Chapter 21: Let's have a game of Flying Flower Order
This week, Jingyan also has a sister and brother, and her sister got married two years ago, and she was still married to Tanhualang back then. With his father-in-law's care, this Tanhualang can be described as prosperous.
It's a pity that the eldest girl of the Zhou family has not been pregnant so far, and the husband and wife, who were originally quite harmonious, have recently had an unhappy quarrel because of the concubine.
The second son of the Zhou family has a lot less gossip. His body is not good, and he can't do without decoction. When he reached the age to say goodbye, he was also delayed because of his body. Some time ago, he appeared at a banquet, and his white and weak quiet appearance attracted the attention of a woman.
"I don't know if Childe will show up today and this Tuesday."
"I can't show up."
Wu Shilu held a fan in his hand and pointed to the other side of the pond, "The pond is so big. As long as the sons come out to enjoy the lotus, they can vaguely see the figure. ”
The fan pointed to the pergola in two sections, "This light yarn is for the girls to cover their faces when the son enters, but it is not prepared for the sake of good looks." ”
Wu Shilu had another conversation with Li Jiangwei. I saw Zhou Jingyan leading the girls to this pergola, and called the maids to put down the light yarn on both sides of the pergola.
The theme of the flower banquet is lotus flowers, and lotus elements abound in this shed.
The pastry prepared is in the shape of lotus flowers, and even the tea leaves are lotus leaf tea, and the incense burner and saucer are also in the shape of lotus flowers.
Not long after the girls were seated, the sons on the other side also came to take their seats. The girls through the light veil began to guess whose son was standing opposite.
Among them, a man in white has become the object of heated discussion. Although you can only see the general outline, that kind of transcendent temperament can even penetrate the light yarn.
A woman in the seat asked, "Jingyan, shouldn't that white cloth be your brother?" ”
"My brother won't be here until later."
"And who is this man in white?"
"I think it's a person, it's a character who hasn't been to a flower banquet before." Wu Shilu shook her fan and said, "Could it be the son of the newly appointed official Wailang?" ”
Wu Shilu looked at Li Jiangwei meaningfully, and Li Jiangwei sat upright and couldn't see her hint.
"Did you come to Beijing before Duanyang? Jingyan, do you know her? ”
Zhou Jingyan was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "My father didn't tell me about the things in the court. ”
Wu Shilu listened and hid behind the fan and snickered.
"Sister Wei, what kind of clothes is your brother wearing today?" Wu Shilu shook his fan lightly and smiled: "It won't be white." ”
"The third brother went out today, and he was indeed dressed in white."
Jiang Xuemian snorted coldly, "It's really superficial!" ”
Zhou Jingyan came out with a smile to ease the atmosphere, and said, "It's so boring to sit dry, why don't we have a game of Flying Flower Order." ”
The girls said hello one after another.
"I heard that the fourth lady of Uncle Anyuan's family is not good at poetry, why don't you be the host of this flying flower, and you can help us get started?"
Zhou Jingyan had long heard that Li Jiangwei was weak and had not even participated in the women's school in the clan. Such a person, I'm afraid that he won't be able to memorize a complete poem, and he is waiting for Li Jiangwei to lose face on the spot.
Who knew that this Li Jiangwei got up neatly, and smiled at everyone: "Then I'll start with the first sentence, 'Flowers fly and dance in the wind'." Next, Wednesday girl, please. ”
Zhou Jingyan was stunned for a moment, but she didn't expect Li Jiangwei to open her mouth and read a sentence. Zhou Jingyan had no choice but to swallow the ridiculed words, and hurriedly continued: "The flowers are sparse and fragrant." ”
Wu Shilu shook his fan and smiled, and calmly continued: "The flowers in front of the pond are not beautiful, and they have their own dark fragrance. ”
As soon as her words fell, a girl shouted: "Sister Wu is writing poems on the spot again." ”
"Playing with you and not paying attention to the rules and regulations, in this case, I also came at will. Don't leak out my blind poems, my father will talk to me. ”
It is not a problem for Zhou Jingyan to quote the poems of her predecessors, but she only mentioned that Li Jiangwei does not understand poetry, and Wu Shilu, who happened to follow her, wrote poems herself. She was sandwiched in the middle, but pulled her to the same level as Li Jiangwei, who was not a person who could not understand poetry.
Zhou Jingyan was a little indignant, she lost interest in this flying flower order, and her whole person wilted.
After a few turns, a few people were punished for tea. Everyone is also tired of Flying Flower Ring, and wants to change to other interesting games.
A woman wearing a white Luo embroidered skirt with a white blue half-arm asked, "I wonder if the sisters have read the new book of Wenjin Bookstore?" ”
Wu Shilu quietly introduced the identity of the speaker to Li Jiangwei, this person was originally the seventh girl of the Shilang family of the Criminal Department, named Zhong Ruxia, and loved the notes of the Wenjin Book Shop very much.
Zhong Ruxia's question, as soon as the conversation box opened, everyone echoed and began to discuss the hottest books in Wenjin Bookstore.
Jiang Xuemian snorted coldly and said, "You are also a famous lady from a prominent family. Why do you look at the books of Wenjin Bookstore again? Jiang Xuemian sneered at Wenjin Bookstore, "The books published in the bookstore are nothing more than the stories of some talented and beautiful people." What should we noble ladies see? ”
This bucket of cold water splashed made everyone unhappy, and Wu Shilu choked angrily: "You haven't even read the book, how can you assert that you are a talented and beautiful woman?" ”
Some of the girls nodded approvingly.
Wu Shilu said: "The selection of books in Wenjin Bookstore has never been out of the ordinary. Even if it's the old-fashioned genius and beautiful woman in your mouth, there are exquisite sentences in it. What's more, the new book mentioned by Ruxia is not the story of a talented and beautiful woman. ”
"That's it." Zhong Ruxia Yinghe said: "I still found this book in my brother's study, how can there be a talented and beautiful woman called "Overseas Trace" in the world? ”
Li Jiangwei was stunned for a moment, and her eyes were full of disbelief when she looked at Wu Shilu.
Wu Shilu didn't notice Li Jiangwei's eyes, and continued to say to Jiang Xuemian: "This story is about a girl who goes to sea to find her father. Tell me, how do you write it to write it back to the talented and beautiful woman? ”
If you just doubted life just now, then the current Li Jiangwei is five thunders and doesn't know where she is.
"Wu Shilu!" Jiang Xue angrily shouted out Wu Shilu's full name, "As the daughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, you have blatantly violated the etiquette system and contributed to the unhealthy trend. You actually want to lead everyone down the wrong path, what are your intentions! ”
"Crooked?" Li Jiangwei raised her eyebrows and slowly looked at Jiang Xuemian, "Are you a girl who doesn't have a little discernment?" What you see is what you see? In the book, it is written that the sun is black, and everyone will think that the sun is dark in the sky? ”
Jiang Xuemian was stunned, and said angrily: "Why is this sun dark!" You're talking nonsense! ”
"You can see it when I talk nonsense, but you can't see it when I talk nonsense in the book? As long as it doesn't affect others, and reading your favorite books is your own business, can you still manage it? ”
"Being obedient and demure and teaching a husband and children is the right way, looking at this kind of talk will only change the temperament and ignore the woman's morality."
Li Jiangwei didn't like the constraints on women in this era, and it was precisely because of these constraints that her lovely sister was still locked up in the house as a knitting girl to prepare a dowry.
was born in another dynasty, so she swallowed her anger and admitted it. But this is Gong Chao! There is the founding ancestor on the top, and the emperor under it.
You didn't negotiate!
She took a deep breath, holding back the anger that overflowed in her chest, trying to look more rational.
"Don't bully me for not having read the hadith of the Founding Fathers. If you want to talk about women's virtue, you first think about the founding ancestor who led the elite soldiers to expand the territory, is willing to recognize your women's virtue! ”