Chapter Twenty-Three: Winning the Championship
After this farce ended, Fuhui sat quietly in her seat, Su Lianrong was holding a small porcelain bottle in her hand, and she was distressed to give medicine to Fuhui.
If it weren't for the fact that I wanted to blush, I wouldn't have been so badly injured.
Su Lianrong's heart was more or less guilty, "Fuhui, it's my birthday in two days, if you have time, come to Su Mansion as a guest." ”
But Fuhui only pulled out a reluctant smile, "I usually work in the house, and I will give you an accurate answer after I have asked my mother." ”
Su Lianrong didn't continue to be embarrassed, Fuhui just nodded, and continued to give Fuhui medicine.
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In the evening, Fuhui returned to the house in a carriage, and Mama Qiao screamed when she saw the horrific scar on Fuhui's face.
"Fuhui, what's wrong?"
Fuhui lowered her head uncomfortably, "It's okay, it's just that my comrades accidentally scratched their faces when they were fighting." ”
Mama Qiao is distressed, this little girl has grown up since she was a child, a skin, although it is not a country and a city, but it has slowly become beautiful and refined.
With such a scar added today, and these red rashes on his face, it looks even more terrifying than that youkai.
What's more, Mama Qiao doesn't know Fuhui's temper. Fuhui will not be the kind of person who causes trouble, this must be someone who makes things difficult for Fuhui.
"Is the county lord bullying you again?" Qiao Mama is really in a word.
But Fuhui just shook her head, "No." ”
Mama Qiao sighed, Fuhui is already a child who has no quarrel with the world, who is so vicious, scratching and scratching a girl's face?
"By the way, mother, Su Shangshu's daughter invited me to her birthday banquet, I wonder if I can participate?"
Fu Hui also suddenly remembered Su Lianrong's invitation to her today.
Su Shangshu still has some status in the imperial court, and it is not a bad thing to be able to have something to do with the book and say that it has something to do with the auction.
After thinking for a while, Mama Qiao nodded, "Naturally, it's okay, I will take leave from the princess for you, but you must remember that there are many people on that occasion, and you must not do anything that disgraces the reputation of the palace." ”
Fu Hui nodded. At the same time, Mama Qiao also realized that she was too worried.
Fuhui has always been thoughtful, and she doesn't need to worry about it.
"Tomorrow, the country will hold a lantern competition, this annual lantern competition is a good opportunity for you to get to know the nobles of the palace, and your mother does not require you to have a relationship with them, as long as they have an impression of you."
Qiao Mama persuaded Fuhui bitterly.
If you have the blessing of those princes and nobles, the road of Fuhui will be better in the future, whether it is marriage or business, there is always one aspect that can help.
But at the same time, Mama Qiao didn't want Fuhui to have too much to do with them.
People often say that a companion is like a tiger, but how is it not the case when interacting with these dignitaries? If they are happy, they will give you a mina of silver today, and if they are not happy, you will be beaten with a board.
Fu Hui nodded obediently, she didn't understand these truths.
"In that case, rest early, the scar on your face is not very deep, and it will almost be completely recovered in a few weeks."
Saying that, Mama Qiao couldn't help but look at the terrifying scar on Fuhui's face twice, and sighed unconsciously.
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It seems that because of the lantern competition, the entire Guozijian has become lively.
Most of the participants in the lantern contest are women, from children as young as three or five years old to girls as old as seventeen or eighteen.
And those men are always responsible for appreciation, the rules for winning the lantern competition are very simple, which girl's lantern is favored by more men, it is naturally the winner.
Fu Hui is not very good at these handicrafts, and for the whole morning class, the master was teaching these students to make lanterns.
A few skillful girls pinched it out vividly. And when the master saw the painting lamp on Fuhui's desk, he could only sigh and shake his head.
Fuhui's lanterns are beautiful, but they have a little more wooden temperament, perhaps because Fuhui usually doesn't think deeply about these gadgets, so he doesn't have too brilliant results.
On the other hand, Su Lianrong on the side, the lanterns pinched out are always eye-catching, and the master can't stop praising Su Lianrong.
In the afternoon, it was time for the lantern competition, and Fu Hui's entry was very simple, a snow-white rabbit dotted with red eyes, and the simple lantern was completed.
The master walked around, took out a few lanterns that could be used as models, and put them in front.
The first is Su Lianrong's lantern, a lifelike water lotus, with a goose-yellow stamens wrapped in the middle of the pale pink petals, which looks like a fresh and elegant temperament, even if the candle has not been lit, Fuhui can also see the light emitted by this lantern.
The second is Xiao Ruoxue's lantern. Although Xiao Ruoxue is usually fierce, she still has some mastery of this daughter's things.
Xiao Ruoxue's lantern is pinched into the appearance of a playful little tiger, the appearance of the tiger's head and tiger brain is very strong, and it looks very cute.
Fu Hui's eyes slowly moved back, and found that those lanterns were all exquisite in shape and exquisite in production.
Looking at the poorly made white rabbit on his desk, Fuhui could only sigh in embarrassment.
"It's almost time, children, grab your lanterns and go to the river."
The Pan River, just south of Guozijian, is a narrow stream.
There is a very beautiful legend about Panhe, there was a beautiful small mountain village by the Panhe River, a girl in the mountain village fell in love with a talented Xiucai, Xiucai studied hard for more than ten years, because of the poor family, has long been unable to support Xiucai's tuition.
The girl was alone by the Panhe River to wash the clothes for the whole village, day after day, year after year, the girl took the money from the laundry to do Xiucai's entanglement.
With the entangled Xiucai, he embarked on the journey of studying.
Three years later, Xiucai High School became an enviable high-ranking official at that time, unlike other stories, Xiucai was not ungrateful, he came back immediately after becoming a high-ranking official and picked up the girl.
The two of them lived their lives in harmony.
Since then, Panhe has also been placed on the good wishes of the people in the village.
Everyone believes that if you make a wish by the Pan River and put a lantern, you will definitely be able to come true.
Slowly, this has become a common rule for everyone.
The students came to the edge of the Pan River one after another and put the lanterns they made into the stream.
And the young masters and sons of those princes and nobles will be waiting for the lanterns to come by the river.
The young master and the young man each had ten petals in their hands, and when they liked a lantern, they threw a petal into the lantern.
The person with the highest number of petals is the winner this time.
Su Lianrong put her lantern into the water with great interest, and the beautiful lotus flower gently rippled in the water, as if a living lotus flower was planted in the water.
Xiao Ruoxue, who was not far away, sneered and looked at Su Lianrong, watching the lotus flower slowly float towards her, Xiao Ruoxue didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, she reached out and took a handful of cold water and splashed it on the delicate lotus.
Suddenly, the lotus flower rose and fell in the water, and it was submerged in one fell swoop.
Su Lianrong looked at Xiao Ruoxue in disbelief, she didn't expect Xiao Ruoxue to be able to use extremely obscene tricks in order to win this lantern competition.
"Xiao Ruoxue! You did it on purpose! ”
Su Lianrong was so angry that she jumped to her feet on the spot.
But Xiao Ruoxue just had an arrogant smile on her face, and looked at Su Lianrong with her waist in her back, "Which eye did you see me on purpose, I just washed my hands." It's only that your lanterns are not strong enough, and they can't stand my splash of cold water. ”
Xiao Ruoxue's strong words quickly became so angry that Su Lianrong couldn't cry, and Su Lianrong, whose eyes were red, could only squat to the side and sulk.
Seeing this, Fu Hui, who was standing beside Su Lianrong, hurriedly poked Su Lianrong's arm gently, "Don't worry, take mine." ”
While speaking, Fu Hui took apart her lantern, Su Lianrong was ingenious, and she would definitely be able to fold a lantern that looked better than her own little white rabbit.
Seeing Fuhui do this, Su Lianrong's eyes couldn't help but widen in astonishment.
"You're ......"
Regardless of whether this lantern is beautiful or not, this is the result of Fuhui doing it for so long, but Fuhui is willing to dismantle the lantern she made for her.
For a moment, Su Lianrong was moved and wanted to cry.
An empathetic smile appeared on Fu Hui's face, "The game is about to start, you fold quickly, otherwise the leader will be taken away by Xiao Ruoxue!" ”
Su Lianrong's hands are very skillful, and the paper flowers that she kneades with change are much more delicate than those pinched by Fuhui herself.
After a while, a vivid jade rabbit appeared in front of Fu Hui.
Seeing this, Fu Hui couldn't help but feel ashamed, "Sister Lianrong's hands are so skillful, I'm afraid that I can't make such a delicate lantern even after practicing for ten days and half a month." ”
Su Lianrong lowered her head embarrassedly and smiled, "How can there be, practice makes perfect." ”
This time, in order to prevent Xiao Ruoxue's ghost, the two deliberately ran to the river bank in front of Xiao Ruoxue to put lanterns, Xiao Ruoxue looked at the two talking and laughing, and the hatred in her heart had reached the extreme.
The little jade rabbit was placed in the clear water, and after staggering, it slowly floated steadily forward in the water.
Looking at the small delicate jade rabbit, a smile appeared on Su Lianrong's face.
As the lanterns drifted farther and farther away, it was finally time to announce the results, and a bunch of lanterns of different colors were placed in front of everyone's eyes, which was dazzling.
Fu Hui recognized the jade rabbit that Su Lianrong folded with her own hands at a glance, and when she saw that the jade rabbit was firmly standing on the highest position, she immediately understood in her heart that it must be Su Lianrong who had won.
When the master read out the results, it completely confirmed Fuhui's thoughts.
"The winner of this lantern competition is, Su Shangshu's daughter Su Lianrong."
With a kind smile on his face, the master beckoned to Su Lianrong and motioned for Su Lianrong to come up to the stage to take the prize.