Food, Color, Medicine and Fragrance: Ugly Girl Turns Over

Chapter 8 Beauty Contest
Lin Xiaorou carried a small bucket and tremblingly walked to the edge of the pond. When she looked back, she suddenly found that Mu Jianchen was looking at her in the corridor on the second floor, so she withdrew her smile and secretly put one hand into her sleeve.

There was a small paper bag hidden inside. She tore it open with her fingers, then reached into the barrel with one hand, and slowly poured all the white croton powder at the bottom of the barrel.

Finally, the bucket is put into the water, and the croton powder is slowly mixed into the water and seeped into the pond.

After fetching water, she was about to carry it back when she suddenly shivered and her body became cold, so she threw the bucket away and lay down on the grass to catch her breath.

When Mu Jianchen saw her, he flew down, hugged her, and flew back to the Moon Chasing Hall, sighing, "I told you not to come by yourself, you have to be so persistent."

Lin Xiaorou grinned, and said: "Forget it, I feel a little cold so I don't need to take a shower, let me sleep first, don't call me if I'm fine, I'm not hungry, so don't ask me to eat."

After speaking, I really lay down the quilt on the bed and fell asleep all night.

Jiangnan is the most affluent place in the country, and Jiangcheng is the Jiangnan of Jiangnan.

Not only the scenery here is beautiful and exquisite, but also the people are graceful and introverted, and there are countless talented scholars and beauties.

Especially in March and April, there are as many people who come to visit Jiangcheng as crucian carp crossing the river, not talking about beauties, not talking about light food, even if they just come to feel the misty and rainy water on the small bridge here, it is extraordinarily relaxing and comfortable.

Of course, the most attractive thing is the beauties here, smart and delicate, just like natural beautiful jade, which is crystal clear without carving.

Even the old emperor with half-white hair is very fond of Jiangnan beauties, so the Nangong family released the news that there will be a beauty pageant this time, and the harem immediately sent someone to bring a suitable woman to the palace immediately.

This beauty pageant was held in a private garden of the Nangong family. Most of the participating girls were from merchant families or scholarly families in the south of the Yangtze River. It is good to choose one by one in terms of appearance and family background, but I have to say The most talked about this time is undoubtedly Nangong Jing.

Nangong Jing is the youngest daughter of Nangong Situ, who was born to his wife, Liu Shi, and has an older brother named Nangong Ling.

According to Nangong Jingjing's rumors, not only is she beautiful, but she is also skilled in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and even female celebrities. Needless to say, this competition is definitely the best candidate to win the first prize.

What's more, this competition was organized by the Nangong family, so it was reasonable to give some water to their daughter.

The beauty pageant was held in the evening, and all the girls were arranged in a chic little yard.

In addition to the famous four richest men, the judges also included the local county magistrate and a father-in-law sent by the palace.

There were a total of four rounds of the competition, and there was nothing new about the project, and it was still inseparable from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Master Huo sat on the expensive pear wood chair with a dark face, holding a cup of tea in his hand and looking at several tables in an open space in the garden, he couldn't help humming in his heart.

Situ beside him was Nangong Situ in a golden brocade robe, squinting and smiling as if he was in a particularly good mood tonight.

"I said, old fox, you were so desperate to have a son back then, you regret it now."

Nangong Situ deliberately lowered his voice, but Master Huo still heard what he said word for word, immediately closed the tea cover, and said calmly: "I heard that the daughter of the Nangong family is very talented, but the girls from other families are all Wanli Pick one, it’s up to Eunuch Zhang to decide whether it’s good or not, after all he knows the emperor’s taste best.”

Its meaning couldn't be clearer, before the emperor finally made a decree, everything was just a fart!
Nangong Situ coughed, and turned his gaze to the front, where Eunuch Zhang from the palace was sipping fragrant tea.

So he quietly winked at the boy in the corner, the boy ran over knowingly and didn't know what to say to the eunuch Zhang, the eunuch immediately turned around with a smile on his face and bowed to Nangong Situ.

When Eunuch Zhang turned around, Nangong Situ couldn't restrain his complacency, and gently tapped the coffee table beside him with his finger with a jade wrench.

"Oh, thanks to my wife for giving me Jiaoer. If I become the head of the country in the future, I will definitely not forget you, old brother."

Mr. Huo was so angry that the top of his head was smoking, but he still had to pretend to be okay and smiled.

Actually, he wanted to strangle Nangong Situ to death.

This old turtle will not die for thousands of years!

Suddenly remembered something, Master Huo squinted his eyes and smiled again, cleared his throat and asked in a low voice: "I heard that the business of Jinxiu Spinning is not very satisfactory recently, alas, it is true that there are no flowers that are popular in a hundred days, and clothes that are not new in a hundred days." !"

As soon as the words fell, Nangong Situ's hands visibly froze, and he wished to roll up his sleeves and beat Mr. Huo to the ground. The member outside was his secret intention to take care of Jinxiu Spinning. He was angered by the second Mr. Huo last time. Sick on the bed, Jinxiu Fang was in disarray for a while.I couldn't openly come to the door to inquire about the teacher, so I had to suffer a big loss.

Now I can only hope that after the beauty pageant, I will rely on Nangong Jing to take off and take revenge.

The night is getting darker, and the moonlight tonight is also extraordinarily bright, the flowers in the garden are fragrant, and the sound of silk and bamboo is coming.

Everyone sat on the chairs that had been arranged in the garden and waited quietly for the upcoming beauty pageant.

Countless lanterns, shining with bright light, were hung high and low on the trees, like stars falling into the world, illuminating the beauty stage brightly.

It also added a bit of charm to the spring scenery of this night.

After a while, the participating girls will come here from Xiaobieyuan to stage a silent "fight"

Everyone is looking forward to more than nervous.

Huo Qihan originally wanted to bring Huo Qiyuan to join in the fun, but Huo Qiyuan refused him on the grounds of sorting out the books, so Huo Qihan appeared in the other courtyard alone, of course, he sneaked in.

At this time, the girls in the other courtyard were still making up their faces, and they were all very busy. From time to time, anxious voices could be heard clearly through the windows.

"Auntie, I heard that the emperor doesn't like red dresses, change them for me soon."

or.

"Hurry up my golden jade hairpin, insert it for me, I'm going to compare Nangong Jing to this empress, I'm sure."

Huo Qi smiled coldly, these ignorant women, the old emperor might burp his legs one day, what happiness can there be in marrying him other than being rich and famous?

What's more, the women in the harem are as dangerous as tigers. It is still a question whether they can enjoy the glory and wealth.

Nangong Jing's room is at the end of the courtyard, not only the smallest room but also the quietest room, almost no sound can be heard, even the reflection on the window is motionless.

Huo Qihan looked up at the night sky and snapped his fingers, two figures flew down from the wall.

"This is the room, be careful."

The man in black nodded, and sneaked to the door with the blindfolded man in his hand, then poked a hole in the window paper and threw something in, and he opened the door after a while.

Huo Qihan couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief seeing them go in, and at the same time secretly wondered, the Nangong family's private garden was really poorly guarded, and they broke in with almost no effort.

If a professional little thief comes, why not steal everything here?
The more he thought about it, the more something was wrong, Huo Qihan was a little worried, if this messed up, Mr. Huo would have to skin him.

So he turned to Nangong Jing's room.

Stretching out with one hand, as soon as he opened the door, he saw Lin Xiaorou sitting upright in front of the dressing table, and beside him stood Mu Jianchen in black.

"Hey, you're going out in person tonight." Huo Qihan carefully closed the door and said in a low voice, but his eyes were floating around. Why didn't you see Nangong Jing?
"The person is missing." Mu Jianchen obviously didn't answer the question.

"Who is missing?"

"This old woman was the only one in the room when we came in." Mu Jianchen pointed to an old nanny lying in the corner.

"Is this what made you dizzy?"

"No, I saw that she was knocked out by something hard like a wooden stick." Mu Jianchen explained.

Huo Qihan turned his head and saw a human figure cut out of paper by the window, which was firmly attached to the window. From the outside, it seemed that a person was sitting quietly inside.

He couldn't help but gasped, his eyes showed excitement.

Damn!This Nangong Jing dared to stun the old mama to play and escape, what audacity!

The elegance and demureness that was rumored before could be a lie, it's interesting, it's so interesting.

"Run well, run in seconds, run croakingly, at first I wanted to feel sorry for Miss Nangong, but now I feel relieved, the beauty pageant is about to start, you tell this girl to get ready quickly, by the way, remember to put on the veil , you must also tell this girl about the relevant information about Nangong Jing that I gave you."

After Huo Qihan finished nagging, he immediately opened the door and left in a flash.

Now he was ready to go to the garden for a good show.

It was Xu time at this time, and a maid in a pink dress came from the dark with a five-pointed lantern.

The elegant skirt is a little enchanting in the evening wind.

The servant girl first gave a full smile, and made an empty salute to everyone, and then said in a clear voice: "It's already time, and the exile flower meeting has already begun. Next, I will invite Miss No. [-] Wang Shuyi to perform a guqin high mountain and flowing water for everyone."

Before the person arrived, the trickle-like sound of the piano became clearer and more moving with a piece of black silk hidden in the darkness.

This Wang Shuyi is the daughter of the Wang family in Jiangcheng. She was born in a small merchant family. Although she has no worries about food and clothing, her appearance is not outstanding. The only thing that can be praised is her skill in playing the piano.

The high mountains and flowing water in this area have been played by countless people, but not many people can play its meaning. Wang Shuyi is slightly higher than the average person.

Huo Qihan's mind was not overwhelmed by the sound of the piano, but was quietly attracted by the young man in black hiding among a group of servants.

The boy was not tall, and his figure was extremely thin. The ugly servant's robe was obviously a little too big for him, and what caught his attention the most was the sneer and sneer at the corner of the boy's mouth. ridicule.

There's also that tinge of excitement.

(End of this chapter)