Concubine daughter of the Lin family in the Red Chamber

In terms of status, Shen Aixiao is white, and everyone here is higher than him, but in terms of knowledge, even one piece of knowledge is not as good as Shen Aixiao, so they are all respectful and polite , especially the second prince, personally served tea to Shen Aixiao, and gave him his seat, sitting at the head of Shen Aixiao himself.

The prince naturally sat at the head, and said with a smile: "Today is Chaohuang's host, I invite everyone to gather here, firstly, it is the Dragon Boat Festival, it is lively, secondly, it means meeting friends through literature..."

Before the crown prince finished speaking, Princess Chaohuang stood up and said: "Brother crown prince, don't be naughty, I have invited everyone here today to compete with Mr. Deng, so that everyone can see whether they are the best or us. .”

The crown prince smiled and said: "Lan Zhi, whoever you are leading, stand up and show everyone."

A young man sitting next to the sixth prince stood up and introduced the people he had brought in order, namely the second prince, the fifth prince, Liu Fang and Shi Guangzhu, and the newly joined Jiang Dao.

Not to be outdone, Shi Aizhu also pulled out the people from Fuyun Club, namely Liu Xuan, Shui Rou, Lin Wanru, Xue Baochai and Princess Chaohuang.There are six people on both sides. The prince smiled and said: "Since we make friends through literature, we must write poems and essays. The rest of you can be a referee. It is up to everyone to decide which one is higher."

Shi Aizhu said: "Cousin Prince, Second Cousin and Young Master Deng have both been in the dark for ten years. If we compare the Four Books and Five Classics, we will lose. If we want to compete today, we should come up with a topic."

The prince smiled and said, "Then what do you want to compare?"

Shi Aizhu rolled her eyes, and Princess Chaohuang said first: "Let's think about it, let's watch the dragon boat race first, and I will hold a banquet upstairs in the evening, and everyone will compete against each other."

The second prince and Deng Lanzhi both agreed, everyone sat down and talked, Princess Chaohuang took a few girls to the private room to discuss.

Deng Lanzhi whispered to the second prince: "Are you here to meet friends in literature or to play with the princess?"

The second prince smiled and said: "Chaohuang is finally willing to study hard. Father is so happy, I don't want to pour cold water on me as an elder brother. For a while, making friends with literature is second, but don't go too far, call It's not good for a few girls to be too embarrassing, if others don't mention it, Chen Ruiwen will definitely turn his face."

Deng Lanzhi sighed, unwillingly said: "Mr. Shen is finally here, and I still want to ask him for advice."

The second prince smiled and said: "You are stupid. Mr. Shen can't run away. He looks familiar today, so he can just come to ask for advice tomorrow. Don't you have to show off today?"

Deng Lanzhi nodded: "That's true."

Several girls in the room were also expressing their opinions, Princess Chaohuang said: "Although I am the host, father and second elder brother also agreed, but second elder brother is obviously acting perfunctory, today we have to let him know how powerful we are." OK."

Shuirou frowned and said: "If it's a poem versus a poem, we will definitely lose, so we have to find another way."

Xue Baochai laughed and said, "Otherwise, how many pairs will there be?"

Shi Aizhu said: "That much is nothing new, just like, what do you think?"

Lin Wanru said: "Whether it's poetry or anything else, they must be very proficient, and it's not easy for us to gain the upper hand. Rou'er is right, we can only find another way."

Princess Chaohuang counted with her fingers: "I can't write poems, and I can't do pairs. When it comes to guessing riddles, my second brother is the best at guessing riddles. If it's over, we really have no chance of winning."

Lin Wanru said: "Since it's a competition, it must be elegant. Bringing some small gadgets can't be used as a show, and it can make people laugh. Why don't you compare four things like piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? I remember that Sister Bao is the best at playing chess. , Shuirou is the best at calligraphy, Aizhu plays the piano very well, and Xuaner's paintings are also good, let's just give it a try."

Princess Chaohuang looked anxiously: "Then what should I do?"

Shi Aizhu patted Chaohuang's shoulder tragically: "You are playing drums to cheer for us." Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere suddenly became much more relaxed.

Liu Xuan said: "If you want to talk about Danqing, I can give it a try, but what should be the topic?"

Lin Wanru blinked mischievously: "Since we have decided what to compete, let them come up with the title."

Everyone was stunned, Xue Baochai was the first to laugh, this was the best trick, all the people here were the proud daughters of heaven, they decided to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and then offered to let them write the questions, which is equivalent to defeating the other party in terms of momentum one chip.

If the other party intentionally makes the questions tricky, even if Fuyun Society loses, there is no shame in it, but the party who made the question will get a reputation for being cautious. more likely.

Because Chunlan Qiuju has its own strengths, and everyone present here is a genius, and they will never offend one to talk about the other's strengths.

Everyone said it was good, and discussed for a while before going out to sit down.

The crown prince and the second prince are accompanying Shen Aixiao leaning on the railing to look at the river. There are many boats parked on the water, preparing for the dragon boat race. The boats coming and going are extremely lively, and Shen Man is also being dragged by several girls to joke around. , Seeing a few people coming out, they all surrounded him chattering.

Shi Aizhu looked at Shen Man smiling and talking to several people, and didn't neglect anyone. She was very admiring because she had both ways, and asked Lin Wanru in a low voice: "Is that your cousin from the Shen family? She is more beautiful than you, and she is also better at talking than you. "

Lin Wanru secretly pinched Shi Aizhu, and Shi Aizhu hid aside in pain, not daring to recruit anyone who was compared.

Shen Man, as the granddaughter of Shen Aixiao, can get advice from Shen Aixiao from time to time. Everyone is envious of something, but Shen Man is modest, with a gentle tone, and laughs at herself: "Grandfather is very strict on learning. Well, even for me, if I am a little lazy, I will be beaten."

Everyone was even more envious, Cheng Zhenzhen said: "I heard that the Shen family is related to the Chen family, is Miss Shen living in the Chen family this time?"

Shen Man smiled and said: "My eldest aunt is the eldest grandmother of the Chen family. She lived in the Chen family for the first few days. After the old house was cleaned, she moved there. It's not convenient to live."

Cheng Zhenzhen smiled and said, "That being said, we can go and play with Miss Shen in the future? Miss Shen and Miss Lin were both invited to join the Fuyun Society, why didn't you join? Aren't you cousins?"

Shen Man's face froze, and she reluctantly said: "I haven't been in the capital for long, and I'm not familiar with the places."

Liang Yunzhi, who had been listening all the time, said sourly: "Not everyone can enter the Fuyun Society. Although it was the girl Shuirou who started it, the name is decided by the girl. Now there are only princesses and two princesses. , Miss Shui, Miss Xue, Miss Wanru and Miss Wanru's sister are just members of the club."

Cheng Zhenzhen was a little surprised: "Aren't you an attendant? Why didn't you participate?"

Liang Yunzhi didn't speak, Cheng Zhenzhen was pushed by the girl next to her, and she didn't speak.

You can be regarded as a half-girl if you say that you are a servant. The princesses have finished their studies and will give you a credit. There are six waiters, except for Xue Baochai, the rest of the girls behave in a humble manner.

If you are jealous of Xue Baochai, you are naturally jealous, but they have a good sister. She and Lin Wanru are close friends in the boudoir, and Lin Wanru has the favor of the princess. The princess's attendant is still highly relied on, and everyone is jealous, but they can only be jealous.

Princess Chaohuang was talking to the crown prince and the princes, the scene was very lively, Liu Xuan pulled Shi Aizhu, Lin Wanru sat aside and whispered, pointing to the handsome young man in the distance and said: "See, that is the champion of this year, not only He is talented and handsome, too."

Shi Aizhu giggled: "Cousin has taken a fancy to her."

Liu Xuan didn't blush, and said generously: "I have a crush on someone, and I have to have a crush on me. I heard that if the family is not too poor, the emperor's uncle will be recruited as a son-in-law. Tsk, that is really a step up to the sky. "

Lin Wanru also looked over, he was very handsome, wearing a bamboo green cotton silk robe, with a jade hairpin on his head, like a tall and straight new bamboo, and also the number one scholar, no wonder Liu Xuan was moved by seeing it .

Shi Aizhu laughed suddenly: "Did you find out that that man looks alike to Wan Ru, and if you look at his eyes, are they exactly the same as Wan Ru's eyes?"

Liu Xuan also took a closer look, compared it with Lin Wanru's, and giggled, "It's really similar."

Lin Wanru's eyes are not as beautiful and ethereal as Lin Daiyu's, but they are full of vitality. The corners of the eyes are slightly raised, a little charming, and the long eyebrows are drawn into the temples, and they are a little bright. Not only are the eyes of that person very similar to Wanru's, but The long eyebrows add to his handsomeness.

Lin Wanru was stunned for a moment, rather than saying that she looked like her, it was better to say that she resembled Aunt Shen, not only the eyes, but also the nose and mouth were somewhat similar to Aunt Shen.

Lin Wanru asked, "What's that man's name?"

Shi Aizhu said: "You don't know this year's No. [-] scholar. His name is Jiang Dao. According to my mother, he seems to be from the same town as you, and also from Suzhou." Lin Wanru's heart skipped a beat and she didn't speak.

Because of some doubts in her heart, Lin Wanru paid more attention to that Jiang Dao.

Jiang Dao's demeanor is very elegant, neither humble nor overbearing, facing the princes and grandchildren, not only is he not embarrassing, but he talks freely. You can tell from the way the fifth prince admires him very much. Jiang Dao is very proficient in human relations and sophistication.

Not only Lin Wanru, but Chen Ruiwen was also secretly looking at Jiang Dao. Chen Ruiwen felt enlightened by the news he got from the second prince just now. Now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he realized the trickiness of this matter.

First of all, Jiang Dao had already made his mark, and with the emperor as his guarantor, it was impossible for the Shen family to treat Jiang Wenming and his son the same way they treated Jiang Ting.

At the beginning, Jiang Ting's death was caused by the Shen family. To be precise, it was caused by the second wife of the Shen family. At that time, if Jiang Wenming was dissatisfied with his marriage with Wanru and insisted on beating the mandarin ducks, who would Wanru listen to?