Yun Wenfang took a sip of the wine jug in Yun Wenting's hand and didn't speak.

Yun Wenting knew that he had acquiesced, so he couldn't help but press his eyebrows and fell silent.

The two sat silently for a while, and Yun Wenfang suddenly spoke: "What do you want most?" Although he had already drunk a lot, Yun Wen was unexpectedly quiet when he asked this sentence.

Yun Wenting didn't answer, and Yun Wenfang didn't ask a second time.

I don't know how long it took to say that when Yun Wenfang drank himself to the point of losing consciousness again, he heard someone singing in a low voice with the beat next to him: "Three winters come from the north, nine summers have not returned to the south, although the green stream is depressed, the snow is still white, the evening blows low weed, and the sun sets in the distant mountains......"

Yun Wenfang thought about it for a long time before he remembered that this was a folk song near Jiajing Pass, and the Yanbei soldiers who guarded the border pass would sing it. He listened silently for a long time, and he couldn't tell whether it was Yun Wenting who sang this song or his own voice in his heart.

After drinking the last drop of wine, Yun Wen pulled the corners of his mouth and muttered something in a low voice, I don't know if he drank too much or didn't say anything, no one heard what he said clearly, as if he was just sneering in the past.

After dawn, Yun Wenfang and Yun Wenting returned to Yun's house.

This time, Yun Wenfang's father invited out of the Yun family's family law, tied Yun Wenfang to the stool outside the Yun family ancestral hall, and beat him half to death, the blood that flowed out of Yun Wenfang's body soaked the soles of the executioner's shoes, and if it wasn't for Yun Wenting, the eldest young master of the Yun family, who invited the old lady Yun to intercede, Yun Wenfang's life would have to be confessed here.

But no matter how the Yun family punished Yun Wenfang, Yun Qiuchen, the eldest lady of the Yun family, couldn't heal one of her ears, not to mention the shame of the brother and sister who completely stripped the Yun family's face in front of so many people, and they couldn't make up for it anyway.

The Yun family was busy closing the door and cleaning up the portal, but the golden banquet of the Hot Spring Mountain Villa was going on, although the original host, the Yun family, had no one left. After Yun Qiuchen's accident, the second miss of the Yun family and the third miss of the Yun family were also taken back, and the Yun family lost their face this time, and they were really in no mood to continue to stay in the hot spring villa to be watched by others.

However, on the second day of the daughter's banquet, to everyone's surprise, Concubine Yun, who originally thought that she would not attend, sat on the high platform with the support of the princess, and fought against the old princess on one side.

Concubine Yun has never liked to join in this kind of excitement, nor does she like to appear on the same occasion as the old princess, especially since she was sick yesterday, and now she looks a little pale.

However, despite the sickly look on Concubine Yun's face, she was still dressed plainly. When standing with the old princess, he does not look humble. On the contrary, if it is the momentum and temperament of the wheel, the old princess may not be comparable to Concubine Yun.

When Concubine Yun walked in front of the old princess, she nodded slightly as a greeting, and then walked to her seat and sat down.

The old princess was very unaccustomed to Concubine Yun's behavior, especially when Concubine Yun didn't salute her in front of so many people, which made her very embarrassed, how to say that she was also half a level higher than Concubine Yun in terms of position.

"Sure enough, it's not a family, as soon as you enter the door, I'm afraid I don't know how to write the words of etiquette, righteousness and shame." The old princess said sarcastically with a calm face.

The original intention of saying this was to allude to the matter of Yun Qiuchen and Yun Wenfang, yesterday's incident was so big, and the old princess was also in the hot spring villa. Naturally, I heard about it. She even scolded Concubine Yun with these words, accusing them that the Yun family didn't know how to be polite.

When Concubine Yun heard this, she glanced at the old princess: "Are you talking about me?" ”

The old princess snorted coldly, and the meaning was self-evident.

I don't want to Concubine Yun, but she nodded: "You are accusing, the prince is not in the mansion for three days." There's no way to greet you, it's true that I don't know how to be polite, and that's what I didn't teach well. ”

The old princess's face became even more ugly when she heard this.

She was obviously talking about the Yun family, but Concubine Yun was involved with the prince, as if she was afraid that others would not know that the current King of Yanbei came out of her belly. It's the same as being a family with her.

If it is in an ordinary family, even if the concubine gives birth to a child, she must recognize her wife as her mother, but unfortunately because of the bad debt between Yanbei and the imperial court. Strictly speaking, Concubine Yun is not actually a concubine.

At that time, Concubine Yun and the old Yanbei King had three media and six complete employment, if there was no court to intervene in a bar, Concubine Yun would be the serious wife of the old Yanbei, so the court originally gave Concubine Yun an edict in order to appease the Xiao family, so the King and Princess of Yanbei still called Concubine Yun their mother, and Xiao Jingxi and Xiao Jinglin's brothers and sisters also called Concubine Yun's grandmother.

The so-called beating people does not slap people in the face, and exposing people does not expose shortcomings, but Concubine Yun grabbed the old princess's hard injuries and stepped on them to death, everyone knows that the biggest unwillingness of Princess Lu Dao in this life is that she did not give birth to a son, which led to the situation that she is not embarrassed or embarrassed now.

The old princess and Concubine Yun fought each other, but the princess did not mix, she sat in her position and beckoned Xiao Jinglin and Ren Yaoqi to come over, and whispered something to them.

However, the tense scene between the old princess and Concubine Yun fell in the eyes of those present.

The people who were still gloating about the Yun family saw that Concubine Yun appeared, and they did not fall behind in the confrontation with the old princess, and the little bit of waiting to see the joke in their hearts faded a lot. They saw that Concubine Yun was facing the old princess with a calm and relaxed posture, and then looked at the princess who was also from the Yun family, and couldn't help but think that as long as Concubine Yun and the princess were still there, the Yun family would not really fall.

Concubine Yun sat at the top, looked at the faces and expressions of everyone in the audience, and silently lowered her head and took a sip of tea.

Although Ren Yaoqi was listening to the princess, she also secretly paid attention to the movements around her. She seemed to understand the reason why Concubine Yun appeared here.

Concubine Yun came to save face for the Yun family, and even this open and secret battle with the old princess was to achieve this purpose, and the old princess was used by Concubine Yun well.

Obviously, Concubine Yun's move had a good effect, and the people below who wanted to fall into the stone of the Yun family had to restrain themselves when they saw this scene and weigh it carefully.

Concubine Yun accepted it when she saw it, and after winning a short battle with the old princess, she no longer cared about it.

Speaking of which, Concubine Yun's feelings for the Yun family are deeper than the princess's feelings for the Yun family, the current head of the Yun family is Concubine Yun's brother-in-law, the princess's parents died early, and the head of the Yun family is her uncle, after all, there is a layer of separation.

The judges invited to this year's golden banquet are similar to those of the previous year, and they are still led by Mrs. Xu's Ouyang. They also came up after the old princess, Concubine Yun and the princess took their seats.

The princess instructed Ren Yaoqi: "Wait a while, you and Mrs. Xu will sit together." ”

Ren Yaoqi was a little puzzled when he heard this.

The princess said: "You don't have to go down to compare with them, today you rate them like Mr. Ouyang." ”

Ren Yaochi was stunned and excused himself: "Princess, I am still young, I'm afraid I won't be able to convince the public." ”

When the princess heard this, she raised her face and whispered to Ren Yaoqi: "You remember, this is Yanbei. If anyone on their own territory dares to be unconvinced, let them go and talk to our Yanbei Army! ”

Xiao Jinglin silently added next to her: "What my mother means is that it is someone else's business whether others are convinced or not, and if you really want to come to the eyes, you are purely looking for a beating!" ”

There was a pause. Xiao Jinglin added, "This is what my father said, anyway, it all means the same thing." ”

Ren Yaoqi couldn't help but laugh a little when she heard this, and the pressure from before disappeared, she nodded: "I know the way, princess." ”

The princess patted her hand, Ren Yaoqi got up and went to Mrs. Xu, who was talking to several other ladies who had been invited to be judges, and when she saw Ren Yaoqi coming, she pointed to the position next to her and said, "Come." Sit here. "The princess must have been angry with Mrs. Xu before, so it was not surprising to see Ren Yao come over.

Ren Yaochi walked up to Mrs. Xu and sat down, and the other ladies also smiled at Ren Yaochi very friendly when they saw this, and no one showed her a look.

However, the people below were very surprised to see Ren Yaoqi sitting down with Mrs. Xu. and whispered left and right. The old princess and Concubine Yun also looked over here.

However, Concubine Yun glanced at it and turned her eyes away without saying anything, the old princess didn't care much about the golden banquet, and she didn't say anything more at this time.

The golden banquet is still presided over by Mrs. Xu, and she will explain the details of today's competition in detail. In fact, the ladies in Yanbei know this, and Mrs. Xu mainly explained to the ten ladies who came from afar.

Ren Yaoqi glanced down casually, and at a glance saw Yan Ningshuang, who was sitting first on the right. Although Yan Ningshuang was scared by the stupid girl yesterday. Today, it's still here. A magenta undergarment, and the meticulous appearance made her not see any discomfort, but it was very strong.

Yan Ningshuang's gaze seemed to have been on Ren Yaochi all the time, so Ren Yaoqi casually looked at her at random. Ren Yaoqi nodded politely at her, and then looked away again.

When Mrs. Xu finished introducing the rules and asked these daughters if they had anything else to ask, someone said: "When we came, I heard that the gentlemen at the daughter's banquet are all respectable elders with both ability and political integrity?" ”

It was a young lady surnamed Lu from the imperial court who spoke, and although her words were very tactful, her eyes swept to Ren Yaoqi, who was sitting among the gentlemen, and the meaning was self-evident.

Mrs. Xu smiled: "I don't dare to say that I have both ability and political integrity, but they all have their own strengths." As for the 'admirable elders'...... I don't think age is the most important thing, it's your talent, not your seniority. Those who can be teachers take it as a teacher, and this is the way to learn. ”

"What Mr. Xu said makes sense, but I don't know what Miss Ren is good at?" Miss Lu was determined to be the first bird today, and asked reluctantly.

Mrs. Xu didn't answer positively when she heard this, but said with a smile: "Rest easy, everyone will know what she is good at." After saying this, Mrs. Xu sat back again, and Miss Lu could only give up when she saw Mrs. Xu leaving, thinking that Mrs. Xu must be an excuse to fool them.

Ren Yaoqi sighed, she had a hunch that sitting on it would not be easier than sitting below.

Sure enough, at the beginning of the competition, there was a smell of gunsmoke on the field, and most of them were coming for Ren Yao.

The ladies of the court and the ladies of Yanbei alternated, in line with the politeness of giving priority to the guests, the people from the court came first, and the first to appear was Miss Lu, who acted as the first bird before.

Miss Lu looked good, got up and generously blessed everyone, and then came to the center of the field. What she showed today is her piano skills, and a maid has already set up the piano case and yaoqin, waiting for her to play.

Miss Lu burned incense and cleaned her hands, sat down upright, and then surprised everyone as soon as she raised her hand to stroke the piano.

I have to say that this Miss Lu's piano skills are extremely excellent and her posture is beautiful. The light and melodious sound makes it impossible to find mistakes, both from a technical point of view and from an emotional point of view. Even several gentlemen on the stage clapped and nodded. When she finished the song, everyone had a feeling of unfinished.

Miss Lu stood up, and then without waiting for the gentlemen on the stage to speak and give advice, she said, "The student is not talented, and I want to ask Mr. Ren for advice." ”

Although her voice was not loud, it also made everyone on and off the stage hear it clearly, and the "Mr. Ren" outlet was a little provocative for no reason. The scene couldn't help but be quiet, and almost everyone's eyes went to Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaoqi looked at Miss Lu, who was looking at her with a humble face, and smiled: "Mr. Xu and Mr. Li are both grandmaster-level figures in terms of piano skills, Miss Lu should ask the two gentlemen for advice." ”

Miss Lu also smiled. But he saw that Ren Yaochi didn't speak or move.

At this time, the princess who was sitting in the middle spoke: "Since Miss Lu insists, you can say a few words casually." ”

Mrs. Xu also smiled and nodded towards Ren Yaoqi.

Ren Yaoqi stopped refusing, and said while thinking about the wording: "Miss Lu is playing the lost ancient song "Nine Ridges"? ”

Miss Lu was stunned when she heard this, and said: "That's right, this is what I found from a broken score, but it's a pity that the original song is incomplete, and the second half has been repaired by me." ”

Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "Coincidentally, before the Yao period, she was also helping me sort out some precious ancient music remnants. Among them is the song "Nine Ridges". ”

Miss Lu glanced at Ren Yaoqi, a little surprised.

The selected ladies all have their own strengths, and what she is good at is the piano, and there are few who are better than her in the whole Kyoto. With her qualifications, she was still a little struggling when she first cultivated the score, and she didn't trust Yao Qi to do it.

"I wonder if I will be lucky enough to listen to Mr. Ren play a song?"

Ren Yaoqi smiled, didn't pick up her stubble, but said, "Miss Lu's left wrist has ever been injured?" ”

"How did Miss Ren find out?" Miss Lu's eyes widened. When she was young, her left wrist was accidentally scratched by a hairpin, almost injuring her meridians.

Ren Yaoqi said: "When you stroke the piano, the fingers of your left hand don't dare to use too much force, although you can use skillful skills to cover it up." But there is inevitably a sense of sluggishness in the sound. ”

Miss Lu couldn't help frowning and said, "This can't be!" I've always been mindful when I play the piano. ”

Ren Yaochi didn't refute, just nodded along with her words, and said with a smile: "Miss Lu is very careful." It is said that the sound of the piano is the voice of the person who plays the piano, so I heard you say in your heart that you are afraid that your hands hurt. If it weren't for Miss Lu's good playing, I wouldn't have discovered this. ”

As soon as Ren Yaoqi's words were finished, everyone present laughed, and even Miss Lu bent the corners of her mouth embarrassedly. She hurt her wrist and was forced by her aunt to practice the piano, in order to stand out among many sisters and earn face for her aunt. Later, the injury on her hand healed, but the hardship she suffered at that time was recorded by the body, so that her wrist healed early in the morning, but she still felt pain. Later, when she was successful in her studies, she began to work hard to address this weakness, and she didn't want to be pointed out today.

Then Mrs. Xu and Mr. Li also pointed out a few words to Miss Lu, at this time Miss Lu no longer had the arrogance she had before, and she listened carefully to the opinions of others, and then sat back in her place without saying a word.

When Ren Yaochi sat down, Xiao Jinglin gave her a thumbs up behind everyone's back, although she was still sitting upright with a noble and cold look on her face, Ren Yaoqi felt very happy when she looked at it.

The next to play was the eldest lady of the Meng family, she was also going to play the piano, but there was Miss Lu Zhuyu who felt that she didn't have the confidence to be able to compare with Miss Lu after hearing it in front of Miss Meng, so she temporarily replaced it with a flute. She played the flute quite well, but she seemed to be a little nervous, so some of them couldn't catch their breath and blew two notes, but fortunately, she still insisted on finishing the song after the last time.

None of the ladies in Yanbei dared to arrogantly name "Mr. Ren" to teach her, so a few gentlemen commented on her and encouraged her.

The third person to appear was a Miss Zhou from Kyoto, Miss Zhou is good at calligraphy, she asked people to hang a piece of white silk in the field, and then the left and right hands started to write the three words "Fu, Lu, Shou" on the white silk in various fonts. However, with a cup of tea, the four-foot square white silk cloth has been written on both sides of her egg-sized "Fu, Lu, Shou", and the font of each word is different, which caused everyone to exclaim. Everyone's faces looked like they were "looking like they were powerful".

Miss Zhou didn't seem to like to talk much, and after putting down the pen, she pursed her lips, and only lowered her head and said, "Mr. Wangren is not stingy to give advice." ”

Everyone's eyes were focused on Ren Yaoqi again.

Many people have a schadenfreude mentality. Who can't understand it now? These ladies from the court all ganged up to get along with Ren Yao, and they all got along with her.

Ren Yaoqi had expected this situation when Miss Lu stood up and asked her to "point" by name before, she glanced at the princess and Mrs. Xu, and stood up again when she saw that they didn't speak.

No matter how bitterly Ren Yaoqi smiled in her heart, she still quietly and carefully appreciated the words sent by Miss Zhou, thought about it and said, "Miss Zhou practices Yan Body on weekdays?" ”

Miss Zhou glanced at her and nodded, "Hmm." ”

Ren Yaochi frowned and said: "Yan is exquisite, but it is both rigid and soft, Miss Zhou's calligraphy is beautiful, but it is a little bad because there are too many patterns." If she can return to the basics, Miss Zhou will be of great benefit. ”

Miss Zhou bit her lip and lowered her head. She knew that Ren Yaoqi was right, and she didn't want to practice these bells and whistles all day long, but the queen mother and ladies in the palace liked it.

There is a humane below: "Mr. Ren is the first to say the Tao, but there is a way that is not as good as the real style, I don't know how Miss Ren's handwriting is?" ”

Although Miss Zhou didn't speak, she also glanced at Ren Yaoqi.

In fact, people who know how to appreciate calligraphy and painting may not be able to make good works themselves, just like a gourmand is not necessarily a cook.

Lord Xiao glanced at Hongying, and Hongying moved very quickly and touched the pen and ink in front of Ren Yaoqi. Said seriously: "Mr. Ren, please give me words." ”

Ren Yaoqi: "......"

Fortunately, Ren Yaoqi is not an awkward person, he picked up the pen and wrote down the three words "Fu, Lu, and Shou" in one go, without any fancy faces, and when Miss Zhou's piece of white silk was placed together, the people who were coaxing below were quiet.

Ren Yaoqi's talent in calligraphy and painting was even sighed by her husband Pei Zhiyan at the beginning. Coupled with her willingness to spend hard work to practice, she can naturally handle it and control the scene.

Ren Yaoqi also understood at this time, and the Yanbei Mansion didn't want to lose.

However, if some people are carefully selected to blatantly win these young ladies from afar in the capital, it seems that Yanbei Wangfu has no grace, after all, the golden banquet is not a dragon boat race. The ladies are not rough-skinned men.

So how can we defeat these ladies sent by the Queen Mother one by one, and quietly downplay the majesty and domineering?

So Ren Yaochi turned into Mr. Ren.

The princess asked her to sit at Mr. Xu's not to avoid the limelight, but to steal the limelight. It's still a one-to-ten robbery.

No wonder Xiao Jingxi said that she was not afraid of offending the Queen Mother if she won.

She is naturally nothing to win a group of students as a "sir". not only slapped the queen mother's face, but also kept the atmospheric and domineering position of Yanbei Palace, and made a steady profit.

Ren Yaoqi glanced at the ladies who were stunting for their own stunts, and wanted to learn from Xiao Jinglin's appearance, and rolled her eyes fiercely.

Since Ren Yaoqi is the main force to thwart these ladies, the other Yanbei ladies in the audience are all here to accompany the prince to study and go through the motions, although they are not bad overall, but they are not too outstanding, and they still leave some face for the Queen Mother when they come to Yanbei.

The third court lady who appeared on the scene came to play tricks, and Ren Yaoqi had also seen tricks during the last golden banquet, in fact, there were only a few kinds of women's talent competitions, and they couldn't change too many tricks.

This young lady's trick became better than that of Miss Guo at the last golden banquet, I saw that her hands shook slightly, and ten small wine Gu appeared on her ten fingers, trembling on her slender jade fingers, as if the wind would blow off.

(To be continued......)