Last year, the peony banquet was not held because of the old horse's illness, and this year, the eldest princess has long been holding back her strength to hold a good one. The second lady, the third lady, and the eldest grandmother were supported by the old lady, because Lu Man was pregnant, and she had to exchange medical skills with Dr. Gu, so she was lazy and didn't get busy.

In the first two days, He Cheng also received a post from the eldest princess's house. The eldest princess also asked the person who sent the post to tell He Cheng that she wanted him to do a good job of poetry and strive for a good ranking.

Originally, the old lady still wanted to have a relationship, and let the second lady reveal what topics and rhymes will be produced in this year's poems, so that He Cheng could be prepared. Because the banquet is held in the Changting Princess's Mansion, the master of the Eldest Princess's Mansion can participate in making poems (performances), but cannot participate in the competition. And He Cheng is an outsider and can participate in the competition. He also said that this is not an examination room, it is not so strict, and other people's banquets have questions that are revealed first

The second lady is meticulous and serious, and after listening to the eldest princess's meaning, she refused very unceremoniously.

Shaking his head, he said, "Since it's a competition, it must be fair and just." I don't care if others show their questions, but they can't show them from my hands. He Gongzi has a noble character, and he must disdain cheating. ”

The word "cheating" was clearly said by the second lady, which made the old lady angry enough. Although he didn't continue to let the second lady reveal the topic, he didn't pay attention to her for a day.

Jiang Zhanyu told Lu Man about this as a joke, which made Lu Man happy for a long time. That old lady, it's so cute. However, the second lady is right, although He Cheng is not very old, he has a lot of ideas, and he is definitely not willing to get good results because of "cheating".

Lu Man asked Jiang Zhanyu to take He Cheng well, and then took him to make a few friends with good character and good study.

The flower party was held outside Lanting State, and hundreds of pots of peonies were moved there on the first day. The peony flowers are purple and red, competing for beauty, extremely beautiful, and I heard that there are many treasures in it. The talent competition will be held in Lan Tingzhou, and Lan Tingzhou has already been cleaned up.

In the morning, Lu Man led Jiang Jiu to the flower hall, and He Cheng and Jiang Zhankui went to the front yard to find Jiang Zhanyu.

In the morning, the ladies will talk and chat in the flower hall, and young people who like to play can go to see the peonies or go boating in the lake.

Because Lu Man was pregnant, the eldest princess did not let her participate in the reception of guests, but sat in the hall with the old lady to rest, and chatted with the old Fengjun and other noblewomen.

Lu Man saw that one by one guests were brought to the eldest princess by the eldest grandmother or the third lady, and gave the eldest princess a salute, and the extremely valuable status stayed in the hall to sit, and the others went to the side hall or side room according to their status, and the young people mostly went outside to play.

After Sister Ping and Sister Yan came, Jiang Jiu went boating together.

Song Mo was led to the flower hall by the old princess, and asked people to take him to Jiang Jiu.

Suddenly, Lu Man saw a familiar girl walk in. This girl is bright and dignified, and she is very beautiful. Lu Man thought about it carefully, it turned out that he had seen her at Mrs. Lu's birthday banquet, and it was Jiang Zhanwei's ex-fiancée Shu Mingwei.

When the eldest princess saw Shu Mingwei coming, she beckoned and smiled, "Good boy, come here." ”

Shu Mingwei bent her knees to salute first, and then walked over with a curling pavilion. When she was held by the eldest princess, she seemed to be unable to speak a thousand words.

The eldest princess patted her hand, sighed and said, "Alas, good boy, our family is sorry for you. As she spoke, she wiped a jade bracelet from her wrist and put it on her wrist.

Hearing the eldest princess say this, Shu Mingwei's eyes turned red and said in a low voice, "It's that the little girl is not blessed." ”

Mrs. Shu also took out a handkerchief and wiped her tears.

The eldest princess sighed again, said a few words to Mrs. Shu, praised Shu Mingwei well, and then let them play by themselves.

When Shu Mingwei was pulled by the eldest princess, Lu Man could feel many eyes sweeping over her. She didn't realize it, as if she didn't know Miss Shu.

Sun Yuchen, the granddaughter of the eldest princess of Chang'an and one of the four beauties in the capital, also sat here with Chang'an. She saw that Lu Man didn't seem to know Shu Mingwei, so she laughed in a low voice, "Third sister-in-law Jiang, you don't know her yet, do you?" She is Shu Mingwei, the second girl of Shu Mansion. ”

After saying that, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.

Lu Man smiled, "Oh, I know she's Miss Shu, we've met before." "She was talking like an ordinary girl who had nothing to do with her.

I only heard Queen Wang's maiden sister-in-law, that is, Wang Haobai's mother-in-law, Mrs. Wang, shook her head and said regretfully, "It's a pity, I heard that this girl is seventeen years old this year, and she hasn't decided on anyone yet." ”

An old lady sighed twice and said, "She is about to get married in two months, but she has been divorced, which good family is willing to want her?" ”

The eldest princess of Changting seemed to be a little weak-hearted, and said, "It's not her fault that she was dismissed, how can no one want it." That's a good girl, if Erlang doesn't want her because she quit her family, it will be Erlang's loss. ”

The eldest princess of Chang'an said disapprovingly, "Which good family doesn't want face, marrying a girl who has been divorced, and losing face first, who is willing." ”

Mrs. Lu played a round game, "It's still fate that hasn't arrived yet, and once fate arrives, it's useless to save face." ”

The eldest princess of Chang'an said, "Jiang Sanlang is not only well-born, handsome, but also capable, I heard that the emperor has praised him more than once for his talent for leading troops." Losing this good friend, no one will be worried. Ouch, look at the little girl Shu's grievances. He glanced at Lu Man twice, and then said, "It's still this Lu family who is blessed and picked up a big bargain." ”

Lu Man really can't bear it, these people are not too high to watch the show. She laughed and said, "yes, I think I'm blessed." Not only is the public interested, but the in-laws are also charitable. Ouch, I fell into the nest of blessings. ”

Her boasting made the eldest princess of Changting happy, but the eldest princess of Chang'an, Mrs. Wang and several other noble ladies felt very harsh, and snorted coldly in anger and ignored her.

The old princess smiled and said, "San Lang's daughter-in-law is a cheerful person, like the fourth imperial sister. Don't blame the Four Emperor Sisters for spoiling her, your temperament is really similar. ”

It wasn't until the arrival of new guests that the conversation of the old ladies was shifted.

After eating the feast, some people went to see the flowers and talents, and some people went to the play.

Because the princess of Changting is the person in charge of the jury, she must go to Lan Tingzhou to see the talent competition. If a man and a woman look at each other at the flower party, their elders will ask the princess of the pavilion to help them say goodbye.

Lu Man was already very sleepy, so he didn't go to join in the excitement and went back to Donghui Courtyard to rest. Song Mo was also sleepy, and followed her back to Donghui Courtyard.

Because of the hard work these days, she slept very deeply, and when she woke up, it was already five o'clock. As soon as she got up and got dressed, Jiang Zhankui's little brother and sister and He Cheng came back.

He Cheng's eyes were crooked with a smile, and he actually held a pine stone inkstone in his hand, which was the prize for the third place.