It was March, and a spring banquet was being held at the Peach Blossom Brook Forest outside Jingshan Palace.
The stream was dug manually, with pebbles on both sides, just to create a curved flow of water for the sake of elegance. Therefore, the stream is winding and winding.
And at the upper reaches of the stream, there was a wine glass with a lotus leaf base and a lotus tube filled with tokens.
The wine glass meanders down with the falling flowers and flowing water. Whoever falls in front of it will have to draw one of the lottery tickets, and then perform the corresponding talent according to the requirements on the lottery ticket.
And only those who have performed well are qualified to drink a full glass of wine.
Jiang Nianjiao naturally participated in the game, but because her injuries were not healed, she promised her aunt not to perform, so she did not prepare anything for today's spring banquet.
Anyway, she can win the favor of many princes and grandsons with her appearance, and she will have plenty of opportunities to perform after the talent show.
But when she found out that the host of the banquet today was actually Princess Qiyang, and that Princess Qiyang also arranged Su Zhirou, who was supposed to be at the bottom of the table, to the seat above her, and arranged Zhao Nianze directly opposite her, she couldn't help but feel jealous. Subtle feeling.
She and Princess Qiyang are both arrogant and arrogant people who have not dealt with each other since childhood. When they grew up, they became old enemies for many years.
Princess Qiyang knew that she hated Su Zhirou, so she showed her favor to Su Zhirou in various ways, only to give Su Zhirou the green light to fall in love with her cousin Zhao Nianze.
She was the host of the banquet today, and she didn't know what methods she would use.
However, she soon discovered that after she was determined not to compete with Su Zhirou for her cousin Zhao Nianze, Princess Qiyang's little tricks were just out of reach.
After all, putting a little medical officer's daughter in her position would not only make her disgusted, but would actually make people laugh at her for not knowing the etiquette of Princess Qiyang.
From her perspective, she could see her cousin Zhao Nianze clearly. At this time, she was not surprised to find that Zhao Nianze's eyes were only on Su Zhirou.
When she looked back, Princess Qi Yang, who was above her, was indeed smiling provocatively at her.
In the past, she would definitely have argued with Princess Qiyang who was deliberately provoking trouble, but today she really had no intention of arguing with Princess Qiyang over such a trivial matter.
Therefore, when Princess Qiyang smiled provocatively at her, she just nodded and signaled to Princess Qiyang.
She looked so calm and composed, but Princess Qiyang was so angry that she even stopped smiling.
However, although she did not want to have a dispute with Princess Qiyang today, some people could not stand it.
Chen Yannian, who was sitting next to her, had never been one to hold back her anger. When she saw Su Zhirou sitting in front of Jiang Nianjiao, she immediately questioned, "Qiyang, why is this little medical officer's daughter still arrogant? Ahead of us? Isn't this a little inappropriate?"
Qi Yang was waiting for them to question him, because no matter how reasonable they were, as long as they questioned, they would be nitpicking in Zhao Nianze's eyes.
Sure enough, as Chen Hongnian finished speaking, Zhao Nianze, who was opposite her, looked at her with reproachful eyes.
Jiang Nianjiao was speechless for her cousin who was carried away by love.
Chen Hongnian's doubts are reasonable.
What's more, what Chen Hongnian said was not his own. Why was he staring at me?
In order to avoid making herself a little sullen, Jiang Nianjiao simply turned her head away from her cousin.
Unexpectedly, she turned her gaze to the side and saw Zhao Yanzhen sitting below her cousin.
This is a strange thing, after all, the Third Highness did not participate in the spring banquet in previous years.
Zhao Yanzhen today wore a plain white round-neck robe with ink crane pattern embroidered with gold thread and a wide-sleeved outer shirt of the same color.
A breeze passed by, only blowing the peach blossom branches above his head, which reflected the sentence in the poem "Spring outing, apricot blossoms blowing all over the head, who is a young and romantic family on the street?"
As if sensing Jiang Nianjiao's gaze, the young man turned to look at Jiang Nianjiao, and even smiled and nodded with her.
He doesn't look as ferocious as he did yesterday.
Jiang Nianjiao naturally nodded with him.
Thinking about what her aunt said yesterday, she quickly turned her head again.
Qi Yang, who only listened to the leader, was responding to Chen Changnian's question: "In previous years, it was a bit boring to follow the rules of the elders. Today we only judge seats based on talents, so why should we care so much about seats? If it's inappropriate, you The location is really inappropriate.”
As soon as she finished speaking, all the gentlemen and ladies in the room couldn't help laughing.
Chen Changnian only likes to wield swords and guns, and can't even embroider. In the circle of ladies in Beijing, she is also known as "ignorant and ignorant".
Qi Yang obviously came prepared, and Chen Changnian was naturally shocked and speechless.
And although she was generous, she couldn't really attack Qi Yang, so she could only snort angrily and sit down.
Jiang Nianjiao originally didn't intend to talk to Qi Yang, but when she saw that Qi Yang had brought fire to Chen Changnian, she stood up with a smile and said, "The princess's idea is interesting, judging by talent? The princess sitting in the chief position must think that she is the most talented. One person? I remember when I was learning dance with the princess in Tai Le Fang, the princess’s water sleeve dance was indeed a masterpiece. How about the princess taking the lead today?”
Hearing Jiang Nianjiao's words, Chen Changnian on the side was also very polite. She immediately shouted, "I really don't know anything, but Her Royal Highness must be very good. Why don't I just dance."
Those who didn’t understand what was going on naturally followed suit.
This is stepping on Qi Yang's sore point. Although Qi Yang ridiculed Chen Changnian for being ignorant, she was actually not much better than Chen Changnian. Moreover, Chen Changnian had been with her father at the border since she was a child and had no intention of learning these things. However, she was really a bit skilled. Incongruous.
Especially when I was learning the water sleeve dance, it was a disaster.
Either she stepped on her own sleeves and fell down, or she stepped on someone else's sleeves.
Today, she could just be a host, and no one would investigate her past.
He didn't want her, but he wanted to provoke Jiang Nianjiao, who knew her well.
At this time, Jiang Nianjiao and Chen Yannian were so irritating that her face darkened. "I am a princess, why should I perform for you? If you have this ability, why don't you perform?"
Jiang Nianjiao smiled and said, "I just don't think I have the ability, so I'm sitting here."
Qi Yang naturally heard that Jiang Nianjiao was beating around the bush and scolding him for not being self-aware.
But at this moment, she was so angry that she was at a loss for words. She just talked to Jiang Nianjiao for a long time.
Zhao Nianze who was on the side couldn't stand it anymore and helped her out, "Qi Yang is here just to do a good job as a host. It's her freedom whether she wants to perform or not."
After saying that, he turned to comfort Qi Yang and said, "Second sister, you can just take charge today, and don't worry about anything else."
With Zhao Nianze's rescue, Qi Yang was filled with chicken blood again. She smiled and said, "Brother Huang said that some people always think that they are the best in the world, but in fact they are nothing."
After saying that, she looked at Jiang Nianjiao provocatively.
Jiang Nianjiao, who didn't want to return to her seat, didn't even look at her.
She only motioned to the girl next to her to peel the grape skins for her.
She seemed to regard herself as air.
Although Qi Yang was unwilling to give up, when she first studied with Jiang Nianjiao, Jiang Nianjiao was indeed better at everything than her, and even more talkative than her, so she could only be aggrieved.
Without Qi Yang's provocation, the wine glass and lottery tube were naturally thrown into the stream.
Everyone only performs various talent performances according to the requirements on the lottery tube, because talents are random, and most people are not proficient in everything. If they are not lucky, they will inevitably make a fool of themselves, which will add to the banquet. Got a lot of laughs.
Of course, there are some who are extremely talented among them. Her cousin Zhao Nianze is one of them, even though he got the dancing lottery.
But this dance sign did not make him look embarrassed. He only took off his sword and performed a sword dance for everyone.
Swords danced, flowers bloomed, and the graceful figure of the young man in the forest only made the girls on the other side of the women's seat feel moved with love.
On the contrary, Su Zhirou, who was sitting next to Jiang Nianjiao, just lowered her head and looked thoughtful.
Could it be that she was having trouble with her cousin?
Shouldn't this be true?
It can be inferred from the way her cousin stared at Su Zhirou just now. There should be no conflict between the two.
Perhaps Jiang Nianjiao's gaze was too focused, and Su Zhirou, who had only lowered her head to covertly eat the cakes on the table, seemed to feel Jiang Nianjiao's gaze.
She smiled calmly at Jiang Nianjiao, as if she had already forgotten what Jiang Nianjiao had done to her yesterday.
However, there was still a slight sadness in her eyes.
When Jiang Nianjiao saw her smiling at him, she realized that she was actually thinking about why she and her cousin were at odds.
What does it have to do with them being at odds with each other? It was a great kindness that I didn't get in the way.
Thinking of this, Jiang Nianjiao just turned her head away.
Her cousin's sword dance ended at some point, and the wine glass flowed in front of Zhao Yanzhen.
The chamberlain behind Zhao Yanzhen immediately scooped up the wine glasses and lottery tubes from the water for Zhao Yanzhen.
Zhao Yanzhen was playing music, so he ordered his subordinates to bring over a white jade flute.
He was already rich and handsome, with the appearance of a celestial being, but at this moment when the music of the cave flute started to play, everyone just thought it was the immortal son who was stepping on the moon.
He played the song "The Phoenix Seeks the Phoenix".
At that time, Sima Xiangru played this song for Wenjun in the garden in order to seek mercy from Zhuo Wenjun.
But I don’t know who such a handsome young man can be his literary gentleman.
When Jiang Nianjiao was thinking wildly, she unexpectedly met Zhao Yanzhen's eyes.
Seeing his star-like eyes, and when their eyes met, she didn't know why, but she felt a little uncomfortable and hurriedly turned her gaze.
By the time he finished his song, she didn't dare to look at him anymore.
Although there were some outstanding performances afterwards, I don't know whether it was because the previous performers were too outstanding or because she was tired of aesthetics. In Jiang Nianjiao's opinion, the subsequent performances were too bland.
When the wine glass stopped in front of Su Zhirou, Su Zhirou just picked up the lotus leaf base from the water with her own hands.
She also smoked happily.
Jiang Nianjiao had never seen Su Zhirou perform her talents before, so she couldn't help but feel a little curious at this time.
After Su Zhirou drew the lot, she just smiled shyly, "I don't have any talent. I only learned medicine and practiced medicine with my father since I was a child. Occasionally when I'm tired, I break leaves to play. I don't know other musical instruments, so I still hope to Don’t make fun of me.”
After saying this, she just took out a leaf from her sleeve that had been prepared for a long time.
No one who performs music uses expensive instruments to play, but she is so humble that she only picks leaves to use as instruments.
Naturally, there were people whispering and laughing at her.
However, although she was modest in her words, she did not suffer from stage fright.
She took out a leaf and put it to her lips. What she was blowing was not mountain water or white snow.
The music was light, melodious, graceful and clear, just like an unknown folk tune. From time to time, she could be heard imitating the calls of various birds.
Although she has a mediocre appearance and does not have luxurious clothes, through the music, it seems that she can feel the incomparable vitality under this mediocre body. Just like a trickling stream, it soothes the hearts of others.
By the end of the song, the audience was still immersed in the brisk music. On such a spring outing, it seemed that her music was more in line with the current artistic conception.
I don’t know who shouted “Hello!” Everyone just woke up from a dream.
