A word weighs a thousand pounds. Dou Zunian suddenly raised his head and met Yi Fang's eyes, "Don't worry, sister, I will live up to my sister's sacrifice today for my brother."
Yifang smiled softly and said, "Brother, let's go, don't delay."
Along the way, the two brothers and sisters said nothing. They all knew that although the step they took today had been planned for a long time, it was still scary and full of thorns!
In the Songhe Courtyard, a stage had already been set up. It was the old lady's eightieth birthday. Naturally, the famous team in the capital was invited, with red silk hairpins and flowers, and velvet carpets on the floor. The principal wives and daughters-in-law from each room in the Hou Mansion sat together.
In one place, they were chatting and laughing around the old lady, having fun.
The men were all sitting on the left side. The leader was naturally the prince. The prince came to congratulate the old lady on his birthday on behalf of the emperor. Naturally, it was a blessing from heaven and everyone in the Dou family was honored.
After listening to the play, it was supposed to be Fairy Lotus on stage, but news came later that Fairy Lotus suddenly fainted, and Dou Wei suddenly panicked.
"What's going on!" As Dou Wei spoke, he glanced at Xia Yunshen, who was sitting high above him. Seeing that there was no impatience on his face, he felt a little relieved.
Manager Dou wiped his sweat and said, "When I got back to Mr. Hou, I didn't know what happened. I just said that I had fainted. The doctor was watching over there, but if I want to go on stage, I can't."
Dou Wei stamped his feet, "Trash, hurry up and find someone to help you. The prince is still waiting there. Remember, don't go up with someone worse than Hua Furong. Don't lose the face of our Marquis Mansion."
Manager Dou was really puzzled: "Master Hou, there is someone in this mansion who can compete with Fairy Furong, but I don't know if I will allow it?"
Dou Wei slapped him over and said, "It's already this time, what else is allowed or not allowed?"
Manager Dou thought of the one hundred taels of silver given by Dou Zunian. Although he didn't understand why Yi Fang wanted to devalue himself and try every possible means to become an actress and sing on stage as the daughter of a concubine of the Hou family, he still had the courage to speak out.
"Master Marquis, I heard that Aunt Hua's daughter, Miss Jiu, is good at singing and dancing, and is unmatched by millions of people. Do you think it is..." Although he said it, Mr. Dou was still a little scared. Actors and their like are of low status, so then
Although Miss Ninth is a concubine and is not taken seriously, she is still of the Marquis's bloodline, just in case the Marquis becomes angry.
Unexpectedly, Manager Dou was worried in vain. Dou Wei stroked his beard and said with a smile: "She, it doesn't matter, she is a lowly person born from a concubine, so what if she goes up to sing a song? I
I have forgotten that her mother was very good at these things back then, so she must be pretty good at it, so go and call her, but be quick!"
Did Mr. Dou get this pleasant instruction? He felt relieved and quickly returned to the back of the stage to tell Yi Fang who was waiting there.
"I was originally afraid that the Marquis would be angry, but I didn't expect that the Marquis would be considerate of Miss Ninth's filial piety, and he made it right in one go."
Yi Fang sneered in his heart. What filial piety was nice to say, but he just didn't take her daughter who had fallen out of favor as a concubine. However, Yi Fang didn't show it on his face. It just made Dou Zunian think again.
I gave Manager Dou twelve taels of silver to report the news and sent her away.
Yifang thought carefully about the phoenix dance he had prepared these days. He lifted up his skirt, gave Dou Zunian a comforting look and walked onto the stage. As soon as he stood on the stage, it became quiet below.
Not because of the beauty of Yifang, but because of the reputation of the Fairy Furong on top of Yifang. Everyone had been waiting for it for a long time. Now that they saw the natural grace and grace of Yifang, and then saw the figure of Pingting, they were already waiting for her.