Chapter Twenty-Five: Knowing the County Lord

The county lord of Wenyu and the current emperor Jimo and Ao are siblings, the daughter of the former emperor born by the deceased queen mother, since she was a child, she has been clothed and fed, and she is loved by thousands of people, but she ignored the opposition of the emperor, and married the former Zhenguo general before she was fourteen, but the former Zhenguo general was a short-lived, the county lord was married less than a year, and the former Zhenguo general died, but the Wenyu county lord moved out of the general's mansion in the city after the death of the former Zhenguo general, and lived in a courtyard on the outskirts of the capital. Since then, he has often held various gatherings of literati and scholars to pass the time, which is very elegant, but all this has fallen in the eyes of Prince Ze, that is, Mo Zize, but this is not the case.

That is, Mo Zize sat in the carriage with the beautiful woman in his arms and went to the mansion of the county lord of Wenyu, his eagle eyes were full of all kinds of deep calculations, but the woman in his arms moved her body with some dissatisfaction, and said coquettishly.

"Lord Wang, aren't you happy to accompany Yun'er to the year-end poetry banquet of Lord Wenyu? Yun'er will not disgrace the prince. ”

Looking at the beautiful woman in his arms, Ji Mo Zize shook his head lightly: "No, it's just that I've been in a bad mood lately." The emperor has only favored Concubine Yang recently, and the king is worried that the emperor wants to reuse the Yang family, which is full of generals, so it seems that I don't know if the emperor is going to do anything to harass the northern barbarians......"

"Yun'er doesn't understand government affairs, but Yun'er's father is the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Yun'er heard from his father that the Ministry of Industry has been building a batch of new weapons recently."

When Mo Zize heard this, his gaze at the beautiful woman in his arms suddenly softened a little, and it was really right to be friendly with Mo Yuyun, the concubine of Mo Xingping, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he could always hear a lot of news inadvertently, so he hugged Mo Yuyun in his arms tighter: "Yun'er, when you go back, listen to your father more, what is the main weapon this time." ”

"Well, don't worry, Yun'er knows." Mo Yuyun nodded obediently.

"Lord Wang, the county lord's mansion has arrived." The voice of the coachman came from outside the carriage.

Mo Yuyun hurriedly got out of Jimo Zize's arms, and then straightened his clothes, but Jimo Zize got out of the carriage first, and then reached out to pull Mo Yuyun down.

Mo Yuyun just got out of the carriage, and saw another carriage coming, she naturally recognized that it was the carriage on the Jiao Taifu Mansion, so she leaned into Ji Mo Zize's ear: "That is the carriage of the second lady Jiao Youhan on the Jiao Taifu Mansion." ”

"Oh? A famous talented woman in the city, I have heard of her name for a long time, but I have not seen her ......"

"Lord Wang!" Glancing at Jimo Zize dissatisfied, Mo Yuyun continued to speak, "This talented girl Jiao has always been the person of the year in this poetry banquet, but Lord Wenyu just doesn't like her. Later, Yun'er will definitely give her a good look, but the prince is going to cheer Yun'er up. ”

"That's nature, Yun'er...... I just said it casually. "That is, Mo Zize doesn't plan to have anything to do with Taifu Jiao, Taifu Jiao is the Taifu who was in the time of the first emperor, and he has a good relationship with the current emperor, he finally proposed that the emperor give the third lady of Taifu Jiao to Prince Jing, if he has a close relationship with Taifu Jiao, he is afraid of gossiping, and it is not good to continue to divide the relationship between the emperor and Taifu Jiao.

Ji Mo Zize wanted to turn around with Mo Yuyun and go to the door first, but he heard a very crisp female voice.

"Second sister, your beaded hairpin fell on the carriage."

Jimozi Zehu turned his head to look and saw a girl wearing a black dress on a white background and a goose yellow cloak getting out of the carriage, holding a beaded hairpin in her hand and sending it to Jiao Youhan's hand.

There are only three daughters in Mrs. Jiao's mansion, and the girl's sentence of "second sister" just now revealed her identity, but Mo Zize has passed the third lady in Mrs. Jiao's mansion, but now this girl is like a flower...... How so?

"Thank you, Zhen'er." Jiao Youhan smiled softly, and then reached over and grabbed Jiao Yuzhen, "The one in front is Mo Yuyun, the daughter of Mo Xingping, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, let's go over and say hello." ”

"Yes, second sister." Jiao Yuzhen used to be a woman who was super good at "doing", otherwise she would never be able to gain a foothold in high society, this time she wanted to participate in the year-end poetry banquet of the county lord of Wenyu, naturally she had to be a lady of the family, so she wouldn't let Jiao Youhan give her any small shoes to wear!

Jiao Youhan stepped forward and saluted Mo Yuyun: "Hello Miss Mo." ”

"Hello Miss Jiao Er." Mo Yuyun also saluted, and then introduced, "This is Prince Ze." ”

Jiao Youhan's eyes lit up, and he bowed to Jimo Zize Yingying: "Youhan has given Prince Ze a salute." ”

"Miss Jiao Er is polite." Ji Mo Zize just nodded politely, and then looked over Jiao Youhan and looked at Jiao Yuzhen, "This is ......"

A touch of displeasure flashed in Jiao Youhan's eyes, but when he raised his head, he maintained a gentle look: "This is my sister Yu Zhen." ”

"Third Miss Jiaofu?" Mo Yuyun was taken aback, a few days ago she also saw this third miss of Jiaofu on the road with Jimo Zize, that appearance is no different from a beggar, at first glance she is crazy and stupid, when did this crazy and stupid third miss become like this?

"Yu Zhen has given a gift to the prince, and a gift to Miss Mo." Jiao Yu Zhenfu saluted, and his words and deeds were extremely elegant.

"Miss Jiao San is the first time to participate in the poetry banquet, and this king hasn't been here for many years, so today this king is looking forward to Miss Jiao San's performance." After Mo Zize finished speaking, he turned around and strode into the county lord's mansion.

Mo Yuyun glanced at Jiao Yuzhen with a complicated expression, but when she looked at Jiao Youhan, she laughed again: "Miss Jiao Er, you have to be careful today, so as not to make yourself uncomfortable." ”

After Mo Yuyun finished speaking, he also followed Jimo Zize in.

Jiao Youhan's pink fist under her sleeve was clenched tightly, she pursed her lips, and her beautiful face was a little angry.

Jiao Yuzhen couldn't help but sigh in her heart, it turned out that no matter what era, which world, the upper class society will always be so turbulent, and if it is just a group of celebrities, it will be easy to deal with, but that Prince Ze is simply an old fox, but one sentence made Jiao Youhan hate her even more, and it is estimated that she will not be able to cope with the poetry banquet when it starts.

"Zhen'er, come with me, don't be stunned at the door of others, lest people think that we don't have a tutor in Jiaofu." Glancing at Jiao Yuzhen, Jiao Youhan entered the county lord's mansion with a cold face.

Jiao Yuzhen sighed in his heart, isn't this Jiao Youhan very impatient, but he was transferred by someone, does this reveal his original form? If you enter the palace in the future, I'm afraid you won't be able to get into a good position......

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The year-end poetry banquet of the county lord of Wenyu can be regarded as the most grand event of the literati and scholars in the capital at the end of the year, so almost all the literati and scholars gathered in the entire county lord's mansion, whether there are invitations or no invitations, the county lords of Wenyu who have always loved poetry are willing to accept it.

Jiao Yuzhen followed Jiao Youhan in, watching Jiao Youhan greet some better female dependents, but Jiao Youhan had no intention of introducing her, and she had already entered the destination, so she quietly walked away from Jiao Youhan's side.

Even though the women of this era are famous ladies, and they also participate in such gatherings, they will not take the initiative to greet people they don't know, Jiao Yuzhen wandered around the garden of the county lord's mansion and didn't see a suitable target object, she couldn't help but take a breath to warm her hands, and when she lowered her head, she let a silver hairpin on her hair fall down, she hurriedly leaned down to pick it up, but she heard the laughter of a woman on the side.

"What kind of hairpin is this, don't you think it doesn't match this good white silk and black silk skirt?"

Jiao Yuzhen picked up the hairpin and looked at the woman who spoke, the woman was wearing a pink purple crane with large sleeves and a shawl, and she was pulled up with a flowing cloud bun, and her body was even more jeweled, the woman's age looked like she was about twenty-six years old, and her temperament was also very elegant, but the pair of phoenix eyes were slightly narrowed, but it was still difficult to hide a sharp look when she looked at people, but a woman suddenly became a shiny big ingot in Jiao Yuzhen's eyes!

Jiao Yuzhen inserted the silver hairpin in his hand back into his bun and spoke softly: "Although I have good jewelry in my hand, I will not discard this silver hairpin......"

"You're just dressed ordinary, and your whole body is worth a little bit of money, what good jewelry can you have?" The woman raised her eyebrows, obviously not believing Jiao Yuzhen's words.

Jiao Yuzhen took out a golden hairpin inlaid with rubies from his arms, and then handed it to the woman without hurrying: "This young lady, please look, my golden hairpin is called Jinfeng Chaoyang, this golden phoenix carved is extremely lifelike, but this ruby is even more transparent, and the naked eye can not see a little flaw, although the ruby is very small, but with this phoenix it forms the artistic conception of Jinfeng Chaoyang, isn't it a good jewelry?" ”

The woman stretched out her hand and took the golden hairpin, and couldn't help but nod after taking a closer look: "This hairpin is very good, both the workmanship and the materials are very good, but this is the golden phoenix Chaoyang, but not everyone can match it." ”

"So this Golden Phoenix Chaoyang is exactly what I specially prepared for you to meet the Lord of Wenyu." While speaking, Jiao Yuzhen blessed the woman and bowed, "Jiao Yuzhen, the third lady of Jiao Mansion, greets the county lord of Wenyu, and respectfully asks De'an." ”

Lord Wenyu raised her eyebrows slightly, she often heard people mention the reputation of this third lady of Jiaofu, but she never looked down on such an unworthy person, so she handed back the golden hairpin in her hand: "Miss Jiao San is polite." The county lord has never liked to accept nameless gifts, but for the sake of Miss Jiao San's coming to participate in the county lord's poetry banquet today, the county lord will not let you go back. If you can impress the lord of this county, the lord of this county will accept this golden hairpin and recognize you as a person. ”

"The county lord can accept this golden hairpin first, if you really don't like it, you can send someone back to me at the end of the poetry banquet." Jiao Yuzhen handed back the golden hairpin in her hand again, she didn't dare to give gifts in front of Jiao Youhan, so it was better to give these things out secretly first.

"It's fine." The county lord of Wenyu really liked the golden hairpin in his hand, so he took it back, but after all, it was a royal family, and she would not be dazzled by a golden hairpin, so she once again fell her eyes on Jiao Yuzhen's body, "Although I have heard about Miss Jiao San in the past, this is the first time that the county lord has seen Miss Jiao San herself, so presumably Miss Jiao San is also the first time to see the county lord, I don't know how Miss Jiao San recognized the county lord?" This is the backyard of the county lord, and people have never been allowed to come in, and you see that there is not even a maid, so do you know the identity of the county lord? ”