Chapter Sixty-Eight: Love and Rivalry
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After eating a birthday banquet full of delicacies from the mountains and seas and delicacies, the three sisters of the Lu family followed everyone and came to the Changyin Pavilion located in the garden. The pavilion has already arranged the precious fruit tea, a group of guests talk and laugh, each chooses a table to enter, the wine is up, the atmosphere is more lively than the banquet just now.
As the protagonist of today, the eldest princess was toasted many times, her face was red, and she sat upright like the stars and the moon. The rest of the ladies were seated in order of their fate.
After all the guests arrived, Minyi took the lead in getting up and presented a congratulatory message: "My daughter has a dance to dedicate to wish her mother a better life than Nanshan, and every year she is better than a flower." ”
The eldest princess scolded with a smile: "You kid, what kind of nonsense you say." The palace is so old, and it is better than Hua Jiao, and it is not too difficult to say this. ”
A noble lady beside her smiled and said, "Your Highness, this is the wrong county lord." The concubine felt that the county lord was right, His Royal Highness is like this now, saying that you have just passed the year of establishment, and many people believe it! ”
This was said beautifully and ingeniously, and the rest of the people echoed it. The eldest princess was praised by everyone and smiled, but she didn't answer, and looked at her daughter dancing in the pavilion with pride.
Jing'an customs, except for the banquet of white things, all other banquets will have a part of the performance of the young lady of the guest's family. Changyin Pavilion was specially designed and built for this occasion. All the desks are set aside, and a corner is covered by a curtain for the servants to play music. In the middle, a large open space is reserved for performances.
At this moment, Minyi was in the middle of the scene, dancing a dance that had been practicing hard for her mother's birthday for many days. She has many years of riding and archery background. On weekdays, he will embroider his legs twice, and he dances differently from the delicate and soft of other ladies, but is a little more heroic. After the dance, there were bursts of applause and cheers.
Minyi got off to a good start, and then, many daughters who had been prepared for a long time generously got up and recommended themselves and took turns to play.
The granddaughter of Master Wen played a song of mountains and flowing water. Song Shumi's second daughter used the flute to blow a song of Pinghu Autumn Moon, the most brilliant is the calligraphy and painting performed by Zou Mingqing, the granddaughter of Zou Taifu.
I saw two white banners hanging high in the field. Zou Mingqing holds a pen in each of his left and right hands, holding a wolf hao pen on the left, and holding a slightly smaller Zihao center in his right hand. After each of them was dipped in thick ink, she opened her bow left and right. Dual-minded. Both hands waved on the white canvas in front of him at the same time.
After a stick of incense, Miss Zou put down her double pen and publicized the two calligraphy and paintings she had just written. On the left, "Fu is like the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan" eight words are vigorous and vigorous, and the small portrait of the eldest princess sketched by a few simple strokes on the right is vivid and expressive, and the guests present are vying to be the first to watch, all of them are amazed.
The eldest princess was also very happy to receive this birthday gift with a unique heart, in addition to her continuous admiration. He even took off an emerald bracelet that he had worn on his wrist for many years on the spot and gave it away.
Miss Zou thanked the eldest princess for the reward. But he didn't retreat, but turned his head to look at the seat where the eldest lady of the Lu family was, and said provocatively: "I heard that Miss Lu is also good at calligraphy and painting, and she has been praised by Mr. many times in her studies, I don't know if I dare to compare with the next in front of the eldest princess today?" ”
Suddenly being named, Zhihua raised her eyebrows in surprise. She and Miss Zou never knew each other, and they didn't know where to offend her, which led to this provocation. Looking closely at her gaze, it is not difficult to find a faint flicker of jealousy.
Miss Zou was born noble, and in her eyes, the name of her countryman is probably not worth mentioning at all. Then the only thing that can arouse her jealousy is the family affair with the Weiguo Mansion. Zhihua squinted and thought for a moment, and had an answer in her heart.
But before she could reply, Minyi stood up and maintained: "Miss Zou's news is a bit outdated. Ah Hua had already changed her cooking skills two years ago, and who in Beijing didn't know that I was a classmate with her. Miss Zou wants to challenge her, why not compare her cooking skills? ”
Zou Ming was prepared early in the morning, and he was not annoyed when he heard the county lord's implicit sarcastic refusal, and said calmly: "I heard that Miss Lu entered the boudoir at the age of seven, studied calligraphy and painting for five years, and only changed to cooking at the age of twelve. If I really chose to challenge Miss Luk's cooking skills, it would be unfair to her. These confident words not only resolved the maintenance of the county lord, but also implicitly stabbed the other party and gave up halfway.
Zhihua threw a reassuring look at Minyi, signaling her to be calm. In order to confirm his guess, he pretended to be embarrassed and declined: "This ...... Talent shows have always been a chance for the ladies in the boudoir to get ahead, I have already decided to get married, it is really not appropriate to be in the limelight, or give this opportunity to others. ”
Sure enough, as soon as she mentioned the engagement, Zou Mingqing's eyes were even more jealous, and she retorted with a smile: "It's okay, I think the other ladies probably want to see what the future Mrs. Shizi has to offer." ”
These words attracted a chorus of echoes, among which a certain daughter who was the best friend of Zou Mingqing was even more directly helpful: "Miss Lu doesn't dare to fight, isn't she afraid that she will lose and have no face to marry the prince?" ”
It seems that it was his unexpected withdrawal from his relatives in the past, which left people with the impression of being weak and easy to bully. It's okay, just take this opportunity to let these suspicious people see if she, the future wife of the prince, is so easy to bully.
Thinking of this, Zhihua put away the polite smile that had been hanging on her face, her eyes were bright, and she stared straight at the woman who had just spoken, and reprimanded: "This young lady is wrong!" My family business was not obtained by comparing with anyone, but by the prince of Weiguo himself, and the saint gave it himself. Therefore, no matter whether I should fight or not today, whether I win or lose, I can't talk about a shameless marriage! ”
The mouthy woman she refuted was ashamed and annoyed, and her face was so red that she almost wanted to drop blood. The emperor pressed down on this mountain, and she didn't dare to have the idea of replying at all, so she could only swallow this breath raw.
This is not the end, Zhihua turned her head and countered Zou Mingqing's provocation: "Miss Zou said that if you want to see my excellence, then I might as well be cheeky and tell you directly - my greatest excellence is that I am determined to serve the country and dare to take action!" ”
This was said in a righteous and resounding manner. No matter what they thought in their hearts, all of them had a solemn look on their faces.
Zou Mingqing was still unconvinced: "If this is Miss Lu's excellence, then the little woman dares to say unceremoniously, what you do, I can do it too!" "She just wants today's events to spread, and it is best to spread it to the ears of the prince, so that he can know that Miss Lu is not the only one who can be qualified to be treated by him.
The rivals in love were all hit in the face, Zhihua sneered, and no longer planned to leave a trace of affection for the other party: "Miss Zou means that I can donate 100,000 stone of grain, and you can too?" ”
Zou Mingqing smiled slightly, thinking that she had seen through the loopholes in her words. "I mean, if you can spend all your money, so can I! I'm not afraid to tell Miss Lu, I have donated all the dowries that my parents have prepared for me in the future to the imperial court yesterday. In the future, I Zou Mingqing will marry without a dowry! ”
Just when everyone was stunned by her ruinous move, Zhihua smiled coldly: "If I were Miss Zou's parents, I would really regret that I gave birth to such an unfilial daughter!" ”
Zou Mingqing didn't get angry but laughed: "Miss Lu's donation of her deceased mother's dowry is to understand the righteousness, and it is unfilial for me to donate my dowry?" Dare to ask Miss Lu what is the reason? ”
"That day coincided with a natural disaster, and His Majesty and the adults of the court were at a loss for disaster relief, so they dared to ask Miss Zou what she was doing at that time? I abandoned my selfishness and resolutely donated food to the country, who would dare to deny that I have great righteousness? And Miss Zou, what about you? Now that the disaster is alleviated, in order to compare with me, you chose to donate this dowry at this time, which is dispensable for the imperial court and prepared with all your might for your parents, isn't it unfilial? You and I donate, the original intention of donating is not the same at all, and you dare to make a big deal here! Please also ask Miss Zou to retract what she just said, I, Lu Zhihua, don't disdain to be compared with people like you at all! ”
After this merciless accusation was finished, the scene was silent for a while.
Zou Mingqing couldn't imagine that the soft persimmon opponent who didn't dare to compete with Li Yuxue in her eyes was so difficult, her face turned red and purple when she said it, and she couldn't bear the shame and wanted to argue again, but she was interrupted by the applause and praise of the county lord who came back to her senses.
Seeing that her daughter was at a disadvantage, Mrs. Zou couldn't sit still anymore, and took the case: "Miss Lu is really eloquent!" The little girl just wants to try it with you, and if you don't dare to fight, why bother to use other excuses as a raft? Someone like you who gave up halfway after learning half-wants to be on a par with my daughter! ”
Minyi, who has never been afraid of offending people, immediately sneered: "Could it be that Mrs. Zou is a little old and a little behind-the-ear?" Why did you miss the words "no" and "crumbs"? ”
The county lord repeatedly tried to make peace, and Mrs. Zou also tore her face, she was too lazy to argue with a junior, so she forced the eldest princess to ask: "Is this how Her Royal Highness the eldest princess taught her daughter?" Do elders dare to interject at will when they speak? I heard that the county lord had an arrogant temper before, and I originally thought that someone was deliberately spreading rumors, but when I saw it today...... Hmph, it seems that there is no wind. ”
Mrs. Zou has real power in her hands, how can she be afraid of offending an eldest princess who has already lost power? If you don't get it back today, it's not just Zou Mingqing's face that will be lost.
The eldest princess had a big headache, and if she put it aside, she would not be afraid of offending Mrs. Zou's family. She is a woman, neither greedy for money nor seeking power, and it is really not so easy for Mrs. Zou to deal with her. But now it's different, the daughter is at the age of discussing relatives, and today she has to confirm this reputation for arrogance, and it is impossible for her to have no impact on her family affairs.
As a mother who holds her child in the palm of her hand, she can't bear her daughter to be wronged a little, so she reprimands her daughter without being salty or light: "Don't be rude!" "Coping with things.
Zhihua also shook her head slightly at Minyi, signaling her not to be impulsive anymore.
So Minyi pouted, sat back in her seat and stopped talking.
Zhihua stood up with a smile and a calm attitude: "Well, since Miss Zou is bent on comparing herself with me, a half-person who has given up halfway, she will be ugly." ”
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