Chapter Ninety-Two: The Camellia Party
Taifu is very satisfied with this proposal, or not only chanting poems, but also the officials and ladies here, not all of them will be reserved and dare not be in the limelight, 'drumming and passing flowers' In this way, every talented and beautiful woman will have the opportunity to show her face at this camellia party, and the emperor will have the opportunity to choose well!
After Long Yufeng finished speaking, he slammed his eyes at Nangong Chen, Nangong Chen glanced at Long Yufeng helplessly and slowly got up, his dark jade eyes looked around, "I heard that it was interesting, I will set up a color here first", after speaking, he asked the accompanying guards to set up a circle on the table.
When the tables were set, everyone stepped forward and sat down in turn.
Taifu was left to entertain guests on behalf of the Empress Dowager, and he was the emperor's teacher, so he sat in the first place this time, the first on his left was Nangong Chen, followed by Princess Ziman, Long Yufeng and the sons and ladies of those official families.
Nangong Chen saw that he was sitting ruthlessly and silently in an inconspicuous place at the end, beckoning to the guards to call him over, but he suddenly remembered the wayward sister who was beside him, and when he called, he kept glaring at Ruthless, and the raised hand was put down again. On this occasion, don't make a joke to the outside help, so you can be ruthless and take the last seat.
On the right side of Taifu are the envoys of Xuanyuan Yi, Ouyang Yi and Heiyi, and the next are the princes and county lords of the princes and nobles from all over Chiyan.
Nangong Chen took the lead in ordering someone to bring a pair of rosewood inlaid gemstones flowers and birds inlaid with Ruyi on the table, the pair of Ruyi was inlaid with emerald, jade and various colored gemstones, the inlay was gorgeous, graceful and luxurious, not to mention a thousand taels, Nangong Chen used such valuable treasures as a color head, so that people stared.
Then the others were not far behind, and they all took out the ornaments on their bodies and put them on the table behind their seats, just imagine that some powerful people could carry them with them, how could it be a defective product, and everyone was dazzled for a while.
Nangong Chen glanced at Xuanyuan Yi, who was sitting on the right side of Taifu without saying a word, and saw that he was just lowering his head and playing with the ring in his hand, and his expression seemed to have lost his previous arrogance, and he also knew that this time it was a big blow to his arrogance, and he didn't want to fight with others, but whoever told God to let them meet in this way, he could compromise anything, but her, he would never let go.
He has been staring too closely these days for him to pick her up, but this is his land, and he has a way to keep him from staying.
"Brother Emperor, Brother Emperor" Nangong Chen, who was thinking about it, was woken up by Zi Man's vigorous shake, Nan Gong Chen came back to his senses and glared at Zi Man, Zi Man pouted aggrievedly, "Who told Brother Emperor to get distracted." ”
Long Yufeng on the side also helped when he saw it, "It's just waiting for the emperor to start!" ”
Nangong Chen looked at Long Yufeng helplessly, and conveyed with his eyes, 'This is not married yet, so I will protect it first', Long Yufeng rarely blushed, and naturally raised his eyebrows and looked back.
Nangong Chen didn't want to be entangled with him, so he got up and took the lead first, and asked someone to beat the drum to pass on the juanhua he had brought over, Nangong Chen sat down and listened to the drum in his ears, but he couldn't help but think of the slender figure dancing on the drum at the banquet.
The drumming stopped at this time, Nangong Chen came back to his senses, looked at Xuanyuan Yi, and saw that he also had an expression of being out of the world, and somehow, he felt that his breath was blocked in his chest.
"Brother Emperor, why are you distracted again", Zi Man lowered his head and called softly.
Nangong Chen frowned, cheered up and looked at the lottery winner, and saw that she was with a low face, and her hand was restlessly rubbing the juanhua in her hand.
Nangong Chen didn't want to embarrass her too much, so he thought for a while and said: "This king has a couplet, and the sound of wind and rain and the sound of reading are in my ears. "This is the most ordinary pair, as long as you have studied a little bit will know, and you are not afraid that she will not be embarrassed to answer.
After listening to the emperor's question, Ruan Xiangyun, the daughter of Ruan He, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and said softly: "Xialian is a family affair, a state affair, and everything in the world is concerned", there is no doubt that she passed this level easily, and Nangong Chen also asked the guards to hand over the color head to the maid who followed behind her.
The drums beat again.
This time the lottery is Wei Liya, the daughter of Wei Ning, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, and the Taifu on the side dutifully introduced Nangong Chen one by one, he is not as careless as the two around him, he has a task this time. When he came, the Empress Dowager told him a thousand times, asking him to help the emperor choose a queen with good character.
Ruan Xiangyun didn't want to embarrass the daughter of her father's subordinates, so she also made a simple couplet, "The sound of pine and bamboo, the sound of the bell and the chime are free." ”
Wei Liya is also from a scholarly family, and these simple couplets are also difficult for her, and she whispered the next couplet, "The mountains and water are all empty." ”
The drum beat continued, this time it was Xia Lanxin, the daughter of the military department, Xia Lanxin was worried that the drama of competing for favor would be staged in advance, but this time she thought about it carefully, these official ladies are afraid that they all want to leave a good impression in front of the emperor, and the questions will not be too difficult, as long as they have read the book, they must have passed, so they also put their minds at ease and waited for Wei Liya to come up with the question.
Wei Liya will not lose her demeanor, and she groaned slightly, "Shanglian is a faint Momei Ling Han alone, and this year Ruixue is a good year." ”
Xia Lanxin smiled elegantly and replied softly, "Xin Xin students are Top Gun, and I will send you happy next autumn." ”
Juanhua passed quickly in the field, and the sons and ladies who were in their turn didn't have much suspense.
Finally it was the turn of the Taifu who had been waiting for Juanhua, not that he wanted to be in the limelight, but these young ladies were too modest, and the whole camellia party was too boring, but he wanted to pick out the most outstanding woman here for the Queen Mother! If you go on like this, you won't be able to see anything at all. So as soon as the silk flower arrived in his hand, his whole brow seemed to fly up with joy, waiting to take the next person to cut him.
Who knew that the wheel took a circle, but the unlucky one was the princess Ziman, this princess usually hates biting the chew the most, and he didn't contradict him less when he lectured, this princess was angry with the ruthless general, Taifu didn't dare to go up to touch the moldy head at this time, and he didn't dare to use it after preparing for a long time, so he had to think of a simple one who taught the princess, "The moon is full in the sky, the moon is half a month in the world, and the moon is full and half a month." ”
Zi Man glanced at Tai Fu with great satisfaction, and replied without thinking: "At the end of this year, at the beginning of next year, at the end of every year, at the beginning of every year." ”
Although it can't be called cheating, Ziman didn't even pretend, so much so that everyone stared, but who called someone a princess! Come to think of it, no one would really call it true!
Maybe God finally heard Ziman's heart, and finally realized the wish she had been looking forward to for a long time, and the next unlucky person was none other than the ruthlessness she had been staring at.
The little flag in Ziman's heart flutters! She thought about it one after another, but she felt that she knew that it was difficult to defeat the 'cold noodle king' at this level, and as time passed little by little, Zi Man only hated herself for being too useless at this time, even if she learned a little bit of the old man's fur, she would not be so blind at this time.
After a long time, everyone couldn't help but bow to the princess who was still meditating, and even the ruthlessness who had been ignoring him looked up at her, and Taifu finally couldn't sit still, and whispered to Ziman.
Zi Man was secretly annoyed by the ruthless glance, and when he heard Taifu's low call, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise, although the smile was chrysanthemum, everyone felt a chill in their backs.
Sure enough, Zi Man looked at the ruthless with a smile, and said almost gloatingly: "Shanglian is the end of this year, the beginning of next year, and the end of the year and the beginning of the year", she was talking about the cloud and light style, but everyone heard it like a magic sound piercing their ears, and they all turned their eyes to the ruthlessness who had been expressionless, everyone knew that it was this little princess who was making things difficult, although for unknown reasons, but they also wanted to see how this 'cold face king' who had never had a smiling face took over, and everyone was thinking about the answer in their minds while watching the show.
The ruthless expression did not move, he got up slowly, his cold and deep eyes looked at the purple vine who was proud, and somehow the landscape embroidery appeared in his mind, and the next link blurted out almost unconsciously, "Sunrise in the East Sea, sunset in the West Sea, sunrise and sunrise with sunset." There was not a trace of undulation in the icy voice.
Not only Ziman was surprised, but everyone else also didn't expect it, thinking that this general would definitely lose, but they didn't expect such a difficult Shanglian to be easily picked up by this general who looked like an iceberg.
Zi Man pursed his lips, glanced at the ruthlessness as if nothing had happened, picked up the lid of the teacup and removed the tea foam from the cup.
Nangong Chen didn't expect that the ruthlessness of his usual cold words and his eagerness would be so eager, and he couldn't help but applaud the ruthlessness in his heart.
It is said that God is fair to people, no, God quickly proved his impartiality and selflessness, and before the purple vine was finished, this juanhua seemed to have eyes and a soul, no more than one and no less, and it happened to fall into her hands.
Under everyone's sympathetic gaze, Zi Man stood up neatly, and before he could ruthlessly open his mouth, the black pupils had already burned a raging fire, and the white porcelain-like jade hands were already clenched into fists, like a hedgehog meeting a great enemy, erecting thorns all over his body.
Just when those present thought that Ruthless would let go of this unruly little princess generously, Ruthless surprised everyone, and replied to Princess Ziman, who had already turned red.
After listening to the ruthless uplink, Zi Man's already red face was suddenly covered with black clouds.
When you look at me, and I look at you, they all think, 'Well, these two are completely connected, and this bond is also concluded.'" ’
The pupils shrank suddenly, Zi Man didn't say a word, he took out the silver whip on his waist and walked to the middle of the field, he didn't even say an opening word, he danced with a whip, Zi Man shook the whip hard, venting the anger in his heart.
It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years, and she must give him all the humiliation she has suffered today.
But this scorching samadhi true fire did not affect the cold ice that did not melt for 10,000 years, and everyone saw that the initiator ignored the volcano that was breathing fire in the field, and tasted the fragrant tea in his hand.