[Chapter 4, Volume 4]

Section 26, Chapter 19

"Thanks to Mrs. Xie's self-knowledge, otherwise with the princess's appreciation, when Mrs. Xie sees the poem on this piece of paper in my hand, she will probably be ashamed to the point of shame." Mrs. Wu looked at the paper in her hand, and said with a strange smile at Mrs. Xie. "Also, when it comes to self-knowledge, how can we compare to you, Mrs. Wu." Mrs. Xie spared no effort to fight back, but she hit a nail that was neither soft nor hard at Mrs. Wu. Mrs. Wu was in a good mood, and she was not ready to pay attention to the ridicule from Mrs. Xie, so she directly handed the paper in her hand to the princess and said, "Take a good look at the princess, this word is also good, and the poem is even more amazing." I'm afraid that the talented people will bow to the wind. Madame Wu said to the princess with a smile on her face, as if the poem on the paper was written by her daughter, and it tasted of glory.

Princess Luo took the paper handed over by Mrs. Wu and looked down. Suddenly, the same brilliance appeared in his eyes as Mrs. Wu just now, and he looked at it from the beginning again, slowly reminiscing: "Mei Xue is not willing to descend in the spring, and the Sao Ren Pavilion is commenting on the pen." The plum and snow are three points white, but the snow loses the plum and a piece of fragrance. Before I knew it, the whole poem had been read out of the mouth of Prince Luo. The snowflakes flying in the sky and the plum blossoms on the branches of the trees all think that they have taken up the spring color, and no one will give in. Is it difficult for talented poets to write critical articles? The plum blossom Xu Xun makes the snowflakes crystal white, but the snowflakes lose a fragrance to the plum blossoms.

"Good, good, good!" Three good words came out of the mouth of Prince and Princess Luo. The princess looked at the weak but bony font in front of her, and exclaimed: "I don't know which young lady wrote it, but it opened my eyes." A thin piece of paper passed from the princess's hand. Princess Luo picked out another poem from the pile of papers and read it carefully, but after reading that one, the others were like floating clouds, without any taste. All the ladies also said that they had read the poems in front of them, and Mrs. Xie, who had a complicated expression, looked at Princess Luo and picked up the unsigned poem again, and after reading it again, the princess said: "Today's poetry and book awards are indeed a lot of gains, especially the one in my hand, which is even more amazing and decisive." The first prize of this poetry competition, everyone should have the same result as me, it must be the first in my hand to win the championship" Seeing that everyone nodded yes, Princess Luo opened her mouth again: "As for this word," she said, and found Xie Danniang's from a pile of paper, and said: "The font of the fourth lady of the Xie family is quite her father's style, and she must have practiced hard at home, and the poem is also excellent. What do you think? The ladies replied neatly, "What the princess said is true." The princess smiled and ordered the maid next to her to go to the pavilion where the ladies competed, and summoned everyone here.

The princess looked at the beautiful women in front of her and said, "Today's poetry and books have been compared, and there has been a result. All the young ladies have gradually improved, I hope you will work hard in the future, I have a lot of treasures. Before he finished speaking, all the young ladies below had already laughed. The princess held up the unsigned poem, and continued: "The one in my hand, which I and all the ladies agree is finally qualified to be the first name of this poem. The princess looked at everyone, and several young ladies had a light in their eyes, looking forward to the one she had written in the princess's hand. There are also a few young ladies who feel that they are not very satisfactory in writing, and they even give their eyes to Xie Danniang, which is envy, and more jealousy, as if the princess has announced that the first name of this poem competition is Xie Danniang. Xie Danniang enjoyed such a gaze, but she felt more on weekdays, so she didn't feel how excited, just smiled confidently and quietly waited for the princess's announcement.

"It's just that this poem has not been signed, and I don't know which young lady it is." When Princess Luo said this, the confident smile on Xie Danniang's face froze. What she remembered, she was the first to write the poem, and her name was also signed at the bottom right of the poem, which was done every banquet competition over the years, how could she forget. Xie Danniang glanced at her mother-in-law and found that her mother-in-law was also full of complicated expressions. There is another one who was as stunned as Xie Danniang, naturally the owner of this poem, classmate Lin Mengyu. Mengyu was 100% sure that this poem would definitely win the championship, but no one had notified her to write her name, and even the annoying Xie Danniang said that she was self-righteous about introducing the rules of the competition, and she didn't tell her to sign it.

All the ladies are waiting to see who is not signed. There were even people who were praying that she had forgotten to write it herself. Mengyu stepped forward, blessed her body, and smiled ashamedly: "Please forgive the princess, Mengyu is the first time to participate in such a competition, and I really don't know that I need to sign it." Princess Luo walked down the stairs, picked up Mengyu, and said, "Those who don't know are not guilty." I've read all the poems, but I don't have your name, and I guessed that it's you. I didn't expect Miss Lin Fusan to have such talent, she is indeed terrifying. Xie Danniang took a step forward unconvinced and said, "Since Miss Lin San won the championship, why don't the princess read her poems to our sisters." The princess didn't speak, but handed it over with a smile. Xie Danniang took Mengyu's poem, and after reading it, she handed it to the other ladies with a tangled face. Miss Du Fu said: "It is indeed well written, I am afraid that those talented people will not be able to write such good poems." Miss Chen Fu replied: "Yes, it's the first time I've seen a sister write like this, but I'm afraid that Miss Xie can only bow down." I thought that their whispered conversation could only be heard by the two of them, but I didn't know that it still reached the ears of Xie Danniang, who was struggling. The poem finally passed to Wu Qianrou, and after Wu Qianrou read it, she walked up to Mengyu with admiration in her eyes, handed back the paper, and said sincerely: "It turns out that Miss Lin is a real talented girl." "I'm afraid that in the future, Lin Mengyu's fan base will have an extra woman named Wu Qianrou.

Xie Danniang looked at the young ladies who surrounded her one by one on weekdays, and they all began to surround Lin Mengyu, touting Lin Mengyu with the praise that originally belonged to her, and she was suddenly furious. took a step forward and said to the princess: "Miss Lin does have a good poem, but the title of the princess is snow, and her poems that are like snow and not snow, like plum and not plum, are not poetically suitable for the princess's title. Danniang was not convinced. Mengyu glanced at her, and really wanted to burst into a foul mouth at Xie Danniang: You are so wet that you are so lewd!

"Miss Xie's poems are indeed quite good, as for Miss Lin's poems, you are not convinced because you don't understand them." Saying that, Princess Luo paused, looked at the young ladies, and continued: "Miss Lin borrowed Xuemei's competition for spring to tell you that people are self-aware, and the ten fingers still have their own strengths and weaknesses. Only by learning from others' strengths and making up for one's own shortcomings is it right. This poem is both interesting and reasonable, and it is worth pondering. I'm sure the ladies think so, too. After speaking, he turned to look at the ladies, and returned to the small pavilion to sit down. Xie Danniang found that Princess Luo was becoming more and more indifferent to her performance, and she was even more angry, but she was not good at arguing, but in her heart, she hated Lin Mengyu even more for stealing her countless limelight when she first arrived.

Mengyu didn't expect that she could give such a misleading message to Princess Luo by casually tangling up a poem. She also remembered Comrade Mao's "Northern Scenery, Thousands of Miles of Ice, Thousands of Miles of Snow Drifting", but there should be no such poetry yet. She even thought of such an age-old famous sentence as "Suddenly like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms", but in the whole poem, she only remembers these two sentences, which makes her feel embarrassed. She herself has the same thoughts as Xie Danniang, this poem is indeed not very in line with the theme, but when Princess Luo said this, it seems that she is a little more open-minded than Xie Danniang.

Since others have exaggerated her, of course she needs to be humble. Mengyu blessed Prince Luo in the pavilion, lowered his head and said, "For such a high evaluation of the princess, Mengyu is really ashamed. Mengyu only dabbled in the qin poetry book slightly, and this poetry comparison was also a coincidence. As for the piano competition, Mengyu is not very proficient, so I have to ask the sisters a lot, this time the piano competition, Mengyu will not participate, please forgive me. Princess Luo didn't expect Mengyu to give up the piano competition directly, and when she heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and then replied with a smile: "Miss Lin San's talent in poetry is already quite good, if this is a little dabbling, then the rest of the piano, Miss Lin San should also be proficient." The princess looked at Mengyu and said with a smile, and suddenly changed her words and said, "But since Miss Lin San wants to give up this competition, of course she can." ”

Jokes, how dare Mengyu reveal her piano skills. Until now, she didn't know which string and what the tone was, and if she really wanted to try it, maybe the pavilion would be shaken down by the noise. It's just that the act of dream talking, in the eyes of Prince Luo, has become a cultured behavior. Princess Luo felt that Mengyu was talented, but she knew how to control proportion, and she was not impetuous, and it was extremely rare to have such a good heart at her age.

Princess Luo smiled and nodded at Mengyu, with a satisfied look on her face. Then he waved his hand and said, "Let's start the next piano competition." ”

Xie Danniang looked at Mengyu indignantly, she thought that even if she lost in the poem, she would definitely win back in the book. Who knew that the princess didn't even mention it, and the next qin, Mengyu's direct avoidance, made her even more angry. All the ladies looked at Xie Danniang, and Xie Danniang was naturally the first to perform on stage. Probably this is already a common practice among a group of them. Xie Danniang gently plucked the strings, tuned the tone, and looked at Mengyu contemptuously, in Xie Danniang's mind, Lin Mengyu was a person who could only compose poems and not play the piano, so she retreated on the spot.

In the song "Sunset Drum", Xie Danniang can indeed be regarded as a talented woman, skilled in fingering, and even sound deafness such as Mengyu has gradually become addicted to it. One song ends, and another continues. Although I can't understand Mengyu, I still feel that every young lady here is a talented girl, and every song and so many syllables can be remembered, which is really genius. Finally, all the young ladies have finished the competition, during which Mengyu is just drinking tea, or bowing his head and not speaking, or closing his eyes and listening. The princess discussed with the ladies for a while, and stood up again: "In this piano competition, the performance of all the ladies is more refined than before. And the one who won the top spot was Miss Du Fusan. Xie Danniang looked at Miss Du San with a happy face in disbelief, she thought that although this piece was quite difficult in fingering, she had practiced it countless times at home, how could she get this result. Xie Danniang looked at the princess and then at her mother. She noticed that all the young ladies around her cast sympathetic glances at her. When, ever had she been treated like this.

Princess Luo seemed to see what Xie Danniang meant, and said a little flatly: "Although Miss Du San's fingering is not as skilled as Miss Xie Si, Miss Du San's "Spring and White Snow" has a lively and brisk rhythm, which has completely revealed Miss Du's temperament, and also let me appreciate the scene of winter going to spring and the earth full of vitality. After a pause, he said: "As for Miss Xie Si, you still need to understand the meaning of the song more, and don't blindly pursue fingering." Xie Danniang bit her lip, with a tearless expression on her face.

After three competitions, the princess has never announced the first place in the book competition, and of course no one would mention it so unpleasantly. A group of young ladies were all around Mengyu, Mengyu was more just listening, and occasionally someone asked her, and she said a few words lightly, neither enthusiastic nor cold. It's just that on every occasion, there are always a few people who don't know each other. Xie Danniang walked up to Mengyu with an arrogant face, and said angrily: "Don't think that even if I lose in this way, I'm just a sick girl, and I'm embarrassed to come out and show my ugliness, no wonder the Li family wants to withdraw from you." How can you be worthy of Li Gongzi, one of the four princes of Kyoto. "Dream is speechless, it's that bastard again, and she's so famous, she's been attacked countless times with a resignation incident, when is it a head. Mengyu could only pretend to be indifferent and said, "What, you like him?" Mengyu looked at Xie Danniang, whose face was getting redder and redder, and then released a major bomb: "Who told you that Li Yanxu wanted to divorce me?" How do you know that I didn't dislike him, so I divorced him? Xie Danniang looked at the woman in front of her in disbelief, she dared to say that she was a husband, and then retorted: "How is it possible, Li Gongzi is such an excellent man, they are all from your family, and the original lifeless arrangement insisted that the two of you have set up a baby since childhood, and Li Gongzi just quit the marriage because he didn't want to obey the inexplicable marriage contract." Mengyu looked at Xie Danniang like an idiot, and replied: "Since he thinks it's an inexplicable marriage contract, then it's good for him to deny it directly, why is there any talk of divorce?" Xie Danniang suddenly blushed and her neck was thick, "You, you, you ......" just couldn't say anything. Mengyu interrupted her words that "you" couldn't go on, and said directly: "So, it's just your wishful thinking." Besides, even if he comes to the door to withdraw from his relatives, should I hide at home for the rest of my life? After speaking, Mengyu no longer paid attention to Xie Danniang, pulled Wu Qianrou, who was worried next to her, walked out of the pavilion, and walked in the direction of Prince Luo and Princess Luo and her ladies.

Mengyu saluted the princess, and then said to Mrs. Lin: "Mother, Miss Wu and I went to the neighborhood to enjoy the roses. Mrs. Lin hadn't made any remarks yet, but Mrs. Wu interjected enthusiastically: "Go, there should be more contact between the ladies of the various mansions, Qianrou has been to the palace a few times, take Miss Lin for a walk." The princess also smiled and nodded: "It was originally a flower banquet, if you don't go to enjoy the flowers, this delicate flower will cry." Mrs. Lin also gave permission, and instructed Mengyu not to trespass in the palace, just walk around. Mengyu nodded and agreed, and then bowed and left with Wu Qianrou.

"Miss Lin, how old are you?" Wu Qianrou asked cautiously. Without the baptism of everyone's eyes, Mengyu was in a very good mood, and replied with a big smile to Wu Qianrou, saying, "I'm 12 years old this year, what about you?" Wu Qianrou replied in surprise: "I am 13 years old this year, one year older than you." Mengyu smiled and said, "From today on, we are friends, what about you, don't call me Miss Lin, just call me Mengyu." As she spoke, Mengyu took Wu Qianrou's hand and said, "As for me, I'll call you Sister Wu." Wu Qianrou looked at the sincere dream language on her face, and said worriedly: "I'm stupid, I can't learn anything well." Can I really be friends with you? Mengyu nodded vigorously in the affirmative: "Why not?" Besides, Sister Wu is not stupid at all. Wu Qianrou lowered her head and whispered: "I can't write poems like Sister Mengyu, I don't play the piano well, and my mother often scolds me for being stupid." Mengyu looked at the little girl in front of her who was about to hide herself, and said comfortingly: "Sister Wu's piano is very good, I can't play the whole piece yet." Wu Qianrou looked at Mengyu in disbelief at all, and Mengyu insisted: "I really won't, I don't believe that next time I'll play it to you, and then Sister Wu will teach me well." Wu Qianrou seemed to have finally found her usefulness, nodded happily, and laughed.

The two talked and laughed along the way, but they went farther and farther.

"Sister Mengyu, is it really that you divorced that Li Gongzi?" Wu Qianrou hesitated for a long time, and finally asked this puzzle that had been hovering in her heart for a long time.

"No, I haven't seen that person before, and I never knew about the marriage contract, so how could I go to Hufu. Besides, even if I wasn't happy with the marriage, my grandmother wouldn't allow me to do it. Mengyu replied with a depressed face, as if everyone was paying special attention to her marriage.

"That sister Mengyu said to Miss Xie Si just now......"

"I lied to her, who made her look high, even if I divorced Li Yanxu, Li Yanxu wouldn't take a fancy to her!" Cut, I didn't expect that bastard, some people would take a fancy to it.

"However, if Sister Mengyu says this, it will ......"

"Nothing." As if Mengyu suddenly thought of something, she stopped, turned around, and asked Wu Qianrou, "That Li Yanxu is really one of the four princes of Kyoto?" ”

Wu Qianrou blushed and nodded slightly. Mengyu really felt that there was something wrong with this ranking, and asked, "Who else are the so-called four princes of Kyoto?" Mengyu suddenly remembered the prince of Luo, who was more beautiful than a woman, and then asked, "Is Prince Luo also one of them?" ”

Before Wu Qianrou could answer, a person's voice came from the rockery next to her: "If you want to know so much, why don't you ask me directly." ”