Lady Zhao

Chapter 55

At the end of the next day, everyone gathered in Lanyue Pavilion. Compared with the previous two days, today's nobles and sons were dressed in luxurious clothes, and they were a little more sassy.The look on his face was also eager to try, obviously holding all kinds of expectations for the next show of his skills.

Before the competition started, some people played pitching pots during the banquet, and Shuanglu played a small game to add to the fun and try their hands.The ladies of the aristocratic family are seated on the other side, and the results of the competition have already been announced, even if there is dissatisfaction, there is no way to recover, it is better to watch the men's competition and pray for a good match.

At the banquet, the crown prince was present as an observer, surrounded by two or three princes, who did not know what they said, and all of them smiled happily, and glanced at Gu Jingxing who was not far away, and one of them had obvious malicious intentions.

The concubine that the second prince accepted last year has not yet come out, Concubine De is anxious, this is a weakness for Gu Jingxun who is secretly competing with the prince's party for the throne, so naturally he intends to let him choose one or two more sides at this Qionghua Banquet concubine.The second prince, Gu Jingxun, who was forced to attend, sat next to Gu Jingxing, with a helpless expression on his face, "The sixth brother is most annoyed by these vain things, why is it forced to this point?"

Talking side by side, falling into the eyes of others reveals a different kind of intimacy.It is rumored that the second prince is kind and gentle, and he has the best relationship with the lonely and rebellious sixth prince. One is cold and the other is hot, but they complement each other.Even the present-day sage learned about it and praised it. If the two are in harmony, it must be a great blessing.

A strange light flashed across Gu Jingxing's unruffled, dark eyes, he flipped off the lid of the tea, took a sip of tea, and said warmer than others, "I thought it was boring at first, but it's not too bad to have my second brother as my companion." what."

Gu Jingxun paused, then laughed dumbly, "Okay, I dare to make fun of your second brother." The conversation changed, he looked around at the woman on the opposite table, raised his eyebrows, and said, "You are here today, I am afraid that you will kidnap most of your daughter The heart of the family, for the sake of the good boys who are about to face this situation, second brother asks for them, do you have someone you like on the court, second brother will let you have a quick marriage, so as not to cause trouble."

Gu Jingxing didn't know what he thought of when he heard the words, a faint smile floated on his cold face, and it was fleeting, and he said lightly, "I only fight for one person."

Weak water is three thousand, just take one scoop.It's just that I thought it would be the weak and boneless water, but I didn't expect to see a ladle, Gu Jingxing thought helplessly in his heart, but he was willing.

Gu Jingxun heard what he meant, the surprise on his face did not seem to be fake, and when he threw himself at the women's table, he put on a bit of sophistication, who could make the cold-hearted sixth brother tempted, and what is it... What identity?
Not long after, Gu Jingxun, who has always been popular, was dragged away by others, and Feng Yuxiu's place belonged to the owner again, and he glanced at Gu Jingxing who was drinking tea indifferently, Feng Yuxiu felt the strange gaze cast here, and frowned slightly Frowning, "The smiling tiger came to tell you something again, the prince's face is like that?"

"What can I say, how could he let go of any occasion that could bind me with him." Gu Jingxing said without raising his head, his expression became more and more cold.

Feng Yuxiu was frozen by the people around him, rubbed his nose, commented on the royal family's internal affairs, and the relationship between brothers is thinner than paper. No wonder Gu Jingxing developed such a temper, and Feng Yuxiu, who was suddenly overflowing with brotherly love, had sympathy. Looking at Gu Jingxing, he saw the latter shrinking back in disgust.

"Feng Yuxiu, if you look at me with that unreserved look again, I can't help but break your leg."

"..."

Gu Jingxing withdrew the last shadow from his eyes, noticed the prince's gaze on him, and a sly smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he could tolerate Gu Jingxun's use, the only purpose was to make this person feel bad, tsk, the effect was remarkable .

After the ceremonial officer waited for everyone, he blew the horn to announce the start of the competition. Compared with the cumbersome competitions of the daughters' families, the children's competitions were a little simpler. They were divided into two categories, one literary and one military, and they competed for the top spot.

Poetry, poetry and painting are the best essays, and the competition is divided into groups, Wu Ze draws lots, the two fight each other, and the losers are eliminated until the last six are left.

Zhao Wenwan, who was concerned about Zhao Yuanli's body, kept her eyes locked on him, so naturally she didn't notice the dark waves surging on the other side. Princess Yongping, who was sitting next to her, noticed her nervousness and followed her gaze. The moon-white brocade dress inlaid with silver fine patterns, a large lotus pattern looming on the white dress, a blue and white jade belt tied her hair, and her eyebrows grew into her temples.The slender and gentle eyes are so gentle that they seem to be able to accommodate everything, just like the clear lake water rippling under the spring sun, one can't help but immerse in it.

Yongping has seen many good-looking people, and Sixth Brother is the best among them, but when this person looks at him, he hits his heart and suddenly disturbs a pool of clear water. Look away.

Zhao Wenwan turned her head and found that the princess next to her was more focused than herself, with a different kind of emotion in her eyebrows and eyes. After being slightly stunned, her eyes turned back and forth between the two, and she couldn't help but sigh in her heart. .

"Is my elder brother good-looking?" Zhao Wenwan asked with a wicked smile on his lips.

"It's beautiful!" The innocent Princess Yongping replied infatuatedly, and then she blushed suddenly as if suddenly reacting, and said nervously and incoherently, "I, I, I...not..."

Zhao Wenwan saw that the girl was nervous, and the smile spread from the corner of her mouth, but she said seriously, "My elder brother was framed and dragged down in the early years, and now he has finally come out of the haze. If the princess is just on a whim, my elder brother is absolutely not suitable. Eldest brother... as long as he is right With a little bit of understanding, he can appreciate his unique kindness, tenderness and subversion, it depends... what the princess thinks."

Princess Anning was stunned, and met Zhao Wenwan's serious eyes. Her heart, which had been beating wildly just now, suddenly calmed down, but it turned into a more distant and profound emotion buried in her heart. Following Zhao Wenwan's words, what is there? Dormant there to break the ground and sprout.

At this time, the protagonists in the dialogue between the two are walking into the arena, and those who chose the item of "text" all gathered on the meditation table prepared in advance, with desks, chairs, pens, inks, papers and inkstones. The time is limited, Yong Qiu is the theme, and I express it in a way that I am good at.

I don't know if it was a coincidence, but an old acquaintance sat next to Zhao Yuanli. The moment the incense was lit, Zhao Yuanli was not in a hurry to start writing, but the person beside him couldn't bear his temper, and showed a hint of sarcasm, "Brother Yuanli , if it doesn’t work, don’t force it.”

Zhao Yuanli turned sideways, and looked at Wang Bowen in a leisurely manner. His former classmate friend, future uncle, and the person he trusted the most, took pleasure in destroying him. If this person hadn't pretended to be kind again and again when he was suffering The visit is really a blow, so I won't cut off contact with the outside world and be closed from then on.

What he couldn't figure out back then, but now he can see it clearly, Zhao Yuanli was not provoked as he wished, but went forward frankly, and said vigorously with the spirit of the past, "Whether it is before or in the future, with me here, you will always be with me." Can't get out."

"You!" Wang Bowen was frightened and furious, staring at Zhao Yuanli with a bit of punctured resentment, terrified in his heart.That's right, what he hates the most is his appearance, he is determined to win everything, even the gods are partial to him, and he is always the first, but he can only endure the aggrievedness of the second child for thousands of years.

Zhao Yuanli succeeded in making people feel stunned, and he was in a good mood, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth all the time, as he painted.The ink dots are smudged, and the movements are flowing. He concentrates on painting, but he doesn't know that this scene has become a painting in the eyes of others.The young man has clear and handsome features, full of ambition, and his every move affects his mind.

Wang Bowen, who wanted to make trouble but lost his position, looked angry, and his heart was full of unwillingness. He chose the same method over his own strength, painting against painting, and vowed to compete with Zhao Yuanli. The bet was also Zhao Yuanli's disease Over the years, he has lost his skills, and himself... there is still his cousin, husband, and prince among the judges.

The three sticks of incense burned to the bottom very quickly, Zhao Yuanli put down his brush when the ashes of the incense burned, and each of the servants held a pair of works, either words or paintings, and presented them to the judges, separated by a distance of one meter, from left to right The works in the hands of You Jiang were shown to everyone one by one, but there were two "autumn intentions" with the same intention.

In order to show fairness, the private seal of the author must not be stamped on the work, that is, blind selection.Zhao Wenwan and Zhao Yuanli have been together for a long time, so they can naturally recognize the work of the elder brother. Taking advantage of the situation, he glanced at the same autumn intention next to him, and immediately noticed something wrong. If you look closely, you can tell that one of the handwritings is stiff from copying, and there is even a small ink spot on the corner of the canvas.

Zhao Wenwan frowned, and looked towards Zhao Yuanli. He did not miss the hostility and complacency of the person next to the eldest brother who could hardly be concealed.

Following the appreciation and comments of the works by the master painter in the palace, three masterpieces were selected. Several of them praised the ink-stained autumn intentions as unique in the sky and earth, and Wang Bowen glanced at those who commented one by one. , very satisfied, money is not for nothing.

However, it is unavoidable to have the suspicion of trampling on the other one while holding it high, and the one that was deliberately trampled on was still shortlisted due to its excellent skills. Finally, when several empresses and princes voted together, among the three shortlisted works Both are intended for autumn.

The result came out quickly, and without any suspense, it fell on the autumn intention on the left, which was Zhao Yuanli's. Except for the vote for the crown prince and the vote for Qiu Yifu by the concubine Yue Gui, the others were all It was Zhao Yuanli who was chosen.Wang Bowen didn't expect that the one who marked himself would lose, he stared in disbelief and murmured that it was impossible.

When the people not far from him heard it, their faces showed obvious sneers, and they said in a low voice, "Copy the masterpiece that your friend gave to your sister, you are sure that the person doesn't want to touch it again, so you use it unscrupulously." Yes. But no matter how good a copy is, what’s not as good as it is.”

Back then, Zhao Yuanli had painted a painting for Wang Bowen's younger sister Wang Xueyuan. He decided that Zhao Yuanli felt ashamed by the past and would not use that painting again, so he copied it for today's competition.It's just that no matter how good the copying is, it still loses out to Zhao Yuanli's more spiritual paintings.

Feng Yuxiu likes calligraphy and painting, he considers himself a literati, he knows a thing or two about this matter, and if there is anything he doesn't understand, now he mercilessly exposes it.

After concluding, he said, "Prince Wang, you are so shameless."

Zhao Wenwan couldn't hide his bright eyes from staring at the eldest brother who won the first place in the text, and even liked the "six princes" who spoke for his eldest brother, although he was defeated, he was quite graceful.

"My sixth brother didn't lose?" asked the voice next to him puzzled.

Zhao Wenwan regained consciousness and looked at Princess Changning's big blinking eyes, only to realize that she had said what she was thinking just now. Thinking of the little girl's admiration for her brother, she nodded with a comforting smile, not distracted.

Immediately, the fighting began, and the two diverted their attention together. A row of cold weapons were placed on each side of the one-meter-high fighting arena.Great Liang Shangwu has been like this since the first emperor of the dynasty, and there have emerged many sons and daughters of aristocratic families who are brave and good at fighting. Since the current emperor took charge of the government, the treatment of literati has been improved in the mainstream of martial arts. The number of Wendou is nearly half.

The waiter held the copper round furnace and let the sons take their numbers one by one. There are one black and one red mark on the wooden board, and those with the same number are grouped into eighteen groups. Ten people will be eliminated in the first round. 20 people were eliminated in the second round, and the remaining six people competed. Two out of three rounds were won, and one person came out on top.

With the sound of the first gong, the first round kicked off. There were many acquaintances on the field. Zhao Wenwan was watching, and met He Jingyuan's ostentatious wheat-colored smiling face. In the spirit of not pretending not to see it, Zhao Wenwan replied. The polite smile made the other party seem to be happier, and the opponent fell to the ground in two or three hits.

"..." They are all descendants of aristocratic families, is it really all right to do something like this?Zhao Wenwan was thinking in her heart, and suddenly noticed that there was still a person staring at her on the ground, she shuddered inexplicably, and then saw Prince Pingnan, who was not far away from He Jingyuan, who was smiling at her with a half-smile, There is a hint of weirdness.

"That person is..." Zhao Wenwan asked Princess Changning beside her. The latter followed her gaze and answered Prince Pingnan's son, but she didn't see Zhao Wenwan's tense body when she heard the answer.

It turned out to be him!Zhao Wenwan immediately felt disgusted as if swallowing a fly, and also understood the hidden meaning in the man's gaze, making her want to pick out the other's eyeballs.

Zhao Wenwan lowered her eyes, reassuring that the incident hadn't happened yet, everything was still in time, she took a sip from her teacup, calmed down, missed the gloomy gaze from the other side, and didn't know that her anomaly fell into that person's eyes , disturbed a pool of still water.

Those who were eliminated in the first round were all playboys who could not work hard in their limbs and couldn't distinguish between grains and grains. They couldn't last for a while, so they were beaten to the ground and asked the servants to carry them down for treatment.Winners such as He Jingyuan, Pingnan Wang Shizi, Fang Zimo and others are all good players, and they entered the second round without any suspense.

Compared with the relaxed first round, the second round was much more serious. Zhao Wenwan was disgusted by Prince Pingnan, and secretly prayed that someone could abuse him in the second round and let him out.I just watched Pingnan Wang Shizi's kung fu, I'm afraid my cousin can do it, Zhao Wenwan just had this thought in his mind, when he saw He Jingyuan walking up to Pingnan Wang Shizi holding a wooden sign, the two took the lead in confronting each other.

He Jingyuan wandered around in the military camp and was good at wielding sticks. Prince Pingnan casually picked up a sword and said something, which made He Jingyuan blush and attack him violently. In this respect, Prince Pingnan was indeed slightly better. He persisted until the tenth round, and He Jingyuan felt a little hard. Suddenly, his hands went numb, the stick fell to the ground, and a silver sword lay across his neck.

"Assignment."

He Jingyuan left the ring with an ugly expression, and the latter looked more and more complacent, staring at Zhao Wenwan on the women's table, and evoked a wicked smile.Zhao Wenwan avoided it and drank tea to relieve his boredom.

Suddenly there was a commotion on the opposite side, and Princess Yongping, who had been quiet beside her, grabbed her sleeve suddenly, and heard her excitedly say, "Sixth brother!"

Zhao Wenxi on the side was also very excited. After yesterday's lesson, his temper was more restrained, his hands were stirring the handkerchief, his heart beat faster, and his face was flushed.

Zhao Wenwan followed her gaze. Under the bright and Xu Lie light, the man was wearing a long black robe. The skirt and cuffs were embroidered with a picture of cranes flying in the sea of ​​clouds with extremely fine silver thread. He wore a hollow golden belt. His face was cold and gentle. Handsome, he instantly dyed a city of crow green ink into crimson green. Even though there was a chill all over his body that no one should enter, he still couldn't stop people's attention and reverie from him.

As if on a whim, he stepped onto the ring with a leisurely step, such a leisurely posture, but gave birth to a sense of detachment looking down on all living beings from a height.

"Tsk, I don't know how long it can last." The man next to the empty seat curled his lips, his eyes filled with the brilliance of watching a show.

Zhao Wenwan stared straight at that person, as if wanting to see a flower, caught off guard and greeted the person with raised brows and smiled in response, swallowed a sip of water before he could swallow it, but it was I choked, coughing violently.

In the arena, the man's smile became more and more obvious, and everyone was surprised. Is that the rumored sixth prince with facial nerve disorder?
Only Zhao Wenwan, who was blushing, knew that this person did it on purpose. Thinking of all the things before, Zhao Wenwan, who was so choked with tears in his eyes, felt desolate in his heart.

Fuck, muffled a big death!

Princess Yongping caught a glimpse of her loveless eyes, and was suddenly startled. Then she contacted the previous rumors, and comforted awkwardly, "My sixth brother said you are fine, really, I won't lie to you."

You... fine?What kind of tone was used to say it, up or down, and under what circumstances, Zhao Wenwan's out-of-focus eyes slowly aimed at Princess Yongping's, and smiled bleakly. It was also mentioned in the script, okay? Hang up, can you have fun.Zhao Wenwan was completely paralyzed after receiving the second critical blow from Princess Yongping.

On the ring, Gu Jingxing withdrew his gaze in satisfaction, without revealing a single thing on his face, his eyes fell heavily on the person opposite.Prince Pingnan's son...

After the initial daze, the latter evoked a playful smile, "Sixth brother, what should we compare?"

Gu Jingxing glanced at the silver sword in his hand, and said softly, "Bijian, you are a good hand."

"..." Prince Pingnan choked, unable to figure out what the stern-faced Gu Jingxing meant, his intuition was not the good one.

"I don't need weapons." Gu Jingxing said afterwards.

Hearing the words, Prince Pingnan's son also dropped the silver sword in his hand, and confronted Gu Jingxing.Zhao Wenwan had seen Gu Jingxing use a sword. On the night of the assassination, he should have been highly skilled, but he didn't expect him to abandon it and fight with empty fists instead.

Just when he couldn't figure it out, Gu Jingxing quickly gave the answer. With that fierce move, he punched to the flesh, and after a while, Prince Pingnan's face looked like flowers blooming, colorful, and I don't know if he was Deliberately, he picked his face and started attacking, and when the servant rushed up to stop him, there was no good place on Prince Pingnan's face, it was swollen like a pig's head.

Prince Pingnan's son is not stupid either. After this fight, he also knew that he had offended the Sixth Prince, so he endured the pain and asked, "I don't know what offended Sixth Brother and made Sixth Brother so angry?"

"If you covet what you don't deserve, that's the end."

Prince Pingnan's pupils shrank, as if he couldn't believe it, and then he slackened away, and was rushed to the imperial doctor's office with the help of his servants.

When Zhao Wenwan saw it, he felt happy and thought silently: This prince of Pingnan must have offended the little-bellied Sixth Prince somewhere, and suffered this unilateral beating.

This room was fiercely fought, and the other side was not free either. After a few rounds, Fang Zimo's almost crushing strength made people frightened. The remaining four winners felt a little timid after watching the two fight. The gong rang, and without giving those people a chance to repent, they entered the final wheel battle.

It should be through the air in advance, those people twisted into one team, facing Gu Jingxing and Fang Zimo, with four against two, they were also at a disadvantage. The four originally wanted to exhaust the strength of the two, but who would have thought that the two would fight like iron , the more they fought, the more courageous they became. On the contrary, the few of them gradually struggled, and they had the urge to surrender and settle down.

For the sake of face, they gritted their teeth and lasted until the end, which was also the result of being sent off the ring by the two of them, but all four of them had a look of relief and fear on their faces.

There was only one leader, and Gu Jingxing and Fang Zimo looked at each other. They were equally handsome and cold, but the former was slightly gloomy, while the latter was supercilious and indifferent, each attracting countless fans.

The two were not really in a fight, the steward in the palace saw that it was about the same time, so he announced the suspension of the competition and continued after lunch.Facing the noon sun, everyone naturally had no objection.

Lunch is held in Jingfeng Palace, and the maids shuttle back and forth to lead the lunch. After the princes and ladies are seated, they present exquisite dishes.Zhao Wenwan and Princess Yongping walked at the end together, and when they came to the gate of the palace, they found a tall figure standing waiting, their eyes fixed on Zhao Wenwan, obviously they had something to say.

Princess Changning glanced at Fang Zimo in surprise, and frowned for some reason, seeing her standing there like a log, she had to go in and wait.

"Mr. Fang?" Zhao Wenwan looked at the person opposite him in surprise, and made a special trip...to wait for him?

"Just call me Zimo." Fang Zimo's cold expression was slightly soft, and he said, "Miss Zhao is very good. I want to marry Qin and Jin with you. I don't know what you want?"

"..." Zhao Wenwan was first startled by the reflex of the word "very good", then realized what he said, stared blankly with a pair of beautiful eyes, only saw the seriousness in his eyes, it was not a joke , so straightforward, but it is impossible to get bored at all.

The atmosphere froze for a moment, Fang Zimo seemed to see her embarrassment, and said, "Girl, there is no need to give me an answer in a hurry. Marriage matters should be cautious, and I can afford to wait."

Zhao Wenwan looked into his clear eyes again, trying to find something else, but nothing but seriousness... The script is different, Zhao Wenwan lowered his eyes, and finally responded to Fang Zimo who was waiting for his response, and then They took the seats one after the other.

Under the pillars not far from the palace gate, two figures gradually appeared, one of them ignored the coldness of the people around him, and said without fear of death, "My lord, I think your invisibility skill is the best!"

"..." The coldness intensified.

Feng Yuxiu shrugged, looked into the palace gate, and continued to tease, "It seems to be very popular, what do you think, my lord, as a former crush?"

Gu Jingxing slowly turned his head, stared at Feng Yuxiu for a while and said, "What's the difference between you and the three aunts and six wives if you go on like this, no girl likes it."

The third aunt...the sixth wife...no girl likes...Feng Yuxiu just felt that he had been hit by two arrows in his knee, it hurt so much.

Gu Jingxing, who walked forward by himself, narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and entered with a hint of determination.Former crush?Since it has been occupied before, there is no harm in starting again.

(End of this chapter)