Both the number one scholar and the second runner-up came from poor families. Like Zhang Bian, who came from a famous family and whose father was an important minister in the court, the courtesan who accompanied him must have been quite famous.
It should be more famous than the likes of Chu Lianxiang and Liu Guorong.
To Yue'er's surprise, when the handsome and handsome Zhang Bian appeared on a tall horse wearing red silk, Yue'er was stunned when she saw the person riding with him.
That is a good-looking little girl!
As the ladies onlookers heatedly discussed Mr. Zhang, the man who had been looking for a beauty, praising him for his majestic arrogance, talent and appearance, and throwing fragrant flowers at him, Yue'er sneered.
"Zhang Shangshu is romantic, and this Zhang Bian is even more shameless. He actually found a beautiful girl from some brothel to accompany him. He is simply a pervert."
"That's fine!"
Yue'er looked disappointed, and then sighed: "My mother-in-law and my third brother will definitely look down on a person with such shortcomings, so let's let this marriage go."
Her sister Yue’s imagination really shouldn’t be too big!
Even if Zhang Bian had any fetishes, the brothel and Chu Palace would still hire famous teachers to train her after they found such a young girl.
Where will it be brought out to show off?
Li Sixu was amused and poked her forehead with her finger: "What is Sister Yue thinking about? That's Zhang Bian's niece Zhang Yingying, the one who was imprisoned in Daci'en Temple with Sisi."
ah!
Is she the Zhang Yingying that sister Sisi mentioned?
This made a big mistake, Yue'er's face turned red: "Why isn't this Zhang Bian accompanied by a famous prostitute?"
As Sister Chang learned from Xue Xiu, the custom of Qujiang Banquet has always been like this. New scholars want famous prostitutes to accompany them in order to show their nobility and win the title of a romantic talent.
The Chu Guan, a brothel in the capital, wanted to let their girls accompany Jinshi to the gardens in exchange for fame and to become famous prostitutes.
Even the top students and second-place students from poor families were accompanied by servants and beauties when they played. For a noble son like Zhang Bian who came from a well-known family and whose father was an important official in the court, it is impossible that no famous prostitute handed him a famous card. Accompany him on a trip to Qujiang for a feast.
But he actually declined and took only his niece Zhang Yingying with him, which made Li Sixu look at him with admiration.
She sighed: "Perhaps Zhang Bian understands that a person's dignity should be his talent, knowledge and character engraved in his bones. It cannot be demonstrated by being accompanied by a prostitute."
Yue'er was dumbfounded when Zhang Bian was so clean and self-contained!
I felt that my little calculation was completely useless, and I was very disappointed for a while.
Li Sixu pulled her: "After the new Jinshi tour in the Apricot Garden, there is a banquet at Ziyun Tower. Let's sneak back quickly!"
Yue'er nodded!
She worriedly said: "You said that Zhang Bian wouldn't ask Father for a marriage during the banquet, right?"
Just as Li Sixu was about to talk, Yue'er shook her head violently.
"No, no."
She murmured: "How come some people don't love beauty? Is there anything wrong with Zhang Bian's health?"
Hearing what her worried sister Yue was mumbling, Li Sixu almost laughed out loud. Just as she was about to tease her, at the banquet, someone would take the pulse of Zhang Yingying's second uncle to check if he had any hidden diseases. Unknowingly, he had already Went outside Ziyun Tower.
Li Sixu was about to pull Yue'er in when she saw a woman standing under the apricot tree not far away, as if chatting with her.
Yaoyao looked a little scared and subconsciously stepped back.
When Li Sixu and Yue'er walked to the apricot tree, the gorgeously dressed woman had already forced Yaoyao behind an apricot tree with an excited expression, squatting down to pull her sleeves.
Yaoyao resisted: "Go away, go away, Yaoyao doesn't know you."
"Like, they look so similar!"
The woman pulled her distant sleeve and begged: "Good boy, let me see if there is a scent-shaped birthmark on your back..."
Seeing that Yaoyao's face turned pale with fright, Li Sixu's expression turned cold.
"Stop! Don't you see she's about to cry?"
Li Sixu looked cold and stern.
When the woman saw that she was a little girl of the same age as Yuanyao, she didn't take it seriously at first.
Until Yaoyuan burst out crying and threw herself into Li Sixu's arms: "Princess, Yaoyuan is scared!"
The woman's face changed drastically!
When she clearly saw Princess Yue standing behind Li Sixu in a gorgeous dress, the woman was so frightened that she bent her knees and knelt down.
"My wife was too excited and lost her sense of proportion for a moment."
When she raised her head, she was already in tears, but her eyes were fixed on Yuanyuan and refused to move away: "She looks exactly like my wife's lost daughter. My wife was so excited that I frightened her. I hope the princess will forgive me."
"My wife's daughter has a scent-shaped birthmark on her back."
Mrs. Wang explained to Li Sixu: "My wife missed her separated daughter, so she wanted to see if there was a birthmark on her back."
Although Li Sixu's face remained calm, her heart was shocked.
Because there is indeed a thin and long scent-shaped birthmark on Yaoyao's back!
However, Yaoyao told her that she had been dependent on the little eunuch next to her third brother since she could remember, and she couldn't remember anything.
Those who can enter and leave Ziyun Tower for the banquet today are all those appointed by her father, and they are either rich or noble.
Li Sixu asked calmly: "Which family are you from?"
"Princess, my wife's husband is Wang Xiang, a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs."
Li Sixu was stunned!
This name was somewhat familiar to her.
When she deceived Ming Si at Zending Temple, the cousin she asked Liu Yunying to make up was none other than Wang He, a member of the household department.
She only knew this name from Wang Yuanbao.
Because although this Wang Zhi was just a small household official, he came from a well-known family. He was the son of Wang Jin, a member of Zhongshushe, and had some contacts with Wang Yuanbao.
Yaoyao seemed to be extremely resistant to the woman in front of her, and was so frightened that she hid behind Li Sixu.
Li Sixu thought that she should be cautious when recognizing relatives.
She lowered her face and said, "Yao Yao is the maid beside this princess. You said that your lost daughter looks exactly like her. This princess will find out her life experience."
What else does the woman want to say?
Li Sixu took Yaoyuan and walked straight to Ziyun Tower, waiting to be far away from the woman.
She asked Yaoyao: "Don't you like her?"
"dislike!"
She shook her little head far away: "She is not like a mother."
Yue'er teased her: "What does a mother look like?"
"The Fish Lady, the Fish Lady looks like a mother..."
Yaoyao was very close to her mother and concubine. Li Sixu burst out laughing and wanted to ask why Yaoyao ran away from Ziyun Tower. Liu Yunying hurriedly came to find her.
"Didn't I ask you to stay with Concubine Xian and stop running around?"
Liu Yunying was so anxious that she explained to Li Sixu: "When Yunying went to the toilet, she disappeared. Fortunately, she was found."
"A palace maid said that the princess is looking for Yaoyao."
Yaoyao blamed herself: "Princess, did Yaoyao get into trouble again?"
Li Sixu thought that Yaoyao's encounter with Mrs. Wang was an accident, but in the end, a palace maid used her name to trick Yaoyao out of Ziyun Tower?
Li Sixu's expression changed and she asked Yue'er to take Yaoyao in first.
She ordered Liu Yunying: "Keep a close eye on the wife of the household minister Wang Xie for Sisi."
