Chai Jingjing smiled with crooked eyebrows and said, "It's sweet in your mouth." No wonder Brother Xiao likes you so much, I like you too. ”

After speaking, he also squeezed Xu Lanyin's little hand.

At this time, Mama Ning walked in and said with an exaggerated smile, "Ouch, it turned out to be a little song played by the eldest girl." The eldest princess thought that Miss Xu blew it, saying that it was very good, but she had never heard of it. ”

Chai Jingjing listened, pulled Xu Lanyin and went to the upper room. In the house, not only the eldest princess and Mrs. Chai were there, but Ma and Chai Zixiao also came.

Chai Jingjing pulled the eldest princess's sleeve and smiled, "Grandmother, that song was played by her granddaughter, is it good?" ”

The eldest princess was surprised, "You blew it?" What kind of song is that, I've never heard you play it before. ”

Chai Jingjing said that Xu Lanyin hummed it to her, and said, "The eighteenth of this month is the Birthday Day, and the whole country celebrates, so I will play this song at the imperial banquet." ”

Xu Lanyin knew that the Wanshou Festival was the emperor's birthday, and the whole country would enjoy it, and the princes and ministers would offer birthday gifts, and the emperor would hold a royal banquet, inviting the princes and nobles, as well as officials and family members (Mrs., a son, and a daughter) who were civil officials and military attachés above the second rank, into the palace to eat the royal banquet. At the imperial banquet, not only the music and dancing girls in the palace will perform programs, but also the talented women will also show their talents and congratulate the emperor on his long life.

At the end of the imperial banquet, the emperor and the Empress Dowager Pu, the Ministry of Rites, and the Guozi Priest jointly discussed and named the top three. Guozi is the only official below the third grade who can participate in the palace banquet, just to do this.

To be in the top three is an honor. However, the top three are mostly poems, paintings, and characters, and almost all of the winners are men, and some are even court officials. For so many years of Hallowe, there has only been a girl who won the second place Hua 20 years ago, which is now Mrs. Li, a famous talented woman in the Daimyo Dynasty.

The eldest princess smiled, "This little song is cheerful and festive, but it is suitable for playing on Halloween." It's just a simple tone, don't let others hear. If it spreads out first, it will not be so joyful and fresh. ”

The implication is that the meaning of being the first to blow it out and blowing it out with others is definitely different.

Chai Jingjing looked at Xu Lanyin nervously. The four beauties of the capital, she is good at chess, Zhou Ziyou is good at writing poems, Huang Qian is good at Danqing, and Su Yuan is good at guzheng. No matter what the banquet is, playing chess will not be regarded as a talent show, it is too wasteful of time, and there is not much ornamentation. And Chai Jingjing's flute is played very well, but it is not as good as the guzheng played by Su Yuan. Not to mention winning the top three at the royal banquet of the Halloween, even in various banquets, I have never won the first place. This is an eternal pain in her heart.

Xu Lanyin smiled casually, "This little song was played by a twelve- or thirteen-year-old boy in the mountains, and I thought it was very good at the time, and I wanted to use it in the teahouse to solicit business." I didn't want the song to spread out, so I found the young man's home, gave his parents fifty taels of silver, and asked his family to buy a few acres of land, and not to play that little song again in the future. He glanced at Chai Jingjing appreciatively and said with a smile, "Cousin Jingjing has a very high talent for flutes, and the music she plays is still different from the music I heard the young man play, not only is it better, but the tune has also changed in several places." It can be said that the tune that my cousin played today was an adaptation of an unknown minor tune like this. ”

Due to Xu Lanyin's mistake, Chai Jingjing's song is indeed slightly different from the original "Bai Suzhen under Qingcheng Mountain", but it is still good.

Mrs. Chai exclaimed, "Isn't that so good for Jingjing's adaptation?" ”

Chai Jingjing smiled sixteen white teeth, and her eyes burst with essence. Is she really that good? Is she really that good?

Xu Lanyin suggested again, "Cousin will give the song a nice name again, and it is best to ask someone to accompany it with the guzheng when it is officially played, as long as a few simple scratches and glissandos can make the sound of flowing water." ”

Chai Jingjing listened again and again.

The eldest princess said happily, "I have long seen that Jing girl is smart. Then ponder and ponder it well, and change the little song to make it better. He smiled at Xu Lanyin again, "The children in the mountains are poor." Later, when you go back, give the family two hundred taels of silver, so that they may have a better life. ”

Xu Lanyin nodded yes.

Chai Jingjing didn't want to stay here anymore, so she took the flute and sheet music back to her yard to ponder the tune.

When Shen Shi, Chai Concubine, Chai Commander, and Chai Jun came back together.

They said that the old Shen "committed suicide in fear of crime", and Jingzhao Mansion had already sentenced him to death. The Chai family couldn't keep her body, and the Shen family didn't dare to accept it, so they directly threw it to the mass grave outside the city. For fear that several of her children would be buried quietly, more than a dozen secret guards were sent to guard there. Chai Zhengguan and Lao Shen's two sons-in-law, and three grandsons who have joined the government have also agreed to resign and return to their hometowns, and the reason for their resignation is that it is unfavorable to take care of the housekeeper's family and resign.

Everyone was very relieved when they heard this.

Ma Shi was still a little indignant, and said, "Every time I see Brother Xiao'er's injuries and think of his suffering, my heart is broken." Chai Zhengguan did so many evil things, he didn't go to prison and didn't say anything, but he still kept his reputation for innocence. ”

Chai Jun said, "My father is kind, and he is merciful for the sake of his brother. But they have done a lot of bad things, and we are not the only ones who have pitted them, and some people will not show mercy, and they will have a bad future in the future. ”

He didn't say it explicitly, but Xu Lanyin understood. In the future, not only will the Nanyang Eldest Princess's Mansion secretly clean him up, but the Beiyang Eldest Princess and Wang Yi will not let him go.

They glanced at Xu Lanyin, and said that Qin Huiniang's maiden family came to ask for a dowry, and Chai Juma presided over justice and asked Chai Zhengguan to return it. The Qin family has a dowry list, and they will sort out those dowries these days. However, they spent a lot, and it would be good to be able to return half of the Qin family.

When they were at home, Xu Lanyin, Qin and others never thought that they could get all the dowry back. As long as you clean up Chai Zhengguan and Lao Shen, how much can you collect.

Xu Lanyin said goodbye, saying that she would inform her family of the happy event.

The eldest princess said, "Tell them again, on the tenth day of the first month of this month, I will set up a few tables in my house to recognize relatives, and invite a few relatives to testify, and you will bow on behalf of your mother." She also told the firewood and horses about her acceptance of Xu Lanyin's mother as a righteous daughter.

The Chai and the horses all understood what the eldest princess meant, and said with a smile.

Chai Jun also smiled, "Grandmother said every day that she didn't give birth to a daughter, but now it's okay, not only does she have a daughter, but she also has a granddaughter and grandson." ”

Xu Lanyin kowtowed to Chai Jun and Commander Chai again, and bowed to Chai Jun.

Xu Lan knew that they still had something to discuss, so she didn't stay for dinner, so she got up to say goodbye.

Chai Zixiao cried and chased the way.

Since he got him back, Ma has never dared to let him out of the house, and he refused.