Chapter Thirty-Seven: Poetry Eats Conference
In the afternoon, Mo Xianglou has been going too many times recently, and the two maids are tired of eating. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info thought about it, and they went back to their homes for lunch.
Unexpectedly, she had just handed the five urgent orders to Crimson in front of her, and as soon as she returned home, she hadn't eaten Lisuo for lunch, and her grape eyes were sharp, and she saw a large number of aunts coming to her yard from afar. Frightened, she hurriedly took the pears and plums to bypass those aunts and went out of the house again.
"Whew......" The three of them didn't even breathe in one breath.
"Sister Zhen'er......"
When I turned around, it turned out to be Chen Zhu'er, the girl who secretly followed. This cold call behind her scared her. Looking at this girl's little expression, I must have thought that she was going to a good place to play.
She said to herself, "Oh, it's not to avoid those aunts."
Chen Zhu'er didn't look at her helplessness, and shouted: "Sister Zhen'er, where are you going to play again, take me to the mountain spring you mentioned with Brother Liang last time." Sister Zhen'er, can you take me to see it? ”
"No, I can't. She refused.
She promised Liang Sheng. Recently, Liang Sheng can't be with her, so she can only go to Liuli Pavilion and Moxiang Building when she leaves the house, and walk around the East District, at most she can go to Lu's wonton shop. The mountain spring is deep in the mountains outside the West City Gate, although it is near Chongyang Temple, but there is no guarantee that you will not meet bad people. Just now she came out in a hurry, sent grapes and durian to stop those aunts, but she couldn't bring them out. Chen Zhu'er, this girl didn't even bring a maid. Just the ...... of the four girls' families
"Ah...... Sister Zhen'er, you can take me there! We talked about it last time. "Chen Zhuer doesn't do it, she keeps being coquettish.
She had no choice but to try: "The mountain spring is not good, next time." I can show you around town. ”
Unexpectedly, Chen Zhu'er agreed, and bargained mysteriously, "Okay." But shall we get home later?"
Looking at Chen Zhuer's little expression, you know what she has already decided. She didn't ask.
Chen Zhu'er herself went on to say, "There is a poetry conference in the city tonight. This year's organizer is Moxiang Building. If you win, the prize will be free of charge at Moxiang House for the next year. ”
"Oh. She remembered that she had dinner in Moxianglou before, and the little girl in Moxianglou had invited them, although the prizes were attractive, but she didn't have the confidence to win the poetry conference, so she didn't have the heart.
However, lately, there has been a lot of discussion on the street.
It is also a tradition of the capital of Chongyang to hold a poetry conference every year. The organizer is a large restaurant in the city, and the tea shop takes turns to be the village. The prizes are similar, mainly because the winners can be exempted by the dealer in the year leading up to the next conference, and the restaurant is more affordable because the food and drinks are free. In the case of a tea shop, that is, the tea is free of charge. But this is the calculation in her heart. After all, a pot of expensive tea is more expensive than a table of wine and food, so for the literati, it is really valuable and honorable to win the prize at the conference. It seems that there are more winners in previous conferences. Regardless of his background, his official position after joining the office is not low.
She felt that maybe this poetry conference was secretly arranged by the imperial court, and she could explore the foundation of these candidates before the imperial examination. I'm not afraid of people in the formal examination room. Who knows if there are any cheats in the scientific examination room of Chongyang Kingdom, bribing examiners, cheating on missing questions or something.
However, this poetry conference is not like a scientific expedition, and my daughter's family can also participate. In previous years, there have also been women who won, and they can't participate in the scientific examination, so naturally they won't become champions. But it is worth noting that no matter where these women are born, as long as they win the conference, most of them will become the wives of big officials, and some even enter the palace as concubines.
She felt a little bad and felt that this poetry conference was really secretly arranged by the imperial court. Not only can you explore the background of the candidates, but also choose a concubine for the emperor. I also want to know that those who enter the palace after winning must be talented and beautiful. Gee!
She suddenly had a bad premonition. On such a purposeful occasion, she can't enter the court as an official, and she doesn't want to have a marriage contract and is destined to marry into the royal family as a daughter-in-law. What I am most afraid of is that not to mention the emperor Lao Tzu, his sons also come to join in the fun. She didn't want to bump into the Four Princes.
Chen Zhu'er saw that she was unwilling on her face, and actually staged a cry and a fuss. Feeding at the gate of the General's Mansion, he cried so much that tears came to his mouth, crying and shouting, "Sister Zhen'er, you lied to people, and you said that you would take me out to play." Every time you sneak out on your own, don't take me with you. Wow, ahhhh......h
She persuaded to no avail, so she had to give in, thinking to herself, they should go to Moxianglou now, occupy a private room, and wait until the end of the conference when everyone is empty, and then they will leave, and they will not leave the box in the middle, so they are not afraid of bumping into someone they don't want to bump into. So she reluctantly promised Chen Zhu'er: "Okay, I'll take you there, don't cry." ”
Chen Zhu'er immediately stopped crying, took out a Jinpa, wiped her face, it was clean, her eyes were not red, as if she was nothing, as if she had just cried.
She was also convinced, and there was no way to take Chen Zhu'er, so she cautiously instructed Lizi: "I'll take them to Moxianglou first, and you go back to the ward to Aunt Wanjun." said that I took Zhu'er to the poetry conference, and asked the government to send a carriage to pick it up later. You also bring grapes and durians, and go to Moxianglou to find us first. ”
"Got it, Miss. The pear blessed her body, and turned around and entered the gate again.
She took Meizi and Chen Zhu'er to Moxianglou quickly. She didn't expect that it stands to reason that the poetry conference was only held at the end of the day, and now it is not enough to apply, and it is not a meal, so why are so many people already occupying a seat?
Fortunately, she has been coming here a lot recently, and the shopkeeper and the little maid of Moxianglou are already familiar with her. Anyway, it was the eldest lady of the General's Mansion, and she made it clear that she wanted to, but the shopkeeper still found a private room for her.
The stage of today's poetry conference is set up in the hall on the first floor, so the private rooms on the outside of the second floor are reserved for ordinary hospitality. The real sought-after is the private room on the inside where you can watch the deck on the second floor. The little maid had invited her before, but she didn't say she wanted to come at the time. At this time, the private rooms with good locations have also been booked by others. In her room, in the most corner, you can barely see half of the platform. Chen Zhu'er was a little unhappy, but she didn't care.
I thought that since I came to Moxianglou, I still had to have a meal. But before she could tell them, the little maid had already served them a table of refreshments and a pot of dragon wells. She looked at it, and most of the scattered platforms downstairs were also arranged in this way. This little guy is also clever, and specially served her a pot of plum cold tea, remembering that she doesn't like heat.
That's fine. Although I didn't have a good lunch just now, I was not in a hurry to start the meal at this time. The three of them chatted over pastries and tea.
During this period, the little guy also sent a pair of Go. She and Chen Zhu'er are not afraid of disliking each other, and you have been going back and forth for a few games. And before you knew it, the sun had fallen.