It was arranged in the morning, but because the palace and Jichangyuan were far away, Chu Tao had to get up early to dress up, and stuffed a few mouthfuls of snacks into the carriage. Hatsumomo took out a crumpled note from his cuff, on which were written several poems on different themes, all of which had been written in advance by Hatsu Sakura last night. Chu Tao memorized it for a long time, and said with annoyance: "Why is this poem so difficult to memorize!" ”

Xiaohong said: "The second lady helped you write more than a dozen poems in one night, if you can't memorize them, you really disappoint people's hearts." ”

Chu Tao lowered her head and recited a few words, and finally decided to give up: "It's okay to memorize one or two songs, but I really can't memorize more than a dozen songs." Anyway, everyone knows what level I am, so I'm not afraid of being embarrassed. ”

Today, Xiaozi said that she was uncomfortable, only Xiaohong followed, and Xiaohong also said to herself in the carriage: "Didn't Mr. Zhu say it before, Princess Xile's talent is not very high, I guess she has already prepared poems, just waiting to be in the limelight." ”

Chu Tao snorted and said, "Let her go, just be happy, I just need to take this opportunity to meet the person I want to meet." ”

Chu Tao saw that Xiao Zi was not here today, so she took the opportunity to ask Xiao Hong: "Do you think Xiao Zi is weird recently?" ”

Xiaohong shook her head: "What's weird?" It's normal for me to eat and live with her. ”

"And has she ever left you to go out alone recently?" Hatsu Tao asked.

Xiaohong said: "Of course there is, sometimes Mrs. orders several errands, Xiaozi and I are naturally more time-saving to act separately, don't talk about her, I have also gone to the street alone several times to do errands." Don't look at us as your personal maid, we still have a lot of things to take care of, such as the Xu Da who sent food to our house not long ago, he was sick and asked his nephew to come over to deliver food, our wife is not at ease, and I want to go and see it in person. ”

Chu Tao smiled: "Mother is like this, everything has to be asked again, the person who delivers the food changes it, as long as the food is sent well, it's okay." ”

"That can't be said, Xu Da has been delivering food to our house for many years, and suddenly a nephew who delivered food for him suddenly appeared, and everyone was suspicious." Xiaohong explained.

The master and servant talked all the way, and soon arrived at Jichang Garden. After walking for a while as usual, take a small boat to Penglai Immortal Island, which is specially set up for a banquet, Chu Tao is already very familiar with this place, and there is no need for someone to guide the way.

Located in the center of Penglai Island, Penglai Island, as a royal garden, does have a unique general flavor. The island is surrounded by a circle of white sand and stones, specially raising some cranes, in addition to a circle of white sand, the island is also surrounded by a large area of bamboo forest, through this layer of bamboo forest like a green ribbon before you can see the Penglai Immortal Palace. After passing through several walls, Hatsu Tao finally heard the laughter coming from inside.

At this time, the crape myrtle flowers are blooming, a light purple crape myrtle tree on the side of the scenery wall is crooked to the side, hanging down a light and elegant flower, the petals of the crape myrtle are very special, like a wrinkled silk cloth, a small flower and a small flower are densely packed together, the wind blows the tree, the flower tide surges, Penglai Island seems to fall into the light purple clouds. Chu Tao followed the sound, and could only see the silhouette of the sleeves flashing between the pink or purple flowers and trees.

Chu Tao lifted her skirt slightly, and slowly walked out of a sea of flowers, the noisy sound in the distance stopped abruptly, and the girls wearing red and green stopped their movements, and followed everyone's eyes to look at the place where Chu Tao came from, and everyone had amazing expressions on their faces, of course, disdain.

As long as Chu Tao didn't speak, and she didn't make any moths, her beauty was enough to amaze everyone. Hatsu Peach came from the flower tree, everything around her was blurred, and people could only see a light fairy-like beauty coming out of the dream.

Shi Li also saw the belated first peach and beckoned to her: "Sister Peach, come here!" Shi Li greeted him with this greeting, so angry that several girls who had just talked to him stomped their feet. Chu Taole came over, and the fan in his hand hit Shi Li's shoulder with a "bang": "You're really here!" ”

Shi Li pretended to be surprised: "You dare to come, why can't I come?" ”

Chu Tao bared his teeth and grinned: "What do you mean by this, why don't I dare to come?" ”

Chu Tao attracted the attention of so many people, and secondly, he didn't greet Xile, the host, which made Xile even more unhappy, so he beckoned a few little girls around him to squeeze out Chu Tao together. Chu Tao doesn't care who she talks to, as long as she goes, if the crowd is originally scattered, then they will immediately gather together, if the crowd is originally gathered together, they will scatter like frightened birds when they see Chu Tao, not only that, but they can't speak openly, they must whisper, and then look at Chu Tao and sneer.

Chu Tao took advantage of the fact that several little girls got together, and quickly approached to listen to them, and they heard what they heard "shameless", "thick-skinned", "fornicating with their own guards", and even said that Chu Tao was pregnant, and the family thought she was a scourge, so they drove her to the Three Kings' Mansion to fend for herself.

A little girl said very energetically: "Do you know, I am gossip, Jiang Chutao seduced Sun Yihao and came to seduce Master Shi again, and now her belly is getting bigger day by day, so she can only run to her sister's house to hide, maybe she wants to take advantage of this to seduce the three kings again!" ”

Chu Tao touched a circle of meat on her stomach, almost cried, is there any mistake, I just ate a little too much recently, and a lot of meat has grown around my waist, how did I become a pregnant doll, where did she go to conceive a doll!

Shi Li frowned, and said to Chu Tao beside him: "They said this about you, why aren't you angry at all?" I can't listen to it anymore, how can I slander an innocent girl out of thin air, I'll go to them to reason. ”

Chu Tao grabbed Shi Li: "I'm not angry, anyway, it hasn't officially started now, let's stay away from them, the scenery on Penglai Island is good, I'll take you for a walk." ”

Chu Tao and Shi Li walked slowly along the bamboo forest around the lake, and Chu Tao joked that his mother almost went to Shi Li's house to propose. Shi Li smiled very gently, his smile was like the sun in winter, not as scorching as the summer sun, but just moisturizing things silently infecting the people around him, and it was really leisurely to be with him.

Shi Li said: "Coincidentally, my family is also forcing me to get married, if your mother comes, my mother will definitely agree immediately." ”

"Well, you've seen it, I'm afraid no one will dare to marry me. You're much better than me. Hatsu Tao laughed at herself.

"Those who are clear are self-purifying, you don't have to pay attention to them." Shi Li seemed to joke: "No one really marries you, you marry me, let's become a couple." ”

Chu Tao saw that Shi Li was joking, and then he was relieved: "What are you kidding, how embarrassing it would be if we got married!" Then Chu Tao's voice gradually weakened: "Besides...... I have a sweetheart...... You know. ”

"I'm joking with you. I didn't see Xue Congjia today, and I thought about it, and it was impossible for him to participate with his temperament. Shi Li said.

While the two were talking, a maid came over to inform them that they were going to start, and asked them to go over and get ready. So Chu Tao took the cheat sheet out of his sleeve in front of Shi Li and read it a few more times, and Shi Li also leaned over to read it: "Who wrote this?" I look at it, it's pretty well written, and it's enough to deal with this little one. But I didn't make it clear about the rules this time, and if the topic was specified, your cheat sheets would be useless. ”

Chu Tao said: "This is what my second sister helped me write, she is a famous talented girl." When the two came, Chu Tao saw an extremely familiar figure, the girl's wheat-colored skin was sprinkled with a few playful freckles, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and she was looking at Chu Tao with a smile, who is this not Sun Shaomin?

"Shao Min? Why are you here too? Haven't you always liked to participate in this kind of event? Chu Tao was pleasantly surprised, but also full of doubts.

Shao Min said: "Speaking about me, I never dreamed that you would come to participate." I didn't like to come, but my mother thought I was dead at home and rushed me here. After speaking, he looked at Shi Li suspiciously, and asked, "Who is this?" ”

Chu Tao hurriedly introduced: "This is my friend, Lord Shi Lishi." ”

"Oh! You're that Master Shi! I have admired the daimyo for a long time! Sun Shaomin greeted Shi Li generously, Shi Li felt that this girl was clean and neat, and he couldn't help but feel good. So when it officially began, Shi Li, Chu Tao and Shao Min sat next to each other.

Xile glanced at Chu Tao, who was immersed in eating fruit, coughed lightly, and began to read the polite words she had prepared: "The purpose of holding this event is nothing more than twofold, one is to strengthen the contact between us and enhance the relationship, but to learn skills and improve our own level......"

Chu Tao whispered: "Nonsense is really a basket, I see, one is to go on a blind date openly, and if you look at the right eye, go back and tell your family, and second, exchange gossip together, and get together by the way." ”

Shao Min quietly gave a thumbs up, indicating that he agreed with Chu Tao's words very much. I also heard Xile say: "In the past, we always designated a theme, but this year we will play with different tricks, we will draw people to compose poems, and the scope of poems will also be determined by drawing lots......

Chu Tao dragged Sun Shaomin and asked quietly, "What does she mean by this?" I didn't understand. Soon Chu Tao understood that this time it was completely for herself.

Xile pretended to take out a bamboo stick from an urn and read: "This round, please ask people with flowers and trees in their names to compose poems." Then he poured out a stick from another bamboo tube and said, "The theme of the poem should be related to flowers." ”

Chu Tao thought about it, he called himself Jiang Chu Tao, a peach, which can be counted as a flower or a wood, that is to say, he wants to write a poem? Fortunately, the poem about flowers was prepared in advance, so Chu Tao stood up and stumbled and memorized the prepared poem. Of course, Xile's big name is Xue Yirou, and Xue Zi also has a cursive prefix, and she also wants to compose poems. e8

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