Chapter 4: Practicing the Seven Arts

"All the beauties are selected from our country, and you must have a clear understanding of your mission. So, I will now introduce the king of Wu - Fucha. ”

Early in the morning, the Yue girls arrived at the teaching hall. Yesterday, the lady Gao was introducing them to Wu Wangfucha. Everyone was already curious about the king of the enemy country, so they all cheered up and listened to it one by one.

"Wu Wangfu is poor, in his thirties, fierce and ambitious." As she spoke, Mrs. Gao opened a picture scroll in her hand.

The picture scroll unfolded, and it was a portrait of the husband. The man in the portrait is majestic and domineering, with eyebrows like swords and a high spirit.

Xi Shi looked at the man in the portrait and felt that he had a different aura from Goujian, the king of Yue. Fucha and Gou Jian have the same kingly domineering, but the first time Xi Shi saw King Yue, he felt that King Yue was not only domineering, but also a little gloomy. And the portrait of King Wu made Xi Shi see the confidence that a king should have.

"King Wu looks quite handsome...... Su Yi behind him muttered quietly.

Hearing this, Gao Niangzi stared at Su Yi coldly and said, "If the girl thinks King Wu is handsome, why don't you ask General Fan to send you over to serve King Wu now?" ”

Su Yi was silent for a moment, and then smiled lightly: "Mrs. Gao said that I am a national enemy and a family hatred with King Wu, and I hope that Mrs. Gao will not hesitate to give advice, so that we can help the revival of the Yue Kingdom as soon as possible." ”

Mrs. Gao saw that she was sensible and no longer cared. Continue to introduce the husband to everyone: "The husband is arrogant, likes to listen to praise, especially loves cockfighting, and trains soldiers and horses all year round, in a vain attempt to compete for hegemony. ”

Xi Shi listened to what Mrs. Gao said about the husband who was disdainful everywhere, and couldn't help but wonder, so what is so good about him?

While thinking about it, Zheng Dan, who was sitting on the left, asked curiously: "Gao Niangzi, who is as clumsy as a husband, how is she qualified to be the king of Wu?" ”

Mrs. Gao glanced at Zheng Dan approvingly, and replied, "Miss Zheng Dan asked well." The husband sent this man to ascend to the throne by a minister. Ladies and gentlemen, remember that this person is the one you must be careful with in the future. ”

Meng Qiyu suddenly asked, "But Wu Zixu?" ”

Wu Zixu, this person can be described as a famous person, even Xi Shi knows how loyal, filial and honest he is.

"Wu Zixu is upright and scheming. At the beginning, he also strongly recommended his husband to the position, and his husband also respected his 'father' very much. Three years ago, it was also Wu Zixu who advised his husband to kill my king to prevent future troubles. Fortunately, our literary Xiangguo came up with a plan to save my king. The culture of Xiangguo is really admirable. ”

Mrs. Gao sighed, but it aroused the curiosity of the Yue girls. Everyone is thinking, what kind of way did Xiangguo come up with to save King Yue?

Zheng Dan asked for everyone again.

Gao Niangzi took out another picture scroll and unfolded it to see that it was the minister with a kind face in the main hall yesterday who suggested that King Yue choose a beautiful concubine.

"This is the country of literature." Gao Niangzi said while showing the picture scroll: "Back then, Xiangguo of Literature and Culture committed himself to the husband and others to sue for peace, and sent a lot of treasures and beauties to another minister next to King Wu, Bo Yao, and asked him to help advise, so that he begged for my king's life." During the three years that my king was a slave in Wu, it was also the literature and culture that supported the Yue Kingdom, and our Yue Kingdom survived. Fortunately, my king has the blessing of the gods and returns safely, and I believe that under the leadership of the Ming monarch and virtuous ministers, our Vietnamese country will soon be revived. ”

When all the Yue women heard this, they all leaned over and said "yes" one by one.

After Mrs. Gao nodded with satisfaction, she put away the scrolls. Subsequently, they solemnly introduced their future study tasks to the Vietnamese women.

"All the girls need to practice 'dance', 'book', 'piano', 'painting', 'chess', 'etiquette' six lessons every day, the six lessons of teaching the lady will rate your performance that day, and in the evening the girls need to go back to the teaching hall to practice the most difficult 'charm' class, after class, the beauties will be ranked according to the score. The beauty with a high rating has the right to make a wish, and the last one has a punishment. Do you understand? ”

Hearing the last sentence, the Yue girls couldn't sit still and began to say words such as "wish", "ranking", "punishment" and so on.

Gao Niangzi coughed, and the hall was instantly quiet. After explaining a few words, Mrs. Gao asked them to wait obediently to teach Mrs. to teach.

Xi Shi and Zheng Dan are both from the countryside, she likes to dance, but Zheng Dan has always only liked sword dancing. And the other three beauties seem to be from one place, and all three of them have extraordinary temperaments, so presumably the scores of each class will not be bad. Thinking of this, Xi Shi couldn't help but be a little worried.

Before I had time to think about it, the teaching lady of the "dance" class came in. The dancer has an outstanding temperament, a soft face, but she is extremely strict in class. This class first tested the dance level of the beauties, softness training and so on. At the end of a class, Xi Shi only scored eight points, Zheng Dan only scored five points, Meng Qiyu and Su Yi scored six points, and Mu Li got nine points.

Mu Li has never liked to socialize with people, and he looks indifferent every day. But her first six lessons were all scored at eight or nine points, ranking among the best, with a total of 51 points.

Xi Shi only has a higher "dance" class, which is eight points, and the others are all six points, and the first six lessons are currently a total of 38 points.

Zheng Dan only has five points in each class, and currently has a total of thirty points.

Su Yi is especially good at piano skills, scoring nine points, and the rest of the courses are good, with six or seven points being the majority, with a total of 41 points.

Meng Qiyu is good at chess skills, scoring nine points, a total of 42 points.

After the six classes during the day, Mu Li was far ahead, followed by Meng Qiyu, Su Yi, Xi Shi, and Zheng Dan.

In the evening, there is one last lesson, "Charm".

Before class, the Vietnamese girls first went to dinner together. After a day together, several people have a deeper understanding of each other's personality and conduct, so they are more active and natural when chatting.

Zheng Dan has a straightforward heart, admires the modest and low-key Mu Li, and can't help but want to be close to her. Fortunately, Mu Li also gave her face, and Zheng Dan responded to all the questions he asked.

It turned out that Mu Li's father was a general of the Yue Kingdom, but he was shot by King Wu in the war three years ago, when Mu Li was only in his early tens, fortunately her mother and Su Yi's mother were good friends, she and Su Yi also grew up together since childhood, and met everyone on the way, and learned to play together.

The three of them are from famous families, but Xi Shi Zheng Dan is from the countryside. No wonder Su Yi saw them for the first time, and said that they were "yellow-haired girls". Coupled with today's practice, the two of them were at the bottom, and Xi Shi couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

Zheng Dan paid special attention to Xi Shi, so he quickly noticed Xi Shi's emotions, so he quietly reached under the table and shook Xi Shi's hand, but his eyes were still locked on Mu Li, and he asked: "Sister Mu Li, Shi Er's skills and I are shallow, if my sister is free, can you mention us a little bit?" ”

Mu Li looked at the two of them, and said indifferently: "Okay." ”

Su Yi smiled when he heard this, and said to Meng Qiyu: "Mu Li still can't change this character. His face is cold, but his heart is better than anyone else's. ”

Meng Qiyu replied with a smile, and joked with Mu Li: "Mu Li, Su Yi and I are also shallow, can you also point us out?" ”

Mu Li didn't bother to pay attention to her, just grabbed a leaf of vegetables for her and signaled her to shut up.

Everyone couldn't help but start laughing when they saw that Meng Zhiyu, who had always been sharp-tongued, was also holding back.

Meng Qiyu hurriedly diverted the topic: "Sisters, don't laugh at me." After dinner, we have to go back to the teaching hall for one last lesson. ”

Speaking of the last lesson, "Charm", everyone couldn't help but wonder what this lesson was about. Mrs. Gao only said that this lesson was the most difficult, but she did not introduce the specific content, so everyone hurriedly finished eating and went directly to the teaching hall.