42. When the narrow road meets, the brave wins

Because it is a banquet held by the palace, this palace is different from the ordinary prince's mansion, and it is the in-law of her daughter, Ye Ziniang attaches great importance to this banquet. I specially found a few embroidery girls to come over and rush a set of clothes, and with special jewelry, and strive to be extravagant and unconventional.

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, early in the morning, Ripple was taken out of the quilt by Ye Ziniang, and was put on a dress with her eyes closed, and only after looking in the mirror did she realize that she was wearing a dark red gold jacquard satin collared long jacket, a white collared middle coat and a cinnabar pleated skirt.

Ripples yawned with their mouths open, Qiu Tong's skillful hands had deftly rolled a falling ponytail on Ripple's head, and Ripples looked at the tired girl in the mirror - the falling ponytail on one side, a phoenix on the head that was almost entirely made of pearls was lying horizontally, and two small moon-shaped pressed hair with rubies inlayed, although small, the whole body was made of rhinestones.

After looking around in the mirror with his eyes, he couldn't help but suspect that this one held by Qinghe Wangfu was not a flower viewing banquet, but a beauty pageant banquet for noble girls.

Ye Ziniang couldn't help but pick a thick hairpin and knocked on her daughter's head: "How can anyone look at things like this, what are your eyes glancing at?" ”

Ripple made a grimace at her mother, but she couldn't love going to Qinghe Palace, if Baozhu said she was going, she really wanted to pretend to be sick and couldn't go. It is said that it is a banquet, but the ladies of each province have an additional way to get in touch, and the ladies who are not familiar with each other on weekdays can also become familiar at the banquet. What to eat, what to play, what to listen to, what to play is the point, left and right is just to watch a flower and grass, so boring.

Baozhu went to look forward to the Qinghe Palace, and it is said that it is more atmospheric than the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

The breeze is breezing, accompanied by bursts of cicadas, ripples to the palace, a sedan chair, really different from the mansion seen before, this palace is a natural garden, mainly with mountain scenery, and a natural landscape garden with small water features, it is said that the first generation of Qinghe prince introduced the gardening art of the south of the Yangtze River, and combined with the climate of the north and completed the transformation.

A circular platform was erected in the center of the lake, and a column of musicians sat in the center of the platform, drumming and blowing the sheng for a while, and swaying gently with the wind with the new lotus on the lake, which was really fluttering.

The ladies have arrived one after another, Ripples naturally sat at a table with Baozhu, and there was a girl sitting opposite the table, also wearing clothes with red embroidered gold thread and dark lines, under the effect of light and shadow, the ornaments on the clothes played different changes, and she wore two butterfly hairpins on her head, inlaid with pink tourmaline, and the butterfly's antennae still trembled slightly, and then looked at her face, her cheeks were plump, her complexion was delicate, and her eyes were full of light.

Princess Qinghe and the appearance in her impression have hardly changed, with decent makeup and luxurious clothes and jewelry, she seems to feel the ripples watching her, she turned her head and smiled at the ripples, and the ripples' eyes flashed and turned her head away.

It is rumored that Princess Qinghe is beautiful and wise, and she is a kind person with a soft heart, but Ripples clearly remembers the words of this "kind person" who gritted his teeth: "You can't leave trouble." ”

The peony in the house is just right, single, multi-piece, purple and red, extremely rich.

After eating the banquet, Princess Qinghe said: "Now the peony is just right, and I invited all the girls to come to the original just to enjoy the flowers, but it is too monotonous, I have heard that the girls are outstanding, and now I want to add a color, and the girls who win the first prize can get it, and it is not a regular competition, we only want to be happy, not others." As he spoke, he asked people to multiply a pavilion hairpin with a tray.

Princess Qinghe smiled and said: "This pavilion and pavilion hairpin, the manufacturing skills are extremely strict, the two-inch square hairpin, made of gold wire to make a three-story pavilion and pavilion, the pavilion is surrounded by trees, there is a shrine inside, there are beasts and birds in the temple, there are men and women the size of rice grains in the middle, all made of fine gold wire and thin gold sheets, the building on the golden hairpin is modeled after the Zhiyuan Pavilion of the Qinghe Palace, this hairpin was originally the dowry of the founding queen, by chance, it became my dowry, and today I use it as a color head. ”

When everyone saw it, they were shocked and couldn't help but talk about it. It's not for the hairpin itself, it's that the process is complicated, who can't specially invite a craftsman to carve it, but the original owner of the hairpin, the founding queen, is really a great character.

Ye Ziniang's face changed slightly, her daughter's talent was not enough to stuff her teeth, and now Princess Qinghe's approach is not known whether it was an unintentional mistake or an intentional one.

Ripples didn't care, looking at the little girls present, a few little girls, you look at me, I look at you, everyone wants to come out and show their hands, but they are afraid of the loss of the first one.

"I'll do it first."

Ripple followed the sound and looked over, only to see a slightly petite girl walking out, and several girls around her hurriedly retreated a few steps.

Baozhu knew that Ripple didn't like to remember people on weekdays, so he attached it to Ripple's ear and said, "This is the second girl from Mrs. Liu's family." ”

A maid has already brought the piano over, Liu Zhener sat down, a song "Flowing Water" is sometimes low, sometimes high-pitched, its skills are skilled, and the emotions are delicate, it is really exquisite, no wonder there is such great courage.

With such a person "throwing bricks", the next few "fake jade" are not so good.

Princess Qinghe smiled very kindly: "It's really good to play." He looked at everyone again: "If no one comes, I will reward the girl of the Liu family with this pavilion hairpin." ”

Several girls who were eager to try before couldn't help but change their faces when they heard this.

Princess Qinghe looked at Ripple and said with a smile: "Qiyu, didn't you say that you want to show off your skills?" I'm still shy. ”

Ripple heard the sound and looked over, only to see the girl in red before, glanced at Princess Qinghe lazily, and then walked forward slowly, "I'm just afraid that the other sisters won't dare to make a move." ”

Ripple frowned, what this sentence said...... It's really unpleasant.

The girls around them also showed dissatisfaction on their faces.

Zhou Qiyu lazily opened a piece of drawing paper and said, "I want to make a painting today, called "Yin Ziyan Hong""

As he spoke, he placed the paint on the table and spread out a piece of drawing paper, strangely enough, he said that he wanted to paint the purple and red, but there was only a plate of ink on the table.

Zhou Qiyu slowly put down the pen, in the thick ink and light color, a lifelike peony flower was outlined, a stick of incense, someone whispered, ripples to listen.

A girl said, "After painting for a long time, it's just a peony." ”

Another girl said, "No matter how good the painting is, it will deviate from the topic." ”

The corners of Zhou Qiyu's mouth hooked a smile, and after a few seconds, a large group of butterflies flew and landed on the painting, which was really beautiful.

Only then did everyone know the true meaning of "Yin Zi Yan Hong", and it was no wonder that fake flowers could be turned into real flowers to attract butterflies with just ink.

Zhou Qiyu's face, which had never had any cousins, finally showed a touch of pride, and for a while, it was extremely quiet, and no one wanted to express it.

Ripple also felt that she had drawn well, and Princess Qinghe saw that no girl stepped forward, and said, "But there is anything else you want to try?" If not, this hairpin can be given away......"

Ripples don't matter, continue to bite the ears with the orb.

"Doesn't the princess want to show something?" Zhou Qiyu spoke.

Ripple was stunned, and everyone's eyes turned to Ripple, whispering. The corners of Zhou Qiyu's mouth hooked up with an unknown smile.

The fourth girl of the Ji family was a fool before she was three years old, she inquired about it early, and the female celebrity didn't like to learn, and the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting were not presentable, I really didn't understand such a good-for-nothing yellow-haired girl, why did my cousin fall in love with it and ask the saint to marry.

If she wasn't called ugly today, she wouldn't be called Zhou Qiyu.

If such an obvious hostility can't be felt, the ripples will really be in vain for the two worlds, sneering in his heart, his steps are more advanced, he has already stepped out, and he saluted, and said: "The girl of the Liu family plays the piano, the girl of the Zhou family paints, and I can write, okay?" ”

Thinking of writing, the ripples are well thought out, the piano and chess painting she at home is obviously not able to express herself, if today's skills are advancing by leaps and bounds, not to mention others, it is their own mother's parents who can't pass this level, but calligraphy, nothing to practice, can always have progress.

A piece of rice paper, a beautiful small character gradually appeared, everyone was surprised, but for this font, not everyone is well-known, the words are very good, the beginning and turn, in one go, self-contained.

Zhou Qiyu sneered: "I didn't know that Miss Ji's words were so exquisite, but I didn't know who the teacher was?" This is a wonderful statement, directly implying that the word ripple is not counted, and it is just copying.

Ripple smiled coincidentally: "Unfortunately, this font was created by myself." ”

Zhou Qiyu picked up the hand of the rice paper for a moment, his expression swept over a different color, and then he hid it well, and when he looked at the word carefully, he couldn't help but be shocked, "It's just you, how can you write such a word?" Who doesn't know that the four girls of the Ji family don't know anything! ”

Ripples with a water-shabu pen, the whole person can not say the elegance and tranquility, slender hands, holding the pen, flicking a few droplets, the water droplets in the sunlight under the fine light, a pair of beautiful eyes with the cheeks raised, eyes burning, meaninglessly said: "The girl of the Zhou family is a good tutor." Then he inserted the brush into the pen holder and said, "If you really like that hairpin, and you can't slander me, I'll let you." ”

As soon as these words came out, the room was in an uproar, and Zhou Qiyu's face turned red with "coaxing", it turned out that she was so tight to the ripples, but it was just for a hairpin, and even her reputation was to be slandered.

Ripples smiled lightly on her face, this font was really made up by herself out of boredom in the previous life, there are many shortcomings, if it is a serious competition, even if it is created by her, it may not be comparable to this Ziyan red picture, but this Zhou Qiyu is too arrogant, or maybe she is too confident in her past information, leaving such a big hole for herself.

This competition lasted for a week, Qiyu took a breath and accepted the hairpin to end, and the ripples pulled the jewel to go outside to relax.

Baozhu took a heavy sip: "With what she is, she dares to talk about you like this!" ”

Ripple smiled: "But, what she said is true, I just won't ...... anything"

Baozhu held the child's face: "You don't know anything, and it won't be her turn to speak!" ”

Ripple smiled: "Well, that's what I'm waiting for." "Not because of who I am, not because of what I am, but because I am who I am, you like me.

As the two walked and walked to find a quiet place, the jewel stopped to pick up leaves, and as soon as Ripple turned a path, he saw a long figure standing there. It's not in a hurry to hide, Ripple's heart trembled, isn't this person in Nanjing? Cheng Junlin had already seen her, and hooked the corners of his mouth to say hello to the ripples.

After the Ruyi Pavilion incident, both of them were a little embarrassed, and they couldn't help but look at each other, but Cheng Junlin spoke first: "I thought you tied a rope to the banquet again." He traveled all the way to get home.

ripples, and Cheng Junlin stared wide-eyed, with the anger he had just suffered in the flower hall, and said angrily: "It's better than someone being drugged and beaten up!" ”

Cheng Junlin's expression changed, and he said, "No, it shouldn't be like this." "When he was young, he also saw when his parents had a good relationship, and he also saw the saints and concubines in the palace, no matter which one they were, women are gentle and gentle, and this kind of relationship can be called husband and wife. Cheng Junlin frowned: "Why do you always have such a bad attitude?" ”

Ripple stared at him without saying a word, as if he didn't know him, he was distracted for a while, and after a while, he chuckled and said, "Is it bad?" No, I'm too lazy to talk to you. ”

Cheng Junlin was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't come back for a long time.

The corners of Ripple's mouth hooked up a smile but not a smile, "You want me to have a good attitude?" How am I going to be nice to you? You are a hereditary little prince, you are amazing, aren't you? Everyone else has to grovel to you? Fart! What is it! Is this how the daughter of a serious family was ruined by you? Which daughter of a good family can listen to the so-called confession of a foreign man. ”

The more Ripple spoke, the more angry she became, she choked in her throat and coughed again and again, her eyes became red and tears were about to come out, Cheng Junlin was the biggest variable in her vitality in this life, how could two people who were obviously completely unrelated get together!

"How many other girls have you said anything like that? What kind of Zhou Qiyu, did you also say this to others, you came to me for trouble today! I'm only twelve years old this year, you can count some love, love, and others, you may have more sperm on the brain and leave seeds everywhere, right? ”

Cheng Junlin always looked at the ripples with cold eyes, but he didn't answer at all, just waiting for her to say it herself.

The two of them stood for half an hour under the cold wind, each of them frozen.

Cheng Junlin looked at the ripples for a long time, and said coldly: "You are so reluctant, I don't force it, tomorrow I will enter the palace to beg the Queen Mother to take back her fate, and assign you a good Langjun with your heart." ”

Ripple scolded indiscriminately for a long time, and gradually calmed down, and when he heard the words, he replied coldly: "It's enough to take back your fate, and the matter of a good Langjun is not ......." Before Ripple finished speaking, the last few words were glared back into his stomach by Cheng Junlin's eyes.