Chapter 101 – Invited to the Poetry Festival

Sister Xia got up, looked Jiang Yishi up and down and said with a smile, “You really do have good looks, Old Lady Jiang can teach people.”

Old Mrs. Jiang smiled and narrowed her eyes.

Grandma Xia presented another sticker, “This is the sticker that my eldest girl gave to the second girl, the Plum Creek Poetry Society will gather on the fourth day of February, and I invite the second girl to attend.”

The fourth day of February was tomorrow.

Eldest Miss Zheng, known as Zheng Tingting, is fourteen years old, and is the same girl who helped explain to Jiang Yishi last time she was talked about at the dim sum store. She said that because a young girl said that Jiang Yishi was prettier than the “Four Beauties of the Capital”, Luo San and Su Er were jealous and intentionally crashed into the lake.

Jiang Yishi was quite puzzled, he did not even talk to her, why invite himself to participate in the Poetry Festival? Thinking that it is possible to launch Li Zhenbao’s things, and see the old lady Jiang face of interest, smile and accept the sticker.

After Sister Xia left, the old lady generously gave Jiang Yishi a jade hairpin of excellent quality, telling her to befriend those noblewomen and introduce her three sisters to them when she has the chance in the future.

Jiang Yishi obediently agreed, “Good.”

First Lady Jiang and the others came to Ruyi Hall one after another.

Hearing that Jiang Yishi had been invited by Zheng Shao Bao’s granddaughter, Elder Miss Zheng, to participate in the Poetry Festival, not to mention the envy and jealousy of the several young girls, even Grand Madame Jiang was helpless and speechless. Thinking that she wanted Jiang Yiyan to show her face at the Peach Blossom Banquet, she had asked for many favors and sent many generous gifts before going to make it.

First Mistress Jiang said, “At that time, I brought a few girls along to the Peach Blossom Banquet, and tomorrow, I’ll also have Ma’am Shiyi bring a few of my younger sisters along.”

The old lady frowned and said, “When it was the Peach Blossom Banquet, there was no harm in having more or fewer people. But tomorrow is the Little Girls’ Poetry Club gathering, and it’s the first time that Shiyatou has been invited, so it’s not a good idea to bring more people. After you familiarize yourself with them, you can bring your sisters to play.”

After breakfast the next day, Jiang Yishi dressed up. Wearing light gold and light red two-color flower satin cotton pasties, light apricot-colored horse skirt, beautiful blue out of the wind wool cloak, a single spiral bun wearing two jade hairpin four bead flowers.

The beauty in the mirror is simple and fresh, beautiful and generous. Spoiled gorgeous, she can not compare to those noblewomen, to Qingliu vulgar dress, which is also in line with her charm.

After packing up, took a few strings of bracelets that Li Zhenbao taught her to weave and put them into her purse, and took Shui Xiang and Shui Ling, who had also packed up beautifully, out the door.

Jiang Yishi knows Li Zhenbao’s mind, hope that before she returned to the capital, let people know that she is handy, and rumors are very different.

Li Zhenbao looked heartless, but in reality, she was very transparent.

Get on the carriage and head towards the Zheng Mansion.

To the Zheng House corner gate, and then take a small sedan chair directly to the back garden in the snow plum Xuan.

Xuemei Xuan is a two-story building, built in the plum forest.

There were already five girls in the house, and one of them was Zheng Tingting, Zheng’s eldest girl.

Zheng Tingting went forward and pulled Jiang Yishi’s hand and smiled, “Jiang Er Sister can come, we were waiting for you.”

She was very enthusiastic.

Jiang Yishi smiled, “Sister Zheng.”

Because of the last snack store incident, Jiang Yishi had feelings for Zheng Tingting.

Zheng Tingting introduced in turn, “This is Cui Wenjun, Cui Big Girl, this is Zhao Qiuyue, Zhao Fifth Girl, this is Xue Qingliu, Xue Second Girl, and this is my second sister, Zheng Fangfang.”

Among the girls, Cui Wenjun was the oldest at fifteen, Zheng Fangfang was the youngest at twelve, and the other three girls were all fourteen.

They all called Jiang Yishi “Jiang Er Sister”.

These girls were all good looking, with bright eyes and white teeth. However, the best looking was Zheng Tingting, not only was she pretty, but she also had a heroic spirit, and she was also taller, with a different kind of beauty.

Seeing her, Jiang Yishi somehow thought of Jojo’s former owner, her cousin, the magnificent General Zheng.

Jiang Yishi also greeted them in turn, “Sister Cui, sister Zhao, sister Xue, second sister Zheng.”

Although they all came from prestigious families, their ranks were much higher than Jiang Yishi. However, Jiang Yishi was now the fiancée of Duke Cheng’s son, and the key thing was that they played well with the mysterious Precious Countess, and perhaps with Zheng Tingting’s credit, they were at least superficially friendly to Jiang Yishi. Unlike at the Peach Blossom Banquet, where all the noblewomen didn’t even look at the Jiang family girls ……

At the initiative of the current president Zheng Tingting, several girls went out of Xuemei Xuan together.

Outside, there was a light snowfall, and the maids hurriedly put cloaks on their respective girls.

Enjoying plums in the snow has a special flavor.

Under the backdrop of white snow, the red plums on the branches are even more proud and eye-catching. When the wind passes, a gust of fragrance comes to the heart.

After the girl visited, she went back to Snow Plum Xuan and wrote a poem about plums. Jiang Yishi believed that the girls had thought of these poems yesterday or even earlier. The same was true for her, she had thought of one last night. Although it wasn’t outstanding, it could always be dealt with.

Her talent for writing poems was average, but her handwriting was extremely good, the best among these girls. Her handwriting also impressed a few of the younger girls that a girl from the Wuxiangfu Residence actually had this talent.

Miss Cui’s poem won first place, and Zheng Fangfang came in last. Zheng Fangfang was a small child and a concubine’s daughter, and looked like she didn’t care.

Through the little girl’s conversation, Jiang Yishi realized that there were already two “Four Beauties of the Capital” who were over 20 years old, and there were two more to be added, Cui Wenjun and Zheng Tingting, and Huang Cheng’s cousin, Huang Sanjun, were the most promising.

The conditions for being selected as one of the “Four Beauties of the Capital” are, of course, good looks, high talent, good reputation, and good birth. There was also the condition of being over 14 years old. After being selected, when they are over twenty years old, they will automatically withdraw, and a new person will be selected through the talent competition to replace them.

Originally, Pinghe County Lord wanted to elect newcomers at the Red Plum Banquet organized by Huangfu, not only to make the Red Plum Banquet more colorful, but also to take advantage of the main girl. But the eldest princess of Yichang fought for the “selection contest”, her purpose is of course for Zheng Tingting ……

After doing what needs to be done, there are girls who can’t wait to ask questions.

“**Sister, I heard that you are extremely familiar with Princess Zhenbao?”

Jiang Yishi nodded, “Uh-huh.”

“I’ve heard that County Lord Zhenbao’s eyes aren’t very good ……”

People can’t say it too bluntly, so Jiang Yishi played dumb, “It’s okay.”

“It is rumored that the precious treasure county princess looks …… not quite the same.”

In the end did not dare to explicitly say “ugly”.

Jiang Yishi laughed, “Everyone is different, just like the plum blossom, peach blossom, lotus flower, daffodil, each has its own richness and color. Princess Zhen Bao is very cute, she knows a lot, she is very appreciative, and her voice is very nice. Her health is already much better than before, and she can still come out to play when it’s hot.”

“It is rumored that County Mistress Jumbo has a bit of a temper, and men are no match for her when it comes to quarreling ……”

This was clearly talking about that time when Li Zhenbao quarreled with Zhao Yuancheng and a few others.

Jiang Yishi said, “It’s not that she has a big temper, it’s really because those people bullied too much. Especially Su Xin, said something very over the top, put aside who who can’t be angry …… As long as she doesn’t mess with county princess Zhenbao, her temper is very good, she won’t get angry easily, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to play with her that well ……”