Forced marriage: ruffian king, I will not marry

Chapter 17
Shangguan Xi snorted coldly in his heart, now that she's here, it's up to her to fulfill their ambitions!

The royal family of Qianlong Kingdom has five sons and two daughters, most of whom are married.The next ones should be the prince and the children of the aristocratic family.

When everyone was seated, Shangguan Xi recognized one of them at a glance, and it was Pei Yu who had just hurried away.She had guessed that he was a member of the royal family, and she seemed to have heard him call himself the king just now, but she didn't know which prince it was.

When she was in a daze, the great eunuch on the viewing platform had already played the beginning, which was to feel the wisdom of the emperor, the prosperity of the world, and the gifted scholars and beautiful ladies recited poems to counter each other, chatting about the joy of spring, and the festive words of getting a married couple.This is the arty rhetoric of the noble royal family.

Among the four kingdoms in Xiulong Continent, Qianlong Kingdom respects literature, Luofu Kingdom worships gods, Baicha Kingdom respects martial arts, and Lufeng Kingdom respects rituals.Therefore, it is also common for Qianlong Kingdom to hold elegant banquets frequently.

After the eunuch gave a speech, Shangguanxi also roughly understood that the banquet was divided into three contents: poetry, playing the piano, and painting, and the chess game was separately distinguished. If you are willing to get married with the other party, you will judge by playing chess, and the winner will be respected.

"At this time, the banquet is very lively. The Ai family is pleased to see you. I hope that you can do your best to marry into the royal family and spread your branches and leaves for the royal family. The princes and sons should also show their talents and embrace the beauties. Empress, you are welcome at the banquet. Just put some thought into it, and Aijia will just watch it."

After Concubine Li said a few words, the Shufang Banquet began.

The queen said yes, she was so dignified and noble that she looked down on everyone, "Poetry is used to determine talent, piano skills are used to determine virtue, and painting is used to determine true feelings. Next, the talented scholars will write poems and the beautiful women will return to the next one. Warm, surrounded by beauties, let's write a poem on this topic."

After finishing speaking, some palace people set up desks and papers in front of each prince and son, just waiting for the talented scholars to compose poems to welcome their love.

"Hey, Lao Qi, you are writing quickly, you will cut off your pen! Look at the second and third brothers who have written a lot! You don't even have a draft, do you?"

A petite blue figure elbowed the Seventh Prince next to her, and teased her maliciously. Looking at her small face, big eyebrows and big eyes, she looked like a woman. This person was the eighth princess, the youngest in the royal family. , dressed in men's clothes to join in the fun.

Pei Xiao, who was exposed by Pei Le, blushed slightly, and refused to admit it, "Who said that! I just want to brew again. I came to show my talent, and I didn't really come to marry a wife! Tell me again! , I’ll go and tell Concubine Qi that you slipped out to play!”

"Hmph, you don't know good people, I'm here to help you! Hehe, just wait, I'll help you to see what the second and third brothers are writing."

Saying that, before Pei Xiao could say anything more, she rushed out from the corner.

Reluctantly putting away the hand that was about to stop her, Pei Xiao continued to struggle with how to show off his talent. Out of the corner of his eyes, he caught sight of the fourth prince Pei Lian shaking the paper in his hand with confidence, and smiled in relief. .

He picked out his slanted phoenix eyes, rolled his eyes, and leaned over and said, "Fourth brother, which girl are you writing this for? Haha, you must have a sweetheart, you're so impatient."

Pei Lian smiled brightly, "I appreciate the talents of Miss Shangguan and Miss Jiang's second, but Miss Shangguan is the second and third brother, so naturally I can't snatch it."

"Don't! Fourth brother, have you forgotten that the crown prince has been coveting Miss Shangguan for a long time? What if the second brother and the third brother are missing a move? Well, you can write a copy for me, and I will send someone to give it to me when the time comes." In the past, if things were done, it would be pushed to you, if not, it would be mine, what do you think?"

Everyone knows that the crown prince already has multiple concubines, and even the crown princess was furious and didn't even participate in today's Shufang Banquet. Naturally, it's not a happy thing for any lady to come to the East Palace.

Pei Lian thought about it, and said heartily: "Okay, take the paper, it doesn't matter if you write more!"

Only then did Pei Xiao's brows lighten up. Finally, he was able to complete the task. Out of the corner of his eyes, he glanced at Pei Yu who was still sitting leisurely in the back left. He didn't understand what this perverse emperor uncle wanted to do today.

In a short time, all the princes and sons had written the poems of the last column, and sent their attendants to send them to the pavilion of the girl they like.For a moment, the Hongmeixi Pavilion was full of people, and it was very lively. It was the pavilion where Shangguan Xueqi was.

At this time, He Shi, who was accompanying him inside, looked delighted. Although he had participated in the Shufang Banquet before, he did not come every year. Everything must be done in moderation. If you come less often, you will naturally feel more mysterious, just like With so many admiring people now, they naturally earned enough face.

However, the East Pavilion next to the Red Plum West Pavilion is unattended, and it is particularly conspicuous in comparison with the neighbors. Shangguanxi is very leisurely at this time, sitting alone drinking tea and watching a play.

A gust of wind blew by, and suddenly lifted the corner of the long curtain. Shangguanxi turned his eyes to look at the place where the wind passed by, and only had time to see a pair of eyes meeting hers for a moment before walking away, also holding a paper in his hand. Next to the West Pavilion.

Shangguan Xi frowned, the person's glance just now was just a confirmation, nothing else, when did she attract other people's attention?

"Miss San, this is a poem sent by the Seventh Prince, please correct me, Miss San."

Shangguan Xi looked aside, but saw a person standing outside the curtain, and the white paper in his hand had already been handed in.She raised her eyebrows, stepped forward to take the paper, thinking it should be from the man who snatched his jade pendant.Since he dared to give it away, she would naturally dare to accept it!

At this time, Pei Lian's expression changed, and he leaned closer to Pei Xiao and said anxiously: "Didn't you say it was passed on to Miss Shangguan? How did it get there? That's the second lady of Shangguan's family!"

"Oh, who cares, don't they all belong to the Shangguan family! No, I remember that it belonged to the third lady of the Shangguan family?" Yes, it's none of your business, hehe, don't get angry."

Pei Xiao laughed and laughed, he was also forced to go there, so if he fooled the fourth brother, he would fool around.

Shaking her head helplessly, Pei Lian had no choice but to give up. Anyway, he still had the name of the seventh child, so it was absolutely impossible for him to be interested in the arrogant and domineering second lady of the Shangguan family.

Shangguan Xueqi was well-versed in poetry and books, so she was able to cope with the dozen or twenty sheets of poems with ease. She just glanced at it, then smiled and picked up the pen. The brushwork was graceful, beautiful and agile.By the time she finished writing nearly twenty sheets, the other ladies had also finished them.

She smiled proudly, confident that no one can compare to her. In terms of status and family background, she is superior to others, and even her appearance and talent have attracted the hearts of all men. Judging from the situation, today is the time for her to show her best. Shangguan Xi who was lucky enough to come to the banquet!
Soon, all the attendants returned to their orders with the poems written by the beautiful woman, and the two ends of the pavilion and the viewing platform were eagerly excited, waiting for the letter of love and elegant poems.

(End of this chapter)