Sheng Lu went to inquire about the situation, while Sheng Weiqiao and others listened intently to Meng Guihuan's "Picking Mulberries":
"The thick cinnabar is heavy and the purple is blooming, and the embers are enchanting.
The ink robe is careless, and the black hairpin is curled up with pine ribbon and sandalwood.
One branch is more beautiful than a spring apricot, as bright as burning.
The years are full, what’s the point of ruby and gold [Note 1]? "
"After all, it took a lot of effort to write that piece. It's much better than the piece "Geng Liu Zi" written just now about Fen Kui." After hearing this, Sheng Weiqiao said, "The phrase 'Wu Huan, Pine Wand, Sandalwood Hairpin,' is a bit interesting. , we look carefully, there are just a few petals of the ink lotus in the pot that are slightly messy, just like a crow inserting an ebony hairpin diagonally on the temples, connected with the previous sentence "careless ink robe", it is a scene of a beautiful woman full of charm. ."
Ao Luanxiao said: "Quchu's sentence 'What's the point of ruby and gold' seems to mean contempt for the red and yellow chrysanthemums." Originally, chrysanthemums were also called yellow flowers because they were yellow. Chrysanthemums were abundant at the beginning, and red chrysanthemums were not uncommon. If those two colors are said poorly, the yellow chrysanthemums and red chrysanthemums that are coming behind in Didong, if there is no refutation, will inevitably be inferior - especially Mo He is indeed rarer than red chrysanthemums and yellow chrysanthemums. "
While shutting up, the two pots of chrysanthemums prepared by Sheng Lu had been delivered to them. They looked at them and raised their eyebrows slightly:
The petals of the pot of Jade Pointing Gold are slender and pink-red. Generally speaking, it can be said that it is not a pink chrysanthemum. The yellow color around the stamens is just fine. However, the petals of the pot of Gu Shui Shuixia are light yellow and have needle-shaped petals that spread out. It shows a deep red color, and starts to have some pink on the back of the tail [Note 2].
It looks very good-looking, but I don’t know where Meng Guihuan got the news from. He bumped into it accidentally, but just used one word to stamp it out.
"Don't worry too much." Sheng Weiqiao thought for a while and comforted everyone, "The most famous poems about chrysanthemums in ancient times are yellow chrysanthemum and red chrysanthemum. Meng Guihuan only has a little-known "Cai Cai" "Sang Zi", what does it matter? "
Others were fine. Ao Luanxiao couldn't help but be nervous because he always felt that he was not good at his homework. Just now Sheng Weiqiao asked him to give advice to Yu, write poems and lyrics for "Gold is Very Good, Shui Shuixia", and he felt a lot of pressure. Now he is rushing to say " "What's the use of ruby and gold?" In front of him, Ao Luanxiao's legs and heart were sweating, thinking over and over what to do if he lost? What if you are laughed at
Sheng Weiqiao was turning his head to shut up with Sheng Weiwu, and did not notice anything unusual about him. However, Gongsun Yingjiang could see it clearly, and quietly stretched out his foot, and was about to step on it. Sheng Weiqiao reminded him that the door was suddenly pushed open, and he had been out for a while. Sheng Lu is back.
He obviously ran all the way back and was out of breath. After saluting, he said with a wry smile: "The rules were not strictly formulated, which allowed Miss Meng to take advantage of it. She said that she had never said that lyrics must be on stage with Hua... Fortunately, that person The young lady’s talent is limited to that, and it’s useless to try to be subtle!”
He added, "I guess Miss Meng didn't do it because she wanted to win. Maybe it was because she had a grudge against Miss Zhao. Miss Zhao had ridiculed her before. Although her pot of ink was good, she might not be able to match it. Matching poems. Miss Meng was not willing to be humiliated, so she spent a long time and made sure to ask Mo He to match the poem, so as not to be humiliated by her bringing up old scores when we meet Miss Zhao again in the future."
Sheng Weiqiao didn't think about it and said, "It's better not to follow the example of Bu Nao or Dong Dong, so as not to cause unnecessary problems."
Originally, she could just come over and watch the fun, it didn't matter whether she won the first prize or not.
But now, if we want to distance ourselves from the fight between the Gaomi King and the Meng family, the leader is very demanding.
Even if she uses some legs, she still has to get it!
Sheng Lu leaned forward and said, "Little Minghong, I just told people, and the master of ceremonies will announce it later."
After a while, the master of ceremonies announced additional rules on the stage, that is, if you want to add poetry to the flowers, you must be on stage at the same time as the flowers, and it will not be counted if it is late.
At that time, Sheng Weiqiao looked at the copper leak in the corner of the house and Cuo Lujin said, "It's almost done. Let's move a pot away!"
When Lu Jin heard this, he didn't move his legs, but immediately walked to the long desk in the corner, rolled up his sleeves, spread out paper and studied ink, so that he could send the poems and flowers to Lou Dongtai later.
Sheng Weiqiao turned to Ao Luanxiao and said with a smile: "Cousin, please excuse me!"
Seeing that situation, Ao Luanxiao had no choice but to go ahead - he went to the long desk to think hard. Gongsun Yingjiang blocked his mouth with his leg, walked up to Sheng Weiqiao and said with a smile: "Aunt, cousin Ao is very reluctant. According to him, my aunt may have to do it herself later."
Sheng Weiqiao actually did not insist on having Ao Luanxiao in the battle, because she had seen that Zhao Taozhuang and Meng Guihuan were not as good as each other before. She felt that although she was not a hard-working person, she could not compete with those two. It’s okay if you have flat legs.
Since Ao Luanxiao is in the same group, and that cousin who is turning around is studying, he has not taken over the family business yet - the point is, he is one year younger than Sheng Suihe, but until now Neither of them had obtained any honors - Sheng Weiqiao couldn't help but worry that if he had the opportunity to recite poems and write lyrics, if he wasn't called in, would he think he looked down on his work
After all, although she and Ao Luanxiao could not be called "cousin", they were not actually familiar with each other, and they were in the stage of being polite. Naturally, they had to consider various aspects, so as not to create any gaps and embarrass their ancestors.
At this moment, after listening to Gongsun Yingjiang's reminder, he frowned slightly and looked at Ao Luanxiao, and saw that he was holding the rat whisker pen, his face turned red, and he couldn't look away for a long time.
At that time, Sheng Lu observed the situation and smoothed things over: "Miss, according to my childhood, neither the Miss Zhao just now nor the Miss Meng who just had me read a copy of "Picking Mulberries" belong to my daughter's family. As you know, Ask Mr. Ao to write for you, and of course you are sure to win, but I'm afraid if they find out later, they will beg to say that you can't win with force."
When Ao Luanxiao heard this, he turned around as if he had been saved, and looked at Sheng Weiqiao eagerly, with the words "please let me go" written from head to toe.
The corner of Sheng Weiqiao's mouth twitched slightly. She really didn't know what to say to her cousin from the Ao family. He was enlightened at the age of six. He asked a private school teacher to teach him every month. It was said that the old man from the Ao family paid great attention to his eldest grandson's homework, almost. I beg for personal intervention every day - that cousin doesn't look like someone who is lazy, playful and unwilling to work hard. Just the two words of Zhao Taozhuang and Meng Guihuan, so what is there to be afraid of? !
Of course, you can just think about those slanders in your heart and never say them out loud. So he rolled up his sleeves with his golden armband and said helplessly: "Sheng Lu, what I said was wrong, so let him come!"
Her literary talent... She is so industrious and there is actually no one who is not literary and talented. Both her parents and her brother Sheng Shuihe are good at writing and ink. They have been influenced by it since childhood, so it is not difficult for her to write lyrics and write poems in general.
He looked at the two pots of chrysanthemums for a moment, pointed at the jade and pointed at the gold, and said, "Move that one!"
Then he picked up the rat-whisker pen that was lying on the east side of Ao Luan's flute, thought for a while, and wrote a piece of "Nan Ge Zi":
"Laughing will make your legs red,
Tactfully adjust the gold powder.
The hibiscus in the mirror contains spring,
And remember that the forehead is yellow and even.
Careless makeup and green silk,
Slowly bunched green skirt.
Frequently follow the west wind and look at the embroidered door,
But I forgot to lightly stain my fingertips [Note 1]. "
After she finished writing, although Sheng Weiwu didn't understand it very well, she couldn't help but immediately applauded: "It took a long time for Meng Gui next door to sing the lotus, how could he do it so quickly like my sister?"
Ao Luanxiao also praised: "My cousin is really smart. Then compare the jade fingering gold to a girl dressing up and waiting for her lover. The 'red legs' not only correspond to the 'jade finger' in the name of the jade fingering gold, but also The pink color of the petals of this flower is also vividly written; the first two sentences are added together, and the name of the flower is clearly red; the subsequent "hibiscus in the mirror" and "the forehead is yellow with pistils" can't be fully written. This flower is graceful and graceful, just like the spring on the cheeks of a beautiful woman, lightly smearing the yellow stamens."
"The 'green silk' and 'green skirt' in the back should undoubtedly refer to the calyx, flower path, flowers and leaves! However, the 'fingertip mark' in the last sentence echoes the previous text and the name of the flower, but is more original than the two ladies just now. I am better than Ji, but I can’t even catch up to my brother!”
Sheng Weiqiao blew on the ink marks nonchalantly and said with a smile: "Cousin, are you being humble? The things he does are just enough not to look embarrassing among the boudoir girls who also don't study well."
She knew that Ao Luanxiao's compliment at this moment contained some elements of diverting embarrassment, so she didn't criticize it. Seeing that the ink stain was almost dry, she picked it up and handed it to Lu Jin, indicating that she would find someone to send it away with the flowers.
At that time, Sheng Lu said, "Young man, go ahead!"
Seeing Sheng Weiqiao nodding, Sheng Lu took the letter with "Nan Gezi" written on it between his legs and carefully put it into his arms. Then he took the pot of jade and pointed it at Jin Donglou.
He was actually a little lucky when he went to the east building - when he asked Sheng Weiqiao to be present in person, he was actually a little sweaty. After all, with conditions like Sheng Weiqiao's, as a son of the Sheng family, he had never heard of anyone praising the young lady's talents. , it really makes Sheng Lu worried whether that lady is an embroidered idiot...
Then she would not offend the young lady. No matter how miserable the lyrics she wrote, Sheng Lu would not dare not use it.
What should I do if the word filling is so miserable that it wears down all the beautiful flowers
Now, although Sheng Weiqiao's words had nothing to do with Jingcaijueyan, but the situation did not mean that he couldn't stand it, so he was relieved.
Although the two pots of chrysanthemums specially prepared by Sheng Lu are not necessarily the first, they are impeccable regardless of the preciousness of the varieties or the beauty of the appearance - after all, his goal is to let the young lady from the master's family win. He was so happy to win, instead of setting up a game that even a blind man could see to fool everyone - now he moved the scene in person, and as soon as he stepped on the high platform, there was a warm cheer from all around, and everyone said hello to him Some greeted him, some praised the flowers, some asked if there were poems to match the pot of flowers...
The excitement lasted for a while before it calmed down after the emcee repeatedly reassured her. The situation left Sheng Weiqiao and others upstairs speechless: Isn't the outside story too obvious
[Note 1] Filled in by yourself, please refer to the plot to understand the specific level.
[Note 2] This is described with reference to the pictures, please let me know if there are any errors.