Chapter Seventy-Four: Er Qiao (II)

The eldest princess of Jiyang ordered this, thinking about it and afraid that Ning Shaobi would have other difficulties, so she beckoned to get up and salute Ning Shaobi and then 'served' Pang Sui, who had been standing beside her: "Go and get some silver tickets and gold and silver bills to give to Jiulang, who is not particularly expensive these days?" Where can I do that little bit of monthly order? ”

- This is not the first time this kind of thing has happened, and of course it is not Ning Shaobi alone, who is used to being a junior or has taken a fancy to something that he can't afford, or the money is not enough to 'spend', or he has encountered any difficulties...... All in all, if you hit the idea on the head of the elders, but you are embarrassed to say it bluntly, you will find something less expensive and affordable to prepare for it, and take advantage of the good mood of the elders to send filial piety.

Throughout the ages, basically everyone has done this for their elders who have shown compassion for themselves......

The eldest princess of Jiyang loves Ning Shaobi to the point of being happy to see him, Ning Shaobi doesn't even want to pick Chenguang, this kind of casual take something to please the eldest princess, and then ask for something at the end, he has already done it skillfully, the eldest princess loves this grandson in her heart, that is, Ning Shaobi doesn't give anything, she directly rubs it up and pulls her sleeve to entangle, at most, she deliberately embarrasses the meeting, and there is no one who doesn't agree, not to mention that Ning Shaobi is still willing to coax her, she is even happier.

According to the eldest princess's thoughts, it is most likely that Ning Shaobi's 'private' room is not enough to 'spend'...... The Marquis of Yongcheng has always been strict with his only son, so Ning Shaobi naturally came to the eldest princess to make up his mind.

I didn't want the eldest princess to give thoughtful instructions, but Ning Shaobi said embarrassedly: "Grandmother, I still have enough money there, and now I don't have anything to 'spend', so I don't need money." ”

"Oh?" The eldest princess of Ji Yang asked curiously, "Does that Jiulang have anything to do?" ”

Ning Shaobi was waiting for her words, and immediately solemnly reached out to her sleeve, the eldest princess looked at it with interest, not wanting Ning Shaobi's hand to stretch out halfway, suddenly paused, looked at the little dust on his finger when he personally moved the 'flower' pot, frowned and ordered: "Fetch water!" ”

The subordinates of the eldest princess's mansion have always been clever, quickly brought warm water, half-knelt on the ground and waited for him to dry his hand, and then took out a carefully folded red note from his sleeve and handed it to the eldest princess attentively: "Grandmother, please see!" ”

The eldest princess of Jiyang took it and opened it half curiously and half suspiciously, and saw a poem written in hairpin 'flower' block letters-

"A little Dan heart faints Zhao Fan,

Burning faint should be happy and angry.

How can the elegance leak to the world,

Night dream Jiangdong wet tears note. ”

This content is obviously 'Yin' Erqiao's.

The eldest princess carefully looked at the handwriting, and made sure that it was not Ning Shaobi's, and immediately swallowed the words of praise, and asked with a smile, "Who wrote it?" Are you such a baby? ”

When asking, the eldest princess, who was well versed in her grandson's 'temperament', had already made up her mind, and sure enough, Ning Shaobi said proudly: "It was written by Zhaojie, grandmother, is this poem good?" ”

The eldest princess of Jiyang has always relied on her identity, with her dignity, the so-called talented and celebrity, it is just like that, and there are countless poems about peony since ancient times, how many of the great pearls and 'jade' of the previous dynasty and this dynasty are in front, and now this poem is in the eyes of the eldest princess, that is, "okay", considering the age of the little Qi Niang of the Zhuo family, and the little lady again, or you can praise it - how to give Ning Shaobi some face, so the eldest princess smiled and nodded: "In the end, it is the person who Jiulang of the palace looks down on, Sure enough, she is a talented and beautiful little lady! ”

Although the eldest princess praised Zhuo Zhaojie perfunctorily, she did not forget to put her grandson in front first, and the surrounding 'waiters' knew the original meaning of the eldest princess as soon as they heard it.

It's just that she praised it like this, Ning Shaobi suddenly gushed endlessly, as if she had honor and shame, and said happily: "There are many poems about peonies, and there are also two Qiao's, but in terms of freshness and nature, there is nothing better than Zhaojie!" Grandmother, please look at this first sentence, 'a little Dan heart halo Zhao powder', Zhao Fan metaphor two Qiao powder white 'flower' petals, and Dan heart to imitate its 'glamorous' and 'color', not like ordinary people mention this 'flower' on the beauty comparison, although the 'flower' than the beauty, if the beauty 'flower' is extremely ingenious, but it has long been used up for many years, it can be seen that Zhaojie's mind is ingenious, not conventional! ”

He continued, "Just looking at the first two sentences, the shape of Erqiao's 'color' has been outlined, and the last two sentences further point out the name of 'flower'...... This third sentence also implies that the first two sentences are not the ultimate elegance of Er Qiao, but the words 'dew' at night, dreaming back to Jiangdong...... 'Jiangdong' are embedded in the dictionary, which reminds people of the past when the Three Kingdoms were established...... Sun, Zhou's demeanor, the style of Erqiao's first marriage...... The so-called lingering afterglow teaches people to deeply remember ......"

Chang'an's recognized gentleman at this moment incarnated as a knowledgeable and talented scholar, he quoted scriptures, side references, and praised the first seven for half an hour, and boasted that the lone article covered the pearl of a dynasty, and the splendid beauty of a hundred schools of thought, and was still full of interest and unfinished.

In the middle of this, Pang Sui stopped talking several times, but was stopped by the eldest princess's eyes, and in the end she was suppressed, the eldest princess smiled on her face, and she also smiled in her eyes, but the smile in her eyes was not a hint of ridicule......

Finally, Ning Shaobi was satisfied, the 'waiter' was busy serving tea, he drank a few sips of tea, calmed down a little, and then said to the eldest princess courteously: "Grandmother, this pot of 'flowers' is a Zhaojie and Gu Pan'er are both fancy, Lu is very rare, Tang San relied on Gu Pan'er is a member of the Red Feather Poetry Society, and he was uneasy and kindly proposed to fight the poem according to the rules, and he didn't want Zhaojie This poem to come out, Gu Pan'er admitted defeat on the spot...... Su Yuyan couldn't call Gu Pan'er like this at the beginning, so it can be seen that Gu Pan'er was convinced......"

The eldest princess signaled Pang Suimo again to say more, and said with a smile: "Where will the little lady in the palace be bad?" ”

Ning Shaobi solemnly emphasized: "This pot of Erqiao was specially given to my grandmother after Zhaojie won it!" ”

"That grandmother should make them all clever and take care of them!" The eldest princess knew what he meant as soon as she heard it, and immediately gave a very face-saving order to take care of Er Qiao from now on, so that she must continue to prosper - of course, the most important thing is that every time Ning Shaobi comes over, it must be in the most conspicuous and eye-catching place, and it must make people feel that it is a pot of 'flowers' that the eldest princess values the most now......

Ning Shaobi's eyes were achieved, and he reluctantly glanced at the pot of Erqiao, and continued to accompany the eldest princess to say a few words, then he wanted to return to the poem, carefully put it away, and returned to the Hou Mansion - he only went out of the 'door' of the courtyard with his front foot, and at the corner of the corridor with his back foot, the Marquis of Yongcheng flashed out depressedly, and stepped into the 'door' and said: "Mother." ”

He was a step late, and when he arrived, Ning Shaobi had already shown his sweetheart's poetry and writing level to the eldest princess of Jiyang, and the Marquis of Yongcheng wanted to go in and interrupt several times, but the people outside got the orders of the eldest princess, so that they persuaded him, and the Marquis of Yongcheng himself also knew that in front of the eldest princess of Jiyang, even if he wanted to say bad things about Ning Shaobi today, he must also look at the eldest princess's face 'color' Careful and euphemistic wording, he went in directly to accuse Ning Shaobi, don't talk about things tonight, I'm busy pleading guilty to the eldest princess!

The eldest princess of Ji Yang had already known that he was also coming from the gestures and eyes of the 'waiter' at the entrance of the 'door', so she said, "You and Jiu Lang are running over here...... Could it be that it is also related to these two Joe? ”

The Marquis of Yongcheng held back his anger and said, "As soon as that little lady becomes a poem today, this kid will praise it!" At that time, Tang San was here, I only thought he was covering up for that little lady, because I didn't want to make the king of Zhending lose face here, how do you know that this kid is so unlearned! Shame all the way home! ”

The eldest princess smiled and asked, "Oh, did you go to see the little lady in person?" What does that little lady look like? ”

"It's just beauty!" Yongchenghou was in a very bad mood, "Aren't the 'flowers' and poems all here?" Mother Fangcai's words were just coaxing Jiulang, but what do you really think of this little lady? It's really ridiculous to suppress Gu Pan'er, the little lady of the Gu family is the master who has never been frightened against the little lady of the Su family! Can you be frightened by this little lady who doesn't even know the origin of Er Qiao? It's good that she didn't laugh out loud! ”

The eldest princess smiled: "Where does this palace know what this little lady is?" It's just a poem, from this poem, the palace can only see that this little lady has put a little effort into calligraphy, but it is limited...... She grew up in Jiangnan, and it's not surprising that she doesn't know about peonies, and it's good to stay in Chang'an for a long time in the future, but fortunately, today's poem was brought back by Jiulang, and others can't get the original manuscript. ”

Yongcheng Hou said angrily: "Even if you don't know about peony, why can't you find someone to ask in advance?!" What a shame! ”

"She is not a member of our family now, and if she wants to lose her face, what do you '' about?" The eldest princess didn't take it seriously at all, and said idly, "What's more, this palace said that our family is to choose a grandson 'woman', not a talented 'woman', this palace sees that Jiulang likes that little lady very much, and when she mentions her, her spirit is bright, it is enough for her to have such a use, what do you want her to do with Lu Hai Pan Jiang?" Go to the top exam, or wait for the "flower" to have a banquet and play poetry with others? What is the use of the staff? ”

Seeing that the face of the Marquis of Yongcheng had an uncertain 'color', Pang Sui coughed dryly, and said: "There are many people today, this little lady and the lady of the ancient family are fighting for the second Qiao, and it is expected that it will happen suddenly, and there are people who don't have to ask people, and those who don't understand peony mistakenly think of Jiangdong Erqiao in the past from the name of 'flower'...... This one...... It is inevitable that the little Qi Niang of the Zhuo family is still young, and it is expected that it will be passed out, and others will only laugh when they mention it...... Fang Cai's poem was read by the eldest princess, if she didn't say the last sentence, she would still be passable, and at the age of the little Qi Niang of the Zhuo family, she was worthy of the reputation of You Lao Hanlin who raised her personally. ”

- Poor Zhuo Zhaojie grew up in Jiangnan, the knowledge of peony is really poor, although Jiangnan is not without peony, but the so-called "can teach the north to become a fragrance world, live up to the east wind is this 'flower'", peony fame has always been between Heluo, Jiangnan is the apricots and peaches occupy the main field, after all, peonies were originally produced in the north, not to mention, and the 'temperament' likes cold and heat, should be dry and afraid of moisture, Jiangnan even has to bother to plant work, let alone famous.

And Zhuo Zhaojie himself is not a very good researcher of plants and trees, before returning to Chang'an, he has never even heard of the peony 'flower' meeting, it is a common famous product, she has not been able to recognize it all, Er Qiao she knows, after all, Er Qiao is very easy to recognize, but the origin is not clear, so as the name suggests, I will write the sentence "Night Dream Jiangdong Wet Tears".

After all, when it comes to Erqiao, anyone has to think of the Three Kingdoms, the second sister of the Qiao family in Wujun, the wife of Jiangdong Sun and Zhou, but although the name of Erqiao peony also comes from a pair of sisters who are said to be Chinese 'color' Tianxiang, it is not the big Qiao and Xiao Qiao of Wu County in history, but a pair of sisters in Caozhou - these two Qiao peonies were originally from Caozhou.

Therefore, as soon as Zhuo Zhaojie wrote "Jiangdong", as long as people who have a little understanding of peonies in the north, how can they not know that this little lady does not understand Erqiao peony at all?

Yongcheng Hou was angry: "This little lady grew up in Jiangnan, and it is okay to admit the wrong name and origin, the most hateful is Jiulang, I am afraid that others will not know that he does not learn and has no skills, and he is busy helping to applaud, and he is really laughing and generous, and he is extremely embarrassed!" ”

The eldest princess of Ji Yang disagreed, and said, "Isn't it just 'getting the wrong plant' and Erqiao?" How can a child not make mistakes? Jiulang doesn't care, it's not a big deal, what are you doing so critically? And he said, "How did it get to the point of humiliation?" This Chang'an is up and down, regardless of the noble and the low, who hasn't had a little pickle? Compared to this, it's not even a big thing to be a sesame point, so it's hard for others to say that our family is Jiulang, and our family is dumb up and down? ”

"Mother, my son really can't get used to Jiulang's indulgent 'obsession', 'female' and 'sex'!" Yongcheng Hou said earnestly, "My son only has such a son, naturally there is no reason not to hope that he is good, the problem is that he has always been unlearned, and he used to expect him to grow a little better after tying his hair, but now he is thinking about the little lady of the Zhuo family...... The mother also knows that the son and the eldest brother are on the side...... Jiurou won't even have a brother to help him in the future, and if he still wants to be angry, what can he do in the future? ”

and hateful, "This kid is becoming more and more unsuccessful now, and today the little lady of the ancient family is clearly afraid that this little lady of the Zhuo family is her future sister-in-law, so she took the initiative to back down and gave Er Qiao to the little lady of the Zhuo family, but he happily thought that the little lady of the ancient family was poor...... That's really ...... Mother, how do you think I can stand it? ”

The eldest princess of Ji Yang disagreed, and said: "Jiulang is not alone, isn't it very good for this palace to see him and Shi Wu and Chun Yu Thirteen?" As for what you said about the little lady of the Gu family, she didn't have the courage to offend the future sister-in-law, that was her business, Jiulang was not wrong, and not every sister-in-law was afraid of the sister-in-law, in front of everyone, the little lady of the Zhuo family did not use a knife to 'force' the little lady of the Gu family to let her, and the little lady of the Gu family took the initiative to admit defeat, that was her own uselessness! Can it still be said that the little lady of the Zhuo family is not martial? So the generals who persuaded the enemy to surrender on the battlefield were all victorious? Speaking of which, this little lady can make her sister-in-law so jealous that she doesn't even dare to fight with her for potted 'flowers', that's also her ability! ”

…… That's the reputation they made up together for being arrogant, okay? This kind of reputation is exactly what makes people feel a headache! And where is the little lady of the Zhuo family glorious! Gu Pan'er didn't dare to fight with this sister-in-law, eight times out of ten. Nine is afraid of in-laws instead of really afraid of this sister-in-law?

The Marquis of Yongcheng sighed deeply in the face of the fact that the eldest princess of Jiyang could talk about anything and think that Ning Shaobi was not wrong...... He was desperate.

Note that I wrote it, the author is also in Jiangnan, I haven't seen many peonies, I have actually seen the two arbors, and I wrote it in front of the picture, by the way, the author of Zhao Fan should ...... I should have seen it, but I forgot it for a long time, since it's called Zhao Fan, it should be pink, white and pink, anyway, you know, the author has no research on peonies.