Lady Zhao

Chapter 53

"Of course I don't want to." Zhao Wenwan refused without hesitation, with her usual arrogance and indifference on her face. It was the first time for many ladies from aristocratic families to see Zhao Wenwan, and they had heard of her "prestige" long ago. The reckless look, like the top of Yunshan Mountain, untouchable, thinking but how can I have the courage of Miss Zhao's family, I can't help but tremble at the moment with a little admiration, she is disrespecting the Crown Princess.

That Gong'e looks ugly just looking at her face, "This..."

"There are so many seats for the young ladies over there, just find someone to change one at will. Why do you want to sit next to me?" She squinted her eyes and sneered. If other people want to sit with her, there is no problem. But this woman can't do it. After drinking a sip of tea, she doesn't look at the palace woman opposite.

Both Zhao Wenxuan and Zhao Wenxi were stunned by the side, and Zhao Wenwan's decent smile turned into a chat with the other ladies on the side, continuing the topic of "winning the bet" just now.

That Gong'e received a cold reception, her eyes widened, her face full of disbelief, hiding a trace of ignorance, she left on her own, and went to the Crown Princess to answer.

The ones who can come to the banquet today are noble ladies from famous families. The crown prince has always been courteous and corporal, and he still needs the support of the ministers. Naturally, he should not ask the ladies to give up their seats indiscriminately, which will only increase the trouble.

After hearing Gong'e's reply, the princess gave a cold and calm smile, and ordered Gong'e to explain clearly to cousin Xueyuan, and asked her to vacate the seat at the back. any displeasure.

Before the luncheon after the lottery was drawn, I could have been more casual, so that the girls from all families could relax before the competition. Not long after, a beautiful girl Shi Shiran in a lake blue ancient pattern, double butterfly and cloud-shaped thousand water skirt came over and squinted at her. Humanity: "Why doesn't Ms. Zhao want me to sit here? If it's because of the matter between me and Mr. Zhao, Ms. Zhao is too narrow-minded. Besides, how can you blame me for that matter?"

Her words were full of questioning and grievances, and it seemed that the visitor was not kind, and the scratches on her neck were faintly visible, as if she couldn't stay in the place filled with the fragrance of peonies.

"Miss Wang, let's think too much, some people are allergic to flowers, some people are allergic to grass, I happen to be allergic to hypocritical women, so I'm... I'm allergic to you, can't I?" Condensed, speaking slowly, all the ladies next to her laughed when they heard the explanation, and these joking words were clearly a tribute to Wang Xueyuan.

Wang Xueyuan was embarrassed by the laughter, and straightened her words: "The ancients said that a gentleman is beautiful when he is an adult, but evil when he is not. A villain is the opposite. You... are simply unreasonable."

Zhao Wenwan interrupted her impatiently, "You are no different. It seems that you are the only one who attended school among all the sisters here. Since you are going to quote the words of sages, Ms. Wang will not forget that Confucius said that she did not like you. If you don’t want to do it to others, I’ve already said that I’m allergic to you, why are you so obsessive.”

"You turned black and white."

"That's your specialty, I don't dare to take it!"

"You...you...I'll let the empress judge for me."

Wang Xueyuan shivered with her back facing Zhao Wenwan's angry body.

A light flashed in Zhao Wenwan's eyes, and he glanced slightly into the distance, as if he was scared when he heard that Wang Xueyuan moved out of the queen, "Why bother the queen, you can sit if you want, it's not my seat, I'd rather I don't have any comments... but..."

Wang Xueyuan, who was obviously not good at words, was reminded by Zhao Wenwan's soft words, and she instantly raised her confidence in defeat, and said: "Miss Zhao finally figured it out, take a step back and say why should I listen to your opinion, the princess and concubine don't care. You can let me sit here, that's my seat."

"Who said it's your seat? It belongs to me." Suddenly a clear voice like a silver bell rang out, and the girl walking from a distance had smooth skin, eyebrows like ink painting, and lips like cherry blossoms, just like pearls and jade, pure and pure. No time, an agile aura emerges step by step from the crescent boots under her feet, as if a lotus flower is blooming under her feet. She is wearing a pink flower palace dress, wide-sleeved cloud brocade, and a pink jade belt. She has a slender figure and high hair on her head A high bun, with a tassel of silver and white dotted beads inserted obliquely, and cinnabar of plum blossoms pierced between the beautiful eyebrows.

"I've seen Princess Yongping." Surrounded and others stood up to pay their respects.

Wang Xueyuan naturally lowered her head, not daring to be negligent, Yongping asked everyone else to stand up and sit down, but she refused to let Wang Xueyuan get up, "I seem to have heard someone say that this seat is hers. .”

Wang Xueyuan said timidly: "My little girl dare not." Her bent legs couldn't help shaking.

"Okay, then tell me again loudly whose seat is this?"

"Yes...it belongs to you, princess."

"What? I can't hear it." Yongping said angrily.

"It's yours, princess."

"Speak louder."

Wang Xueyuan's eyes were slightly red, and she said loudly with a trembling voice: "Yes...it belongs to you, princess." After finishing speaking, her voice was choked up, and Zhao Wenwan saw that she was about to stand up, and stretched out slightly under the table. She lost her leg, and she had no strength to support her. She only needed to move slightly, and she staggered and fell to the ground, overturning the desk in front of her. There was a crash, and the two princesses stood up feeling unlucky. This movement caught the attention of Queen Dowager Dou and the imperial concubine on the white jade steps.

Feeling ashamed to the extreme, Wang Xueyuan buried her face and refused to get up, all the men on the opposite side looked at him, Empress Dowager Dou looked from afar, Yongping had already trotted up with her skirt up, mouthful of the emperor's grandmother's mouth Acting like a baby, it's okay to be honest, someone accidentally stepped on the skirt and fell it.

The concubine originally paid attention to that side, and wanted to say that she was bullied by Zhao Wenwan, but seeing that cousin Xueyuan provoked the palace, His Majesty wanted to hold the "Pearl" in his hands, so she could only sigh that the cousin was unlucky today. .

So I sent Gong'e and Li Shanggong to deal with it. When the palace'e passed by, she helped Wang Xueyuan up, and whispered comfortingly close to her side: "The princess asked me to convey it to the young lady. If something happens, the most important thing is to win the leader for a while, as long as you win the leader, others will forget it for a while."

Wang Xueyuan was sobbing, and then she was willing to get up, and couldn't help but glanced at the male seat, and was immediately stunned, a pair of familiar deep black eyes flickering like midnight, looking at her with indifference at this moment In a panic, Wang Xueyuan hurriedly dodged her eyes, only to feel that those eyes were harsh and harsh.

The young man has high black hair. Although his face is pale, it is not as haggard as it was a few years ago. It is like a pure suet jade with a faint stream of light, carrying a noble and elegant air that seems to be born with it. , The robe was lifted, and he sat beside Zhao Yuanjin, the coldness in his eyes faded away, and a smile like a spring breeze suddenly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

How could this be... the very sick Zhao Yuanli... how could it be...

There were shy young girls discussing constantly, secretly praising Zhao Yuanli, "I've never met Mr. Zhao before, and I thought Wang Xueyuan would call off the engagement because he was a low-ranking one. Now, I really look like a banished fairy who just walked out of a painting." , if it were me, I would definitely not call off the engagement."

"You are not decent, you can say such things."

"How, you are not allowed to be poor?"

Wang Xueyuan heard other women's former fiancés who were "anthropomorphic", and saw Zhao Yuanli appearing in the banquet in such a glamorous manner. He overturned the tea flowing on the table, slipped his foot again, and fell to the ground again, making him even more embarrassed. The ladies from various families who were watching the jokes really couldn't help the etiquette to laugh out loud this time.

Gong'e also shook her head in embarrassment, helped Wang Xueyuan to go back, and reset the table in the last row, letting him sit in the most inconspicuous position.

Princess Yongping lingered at Empress Dou for a while. Seeing that she was becoming less and less a princess, Concubine Yue reprimanded her with a straight face, but it was not painful or itchy. After a while, she began to ask about her body. Yongping naturally said that he was fine, and he was just pretending.

As soon as noon arrived, the maids removed the snacks and tea, and shuttled around the table to serve delicious food. Yongping jumped into his seat and smiled at Zhao Wenwan.

Zhao Wenwan was very happy with Wang Xueyuan, who was "slapped in the face" by Yongping just now, and he felt a little better in his heart, so he asked with concern: "Isn't the princess feeling unwell? It's better now."

Yongping still smiled brightly, "Good morning, so I wanted to come out to have fun." She seemed to think of something suddenly, and asked curiously, "What did Sister Wan smoke?" Yongping called Zhao Wenwan intentionally and affectionately, Come on, they can be considered cousins.

"Princess, my sister got the piano group, just like me." Zhao Wenxi interrupted.

Yongping turned his face away, frowned, and stared at it as if he didn't know him. After a while, he suddenly realized: "You are the one who I tripped over and got shot at the hot spring day."

When that matter was brought up in person, Zhao Wenxi smiled awkwardly, originally he just wanted to establish some friendship with the princess, "Princess loves you so much, the reward last time was too much..."

Yongping has long been used to being flattered by others, so he didn't care much about it. Before Zhao Wenxi finished speaking, he turned around excitedly and talked to Zhao Wenwan, "It turned out to be Qin, haha. Brother Six must be crazy."

Zhao Wenwan was surprised, where did the princess get so excited, and what did Gu Jingxing care about?

I'm so hungry, I'd better fill my stomach before talking, raised my hand and moved the chopsticks, the princess obviously hasn't finished speaking, "Hey, sister Wan will eat later, Yongping still has one more thing I want to ask my sister."

Looking at the lovely princess, Zhao Wenwan complained in his heart about his stomach, and said helplessly, "What else can I do?"

There was a blush on Yong'an's cheeks, and he whispered something in Zhao Wenwan's ear.

Zhao Wenwan's black eyes became more and more stained with a deep smile when he heard this.

The luncheon didn't last too long. The ladies of each family used a few chopsticks on the shelf, and some people finished eating one after another. About half an hour later, the maids began to remove the dishes and bowls, and brought hot tea and melons and fruits again. dessert.As the competition approached, the atmosphere in the banquet became more tense and heated. The young man sitting opposite and the girl he was looking for were all looking forward to it, and the secret glances were constantly exchanged during the banquet.

Soon, the palace people arranged the venue for the "Qin Qi Calligraphy and Painting" competition, and Li Shanggong went up to ask Queen Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager for instructions, and the Queen Mother smiled and said: "Let's start."

Afterwards, Gong'e led the girls to their respective venues, and the maids of the palaces who were the judges also sat in positions with excellent sightlines with the help of the close-fitting Gong'e.

The male guests can be more casual here, and they can go there to watch which group they like, and the waiter will follow behind and buy wooden chairs in a hurry.

There are quite a few male guests who followed the beauties to see the "Qin" group. Zhao Wenwan and Zhao Wenxi are outstanding in appearance, one is beautiful and the other is graceful and graceful.Others see the Zhao family sisters as flowers in the clouds and moons in the water, they can be seen from a distance but not played with, which arouses their desire to move.

Gu Jingxing walked side by side with Feng Yuxiu, so that he could erase his identity by being among the male guests, so that Zhao Wenwan couldn't see it. Along the way, there were princes from aristocratic families fawning and saluting, which frightened Gu Jingxing's dark face and didn't dare to say more.

Zhao Wenwan sat down again, turned her beautiful eyes to look for her elder brother, but saw that there was a commotion in the male guest over there, she couldn't help but glance a few more times, just in time to see Feng Yuxiu and Gu Jingxing, and knew the reason, it was really a trick Yes, a cold glance passed by.Feng Mooren, who has always been regarded as the sixth prince, really felt wronged, and was rejected by the beauty for him.

Zhao Yuanli squeezed into the men's table at this moment, and smiled slightly at Zhao Wenwan.Zhao Wenxi who was at the side didn't dare to look around at will, but just rested his mind silently, hoping to win the leader and attract the favor of the noble concubine Yue.

One after another, the ladies who were invited out by Gong'e came to the stage to choose instruments according to the rules, and the melodious and moving melody sounded instantly...

After a while, people's attention was drawn to the performance, Feng Yuxiu lowered his voice to Gu Jingxing beside him, "If you really like him, it's not a problem to hide like this for a lifetime."

Gu Jingxing's stern black eyes were fixed on Zhao Wenwan's pretty side face. In the bright afternoon light, the woman's neck was slender and beautiful. He stared quietly, without paying attention.

Feng Yuxiu curled his lips, and then pretended to be casual and said: "You also know that this Qionghua Banquet is just a blind date banquet in disguise. There are many good men in the banquet. Take a look, and the prince Pingnan is staring at you." Miss Zhao's eyes are like a wolf's and a tiger's."

Gu Jingxing's complexion darkened when he heard the words. From the corner of his eyes, he saw Prince Pingnan's undisguised hot eyes, and an inexplicable hostility surged in his heart. He knew exactly what kind of guy that person was, so he could naturally see what he was thinking. Feeling more nauseous, chest tightness.

Following Prince Pingnan's gaze towards Zhao Wenwan, as if something had penetrated into his heart, it couldn't help falling on the bright red and smiling lips, looking like two tender peach petals, softly plucking at the heartstrings, Gu Jingxing's Adam's apple slid, burning his gaze away.

Feng Yuxiu saw that he was restless, and the corner of his mouth raised an inconspicuous arc, and he immediately recovered his choked appearance, and continued: "Look at Fang Zimo with the sword over there, I heard that he fell into a trance." Mrs. Fang told him to take a good look at Zhao Wenwan in front of the palace. If a person like Fang Zimo is not interested in someone, why would he come here to see the rhythm? Do you think he can understand? Unless it is..."

Mentioning Fang Zimo, Gu Jingxing's face turned dark again, his gaze was instantly deep, and after a glance, he became more and more silent, as if he had fallen into some deep thought.

Feng Yuxiu sighed slowly at the end, "Tsk tsk tsk, tomorrow's men's competition, I think Miss Zhao's family will be picky, maybe she will fall in love with that Fang Zimo...cough..."

Just as he was talking, an orange was stuffed into his mouth, and the sour taste slipped into the back of his tongue.

Feng Yuxiu took out an orange and pursed his lips in grief and indignation. He really felt that his friendship could be exhausted from now on, but he didn't have the guts to smear a sullen person with an orange petal.

The competition over there was in full swing, the eldest daughter of the Minister of War rebounded the pipa, and accidentally trembled a few notes, the noble concubine Yue frowned, the pipa girl complained and felt that she had no chance with the sixth prince.Zhao Wenxi was already making preparations in the back. She saw the noble concubine Yue sitting on the seat from a distance. She was so elegant and glamorous, very similar to the sixth prince's eyebrows and eyes. When she thought of that handsome face, her cheeks suddenly became slightly hot. Concubine's favor...

Zhao Wenxi came out with lotus steps, and the palace servants carried the Bai Yuqin up, she sat down beside her, took a deep breath, her jade fingers began to fluctuate on the guqin, and the sound of the piano resounded in vain, like the sound of heaven, sometimes ethereal. There are silks in the wind, and sometimes the sound of the piano is as steady as a rock, like a mountain, like running water, gurgling past, making people feel refreshed and happy, forgetting worries and giving birth to joy.

After the song was over, everyone was still unsatisfied, Zhao Wenxi stood up slowly, and said with a blessing, "Wenxi has made an ugly show."

Concubine Yue nodded in satisfaction, and couldn't help but glance at the girl a few more times. Seeing that she was as demure as a flower shining in the water, her movements were like the wind supporting a willow, and her appearance was also extremely beautiful, she quietly asked the people around her if she was the young lady of the He family. It was said that it was Zhao Wenxi, the second lady of Dingguo's mansion.

Concubine Yue was slightly taken aback. She and Wen Fang, the deceased second wife of Duke Ding's mansion, were from the same piano teacher. When her senior sister passed away, she was still sad for a long time. A person with such a high attainment in piano skills will eventually lose her face. I am afraid that there will be no one here who can play the piano sound again.

But seeing that Zhao Wenxi's piano skills are not inferior to her mother's at all, she gets a little closer in her heart and likes it more and more. I'm afraid the leader is Zhao Wenxi, Yue Guifei thought so.

Zhao Wenxi returned to his seat, naturally he missed the satisfaction in the imperial concubine's eyes, and was delighted in his heart.Afterwards, a few unsatisfactory ladies went up, or their accents were skewed, or their qualifications were mediocre, and soon it was Zhao Wenwan's turn to play. Zhao Wenwan laughed dryly and asked Gong'e to invite a few more girls to go up first, appearing guilty and stage-frightened.

Gong'e reported that Li Shanggong had no choice but to do so, and Zhao Wenxi secretly sneered at the side. Wenxuan was right, Zhao Wenwan didn't know how to play the piano at all, and she couldn't avoid embarrassment if she hid a few more times today. It's fine for Miss Shijia, but unfortunately, she has a high reputation and a noble status, so she naturally wins the attention of others.

Zhao Wenwan was very patient, listening to one song after another, until a noble lady appeared at the banquet, everyone saw the noble concubine Yue and stood up to greet her in astonishment, and asked people to move a chair for the noble lady to sit on, and respected her very much during the period.

Zhao Wenwan, who had been paying attention to the movement over there, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, showing a meaningful smile, and called Gong'e to come over, saying that now it's time to compete.

When she stood up, her golden pink daffodil flower and green leaf skirt swayed with her graceful figure, bright and moving, and Gu Jingxing's face in the distance showed a gloomy expression, just like Zhao Wenwan's level...

Seeing her coming out, Concubine Yue didn't like Zhao Wenwan at all, and she also deliberately let her get the piano group to make things difficult for her.With Zhao Wenxi's jewels in front of her, Zhao Wenwan couldn't do well no matter what, so she chatted with the noble lady contentedly.

When Zhao Wenwan stepped onto the stage, there was a tinkling and melodious bell sound from nowhere. It was empty and lively, different from the sound of ordinary bells, and more rough, like a stubborn new green in the desert, which was quite fresh.

In the stands, the lady who had no intention of competing suddenly frowned, and looked at Zhao Wenwan a few times, without making a sound, only her eyes were full of dark and unclear emotions.

Zhao Wenwan smiled slightly, and gently raised her hand, revealing her slender and fair five fingers, as if deliberately showing off to others, only to see the small and unique bells tied to her fingertips by thin crystal beads, and the bells rang out melodiously when she moved lightly. ringing.Zhao Wenwan raised her finger slightly and stroked the surface of the qin. The sound of the qin finally rang out. Her skill in playing the qin is average. Anyone can master the melody of Feng Qiuhuang. They are all the simplest melody, which can be matched with the sound of bells. The melody contains fortitude , there is a hint of tact in the fortitude, which makes people listen to the passion, and suddenly the bell rings softly, as if every rhythm and the sound of the bell are perfectly matched. When I first listened to it, I felt that the sound of the piano was messy, but the more I listened, the more I felt it was disturbing. People have a lofty state of mind and no distractions.

Before everyone could hear enough, the sound of the zither came to an abrupt end. It didn't end slowly like a normal zither sound until it became silent, but the sudden silence was better than the sound.

The noble lady came back to her senses and burst into tears, and the noble concubine Yue was also stunned. Zhao Wenwan knew that her piano skills were not good enough, she couldn't take the usual way, she could only take it by chance, and the key was the noble lady in the main seat.

Because she knew the script, in the original script, Zhao Wenwan was forced to go up because he couldn't play the piano, and even the strings were broken.

And the noble lady sitting on the Lord's seat, Princess Wuyang, the elder sister of the Holy One, married into the Qianghu tribe in her early years.Qianghu is located in the desert and often disturbs the border of Daliang. Its people are brave and good at fighting.After Princess Wuyang got married, she often sent letters secretly with Liang Guo, conveying the news of Qianghu. There are countless prefectures and counties, but since then Princess Wuyang has become withdrawn and unwilling to interact with others for some reason.

In the original script, Zhao Wenwan didn't know the reason, and didn't know how to restrain herself. After listening to the comments, she insulted Princess Wuyang with her words, and she was punished with flesh and blood, and she was thrown back to the Dingguo Mansion for the old lady to discipline her. She lost all face and reputation. hit rock bottom.

What did she say then.

"You have been married to a barbarian for many years, and you can still feel the graceful rhythm of Daliang. I am afraid that you have been assimilated by those barbarians!"

Little did they know that King Qianghu did not resent Princess Wuyang when he left the kingdom and parted ways.

This punch not only hit Princess Wuyang's sore spot, but also touched the hearts of the empress dowager and the emperor who were bothered by Princess Wuyang's depression and life these years, so Zhao Wenwan really committed a terrible death.

She came here through time travel, naturally she will not repeat the same mistakes again, and even thought of taking advantage of this for her own benefit. Zhao Wenwan, who guessed a little bit of the inside story, once verified it with her grandmother. Knowing that Princess Wuyang has the same original intentions, and even misses the desert, she ordered the craftsman to secretly Made this special bell that only Qianghu has.

Then ask the eldest brother to match this bell to choose the most suitable simple song. Although Zhao Wenwan doesn't know the rhythm, but he only insists on practicing one rhythm, and he still has some understanding, not to mention practice makes perfect.

On the stage, Concubine Yue naturally did not want Zhao Wenwan to win the first prize. No matter whether her arrangement of a song was novel or not, she wrote Zhao Wenxi's name neatly on the silk cloth.The princess Wuyang next to her seemed to have just recovered from the music of the piano, as if she was recalling some beautiful things, her mouth was slightly hooked into a smile, which surprised the empress dowager who was looking over here.

"I think Miss Zhao is worthy of being the leader." After a while, Princess Wuyang opened her mouth, and looked at Concubine Yue with a slight smile, her eyes showed some unquestionable persistence, clearly intending to intervene.

Concubine Yue subconsciously wanted to refute, but seeing Princess Wuyang admiring Zhao Wenwan's expression, and the Holy Majesty's favor for her, she had no choice but to say yes with a smile, and immediately changed Zhao Wenwan's name.

(End of this chapter)