Time flies quickly, and it is the seventh day of the seventh month of July, Mu Ranyue held a civil and military conference in Lingyuntai in the palace and invited the fiancés of various provinces to enter the palace.

The sky had just turned white, and before a round of red sun had risen from the east, everyone had already entered the palace and arrived at Lingyuntai to wait for Mu Ranyue's arrival.

"The Queen Mother has arrived."

Mu Ranyue wore a bright red phoenix robe, the long skirt dragged behind her, wearing a phoenix crown, the long golden phoenix swayed with her footsteps, graceful and luxurious, and her demeanor was thousands, she stepped into Lingyuntai, followed by a nightbell in green clothes.

Some bold sons secretly raised their eyes and looked at Mu Ranyue, and couldn't help but gasp, it has long been rumored that the queen mother is beautiful and unparalleled, and now when they see it, it is true, and it is even much more beautiful than they imagined.

No wonder His Majesty has favored the queen for so long, if they get such a beauty, I'm afraid they will really think that the peony flower will die and be a ghost.

"See the queen mother, the mother is a thousand years old." The crowd bowed their heads and bowed.

Mu Ranyue had a smile on the corner of her mouth, raised her hand slightly, and said, "Flat, give a seat." ”

"Xie Niangniang."

The crowd got up and took their seats on either side, with the woman on the right and the man on the left. In front of everyone was a small table with fruit snacks and tea.

Mu Ranyue sat down on the phoenix seat, and saw that Yelingyin was still standing beside her, and said to Yelingyin: "Lingyin, you can sit down too." ”

"Yes, Xie Niangniang." Yeling Yin sat down at Mu Ranyue's first seat.

Seeing Nangong Jinze, who was the first below, Mu Ranyue smiled and said with a slight teasing: "His Royal Highness King Qin is also here." ”

Nangong Jinze's face was slightly red, if it wasn't for the imperial brother forcing him, how could he come to such an occasion?

He said: "The royal brother has an order, and the younger brother does not dare to disobey." ”

"Then His Royal Highness King Qin, don't let your imperial brother down." Mu Ranyue deliberately quipped.

Nangong Jinze had a bitter face: "The imperial sister-in-law is very right, the younger brother should do his best." ”

Mu Ranyue looked at him with a somewhat embarrassed look, and said in her heart, could it be that this King Qin is still an innocent boy? can listen to Nangong Jinchen say that there are many women in his Qin Palace.

She glanced at him suspiciously, retracted her gaze and said dignified and majestic: "Today, the palace has summoned all the young ladies to come, although it is said to be holding a civil and military conference, but it is also to take advantage of the seventh day of the seventh month of July to let everyone come to the palace to gather and have a play, if you can promote a few marriages by the way, this is also a good thing for you." ”

For this, everyone also knows in their hearts, this is a civil and military conference on the surface, but in fact it is a blind date conference, but how to get along with this parent, everyone is not too clear.

A son stood up and said, "Dare to ask Niangniang what are the rules of this civil and military conference?" ”

Mu Ranyue smiled and said, "The rules have already been thought out of by the palace. Zhang Xing, you can tell them. ”

Zhang Xing arched his hand and said, "Yes, Niangniang." ”

He stepped forward and looked at the crowd: "Please listen to the young lady." This civil and military conference is naturally comparable to both civil and military. But Niangniang knows that there are those who are good at martial arts and those who are good at writing. So now I ask you to stand on one side and the good on the other. ”

When the words fell, everyone got up and complied, Shanwen and Shanwu's sons accounted for half each, and the girls were almost all on Shanwen's side, only a few were on Shanwu's side, Yu Xuezhi was among them, and she seemed to be very interested in this matter, the corners of her eyes and eyebrows were all smiles, and her eyes seemed to have been surrounding a person.

Mu Ranyue said to Yelingyin: "Lingyin, you can go too." It's all this time, so don't be restrained. ”

Yeling Yin blushed slightly: "Yes." ”

She walked down, unsurprisingly on Wen's side.

The people over there hurriedly greeted her and said, "Lord Ping'an." ”

She smiled and responded one by one.

Zhang Xing continued: "Well, because the time is short, all the projects can't be compared one by one. Niangniang means that those who are good at writing are better than those who are literate, and those who are good at poetry and songs are not limited, and those who are good at martial arts are better than archery, and men and women are separated. When the time comes, those who come out on top can give preference to the person they like. ”

Choose someone you like? Everyone looked at each other, and Nangong Jinze raised an objection: "Imperial sister-in-law, what if there is no one you like?" ”

Mu Ranyue smiled: "If not, then you can put forward a wish, this palace does not guarantee that it will be realized, but it will do its best." However, this desire must not be contrary to France and Germany. ”

Nangong Jinze was stunned for a moment and said, "The imperial sister-in-law is thoughtful. ”

This temptation is a lot, and everyone has an excited look on their faces, eager to try, and full of interest.

Mu Ranyue smiled: "Then what do you think, is it a martial arts competition or a literary competition first?" ”

Everyone discussed it and finally came to the conclusion that the competition was first, because the sun was getting bigger and bigger, and if the competition was to be held later, it would definitely be very hot.

Mu Ranyue readily agreed, and set up an arrow target in the middle of Lingyuntai, ten arrows per person, whoever shoots the most hearts wins.

Half an hour later, both men and women completed the competition, the male winner was Peng Yan, the youngest son of the Ministry of Shangshu, and the female winner was undoubtedly Yu Xuezhi.

Mu Ranyue could see that Yu Xuezhi was treating this game wholeheartedly, and she couldn't help but think in her heart, could it be that Sister Yu has someone she likes?

Looking at Nangong Jinze again, he was not interested, several arrows he deliberately missed, it seems that he really rejects this activity.

"Okay, the contest is complete, now let's start the contest." Zhang Xing said loudly, "Please make your own works on the paper, and raise your hands after you finish, and within the time of a stick of incense, all of them need to be completed." ”

Everyone said yes.

A quarter of an hour later, someone raised his hand to finish, Zhang Xing personally went down to collect his paper, intermittently, and someone finished it, Zhang Xing collected it one by one, and the men and women separated.

In less than a pillar of incense, everyone was finished.

Zhang Xing said: "Now we will send these works to you one by one, and ask you to pass them on for scoring." Take 10 as the highest, and finally remove the highest score and the lowest score, and take the average score. And as long as the pen is written in the scoring process, there can be no changes, otherwise the score will be invalid. ”

Everyone was a little dumbfounded by such rules of the game, but after thinking about it carefully, they felt that it was really fair.

It's just that a young man got up and said, "Niangniang means that everyone's work has to go through our own rating?" ”

Mu Ranyue smiled and nodded, "Yes." ”

"But what if your work arrives in your own hands?"

Mu Ranyue said: "You still have to score, and you can rate as many points as you want, so you don't have to worry." ”

The boy was stunned, and suddenly thought that he would remove a top score, and there could be no changes, even if he wanted to give himself a perfect score, it was unlikely.

I have to say that the queen's method is really fair.

He arched his hand and said, "The grass people understand, thank you Niangniang." ”

Mu Ranyue bowed slightly.

Zhang Xing began to send the first piece of paper, on which was a poem, the handwriting is vigorous and powerful, swaying freely, you can see the good writing skills of the person who wrote it.

Everyone held their breath and carefully wrote their ratings on it, and then passed it on. However, it took almost a quarter of an hour for one work.

After all the works were evaluated, the sun was already shining, and the blazing sun was shining down, and everyone felt a little impetuous.

However, looking at the stack of papers in Zhang Xing's hand, they were even more impatient, and they wanted to know how their scores were.

Mu Ranyue looked at the sun, it was almost noon now, and she was also very hot here, because she said: "Everyone, it's almost noon now, and the sun is also strong, and it is uncomfortable to think that you can sit here." The palace has ordered people to set up lunch, the men's in the Runyu Palace, the women's in the Lingxi Palace, you can go and enjoy it now, after the meal, you can act freely in the palace, as long as you do not violate the palace rules. As for the result, please gather in Lingyuntai again in the evening, and the palace will inform you one by one, and that time is the highlight of the day. ”

Nangong Jinze hurriedly said: "Imperial sister-in-law, the younger brother will not go, there is still something in the younger brother's mansion." ”

Mu Ranyue said: "Okay, but you have to come at night, otherwise your imperial brother won't rely on you." ”

Nangong Jinze said: "Yes, the younger brother obeys the order." ”

Mu Ranyue rubbed her cheeks, which were a little stiff with a smile, and said, "Okay, this palace is also tired, you can take care of yourself." ”

Everyone got up and knelt down and said, "Thank you to the queen for the meal, the mother is a thousand years old." ”

Mu Ranyue slowly walked out of Lingyuntai with the palace maid, and everyone said, "Congratulations to the queen." ”

After Mu Ranyue left, the two grandmothers came over and said to them separately: "Ladies and gentlemen, please come with the slaves." ”

The men followed Mama to the Runyu Palace, and Mama said, "The meal will come up later, please use it slowly." ”

As soon as the grandmother left, the atmosphere here immediately became lively, and everyone talked about what happened today.

"Congratulations to Brother Peng for winning the first prize in archery, I wonder which woman Brother Peng has taken a fancy to today?" Lu Li, the son of Dali Siqing, leaned on Peng Yan and asked with a grin.

Peng Yan's cheeks were slightly red, "This ......"

"What? Brother Peng, are you embarrassed? ”

"I ......" Peng Yan still didn't say a word.

Lu Li said with an ambiguous expression: "In my opinion, Brother Peng has taken a fancy to the county lord of Ping'an." ”

As soon as the words fell, Peng Yan's face blushed even more.

"Haha, it seems that I really said what Brother Peng was thinking. But this Ping'an county lord is really beautiful. ”

Others also chimed in, and Wang Junyuan, the son of Xuanhou Mansion, said: "Yes, among the women in Lingyuntai today, she is the most beautiful." Gentle and soft, she looks even better when she laughs, and she still has the name of the emperor's sister, if she can marry home, it will also be a beautiful thing. ”

Peng Yan said helplessly: "Okay, don't tease me, I think you want to marry the county lord of Ping'an." ”