Chapter 63: The Dust Settles
The tenth day of the first month is a day when the wind and the sun are beautiful and the wind is smooth.
Early this morning, all the little masters of Chuxiu Palace got up early to wash and compose themselves, and came to the front hall of Chuxiu Palace with their personal maids carrying the money.
The father-in-law in charge of Chuxiu Palace was in the front hall early in the morning, and beside him, there were four aunts with high hair combed respectfully, one of whom was Yan Feihuan.
"Our family and Aunt Chu Xiugong have seen all the little masters, and the little masters are auspicious. The father-in-law in charge of the head lifted the hem of his robe and bowed down.
"Father-in-law doesn't have to be polite. A woman with just the right makeup smiled like a flower, and her starry eyes shone with wisdom.
The father-in-law handed a red book to Yan Feihuan beside him, and said, "You count the number of little masters according to the red book." Let's see if there is a little master who has missed the time. ”
"Yes. Yan Feihuan respectfully took it, walked to the front of the beautiful girls, and read aloud: "Yu Man." ”
After reading it, among the neatly arranged and dignified women, a woman dressed in jujube-colored soft smoke bowed and bowed, "Yu Man is here." ”
"Liang Bairou. ”
"Bai Rou is here. ”
"Xue Qiaoling. ”
"Qiao Ling is here. ”
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Yan Feihuan looked at the last row of beautiful women's names, "Murong Mingyue." ”
"Back to Auntie, the bright moon is here. "Murong Mingyue was born with a beautiful and beautiful country, a beautiful and famous family, but she is humble and respectful, neither humble nor arrogant, but it makes Yan Feihuan look up to her.
"Horse jujube embroidery. With a clear voice, he clearly spit out the word, and Yan Feihuan quietly closed the red book in her palm.
However, among the beautiful girls, there was no reply for a long time.
Yan Feihuan was slightly stunned, there was a show girl who dared to be absent from such a ceremony today, but Yan Feihuan had never seen it in the Chuxiu Palace for many years.
Xu didn't dare to be convinced, Yan Feihuan looked at the show girls again, and her beautiful eyes didn't blink, "Where is the horse jujube embroidery?"
After another half of the day, there was still silence.
Yan Feihuan gave a salute to her father-in-law, "If you go back to your father-in-law, there are forty-three show girls, and only one person is absent." ”
The father-in-law in charge stared at him and thought for a long time, and said: "Dare to ask the little master, can there be a little master who lives with the little master of the horse date embroidery horse?"
Xue Qiaoling's heart was suddenly shocked, and she walked to her father-in-law, "Qiaoling lives with Ma Zaoxiu." Before the father-in-law in charge asked, she had already reported truthfully: "Today I got up at the end of the day, and after washing, I saw that she was already sitting in front of the bronze mirror to make up, and when I was waiting for the morning, I was already dressed, and I wanted to come with her, but I didn't want to embroider the date and she politely refused, I didn't think much about it at the time, and I don't know why she didn't arrive." ”
The father-in-law's eyes were slightly gloomy, he muttered for a long time, and said to the group of beautiful girls: "The time has come, let's start." ”
Half a month ago, the aunt who taught the etiquette rules of Chuxiu Palace had already explained to everyone one by one, and half a month later, that is, today, was the last assessment before the selection of the Chuxiu Palace Show Girl Hall - in addition to the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, dance, music, embroidery and poetry, this year's palace selection, the show girl needs to present a skill that has nothing to do with the above.
The daughter of the eunuch's house has been mainly practicing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, dancing, music and embroidery poetry since she was a child, not to mention this kind of woman who has been in the palace since she was a child.
On the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, dance, music and embroidery poems, all the show girls are showing their own style, which is unique. Therefore, all of them have passed the assessment in just one hour.
"Liang Bairou. Liang Bairou, who was called by name, stepped out, and Qing Shui Furong's face revealed the calmness and calmness that Xue Hainiang had never had when she first met.
She walked up to her father-in-law, bowed and bowed, and smiled smartly, "My father-in-law gave Bai Rou a square table, seven white porcelain cups, and a small wooden stick, and then found a pot of water." ”
The father-in-law in charge did not pursue the reason, and after sweeping the dust, he signaled his subordinates to do it quickly, and about an hour of tea, the group came with a brown tray, and the tray was full of things that Liang Bairou needed.
Liang Bairou walked to the sandalwood square table set up by the eunuch and knelt down, she lined up the seven porcelain cups one by one, she slowly poured the water into the bronze carved wine pot in a decreasing way from the distance from the clear water to the mouth of the cup, and then, holding a small wooden stick, once and again very rhythmically and regularly knocked on the porcelain cup containing clear water, the wooden stick and the porcelain cup collided with a crisp and pleasant sound, like a mountain stream spring hitting a rock, it was better than the natural sound on the fingertip strings of countless musicians.
After the song, Liang Bairou got up and gave a salute again.
The father-in-law in charge bowed his head slightly, and there was a hint of drunkenness in his eyes.
Although Liang Bairou is the first person, no one can beat her novelty and talent in the future.
After Liang Bairou, there were nearly ten people, and it was Xue Hainiang who stepped forward to perform. All she needed was the leaves she could see everywhere.
Under the confusion of the crowd, she walked to the sandalwood square table, raised the leaf to her lips, and closed her phoenix eyes, it was a melodious melody, different from the melody made by Liang Bairou tapping the porcelain cup containing water with a small stick, the former was tactful and melodious, and the latter was crisp and pleasant, but both of them were the fingertip notes of countless musicians.
Performing in public, and not allowed to use one of the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, is really difficult to many well-behaved daughters, about an hour later, the number of women left behind by this session of show girls has settled, Xue Hainiang, Xue Qiaoling, Liang Bairou, Murong Mingyue and other ten people.
When everyone was ready to disperse, a woman with blue water and soft smoke walked out of the crowd, and she gave a salute, "Father-in-law, I am also good friends with jujube embroidery, and now she has missed such a major event today for some reason, but with my understanding of her, jujube embroidery must not be deliberate, I am afraid that I don't know what happened, can my father-in-law send someone to check it out in the jujube embroidery house." She seemed to have something to say.
The father-in-law in charge hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "Our family is ordered to take charge of the trivial affairs of Chuxiu Palace, and the safety of your little master is within our family's business. He turned around suddenly, "Come, you two go with our family to the house of the little master of the horse." ”
Xue Hainiang narrowed her eyes slightly, and there was a hint of sneer in her heart, if she was the little master next to her, she had no family status and no tough backer, and she would be absent on such a major day today, and her father-in-law would definitely not look at it, even if someone was looking for her, she would be knocked out and removed from the register.
Kema jujube embroidery......
This person is like a hot potato, and the father-in-law in charge of the palace is covering the sky with one hand, but he does not dare to make a mistake in front of the queen mother.
He knew very well that this person was the treasure of the queen mother, so no matter whether the show girl made this suggestion or not, the father-in-law in charge would definitely find an opportunity to go to Weiyang Palace and report all the matters of Chu Xiu Palace today.