Chapter 86
After Yutang said that, he pulled Meng Yuqiang's hand and wanted to find someone to judge.
Meng Yuqiang was willing to agree, reached out and knocked off Yutang's hand, and then slapped Yutang's face, and scolded in her mouth: "Wild girl, what kind of score do you put in front of Miss Ben?" Who do you think you are......
It's just that Meng Yuqiang's slap didn't hit Yutang's face, and when she looked up, she saw Luoxia, who was following Yutang, grabbed Meng Yuqiang's hand, and stared at Meng Yuqiang's somewhat hideous face with a cold gaze.
"Miss Meng, my young lady is not something you can move!" Luo Xia said coldly, she was trained by the Phoenix National Teacher, and she has always been by Ning Er's side, which is definitely not comparable to ordinary slaves.
Meng Yuqiang is the eldest lady of the Meng family, three years older than Yutang, and she has not taken Yutang in her eyes since she was a child. It's just that there is no shortage of high-ranking officials and nobles in the capital, and although Meng Yuqiang's family background is not bad, it is not very good in Beijing. His father was the champion at the beginning, but after all, he did not have a strong family background, even if Meng Yuqiang's maternal grandfather's family was not as good as the Shen family, one of the four major families of Jinlong.
The people present today, except for some new Jinshi, are all high-ranking officials and nobles, and now the young ladies who are with Yutang are not familiar with Meng Yuqiang. Yutang is the eldest lady of the Shen family, her talent and etiquette are not bad, and her temperament is good, several young ladies have a good impression of Yutang, at this time Meng Yuqiang is so arrogant, they are unhappy for Yutang.
"This young lady, I don't know which daughter of the family, is so ignorant of etiquette, and insults the sister of the Shen family so much when they meet for the first time?" This is the youngest daughter of the general Zhao Wenyuan's family, named Zhao Mi'er, and she is only a teenager. The Zhao family is a family of military generals, and the upbringing of his daughter is naturally not as strict as that of a civil official.
"Yes, where did the Shen sister's sister offend you? You insulted her like this, and now you want to do it, it's too much!" said another young lady.
Meng Yuqiang shook off Luo Xia's hand fiercely, and looked at several people with an arrogant face: "I am the daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and my grandfather is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites! Hmph, you little maid, you dare to do this to me, now kneel down and apologize to me, I can still let you live!"
As soon as Meng Yuqiang's voice fell, some people sneered, but it was the daughter of the squire's family, and she was so conspicuous, any person here was born better than her!" "Is the daughter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the granddaughter of the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites?" Sister Shen is the great-granddaughter of Mrs. Shen, the daughter of Lord Xinke Tanhua, her aunt is the wife of the Marquis of Dingbei, and her younger brother is the companion of His Royal Highness the Great Prince!"
"Yes, we are a group of lowly people, and we are not worthy of Miss Meng, so you better talk to others!" The eldest lady of the Hou family in Ningyang said with a smile, and pulled Yutang to the small lake in the garden, and said to the others: "There are people here who have polluted the customs, let's go to the lake to watch the fish!"
The others also frolicked away, no longer looking at Meng Yuqiang, who was so angry that her face was pale. Luo Xia glanced at Meng Yuqiang, glanced at Meng Yuqiang threateningly, and followed Yutang. Meng Yuqiang stood alone in place, twisted the handkerchief tightly in her hands with one hand, stomped her feet one by one, and led the people to where her mother was.
Soon, the banquet began. Mrs. Shen's status in Jinlong was very high, and her seat was also at the front, and Shen Yanling and Ning Er also sat together with their children. With the arrival of the emperor, the queen mother, the queen, and the palace concubines also came, and Ouyang Lingxi also followed Ouyang Lingqi's side, not forgetting to wink at Shen Yanling, and then King Ouyang Lingchen also came.
Ning Er raised her eyes to look at the queen who had taken her place, she was sitting next to the emperor at this time, her face was gentle and virtuous, and the queen mother seemed to be good to her. Ning Er looked at this imposter carefully, if you want to talk about her appearance, this queen is very beautiful, although she is still worse than Ning Er, the genuine princess Xining, but I have to say that the few concubines around the emperor are not as good as this queen. Compared with Ning Er's noble and elegant, the queen has a little more charm and charm, Ning Er blinked, this imposter seemed to have more potential for disaster than her.
"Lady, what are you thinking?" Shen Yanling saw Ning Er looking at the queen, and whispered in Ning Er's ear.
"I'm thinking, this fake queen has more potential for disaster than me!" Ning Er picked up the wine glass, took a shallow sip, and said in a low voice.
"Hehe! Lady's words are good, but the husband must have caught this white bone spirit for you!" Shen Yanling said with a smile.
The Qionglin Banquet is not only held for Xinshi students, but also the examination school of literary talents is indispensable, and then there are opportunities for the daughters of various families to show. Only the first and second class Jinshi who can participate in the Qionglin banquet, and the rest have some children of the family, and the three people of the first class are naturally the most challenged, after all, the first test is for life, but in fact, there are many people who are not convinced. Ning Er watched a group of scholars criticize each other, but she thought it was very interesting.
The interaction between the scholars was followed by the time for the ladies of each family to show, and in many cases the young women were also asked to perform. Ning Er admired the talent of ancient women very much at this time, it was Chu Yanran, who was very unpopular with her, and Ning Er had to admit that she played the piano well. However, Ning Er knew that people could not boast, Ning Er was just saying that Chu Yanran played the piano well, and Chu Yanran shouted to challenge Ning Er.
Ning Er is a new face in the famous family in the capital, and at this time, someone challenged her, and Ning Er couldn't refuse, so she had to walk to the middle of the field. Ning Er didn't bother to think about any talents, so she directly played the guzheng in the center and played it. Ning'er in her previous life, if she wants to say that she has any research on music, she only has a guzheng, and Shangguan Shui's qin skills are exquisite, she is not worried that she will lose, she plays the classic song Alpine Flowing Water, which is also Ning'er's favorite song in her previous life.
After playing the song, the audience was silent, and it was only after a while that someone applauded and said, "Good piano!" Ning Er looked at him in surprise, but it was a man he had never seen before, sitting at the bottom of King Jing, and he was also a royal nobleman. Ning Er didn't have the idea of being in the limelight, and after playing the song, she returned to her original position, but saw the man stand up and said to Ning Er: "I take the liberty of asking Madame, what is the name of this song?
Ning Er raised her eyes to look at the man with a sincere face, looked at Shen Yanling sideways, and asked who this was with her eyes?
Shen Yanling frowned, and explained to Ning Er in a low voice: "This is the prince of Duanwangfu, who has always loved music, and sometimes in order to discuss the rhythm of music, he will go to the Qinglou Chu Pavilion to ask for advice. What Shen Yanling didn't say was that although this person looked like a music idiot, there were also some signs that this person was using music to give people a harmless illusion.
Ning Er frowned, she definitely didn't want to provoke an idiot, the experience of Father Shen and the chef in Chengfeng Lou told her that anyone who was obsessed with one thing was very difficult to entangle. It's just that since the family is a royal family, she naturally can't afford to provoke her, so she raised her head and said: "The name of this song is high mountains and flowing water, and it is composed by a hidden master." The predecessor was talented and noble, and he did not want to mention his name to others. ”
"The mountains and rivers really live up to their name, and I admire them!" Duanwang said sincerely.
Ning Er didn't answer again, gave a salute, and sat down, although Duan Wang Shizi seemed to have something to say, he didn't say it.
Next, the talent of qin, chess, calligraphy and painting continued to perform, and the atmosphere was also very good. But at this moment, a eunuch hurriedly came and said a few words close to Ouyang Lingqi's ear, Ouyang Lingqi's face changed, he immediately got up, pulled up Ouyang Lingxi, who was under his head, and rushed out. After taking a few steps, he seemed to remember something, passed through a few rows of seats, pulled Shen Yanling and walked out.
Everyone present was stunned by Ouyang Lingqi, if something happened, it would not be strange for Ouyang Lingqi to call Ouyang Lingxi, but even if Shen Yanling is a member of the Shen family, he is just a courtier, and now he has only been admitted to Tanhua, how can he be so valued by the emperor.
After leaving the banquet, Ouyang Lingqi didn't have time to stop and elaborate, so he only said to Shen Yanling: "The imperial grandmother suddenly fell ill, and the imperial doctor has nothing to do. Over the years, the imperial grandmother has been thinking about you, although you don't want to come back, in the end, let the imperial grandmother see you, she can also rest assured. ”
Shen Yanling did not break free, he knew that his grandmother was still there, and he also knew that the old man had been eating fasting and reciting Buddha in Cining Palace since more than 20 years ago, praying for her grandchildren who died young. Although he has never seen it, but maybe it is blood kinship, he still has family affection for this grandmother, at the beginning, maybe she was also helpless! Seeing her grandson die early, she couldn't do anything. Although she knew that it might not be useful, Shen Yanling still asked the wind to bring Ning'er here, and she had a little hope in her heart, perhaps, Ning'er could save this old man.
Walking into the Cining Palace, where the Empress Dowager lived, Shen Yanling followed Ouyang Lingqi and Ouyang Lingxi to the palace. When I walked into the dormitory, I saw a group of imperial doctors gathered inside, all of whom looked worried and sad. Ouyang Lingqi knew what they would say, so he waved them out directly, and even the palace maids drove them away.
Leading Shen Yanling to the bed, Ouyang Lingqi took Shen Yanling's hand, handed it to his grandmother, and said, "Imperial grandmother, raise your eyes and see, who is here?"
The Empress Dowager, who was weakly closing her eyes, opened her eyes, looked at Shen Yanling beside Ouyang Lingqi, looked at it carefully, and then said softly: "You, are you Lingze?"
Shen Yanling bent down so that the Empress Dowager could touch his face, and said in a low voice: "It's the grandson, it's Lingze who is back! Grandmother, I'm sorry, it's the grandson who is not filial, so you have been thinking about it!"
The Empress Dowager raised her hand and stroked Shen Yanling's face, almost crying happily, and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back!" It's the imperial grandmother who is not good, and you have suffered so much, child, you have suffered!"
Shen Yanling took the old man's hand and said, "The grandson is not bitter, the grandmother should be good at giving birth and recuperating, and when there is a chance, the grandson will bring your great-grandson to show you, okay?"
"Okay, okay! You can't lie to your grandmother!Lingqi, your brother is back, you have to take care of him, and Xi'er, it's all your younger brother, this time, you must take care of it!" the Empress Dowager said solemnly to Ouyang Lingqi.