Daughter of aristocratic family

Chapter 40 Seeking a Marriage
  "The grass grows and the orioles fly in the February sky, and the willows brush the dike and are drunk with the spring smoke." Zhao Wangshu finished chanting, took a sip of tea from the cup, and said so many poems in one breath. Dry mouth is a common thing, and his mind was buzzing thinking about the poems. .

Even though she has been sharpening her weapons for the past few days, she is almost exhausted. Such a banquet is too time-consuming and she doesn't want to participate in the future.

Among the five, Liu Shuqing was the first to quit. She was the only one who didn't have to compete with anyone, so she didn't have much fighting power.

"How can you tell the winner with one sentence like this? It's better to compare." Lu Wenqiu saw that Zhu Siyun and Zhao Wangshu were not able to deal with each other, "Don't compare Feihua Ling, compare the pairs."

The four of them said in unison, "Okay."

Zhao Wangshu was aroused by Zhu Siyun and became serious.

First, Qin Youci wrote the upper couplet and Fang Jingshu matched the second couplet. Then Fang Jingshu wrote the upper couplet and Qin Youci matched the second couplet.

Fang Jingshu matched both of Qin Youci's first couplets, but Qin Youci only matched one of Fang Jingshu's two first couplets. She was still slightly inferior to Fang Jingshu in terms of talent.

When Zhao Wangshu and Zhu Siyun came to compete, Zhu Siyun smiled and said: "I will use Jing Shu's first couplet, 'Acacia hangs down a thousand ingots', Miss Zhao, please."

Zhao Wangshu pondered for a moment and said loudly: "Bajiao rolled a book diagonally."

"That's right, that's wonderful." Chen Xiao, who was sitting at another table, praised.

Zhao Wangshu smiled sweetly at him, which made Zhao Shuqing see it in his eyes and feel pain in his heart. He wished he could exchange it with Zhao Wangshu, so that she would be the one Mr. Chen praised.

"Girls, please listen to my first couplet, 'The Six Sons of Xi Jing, Gen Xun Kan Dui Zhen Li.'" Zhao Wangshu did not come up with such an ancient couplet as Yansuo Pondliu to embarrass Zhu Siyun, but this couplet is not simple either. .

Zhu Siyun couldn't come up with the second couplet, but she was unwilling to accept it, "Did Miss Zhao come up with the first couplet?"

"Girls just took a trick and borrowed Miss Fang's first couplet. I also took a trick and borrowed a first couplet that I heard." Zhao Wangshu said with a genuine smile.

Zhu Siyun was silent for a moment and had to say: "I lost."

Zhao Wangshu smiled, "Girls, I accept."

"I wonder, Miss Zhao, have you heard the second line of this couplet?" Chen Xiao asked with a smile.

Zhao Wangshu was about to say the second couplet when Zhao Shuqing suddenly said: "Sister Shu, Mr. Chen is very smart, so why not ask Mr. Chen to read the second couplet?"

When she said this, both Zhao Wangshu and Chen Xiao were a little unable to step down.

Zhao Wangshu was dissatisfied with the fact that Zhao Shuqing went to all lengths to attract Chen Xiao's attention, but it was inconvenient for him to do so in public.

He could only smile at Chen Xiao and say, "Then please Mr. Chen, please give me a couplet."

Fortunately, Chen Xiao has real talent and knowledge, "Then I'll try just one pair, 'Book of Rites of Zhou, Heaven and Earth, Spring, Autumn, Winter, and Summer.' How about that?"

"That's a wonderful pairing." Zhao Wangshu praised with a smile.

The banquet lasted until the end of Shen Shichu. Zhao Wangshu took a car back to the mansion with other girls from the Zhao family. When he saw Mrs. Zhao, she didn't say anything, and Zhao Wangshu didn't have anything to say either.

In the evening, the girls had dinner with Mrs. Zhao. In the past, they would chat and laugh for a while before returning to the courtyard. But today, Mrs. Zhao said, "You have been out for the day. Go back to the courtyard and rest early. Shuqing stays, I have some." I have a few words to say to you.”

After coming out of the upper room, Zhao Jiahua tugged off the corner of Zhao Wangshu's clothes and whispered in her ear: "Those people must be gossiping in front of the old lady again."

"The old lady arranged for them to be with us just to do this. If they don't chew, the old lady will be worried." Zhao Wangshu laughed sarcastically.

"You said the old lady wanted to blame Sister Qing for keeping her?" Zhao Jiahua asked.

Zhao Wangshu glanced at her sideways, "Why should you blame me? Aren't you playing into the old lady's hands?"

"I ate too many elbows at noon, and the lard made me confused." Zhao Jiahua laughed at himself.

As Zhao Wangshu said, Mrs. Zhao did not blame Zhao Shuqing, but asked her: "Have you fallen in love with Chen Xiao?"

Zhao Shuqing knelt down and said, "I beg the old lady to make it happen." "I really want to make it happen to you, but how can I make it happen?" Old Mrs. Zhao sighed, "Your father is a down-and-out scholar, your brother is still young, and we don't know what will happen to him in the future; what about Chen?" Xiao is not only the second son of Zhenbei Marquis, he is also a sixth-grade captain, how do you deserve it?"

Zhao Shuqing's face turned pale. She knew that what Mrs. Zhao said was true, but she really loved Chen Xiao and wanted to marry him.

She walked to Mrs. Zhao on her knees and said, "Old lady, please help me. I will definitely repay you for your kindness."

Mrs. Zhao's eyes flashed, and she was already thinking about how to accomplish this, but she said: "Shu Qing, it's not that I won't help you, it's that I can't do anything."

"Old lady, you are always wise. No one can help me except you. Old lady, please, please." Zhao Shuqing kowtowed.

"My child, you are making things difficult for me." Mrs. Zhao helped her sit up and sighed.

"Old lady." Zhao Shuqing looked at Old Madam Zhao with tears in her eyes. Her aggrieved and pitiful look was really heartbreaking.

"Don't cry, don't cry. I'm old, so I can't let you children shed tears." Old Mrs. Zhao took a handkerchief to help her wipe her tears, "Child, do you have to marry him?"

"Old lady, he saved Shuqing. Shuqing just wanted to marry him." Zhao Shuqing said firmly.

"When did this happen? Why didn't you tell me?" Mrs. Zhao pretended not to know.

In fact, she already knew it when the girls came back from the village.

It was obviously the guard who saved Zhao Shuqing, but Zhao Shuqing insisted on blaming Chen Xiao for saving her life. This shows that she is a lofty person. She thinks that the status of a guard is low, but she does not want to marry a guard because of her family background. Climb high.

But this is good. It is difficult to do without desires and demands.

"I know about this. Just go back. I will find a way to make sure you get what you want." Mrs. Zhao said.

"Thank you, old lady." Zhao Shuqing bowed happily and left.

When she returned to the yard, she met Luzhi. Luzhi could tell at a glance that she was crying and told Zhao Wangshu about it.

"Crying? Are you sure you read it correctly?" Zhao Wangshu asked questioningly.

"It's dark, but the lantern on the porch is on. I can really see it."

Zhao Wangshu was surprised, what happened?

Did the old lady reprimand Zhao Shuqing?
  Zhao Wangshu thought for a while, but he didn't understand why the old lady suddenly changed her attitude, so he simply stopped thinking about it.

At the same time, Zhao Kuang was invited to see Mrs. Zhao.

"What's the matter, mother, looking for her son?" Zhao Kuang just went to his concubine's place, but before he could make a few jokes, he was interrupted.

Mrs. Zhao saw the lipstick marks on his neck and frowned: "If you are messing around with them, be careful and don't take them outside. You are also getting a daughter-in-law. You are now a grandfather, so you should take care of yourself." .”

Zhao Kuang smiled awkwardly, "My mother taught me a lesson, and my son remembered it."

"Has Zhenbei Hou's second son gone to Beijing?" Mrs. Zhao asked.

"He has entered Beijing. He has been in Beijing for several months." Zhao Kuang sat down on the chair next to him. "Why did mother suddenly ask about him?"

"I just found out today that he saved our girl. Make an appointment with him tomorrow and let him come to your house. I want to thank him in person." Mrs. Zhao said.

"Okay, I'll make an appointment with him tomorrow." Zhao Kuang readily agreed.

Mrs. Zhao warned, "Just remember to do this." Then she sent him out.

(End of this chapter)