[Red Mansions] Guide to "The Empress of the Wise"

"I can't hide it from my mother, but the three girls who win my heart the most are at the top!" The princess smiled and pointed out that the top three on the list of the five girls just now were the result of her deliberation.

"If you can take it out, at least the family can't go wrong, it depends on the girl herself. It just so happens that all three families have to come today, so you should take a closer look." Princess Yong also knew that the essence of today's banquet was a blind date.

Concubine Yong was gossiping with the princess, and the fifth girl was listening nearby. The princess knew that her daughter was tight-lipped, and she was not afraid of her revealing the matter to others.

When the number of guests gradually increased, the princess could not only talk to Concubine Yong in the house, but also help her family greet the guests, or chat and laugh in the hall, or go to the garden to enjoy the flowers.The lady who came here had too many orders, and the fifth girl was not suitable to stay in the main hall, so she was taken to the garden by the sixth cousin.

The banquet is called Chrysanthemum Appreciation, and naturally there are various kinds of chrysanthemums distributed in the courtyard. The Yongwang’s family has a big business and many children. The first five cousins ​​have already married, and the cousin who accompanied the fifth girl is ranked sixth, and she is about to marry. The sisters thought that she was the oldest, and because of her seniority, she was asked to take care of the fifth girl, which shows that Princess Yong loves the fifth girl.This sixth cousin has fair skin, and has a pair of sweet dimples when she smiles. She speaks in a soft voice, which makes people feel very kind, and the fifth girl also likes her very much.

"Fifth sister, look, this is the garden of Fuchu. The most precious bright yellow and mung beans are just behind the rockery opposite the Jiuqu Bridge. You don't come to Fuchu as often as you don't know the way. I'll let Xiaomei take care of you, that's good. "Sixth cousin smiled slightly, pointing to the red-clothed woman who came out next to her.

"Sixth Cousin, don't bother, go get busy. I have been to the garden twice, and you must be used to following you out. How can I occupy Sixth Cousin's maid?" Fifth Miss declined, and Sixth Cousin wanted Taking advantage of this opportunity to give a good impression to the wives who came to the banquet, she is at the stall where she is talking about kissing, and the fifth girl does not want bad people to do good things.Seeing what the sixth cousin wanted to say, she had to look at her more sincerely, took the sixth cousin's hand and said: "Sixth cousin, today's banquet is grand, there must be no mistakes, I am also my own family, why should we be polite."

"Okay, thank you fifth sister." The sixth cousin breathed a sigh of relief. She naturally wanted to make friends with the ladies who came today, thinking that it would be better to focus on fishing than to cast fishing nets. It is better for her granddaughter to flatter Princess Yong for half a year if she gets a good word from Miss Wu.At this time, Miss Wu was so kind, she happened to grab it with both hands.

The fifth girl watched the sixth cousin go away with a smile, and then walked inside with her big maids, Chun Equinox and Dahan.The Jiuqu Corridor is built on a body of water, and there are still water lilies in the water. The gardener has taken good care of it. There are no dead branches and leaves, only dots of green and small flowers.Sure enough, it was not the season for blooming, the flowers were small and the colors were not bright.

Walking through the zigzag corridor and bypassing the rockery, there is a small slope filled with bright yellow chrysanthemums. Yellow is the most common color of chrysanthemums, but because the new dynasty uses bright yellow as the color of the emperor's formal dress, Such a color is also distinguished.The bright yellow flowers almost glisten in the sunlight.

The fifth girl took a casual look at the flowers, and walked to another area where the green chrysanthemum "Mung Bean" was placed. It was really extraordinary, a piece of dark green, not a little yellowish like what the fifth girl usually saw.

After seeing the places introduced by the two sixth cousins, the fifth girl took advantage of the opportunity to go to places with bad locations.

The spring equinox and the great cold follow behind to open your eyes. You must know that the Yongwang Mansion can hold this chrysanthemum appreciation banquet and invite the famous ladies and ladies in the whole capital. These chrysanthemums are naturally extraordinary, and these two places are the most important. The spring equinox looks like the fifth girl , Persuading: "Girl, don't you stop looking at it? Look at this one, it's as big as a silver plate, and the petals are flamboyant. It's really an eye-opener for slaves."

"Well, it's quite beautiful. It's a little hot here, so let's go first." Miss Wu nodded perfunctorily, and walked to the shade first. Qiuhuo is still quite powerful.

Chun Equinox and Dahan looked at each other, and found that their girl was really not interested, so they followed her.Spring equinox doesn't understand, why doesn't the girl like such rare and rare famous flowers?

Chun Equinox doesn't know about Wu Girl's unique aesthetics. In her eyes, white and yellow chrysanthemums are unlucky, because she sees these two kinds of flowers most often at funerals and martyrs' cemeteries; she doesn't like green flowers either. It's better than looking at the leaves!And the five girls have seen many strange flowers, and they will not pay more attention to them because of their novelty.

The spring equinox and the great cold came out with the master to make the master happy. Seeing that the fifth girl was not interested, they cheered up and made jokes, saying that they were learning to sing and finally made the fifth girl happy.

The fifth girl was so happy that she sighed: Look, someone came to make her happy again. This sugar-coated cannonball of feudal dross is really pervasive. How can she hold on to it~

The fifth girl was half-satisfied and half-reflective, walked to the gazebo and sat down, seeing all kinds of fruits and snacks in the gazebo, she didn't move, she just leaned on the railing to rest.

After a while, a little girl in light rice clothes came over, and Miss Wu sat up straight. She didn't expect that there were people who didn't like to be lively like her.

Miss Wu sees others as a little girl, but others see her as a little girl!

The fifth girl saw her walk in, got up, nodded her head slightly, because she didn't know her identity, she saw Pingli.The Mifenyi girl also returned the gift, and introduced herself heartily: "I am a female family member of Prince Cheng's Mansion, I wonder who you are?"

The girl asked with some embarrassment, under normal circumstances, when little girls like them meet, adults will introduce and guide each other, so there is no need to introduce themselves like this.The girl felt that he was already in the pavilion first, and if she hadn't come, there would be no need for such embarrassment, so she naturally spoke first.

The fifth girl saluted again, and said: "I don't know the identity of the princess, please forgive me for being rude." Only the Qinghe princess is the only female family member of Chengwang's mansion at this age.

"Hey, why is the princess not a princess? I am new to the capital, and I am looking forward to making more friends!" Princess Qinghe also seemed to be a hearty and generous person.

"I am a girl from Bo Wang's family in the county under the command of Taiwei Du. Today I came with my mother to pay my respects to my grandmother." The fifth girl then introduced herself.

"It turned out to be Princess Fuhui's daughter, no wonder...so cute." Princess Please laughed and said, no wonder she walked around the huge garden with only two maids, unaccompanied.This girl from the Wang family was relieved, how could something happen to her in the Yongwang Mansion, and she was helpless, a princess is not as good as the daughter of a courtier.

The princess thought in her heart, but there was a constant smile on her face.Miss Wu didn't know that people here were precocious, and a seven or eight-year-old woman could have so many thoughts.

When the two met for the first time, they were quite speculative, so they chatted in the gazebo.On the spring equinox, I peeled an orange and removed all the white flesh. The two fifth girls reconciled and shared the food with the princess. It was very happy.

The two of them sat in this pavilion for a long time, a panting servant girl ran over, saluted, and said: "Princess Wan'an, Fifth Miss Wan'an, the poetry feast on the high stage in the garden is about to begin, please move, two noblemen."

The two immediately walked back to the high platform.With the status of the princess there, there is naturally another honor. The fifth girl followed the maid sent by her mother and walked to the table of the Wang family.

This time the banquet was held in the garden by noble ladies and daughters, the noble ladies were naturally the guests, and this stage was reserved for the ladies.Sure enough, Concubine Yong took the main seat and posted a message similar to "Welcome everyone, in order to have more fun, let's have a talent show competition, voluntarily participate, do anything, of course, poetry is the best."

At the age of Miss Wu, she will be able to read and write, and composing poems is none of her business, she just concentrates on watching the excitement.

The girls from the three families valued by Princess Fuhui also have excellent works. Ms. Gu from Zuo Shilang's family in Hubu is worthy of the name of a talented woman. Praise from several wives; Ms. Liu from Dali Temple Qing's family wrote ordinary poems, but she wrote a good handwriting, and her style was neither arrogant nor rash. Miss Wu also saw several wives nodding and smiling.

Because this is a poetry club in name, no one showed other talents, but they either showed their poetic talents, added calligraphy, or simply sketched a few strokes of painting, in short, it was all done on paper.The fifth girl thought wildly, what if someone is not good at reading and writing?

The Chrysanthemum Appreciation Banquet came to an end in the afternoon, and everyone ate a dish featuring chrysanthemums, and then dispersed.During the banquet, the seat of the fifth girl "coincidentally" was next to the three girls who were valued by the princess, and she also took a closer look.

The princess took the five girls to stay until the guests had left before saying goodbye to Princess Yong. On the carriage back, the princess asked, "What do you think of the girls from the three families?"