The official sign of the flower-viewing banquet is this gong, and all the nobles are led to the Cloud Pavilion, which is the place where Dingguo Gong paints and composes poems every time he appreciates the flowers.

The cloud pavilion is built on the small back hill of the old lady's courtyard, two rows of plane trees are planted under the mountain, as if the middle road welcomes the general, the mountain is lush, although the cloud pavilion is not big, but it is very chic, it is the whole wood transported from the south, especially the house is all built by the mortise and tenon structure, the main pillar in the house is a whole golden silk nanmu, the whole courtyard is divided into three rooms, one room is the painting studio, one room is the poetry pavilion of poetry, and there is a room where the girl who does not participate in the selection rests.

The décor of the three rooms is characterful. The books in the poetry pavilion are arranged in a whole room, this room is very open, the sun is abundant, all the windows are floor-to-ceiling wood, the curtains are crystal glass of various colors of wind lamps, as long as the wind blows slightly, you can hear the crisp sound jingling.

The rules of writing poems in the poetry pavilion are that there are no maids in the poetry pavilion, and there is no one to serve the pen and ink, and the poetry pavilion needs to stop writing poems after the nobles study a stick of incense by themselves.

The top three were decided by a few old ladies and the top three poets were taken away.

The decoration of the studio is more magnificent, with gold and jade ornaments as the main decoration, if you say rich, then this room is synonymous with wealth and elegance. After the painting is three incense sticks, the studio will also ask all the girls who paint to stop writing, and then after the nobles withdraw, the old ladies will enter the studio to select, and after deciding the top three, they will be ordered to take them away.

The winners of the poetry and painting contest were announced in front of the Cloud Pavilion. The top three will have certain prizes, and their names will be announced to the public.

The questions of each competition are only told before entering the Cloud Pavilion. The old ladies selected must all be old ladies with both ability and political integrity.

Resting ladies will have the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of flower petal skincare, making flower cakes and tasting pot-fought.

The nectar of the Dingguo Mansion is recognized as the best taste, but due to the low yield, this nectar can not be tasted except for the annual flower appreciation banquet at the rest of the time.

Unfortunately, the poetry and painting contest of the flower appreciation banquet is too much expected and important in the hearts of the girls, and only Moon Shadow can come here to enjoy such a comfortable time.

Although no one patronizes this pavilion, it is still according to the standard of hospitality, and there is no sloppiness at all.

Although the flower-viewing banquet founded by the old lady of Dingguo became more and more famous, it became worse and worse under the operation of her eldest daughter-in-law in the years after the death of the old lady Xian.

Her Royal Highness the eldest princess originally thought that the eldest daughter-in-law of the old lady of Dingguo had just taken over and was not familiar with it, although she couldn't stand it, she still pointed out from time to time. Who wants to point out for a few years without getting better, I really can't stand it, so I have to take over the eldest princess and start from scratch.

But the cloud pavilion is no longer a place to compare poetry and painting, I heard that it was changed by the Duchess of Dingguo to a resting place for enjoying flowers and drinking tea.

In addition to the first few sessions of the first few sessions, there are really girls who come here to rest, and with the rules of the flower-viewing poetry and painting competition system, the fame is getting bigger and bigger; Everyone participates with the mentality of giving it a try, and because it is completely anonymous, even if the work is not good, there is no one to worry about it, and gradually no one comes here to rest.

After all, if you want to rest, you can go home to rest and go to the poetry and painting banquet, who knows if you will be lucky enough to come out on top.

This is the article that is made by chance, and it happens to be a feeling, and it is not without precedent that it won the first place.

The upbringing of the old lady of Dingguo is responsible for entertaining the nobles who come here to rest. This old lady has not seen anyone come here to rest for many years.

Seeing that no one came here to rest for several years, the old lady of Dingguo originally wanted to cancel the rest room here, but the old lady said that although no one came this time, she promised to have this place for everyone to rest when the competition was first held, which was to set a rule.

Don't change your initial decision, you think it's a small change to adapt to the situation, but once you do, someone will slowly convince you that you need to change the rules of the game.

Don't let anyone think you're a person who is easily swayed by circumstances and people.

Although the Duchess of Dingguo is in her 60s and has become a grandmother, she can still listen to persuasion in front of her old mother.

The old lady was released in the palace that year, and the families competed for the mother, hoping that the grandmother would raise the noble daughter of the family, and finally the mother of the old lady of Dingguo invited someone to raise the old lady of Dingguo.

Many people think that Mama teaches the etiquette in the palace and the trickery in the palace, but everyone is wrong, this old mama is an open-minded, visionary and patterned old mama.

What she taught the old lady of the country was vision and self-improvement. It is how a woman allows herself to live so that her husband cannot ignore it.

Therefore, the relationship between teacher and friend, the old lady has always been willing to listen to her grandmother.

When the old lady saw Moon Shadow, she smiled and asked Moon Shadow to sit down, as if it had never been deserted here, and she was not surprised why Moon Shadow did not come here for the competition, nor was she overly enthusiastic because it was rare for someone to come.

After the old lady sat down at Moon Shadow, she said, "I'll take a look at your skin type first, and then recommend some skin care methods according to your skin type." After speaking, he put the nectar he had brewed on the cup saucer, and respectfully handed the honey to Moon Shadow's hand.

Moon Shadow watched the old lady carefully check herself, she didn't have the opportunity to see this old woman in her previous life, but just now the old woman's calmness made Moon Shadow feel comfortable when she came out, and there was a trace of indescribable understanding in a flash.

Although his actual age is as old as this old woman, he asked himself that he had never met such a person before he died in his previous life.

The old lady said, "Your skin type, forehead and nose are more oily and oily, so you need to pay more attention to cleansing and moisturizing." I can pick a balm for you if you want. ”

Moon Shadow nodded and said, "Then it's bothering Mama." "The skin texture of my own skin in my previous life slowly discovered after entering the palace that the profound way of conditioning is not something that can be mastered overnight.

The recipe for this ointment was in the palace in the last life, and I knew several recipes that I commonly used. If it is slightly changed to make a cream, the effect is good, and it will become popular when sold in the capital.

Moon Shadow was thinking about the cream recipe here, and the old lady wrapped the cream she took out properly, handed it to the little maid beside her, and ordered it to be sent to Moon Shadow's personal maid outside the Cloud Pavilion.

Seeing that the old lady is so skilled, presumably the old lady should be a master of making paste, and I want to ask for advice or two, after all, although I know the ointment formula, but after all, I am not a master of all kinds. And now many ointments are in the hands of some wealthy families and have not been circulated in the outside world.

So when I sat down to taste the honey, I asked, "I don't know what kind of cream Mama just chose for me." The old lady of Dingguo loves to raise flowers, thinking that Mama is a face paste made of honey from flowers? ”

Mama was interested in seeing Moon Shadow, and thought that although this was the secret recipe for making cream that she didn't pass on, she just talked about it casually, anyway, this child was still so young. "Miss Hui Lin, most of the balms here are made of flowers, but because each person's face is different, the effect of each flower on the face is also different. But flowers alone can't do it all, for example, the one you just gave is not flowers, but Angelica, dandelion and some mild anti-oil medicines. ”

Although it is only a few words, it is clear that the old lady must be a master of making paste, if he can learn the method of paste-making with her, then it is reasonable for him to say later that he has studied the formula of paste.

With the intention of studying, it is not easy to get the favor of this grandmother.

Wanting to take the lead, Moon Shadow thought about throwing out a few recipes from the book first, to see if she could make the old lady interested in her.

"Mama, when I was reading at home before, I also turned over a recipe for a face cream one day, but I don't know what this face cream is used for."

Sure enough, the old grandmother's eyebrows twitched slightly, but her face did not change, "You might as well tell me about it, maybe I can tell you." ”

"Well, I remember it seems to be green wood incense, white aconite, xiong root, white ash, tonka incense, fragrant aconite, angelica, poria cocos, jatamansi, sheep marrow, and upper (mouth) chew. Take half a liter of water and wine, soak the medicine through the lodging, fry three times up and three times, wait for the water and wine to be anointed, and go to the water. ”

The more the old lady listened, the brighter her eyes became, and this recipe was a recipe for beauty and wrinkles. He asked, "Do you remember what book it says?" Do you remember the geometry of the ratio? "Many of the secretaries are unique books that are not in circulation, and if there are home remedies in them, they will not be passed on, so when I heard this, I know that this must be the Lin family's collection; And there must be more than one secret recipe, I love to make paste, if I can make some ancient recipes or develop new paste-making recipes before entering the soil, it is all my love for the paste recipe of a sincere heart.

Moon Shadow nodded and asked happily, "Could it be that Mama knew what this cream was used for as soon as she heard it?" Mama, can you teach me? I really want to learn how to make a face cream" The reason why Moon Shadow asked this is to test a thing or two, if Mama knows what the recipe is for, and asks about the specific formula, then it is not good not to teach Moon Shadow. But if Mama said that she didn't know what this recipe was for, then Moon Shadow would naturally not tell the specific ratio and source.

Mama naturally understands the meaning of the moon shadow, although she was excited just now that the recipe is rare, but now she is more interested in the little doll in front of her, who actually said a word to herself, and also memorized this ointment. This female doll of the Lin family is really smart. He is already in his twilight years. It would be nice if someone could inherit his mantle, but unfortunately this is not the child of the Dingguo Mansion.

If you don't leave this ability in the Dingguo Mansion, but teach this female doll, I don't know if it will cause any backyard turmoil. Although his time is running out, he is not afraid of any turmoil, and this little doll has a relationship with these two families.

There was a struggle, the old women were also starting to read the poems, and the old lady of Dingguo couldn't help but be overjoyed after reading it, saying, "Sure enough, there are talented women in the capital!" He pointed to one of them and said, "This poem should be crowned," and the other ladies also praised it when they saw it.

Soon, under the unanimous approval of the ladies, the winner of this year's poetry and painting was judged, and it happened that it was the same person. It's really the queen mother of the future. Both talent and color, virtue and art.

Back then, I also liked the queen's sentence very much: It's not that the chrysanthemum is preferred among the flowers, and this flower is even more flowerless.

I'm afraid that for a long time, this future queen mother has been in the limelight. Under the warm congratulations of everyone. It's also in the limelight for a while. When the old lady of Dingguo saw this situation, she also remembered the past, and couldn't help but sigh: Huang Huaman said that she was old, and she was old in autumn.

Several other old ladies also laughed. Moon Shadow's grandmother also joked at this time: It's still like today's song banquet, and the white-headed woman entered the juvenile field.

Everyone was amazed when they heard it, Jiang was still old and spicy, and several old ladies lived up to their reputation.

No one pays attention to Moon Shadow as a milk doll, but it's hard to say who the biggest winner of the day is.

After making an appointment with Mama, she will meet every five days at the largest rouge shop in the capital, and Mama will give lectures and homework to Moon Shadow.

Mama decides, Moon Shadow only needs to find a way to sneak out by herself. You can't tell your grandmother about it too early, and if you say it too early, there will be resistance, and if you study it for a while, even if you are discovered, it won't hurt.

One of the important lessons that Moon Shadow learned in her previous life was that if you want to do something, you must not be afraid of wolves and tigers. That might not do anything.

If there is a need to compromise on something, it is appropriate to step back for the sake of the ultimate goal.

This flower-viewing feast was really not in vain.