The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 360 Pride
Upon hearing this, Liang Wanyi bid farewell to Lin Zisu in a low voice.

"Sister Yi, I'll go with you."

Lin Zisu was a little worried. Princess Fuhua had the status of a princess, so she didn't dare to plot against Liang Wanyi blatantly.

In her previous life, the head of Jingle County was notoriously unruly and capricious, so she didn't have too many scruples.

"Princess, the county lord only said to let the second girl of Liang go, but didn't say to let you go together." The maid immediately refused, her face was full of arrogance.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine."

Liang Wanyi gave Lin Zisu a reassuring look, and followed the court lady out of the Nuan Pavilion.

Lin Zisu hurriedly found Lve Ying and told her to follow Liang Wanyi quietly, making sure that Liang Wanyi was safe.

Lve Ying led the way and left, Lin Zisu looked around, just now a group of girls surrounded Miss Zhang Jiu and left the Nuan Pavilion, only a few people stayed in the Nuan Pavilion, they were all unfamiliar faces.

For today's banquet, although Princess Fuhua sent invitations to the houses of some status in Beijing, not many people came.

When it's freezing cold, those pampered girls will not choose to go out on such a day.

Second, time is running out, and girls from many families are not very interested.

Coupled with the current situation in Guanzhong, several important officials in the court restricted the juniors in the family to avoid trouble.

Just now, Liang Wanyi also talked about the recent situation of several close friends. It sounds like everyone has different worries.

Luo Yue has been detained at home because she opposed the marriage arranged at home.

Chen Yuqi was worried about her father's safety for the past few days, so she was not in the mood to participate in the banquet at all, and declined the invitation on the grounds that she was waiting to get married.

There were also Ding Zipei and Shen Kexin whom she had met before, because their family members knew that something important had happened in Guanzhong, they immediately closed the house to thank the guests.

On the contrary, a few girls came to the Zhang family, and they seemed to be doing Princess Fuhua a lot of face.

Just now she didn't care to think about it, but now she had time to think about it, and she noticed something strange.

As everyone knows, famous families like the Zhang family and the Qian family are special existences in Dayan.

They control countless lands, wealth, contacts and fame, even if they are dormant among the people and do not attach themselves to the imperial power, they can live a prosperous life.

And like the Qian family, who are so focused on fame, fortune and wealth, their every move will affect the changes in the court.

Compared with the Qian family, the Zhang family is much more low-key.

According to the rules of the Zhang family, only three of the children of the same generation can be officials, and the rest are not allowed to be officials even if they are famous.

In dealing with people, the Zhang family is not as smooth and sophisticated as the Qian family, but has the arrogance of a family.

Although the Zhang family is well-known in the capital, the children of the Zhang family seldom go to the banquets in the capital.

Like the poetry receptions of those literati in Beijing, the Zhang family even dismissed them.

But today was just an ordinary snow feast, and the Zhang family unexpectedly came with three female relatives all at once.

Of course, the members of the Zhang family can say that because it is Princess Fuhua's banquet, they will pay special attention to it.

But Princess Fuhua is just an ordinary daughter of the first emperor, and she doesn't have much glory here today. Why does the Zhang family attach so much importance to it?
What's more, I haven't heard of any contact between Zhang's family and Princess Fuhua's mansion in the past.

Could it be that there will be some important person at today's banquet?

With such thoughts in mind, Lin Zisu couldn't help becoming vigilant, and looked outside the Nuan Pavilion.

The snow in Beijing has stopped for two days, today is called "Snow Appreciation", but the sun is high, reflecting the cold air in the sky.

There is a plum grove outside the Nuan Pavilion. Before the twelfth lunar month, there are already a few plum trees standing upright in the cold wind with buds in them.

There is still snow on the fingers of the plum tree, and the westerly wind blows, and it falls on the snow, which is quite artistic.

Paths were swept out on the snow for people to shuttle back and forth to watch.

Occasionally, girls in twos and threes stopped on the path, pointing at the Qiuzhi not far away.

A warm pavilion was also built in the center of Meilin. Through the heavy curtain, one could vaguely see Miss Zhang Jiu leading several girls, reciting poems and painting in front of Meilin.

Although the arrogance of the Zhang family is well known, it has to be admitted that the three sisters of the Zhang family stand out from the crowd.

Lin Zisu looked around in the crowd, but didn't see any outstanding girls. She was even more curious, wondering what the Zhang family's plan was.

Just as he was thinking, he saw a maid came out of the Nuan Pavilion on the opposite side and came out through the Merlin.

The maid entered the Nuan Pavilion, walked up to Lin Zisu, bowed and said: "My nine girls made a painting, but I always felt that it was a bit off-putting. I heard that the princess is good at painting, so I ask the princess to give some pointers. "

Seeing Lin Zisu nodding her head, the maid turned her body sideways, waiting for Lin Zisu to get up.

Lin Zisu didn't get up immediately, and focused on the maidservant in front of her.

This maid is not only fluent in speech, but also extremely measured in her behavior, her words and deeds are more standard than some officials' ladies.

Lin Zisu secretly admired Zhang's family. It seems that the family's existence lasted for the past year, which has its own extraordinary features.

Her eyes stayed on the maidservant's face for a few moments, and she stood up and greeted Amber outside the door.

Although it was almost noon, there was still an unstoppable chill outside the Nuan Pavilion. Lin Zisu couldn't help shivering when she suddenly left the Nuan Pavilion.

Fei Cui hurriedly put the cloak in her hand on Lin Zisu's body, and followed her lady into the plum forest.

The Nuan Pavilion on the opposite side is obviously much smaller, and more than a dozen girls are crowded in the small space.

The girls from several families were chatting and laughing, but when they saw Lin Zisu brought two maidservants in, they immediately stopped talking and showed strange expressions on their faces.

Miss Zhang Jiu put away the arrogance on her face, and invited Lin Zisu to the book table under the window.

The pen, ink, paper and inkstone on the case have not been collected yet, Tianhuang paperweight is pressed against a painting, and there is a plum tree with slanted branches, although the branches are covered with ice, frost and snow, there are still countless flowers with buds. The branches stand proudly to the sky.

In terms of brushwork, Miss Zhang Jiu's painting skills are really extraordinary.

It's just that this painting has the strength of the brush, but no charm, let alone the composition and conception.

"Just now I made a painting by chance, it's clumsy and shallow, and I asked the princess to give me some pointers."

Miss Zhang Jiu spoke of humility, but she couldn't hide her complacency.

Lin Zisu only looked at it for a few moments, then looked away, and looked at Miss Zhang Jiu with a smile, "Plum trees can bloom in the cold, and they have their own character, but if they grow alone, they can only admire themselves, Zhang Jiu." Why don't Nine Girls try to add a few more branches?"

Miss Zhang Jiu was startled, and she understood Lin Zisu's meaning casually.

Although she disapproved in her heart, she thought about the purpose of going to the banquet, but hesitated for a moment, and then started to brush on the painting.

The girls around were all curious, and they gathered around one after another. When they saw Miss Zhang Jiu's writing into a forest, one of the girls was the first to let out an admiration.

"Miss Zhang Jiu is really ingenious in writing, here seems to be a few idle pens, and the artistic conception is complete!"

(End of this chapter)