Chapter 332: Challenge
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Kyoto had selected the top ten beautiful men many years ago, and then there was no re-election, and this year's lantern festival was re-selected, and the lively Cheng dΓΉ was more than the selection of the goddess of the hundred flowers.
There is a huge test bench, and there are three layers inside and three layers outside, which are crowded and oppressed.
It was already crowded, and before An Rong could go in, he found that there were pickpockets.
The speed of stealing, dragging the purse on someone's waist, pulling and pulling, it was in hand.
"If I steal it, I'll definitely make three or four hundred taels today," Peony said speechlessly.
Even if you are crazy, you have to pay attention to the purse on your waist, but it is so noisy, Peony shouted at the throat to catch the thief, and was drowned in the shouting.
An Rong gave Qifu a look, and Qifu took someone over to catch the thief.
The thief took out seven or eight purses from his bosom, and did not know who belonged to whom.
Qifu returned the cyan purse to the spectator, but was mistaken for a thief, Qifu was really angry, and threw the purse directly to him, and also offered a sentence, "It deserves to be stolen!" β
After speaking, he looked at An Rong with those purses, and didn't know what to do.
An Rong waved his hand and said, "Take it and distribute it to those beggars." β
Qifu nodded and turned to leave.
Soon, the gongs and drums sounded.
A middle-aged man walked over on the test platform, and he said with a smile, "Everyone, please be quiet, please listen to me, everyone knows that the last time Kyoto selected the top ten beautiful men was eighteen years ago, and the current emperor ranks second, the first is Prince Ding, the third is Prince Yan, the fourth is General Xiao, and the fifth is ...... Last year, I deliberately wanted to re-elect a beautiful man, I have been hesitating, hesitating, now the Hundred Flowers Goddess has been settled, the flower platform is depressed a lot, the Lantern Festival is only once a year, how can it not be lively, this has a beauty pageant! β
The man paused, took a few steps forward and said with a smile, "The young master of the family in Kyoto, the prince and the king, you have witnessed it more or less, I have selected forty beautiful men with both ability and political integrity, painted their portraits, and will show them in a while, everyone present, just buy a silk flower and throw it to your favorite young master, who thinks the most handsome, and the one who gets the most silk flowers is the first of the beautiful men!" β
The man talked eloquently.
Silk flowers are also divided into types, and there are many types, some are worth ten taels, some are worth one tael, some are worth five cents, and there are also worth ten cents, five cents, and one penny.
After the man finished speaking, several small servants came over with silk flowers.
An Rong looked funny, this is a beauty pageant, this is taking advantage of the opportunity of a beauty pageant to make money, but there are still many people who follow and coax.
No, even Shen Anxi exclaimed, "Fourth sister, the eldest brother and second brother are also here, look!" β
An Rong raised his eyes and saw that Shen Anbei and Shen Anmin were really there, and the portraits were still very expressive.
The man on the portrait was recognized by An Rong, and as for whether he was a man with both ability and political integrity, An Rong laughed at it.
Because the prince of King Zhuang is also on it, An Rong feels that if he can be the master, the young master of the family in Kyoto can be selected with good looks.
The county lord of Qinghe was very simple, and instructed the maid, "Take two hundred taels and buy twenty beaded flowers." β
The county lord of Yiyang said again and again, "I want it too, I want it too, Kwai Xiang, you go buy it." β
Shen Anxi also nodded, "Green Willow, you go buy it too." β
After speaking, he looked at An Rong, and the implication was that fourth sister, if you don't support the eldest brother and second brother, you can't say it.
Anrong Black Line, such a false name, you can take it with silver, is it necessary to fight?
"Peony, you go and buy ten, and one or two pieces of silver, buy more," An Rong commanded.
A few maids happily lined up to buy beads.
It took a while for the maid to send the beads.
An Rong walked up the steps to admire those beautiful men, and if they were pleasing to the eye, they would vote for them.
Along the way, the first thing I saw was Hou Shizi of Jingbei, and An Rong invested two plants.
Then there is the prince of Rui, who voted for three plants.
Don't blame An Rong for being eccentric, Prince Rui's son is more reliable than Jingbei Hou's son.
Next, An Rong saw the prince of Xuanping Hou.
At that time, Lin Xuan'er took a handful of bead flowers and threw them into it one by one, and when she saw An Rong coming, her eyes fell on the bead flowers in An Rong's hand, and she said with a smile, "You also came to vote for my eldest brother?" β
It stands to reason that the Hou Shizi of Xuanping is the eldest brother-in-law of An Rong and Shen Anxi, and he should vote for him a few beaded flowers.
But An Rong was not happy, Xuanping Hou Shizi still couldn't meet the definition of a beautiful man in her mind.
"Passing by," An Rong said politely.
The smile on the corner of Lin Xuan'er's mouth instantly stiffened, and she sneered, "It is said that the four girls of Wu'an Houfu are the most generous, but I didn't expect it to be so, is it so difficult to vote for my eldest brother-in-law?" β
"It's not difficult," An Rong chuckled, she happened to see a few girls from the Protector Mansion coming over, and said with a smile, "Let the girls from the Protector Mansion vote for your eldest brother." β
After speaking, An Rong spared her and walked over.
Shen Anxi also left, but she paused, took a penny pearl flower from Peony's hand, and threw it to Xuanping Hou Shizi.
Lin Xuan'er almost exploded.
Shen Anxi raised his neck, like a rooster fighting silently.
Shen Anxi did it on purpose, when she saw her, she remembered that Shen Anyun gave her a desperate medicine and ruined her life, and felt that she was pitiful, who would have thought that she would say that.
Don't think that the maid didn't see it, her maid bought a few beaded flowers, and all voted for the Hou Shizi of Xuanping, walking from her eldest brother and second brother, why didn't she support it?
It's also strange that the fourth sister doesn't support Xuanping Hou Shizi, and she doesn't look at him, where does he have both ability and political integrity, handsome and extraordinary, at the plum blossom banquet, Young Master Pei Qi played him a few streets!
is also hit by rosemary, people would rather freeze to death than disgrace the innocence of other girls, and he will bite it when he catches it.
Thinking of Pei Qi, Shen Anxi hurriedly went over to look for it, and then threw a flower of ten taels of silver, and grabbed a handful of one or two silver, five dollars of silver.
Lu Liu looked at Shen Anxi blankly, "Girl, ...... you?" β
Are you crazy, you haven't even lost Prince Rui like this, how can you lose Pei Qi Young Master so hard?
Walking up to Shen Anbei, An Rong saw Zhou Wan'er throw three bead flowers into it, and when she finished throwing it, when she saw An Rong, she couldn't help but blush her cheeks, as if she had done something embarrassing and was caught.
An Rong smiled at the bottom of his eyes and greeted her with blessings.
Zhou Wan'er replied with a salute before saying, "I just heard that you got the nine-turn glass lamp, and you almost fell off the flower platform, I thought you went back to the Hou Mansion, are you okay?" β
Zhou Wan'er was worried, she was really startled when she heard the maid say this, she also knew that An Rong was rescued, but she fell down so high, no one could stand the fright.
But at this time, looking at An Rong's face, her complexion was ruddy, her eyes were gentle, she was a bold woman, she dared to disguise herself as a man to meet her grandfather, looking gentle and gentle, I really couldn't imagine that she still had that side.
An Rong shook his head lightly and said with a smile, "It's just that I'm a little frightened, and I'm stepping on the ground, and I'm fine......." β
Before the words fell, a fluttering sound came.
An Rong turned around and saw Shangguan Caoyun lying on the ground, looking at Shen Anxi viciously.
Shen Anxi went over to help her with an innocent face, and said, "I'm sorry, the back hem of your skirt is too long, I stepped on it on purpose." β
Shangguan Caoyun almost vomited blood from anger, "You ......!" β
Shen Anxi shrugged his shoulders and bared his teeth, "I eat everything, I just don't suffer losses, and my memory is poor, so if I have a grudge, I will report it on the same day, so as not to forget it for too long, if you dare to stumble next time, I will not help you, but step on you." β
Zhou Wan'er was stunned, her mouth opened slightly, and she watched Shangguan Caoyun shake off Shen Anxi's hand, and Shen Anxi turned around and came back.
Shen Anxi saw Zhou Wan'er looking at her, and suddenly exhaled in her heart, ruining the image of the Marquis of Wu'an, and hurriedly explained, "When we came to shop for lanterns just now, she deliberately hooked me with her foot to ....... β
Shen Anxi didn't say anything about the rest of the story, she didn't want anyone to know that she was saved by Feng Feng.
Zhou Wan'er hurriedly put away her stunned expression, her face was a little sneering, a little embarrassed, she didn't know that there was such a thing, in fact, if she thought about it, she also knew that the eldest girl of the Yongning Hou Mansion was not a loser, she fell, but she was not noisy or noisy, obviously for a reason.
Shen Anxi scratched his forehead and said, "I don't have a good temper, but my fourth sister has a good temper, and you will definitely be excellent friends." β
Zhou Wan'er took Shen Anxi's hand and said, "Your fourth sister is my friend, and so are you, I was just surprised for a while, I didn't mean anything else, don't think about it." β
Shen Anxi grinned, she also wanted to be friends with Zhou Wan'er, this is very likely to be their future sister-in-law.
The county lord of Qinghe smiled, "Get out of the way, you guys are blocking here, those girls are not good at throwing pearls to the prince of Wu'an." β
Several people looked at each other and smiled.
Then there were people who talked and laughed and went to throw beads.
After a lap, I walked half a circle, and after throwing away the beads, I went to play elsewhere.
The Lantern Festival is very lively, with dragon and lion dances, juggling, and extraordinary activity.
A few people walked around the way, bought a lot of things, and came to an arched bridge.
There were a lot of flower boats parked there, and Zhou Wan'er was there.
Please post it before, and I also made an appointment to meet here at an hour, at this time, there were already several girls there, and when I saw Zhou Wan'er passing, I hurriedly greeted her.
Those girls are all recognized by An Rong, either the Guogong Mansion, or the girls of the Hou Mansion, and one is the young lady of the Bofu.
Afraid that they would not recognize each other, they all introduced each other.
The girls smiled and said, "You don't need to introduce us, Hundred Flowers Goddess, who doesn't recognize it?" β
Everyone covered their mouths and laughed.
An Rong's face was full of embarrassment, and he said busily, "It's just a fluke." β
As soon as An Rong's voice fell, someone answered, "That's really lucky, there were no hundred flower goddesses in previous years, and the twelve flower gods want to serve you as the head, it is not easy for them to be convinced, and I am afraid that the future will be difficult." β
Everyone's ladies, especially those who were elected as the twelve flower gods, are not ordinary, and they are not willing to be left behind.
What she meant by this was that at the banquet in the future, many people would come to her to compete, and it was good to have the name of the Hundred Flowers Goddess, so she had to keep it.
The county lord of Yiyang looked at An Rong, and there was a look of worry in his eyes, as if he really shouldn't choose any Hundred Flowers Goddess, isn't this envious and jealous?
If you look back and try it, you should win, who made her a goddess of flowers, and if she loses, she will be laughed at.
If you lose three times in the hands of the same girl, the nine-turn glass lamp will also be given to the girl who won.
No, after the girl finished speaking, she gave An Rong a challenge to ask for advice on piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
An Rong couldn't cry or laugh.
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