Su Jin'an walked in the direction Rong Chengjiao said not long before she met the palace maid passing by, someone led the way, and she quickly returned to the garden smoothly, at this time there were palace grandmothers and palace maids in the garden beckoning the ladies and ladies of each family to go to the side hall for a banquet. Mei was looking for Su Jin'an, and when she saw a palace maid bringing Su Jin'an over, she was relieved, and when Su Jin'an approached her, she asked softly, "Where have you been?" I've searched several places but haven't seen you. ”

"Mother, I just accidentally went a little off, it's okay, don't worry, let's go back and talk about it." Su Jin'an took Mei's arm and said.

Mei Shi heard that it was inconvenient to speak here, so he didn't ask much, and the two of them went to the side hall with everyone to prepare for dinner, and the seats in the hall were arranged according to the order grade, Mei's three ladies said that they were not high or low, and their seats were in the middle of the hall, which was good according to the distribution pattern.

Before the banquet officially began, Concubine Rong first revealed the leader of the poetry competition hosted by the county lord of Feiluan-Lin Ruoshui, Su Jin'an was not too surprised, but Lin Wenguo was also a real Tanhualang back then, and the heirs were very thin, even if she was a daughter, she had to teach her well.

Lin Ruoshui got a pair of mutton fat jade bracelets rewarded by Concubine Rong, although this is not very precious to the noble family, but the important thing is that it was given by Concubine Rong, and it was given by the favorite concubine who has been by the emperor's side for more than ten years, and the weight is naturally different. Lin Ruoshui stepped forward to thank her generously and decently after a few modest words, Concubine Rong seemed to be very satisfied with her performance, and praised her a few more words.

Lin Ruoshui returned to his position with envy or jealousy, and just when everyone thought that the banquet was going to be held, Concubine Rong said something that made everyone a little surprised: "The emperor came up just now, and the girls' poems were fortunate to be judged by the emperor. ”

Concubine Rong's words fell, the hall was silent for a few breaths, and then there was a whispered conversation, I don't know which girl couldn't help but whisper the discussion, although the ladies were also surprised, but no one said anything, just waiting for Concubine Rong's next words.

Concubine Rong looked around the young ladies and ladies present, paused slightly around Su Jin'an, and then said loudly: "Which one is the girl from the third room of the Su family?" ”

Hearing Concubine Rong's words, Mei and Su Jin'an were a little caught off guard, but Mei reacted first, pulled Su Jin'an's sleeve, and then she got up and walked to the center of the hall to salute Concubine Rong: "Back to Niangniang, the courtier is Su Jin'an, the daughter of Su Mu in the third room of the Su family, please say goodbye to Niangniang." ”

"Raise your head and let Hongu take a look." Concubine Rong's voice came from top to bottom, and Su Jin'an slowly raised her head as she said, looking at the delicate tassels on Concubine Rong's bun.

"Well, yes, it's a sign girl." Concubine Rong commented lightly, and then continued: "The emperor thinks your poem is somewhat interesting, so he gave you a pot of green calyx, take it back when you leave." ”

"Yes, the courtiers have thanked the emperor and Concubine Rong." Su Jin'an kowtowed in gratitude in a regular manner.

The emperor's sudden reward made Su Jinan a little puzzled, even if the emperor knew that she saved Concubine Rong, he would not have promoted her so directly, did the emperor really think that her two poems were good? Those two lines of poems she copied from the letter written by Qian Biao, the king of Wuyue, to his wife, did it just suit the emperor's appetite? Su Jin'an returned to Mei's side and sat down with questions.

There are many ladies present who know that the emperor loves green calyx very much, and none of the concubines in the palace have been rewarded by the emperor.

Although Lin Ruoshui won the color of the poetry club today, Su Jinan won the emperor's reward, which invisibly took away people's attention to Lin Ruoshui, and many ladies and ladies came to say hello to Mei and Su Jin'an, and by the way, listening to Su Jin'an's masterpiece, Su Jinan knew that someone would come to ask: "Actually, I'm not good at poetry, writing is really normal, and even before I finish writing, the time has come, I only handed in half a poem, and it was written 'Mo Shang Flowers Bloom, but they can return slowly', and I somehow entered the eyes of the saint." ”

After listening to it, everyone savored these two lines of poetry for a while, and they didn't figure out why the emperor chose the two lines of poems that were not finished, but after all, the emperor thought it was good, no matter whether they had doubts in their hearts, everyone still praised Su Jin'an's ideas and literary brilliance very conciliantly. Listening to all kinds of praises from people, some people say that her writing is wonderful, some people say that she has clever ideas, and some people say that she writes flowers, Su Jinan knows that these praises are not her, but the emperor. But listening to people's praise, Su Jin'an had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she seemed to know why the emperor liked these two poems.

People praise her ideas and writing, but she knows that the reason why these two sentences of Qian Biao, King of Wuyue, are loved and praised by future generations is not its writing, but King Wuyue's feelings for his wife. It is rumored that the king of Wu Yue Qian Biao cherished his princess Wu very much, there was a cold food festival princess back to her mother's house to live, Wu Yue Wang missed the princess very much, saw the flowers on the side of the road have bloomed and the princess has not returned, so he wrote a letter to urge, which has this sentence "Mo on the flowers, can slowly return", just nine words, but it is the deepest friendship of the king of Wu Yue to his wife, this matter was rumored to be a good story at the time, and later Su Shi also wrote three poems for this "Mo on the flower". People in this era don't know King Wu Yue and Su Shi, so they don't know the story of this poem, and it's not surprising that they don't feel deeply about the poem, so since the emperor likes this poem, he should read out the thoughts of King Wu Yue about the princess hidden in the poem, maybe the emperor also has someone to wait for.

Lin Ruoshui didn't come to Su Jin'an's side to say hello, because there were also a lot of people around her to talk to, Su Jinan glanced at her from a distance, and also saw her "mother" - Chen Yalin, the woman who made Lin Wenguo abandon his wife and daughter, from her point of view, she could only see Chen Yalin's side face, she was in her thirties but she still looked like she was twenty years old, standing with Lin Ruoshui was more like a sister, Su Jinan stared at her side face and pinched the handkerchief in her hand, until Chen Yalin seemed to be aware of it before retracting her gaze.

Chen Yalin was laughing with a lady, but she always felt that someone seemed to be looking at her, but she looked around and didn't find who it was, she only felt that she might have seen it wrong.

Before the banquet in the palace ended, Mei and Su Jinan returned to Su Mansion with the pot of green calyx. Old Madam Su looked at the green calyx brought back by Su Jin'an and was a little surprised: "I heard that the emperor is very precious to this flower, but I didn't expect it to be An'er, it is also a creation, and it is always a good thing to be able to enter the emperor's eyes." ”

Mei's heart was mixed when he heard it, it was naturally a good thing to be rewarded by the emperor, but An'er was no longer small, and now that she had the emperor's flowers, she didn't know if she could make her own decisions about this marriage, if she let Jin'an enter the palace, then Mei's would never be willing, the deep palace was like the sea, and no matter how rich she was, she was not willing to let her daughter live a lifetime of intrigue in that golden wire cage.

Looking at Mei's tangled brows, Su Jin'an knew what she was thinking, and gently patted Mei's hand to signal her to feel at ease. Su Jin'an is not worried that he will enter the palace, there has been no new person in the emperor's harem for many years, and occasionally ministers don't care much about the emperor, and since the emperor likes his poems, he naturally won't take a fancy to her, and it should be a blessing to the emperor in his heart to get a pot of flowers as a reward.