There was an opera being performed in the Lian Mansion. Feng Zhaolian invited the opera troupe to the mansion to perform, and also invited the ladies and daughters of some wealthy families in the capital to listen. Among them were many people from the Eighth Prince's party, and even the daughters of the merchants who followed the Eighth Prince and made a lot of money were invited. The courtyard was very lively, and some ladies and daughters even took the opportunity to touch Feng Zhaolian intentionally or unintentionally while talking. Those who succeeded in touching her would always smile secretly with a red face, and their little faces were as red as if they had seen their loved ones.
But Feng Zhaolian was indeed a woman in their hearts, and because she was so beautiful, even women were moved, and even those middle-aged ladies forgot about love. Even though these people's homes had just been robbed by thieves, and even their jewelry was left at the blessing meeting of Prince Wenxuan's Palace, after receiving the invitation from the Lotus Palace, they still came with generous gifts and forgot everything else.
What is being performed today is a drama of brothers fighting for family property. Several brothers are all thinking about their old father's property, and they all dream that after their father passes away, they can inherit the family business and become the new generation of family head.
Originally, it was a fair competition based on real ability, but one of the brothers was particularly ruthless. He didn't take the right path but took the unconventional one. He didn't think about how to win by strength, but spent all day thinking about building good relationships with his father's old friends, letting those old friends whisper in his father's ears every day, saying that other brothers were not good in this or that way, only he was good. Or he was thinking about how to frame other brothers, and it would be best if they were killed one by one, so that the family property would naturally be his.
But his father's old friends also gave him face, and they also thought that this man could accomplish something, and that he would be of great help to them when he became the clan leader in the future. They helped this man to clear the obstacles with all their heart and soul, and even when the brother asked them to pay a large sum of money to help him succeed, these people were still willing to do so. But not everyone was willing, and there were a few who were a little hesitant, so the brother simply went all out and used his power to steal those people's homes, and moved all the money he got into his own house, regardless of how miserable the people who were stolen were.
No one knew where this troupe was invited from, but they sang with great passion and emotion. The actor who played the bad brother really made the audience feel angry. One of the ladies who was quite into the play even stood up and danced, calling him a coward and a bastard. Some even grabbed the teacups on the table and threw them at the actor, but he didn't even cry out in pain.
The troupe owner was watching the crowd being so absorbed in the play from the backstage, and couldn't help but admire Miss Lian, the stunning beauty who gave him the script. Originally, they were going to sing the old script, but Miss Lian said that they had heard the old script eight hundred times and it was not fresh, so she gave them this play and asked them to learn to sing it. As long as they sang well, they would be rewarded handsomely. Originally, he didn't have much confidence in this play, thinking that it was the owner's request anyway, and they were paid to sing, so it didn't matter what they sang! But he didn't expect that he could attract people to be so absorbed in the play, which was really an unexpected gain! He must talk to Miss Lian later to see if he could buy this script. Such a good script must ensure that they can sing it when they go to other places in the future.
However, the troupe owner only knew the story, but not the inside story. Why were these ladies so impulsive? The play itself was not so attractive. The reason why it could cause such a sensation was because it was combined with their own experiences.
Of course, not everyone was excited. Those who were angry were all members of the Eighth Prince's party, either officials or businessmen. They had experienced robberies by bandits in the past few days and their homes were left penniless. As ladies who lived in seclusion and never left their homes, they did not understand what was going on. They just thought that the house was really robbed and cursed the thieves at home for being so heartless and emptying the house without even leaving a banknote.
However, how many good people can survive in such a mansion? The house was robbed, and the master went to report to the authorities, but nothing was done. After returning, he locked himself in the study with his staff to discuss the situation. After coming out, he refused to explain the situation no matter how they were asked, which made them anxious. They were just wondering what was going on, and now a drama has made them understand everything! Was it all caused by that bastard, the eighth prince?
It was unknown whether this play was intentional or a coincidence. Although they knew that Miss Lian had a good relationship with Princess Ji'an Feng Yuheng, the ladies' hearts melted immediately when Feng Zhaolian looked like this and casually made a pitiful and innocent expression. Forget it, if they didn't dare to scold the Eighth Prince, then it would be okay to scold the actor now, right? They had to scold to their heart's content today, using the play to express their emotions!
There was a lot of noise in the Lian Mansion. The ladies could not only curse but also threw fruit peels and cores. Several sets of tea sets worth hundreds of taels of silver were thrown out. Wu Lisheng, who rushed over after hearing the noise, felt distressed and wanted to ask Feng Zhaolian to persuade them to drive these people away. However, Feng Zhaolian quietly told her that all this was to cooperate with Feng Yuheng's play, so Wu Lisheng kept silent.
After more than half an hour of noise, it finally died down a bit. Feng Zhaolian quickly asked the troupe to leave, and ordered the servants to clean up the place, set the table again, and pour wine for everyone. Only then did people calm down.
Looking at these ladies, Feng Zhaolian felt bitter! The water in the capital is really muddy. When I was in Qianzhou, I thought the Qianzhou royal family was cruel. Dashun was in the Middle Earth after all, and the people there were more docile. But I didn't expect that they were all so mean and evil, and their insidiousness was not much worse than that of the Qianzhou royal family. Moreover, they were smiling when they were doing bad things. It was really disgusting.
He had secretly met with Feng Yuheng these days. It was said that the damn girl was doing some "morning exercises"? After the exercises, he would go to her house to sit. It wasn't even daybreak yet, what kind of kung fu was she practicing? He didn't understand, but after hearing the news that Feng Yuheng was going to the fiefdom, he was very entangled. He actually wanted to follow Feng Yuheng to the fiefdom, and even opened his mouth to announce his decision. But when he thought of the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua still living safely in the capital, his open mouth immediately closed again.
Forget it, between a beautiful woman and a handsome man, he still chooses the latter.
"Miss Lian." A young lady from an official family came to Feng Zhaolian with a pity, twisted her butt and squeezed Wu Lisheng away. "It's better here, it's like a pure land, and there is a beautiful woman like you living here. I really envy every plant and tree in this mansion."
Wu Lisheng frowned when he heard this. Where did the grass come from in the middle of winter?
"Ms. Lian." Another young lady from a business came over with tears in her eyes, and blatantly hooked her arm around Feng Zhaolian's shoulder, which attracted many glares. "I only feel safe when I'm with you. You don't know that our house was robbed by thieves recently, and the warehouse was emptied. I can't sleep well every night, for fear that the thieves will break in again. If they can't get money, they will definitely kill people, right? Woohoo! Miss Lian, I'm so scared."
"Miss Lian." After the young lady finished singing, the lady came on stage. Feng Zhaolian looked at her and thought she looked like the mistress of a third family. She was chubby and had a face full of flesh. "Alas, such a beautiful woman like you is really pitiful. You must close the door at night and never let thieves in!"
After she said this, people began to express their concern for Feng Zhaolian, and some even suggested that they move in to protect Miss Lian? Wu Lisheng was so angry that she yelled at them all to get out.
But who would listen to Wu Lisheng? Everyone thought Wu Lisheng was a psychopath. He called his sister "husband" every day. What could they say to such a person? So people chose to ignore him and continued to pester Feng Zhaolian, but then they heard Feng Zhaolian say, "I'm not afraid. I'm just a commoner. I don't have much property in my house. This yard is also small. Bandits wouldn't look down on my place. If you want to talk about wealth, it has to be in the royal palace. Hey, I heard that the mansion of the eighth prince is very wealthy. It seems that he sent a jade Buddha to the palace yesterday as a gift to Li Guiren. Hey, it is said that the jade Buddha is made of high quality materials and carved with great craftsmanship. I don't know how much money was spent on it."
It would have been fine if he didn't mention the Eighth Prince. Once he mentioned that person, the ladies gnashed their teeth and wished they could chew the Eighth Prince up. Someone was whispering, "Have you heard that Shengyuan Bank is still open? Many people heard that the bank was robbed and were afraid that their money would be lost, so they took their banknotes to withdraw money. Shengyuan Bank was not afraid at all and gave as much as they took. How could it look like it was robbed?"
"Didn't they say in court that day that they only lost a relative amount of silver to the silver bills we lost? The banks all have inventory, and our money won't empty the banks, and it won't delay others from withdrawing money."
"Why do you believe whatever he says? I don't know what your house is like, but I'll tell you the truth. Our storehouse was completely emptied, not even a hair is left."
"So is our house."
"So do we."
"That's it! All our houses were emptied out, but how come only the bank was spared and not emptied out? Are there any thieves like that?"
"you mean……"
"Humph, the owner of Shengyuan Bank is a relative of Li Guiren's mother's family..."
In one sentence, everyone's mind became clearer.
Some people could not sit still any longer and stood up to say goodbye, preparing to go back to the mansion to analyze the matter with the master. With one person taking the lead, the others followed suit. Although they were reluctant to leave Feng Zhaolian, they felt that the result of today's analysis was even more shocking, so they hurried back to the mansion, leaving only leftovers on the table.
Feng Zhaolian waved his hand and ordered his servants: "Let's retreat!" Then a sly smile appeared on the corner of his lips. He thought to himself, "Little girl, little girl, I have helped you again, let's remember this!"
In the East City Embroidery Village, Feng Xiangrong packed two packages and brought some banknotes that she had saved up and "cheated" from the Fourth Prince. She was saying to An: "Mother, I want to go to the fiefdom with my second sister..."
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