"Ladies, the queen invites a few ladies to look at the paintings of the young ladies." A little palace maid's respectful voice interrupted Qin Ranran's question, she knew that it was not the occasion to talk more, so she suppressed the doubt in her heart, followed behind Duchess Chengen, and walked to the table.

The queen mother and Fu Jia were looking at the several chrysanthemum pictures on the table and discussing something, when they saw a few people coming over, they hurriedly beckoned and said: "Come and see, the palace only thinks that any one is good, and I really can't pick it out, but Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Li refuse to help the palace." ”

"Niangniang's concubine is about to cry out for injustice, and the entire Shangjing City knows that we can't even write well, so you let us do such an elegant thing, isn't that embarrassing for us?" Mrs. Qi laughed self-deprecatingly.

"In the entire Shangjing City, the two of you can expose your shortcomings and deal with them calmly." After the queen finished speaking, she beckoned to Duchess Chengen and Qin Ranran: "You two come and see." ”

Duchess Chengen stepped forward and took a few careful glances at the picture scroll in front of her, only to see that the first one was white chrysanthemum, which was directly based on silk and painted in lead white, which looked crystal clear and had a unique charm. The second is behind a craggy strange rock, poking out a few yellow chrysanthemums, sketched with fine brushstrokes, full of vitality. The third painting has only a red chrysanthemum, and the color is bold, and the details are lifelike, which is quite a bit of smart color.

Qin Ranran followed behind Duchess Cheng'en and looked at the signature below, the white chrysanthemum was made by Qi Chuchu, the daughter of Mrs. Qi, the yellow chrysanthemum was made by Feng Yaru, the daughter of Zhennan Houfu, and the last red chrysanthemum was made by Wu Yilan, the daughter of the household secretary.

"It's no wonder that the mother can't choose it, the concubine only thinks that every one of them is good, why don't you hand it over to Your Majesty and let Your Majesty choose it personally?" Duchess Chengen glanced at Qin Ranran and motioned for her not to talk more.

Qin Ranran was a little puzzled, but her face was not obvious, she only lowered her head and lowered her hands and stood aside and smiled.

"Yes, send them to Your Majesty, and let Your Majesty have a headache." The queen chuckled and beckoned the chamberlain to put away the scroll and send it to Emperor Deqing.

Soon, the little chamberlain ran back and explained: "Niangniang, Your Majesty said that it is rare to be interested today, and invited Niangniang to take the daughters who are willing to travel together to the Imperial Garden for a walk. ”

The queen immediately understood His Majesty's intentions, and said to the women: "This palace will take these little girls to the imperial garden for a walk, and you can sit here for a while." After that, she stretched out her arm and motioned for Fujia and Qin Ranran to support her, and said to Bang Qiu: "Bang Qiu is the most powerful one by my side, if there is anything, everyone just look for her." ”

A few people with lively minds immediately understood the emperor's intentions, and were busy looking at their daughters, or stepping forward or retreating to find their own position. There is also a half-beat slow response, and what does not understand the meaning is just a warning not to cause trouble.

Bang Qiu looked at everyone with a smile, quietly remembering everyone's reactions.

"Ranran, I'm a little tired, you will follow me when you get to the Imperial Garden, I always feel uneasy." Qin Ranran heard the queen's inaudible words, and the fingers holding the queen's arm slid down to her wrist under the cover of the wide sleeves, and carefully checked the pulse.

"Niangniang rest assured, it's okay, it's just that there are too many activities today, and the body is a little tired, and so people will make a cup of ginseng tea for Niangniang." Jiafu took Qin Ranran's words to heart with a smile on his face.

Emperor Deqing's laughter came from another section of the flowers: "Ah Sheng, you see, the young people nowadays are really much stronger than their fathers, and this poem is written proudly!" ”

The queen didn't look at it, but just smiled and said, "Your Majesty thinks it's good, it must be excellent." ”

Emperor Deqing saw that the queen was a little tired, and immediately pointed to the chair beside him: "Come and sit, Fujia, you are taking care of your mother." ”

Fu Jia responded crisply, stood beside the queen, and saw that the queen was not unusual, and his eyes swept towards a group of young sons.

Encountering those familiar eyes with tenderness, Fu Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, and the two exchanged a smile.

Emperor Deqing and the Empress looked at the affectionate glance between Fujia and Chen Zhixiu, the second son of the princess of Fengguo, exchanged glances, and smiled even more happily.

Qin Ranran stood beside the queen, looking at the scene in front of her, Chen Zhixiu either really liked the princess, or the city was too deep and good at acting, and deceived everyone......

Lu Chengan looked at Qin Ranran, whose eyes had been dangling back and forth between Princess Fujia and Chen Zhixiu, and the doubts in his heart deepened.

What exactly did Rana find?

"Your Majesty, there are three young ladies whose paintings and concubines think they are all excellent, you can take a look and choose the first one." The queen said gently to Emperor Deqing.

Emperor Deqing looked at the scroll in the hands of the palace maids, motioned for them to spread the paintings on the table, and said to the five princes and the seventh princes: "Look at which one is the best." ”

Two tall men with smiles on their faces walked out. One was dressed in a crow-blue tuan-patterned robe, tall and burly, with handsome facial features, a nose that looked very similar to Emperor Deqing, and always had a gentle smile on his face.

The other looked slightly younger, dressed in a royal blue dark bamboo robe, with starry eyebrows and sword eyes, and looked very handsome.

"Father!" The two of them clasped their fists neatly and saluted, Emperor Deqing nodded with a smile, and motioned for the two to go to the table to see.

The two stood in front of the desk and looked at it with a smile for a while, discussed a few words in a low voice, ignored those admiring eyes, and bowed down to reply to Emperor Deqing: "Father, my seventh brother and I think that this white chrysanthemum is the best. ”

Emperor Deqing laughed: "Empress, the reward for this first prize will be handed over to you." ”

The queen smiled, looking at Qi Chuchu's gentle eyes with a hint of imperceptible worry.

"The boss is not here today, otherwise the three of you brothers can take a look at it together, he still has some opinions on the paintings." Emperor Deqing suddenly remembered something and spoke to a few people.

The Seventh Prince immediately made a look of grievance: "Father, where is the eldest brother here and our brothers still have a chance to look at the paintings, you can give us a chance to perform." ”

Emperor Deqing smiled even more happily: "The seventh child is a child's heart. ”

"Your Majesty is kind, so that the children dare to be coquettish to Your Majesty." The queen quietly took a sip of the ginseng tea that Fujia had brought to her.

"The top prize for today's painting has been selected, as well as the poems, bangs, take them to the queen to see." Emperor Deqing stroked his beard and beckoned to his bangs.

The queen watched carefully, and Qin Ranran also looked at the poems on the paper behind the queen.

The rhetoric is gorgeous, the font is weak, and the rhyme is inappropriate...... Every time Qin Ranran read a song, she would silently find fault with it in her heart, until the last few pages, her mind was already far away.

"Cold-tolerant only the East Fence Chrysanthemum, the golden millet is clearer at the beginning of the dawn."

She silently chewed on this poem that had remained in her memory for two lifetimes. After a moment, he looked up at Lu Chengan.

All words are in a smile.