As she spoke, she motioned to her servants to uncover the red silk, and everyone felt a flash of golden light in front of them, and they all exhaled in a low voice—these were actually two screens made of gold, which was really a big deal! What's even more amazing is that these two screens are also engraved with a layer of delicate reliefs:

The first carving is a man and a woman sitting on a delicate high platform to play together, the male, the female blow the sheng, the phoenix roars in the distance, and the white clouds surround it; The second fan is still carved by a man and a woman, the man rides the dragon and the woman rides the phoenix, flying into the sky with wings.

The daughters of the boudoir here are all full of poetry and books, and naturally know that the paintings on these two screens are from a famous allusion "Xiao Shi makes jade":

According to legend, Lang Yu is the daughter of Qin Mugong, who likes music and rhythm, and is good at playing the sheng. One night, she played the sheng at the moon, which attracted a man named Xiao Shi to play the flute ensemble, and the two fell in love and became husband and wife. After marriage, the two were in love, Qin Mugong made a special trip to build a high platform for them to play for the husband and wife, because the melodious music played by the two can attract the phoenix to chirp, so it is called "Phoenix Terrace".

One day, the music played by Xiao Shi and Lang Yu attracted the dragon and the phoenix to stop, Xiao Shi took the dragon, the jade and the phoenix, and the husband and wife flew into immortals during the day. Later generations used this allusion to imply that husband and wife are beautiful and loving together.

Obviously, the first screen is carved with Xiao Shi and Lang Yu playing together on the Phoenix Stage; The second screen is carved with the scene of the two people flying immortals in the daytime. Regardless of the extravagance of carving the paintings on the gold screens, I don't know how much waste materials have to be discarded, just looking at the fineness of these two paintings, even the scales of the dragon and the feathers of the phoenix are lifelike, and everyone can't help but marvel.

Since this gold screen is a pair, and the engraved is such an allusion, it can be seen that it was given to the future daughter-in-law. All the ladies also understand that if they win the leader of this hairpin banquet, they will be the choice of the princess, and these two screens will be decided. In this way, the painting on this screen is really appropriate.

When the ladies saw these two screens, they were all eager to try the throne, but Xiling Yue didn't have this mind. She has been "disliked" by the son, what else is there to make a fuss? Besides, she has important plans for tonight, and she doesn't want to bother with it.

She was about to find an excuse to quit, when she suddenly saw a servant quietly walk up to Madame Gao and say something. Mrs. Gao immediately looked at Xilingyue and said with a smile: "Mrs. Jiang, the prince has something important to look for you, you go and take a look." ”

As soon as these words came out, Xilingyue once again attracted the attention of the audience, after all, the timing of Li Heng's coming to her was so coincidental that it couldn't help but be misunderstood. The ladies looked at Xilingyue with different eyes, some were ambiguous and ridiculous, and naturally some were disappointed, but most people remembered her feat of finding out the assassin, and they all admired her resourcefulness, and secretly said that this candidate was also convincing to the public.

Xilingyue was looked at by a group of people, embarrassed and strange, what else could Li Heng do to find her now? But she couldn't refute the face of the dignified son, so she had to get up and reply: "Madam, ladies and gentlemen, Rong Yunyi will not accompany her for the time being." With that, she left the attic with the servant, and Arlo followed.

Xilingyue thought that Li Heng had already gone to Penglai Island, but unexpectedly, the servant invited her to go ashore by boat, and when she got to the shore, she changed to a shoulder boat, so she tossed for a long time, and actually went to Li Heng's inner courtyard! The Lord stood outside the vestibule of the inner courtyard, looking at her with a gloomy expression.

Xiling Yue bowed down her shoulders and saluted him: "I don't know what the prince is about?" ”

Li Heng glanced at Ah Luo behind her and did not speak.

Xilingyue immediately ordered: "Ah Luo, you go back to the guest house first and wait for me." ”

"Yes." Ah Luo didn't ask anything, and left directly.

Li Heng saw her walking away, so he asked, "How about the hairpin banquet?" ”

Xilingyue naturally can't say badly: "It's very interesting, all the ladies are very friendly." ”

Li Heng asked again: "From your point of view, are there any talented and beautiful women?" ”

"A lot!"

Li Heng obviously didn't believe it, and sneered: "How long has this hairpin banquet been open?" At most, you only see 'appearance', where can you see 'talent'? ”

It's starting to be more serious again! Xiling Yue felt helpless, and she didn't have the patience to detour with him: "What does the prince want to say?" ”

Li Heng seemed to be speechless, and was silent for a long time before saying, "I thought about it for a long time last night, and I still decided to marry you." ”

"Huh?" Xiling Yue thought she had misheard.

"If I want to marry a wife, then I will marry the wisest one."

"Ahh

"It's rare that you are so attentive to me, buying paintings and acting."

"Huh?!"

"What, isn't that what you want?"

"Ah......" Xiling Yue was dumbfounded, unable to say a word, the development of things was completely unexpected by her, and she didn't know how to react.

"Why are you just 'ah'? Are you not happy, not moved, not crying with joy? Li Heng asked with a smile one after another.

At the moment, Xilingyue only felt that she wanted to cry without tears: "I am happy, moved, and crying with joy...... But son, why do you have to hang yourself on my tree? ”

Li Heng chuckled: "Yes, I just like your tree." Why, am I not worthy of you? ”

"No, no, no! It's that I'm not worthy of the world. Xilingyue was really anxious, and the sharp teeth of the past didn't seem to work, and after thinking for a while, he said, "In fact, in this matter, the son of the world is too sharp." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Heng didn't quite understand.

Xiling Yue pondered her words and said sincerely: "Which woman in the world doesn't want her husband to be arrogant and talented? You asked General Pei to pretend to be you, and the daughters of various families naturally had a misunderstanding when they saw him, and they secretly agreed. Even if it's you, wouldn't you be tempted to see a beautiful woman? These are human nature, and you can't conclude that they are superficial. I think your idea is superficial, it's the next step. ”

"What did you say?" Li Heng's face sank.

Angry? That makes him even angrier! Xi Lingyue thought like this, and was even more blunt: "Madame's hairpin banquet was originally a beautiful conversation, and it is nothing for the ladies to meet you in advance, and it is easier for them to be generous with each other." However, you have played such a trick to veto everyone, and blame them for the fault, which is unfair and even more unmanly. ”

"I'm just making a small calculation, you're so angry, don't you calculate them, and they aren't angry? Sooner or later, this matter will be exposed, and then let them know that the dignified son is looking for a cousin to pretend to be himself, what do they think of you? I will only think that you are stingy and inferior, suspicious and narrow-minded, and I will probably not marry you again. Xi Lingyue spread her hands as she spoke, "It's good now, you are prejudiced against them, and they are also prejudiced against you. ”

(End of chapter)