Delicious Delicacy of the Demon Spirit

There is a shallow lake in the courtyard of Prince Qiao’s Mansion. The water is always clear and clear. There is a winding water corridor on the lake. At the corner of the water corridor stands a unique pavilion called Yingyue Pavilion. In the center of a shallow lake.Seen from a distance, it is low and short, simple, with a canopy with flying eaves on all sides, four angular pillars, and red curtains hanging around it.If it is placed on drawing paper, it can be outlined with a few strokes.

It used to be a very popular place.Drinking tea in leisure time, visiting old friends, princes and concubines often choose this place, because here, you can see the most beautiful scenery of the palace.

Qi Qiaoye, I don't know if it's the old prince's sudden whim to have fun with the people, or the princesses are idle and want to see the drama of true love in the world. If you are married, bring your wife and children, if you are not married, bring your favorite person, and if you don’t even have a partner, you should come, and it is best to bring your familiar little brothers and sisters, this is obviously a blind date.

Li Kuer only found out about the news when he came to clean the courtyard after finishing his farm work in the afternoon. Although it was not compulsory, but the old prince spoke up, who dared not give face, there was no other way, no matter how reluctant he was, he would not be able to leave.Xiaoqu, Ah Liao, and Ah Chu all went, saying that it would be best to find a handsome man, or to be spotted by a handsome man. Ah Zhu and Ah Chuan originally planned to go to Yanlong Lake, so they had to change their itinerary, anyway. We are all lakes, even if we are far apart.But what makes Li Ku'er regretful is that He Weiran didn't go, she said she was embarrassed to go at her age.Li Kuer wanted to ask how old this person is, but she stopped the words, she was afraid that He Weiran would say "nine thousand years old" and she would be frightened into limp legs, some things she didn't dare to know, so she just let it go It's good to keep it mysterious.

It was not yet dark, and the house was busy.There is only one pavilion for those people, so they cannot all be crowded into the small pavilion.The housekeeper made an arrangement, the prince and princess sat in the pavilion, and everyone else sat on the water corridor.The water corridor is quite spacious, there are already two rows of seats on both sides, but it saves the time to find stools temporarily, and a long table is placed in the aisle, with fruit plates and pastries. It is worth their time to eat just for these.There was a stage set up by the lake, and it was said that the most famous Hualing Troupe in the town was invited to perform a performance of Cowherd and Weaver Girl. They postponed the stage that had been set earlier and came to Prince Qiao's Mansion. This is also for the sake of the old prince.

It was night, and lanterns were lit everywhere in the backyard of the Wang Mansion, five steps in pairs, stretching and stretching with brilliance, illuminating the pavilions, water corridors and the stage by the lake brightly and beautifully.Li Ku'er asked Xiao Qu to go to the courtyard together, only to find that she had changed into a new calico dress at some point, and she had even put on paint and rouge.

"You...you don't need to do this, you really take it seriously." Li Kuer tried to ridicule her, this kind of opportunity is too rare.

Xiao Qu didn't take it seriously at all, looked at Li Ku'er and shook her head and said, "Tsk tsk tsk, you are really worthless, if you don't dress up yourself, how can you attract beautiful men?"

Li Ku'er pouted and slanted her eyes, "Who wants to attract beautiful men..."

Xiaoqu narrowed her eyes with a smile and stretched out her index finger to poke her face: "Yohaha, it turns out that Kuer, you are so ugly, so strange, so strange."

"Fuck you!" Li Ku'er patted her hand away and said angrily, "I haven't saved a dowry yet! I'm not in a hurry to find a handsome man!"

"Find a good-looking man and save the dowry! Maybe the beautiful man has a good family background and good character, so he doesn't need you to pay the dowry at all? At that time, when someone sends the dowry, you can send the dowry back as a dowry, and everything will be settled."

"You think it's too beautiful. With the quality of the servants in our mansion, even if you bring a little brother, can you be from a good family background? It's great to have a good face."

"That's true. Then I'll find a handsome man."

As they spoke, they had already stepped onto the water corridor.A lot of people have already gathered, both acquaintances and strangers, the prince and concubine have not come yet, and the play has not started to sing. Several actors are combing their hair and clothes, and the luthier is tuning the strings and testing the sound, making crackling noises.

The two found a seat in the middle of the room and sat down, but Li Ku'er wanted to sit at the head, since it would be easier to get away.Xiao Qu refused, saying that he should occupy the conspicuous seat, everyone can see it, everyone can see it clearly, and he will not stop until he pulls the handsome man out of the pile of crooked melons and cracked dates.

People came one after another, and slowly, the seats around them were full. The melons, fruits and pastries were all on the table, and A Liao and A Chu also came. They had just finished serving the princes and concubines and washing the dishes.Several people squeezed together and sat together again. They covered their mouths and laughed non-stop when they saw Xiao Qu's appearance. Li Kuer had found an organization, so she also laughed, saying that Xiao Qu would definitely be able to get married by the end of this year.Xiaoqu was besieged like this, so angry that her nose was crooked. She grabbed Li Kuer and Ah Chu's arms and beat them several times. Immediately, she heard two men whispering from the opposite side.

"This won't work."

"That's right, it's too fierce, and she will definitely be a wicked woman in the future."

Xiao Qu blushed, and looked up, one was a servant in the front yard, he had met several times, and he couldn't remember his name, anyway, he didn't look very good, so it was hard for people to remember, and there was another I haven't seen it before, it should be the brother he brought, not to mention his appearance, with small eyes, big face and stooped back, he looks particularly wretched.

Seeing these two faces, Xiao Qu's face immediately returned to its original color, and she reached out to take a persimmon from the long table, while rolling her eyes at the two opposite, she said to Li Kuer and the others: "This world is really going to change, Anyone with any kind of virtue has the nerve to find fault with others." Although Li Kuer felt that Xiao Qu's words were too offensive, she agreed with her in her heart.

When Xu Shi arrived, the prince and the three princesses came, followed by a string of maidservants, one of whom was holding a piano.Li Kuer guessed that Mrs. Shuo would play a piece soon. I heard that she was a well-known violinist in the capital before marrying the prince as a side concubine. .

Speaking of another side concubine of the prince, everyone calls her Mrs. Qing, she is the daughter of a wealthy family in the capital, she is already 48 years old, but she was born rich and well-maintained, she does not look old.It is rumored that when she was not out of the cabinet, she was a real lady of all ages, soft-spoken, well-dressed, her palms and feet were as tender as a baby, even if she never went out, she still had to take a bath three times a day, Change three clothes.Such a wealthy lady would never exist in Qingshui Town anyway, so many people did not believe it.But everyone in the family felt that the rumors could not be false, only Madam Qing's pickiness about food was enough to tell that she was even better than Prince Qiao who was a royal.Before He Weiran came, Mrs. Qing had never finished her meal, so Mrs. Qing also accounted for half of the reason why Prince Qiao spent a lot of money to hire He Weiran.

There is also Princess Qiao, who is the eldest daughter of the old general at the time. She is 55 years old and five years younger than Prince Qiao. I heard that when they got married, the wedding banquet was held for three consecutive days, which can be said to be very beautiful.Concubine Qiao is a chivalrous woman who is good at swordsmanship. When she was a girl, she often slipped out of the general's mansion to fight for justice. At that time, all the second generation ancestors who did evil in the capital were beaten by her, and none of them didn't see her as a headache.Once, those second-generation ancestors were bullied miserably, so they assembled a group of thugs to intercept her halfway. The still handsome and handsome Prince Qiao was the Princess Qiao he met at that time. The scene of the hero saving the heroine was staged. He couldn't hold it back, the two were congenial and happened to be famous people, after two or three months, Prince Qiao vigorously asked the late emperor for a marriage.For this reason, there were still many conspirators who thought that the third prince wanted to get the crown prince through marriage with the general, but now it seems that they really thought too much.

But Li Kuer doesn't like Concubine Xia, because she still maintains the habit of practicing swords every day when she is old. Recently, the object of her sword practice has become leaves, and every time she chops the leaves all over the ground, Li Ku'er was eager to follow her, probably the gardener in the mansion also had a headache for her.

Prince Qiao and the three concubines were seated. Immediately, a wine servant brought wine cups and filled them with wine. The audience was silent, only the ignorant children were left babbling words that no one could understand.

Prince Qiao got up, holding the same wine cup as everyone else, and said in a loud voice: "Today is the Qiqiao Festival, and I set up a fruit banquet here. The idea of ​​begging for cleverness, to be the old man of the moon, to solve life-long affairs for the young people in the mansion. Alright, let’s not gossip, everyone will drink this cup with the king, and the king will do it first to respect!" Prince Qiao said After drinking freely, he knocked down the wine cup, and said: "Later there will be Hua Ling Troupe's opera, everyone can eat and drink openly today, young people, don't waste your life by patronizing the opera, hahaha."

"Hahaha, hahaha..." Prince Qiao's words made the atmosphere a lot easier, and there were laughter one after another.

Li Ku'er didn't want to drink, so he took a piece of red bean cake to eat, took two bites, and heard the sound of "Qing Qiang, Qiang Qiang".

The play begins.