Mrs. Jiang's garden was colorful and full of flowers. Jintong Zuo Congyun and her master and servants were chatting and enjoying the flowers in the garden. Suddenly, they saw a maid hurriedly passing by holding a plate of flowers. She was curious and followed behind.
But in Luomei Pavilion, I saw Mrs. Jiang's two legitimate daughters, leading a group of boudoir girls to play with the flowers. Mrs. Jiang's third daughter, Gu Xiangyun, was thirteen years old, and her sixth daughter, Gu Xiangjun, was only ten years old.
There are dozens of lottery prizes piled up on the stone table. The rules of the game are to ask the maids to bring out a pot of flowers. Each person will draw a word card and write a flower poem based on the word card. If you can't fill in the word, you can also compose a poem.
Qijue.
A stick of incense is given for a limited time. If you can't make any of them, you will be left with the same prize. (The purse, bracelet, and hair accessories you are wearing are all acceptable.) Those who make it will be voted for the top three. The top pick can get three prizes, and the second place can get two prizes.
The participants will write ten words as a round. The one who gets the least prize after the ten words will be considered a loser. The one who quits midway will also be considered a loser. The loser will wear a dog-shaped hair ornament on his head until the end of the birthday banquet.
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Jintong almost turned around and ran away. This lady from Beijing was so awesome and so well-educated in her play! It would be a big embarrassment if she was pulled down!
Although she has memorized 300 Tang poems, Song lyrics and Yuan songs, and has often misappropriated many of them, she has always used the name "foreigner", and no outsider knows about it. Moreover, even if she wants to steal it now, the garden is so colorful that she is one of those who can.
For a novice who regards peony as peony, it’s useless even if the article is wrong and the topic is right!
Zuo Congyun watched with great interest, and introduced everyone he knew to Jintong one by one. Finally, he pointed at a young girl wearing goose yellow clothes with a lot of luck in front and told Jintong: "Xiao Qingfang, the ninth daughter of the Minister of Punishment, the younger sister of Princess Jin
, Thirteen years old.”
Jintong remained calm, but in his heart there was a thunderbolt: It's her! Mrs. Pingninghou who succeeded her in her previous life! Xiao Qingfang, who had been in love with Zheng Qiyan for a lifetime, and wanted to skin her, turned out to be such a cheerful and proud person now.
Confident girl.
Jintong decided to stay and watch the show!
Xiao Qingfang has an upright face, two crescent eyebrows and a pair of narrow willow-leaf eyes. Together with her arrogance that stands out from the crowd, she is quite eye-catching.
The plate of flowers that the maid brought was extremely rare. It had slender green leaves and light green flowers that looked like orchids and daffodils. Several girls in the boudoir were dumbfounded.
The short incense burned out within a quarter of an hour, and the girls who could not speak could sigh and dig into their purses, or take off the jewelry they were wearing and put them on the stone table.
There was a girl with a bun face who was scratching her head and scratching her head but couldn't get any winnings. She was reluctant to give up and had no choice but to ask the onlookers for help.
Jintong saw that her big deer eyes were bright and cute, so he asked Subai to take two small purses, and then asked Danzhu to take off the ginkgo flower plug on her head and bring it to Baozi's face. She looked at Baozi
The face is dressed in bright green clothes, which are just perfect with a ginkgo flower arrangement.
The bun-faced man quickly bowed his head and thanked her: "Thank you, Mrs. Jin. My father is Prince Xiang, and my name is Li Xinuo. If Mrs. Jin doesn't mind, just call me Nono."
Jintong gave her a loving look and said, "Okay, Nono!" Li Xinuo then smiled at her with eight big teeth without restraint.
Gu Xiangjun took one of the purses and asked Jintong: "Mrs. Jin, what kind of flower is this?"
"That's right! I've never seen it before, it's so unique!"
"This flower is called forget-me-not. It's also called lavender because of its delicate and elegant smell. My father accidentally got a batch of overseas calligraphy and paintings when he was pacifying the sea disaster in 1998, and I saw them inside." Jintong answered without missing a beat.
"Forget-me-not! There seems to be some story in this name, Mrs. Jin, don't you think so?" Mrs. Hougao of Yongding asked.
"There is a story, but it's a story about the people of Di Yi who were converted to foreign countries and loved each other. How should I tell it?" Jintong declined.
Everyone was even more curious, and Mrs. Gao had the most forthright temper: "Mrs. Jin, we are not those stubborn old scholars. Please tell us!"
Jintong thought that there wasn't even a sex scene anyway, so it shouldn't matter if he said it. "This kind of flower originally only bloomed on cliffs. There was a knight..."
"What is a knight?" Gu Xiangjun asked hurriedly, regardless of Xiangyun pulling her clothes.
"A man like my husband can be called a knight among overseas barbarians." Jintong gave a simple analogy and continued: "The knight invited the princess to go riding with him. The princess saw a clump of purple flowers blooming on the cliff.
The little flowers were elegant and fresh, so she asked the knight to help her pick them. The knight climbed up the cliff regardless of the danger. While picking the flowers, he lost his footing and fell. He used his last strength to throw the flowers to the princess and shouted "Forget-me-not"
', and fell off the cliff and died! In order to commemorate the knight, the princess named the flower 'Forget-Me-Not'."
Everyone was fascinated by what they heard, and Xiao Qingfang looked at Jintong: "Mrs. Jin, Marquis Pingning has great martial arts skills. If he goes to pick it, he will definitely not slip and fall off the cliff."
Jintong smiled but said: "My Lord Marquis, if I ask him to pick it, he will definitely ask me what is good about the dog's tail grass? Why does Baba pick it?"
Everyone laughed. Everyone present who was the same age or older than Marquis Pingning knew an interesting thing.
That year, Zheng Qiyan made a surprising plan to help put an end to the "Yu Family Rebellion". When he returned to Beijing to receive the reward, he met the eldest princess by chance.
The eldest princess fell in love with him at first sight. During the palace banquet, she asked Zheng Qiyan to help her move a pot of unflowered daffodils. As a result, Zheng Qiyan asked her inexplicably: "What does the princess want with this garlic? Do you want to go back to the palace to cook?"
Regardless of her image, the princess kicked him hard, shook her head and left angrily!
A discerning person will naturally know that Zheng Qiyan is trying to avoid suspicion!
The laws of the Dayi Dynasty were very strict, and relatives of the emperor were not allowed to hold any real positions above the fourth rank, and the ministers of Princess Shang were not allowed to have concubines. At that time, Zheng Qiyan had already made a third-rank champion general. Although he did not have a wife, he had a beloved concubine at home.
He gave birth to his eldest daughter. The Holy Lord was about to grant him a marriage, and the possibility of Princess Shang was basically zero! However, Zheng Qiyan's reputation for not understanding amorous feelings spread.
Zuo Congyun slapped Jintong with her fan: "You! Because Uncle Qi loves you, you dare to make fun of his old peach blossoms!"
Jintong smiled and changed the subject: "Everyone, let's judge and see whose lyrics are the best!"
As the host, Gu Xiangyun collected all the poems. There was a look of arrogance on his face: "This is the orchid specially cultivated by my mother in the flower house. It is rare in Beijing. No wonder some sisters mistakenly thought it was a daffodil!"
Several little girls suddenly blushed and lowered their heads.
Finally, Xiao Qingfang wrote a divination calculation that won the first prize: "The pink and silk are gorgeous, the flowers are blooming, and the paths are quiet and fragrant. The ice is clear and proud, only talking with plum blossoms, and pines and cypresses are good couples. Blooming alone and fragrant, waiting quietly
Find a close friend."
Jintong only felt an otherworldly, self-admiring smell of White Lotus green tea coming to his face, but he still praised it with everyone.
The maid panted again and carried out a pot of peach blossoms that was half a person's height. Everyone was amazed that peach blossoms could be grown in May. Mrs. Jiang's flower house really lived up to its reputation.
Xiao Qingfang deliberately wanted to make Jintong look embarrassed! She had an unknown idea. The year before last, her eldest brother Xiao Kuan made a bet with someone, and finally decided to decide the winner or loser.
Xiao Qian stalked and dragged Zheng Qiyan to help, and naturally she won a great victory. When she went to cheer for her brother, she was impressed by Zheng Qiyan's dashing and heroic appearance on the court, and she has never forgotten it. When she knew that Saint
When the Lord offered Jintong marriage to Zheng Qiyan, he secretly cried for a long time.
I met Jintong for the first time today, and seeing how she stole the show with two gifts, Xiao Qingfang felt like a lump in her throat. Just now Jintong helped that idiot Li Xinuo, and she felt even more heartbroken for no reason.
She reasoned that the Jingbei Marquis Mansion was located in the north of the Yangtze River and that her legitimate daughter had never had any reputation for talent, so she had the idea of embarrassing Jintong. Seeing Li Xinuo anxiously surrounding the incense stick, she knew that this idiot
I definitely won’t be able to write poetry again.
"Mrs. Jin, since you helped Xinuo get lucky, why not help Xinuo compose poems by the way!"
"No, no, isn't this considered fraud?" Gu Xiangjun was the first to object.
"That's right! This is against the regulations!"
"Xiao Qingfang, why are you rambling?" Li Xinuo said with a puffy face: "Forget it! I give up!" Then he pushed out another purse embroidered with orchids. She liked the ginkgo leaf hairbrush very much, and she also
I know how much I have, and I really can’t bear to give it away.
Jintong was noncommittal. This was Mrs. Jiang's birthday banquet. The limelight she had just received when she gave the gift was enough. She didn't want to play tricks with the little girl. She joked: "You little sisters, just have fun. I am very tacky. Look."
When I go to peach blossoms, I just want to eat peaches, how can they be wet or dry!"
The sly ladies in the scene were wary of Jintong's identity and did not want to embarrass Jintong, so they started joking and changing the subject.
Mrs. Gao took Jintong's hand and said, "Mrs. Jin, Mrs. Jiang has some peonies in bloom over there. Let's go and have a look!" She pulled Jintong away without any explanation.
Xiao Qingfang was secretly upset. Oh no, she had acted too hastily just now. She just wanted to embarrass Jintong, and her words seemed inappropriate.
No matter how bad Jintong is, she is still the "First Grade Madam" personally conferred by the Holy Lord. Her status is more noble than that of a young lady in her boudoir. She cannot be offended on the surface and can easily be criticized for disrespecting the elders.
She was flexible, so she pretended to be aggrieved and asked Gu Xiangyun: "Sister Xiangyun, did I say the wrong thing just now! Do you think Mrs. Jin will be angry with me?"
"No way! She probably left because she felt embarrassed that she didn't know poetry!" Gu Xiangyun told her in a low voice that she was known as a talented woman, but in her heart she looked down on people who couldn't understand poetry and songs, and thought they were vulgar.
Li Xinuo, willing to admit defeat, took the puppy to his head and followed Jintong.
Zuo Congyun liked this lively girl very much. When he saw her following her, he stretched out his hand and was ready to take off the puppy on her head. "It's fine to wear it for a while, why don't you want to take it off?"
However, Li Xinuo dodged away: "Those who agree to admit defeat will wear the puppy until the end of the birthday banquet. I am willing to admit defeat! Mrs. Jin, are you right?"
"A promise worth a thousand dollars, you did the right thing!" Jintong pinched her cheek lovingly.
Li Xinuo was so proud that he felt that wearing a puppy was no longer embarrassing. "Mrs. Jin, actually I have just thought of two poems, but I feel that I can't win against Xiao Qingfang and Sister Xiangyun anyway, so forget it, I don't want to
Got it!"
Jintong and Li Xinuo whispered: "Actually, I just made up a seven-character quatrain to help you out, but it didn't make sense. I was afraid that it would embarrass you, so I forgot about it!"
"Really!" Li Xinuo jumped three feet high.
"If you have made a good poem, read it to me quickly!" Zuo Congyun had a good ear. All the noble ladies joined in the fun and urged Jintong to read it quickly.
Jintong read seriously: "One, two, three or four, five, six, seven or eight, the peach blossoms bloom slowly, and the flowers fall and form big red fruits."
Mrs. Jiang was drinking a cup of tea handed over by the maid, and spit out the tea. Naturally, the ladies next to her knew that Jintong was deliberately teasing, and they all made jokes one after another, causing Peony to burst into laughter.
Jintong spread his hands and looked helpless: "I can't even explain it, but you just let me say it!"
"I felt good after hearing it. I couldn't understand a word of what those little girls did. Mrs. Jin, I understood your song right away!" Mrs. Gao said loudly: "Who dares to make sense!
I'm in a hurry with him!"
"Elegance means elegance, Mrs. Jin is returning to nature!" When Mrs. Jiang heard it at first, she thought it was ridiculous! Later, when she thought about it, her mind was filled with pictures of flowers blooming. The rhyme of the rhyme was accurate, which was quite consistent with her father.
The pursuit of the principle of "speak with substance and be plain and easy to understand".
"Ouch! Don't make fun of me! Otherwise, if I become so proud, I won't be able to find the gate of our Marquis Mansion later!" Jintong half-covered his face with a fan, looking shy.
The more Mrs. Jiang felt that Jintong should not be underestimated, the closer she became in words and deeds.
The Zheng family has two marquises. Although Jian'an Marquis Zheng Qishuo is disabled, his legitimate son Zheng Yu is extremely talented. He was selected as a scholar at the age of eleven. Now he is studying hard at Qiulu College under the tutelage of Mr. Li Qingyun, and he is well-known for his literary works.
.And Zheng Qiyan’s military exploits were outstanding, and good news from southern Xinjiang spread frequently. If this continues, the Zheng family will probably become even more prosperous.
Zuo Congyun nodded bitterly at Jintong's head: "You're a bad girl! I clearly saw a peach blossom picture in your room, and it said something like 'Human face and peach blossoms complement each other'. If you don't say anything about this,
Just come up with a limerick to amuse us!"
"Hey sister, please don't accuse me unjustly! I just happened to get that sentence, without beginning or end. According to what you said, if the maid just came with a plate of plum blossoms, it would be 'the plum blossoms on the human face complement each other's red'. If that Jiang
If I come across the green orchid that Madam has carefully cultivated, I can't return the favor of 'green orchid complements the green face', but I don't want to scare anyone to death."
When everyone heard this, they burst into laughter and praised: "Mrs. Jin is really a wonderful person!"
"You! You are still a child at heart. No wonder Uncle Qi was worried about the war in Southern Xinjiang. He sent a large cart of jewelry, batik and other things from Southern Xinjiang, which made me jealous. I also begged my mother-in-law to take more care of you. I
But I'm so jealous, how can you compensate me?" Zheng Qiyan returned to southern Xinjiang on the sixth day after his wedding. Although the military situation in southern Xinjiang was urgent, he would inevitably be criticized. Zuo Congyun said this deliberately to help Jintong clear his name.
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Jintong covered half of his face with a fan and muttered coquettishly: "Those are not found in Beijing, they are extremely exquisite, and they were specially given to me by my husband. Don't think that I will be embarrassed to give them to you if you speak in front of all the ladies."
, no!"
All the ladies burst into laughter, and the atmosphere in front of the peonies was lively. Many of them saw Jintong's generous and cheerful personality, and thought that the Zheng family was a hot family with two nobles, so they came over with the intention of making friends.
Zuo Congyun hurriedly followed them to help with the entertainment. Whenever Jintong was invited to their house to enjoy flowers or something, they would always decline on the pretext that Jintong was weak. Finally, when they got to Youzhong, everyone went to the living room to have dinner.
Mrs. Su, the Minister of Justice, who was close to Mrs. Jiang, sat with her: "I originally thought Mrs. Jin was incompetent, but now I see that the rumors are not credible!"
"She is the youngest daughter of the Marquis of Jingbei. She has a high status. She has been in the north since she was a child and rarely comes to Beijing. Now that she is married, she is inevitably a bit domineering. It is not surprising that there are some rumors, and she should not be credulous. Looking at it now, it is worth it.
One hand."
"Mrs. Jiang is right. It's better to invite Mrs. Jin to join us."
Mrs. Jiang set up a flowing table, and Jintong was about to sit down with Zuo Congyun, but Mrs. Jiang sent her personal maid to invite Jintong to come and sit with her. Jintong originally wanted to refuse, but Zuo Congyun pushed her quietly, and Jintong
Tong understood the idea and stood up and sat next to Mrs. Jiang. They had a very happy conversation during the dinner. (Jintong complained in his heart: We promised not to say anything when we eat, but not when we sleep?).
Jintong did not return to the mansion until Haizhong. Aunt Qi led two maids to remove Jintong's makeup and freshen up.
Subai and Danzhu reported the birthday banquet to Aunt Cai. Aunt Cai nodded frequently: "Madam is doing very well now, so I can rest assured!"
Subai and Danzhu made a list of the ladies attending the birthday banquet and prepared it for Jintong to see. They could also discuss with Mr. Gongsun which ladies they could make friends with and which ones they must keep a distance from.