Chapter 66 Life Story
From some unknown day on, a new play became popular in the capital, and almost all theaters, big and small, began to perform this play.
It is said that a few days ago, when this play was being performed in a theater in the north of the city, after the show was over, the audience started fighting.
Why is this?
Originally, one group of people thought that the ending was not good and asked to change it and re-arrange it. Another group of people thought that this ending was just right and that this kind of ending was interesting. Neither side was willing to give in, and they even had a fight in the garden after the show was over. It is said that later, the Jingzhao Prefecture sent people to separate the two sides.
After this incident, the reputation of "A Mistake" became even more famous in the capital. If you don't watch this play, you would be embarrassed to say that you love watching plays.
Shen Yuan was behind this. Of course, she didn't instigate the fight. She was responsible for the quarrel at the beginning, but she didn't expect that the quarrel would get more intense and they would even fight.
She was so scared that she immediately asked Bai Zhi to go out and find out. She felt relieved only when she knew that no one was hurt in the fight.
She now wants to know what the Qin family would think if they knew about this drama?
Duke Jing was a military commander, so he had no interest in these books and legends, and he would not listen to them on weekdays. Qin Ruyue also did not like to listen to operas, so no one in Duke Jing's mansion talked about the drama that had been making the rounds in the capital recently.
Coincidentally, one day, Lady Jingguo went back to her parents' home to visit her old mother, and happened to hear her sister-in-law talking about this with her brother's wife. She had been harboring something on her mind for many years, so naturally, when she heard the first hint, the bud in her heart could not be stopped.
Therefore, after leaving her parents' home, Lady Jingguo did not go home, but took her personal maid to the theater that her sister-in-law mentioned.
When she saw the real daughter of the Marquisate, who had traveled all the way from the village to the capital to look for her relatives, but stopped outside the Marquisate, Lady Jingguo couldn't help but shed tears...
Qin Ruyue went to her mother's yard in the evening to greet her as usual, but was told by the maid that her mother had gone to bed because she was not feeling well.
"What's wrong with mother? Wasn't she fine when she went to grandmother's house this morning?" Today she had an appointment with an embroidery workshop to come to her home to make clothes, so she didn't go with her mother.
The maid didn't know why the Madam said she wanted to rest as soon as she came home and refused to see anyone, so she said to Qin Ruyue, "The Madam went to see a play today, maybe she is tired."
"Watching a play? Why did mother think of watching a play..." Qin Ruyue muttered, but didn't take it to heart and then went back to her own yard.
"Why did you come back so soon, young lady? You should get closer to Madam. You are now of marriageable age, and it's time for Madam to find someone for you." When Nanny Xu saw Qin Ruyue coming back so quickly, she couldn't help but say a few more words.
Nanny Xu has been by Qin Ruyue's side since she could remember. When she was in Jiangnan, her parents were not around and only Nanny Xu was with her. Therefore, Qin Ruyue was very close to Nanny Xu and did not take her occasional nagging to heart.
"Jin Gui said that my mother was tired after coming back from outside and had already rested. Can I go in and make trouble? Besides, my mother will naturally find a good marriage for me."
Qin Ruyue looked at Aunt Xu with a strange look on her face. She didn't understand why Aunt Xu kept asking her to get closer to her mother and please her so that her mother would arrange a good marriage for her. In her opinion, she was her mother's daughter, so her mother would not easily dismiss her when it came to marriage.
Madam Xu laughed dryly, and then said, "I am worried about you, young lady. You didn't grow up by Madam's side, and I am always afraid that Madam will not value you."
Nanny Xu was also worried. Logically, her daughter had not been around for a long time, and now that she had finally returned home, she should have doted on her. However, she noticed that the mistress had been lukewarm towards her since the girl came back, which made her feel uneasy every day, fearing that the mistress had seen through something and was therefore not close to her girl.
"Madam, you think too much. I was born by my mother, so how could she not value me?" Qin Ruyue felt that Madam Xu was just worrying about nothing. When she was a child in the south, although her family couldn't visit her all the time, they would send her something every month, which clearly showed that they missed her very much.
Nanny Xu couldn't express her "worry" aloud, so she could only nod in agreement.
Lady Jingguogong's wife in the house did not rest, but kept thinking about what had happened over the years.
Back then, when she gave birth to her little daughter, she was born prematurely for no apparent reason. The child was sick when she was born, and the imperial physician even said that if the child was kept in the capital, she might not live past one year old. So, even though she was reluctant in her heart, she had no choice but to send her to the south for the sake of the child's survival.
She wanted to go and take care of her daughter, but her husband asked, "Do you care about your three sons for the sake of your daughter? Do you care about the Duke of Jingguo's Mansion?" She had no choice but to stay, but she also tried her best to find opportunities to leave the capital to see her daughter.
Since last year, she said that her daughter had grown up and was in much better health, so it would be a good idea to bring her to Beijing. After all, it was not a good idea for her to stay away from home all the time.
The daughter came home, which should have been a happy thing, but Lady Jingguo felt something was wrong. She could never get close to this child. At first, she suspected that they had never been together before, so she didn't get close to her and just thought that it would be fine after a while.
But as time went by, she became more suspicious, and she always felt that the child was not the same as when he was a child. She told her husband about it, but he said she was overthinking it. She also secretly looked at the birthmark, and it was indeed there, but she just felt something was wrong.
After hearing this scene today, the three points of doubt in Lady Jingguo's heart instantly turned into five points.
But this time she did not make it public. Instead, she wrote a letter to her brother who was an official in Xuzhou, asking him to quietly send someone to Mingzhou to investigate the matter without alarming anyone.
If you think about it carefully, if there is a problem, it can only have happened when Ruyue was five years old.
That year, she finally found time to go to Minnesota to see her daughter.
When they arrived at the place, Nanny Xu said that the girl was not there. A few days ago, Master Huiyue from Mingyue Temple outside the city passed by here while traveling. When she heard about this, she said that Ruyue had a destiny with her, and if she was taken to the mountains to practice for a few years, perhaps her illness would be cured.
Lady Jingguogong also made inquiries in detail in Mingzhou City, and everyone said that Mingyue Temple was indeed very effective. She also went to Mingyue Temple and met Master Huiyue. The master said that Ruyue must practice diligently in the next few years and cut off all worldly affairs before she can recover.
Over the years, they had consulted many doctors from all over the country, but their daughter's illness had not improved. She was desperate and tried all kinds of treatments. She immediately believed the doctor and placed her last hope in a nunnery. Now thinking about it, she felt that she had lost her mind...