readytorunbook Chapter 770: Such a drama
Chapter 770: Such a drama
The garden of the Su Mansion is very large.
In late autumn, the whole garden is filled with colorful chrysanthemums blooming.
The stage was set up in the middle of the garden.
There are several pavilions around the stage, which are furnished with tables, chairs, fruits and tea.
As a modern person, Tong Huaqiong doesn't like to listen to operas. She really can't appreciate the kind of humming and humming singing.
Gu Taohua, Chen Sufen and others like to listen to opera.
When I came to the back garden and saw the stage, my eyes sparkled with excitement.
Especially Gu Taohua, whose mood that was ruined by Old Lady Su was instantly restored.
Who cares? Since we are here, we might as well listen to opera and drink some wine. It would be a waste if we don’t enjoy ourselves.
In order to please Old Madam Su, Mrs. Lu invited the most popular opera troupe in Shengjing.
Everyone was invited into the pavilion, and the show began with the sound of sonorous and exciting drums.
The story of this play is very cliché, but very gripping.
Except for Old Lady Su and Mrs. Lu, everyone listened with great interest. Even Tong Huaqiong, who didn't like opera, sighed.
This play tells the story of a poor scholar who went to the mountains to dig medicinal herbs because his old mother was seriously ill and he had no money to buy medicine. He fell off a cliff and was rescued by a hunter.
In order to repay the hunter for saving his life, the scholar married the hunter's daughter.
After the hunter's daughter married the scholar, she had to take care of everything at home, serving her mother-in-law and taking care of the crops. In order to earn a salary for the scholar, she had to work as a maid in a wealthy family in the town.
The mother-in-law was very proud of her son's marriage to a hunter's daughter, and was unwilling to do so, so she often harassed her daughter-in-law.
The daughter-in-law endured it all.
The scholar was grateful for his wife's efforts, so he studied hard and vowed to enter the cabinet and become a prime minister in order to earn an imperial decree for his wife.
The scholar went to Beijing to take the imperial examination but had no money, so his wife borrowed money from her own family to raise enough money for his studies.
The scholar had been gone for five years, and his wife had been waiting at home. She had thought that she would finally be reunited with her husband, but instead she received news that her husband had divorced her and married a princess in order to gain wealth and status.
The actors' acting was really good, with expressive voices and great immersion in the story.
If the plot of the story didn't allude to Su Shihang so much, the ladies and young ladies who were listening to the opera would have cursed the unfaithful man and said he deserved to die.
The more Mrs. Su and Mrs. Lu listened, the darker their faces became.
Tong Huaqiong thought that this troupe was too bold to perform such a play at Old Lady Su's birthday party. Even if the play did not allude to Su Shihang, the tragic atmosphere was not suitable for a birthday party.
Tong Huaqiong has attended many banquets hosted by wealthy families since she came to Shengjing. She knows that the hosts have to review in advance what plays the troupe will perform.
The play started so magnificently, the program list must have been rigged by someone.
No matter how stupid Mrs. Lu was, she would never let the troupe perform this play to get herself into trouble.
All the ladies present here know the story of Su Shihang. They are sitting here to listen to a play. If it were any other play, they might discuss it a little, but how can they discuss this play? Wouldn't that offend the host?
The atmosphere was eerily quiet.
Those who were immersed in it without any ideological burden included Chen Sufen, Liu Yue'e, Old Lady Zhao Min and others.
Anyway, they don't have to consider the Su family's feelings, they just need to listen to the opera attentively.
Zhao couldn't help but whisper to Liu Yue'e: "This troupe is better than the one we invited to Qinghewan during the New Year. Both their appearance and singing are better."
Liu Yue'e said, "Of course. After all, this is a troupe from Shengjing, and they sing for dignitaries. If they don't sing well, how can they stay in Shengjing?"
Zhao nodded and wiped away her tears. Both the hunter's daughter and the princess were so pitiful, being deceived by an unfaithful man and tortured by their mother-in-law.
The actors performed so well, especially the one who played the unfaithful man. It was so hard not to rush up to him and beat him up.
Zhao was immersed in it.
When I listened to operas in Qinghewan in the past, we would discuss while listening, focusing on online situational integration.
The ladies of Shengjing sat upright and did not discuss anything, which made Zhao feel a little uncomfortable.
"This man is ungrateful."
"The original wife is miserable, and the princess is miserable too."
"The original wife's misery was caused by a man. She should deal with the unfaithful man instead of the princess."
"This mother-in-law is very vicious. She is not satisfied with the original wife's dedication to her, and she is not satisfied with the princess's filial piety to her. Such an old witch is a pure waste of food. She should be thrown into the mountains to fend for herself."
Zhao couldn't help but discuss it with Tong Pandidi.
The two of them sang in unison.
They were clearly just commenting on the performance on the stage and had no intention of implying anything about anyone, but in everyone's ears they sounded like they were implying something about the Su family.
Everyone didn't dare to answer, and they were just as confused as Tong Huaqiong, wondering why the Su Mansion had put on such a show? Everyone knew about the Su Mansion's mess, wasn't this just a slap in the face?
Old Mrs. Su’s face was so gloomy that water could be squeezed out of it.
These women were two country ladies brought by Suifeng Xiangjun. They were noisy and had no manners at all.
Old Mrs. Su felt a little regretful about sending the message to Tong Huaqiong.
When Mrs. Lu saw the look on Old Lady Su's face, she regretted hiring the troupe immensely and wanted to stop the performance several times, but Princess Yu was sitting at the top and watching the show with great interest, so she was afraid of offending Princess Yu and did not dare to stop.
Mrs. Lu felt so upset that she was vomiting blood. She had asked her housekeeper to invite the opera troupe. In order to please her mother-in-law, she told the troupe to perform some plays that could attract the old lady and make them as lively and sensational as possible.
The play was indeed lively and emotional, but that was only the case for others. For Old Madam Su, it was simply a slap in the face.
Mrs. Lu's hands and feet were cold. Based on her understanding of her mother-in-law, she would definitely think that she deliberately staged this scene to anger her mother-in-law.
As far as God is concerned, she really has no conscience.
The story on the stage was that the scholar and the mother-in-law used the original wife to force the princess to death, and the original wife was reinstated. The scholar rose rapidly to become the prime minister, and his power made him swell, and he finally reached the point of treason. After the incident, he was convicted and beheaded in prison, and the execution was carried out in a vast snow.
"It's retribution. It's what I deserve."
When Zhao saw the excitement, she forgot where she was and clapped her hands and shouted that it was very gratifying.
Some ladies who were on good terms with the Min family wished that Su Shihang's ending would be the same as in the play, with the moon in the water and the flower in the mirror.
Old Mrs. Su almost couldn't catch her breath.
The ending of the play made her tremble with anger.
Confiscating property and executing people, isn't this a curse on your own family?
"Bitch."
Old Madam Su slapped Mrs. Lu in the face.
"Didn't you say you would invite the best troupe in Shengjing to please me? Is this what you mean by pleasing me? It's unlucky to sing a play like this on a happy day. I think you are just trying to make things difficult for me."
"You vicious woman, you pretend to be filial to me in public, but you stab me with a knife in private. Don't think I don't know what you are thinking. Don't you just want to make me angry to death and let you have the final say in the Su Mansion? Dream on."
Mrs. Lu was beaten and scolded by her mother-in-law in public. She was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to die. She defended herself by saying, "Mother, I really don't know why the troupe would perform such a play. When the playlist was handed to me, I read it to you and you agreed to the play."
Seeing that Lu still dared to defend herself, Old Lady Su slapped her again and said angrily, "So I cursed myself, right? Maybe you changed the playlist."
Old Mrs. Su took out all her anger on Mrs. Lu.