Chapter 109: Purple Qi Comes from the East
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There are a total of four judges in this flower and fruit competition, the wife of Lord Li of Honglu Temple, the wife of Lord Qin of Guozijian Siye, the wife of Master Gu of Hanlin Academy, and the wife of Xu Weizhen, Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple, are all well-known people in Xijing City.
The Xu family and the Xu family are in-laws, and Xu Qiyao, the eldest lady of the Xu family, married Xu Shen, the concubine of the Xu family. At this moment, seeing Xu Qirong with ordinary melons and grapes in front of her, Mrs. Xu felt that her face was very dull, and she looked at Xu Qiyun, who did not protect her fifth sister at all, frowned, and planned to go back and teach Xu Qiyao to have less contact with this sister.
Before the start of the competition, Mrs. Li stood up to introduce the origin of the competition and the rules of the competition, this begging festival flower and fruit competition is a combination of two traditional activities of Lan Ye Douqiao and eating Qiaoguo.
After Mrs. Li finished speaking, she glanced at Xu Qirong, and the little ladies watching below were a little dissatisfied, the number of little ladies participating in the flower and fruit competition was limited, and Miss Xu Wu, who only brought melons and grapes, inevitably did not pay too much attention to this flower and fruit competition.
Xu Qirong didn't see it.
She was not qualified to participate in this begging competition in her previous life, and she was naturally unwilling to come to watch this grand event. She didn't come out to see. It doesn't mean that Xu Qiyun won't show off in front of her. Xu Qirong remembered that this year, the third lady Chen Qingqiu of the Chen Mansion in Zhuangyuan Lane won the first place. But. In the previous life, this year, there were no fifteen princesses who participated in this flower and fruit competition.
The name of the flowers and fruits made by Miss Chen San at that time was "Bubu Shenglian", which was carved with pomegranate seeds, golden bells, green plums, and peaches to form a picture of red and white carp playing lotus, implying many sons and blessings. It's really a great craft.
Xu Qirong glanced in front of Miss Chen San, and there were really pomegranates, golden bells, green plums and peaches in front of her this time.
Mrs. Li said: "The time has come, and the game has officially begun!" ”
Then I saw that the little ladies picked up small and delicate knives one after another. Peeling of peeling, carving of carving.
Because of the words released by the five county lords and Xu Qiyun before, even though Xu Qirong was putting the most ordinary melons and grapes in front of him. Everyone still put a lot of attention on her.
Xu Qirong's movements were unhurried and unhurried, the small carving knife was extremely dexterous in her hand, and for half an hour, everyone saw her carving grapes. It took a total of 6,636 grapes to stop.
Then I saw Xu Qirong start to peel the melon skin. Xu Qirong peeling melon peeling is a little different from the ordinary peeling method, it is to use the tip of a knife to gently twist on the melon, and the peeled skin is like a whirlwind pattern, white and green.
Everyone's eyes lit up.
Half an hour later, a bunch of swirling melon skins appeared in front of Xu Qirong, and everyone's eyes became disappointed again. Such a pile of melon peels is piled up there, even if the shape is novel, there are many piles. And I don't see anything special coming.
Over there, Miss Chen San has already started to insert carp scales with pomegranate seeds. The fifteenth princess is carving Maitreya Buddha on a Luo Han fruit, the phoenix of the five county lords is beginning to take shape, and Miss Gu is cutting the cucumber into a thin layer like a veil...... Everyone was dazzled, where would they want to see what the hell Miss Xu Wu was doing!
Only Xu Qijin and Shuang Lian were very angry, and cheered Xu Qirong firmly with their eyes.
Xu Qirong pursed his lips and smiled, picked a larger melon, and hollowed out the inside.
At this time, Miss Chen San's carp has been done, attracting a lot of admiration around, and Miss Chen San's carp is as eye-catching as the return of the fifteenth princess carved with Luo Han Guo Ten Thousand Buddhas, some onlookers even opened their mouths to praise a pun, and some people even boasted that Haikou must take pictures of these two flowers and fruits, and sent a small servant to run all the way back to get the silver ticket.
Xu Qijin and the county lord of Shuang Lian glanced at each other, sighed in their hearts, obviously not holding out much hope for Xu Qirong's skillful hands.
Shuang Lian whispered to Xu Qijin: "What are you afraid of, I told Chen Jinling before I went out, no matter how ugly Xu Wu's flowers and fruits are, he will also shoot them at the highest price in the audience." ”
Xu Qijin suddenly felt a little sympathetic to the little prince, and lowered his voice and asked the county lord of Shuang Pian: "No one has raised the price, the little prince will not be considered wronged by others if he does this!" ”
The obvious elbow of the frosty county lord turned out: "Don't worry, the landlord's family still has a stupid son, this will not affect the reputation of our Yuwang Mansion." ”
Xu Qijin couldn't go on.
There is still a stick of incense time before the end of the game, and the little lady who has a fast movement has already completed her flowers and fruits, Miss Chen San and the fifteenth princess are also about to end, and the fifteenth princess glanced in front of Miss Chen San, obviously misunderstood.
Xu Qiyun saw it in her eyes, and felt a little proud in her heart, as far as Xu Qirong's craftsmanship was concerned, if she hadn't had another purpose, she wouldn't have instigated the five county lords to fight for her a place in this competition! However, now it seems that she doesn't have to do anything, Xu Qirong has already embarrassed herself.
The four ladies also whispered, smiling with their eyebrows, obviously very optimistic about Miss Chen San and the fifteenth princess.
At this time, Xu Qirong was using a clever thread to wear the melon skin and hang it on the hollow melon.
Xu Qijin and Lord Shuang Lian were a little anxious, but Xu Qirong was still not in a hurry.
In addition to Xu Qijin and Shuang Lian, there was another person present who was very anxious, the little prince Chen Jinling stood with his friend, holding his forehead with his hand, thinking in his heart what excuse he would be better to leave.
I knew that I wouldn't agree to my sister's request.
As soon as the incense passed, all the little ladies stopped, and Xu Qijin and Shuang Lian looked in front of Xu Qirong. The melon, melon skin, and grapes have been combined and inlaid together, and although it looks ordinary, it is finally finished. I couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
The five county lords glanced at the hundred birds and the phoenix in front of him, and then at the one in front of Xu Qirong, smiling proudly.
Twenty palace maids brought pen and paper to the little ladies who participated in the competition, and the little ladies wrote down the names of their works.
After the maids presented the names of the flowers and fruits, they stood behind the little ladies and waited.
Starting from the first little lady, the maid behind her carried flowers and fruits to everyone to show off. Stopping in front of the four judges, and then reporting the name of the flower melon, the judges began to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of the flower melon. Of course. It's still the advantages that are said a lot, they are all famous ladies, and it's not good to lose their face on this occasion.
Miss Chen San and the fifteenth princess are all in front of Xu Qirong, when talking about Miss Chen San's step-by-step lotus and the fifteenth princess's unspeakable. The four ladies looked visibly more excited. The admiration is palpable.
When it was Xu Qirong's turn, the round-faced maid behind Xu Qirong held the flowers and fruits made by Xu Qirong on a tray, walked around in front of everyone, and then stopped beside Mrs. Li and read: "Purple Qi comes from the east." ”
Mrs. Li looked stunned, Xu Qirong's flower and fruit were very mediocre, if she wanted to say that it was not good, she couldn't say what was bad. To say good, but there is really nothing brilliant about it. had no choice but to ask Xu Qirong: "Miss Xu Wu, your flower and fruit are called purple qi from the east, where does purple qi come from?" ”
Everyone's eyes fell on Xu Qirong, with ridicule, schadenfreude, and worry.
Chen Jinling's face darkened, and Han Shizi shook his head: "In the early years, Xu Wu was quite spiritual, but now it seems that he is also unknown to everyone. ”
A scholar next to him laughed: "The quota for this competition was given to her, which is considered blind." ”
As soon as the words fell, he was glared at by a young man in brocade clothes, and felt a little inexplicable.
Then everyone heard a little lady raise her voice and say, "There are purple grapes, isn't it purple qi from the east!" ”
looked towards the source of the voice, but it was Miss Xu San, Xu Qiyun.
Everyone burst into laughter, except for a few people in the know, others thought she was relieving her sister!
After everyone finished laughing, the five county lords said, "Miss Xu Wu is really ...... Is...... Smart and clever, I can think of such a name. Anyone with a discerning eye can hear the irony in this.
The fifteenth princess glanced at Xu Qirong, her face was full of disappointment, she didn't expect the so-called Xu Wu's level to be like this.
Xu Qiyun seemed to be annoyed by everyone's laughter, and said to Xu Qirong: "Fifth sister, they don't know the goods, you can talk about it." ”
The tone was annoyed, but his eyes were very bright, the focus of tonight finally came, Xu Qiyun unconsciously aggravated his tone on "Said and said".
Xu Qirong's expression twitched a little, and he became panicked and overwhelmed in Xu Qiyun's eyes.
Standing up and blessing the four ladies first, Xu Qirong glanced at Xu Qiyun with a smile and said, "The third sister still understands me." ”
Then he said to Qiu Nong: "Take it." ”
Qiu Nong smiled innocently, and presented a small piece of candle to Xu Qirong, Xu Qirong took it, lit it himself, and put it in the middle of the hollow melon.
The melon is hollow out, the skin of the melon is thick and thin, the lines on the grape are deep and shallow, the candlelight shines inside the melon, through the melon, through the melon skin, through the grapes, the soft candlelight is suddenly blurred, like the smoke on the incense burner. And because of the different shades of the lines on the grapes, the color of this light has a layer, and there is really a feeling of light smoke fluttering.
Isn't it purple qi coming from the east!
Everyone gasped when they saw it, and for a while, they couldn't say anything.
And Xu Qiyun, as early as the moment Xu Qirong spoke, his face turned pale. Xu Qiyu, who had never spoken, was also shocked, and seemed to be a little incredulous about his guess.
In the silence, Xu Qirong smiled and said to the four ladies: "The purple qi is here!" ”
The five county lords glanced at Xu Qiyun, and his face was pale.
The first to react was the fifteenth princess: "No wonder Miss Xu Wu is here, this princess doesn't want to come out on top, this princess is convinced!" ”
The fifteenth princess's words were like opening a valve, and everyone praised them! (To be continued......)