Ajiu

Chapter 48
If you don't bloom, I won't be invited to enjoy the flowers; if I don't come to enjoy the flowers, I won't meet my junior; if I don't meet my junior, how can I be forced to do poetry?If I were a different person in front of me, if I didn't have the previous rhetoric, I wouldn't bite the bullet and say that I can write poetry!
I'm only four or five years old, I can't write poetry and I'm not ashamed!

Ajiu stared angrily at the osmanthus tree, her big eyes were full of anger.When a person is angry, his face will be uglier than usual, and he will appear to have no grace, but because of her young age, she is beautiful, pure and innocent, even if she loses her temper under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, she is just as lovely as Yuxue.

Junior Sister, this is what you look like when you are furious!The tenth prince was delighted and clapped his hands and applauded, "Good poem! 'The flowers bloom without consulting me', it is both elegant and harmonious, yet simple and vivid, it is easy to read, and it is lifelike!"

The praise from the Tenth Prince caused exclamations from all around, "Miss Ninth is young and quick-witted!" "Where did you come up with such a poem!" "Brilliant, talented!"

Ajiu kept a straight face, very serious.It is said that it is a poem, but in fact there is only one sentence, is it good, because a poem is so praised and praised, it has no technical content at all, it is too insincere.

Praising people is not like that, you know.

Beside the nine princesses, besides many court ladies, there is also a girl who is about her age, luxuriously dressed and smiling.She is not very beautiful, but she has flexible eyebrows and eyes, and she can be seen with a wink at a glance.

She is the companion of the nine princesses, Qiu Mei, a girl from Xingguo Duke's mansion.The Ninth Princess has just hit a snag. Although she forced a smile on her face, she is actually unhappy in her heart. Qiu Mei is her reading companion, and she usually pays close attention to her. How can she not know?So he wanted to try to please the nine princesses.

It is necessary to please the ninth princess, but also not to offend the tenth prince.Didn't the Tenth Prince want his junior sister to write poems, so let's write poems.

Qiu Mei smiled and said, "Miss Pei Jiu, what Your Majesty the Tenth Highness said just now is to write a poem, not a poem. Your sentence 'the flowers bloom don't discuss with me' is indeed a good sentence, where is the whole poem? Have we had the privilege of listening?"

As soon as Qiu Mei said this, Princess Jiu nodded happily, "Extremely! It's about making a poem, not a poem!" You can get away with one sentence, and there are at least four sentences in a poem. It depends on what you do.

The Tenth Prince frowned slightly.The little junior sister held back for a long time before choking out such a sentence, how can I make the whole song?This is not difficult for her.My little junior sister, I can tease her, but if it's hard for her, others can't.

The tenth prince followed Cai's voice and looked at Qiu Mei, his eyes were cold, with an unconcealable disgust.Qiu Mei was so obedient, she shouted "mistake, misstep" in her heart, and put on a flattering smile, trying to make amends.

Before Qiu Mei could speak, Ah Jiu waved her little hand imposingly, and ordered, "Bring a pen and paper!"

Immediately reciting poems is impossible for me, I will think about it while I am tossing paper and pen.

The Tenth Prince saw her high-spirited, looking like she was going to show off her talents, and didn't want to spoil her interest, so he could only watch the maids of Duke Wei's mansion busy, setting up tables and chairs under the tree, spreading snow-white rice paper, grinding the ink, The thin wolf hair was handed to Ah Jiu.

Because of Ajiu's young age, they only dared to hold thin pens and did not dare to give thick ones, for fear that Ajiu would not be able to hold them.

Ah Jiu was sitting under the osmanthus tree upright, holding up a pen, contemplating.

The autumn is brilliant and the scenery is pleasant. Under the evergreen osmanthus tree, a little girl like a snowball sits upright. It is really interesting to write a poem with a pen.

A gust of autumn wind blows, and the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus is refreshing and refreshing.

Ajiu thought for a moment, then took up a pen and wrote: "I regret that Xianyou insisted on insisting that Huakai did not discuss it with me." A good-hearted person next to him looked down and read it word by word, and everyone laughed and applauded.

After writing these two sentences, Ajiu stopped writing, her face hesitated.

It was clear that she didn't know what to write next.Just now she managed to hold back one sentence, but now she has added two sentences, but it is still very difficult to compose the whole song.

The tenth prince smiled and said: "Little junior sister is too young, these two sentences are enough. The next two sentences, I will think about it another day, don't get tired."

Whether it is the servants, maids, or guests of the Duke of Wei's mansion, there is no one who is willing to fight against the tenth prince, and they all joked, "Yes, it is not easy to do these two sentences at a young age. Ninth Miss, take a break and play for a while." Son, when you are interested, you can continue."

After making such a big battle, Ajiu only managed to compose half a poem, so she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.Raising her head, she met the sneering eyes of Princess Nine, and Ajiu was even more annoyed. Without even thinking about it, she wrote quickly, "Tomorrow I will move to the Moon Palace, and I will be heartbroken with Heng'e!"

Move you to the moon, and go with Chang'e!

When the ten princes saw her writing poems and suffering, and even angered the osmanthus tree, they couldn't feel it.This kid is just a kid, and when he gets angry, he won't be reasonable anymore.

Unreasonable little junior sister.

The tenth prince sat down next to Ajiu, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's move it to Guanghan Palace, so that it can enjoy solitude and desertion." But Ajiu regretted it again, "No! I like sweet-scented osmanthus honey, Osmanthus tea, osmanthus cake, osmanthus lotus root, osmanthus almond tofu..." Counting them one by one with my little finger, the more I count, the more I regret it.

The tenth prince looked at her with a smile, and invited her to play in the garden, "Junior sister, don't think about it anymore, let's go for a stroll, and when we are tired, we will take a boat tour or go fishing by the lake."

Ajiu nodded obediently, "Okay, let's go for a walk. Brother Ten, my mother is watching me in the pavilion, please order someone to tell her, and my cousins..."

"Naturally play with us." The tenth prince smiled.

The servant on one side has already ordered people to prepare the boat and fishing rods.The Tenth Prince and Ajiu stood up and walked towards the lake, while the Ninth Princess, Qiu Mei and others followed behind with interest, without further arguing.Lin was so steady, and followed far behind with his two younger sisters.

"Look at other people's companions, and then look at your companions." Lin Chan and Lin Yuan are sisters of the same mother, and they always talk about everything, joking about their sister in a low voice, and their eyes are full of jokes.Look at Qiu Mei, how much she flatters Princess Nine, and look at your sloppy look, alas, you are too self-motivated.

"I don't need to dig a hole like her." Lin Yuan didn't care.It's not that my father and brother are useless and dandy, and I don't want to climb high to marry the prince, so what should I pretend?no need.

The ninth princess followed behind the tenth prince and Ajiu, her face became gloomy.Qiu Mei knew that she was unhappy, so she became more and more cautious. Seeing that the ten princes in front took extra care of her junior sister, she couldn't help but feel sour.

The Tenth Prince is not only the son of Empress Zhang, but he is also extremely favored by His Majesty the Emperor. In the palace, he wants wind and rain.I've never seen him get along with a little girl like this before, but today...

"I want to change the poem, instead of moving to Guanghan Palace, I want to brew wine, make tea, and pick sweet-scented osmanthus honey." Ajiu's immature and willful voice came from ahead.

"Okay, it's changed. Let's have fun today and change it in a few days, okay?"

"If I change it over and over again, it won't work..."

"Brother Ten will help you."

"Ah."

Lin Youhui was sitting in the pavilion, watching from a distance that little Ajiu left with the tenth prince, ninth princess, and cousins.The small figure of her daughter is so immature, and Lin Youhui's eyes are as gentle as water.

"What are you looking at?" Mrs. Linjiang Marquis Qiu brought Chen Lingrong and Chen Lingwei over and asked with a smile.Lin Youhui smiled and stood up to say hello, and let Qiu Shi sit down together. Chen Lingrong and Chen Lingwei stood beside Qiu Shi very well. It seemed that the family education was strict.

Qiu Shi and Lin Youhui chatted a few words about homework, and sent Chen Lingrong and Chen Lingwei out to play.

Lin Youhui and Qiu Shi have known each other since they were young girls. Although they don't have a deep friendship, they have met on several occasions, and they are very polite to each other.

Qiu looked at Lin Youhui with a smile, feeling quite surprised.I haven't seen her for so many years, she is as young and beautiful as when she was a girl, bright and beautiful, and the years seem to have left no traces on her face.Didn't it mean that Prefect Pei is an upright official and that the Pei family lives in poverty?She is so well maintained.

The two talked about the recent situation with each other, both talking and laughing at Yanyan.Qiu Shiming complained, secretly showing off, and said: "Every time I go to the palace to congratulate, I will be listed with all the concubines. They are either middle-aged or old. I am young alone. It is strange. It is boring to see relatives and friends. The same goes for banquets at home, and I am ashamed to be always placed at the top table."

It's an honor that Mrs. Hou is ranked in the top category.As for the young Mrs. Hou, there are not many in court.

Lin Youhui smiled.It seems that the third girl of the Qiu family, Mrs. Linjiang Hou, is quite interested in doing it. When it comes to entering the palace, talking about banquets, and mentioning grades, she can't hide her pride at all.

The two sat and sipped tea, the autumn wind was blowing, and the dark fragrance was frequently sent.

"My Lord Marquis received a lot of help from your family when he was in Suzhou, and it's also because I've been busy these days that I didn't come to thank you." Qiu smiled reservedly.

Lin Youhui smiled and said: "It should be between relatives." The smile was more reserved and calm than Qiu's, and the words he said were very polite, but meaningless.

Lin Youhui's smile was polite and distant, Qiu was always shrewd, how could he not see it?Even so, he still sat firmly, "My Lord Marquis was looking for someone, but unfortunately he fell ill after returning, and he didn't bring him back."

Lin Youhui smiled faintly, "That's it."

Seeing Lin Youhui's refusal to answer, Mrs. Qiu felt a little annoyed in her heart, and asked with a smile: "My brother Yun went back to Beijing with Mrs. and Mrs. Xian. Speaking of which, I have to thank you two for taking care of him. There is a beautiful woman, I wonder if you have noticed it?"

Lin Youhui frowned slightly.You should handle the family affairs of the Marquis of Linjiang's mansion calmly by yourself, and bring it to me, what do you mean?
Wives and concubines fight, just make trouble in the back house, but it's really ugly to put it outside.

Lin Youhui smiled, "During the journey, my husband and I just paid attention to Brother Ling's basic necessities of life, his health, and didn't care about anything else."

A trace of anger flashed in Qiu's eyes, and he snorted, "Brother Ling? Is that what my Lord Hou called it? It really makes people wonder what to say."

The children of the Chen family are ranked according to the word Ling, with Chen Lingyun the oldest, followed by Chen Lingrong, Chen Lingwei, and then the youngest child, the legitimate son Chen Lingfeng.Ordinarily, the Qiu family was right to call him this, but Linjiang Marquis kept calling Chen Lingyun "Ling'er" and "Ling Ge'er", which made Qiu's very angry.

Lin Youhui couldn't comment on the Chen family's family affairs, so he smiled and said nothing.

If he hadn't known Qiu Shi before, Lin Youhui might have stood up and said goodbye long ago, and lingered under the flowers to enjoy the scenery.

When Qiu brought up such a family matter, Lin Youhui felt that she was impolite and impolite.

"I don't have that much relationship with you." Lin Youhui felt helpless.

A family is a family. It is of course best if the husband and wife are deeply affectionate. If they really disagree, the disputes and quarrels are all at home. Don't complain to outsiders, let alone mention the secrets of the family to outsiders.

Lin Youhui had no interest in knowing the inside story of the Linjiang Marquis Mansion.

It's not that Lin Youhui doesn't gossip, it's that she followed Lin Shangshu when she was a child, and married into Pei's family when she grew up. She heard too much about all kinds of housework disputes, and she was not interested in the filthy fights in the back house.

The Qiu family is nothing more than an enthusiastic man who knows that the Marquis of Linjiang has a sweetheart and the eldest son, and knows that the Marquis of Linjiang's mansion has no rules, but for the honor of Mrs. Hou, she resolutely marries an enthusiastic man who is keen on fame and wealth.There is nothing wrong with this at all, people want to go to high places, but eating salty fish can satisfy thirst, since they are married in this way, sooner or later they will have to deal with their "sweetheart" and the eldest son, that is for sure.

Find a way by yourself, no need to pull others.

In fact, the Qiu family and Lin Youhui are just acquaintances. If the friendship is deeper, Lin Youhui may bluntly say: it is serious to raise a son, why bother to pursue the poor.

Right now, Marquis Linjiang is ill in bed, and his son Chen Lingfeng is too young to support his family.Although there is a noble concubine Qiu in the court, Empress Zhang is the lord of the six palaces, and the prince is the future king.To put it harshly, the more proud Concubine Qiu Gui is now, the more miserable she will be in the future.

The higher you climb, the harder you fall.

It may not be a good thing to have a daughter like Concubine Qiu in the family, unless... that is really unlikely. In this dynasty, there is a clear lineage. Empress Zhang is the original wife. Son, where is it to be overthrown?

Being a concubine is like concubine Duan. Although she has no favor and no children, she follows Queen Zhang closely and never opposes Queen Zhang. The future will be smooth.Not only Concubine Duan, but also the British government will be honored and favored forever.

Lin Youhui couldn't walk away, and it was inconvenient to have a deep talk with Qiu Shi, so he concentrated on drinking tea with a polite smile on his face.

Qiu Shi and Lin Youhui didn't talk speculatively, and they didn't like to sit too much, they stood up and said with a smile, "I'll go and see the two girls."

Qiu Shi turned around, and his face became gloomy.

Lin Youhui, you are used to living your life according to your heart's content, you are surrounded by a clean environment, and you don't even know my sufferings!When I just married into the Linjiang Marquis's Mansion, to what extent was I forced to do so by that foxy girl?Now, even if you don't help me, I must find her, and I can't let her live happily ever after!

That Hu Meizi's son actually entered the palace, and even won the favor of the tenth prince. He often went to the palace to practice swords, guns and sticks with the tenth prince.If this goes on like this, if he is promising, will he still put me in his eyes?Shouldn't he praise his own mother?Don't think about it!

Qiu walked in the autumn wind, full of worries.

Intellectually, she thinks the same as Lin Youhui: raising a son is a serious matter, and everything else is nothing but floating clouds.If you raise your son well, your son will be promising, and you will be rich and prosperous in the rest of your life.But emotionally, she couldn't let go of the woman who had troubled her for many years, no matter what.

(End of this chapter)