The warm swallows return to the nest, the glacier thaws, the breeze of March finally blows away the chill of the season, the beauty of spring spreads out on this land, the willows spit green, the flowers bloom, the bees and butterflies dance, everywhere is a vibrant scene. And in this spring March, the flower-viewing banquet also came as scheduled.

Early this morning, the scarlet smoke was aroused by Xiangling, and she dressed up. was urged out of the door, and happened to meet the same dressed Scarlet Moon at the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Scarlet Moon was born beautiful, with fine willow eyebrows, red phoenix eyes, cherry lips, and a plump body that was moistened, showing charm under the backdrop of a peach-colored brocade embroidered silk skirt, and a lot of hairpins were shaken between the hairpins, such as a pair of small earrings on the jade earlobes set off some playful and cute.

In comparison, the scarlet smoke dress is more elegant, the aqua blue Luo skirt hit the ground, the small feet loom under the skirt, the moon-white veil will make the blue more hazy, and add a fairy spirit, a water fu-colored gauze with a man's waist, a closer look can find a white jade hidden in the folds of the clothes to show the extraordinary life experience.

Both of them wore the flying fairy buns that the ladies of the noble family loved, but one was bright and high-profile, and the other was light and elegant, which made the people passing by unable to take their eyes off it. Scarlet didn't care about this, but Scarlet Yue saw that she was dressed very plainly, not as bright and eye-catching as herself, and felt that her posture was better, and her heart was a little fluttery, and her tone was also smug, "My sister asked my sister to say goodbye." ”

Scarlet Smoke didn't bother to care about anything, only pulled out a casual smile, and got into the carriage with the support of Xiangling and drove towards Na Shufangyuan. Although the horses of the Prime Minister were not as good as the royal horses, they were all good horses, and they arrived at the place in a short time. Scarlet smoke in the face of the variable of the flower feast, the heart attaches great importance to the ruthless, since she has not experienced it in her previous life, she can only see the opportunity to act, along the way she is speculating about the queen's intention to set up this banquet, get off the car only to see that the carriages are parked at the door of Shufang Garden one by one, and the flowers and branches dressed by the warbler Yanyan are displayed. The heart is even more thoughtful, can be invited by the queen's mother, most of them are famous nobles, but a few families also allow the concubine to participate, just like the prime minister's house, this is unprecedented, in the eyes of others, this is the queen's mother's house is kind-hearted, but in the eyes of people who have lived for two lifetimes like Scarlet Yan, I only feel that the plan is meaningful, and I can't help but be a little more cautious. Be cautious in words and deeds, be cautious in words and deeds, she admonished herself twice in her heart, and was just about to raise her feet into the garden, but a delicate voice came from her ears, which made her steps stop vividly.

"Yo, aren't these the two young ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion? I heard that Miss Scarlet has already made a private marriage contract with King Xinling, presumably this time I came to find a good family for the second lady? ”

Seeing this, Xiangling pretended to sort out her own lady's makeup, leaned into Scarlet Yan's ear and said, "Miss, this is the eldest lady of Yin Shangshu's family." ”

After her such a reminder, Scarlet Yan remembered that the emperor of the previous generation was afraid of the prime minister, so he promoted the three-point power of the Zhongshu monk, and carefully calculated that it had been some time since this holy decree was issued, but she didn't care. Thinking about the status of the eldest lady of the Yin family, it is no wonder that there are thorns in the words, a "private decision" actually means that she has lost the virtue and etiquette of a woman, and the second half of the sentence has the meaning of provoking the feelings between her two sisters. It's called Scarlet Smoke a little confused, she has never seen this woman, she has nothing to do with her, why does she talk like this?

Although he thought about it this time, Scarlet Yan still bowed to Miss Yin kindly, and said with a calm smile, "Where is Miss Yin, although Scarlet Smoke is a concubine, she still has to obey her father in this marriage, and this is no joke." ”

Yin Ruohe saw Scarlet Yan's reply without being humble or arrogant, and snorted coldly in his heart, then turned his eyes to the carriage behind him, and said with a playful smile, "It is said that there are few families in Kyoto who can bring their concubines to participate in the queen's flower-viewing banquet, but they don't want the prime minister to really bring the second miss, since she is here, why not let my sister take a look at the beauty of the second miss?" ”

Seeing that she let herself go towards Scarlet Moon, Scarlet Smoke breathed a sigh of relief and chuckled, "I'm afraid that my sister Pu Liu's posture won't be able to enter Miss Yin's eyes." As soon as the words fell, Scarlet Moon stepped down from the carriage, looking at the Scarlet Moon wrapped in a cloud of red, Yin Ruohe frowned, only to feel that although this woman was beautiful, she was really dressed very dirty, and the clothes were bright and bright, and the jewelry was worn on her body like worthless, and she felt dazzled at a glance. glanced at the scarlet smoke standing aside, smiling, but felt that she was elegant and elegant, dressed appropriately and appropriately, which made people feel refreshed, and their hearts were more favorable to this eldest lady of the Xiangfu.

Yin Ruohe walked to Scarlet Smoke's side, didn't look at Scarlet Moon, her delicate and brutal spirit disappeared, and she said softly to Scarlet Smoke, "The second lady of your mansion is really eye-catching, I wonder if Sister Yan'er can accompany her sister to that fresh place for a walk?" After that, he took the hand of the scarlet cigarette affectionately and took it to Shufangyuan, Yin Ruohe winked at her, and there was some reparation in her words.

Although she was a little dissatisfied before, since the other party was willing to give her the stairs, Scarlet Smoke was naturally not the one she liked to hold, and she was worried about how to get rid of Scarlet Moon, so she immediately held Yin Ruohe's snow-white soft thorn with her backhand, and said cordially, "Since my sister has been invited, how can my sister be embarrassed to refuse." I haven't been to this Shufang Garden much, but I want to ask my sister to show me the way. ”

Seeing that Scarlet Smoke and Yin Ruohe looked at the garden as if they were old at first sight, and walked in the garden, leaving themselves in place, Scarlet Yue's face was a little red with anger, and the handkerchief on her hand was also kneaded. For the sake of the design later, she endured. Scarlet Moon looked at the two people who disappeared in front of her, thought hatefully, and then raised her feet and walked towards the garden.

Scarlet Smoke was pulled by Yin Ruohe, chatting all the way while walking, and found that this woman's personality was quite compatible with her, and she was happy to talk more, Scarlet Smoke has been well-informed since she was a child, and she can tell its nature and use when she meets a flower and plant in this Shufang Garden, and Yin Ruohe is very concerned about the cultivation of flowers and plants, and the two sometimes discuss and sometimes argue, and they are happy to meet each other.

However, it didn't take long to walk, but I saw a lot of famous ladies gathered in front of me, as if they were discussing something, so it was not lively, the two exchanged a look, and they both went over there to find out.

When I walked in, I found that there was a sign on the sign, and there was a painting on the sign, and the ladies were discussing how to put a poem on the painting. This competition is a poem, playing the piano and dancing is a game that famous ladies at various banquets are good at, Scarlet Smoke has never been very interested in these, and Yin Ruohe only feels that this is a means of grandstanding and disdains it, the two of them were just about to leave quietly, but they didn't want the Scarlet Moon to be present, and when they saw the figures of the two, they said loudly, "Sister, don't go!" ”

All the young ladies were taken aback by her shout, and they all turned their heads to look, but the sneer in the heart of Scarlet Moon did not show half a point on her face, and she pretended to be proud and said, "That is the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Scarlet Smoke." My sister has always loved poetry and painting, why not give it a try? Maybe this title will go to my sister! ”

Can't help it? Scarlet Yan glanced at her disdainfully, it was really her nature that was difficult to move, and she had been holding it for so long, was she waiting for this moment to make her ugly in front of the young ladies of the family? Scarlet smoke took in the curiosity and suspicion in the eyes of the people around her, and said generously, "Sister, this is laughing at my sister, my sister is only a shallow learner, and she knows that she is not as good as the ladies present." ”

However, as soon as the words fell, some voices came from the crowd.

"It's okay for Miss Scarlet to try."

"It's just that, it doesn't hurt to try."

Scarlet Smoke listened to the sounds around her, and looked at Scarlet Moon's smug expression, knowing that she couldn't hide, but she wouldn't let Scarlet Moon's little trick succeed. She patted Yin Ruohe's hand and walked straight to the painting, only to see a person, a piano, a cup and a willow on the corner of the drawing paper, showing a touch of loneliness. And moving to the center of the painting, under the light ink outline, the green mountains stretch, and during the hanging of the waterfall, the heaven and earth are small and open, and there is a great opening and closing of the realm. She couldn't help but feel the vastness of the world and the insignificance of people. As soon as her eyes closed, something seemed to flash through her mind, but she couldn't explain clearly, but a poem gradually became clear. Slender hand took a pen and a little ink went to the drawing paper, the clear and elegant font combined with the dark and shallow ink on the paper,

"Three alleys of the high mountain flowing water, a bottle of bright moon and clear wind wine."

This is a poem lamenting that it is difficult to find a bosom friend, the mountains and rivers, the bright moon and the breeze, but alone, drinking with me, drunk in the meantime. The artistic conception is very wonderful, and for a time everyone was intoxicated, and no one made a sound.

"Good!" I don't know who was the first to come back and praise it out loud, everyone came back to their senses, and praised it, saying that the two young ladies of the Scarlet family, the eldest lady is good at calligraphy, and the second lady is good at painting, but I don't want this Scarlet Smoke to have such a high attainment in poetry, and suddenly envious, jealous, and appreciative eyes all drifted to that faint figure.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on Scarlet Smoke, Scarlet Moon was jealous and unwilling in her heart, so she reached out and grabbed the ink pen and went to the painting, adding a round of bright moon, and couldn't help but say, "My sister saw that there was no moon on this painting, and my sister's poems were indeed very good." Now it's good, the mountains and flowing water, the bright moon and the breeze, all together, it's really a good poem with a good painting! Congratulations to my sister! ”

This is a clever thing to say, as if the painting became her's work, and Scarlet Smoke knew that she was begging for herself after a little pondering, and a mocking smile was caught at the corner of her mouth, and she didn't say anything.

Sure enough, in the next second, a tactful voice with some doubts sounded in everyone's ears,

"Hey, who is so shallow and destroys the artistic conception of this painting?"