Everyone was staring at the handsome Wu Sheng, whose movements were also beautiful, smart, agile, and in good shape.
Not to mention his appearance, plus the make-up, his lips are red and his teeth are white, and he is radiant. Compared with the prince's old face full of wrinkles, he is naturally more popular with women.
In addition, since it is a stage performance, ladies and maids can blatantly admire, covet, and even have random thoughts in their hearts...
It turns out that women in purdah are lonely.
The lunch break is coming soon...
The ladies ate together at the same table, talking about how well they sang in today's play, which scene it was in, which scene they liked best, etc. Some even stood up and shook their sleeves and learned a few words from other people's singing. Everyone laughed and laughed, throwing away dogmatic etiquette.
It was a rare moment of joy in the back of my mind, not affected by yesterday's emotions at all.
People from the Dayun Opera Troupe were dining at the table on the other side, talking about the rewards they had received. One martial artist even received a sachet that was lost by a female family member.
Although the people at the two tables were eating at the same time, they were in different places and could not hear each other's conversations.
After dinner, it was time to rest. Haitang explained to Lamei and then went to find the princess's wife.
"Hello, madam."
"Listen to your troupe's new libretto." The lady said, gently swinging her feather fan. Behind her, there was a maid shaking a larger feather fan.
It's late autumn weather. Haitang really wonders why Madam is so hot?
"Let me tell you about "The Romance of the West Chamber". There is a poem that says, 'The sky is blue, the leaves are yellow on the ground, the west wind is strong, the wild geese flying from the north to the south, who comes in the morning and is drunk in the frost forest? It always leaves people in tears'..."
The lady who had already heard these opening sentences was trembling in her heart...
How can a person who has gone through life and death write such a touching poem...
By the time Haitang finished telling The West Chamber, Madam was already in tears...
"That's funny, not bad, not bad. What other songs are there?" Madam quickly got out of her previous state and was eager to listen to the next one.
"What do these three words "Peach Blossom Fan" make Madam think of?" Haitang cleverly introduced the topic instead of starting to tell the story directly.
"Fan," said the lady.
"That's right, and it's a love affair between a man and a woman..." Bai Haitang said slowly, "The handsome man's name is Hou Fangyu, and the beautiful woman's name is Li Xiangjun. It is said that at that time, Qinhuai was speechless and the sun was setting, and every house was near the water.
Ying Hongzhuang, the spring breeze does not know that the beauty has changed, still singing happily around the painting boat, who will lament the rise and fall! The famous flowers in the brothel hate to be too long,
Feeling worried about the country and feeling heartbroken, a little bit of blue blood is sprinkled on the white fan, and the heart is full of sadness. The fragrance of peach blossoms is left in the sky..."
The lady listened and nodded repeatedly. This peach blossom fan brought her more tears than The West Chamber...
Ugh, sentimental.
This is another inference Bai Haitang made about the princess.
But these are not enough...
Then Bai Haitang told Madam two more touching love stories. The fan in Madam's hand fell to the ground as she listened, and she didn't even know that she was in a drama, in a drama...
"It turns out that the Dayun Opera Troupe has added so many new songs. I really wouldn't know it if I didn't listen to them..." The lady sighed, obviously she still had something to say.
"Is there a great martial arts student named Desheng who is here to sing this time?" Madam asked pretending to be casual.
But her eyes were clearly full of concern and urgency. Haitang connected her with the cast list in the morning. Could it be that her focus was on this great martial arts student named Desheng?