I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 173 Calm and Calm
After figuring this out, Xie Fei said, "Thank you for your advice, Madam. I will keep doing my duty. I also hope that Madam can get what she wants and not waste her efforts in vain."

The two were on the verge of a fight, and the atmosphere became increasingly sinister, which frightened the concubines and servants behind them.

After waiting for a long time for the actors to come on stage, the tense atmosphere finally relaxed a little.

As the lights came on, the sounds of suona, gongs, drums, pipa and other music intertwined, and the actors performed vividly one wonderful play after another.

A servant girl eloped for love but was tragically separated by fate, and the love between the human and the ghost continued.

A small trader was killed on a mountain road while doing business. His soul wandered back to his hometown, but saw his widowed mother being bullied by a bully. He then joined forces with a frustrated scholar to punish the villain.

There were also brothers who had a feud over money. Their old father on the sickbed was angered to death. Later, they asked the Black and White Impermanence to stay in the world for seven days and created all kinds of events to make the brothers reconcile and become warm as before.

The concubines and servants who came to watch the play were all in tears. They wet their handkerchiefs and changed them over and over again. They were so immersed in the play.

Xie Fei drank two cups of tea, thinking to herself that she had seen all these plays before. Although they were interesting, it would be boring to watch them again in such a short time.

Watch the next one, which she had also seen.

Just when she was feeling bored, Xiao Shirong said for the first time: "If Sister Xie doesn't like it, you can change it to your own preference."

Xie Fei said: "The play that Madam ordered is excellent. I like it very much. I will follow your wishes and there is no need to change it."

Anyway, watching any play with Xiao Shirong makes me feel uncomfortable.

At this time, Xiang Xiaoniang, who was sitting in the back, came forward with the play list in her hand and said, "Madam, thank you, sister. I think this play "Li Niang" is very good. Why don't you listen to it too?"

Xiao Shirong took the play list handed to her by the maid, looked at it for a few seconds and then started laughing.

"This is really interesting, Sister Xie, would you like to take a look too?"

Xie Fei took a quick look at the play. It was about a hard-working and kindhearted girl called "Li Niang" who was sold to a wealthy family as a concubine by her gambling-addicted father.

After choosing a song, the next one was "Li Niang".

On the stage, light and shadow intertwined, and the actors' gentle and vivid singing voices accompanied the music.

Xiao Shirong laughed and said, "This Li Niang has been sold to the Gao family as a concubine, but she is not a good wife and can't let go of her former lover. She intends to elope with him. For such a restless woman, being thrown into a pig cage is a light punishment."

Xie Fei remained silent.

Most of the characters in operas have a rebellious spirit. The low-level people try their best to break free from the shackles of this evil society and fight against the feudal tide to the end.

For example, Li Niang was originally a beautiful girl, but she was oppressed by patriarchy and was forcibly sold to a wealthy old man in his seventies. She was abused by the old man and beaten by his servants, and her life was worse than death.

She is tenacious and strong. No matter how humiliated she is, she lives with her head held high. She faces all hardships calmly and never succumbs to fate.

But after the old man died, she was caught when she tried to elope with her lover. In the end, she was gang-raped by the old man's family and drowned in a pig cage.

At the moment before her death, she sang loudly that she had no regrets and that if there was an afterlife, she would make this cannibalistic world pay for its blood debt with blood.

The whole story is a collection of tragedies. All the concubines felt the same pain and were crying, except Xiao Shirong who sneered.

"Another bitch with high ambitions. She has been sold as a concubine, but she is still so dissolute! If such a thing happened in my Pei Mansion, even being torn into pieces by five horses would not be too much of an exaggeration."

After saying this viciously, Xiao Shirong looked at Xie Fei again and said pointedly, "Don't you think so, Sister Xie?"

Xiang Xiaoniang didn't know why Xiao Shirong targeted Xie Fei for this, and was quite embarrassed. She gave Xie Fei an apologetic look.

Xie Fei was too lazy to argue and said calmly: "Madam is right."

Xiao Shirong smiled with an ambiguous meaning, but her eyes were filled with gloating. After the show was over, the concubines left one by one, and the actors came down from the stage to receive their rewards.

Xiao Shirong had stayed for a long time. She was generous and was in a good mood today, so she gave a lot of rewards with a wave of her hand.

A young man who had not yet removed his makeup twisted his waist, walked lightly in front of Xiao Shirong, and knelt down coquettishly.

Although he was wearing heavy makeup, one could still tell how handsome he was. His eyes were clear and charming, and his gaze was full of affection. Just a glance from him could make one's heart skip a beat.

Xiao Shirong recognized him as one of the famous actors in the troupe. He played the lover in the play "Li Niang" that they had seen before.

"Why, the reward is not enough?" Xiao Shirong asked with a raised eyebrow.

The young man rolled up his sleeves and brought a bowl of tea. His voice was clear and soft, and it sounded like a feather tickling people's ears.

"Thank you for the reward, Madam, but I would be happier if you could accept this cup of tea from me."

Xiao Shirong had never seen such a rule before, and asked with great interest: "What's the reason for this?"

I looked up at her, my eyes full of affection and charm, "This is my love for you. If you really think I sing well, drinking this cup of tea is better than any reward."

After saying that, he lowered his head again and just raised the teacup a little higher. Under the light, his slender jade fingers looked like they were made of white porcelain, and the joints were a warm pink color, which was most attractive.

Xiao Shirong didn't know why, but she felt a tingling sensation in her heart, as if she was possessed by a poison. She reached out her hand, took the teacup and drank it all in one gulp.

I still held my hand high, waiting for Xiao Shirong to finish drinking, then respectfully took the teacup.

As we move now, it is inevitable that we will touch each other. The place where our skin touches each other seems to be on fire and becomes hot in an instant.

Xiao Shirong's heart moved, and she asked the maid to help her get up.

Before leaving, she looked at me deeply, and I did not shy away from looking at her openly.

interesting.

Xiao Shirong curled her lips and smiled.

In Songyueju, when Xie Fei and Mother Liu returned, Fu Yu had been waiting for a long time.

"Girls, did you go to the theater? Was it good?"

Xie Fei sat down and patted his shoulder. "I didn't see you. Where did you go with that person?"

Fu Yu squatted down and massaged her legs, saying unhappily, "I originally wanted to find a good seat to watch the show. Who knew that everyone was watching and I couldn't even squeeze in."

The only ones who could watch closely were Xiao Shirong, his concubines, and their servants.

The rest of the servants were watching from the nearby trees, bushes, and even climbed up the walls, surrounding the place in three layers.

Because it was too crowded, Fu Yu and her friends could only watch from afar.

If I had known this earlier, I would have gone with Xie Fei. At least I could stand next to Xie Fei and have the best viewing position.

Xie Fei said with a smile: "The troupe will not leave for a while, you can go and watch it with others another day."

Mother Liu had already closed the gate and returned. She turned off the two lights and said, "The mistress didn't make trouble tonight. I can rest assured now."

Xie Fei also felt that it was too calm.

With such a good opportunity tonight, why didn't Xiao Shirong take any other action except making a few verbal remarks?
Or is it that she is not the target?
(End of this chapter)