The next morning, the servants of the palace spread mats in the open space in the back garden of Prince Jin's palace. Four or five low tables were placed on the mats. The tables were filled with fruits and cakes. Several girls sat or stood, or watched Jin. There were exotic flowers and plants in the back garden of the palace, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time, making it very lively.
Most of these girls are nobles from Jiankang City or descendants of the clan.
Of course, there are also one or two darling daughters of civil servants who are secretly friends with the young princess of the Jin Palace.
At this time, the little princess was wearing a pale pink dress, sitting at a low table, joking with an older young woman.
The young woman reached out and pinched a piece of pastry from the table, broke it into two halves, handed one half to the little princess's hand, and took the other half in her own hand. She chuckled and said, "My little sister, your pastry chef is really good. The ones I make at home are much more delicious.”
Being able to call the little princess "little sister" means that this woman is also a member of the clan.
The little princess' surname was Li Mingshu. After hearing this, she glanced at the woman beside her and said with a smile: "This master was hired by my eldest brother from other places. It's not easy. If you like it, I'll say hello later. Let him go to your home and teach your master."
The woman was eating cakes. When she heard this, she rolled her eyes at the little princess and said angrily: "Stingy, I thought you were going to give this master to my family."
"That won't work."
The little princess blinked: "I still have to point him to the food."
After half a piece of pastry was eaten, the young woman looked at Li Shu and said softly: "Why hasn't your great talent Shen come yet?"
"have no idea."
Li Shu shook her head and said softly: "It's hard to invite him. I asked Huan'er to invite him several times, but he refused to come. This time, he agreed after I asked my second brother to invite him."
Hearing these words, the young woman snorted softly.
"A child student who has not even been selected as a student dares to show off in front of you. You can't even invite me, but Erlang can do it. He clearly looks down on us women!"
The little princess shook her head slightly: "I just think his poems are very good."
"Qin Huai was speechless and talked about the setting sun..."
She smiled and said: "There are so many talented people in Jiankang City every year, but none of them can write this kind of poem."
"Yes, it's very well written."
At this time, another woman in blue came over and sat next to the little princess. She rolled her eyes slightly: "My old man is over seventy years old this year. When he saw the couplet written by Mr. Shen yesterday, he sat down directly. He was sobbing on the ground and almost didn't recover."
"I heard that too."
The little princess sighed and said, "My father was not in a good mood after reading the sentence "When will the bright moon shine on me again?" Only these two lines of poems can deceive the tears of many people who are crossing south. .”
She turned to look at the boys and girls present, and sighed again: "Most of our ancestors came from the north..."
As soon as Li Shu said these words, everyone fell silent.
At this moment, a young man wearing ordinary cloth walked out of the side path. The young man looked around and finally saw where the little princess was. He came to the princess in three or two steps. He lowered his head slightly, cupped his hands and said, "I'm not familiar with the garden path, so I'm late. Please forgive me, Princess."
In fact, Shen Yi was late not because he was not familiar with the route, but because it was mid-March and the flowers were in full bloom. The exotic flowers and plants were vying for beauty in the back garden. Shen Yi also liked flowers and plants, so he was delayed in the back garden. some time.
After Shen Yi arrived, he first counted the number of people.
Even the little princess, a total of five people, are all young girls.
However, he didn't know any of them, so he could only go to the little princess first and greet the princess of Prince Jin's Mansion.
The little princess also stood up and returned the courtesy to Shen Yi.
At this time, the clan girl who was still sitting looked at Shen Yi first, and then at the old clothes Shen Yi was wearing. Her eyes flashed, as if she wanted to understand something.
"Young Master Shen, you don't have to be polite. Today is a tea party. There is no status."
Shen Yi smiled and nodded, and sat on the mat with a few little girls.
The little princess introduced these little girls to him one by one. Shen Yi looked calm and bowed his head one by one.
These are all the "best friends" of the young princess. The eldest among them is the daughter of the clan. She is already married and is also a princess. She was named Pingyang Princess in her early years. However, the Pingyang Princess's natal family has already left the capital and joined the feudal vassalage. Yes, she married back to Jiankang.
After a brief acquaintance, everyone chatted for a while. After the meeting was over, Shen Yi found an empty table and sat down, closing his eyes and relaxing.
Princess Pingyang walked gracefully and walked over slowly. She sat opposite Shen Yi, looked at Shen Yi up and down, and said with a smile: "I heard that His Majesty rewarded Mr. Shen with a hundred gold pieces not long ago. Such money is enough to buy everything." I have some new clothes, my sister invited Mr. Shen to come today, Mr. Shen should pay more attention to it."
Shen Qilang opened his eyes, first looked at the woman opposite, then bowed slightly to Princess Pingyang and said: "Back to Princess Pingyang, the money your Majesty rewarded me has spent on buying a property on Dongshi Street, and it has been spent now. "
Princess Pingyang looked at Shen Yi and asked, "Young Master is a very talented poet. Can you bring any new works to the tea party today?"
She laughed softly and said: "Those who are here today have some status in Jiankang. If you read out your new work here, we will go back and promote it for you. Mr. Shen will be famous in Jiankang again."
Shen Yi was still looking at his eyes, nose and heart. He lowered his head slightly and said: "Back to the princess, my writing is perfect. I just got it by chance. I don't dare to be a poet. Besides, I... I came to Jiankang just for the exam." I don’t want to be famous for my studies.”
Devour
"Thank you very much, Princess, for your kindness."
Princess Pingyang reached out and poured a cup of tea for Shen Yi. Then she looked at the young master from Jiangdu and said with a smile: "The sisters who came here today have countless fans on weekdays. I don't know how many people are pursuing me. How come Mr. Shen is here?" , just kept his head down, not even looking at our sisters."
She smiled and said, "Why, are you old friends back home?"
Princess Pingyang was married after all, so her speech was inevitably bold and straightforward.
Shen Yi shook his head first, and then said: "Back to the princess, I am from a humble background. Now I am devoted to my studies and do not dare to have any other thoughts. If it weren't for the Second Young Master's invitation, I would not be here today anyway. of."
Having said this, he raised his head to look at Princess Pingyang, then lowered his head and said, "You know what you are doing, and I know what I am doing since I was little."
Princess Pingyang smiled slightly: "That's the truth, but young people inevitably have some delusions in their hearts. Don't you want to marry my sister and have a beautiful woman in your arms?"
Shen Yi didn't even raise his head and said, "I don't want to."
"Princess, if you continue to think about these things, it will only increase your worries."
Princess Pingyang glanced at Shen Yi blankly and narrowed her eyes.
"Then if Yang Jingzong and Liu Jizhang's granddaughter are here, do you think so?"
Yang Jingzong was the prime minister of the dynasty, and Liu Jizhang was the minister of household affairs.
The two old men... indeed both have granddaughters.
Shen Yi shook his head again.
"Back to the princess, I will never think about useless thoughts."
Princess Pingyang sat opposite Shen Yi. She looked at Shen Yi blankly, and then gave her own evaluation of Shen Yi.
"Boring people."
After saying these four words, the young woman got closer to Shen Yi and took a closer look at Shen Yi.
The strong smell of fragrant powder hits your face,
"But it's also interesting. Maybe we can be friends in the future."
After saying that, Princess Pingyang stood up, walked gracefully as before, twisted her hips and left.
Shen Yi couldn't help but raise his head, glanced at the back of Princess Pingyang, and then looked at the girls sitting next to him. He lowered his head again and murmured to himself.
"These are all karma obstacles on my way to school, all karma..."
