Chapter 25 Misfortune Leads to the East
Yan Ran on the side was smiling painfully, and the still elegant smile on Jiang Li's face here was shattered in a moment, and the expression of smiling was only a landslide.
Gu Nanqin didn't know anything at this time, and just shifted his attention to the few exam questions in front of him.
Yao Concubine's topic this year is: Pin Qiu.
It can be poetry, it can also be piano music, and naturally it can also be calligraphy and painting.
Originally, chess skills should also be a woman's proud capital, but only one day of thinking about it, some good players in chess can spend three days and two nights in a game, which is naturally difficult to include in the consideration of the talent meeting.
Gu Nanqin looked at this question, it was not new, at most it was a decent level.
However, it doesn't matter whether the topic is new or not, what matters is how these ladies are going to show their talents.
The corners of her eyes swept over the daughters who were chattering like birds, but Gu Nanqin focused her eyes on the sons and daughters who were standing aside to watch the show.
Those sons are either from prominent families or have a lot of money, otherwise they would not be invited here out of thin air. So whose son is this "ginger" son?
"Is it a limited time?" Gu Nanqin observed the reactions of the girls next to her, and asked Changle with interest.
Changle's smile was quite indifferent, and at the moment he just said lightly: "There is no time limit, it's just that if you think about it, you can go on stage and perform on your own." But ......"
"But what?" Gu Nanqin's intuition told him that the second half of the sentence was the point.
“…… However, if someone nominates it, it will have to bite the bullet. Changle's face was gloomy, and he looked at Gu Nanqin who was standing next to him with a smile.
Gu Nanqin snorted lightly and replied. No wonder this Changle has to be bullied every year, it turns out that it is because someone nominates her every year that she has to bite the bullet and "accept the recruitment".
"Do you know whose girl will nominate you?" Gu Nanqin thought about it for a while, and soon felt relieved, since he had come, he would just go on it, it was no big deal.
But Changle chose to remain silent under this question.
"With all due respect, the second lady of the Nangong family is much better than those vulgar fans." Jiang Li suddenly turned his smile, bowed, and walked towards the two of them.
Changle and Nanqin both have different reactions. The former smiled and smiled, and the latter was full of relief: I see-
It stands to reason that Nangong Changle's appearance, even if he is a little naughty, may not cause so much stigma. But the actual situation is that many sons and daughters in the imperial capital are famous and avoid them, for fear that marrying this Nangong Changle and going home will attract ridicule from the people of the entire imperial capital.
Then, the reason is very simple: among those noble girls, some of them are jealous of Changle's appearance, so they speak out against each other and change their ways to make her ugly - and not only one person.
Changle no longer had a smile on his face, but looked at the "Jiang" son's eyes a little more inquiring: Where did this person come from?
But today's Jiang Li, after seeing Gu Nanqin, not only changed his clothes, but also slightly covered up his shocking appearance, although he only moved a little bit on his eyebrows and complexion, which was very different from his original appearance. At this time, standing among the children of these families, it doesn't look like Erer.
Changle glanced at it a few times and then withdrew his gaze, as if he was not very interested.
Gu Nanqin lowered her eyes and began to think about this topic seriously, and she had no intention of thinking about anything else.
Jiang Li stared at this girl with interest, looking at her eyebrows and empty eyes, this serious thinking appearance was also very interesting.
As expected, soon, a little girl said in a tight voice: "I have always heard of the name of the second lady of the Nangong family, and I want to be prepared for this topic, I don't know if I can show it to you, it can be regarded as Zhuyu in front?" ”
Gu Nanqin's heart skipped a beat when she heard this, so fast? Deep-eyed staring at the girl who spoke, she smiled leisurely, without seeing any deliberateness or falsehood.
Gu Nanqin's face tightened, and his eyes narrowed slightly.
Changle thought of something with her, smiled slightly, and said loudly: "This topic has only been out for a while, and Miss Liu is very optimistic about Changle." It's okay, Changle will throw bricks and lead the jade first, which can be regarded as a scene for the girls. ”
But as soon as the words fell, several noble ladies seemed to laugh out loud. It was a little embarrassing on the field, but Concubine Yao didn't know what to do, so she just thought it was Changle and humble, so she smiled kindly: "Miss Liu, your nomination is indeed too fast, why don't you let Miss Nangong prepare well first, and then show your talents?" ”
"Thank you, Concubine Yao. It's not necessary to spend more time preparing for it, it's just that Changle has always been a little shy when painting in front of people, so it's better for Niangniang to vacate the empty room and let Changle paint alone? Changle smiled with his eyebrows, and there was no embarrassment or evasion at all, but he just asked for such a grace from Concubine Yao as if he was shy.
Gu Nanqin knew what she meant, if there was an empty room, this would help her paint. It's just that since this Miss Liu has opened her mouth, there will naturally be no shortage of other girls waiting to see a good show, is it really possible that Concubine Yao will paint her room alone so easily?
Sure enough, Changle's words had just come out, and a girl sitting next to Miss Liu also got up, half-jokingly and half-shyly: "Alas? The second lady of the Nangong family has such a big pomp, and she has to find an empty room even for painting? It's better to let Yiqin come first to offer ugliness, so as not to be difficult for Sister Nangong. ”
"Mu Yiqin is Liu Changfang's close friend." Changle couldn't hear it, and his eyes were full of helplessness.
Gu Nanqin choked, and then realized that the two girls had clearly discussed it in advance: one nomination, the other had already been prepared, just waiting for Nangong Changle to refuse or make a request, and Mu Yiqin would come out in time to "relieve the siege". In this way, it is easy for Changle to "win" a "proud" reputation.
I'm going to drop a good ...... This woman's trick is really troublesome. Gu Nanqin only felt a headache, but now she couldn't avoid it, so she had to stiffen her face and face shy-
"Miss Mu Jia misunderstood, our second miss just doesn't want to be a bird in vain, in fact, the poem has already been brewed, if Miss Mu doesn't mind, why don't you start with my Miss first?" Gu Nanqin deliberately lowered her voice, and her courtesy was thorough, neither humble nor arrogant.
It's just that the smile of the young lady of the Mu family suddenly froze on her face: is this saying that she is a bird in vain?!
Rao is concubine Yao didn't know much about the reputation of this second miss Nangong, and now she also had two thoughts about the situation in front of her, and she was slightly embarrassed in her heart, but she still tried to be as lenient as possible: "Since Changle is ready, then you will compose a poem first." ”
Under Changle's deliberately surprised gaze, Gu Nanqin was soft and calm...... moved his gaze to the "Jiang" boy who was hiding aside and pretending to be dead.
"Jiang Gongzi, compose two poems, and I won't reveal your true face." Gu Nanqinpi's smiling face seemed to be crispy to the bones.
Jiang Li's eyebrows jumped slightly, and the first reaction in his mind was not where this poem came from, but - the chuckle of the girl in front of him was really heartbreaking.