Xu Qingyang was taken aback, "You still embroider?" ”

Wen Chenan was a little embarrassed, took out the sachet and handed it to Xu Qingyang,

"I'm messing around too, you see, if you don't like it, it's okay."

took the sachet, it was not as messy as Wen Chenan said, and it was obvious that this stitch and thread were attentive.

"Your skills are better than mine, Chen'an, what else do you don't know about?"

Wen Chenan was a little shy, his hand that had been pricked by needles countless times was hidden in his sleeve, and when he saw that Xu Qingyang liked it, he felt that it was worth it.

"If you like it, you're about to enter the palace, then I won't bother you."

After Wen Chen'an left, Xu Qingyang took off the sachet, and sure enough, the needlework was a little loose. Mo'er took it and blamed herself,

"Oh, this slave didn't even find out. If you bring it into the palace, let others find out. ”

Xu Qingyang smiled and comforted Mo'er, "It's okay, I won't tell Mama, and no one will always make mistakes." Chen An is really careful, just use him. ”

Taking a look at it in his hand, Xu Qingyang noticed that Wen Chenan also embroidered the word "Qing", and he had mixed feelings in his heart.

"Qingqing, are you ready?"

Seeing Xu Rong coming over, there was also Ming Qi behind him.

"Ready, second brother, do you want to take Ming Qi?"

Originally, today's banquet in the palace will definitely be in the evening, and Ming Qi, as a man, will wait outside the palace. Xu Qingyang didn't want Ming Qi to wait outside, so he planned to let him stay at home.

Xu Rong said with a smile, "Shuncai is not very comfortable today, those few cleverness in my room are not as good as Shuncai, and their martial arts are not as good as Ming Qi, so let Ming Qi follow me." ”

"Ming Qi, did you promise the second brother?"

Xu Rong looked at the master and servant and couldn't laugh a little,

"I asked Ming Qi, but Ming Qi said that he wanted to ask you. I'll bring him here, and you're going to ask him again. ”

"The subordinates listen to the girl."

Xu Qingyang looked at Ming Qi, "If you think it's okay, then go with the second brother, if you don't want to, don't go." ”

Ming Qi was stunned for a moment, and then said, "The subordinates are willing." ”

Xu Qingyang turned his head to look at Xu Rong with a smile on his face, "Since Ming Qi agreed, then you have to take care of him, second brother." ”

"Okay~ I see."

Several people set off from Xufu, and on the other side, the ministers who went to Beijing to report on their work also arrived today and stayed in the guest house.

Among them, the top floor lives with women specially invited by Queen Cui from famous families, one of whom is a doctor of Taixue, the daughter of Zhou Hongzheng in Runan, Zhou Huimin.

Today, with the praise of the family, Zhou Hongzheng has been recognized by the world with his literary talents, and has become a doctor of Taixue, giving confidence to many poor children.

Empress Cui has always respected the bachelor, and she pays special attention to the women of the scholarly family, and wants to be the prince's wife.

And Zhou Huimin's family background is not first-class, so she chose a woman from the Xie clan of Chen County to be the crown princess. And if Huimin is a side concubine this week, she will definitely attract criticism, so she chose Xu Jian as an alternative.

Zhou Huimin sat in front of the mirror and was carefully dressed by her personal maid Ah Yue.

Among the women, Zhou Huimin's face is not outstanding, but because of the fragrance of books cultivated from childhood to adulthood, she gives people a gentle feeling, and her eyebrows and eyes show her daughter's feelings.

"Does the girl wear a hairpin or a chrysanthemum? The chrysanthemums sent by the lord are blooming. ”

Zhou Huimin picked out a chrysanthemum hairpin from the jewelry box, and after a closer look, it turned out to be exactly the same as Xu Qingyang's.

"Wear this."

"Didn't we buy it on the street yesterday, but will it collide with someone else?"

Zhou Huimin disagreed, "There are two kinds of women in the city, one likes to show their beauty wantonly, and the other is more subtle. The former will wear flowers, and the latter will wear simple jewelry, but they should not choose this kind of street stall, this kind of jadeite is too small, and those high-ranking ladies will not be able to see it, so it doesn't hurt. ”

Hearing Zhou Huimin say this, Ah Yue didn't want Zhou Huimin to wear this.

"Girl, today I want to choose a wife for the eldest son of the Xu family's long house in the East China Sea, the girl doesn't appreciate the Xu family very much, why is she so unconcerned."

Zhou Huimin put it on by herself,

"Appreciation does not mean that he has to be his daughter-in-law, although Xu Jian is famous, he is not in Jiankang at this time. Even if the queen has decided on me, he has never seen me, and if he doesn't like me, I won't be unhappy. ”

Ah Yue pursed her lips, turned around and looked at the goose-yellow clothes she had prepared,

"Does the girl need a change of clothes?"

"What do you do when you change clothes, you work hard to take care of it, just wear that."

Ah Yue was overjoyed, "The girl is so nice, those clothes are all in the box, it is very inconvenient to take them out and put them in, if you delay the time, Ah Yue can not afford it." ”

Zhou Huimin smiled slightly, "Change your clothes, my father is almost here." ”

Horse-drawn carriages like flowing water spread all over the streets of Jiankang, heading towards the palace, attracting onlookers from the people.

The palace maids in the harem are busy in an orderly manner, guiding the way, serving tea, preparing wine, and performing their duties.

The queen's palace prepared twenty-eight food tables, fourteen people on the left and right, and seven people in a column.

From the front to the back, they sat according to their respective family backgrounds, among which Xu Qingyang and Xiao Yuhua sat in the front row, followed by Yue Jinxiu and Xiao Lanxin.

Zhou Huimin walked in with everyone, and Xiao Yuhua recognized at a glance that the hairpin on her head was exactly the same as Xu Qingyang's.

"Qingqing, you are the same as that girl's hairpin."

Xu Qingyang looked over, and sure enough, he saw that Zhou Huimin was wearing the same as his own. In this case, it is very embarrassing to hit the shirt, but it is rare to hit the hairpin.

"That's a coincidence."

Yue Jinxiu saw Zhou Huimin sitting in the middle, so she asked,

"That position is the daughter of Lord Zhou Hongzheng, and she is also a scholarly family, do you want to change your hairpin?"

Just when Xu Qingyang was hesitating, Empress Cui came.

"Courtiers see the queen mother, the queen mother is a thousand years old."

Empress Cui sat on the back seat and looked around,

"Okay, everyone, get even. You are all carefully selected women from this palace, and I called you here today because this palace wants to see what kind of style my women in Da Zhou are. ”

The crowd was silent, and then the female officer stood up,

"After today, outstanding women will become the new stars of Da Zhou, and please don't be stingy with your talents."

Everyone was talking, in fact, they had already prepared in advance, but Queen Cui was so straightforward that everyone was a little shy.

"Qingqing,"

Xu Qingyang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly got up, "The courtiers are here,"

Empress Cui looked kind, "It's just past her birthday, and she's already eleven years old, why don't you set an example for them first and play a song for the palace?" ”

Where did Xu Qingyang dare to excuse himself, and hurriedly responded, "Yes." ”

With a wave of the female official's hand, the two palace maids took out a piano and placed it in the middle. Xu Qingyang walked out, and Zhou Huimin also recognized that the headdresses of the two were the same. n

With his hands lightly on the strings, Xu Qingyang first thought of Xu Jian's appearance of resisting the enemy in the midst of thousands of troops, although he had not seen it, he must have been brave and fearless.

So the ten fingers were gently plucked, and a song "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud" was slowly played.

Originally, this song was an indictment of the darkness of society, but under Xu Qingyang's fingers, it was transformed into deep longing.

And at this moment, on the battlefield of Western Xia, the Northern Desert attacked again, so that many people hurriedly went into battle before they had time to put on their armor.

Between the swords and swords, it is like the vibration of the strings. The soldiers killed the enemy excitedly, and the sound of the piano suddenly became rapid and thick.

Repelled the Northern Desert and ushered in everyone's cheers, and Xu Qingyang's piano tone also turned flat.

"Good!"

Queen Cui was the first to applaud, "The song "Xiaoxiang Water Cloud" is very well grasped, and it has the style of your mother back then. ”

Xu Qingyang got up, "Qingqing's carving insect skills naturally can't be compared with my mother." ”

"Good boy, take a seat. Jinxiu, you are also a woman who studied in Xu's, let's have a song. ”

Yue Jinxiu got up, "Yes." ”

A song of flat sand and falling geese, under Yue Jinxiu's interpretation, has a more playful feeling.

""Flat Sand and Falling Geese" is a reasonable scene, Lan Xin, this palace sees that you and Qingqing are good friends, why don't you have a song too."

"The courtiers are ugly."

Unlike the previous two, Xiao Lan's temperament was dusty, and the other women were all dazzled when they saw it.

Zhou Huimin even sighed in her heart: There is such a beautiful woman in the world, although her face is immature, she must be the face of the country and the city in the future.

"The courtiers presented a song "Guangling San".

Zhou Huimin carefully looked at the woman who was playing, her thin fingers were as white as jade. Under the curved willow eyebrows is a pair of Ruifeng eyes, with a high and straight nose that gives people a sense of coldness.

After the song was played, it also drew away Queen Cui's praise. Then different people boarded one after another, or played the piano, or danced.

Watching everyone perform almost enough, Queen Cui looked at Zhou Huimin,

"Min'er, you come."

Everyone looked at Zhou Huimin and saw her get up gently, with a bit of elegance in her gestures.

"Courtier Zhou Huimin, knock to see the queen."

Empress Cui smiled slightly, "I was a child when I saw you last time, and now I have grown into a girl." If I'm not mistaken, you're sixteen years old. ”

"Thank you Niangniang for your concern, the courtier's daughter has just turned sixteen."

Looking at Zhou Huimin's appearance, Queen Cui knew that she had not seen the wrong person just now, so she glanced at the female official, who understood, and nodded slightly to the person in the corner without a trace.

"Remember that your piano is also good."

"The mother praises falsely, the courtiers understand a little, not to mention proficient, I am willing to present a song "Yang Chun".

"Good~"

Xu Qingyang looked at Zhou Huimin, and somehow, he felt that it was very suitable for his eyes.

When the dinner was over, Zhou Huimin was stopped.

"Miss Zhou."

Zhou Huimin turned around and saw that it was the female official who had just served Queen Cui.

"I've seen adults, but what do you have to say?"

"Girl, the lower official said it bluntly, and the girl who wants to come to today's banquet also knows that it is the mother who wants to choose a wife for Xu Jian, the eldest son of the Xu family in the East China Sea. Niangniang remembered that the girl had a good character, so she wanted to connect the girl with Xiao Xu. ”

Zhou Huimin had long known the queen's intentions, but she didn't expect that she would be chosen.

"Dare to ask my lord, am I the only one, or is there another woman?"

The female officer smiled slightly, "Since you are choosing a good wife, you naturally want Lord Xiao Xu to nod, so Niangniang is just a gatekeeper." Counting the girls, there are a total of four girls to choose from, and the portraits of the four of you are ready, and they will be sent to Western Xia tomorrow. ”

Zhou Huimin couldn't help laughing at herself in her heart, she was also a candidate when she chose a concubine for the crown prince a few years ago, and now she has to make an alternative for others. In this world, why can women only be alternative and be chosen by men?

"In that case, I don't know what else I have to do."

The female officer still remained respectful and answered patiently, "In order to let Lord Xiao Xu know more about a few girls, please make a poem or write a word, and send it to Xixia together tomorrow." ”

"Okay, so there's pen and paper?"

"Girl, please come with me."

The female officer led Zhou Huimin to a room with paper and pencil in it. Zhou Huimin stepped forward and wrote a poem with a pen, and did not forget to fill in his name at the end.

"My lord, if it's okay, I'll leave first."