The Dai Mansion suddenly sent out flower notices, inviting famous people from all over the south of the Yangtze River, their wives, daughters, etc. to enjoy the "Cruising Begonia" together.
Because Dai Youqi was not only a famous figure in the south of the Yangtze River, but also a former number one scholar, his status was particularly prominent.
Half a month later, celebrities from all over the Yangtze River arrived in Jiangning with their families.
On the day of flower viewing, the Haitang Villa in Dai Mansion was busy with traffic and all the talented people were arriving.
Because they were all celebrities with status, status, and rich knowledge, the Dai Mansion did not avoid paying too much attention to etiquette and allowed celebrities to bring their families into the garden to enjoy the beautiful view of the silk crabapples in full bloom.
In fact, the arrangement of the Dai Mansion is very problematic.
Just because, according to etiquette, men and women are not allowed to sit at the same table starting from the age of seven, not to mention that so many famous ladies, eldest girls and daughters-in-law have to meet their foreign men by chance?
However, Dai Youqi's identity and status determine that his words carry a very heavy weight, and even if they are inconsistent with ethics and ethics, they are understandable.
Society is such a reality.
People in the upper class society can understand and tolerate the irregularities of successful people in the upper class. They do not take it as an insult, but regard it as a good story about famous people.
If a poor scholar made such an arrangement, he would definitely be denounced as being degrading to elegance. What kind of decency would it be? Is this unreasonable?
When the grand party was about to begin, Yuzhu took Qingwen into the Dai Mansion Villa through the back door.
"Mei'er, you are the cousin of the Dai family today, and your handwriting is beautiful. Will you show off your unique skills to celebrities later?" Yuzhu deliberately praised his own woman.
Women in this era had no prefixes. Qingwen followed Confucianism and learned a lot of poems and songs, and Yuzhu simply gave her the name Meixian.
Even with her nickname, Qingwen simply called herself Yumeizi.
However, a woman's name cannot easily allow outsiders to see her whole face, and jade pillars are usually called plums.
"Sir, I only know a few words, how dare you do anything in front of celebrities?" Qingwen has always been behind closed doors. She has never participated in flower parties or poetry gatherings of celebrities before. She really doesn't know.
What is her own level?
Yuzhu is not talented at reciting poems and writing lyrics, but he still has basic appreciation skills.
Qingwen does have a talent for poetry, but as for her level of poetry, she is above average, not even top-notch.
However, what women want to hear is often not the truth, but explicit or covert flattery.
The reality is often cruel. Scumbags are always surrounded by beauties, but honest people with stupid mouths can't even get a girlfriend.
With the help of Dai's housekeeper, Yuzhu and Qingwen quickly sneaked into the garden.
Although men and women are mixed, the identity check at the garden gate is extremely strict.
All in all, no one is allowed to enter without an invitation from Dai Mansion.
This also ensures that anyone who enters the garden is a member of the upper class, not an unknown person.
In the garden, Yuzhu didn't know anyone, so there was no need to take the initiative to say hello to anyone.
Yuzhu led Qingwen to enjoy the scenery while whispering.
Wandering in the flowery garden, accompanied by handsome and charming men, they would say some inappropriate little things from time to time.
Qingwen was already in full bloom after enjoying such a pleasant spring outing.
"I heard that the daughter of layman You'an is engaged to the Yang family in Suzhou?"
"That's what happened."
"The Yang family in Suzhou has many promising young men. I wonder which young man will finally win the title of Oiran?"
"Who else could it be? It could only be the famous Jiangnan Jieyuan Yang Sanlang."
While passing by a bush of flowers, Yuzhu overheard several women hiding behind their backs and gossiping about others.
Yuzhu heard Zhou Quan say that the rumored most beautiful woman in Jiangnan has always been Liu Taiqing, a layman from You'an.
However, You'an layman has already married Yan Zhen, a famous scholar. It is said that his son is still young and his daughter has already reached the age of hairpins.
Zhou Quan focused on introducing Liu Taiqing's daughter at that time, and the talk was very exciting and frothing at the mouth. However, Yu Zhu was not very interested.
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Tired from walking on the way, Yuzhu led Qingwen and sat in the corridor by the lake.
The Dai Mansion had maids serving tea and washing at various places in the garden.
Seeing Yuzhu and Qingwen coming over, the two little girls quickly knelt down and saluted.
Yuzhu waved his hand, indicating that he was exempt from the courtesy, and sat down with a golden sword.
After serving tea, Yuzhu held the tea cup in his hand and admired the beautiful scenery by the lake.
Gardens in the south of the Yangtze River pay attention to uniqueness and exquisiteness, but do not pay attention to the so-called symmetrical beauty.
The Fuguogong Mansion in Yuzhu was decorated by the old emperor himself, and it is also a picturesque Jiangnan landscape.
In addition to the main palace complex, most of the Rehe Summer Resort also replicates the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River.
However, the Old Summer Palace is different. It contains many elements of Western architectural art.
While Yuzhu and Qingwen were talking quietly, another young couple came in from outside.
According to etiquette, those who come in later must greet those who come first.
"Brother, I would like to invite Song Cheng from Xia Songjiang Nanhui. This is very polite." Song Cheng bowed to the ground politely.
Yuzhu stood up quickly, bowed his head to the ground, and introduced himself politely: "I am Dai Qingshan, the guard of Jinshan, Suzhou, and I have met Brother Song."
Songjiang is Songjiang Prefecture, and Nanhui is one of its subordinate counties.
Jinshanwei is very close to Nanhui County, only over a hundred miles away.
The Song family and the Dai family are not only very close to each other, but also have frequent contacts.
However, Song Cheng had never seen Yuzhu, so he asked curiously: "Please forgive me for being presumptuous, I don't know Brother Dai and Duke Dai Long..."
Yuzhu cupped his hands and smiled, saying, "To be honest, Brother Song, Duke Dai Long is my cousin."
"Oh, that's it. Then Brother Dai is no longer an outsider." As soon as Song Cheng heard the word cousin, he guessed that Yuzhu must be a distant relative of Dai Youqi.
Both parties brought their families, so Qingwen also met Song Cheng's wife Zhang.
After sitting down with each other, after some in-depth chat, Song Cheng and Yuzhu gradually became familiar with each other.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Brother Jieqing is so talented and has extraordinary conversation, so he must have already achieved fame, right?" Song Cheng seems to be sincere, but in fact he is showing off.
He introduced himself and said, "I am very lucky to have won the fifth place in the Jiangnan Provincial Examination of Yiyouke in the 44th year of Kangxi reign."
The intellectuals of this era were competing with each other for two reasons: one was to have a far-reaching literary reputation, and the other was to be famous.
Silver is indeed a good thing, and it is common for a penny to stump a hero.
However, Confucian disciples are all ashamed to talk about money, thinking it is too stinking of money.
These days, only lowly businessmen or peddlers and lackeys will always talk about the lowly business of making money.
Yuzhu thought to himself, what a coincidence. The year before he was selected as the number one scholar by the old emperor, Song Cheng won the imperial examination in Jiangnan.
Many things actually cannot withstand scrutiny.
These days, in order to facilitate the formation of cliques, as long as they are Jinshi in the same year, records of the same year will be compiled.
If Yuzhu remembers it correctly, Song Cheng's name was not included in the Jinshi records of the same year in the 45th year of Kangxi's reign.
It is conceivable that after the Enke examination of the Ministry of Rites that year, Song Cheng's reputation fell into disgrace.
From the time he won the first prize in Yuzhu to now, more than eight years ago, Song Cheng is still a master of civil examination.
This shows that Song Cheng may have failed the list twice more.
Because, in the past eight years, Enke, who has never been more successful, has only held two etiquette examinations in total.
Yuzhu pretended to be annoyed and sighed: "After I passed the Shuntian Prefecture Provincial Examination in the 44th year of Kangxi's reign, I have failed two consecutive examinations so far. I am really ashamed."
Wherever there are people, there is society and there are rivers and lakes.
This person is afraid that others will be better than him.
Song Cheng heard that Yuzhu had also won the exam and failed the exam twice in a row, and he couldn't help but feel sympathy.
"Brother Dai, don't be discouraged. Given time, you will definitely be on the high school ranking list." Song Cheng subconsciously comforted Yuzhu.
In today's social climate, if a man is talking and a woman interrupts, it is a very disrespectful act.
Qingwen knew the names of her men's families very well.
Now, Yuzhu deliberately hid his clumsiness and made Song Cheng believe it. Qingwen found it very funny and subconsciously raised her sleeves to cover her face. She wanted to laugh, but she suppressed the laughter.
If you laugh out loud, it would be a big faux pas.
After the men finished communicating with each other, Qingwen also chatted with Mrs. Zhang.
"Sister Zhao, your family must be rich in farming and education." Mrs. Zhang concluded with great certainty.
Qingwen asked Mrs. Zhang very curiously: "Why do you see it?"
Mrs. Zhang raised her finger and pointed under Qingwen's ears, and said with a smile: "Your pair of jade-embellished bee-pattern earrings alone are priceless. Oh, no, they are priceless."
Qingwen was shocked. With her status, she was not qualified to wear this earring.
Just because Concubine Tong Jia in the palace knew that Qingwen was Yuzhu's favorite concubine, she rewarded her with a pair of jade-embedded bee-pattern earrings that only palace concubines were qualified to wear.
In the Duke Fu's mansion, with Xiuyun watching over her, Qingwen only dared to wear this pair of earrings in private, feeling lonely and admiring herself.
If Qingwen, a concubine like Qingwen, wears such a valuable thing that attracts attention, it will be like putting meat on the chopping block. Xiuyun doesn't even need to find an excuse to punish her.
Qingwen quickly explained remedially: "This thing is just an imitation, not very valuable."
Mrs. Zhang raised her fan to hide her smile. Only her eyes were exposed behind the fan, and she deliberately joked: "Sister Zhao, why are you so humble? I don't ask you to borrow money from me, sister. I believe that Sister Zhao's family has at least tens of thousands of dollars in fertile land." Mu?"
As soon as Qingwen heard this, she knew that the earrings had been exposed and were considered extremely valuable by Mrs. Zhang.
In this era, the competition for antiques or jewelry and other objects was based on everyone's knowledge and vision.
To put it bluntly, if you misidentify something and mistake Li Gui for Li Kui, you must consider yourself unlucky.
In the antique world, the game is all about heartbeats and superb counterfeiting techniques.
The two young couples were having a good chat when they suddenly heard someone announcing that Zhang Boxing, the governor of Jiangsu Province, had arrived.
Naturally, it was impossible for Yuzhu to go to see Zhang Boxing, but Song Cheng couldn't sit still. He wanted to go over and join in the fun, but he was afraid that Yuzhu would poke his spine and call him snobbish.
For a moment, Mr. Song, who was a candidate for the exam, was extremely confused!