091 Fragrance Picking Conference Preliminary Test - Winning the Championship 1
The weather was great, and Qi Mansion became lively early in the morning. The incense picking party that had been prepared for more than two months officially began. The door of Qi Mansion was open, and people outside were full of people watching the excitement.
The National Civil Service Examination was even more sensational. Because of Huangfu Yiyu, several senior officials from the Huangfu Mansion also came to the Qi Mansion.
People from the Huangfu family are like this, not to mention people from Qi Mansion, and even people from other families. Some merchants from the two cities near Anmin City and Wenqing City who are not from the Shixiang family have also come a lot.
Many people have now heard that the leader of the incense gathering party may marry into the imperial family, and other women from merchant families are also brought to attend.
What's more, during today's first incense picking ceremony, some officials' daughters also secretly disguised themselves as ordinary women and sneaked into the Qi Mansion to watch the fun. I don't know whether it was to try their luck and watch people, or to watch the incense picking.
A grand event?
Qifu, Heyuan.
Qi Minghe still had his embroidered shoes on one side, but threw the other shoes aside, leaning on the chair in the yard with her legs crossed.
"Miss, the first trial of the incense picking competition has already started at the theater pavilion in the lobby. When will you go there?"
At this time, not only did Qi Minghe not look nervous about going to the competition, he looked leisurely, with watery eyes, and a bit careless.
However... although he didn't look nervous at the moment, his hand was still tapping lightly on the chair.
Bang, bang, bang...
The Longlou incense has been prepared on the side. Not only the Longlou incense, but also some white juice is placed in an inconspicuous place on the side. It is a small porcelain bottle, which is very inconspicuous.
"Miss……"
Qinglian continued to look outside. Outside... wherever she could see the scenery, she could see many people gathered around her.
A young lady or young master from an aristocratic family, accompanied by three or four maids and servants, there were hundreds of young gentlemen and young ladies from aristocratic families, that was hundreds of people, excluding the common people who came in to watch the fun.
At this moment, after a while, Qi Minghe sat up straight.
At this time, he finally sat up from the recliner and straightened his clothes: "Okay, let's go."
Qinglian finally breathed a sigh of relief...
"Miss, you are in the second group, the second show. Please wait on the right side of the theater first. Let's go to the theater first."
…
When Qi Minghe arrived at the theater, he saw that there were indeed people around him. Everyone had their own thoughts, and they were indeed confused by the strange fragrance. The whole theater was filled with a refreshing fragrance. There were many young talents, and some of them just passed by.
There are also some elegant scholars, and even some petty officials, who should also be here for Huangfu Yiyu.
"Haha." Qi Minghe smiled to himself.
At this moment, I only looked at the people in front of me, and sure enough... Huangfu Yiyu was not there.
"Miss, your things."
Qinglian couldn't understand Qi Minghe's gaze at this time, thinking that she was just looking around, and now she just pointed to the east: "Miss, have you seen it? The woman next to the hibiscus tree over there is...
The first one in the second group is Su Qinqin, the second young lady of the Su family. Miss, you will compete with her later."
Qi Minghe didn't pay attention, just looked at it casually, "Yeah."
Qinglian continued: "Then the lady on the other side, standing under the vase door, is a girl from the Qin family in Wenqing City."
"Oh, okay."
Qi Minghe still responded like this.
In fact, you don’t have to worry too much about the initial incense picking competition. Although the incense picking competition is only held in the house every year, the Qi family’s incense industry represents the highest level of the fragrance industry in Dajin, and Qi Minghe himself has always been addicted to incense. In fact,
The only person in the house who could tie with her was Qi Mingzhuang, while Qi Mingrui and Qi Miaoling were slightly behind.
Although women from other aristocratic families are somewhat involved in the incense industry, there is still a slight gap compared with the incense aristocratic family like Qi Mansion.
At this moment, Qi Minghe only looked at the two women in front of him who were standing in different corners, and suddenly his eyes narrowed.
"This is……"
At this time, she only focused on the Miss Su family whom Qinglian mentioned just now. This was not the first time...
The memory suddenly drifted away, and returned to the day after the night at the Qixiang Club. Qi Mingrui led a group of people to block the gate of Qi Mansion, and then said: If you don't believe me, let Miss Su and Miss He testify.
Isn't this one of them?
It seems that the incense picking party has become lively since it started.
"Miss, what are you looking at again?"
Qi Minghe turned his eyes back at this moment: "Nothing, just watching someone else's game."
At this time, there was a lot of people around and it was very lively. Because they arrived late, the first group had already started. There were five people in a group. Three people had already competed, and now the fourth group was going on...
When this group is over, it’s Qi Minghe’s group.
Qinglian also looked around at this time, only to see most people in front of the theater looking around at the same time.
Qi Minghe looked at the young lady on the court, who was wearing a beautiful dress and had obviously been carefully dressed up. While he was mixing the spices, his moving eyes turned around, and he suddenly looked at the place where there were the most people.
However, he looked back with some disappointment and continued to make incense.
"Miss, Mr. Huangfu is indeed not here..."
Qi Minghe saw everything at this time, and most people came for Huangfu Yiyu.
"It would be better if he didn't come."
At this moment, there is still a hidden fire in these words.
Suddenly I felt a burning sensation in my neck, which was caused by him.
The hands holding the spices were somewhat clenched.
"Miss, you..."
Qinglian wanted to say something, but Qi Minghe had already stepped forward...
The limping appearance suddenly attracted the attention of many people around, and they all knew it was Qi Minghe...
Legend has it that the second young lady of the Qi Mansion was a cripple. Qi Minghe bit his lip and hid in the city.
When Qinglian sees Qi Minghe like this, does she mean to win the first prize, or does she just want to get by?
At this time, Qi Minghe stood quietly, waiting for the first test, unable to tell what his plans were.
In the pine garden, rows of pine trees stood side by side. Huangfu Yiyu only stood under the trees, his evil eyes glaring darkly.
Xiao Yu stood aside: "Master, do you really want to go..." to show your face?
Huangfu Yiyu has always hated liveliness the most. Even if he slightly curls his lips and smiles forever, he is actually just tolerating it. The way he stands aside now seems to make people unable to figure it out.
Huangfu Yiyu's life has been really uncertain these past two days.
At this moment, Xie Si's lips curled up: "Go, why not go?"
He wanted to see how Qi Minghe got the top spot in the incense picking competition.
With a gloomy expression: "Yesterday, it was announced that I was going to get married at the incense gathering meeting?"
"Back to the sect master, it has been announced."
"Haha." Huangfu Yiyu smiled charmingly.
Thinking of the battle in Qi Minghe's room yesterday, he calmed down for a moment, then the tall figure moved, and began to slowly take out the white silk, and tied it slowly around his eyes.
There was no movement in Songyuan. The first trial of the incense picking competition was in full swing next to the lobby of Qi Mansion. Everyone was looking for Huangfu Yiyu for a long time during the competition... but it turned out that Huangfu Yiyu was not only absent, but also had no intention of appearing.
At this time, the people below were already getting ready to make some moves. On the stage, the first group had finished competing. It was all women competing this morning, so now everyone no longer thought about trivial matters, but competed seriously.
The people on the stage became serious, and Qi Minghe also looked seriously below.
At this moment, the lazy look just now was gone, and he just stared at his watery eyes, concentrating on it.
She didn't want to come too early just now because she wasn't sure whether Huangfu Yiyu would come. She had been stuck in the crowd for so long and he hadn't appeared. Maybe he really wouldn't show up.
"Huangfu Yiyu..." Qi Minghe bit his lip at this moment.
In my heart, I can't tell whether it's the feeling of adding fuel to the fire, or the feeling of a slight lull in the war?
"Miss, what were you talking about just now?" Qinglian came closer.
Qi Minghe: "..."
"nothing."
"Nonsense, miss... I just heard you calling Huangfu..." the young master's name.
At this moment, Qi Minghe suddenly glanced sideways at her.
Qinglian quickly shrank back and took a step back: "Miss, I heard wrong!"
"Yeah." Qi Minghe moved the corners of his mouth.
At this moment, the people on the stage had only reached the second stage. Qi Minghe collected his thoughts and carefully calculated below. A group of... five people could advance to two people, which meant that three other people would be eliminated. During this period, the first
The famous Xiang competes with the other four and is ranked first. If he wins three and loses to one of them, he loses completely.
Qi Minghe glanced at this group of people at this time. Except for the Miss Su family just now, and the Miss Qin family from Wenqing City, the other two were all unknown girls.
This scene is a bit tense.
One of them has already gone up to compete, but seems to have little confidence. At this time, he is holding his breath.
At this moment, Su Qinqin was on top. When she was competing, she saw that she was holding an incense bottle in one hand, slowly dripping sesame oil into the incense burner, and placing a piece of extracted oil paper. If this method is used, a light aroma will be produced.
The hot aroma seems to have been carefully prepared.
I don't know if it's because of her special identity, but among a bunch of young ladies from aristocratic families, there stood a Miss Qi Er. At this time, everyone looked at her with vague eyes.
Su Qinqin on the stage clearly knew that Qi Minghe was the biggest opponent. At this moment, she only narrowed her eyes and looked at Qi Minghe...
"Miss Qi Er."
The stage and the audience are very close, especially where Qi Minghe is standing and waiting.
Although he is from Qi Mansion, because this incense picking competition is a competition of the Kingdom of Jin, he must abide by the rules, and he must be strict with himself because of his status as Qi Mansion, and set an example. Qi Minghe stood quietly at this moment
.
"Miss Su?" He raised his head.
Su Qinqin on the stage glanced at Qi Minghe...the hand holding the bottle tightened slightly.
In fact... if two people have a feud, it doesn't count as a holiday, right? It's just that because she is also the second young lady of the Su family, she prefers Qi Mingrui, the legitimate daughter. Because of her low status, she has to deliberately make friends with the big tree she can rely on.
, the relationship with Qi Minghe... is just a meeting, but the relationship with Qi Mingrui... is obviously better.
More importantly... that time Qi Mingrui led people to block Qi Minghe, and she also joined in the fun because of these little thoughts.
At this time, I only looked at Qi Minghe and saw Qi Minghe responded. I was so nervous that my hands trembled, I bit my lip, and I concentrated on lowering my head and doing my own thing.
A cattail leaf fan fanned the stove to prevent the fire from burning too brightly. With the movements of her hands, the fragrance slowly overflowed.
On the sidelines, everyone saw that this method, as well as the identity of the young lady from a well-known family that Qi Mansion had befriended... was a rival in the incense gathering competition.
Qi Minghe only looked at...
"Miss, do you think this Miss Su is funny?"
"Well, it's okay... Judging from her technique, she has learned how to quench incense for several years. Although the Su family is not a spice family, because of the flourishing elegance in Kyoto, they have also done these spice businesses in recent years. If there is no problem,
There is still drama.”
"Oh..." Qinglian sighed, "But the problem is...Miss, what will she do if she meets you?"
Qi Minghe stopped talking now: "..."
Serve cold.
Qinglian didn't say it, but she forgot what her temper was?
Unexpectedly, Su Qinqin was on top at this moment. When she finished the last step, she breathed a sigh of relief.
The fragrance overflows, it's light... refreshing, it's really beautiful.
However...she glanced at Qi Minghe and smiled confidently: "Miss Qi Er, please."
Qi Minghe: "..."
This was because she didn't want to argue with her, but she regarded herself as her enemy. Could it be that she was looking so arrogant at this moment because she had done a good job?
At this time, everyone below showed expressions of wonder.
It was indeed the strongest flavor in the game this morning.
The timid woman in front of her was already in tears. Knowing that she had no chance to stand out in the incense gathering competition this time, she quietly withdrew.
Su Qinqin walked down: "Miss Qi Er, it's your turn."
"Okay." Qi Minghe raised his eyes and smiled.
"That time at the gate of Qi Mansion..."
"What happened? Minghe has forgotten it." He smiled timidly.
Miss Su's eyes narrowed for a moment. Seeing Qi Minghe's reaction, she seemed to have forgotten, and then she was slightly relieved, but...
"Then, it depends on the performance of the second young lady." By the way, at this moment, he glanced at Miss Qin from Wenqingcheng, who was standing the quietest aside.
In fact, in this group, there are three most powerful people who are most likely to enter the finals of the incense picking competition. Qi Mingrui once revealed that the preliminary test of the second group of the incense picking competition was deliberately arranged by Mrs. Cai of the Qi family. Among the three spice merchants,
When the girls from the family compete together, only two can enter.
The calculation in her heart: If she and Miss Qin enter the finals, then Qi Minghe will not be able to enter. In this case... the relationship with Qi Mingrui will only get better.
Qi Minghe had slowly walked to the stage at this time. Huangfu Yiyu was not here, so he was a bit normal.
What it is like normally is what it is like now.
"You're welcome, Miss Su." She looked down with a smile on the stage.
At this moment, the scene of the two people looking at each other suddenly fell into the most hidden place aside.
In front of the theater, there is an inconspicuous small pavilion on a rockery, a table, and a few cups of tea. Huangfu Yiyu has already come out of Songyuan and is sitting here watching the theater.
The white silk was like gauze, covering the evil eyes but to no avail. At this moment, his eyes fell on Qi Minghe.
Qi Jianqing knew that he didn't like to show up, so he arranged this place for him to watch first.
At this time, one could feel Qi Minghe gearing up on the stage. She didn't like others scheming in front of her, so Su Qinqin had a grudge first and a plan later. Qi Minghe didn't say anything, but she took it into her heart.
But at this moment... the look of him seriously thinking about how to get the first place in the first test fell into Huangfu Yiyu's eyes, and his evil eyes only lit up with a dark light for a brief moment.
Half-smiling but not smiling: "Tell me, how will Qi Minghe win later?"
"Master?" Xiao Yu was surprised.
Huangfu Yiyu was still in a cloudy mood before he went out. Now looking at Miss Qi Er thinking seriously on the stage, why...does he feel that his mood has improved all of a sudden?
Huangfu Yiyu looked ahead with evil eyes at this time. What appeared in front of her eyes was the same angry and threatening look of Qi Minghe yesterday. She finally gritted her teeth and told him to go back to Songyuan and never come to Heyuan again. She asked him
I can't express my secret anger.
"Answer quickly." He said coldly.
At this time, he looked forward with interest, not allowing Xiao Yu to spoil his interest.
Xiao Yu had no choice but to look over at this moment: "Back to the sect master, my subordinates don't know..."
Completely ignoring Huangfu Yiyu's question just now, he asked how he would win, not who would win?
Seeing Qi Minghe staring at Su Qinqin on the stage, he was in an indescribably good mood.
He picked up the teacup and sipped it lightly.
On the stage, Qi Minghe just didn't like this young lady from the Su family, "Qinglian, bring up my things."
At this moment, Qinglian just hurriedly sent the things over, "Miss, things."
Qi Minghe took it and smiled: "Miss Su Er, then Minghe is welcome."
Everyone held their breath at this moment, especially after hearing Qi Minghe's words, they didn't dare to move their eyes and just stared at the stage.
Under the stage, Su Qinqin's face was also burning, and she pursed her lips like this.
Qi Minghe ignored her and just took out the things in the basket.
"Because it's the first test, Minghe didn't prepare so much. He just took out the incense that he smelled a while ago and kept it simple."
As soon as these words came out, Su Qinqin's expression immediately changed.
"Qi Minghe, you..."
On the side, her maid asked: "Miss, what do you mean by what Miss Qi Er said?"
Qinglian couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh: "Miss, your move is really cruel..." she whispered.
Because just now Su Qinqin was both spice and fire, so even if she won, she wouldn't use force. What's more... the young lady is acting like this, she clearly doesn't want to lose.
Qinglian was still worried that Qi Minghe would not play well, but now she smiled.
"Miss, you have to win!"
Mr. Huangfu is still waiting for you in the finals.
Qi Minghe was focused on Su Qinqin at the moment and did not carefully understand what Qinglian meant by her words.
"Don't worry, this is an incense-picking competition, how could I let her win?" There are enemies and debts, not to mention... She also had itchy hands and hadn't done anything bad for a long time.
At this time, although the voice was muffled, only Qinglian could hear it.
But, far away...
Huangfu Yiyu raised the corner of her lips and listened attentively. At this moment, her eyes were full of Qi Minghe's bright look. She said, this is an incense picking conference...