Hearing Xia Jiu'er calling her, Xu Lu felt a little uncomfortable. You know, she just had an incident with Chu Han yesterday, and she heard from the maid that Chu Han went to Xia's mansion after leaving Xu's mansion , I didn’t go home until evening. The relationship between Chu Han and Xia Jiu'er is very good, she doesn't believe that Chu Han didn't tell Xia Jiu'er about this matter, if Xia Jiu'er came to her with an angry face, she can rest assured, but it is Xia Jiu'er Xiaoer smiled at her, but Xu Lu felt chills all over her body.
Xu Lu's eyes flickered, but she walked over obediently, gave Xia Jiu'er a light gift and said with a smile, "Hi sister Xia, sister Xia is also here to be invited to participate in the poetry meeting?"
The word "invited" is particularly harsh.
Xia Jiu'er smiled slightly: "No one invited me, I just have nothing to do to watch the fun." After speaking, Xia Jiu'er smiled at the others: "You play your game, don't worry about me."
It's just that although Xia Jiu'er said so, no one would really ignore her.
Although Xia Jiuer's temper is notoriously bad in Beijing, there are still a lot of people who want to befriend her. After all, the power of the Xia family is there, and the people who want to hug Xia Jiuer's thigh are Not a lot.
Therefore, when Xia Jiu'er arrived here, those ladies immediately surrounded her, even if some people really didn't like Xia Jiu'er's usual way of doing things, but now they have to face it Talking to her with a smile, after all, no one wants to offend Miss Xia.
Xu Lu was not too happy. Originally, these people were talking about her new painting, and she was enjoying the attention of others' praise, but since Xia Jiuer came, these people seemed to be unable to see her It seems that she only cared about flattering Xia Jiu'er!
Holding the handkerchief, Xu Lu glanced in the direction of the men next to her, feeling a little anxious.
Today's poetry meeting was organized by the girl of the Sun family, and at the same time, the young master of the Sun family also invited many of his classmates and friends, one of whom was Xu Lu's target today - he was the new champion, Pei Jinping.
This number one scholar Pei is from the Pei family in Xinyang. He is from a dignified family. He is well-educated and handsome. His talent and learning have been praised by the emperor himself. . For a time, Pei Jinping's status in the literary world in Beijing was unmatched. Many people took what this Mr. Pei said as wise words, and many people even deliberately imitated him.
And the reason why Xu Lu followed him was because the people he praised all had a good reputation in this capital. Not to mention anything else, just a few days ago, this Pei Jinping and Pei Zhuangyuan praised each concubine's handwriting at a poetry meeting, and that concubine girl was immediately a rare commodity. After the poetry meeting, the family came to propose marriage People have broken the threshold.
Perhaps it is because he knows that his current words and deeds can cause a sensation among people. Since that poetry meeting, Pei Jinping has stopped participating in any poetry meetings. It was rare to come out to participate in a poetry meeting again.
Being able to taste poems and paint together with Pei Jinping is not easy to find in Beijing, so after hearing that Pei Jinping will come this time, Xu Lu immediately tried to get the girl from the Sun family to "take the initiative" to clean herself up. He just planned to be praised by Pei Jinping at the poetry meeting.
Of course, Xu Lu is not because she wants many people to come from home to propose marriage, but because she wants to spread her name as a "talented woman" in Beijing. If she succeeds, then Xing Minzhi...will treat her differently, right
In order to be famous today, Xu Lu has been preparing for a long time. This painting was specially asked Chu Mu to retouch it after she finished it a few days ago. Chu Mu's painting skills were praised by the emperor, so Xu Lu is very Confidence, if Pei Jinping sees the paintings he made, he will definitely praise them.
Originally, after she took out this painting, these girls had already expressed their appreciation for her painting, and they were all admiring her painting, and Xu Lu also noticed that the girl over there People have become interested in their conversation, and it seems that someone has proposed to come and have a look.
But at this time, Xia Jiu'er suddenly appeared, not to mention stealing her limelight, and ruining her hard-won opportunity!
Naturally, Xu Lu would not let such an opportunity slip away like this. She looked at the people over there, and then at Xia Jiu'er who was sitting in the center like a moon surrounded by stars. Got an idea.
Regardless of whether Xia Jiuer knew about the affairs between her and Chu Han or not, and regardless of what Xia Jiuer was doing here suddenly today, she would not let Xia Jiuer ruin her business!
Xu Lu took a chance and interjected: "Sister Xia came today by coincidence, we are just discussing calligraphy and painting, how about Sister Xia also come together?"
Xia Jiu'er only glanced at Xu Lu when she heard Xu Lu talking. Just now Xu Lu hadn't spoken. She thought Xu Lu had a ghost in her heart, so she didn't dare to say anything. It turned out that she was holding back here. Han Dou, who intends to read books and paintings, doesn't understand poetry.
Just now Xia Jiuer was talking to others while thinking about how to deal with Xu Lu. Originally, according to Xia Jiuer's usual style of doing things, this time she will not be careful. Most likely she will find an opportunity to push Xu Lu into the lake Let her drink a few sips of water and teach her a lesson.
Opportunities have to wait, she can't push Xu Lu into the water in front of so many people watching, so after hearing Xu Lu talking to herself, Xia Jiu'er quite cooperatively took a look at the painting on the easel. A framed painting.
The picture on the painting was a picture of two pine trees, which surprised Xia Jiu'er, because she thought that these girls painted either flowers or birds.
"It's not that you don't know me, how can I know calligraphy and painting, you let me see..." Xia Jiu'er's voice suddenly paused in the middle of speaking, and the expression on the painting was a little subtle.
Although Xia Jiu'er is usually a bit ignorant, she grew up with Chu Mu, and she knows Chu Mu's handwriting and painting habits very well.
For example, the pine tree, the color of the ink on it is the one that Chu Mu often used, and there is still a picture of a pine tree similar to this pine tree hanging in her room.
Although Xia Jiu'er is usually a little reckless, she is not stupid. After seeing this painting, she immediately set up countless preconceptions in her heart. In the end, her eyes changed a few times before she asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you?" Who drew it? It looks pretty."