Fair Lady

Compete for beauty?Zheng Qi and Dou Yan?Everyone became interested and looked at Shuyao expectantly.

Like Chen Yueying, there are naturally many people who are waiting for Shuyao to make a fool of themselves, but there are also some people who really want to see the talent of Princess Qi, and some people really want to see Shuyao play a part.People in the inner courtyard like them don't have a chance to see the kung fu that can save the emperor.

Sima Yan and Ma Ling'er applauded secretly, saying that Chen Yueying, a silly girl, would occasionally be "extremely intelligent".

Especially Sima Yan, who really wanted to run over and hug Chen Yueying, "Zheng Qi Dou Yan"?That's great, just use these four words. After the banquet is over, she will let people spread the good story of "struggling for beauty and beauty" all over the capital, no, spread it all over the Zhou Dynasty.

So what if you're lucky?So what if he has a foster father and brothers to protect him?She, Sima Yan, wants to use her own strength and talent to compete with Princess Qi, and let everyone, Qi Haoning see who is the real noble show?Who is worthy of the word noble?

However, Xia Shuyao's identity is there, and she is the new favorite of the empress dowager and the emperor. She must come forward to "protect" it: "Master Qi's ability is naturally unique, but everyone has seen it. Princess Qi's clothes today It’s not very convenient, why don’t we talk about it next time? Today is a plum blossom banquet, not a competition, so everyone can show their interest and learn from each other, and everyone is lively and lively.”

Seeing that Sima Yan came out in time to smooth things over, Mrs. An Guogong Shizi heaved a sigh of relief. It is not easy to offend the two princes' mansion today, not to mention Princess Qi just made a great contribution.Just for the sake of royal dignity, they dare not force Princess Qi to perform martial arts in public, do they?For all ladies.That was rude and disrespectful after all.

Chen Yueying was not happy anymore, she moved her lips and was about to say something more, Madam Chen quickly stopped her, and Ma Ling'er gave her a warning look.Just now, she praised her for being smart once in a while, but she became confused again so quickly?Don't you know if you accept it when you see it, or if you go too far?

Sweeping the disdainful or regretful reactions of everyone present, Liu's mother's eyes darkened. These people think that her sister has no talents other than fighting?

Shuyao remained calm.I am secretly funny, this is the purpose of Princess Yan inviting her to the plum blossom banquet today, right?It seems that today she can't keep a low profile anymore, it's not a matter of her own face, it will also affect the reputation of the Two Marquis Mansion.Also, Mama Liu said that whatever identity you have, you must have the posture of your identity.Blindly keeping a low profile will only make people despise themselves.

"Compared to what?" A Mrs. Li who has a good relationship with Yao Xuelan came over and smiled, "I heard Mrs. Mu said that Princess Qi is good at Go, and Weiyuan Hou Shizi feels that he is not the opponent of Princess Qi. Could it be that one of you wants to play Go with Princess Qi?" She had been chatting with the wives about their children on the other side just now, and suddenly saw that the atmosphere here was a little strange.He came over and listened to a few words, then frowned.The third girl from the Chen family is not outstanding in everything, but she has the nerve to provoke others?

Everyone was shocked when they heard Mrs. Li's words, who in the capital didn't know the chess skills of Weiyuan Hou Shizi Mu Yongqi, and Princess Qi was better than Qi Shizi?It seems that Princess Qi is not as simple as it seems on the surface!They all thought of the incident that Mrs. Yongping Hou's wife Nan Gongmiao surprised everyone.

Qi Yuexin, who had been silent for a long time, said coolly: "Really? It's a pity that everyone here is not good at Go, and there is no way to prove it."

Mrs. Li frowned, what do you mean?Meaning she's talking nonsense?

Concubine Zhao also changed her face.The baby girl is outspoken, and she is going to offend a lot of people.

really.Sima Yan, Ma Ling'er, and a few female guests frowned, not happy.Women in aristocratic families have to learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but there are not many top-notch Go players.Those who frowned and expressed their displeasure, especially Sima Yan, happened to be one of the few outstanding ones.

However, no one dared to stand up and ask Ying to compete with Princess Qi, because they were not as self-righteous as Qi Yuexin. No matter how good Mrs. Li and Yao Xuelan's friendship was, they would never dare to belittle Qi Shizi in order to help Princess Qi smooth things over.And they ask themselves, they are definitely not Qi Shizi's opponents, they all have one or two brothers or cousins ​​who are highly skilled in chess, and even their elders were defeated by Qi Shizi.

Sima Yan was very unwilling, but she was not sure. If she really lost to Xia Shuyao, wouldn't her four words just now be wasted in vain?Xia Shuyao is in the limelight, if she beat her at Go at this time, wouldn't it be for nothing to help her spread the word, and what will be widely rumored in the capital tomorrow will not be her hand-painted plum blossom calligraphy, but "Princess Qi's both civil and military skills".

At this time, Shuyao said: "Mrs. Li is too famous, it's just that Brother Qi let me go. Princess Yan also said just now that today is a plum blossom banquet, not a competition. It is a performance, so naturally it is for one person. The Princess is happy to have fun. However, coincidentally, the Princess also wants to write a few words, and it takes time. How about asking the two sisters to perform two shows during this time? Seeing that Miss Chen San is very excited Why don't you come first?"

Everyone was stunned for a moment before digesting Shuyao's words. Princess Qi also wants to write?Don't "play", and don't grab someone to play Go?Everyone's interest is here again, today is very exciting.

Most people are looking forward to Shuyao's performance, and some people are worried about her. Even if she really writes well, with Princess Yan's rare plum-like handwriting in front, she will not be able to do well, will she not please her?If they were, they would directly invite Master Yan to compete in chess by name.In that way, even if Princess Yan's four words are brilliant, and Princess Qi beats her in Go, it will be considered a draw.

Sima Yan obviously thought the same way, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully this Xia Shuyao was still not smart enough, and she didn't know how to use a beneficial form.

As the master, she naturally cooperated with Shuyao's request: "Great, An Si, hurry up and prepare pens, ink, paper and inkstones for Princess Qi. Look, Miss Chen San, Princess Qi performed at your suggestion, should you also do it?" Have you complied with Princess Qi's request? It's just a lively scene, so don't be too nervous."

Everyone present turned to Chen Yueying, she secretly complained, but Xia Shuyao really agreed to perform, and directly dragged her into the water.Chen Yueying always prides herself on her scholarly family.But she was spoiled by Mrs. Chen. Although she had learned everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since she was a child, none of them were outstanding, so when she came across a talent show in various gatherings, she would back off.Today, he was overwhelmed with jealousy, and he was so focused on currying favor with Princess Yan that he called out once in a while, and never wanted to call himself in.

However, at this moment, the situation could no longer allow her to back down.Otherwise, she wouldn't have to come out to meet people in the future.Gritting her teeth, Chen Yueying agreed to perform the zither. Chen Yueying thought that as long as she didn't play the zither wrong, she wouldn't make a big mistake, and it was over after listening.Writing is different, it can be judged for a long time by putting it there.She must make Xia Shuyao look good.

According to Shuyao's request, An Si prepared two red strips of paper for writing couplets, and An Nian also asked the little maid to bring the kite.

Lan Jin and Zi Jin escorted Shuyao to the high platform for writing. She didn't understand why Sima Yan liked to let people set up a high platform when she was writing.This is the case today. In the previous life, I was a guest in the Marquis of Weiyuan.It is still required.

Zijin is okay, she has always been steady and introverted.Others can't see the slightest bit of fun.Lan Jin was extremely proud, his head was filled with the embarrassing face of Princess Yan for a while, and he really wanted to laugh, so he had to hang his head slightly and hold back.

They all saw the four words of Princess Yan just now, and others were amazed. They have been with Shuyao for a long time.But really look down upon.Lan Jin really wanted to hit Princess Yan: The words written by Princess Qi at the age of ten are much better than these few words.

Shu Yao unfolded the red paper.After a little thought, I started to pick up my pen...

At the same time, Chen Yueying also started to play, and she chose the simplest piece that was not easy to make mistakes.Another reason is that this piece of music is relatively short. After she finishes playing, no one will continue to perform, and everyone will feel very slow and impatient while everyone is waiting for Xia Shuyao to write.

The writing platform is relatively high, and during the writing process, people under the platform cannot see what is being written, which is why Sima Yan likes to write on the high platform.But today, she regretted setting up a high platform.She looked at Shuyao's writing postures and movements, and she faintly felt something was wrong.

No, how is it possible?Sima Yan decisively denied her guess.Mama Hua said that the small-character plum-blossom copybooks are almost extinct in this world, even if there are no more than ten rubbings (the rubbings in Sima Yan's hand are only two-thirds).In the past few years, she also spent a lot of money searching everywhere, but she couldn't even find a single copy. The few copies she found secretly were all in famous families, let alone sold them, and it was impossible for her to take a look.

Moreover, judging from the movements of his hands, Xia Shuyao obviously wrote very fast.The small plum blossom characters are different from ordinary fonts, but half written and half drawn. If Xia Shuyao really wrote plum blossom characters, how could it be possible to write so fast?

Sima Yan gradually felt relieved, only to realize that Chen Yueying was playing a piece for beginners to practice. This... is too embarrassing, right?

Sima Yan gave Ma Ling'er a sympathetic look, but she saw that Ma Ling'er's pretty face was already flushed.Secretly sighed, this Chengcheng uncle's mansion is a scholarly family after all, how could there be such a prostitute?No wonder I can only do sequels for people ten years older than myself.However, the Ma family lost face.

Seeing many people shaking their heads and whispering, Mrs. Chen almost wanted to find a hole in the ground to get in.Although Chen Yueying's zither art is not very good, it's not enough to play such a shallow piece of music, right?It's over, it's over, spread the word, and the Chengyi House will lose all face.Mrs. Chen could already imagine Uncle Chengyi's dark face. Ever since Chen Yueying fell into the water in Ma's mansion and got engaged to the Eighth Master of the Ma family, Uncle Cheng had always had a dark face and rarely came to her yard.

The funny thing is that Chen Yueying didn't know it, she smiled brightly in Shuyao's direction after playing the tune, she had already completed the task, and now she can watch Xia Shuyao make a fool of herself with peace of mind.

As soon as she returned to her seat, Mrs. Li's youngest daughter, the ten-year-old fourth girl of Li's family, walked to the zither and bowed to everyone: "Jing'er is showing her shame, and I will also play a song "Three Plum Blossoms" for all the ladies and sisters. alley".

There was warm applause around... Someone said bluntly: "That's right, this is a performance."

Only then did Chen Yueying realize that there was no applause at the end of her performance just now, and seeing Mrs. Chen's and Ma Ling'er's faces without a trace of a smile, she began to feel something was wrong.

She didn't know that Ma Ling'er had already decided that when she returned, she would remind her grandfather and eighth uncle to forbid Chen Yueying to go out again to make a fool of herself.Fortunately, the Ma family did not have a separated family, and the eighth uncle was not the eldest son. After they got married, Chen Yueying only needed to take care of her yard, and she didn't have to socialize, otherwise, she would lose face of the Ma family sooner or later.Ma Ling'er regretted that she had brought her Eighth Uncle and Chen Yueying together.

The fourth girl of the Li family is only ten years old, but she started learning zheng at the age of three, and she is extremely talented. After Master Li found out, he specially spent a lot of money to hire a famous teacher for her.After Chen Yueying's song, everyone listened to the little girl's "High Mountain and Flowing Water" and sighed "the ears are comfortable", "this is the enjoyment", "it's a big difference!"...

At this moment, Chen Yueying could no longer care about reading Shuyao's jokes, her face was flushed red at first, and then turned pale after hearing those exclamations.

She hated Xia Shuyao to death. If it wasn't Xia Shuyao, how could she be forced to play?She hated the fourth girl of the Li family to death, why did she show off behind her?Does it play well?

After the four girls of the Li family finished playing a song, applause broke out.The little girl got up and saluted, and looked at her mother obediently.Mrs. Li saw that Shuyao had stopped writing, she smiled and nodded to her daughter, and the little girl happily walked towards her mother.If Sister Shuyao has not finished writing and there is no one to perform, she will perform the newly learned dance with her cousin.

A group of guests just came back from the wonderful music. Seeing that Princess Qi had put down their pens, they immediately looked over intently, but they didn't see the two maids of Princess Qi move. They shouldn't have written the couplet Send it down for everyone to see?

Suddenly, Shuyao threw two couplets, and then several silver lights flashed...

The surprised-looking crowd hadn't figured out the situation before them, but the couplets had been firmly and evenly fixed on two adjacent tree trunks.

Everyone didn't bother to think about how Princess Qi did it, because they were surprised to find that the characters on the couplet were also in the shape of plum blossoms, but they were much more beautiful than the four characters that Princess Yan just wrote.

The fourth girl of the Li family read excitedly: "The firecrackers bid farewell to the old year, and the plum blossoms are blooming to celebrate the new year. What a beautiful word, it seems that plum blossoms have fallen on the tree trunk. Sister Shuyao, how about giving this couplet to Jinger?" good."

Mrs. An Guogong, who came back to her senses the fastest, instinctively wanted to say no. Such a beautiful handwriting is the authentic work of Princess Qi, so it should stay in Anguo Gong's mansion.

Before she had time to speak, Shuyao smiled and said: "Okay, after a while everyone finishes reading, sister Shuyao asks Lan Jin to take it down and bring it back for you."

Except for the excited and cheering Jing'er and the frustrated Mrs. Shizi, everyone else was still in shock and did not wake up.

Sima Yan was completely stupid, how could it be possible?Xia Shuyao really knows how to write plum blossoms, and she writes better and faster than her.It took her five programs to write four characters, but Xia Shuyao only spent one and a half programs (Chen Yueying's short song can only be counted as half a program) to write a whole couplet.Also, how did the couplets stick to the tree? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: I have to work overtime at night to catch up on a planning case, so I will update it today, sorry!Will make up as much as possible.Thanks to Chasing the Moon as a Dream book friend for the pink ticket!Thank you Zhou Xiaomei for the 2 pink tickets!Thank you hao19780107 for the pink ticket!Thanks to the book friend anna1978 for the peace talisman! Thanks to the book friend Yunhua Yueqing for the peach blossom fan! Thank you!