Chapter 160: Palace Banquet (4)
The Queen Mother originally loved Lu Yue very much, but she became disgusted with her because of this little episode.
She also felt that Sister Yue had no intention of stealing, and she didn't want to investigate deeply. It's just that as a young lady of Houfu, her eyelids are so shallow, and she can't control her own hands when she sees good things, how can such a woman be worthy of marrying into the royal family, so she is naturally removed from the list of wishes.
"What other young lady doesn't have a talent show?" The Queen Mother asked.
Liu Guifei said: "Sister Zhi of the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion doesn't seem to have performed yet. ”
Concubine Liu already knew that Sister Zhi was among the candidates for Princess Yuanrui, she didn't like Sister Zhi very much, and she also heard that she was a straw bag at all. When the Queen Mother sees her performance, she will naturally not let her marry into the royal family.
"Sister Zhi'er, what talent have you prepared?" The Queen Mother asked.
Where does Ning Zhi have any talent, she has been lazy since she was a child, and she loves to play, she reads half-tones, she used to learn to be a female red, learn to play the piano, and she was lazy and didn't learn the same.
Mrs. Yang also knew that today's palace banquet was actually a blind date banquet, but Ning Lan, who was not out of the cabinet in Ning Guohou's mansion, already had a marriage contract, and Ning Zhi had not yet reached the palace, so the Queen Mother might not be able to see it.
Now that she heard the Queen Mother name herself, she faintly felt that she had other intentions, she panicked slightly, so she said, "Sister Zhi is not as talented as other ladies from other families, I am afraid that it will make the Queen Mother laugh." ”
"It's okay, everyone is ready for today's banquet." The Queen Mother said, "Sister Zhi'er, have you prepared a talent?" ”
Ning Zhi was afraid of death, and when she came, her grandmother also said that all the young ladies of the family who came to the palace banquet today were elite and outstanding, she was young and not in time, so she couldn't take her turn, if it was really her turn, she just needed to recite a festive poem.
But now, if she wants to perform her talents, where will she be!
Ning Zhi got up, her heart was very entangled, and she couldn't help but turn her head to look at the princess, and saw that the princess was looking at her with a smile on the corner of her mouth. Ning Zhi thought to herself, the princess and sister-in-law treat me well, they have taught me to read books these days, and I must not let her down today.
"Back to the Queen Mother, my talent is not good, can I tell a story to the Queen Mother?" Ning Zhi said.
Ning Zhi's rules are really bad, and she actually paid me back in front of the Queen Mother! The ladies and ladies in the other houses below laughed at her again, thinking that she would definitely make a fool of herself.
The Queen Mother saw that Ning Zhi was young, although she felt that she did lack some rules, but she was not disgusted. It's just that she actually wants to tell a story?
There are so many young ladies in front of her, all of them are playing the piano and painting, chanting poems correctly, and she is the first to tell stories.
"Oh, what story are you going to say?"
"This is a story I read in a book called Gyro Says." Ning Zhi replied.
Hearing this name, the Queen Mother's face changed slightly, and even the emperor and empress looked awe-inspiring.
The Queen Mother said: "Tell me about it!" ”
"Once upon a time there was a very old woman who lived at the foot of the mountain, and her husband and son were killed in battle, leaving her alone. As she got older, her mind became confused, her memory was confused, and she later felt that she was a spinning top. She likes to squat at the door of her own house the most, drawing a spinning top with a branch, and she eats very little food brought by her neighbors, so her health is naturally getting worse and worse.
On this day, a middle-aged scholar came to her house and saw the old woman squatting there, drawing on the ground with a branch in her hand. The middle-aged scholar also squatted down and drew a spinning top with his grandmother.
After a few days, the old woman finally noticed him and asked if you are also a spinning top?
The middle-aged scholar saw that the old grandmother looked demented, so he said Well, I am also a spinning top, let's play together.
The old grandmother believed it and said, oh, my son is also a spinning top, and I am also a spinning top, let's play together.
The middle-aged scholar said yes.
The middle-aged scholar asked the neighbors and learned that the grandmother's son used to like to play with the spinning top the most, and his nickname was the spinning top. The old grandmother was obsessed, so she thought of herself as a spinning top.
Since then, the middle-aged scholar has been accompanying his grandmother every day, and he has made a spinning top and played with it in front of his grandmother's house every day. The old grandmother's spirit is getting better and better, but she is getting older, and she died after a year or two. She was sober before she died, took the hand of the middle-aged scholar and said You are not a spinning top, and neither am I, you are very similar to my son Little Spinning Top, I am very happy to play with you.
The old grandmother died, and the middle-aged scholar sighed and buried her next to her son and husband. ”