After lunch, the ladies and ladies of each family were led to a square in the back mountain. The square is very large, it was originally used for the nunnery to preach the scriptures, and today it was temporarily borrowed, and the tea and fruit snacks were placed.

Jiu Ge followed Meng Shi and Zhang Mengke to sit in the front row on the right side of the venue, although they took a seat, but Mrs. Yushi did not step forward, but sat next to Meng Shi.

After a while, a grandmother came in and reported to Mrs. Yushi that the prince had returned with the princes and young masters and came to the banquet.

Mrs. Yushi nodded and explained a few more words. Originally, it was only the young talents of each family who wanted to come, and they did not want to have people from the royal family coming, so they should always go to greet them, and when Mrs. Yushi had just stood up to tell everyone about this, seventeen or eighteen young men had already entered the steps of the field.

When the people saw the prince coming, they knelt down and bowed. The prince walked directly to the top seat, and after sitting down, he said loudly: "Today I walked with all my friends, and came to Xishan, and Mrs. Zhiyu Shi set up a banquet here, so I came to visit, everyone is free to be casual, and there is no need to be formal." ”

It is impossible to be informal, and in any era, when people in high positions are there, there will be people who flatter.

The plum blossom wine brewed in the nunnery is very sweet, and Jiuge pours the wine by himself. In every gesture, every movement is extremely elegant, attracting countless side eyes.

Of course, most of the ladies' eyes are on Zhang Mengke on the side, after all, she is dignified and demure and is the identity of the eldest lady, so she is naturally more in line with the eyes of the ladies of each family, I am afraid that after this banquet, the person who proposes marriage will step through the threshold of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Mo Yuxing, the crown prince who sits on the top seat, has been in his prime for two years, with a kind and elegant face, although he is not very handsome, he can still get by, and he has not yet married a wife. has been cultivated by the royal family for twenty years, not to mention the strength, the sword years are ranked eighth in the Xiliang sword spectrum, and this condition attracts the frequent attention of the young ladies who sit down. But the prince's gaze only focused on Jiu Ge a few times, and then he looked down at the bottom, not knowing what he was thinking.

Jiu Ge himself didn't know anything about it, and only lamented that this era was still early, and the development of Confucianism had not yet reached the stage of science, otherwise men and women everywhere would not be able to see such a scene.

Yang Xiuyuan, the eldest prince of the Imperial History Mansion, looked at his mother, then stood up, saluted the prince, and said: "Such leisure, it is inevitable that it will be boring to sit empty, why don't we beat the drum and pass the flowers, and the person who receives the flowers chooses what he is good at to do fun, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, what does His Royal Highness the prince think?"

"Well, this proposal is good, this palace thinks it is feasible, what does Mrs. Yushi say?" The prince threw the meaning of the words to Mrs. Yushi, after all, this is a banquet she held, and the meaning on the face is still passable.

Mrs. Yushi got up, saluted the prince, and replied, "It's all up to His Royal Highness the Prince." "Nonsense, the supremacy of imperial power, who dares to say a word?

"Okay, then as the son of the Yang family said, the seven desires, you go and prepare. ”

Mrs. Yushi whispered a few words to Meng Shi, then got up again and said: "Your Highness, young people's play, we old ladies will not participate, please allow us to retreat to the rear, and move the place for the young ladies and sons of each family, we will watch from behind, just Lele." ”

The prince listened and nodded in agreement. This proposal is not difficult, but if the ladies are involved, it will not be unseemly. Everyone changed seats, the sons of each family sat first, then the girls, the ladies sat in the back, and the maids and ladies watched the scene at the outermost stage.

Soon, the prince's subordinates Qiyao brought a group of guards and a drum and a bouquet of plum blossoms.

Jiu Ge had a headache when he looked at these, he was busy studying in his previous life, so he didn't participate in activities, and in this life, he was locked up in a mirage for penance, full of social obstacles. But people are here, and they can't help themselves.

The first round ended after the drums fell, and it was an unknown young lady who received the flowers, but she was not shy, she calmly went on the field, took out a guqin from the storage bag and played a song.

Jiu Ge admired her calm appearance very much, and people were also a symbol, so he drank plum blossom wine to see the beauty.

Zhang Mengke on the side saw that she had been drinking this wine, and was a little worried, and said softly: "Although this wine is sweet to drink at this time, it has a lot of stamina, and if you drink too much, you will have stomach trouble, sister, don't drink it anymore." ”

Jiu Ge smiled at her, "It's okay, I don't drink much." "It's not a blind worry, in modern times, it's just a drink.

Zhang Mengke saw that she didn't listen, she shook her head helplessly, with a gentle face, Jiu Ge saw this, her heart moved slightly, and she put down the wine glass and stopped drinking.

The next round of flowers fell into Zhang Mengke's hands, Jiu Ge pouted and smiled, I'm afraid that Yang Xiuyuan is not cheating?

Zhang Mengke got up and saluted, then walked slowly to the center of the stage, took out the storage bag from the cuff, and took out the pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

A moment later, a picture of the snow scene of the West Mountain unfolded from under Xiu's hands, and the faintly visible mountains, vermilion dotted flowers, and tall and handsome trees attracted countless admiration.

"The daughter of the Prime Minister is really talented. "The prince is different from the symbolic praise just now, and he really praises it. Although Meng Shi's face was silent, he was very happy in his heart, and he really didn't worry about it in vain.

Zhang Mengke smiled slightly, saluted again, and replied, "Your Highness praises falsely." Then he went back to his seat.

"Sister, you're really amazing, you can draw it in such a short time, it's pretty good, and I'll draw one another day." Jiu Ge flattered Zhang Mengke, this sister is afraid that it is not a thing in the pool, so she has to hug her thighs quickly.

Zhang Mengke turned his head and smiled at Jiu Ge, still with a gentle face, "Okay, I'll paint it for you when I go back." ”

Another round of drums sounded, Jiu Ge didn't care much, just compared to the speed of his hand, can he be faster than himself who has experienced killer training? Sure enough, as soon as the flower came over, Jiu Ge threw it to the next one with lightning speed, and continued to talk to Zhang Mengke next to him. Seeing this, the prince sitting on the throne couldn't help but laugh, this woman's hand speed is not ordinarily fast, and she doesn't give a chance at all.

Jiu Ge and Zhang Mengke were talking, and they didn't pay much attention to the rest of the scene, but casually knocked down a few bees, and secretly complained about the incomprehensible diligence of the bees.

Turning his head to look at the dead bee again, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. This bee should go to the plum garden to collect honey, or fly around the flowers, and the bees here only fly around Zhang Mengke, which is too abnormal. Looking at the bee's wings again, there was a thin layer of dust on them, Jiu Ge wanted to pick them up, and when he thought of being in the midst of a hundred flowers at the moment, he had to act decently, so he had to use his internal strength to do it for him.

Jiu Ge pretended to drink, took the bee to his nose and sniffed it, what kind of inferior psychedelic drug is this, and he is embarrassed to take it out to show off?

Jiu Ge looked at Zhang Mengke on the side, his expression was normal, but in order to protect himself, he still took out a magic fruit from the jade luan, carefully crushed it, dripped the juice in the cup, licked it himself, and handed it to Zhang Mengke.

"Sister, I feel that this wine has suddenly become bitter, you can try whether it is the problem of the wine or my tongue. ”