Chapter 24: The Merchant Girl Who Rivals the Riches of the Country 15
When the time comes, the charming dancers will dance, and the peach blossom banquet will officially begin.
The people in Bangchun Garden stretched their necks to look at the peach blossom platform.
Twenty women who were carefully selected to run for the peach blossom lord have good looks, talents, and life experiences. The twenty men on the side were unconsciously ignored.
Originally, the peach blossom banquet, which was originally intended to be a blind date, completely changed its flavor into a beauty pageant.
The gambling house opened, many onlookers made high bets, they were very excited, from time to time to turn their heads and whispers, and when they saw the beauties who gambled, they shouted loudly, no less than the fanatical star chasing of later generations.
In every corner of Taohuatai, there is a painter who has spent a lot of money to invite him, who is already drawing down the scene of the campaign, and there is a person next to him who is holding a pen to record, his wrist is flying, and the handwriting quickly appears on the white paper. One draws and the other writes, cooperating with each other. There are a few people standing on the side, the painting is good, the words are finished, not waiting for the ink to dry, they hurriedly hold it out, and the first time to the largest Luoyi bookstore in Yangzhou, and then spread from the bookstore to everywhere in the shortest possible time. Those who could not attend the peach blossom banquet learned about the scene at the banquet through paintings and characters.
The peach blossom banquet first compares the posture, then the poem, and then the rhythm.
Qi Yuxiu's appearance is among the twenty people, even if she is dressed up brilliantly, after a round, the number of bouquets is still a lot worse.
Looking at the mountain of bouquets in front of Song Bihua, Qi Yuxiu secretly gritted her teeth, almost couldn't control her expression, and the hand hidden under the hem of her clothes clenched her sleeves hard.
Why didn't she fall into the water? She painstakingly arranged, spent a lot of money to plan, and even endured the grievances and wrongs with a gentleman who coveted her beauty, and coaxed him to the pool, intending to completely clear the obstacles on her way to revenge.
However, why didn't this slut Song Bihua fall into the water like in his previous life?
Ye Wuqing used the excuse to bring Song Bihua to Ruyi Pavilion for tea and chat, and she didn't go to the pool to walk, of course she wouldn't fall into the water. And in Ruyi Pavilion, the heroine met her future best friend cordially at first sight, and smoothly developed according to the plot.
According to the meaning of the system, the process does not have to be the same, as long as the same result is achieved, and history will still develop according to the original trajectory.
After a round of competition, Qi Yuxiu has already gained the upper hand.
Don't worry, Qi Yuxiu comforted herself, there are still two competitions, especially the second one, she knew the topic of her previous life in advance, and spent a lot of money to ask someone to write a poem, which she has memorized by heart, and is waiting to be amazed.
The second round is more than talent.
More than a dozen questions are sealed in a porcelain bowl, from which Yao Yude selects a topic, and the twenty women participating in the banquet assign a poem according to the title, and then publish the poem, and the participants choose the best one and throw the second bouquet.
Qi Yuxiu was originally full of confidence and had the chance to win, but when she saw the announced topic, her eyes widened in shock, and her hands and feet trembled.
"The title is wrong!" Qi Yuxiu blurted out, the topic of the previous life was not this! She remembers it well!
Her voice was not small, and the people next to her heard it, and some sharp voices attracted sideways glances.
Seeing this, the maid in charge of passing on the topic stepped forward, "Miss Qi Er, the title is not wrong." ”
Qi Yuxiu hurriedly said: "It's not this, it's obviously a ...... to govern the country with filial piety."
Before the words fell, a few sneers sounded on the side, and the other women attending the banquet said disdainfully: "It's really ridiculous, the gambling question is wrong, and there is a face to snore and scream the wrong question, why don't you just give us the question?" ”
The maid also showed disdain, Qi Yuxiu was cold, shame and hatred suddenly surged into her heart, and she glanced at the noble girl who laughed at her, and her fingertips almost didn't pierce her palm.
Slut, she actually made a fool of herself in public, she remembered this hatred!
"You know what!" The topic of the previous life was indeed not this.
Qi Yuxiu grinded her teeth with hatred, surrounded by people, and on such an important occasion as the Peach Blossom Banquet, she could only grit her teeth and endure it.
The other party snorted coldly, turned his head to answer the question with peace of mind, and no longer paid attention to Qi Yuxiu.
Qi Yuxiu suppressed the irritability and resentment in her heart, and could only pick up the pen, and hesitated on the paper for a long time before barely dropping a few words.
Could it be that in this life, she was reborn and changed?
The exam question was naturally Ye Wuqing, relying on himself to be the owner of the Peach Blossom Banquet, and directly changed the question.
If Qi Yuxiu is really talented, even if she changes the topic, she can't stop her from being in the limelight. But in fact, it is estimated that only she knows how much water Qi Yuxiu, a talented woman in Yangzhou, has.
In the second scene, Qi Yuxiu did not expect Ye Wuqing, and received very few bouquets.
The third scene, the rhythm of the music.
Qi Yuxiu has been playing the piano since elementary school, and the Qi family specially invited a famous teacher to teach, and the name of the piano she played was "Fengyi", which was made by the former Mozi master with a thousand years of sycamore wood, and the piano was the best. With a gentle flick, the music is clear, such as a phoenix.
Qi Yuxiu played the piano well, coupled with the grievances in the backyard of the palace in his previous life, full of worry and grief in the sound of the piano, which made the listeners cry and the listeners sad.
After a song, many people wept, especially women.
There are also humanitarians: "In this piano sound, the resentment is very heavy, Miss Qi Er is only fifteen years old, right?" How can this kind of resentment pop up? ”
"I heard that Miss Qi Er has a deep love affair with the prince of the Wang family, because the lion of the Wang family opened his mouth and the marriage failed to come to fruition, isn't it because of this?"
"Hey, don't say it, this Wang family is also whimsical, and he wants half of the family's wealth when he opens his mouth, is this to marry a daughter-in-law, or sell his son? Is his son that valuable? ”
Qi Yuxiu didn't know these discussions, she was still on the peach blossom platform at this time, her face was uncontrollably gloomy, and she lowered her face and looked at the not many bouquets in the basket in front of her.
Yao Yude made the results public, and for a while, the people on the field were disappointed, excited or annoyed.
Song Bihua, who became the peach blossom master this year, smiled generously and accepted everyone's congratulations.
Only Qi Yuxiu stood grimly, and the people next to her frowned at the aura on her body, glanced at her with disdain, and walked away.
It is a pity that he did not become the master of the peach blossoms, but his skills are not as good as others, so he can only admit defeat. Qi Yuxiu's performance is too shameful.
Most of the nobles in Yangzhou City don't like, and even hate associating with Qi Yuxiu, Qi Yuxiu, this person, self-esteem is very high, seems to think that no one in the sky and the earth can compare to her, is small-minded and loves to hold grudges, and is used to pretending, crying and crying to find death and life if they don't agree, as if they were harmed, and cover their heads with a mouthful of pots. Not to mention that in Yangzhou, where women's conduct is upright and generous, even the noblewomen in Beijing who are said in a popular sentence are also very disgusted with Qi Yuxiu's temperament.
Therefore, Qi Yuxiu did not have a good face in the noble girl circle, but was a little sour, and praised her image as a high-minded and talented woman.
Of course, according to Qi Yuxiu's own words, they were jealous of her.