Fair Lady

Because writing poems and painting are common things in banquets, the maids and wives quickly arranged all the necessary equipment.The girls also gathered together with smiles.

Qi Yuexin and Chen Yueying quietly stared at Shuyao and the three Yun family sisters.

Shuyao, Qi Yueling, and the fourth princess are sitting in the pavilion talking about embroidery.Before the Chinese New Year, Shuyao sent Prince Yong the cloaks, gloves and other clothes he sewed and embroidered. Now the daughter-in-law-to-be is enjoying the filial piety, but her precious daughter has never shown it, even if it is a purse.

When Shuyao saw that letter, she couldn't help laughing. She imagined that Prince Yong should be a serious, cold and unsmiling person, but she didn't expect that the letters to her daughter were full of warmth and joy, and the heart of a loving father jumped out of the paper superior.

Shuyao also has a feeling that Qi Haoning must have read too many letters from his father since he was a child, and is used to the direct, face-to-face expression, so that people who read the letters can almost feel the warmth of each word.

Qi Yueling directly leaned on Shuyao: "I don't care, Sister Yao'er wants to teach me to make the most beautiful purse, so that I can send it to my father for business. My father never thought of asking me for a purse before. Sister Yao'er did such a good job, so now you have to take responsibility."

Shuyao is willing to accept this kind of "playing tricks". Even if Qi Yueling has a high status, it is better for a woman to have a good female celebrity.You don’t need to do it often, and expressing your feelings occasionally can also surprise people, right?

Therefore, Qi Yueling, who has always been too lazy to do needlework, obediently made two purses under Shuyao's guidance.Although it only embroidered a simple pattern of auspicious clouds, it is still quite fine. It is already a very rare work for Qi Yueling. Looking left and right, he was so happy that he was so excited that he embroidered two men's handkerchiefs one after another. , made two pairs of socks and asked Uncle Gui to send them to the southwest together.

Qi Yueling also attached a letter, telling her father.It was Sister Yao'er who instructed her to make these things. She felt annoyed when Mammy taught her to embroider, but Sister Yao'er taught her very interestingly.

Within two months, Uncle Gui sent a gift box, some exquisite gadgets from Thonburi and Burma.Prince Yong specially asked someone to send them back to the capital, two boxes.Qi Yueling and Shuyao each have a box, which shows the joy of the prince.

The prince also asked his precious daughter for a robe that she made and embroidered with her own hands, including the size, which must have been measured by the aunt in the Southwest General's Mansion.Prince Yong's request is not high, let Qi Yueling do it slowly, and he will be satisfied if he can wear it during the Chinese New Year.

Ever since I saw that pair of "happy brows".Qi Yueling and the fourth princess are very interested in learning embroidery.Seeing his father's request, Qi Yueling immediately "resolved" to make an impressive brocade robe.Shuyao doesn't hide her secrets either.Teach them the most basic three-dimensional embroidery method, and suggest that Qi Yueling embroider bamboo, so that as long as Qi Yueling learns the basic embroidery method well, it will be enough to make the bamboo "amazing".

The fourth princess was stimulated, and decided to make a robe with Qi Yueling and embroider bamboo for her father.Anyway, everyone knows that the current emperor and Prince Yong have liked bamboo since they were young.

This is not.At this moment, Qi Yueling and the two are asking Shuyao about the problems they encountered when embroidering bamboo leaves.

The three of them were talking vigorously and did not notice the situation here.But the Fourth Princess and Princess Yuegui didn't come to the banquet, so naturally there was no need to participate in their activities.

As for Princess Fuxing, at the Daughter’s Day banquet in Duke Jing’s Mansion, among all the poems written by everyone, Princess Fuxing’s works ranked first. Charming, strong and strong.Therefore, those who attended the banquet wished that Princess Fuxing would not come if she had not heard the proposal to write a poem.

It's a pity that Qi Yuexin was not among them, she didn't think Shuyao's writing was bad, but Shuyao didn't know what was going on here, how could she see Shuyao nervous and embarrassed when she saw the three Yun family sisters make a fool of themselves.

So, a servant girl walked over and bowed to Shuyao: "Princess Fuxing, I'm writing poems for fun over there. Everyone is participating. Do you want the princess to join me?"

Shuyao smiled and said: "Okay, I'll go and have a look too." Now that I'm here, why should I look arrogant?Generally speaking, Shuyao will participate in the activities at the banquet.

"We're going too, we're going too." The fourth princess and Qi Yueling followed Shuyao, and they seldom participated in banquets outside the palace.

Seeing the three of Shuyao getting up and walking towards this side, Sima Yan frowned. How could she have forgotten that with Xia Shuyao around, she was going to take second place again?That's all, today it was decided that it wasn't a competition, and with Qi Yuexin and Chen Yueying here, everyone's interest will only focus on those three people later.

Why "those three people" instead of "those three characters" or "those three poems"?Just because in Sima Yan's opinion, the three sisters of the Yun family should not even dare to pick up a pen.

Qi Yuexin and Chen Yueying were very excited, they saw the three of them in Yunting with worried faces, as if they had seen the embarrassment and worry on Shuyao's face for a while.

It's a pity that neither Shuyao nor the three sisters of Yunting have given any thought to these matters that they were pondering.

While walking, Shuyao was still talking to Qi Yueling and the others about the points to pay attention to when embroidering bamboo leaves.The three of Yunting came together, avoiding the others, discussing which of the poems they memorized were about flowers, and whether there were such flowers in the garden.

Because Luo’s dowry had two large boxes of books, the four sisters (including Yun Xin, who was married and stayed in the Northwest) had no toys when they were young, and the game they played most often was a competition to recognize words. Whether it's doing laundry, embroidering purses, pulling weeds in the fields, or picking wild vegetables in the mountains... it's their pleasure to compete while working.

If they were asked to compose poems, they would not be able to, but they could still recite a lot, especially the youngest Yun Yi, who could recite for half an hour with just opening her mouth.

Yun Li is the most worried, she spends half of her free time practicing martial arts, and she does not recite as many poems as her elder sister Yun Ting and her cousin Yun Yi. At this moment, she begs Yun Yi pitifully: "Fourth sister, please remind me quickly. For a moment, even if I recite it, I will forget most of it now."

But Yun Li was worried.What they saw before were wild flowers on the mountains and in the meadows. The precious flowers were all recognized in the garden of the Lianghou Mansion after they came to Beijing, and they were not very familiar with them.

These three sisters are honest people, they abide by the rules of the game, and they really took it seriously when they said they wanted to praise a flower in the garden.

It was Yunli who turned her head: "What are you afraid of? Anyway, we will write about those precious flowers, um, the names of flowers that I heard in Yaoer's cousin's house will do. There are so many flowers in this yard. I believe there are all of them." , Didn’t the lady just say that? There are so many varieties of flowers in Prince Yong’s Mansion that they can bloom.”

Yun Li's eyes lit up, yes, anyway, as long as they write poems, did they ask them to paste the poems they wrote on the corresponding flowers?

The three sisters have low voices, and others cannot hear what they are muttering.Seeing their sad faces, they all thought that they might be illiterate.After all, the Yun family's situation is there, isn't it?Some people took pleasure in other people's misfortunes, but most people still sympathized with the three sisters.

A group of ladies over there just finished watching the play, and they heard that they were writing poems here, so they all gathered happily to have a look.Those who have their own daughters and daughter-in-law among them have a heart of comparison.

Mrs. Chen was worried.Fearing that Chen Yueying would make a fool of herself again, although Chen Yueying's handwriting was neat and tidy, it was not really good.How could she have imagined that this "writing poetry for fun" was strongly encouraged by Chen Yueying?

Mrs. Chen also saw the three daughters of the Yun family discussing something sadly. Like everyone else, she naturally thought that they were illiterate and could not write, so she immediately frowned.It's a good plan to kill two birds with one stone.

Mrs. Chen walked to Chen Yueying's side.She tugged at Chen Yueying with her hands, but looked at the three of Yunting who were walking towards the table just after muttering, and said lovingly: "It's just for fun, write if you are interested, and don't write if you are not interested." Is it too much? I heard from Concubine Zhao that the banquet will be held soon, and it will take a long time to read all the writings written by so many people."

Mrs. Chen thought that the three of Yunting would definitely go down the steps, so she stopped writing, and asked Chen Yueying to follow her "not interested". She believed that as long as someone took the lead to give up, many girls present would be willing to "not interested". interest".After all, everyone likes to make use of their strengths and avoid their weaknesses. If everyone wants to write, there is no way to avoid it.With Princess Fuxing, the second concubine, and Mrs. Yu among the talented women, who is willing to be a foil?

Mrs. Chen thought well, such a simple sentence, one is to show Shuyao and the Yun family well, two is to prevent her daughter from being embarrassing again, and three, those who don’t want to be green leaves to set off red flowers will also understand to her understanding.

It's a pity that Chen Yueying didn't understand her difficulties, and she was afraid that the three of Yunting would take advantage of the situation to express their lack of interest, so she hurriedly said: "This is not only for fun, but also to congratulate Mrs. Ruan. Naturally, everyone has to write it, so it will be lively." Well. Whether it’s well written or not, it’s all in your own mind, isn’t it?”

Yun Li had just memorized the poem Yun Yi recited to her, and she was afraid of forgetting it, how could she be in the mood to listen to those two mother and daughter?Just walk up to pick up a pen and start writing, regardless of whether people have started it or not.

This is like a signal called "Start". Those who are surprised, not surprised, thoughtful, and unintentional all quickly pick up the pen, so as not to be ugly when others have finished writing later. .

Chen Yueying's mother and daughter had the most exciting faces, and Mrs. Chen was surprised and disappointed that her plan had failed.Only this one of the three sisters picked up a pen, so she is the only one who can write, so she is eager to show off?The girl from the Yun family really overestimated herself!The people who just came back from the barren land don't know the depth, and they don't know how to borrow a ladder, which is a waste of her efforts.

Before she finished sighing, she saw Yunting and Yunyi also standing beside Yunli and picking up their pens...

It wasn't just one or two people who were surprised. Sima Yan and Ma Ling'er who started writing poems were also shocked. The Yun family was originally a military general, and then they were exiled to the Northwest. Is their girl really literate?

Chen Yueying was completely stunned, these three people really know how to write?Or just pretending?

The fourth princess saw that all those people picked up their pens and lowered their heads to write, only Chen Yueying was still standing there in a daze, she sneered and said, "Well, they are almost finished writing, why don't you start expressing your heart?"

Qi Yueling also smiled and said: "This is what the emperor's grandmother said, the person who babbles the most moves the slowest."

Shuyao shook her head secretly while writing: These two girls can't take their time to watch the excitement, they are really ungrateful.

Chen Yueying was tugged at by her mother, and she came back to her senses, realizing that it was she who the four princesses were laughing at, but those two were not something she could offend, she was ashamed and annoyed, she walked to an empty seat with a blushing face and picked up a pen .

Mother Liu is a fine person.From the words of Mrs. Chen's mother and daughter, she saw some clues, snorted coldly, and said a few words in the ear of the fourth princess.The fourth princess was overjoyed, she nodded straightly, and whispered to Qi Yueling, their eyebrows beaming, haha, it's fun to go out of the palace this time, it's great!

In a quarter of an hour.Almost all the writers put down their pens, and the fourth princess looked at Chen Yueying: "I am very interested in this princess, how do you comment on the words after writing, post them all, or comment one by one? I heard that this time I wrote poems to praise flowers. It's your proposal, and it's up to you to say it."

Chen Yueying felt guilty for no reason.She never thought that the three members of the Yun family could read, or if they really dared to write, how would they think about how to comment?She only thought that everyone's focus was on watching the three members of the Yun family make a fool of themselves, and that the others were just acting as if they didn't write or not.

"Return...report to the princess, it's just...just for fun. It's not a competition, no...no need to post comments." Chen Yueying squeaked.

"That's not good." The fourth princess objected sharply, "Isn't it intentional? How can I not be good? Isn't that right, sister Xin? Isn't that sorry for everyone's hard work and writing for nothing?"

Having said that, how can Qi Yuexin still say it?Her handwriting is still good, so it doesn't matter: "What the fourth princess said, why don't we put all the handwriting on the table. Take turns to walk around, and everyone can take a look?"

The fourth princess shook her head: "Not good. So what can you get by walking around? It's better to post a piece of paper, and everyone will comment on it. However, Sister Yao'er, Sister-in-law of the Second Emperor, Mrs. Yu, and your words are all good. People don't need to show off, just put it on the table for everyone to appreciate, so as not to delay everyone's time to sit.

Isn't it intentional?The people who are willing to write are really caring if the writing is not so good. Today, the princess of Japan wants you to choose one or two people who are the most caring. , maybe the emperor's grandmother will also praise it. "

The most "intentional" word to show to the empress dowager?Fourth princess, this is...to have fun for the queen mother, to make the queen mother happy by embarrassing others.

Mrs. Chen complained secretly, it's over, she won't be sent to the family temple this time, right?

Just now, she and the wives who couldn't hold back their curiosity sneaked around behind the three girls of the Yun family and glanced at them. The wives kept nodding, and she was shocked too. Why can't you read?Although the three of them all wrote ancient poems silently, the poems they chose were all very good. They not only praised the flowers, but also expressed joy and congratulations.What's more, the handwriting is all handsome and upright, not to say how good it is, but they are all of average or even upper-middle level, at least much better than Chen Yueying.

Ma Linger's face was also darkened, and her close mother whispered a few words in her ear, she already knew that Yun Ting's three characters were not bad.

The fourth princess said to a lady: "Mrs. Qi, I heard that you have served as a judge for several times. You must know which characters are well-known in this audience. Please do me a favor and list those who are well-written. Put all the characters aside and let everyone appreciate them after the banquet."

Mrs. Qi quickly responded: "It's my honor to be a minister, and I can't bear the word 'help' from Your Highness, please wait a moment, Your Highness." As she spoke, she began to get busy, directing her maid to write those words that were outstanding in daily life. All in order.

Then, the fourth princess smiled and said, "The three elder sisters of the Yun family have just returned to Beijing. You probably haven't seen their characters before, right? Are you as curious as this princess? In this way, first post their three characters."

The fourth princess's personal nanny hurriedly sent several court ladies over, and put the copybooks of the three of Yunting on the display board.Yun Ting was a little embarrassed: "We were very poor in the Northwest, and we used wooden sticks to write on the mud floor. It wasn't until my father became the general manager, raised his salary, and my mother came in, that I gave us sisters more pens, ink and paper. Yan, we don’t write well, please don’t make fun of us.”

There was booing all around, and many people lowered their heads. Isn't that good?The handwriting practiced with wooden sticks is even better than theirs?

Mrs. Qi praised: "Miss Yun Er is too modest, and your handwriting is considered to be above average among this crowd. Mrs. Yun really knows how to raise her granddaughter. It is really impressive to be able to train to such a level in such a difficult environment. Three The girl's poems are also well selected, it seems that you should have read a lot of books."

Yunting blushed: "Mrs. Xie Qi, our family used to not be able to afford books, only two boxes of books from our aunt's dowry, and nothing else we wanted to read. We still have to be female celebrities to exchange money, and we don't have much time, so we They don’t even know how to compose poems.” She didn’t want people to think that they had read a lot of books, so what if they were tested or asked to compose poems?Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the Yun family if he couldn't do it?

I don't want everyone to be shocked, two boxes of books?Most of them just read the Analects of Confucius, the Four Books for Women, and some poems and songs...

Chen Yueying quietly took the water cup that Mrs. Chen handed over to the maid and pretended to drink, but the words on the table were taken away by a court lady.

The fourth princess "tsk": "Mrs. Ma Ba, right? You don't cherish your own feelings too much! You haven't commented yet, what if you accidentally get wet and rotten? Isn't it for nothing? Alright, let’s taste this painting first.”

As soon as the words were pasted, Mrs. Chen's face turned pale. This was even worse than what was written in ordinary times!

Chen Yueying can't be blamed, she was guilty, she peeked at the three members of the Yun family while writing, and saw that they were calm and focused on writing poems, without any feeling of fear. , The more I think about it, the more empty it turns out... (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

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