Guo Jingyan rolled her eyes at her: "Don't pretend to be polite with me, you also know that you are Peng Di, look at you, what kind of a good Hou's mansion has become."
After getting along a lot, Zhou Xiaoxiao knew that Guo Jingyan was a hard-mouthed and soft-hearted woman.
Since she didn't care about her, she led the two into the east wing. Invite people to serve fruit snacks.
Gongsun Yu saw that Zhou Xiaoxiao You had a fragrant sweat on her head, and her face was flushed.
He handed over a autumn fragrance-colored handkerchief twisted in his hand, and said in his mouth, "Sister-in-law, don't be too busy, and wipe off the sweat first."
Zhou Xiaoxiao took a look and saw that the silk handkerchief was soft in texture, and a fleshy white magnolia flower was embroidered in the corner.
The front and back sides are generally the same, but it is a rare double-sided Suzhou embroidery.
I could hardly bear to use it, so I pleaded guilty and went to wash my face and change my clothes.
Guo Jingyan took the initiative to greet Gongsun Yu.
"She's used to not having any good tea or water here, only these small snacks, which can still be eaten. You can try it."
After Guo Jingyan gave birth, her appetite changed and she no longer liked sour and only loved sweets.
On the other hand, Gongsun Yu seemed to like that Meisu Pill very much, and sipped several pills in one breath.
Guo Jingyan joked: "When I was pregnant with my brother, I liked this. You are the same as I was back then."
Gongsun Yu's face turned pale, but he never spoke.
It happened that Zhou Xiaoxiao came out to entertain guests after changing clothes.
Hand the nappa back to Gongsun Yu.
In his mouth, he praised: "My cousin's needlework skills are really amazing. This is a delicate work, and she deserves to be a famous lady. I can't bear to smear it."
Gongsun Yu said: "The fifth sister-in-law is polite, but it's just a little gadget. If the sister-in-law doesn't dislike it, the slave family will go back and make two gifts for the sister-in-law."
"Haha, last time I saw you for the first time, you ran very fast, and I haven't even given you a gift, why would I be embarrassed to take your things first."
Zhou Xiaoxiao said, opening the make-up box, and picked out a gold-encrusted jade toad palace Zhegui distracting Cuimei Dian'er.
Gongsun Yu got up and delayed, "Handkerchiefs are just some worthless gadgets, how can they receive such a heavy gift from my sister-in-law."
Zhou Xiaoxiao stretched out her hand and inserted the dan'er between her dark and shiny cloud temples, and said with a smile, "It's not worth anything, beautiful jewelry is meant to complement a beauty like you."
Gongsun Yu blushed, reached out and touched the pearl on his head, thanking him.
Yin asked again, "I just don't know what the fifth sister-in-law likes. Yu'er can find embroidery."
Yu Xiaoxiao remembered that Yu Xingzhi liked to paint the cuckoo bird all day because he had an alias called Du Juan. Then he turned through the drawer and found a sketch of a few cuckoos that he had drawn with charcoal in his spare time, and handed it to Gongsun Yu.
"Do you think this can make it?"
Gongsun Yu and Guo Jingyan stretched out their heads to look and let out a groan.
Gongsun Yu said: "I have never seen this painting skill before, but it can be so vivid and vivid on the paper. It's about to fly out."
Guo Jingyan looked at it for a long time, and then pondered: "You actually have such a stunt. Tomorrow, the poetry and painting club raised by the sister of the Yang family, you can easily go with me. Show your face in front of others, save me from being surrounded by people every day. Find out what kind of person you are."
The two said their goodbyes later. Zhou Xiaoxiao personally delivered it to the door of the ceremony.
Watching the two each board their own carriage.
One is the young grandmother of the state government, and the other is a noble daughter of a noble family.
Going out, there are many followers.
Among Gongsun Yu's attendants was a bodyguard, tall and slender, with a gibbous waist and an extraordinary appearance. Zhou Xiaoxiao couldn't help but take a second glance.
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Yang Yuehua, the eldest daughter of the scholar Yang Su, established the Poetry and Painting Club every few months and called it the Suyun Club. It is very elegant to invite friends in the boudoir to gather together, recite poetry and draw pictures.
After marrying into the Ruan family, her in-laws were generous, and her concubines were all elegant people. So this habit still continues to this day. It is a great feast to become one of the famous and talented girls in Kyoto to meet friends.
This time, it is located in the waterside pavilion in the Ruan Family Garden.
The water pavilion is wide and there is a pavilion in the center, named Tianhui Pavilion.
All Shuyuan gathered in the pavilion and sat around the table. The faint sound of silk and bamboo, accompanied by the sound of pure water, came through the forest and the wind, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
There was nothing strange and ingenious at the banquet. In front of each person was a black-silver chisel pouring pot, a pair of white jade wine cups, a storage box, and a small bell with enamel color.
There is an air of nobility everywhere.
It's just that no one paid attention to the arrangement of the banquet this time, and everyone gathered in groups of three or five, either discussing quietly, or peeking at the champion Mrs. Hou who flew from the folks to the branches.
Zhou Xiaoxiao sat on the seat, enjoying the sparkling waves and enjoying the cool breeze, which was quite comfortable.
Guo Jingyan, who was sitting beside her, was nervous, like a blown-up cat, ready to stretch out her claws to fight at any time.
Not long after, another guest was added.
The man's waist was curled, and he was coming.
Several people at the table raised fans to cover their faces and whispered.
"Look, the girl from the Gongsun family is here."
"This time Zhou Xiaoxiao is the enemy who robbed her of her good marriage, and I don't know how to be ashamed."
"Let's see how the two of them fight each other, hee hee."
"There must be a good show to watch."
Gongsun Yu has a beautiful face and a delicate body.
In the eyes of everyone's expectation, he walked to the lady Hou, the champion who opened the cake shop.
But she sat down softly next to her.
Holding Zhou Xiaoxiao's arm, she said in a coquettish voice, "The two sisters-in-law are in such a hurry to leave, and they won't wait for Yu'er."
For a while, the sound of coughing and choking water came one after another.
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When the people were all together, the master took out a jade bamboo tube and waved the order.
An ivory pick fell out of the barrel, and the word "East" was written on it.
Yang Yuehua got up and drank a cup first, and said in his mouth: "This time, the order will be followed. Those who are right will drink one cup first, and those who are not in order will be fined one more cup. Those who are not right will be punished three cups."
He started with the first sentence: "The vast white fluff floats like snow."
He raised his chopsticks and dinged at the small bell on the desktop.
Before the sound was over, the person beside her continued: "The billowing red dust is like the wind."
Also drink a cup, raise your chopsticks and tap.
Zhou Xiaoxiao thought to himself, it doesn't matter, it's just three cups, nothing to worry about.
So my heart is very wide.
When it was Guo Jingyan's turn, Guo Jingyan answered slowly, "I am in the Hall of Qingshu on Earth."
Zhou Xiaoxiao was about to punish himself for three cups.
Gongsun Yu gently moved the Luo fan in his hand, Zhou Xiaoxiao saw a line of small characters written on the fan, and read it out: "My heart is in the Guanghan Palace in the sky."
Everyone nodded in praise.
Zhou Xiaoxiao was very impressed, this is not uncommon for the above verse.
It's just that Gongsun Yu had to guess what Guo Jingyan was right before Guo Jingyan spoke, and he had to match his own words in time, so that he had time to secretly write on the fan.
Zhou Xiaoxiao admired her to the ground, a talented girl, a proper talented girl.
He reached out and pinched Gongsun Yu's waist.
Gongsun Yu smiled and said, "Sister-in-law bullied Yu'er, don't blame Yu'er for not helping you anymore."
After two rounds of this, Gongsun Yu wrote several small sentences on his fan.
That Wang Bihua sat nearby and saw some clues. Quietly leaning over, he suddenly took the fan from Gongsun Yu's hand.
He raised it up and was about to shout.
Suddenly I felt my wrist numb, and the fan suddenly changed into Zhou Xiaoxiao's hand.
Zhou Xiaoxiao shook the Luo Fan gently and said with a smile: "Who is this grandma, why did you rob my cousin's fan? Could it be that she forgot to bring it?"
Wang Bihua's face flushed red, just about to say it.
Guo Jingyan stood up with a snort, stretched out her slender jade finger, and pointed it to Wang Bihua's eyes; "Wang Bihua, you have to be careful, I have always endured you. If you still want to bully my younger brother and sister, don't blame me. your skin."
Gongsun Yu covered her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "Aiya, if Sister Wang lacks a fan at home, my sister will go back and send someone a box with you. Why do you do this."
Wang Bihua's face turned blue and then white, and she was reluctant to leave. Had to endure the humiliation and sat back.
Zhou Xiaoxiao touched her chest and said to herself, "Oh my God, the fight between women is no less than that of men. It's easy to fight with real swords and real guns.
After a few rounds of drinking, everyone was slightly drunk.
Then a maidservant and maid came forward, cleaned up the leftover wine, and cleaned the table.
In addition, a pen, ink, paper and inkstone are laid out.
After being neatly arranged, Yang Yuehua drew another prime sign, only to see the back of a beautiful woman on the sign.
Yang Yuehua said: "It's wonderful, this poem and painting is about beautiful women."
Zhou Xiaoxiao does not know Chinese painting, but the sketching technique is also considered to be mature.
She got an explanation from Guo Jingyan early yesterday, and she brought a few dark pens with different shades of eyebrows for drawing with charcoal.
When I got the title, I started to draw.
Everyone mentioned poetry and painting, splashing ink and brushing, all of them were delicate and silent.
Only Zhou Xiaoxiao's charcoal pen was flying like a fly, making noises.
It's tempting to look around.
After a while, everyone began to whisper.
"This is a painting technique, I have never seen it before."
"It's also unique, the characters almost stand out on paper."
Someone said in surprise: "This, isn't this Miss Gongsun?"
I saw that the shape of a beauty gradually appeared on the paper. The beauty was radiant and jade-like, with a small step in the waves, and her clothes were flying in the air. It was like a goddess.
That face and Gongsun Yu were almost printed out of the same mold.
The person in the painting became clearer and clearer as Zhou Xiaoxiao's brushstrokes continued.
Zhou Xiaoxiao rubbed gently with her fingertips, softening the lines.
The beauty in the painting looks back and smiles, with water in her eyes; Piao Piao Xi was about to step down from the painting.
The crowd was amazed. All call this painting the leader of the current Suyun Society.
Gongsun Yu was very fond of it when he saw it, and he wrote a paragraph in the book "Luo Shen Fu" in his own handwriting - as if the moon was covered by a light cloud, and the wind was like the snow returning to the wind. Looking at it from a distance, it looks like the sun is rising in the morning; when you look at it, Zhuo Ruofu churns out waves.
Ruanmo Hardbuo begged Zhou Xiaoxiao to go home.
When the banquet was over, there were several people who were following Guo Jingyan, and Zhou Xiaoxiao tried their best to praise and flatter her.
Guo Jingyan gladly accepted it.
She felt that Zhou Xiaoxiao had saved her face this time, and she no longer had to suffer from that useless feeling every day. She was like a peacock with an open screen, and she became proud.
Returning to the house in the evening, Zhou Xiaoxiao found Yu Xingzhi who was practicing calligraphy in the study, threw him on his back, and kissed him several times.
Yu Xingzhi broke her off with a smile.
"How was the banquet today? Have you ever gotten used to it?"
"The banquet of the talented girls is unique and very interesting. Cousin Gongsun is really talented, which amazes me."
Zhou Xiaoxiao dragged Yu Xingzhi and didn't let go.
"But Xingzhi, I have a question for you. I really like a beautiful woman like Gongsun cousin who is both talented and beautiful. Did you really have no intention of marrying her in the first place?"
Yu Xingzhi suddenly felt relieved. He actually didn't mind, Zhou Xiaoxiao had never had the slightest bit of vinegar because of him.
On the contrary, he often felt awkward and unspeakable because of the men who appeared beside Zhou Xiaoxiao.
This is the first time that I have heard the words of vinegar from my beloved. Yu Xingzhi felt very relieved.
"My cousin and I are very consistent in temperament, habits, and preferences. When we get along, it's like looking into a mirror, but it's very boring. She and I both have the same meaning in each other's hearts, but I'm just annoyed by the elders in the family who try to make up their own minds and mess with the mandarin duck."
Yu Xingzhi hugged Zhou Xiaoxiao and said, "Just look at her like me, and I am happy with you. They are indeed like people."