Colorful

Chapter 18 The Feast of Hundred Flowers (3)
Ji Cheng has learned another trick, the so-called "elegant" word is that you can't say it out loud, you have to be subtle in everything, you need to think about it a little bit, this is the so-called elegance.

Ji Cheng really misses the days in Jindi, where it is adjacent to Beihu, the atmosphere is much more open, the people are much more straightforward, and there are not so many vain things.

But since ancient times, it is really hard to have both fish and bear's paw.

Ji Cheng thought for a while, and then picked a white camellia flower with a hint of green for the hairpin. She rarely wears anything on her hair, and even today she just put a jade comb in it.Now that the camellia is on the hairpin, it doesn't add a touch of charm.It seemed as if the sun had driven away the clouds suddenly in the empty Mongolian mountains, revealing a little bit of sunlight.

Su Yun glanced at Ji Cheng inadvertently, and couldn't help but take a second look.On weekdays, everyone praised her for her good looks, Su Yun took a selfie in the mirror, and felt that it was rare for someone to win over her. Even when she first met Ji Cheng that day, she only admitted that they were no more than siblings.

It is only today that Su Yun has to admit that Ji Cheng usually hides his clumsiness. If she puts her heart into dressing up, she is afraid that the alluring beauty sung in the playbook will look like her.

It's a pity that no matter how good the color is, so what?For women, a good color is just icing on the cake, but if you are nothing more than a piece of coarse cloth, no matter how beautifully embroidered the flowers are, it is nothing more than a beautiful piece of coarse cloth.

Otherwise, let’s look at Li Hui. To be honest, Li Hui is very ordinary among all the girls, with a generous face and thick lips. But when she was twelve or thirteen years old and began to talk about marriage, the threshold of Li’s family was almost untouched by matchmaking. to trample off.The picky and picky 15-year-old didn't get married until the age of [-], and Zhong Wuhou was still reluctant to let her marry, saying that he would wait until then to let her marry.

Ji Cheng and Su Yun had surprisingly the same views, but she had too few advantages to use, so she could only comfort herself. It is better to have color than to have no color.

As for the opportunity that Yaji gave everyone to show their talents today, Ji Cheng has not yet figured out how to deal with it.She can compose poetry, but she is not particularly good at it, not to mention that both Shen Xian and Su Yun have relatively high attainments here.

Ji Cheng could have chosen to be a green leaf supporting the red flowers, but in the end she suddenly changed her mind.Her heart had already begun to feel restless, what she saw today really touched her a lot, and she really didn't have the qualifications to hide her strength and bide her time.

To keep a low profile, first of all you have to have light.

Ji Cheng's original expectation was still too optimistic, after all, Ji Lan's legend was in front of him, but unfortunately the world has changed and many things are no longer the same.

And Ji Cheng, who has only come to the capital not long ago, has already clearly realized the deep-rooted repulsion of these noble girls in the capital towards outsiders like them.

Moreover, Ji Lan failed to make a good start for Ji Cheng. Although nearly 20 years have passed, Ji Lan herself is still stumbling, walking on thin ice.

It’s just that the Ji family’s usual family tradition is to make a fortune silently, and there are many Shanxi merchants. The Ji family is really not very famous among them, but Ji Cheng knows the details best. She estimates the current financial resources of the Ji family, not to mention Dominated in the west of Shanxi, but at least can be included in the top three.If her family hadn't been hiding their clumsiness, they would have been regarded as fat in their mouths, and the matter of Zhu's family could also be regarded as throwing stones to ask for directions.If it weren't for Ji Lan's ostentatious actions in the capital, the Ji family would have been more low-key.

Based on the family style of the Ji family and the habits Ji Cheng developed since she was a child, she is really not used to suddenly trying to win everyone's attention and stand at the top, because she understands the risks of standing at the top. and the criticisms received.

However, Ji Cheng felt that his idea was a bit ridiculous. There are quite a lot of talented women in the capital, even if she wants to be the first, she may not be able to stand out among them.

The willow-leaf hall has long been separated by red sandalwood hollowed-out grape seats and twelve four-season flower screens. This screen was specially carried out by Shen Xian after her ancestors opened her private treasure house. The flowers on it are embroidered by Xue's family in Jiangnan. Goods, very precious.

Shen Xian spent a lot of energy on this Hundred Flowers Banquet. After all, the background of the Shen family is not comparable to that of the Wang family, whose Concubine Shu, who gave birth to the first prince, suddenly became famous.

On Ji Cheng's side, a girl had already prepared pens, inks, papers and inkstones, as well as various pigments such as cinnabar, gamboge, flower green, silver vermilion, stone green, etc. It was really complete.

It's just that Ji Cheng didn't expect that Wang Siniang, who arrived at the end, would also choose painting.In fact, painting is the most difficult item to be brilliant. Poetry can be passed on, and the art of piano can also be played among many people. Only painting takes the most time. In order to meet the situation, it is difficult to produce a good work if it is arranged in a hurry.

Because of this, the ratio of poems and qin skills on both sides of the screen has already determined the leader, but here Ji Cheng and others are still writing vigorously.

However, Wang Siniang was the first to put down the pen, and when Ji Cheng finished the pen, she had already drank a cup of tea and commented on the poems of Shen Xian and others.

For a moment all the girls gathered around to look at the peony pictures of them. Although it was a feast of flowers, the peony is the king in April, so the subject of the occasion should undoubtedly be the peony.

Ji Cheng's painting is so eye-catching that people call it a painting of living peonies. Two Zhao fans, one far away and the other near, set off the largest snow pagoda, also known as Guanyinbai, as snowy as ice.

Shen Xian nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad, the colors are bright and beautiful, and the brushwork is neat and delicate, even the butterflies and grasshoppers among the flowers are lifelike. Sister Cheng must have been holding a brush for a long time, right?"

"Yes, I studied with my husband for a few years when I was at home." Ji Cheng said, but it is actually all thanks to Madam Yu's guidance that he can achieve the benefits he is seeing now.

However, although Ji Cheng's paintings are eye-catching, Wang Siniang's peony paintings are hard to take away.She painted all three colors of purple, red and white peonies, either upright or sideways, pitched to cover them, and in full swing.

For a while, everyone was lingering in front of Ji Cheng and Wang Siniang's paintings, and it seemed difficult to make a choice.

Wang Siniang listened to the comments of those who pretended to understand and only curled her lips and smiled.

Ji Cheng has been studying painting with Mrs. Yu these days, although her painting skills are still lacking, she has cultivated her vision. As soon as she saw Wang Siniang's peony flowers, she was willing to bow down.

"My paintings are not as good as Ms. Wang's." Ji Cheng said, "Ms. Wang's painting is extremely fast, which shows that she has a well-thought-out plan. Although there are only three flowers, she has already fully displayed the national color, wealth, and purple spirit of peonies. Looking at the light and dark perspective of this painting, even the turning and turning of the flowers and leaves are clearly outlined, the brushwork is subtle, bright and concise, and the layout is wild and interesting, which is beyond my comparison."

Seeing Ji Cheng, Wang Siniang pointed out the three-color flower that she was most proud of, and praised her point every sentence, giving her a high-level look.

But only there.

Now that Ji Cheng is willing to bow down, the leader of the painting club will naturally belong to Wang Siniang, but Ji Cheng can be regarded as victorious even though he is defeated.

On the side of the poetry club, Su Yun won the first prize in the first round of participation, but Shen Xian was delighted and honored.As for the Qin Club, although Shen Xun studied under Aunt Han Bi, but she also has a temperament of fishing for three days and drying the net for two days, so she only falls into the middle class.

After the three clubs were married, the girl came to invite everyone to the Hongliang Pavilion opposite the Liuye Pavilion for a banquet, and there must be some orders to add to the fun.Ji Chengcheng was good at everything, whether it was simple or difficult, she could handle it easily even if Wang Siniang deliberately made things difficult for her, so everyone dared not underestimate her as the daughter of a Shanxi merchant family.

But they said that after lunch, they were all a little sleepy, some girls who couldn't bear it left and went home, and there were some good friends, Shen Xian and the others asked the girls to take them down for a rest to sober up, and some wanted to go for a walk in the garden in twos and threes. Digestive.

As for the Wang Siniang sisters who are still energetic, seeing the long and wide water surface of the Qingyuan Garden, Shen Yuan asked the mother-in-law to set up a painting boat, and everyone boarded the boat for fun.

Ji Cheng's energy is not bad, but he drank some sweet wine at noon, swayed gently on the boat, and almost fell asleep, finally got up his spirits, and looked at other girls, under the refreshing lake wind, they were all a little swaying Sleepy, but also comfortable.

Unexpectedly, just as Ji Cheng adjusted his posture and was about to take another graceful nap, he heard a loud splash from the opposite side, and a little girl on the bridge on the other side of the lake turned pale with fright and called for help.

When Ji Cheng saw the person thumping in the heart of the lake, he didn't think about anything, and immediately jumped into the water. She knows how to swim. The girl who was raised by a wild boy when she was a child often followed her when she couldn't tell the difference between male and female. Brother went to play in the mallard water in Dayan Dang.

When Ji Chengyou got closer, he realized that the person who fell into the water was Qi Hua, but she struggled fiercely, seeing that she choked up several saliva, and she was getting farther and farther away from the side of the bridge. Ji Cheng hurriedly looked up and saw the green There is a flower dock hidden among the willows and flowers nearby, and the two of them must be disheveled when they go ashore, so it is good to hide there.When the girls and women find them, they will naturally prepare and change clothes for them.

Ji Cheng looked at his surroundings clearly in an instant, and stretched out his hand to grab Qi Hua, but Qi Hua opened her hand in a panic, and when Ji Cheng swam past, she hugged Ji Cheng's neck tightly again, almost hurting him. Ji Cheng couldn't breathe for himself.

After finally dragging Qi Hua to the flower dock on the shore, Ji Cheng was so exhausted that he was so tired by Qi Hua's weight that he fell to the ground.

Ji Cheng heard the sound of breathing in his head, and when he looked up, it was Shen Yu and her cousin Shen Jing standing in front of him.

Ji Cheng's brain exploded with a bang, and his face instantly turned pale. She looked down at her distressed appearance at this time, and asked the two men in front of her to look at it together, wondering how she would be able to marry in the future.

Shen Yu and Shen Jing were also taken aback, they heard someone fall into the water calling for help, they couldn't help them when they saw a woman, but they had to wait where they were to see if there was any woman or girl who could go down to save someone, just in case one.

Unexpectedly, the two of them saw another girl jumping down to save others from far away, and there were many dangers in the water, so they couldn't move their legs, until Ji Cheng pulled Qi Hua to land, but they wanted to leave I can't go anymore.

Both Shen Yu and Shen Jing scolded Shen Che for being cunning in their hearts at this moment. This person is very cold-blooded. Fortunately, people outside said that he is the most sympathetic. The three of them were together just now, but when they heard that someone fell into the water, they saw Ji Cheng went into the water to save people, but Shen Che left without looking back.

However, Shen Yu and Shen Jing, two people who thought they were kind, fell into embarrassment at this time.

When Ji Cheng heard the footsteps approaching, he was extremely anxious, and he didn't care too much, he just begged with a pale face: "Please leave quickly, my two cousins."

Only then did Shen Yu and Shen Jing come to their senses, and walked away from the side without saying a word, although the servant who ran over saw a piece of their clothes, who dared to say a word?It's just that I'm dazzled.

(End of this chapter)