Colorful

Chapter 37 Falling Blossoms (1)
On June 26th, the Caizhu Square where Qibaomeng is located can be described as full of traffic and crowds of crowns and crowns. Ji Cheng accompanied Ji Lan in the carriage and waited for Shen Cui.

This Seven Treasures League is really amazing, so many noble wives accompanied their daughters or nieces to the art selection, they refused to accept them.

Those who are not selected for the arts are not allowed to enter, and everyone thinks they are fair on this one.

So at this moment, even Ru Jilan can only sit in the carriage and wait to see the results of her daughter's art selection.

Ji Cheng looked at the signboard of the Qibao League and then at Ji Lan. Whether she could hold Ji Lan by the throat this time depended on Shen Cui's victory.

But Ji Cheng was much less worried than Ji Lan. After all, Ji Lan only got through the joints of the two Qibao League stewards, and Ji Cheng also did her a big favor in private by getting through the Qibao League leader through Hao Ren. The joint between Xiao Rumeng and another sexton.

Ordinarily, the variables should not be big, but no one is [-]% sure, it still depends on Shen Cui's performance on the spot.

Ji Cheng practiced with Shen Cui, and Shen Cui's voice is very suitable for singing "Broken", and even surprised Ji Cheng, if she is not the fifth girl of the Shen family, there is still hope for being a singing oiran.

When Shen Cui came out, Ji Lan hurriedly asked her how she was doing.

Shen Cui waved her hand impatiently: "Who knows? We won't know until the rankings are announced."

Ji Lan also knew that she asked too much: "Then do you want to go back and wait, or go to the teahouse opposite?" Across the street from Qibaomeng is a long row of teahouses and wine shops, all relying on Qibaomeng for business, like Naturally, such a grand event like today is full of seats, but fortunately, the Shen family has already reserved seats.

"Let's go to the teahouse, sister Yun is behind me and hasn't come out yet." Shen Cui said.

"It's okay, I can't wait long anyway." There are three contests in this contest. The contest on June 26 is only for ladies from aristocratic families. The efficiency of Qibaomeng has always been good. It will definitely be released before, so that the girls can feel at ease earlier.

The number of people participating in this year's art selection is about the same as in previous years, only about [-] people, so Ji Cheng and the others didn't wait long before they saw Su Yun, Wang Yueniang and others come out.

When Su Yun went upstairs and entered the box, what everyone didn't expect was that Wang Yueniang also followed in.

"It's boring to wait for the list to be released. I happened to meet sister Yun, so I followed her. The third lady won't blame me, right?" Wang Yueniang said with a smile like a flower.

"Where did Yue Niang say? You sisters should play more together. As an elder, I make you feel uncomfortable." Ji Lan said with a smile, "Why didn't you see me today?" Your fourth sister?"

Wang Yueniang said with some pride: "It's not a big deal, and she can't help you here."

These words really slapped Shen Cui in the face, she participated in an art audition, and even Ji Lan followed.As for Su Yun, old lady Su would have come today if she hadn't been inconvenient.

Hearing this, Ji Lan couldn't bear the smile on her face, and Shen Cui frowned immediately, wanting to get mad but a little bit taboo.

"What did Ah Cui choose today?" Wang Yueniang asked again.Because the art selection in the middle arena is closed, other participants can't see which art the opponent has chosen.

"Sing." Shen Cui said.

Wang Yueniang chuckled: "A Cui usually talks like a lark, and singing must be better." The content of her words and her demeanor didn't quite match.

Ji Cheng thought to himself, how could someone hate it so much?But so what if you hate her, she is Wang Yueniang—the younger sister of Concubine Wang Shu.

There was an impulse in Ji Cheng's heart, and he felt that if she had the means to fight against the virtues of the Wang family sisters, she would have to prevent Concubine Wang Shu from ascending to power.

Shen Cui was trembling with Wang Yueniang's anger, and was about to get angry, but was suppressed by Ji Lan's eyes.Shen Cui looked at Ji Lan angrily in her heart, but she couldn't be angry with Ji Lan's cowardly behavior. Every time she met the Wang family sisters, she always let herself bear it.

In fact, Ji Lan is not cowardly, but she is just afraid that Shen Cui will offend the sisters of the Wang family and be framed by them in private. How can Shen Cui understand everything about being a mother?

After Wang Yueniang finished teasing Shen Cui, she turned her head to look at Ji Cheng and said, "Why didn't Miss Ji participate in the art selection? But did someone not let you sign up?" Obvious.

Even Ji Lan felt that Wang Yueniang's mouth was too aggressive after hearing the words.

Ji Cheng grinned and said: "This year, Miss Wang is running for the election. Even if I signed up, I would be a typo, so I will stop thinking about it."

Wang Yueniang looked at Ji Cheng suspiciously, she didn't expect that Ji Cheng would flatter her, it was really funny, but Wang Yueniang stopped picking on Ji Cheng after hearing the words.

Shen Cui was terrified when she heard this, she rolled her eyes at Ji Cheng, mouthed and scolded: sycophant.

With the old god Ji Cheng around, a sycophant is a sycophant.

When the list was released, many people were shocked when they saw the words "Five Girls of the Shen Family in Tiemao Hutong" written on the list, and probably only Ji Cheng and Ji Lan were the least surprised.

After Shen Cui was stunned in disbelief, she immediately laughed, with tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.And Wang Yueniang's complexion was really darker than the bottom of the pot.

"How is this possible?!" Wang Yueniang couldn't believe it, she turned her head and said to her girl, "Let's go."

Qibaomeng dared to disrespect the Wang family like this, she Wang Yueniang always wanted to make them look good.

"Yue Niang, why are you leaving so soon?" Shen Cui said behind Wang Yue Niang.

Wang Yueniang turned her head and glared at Shen Cui bitterly: "Shen Cui, don't be complacent, I don't know how you got selected!"

Shen Cui immediately scolded Mao after hearing the words: "Wang Yueniang, what do you mean? You should be elected, but I don't know how to be elected? Are you sick?"

"You and I know the truth." Wang Yueniang left behind this sentence, Shen Cui was so angry that she jumped on the spot.

"It's unreasonable, it's really deceiving." Shen Cui cried.

"Okay, okay, why did you stab her when you knew she was unhappy?" Ji Lan comforted Shen Cui.

"Then she stabbed me just now, why shouldn't I be allowed to stab her? Is mother also afraid that the Wang family will fail?" Shen Cui said.

Ji Lan was really helpless towards Shen Cui: "A Cui, what did you say?"

Shen Cui snorted coldly, and knew that she couldn't talk back to Ji Lan in front of everyone, so she turned her anger on Ji Cheng: "Symother, didn't you just say that Wang Yueniang is amazing? Now you know who is really amazing." Bar?"

Ji Cheng was so innocent, she felt a little sympathetic to her aunt, because with such a daughter, her aunt wanted her to be the second "Concubine Wang Shu", right?Shen Cui was just like Wang Yueniang, without "Concubine Wang Shu" behind her, she would be beaten to death sooner or later.

"Shen Cui!" Ji Lan was really angry.

I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Ji Lan's mother and daughter seemed to have not seen Su Yun, and Su Yun was also in a low mood because of the defeat, keeping her head down and not speaking.

Ji Cheng has been secretly paying attention to Su Yun, but he also knows that there is nothing to comfort her, and the perpetrator himself is one of them.

When returning to Shen's mansion, Ji Cheng told Shen Yuan about today's situation, and asked her to comfort Su Yun, the little girl should not hold back any troubles.

At night, the moon was setting and the stars were sparse, and the shade of the trees was dim, and Ji Cheng couldn't fall asleep, so he put on his clothes and got up and opened the window to look out.The years are ruthless, but she has been wasting time, and the marriage has not progressed at all after being in Beijing for so long. Although she told herself not to be in a hurry, not to be in a hurry, how could she bear it?

Ji Cheng frowned at this side because of the marriage, but at the other side, Su Yun seemed unable to sleep, and went out quietly by himself.

Seeing that Su Yun was wearing thin clothes and didn't have a maid by her side, Ji Cheng was afraid that she might make a mistake, since he saw it, there was absolutely no reason to ignore it, so he opened the door lightly and walked out.

Ji Cheng followed behind Su Yun, and saw that she was walking very fast and her direction was very clear. It was obvious that she was wandering around because she couldn't fall asleep, and she murmured in her heart.When Ji Cheng confirmed that Su Yun was going in the Jiuliyuan, he hesitated a little.

This cousin is really a little bit easy, not to mention Shen Che's reputation is very bad, Ji Cheng saw him having a close relationship with a widow on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, so she really can't blame her for thinking too much.

It is absolutely useless to look at such private matters, so Ji Cheng immediately turned and walked to the side path.It was still cold at night, since she had already come out, she planned to take another walk in the Qing Garden, so she went to the side of the corridor by the mountain.

When Ji Cheng went to the high place, he originally wanted to have a glimpse of the magnificent scenery of the West Lake Cave in Qingyuan Garden, but he saw that Su Yun was not in the Jiuliyuan, but was sitting on the Clouds and Cuicui Bridge to the east of the West Lake Cave.

The location of this pile of clouds and emerald bridges is excellent, it happens to be the only way to the Jiuliyuan in Qingyuan, it is self-evident what Su Yun is planning.

It's just that Ji Cheng didn't know why Su Yun was determined to guard Shen Che there?Or is it really an appointment beforehand?Now that the people are far away, Ji Cheng no longer worries, and tiptoes to look in that direction.Everyone has curiosity, especially love to watch the personal affairs of these "midnight rendezvous between gifted scholars and beautiful ladies".

Su Yun was dressed lightly, and under the bridge with piles of clouds and greenery, there were billowing waves and mist. She was sitting alone by the water, originally in the posture of a peony, but now she was facing the water and bearing the dew, looking as beautiful as a piece of moon reflected from a distance. cloud.

Ji Cheng thought that although Su Yun's thoughts were too superficial, the color of this set of clothes was really well chosen, and the posture was well placed, so she studied it secretly in her heart.

I don't know if it was Su Yun's luck, or they really had an appointment, not long after, Ji Cheng saw Shen Che and his party appearing in sight from a distance.

Ji Cheng's thoughts about watching the play stopped for a while, it is absolutely impossible for Shen Che to take the child if the beautiful woman makes an appointment.

When Shen Che walked up the Duiyun Bridge, Su Yun turned her head when she heard the footsteps. Ji Cheng saw her from afar and immediately stood up. When she saw Shen Che, she turned her head and wiped her tears quickly with a handkerchief embarrassingly.

Ordinarily, if Ji Cheng saw this situation, he would have to go up and ask "why is my cousin sitting alone here and weeping?" or something like that, but this well-known romantic second son of the Shen family didn't seem to see anything. , Ji Cheng looked from a distance, and saw him nodding slightly to Su Yun, and then walked towards Jiuliyuan without stopping.

According to what Shen Che later said, he was trying to avoid the embarrassment of the little girl. A little girl always has her own sad things when she tears alone.

And when Ji Cheng saw this scene, he sighed for Su Yun in his heart, obviously her plan was in vain.It's just that Ji Cheng couldn't help being curious, how could the second son, who is said to be unrestrained in the legend, be so indifferent when faced with such a special look like Su Yun?
On the other hand, the little widow at that time, to be honest, her appearance in front of Su Yun was the same as that of Xiaoyeju to Mudan.

Of course men don't only like women for their looks, Ji Cheng knows this.For example, her second brother always likes Hu Nu.Although Ji Cheng didn't have much prejudice against Hu Nu, as a native of the Central Plains, he always felt that Hu Nu was inferior to others.

However, her second brother only liked beard girls since he knew about human affairs. Ji Cheng overheard his second brother chatting with his group of fox friends and said that he liked the plumpness of beard girls, unlike the girls in the Central Plains. The figure of the coat board.

But no matter what, Ji Cheng felt more and more that Shen Che was somewhat different from his external reputation.

After Shen Che left, Su Yun seemed to be unable to recover, and sat blankly on the Cloudy Bridge for a while, until the big girl Nishang beside Shen Che came and sent her back to the house.

Seeing that there was nothing to watch, Ji Cheng naturally wanted to go back.Because it was still hot summer, they still lived in Qingyuan after returning from Jingyuan, close to each other, Ji Cheng took a short way to go back before Su Yun, so as not to be noticed by her.

In just two days, the song "Broken Time" sung by Shen Cui in the art selection of the Chinese altar has become well-known to everyone. Anyone who has a little ink in their stomachs is rushing to recite it, saying that "Broken Time" Without the fanfare of today's Ci circles, it is really a rare masterpiece in the world when it is bold and unrestrained.

Everyone is looking for the person who wrote this poem.

Ji Cheng can also be regarded as Su Qingci's benefactor, and it's feasible to use Su Qingci to set herself off by the way, but she always feels that she has no foundation. It is suspected that Su Qingci is not the real owner of those poems.

What's more, as far as the three poems "Red Crisp Hand", "The King Lives at the Head of the Yangtze River" and "Pozhenzi" are concerned, Ji Cheng already feels that the style of the poems is too different, and it doesn't seem like it was written by one person.

Ji Cheng was afraid that it would be bad if he would not be able to eat the fish but would get a fishy body, so he asked Liu Ye'er to give Su Qingci a hundred taels of silver as a reward, and sent him out respectfully.

During these days, Su Qingci ate and drank delicious food in Lanhua Lane, and was served comfortably. She was so happy that she didn't want to leave at all. She thought of many ways to stay, and said that she still had many words to write to Miss Ji. However, Ji Cheng did not soften her heart, as long as she sent Shen Cui to perform in the middle altar, she had already achieved her goal.

But on Shen Cui's side, she herself was vaguely aware of her own shortcomings, but she absolutely couldn't bear the shame to go to Ji Cheng to discuss it, and she couldn't even talk to other sisters, so she locked herself in the room to discuss with Ji Lan and a few girls. The art to be presented on the day of the finals.

Ji Lan really wished she could wake up Shen Cui with a few slaps on the face. This kid doesn't have the ability to be a fart, but her self-esteem is so high, and her temper is so stubborn, she really wants to go to the middle altar to perform. Dress up.

Ji Lan had no choice but to persuade Shen Cui patiently: "As the saying goes, three cobblers can defeat Zhuge Liang, you can go and discuss with your cousin Cheng to see if there is any better way."

"What can you do if you come from a remote place?" Shen Cui said impatiently.

"Threesomes, there must be my teacher, have you even forgotten the words of the saint?" Ji Lan said coldly.

But Shen Cui was coy, she just didn't want to, for fear that Ji Cheng would take the credit, for fear that in the future others would say that it was Ji Cheng who helped her think of the solution.Besides, she heard from her mother Ji Lan that Ji Cheng wanted her to perform with many people, so how could that be done?
Shen Cui has just won a game, and she feels that she is omnipotent, and her self-confidence is bursting. Why can't she perform alone like others?

Seeing Shen Cui like this, Ji Lan got a headache from anger, so she waved her hand to tell her to go away.

And Wang Yueniang finally found out the reason why she lost to Shen Cui, it was all because of the song "Broken", the people of Qibaomeng thought it was fresh, and wanted to see if there would be any surprises in the official Zhongtan performance, That's why Shen Cui was chosen.

Wang Yueniang also found out that the Mr. Su who wrote this poem was rescued by Ji Cheng, and Wang Yueniang jumped up when she heard it: "It's really unreasonable! Fourth sister, why do you think this Ji is lingering? I think she provoked our relationship with the Shen family. Now not only Ah Xun is estranged from us, but Han Lingze has also been won over by Ji Cheng. Just wait and see, I will definitely deal with her severely. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to get out of that breath."

Wang Siniang sneered: "You're picking up soft persimmons, right? Even if Shen Cui's words are fresh, if she didn't have a mother from a wealthy businessman, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to win you." Wang Siniang hit the nail on the head.

It's a pity that Wang Siniang has no evidence, so this can only be guesswork, but she definitely has ulterior motives in saying this.

"Shen Cui's idiot, I will naturally clean it up, sister will help me, right?" Wang Yueniang approached Wang Siniang and said coquettishly.

Wang Siniang narrowed her phoenix eyes, tapped Wang Yueniang's forehead and said: "If you really want to deal with them, don't be soft-hearted, you will kill them once, if you can't kill them, wait for them to bite you back, then you will die."

Wang Yueniang nodded: "I will not soften my heart."

"That's good. Do you still want to participate in the Zhongtan performance?" Wang Siniang asked again.

"Is the fourth sister talking about next year?" Wang Yueniang asked puzzled.

"Idiot, do you still need to ask next year?" Wang Siniang asked.

Wang Yueniang's eyes lit up: "What can Fourth Sister do?"

(End of this chapter)