Zhe Jinchun

Chapter 639 Qinglian Banquet (wellwise and Choi plus more)
This Fengfeng Garden is a very famous building in the Dachenwai Imperial City. It got its name because of a beautiful lotus pond in the garden.However, it is most famous not for its scenery, but for its famous "Qinglian Banquet".

From the time of the first emperor, every summer, the wives of the palace will hold a two-day banquet in the Fengfeng Garden, called "Qinglian Banquet". At the banquet, ladies from noble families will be invited to participate, and the winners will be selected through talent competitions. It can be called the annual "clear discussion" of ladies.Moreover, the Green Lotus Banquet is divided into two types: big banquet and small banquet, one year is a big banquet, and two years is a small banquet.

The banquet conditions for this small banquet are relatively broad, as long as they are gentry girls over the age of 12 and those who have no bad reputation can participate.A series of poetry gatherings, chess gatherings, qin gatherings, painting gatherings and the like will be held at the banquet. The most famous masters of calligraphy, painting, chess, etc. from Da Chen will judge the works of the girls and rank them.Those who won the top five will not only get a generous reward, but also a jade pei representing honor. The grades of the jade pei from high to low are: white, yellow, green, black, and green.

With this jade pendant that symbolizes honor, these winners can directly participate in the next year's Qinglian banquet, and the final ranking will be determined in the competition.And the girls who didn't get the jade pei can only enter after waiting for the invitation letter from Qianfengyuan.

But don't think that this flower paper is easy to get.On the contrary, compared with Huajian, Yupei is easier to get.Because of this kind of banquet invitation, only [-] pieces are sent out every year.Moreover, these [-] papers are not distributed to Dadu alone. Even those talented ladies from other places who have never participated in a small banquet will receive a paper paper. This group of girls accounts for about [-]% of the total. about.As a result, there are only a dozen or so pieces of flower paper that can be allocated to most noble families.

A mere dozen or so pieces of flower paper can't meet the needs of most of the gentry. Therefore, every year of the feast, for this piece of flower paper, the most of the gentry really show their skills, and it can be said that it is hard to find a piece of paper.

Even if the talent is not outstanding and the competition results are not good, it is a rare experience for the little lady to be able to get a flower paper to attend the grand event and see the demeanor of Dachen's top talented women and beauties with her own eyes.And if someone can take the lead and get more than three white jade pei in their hands, it means that her talent has already been recognized by the most famous talented women in Dachen, and she will be worth a hundred times immediately, and she is even more likely to enter the high school.

According to legend, Pei Shi, the wife of Duke Huan Huan Daofei, was so brilliant at the Qinglian Banquet that she won three white jades in a row, and she was also outstanding in beauty. Chen is the gate of the top Guan family, and Pei's small surname was also very popular in those few years.

In addition to the girls who hold the flower paper and the jade pei, there is another kind of person who can directly enter the Qinglian banquet, and that is the servant who is eligible to live in the Fengfeng Garden.

From this, it can be seen how precious the places among these two great servants are.

Next year is the 15th year of Zhongyuan, which is the year of the feast.Li Shuyi believes that as soon as the news that Princess Jinling will be joined by two great servants gets out, all ethnic groups will definitely fight to the death.After all, there are only two places, who wouldn't want their girls to take the lead?

Li Shuyi lowered her head and pondered, her brows slightly raised, her mind contemplated, and she seemed to hear her mother, Mrs. Jiang's sobs again:
... My son, it is because of you that your father still blames me, and often blames me for ruining Jiang's reputation...

... I heard that Her Royal Highness wants two companions, or they occupy the rank of the chief servant. If my son has a way, he may lead the sisters in the clan?After all, they are burdened by you. If there is something wrong, I am afraid that your father will take the blame on you even more...

... Next year will be the Qinglian banquet, as you know, your eleventh sister is sick this year, so she was unable to attend the small banquet.Although it was plotted by a villain, it was due to my negligence after all. I want her to directly participate in the banquet this year. As long as she becomes a servant, she will have this opportunity. Let my son help my mother...

This tearful voice made Li Shuyi's eyes dim.But soon, she adjusted her expression, raised her head, smiled gently at Qin Su, and said: "Since Your Royal Highness asked about it, I will tell His Royal Highness about my family's gossip. Just to relieve boredom."

Qin Su said yes with a smile, but she smiled from the bottom of her heart.

She built the ladder around the bend, waiting for this moment.And Li Shuyi took up the conversation so quickly, needless to say, she must have known about the matter of the servant.

It's just that what she was thinking, and what Qin Su was thinking about, were in two directions.

At this time, I saw Li Shuyi slightly opened her lips, and softly talked about the sisters at home.She speaks very skillfully, and almost everyone mentioned it, regardless of priority and concubine, all are treated equally.And in the process of narrating, when referring to certain girls, she will add one or two more words of praise, but when talking about other people, her words are relatively plain.

It could be seen that she was trying her best to push the daughters of the Jiang family, especially Jiang Shiniang, in front of Qin Su.

Really good calculation.

Jiang Shiniang is Jiang Sanniang's younger sister, and also the daughter of Mrs. Jiang. Li Shuyi is trying to keep the fat from flowing into the fields of outsiders.

Qin Suxiao listened slightly, and waited until her words came to an end, Fang smiled and asked: "You just said that there are several sisters in your family who live in Shangjing, right?"

Li Shuyi was startled, then nodded and said: "Exactly, Your Highness. My eighth, ninth and sixteenth sisters are all in Beijing. Because they have been away for a long time, my impression of them is already weak, so It was just a word."

Qin Su smiled and nodded.

It's hard for Li Shuyi to be able to get around clearly. With her status as "fourteen mothers", isn't eight mothers and nine mothers her "sisters"?What's more, what she said sounds good, but it's just because these are all concubines, and their biological mother is no longer alive, so they were "assigned" to Shangjing, which is almost a tacit practice among the nobles .

"What a coincidence." Qin Su followed her words, with a slight smile on her face: "I also lived in Shangjing for a while last year, and once I passed by Jiangfu, I happened to meet some young girls going out, what a surprise They all look good."

The smile on Li Shuyi's face did not change at all, and she said softly: "These sisters of mine were all sent to Shangjing because of their poor health and needed to rest. Will go back to Dadu."

After two years?
That is to say, the Jiang family has no plans to take them back in the near future.

That's right, for such concubines, the only way to go is marriage. When the engagement is made, they will naturally come back.

(End of this chapter)