The Favoured Medical Princess: 435 lottery head

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Xiao Fei turned to look at Qiao Ruolan with a smile on her face.

While watching this play, she was thinking about what her sister-in-law said last time.

At this time, when Qiao Ruolan asked, Xiao Fei naturally said: "This Lu family is really ridiculous! Marriage is the order of the parents and the matchmaker said it. It is unfilial for her to insist on marrying regardless of her parents; and this Li Yuzhong is from Having your original wife work hard for you for ten years is a waste of a woman's most splendid years. When you are rich and glorious, you marry another wife, which is just more famous than Chen Shimei and others..."

Qiao Ruolan was stunned and speechless for a moment.

However, Xiao Fei became more and more cheerful as she spoke, and persuaded her righteously: "Cousin, this kind of music is usually written by scholars from poor families or ambitious scholars. You can take a look and listen to it. It’s just for fun, but don’t really believe it!”

Remembering that two years ago, there was a wealthy businessman's daughter in southern Xinjiang who liked to go to the theater and eloped with an actor in the end, Xiao Fei felt that her worries were not unreasonable.

Qiao Ruolan's mouth twitched when she heard it. When did she say she believed it?

But she was not willing to let Xiao Fei gain the upper hand, and retorted: "Sister Fei, what you said is wrong. The respectable thing about Mrs. Lu is that she does not dislike poverty and loves wealth. She married General Li in When she was in decline, she stayed in the cold kiln for ten years, and became a wife of Zhenyuan. She has been a model for women for hundreds of years!"

The dispute between the two girls had long attracted the attention of several girls on the side. A girl sitting on Xiao Fei's left couldn't help but said: "Miss Qiao, I think Miss Xiao is right. There is some truth. Since ancient times, marriages have been based on the orders of the parents and the right match. If all the children disobey their parents, how unworthy would it be!"

Another girl also said solemnly: "Yes, Lu's loyalty is a virtue worthy of praise, but filial piety comes first, and unfilial piety is a serious sin! Even if she later helped her parents in poverty and was a martyr, she could not To say that what she did before was right can only be said to be that she later realized her mistakes and changed them!"

On weekdays, when these girls watch a play, they are simply moved by the ups and downs of the characters in the play, lamenting the joys and sorrows of life, but never associate reality with these plays. Now that I think about it carefully, many girls feel that Many of the tracks are a bit ridiculous. The famous "West Chamber" and "Horse on the Wall" are all stories about the daughter of a boudoir giving and receiving privately. But in fact, no matter how enlightened the folk customs in southern Xinjiang are, they cannot tolerate it. Girls and their families give and receive privately, and in some houses with strict rules, it is not uncommon for a girl's family to end their lives with a bowl of soup.

The girls spoke excitedly, and their voices unconsciously rose a little higher. The ladies sitting on the verandah also attracted their attention.

Mrs. Qiao looked at Nangong Yue and asked with a smile: "Prince Concubine, I think this Lu family is both loyal and virtuous. When her parents and husband declined, she never left her. What do you think, Crown Princess? ?"

Nangong Yue smiled slightly: "Auntie, do you know that there is a Qingmao Academy in Luoyue City?"

Mrs. Qiao was stunned, and she didn’t know why Nangong Yue suddenly mentioned Qingmao Academy. She heard Nangong Yue continue: "Qingmao Academy is the best academy in Luoyue City. It has produced many Jinshi over the past century. It’s even more rare to know how many people can be successful. The principal of Qingmao Academy is a very kind man, and every year he exempts ten outstanding poor students from studying. I wonder if my aunt would like to choose a good son-in-law for my cousin?"

You... Mrs. Qiao stared so hard that her eyes almost bulged forward.

Nangong Yue looked at Mrs. Qiao with a half-smile but not a smile, and said: "Don't worry, aunt, those students are all excellent, and the principal of the academy and all the gentlemen can vouch for them. Cousin Yu's male style is in decline these days. If you marry me, your cousin will be remembered for your good fortune when you are named on the gold medal list in the future!"

Mrs. Qiao's mouth opened and closed, and she could not speak for a while. Who doesn't know that the imperial examination is a matter of selection among ten thousand people, so it doesn't matter if you win the imperial examination at a young age, some people who are more than seventy years old can't win the imperial examination! Her daughter was born into a noble family, so there was no need to find a poor scholar to speculate!

Mrs. Qiao took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in her heart, and said calmly: "Thank you, Imperial Concubine, for worrying about Sister Lan. I have already made plans for Sister Lan's marriage."

Nangong Yue gave her a meaningful look, then looked towards the stage, but she didn't smile.

The meaning of that glance made the other ladies couldn't help but think secretly, and even some of them started whispering to their familiar neighbors. Mrs. Qiao's face turned blue and white, and she felt that everyone was pointing fingers at her.

At this moment, the sound of gongs, drums, three-stringed instruments, and flutes on the other side of the stage stopped. After the play was finished, the actors on the stage stepped off the stage one by one.

Nangong Yue glanced at the Clepsydra. Although she had only performed 40% of the performance, more than half an hour had passed without her realizing it.

Nangong Yue looked around. The ladies here were usually in charge of the household affairs. They rarely came out to attend banquets and movies to relax, but those young girls might not be able to sit still.

Nangong Yue pondered for a moment, then suggested with a smile: "Sister Fei, why don't you accompany a few girls to take a look in the garden. Mingxiang Pavilion on the other side of the lake is also a quiet and elegant place. You young girls' home You can also go there to chat and relax."

Mrs. Tian secretly felt a little funny. In fact, the Crown Princess was not very old and had not even had hair extensions yet, but at the moment she spoke in an old-fashioned way.

Xiao Fei stood up and said happily: "Sister-in-law is right." With Xiao Fei's temperament, she can naturally sit still, but today she is the master, and she must show her master's demeanor and help. Sister-in-law is the one who treats guests.

Hearing this, several little girls next to them could no longer suppress their excitement. In fact, they had been unable to sit still for a long time, but they were afraid that this was the Zhennan Palace and did not dare to be presumptuous.

The girls stood up in twos and threes, each one like a bird about to be let out of its cage, which made all the ladies feel funny.

A delicate voice suddenly sounded: "Cousin Fei, it's rare that all the ladies are here today, how about having a lively painting competition?"

Everyone followed the sound and saw a little girl wearing a tight-fitting brocade green rose skirt looking at Xiao Fei innocently. She was Du Xinmin, the daughter of Du Liancheng.

Du Xinmin looked innocent, but there was a bit of provocation in his eyes. She had always been on good terms with Qiao Ruolan, but she didn't have much fondness for this cold-tempered cousin. Especially seeing that Xiao Fei only followed Nangong Yue's orders, she felt a bit of contempt. Thinking of that day in Huanxi Pavilion when Xiao Fei refused to compete with Qiao Ruolan, she felt that Xiao Fei was afraid of Qiao Ruolan's talent.

This time Xiao Fei must be embarrassed!

Xiao Fei didn't have those twists and turns in her heart. Du Xinmin said it was a fighting painting, but she regarded it as an ordinary fighting painting. She nodded and said: "Cousin Min's suggestion is not bad, then let's go to Mingxiang Pavilion. Let's have some fun with painting." After saying that, she looked around at the girls and said, "Girls, just do whatever you want."

Nangong Yue glanced at Du Xinmin indifferently, and said with a chuckle: "Since we want to compete in painting, let's judge the leader and I will be the winner."

The crown prince's success will always be glorious no matter whether it is valuable or not. The little girls' eyes lit up and they whispered to each other with great interest. Those who had not originally planned to participate also became somewhat interested, and a few more girls stood up and followed Xiao Fei downstairs.

After the young girls left, the second floor became quite empty for a while, but soon, the actors on the stage came on stage again and sang "Drunk on the Golden Bough" again. This time, they sang the song from the play. The most lively show. Seeing the "drunken and cowardly" prince-in-law beating the princess with his fist... the ladies were all amused, and bursts of hearty laughter broke out from time to time on the second floor.

The play went on with twists and turns... About half an hour later, the maids sent paintings one after another.

The maids spread the paintings neatly on large tables, and several ladies could not help but look in the direction of the paintings, whispering to each other from time to time...

When the first part of the opera was finished, Nangong Yue simply told Aunt Lu to stop the troupe from singing for the time being, then stood up and invited the ladies around her to come over and enjoy the paintings.

There are now about ten paintings on the big table. The paintings painted in more than half an hour are naturally not meticulous paintings, but mostly freehand landscape paintings, mixed with a few freehand paintings of flowers and birds. At a glance, the brush strokes are all swaying, and the ink colors are flying.

These paintings are all anonymous, without signatures or poems, so after looking around for the first time, most ladies really can't tell which one was painted by their daughter or granddaughter.

At this time, Huamei came up with a mahogany tray. Dozens of colorful silk flowers were placed on the tray. These silk flowers immediately attracted the attention of all the ladies.

Nangong Yue nodded to Huamei, and Huamei and several maids distributed the silk flowers to the ladies. The ladies secretly observed the silk flowers, and saw that the dozens of them were all of different colors. They were bright, delicate, and made of exquisite materials. At first glance, they were made by the Crown Princess's own maid or her sewing room.

Nangong Yue explained with a smile on the side: "Girls are competing for paintings. Why don't you ladies help evaluate them together. If you think the painting is good, put down a silk flower. Whichever painting has more silk flowers will win. He is the leader, what do you ladies think?"

When Nangong Yue made such a suggestion, the ladies’ eyes lit up and they all agreed:

"This is a good idea, Crown Princess!"

"Let's join in the fun together!"

"Oh, I see these girls are all very good at painting, and I don’t know which one to choose..."

"..."

In fact, Nangong Yue is the imperial concubine, with the highest status among everyone, and she comes from a scholarly family. Even if she alone has the final say as the leader of today's painting fight, others think it is natural. Nangong Yue allows everyone to participate. It's just for fun and for everyone to have a good time. However, she was so attentive at such a young age, which made many ladies think deeply, and sighed in their hearts again: She is indeed a royal princess!

The ladies held various colored silk flowers in their hands and commented on the paintings.

Nangong Yue sat aside and drank tea. After looking around just now, she already knew roughly which pictures were likely to win the first prize.

After those ladies looked at the painting again, they saw that Mrs. Qiao was the first to make a move, decisively throwing the yellow silk flowers in her hand to a freehand landscape painting, followed by two or three more ladies. I threw the silk flower into the painting.

Que'er immediately lowered his voice and said something in Nangong Yue's ear...

Nangong Yue curled her lips slightly, and there was no rule that mothers could not give silk flowers to their daughters. Besides, Qiao Ruolan was indeed talented.

After looking around twice more, the ladies all dropped silk flowers one after another... After that, Que'er, Huamei and several other maids went to count the silk flowers.

It turned out to be a coincidence. Two paintings actually received ten silk flowers.

The maids quickly removed all the other paintings, leaving only a freehand landscape painting and a brightly colored freehand peony painting.

"Prince Princess," Madam Tian suggested with a smile, "How about you choose the final leader?"

This proposal couldn't be more appropriate, and it immediately attracted responses from all the female guests. Mrs. Qiao's face stiffened for a moment, but she did not object.

"Then I'll be disrespectful." Nangong Yue stood up calmly and walked to the two paintings.

I saw that the freehand landscape painting on the left depicts the surging river, the green peaks, and the clouds and smoke with clear and smooth pen and ink. The layout of the painting is dense and dense, and the ink color is the right shade. It seems to have an extraordinary charm.

The freehand peony picture on the right uses both ink and color. The delicate peonies are bright in color, but not gaudy. The whole painting has an elegant and refreshing atmosphere.

Both paintings are indeed quite good, and it’s no wonder they stand out among the other masterpieces.

Huamei took a tray and presented a purple silk flower to Nangong Yue. Nangong Yue twisted the silk flower and placed it on the freehand peony picture...

Mrs. Qiao's pupils shrank, and she almost blurted out her questioning words, but she still had some sense and managed to hold it back.

Finally, another lady who chose the landscape painting asked with some confusion: "Prince Princess, I wonder what is better about this peony painting? In my opinion, this landscape painting has extraordinary magnanimity, even better than this one." The peony picture is much more grand."

While talking, Xiao Fei, Qiao Ruolan and other girls also filed up the stairs to the second floor. They happened to hear the lady's words and all looked at Nangong Yue, wanting to see her. How would you answer.

Nangong Yue smiled faintly and said: "I chose this picture of peonies. Firstly, the painting skills are extraordinary. Secondly, the peonies are painted vividly. The painter must have seen them with his own eyes and carefully observed and figured them out. Only then can I draw it!"

Nangong Yue did not comment on the landscape painting again, but the implication was already clear. It meant that this landscape painting was not seen by the painter with his own eyes, but was imagined or copied?

The ladies looked at each other, and soon someone thought of something, suddenly enlightened and whispered to the people around them, occasionally hearing the words "Fuchun Mountain" floating out...

Nangong Yue's eyes passed over Qiao Ruolan's face as if it were the bottom of a pot. Although Qiao Ruolan's painting skills were extraordinary, her painting was just a piece of landscape cut out of "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains". It was so beautiful. , but there is no spirituality.

Nangong Yue raised her voice and said, "I wonder which girl painted this peony picture?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a crisp voice said: "It's Miss Hua!"

For a moment, everyone's attention was focused on a girl wearing a purple satin jacket with a stand-up collar. Nangong Yue also remembered this Chinese girl and smiled at her. This little girl is indeed interesting, and the city gate painted in Huanxi Pavilion is also very interesting.

Miss Hua was a little shy, but she still nodded to everyone generously.

Bai Hui came over holding a rosewood box. The box was exquisitely made, with detailed and complicated patterns carved on it, making people secretly guess what was inside.

Nangong Yue signaled Baihui to open the box, and saw a set of pearl-like Nanzhu heads and faces placed in the box. With just a glance, many sharp-eyed ladies present could tell that these were authentic Nanhai pearls, and they were of the highest quality. . They can almost imagine that under the light, the beads on these beads, hairpins, earrings and other accessories will emit a beautiful luster like the bright moon!

This Nanzhu head and face is not only valuable, but also given by the Crown Princess. Even if it is used as a dowry in the future, it will also have a long face.

Mrs. Hua couldn't help but look happy and looked at her daughter lovingly.

Miss Hua stepped forward gracefully, thanked Nangong Yue, and took the box respectfully with both hands.

Many girls gathered around her and congratulated her.

Du Xinmin, who was at the back of the crowd, looked at Miss Hua for a while and then at Xiao Fei, and his expression was not very good. She proposed a painting fight today because she hoped Qiao Ruolan would win and make Xiao Fei look bad. Who would have thought that Xiao Fei would not accept the move at all!

When she was fighting in the Mingxiang Pavilion just now, she tried to provoke Xiao Fei to join the fight, but Xiao Fei looked at her strangely and said, "Cousin, I am the master, how can I compete with the guests?" Where is my sister-in-law's lottery ticket?" Xiao Fei's "you are so ignorant" look in her eyes made Du Xinmin turn pale with anger, but she was speechless and speechless.

Du Xinmin had to admit that her cousin Fei had really changed! Not so easy to fool...

At this moment, a little maid came upstairs, walked quickly to Nangong Yue, and said Fu Shen: "Concubine, eldest lady, Mrs. Fang San is here and wants to see you..." And It still looks like "the one who comes is not good, the one who is good will never come".

Although the second half of the little maid's sentence was not spoken, Nangong Yue had already understood it.

Everyone present also heard it. The banquet was mostly over and it was about to end. The appearance of Mrs. Fang San at this time was really unexpected.

If she was late to receive the post, then she would be late for this post, so she might as well not come at all, and just come and apologize on another day; but if she didn’t receive the post at all, or she had accepted the post but had no excuse. Come on, if you are running here in a hurry, you naturally have other intentions.

The ladies all looked at each other, whether they were leaving or staying.

Xiao Fei frowned, but Nangong Yue raised her eyebrows slightly, half-smiling and saying: "Go and invite Third Aunt here." Mrs. Fang San probably came prepared, even if she didn't invite her here. , she will also try her best to cause this incident.

After a while, I heard the sound of footsteps going upstairs.

Mrs. Fang San, who was dressed in an apricot-yellow plain make-up and a flower mat, took a girl of fourteen or fifteen years old with a delicate appearance to the second floor. She looked around haughtily, and then her eyes fell on Nangong Yue. He walked over with his head held high.

As soon as she came up, she said angrily: "Prince Concubine, I always thought you were virtuous and chaste, but I didn't expect you to be so unfilial! Your mother-in-law is seriously ill and bedridden now, so it's okay for you not to be by the bed to take care of her, Crown Princess. , why are you still holding a banquet here?"

"My sister-in-law." Mrs. Qiao said with a puzzled look, "What happened to my sister-in-law?"

Mrs. Fang San sighed and said: "Hey, sister-in-law, you don't know something. I just went to see my fourth aunt. She was so sick that she couldn't get up. She was really pitiful. But her My daughter-in-law is still holding a banquet here, chatting and laughing." As she said that, she said angrily, "Prince Princess, do you still have the word 'filial piety' in your heart when you act like this?"

Mrs. Qiao suddenly became angry and asked Nangong Yue: "Prince Concubine, how could you do this?!... Just now when Sister Cai Lan asked about your mother-in-law, you were still making excuses. It's really... This is disgusting! Even if you are the princess or the princess, you should still fulfill your duties as a daughter-in-law!"

Nangong Yue looked at them calmly.

The two of them have a tacit understanding when singing and singing together. It would be a pity not to appear on the stage!

After that incident, Nangong Yue still felt that Mrs. Qiao would not come to the banquet. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Qiao replied the day before yesterday. Nangong Yue would not be so naive as to think that someone as controlling as Mrs. Qiao would lower her face and reconcile with her.

It turned out that I was here to sing this song.

Hehe, after all this trouble, that person still refuses to settle down.