"My uncle hasn't written poetry in Jiangning for a long time. If I don't go this time, those people will say weird things again."
"If you say weird things, just say weird things. Anyway, these people are just like three aunts and six women. They have no pursuit in life except talking weird words all day long..."
"I heard that they are all very knowledgeable people. Several times I invited young people to sit and discuss things, and then they became famous. Mr. Li Pin, who is very familiar with my uncle, went there. There are also previous ones.
Gu Yanzhen, I heard, shined in front of these people, and was later considered to be one of the most talented people in Jiangning. Later, he went to Beijing and heard that he was named on the gold list."
"Then you will be dead after that..."
"What did your husband say?"
"No...you women are greedy for vanity. Think about it, the people participating in this kind of cultural gathering are all over thirty or forty years old. It is true that they are knowledgeable, but if they are really powerful,
Those who become officials become officials, and those who become officials become officials. Isn’t it because there is no such way that they study hard? They are the masters of the county magistrate, the staff of the prefecture, and the guest ministers of the princes. People with no future study hard to study knowledge and then take exams.
Once you take the exam for young people, it will appear that they are very powerful if they pass it. Your uncle has no intention of becoming an official anyway, so why should he take the exam for them... He doesn't even have beautiful women..."
"But the county magistrate's master and the palace's staff are also very powerful..."
"Is it great?"
"yes."
"Well... we have to keep pace with the times and don't look at these people with the same eyes as before. Now our family can ignore the county magistrate and his master. They are all in their forties or fifties anyway, so there is no generation gap.
Beautiful women add to the fun..."
"Yes, I have."
"...You have to go against me, right...Uncle, I was wrong."
"I don't dare anymore..."
"That's pretty much it... what kind of beauties are there?"
"Pan Duoyi! Chen Xiaoxia!"
"Miss Qilan should also go..."
"Luo Miaomiao..."
"Who is a man? Why do you know better than me..."
"laugh……"
The spring scenery in March is picturesque, and when the wind blows the petals flying over the city, there is a sound of laughter in the small courtyard of the Su family. In the courtyard, the family is making Kongming lanterns and chatting. Yellow paper, paste, pen and ink,
The inkstone and some bamboo branches used to make the lampshade frame were scattered around. Even Su Tan'er, who was nearly ten months pregnant, was also joining in the fun, drawing pictures with the paper to be pasted on the lampshade. She was in a peaceful mood at this time, and she had a sense of joy.
She has a graceful temperament, but she is still a woman in her early twenties after all. Her long hair is tied up with a ribbon at the back of her head, and she is still beautiful and smart when participating in discussions with Chaner Juaner and others.
After all, she was much simpler at this time than in later generations. Even though she had been involved in intrigues and intrigues in the past few years, once she had purified her mind, she was nearly ten months pregnant at this time, and she appeared to be younger than the twenty-year-old women in later generations.
She is much simpler and simpler. At this time, her thoughts are mostly on her children and Ning Yi. The other side of her maturity is just another special attractive temperament. Occasionally, when her eyes meet with Ning Yi, she can
It felt like she was smiling and talking.
It has been almost half a month since I came back from Hangzhou. The poetry and poetry gatherings and romantic atmosphere in the outside world have not changed much from when I left Jiangning. From time to time, I can hear such news around me, which adds to the real feeling of living in such an era.
The post sent yesterday may be quite an important party, at least for Jiang Ning. If grand occasions like the Mid-Autumn Festival Poetry Club and the New Year's Eve Poetry Club are carnivals for the entire upper class, this type of banquet is probably similar to
In later generations, banquets like the Mensa Club were relatively private, but they were also quite influential depending on the participants.
What everyone enjoys at such gatherings is not just poetry. The requirements for the meaning, theory, and policy of classics are higher. Of course, they don’t mean taking school exams on weekdays. A group of Confucian scholars with poor experience and high reputation exchange experiences with each other. But
If someone like Ning Yi emerges relatively quickly and is invited, there will often be a round of examinations. Once he can pass it, it will prove that he has the ability to discuss a subset of classics and history with them, which will undoubtedly be a great affirmation of this person's knowledge.
For Ning Yi, of course, this kind of thing is something to be avoided. This is not a question of plagiarism or whether there is a template for reference. If Confucianism can really guide life, Ning Yi's own life experience has also
It's beyond that category, but everyone's expressions are different. He doesn't look down on these people, and there is no need to ask these people for help or prove anything with admiration.
If you look from the back to the front, the literary society and poetry society seem to be the mainstream of this era, and people seem to live their lives like this. In fact, these are just side effects. No matter who is famous outside, whoever is in the brothel
This beautiful woman has fallen in love with which talented man, and more people are still living their lives at their own pace. In order to enlighten Zhou Junwu these days, I talked about airplanes, hot air balloons, etc., and returned home to meet my wives, concubines, and maids.
Speaking of which, everyone found it interesting, so today we held a competition to make a Kongming lantern. Everyone made one and let it fly in the yard at night. It was more interesting to see who could do it better.
"The Kongming Lantern, although it looks small and simple to make, is actually very knowledgeable. Generally speaking, the temperature of the fire is actually relatively fixed. As long as the weight of the Kongming Lantern is higher than... uh, I remember it is two
At 13.56 grams, which is about half a tael, it can’t fly no matter what, so... Myolie, your frame is too big, and it won’t fly unless you redo it, haha..."
The atmosphere in the small courtyard was harmonious. During this period, Ning Yi was in a relatively relaxed mood. He carefully pasted his own lampshade while pointing out everyone's shortcomings in a serious manner. In fact, he was not very good at this kind of hands-on ability, but
Anyway, it’s just for everyone to sit together and have fun, and things can take their time. Su Tan’er asked: “If it’s more than half a tael and it can’t fly, isn’t the method you taught the young prince of the Zhou family useless?”
"If you need higher temperatures, better materials, and the contents of the balloon can be changed, there are still many ways that can be used..."
We chatted about balloons for a while. Everyone also talked about the recent cultural gathering. Ning Yi added cartoon heads of Su Tan'er and others to the lampshade of his Kongming Lantern. He also added some flowers and plants to make it quite beautiful. Originally, he wanted to add a head.
However, after writing two sentences, the paper tore, so I had to tear it down and redo it. Since "my uncle knows everything," Chaner, Juaner, and Xinger came over from time to time to ask him how his lamp was doing, and he also
Comment with a smile.
When it was released that night, the other people's Kongming lanterns slowly started to fly in the yard. Even my wife's poorly decorated Kongming lanterns flew unsteadily into the sky. Only Ning Yi's lanterns were placed on the ground.
There was no response from the small shelf. Xiao Chan supported Su Tan'er and stood on one side, while Juan'er and Xing'er stood on the other side. They both had strange expressions and remained silent, obviously trying to hold back laughter.
Ning Yi stood there blinking for a while, rubbing his forehead with his fingers: "Who dares to laugh and take away all this month's money?"
Su Tan'er held her belly and looked at him, then said softly: "My husband seems to have said that today is the Kongming Lantern Competition?"
"Did I say that?" Ning Yi glared at her, and then stared at Xiao Chan who looked like she was about to laugh. Xiao Chan waved her hands quickly: "Uncle, I didn't laugh."
"I didn't say you laughed. Juan'er and Xing'er have done well and haven't said anything yet. This month, everyone will be deducted one tael of silver. Xiaochan, yours is gone...and you, if you want to laugh, just laugh. Hold it in.
It's not good for the child to take so long, let's go in..."
He helped Su Tan'er turn around and walked towards the room. Juan'er and Xing'er were protesting amid the laughter in the back. But after all, everyone knew Ning Yi's temperament. He was majestic and majestic at critical moments, but he was usually like his family members.
Very casually, he said that his salary would be deducted. In fact, no one might care. Su Taner leaned on his shoulder and laughed softly. When they returned to the room, the two sat in front of the window, and Ning Yi rubbed her belly for her.
, to let her calm down, Xiaochan brought tea, hid behind Ning Yi and chuckled, Ning Yi turned back to look at her, narrowed his eyes: "I'll settle the score with you later."
Xiao Chan's status as concubine has now been decided, but there is no special maid arranged for her in the yard. There is only a slight difference in clothes from Juan'er Xing'er, but it is not obvious. The clean and simple Jiangnan woman's dress is just like Zhao Ling'er
She usually wears a tight-fitting dress, sometimes a skirt and sometimes silk trousers. At this time, Ning Yi ran away before he could pull her over and hug her.
Four Kong Ming lanterns slowly rose up into the night sky outside the window. Juan'er and Xing'er looked up and danced on the side of the yard. Soon after, they ran to the corridor on the second floor to look, and all they could hear was their voices. Xiaochan
I went to the yard to check Ning Yi's Kongming lantern, and later I found that the ink had soaked a small slit on one side of the Kongming lantern, so I carefully papered the slit and lit it again.
The single sky lantern finally took off. When the night wind blew, it was blown a little sideways. Then it was blocked by a branch in the corner of the yard. It floated under the branch and could not fly up. In the night, it seemed to be on the side of the courtyard.
A small lantern was hung on the tree.
Ning Yi and his wife were in front of the window watching Xiaochan and others scratching their heads under the tree. Then they found wooden sticks and bamboo poles and poked the tree. However, the tree was already a bit high, and the three girls were busy for a long time.
There was no result. In the end, the night wind blew, and the Kongming Lantern swayed, got rid of the paper strips in the trees, and flew away into the sky.
It was quiet all around, the lights rose up into the sky, blending with the stars, it was a pleasant and charming late spring night.
Half of the nights, Ning Yi slept with Xiaochan.
For wealthy families, it is most normal for concubines to stay with the wife after she is pregnant. It is also during these times that concubines have the opportunity to compete for favor. Naturally, the situation is quite different for Ning Yi.
In such a tense environment in Hangzhou, Su Tan'er only had the opportunity to make serious arrangements after returning to Jiangning for half a month. She was already more than nine months pregnant, and Ning Yi felt that her condition was more important. Su Tan'er
Naturally, she was a little moved, but most of the time she insisted that Ning Yi should accompany Xiaochan.
Xiaochan gives people a rather strange feeling. She had already noticed it during the time when they were alone in Hangzhou, and these feelings have become clearer recently. She is willing to do almost anything in terms of sex, as long as she feels that Ning Yi
She likes her, and doesn't care about anything. On the other hand, she is an extremely pure little girl. She doesn't make a sound or speak when things like this happen. She bites her lips desperately when she is nervous, and even blushes when she makes a little sound.
Ning Yi's purely carnal needs are not very strong. He has never been able to fall in love with anyone, but after experiencing the top life, this kind of thing is not a forbidden area for him. Although he will not have sex due to his self-control.
, but for women, as long as there is a need, they have actually experienced, seen, and felt everything.
In fact, it has been more than half a year since he had a relationship with Xiaochan. When he was in Hangzhou, Ning Yi thought that maybe it was because of the extreme environment that the little girl desperately wanted to comfort herself. Later, he gradually discovered that Su Taner had escaped from marriage.
Xiao Chan received the pre-marriage education that a wealthy family should receive. She probably felt that she was a maid and a concubine, and everything should be done by herself, but she was extremely simple at heart. The two of them stripped Ning Yi naked
She would blush even if she looked at him, and then she would close her eyes and bite her lips. Several times, Ning Yi whispered a few words to her and asked her to speak, but the girl just stuttered in confusion: "Say, what are you talking about...
..." My mind was in chaos and I couldn't say anything at all.
When everyone is doing this kind of thing, the other person is willing to do anything, is very active, cooperative, and obedient, but in his heart he is just shy. Sometimes Ning Yi can't help but feel frustrated. What he is doing shouldn't be too bad.
"Actually... I feel... very comfortable." When Ning Yi really asked, Xiao Chan couldn't avoid it, so she could answer with a blushing face like a mosquito, and then asked with concern, "Do you feel comfortable?
"
"Uh... comfortable..." Such an answer was like the feeling of two primary school students kissing for the first time. Ning Yi could only sigh for such a wonderful feeling, but to be fair, he liked it in his heart.
.
The weather was no longer cold. She was wearing a thin bellyband and silk pants. Xiaochan was used to sleeping with her body sideways and holding one of his arms. She didn't mind where Ning Yi touched her. Sometimes Ning Yi turned his head,
In the faint light, you could see a smile on her lips, feeling very satisfied and happy, just like a child curled up next to him...a little girl curled up next to him.
For Xiaochan, maybe this is what she really likes.
The next day, Ning Yi did not go to the invitation to the cultural gathering. In the following days, rumors that Ning Yi had gained a false reputation and that Ning Yi did not dare to attend the appointment began to spread among Jiangning intellectuals.
Pushing forward, it is not surprising that such things happen. However, the Su family was somewhat affected. Because of this incident, Su Chonghua, the head of the academy, came over to lecture Ning Yi. Ning Yi just looked at him with strange eyes, and finally
He had no choice but to leave angrily.
Ning Yi's thoughts at this time were no longer about things in Jiangning City that had nothing to do with him. In the south, Fang La was still resisting. Calculating the time, Liu Xigua's troops may have entered the mountains, and Tong Guan's troops had begun to fight.
Considering withdrawing his troops and heading north, Ning Yi had also formally considered what he could do in the capital. During this period, Kang Xian came to him once and asked him if he wanted to consider the secret agent under the name of Princess Chengguo.
Si Li manages some things, which is beyond Ning Yi's expectation.
"...It was originally a small government office that was cobbled together. It had many things to do and was involved in everything. It was very short of people. Agui is here to help. He is well-known and highly respects you. He is a subordinate of Mr. Qin.
Disciple, I will be going to Beijing soon. You can just cooperate and respond... On the other hand, in the next period of time, you may have some dealings with green forest people. You happen to be familiar with these, and you are famous for killing people with bloody hands in the world.
It saddens the reader to cry, cough... How about coming over to join the gang and help out? Because the situation in the south has been roughly settled, the Northern Expedition can no longer be held back. Next, we may have to keep an eye on people like Liangshanbo.
In this place, if you have killed their people, you are considered to be old with them. If you are interested, you might as well do it for your own benefit..." rq