This year's peony banquet is quite a bit of an undercurrent because the Rong'an County Royal Mansion reveals the intention of choosing a princess, but under the auspices of Princess Tongfu, it is still carried out in accordance with the procedures of previous years, and the princess will always leave some opportunities to show their talents to the young men and girls present, and give the young men and women who are blindly married and dumb to have a chance to know and understand each other.

"Everyone here must be good at poetry and books, why don't you just take the peony in the courtyard of the palace, or compose poems or paintings, and have a good exchange and appreciation?"

It is the princess who gives the opportunity to show her talents, and who will refuse without knowing each other, everyone should naturally be.

Immediately, a maid stepped forward to offer pen and ink, and everyone present either pondered or splashed ink, all of them showed their talents, not to mention finding a hearty partner at this banquet, it is also good to be famous as a Beijing teacher.

Although Shen Run, the son of Fangcai, did not mean to fancy any lady, many of the daughters of the prince were not discouraged, and tried their best to strive for their works to dominate and invite the hearts of the princes. Those who are not in the world also have a little bit of their own abacus, and those with good family backgrounds hope that their reputation can go to the next level, so that they can match better relatives, and those with poor family backgrounds want to be able to stand out here, and maybe they will marry from heaven and change their lives.

Even the men here are unwilling to be covered by Shen Run's light, so the former Shen Run's song has taken the lead, and at this moment they want to win back a city in poetry and books, stand out among the cadres, and make a name for themselves in the capital.

Everyone has their own minds and shows their talents. After a long while, he put down the pen in his hand one after another, and immediately a maid stepped forward to hold each person's work and carefully hung it on the shelf that had been prepared.

Princess Tongfu, as the host, was naturally the first to come forward to taste them one by one. She is good at dancing with long sleeves and eight faces, but all outstanding works are praised, and even better is that she can capture the sparkle in each work, so that everyone here can feel that this is a sincere compliment, not the master's words.

"Xi Er is really worthy of being the first Danqing in the younger generation, and his skills are better than your brother. Look at this peony painting, it is more graceful and delicate than the one in this garden. ”

Xi Zhongwei, the second son of the Xi family, hurriedly saluted the princess and said, "Princess Xie praises you." ”

Or, "I didn't expect the daughters of the Luo family to write such a good hand, quite a bit of a father's style, it's really rare." ”

In this way, it is also a pleasure for the guests and hosts.

Jiang Suoyue admired in her heart, everyone said that Princess Tongfu was a unique favor because of her biological mother's friendship with the current Queen Mother, but she ignored Princess Tongfu's high emotional intelligence. Princess Tongfu can have today's status, not only because of her biological mother, but also because of her own intelligence and bearing.

For example, although the status of everyone here is not as noble as the princess, the princess does not hold a stand. I'm afraid she also knows very well in her heart that she has been just a princess all her life, but one of the people here may be the future minister of the humerus, and it is not impossible to pay homage to the prime minister; Or which one will be the person who will be the favorite of the six palaces in the future, if the creation is greater and gives birth to the future emperor, her future status will be even more incomparable to her. She only needs to show a little kindness to form a good relationship for the future, and she will not suffer losses, so why not.

Even so, a pampered character like her has this transparent mind, and she can put it off the shelf, so she is not comparable to ordinary women.

As for Jiang Suoyue's works, she didn't seek to stand out, so she estimated the level of everyone, and made it even, neither outstanding nor decent. She had no intention of attracting anyone's attention here, but she had already shown her head once, so she naturally felt that it was better not to cause more trouble.

After some appreciation, Princess Tongfu smiled and said, "It turns out that this young generation is also Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which really opened my eyes." This reminds me of an incident, I got a work a few days ago, but I like it so much, so I took it out for you to appreciate as well, and you also help me find out which one's work this is. ”

Everyone was secretly surprised in their hearts, with the identity of Princess Tongfu, what kind of good calligraphy and painting have not been seen, there is a work that can get her blue eyes, it must be very extraordinary, but such an extraordinary work does not even know who the author is, it is really a miracle.

After a while, a few eunuchs carried up a rosewood screen, the silk cloth on the screen is painted with a pair of peonies, leaning on the bluestone, "Wei Zi" blooms layers of petals, there is another "Lantian jade" next to it, "Yao Huang" has just pulled out the full flower bones, the flowers are like brocade, and it is also in line with today's scene, and there is an inscription "the national color is drunk in the morning, the sky is fragrant and the night is dyed", and there is a poem next to it.

Someone read it out: "The peony demon in front of the court is unqualified, and the hibiscus on the pond is pure and affectionate." Only the peony is true to the national color, and the flowers move the capital when they bloom. ”

"It's really rare to draw good words and poems, and the three arts are combined."

Everyone looked at this work carefully, or communicated with the people next to them, only Jiang Saoyue frowned slightly when she saw this screen, and then lowered her eyes to hide the emotions in her eyes.

Xi Zhongwei, the second son of the Xi family, who had been praised by Princess Tongfu for his painting skills before, was slightly embarrassed, but the painting skills were not surprising compared to him, and I don't know where the princess fancied. He shook his fan slightly, as if unintentionally said to the person next to him: "Although this painting is a combination of three arts, it is also rare, but in the opinion of this painting technique, the heat is not enough." ”

Although he was speaking to the person next to him, the volume was just right for everyone present to hear. The audience was silent for a while, and they all looked at this arrogant young man.

In fact, this is also what everyone present thinks, they are all from families, and their knowledge is extraordinary, and they also say in their hearts that this work is really good, but it is really not worthy of the princess's admiration. It's just that they were worried about Princess Tongfu's feelings and never said it directly, and this second son of Xi has always been famous for his painting skills, so he refused to bend down in front of this work.

Princess Tongfu didn't care, and said with a smile: "Xi Er, you can come forward and take a look." ”

Xi Zhongwei was slightly strange in his heart, and his heart was to step forward to see what it was, the pen was still lacking, and it was not something else that could be remedied, but he couldn't disobey the princess's will, so he strode forward to take a closer look.

Everyone saw that he was still unconvinced at first, but after a moment he suddenly appeared surprised, and finally stopped shaking his hand and stretched out his other hand to touch the screen in front of him.

Everyone was puzzled, but they heard him exclaim: "Oh my God, this is not a painting, but an embroidered picture." ”

Everyone present was shocked, how could it be, where was the embroidery picture so similar to a painting, and where the embroidery picture could be so realistic, and immediately a few unbelieving people stepped forward to confirm it, and there were bursts of exclamation in the banquet.

Jiang Suoyue is very peaceful, she is too familiar with this work, this is a work that she spent more than half a year embroidering, but it was sold for a good price at that time, but she didn't expect it to be transferred to the hands of Princess Tongfu, and it was made into a screen, and it was carried to her eyes.

Princess Tongfu seemed to be satisfied with everyone's exclamation, and said, "That's not all. ”

She gestured slightly, and the eunuch waiting next to her lifted the screen and turned the other side to everyone. I saw a blooming "Erqiao" embroidered on it, and there was an inscription "Flowers Bloom and Wealth".

Immediately, a female voice said, "It's a pair of double-sided embroidery!" And the face is so realistic, at first glance it really looks like a painting, where can you see that it is embroidered with stitches and threads. ”

Princess Tongfu smiled mysteriously and said, "It's not all, look at those four words." ”

The people who approached the screen took a closer look at the four big characters of "Flowers Blooming and Wealthy" and found that it was composed of countless "Flowers Blooming and Wealthy" the size of rice grains.

As if taking the painstaking effort behind this embroidered picture, there was a sudden silence during the banquet, and everyone felt that such a picture seemed to appear in front of them, a woman in the sun, under the candlelight, I don't know how many days and nights, painstakingly completed the picture in front of them. It's just that they really can't imagine what kind of person the embroidered woman would be, and how she could have such a delicate mind.

Princess Tongfu also smiled: "When I saw it for the first time, I was surprised and surprised, who embroidered it?" If it is said that it is an embroidery girl with exquisite embroidery skills, I am afraid that there is no such exquisite thought, and this work is outstanding in poetry, calligraphy and painting, it should be from the hands of a woman who has read poetry and books, but such a woman must be from a family, how can she flow out of the embroidered work by herself. ”

Everyone bowed slightly, agreeing with Princess Tongfu's point of view, but they couldn't understand the reason.

Some people immediately objected that if you want to make the embroidery picture like a painting, you must constantly adjust the composition during the embroidery process, and consider the effect of the embroidery thread in the light when composing, so the drawing and embroidery must be the same person. There are also humanitarian people who make drawings and embroider are the same person, and this person has the four arts of poetry, calligraphy, painting and embroidery, how can he not have a little reputation in Beijing.

There are different opinions, and there is no consensus.

Only Jiang Suoyue sighed in her heart, should she thank the two worlds for what she had learned, or should she thank the Jiang Tian clan for their hard work? Calligraphy was learned in the previous life, but the poems were clever and stained with the light of the predecessors, but no one knows about it here. Painting and embroidery skills are both learned in this life, and embroidery skills are completely forced out under the oppression of the Eda clan.

Nowadays, Miss Qianjin has a maid who waits for needlework around her, and she can't learn enough to deal with the scene, where is like her, she is called by the Eda family as a needlework girl all day long, and even because of the livelihood of the force, she has to spend her time embroidering some exquisite embroidery pictures in exchange for silver.

Jiang Suoyue shook her head secretly, this is also a lost corner, let's harvest the mulberry elm.