Chapter Seventy-Two: Talent Competition
Seeing her anxious appearance, Xie Tianrui suddenly smiled and took her hand, and directly pulled her to the most prosperous long platform of the nearby lantern festival.
"The clouds are clever, the flying stars spread hatred, and the silver man travels in secret. As soon as the golden wind and jade dew meet, they will win countless in the world. ”
Tang Jingwen was holding a fan in her hand, her eyes were looking forward to it, and as far as the eyes of pedestrians could see, they wanted to stay on her hooking eyebrows and eyes for three points, no matter men or women, when they saw Tang Jingwen, it was as if the three souls had been taken away from the seven spirits.
Tang Jingwen's appearance is very ladylike and dignified, and she doesn't seem to care much about the eyes of those men who come and go.
She is the eldest lady of the General's Mansion, in terms of background, character and talent, if it weren't for the kind of son who was extremely noble, she wouldn't be able to look down on her.
Xie Tianrui had just been reprimanded by Tang Yining's ears, until Tang Yining was walking and found that Xie Tianrui had actually taken herself to a place full of people around, she quickly let go of her hand, snatched it from Xie Tianrui's hand, and held it tightly in her arms.
Xie Tianrui saw that she seemed to be aroused by curiosity, so he suddenly approached and picked up her jaw, poked his forehead with his hand, and blew on it ambiguously.
"Thank Tianrui, you can try to move me again!"
This sound accidentally attracted everyone's attention, Tang Yining said while touching his forehead that had just been poked.
This Xie Tianrui, I had heard that he was a little county king who was afraid that he would be difficult to serve when he saw people, but today she really saw it!
Sensing the strange gazes of the people around him, Tang Yining's face turned red, like a cat that had stolen fish, and he couldn't wait to find a hole to get into.
It's all to blame!
This place was already crowded, and her words just now were particularly eye-catching, even if you want to keep a low profile.
Today, she wore a ribbon wide-sleeved green coat, a smoky hibiscus hairpin, a plain white lotus silk pipa brocade cloak on her shoulders, and plain high-wall shoes on her feet.
On the other hand, Tang Jingwen's side is wearing a soft gold and silver silk black gold peony flower cloud sleeve shirt, lined with a double butterfly cloud-shaped thousand water skirt underneath, as if he is wearing clouds, and the colorful mist is interdependent, but the only shortcoming is that it is a little complicated and cumbersome.
It's just that the difference between the two is that Tang Yining is simple and doesn't use powder, which makes people can't take their eyes off, while Tang Jingwen wears heavy makeup, which looks a bit more picturesque.
These two are obviously the eldest ladies of the General's Mansion, siblings and sisters, but they are so different.
Passers-by who knew the two couldn't help but shake their heads, and said in their hearts that the simplicity of the second lady from the house highlighted her temperament, and the eldest lady was dressed in colorful clothes, which seemed redundant.
The movement here slowly attracted a lot of people, and for a while, the people who were watching Tang Jingwen dispersed one after another, and they all gathered around Tang Yining.
Tang Yining was still arguing with Xie Tianrui at this time, and he didn't notice that there were already a lot of people around him, and naturally he didn't notice Tang Jingwen who was looking at him with a displeased face.
Tang Jingwen glared at Tang Yining who was standing in the crowd angrily, looked at Tang Yining's waist like a weak willow, the peach blossom handkerchief in his hand became tighter and tighter, and secretly scolded the fox in his heart.
It's just a concubine, why compete with her as a concubine? also stole all the limelight from himself!
She remembered that Tang Yining was competing with her and her father in the mansion before, and she felt unhappy in her heart, where is this Tang Yining, why can she have the upper hand everywhere? Now even the stewardship has been taken away, huh!
"Jingwen, that's not your family's ......" A green-robed lady beside Tang Jingwen pointed at Tang Yiwen with a sneering face, and said gloatingly.
Just now, it was clear that a group of people were together, but all those eyes were staring at Tang Jingwen's body, everyone was arrogant, where could they see it, they had already secretly hated it in their hearts. Now seeing Tang Jingwen's situation, they are all secretly happy.
The others covered their mouths and smiled a little unkindly when they heard this, now no one knows that the middle feed of the General's Mansion is in the hands of the second lady of the concubine, and they have never seen the housewife in charge, and the concubine is there, and the middle feed will fall on the head of the concubine. This general's mansion is also the first one, and it is rare.
"It's the second lady of the General's Mansion, I don't know how Jingwen can bear these things that can't be put on the table are jumping there, if they were in my house, they would have been cleaned up a long time ago!" One of them said sarcastically, shaking the delicate fan.
When Tang Jingwen heard this, her eyes lit up and looked at Tang Yining not far away, you must know that the people who played with her were all the concubines of various provinces, not to mention anything else, everyone had the same hatred for the concubines, after all, the concubines were a stain to them.
Everyone quietly glanced at Tang Jingwen, glanced at the wrinkled handkerchief in her hand, glanced at each other, and the corners of her mouth showed a treacherous arc.
"That's it! It is! Jingwen, you are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, if I remember correctly, the general's wife has spent a lot of effort and invited a lot of masters to teach you. Is it better than a maid who doesn't learn and doesn't know how to do it? Dressed in peach-pink girl, she covered her mouth and said with a smile.
You know, I've never heard anyone say anything about the talent of this second lady of the General's Mansion, if it weren't for the recent battles that have gone too far, they would have forgotten about this little transparent character in the past.
Shicai watched Tang Jingwen be in the limelight, and now watching her deflated, not to mention anything else, everyone's hearts have long been secretly refreshed, even the concubine who is very unwelcome now looks quite pleasing to the eye.
They don't think it's a big deal to watch the play, anyway, it's not their own family's business, just look at how the people in the house fight. It's fun!
Cuixiang knew what kind of temperament her young lady was, looking at the official ladies around her who were constantly adding fuel to the fire, she didn't want to interject and say more, and said secretly: It's broken!
Others may not know that during this period of time, Cuixiang can see it clearly. No matter what her own young lady does, what she does is still in the hands of the second young lady.
Not to mention that now the middle feed in the house is already in the hands of the second lady, if the young lady is a little more sensible, she should know that now is not the time to move the momentary mood, she should be more low-key, and find a way to get the housekeeping back.
"Miss, it's not too early, haven't you always wanted to put the river lantern? You haven't put a river lantern to make a wish this year! Cuixiang stood in front of Tang Jingwen quietly, covering Tang Jingwen's gaze at Tang Yining.
Tang Jingwen, the "good sisters" in the past, is thinking about watching a good show, if Tang Jingwen listens to this splash hooves and walks away, won't this scene be invisible?
Miss Yushitai, who was dressed in green, covered her mouth and smiled mockingly: "No wonder Sister Jingwen, the middle feed in your house is in the hands of your sister, and the girl in front of you can ride on your head." If it is in my sister's house, there is no reason for the masters to speak and the maids to interject. If I were to sell this kind of girl! ”
"That's it! It is! What Sister Yixiu said is that if you don't know the rules, you can't take it out of the house, and if you're not careful, it will make people laugh off their big teeth, so Sister Jingwen, you have such a great amount of grace. ”
"Who's to say it isn't!"
Tang Jingwen also thought about it, after all, now that the feed was in the hands of Tang Yining's slut, she also knew what Cuixiang meant. It's a pity that I can't stand it, and there is a group of sisters around me who want to watch the play.
Cuixiang listened to these words, and suddenly chuckled in her heart, secretly annoyed that she had too many things, and she shouldn't have spoken if she had known.
Suddenly, Tang Jingwen's face tightened, and he scolded sharply: "Okay! When the master speaks, how can you interject! For the sake of your many years of service, this time I will deduct your monthly money for a month, and next time, be careful! ”
"Yes! Miss, the slave knows it's wrong! Cui Xiang pursed her lips, didn't say anything more, and walked behind Tang Jingwen.
"The talent competition is now beginning, all the young ladies and young masters present, do you want to show your talents? Come up, the last winner will win the big prize tonight! ”
There were many delicate lanterns on the stage that had been removed at some point, and according to the practice of previous years, it was probably because all the riddles on it had been solved, and then they were removed.
After guessing the lantern riddle is the highlight of tonight, after all, it is better to attract the attention of your sweetheart during the Qixi Festival, display your talents, and let your sweetheart see it.
Not to mention that the final champion will not only get a good name, but also get a valuable reward. Why not?
Without the cover of Cuixiang, Tang Jingwen looked at Tang Yining over there, and the more she looked at it, the more angry she became, and she was afraid that the handkerchief would be damaged. She raised her head and glanced at the shouting little girl, flicked her sleeves and walked onto the stage.
"Yo, the first person to take the stage this year turned out to be a dignified and beautiful lady! I wonder if anyone wants to try it out on stage? Seeing that Tang Jingwen was so beautiful as a flower that he came to the stage, he was immediately overjoyed, and it seemed that he could get a lot of reward money for the Qixi Festival today.
You must know that although the Qixi Festival in previous years was also lively, it was not very brilliant, and the young lady who came to the stage was just a general qualification. They also know that people like them who are in the market and have a little family background will not come to the stage.
"Tang Yining, do you dare to come up to compare?" Tang Jingwen said loudly in the direction of Tang Yining.
Everyone's eyes suddenly looked at Tang Yining, who didn't know why, and their eyes were full of curiosity. You know, no matter what dynasty it is, people are very gossipy.
Tang Yining suddenly heard her name, and subconsciously looked at the source of the voice, and then she saw Tang Jingwen, who was dressed in exquisite luxury, standing on the stage. Although she didn't know what this was about, she just didn't know anything now, and she could see what it meant.