Hou Men Splendid

Chapter 40

Lin Qingran naturally didn't hear what Concubine Shu said, but when the eunuch next to the emperor called her name loudly, everyone heard it.

"Miss Lin Wu, the daughter of a scholar of the University of Lin."

The people around Lin Qingran all looked over. A young official from the Imperial Academy happened to be on the stage to step down. Lin Qingran stood up, and the Lu family behind her was worried when she heard that her daughter was called in this way. , but gently shook Lin Qingran's hand, and said softly, "Go."

Lin Qingran lowered her head slightly and followed the maid who came to lead the way to the front, and saluted the Queen Mother and the others.

The queen mother smiled and nodded, "She is a beautiful girl." After finishing speaking, she looked at the emperor, "This is the first time Aijia has seen the child of Lin University's scholar family."

Lin Wenxi and his wife hid their children very well, and they entered the palace only a few times when they got married, and they were not outstanding, so how could they attract the Queen Mother's attention.

When the queen mother said this, Concubine Shu naturally had to say the whole thing, "The queen mother doesn't know yet, the five girls of the Lin family have been clever since they were young, and they could compose poems at the age of five."

Concubine Shu pursed her lips and smiled, which made the Queen Mother pay more attention to Lin Qingran. Lin Qingran really wanted to look up to see Concubine Shu's expression. Here are all officials' congratulations, so what does it have to do with her.

"It's just a rumor." Before the queen mother could speak, the queen said first, "I also know about this. At that time, it should be the young lady of the Lin family who got married, and there were no brothers and sisters in the family who came out to make things difficult for the groom, so they pushed the youngest Lin family five Miss came out to make things difficult, I heard that this question was written by Bachelor Lin himself."

Concubine Shu probably didn't expect the empress to say that, her face changed slightly, and she soon boasted with a smile, "That's not chaotic, the seven girls of the Lin family are all very good."

The empress dowager nodded, and the emperor brought it up. Concubine Shu and the empress spoke back and forth, but Lin Qingran was sweating. Concubine Shu wanted to push her up, but the queen pulled her back down.

"Fifth girl, your father said that your paintings are good, and your calligraphy is also very good." After Concubine Shu finished speaking, the emperor who had been silent all this time said suddenly, Lin Qingran was slightly blessed, "When you return to the emperor, it is father who praised you. "

"Since you've been called up, you can draw a picture. Come on, prepare the table." The emperor's tone was so casual that Concubine Shu didn't dare to say anything, but anyone who knows a little about the emperor's temperament, if he directly decides like this, then it's okay. I don't like others to interrupt me.

What can Lin Qingran do? The emperor stepped down the steps for herself, and she was lucky not to let her go up to recite a poem. When everything was ready, Lin Qingran went over, looked at the huge rice paper and thought for a while, then picked up the pen Dip in the ink and start painting.

There was another table opposite Lin Qingran, but she didn't pay attention to it while she was concentrating on writing.

Lin Qinglan, who was sitting below, was next to Lu's and tried to look at the front, "Mother, what is Fifth Sister drawing?"

Just seeing the way Concubine Shu and the Queen Mother talked, Mrs. Lu guessed who asked her daughter to go up. It would be a lie to say Mrs. Lu was not angry. What day is it today? The palace banquet went back to Lin's house, nothing happened, Xiao Wu went up, with so many eyes, Concubine Shu's peace of mind was too much.

Lu patted Lin Qinglan's head, "It's okay, I'll be back when I'm done."

"Look, mother." Lin Qinglan pointed to the opposite of Lin Qingran, and there was another person in front of the table. Lu frowned, what did this mean.

Not to mention the Lu family, many officials sitting here don't understand what the emperor means. They asked two people to go up to write and paint. Could it be to pull a red line? The person who went up there seems to be Meng Xian, one of the students of Lin University. , many people looked at it and thought they understood. The four girls of the Lin family all said to the students of the Lin University Bachelor, and the five girls of the Lin family should be no exception.

Lin Qingran here has finished the painting, picked up another pen to lighten the ink, and made the final touch-ups, then picked up the pen on the side and wrote down the words "Fortune is like the East China Sea, Shoubi Nanshan" in the blank space of the painting .

The maid who was watching here went to report, and Meng Xian on the opposite side also finished writing. Lin Qingran only saw him when she looked up, and it was not a good time to say hello. Lin Qingran closed her eyes and followed the maid holding the painting. Go to the front and stand respectfully.

The two eunuchs unfolded the painting. Lin Qingran drew the mountains and the sea, as well as the pines and cypresses standing on the side of the mountains. Basically can't find anything wrong.

The emperor smiled, looking very talkative, "Girl, you are really sincere." Ask her to paint and she will paint, let her celebrate her birthday, and she really drew a picture of celebrating her birthday honestly.

Looking at the handwriting written by Meng Xian here, he praised Lin Qingran again, "Meng Aiqing, your words can't compare to this girl."

Meng Xian said humbly, "Returning to the emperor, Miss Lin Wu's calligraphy is learned from Lin University, and I think I can't compare with it."

The emperor looked at the queen mother, and said softly, "Queen mother, look at how well this girl draws."

The queen mother took a look at Lin Qingran, who looked pretty and was a quiet child, and followed the emperor's words, "This painting should be for Ai's family's birthday, come here, and appreciate it."

"Such a clever girl, I don't know which family's kid is so lucky." Concubine Shu said something, her tone was sincere.

Maybe this is the real purpose of her asking Lin Qingran to come up. Miss Lin Jiawu is only thirteen years old, the age of marriage.

Concubine De, who had been beside Concubine Shu at this moment, covered her mouth with a handkerchief and snickered, "My sister is really, you still have to worry about it." Concubine De's tone seemed to be teasing, she said jokingly, and it sounded like there was no malice , but she was satirizing Concubine Shu, worrying about the Lin family's marriage in public, what did she mean.

In Lin Qingran's view, this may be the way of life of concubines in the harem. You run on me and I run on you. There are no permanent friends, only permanent enemies. If there is a chance to separate people, I will definitely not mind making up for it. Today To be able to match sisters would be to make trouble tomorrow, which is extremely terrifying.

Concubine Shu's face changed, the queen here didn't give her a chance to spend time arguing with Concubine De, and when the reward was brought, Lin Qingran was asked to retreat, and there were other programs to follow.

Lin Qingran, who returned to her seat, felt at ease the moment she sat on the chair. Turning her head to look at Mrs. Lu, Lin Qingran found that her hands were still shaking, and swallowed, "Mom, I'm back."

Called up to be watched by the empress dowager and the emperor for free, Lin Qingran felt like she was playing a monkey, and she was the monkey being played, and her heart was particularly blocked.

She didn't have much interest in watching the next show.

And when all the shows were over and everyone was strolling around in the garden, the Lu family was surrounded by many wives. Lin Qingran didn't want to be watched again, so she left her sister behind and took Siqi directly to a secluded corner He decided to hide until he left the palace.

Just found a secluded place, suddenly Jin Xianghui's voice came from behind, Lin Qingran turned her head, Jin Xianghui looked at her with a smile, "Sister-in-law is resting in the attic, let me come and take you there for a while."

"Sister Jin, it's just in time for you, it couldn't be better." Lin Qingran nodded with a smile, followed Jin Xianghui up the steps and was about to go to the attic, when she yelled again, but this time it wasn't her, It's Jin Xianghui.

"Who am I talking about? So it's Sister Jin and Miss Lin Jiawu, both of whom are famous people." Xu Qinlei's tune was so familiar to Lin Qingran that she recognized her without turning her head to see the person clearly. It was a coincidence that it was a coincidence. It was the same four people, Xu Qinlei looked Lin Qingran up and down this time, and snorted, "Don't you know how to compose poetry?"

Lin Qingran was aggrieved in front of the empress dowager, did she still need to give way in front of her, Lin Qingran glanced at her, "Who told you that I can compose poetry."

Xu Qinlei didn't expect her to have such a bad temper, so she pulled down her expression, "I'm so proud, I feel how powerful I am with the reward from the Queen Mother, and I thought I was smart even if I wasn't taught by others. What kind of upbringing is really in the family."

Lin Qingran laughed back angrily, "Why should Ms. Xu worry about my upbringing, but Ms. Xu, who is still young and unmarried, why does she like to meddle in other people's affairs? What kind of upbringing do you have, you can teach Miss Xu to be so defiant, admiration!"

"Is our Xu family comparable to your Lin family? I think Miss Lin doesn't know what a famous family is. Apart from your father, what else is your Lin family going to do." Near the steps, everyone who came and went heard it. If you don't want to be troublesome, you just take a look and leave. If you are curious, you pretend to be looking at the scenery and wander around.

Lin Qingran was a little distressed, "But my father is promising, and he is very promising, Miss Xu, what do you think?"

I don't know who is next to him, so he burst out laughing, Xu Qinlei glanced over, and then stared at Jin Xianghui again, "Sure enough, what kind of person and what kind of friend are you, no wonder you are so old that you haven't even settled on a marriage. , Sister Jin, do you still have the nerve to go out?"

Jin Xianghui's face darkened, "Miss Xu, I think you are so young and tolerant of you, but you keep making progress. If you talk nonsense about such slanderous words, I will report it directly to Mrs. Xu."

The corner of Xu Qinlei's mouth raised, slightly sarcastic, and Lin Qingran pulled Jin Xianghui, "Sister Jin, some people have the heart of 15 at the age of ten, and some people, at the age of 20, are only educated at the age of three. If you care about such a person, aren't you lowering your level, sister should wait, let's go."

There is no point in arguing any longer. This is the palace, not the backyard of her own home. Lin Qingran was more worried that it would be heard by others, which would affect her reputation even more, so she dragged her directly to the attic in front.

"Stop!" When Xu Qinlei heard her scolding her so much, she was not willing to let her go. She rushed over to confront Jin Xianghui. The two wanted to avoid her, but when Xu Qinlei saw that she didn't hold her back, she stretched out her hand Pushing Lin Qingran, a few steps next to Lin Qingran is the steps going down, being pushed by her, Lin Qingran stepped on the air, sprained her foot, and fell down the stairs

(End of this chapter)