At this time, Liu Ruxue's eldest maid Qiulu walked in and whispered in her ear, she immediately smiled, stood up and said, "Sisters, the male guest is racing poetry there, let's go and join in the fun!" ”

Liu Ruxue's words touched everyone's hearts, and everyone showed joy on their faces and nodded in response, fortunately, the Dashang country is open to the people, and the defense of men and women is not so serious, and there is no shying away from meeting the young ladies of the sons.

Liu Ruxue led a group of young ladies through the plum blossom forest and came to the pavilion where the male guests were, unlike the female guests, the male guests were not surrounded here, but there were stoves everywhere in the pavilion, and it would not be cold.

When they arrived, it had just begun, and a young man dressed in a blue brocade robe and a cloak made of fine silk was standing there, the eldest son of Li Shilang's family, I saw him close his eyes and think for a while, sniff the plum blossoms, and then open his eyes and said:

"Smell the plum blossoms and the wind, and the snowdrifts are all over the four mountains.

How can he be incarnated into 100 billion, a tree of plum blossoms and a release. ”

"Good!" As soon as he finished speaking, everyone applauded, this Li Gongzi has been in the limelight in recent years, and now he is also a well-known talent in Yujing City, so he was the first to stand up and wanted to compete with Shen Qian.

Shen Qian was not in a hurry, and the other sons knew that they couldn't compare to Li Gongzi, but they all wanted to have fun, and they all stood up and wrote a poem.

In the end, only Shen Qian and Lu Ziqing were left without composing poems, Lu Ziqing had just come to the capital, and he had never participated in the banquet, if it wasn't for Liu Chengchuan's introduction, everyone didn't know this is the son of the Admiral of Jiumen, and they didn't know much about his knowledge, so they naturally didn't have any expectations, but the brothers of the Liu family knew how powerful this cousin was, and Liu Ruxue, who was standing on the side, was even more full of only him.

Everyone looked at them, and the ladies also waited, and finally Lu Ziqing smiled, looked at Shen Qian and said: "Although Ziqing is not the master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, this place is like my home. As he spoke, he stood up and gestured slightly to everyone present, "Ziqing is ugly." ”

After speaking, he looked at the plum blossoms around him, as if he was in deep thought, and slowly spoke after a while:

"The valley is more northern, and every year it is late to divide its flowers.

Gao Biao Yiyun Jun knows whether it is when the ice and snow are accumulated. ”

After Lu Ziqing finished speaking, everyone applauded, and as soon as this Yongmei poem came out, the previous comparison was continued, and everyone was convinced, and then everyone understood that this son was actually hidden, Liu Ruxue on the side looked proud, looking at the young ladies around her with admiration on their faces, and the pride in their hearts was even greater.

Finally, it was Shen Qian's turn, he also stood up, thought for a moment and said:

"Ten thousand trees are frozen, and the lonely roots are warm and alone. In the deep snow in the front village, a branch bloomed last night.

The wind is fragrant, and the birds are glamorous. If you respond to the law next year, you will be released first. ”

After Shen Qian finished speaking, there was silence in the pavilion, and after a long time, a cheer came, and everyone came back to their senses and applauded, Lu Ziqing was the one who took the lead in applauding, his and Shen Qian's eyes met in the air, and both of them showed a meaningful smile, no one knew.

And the ladies who were just impressed by Lu Ziqing will be captured by Shen Qian again, one by one, and then look at Shen Qian, although he is only wearing a simple white dress, he has the feeling of being extraordinary and standing out from the crowd.

The guests had a lot of fun here, Meng Xiaoran was really busy in the big kitchen, so many guests, although she didn't do it alone, but just a few Sichuan dishes kept her busy enough, and she didn't even have time to drink water.

When the maids in charge of serving the dishes put the prepared dishes into the food box and carried them away one by one, everyone in the big kitchen finally breathed a sigh of relief, Meng Xiaoran found a bench to sit down, and Xiaocui also sat beside her, and both of them lost their spirits like frosted eggplants.

After lunch, the queen mother and the four princes came, the big kitchen made the last wave of snacks to be busy, and the plum blossom banquet is the real beginning, the afternoon banquet is the time for the ladies to show their talents, the queen mother as a comment, and finally selected one of the most brilliant to become this year's plum blossom fairy.

Many maids went to see the excitement, but Meng Xiaoran was not interested in it at all, seeing Xiaocui's yearning look, she patted her head, "You go and see, come back and tell my sister, my sister is too tired and wants to go back to rest." ”

Xiaocui nodded, followed the small drum to the main courtyard, Meng Xiaoran dragged her tired body, walked to the north courtyard, took her clothes and went to the bath room to take a bath, and when she returned to the house, she found that the stove in the house was extinguished again, she sighed, thought about it or left the room, the sun is very good today, and there is no wind, it is better to find a place to bask in the sun, it is better than being cold in the house.

Meng Xiaoran took the book out of the yard and found a lotus pond, in winter, the pond was full of withered lotus stems, but it was secluded here, and the sun was very good, she took a handkerchief and spread it on the ground, leaning on the big tree and basking in the sun.

Unconsciously, she gradually fell asleep again, and a white figure approached, and when she saw someone asleep, she shook her head, "How tired are you, how can you fall asleep anywhere?" ”

Shen Qian sighed, sat on the ground like her, the afternoon sun was very comfortable on his body, the whole Xiangfu seemed to be lively, there was no one in this secluded place, the surroundings were quiet, Shen Qian also leaned against the tree, seeing Meng Xiaoran's head down from time to time, he reached out and put her head on his shoulder, and then closed his eyes and closed his eyes.

The moment Meng Xiaoran opened her eyes, Shen Qian also opened her eyes, she turned her head and saw Shen Qian, her eyes were first confused and then shocked, "Why are you here?" ”

Shen Qian smiled, "Naturally, I was invited." ”

Meng Xiaoran put his mind at ease, and then looked around, for fear of being seen, Shen Qian couldn't help but smile when he saw this, "You're only worried now?" Just fell asleep against a tree, not afraid that someone would see it? ”

Meng Xiaoran glared at him and didn't speak, but he was a little annoyed in his heart, fortunately, the person who came was Shen Qian, if it was someone else, it would be difficult to say, what happened to him recently, because he was too tired?

"Don't worry, I'm just saying it casually, but it's better for you to be more careful in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Shen Qian saw that her face was not good, thinking that what she said made her worried, so he comforted her, and said after a while: "Today's pastries are very exquisite, and the food is also very delicious, I see that all the adults who went to the banquet are full of praise, after today, you will definitely be rewarded, presumably you will stay by Chen's side is also ironclad, and you should be more careful after that." ”

Meng Xiaoran nodded, remembering his previous doubts, and couldn't help asking, "Shen Gongzi, what do you want me to do in the Prime Minister's Mansion?" ”

Shen Qian was slightly stunned and said, "In the future, I will tell you that it is inconvenient to discuss this matter here today, I should go, you can go back too, the banquet is about to disperse." ”

Meng Xiaoran nodded, the two separated, and when she returned to the North Courtyard, she rested for about half an hour, and then saw Xiao Cui running back with an excited face, she thought that Xiao Cui was going to tell herself about the banquet, but she said breathlessly: "Sister, Madam let you go." ”

Meng Xiaoran was a little surprised, he was rewarded for his meritorious deeds so soon? She glanced at Xiao Cui and had an idea in her heart, so she asked tentatively: "Xiao Cui, if I ask Mrs. to transfer you to Linyue Zhai, are you willing?" She wasn't really sure, after all, Aunt Hu was in the big kitchen, who would want to leave her mother?

Unexpectedly, Xiaocui nodded vigorously, "Yes, Xiaocui is willing to be with my sister!" ”

Meng Xiaoran's heart warmed, her nose suddenly became a little sour, she held back the tears that almost fell, and touched Xiaocui's head, "Okay, my sister will mention it to Mrs. this time." ”

Saying that, she set off to Linyue Zhai, as soon as she entered, everyone had joy on their faces, she knew that it must be Chen's reward, she guessed exactly the slightest, today Chen's is in the limelight, the Prime Minister's Mansion has a lot of face, the female guest here, everyone is very interested in seeing a novel dish, and after tasting it, they are full of praise, the previous plum blossom-shaped dim sum is enough to make them admire, and this will be even more amazing when it comes to the table.

However, these ladies and ladies are all people with status, so naturally they will not show it at the dinner table, but looking at the dishes that are almost half empty, Chen knows how satisfied everyone is.

What made her most proud was that Princess Yong asked her for a recipe before leaving, saying that she liked it very much and wanted to go back and let a chef learn from her.

King Yong is the younger brother of the emperor's concubine, his status is noble, Princess Yong's move undoubtedly gave Chen a great face, Chen immediately smiled and replied: "Don't worry, princess, I will ask someone to write a recipe and send it to you in person, so that you can eat the same taste earlier." Princess Yong nodded with satisfaction and left with the support of the maids beside her.

Chen sent off the guests, and then came back with a smile on his face, and Lu Yi and Lu Qing also supported her side left and right, and entered the house, Chen sat on the soft couch, relaxed the tense body for a morning, and felt a little tired at this time.

Liu Ruyin immediately walked up, stood behind her, and beat her shoulders, Chen touched his little daughter's head with a smile, and asked with a smile: "How about it, I had a good time with the ladies today, are they still satisfied?" ”

Liu Ruyin smiled shyly, "Mother, our Prime Minister's Mansion is really a very good plum blossom banquet this time, they all told me, not only the plum blossoms are good-looking, the dim sum is also good-looking, and even the lunch is also very innovative. ”

Chen nodded with satisfaction, she believed that soon today's dim sum molds in the house would be popular in Yujing City, and those fresh dishes, presumably without recipes, they can't make them, this recipe can be used as a gift, to send to good friends, it can be regarded as a closer relationship.

Chen immediately instructed Zhang's mother to ask her to reward each person in the courtyard with a month's worth of moon silver, Meng Xiaoran would come over, and it was everyone who received the reward, so they were naturally jubilant.

Meng Xiaoran felt the harmonious atmosphere inside as soon as she entered the room, although the Chen family was mean, she was very good to her children, Liu Ruyin, the daughter, was also taught by her to be very polite, without Liu Ruxue's aggressiveness, and without Liu Chengming's gentleness, she really looked like a lady.

Note: The poems in the article are all excerpts from ancient poems, and I really don't have that ability, haha, let's just take a look.