forty-eight

When the ladies of the various mansions returned to the Linglong Hall of Zhaochun Palace, Liang Yuanxin and the figures who had already left were gone, and Concubine Dai Shufei motioned to the female officials around her to take out a golden silk nanmu tray, "It's still early to leave the table, the palace is brilliant, don't hide your little sisters, whoever wins, whose things on this plate are good?" ”

Everyone looked at it, only to see that the golden velvet in the middle of the tray is a pair of tired silk inlaid treasure gold phoenix hairpin, a phoenix and a phoenix are pitched and raised, the phoenix is made of gold leaves, and the neck, chest, abdomen, legs, etc. are all made of long scaly feathers with gold thread as thin as hair, neatly arranged. The two wings on the back are knife-shaped, long at the top and short at the bottom, and the tail feathers swirl upwards from the back of the body and reach the head of the phoenix. The shin is wound with serpentine gold wire, the toe is grasped on the cloud, the tail tip of the cloud is backward, and the large and small gold wires are grouped, the lower end of the cloud body is the hairpin strand, and the thick round gold wire at the upper end of the thigh penetrates into it from the cloud body. There is a huge diamond on the crest, and the workmanship of such things is all fine, and it can be called a treasure with those two extremely rare diamonds.

Even so, for the noble family, it may not be impossible to find the same value, but the meaning of this phoenix hairpin, think about the purpose of today, the people present are all smart people, and there are really few people who are not careful.

"Alas," Liu Guifei pursed her lips and smiled, "Concubine Shu is also too stingy, there is a saying that 'Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second,' how do you let the girls compare?" What can this poet compare to what is superior? Perhaps because she thought it was extremely funny, Liu Guifei giggled, "Concubine Shu is really going to laugh and be generous." ”

"You," Concubine Dai really didn't think of this, she was going to pick a daughter-in-law today, the candidate, the concubine was naturally Luo Ayajin, otherwise she would not have invested so much, and Luo Ayajin has made frequent masterpieces in the past two years, and has steadily won the title of the first talented woman in Yong'an, "This palace just can't bear the little girls to work hard in vain, take out something to have fun, let you say, it's not." As for the side concubine, she planned to pick one in her younger daughter's house.

Hmph, there is too much age difference between his son and Luo Ayajin, but the county lord of Huayang can't fall into the hands of him Liang Yuanshen, if possible, Liu Guifei would prefer this niece to marry into an ordinary family, "Since this palace has said it, it will naturally help Concubine Shu to complete this matter, after all, this matter of talent is not something that anyone can preside over." ”

Speaking of this, Concubine Liu Guifei called her female official to give a few words softly, and smiled at the ladies seat, "Our Yong'an is the most important woman with both ability and integrity, is it German?" I want to come to you young court training, women don't need to be verbose in this palace, as for the talent, it is not easy to compare, today we will be classified according to the 'qin, chess, calligraphy and painting', each of which will elect a leader, what do you think? ”

Women are not like men, they can go to the government examination institute to try to make a name for themselves and make a name for themselves, but the martial arts they have worked hard in the inner house can't just be buried, right? Therefore, the fighting of poetry and painting of various names is most popular among idle women, who doesn't want to get a good name in various competitions? Especially now that Liu Guifei has expanded the project of the competition to "piano, chess, calligraphy and painting", it is another blessing for girls who are not good at writing poetry.

Although the emperor has not set up a prince, and the family that has gone through several dynasties will not express his position at this time, but there are people who want to "support" the merit, and there are not a few who are optimistic about Liang Yuanshen, not to mention that for the ladies in the palaces who entered the palace today, Liang Yuanshen's appearance has also become the biggest weight, which girl does not think about spring? Liang Yuanshen's appearance is not the "beautiful boys" mentioned in the play?

And Liu Guifei's move is really going to muddy the waters of a lake, Luo Qingrong laughed secretly in his heart, originally those ladies who were not good at poetry had a stage to display their talents, and Dai Shufei thought that Luo Ayanjin, who would win the championship, did not say that he might not win the championship today, even if he wrote a masterpiece, among the four leaders, it would not be so dazzling.

"Guifei Niangniang, are there only these four things?" A woman with a charming face said softly, "What if there is such a talent?" ”

Luo Qingrong followed the sound and took a look, it turned out to be Dai Shufei's maiden niece Dai Yuehui, she was obviously carefully groomed today, the large placket on the right side of the standing collar was outlined with silver wire with a complex peony pattern, the placket was green onion, embroidered with the same color entwined branches and leaves dark lines, the neckline placket was decorated with a peony buckle coiled with colorful threads, and the collar and cuffs were also inlaid with a circle of snow fox fur for embellishment, adding a bit of beauty and cuteness in their own coquettishness. The black hair is coiled into a fallen horse bun, and two gold-to-crested crested with red treasures are inserted obliquely, with ice muscles and jade skin, wonderful eyes and red lips. Didn't this woman finally become Liang Yuanxin's side concubine? Could it be that she~

Back then, Concubine Dai Shu once wanted to marry her niece to Liang Yuanxin, but how could the Dai family have a princess and concubine? Rao is her exhaustion, and she just let her niece enter the Ming Wangfu behind Ji Shenyu, as for whether she is favored or not, Luo Qingrong doesn't know, which one is this girl playing today?

"Yuehui, don't mess around," Concubine Dai Shufei didn't expect her niece to be in the limelight, her road Concubine Dai Shufei had already arranged for her, as long as she charmed Liang Yuanxin, a princess of Ming didn't run away, and Liang Yuanxin was the son-in-law in the end, it was impossible to have a little threat to his son, and with his niece by his side, they could know as soon as possible. As for the future, she hasn't thought about it that much.

"It seems that Miss Dai is talented," Liu Guifei held her cheeks with her hands, the girl of the Dai family, no matter how educated she was, she was limited, "Let's listen to it, and see if there are any other young ladies who can compare with you?" ”

"Moonlight, what can you do?" Concubine Dai Shufei frowned, glanced at her niece, and then explained to the lady present, "My niece is very bullish, although my brother has also worked this daughter, but in the end it is still shallow," Dai Shufei has been in the harem for more than ten years, and she still has some self-knowledge, not to mention that she is now looking for help for her son, so her posture should naturally be lowered.

"Niangniang is so modest," Youdogleg immediately disagreed, "The concubine looks at this man who is much stronger than my daughter~"

Dai Yuehui was full of unconvinced, there are few ladies and ladies in this hall, there are few who are better than herself, and she is not much better than herself, why should her aunt choose a concubine for Liangwang's cousin to choose a concubine from them, but she doesn't look at herself? But in the end, he didn't dare to disobey the most noble person of the Dai family, and silently stepped aside.

Luo Qingrong smiled slightly, and said softly, "I heard that Sister Dai's dancing skills are outstanding, it seems that I have no chance to see it today." ”

"You know I can dance?" Is he good at dancing and has a reputation outside? Dai Yuehui unconsciously raised her voice, "It turns out that my sister also likes to dance?" Let me tell you, I'm practicing Hu Xuan Dance right now~"

"It turns out that her niece's dancing skills are outstanding," Liu Guifei said, Yong'an is famous, but this name does not include dancing, even if a noble girl from a family learns to dance, it is also practiced quietly in private, and no one will know at all, "Let's let Miss Yuehui perform a dance later, and let the palace open its eyes~"

"Didn't the concubine say that my arrangements were not thoughtful enough? I'm still waiting for you to come to the round, what are you doing now? Isn't it more than 'piano, chess, calligraphy and painting'? Not to start yet? "Concubine Dai doesn't want her niece to be in such a limelight at all, if she really jumps on the spot, what will it become? Dancing Queen?

"Look at Concubine Shu's impatience," Concubine Liu likes to watch Concubine Dai eat deflated the most, and beckoned to the female official who has already entered the Linglong Palace, "Since it is a competition of four arts, how can there be only one kind of color head?" Didn't the main palace tell people to prepare to go? ”

Hearing what Liu Guifei said, Dai Shufei glared at the female official beside her fiercely, she didn't even remind herself of such a thing, Liu Guifei's hand was obviously laughing at herself for not being able to take out more colorful heads, "No need, just the colorful heads are still taken out by the pure palace, and the concubine Niangniang should take it back." ”

Today, Liu Guifei is here to smash the field, what is Dai Shufei's color head, she has already received the news, of course, Dai Shufei is not prepared to hide from people on this, so she also prepared three gifts that can match the pair of hairpins as color heads, a pair of clouds made of mutton fat jade and obsidian, Yi Shui inkstone made by Master Huo in the former dynasty, and a Jiaowei qin.

Concubine Liu Guifei had already seen the look of the lady in the palace, and wrote lightly, "A few small things, give them to someone who is destined." ”

As soon as these three things were shot, Dai Shufei's face had changed, is it good for her to choose a daughter-in-law today? Liu Guifei: What is this doing? Do you show what she has in her hands? She just wanted to have a seizure, but then endured it again, and said with a smile, "It's still the noble concubine Niangniang, these few things of yours, I'm afraid that the same thing will not be found in the emperor's treasury, in the end, it is the Liu family, it's different~"

Zhang Lan silently watched the two ladies on the top fight openly and secretly, and secretly congratulated herself that she was really in a good place, if she arrived in this palace, Shan Chengtian would fight with these two people, I am afraid that it would be more tiring than her teaching students.

Luo Ayajin swept the ladies in the palace who were secretly gearing up, secretly regretting that she didn't buy the poems, she was very clear about the purpose of Concubine Dai Shu's banquet today, but she didn't want to marry Liang Yuanshen at all, so she didn't plan to make any limelight at this palace banquet, but now I see that among the daughters who came to participate in the palace banquet, several of them looked like peach blossoms, looking eager to try, and full of discomfort, she can not want to, but others are not allowed to fight, this time she should take the lead again, as for who to marry, where can a Dai Shufei say? But how can it be better now? Luo Ayajin muttered in her heart, although the Queen Mother also invited a famous teacher to teach her and Jiahe, but she really couldn't be interested in these vassal and elegant things, pinched her nose and studied for a few years, but she didn't see anything outstanding, but fortunately, the girl next to her helped her find a poor talent who only loves silver and not fame, and helped her get the name of a talented woman in just two years, what can I do today? Now let Wei Zi out of the palace, it will definitely be too late.