business lady

Chapter 41
Jiuyuan and Princess Wanping sat at the top and had tea and chatted. Because of Jiuyuan's presence this year, Wan Yingjiao and Yao Tingyu sat at the bottom. Since entering the mansion, Princess Wanping has not paid much attention to them, unlike in previous years They are generally regarded as honored guests.

Yao Tingyu was not angry about this at the beginning, feeling depressed in her heart, and when she saw her boudoir friend, she forgot about it, and the boudoir friend who was only on the side chatted and laughed, so uncomfortable!
Wan Yingjiao saw it in her eyes, and the hatred for Jiuyuan in her heart increased a little bit. She only felt that everything about Jiuyuan should belong to her, and then she took a look at the chatting and laughing between Jiuyuan and Princess Wanping, and slowly moved away from her. He lowered his head, hiding the hatred in his eyes, and with one hand hidden in his sleeve, he chopped off his nails!
While tasting tea, Jiuyuan watched the poems made by the people below. Several women have already composed new poems on the theme of tea.

At this time, a beautiful young girl stood up, saluted and said:

"It was hidden deep in the mountains for hundreds of herbs,

The fife grazes the cattle.

Fortunately, the mountain old man picked and cooked soup,
Ming Gan wakes up the mind and raises the world. " After finishing speaking, he sat down without looking at the reactions of the people.

Princess Wanping saw Jiu Yuan staring at her, glanced at Wan Yingjiao with a smile, turned her head and said to Jiu Yuan, "I'm afraid the princess doesn't know, but the one who recited the poem is Wan Qian, the second lady of Duke Hu's mansion." Jiao."

Jiu Yuan nodded, no wonder she looked familiar just now, but after a closer look, she was indeed somewhat similar to Wan Yingjiao, she turned out to be the second lady of the Duke's Mansion, but she was too domineering.

The poem just now clearly chanted tea, but in fact it used tea as a metaphor for people, implying that like the tea in the poem, I was fed to the cows like ordinary weeds. Only when I met Bole could I know her goodness!

Seeing this, Jiu Yuan snorted inwardly. The people who came out of the Duke Huguo's mansion had their eyes above their heads. If she stayed in the mansion peacefully after retiring the engagement, the rumors outside would soon be self-defeating. Well, she was lucky, not only went to the prime minister's mansion to make a scene, but also wrote a poem to satirize everyone today, saying that she played the piano to the cow, this Wan Qianjiao is really arrogant and domineering, and her reputation will be even worse after today!
Afterwards, someone got up to write a poem, and Jiu Yuan sat on top and watched quietly, and occasionally chatted with Princess Wanping, originally she came here to join in the fun, and she didn't want to show off any publicity, so she was very contented .

Wan Qianjiao has been having a very hard time recently, as if everyone was against her. When I came here today and saw people greeting her with smiles on their faces, I always felt that they were laughing at her in their hearts. That poem was also blurted out in a moment of emotion.

After sitting down, I saw Jiuyuan and Princess Wanping chatting and laughing on the main seat, and they didn't care about the poem I just said. Then I saw my sister sitting at the bottom, bowing her head in silence, not as beautiful as before. The heart is even more resentful.

The more she looked at it, the angrier she became, she suddenly stood up and said in a loud voice: "Qianjiao has long heard that the concubine is talented in literature, I wonder if she can write a poem today!"

Everyone in the audience who had been lively in the audience was stunned when they heard this, and there was silence for a moment. Who didn't know that Princess Duan, Shang Jiuyuan, was born into a merchant's family and had no knowledge.

Taking a closer look, seeing that it was the second lady of the Wan family, she knew in her heart that if Shang Jiuyuan hadn't been blocking the way, the position of the concubine of the Wang's mansion would have been in the pocket of the eldest lady of the Wan family. So everyone had the idea of ​​watching a play, and wanted to see how Jiu Yuan would respond.

Jiu Yuan was holding the tea and was about to take a sip, but she didn't expect that she would suddenly attack him. He paused the hand holding the cup lid to strain the tea, then continued, then slightly raised his head to look at her, and said with a slight smile: "Is this my concubine?" It is Duan Wangzhengfei, even if your grandfather sees it, he must be courteous, I don't know what kind of status you are asking for this concubine!" She spoke in a calm tone, but her words were majestic, as if hitting her In the heart of a person, it cannot be ignored.

At this time, the people who wanted to watch the show suddenly realized that no matter what her status was before, now that she is Duan Wangzhengfei, no one can offend her. stare at her.

Jiu Yuan had a panoramic view of everyone's reactions, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and continued: "But the people who came to the princess' mansion today are all out of interest, and this concubine is not good. Yaxing, come and compose a short song, it can be regarded as fulfilling this temperament!"

After finishing speaking, she glanced at the tea in her hand, looked sideways at Princess Wanping with a slight smile, and said, "Today, when I come to the mansion, I am grateful to the princess for entertaining you with Junshan silver needles. If not, I will use Junshan silver needles as the title." , as an unspeakable little poem."

When everyone heard that Junshan Silver Needle was going to be the topic, they all looked at the tea leaves in their hands or cups on the table, and only heard Jiu Yuan slowly say:
"A cup of tea with fine nectar and jade dew,

Wenfu springs up bamboo shoots and martial arts guns.

I don't know Junshan's true temperament,

Three ups and three downs are leisurely. "

Everyone changed their minds after hearing this, isn't this a good match with the poem by the Wanjia Second Miss just now?Just now Miss Wan Er borrowed tea to describe people, saying that everyone has eyes but does not know gold inlaid with jade, and bury talents.

Duan Wangfei's poem said that a good cup of tea, literati and warriors let it place their expectations, but they don't know that tea doesn't care about these, and the ups and downs are random.Isn't this clearly ridiculing Miss Wan Er for her incompetence, but comparing herself to good tea, and blaming everyone for being ignorant?
Everyone could hear it. Wan Qianjiao was also familiar with poetry and books, so why couldn't she hear it? Immediately, her beautiful eyes turned red with anger. Sweeping the tea on the table to the ground with his hands, he turned and ran out.

When Wan Yingjiao saw her, she immediately got up and went to Jiu Yuan to salute, and said, "My concubine! My sister was young and ignorant and offended the concubine, please don't take offense!"

Jiu Yuan glanced at her and said, "It's nothing! I don't blame her!"

When Wan Yingjiao heard this, she couldn't hold her breath anymore. It was obvious that she had bullied Qianjiao because of her status, but she wanted to apologize to her here. She was so angry that she gritted her teeth and swallowed it. Now go Chasing Qianjiao is the most important thing, so I continued: "I am worried about my sister's recklessness, I want to go and have a look, and I ask the princess for permission!"

After hearing this, Jiu Yuan waved his hand lightly and agreed, "Go!"

Wan Ying thanked her kindly and withdrew.

Everyone didn't care when they saw them go, and quickly restored the previous atmosphere, as if the episode just now hadn't happened, it was just an illusion.

It was Mrs. Hu Guogong who made Jiuyuan look up. From the beginning to the end, she looked on coldly like an outsider, as if the one who just went out was not her own granddaughter, but an irrelevant passerby.

Jiu Yuan saw it, picked up the tea, lowered his eyes, and thought, the headed woman of the aristocratic family is really different, and this calm calmness is not comparable to ordinary people.

When Wan Yingjiao found her younger sister, she was sitting alone in the gazebo in the princess's mansion, her face full of gloomy sulking, and her beautiful face was distorted.

He didn't look back when he heard a voice behind him, just sat and got angry, and then he smelled the fragrance of cold plum, knowing that it was the unique smell of his sister.

Wan Yingjiao came to sit beside her, gently pulled her body, and said softly: "Don't be angry! You won't be beautiful anymore!" After speaking, she raised her hand to smooth her temple hair.

When Wan Qianjiao heard this, her eyes turned red and tears fell, as if she had been greatly wronged, she said angrily in a choked voice, "Sister! She, Shang Jiuyuan, is just a business girl, how dare she say that about me? It's really hateful!" After speaking, she gritted her teeth and looked in the direction of the tea party.

Then she turned her head to look at Wan Yingjiao and said, "What annoys me the most is why she can overwhelm my sister. That position should belong to my sister."

Wan Yingjiao's eyes flashed with hatred, and then said to her in a low voice: "Okay sister! She, Shang Jiuyuan, is still able to flaunt her prestige like a fake tiger, so why bother with common sense, and wait until she loses all of this? Sister will hand her over to you, and let her be disposed of!" At the end of the speech, there was a smile on the corner of her mouth, as if she had already seen that scene.

Wan Qianjiao nodded after listening, thinking in her heart, she must make Shang Jiuyuan regret what happened today!

Afterwards, the two sisters had another conversation. Wan Yingjiao saw that she had been out for a while, so she took her sister back to the tea party. After all, all the people who came to the tea party were famous people, and it was not good for them to leave for too long!
When they returned to the back garden, the title of the tea party had changed from poems to quyi, and the two bowed in front of Jiu Yuan. Jiu Yuan didn't blame them too much, he just nodded to signal them to sit down, and then continued. Listen to the girl playing under the stage.

At the end of the song, Jiu Yuan nodded secretly. From just listening to it, this girl's piano skills and artistic conception are all top-grade. As the saying goes, listening to music knows people, and listening to her piano music can tell her heart.

Princess Wanping saw her admiration, and introduced with a smile: "This is Le Yao, the only daughter of Meng Shilang's family. its left."

Jiu Yuan nodded his head invisibly, and didn't say much.

Afterwards, many people came up to perform, but they were not as good as Meng Leyao. After listening to too much, Jiu Yuan inevitably lost interest, and finally finished the work. After a polite exchange with Princess Wanping, he led everyone away.

PS: People who have drunk Junshan Silver Needle will know that it has only a thick tea core, and after brewing, all the tea leaves will stand upside down at the bottom of the cup, like bamboo shoots and swords.About this poem, I specifically asked people whether to write it myself or use ancient poems, and said how it came about because of its greatness. Then I checked the ancient poems and found that although the ancient poems are tall and great, they are not in harmony with this chapter, so I decided to write it myself , although very vulgar, but wins in line with the plot.

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