Chapter 253: The Show Begins
It was nearly noon, and everyone was hungry.
"Lunch has been prepared, and the lord invites you to go to the front hall for dinner." Several handmaidens came over and laughed.
Wen Banniang's stomach "gurgled" a few times, her face was slightly red, she glanced around carefully, and found that no one noticed her, so she let out a secret breath, and hurriedly accelerated her pace and followed behind Wen Jiuniang and the others.
"Qi Niang." Someone in the crowd suddenly tugged at Wen Jing's sleeve.
Wen Jing looked sideways, and it was Wen Wuniang.
Wen Wuniang glanced at Wen Jing, the two slowed down, and then walked into a side hall while everyone was not paying attention.
"Fifth sister, how are you doing?" Wen Jing took a look at Wen Wuniang and found that her complexion was acceptable, and there was no worry between her eyebrows.
"It's okay, at least they are starting to be jealous of me, your brother-in-law has changed his opinion of me, Qi Niang, thanks to you." Wen Wuniang said this, and her cheeks were stained with a faint flush.
Wen Jing put his mind at ease, although it was just some hemp and urging yao, but after all, it was not something on the table, so he smiled faintly: "This is all the fifth sister's own efforts, I am relieved to see that the fifth sister is doing well, otherwise Qi Niang will be at ease." ”
"Let's go to dinner, they'll find out late." Wen Wuniang shook Wen Jing's hand and said.
"Okay, the fifth sister has to go home to see her father." Wen Jing said.
Wen Wuniang's face froze, and she was stunned and said, "What's wrong with my father?" ”
"I wasn't in good health a few days ago, but now it's fine. I just want the fifth sister to look back at her father, after all, she is old, and she is no longer the Wen who used to dominate the officialdom. ”
Wen Wuniang nodded and nodded: "I'll find a trip home in a few days, you also know that there are many rules in the big house, and then talk to the seventh sister in a few days, you go to the front for a banquet." ”
The county lord was talking to Qi Wanniang while eating, and Wen Jing walked to Wen Banniang and sat down.
"Seventh sister, where have you been, the dishes are cold, let's eat them when the hot dishes come." Wen Banniang said thoughtfully.
Wen Jing looked up. saw Ji Yunxi's gaze. With a hint of arrogance in his eyes, and a hint of narrowness, it seems that there are still good programs below.
After Wen Banniang filled her stomach, she looked up at Wen Jiuniang, who was sitting under Qi Wanniang. I was talking and laughing with the county lord. There was some unhappiness on his face.
"Seventh sister. Look at someone, it's really good that the scar forgets the pain. Wen Banniang whispered.
Wen Jing only smiled slightly and did not speak.
Finish your meal. Everyone returned to the garden, most of them were young people, and they had no previous restraints, and they talked about it in twos and threes, and most of the sons and brothers who came to be foils were self-aware, and they knew that the county lord and the concubines of the Hou Mansion could not look down on themselves, so they talked to the noble ladies who were also serving as foils, and the atmosphere was also happy.
Wen Jing was thinking about Ji Changge in his heart, and he didn't know what kind of situation he was in at the moment.
"You look at this flower and there is already a stick of incense, and you take the liberty to ask the little lady, what is so special about this flower?"
A man walked over and asked, he couldn't help but scold himself in his heart, there was such a beauty in the capital, and he didn't know it.
Wen Jing came back to his senses and looked up at the strange man in front of him: "There is nothing special. ”
"It turns out that the little lady is a drunkard who does not mean to drink, and the beautiful scenery of a good day can't let the little lady come out of her sorrow, how can it be regarded as a beautiful scenery, if you give a poem to the little lady, I hope to make the lady happier." The man shook the folding fan in his hand.
Wen Jing smiled and said nothing, this kind of cheesy way of picking up is still seen in costume dramas when I was in school before.
When the man saw the beauty in front of him smile, his interest was even higher, and he just opened his mouth to recite a poem to praise the beauty in front of him.
"How about this king read you a poem?"
The man turned around and looked, his face changed greatly: "Li Buren has seen the prince, but the villain doesn't dare." ”
King Xuan also shook the folding fan in his hand, talking about the gentleman, a little more gentlemanly than the gentleman, that Li Buren pickled countless girls, naturally knew it, thinking of King Xuan's visit to the Wen family a few days ago, he almost didn't beat himself with a big mouth, is this the Wen family's seven mothers?
Sure enough, I heard King Xuan shout Qi Niang, the man hurriedly saluted and left, muttering as he walked, it is rumored that this Wen Qi Niang is an autopsy, and as we all know, she once chased the little grandfather shamelessly but was rejected, but this look is not at all as unbearable as the people say, but after all, he is a person who often touches the dead, and it is still less good.
King Xuan shook the folding fan and looked around at the eager eyes around him, and sure enough, everyone immediately scattered, and that little bit of lust was obviously insignificant compared to offending the prince.
"In the future, it is better to come to this kind of occasion less, especially the prodigal sons." King Xuan retracted his "vicious" gaze and said leisurely.
Wen Jing raised his eyebrows, and said in his heart, isn't the most "wave" yourself?
A servant girl walked up to the top and said loudly, "Ladies and gentlemen, our young lady invites you to play a game." ”
Sure enough, the "show" came
Wen Jing made up her mind, no matter what kind of game or game, she pretended to be a corpse, and the purpose of this trip had been achieved.
Wang Jue also walked over, his face slightly gloomy.
King Xuan smiled slightly, put away the folding fan and held it in his hand, approached Wang Jue and said: "The old marquis deliberately left Brother Wang alone to gossip. ”
Looking at King Xuan's narrow gaze, Wang Jue smiled faintly: "It's just a few small talks." ”
The three of them tacitly agreed that the old marquis must have taken a fancy to Wang Jue and wanted to accept him as his grandson-in-law, Wang Jue is the champion of the new department, and he has entered the Hanlin Academy, and his future is unlimited, not to mention his character, he has not yet married a wife, these conditions alone have been able to make the nobles flock to him, and it is understandable to say that this "blind date banquet" was specially prepared by the old marquis for Wang Zhuangyuan.
"The wind and the sun are beautiful, a hundred flowers are blooming, don't give a poem, wouldn't it be a beautiful beauty, all of you are talented and beautiful, how about we have a poetry conference?" Gu Yueru smiled.
"Good!"
There were immediately many voices echoing below, and everyone felt that the genius was talking about himself, and he was sorry for Miss Gu's praise if he didn't show his hand.
"Warm up first, I'll throw bricks and lead jade first, and make an uplink." Qi Wanniang stood up and smiled.
Qi Wanniang is a well-known talented woman, the piano, chess, poetry and painting are all excellent, everyone heard that their eyes lit up, and they looked at her expectantly, not knowing what kind of pair would come out of the cherry mouth.
"The dragon doesn't groan, the tiger doesn't roar, the fish doesn't jump, the toad doesn't jump, and the bangs fall off the head with a smile."
As soon as Qi Wanniang's coupling came out, everyone lowered their eyes, this couplet is really not very good, the "talents" who were eager to try just now suddenly wilted, where is this warm-up! Come up and throw out the killer feature!
King Xuan looked at the man named Li Buren and said: "Brother Li is rich and rich, and he is only eight buckets high, so don't be modest, such a wonderful Shanglian can only be done by Brother Li." ”
Li Buren wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at the bundles of eyes cast around him in a panic, and held back for a long time and said: "The phoenix doesn't sing, the lion doesn't howl, the worm doesn't bark, the dog doesn't make trouble, and the leper monk cries to death." ”
There was silence all around.
"That's right! It's so 'neat'! King Xuan clapped his hands and said.
The surrounding crowd burst into laughter, and Qi Wanniang glanced at Li Buren with some disgust, and then looked away, as if she felt disgusted even if she looked at it more.
Even the big iceberg Wang Jue couldn't help but laugh, and said in a low voice: "This coupling is also neat." ”
"Are there any other downlinks?" Qi Wanniang continued to ask, her eyes falling on Wang Jue.
Everyone also swept their eyes on Wang Jue, but Wang Jue didn't seem to notice it, just looked down at the flowers in front of him.
"Qi Niang of the Wen family is also a famous talented girl, why don't Qi Niang come to the next link." Ding Chuchu said loudly.
Wen Jing raised her eyes and glanced at her, it turned out that this was the purpose of Dou Shi, I wanted her to make a fool of her, but she was really not good at pairs.
Wang Jue and King Xuan glanced at Wen Jing, and under the eyes of everyone, it was not easy to help directly.
"The car has no wheels, the horse has no saddle, the elephant has no tusks, the cannon has no fire, and the lady in the car is captured alive." Wen Jing lowered his eyes and said lightly.
"That's right!" King Xuan clapped his hands and laughed.
Wang Jue breathed a sigh of relief, he had never seen Wen Jing read poetry or play the piano, he was busy going to the yamen every day, and he only read medical books when he read books, and when he remembered the lamp surface that Wen Jing painted last time, he knew that her skills in holding a pen were far less exquisite than her holding a knife.
Qi Wanniang's face was a little unsightly, but everyone's eyes fell on her, and her image has always been "to convince people with virtue", so naturally she can't attack in public, and everyone who doesn't see it can hear the "sarcasm" in this couplet.
"It's an interesting connection." Several sons and sons praised one after another, and in addition to Ji Yunxi, Ding Chuchu and Gu Yueru and others, the rest of the little ladies also covered their mouths and snickered, although they were respectful to Qi Wanniang, who had always stood on the moral high ground, they were only afraid that their statements would be damaged, and they would not be able to marry a good family in the future, and they were actually very disgusted with her in their hearts.
Ji Yunxi glanced at Qi Wanniang, then at Wen Jiuniang, opened her mouth but didn't say anything, didn't she say that this Wen Qiniang didn't understand poetry and poetry at all? Not only did she fall in love with Qi Wanniang's pair, but she also made Qi Wanniang ugly in front of everyone, she was really angry!
Qi Wanniang's eyes turned a few times, and she glanced at the maid next to her, and the maid took out a painting.
"This is a hand-painted Danqing by Wan Niang, but she is not very satisfied, and I want to ask you to help find improvements." Gu Yueru said.
The picture scroll unfolded, it turned out to be a picture of Guanyin like Danqing, and there was some Qi Wanniang's own charm at the eyebrows and eyes, Wen Jing was speechless, this person really regarded himself as Guanyin and reincarnated, and he was shameless (to be continued......
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