Chapter 152: Poetry Club
Qin Hanzhen knew that Su Zhongying had already made arrangements for his future, and now he could generously ask for an official when his father Zhenxihou's physical condition improved and he didn't need all his sons to serve by his side. Among them, the two marquis mansions of the Qin family have contributed a lot.
Although Zhenxi Hou is an old fool, and Mrs. Zhenxi Hou regards her husband as the sky, and she has not caused many blockages to people, but considering that the prince of Zhenxi Hou is still an understanding person, Su Zhongying is also called Qin Zhonghai, Qin Jian father and son, plus Qin Bai, Zhao Mo calculated and revealed the truth that Zhao Zhu, the king of Guangchang, had entered the Beijing without will, and indirectly broke the dream of King Ninghua, Qin Hanzhen still hoped that this little uncle would not be negatively affected too much, and he could go out of Beijing smoothly with his little aunt Qin Youyi satisfactorily, avoid the pair of old and confused parents at home, and raise his children with peace of mind. If Su Zhongying's plan was affected because of Zhao Mo and Qin Jian's calculations, his future was blocked, and he was trapped at home, it would be very bad.
Fortunately, the Emperor was a wise monarch and very empathetic.
Cai Yuanzhen told Qin Hanzhen: "I don't know exactly where Second Master Su will be transferred, but listening to my father and cousin, it should be in a border city in the north, and the position will also rise." There are still opportunities to make meritorious contributions, but life is definitely not as comfortable as in the capital. ”
Qin Hanzhen thought of Datong, when Su Zhongying and Qin Youyi came to discuss ideas in the past, Qin Bai had also proposed Datong to them, and Su Zhongying seemed to have spent a lot of effort to be transferred to Datong. Although Tianjin Wei is also good, Tianjin is too close to the capital, and Mrs. Zhenxi Hou may not let go of her second daughter-in-law Qin Youyi and her two grandsons to reunite with her son. Datong is much farther away from the capital, but it is not very far, it is basically a peaceful border area, the danger is not high, and the standard of living is guaranteed to a certain extent, General Ma, who is in charge, was born in the Ma family of the General Mansion of the Zhuguo State, and the Cai family of the Yunyang Hou Mansion can be called a world friend, and he has always acted fairly, and Qin An is there, Su Zhongying and his wife and children go over together, Qin Youyi also has a cousin and sister-in-law to follow, so as not to be unrelated.
If the emperor transferred Su Zhongying to Datong this time, it would be regarded as fulfilling his mind in advance. But here's the problem...... General Ma, who is in charge, is about to be transferred back to the capital, and it is not known who will take his position. Qin An and his wife will soon follow General Ma back to Beijing, Su Zhongying and his wife have passed, which acquaintance can they count on?
Qin Hanzhen couldn't help frowning, feeling that the timing of Qin An's transfer to the capital was really unfortunate. Thinking that General Ma would enter Beijing, it was also to deal with the abnormal situation of the Hou Mansion in Zhenxi. Zhao Mo and Qin Jian will use Su Zhongying to calculate Zhao Zhu, also to make up for the trouble caused by Zhenxi Hou. Thinking about it this way, almost all the problems that Su Zhongying will encounter in the future are caused by his father Zhenxihou. is such a pit son's father, it is estimated that only Zhao Shuo, the son of the King of Liao, can be compared, right?
Qin Hanzhen sighed secretly, and thanked Cai Yuanzhen for telling him this important news. Cai Yuanzhen smiled and shook her head: "What is this? Even if I don't say it, your family will get the news in two days." This time...... Actually, you helped me a lot. If it weren't for your brother and sister's testimony and debunking, I don't know anyone ......," she paused and didn't continue, "In short, I know in my heart what is going on, and I will remember the friendship between your brother and sister." ”
How could she not see it? The sneaky style of Zhao Zhu, the former king of Guangchang, was clearly thinking about her! In connection with Princess Ninghua's strange words and deeds on the night when she almost crashed into her carriage, it is not difficult to surmise that King Ninghua and his wife are probably also insiders, and perhaps they are still the masterminds! Their brother wants to marry Cai Yuanzhen for Zhao Zhu, and this is not a big deal. Since she got married, I don't know how many children of the royal family and dignitaries in the capital have such thoughts. But others are all open-minded and upright, either trying to perform in front of her, or passing the words through the elders, which are all serious ways to ask for marriage. Who would be like Zhao Tang, the king of Ninghua, to ask his wife's guards to hit her carriage? Who would be like Zhao Zhu, who would sneak up on her to spy on her? Where does this look like a sincere marriage request? It is clearly a frivolous playboy!
Zhao Zhu had to see her appearance clearly, but he couldn't ask to marry if he didn't know her appearance? Who did he think he was? Cai Yuanzhen thought that his family background was good, and he was also very favored at home, and among the high-ranking families and royal nobles in this dynasty, no matter which family's children, no matter how good they were, she could match them. She has never been the only one to pick people, and no one else has to pick on her. When Zhao Zhuang still had a prince, he was just an ordinary county king, born as a concubine, his father died early, his biological mother's family was not obvious, he had no backers in the capital, the palace, and the clan, and the fief was not large, let alone rich, and he himself was not excellent, and he looked even more average. Where did he get his self-confidence, thinking that as long as Cai Yuanzhen's appearance could satisfy him, he would be able to marry someone if he opened his mouth to propose marriage?
Cai Yuanzhen wanted to sneer, but thinking that he was living a good life, there was really no need for a clan with no self-knowledge to affect his good mood, so he left him behind. But thinking of Qin Hanzhen and Qin Jian's brother and sister helping her in this matter, she will still miss it in her heart.
She chatted with Qin Hanzhen for a few more words, and after enjoying the beautiful scenery of Meilin for a while, her girl Ziqi came to report that Yu Xinlan and Zhang Shu were here, and the two returned to Xuanzhong together to meet the women.
Except for the new Qin Hanzhen, the other girls have been good friends since childhood, and now they haven't seen each other for a long time, so they naturally want to talk for a while, talk about the situation after parting, and mention their recent situation. Qin Hanzhen sat and listened with a smile, occasionally interjecting a few words in a funny way, and from the narratives of several girls, he further learned about each person's family background, temperament and preferences, and he wanted to get along with them in the future, and he had a better idea in his heart.
Qi Qi came from outside, said two words in Cai Yuanzhen's ear, and stepped aside. She hit her forehead at the birthday banquet of the Ma family in the Zhuguo General's Mansion at the end of the month, and now the injury has scarred, and she has cut her bangs to cover it, which is no longer obvious. Looking at her gestures, you know that she is not affected by the injury. Qin Hanzhen looked at her twice, she noticed it, and gave Qin Hanzhen a slightly shy smile back, and Qin Hanzhen also smiled back and looked away.
Cai Yuanzhen smiled and said to everyone: "It's not too early, should we start writing poems immediately, and then go to the banquet after we finish, or play for a while, participate in the banquet, and then come back to the society to compose poems after the banquet is over?"
The former allows everyone to exert their talents when they are most energetic, but the disadvantage is that the time is limited and must be finished before the banquet begins, and the latter allows everyone to have more time to conceive, but when the banquet is over, everyone's mood may have been affected, and they may feel tired, and it is difficult to say whether they can still write good poems.
The women voted to decide, and everyone unanimously felt that today's Spring Banquet, there is a lot of time to play before the formal banquet, if everyone doesn't compose poems and play everywhere, they are tired of playing in Qiyuan, and they have nothing to do. Besides, all the girls came with the female elders of the family, and if they waited until the banquet was over to compose poems, the elders would have to go home, should they go with them?
Cai Yuanzhen saw that everyone had a consensus, so she ordered Qi Qi and Ziqi to take out the pre-written poem scroll and hang it in front of the glass screen, allowing everyone to choose. On the several round tables placed in the open room, there were already maids who had prepared paper and pens for the women to use. Cai Yuanzhen took out a sweet fragrance of dreams with her own hands, put it at her hand, and said to everyone with a smile: "Have you finished reading it, sisters?
Qin Hanzhen glanced at everyone quietly, and saw that everyone's expressions were very calm, so he estimated that everyone was either really talented and outstanding, or they knew what the topic would be like her in advance, and they were all confident. That's right, the two poems that Cai Yuanzhen came out of today were all in the poems that Cai Yuanzhen showed her that night, one of them was slightly modified, and the theme was slightly offset, but it was harmless. Qin Hanzhen had looked up many related allusions at home in advance, and also found the poems of his predecessors for reference, and he recited a few poems by himself, deleted and changed them, and asked his grandfather Qin Bai to correct them, and it is estimated that he can still get his hands on them. Therefore, she is not panicking at this time.
Cai Yuanzhen lit the incense, then walked to the side of the round table and began to dip the pen in ink. Pei Yin, who was at another round table, had already begun to write poems. Qin Hanzhen saw that Qin Jinhua also found a seat and began to think, feeling that he couldn't seem too backward, so he also found a vacant seat to sit down, and wrote down a poem prepared in advance.
However, she didn't just write down this poem silently, she also ran to take a look at the poems written by Cai Yuanzhen and Pei Yin, two fast hands, and felt that some of her poems might be repeated with theirs, or the words were similar, but the artistic conception was far inferior to their sentences. After meditating for a long time, I rewrote half of the poem prepared in advance, and I will finish the poem and transcribe it before the sweet incense of the dream is burned.
When the incense was burned, everyone's poems were available, and everyone gathered in one place for a competition. According to the usual practice, everyone went to see Cai Yuanzhen's first, and it was really a good poem, with a graceful and upright style, revealing an atmosphere, and without losing the gentleness of the boudoir, which was very compatible with her own temperament.
Everyone praised it and went to Pei Yin's again. Pei Yin is the fastest one among all the people who writes poems, and the poems are not bad, but there are a lot of dictionaries, a little bit of axe chisels, which is already quite good in the boudoir, but compared with Cai Yuanzhen's works, it is a little inferior.
Pei Yin didn't seem to care about losing to Cai Yuanzhen, and said with a smile: "Sister Cai's talent, I have always admired." Losing to her, I was convinced. ”
Next is Zhang Shu and Tang Su, the latter's poems are decent, worthy of being a scholarly family, but Zhang Shu lives up to the reputation of a scumbag, and the poems he writes can only be said to be stronger than limerick poems, the rhymes are right, and there are two allusions that are used quite right. Cai Yuanzhen praised her for using the dictionary well, and she immediately showed a smug smile: "I also spent a lot of effort learning poetry, how can I not grow at all?"
After the Qin sisters, Qin Jinhua's poems are slightly stronger than Zhang Shu, but they reveal a sense of looseness. She didn't care about herself, Zhang Shu teased her: "No matter how hard you don't work, even I can compare you!" She also smiled and said: "Then come and compare me!" The two laughed together.
Cai Yuanzhen and Yu Xinlan went to see Qin Hanzhen's poems. Qin Hanzhen looked at them a little nervously.
These two are really talented women, I wonder what they will say about their works?