Chapter 10: Huachaohui
Chapter 10 Huachaohui
Ruan Youqing squinted his eyes and looked at the crowd in the distance.
Among the clusters of flowers, the person with the vermilion thorns couldn't open his eyes.
"Miss, do you want to go over..." Seeing Ruan Youqing's serious expression, Fan Er cautiously asked.
"If I don't go there, there may be someone with ulterior motives to arrange my fault." Ruan Youqing calmed down and walked towards the crowd.
"It seems to be more lively this year than in previous years, and I see, you children are more handsome than before." After the queen stood still in the crowd, she slowly opened her eyes with a decent smile on her face. mouth.
After hearing this, a group of people immediately became flattered and flattered.
Rong Yan had already stood beside the queen and supported her. The intimacy between the two attracted the envy of many people. After feeling the eyes of others, Rong Yan puffed out her chest proudly, but the smile on her face was gentle and serene.
"Yan'er, who is that Miss Ruan you're talking about?" After the queen responded to everyone's greetings, she suddenly narrowed her eyes and smiled at Rong Yan.
After seeing the look in her aunt's eyes, Rong Yan naturally understood what she meant. After answering, she looked towards the crowd. Sure enough, living up to expectations, Rong Yan saw Ruan Youqing standing behind the crowd at a glance. A gleam flashed in her eyes, Rong Yan stood on tiptoe, and immediately beckoned to Ruan Youqing happily.
It seems that the relationship between the two people is very good.
Seeing everyone looking at him in unison, Ruan Youqing lowered his head as if shy, and walked over step by step with the support of Fan'er.
"My daughter, Ruan Youqing, has met the empress, good luck to the empress" After Ruan Youqing came to the empress, she immediately bowed down to salute.
The queen still smiled slowly, but she was already looking critically in her heart.
This little girl has good manners...but she looks sick, no matter how you look at it, she is not worthy of her Yi'er.
Refused to marry... It is somewhat self-aware.
Thinking of this, the queen also waved her hand to Ruan Youqing, with a friendly and gentle look: "Youqing, right, get closer to this palace."
With a shy smile on the corner of Ruan Youqing's mouth, he approached the queen with lowered eyes.
The empress smiled and stretched out her hand to pat Ruan Youqing, and continued: "I don't know why I like you when I see you. It's a pity that the empress dowager said that you are weak and cannot marry Yi'er..." Speaking of this, the empress seemed He sighed regretfully.
The others were shocked when they heard this.
It turned out that only a few high-ranking families knew that the emperor originally wanted to marry Ruan Youqing to the prince. Now, the queen has spoken out frankly, and doesn't seem to think that being rejected is a face-smacking thing.
But to some people, it is different.
The royal family showed pity, but the Ruan family refused?
When someone looked at Ruan Youqing again, there was already an unexplained inquiry in his eyes.
When Ruan Youqing looked up at the queen, the other party's eyes were still full of tenderness.
Heh Just like the previous life, the queen's disguise will only be torn off at the end.
But the "Tao Xing" is quite deep.
With a sneer in his heart, Ruan Youqing said softly: "Thank you, Empress, for your love. Youqing has been weak and sick since he was a child, and I am afraid that he may not be able to get better in this life. His Royal Highness is so honorable, which is beyond what Youqing can imagine. After all... can be worthy The one who gets to be His Highness the Crown Prince must be the most outstanding young lady in Beijing, and the Empress Dowager is also for Ningguo." Speaking of this, Ruan Youqing took out her handkerchief and coughed lightly a few times.
The queen's eyes flickered, and she smiled slightly: "Miss Ruan, don't belittle yourself. Since you have no destiny with Yi'er, I can't say anything more. If you like any young master in the future, come and tell me. I will definitely help you." You settle the marriage."
Although disgusted by the other party's hypocritical attitude, Ruan Youqing still pretended to be extremely shy and thanked her.
Fortunately, the queen did not say anything more.
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The aristocratic families who accepted the post have basically sent people to come. At this time, the Royal Garden, where talented scholars and beautiful ladies gather together, seems particularly harmonious.
The queen smiled and said that the Huachao meeting had begun, and a maid took the topic of the first session and showed it to everyone.
When reciting poems, there must always be a theme.
The theme of the past was mostly flowers.
Just when everyone thought that this year should and would not leave the theme of flowers, the scroll with the title was slowly opened.
"Return."
Simply one word, "return".
Although everyone was surprised, they were not noisy. Ruan Youqing saw that everyone had calmed down and began to think hard.
The queen had already sat down, with a look of anticipation.
Rong Yan couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, but she was patient and didn't rush to speak first.
Just as everyone was thinking hard, someone had already walked out of the crowd first.
Ruan Youqing, who walked back into the crowd, looked up, and saw a cold beauty in white clothes, but she looked a little strange.
"Deyin dares to come first, so it's time to throw bricks and attract jade." The woman's voice was just like her appearance, although it was pleasant, it carried a faint sense of alienation.
After she pondered for a moment, she said slowly:
"I don't know how the geese on the clouds return every year."
"As expected of Taifu Xiao's most proud granddaughter" The queen clapped her hands with satisfaction, and looked at her with a smile.
Ruan Youqing only then knew that this cold beauty was actually Xiao Taifu's granddaughter, Xiao Deyin.
Although I have never met, I have heard about it.
Xiao Deyin didn't respond with any special joy to the queen's praise, but just replied with a faint smile: "The queen's empress is absurd."
After finishing speaking, he retreated into the crowd.
It really seems to be throwing bricks to attract jade.
Someone made a start, and others no longer shied away. They all stood up to show what they had learned, and some of them were indeed quite talented.
Ruan Youqing didn't want to participate, but some people couldn't see her at ease.
"Since Sister Ruan has never practiced martial arts, she must have stayed in the mansion for more than ten years with sage books?" Rong Yan looked at the silent Ruan Youqing, with a deep smile on her face.
"Oh? It's a good thing that this Ruan family has a talented person" The queen also put her eyes on Ruan Youqing, and accepted Rong Yan's words with a smile.
Ruan Youqing blushed again, and replied in a low voice: "Youqing's talent and learning are insignificant, so he can't be praised by the empress."
"Then is it possible that sister Ruan is in the mansion all day...doing nothing? Then..." Liu Rou'er covered her mouth and smiled maliciously.
Ruan Youqing glanced at the other party inadvertently, and there was a trace of coldness in the originally watery eyes.
Liu Rou'er was taken aback for a moment, a little stunned. When she realized it belatedly, she was about to say something more out of embarrassment, but the other party slowly walked out from the crowd.
"If that's the case, then Youqing will show his shame." Ruan Youqing gently closed her eyes, as if she was thinking, and soon opened her eyes, with flickering lights in them.
"No one collects the waste account, return to Ma Zhican Banner. If you want to pay homage to the suspicious king, Tianya is crying at this time."
Sure enough, when Ruan Youqing finished speaking, everyone fell silent.
It's not because of the astonishing literary talent of this poem, but because of the few numbers, the victory and defeat on the battlefield are ruthless.
Ruan Youqing saw that someone was at a loss, and continued:
"Victory and defeat are a common thing in military affairs. Some people laugh and others cry. I... Although I grew up in Beijing, because I often write letters with my family members far away in the frontier, I also know some things on the battlefield. It's like being there. Youqing is just A weak woman may not understand some truths thoroughly, You Qing only hopes that my Ning country will be peaceful forever."
(end of this chapter)