"The regular script is based on calmness, with fine pen, full of edge, pen shape in place, knotted word ironing, graceful and free. Your handwriting is still weak, and the details are not fine enough, but you have already drifted out of the dust. During this time, you can hone the details well, and you will be able to barely pass the test by then! Xiao Yu remembered Old Madam Qin's evaluation again.

It has been less than three months since Xiaoyu started to learn calligraphy, and Mrs. Qin just asked her to practice Xiaokai well. There is no way, the matter of calligraphy is not in a hurry, she should honestly follow the method of Mrs. Qin.

Anyway, she didn't expect Huanxue to be able to dominate the crowd, she went to respond to the scene, be a little transparent, and mix peacefully until the end.

Qin Xueyi wrote Wei Bei, Wei Bei's strokes are rigorous, strong and simple, which is very consistent with Qin Xueyi's straightforward and bold temperament. Seeing that Qin Xueyi writes smoothly and uses the pen chicly, he should have several years of skill.

"Sister Qin, what problems came out of the Huanxue meeting last year, and who is the leader?" , Xiaoyu asked a little curiously.

Qin Xueyi glanced at her proudly and said, "Last year's piano art question was your sister and my ......." Speaking of this, Qin Xueyi deliberately dragged out her voice.

Qin Xueyi looked at Xiao Yu's face with an unbelievable expression and said with a smile, "...... Almost took the top spot! ”

After speaking, she looked at the wonderful expression on Xiao Yu's face and said, "What? Don't believe I can win? I'm going to win the championship this year, and I lost to Miss Li Hanlin's family last year, but ......"

Qin Xueyi smiled narrowly, lowered her voice and said, "Then Miss Li has already left the cabinet this year!" With that, she covered her mouth and smiled and looked at the little fish. Xiao Yu couldn't help but laugh dumbly, it seems that Qin Xueyi is determined to win this year's piano art question.

"Then Sister Qin, what tune are you going to play?" , Xiaoyu asked curiously.

Qin Xueyi shook her finger confidently and said, "Well, I can't tell you, won't you know when the time comes?" To keep it a secret, you know? She mysteriously lowered her voice, as if someone was eavesdropping.

Xiao Yu just asked casually, and when he saw that Qin Xueyi was making a mistake, he also smiled and didn't ask anymore.

She knew that Qi Pan's piano skills were quite accomplished, but she herself could play the guitar in her previous life, but her guqin eyes were black.

I have a few catties and a few taels, Xiaoyu knows very well in his heart, and he just wants to not hand in the blank scroll in calligraphy at that time.

Qin Xueyi popularized the specialties and last achievements of the nobles who participated in the meeting again to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu was dizzy when he heard it, and only noticed that the green landscape of the county lord of Yunhui was a strong contender for the title of Chinese painting.

"Piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, these are four items, why are there only three questions?" Xiao Yu asked suspiciously.

Qin Xueyi glanced at Xiaoyu and said, "Well, you'll know when the time comes!" ”

Then she added: "It is said that it is a topic, but in fact, sometimes it contains several small questions, and some questions need to cooperate with each other!" In short, these questions are not only to test the talent of the school, but also to test the heart and insight of each noble girl in the school......"

"Is that all the queen's question?" Xiao Yu remembered Madame's introduction a few days ago and continued to ask.

Qin Xueyi covered her mouth and said with a smile: "How can the queen mother have so much spare time to solve the problem, there are so many talented ladies in the palace, anyway, they are also idle and panicked, so they simply let them solve the problem every year." When all the palaces have good questions, the queen's mother, the eldest princess and several concubines in the palace will choose a topic together, and then draw out the exam questions in these questions. As soon as the Huanxue Festival is over every year, those girls start racking their brains again to think about the next topic! ”

After speaking, she said a little shyly: "The emperor sometimes comes to see the competition, if whose topic is finally adopted by the Huanxue Club, it will also show her face in front of the emperor, so the ladies of the palace attach great importance to this opportunity!" ”

"Then will the eldest princess still attend this year?" Xiao Yu asked suspiciously, she made up her mind, if the eldest princess was going to attend, she would pretend to be sick and push off this Huanxue meeting.

"Probably not!" , Qin Xueyi shook her head solemnly.

She saw that Mrs. Qin had her back to them, so she leaned most of her body to Xiao Yu's side, and said mysteriously in Xiao Yu's ear: "Since the eldest princess came to your Hou Mansion to make such a fuss, it is said that the emperor summoned the eldest princess into the palace on the second day, and the emperor was so angry that he broke the crystal paperweight on the bookcase, which was a tribute from the Western Franco Kingdom the year before last, and the emperor liked the gadgets very much!" ”

Xiaoyu knew that Qin Xueyi often went into the palace to talk to the queen, and she was very well informed about all kinds of gossip in the palace.

She led Qin Xueyi to chat about some palace gossip, and then she figured out the main ladies in the palace.

In addition to the queen and concubine, Emperor Tan also has several concubines in the palace, including Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui, and Concubine Li, and there are also a few other concubines and nobles.

Before the nobles, the most favored was the concubine, but since the death of the concubine the year before last, Emperor Tan has been vacating the position of the concubine, and the position in the palace is the highest from the queen down.

Concubine Shu is the daughter of the family of the prince of the country, and the princess Ding, who died early, is her younger sister. Concubine Shu is known for her calligraphy and painting, and she is basically one of the judges in Huanxuehui. Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian entered the palace at the same time, although Concubine Shu did not have a prince, but there are two little princesses under her knees, so she is ranked as Concubine Shu, and currently assists the queen to take care of the six palaces.

The second is a concubine, she entered the palace early, and she has two princes, so it is normal to be a concubine.

The fathers of the second concubines Hui and Li were both local officials, and they entered the palace much later than the second concubine Shuxian.

Concubine Hui is weak, basically does not ask about the world, and does not have a son and a half daughter under her knees, and now she has been eating fasting and chanting Buddha in her palace for a long time, and she does not show up easily.

And after Concubine Li's miscarriage a few years ago, the emperor was annoyed with her, and has not stepped into her palace gate for half a step.

As for the most popular nobleman, he entered the palace when he drafted a girl last year, and his father was just a small county order, of course, now his father is also a daughter and has been promoted to the third grade.

Qin Xueyi talked about these treasures, but Xiaoyu heard it in a fog, only knowing that every lady had an inextricable relationship with the previous dynasty, and the nobles who participated in the meeting this time also had various incomparable relatives with the girls, such as herself, she was considered to be a concubine.

"In a few days, most of the concubines will summon you to the palace to ask about this Huanxue meeting!" , Qin Xueyi said with a dry mouth, took a big sip of the tea bowl, took out a handkerchief and rubbed her mouth elegantly, and continued.

"Oh? Why is that? Xiao Yu asked confusedly.

"First, I will tell some precautions in the palace to deal with, and second, your results also represent Concubine Xian's face, if the grades are too poor, Concubine Xian's face is not good-looking, so Xiaoyu, you have to come on!" , Xiaoyu's head is big when he hears it, and he can't just mess around in this game.

"You don't have any baggage, I think Concubine Xian Niangniang also knows your background, as long as you can get by on the big picture, I won't expect you to win the championship or anything!" , Qin Xueyi slapped Xiao Yu on the shoulder with a big grin, and said something that I didn't know whether it was praise or disapproval.

Xiao Yu couldn't cry or laugh, knowing that Qin Xueyi had always been straightforward and said whatever she wanted, so she didn't care about her heart-piercing truth.

"Oh, I almost forgot, this time it is said that there are also female dependents in the Dingwang Mansion who want to participate in the Huanxue Party!" , Qin Xueyi suddenly slapped her head.

"Dingwang!" The news came a little suddenly, and Xiao Yu looked at Qin Xueyi blankly.

"Last time, weren't you inquiring about Dingwangfu? The last time I went to the palace, I actually met the lady of the Dingwang Mansion at the queen's place! Qin Xueyi leaned over again and lowered her voice and said mysteriously.

"Is there really a female dependent in Dingwang's Mansion? Didn't Princess Ding die early? Xiaoyu was still stunned, and he didn't wake up from Qin Xueyi's big news.

"It is said that she is a relative of King Ding's biological mother, Concubine Li. Concubine Li was originally the daughter of the former King Miao, and the current King Miao is her brother, that is, the uncle of King Ding! When Qin Xueyi talks about gossip, her spirit is much stronger than practicing words.

She told Xiaoyu everything she knew. The last time she was about to leave the palace at the queen's place, she met two women from afar who came to meet the queen. She saw that the two women were wearing the clothes from the Yunshang Shop's press conference, and she inquired about it out of curiosity.

As a result, one of the two was the daughter of the current King Miao and the cousin of King Ding; The other is the sister of Concubine Li, the aunt of King Ding. Because of the special status of the two of them, it was quite inconvenient to arrange them in the palace, so Emperor Tan simply arranged for the two of them to live temporarily in the Dingwang Mansion in their private names.

"Then what are the two of them doing in the capital after trekking through mountains and rivers?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

"It is said that King Miao wanted to dedicate his daughter to Emperor Tan in order to obtain peace, so King Ding's aunt escorted her niece to Beijing by the way, and by the way, she visited her nephew King Ding, who had never met." Qin Xueyi replied with a worried face.

Xiao Yu said thoughtfully: "It's ridiculous, how can peace be bought by sacrificing women, you need to be hard to strike iron, if you are strong, others will naturally not dare to bully!" ”

Qin Xueyi was so frightened that she suddenly covered Xiaoyu's mouth and said: "Sister, this is not a nonsense, it has always been that those old men in the court like to see it, this is a national policy, and it cannot be slandered!" ”

Xiao Yu was so angry that she wanted to flip the table, she held back her anger and said: "Harmony has always been just in exchange for a temporary peace, but those harmonious women have ruined their lives. Haven't you heard that a weak country has no diplomacy? ”

Qin Xueyi looked at Xiao Yu blankly and said, "Xiao Yu, what do you mean by diplomacy?" How I don't understand! Xiao Yu saw that he was angry and brought out the modern vocabulary.

She waved her hand and said, "It's nothing, it's just the meaning of foreign exchange, I also saw it in a miscellaneous book!" “