Shen Chaoyun glared at her fiercely, and said coldly: "The hairpin box was destroyed, and the queen mother must be punished." Now this box is found here, and you have to be punished for Jiu Niang no matter what. ”

She raised her eyes again, and said with a smile: "Big lady, please listen to the little girl, the little girl has a way to avoid punishment, and it can also make the queen mother look at the nine ladies with admiration." I wonder if the big lady is willing to give it a try? ”

Shen Chaoyun looked at her in disbelief, and her heart was already very excited.

"What if not?"

She smiled confidently and said firmly: "If it is not successful, the little girl is willing to bear all the punishment alone, and let the eldest lady dispose of it." ”

With the permission of the eldest lady, Yao Yun ordered people to quickly get exquisite silk white cloth, danqing pigment and home-style vinegar.

In the evening of the next day, the ladies dressed up in fancy clothes and competed for beauty, vowing to earn face at the hairpin banquet, and won the pity and love of the queen.

Yao Yun asked Xiao Xiuqing to change into a plain dress in the color of the blue lake, and the plum blossom hairpin of Bai Yuzhilan was embellished on the drooping cloud bun, and then she wore a light delicate makeup. Among the ladies with heavy makeup, this dress looks even more beautiful and elegant.

The voices of the palace people outside the palace rang out, it was the queen mother and the tenth princess, Princess Jinyang, who came.

Yao Yun followed the ladies in front of him to salute respectfully and half-squatting. She stood behind, unable to see the appearance of the bright and noble woman in front of her, and caught a glimpse of a peony-colored noble dress walking by dignifiedly, and the woman's side face was fair-skinned, as if she had the appearance of a sinking fish and a goose. I heard that the queen mother is now only thirty-five years old, well-maintained, bright and moving, and has been pampering the harem for fifteen years, and no one can match it.

Behind her should be Li Yuanyun, the tenth princess of the stars and the moon, and the princess of Jinyang.

I heard that when Empress Liu gave birth to Princess Jinyang, she walked before the ghost gate. But that year, the people had a bumper harvest, the world was peaceful, and the fairy road called her the face of great fortune and virtue. Since then, this princess of Jinyang has been loved by thousands of people, and her fief is rich and rich, even several times larger than several princes.

Everyone drank and talked happily, and the banquet was more than halfway, and the highlight of the hairpin banquet finally came. The ladies were full of anticipation and carefully took out the elaborate hairpin flowers from the box. The aunt of the housekeeper went to the front with a tray full of hairpins, and asked Queen Liu and Princess Jinyang to look at them one by one.

The queen mother kept a faint smile, and took one or two hairpins from time to time to take a closer look, but after a while, she put down the hairpins in her hand, and she didn't seem to be very satisfied.

Finally, it was Xiao Xiuqing's turn to offer hairpins.

The aunt in charge and the ladies on both sides couldn't help but be surprised, and even a few ladies began to whisper, secretly laughing and mocking her.

Xiao Xiuying looked at her coldly, laughing in her heart, just waiting to see how she was disgraced and punished.

Xiao Xiuqing actually took out a stack of brand-new long strips of silk white cloth and put it on the tray!

Empress Liu looked at one after another paper hairpins with similar styles and old designs, and sighed boredly. Suddenly, a huge silk white cloth appeared in her beautiful eyes, which immediately aroused her interest.

"Aunt He, what is this?"

Aunt He beside her replied respectfully: "If you go back to Niangniang, this thing is presented by Xiao Jiuniang of the Zhenguo Mansion. ”

Empress Liu smiled and said: "Oh, it's a little interesting, call her to come forward, and the palace should ask her well." ”

A moment later, the palace people in front came to summon Xiao Xiuqing to go. Xiao Xiuqing glanced at Yao Yun, who was dressed as an ordinary maid behind her, took a deep breath, and followed the palace people forward.

Shen Chaoyun saw it in her eyes, and tightly pulled the brocade handkerchief in her hand, and she didn't dare to breathe.

"Xiao Jiajiu Niang Xiuqing to the queen mother to say goodbye, the queen mother Wanfu Jin'an."

Empress Liu looked at her kindly, and asked curiously: "Mrs. Xiao, today is a hairpin banquet, I don't see hairpins, but I only see this silk and white cloth for prostitution, what is the purpose of this?" ”

Xiao Xiuqing repeatedly thought about Yun Niang's good lines for her, took a deep breath and said softly: "Back to the queen's mother, this white cloth is not an ordinary white cloth, and there is a lot of mystery in it. Before showing the wonders of the white cloth, the little girl wants to ask the mother for your guilt. ”

"Oh, I don't know what Lady Xiao is guilty of?"

Xiao Xiuqing hung her head respectfully and pleaded sincerely: "The little girl was in a hurry for a while, and unfortunately soaked the hairpin box given by the queen's mother in the tea, and those colored papers and daylilies were useless. The little girl is careless, and she asks the mother to punish her. Later, the little girl had an idea, and she came up with a more wonderful and interesting hairpin. ”

"I see, since you have admitted your mistake calmly, this palace will not punish you severely. But you said that this is a more wonderful and interesting hairpin, but the palace didn't see where it was. ”

"Thank you for your magnanimity. Please don't be impatient, the little girl will personally change a spell for you. ”

Xiao Xiuqing ordered the two palace people to spread out a large piece of silk and white cloth, and asked the little palace maid on the side to lift a candle: "Please take the candle and paint this scroll in person." ”

Empress Liu's face was full of curiosity, she took the candle and let Xiao Xiuqing lead her white wrist and wave it gently in front of the white cloth in an orderly manner.

From right to left, the silk white cloth that was originally as white as new began to slowly change color, from light to thick, flickering bright and dark, shallow and deep, and everything was fully revealed.

Empress Liu's eyes became brighter and brighter, and her gorgeous lips were so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth. The painting on the silk white cloth is fully revealed, and it turns out to be an ink-style picture of a cold plum on a snowy night.

Xiao Xiuqing let go of her wrist, took the candle, and obediently retreated to the side.

Empress Liu was satisfied with the picture of the wind and snow night in front of her, and only felt that this picture was very consistent with her state of mind. The plum blossoms in the painting endure the cold wind and snow, but they still stand proudly and unyieldingly. The brushwork of the wind and snow is vivid, as if there is a bleak wind blowing in front of her, and the painting scroll is stained with a faint fragrance of plum blossoms, the fragrance is fragrant, and there is really a sense of immersion.

Xiao Xiuqing saw that she was intoxicated, and said: "The north wind is cool, and the rain and snow are cold." Hui and good me, hand in hand. Is it false? It's urgent! In the ice and snow forest, different peaches and plums are mixed with fragrant dust. The plum blossom that is left behind and independent, and the lonely fragrance is the most admired flower in the heart of the little girl. ”

Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads again and again, the Xiao family's Jiuniang was really ingenious. Today's saint and the queen mother know each other in a small time, after hardships, share weal and woe, and now they can be in deep love, Luan Feng and Ming. And the queen has always loved plum blossoms, and there is a plum garden carved by the saint for the mother in the imperial garden.

"This picture scroll is painted vividly, and it really feels like being there, and I like it very much. Mrs. Xiao, what reward do you want? This palace can promise you. Empress Liu called her to come to her and said with relief.