Chapter 9 Pitching the pot
In the Lixiang Garden on the eldest princess's house, Lin Jue and Chen Xueqing stood on the edge of a living spring, surrounded by people inside and out, all of whom were young ladies from Beijing who responded to the invitation to enjoy the flowers.
Although flower viewing is an elegant thing, but simply enjoying the flowers, it also seems to be less interesting, so every time there is a flower party, the host will generally make some other activities to make fun, such as throwing pots, which is very popular in the past two years.
"She is really daring, and she is ...... to compete with Miss Chen San"
"Isn't it, last winter's poetry party...... It's not enough to lose face? ”
Looking at Lin Jue standing by the water, some bold ladies began to whisper to each other, and when they mentioned last winter's poetry meeting, they couldn't help but smile.
"I said Miss Lin Er, the competition is about to start, if you regret it now, it's too late......", Chen Xueqing looked at Lin Jue beside her and said, the surrounding discussions in her ears made her even more proud.
"Can I try throwing it first?"
Lin Jue's little face turned a little pale, and he looked at Chen Xueqing and asked, with a slight request in his tone.
Hearing this, Chen Xueqing only felt that Lin Jue began to regret competing with her, thinking that she would soon be able to witness this person lose face in front of everyone again, and her heart became inexplicably relieved, and even her tone became soft, "Yes, but there is only one chance." ”
Seeing that Chen Xueqing readily agreed, Lin Jue smiled slightly, and his eyes inadvertently swept over the tray in the hand of the servant not far away. The glittering jewels above were the notes for this contest, and of course, her jasper bracelet was included. Jade pendant, gold flower entwined and tillian bracelet, pure white crystal ginseng silver hairpin, white jade carved twisted silk bracelet...... These things are all faded from Chen Xueqing's body, they are good-looking, but they are not worth a few dollars, Lin Jue decided to press Chen Xueqing again, so that the code bet is more valuable.
With an idea in his heart, Lin Jue began to put it into action. She took the stick holder handed over by the little maid, pulled one out of it, slowly walked to the water's edge, and held the bamboo stick to the silver kettle that was slowly flowing on the water surface for a long time, and did not dare to throw it.
Chen Xueqing looked at her like this and suddenly felt funny. This Lin Jue is probably starting to be scared. But only now did I realize that I was a straw bag, and it was too late.
Sure enough, even if she tried to throw it, she didn't count, Lin Jue did not live up to everyone's "expectations", and as soon as she threw the stick in her hand, needless to say, she didn't even touch the face of the silver pot.
When everyone saw this, they all pursed their lips and laughed.
"You've tried, now can you start?" , Chen Xueqing couldn't hide the joy between her eyebrows.
"I think you've got too few bets, and my bracelet is priceless." , Lin Jue hesitated, pursed his lips, and said.
When Chen Xueqing heard this, she turned around and glanced at Lord Miao, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, this Lin Jue was afraid that she would not dare to compete with her, but she regretted it in front of so many people and was afraid of losing face, so she kept making excuses and wanted to delay time. She won't let this person "succeed in his tricks", isn't it just a big bet? Anyway, with Lin Jue's pot throwing skills, she can't win back, since she wants to play big, then put out more jewelry for her to see. Thinking like this, Chen Xueqing took down the white hosta on her head, handed it to Lin Jue and shook it, and then put it into the tray, "Is this enough?" ”
"Not enough!" , Lin Jue glanced at the golden pearl and jade butterfly hairpin on the head of the county lord not far away, and said concisely, "If you add the hairpin on the head of the county lord, it is only barely acceptable." ”
"Lin Er, you don't want to get an inch!" When Lord Miao heard this, his tone was full of annoyance, this hairpin was a birthday gift from the Sixth Emperor Brother, and this woman dared to fight this idea.
"That's fine, it's not that I don't try, it's just that you have too few bets." , Lin Jue said, raising his feet and leaving.
"Wait! ——", Chen Xueqing saw that Lin Jue was leaving, and hurriedly stopped her, while glaring at the master of Miaojun.
This Lin Er was obviously afraid of losing face and losing face, so he resorted to such a strategy. In front of so many people, if they let Lin Jue go like this, not only would Lin Jue get out smoothly, but they would also provoke the gossip that the dignified ladies couldn't take out decent jewelry as a code note, and this word spread out, whether it was for Lord Miao or her Chen family, it was not a good thing.
The county lord of Miao obviously also thought of this, she is a dignified county lord, her father is the eldest brother of the monarch of the Great Cause Kingdom, is it not as good as the daughter of a little Taibuling family? Besides, this Lin Jue is a straw bale, even if she takes out that hairpin as a code bet, it will only make her addicted, where does she have the ability to take it back? It's Lin Jue's bracelet, after this competition, it must be in her bag. Thinking like this, Lord Miao opened his mouth and agreed, "Okay, but if you lose, you can't regret it." ”
"Naturally, I won't regret it, if you lose, you have to talk about it." , Lin Jue looked at everyone and said loudly. The bait has been laid out, and now it's just a matter of holding your breath and waiting for the fish to take the bait.
"That's nature. With so many people witnessing to us, what is Miss Lin Er afraid of? If anyone repents of cheating, then we will show the eldest princess. Lord Miao smiled brightly. With so many people in it, even if Lin Jue loses and wants to regret it, it won't work.
"Alright, let's get started."
Seeing that Lin Jue Luoli said a lot, but he was reluctant to start, Chen Xueqing was a little impatient, didn't this person just want to compete and want to delay time?
After Chen Xueqing finished speaking, a servant came up with a bamboo tube full of sticks.
"Well, you start first."
Lin Jue took a step back, not wanting to use his hands to pick up the bamboo tube.
"Okay, I'll vote first, you stand next to you."
Chen Xueqing glanced at Lin Jue, reached out and took the bamboo tube in the handmaiden's hand. Isn't this Lin Jue just trying to stall for time? But with so many people present, whether she votes or not, the ending will only be humiliating.
At the beginning of the competition, the surroundings gradually quieted down, although there were basically no surprises in the results, but everyone still held their breath for fear of missing something.
However, even Lin Jue has to admit that Chen Xueqing's pot throwing skills are superb. Although the water flows very slowly, it is not completely still. The spout of the silver kettle is not large, and it floats on the flowing water, even if the water flows very slowly, the difficulty of hitting it is greatly increased. If he hadn't practiced in his previous life, Lin Jue wouldn't have dared to compete.
But Chen Xueqing is very flexible. I saw that she gently pinched the bamboo stick with her hand, and her upper body was slightly tilted, making the posture of a flying goddess, which was very elegant. And the hit rate is also a shot and a quasi, a round down, ten sticks in the bamboo tube, she hit seven, such a hit rate, among the boudoir women in Yuejing, is already very high.