As soon as you enter the Xi Garden, it is like entering the Heavenly Palace.

I saw that the rockery verandah, flowers and trees, and the mountains and forests in the distance were all covered by snow, decorating the entire Xiyuan Garden very cold and beautiful.

The main road leading from the main entrance is paved with white stones, and it is clean. Every ten paces, there is a guard of the Praetorian Army with his head held high and brightly dressed, with a pestle like a stake on either side, indifferent to the occasional glance of the dignitaries and nobles, and does not squint.

"It's still early, you might as well go to Shanglin Yuan and Changchun Pavilion to dissipate and dissipate. Our Xiyuan Twelve Supervisors have set up a lot of things over there today, and there are many sons of the family who come today, and it is estimated that most of them will gather in that area, which can be regarded as a small gathering for the nobles before the birthday banquet begins. ”

After entering Xiyuan, it seems that the person in charge of it is no longer the Ministry of Rites, but the internal prison.

Leading Jia Baoyu and the others was a clever little eunuch, and after guiding Jia Baoyu and the others in the direction of Shanglin Yuan, he informed the time when the birthday banquet began, and then said goodbye and left.

"This Xiyuan is really big!"

After looking at it for a while, Xue Pan sighed.

Jia Zhen left on her own because she met an old friend, and there were only Jia Lian, Xue Pan, and Jia Baoyu with her.

Jia Baoyu saw that Jia Lian was not as amazed as Xue Pan, and asked with a smile: "Second brother Lian has been to this Xiyuan?" ”

Jia Lian replied: "Two years ago, it was also the birthday banquet of the Emperor Taishang, and I accompanied the master once. It's just that I didn't have such an opportunity to walk around that time, and I just entered the Chongde Hall from the main entrance. ”

Jia Baoyu nodded and didn't say anything more.

Walking in the direction guided by the eunuch, I did see a lot of fun items along the way. Tea-drinking, playing, fishing......

When I entered the Shanglin Garden, there was a school field, in which there were people riding horses and archery, and there were many more people than outside.

"Brother Lian......"

There are many people, and there are always people who know each other. A group of three people walked towards Jia Lian.

After Jia Lian greeted him, he turned back to Xue Pan and Jia Baoyu and said, "Maybe you have met before, let me introduce you again, Feng Ziying, Chen Yejun, and Wei Ruolan." ”

Then he said to the three people: "My second brother Jia Baoyu and cousin Xue Pan." ”

The first five-foot-tall young man with an extraordinary bearing smiled and said: "I naturally know Second Master Bao, as for Brother Xue, although I have never seen it, I have heard of it for a long time, and it is really a blessing for three lives to see it today." ”

Xue Pan was the most unpraised, and when he heard the young man say this, he immediately said enthusiastically: "I have also heard of you, the son of General Feng of the Shenwu General's Mansion, fortunately, fortunately!" Since we met today, why don't we go together? ”

"Haha, that's exactly what I mean. Xiyuan is a rare royal garden throughout the ages, this time it is too graceful, allow me and other ministers to visit, it is really a rare opportunity, we are here to practice archery, Brother Xue might as well come to play two games? ”

Feng Ziying's voice was hearty, and she seemed to be very good at making friends, and after a few words, she and Xue Pan began to call each other brothers.

Jia Baoyu focused on Wei Ruolan, the youngest of the three, if he remembered correctly, Xiangyun seemed to marry this person in the end.

He does seem to be a little weak.

After some greetings and shooting a few more targets, Chen Yejun said: "I heard just now that Master Ye set up a bureau in the Tinglan Water Pavilion behind the Zizhu Courtyard of the Changchun Pavilion, and personally evaluated the talents of the children of each mansion, so we might as well go and have a look." ”

Xue Pan shook his head and said, "If you don't go, don't go, what's so fun!" ”

Feng Ziying had already seen that Xue Pan was a person with no ink on his chest, and said with a smile: "I heard that today, Ye Zhenzhen, the granddaughter of Master Ye and the talented daughter of the Ye family, is also here, doesn't Brother Xue want to go and see it?" ”

"Ye Zhenzhen, the first beauty in the capital?"

Feng Ziying smiled and nodded.

Xue Pan immediately said: "Let's go, go and take a look......"

"Hehehe."

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Tinglan Water Pavilion, high place, built by the mountain, surrounded by many bamboos and cypresses.

Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Lieyipin, commonly known as the Three Princes, is the highest title of the minister.

However, because the dynasty set up a cabinet to oversee the political affairs of a country, the title of the three princes became an honorary position and did not have any real power.

Ye Taishi, Ye Qiong, the former cabinet chief, after his old age, was appointed as the Taishi by the current emperor, and he was also the only person in the dynasty who ranked as the third prince.

At this time, Ye Qiong was in the Tinglan Water Pavilion, chatting with her former colleagues while commenting on the poems sent from below.

After reading the words, Ye Qiong handed them to his subordinates with a smile on his face: "Lord Du, take a look, how about this one?" ”

Du Anjiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Ye Qiong are friends, and today they heard that Ye Qiong was setting up a bureau here, so they also came to accompany him.

After reading the manuscript paper in his hand, he said with a smile: "I can't imagine that His Royal Highness the Second Prince is not as young as the weak crown, and he has such talent, this poem, the sentence is beautiful, the artistic conception is continuous, and between the words, it is full of love for the nobility and tenacity of bamboo, which is really the best work I have seen in Yongzhu's poems over the years." ”

There were more than ten other people in the pavilion, all of whom were in high positions or had been in high positions, and when they heard Du Anji's praise, they put down the works they were watching before and asked Du Anzhu for the script.

Then, everyone who watched it spoke highly of the words of the second prince, and I don't know if they really appreciated the talents of the second prince......

Ye Qiong just smiled and didn't comment, according to etiquette, the second prince is also his grandson.

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The Tinglan Pavilion is a wooden pavilion nestled against a hill, with a clear canal below it and several houses next to it.

In front of the house, there is a rather spacious white stone yard.

All the children of the mansions who came here gathered in this courtyard. Looking up from the northeast of this courtyard, you can even see Ye Qiong and others sitting in the Tinglan Water Pavilion.

At this time, however, most people's attention was not on the northeast side, but on the first house before the yard.

"Brother Shi, do you think our poems can pass Miss Ye's level, and then send them to all the adults for review?"

"I'm afraid I won't succeed, I still have self-knowledge of my own level. But I don't care, as long as I can let Miss Ye take a look at the poems I wrote, I will be satisfied, and how dare I hope that I can be reviewed by Taishi and others. ”

"And what do you think of me?"

The person who was called Brother Shi was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: We are half a catty against eight taels, is it possible that you still think that your kid can be better than me?

"Haha, with Brother Chu's talent, of course it is possible. I heard that the reason why Master Ye brought Miss Ye to the banquet today and set up a bureau here is actually to recruit a son-in-law for her, if Brother Chu is in the eyes of Master Ye this time, maybe he will have the opportunity to marry Miss Ye as his wife......" Brother Shi said.

"Really?"

"Uh, really."

Looking at Brother Chu's excited face, Brother Shi felt that his mood was not very happy......

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