pampering wife

Chapter 42

The two of them were talking and walking inside, and they saw an eighteen-panel landscape screen inside, which depicted the most famous landscapes of Qi State.Eighteen screens surround the city in a semicircle, and in the middle is a large round table with short mahogany feet carved with flowers and herbs. There are several wine jars and dozens of wine glasses, as well as many exquisite snacks, honey cakes and preserved fruits.

Without the shackles of the wives, everyone relaxed a lot, chatting and laughing, and there were narcissus and winter plums in vases in the room, which made people feel a bit of spring under the warmth.

Gu Ronghua intentionally stayed with County Mistress Shuming to make her happy, and seeing that the time was almost up, he said loudly: "Since all the sisters are all here, let's have a drink together, and then choose a topic and write a poem later." He raised a white jade goblet on the table as a signal, and the rest of the girls also raised their glasses.

When the sake entered his throat, Wei Xin was the first to praise and said: "I've never drunk this wine before, and it tastes very good. It tastes like golden pears. Where did my sister find such a good fruit wine? "Naturally there are fruit restaurants in Beijing, but the taste is good and bad. Although the ladies don't drink it often, they know it.

As soon as Wei Xin asked, everyone except Wu Yujian looked at Gu Ronghua suspiciously—Qingmei had sent several jars of fruit wine to Wu's family when the wine was first ripe, and Wu Yujian was naturally familiar with this taste.

Gu Ronghua smiled and said: "Qingmei brought this from somewhere else, let's have a novelty."

Wei Xin sighed twice and said, "I'm bored with the wine I usually drink, this is interesting!" He couldn't help but poured the wine himself and drank another glass, and Shen Yuemei and others beside him also praised him.Gu Ronghua took advantage of the situation and said: "Since everyone likes it, let's use this fruit wine as a prize today. Whoever wins the first prize of poetry, I will give her a jar."

These people are usually well-clothed and well-fed, so naturally they don't care about ordinary treasures and other prizes. Instead, fruit wine is novel and interesting, and they are more interested.

Seeing the victory of the fruit wine flag, Qingmei was naturally happy, she inadvertently looked at Gu Hanying beside her, but saw that she was looking at her with envy in her eyes.Qingmei was a little surprised, but Wu Yujian patted her and said, "Let's go to the back and read the topic."

After getting behind the screen, the place becomes more and more spacious. In addition to the narcissus and wintersweet, there is actually a pot of lotus blooming in cold winter.

Gu Ronghua walked to the desk, and Tan Ying, the maid who served her closely, took away the paperweight. Gu Ronghua picked up a piece of paper, and saw two words on it - lotus.

Wei Xin and He Suiyu, who were closest to Gu Ronghua, were immediately surprised and asked: "Why is this the subject?"

"Why, the poems about plum blossoms are no longer needed?" Gu Ronghua joked, and Wu Yujian laughed beside him: "It's novel to write poems about lotus after admiring the snow and plum blossoms in the twelfth lunar month of winter."

Shen Yuemei also echoed: "If the title of the poem is about plum blossoms, although you can gain experience in appreciating plum blossoms, you will inevitably be distracted by considering the words and sentences, and lose the original meaning of appreciating plum blossoms. The title of the poem is interesting now. The poem about lotus flowers There are countless, but it is also difficult to write new ideas."

Gu Ronghua then ordered Tan Ying to prepare pens and inks, and the county lord Shuming, Wei Xin, He Suiyu, Wu Yujian, Shen Yuemei, Shen Yueqing, and Wen Yixin who were present were all eager to choose their pens and inks. , said lightly: "I don't know much about poetry, so I won't participate."

"How can this be done? It happens that we lack a supervisor, so why not invite her? Don't allow her to be lazy." Gu Ronghua had a smile on his face, matching Chu Hongxiu's aura.Next to him, Wei Xin agreed first, and the county lord Shuming, who was having a good time, naturally clapped his hands and agreed, and everyone also kindly invited, but Chu Hongxiu couldn't resist, so he had to agree.

Qingmei looked at her reluctance with cold eyes, and gradually understood in her heart - perhaps it was not her intention that Chu Hongxiu came here today, she was forced to come here by Mrs. Wu Anhou, right?

The Marquis of Wu'an's mansion passed on his military achievements to his family, and Marquis Wu'an was a famous veteran. Chu Hongxiu's elder brother, Chu Xiuming, was even a rookie in the battlefield. It was just rumored that he was a brutal man who killed people without blinking an eye.A few years ago, Chu Hongxiu followed him to the battlefield. The Chu family was all involved with the army, and the Gu family was the minister of the Ministry of War. I don't know why Mrs. Wu Anhou brought Chu Hongxiu here?

Although Chu Hongxiu agreed, she raised her eyebrows and said to Qingmei: "Why don't you plan to write poetry?"

Qingmei was taken aback, she took a look at Gu Ronghua, and heard her say: "Qingmei looks cute, but she is actually very naughty, and she doesn't study hard, sisters, please let her go." There was a bit of pampering in her tone. Feeling helpless, he turned to say: "It's fine to ask Hanying to do it together." Hearing this, Gu Hanying couldn't refuse.

Next to him, Wu Yujian said, "We still need a transcript, so let Qingmei take over the job, and you must not be lazy." She winked slightly at Qingmei as she spoke.

Since Qingmei has already shied away from composing poems, how can she refuse?I had no choice but to bite the bullet and agree.

At that moment, everyone finished writing the poems, and put the manuscripts in front of Qingmei, so that she could transcribe them in unison.Luzhu next to her had already laid out the rice paper and polished the ink, Qingmei collected herself, dipped in the pen and began to transcribe, the first thing to transcribe was the poem written by Gu Ronghua, the author of the inscription - since she was the inscription, writing poems was just to join in the fun, But it does not participate in the evaluation.

Among the people present, Chu Hongxiu put on a posture of watching from the sidelines, a bit like watching the excitement.It's not that she wants to see Qingmei lose face, it's just that she has never been used to Gu Ronghua's behavior, so at this time, she hopes to use Qingmei to lose Gu Ronghua's face.Although the others are kind on the surface, who knows what is going on in their hearts?
Gu Ronghua stood by the side, guessing everyone's thoughts, and when he thought of Qingmei's life experience, he was a little worried, for fear that Qingmei would lose face if he could not write well.

However, Qingmei had completely calmed down, and the wolf hair slid across the paper like running water. After copying the first line of the poem, He Suiyu beside her couldn't help but praise: "Good calligraphy!"

This sentence of praise is loud, obviously He Suiyu admires this calligraphy very much, and he can't help it.The people around were also full of surprises, not to mention Qingmei's handwriting is good, He Suiyu's compliment alone is enough to make everyone surprised and amazed.

You know, He Suiyu studied under a famous Confucianist, and her calligraphy is very famous among the ladies in the capital!
(End of this chapter)