Splendid peasant girl busy farming

Chapter 2323 The Grand Ceremony of the Kingdom (four more)
Over there, Mrs. Lin was surrounded by everyone and came to the main seat, and made some opening remarks.

In Yang Ruoqing's understanding, everyone is welcome to come here to participate in the poetry and prose meeting, and those who can come here are all talented and outstanding...

Then, in the crowd, the previously reserved, elegant, noble, and cold ladies all changed their smiles.

All of them gathered in front of Mrs. Lin, flocking to her, all kinds of flattery.

Among these people, Han Ruyi was naturally indispensable.

Mrs. Lin raised her hand, and the surroundings became quiet.

Then, she smiled and announced in a loud voice: "This year's poetry and essay meeting is now officially started. Next, Mrs. Li will host it for everyone."

After Madam Lin finished speaking, she stepped down from the main seat and stepped aside.

A middle-aged lady who is a little fat but has a good temperament stood in the place where Mrs. Lin had stood before, and began to announce the rules of poetry competition to the ladies who came to participate in the poetry and essay meeting...

Here, Mu Zichuan said to Yang Ruoqing in a low voice: "This Mrs. Li is the wife of Lord Shangshu. I heard that she was a talented woman just like Mrs. Lin when she was going to marry."

Yang Ruoqing nodded.

The way of life and growth of these aristocratic ladies is different from that of the girls from farmers' families.

However, living in different circles has different fun.

The daughters of peasant families ran in the fields, went up the mountain to pick mushrooms and wild flowers in spring, watched the chicks they raised grow up day by day, and picked up the first egg from the chicken coop, these noble ladies could not understand.

Therefore, in a word, all living beings are equal and happiness is equal.

"It's about to start." Mu Zichuan said again.

Yang Ruoqing pulled back her thoughts and turned her gaze over there, just in time to hear Mrs. Li's last words.

"Today is the fifteenth day of the second lunar month in the lunar calendar. The Lantern Festival has passed for one month, and the vernal equinox will be a few days away."

"As we all know, spring milk is one of the 24 solar terms. In the middle of February, there are half of them, half of yin and yang, half of yin and yang, and the balance of day and night and the balance of cold and heat."

"The vernal equinox worships the sun, and the autumnal equinox worships the moon. These are the great ceremonies of the country."

"For farmers, the plan for a year lies in spring, which is also an excellent time for spring plowing and planting."

"So, for today's first battle of essays, we will use Songchun as the theme. Next, I will give you a bowl of tea to prepare for the ladies who participated in the poetry and essay meeting. Whoever thinks about it first can raise their hands to show me. Please begin."

All the young ladies began to ponder...

Soon, some people began to write poems.Mrs. Li said: "Okay, Miss Han from the Grand Master's Mansion is really fast, come, please ask Miss Han to recite her new work for us."

Here, Yang Ruoqing also raised her head and looked over there, only to see Han Ruyi slowly getting up.

She first folded her hands on her waist, and bowed slightly to the other ladies and gentlemen present.

"Ruyi will show her ugliness first."

She said modestly, then, cleared her throat, and began to read her own poem:

"Spring enters the grass by the river, and the flowers bloom in the pavilion on the water.

The peach blossoms are intoxicated, and a bottle of spring breeze wine.

In the mountains outside the sunset mountain, there is no way to return to spring! "

After Han Ruyi finished chanting, Mrs. Li showed unabashed admiration on her face.

"Miss Han's poem is really good. Mrs. Lin, what do you think?" Mrs. Li turned her head and asked Mrs. Lin who was already seated over there.

Lin's face was pondering, as if he was savoring Han Ruyi's poems carefully.

Hearing this, she cast her eyes on Han Ruyi with admiration in her eyes.

"It's such a good sentence that peach blossoms can't get drunk, it seems that I saw the prosperity of the spring day, and I have a little longing for it at this moment..."

Mrs. Lin said.

Han Ruyi was very happy to hear this praise, and sat back happily.

Next, another group of young ladies prepared poems and recited them to everyone one after another.

Yang Ruoqing and Mu Zichuan were also listening.

At first, she pricked up her ears and listened with gusto, but the more she listened, the more she got tired of it.

why?
The poems of these young ladies are read and recited, either pretending to be sad, or pretending to be deep.

Flowers, wine, spring is here, happy, spring is gone, sad...

Tired and crooked!

Looking at Mu Zichuan again, Yang Ruoqing also saw some impatience on his face.

Obviously, the poems of these ladies are not very to his liking.

After reading this round of poems, Mrs. Li and Mrs. Lin began to select each lady's poems.

In the end, Mrs. Lin announced that No.1 in the first round was: "Miss Han Ruyi from the Grand Master's Mansion."

Mrs. Lin was the first to touch her palm, followed by Mrs. Li.

The other ladies present had no choice but to smile and applaud because of their demeanor.

And those sons and brothers who were present cast their scorching gazes on Han Ruyi.

Han Ruyi stood up again, smiling and accepting the different gazes from everyone, a faint crimson color appeared on her face.

"Thank you, sisters, for your acceptance," Han Ruyi said.

Mrs. Lin raised her hand and said: "Your poems are really outstanding. As a person, I have nothing to say. To be honest, I won't show any favoritism because of the family backgrounds of the ladies present today. That would lose the purity of the Poetry Society, and it would be meaningless."

"Madam Lin is right!" Han Ruyi was the first to greet her.

As soon as he said the words, he suddenly realized that he was the one who took the No.1 just now. The words were catered to too quickly, and the signs of flattery were too obvious.

She blushed and closed her mouth.

Mrs. Lin continued: "Since Songchun has come to a successful conclusion, let's start the next round..."

"Mrs. Lin, please wait a moment."

Han Ruyi spoke again.

Mrs. Lin looked at Han Ruyi in surprise. The feeling of being interrupted was not very good.

Han Ruyi was a little impatient, and didn't notice the displeasure flashing across Madam Lin's eyes, and continued, "Madam Lin, in the round just now, I felt that I, No.1, was a little guilty."

"How do you say that?" Mrs. Lin asked.

Han Ruyi cast her eyes on Yang Ruoqing, who was next to Mu Zichuan and started eating cakes to kill boredom.

Yang Ruoqing was eating the unfinished piece of horseshoe cake just now, when suddenly, she found that there seemed to be a lot of things on her body.

This is the gaze from all directions.

She couldn't help raising her head, and found that she, the person sitting farthest away, suddenly became the center of her gaze.

She glanced at Mu Zichuan, who was also surprised, and asked with a smile, "What's going on? Why are you looking at me? Do I look so good when I eat?"

Mu Zichuan couldn't help laughing at this joke.

It also made the other ladies present who heard this remark frown in disgust.

She looked at Yang Ruoqing with contempt.

How can a woman who speaks so vulgarly and looks like a starving ghost deserve to sit beside Master Mu?
(End of this chapter)