Zhumen Chunshen

Chapter 210 The Lord's Disaster Relief Banquet ([-])
Yao Cunhui smiled embarrassedly with lowered eyes, slightly raised his eyes and said softly: "In fact, most of the things in the rice line are decided by the elders. How can a civilian girl be anything! It's not as good as the Lord, who cares about the victims, and raises funds and donations. Much stronger!"

The Crown Princess, Lu Rong, Yun Zhi and others all laughed, and the Crown Princess smiled and said: "Miss Yao is not only kind-hearted, but also clever in her mouth. She really can't be compared with ordinary girls in the boudoir. No wonder the Queen Mother is full of praise!"

"That's when the Empress Dowager missed her eyes!" Lu Rong laughed beside her.

Cousin Yunzhi was busy facing each other modestly.

After chatting with each other for a while, a court lady came in to accompany her with a smile and said, "Your Majesty, it's almost time. The Lord Pingjin invites Your Majesty and some masters to come over!"

"It's just that she is impatient!" The Crown Princess said with a smile as she stood up, and teased: "The people who borrowed my place, and the people who sent me, still want to yell at me!"

Everyone couldn't help laughing when they heard this.

"This is also the magnanimity of the princess concubine, and the deep affection with the Wengzhu sisters!"

The confidante beside the princess laughed and joked.

Yao Cunhui glanced at the past subconsciously, but couldn't help but think in her heart, this is also the queen mother in charge of the palace who favors Lord Pingjin!Otherwise, how could Lu Ying have such courage, no matter how much the Crown Princess loves her sisters, she is now the Crown Princess and has her own pride as a Crown Princess, how can she be so presumptuous!
Just look at Weng Master Ning An's performance in front of her, we can know a thing or two.

Everyone came to the garden with the princess.Today's banquet was placed under the shade of a tree covered with green grass, which covered the summer sun, and the wind blowing through the treetops brought a piece of coolness.Surrounded by many famous potted flowers cultivated by craftsmen, they are colorful and fragrant.Set against the ingeniously arranged far and near scenery in the East Palace Garden, it is refreshing.

At this time, a dozen or twenty young men and women gathered under the thick shade. The men were dressed in brocade clothes and crowned with noble temperament;The maids and eunuchs who served the banquet came and went quickly, and they were placed on a table.

The Crown Princess arrived, and everyone saluted. The Crown Princess raised her hand and smiled and said some polite words.

Perhaps these aristocratic men and women are more familiar with the Crown Princess, and their own status is not low. After the national ceremony, they really became casual, joking and joking with each other without any restraint, just like a group of people who get along well It is generally free and easy for friends to meet for an outing to enjoy the scenery.

The person who socialized like a fish in water among the crowd was naturally the proponent and organizer of this feast, Lu Ying, the Lord of Pingjin.

The Crown Princess conceited her identity and just sat on the right seat, watching the joyful crowd with a smile, chatting and joking with Yun Zhi and the others beside her from time to time.

Yao Cunhui followed Yunzhi, but did not go down.

"Miss Yao is going to play on her own, don't be restrained!" The princess raised her eyes and saw Yao Cunhui suddenly smiled, and told Lu Rong beside her with a smile: "Second sister, Miss Yao will be handed over to you, take her to play, if I wronged her, and Hugh said that Sister Yun has an opinion, and I don't agree with it either!"

"Princess concubine was joking, how could Weng Master wrong Hui'er!" Yun Zhi laughed.

"Your Majesty, don't worry!" Lu Rong stood up with a smile, nodded to Yao Cunhui and said, "Miss Yao, let's go!"

Yao Cunhui smiled and stood up, leaving the Crown Princess and Yun Zhi, and followed Lu Rong.

First go to meet and greet Lu Ying, the host of the next post. Lu Ying is still smiling, gentle and kind.

Among the crowd, because of Yun Zhi's relationship back then, quite a few women knew Yao Cunhui, and none of the men had met Yao Cunhui.Everyone couldn't help asking curiously, so Lu Rong introduced it with a smile. Everyone heard that she was the daughter of the Royal Merchant Yao's family. Thinking of recent events, Fang suddenly realized.

With Lu Rong and Lin Jing and other acquaintances, Yao Cunhui responded well and was quickly accepted by everyone.It's just that she didn't talk much, except for a few more words with Lin Jing and a few polite words with Lu Rong, she refused to say a word.

Although it was a donation to raise money, there had to be a proper reason, and the money could not be handed over to Lu Ying directly. That was not called a donation, it was charity, and it was not interesting, and Lu Ying might not be happy.

After a while, today's topic finally came to the fore. After everyone was seated, Lu Ying smiled and said some scene words, gradually leading the topic to the torrential rain a while ago, talking about the Yellow River bursting its embankment, and millions of disaster victims being displaced.

Then he ordered someone to bring up a big box, and everyone saw that there were twenty or thirty pieces of calligraphy and painting in the box.

Lu Ying then said that these calligraphy and paintings were donated by herself and a few sisters in the capital. Many of them were works by famous artists, and they are being sold here today. .

The atmosphere became active all of a sudden, everyone applauded, chattered and laughed and discussed, of course, a compliment to Lord Pingjin was indispensable.

Yao Cunhui had to admit that Lu Ying was an extremely eloquent, eloquent, impassioned orator who was good at mobilizing everyone's emotions. In modern times, she was definitely the most eye-catching socialite in the upper class.

At this moment, many aristocrats are already looking at her with passionate emotions and obsession.

Above, two pretty maids in rose-red palace attire have gently unfolded a painting to show to everyone.

"Li Qiaoming's picture of plantain and crape myrtle, the base price is 200 taels! The Fifth Miss of the Ministry of Rites presents it, and the highest price wins! Ladies and gentlemen, if you are interested, sell it quickly!" Lu Ying said with a smile as her eyes swept away.

There was a lot of admiration below, people were also paintings, soon someone bid, and then someone else bid again, after several rounds of competition, the price rose to 800 taels, which was won by Zhiyuanhou Shizi.

Afterwards, a pretty court lady brought a pen, ink, paper and inkstone to the seat of the Marquis of Zhiyuan, and respectfully asked her to sign her name on a painting, and everyone responded with rounds of applause and kind smiles.

Zhiyuan Hou Shizi has completed today's task, he poured himself a drink, and began to laugh and watch the competition.With him making a good start, the ensuing scene was very lively and everyone's interest was very high.Sure enough, there were several copies of very well-known master brushes and inks. Of course, the price was ridiculously high, up to 600 taels.

"Xiaohui, do you have a fancy?" Lin Jing asked in a low voice when she sat beside Yao Cunhui.

Lin Jing had already taken a picture of a pear blossom parrot just now, and the price was 400 taels.The aristocrats in Beijing are quite elegant, and generally they don't compete with women, so the price is not raised.

"I don't know which one to choose, can you help me see?" Yao Cunhui smiled, and only then noticed that the box had bottomed out.

"Let's take a look together, if you think it's good, let's do it!" Lin Jing laughed.

"The last three paintings are left. These three paintings are made by real masters, and I don't know who will get them today!" Lv Ying laughed loudly, praised the paintings greatly, and said some witty words, It whetted everyone's appetites, and they laughed and asked her to quickly show the painting.

As the two maids spread their bare hands lightly, a huge scroll of splashed ink landscapes slowly appeared in front of everyone. The whole scroll was carefully arranged, with rich ink, elegant colors, majestic grandeur, and a vigorous and gentle style!Even though Yao Cunhui didn't know calligraphy and painting, he was deeply shocked visually. It can be seen that this is indeed a rare treasure!

Beautiful things really have no boundaries and no levels, as long as you see them, you will know that they are good.

"Liu Changnian's Four Scenery Landscape Map!" Someone exclaimed, and everyone gasped.

Four landscapes?Yao Cunhui looked carefully, and sure enough, the scenery depicted in the long scroll is divided into the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. To the different sentiments of different seasons.

"Brother Xiaoyan has good eyesight!" Lu Ying raised her slender eyebrows, and said with a sweet smile, "That's right, it's Liu Changnian's landscape painting of Four Views, which is a real master of landscape painting. Do it, the low price of 2000 taels shouldn’t be too expensive, right?”

Everyone couldn't help but gasped slightly again, but they all nodded and laughed and said, "It's not expensive"!
In terms of everyone's worth, it's certainly not expensive, but for everyone who donated, it's quite debatable.

Everyone's eyes fell on the three or four people who hadn't made a move at this time, and they couldn't help but feel a little interested in watching the show, and felt lucky and wise for their first move.

A few hundred taels for a small fight, to support the Lord Weng’s good deeds, and to get closer to the Lu family. There will be no disagreements among the family, but if you spend a few thousand taels all at once, then——haha!
For things like reputation, when the price is clearly marked, it must be weighed against whether it can afford it.

Everyone's eyes fell on Yao Cunhui, they were all certain, and suddenly remembered that the second lady of the Yao family didn't seem to have made a move today!

Among the remaining few people, except for King Kejun, they are all women, and except for Yao Cunhui, the other women are all young girls who are only twelve or thirteen years old. They are either princesses or weng lords. Small, it is clear that today is the role of soy sauce!What about King Ke?It's a well-known idle clan, a wealthy idler, who doesn't have much in the family, but has a lot of money!Moreover, he himself loves calligraphy and painting, and likes to collect famous works.

As a result, he looked at Yao Cunhui with more interest.Some people couldn't help frowning, thinking that you are the daughter of a merchant, what kind of elegance do you have?What are you rushing to do?Isn't it just relying on a lot of money in the family!No matter how much money there is, he is just a layman!If such a famous painting falls into your hands, it will be ruined in vain!

How did everyone know that Yao Cunhui was also secretly smiling bitterly.

Why doesn't she know the reason to act early?However, before coming here, Yun Zhi conveyed to her the hint from Wengzhu Pingjin, telling her not to do anything until the last three pictures.How dare Yao Cunhui not listen?
Even for her cousin, she has to listen!
She secretly admired in her heart, the women of the Lu family are indeed more powerful than each other!
(End of this chapter)