Chapter 165: The Flower Banquet of the Prosperous Age

A hundred flowers bloom and compete for beauty is a triennial morning flower feast, also known as the prosperous flower feast.

It is held in Bizhu Garden, one of the royal gardens, and on this day, the two gates of the north and south are opened at the same time, allowing people to enter and exit the north and south for the banquet selection.

There are seven competition platforms for piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, dance, music and archery. The women who signed up early were each given a wooden sign with a brief introduction to their identity, which was hung on a flower list next to each high platform.

After the duel, the winners selected by the official will face off again until the final five participants are selected, and the final winner will be selected based on the number of yarn flowers thrown.

The whole flower banquet takes a full six hours from the time of the hour to the unitary time, from the royal family to the small family of the poor family is not an exaggeration to say that it is not an exaggeration to say that the whole people participate, it is really worthy of the name of the prosperous flower banquet.

On this day, the participants will enter the park at the same time at the same time at the same time, and the participants of the selection will not be able to enter the park until the hour.

Because Yu Mingxiu will participate in the shooting competition, the gatekeeper of Dongming Wangfu has been busy since dawn, preparing the carriage for the masters who are about to travel.

As the elder brother and sister-in-law, Yu Chenzhi and Rujiu naturally nodded in Yu Mingxiu's coquettish cuteness and promised that they would be present to cheer her on.

The wind in the early morning was moist and cold, the gray clouds were thick, and the lanterns and stone pillars in the courtyard were still lit and had not been extinguished.

After practicing, I sweated finely, and after a long time, I went back to the room to bathe and change clothes, and the day after tomorrow was already getting brighter.

Yu Chenzhi, who had packed up earlier, sat elegantly on the side, holding the book in his hand and waiting quietly for a long time.

I only watched him for a long time and didn't see him take any action to read, not even turning the page, so it can be seen that his mind is not in the book in his hand at all.

Today, I was wearing a lilac cardigan long skirt covered with a crescent moon and white cloud cigarette shirt, tied around the waist with a cigarette Luo purple light silk for a long time, with a moon-looking bun full of green silk, looking back and smiling, the whole person was bright and beautiful.

"Stunned?"

"yes." Yu Chenzhi nodded generously, simply put down the book and walked straight to her side, and whispered in a gentle and seductive voice, "Do you want to draw eyebrows for your husband?" ”

I don't know what came to mind when I heard him say this, and I snorted out loud for a long time.

Then he motioned with his eyes to Ruoqing to hand him the eyebrow pencil in his hand, "Come on, why not?" ”

After Ruoqing handed over the eyebrow pencil to him, she left the room with a deep smile and a blessing with Xiaozhi Chuntao.

Standing in front of her like Ruoqing before, Yu Chenzhi's waist raised his hand slightly, and began to trace her eyebrows a little bit.

Seeing that his hands were not shaking or at a loss, Rujiu was very surprised, "Yu Mutou, why are you so skilled?" ”

Could it be that someone has practiced for him before?

"Madame, haven't you heard that there is a kind of person who learns everything quickly, just like you and me."

"Heh~ I think you're narcissistic and learn faster."

After laughing and laughing, Yu Chenzhi turned her body to the bronze mirror, and after looking at it again, she still felt that it was perfect, and she couldn't help but be secretly satisfied: it seemed that her hard work in front of the mirror for several days was not in vain.

Also satisfied was Rujiu, who praised without hesitation, "I really didn't see that our prince still has this hand, it's okay." ”

"Is that a reward?" Putting the eyebrow pencil in his hand in front of the dresser, Yu Chenzhi leaned down and asked with a smile.

Rujiu nodded very generously, and then quickly stretched out his hands around his neck and tore it off, printing his thin lips and chirping, "This may be satisfying?" ”

"Yes." Opposite her forehead, Yu Chenzhi hooked the corners of his mouth, and the happy satisfaction in his eyes was so clearly visible.

"Let's go, Xiu'er won't be able to find us later, I'm afraid we should be anxious."

Seeing that the hour was indeed not early, Yu Chenzhi got up with her hand, and the other hand was behind her, and the two stepped out of the room hand in hand.

……

On the way to Bizhu Garden by horse-drawn carriage, there was a rare congestion due to the large number of pedestrians and carriages, and I don't know how much time I would waste waiting to get to the north gate of the entrance.

"Yu Mutou, it seems that there is not much distance from Bizhu Garden from here, why don't we walk over?"

Looking at the crowd of people outside the car window, Yu Chenzhi shook his head with some disapproval. Seeing her frowning immediately, he approached in person for a moment and whispered in her ear.

After listening to him, his eyes sparkled for a long time, and he couldn't wait to take his hand, and shouted eagerly, "Then what are you waiting for, just now." ”

Shaking her head helplessly and dotingly, Yu Chenzhi stood up obediently, and took her out of the carriage and drifted towards an uninhabited alley at great speed.

Flying up the wall and then jumping onto the roof, the two of them began to take the unusual road and carried light work, crossed countless cornices, and arrived at the entrance not far before dodging down and detouring from the nearest alley.

At the gate of the north gate, the guards of the Kyoji guard are uniformly guarded and inspected, and there are also officials at the official entrance to distribute yarn flowers, and each person can receive seven.

The two people who received the flowers and officially stepped into the Bizhu Garden, as the crowd continued to walk in, and they did not stop until they reached the high platform where a huge word was hung.

The arrangement of the high platform of archery is slightly simpler than the other arts that have been seen along the way, and rows of red heart targets stand at the front desk 100 meters.

The wooden sign on the bulletin board shows that there are only a few people participating, and I am afraid that the group with the least number of participants will finish the fastest.

On the other side of the high platform were the official judges composed of the left and right attendants of the military department, as well as the two masters and sons of the Royal Academy who taught the subject of mounted archery.

Yu Mingxiu, who was about to play, kept looking down, and after seeing clearly that the family members in the crowd and the annoying guy were all present, he calmed down and playfully raised his hand and waved it vigorously in the direction of his brother and sister-in-law.

"Jiu'er, speak carefully."

As they were whispering, they heard a voice next to them and both of them raised their heads at the same time. The people who came were the brothers of the Shen family.

"Fourth brother, sixth brother, seventh brother and eighth brother." Rujiu happily greeted his brothers, and funnily held the fourth brother next to him who was still weak because of his call.

"Sister, have you forgotten me?" Shen Ru squeezed out the first few steps dissatisfied, obviously his height was no longer short, why could the ninth sister still ignore him completely every time?

Stretched out a hand and vigorously rubbed his hair, and he was so happy in his reaction to screaming as before, "Xiao Shi, aren't you about to end the game, why are you still sneaking out, not at home to study hard behind closed doors." ”

"The ninth sister doesn't know, learning has to be a combination of work and rest, and it is not advisable to close the door and study hard." After quickly sorting out her messy hair, Shen Ru shook his head and answered her question.

"The great truth is more than anyone else's." Shen sneered as scheduled, didn't he have to pull some reason out just to see the excitement, ignoring his angry eyes, and turning his gaze back to the high platform with some nervousness in his heart.

"Don't talk about it soon, the county lord of Anming has come to the stage to start the game." Shen Ru grabbed his younger brother who wanted to find the theory of the seventh brother, and after Yu Mingxiu came to power, he took the opportunity to open the topic.

Several people stopped talking, and all fixed their eyes on Yu Mingxiu, who was dressed in red riding clothes on the stage, with a confident and calm smile, especially heroic.

I saw that she raised her hand to pull the bowstring, quickly put the white feather arrow on the fire, and after only a little aim, she let go and shot out.

"Duh-"

Hit the target of the red heart.

"Good!"

With a coax, the onlookers who were silently holding their breath and concentrating on the feathers let out a deafening cheer when the arrow feathers were still trembling.

What's more, for example, Shen jumped up excitedly as scheduled, shouting that he had done a good job.

Yu Mingxiu, who seemed to hear his praise and looked over here, raised a brighter and brighter smile, and raised his chin proudly at him.

Ten targets, ten hits of hearts.

Yu Mingxiu naturally won with an absolute advantage and smoothly entered the next round.

The next game was like entering her solo show, whether it was a static target or a moving target, a single shot or a chain shot, Yu Mingxiu could end the comparison with the best result.

Those who watched the competition were amazed and impressed by her archery skills comparable to that of a marksman.

There was no suspense in the final selection, and he won the first place in the shooting event with an absolutely overwhelming number of yarn flowers.