Text Chapter 103 Preliminary Selection
After a while, the maid of the woman in purple brought a ticket of 1,000 taels of gold issued by the Kyushu Money Bank, which was common to the four countries. According to Luo Yunshuang, after Luo Yunshuang checked that there was no problem, she agreed with a smile not to pursue the matter anymore, and went to participate in the hairpin flower conference according to the procedure.
Because of the large number of women participating in the competition, the primary selection was held at the same time on three huge competition fields, and a one-on-one competition was adopted, with the winners advancing and the losers eliminated. Luo Yunshuang drew lots under the guidance of Mama Rong, and found that she had won the last round of the competition, so she sat in her seat leisurely and watched the many contestants show their talents on the field, she drank melon seeds and tea for a while, clapped for a while, and was active and excited, watching with relish, as if she completely regarded herself as a spectator, and forgot that she was also going to participate in the competition.
The opponent drawn by Miss Su Qinglan of the Prime Minister's Mansion is the daughter of Qipin Zhixian County, she did not put this opponent in her eyes at all, because the primary selection is the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, the two chose to play chess, Su Qinglan's chess skills were learned from Jiang Chengxiang since childhood, because the emperor Ning Yuanhui likes to play chess, Jiang Chengxiang in order to please the emperor, he also worked chess, and the granddaughter he taught is naturally not bad, and easily won the daughter of the little official.
Luo Yunxiao drew the third lady of Jingzhao Mansion Yin, with a gentle temperament, on the surface, it seems to be on par with Luo Yunxiao, but although the two are both concubines, Luo Yunxiao is a talented girl in the capital, and the third lady suddenly felt pressure when she saw her, but Luo Yunxiao seemed to feel nothing, and went to the stage with an elegant and humble posture, and asked the third lady to choose the school examination project, the third lady bit her lip and thought about it, and chose to play the piano. Luo Yunxiao didn't refute, and played a tune with the three young ladies, Luo Yunxiao has been preferring Luo Yunshuang since she was a child, because her father likes Luo Yunshuang, hoping to let her father see through her own well-behaved and hard work, that the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all fine, and in the face of this third miss who is obviously lacking in confidence, she is naturally more confident, and she is praised for her smooth flow of a song. And the third lady was even less confident after listening to Luo Yunshuang's piano sound, a piece of music was not only difficult to play, but even played several wrong notes, stumbling and barely finished, she stood on the stage embarrassed and almost couldn't stand, with a red face that was about to drip blood and didn't dare to raise her head.
Luo Yunxiao walked in front of the third lady with a generous attitude, gently took her hand, with a helpless and guilty expression, and said, "I don't want to be like this either, it's just a play, I can hear it, my sister plays very well in many places, but my sister Xu is too nervous to play abnormally, and she will definitely play it well next time." ”
The audience saw that she was not only talented, but also had such a good personality and attitude, and there was no arrogance at all, so they couldn't help but nod their heads frequently with satisfaction, so that a talented and virtuous woman can represent the quality of the women participating in the hairpin flower conference! The third young lady was also very moved, feeling that Luo Yunxiao was obviously her bosom friend, so she took her hand and began to babble endlessly.
I didn't expect this third lady to be a kraft candy, and she wouldn't let go as soon as she got it. Luo Yunxiao was very bored and wanted to leave, but she was worried that it would damage her perfect image, so she had to barely maintain a gentle smile and deal with it absentmindedly. Finally, after a while, she saw Luo Yunshuang get up from the chair and walk towards the competition table, her eyes suddenly lit up, "Third Miss, it's really speculative to negotiate with you today, it's just that my sister is going to play, I want to go and see, why don't we talk another day?" ”
Although the third lady had a feeling of unfinished, it didn't prevent her from watching her sister's game, so she had to let go and let him go.
Luo Yunxiao hurriedly came to the front of the stage of Luo Yunshuang's competition, found a position with a better view and sat down, waiting for Luo Yunshuang to compete. The onlookers waited until the end, and there was nothing to look at, so they all gathered around to look at Luo Yunshuang, wanting to see how this little princess won the game.
Luo Yunshuang's opponent was the daughter of Cheng Chaolin, a university scholar, and everyone couldn't help but gloat at first sight, this Miss Cheng is a well-educated lady in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, even if she is not as famous as Luo Yunxiao, but compared with Luo Yunshuang, she is also an absolute winner, Luo Yunshuang met such a strong opponent as soon as she came on the field, it was really unfortunate.
Almost everyone could have foreseen Luo Yunshuang's fiasco.
Miss Cheng glanced at Luo Yunshuang with great disdain, didn't ask her, and said lightly to the referee, "Among the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, one of my worst is painting, and I don't want Princess Ning to be too ugly, so it's better than this one." ”
This was too arrogant, and the referee glanced at Luo Yunshuang inquiringly, but Luo Yunshuang didn't care, and waved his hand with a smile, indicating that he also agreed to the painting.
The staff of the conference quickly moved to the special desk for painting and the four treasures of the study, and Miss Cheng saw that Luo Yunshuang didn't care much, snorted coldly, leaned over and began to paint.
In fact, she was disdainful and happy in her heart, and what she disdained was that she actually won the same stage competition with Luo Yunshuang, Cao Bai, which really lowered her style! But at the same time, she also understands that except for Luo Yunshuang, the other people who participated in the conference have real skills, and if she draws a powerful one, she may not be able to win easily!
Time passed minute by minute, and I saw that Miss Cheng's painting had been completed for the most part, but Luo Yunshuang looked here and there, as if she was interested in the big platform used in the competition, and she didn't write at all!
Everyone couldn't help but sneer, this Luo Yunshuang wouldn't know that she couldn't compare to Miss Cheng at all, and she was afraid that what she drew would be ridiculous and generous, so she didn't dare to start writing, right?
The judges glanced at each other, and were about to open their mouths to urge Luo Yunshuang, but she suddenly raised her head and asked in a loud voice, "I have some rules that I want to confirm again, I heard that as long as the game is automatically released and exits, then the other side will automatically win, isn't that so?" ”
When the judges heard this, they subconsciously felt that Luo Yunshuang had some conspiracy? It is a great honor for every woman to be able to participate in the hairpin flower festival and achieve results, and they themselves know this, how can they quit automatically?
But the conference does have such a jump rule, an older judge sitting in the middle thought about it, nodded and said, "That's right, there are rules in the hairpin flower conference, if one party in the competition automatically steps down and withdraws, the other party will automatically be judged to win." However, during the competition, no threats of violence or other means are allowed, otherwise you will be disqualified immediately......"
Before the older judge finished speaking, Luo Yunshuang waved her hand nonchalantly, "I know, I know, how could a petite woman like me, who is like a flower and a weak willow supporting the wind, use such unruly means such as violence and threats?" That's such an insult to my glorious image! ”
Everyone vomited blood when they heard this, Luo Yunshuang looked good, like a flower and jade, and barely said it, but the weak willow helped the wind...... That's, isn't it? And insult her glorious image? She should only have a bad image of straw bales, right?
Luo Yunshuang didn't care what they thought, she was flexible, scurrying around the playing field, and suddenly jumped to the side of Miss Cheng, who was painting seriously, and whispered in her ear, "Miss Cheng, I have something I have to tell you." ”
Her tone was solemn and serious, Miss Cheng listened, stopped painting, raised her head to look at her, and said in disbelief, "Is there anything you can't wait until the game is over?" ”
After speaking, she nodded again, "The little princess is afraid of losing to me, right?" But since it's a game, winning or losing is a sure thing, the little princess still looks a little better, and I can't give you accommodation. ”
After speaking, he lowered his head and continued to draw, not planning to pay attention to Luo Yunshuang anymore.
Luo Yunshuang pursed her lips disdainfully, "What kind of hairpin flower conference, in the eyes of you unmarried ladies it is a treasure, but in my eyes, it's just like that, do you really care about winning or losing?" ”
Miss Cheng's hand was stunned, Luo Yunshuang was right, the reason why Yunying's unmarried ladies wanted to get a good ranking in the hairpin conference was not because they wanted to gain a good reputation for themselves, and they would also be qualified to marry into a better family in the future. Luo Yunshuang is already married, so naturally she doesn't need this.
Thinking of this, Miss Cheng was less hostile to Luo Yunshuang, she originally looked down on her because Luo Yunshuang obviously had no ability, but she didn't know that she came to participate in the hairpin flower conference, and now since Luo Yunshuang didn't participate in the competition to win, she didn't dislike her so much.
But if she wasn't here to win, then why?
Before Miss Cheng's question was spoken, Luo Yunshuang had already seen her doubts, pursed her lips and said, "It's not all my husband, you must have heard that he is not in good health." But this man, lust is in nature, his body is so bad, and he wants me to marry him a few more side concubines all day long! I don't think my sister and I can serve him well! Alas, the imperial doctor said that he only had three years to live, and he himself knew that he wanted to enjoy a few more women in his last life, no, I heard that the people who participated in the hairpin flower conference were all good girls, so I had to let me choose ten or eight side concubines for him! So many women accompanied him to be happy for two or three years, and when he kicked his legs to death, let these women all accompany him to the imperial tomb, and he has to be his little prince in the underworld! ”
Miss Cheng frowned in disbelief, "The little princess is serious, right?" The little prince is not in good health, and it is serious for the prince and the princess to condition his body, how can he be fooled around? ”