Chapter 29: Preparation for the Feast

The Chrysanthemum Banquet of Ming Qi’s sixty-eighth year had finally come.

Guangwen Hall was also different from the past, and the school test was turned into a talent competition. Anyone with talent can go on stage at will to challenge their fellow students, which shows the vitality of the young people, but also allows people to see that the students of Guangwen Hall have their own specialties.

This meant that both male and female students had to be on the same stage, i.e., unlike in the past, when there was a division into men’s and women’s groups. If they liked, the women could challenge the men in the fields of strategy and horseback riding, and the men could challenge the women in the fields of qin, chess, calligraphy, and painting, but I think it was rare for that to happen.

Early in the morning, the Shen Mansion was busy. In the west courtyard, Frostbite carefully pinned a silver hairpin on Shen Miao and smiled, “Girl, it’s ready.”

Frost drop comb comb the best, before Shen Yue also want to will she want to go over to comb their own hair, but frost drop is Mrs. Shen personally point to leave Shen Miao’s maid, frost drop do not want to, Shen Yue can do nothing.

“Girl this body can be really good looking.” Bai Lu looked at it and smiled, then hesitated a bit, “It’s just that the head looks a bit too plain.”

Shen Miao’s hair is black and more, was frost combed a delicate hanging cloud bun, looks elegant and chic. Even after reaching maturity, Shen Miao was like a maid generally combing a double ring bun, changed the style, looks like Jing seems to have grown up a lot. The round and lovely face seems to be clear and elegant, finally some of the flavor of a young girl.

It was just a silver hairpin stuck all alone on her head, looking rather pathetic.

Gu Yu couldn’t help the anger that spread across her face. This Shen House has a large family, but Shen Miao today does not have a branch of jewelry that can be taken out. A large family in Shenfu is relying on Shen Xin to support them, but they have done such a heartless thing. Shen Miao can not say anything, why, because they are to Shen Miao played jewelry, but it is vulgar gold jewelry just, wear out iron sure to be laughed at.

Shen Miao only glanced at Gu Yu and guessed what Gu Yu was thinking in her mind, and couldn’t help but shake her head and lose a smile. In fact, since childhood, the second and third houses of the Shen family have been racking their brains in order to cultivate their own crappy hobbies, trying every possible means to make her believe that the golden ones are the best. In this way, it can be said to the outside world that it is not the second and third houses intentionally embarrass the daughter of the eldest house, because people originally love this kind of glittering gold jewelry ah!

Then look at Shen Miao happily wearing those exaggerated jewelry, so the crowd had the perception that the first daughter of the Shen family’s big house was greedy and money-loving, and was vulgar and intolerable.

Gold is good, but it’s not meant to be worn on the body.

Gu Yu was afraid that Shen Miao was sad, and quickly changed his words, saying, “But that Li Niang is really good at craftsmanship, and the girl’s body is really beautiful.”

I don’t know if it is not heart pity Shen Miao, Li Niang sent this dress, actually embroidery is surprisingly exquisite. Seems to take care of her appearance on the small side, lotus green color is inevitably old and heavy, will be embroidered at the hem of the skirt large large begonias, lifelike, blooming and gorgeous, really beautiful.

And Shen Miao actually wore a fitted dress, without the slightest bit of looking uncomfortable.

Frostbite and Bai Lu glanced at each other, and each saw the surprise in the other’s eyes. Nowadays, Shen Miao was even able to suppress such a heavy color and did not know what was going on.

“Let’s go.” Shen Miao stood up, “Can’t wait too long.”

Fang out of the yard, and then see the garden of the begonias born most of the most, she stopped, pinched a small one, pulled into the raven’s hair bun, a moment will be like the icing on the cake.

“The girl is so pretty.” Gu Yu exclaimed.

Sister Gui had just come out of the small kitchen and prepared some snacks for Shen Miao on the carriage, and when she came out with the basket, she couldn’t help but be shocked when she saw Shen Miao.

She served Shen Miao for so many years, Shen Miao is also her milk, can be said to have watched Shen Miao grow up, but today but feel Shen Miao strange tight. Temperament calm and steady, with that noble lotus green color, said that the princess is afraid is not too much. She almost did not hold the basket in her hands, just stupidly stood in place.

That was until Bai Lu spoke with a smile, “What is Sister Gui looking at?”

Sister Gui froze, habitually was about to say a few beautiful words, suddenly thought that today is the chrysanthemum banquet, Shen Miao is so outstanding, will not be Shen Yue and Shen Qing are suppressed. She will have reached the mouth of praise words swallowed, turned his head a worried look: “girl, the color of this dress is really too heavy, the girl is so young, why wear such a color, in vain to cover up their good color. Or go back and take the peach-colored jacket embroidered with flowery magpies? It’s so pink and tender. There is also this hairpin, old slave remembered the second lady is not given a lot, so go on, no one will say that the girl in the general’s residence is still so simple.”

Gu Yu skimmed his mouth, that flower embroidered magpie peach-colored jacket is Ren Wan Yun sent, the color is tacky, coupled with wearing a head full of gold and silver jewelry, living like a countryside landlord’s family of the young lady, if you go to the chrysanthemum feast today, Shen Miao will be the crowd will be snickering. Sister Gui is clearly ill-intentioned, she was about to reprimand Shen Miao for a few words, then heard Shen Miao softly spoke: “Ming Qi nowadays the country is prosperous, the people live in peace and work happily, but His Majesty advocates thrift. The way of the world, wastefulness is the next best thing, how is it bad to be simple? When people see it, they will only say that my general’s house is clean and honest, and that it is a good thing to have a clean and honest family, which is not bad. As for the clothing is even more do not have to care,” Shen Miao raised the corner of his mouth: “Today, things in the flowers, people in the fight, but with the clothing does not have the slightest relationship.”

She said some words, gentle and soft, kind and sincere, but also contains an unquestionable majesty. Sister Gui brain chaos, she is not afraid of Shen Miao angry, but when Shen Miao can tell her a lot of reasoning like this? Shen Miao usually do not like homework, so no brain. Now a large section of reasoning, crepuscular, so that the rough people who have not read books, Sister Gui actually do not know how to refute.

Bai Lu couldn’t help but “pff” laugh out loud, busy and silenced solemn face, just in the eyes of the smoothness still can’t hide.

Sister Gui rebuttal and rebuttal can not, but also by a few maids look at the joke, the heart chagrin, but also can not figure out why this time back to the house, every time and Shen Miaoyuan conversation, they are down. Said sharp-tongued, Shen Miao tone of voice are very mild, said she mild, words are said people speechless.

Sister Gui somewhat wretchedly handed the basket in her hand to Gu Yu: “This is for the girl’s snacks for the road, there is still some distance to the Chrysanthemum Feast, don’t starve the girl.” She rushed Shen Miao: “The old slave will first go back to the courtyard to do something.”

“Go on.” Shen Miao replied lightly.

After Sister Gui left, Gu Yu and Bai Lu were both happy. The stronger Shen Miao is, the more she looks like a master, so those colorless ones in the Shen Mansion don’t dare to bully her.

When Fang walked to the door, he saw two carriages parked at the entrance. The first one was already ready to leave, while the second one was empty.

Shen Qing’s maid, Chun Tao, stood in front of the first carriage.