Nong Zhaohua

Chapter 140

Xie Xinrou was talking, Yan Zhaoning also sat over, took a sip from the teacup, and then asked them:
"What are the sisters talking about? Is Tan Shizi engaged?"

Xie Xinrou and Yan Zhaohua looked at each other, Xie Xinrou seemed to say again, 'I'm already very quiet, can she hear this? ', it can be said that Zhaoning asked, and she couldn't pretend not to hear, so Xie Xinrou responded casually:

"I'm not engaged, I just heard a few gossips about the mighty Mrs. Marquis. Don't get involved with your child's family."

Yan Zhaoning looked very interested: "Mighty Marquis Madam? What did she say? I have met this lady before, and she is quite kind. The last time my aunt invited her to be a guest, she didn't refuse. .”

Yan Zhaoning seemed to have a good impression of the Geng family. Xie Xinrou continued to talk about the Geng family, so she nodded and said, "Yeah, he is a very kind person. My cousin and I are just talking about who will marry in the future." Mighty Marquis Mansion, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are sure to live a good life."

Xie Xinrou talked nonsense without drafting, which made Yan Zhaohua look sideways at her, but Yan Zhaoning pouted after hearing Xie Xinrou's words: "That's not it, sisters just keep it from me, really, I am You won't complain in front of Mrs. Mighty Marquis, why are you lying to me? It's too boring."

She looked a little angry when she said that, Xie Xinrou looked at it and felt sorry, she leaned forward to comfort her and said: "My dear sister, are you angry now? It's not to hide from you, but we really didn't say anything, just added, Mighty Marquis Madam is dazzled in choosing her daughter-in-law, seeing how dissatisfied many noble girls are, she doesn’t know what kind of fairy she will choose in the future. I didn’t say anything else, today is a good day, don’t get angry.”

Only then did Yan Zhaoning turn around and look at Xie Xinrou, his almond eyes widened, with a naive expression of ignorance of the world, Xie Xinrou was startled, as if aware of it, Yan Zhaoning curled the corners of his mouth and smiled slightly: " That's it, we are sisters, you are not allowed to whisper, good or bad things behind my back, after all, I will not go out and spread nonsense."

Xie Xinrou smiled apologetically: "Okay, okay, I will never whisper in the future."

Hearing the applause from downstairs, Yan Zhaoning was attracted to her again. After she left, Xie Xinrou sat very close to Yan Zhaohua. Yan Zhaohua was gently knocking walnuts. Seeing Xie Xinrou getting so close, he was a little puzzled , wanted to speak, but Xie Xinrou pressed her lips. This time, Xie Xinrou learned how to behave, and only dared to speak in a voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Do you feel that sister Ning is learning from you recently?"

Xie Xinrou's words made Yan Zhaohua turn around in surprise, his eyes widened, his watery eyes seemed to be filled with the river water behind the Wangjiang Tower, sparkling and overflowing with aura, Xie Xinrou's eyes lit up, and he said: "Yes. That's right, that's the look."

Yan Zhaohua's signature is big watery eyes, cunning and smart, and beautiful facial features. In the past, Yan Zhaoning was known for being round and gorgeous, but recently she has lost a lot of weight, that's all, but even her dressing style has changed. I used to like red and green to celebrate, but recently I suddenly fell in love with the simple and elegant style, and my taste has changed a lot. Now, even the expressions and actions of speaking are obviously imitating Yan Zhaohua and Xie Xinrou these days I didn't talk to her much, so I just found out now.

But from Xie Xinrou's point of view, Sister Ning imitated Sister Hua. Although she was also very beautiful, she always felt that it was not that way. It was like the way she stared just now. People who are familiar with Yan Zhaohua saw it, and it was a bit imitative. The meaning is inside.

Yan Zhaohua just felt that Yan Zhaoning's dressing style had changed a lot, and she was indeed somewhat similar to her, but Xie Xinrou didn't pay much attention to the expression that Xie Xinrou said. I never believed that Yan Zhaoning would imitate her expressions and movements, I feel that Yan Zhaoning is so self-proclaimed that he probably wouldn't easily imitate her.

Sister Yuan and Sister Yue sat back and exhaled, "Ah, watching these gifted scholars compose poems is really boring. If I had known, I wouldn't have come here. I thought I could see the crown prince and the crown prince's concubine."

Sister Yuan has always been straight-tempered, and Sister Yue dares to speak out. The two girls have grown into big girls now, and they look very handsome. After Sister Yuan finished speaking, Sister Yue went on to add: "That's right. It's better to watch lanterns on the street and eat some folk snacks, it's much more fun than writing poems."

"If it weren't for the lottery later, I really want to leave now. Hey, tell me, what kind of big gift will the East Palace prepare later? The number plates are all gold bumps. Do you think it will be a big gift? Is it a thousand taels of gold or ten thousand taels of silver?"

Sister Yue laughed at Sister Yuan's money fan, and Sister Rou also joined in the fun, deliberately teasing the two little girls: "How is it possible! Thousands of taels of gold, ten thousand taels of silver, wouldn't it take several carriages to carry them?"

The two girls covered their lips and smirked at Sister Rou's words, and finally they laughed together, and then changed the topic to other aspects.

Downstairs there was another round of applause, the judges of Bailu Academy and Wang Fu were all startled, it seemed that Tan Xiaozhi improvised a poem, pushing the atmosphere to the highest level.The poem was quickly sent by the maid to each gauze tent. Every time a poem was written that everyone applauded, a special person would transcribe it and send it to every elegant room.

Xie Xinrou was also curious. After the maid brought it up, she gathered around to look at it. After Sister Yuan opened it, Sister Rou said: "Read it, let us also feel the literary talent of Tanhualang."

Sister Yuan nodded enthusiastically, and then read aloud:

"The title of the poem is "Ode to a Beauty". It's cloudy and dewy in the morning, leaning on the pillow to make up flowers, the love is extremely speechless, and the dream of Xiaochuang is Zhaohua..."

Sister Yuan stopped reading halfway through, and looked up at Xie Xinrou and Yan Zhaohua in surprise, only to see that Yan Zhaohua's face changed, and Xie Xinrou also frowned, and Sister Yuan tentatively asked: "Still...do you want to read on?"

Xie Xinrou waved her hand: "Okay, okay, stop reading, what a broken poem!"

Xiao Chuang Meng Zhao Hua... What does Tan Xiaozhi want to do?This poem also dare to do it openly.

It sounds fine to other people, but this poem doesn't sound like that to those who are familiar with Yan Zhaohua. Is he trying to write a poem to tease Sister Hua?Glancing at Yan Zhaohua, she saw that she didn't have any special reaction except her face turned cold. The atmosphere in the private room was a bit awkward, and Xie Xinrou cheered up the atmosphere, "Oh, what kind of expressions are there, isn't it just a broken poem, don't Seriously."

Sister Yuan bit her lips: "This poem... is too bad. I really wonder how Tan Hualang, the son of Tan, passed the exam."

Seeing that Yan Zhaohua was not angry at all, the other girls felt relieved. Originally, it was just a poem with a name, and it was not a bad word. Yes, Sister Yue took the lead in talking and laughing.

Yan Zhaoning's complexion was uglier than Yan Zhaohua's. Although he didn't show it on the surface, his hands were clenched tightly, his nails dug into his flesh, and even his breathing became rough. The carved figure sitting in front of the railing On Hengduan, looking at Yan Zhaohua with gloomy eyes, Yan Zhaohua is not in the mood to analyze what is wrong with this young lady now, all he wants to do is strangle that frivolous bastard Tan Xiaozhi to death!He didn't use any good words, but he added her name into the poem, obviously on purpose!But what did he want to do if he did it on purpose!

The originally peaceful mood suddenly became uncomfortable.Fortunately, the poem will come to an end with Tan Xiaozhi’s unknown verse, and then the lottery will be held. In fact, people don’t have so many elegant thoughts, no matter how expensive they are, they will inevitably have such small thoughts. , Therefore, for them, the lottery is not to get gifts and things, the key is to have that luck!
Yan Zhaohua was in a bad mood because of a poem by Tan Xiaozhi. Although he looked the same, he didn't pay attention to who won the lottery anymore, and just waited quietly for the end of the poetry meeting.

But Wang Fuquan's sharp voice pierced his eardrums, and after reporting a few more numbers, he said clearly, "44."

The audience was a bit quiet, Yan Zhaohua didn't react, Xie Xinrou came over and took out her number plate, after comparing it, Yan Zhaohua realized that a beautiful maid had come up to invite her, Yan Zhaohua was still in a daze , Xie Xinrou pulled her up, her tone a little excited:

"Why are you still standing there! You've been drawn, go and see what the gift is!"

The other girls were also booing, Xie Xinrou stuffed the number plate into Yan Zhaohua's hand, then pushed her, telling her to follow the maid down quickly, Yan Zhaohua was driven off the shelf, still in the fog, I don't know what the luck is It fell on the seemingly unlucky number 44.

Looking down at the number plate in his hand, no matter how he thought about it, he felt a little inexplicable.

Two other ladies were drawn together with her. One was Sun Ruyi, a lady from Taifu Sun's family. , just like Yan Zhaohua, she followed her elder brother to join in the fun, she did not expect to have such luck, her round face was full of smiles, her eyes were fixed on Yan Zhaohua, Yan Zhaohua saw her smiling really cute , then smiled back.

Unexpectedly, there were so many people present, but all the girls were drawn, which made the male guests feel a little helpless.

Everyone was eagerly anticipating what the gift from the East Palace would be, and Wang Fuquan announced: "His Royal Highness has already ordered, and the lottery has been decided early in the morning. Today is the Lantern Festival. It is a fate that everyone is destined to get this number plate. The East Palace has a ship." The Royal Seven Treasures Lanternship is seated by three-grade musicians in the palace. There are singing, dancing, fine wine and delicacies. You can visit the Lijiang River and the moat to enjoy the bright lanterns on both sides. There is also a flower card made by the prince and princess himself, and you can enter the prince's mansion to have an audience. That's it. Please also invite the three ladies to board the ship."

Yan Zhaohua felt a little dumbfounded when he heard this "big gift", and looked up at the private room where they were on the third floor. Behind the gauze curtain, the girls were looking forward to it, feeling envious of the gift Wang Fuquan said. It's not that I envy Yan Zhaohua and the others on the royal seven-treasure lantern boat tour in Lijiang, but I envy that they can get the flower card that can be admitted to the prince's mansion...

It can be said that Zhaohua really wanted to say that she felt that this "gift" was really not attractive to her, and she might as well give it away with some gold and silver.

(End of this chapter)