Princess Jin Yuan got up with a smile, and the two palace maids served to paint under the shade of the peach blocked by the screen on several sides, and the queen mother and the ladies began to appreciate the paintings of the ladies.

Peng Lan won the "Tanhua", the "champion" of Shen's Sanniang High School, and the Queen Mother said a funny remark: "The saint will only take the palace test next year, and I don't know which three people can go out of the palace through the noon gate in Dalong, but today's Fanglin banquet, we have already selected three members of the boudoir." ”

There was a lot of laughter.

There were many noble ladies around Shen Sanniang to congratulate.

Some people said that Yiyangjun's song just now, and praised it to the fullest, I really couldn't imagine that the piano skills of the Xiliang nobles were so exquisite, or self-composed, and the talent was admirable, which caused the indignation of those who were jealous, and retorted in a low voice, saying that it was not as good as An Jin's song, Peng Lan was not present just now, but Eleven Niang did not "take the test", talking about the situation just now, Peng Lan was very annoyed that he missed Yiyangjun's piano music, and heard that the princess and the Xiliang noblewoman wrote poems, and hurriedly asked for rewards.

"It is said that the princess is proficient in all four arts, not to mention the piano art, the princess claims to be invincible, and the poetry is not as good, presumably this painting is difficult to compare with Sanniang's national color and fragrance." There is a noble girl who flatters Shen Sanniang and praises the picture of peony competition.

aroused the echo of several noble ladies.

Su Liuniang and Qi Niang listened to these harsh words, Liu Niang turned away from right and wrong, and prepared to fight with others in the chess art later, but Qi Niang couldn't hold back: "The princess said that the piano skills are not good is humble, I heard someone relay the princess's appreciation, it can be seen that the princess is proficient in music and rhythm, may not be really invincible, the four arts cover piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, one of the 'books' is not limited to poetry, maybe the princess is well-versed in the past, and her talent and knowledge are much better than us." ”

Peng Lan also hugged Jin Yuan's grievances: "On the hand of the princess, it shows the style, the poetic conception is lacking, but the rhythm and rhyme are very fair, it is not easy, and the talent display is intended to learn from each other and improve the progress, so why bother with the high and low lengths, isn't it narrow?" ”

These words made the faces of all the nobles who echoed just now turn cold, and Shen Sanniang, who originally thought that she was in the limelight, snorted coldly: "Ah Lan's words are really hypocritical, if the Fanglin banquet does not distinguish between high and low, why choose the top three?" Isn't Ah Lan unwilling to lose his painting art today? ”

Peng Lan was not a person who loved to care about lips and tongues, but because he admired the princess for her open-mindedness, and because the princess was a friendly envoy from afar, she felt that the unkind words of the nobles of her country were too rude, which was the etiquette of hospitality? couldn't help but argue a few words, but he was "personally attacked" by Shen Sanniang, and his face was not good-looking.

Eleven Niang hurriedly pulled Peng Lan away, went to find Yang Liu, who was sitting alone in the pavilion and enjoying the silence because she was not social, and persuaded her: "Shen Sanniang has always been arrogant, why bother with her, and those who please her are mostly Qin Xiang's family members, and they can't get along with us." ”

Eleven Niang forgot that Peng Lan's father, Peng Xiang, was also Qin Xiang's hand-to-hand ......

About half an hour later, Jin Yuanfu turned out from the screen, at this time the preliminary round of chess has been sold out, Liu Niang because of the first round of the encounter with a strong opponent, regret to lose, but in the first time after watching Jin Yuan's paintings after the overjoyed, excited, without hesitation to praise the mouth, simply holding the scroll and love it.

A look at the beautiful scenery, see that it is an ink landscape, the thick ink outlines the cliff like a sword, standing in the east of a wave of clear pools, the mountain wall pierces the clouds, the light ink hooks into the green mountains faintly, seems to be caged between the fog, a group of birds come according to the water, two or two lonely boats go away, leaving a faint shadow in the waves, a pine branch grows in the vicinity, echoes with the trees planted on the cliff far and near, and the simple brush and ink draw an open landscape.

"What does Feng'er think?" The Queen Mother was also very satisfied.

"This landscape is worthy of today's champion." Yu Feng expressed his appreciation succinctly.

Jin Yuan smiled slightly: "The scene in the painting is the Sheath Mountain and Biying Lake in the suburbs of Dajing in Xiliang, and the beauty of the real scene is not enough to depict with a brush." It is the humility of the art of painting, but it boasts of the beauty of Xiliang landscape.

The ladies naturally came to cheer again, praising the talent of Princess Xiliang, and the ladies also came to "watch" in turn, most of them were convinced, and they were very appreciative of Princess Jinyuan's painting skills, and no one had the intention to compare this ink landscape with Shen Sanniang's colorful national color and fragrance, but just now Yu Feng's sentence "worthy of the champion's work" has turned into a sharp sword and stabbed in the heart of Shen Sanniang, who thinks that he is a blockbuster with his painting skills.

Shen Sanniang's painting is really good, the peony is very rich, but due to time constraints, only three or two flowers can be painted, the artistic conception lost a few points, her mind is used in the color level, there is a lack of fineness, the queen mother chose her as the leader, because she feels that the time is in a hurry, it is not easy to show the beauty of the peony, and the peony has the auspicious meaning of "grace and generosity" and "flowers blooming and rich", The Queen Mother looked at it and liked it.

But Princess Jin Yuan's painting skills are really more exquisite than Shen Sanniang, and they are more majestic, and the contrast is clear, and there is nothing to argue.

Shen Sanniang was very unconvinced, but in front of the Queen Mother and many dignitaries, of course, she couldn't express it too obviously, pretended to appreciate the painting, and reluctantly echoed and praised a few words, that is, she smiled: "I remember that the seventh cousin in the old year also painted landscapes, which seemed to be turquoise in the sea of clouds, and the queen mother was also full of praise and commented on the leader, but unfortunately the seventh cousin could not participate in the Fanglin banquet today." ”

The Queen Mother looked at Shen Sanniang a lot, and was a little puzzled, but the queen reminded: "It's Ziruo, Shen Sanniang is Mrs. Qin's niece." ”

The Queen Mother knew Shen Sanniang's "origin", retracted her gaze, and ignored it, but talked to Princess Jin Yuan.

Shen Sanniang's words seemed to imply that Qin Ziruo's painting skills were better than Jin Yuan's, but he didn't get a response from the Queen Mother, so he completely lost his heart and retreated.

When the saint drove the car, the chess art was in full swing for layers of re-examinations, the Son of Heaven sat next to the Queen Mother, appreciating a few poems and paintings, and praised the masterpieces of the Xiliang Nujun and Princess Jin Yuan, and heard that Yiyangjun's piano skills were also very exquisite, and the Son of Heaven did not doubt it: "Concubine Wan used to have a good hand in the piano, and she was said to have received a lot of guidance from Xue Guoxiang. ”

Seeing that the chess competition was underway, he asked about the test situation, and learned that the four winners had been decided, so he asked if there was Xiliang to make the shortlist.

The judge Yijing hurriedly reported, because the princess was busy painting just now, and there was no Xiliang to attend.

Today, many humble princesses of Jin Yuan suddenly opened their mouths to ask for war: "The subjects of Xiliang are influenced by the culture of your country, and the most popular is the game, and the chess skills of all the female monarchs of Xiliang should not be underestimated, especially the female monarch of Leyang, who has not encountered an opponent in Xiliang, and even promised that if there is a man who can be slightly better in chess, regardless of identity, she is willing to be his wife, but unfortunately there is no one in Xiliang who can win Leyang." ”

As soon as this remark came out, it immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of many noble girls, and some noble girls were curious and couldn't wait to witness the chess skills of the Leyang female monarch on the spot.

The Son of Heaven laughed: "Okay, let the Leyang Lady compete with my Da Long girl." ”

Today, Leyang, who cherishes words like gold, got up and saluted to receive his life.

As a judge, Yi Jing was very embarrassed, and after pondering for a while, he proposed to let Da Long Lady show decide the winner first, and then fight against Leyang.

How do you know that Leyang is very arrogant: "The princess doesn't have to bother, the little girl is willing to fight one against four." ”

actually had to play against four Da Long nobles at the same time.

The atmosphere in the garden suddenly became warm, some talked about Leyang's arrogance, and some were very convinced, and even the children of the nobles were curious after hearing about it, and watched Leyang from afar with one enemy and four enemies.

In less than half an hour, the four Da Long nobles were defeated one after another.

The Son of Heaven praised him, but he was not willing to admit defeat, and asked loudly if there was a scholar who was willing to fight with Leyang.

Leyang knelt down and begged: "Enlighten Emperor Dalong, the little woman once swore in front of the Buddha that if a man can win in chess, the little woman is willing to marry him as a wife, and find a lover with chess skills, so please also ask Emperor Dalong to understand, the little woman is not willing to play against men at will." ”

Most of them learned that Xiliang wanted to marry Dalong, and the elders in the family avoided it, but seeing the appearance of the Leyang female monarch and the chess skills, some of the talented people were still tempted, and there were those who were bold to put their hearts sideways - the saint had both an edict first, and it was also for Da Long to save the country's prestige, even if the father and ancestor knew that it was not easy to blame, this Leyang female monarch was both talented and beautiful, but it was a rare beauty, if she could marry her, it would be a blessing.

There were a few young men who stepped forward to fight.

The Son of Heaven smiled just now: "Several of them are from the eunuchs of the Da Long Wang clan, are Leyang willing to fight against them?" ”

Leyang lowered his eyes and replied: "No matter where you come from, as long as you are willing to marry Leyang and can win in chess, you are Leyang's beloved." ”

One of the purposes of the Fang Lin banquet, although there is also the intention of matching the children of nobles, there have been many precedents of male and female appearance and good marriage, but on the spot to set a lifelong alliance with a skill or the first time the eldest girl is on the sedan chair, most people feel fresh and interesting, even those who are jealous and hateful because of the narrow-mindedness of the small instrument have temporarily put aside others and paid close attention to the progress of the situation.

Yi Jing admired Leyang when he saw one enemy and four enemies just now, and asked himself if he was not Leyang's opponent, acquaintances, maybe only Yu Feng and Master Tongji might be able to win, but it was impossible for these two people to respond to Leyang's "chess competition", etc., this thing seems to be intentional by Princess Jinyuan, is it planning to let Leyang marry the nobles of Dalong? But in this way, the matter of harmony should be on Leyang, how can the princess avoid the "daughter-in-law"?

Yijing pondered for a while, and then suddenly realized - even if Leyang marries a noble child, it is just an ordinary marriage, and it can't rise to the level of harmony, but what is the purpose of Princess Jinyuan's trip?

The princess only relied on suspicion to naturally figure out the mechanism, it turned out that Yiyang Jun asked Xue Guoxiang for help, and confessed that his father wanted to use Leyang's plan, if Leyang did not act according to the plan, he was in a dangerous situation after returning to Xiliang, Leyang was unwilling to be controlled by others, and he was not willing to be willing to be in the position of a concubine, so he could only choose to marry Dalong and never return to the country, hoping that Xue Guoxiang could persuade the princess to succeed, the minister of the country was Yiyangjun's teacher, of course, he was willing to help, and the princess also thought that this was the case, and the Yiyang brothers and sisters were all surrounded by the Wan family, which was more conducive to future plans, So he made a request when he met with the cousin of the third prince.

The three princes "colluded" with the saint, so the Fanglin banquet staged a drama of "chess to recruit relatives".

No matter who else is, when Ying Yang Nujun saw the sudden change in the situation, she was naturally anxious, and secretly scolded Le Yang for being cunning, how could she have made such a promise, she must have conspired with the princess!

Leyang is the daughter of the Qing family, and even Princess Jin Yuan can't be the master of her marriage, but if Emperor Dalong gives marriage, her father should not refuse for the future.

Cheap Leyang, this treacherous villain!

However, several noble children were also defeated!

The third prince has already made plans, and he will give the son of tomorrow: "If Leyang is allowed to marry into a famous family, the Qing family thinks that there is still a place to use it, and may not give up letting Yiyang Jun marry Jin Yuan, so Leyang can only marry a cold family, with a low grade, and he cannot be trusted at the moment, which is conducive to the next plan of King Xiliang." ”

But it is not easy for this person to choose, and he can't let the officials of the micro end participate in the banquet in Fanglin, it is too obvious, the Son of Heaven and the three princes discussed and calculated, and gradually limited the selection to the officials of the Ministry of Rites, after all, the officials of the Ministry of Rites accompanied the delegation to participate in the banquet is also justified, but it is also coincidental to find out that the new recruit of the Ministry of Rites Meng Gao was just a county lord in the past, and was recommended by the Ministry of Works, Qiao, through the evaluation, Fang was transferred to the Ministry of Rites to be an ambassador who has not entered the stream, not from a prestigious family, and has not yet married, it is very suitable.

So the Son of Heaven first talked to Qiao Shilang, and was overjoyed to learn that Meng Gao's chess skills were good, so it became more and more reasonable.

As soon as Meng Gao joined the company, he was informed by his husband that he would marry the noble daughter of Xiliang, or the marriage of the king, happiness came too suddenly, so that he was top-heavy, and today he came to the Fanglin banquet with the holy car, as if he was stepping on a cloud.

The soul was not guarded, so he heard the saint say in a deep voice: "But there are still scholars who do not admit defeat, and they are willing to play against the female monarch?" ”

The children of the nobles at the bottom were full of cold sweat, who would have expected that a woman would have such extraordinary chess skills, in front of the Son of Heaven, the nobles of Dalong could be regarded as completely losing face this time.

I saw an official in a green-robed official uniform bowing his head and stepping forward: "Qiqi Sheng, Weichen is willing to give it a try." ”

It's actually a miscellaneous official below the eighth grade? The children of the nobility were dumbfounded.

Even Yu Feng was taken aback, and Yi Jing still remembered that the upright Lord Bo who was almost punished by Shi De was punished by Shi De, and was very surprised why he came to the Fanglin Banquet?

"Would you like to compete with my Ministry of Rites officials?" The Son of Heaven knew the advisor.

"The little woman willing." Leyang Langlang responded.