen kneeling on the ground with a stunned look on her face, as if she had been stunned, while Wu Yiniang was lying motionless in a pool of blood.
When Mrs. Li saw this, she felt like her heart was about to jump out of excitement. She could only suppress the joy in her heart and forced herself to say sternly: "Liang Wansu, you dare to persecute my concubine. Look at how bad I am today.