First Concubine

Chapter 9 Making a Marriage (4)

Guo Rong pointed at the plum trees covered with colorful strips one after another in the red plum garden, and said with a smile: "This is mainly a literary test. Each question has a corresponding score. If you answer it correctly, you will get points. Whoever can After collecting 100 points in the shortest time, this is the girls' middle school Zhuge. The third princess came first the year before and last, but this year the third princess has said she will not participate and will only watch, so the girls from all the families are eager to try. Get up, Linglong, come on!"

If Shui Linglong remembers it correctly, Zhuge, the girl's high school student of this class, is Shui Lingxi. Shui Lingxi became famous overnight and was hailed as the most beautiful woman in the Great Zhou Dynasty. From then on, she entered Xun Feng's sight. It's ridiculous to think about it. Xun Feng had already secretly had feelings for Shui Lingxi before he met her, but he suppressed it and allowed Shui Lingxi to marry the prince. He didn't take Shui Lingxi as his wife until the overall situation was decided. If Xun Feng doesn't like Shui Lingxi, no matter how much Shui Lingxi seduce her, it won't help.

 She will not let them be so happy in this life!

Suppressing the turbulent thoughts in her heart, Shui Linglong smiled slightly: "Is there a reward for winning?"

Guo Rong chuckled: "Of course there is, but the gift from Ruixue Villa is very mysterious and will not be announced to the public until you get it. But according to my past experience, no champion has ever been dissatisfied with the gift. Woolen cloth!"

This is true. Xun Feng's gifts usually vary from person to person. Even though they are fighting fiercely outside, Xun Feng is actually hiding in a corner and observing them for a moment. It is no exaggeration to say that Xun Feng has nearly half of them. I got my connections through Ruixue Villa.

During the conversation, the two of them had gone deep into the Red Plum Garden. There were not only rich people, but also the children of princes. Most of the men watched and could answer questions, but they were not scored. The further you go, the more difficult the questions become and the fewer people there are.

Many onlookers have gathered under the tree where Shuiling River is located, and Prince Yunli is also among them.

The maid took off the colored strips Shui Lingxi asked for and read: "Living under someone else's fence to make a living, type one word."

Shui Lingxi nodded and smiled, like silver frost and rain dew, flowing with a kind of beauty that trembled people's hearts. Everyone was stunned when they saw her, and heard her voice like the sound of nature: "Hey."

The maid handed the ribbon to Shui Lingxi: "Congratulations, Miss Shui, for getting another five points!"

Everyone cast envious glances at her. In just two quarters of an hour, she had already scored eighty points and was still far ahead. It seemed that she was the best female middle school student in this class.

Shui Lingxi took the colorful strip and looked at Yunli shyly. Yunli smiled warmly at her, but followed Shui Linglong involuntarily out of the corner of his eye.

Compared with the bustling side of Shui Lingxi, the location where Shui Linglong is located is simply "deserted", not only because she is a concubine and has poor connections, but also because the big tree she chose is the innermost one and no one dares to challenge it. place.

Guo Rong looked at the bright red "thirty points", "fifty points", and "seventy points", swallowed her saliva, and said: "Uh... these questions are really difficult, the scores are so high."

 How could she surpass Shuiling Xi in the shortest time if her score was not high?

After Shui Linglong announced herself, the maid did not hesitate because she was a concubine. The maid enthusiastically took off the ribbon that Shui Linglong asked for. The title was: There are three big boxes of red, yellow and blue.

The red box said: "I have the apples here."

 The yellow box said: "The apples are not here for me."

The blue box said: "The apple is not in the red box."

There is a saying that is known to be true. Which box is the apple in?

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone was listening attentively. This topic was much more interesting than reciting poems, composing poems and guessing lantern riddles, but it was also really difficult! The concubine of the Shui family really overestimated her abilities and dared to challenge such a difficult question.

At this time, Zhuge Yu strolled over and felt the disdainful glances everyone cast towards Shui Linglong. For some reason, he suddenly became very angry! His expression turned cold, causing the originally cold temperature to drop a few points, and everyone couldn't help but shrink their necks.

Shui Linglong looked at him steadily, very surprised, why is Zhuge Yu here? Didn't he never attend banquets?

"Fantasy!" Zhuge Yu hummed softly, but he was not disgusted with her unscrupulous look. He stood beside her, his hands behind his back, like a towering mountain, pushing away those with ill intentions. All eyes were blocked.

Shui Linglong felt that her forehead felt a lot lighter all of a sudden. It was rare that he didn't dislike her being in such an embarrassing situation. Well, she didn't care about the "nymphomaniac". She looked at the maid: "The apples are in the yellow box."

The maid said in surprise: "Congratulations, Miss Shui, you got thirty points!"

As soon as these words came out, the whole place was excited!

Shui Lingxi grabbed the skirt of her clothes tightly and almost tore it to pieces. However, in front of everyone, she smiled very softly and muttered softly, intentionally or unintentionally: "I don't know if I hit it by mistake."

The speaker is intentional, and the listener is even more attentive. Lu Yiyi's face darkened and she said, "Who knows if you are deceived?"

Shui Linglong said calmly: "First of all, we know that only one sentence is true. The red box says that the apple is there, and the blue box says that the apple is not there. The two opinions are opposite, which means that there must be one truth and one falsehood. , no matter who is true or false, the remaining sentence must be false."

 What remains is the saying of the yellow box—the apple is not there.

 The other way around is - the apple is there!

Everyone suddenly realized that this was the case!

Zhuge Yu's obsidian-like eyes flashed with admiration, and he looked sideways at her. The more he looked at her, the more he felt that she was really beautiful today. The light makeup perfectly outlined her facial features. Her complexion was excellent. Now that the rouge was on, it was like clouds reflecting the clouds reflecting the snow. A gust of cold wind blew by, and her fragrant hair flew onto his face, tickling his heart like a feather, making him throbbing. Gradually, his body became a little hot.

Shui Linglong tucked her hair behind her ears and smiled lightly at Zhuge Yu. When everyone looked down on her, he was the only one who stood firmly by her side. What did it matter if he was infamous? Rather than being a sanctimonious hypocrite, she prefers to make allies who will never leave her in adversity.

Yunli also looked at Shui Linglong and Zhuge Yu at this time. A humble concubine and a dandy prince, standing together, there is an indescribable aura.

Shui Lingxi squeezed her knuckles until her knuckles turned white, and her face became particularly pale. She was still fifteen points short of becoming the champion. She must not lose! But just when she was about to answer the question, "shocking news" came not far away!

“Congratulations to Miss Shui, you actually answered this question correctly with a score of 70%! You have become the best female middle school student of this year!”

Not far away, on a high mountain terrace, a man in white clothes stood leaning on the railing. His facial features were extremely handsome, his thick eyebrows flew into his temples, his bright eyes were as deep as a puddle, he was calm and relaxed, and his manners were elegant, but his brows were slightly frowned, making him look a little sleepy. The color, but also faintly reveals a tenacious fighting spirit that is as high as the sky and competing with the sun.

His eyes were fixed on the direction of the red plum garden for an instant. The green leaves of the Qiong trees and the red flowers were all over the branches. He couldn't see her face clearly, only her curling figure and flying skirt, which looked like a fairy or a charm.

"Your Majesty, it's time to take medicine." Yue Bin handed over a bowl of dark soup. He was the same age as the Crown Prince. He had followed the Crown Prince since he was a child. He could occasionally guess what the Crown Prince was thinking. He followed the Crown Prince's instructions. Looking in the distance, he said, "That is the eldest concubine of the Minister of Rites, named Shui Linglong. She was the one who cracked the Tianlong chess game you set. At first, I thought it was just a coincidence. How could this be possible for the noble person in your life?" Is she a woman? When I saw her today, I realized that I had misjudged her. "

“Women may not be inferior to men.” Xun Feng coughed a few times, “She is engaged to Zhuge Yu?”

Yue Bin thought for a while and replied, "We are in the process of putting together the Geng Tie. We haven't accepted the acknowledgment yet, so it can't be considered a betrothal. If the eight characters don't match, the marriage won't be possible."

Xun Feng took the medicine bowl and drank it expressionlessly, but his eyes never left the beautiful figure in the red plum garden for a moment.

 There is a fish in the North Ming Dynasty, and its name is Kun. It turned into a bird, and its name was Peng. Kun is in the deep sea, no one knows its majesty, but the roc flies away in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky.

The water is exquisite, if I help you go out to sea, can you soar ninety thousand miles?

Shui Lingxi lost the literary test, and naturally also lost the expectations of most people. The future crown princess was actually no better than a little concubine, and even Yunli's face was lost. On the contrary, Zhuge Yuchang Face.

There will be a martial arts test next, which competes in shouju, that is, playing polo. Divided into a red team and a blue team, each team has five people. They have to hit the ball into the opponent's goal without being beaten. Although it is a team cooperation, whoever hits the most **** will be the martial arts champion of this session. The top ten in the literary test are selected for the martial arts test. If someone among them withdraws voluntarily, the ranking will be postponed according to the score. Today, the tenth place happened to be Kuishui, and the scores of the eleventh, twelfth and thirteenth were all the same, so After discussion between Prince Yunli and the organizing committee, it was decided to let the third princess fill the vacancy.

 Red team: Shui Linglong, Guo Rong, Yao Xin, Wu Xiwen and the third princess.

Blue team: Shui Lingxi, Chen Xuan, Lu Yiyi, Wu Lian'er and Li Caiyun.

When the member list came out, Zhuge Xi was stunned. He couldn't see how powerful Linglong was, and he suddenly won the first place in the literary test. She just hoped that the martial arts test would end soon, and the effects of the medicine would take effect in about an hour. She didn't want Shui Linglong to make a fool of herself in public.

The clothing, **** and horses for the game are all provided by Ruixue Villa. Different from the wing rooms of ordinary aristocratic families, there is a special dressing room and a large room. The right side is divided into several small spaces by curtains and carved wooden boards. Wear clothes and walk through the passage on the left.

 Guo Rong pulled Shui Linglong towards the changing room, and two maids followed closely behind holding their clothes. Guo Rong suddenly turned around and took the clothes with both hands: "I'll do it, you guys step back."

 “Yes!” The maid handed over the clothes.

"Why bother you? I'll get it myself." Shui Linglong said, going to take the clothes from Guo Rong's hand.

Guo Rong raised her arm: "You are the literary test champion, please allow me to flatter you, okay?"

After speaking with a smile, she opened the curtain and entered the small compartment, put her clothes on the table, then turned her back to Shui Linglong, took out the medicinal powder that she had prepared, sprinkled it gently on the inside of her clothes, and said: " The third princess is in a group with us. Our hope of victory is quite high. However, if we want to compete for the martial arts championship, you can't just cooperate with the third princess. Whenever I get the ball, I will pass it to you. You must score more goals. ,Understand?"

Her voice was not loud, but there was a tremor that even she could hardly detect. After doing this, she walked out holding her own and said with a smile, "I'll change it too, hurry up, it's about to start. "

Shui Linglong nodded with a smile but not a smile: "Guo Rong, you are so kind to me, I don't even know how to repay you."

She smiled sweetly and innocently, but for some reason, Guo Rong shuddered and forced a smile before entering her cubicle.

Shui Linglong's smile faded. There really is no free lunch in the world. How could she, a little concubine, afford the olive branch of the Guo family's legitimate daughter? But not everyone can step on her soles, we’ll see!

The competition venue was located on a large lawn east of the Red Plum Garden. The third princess had already put on her fancy clothes and entered the venue. Even though she was just a substitute, her innate sense of royal superiority still made her unknowingly become a celebrity. The leader of the team.

She looked at the group of people riding on horseback and smiled pleasantly: "Who is Shui Linglong?"

In her previous life, the fate of this royal princess was not very good. She first married a mighty general as his wife. Not long after, the general died in battle. The third princess was already three months pregnant at the time. When she suddenly heard the bad news, she was so sad that she had a miscarriage. The third princess was in tears all day long and did not want to stay in the capital, so the emperor agreed to marry the third princess and Prince Batu, who was close to the Hu Kingdom. Unexpectedly, Prince Batu was not a womanizer at all and kept countless male pets at home. The third princess became angry with shame. He swung his sword to kill all the male favorites. Batu was so angry that he lost all reason and punched and kicked the third princess. The third princess was beaten to death by Batu at the age of only twenty-one. It was that incident that caused the friendly relations between Dazhou and Hu to have been eased for decades to break again. Yunli went on an expedition on behalf of the emperor to seek justice for the three princesses, but he died halfway under Xun Feng's scheme.

Shui Linglong suppressed her racing thoughts, rested her body on the horse, and said, "To the third princess, I am Shui Linglong."

The third princess tilted her little head, and a smile appeared on her face as cute as a porcelain doll: "You really can't tell a person's face!"

On the hillside to the east of the venue, there are neat rows of seats. The audience is all waiting to take a look, including Yunli and Zhuge Yu. The two sat next to each other and after a few simple exchanges, the game began.

Mrs. Wu intended to alienate people from the Duke of Xuan's palace, so Wu Xiwen guarded Li Caiyun tightly. Lu Yiyi and Wu Lian'er did not dare to stop the third princess, and there was no need to stop Guo Rong, so they turned to stop Yao Xin. On the other hand, Chen Xuan didn't talk much, but he was very courageous and frequently stole the ball from the third princess. And Guo Rong definitely kept her promise. As soon as she got the ball, she would pass it to Shui Linglong. Although her pass was not very accurate, Guo Rong had been beside Shui Linglong during the literary test, so everyone naturally looked at them. became good friends. Zhuge Yu was the only one who looked wary and was not optimistic about this kind of behavior.

 Both sides knew who their respective seed players were, so everyone cooperated pretty well.

The gongs and drums sounded, and there were only the last five minutes left.

Shui Linglong, Shui Lingxi and Yao Xin each scored three goals, Chen Xuan and the Third Princess each scored two goals, Li Caiyun, Wu Lian'er and Lu Yiyi each scored one goal, and the others scored zero.

Shui Lingxi couldn't help but feel a little anxious. She had already lost the literary test, and she must not lose the martial arts test! How could a cheap girl deserve to ride on her head? She winked at Guo Rong, and Guo Rong understood and passed the ball he just grabbed to her by mistake.

At this time, Shui Lingxi was still far away from the opponent's goal. It was unlikely that he would hit it with one hit, and there was a risk of being robbed while running with the ball. The safest way was to pass it to Chen Xuan on the opposite side, but when he thought of Chen Xuan, Xuan had already scored two goals. If he scored one more goal, his score would be the same as hers. She immediately gave up the idea.

While riding her horse, she used the ball handle to carry the ball forward. However, just when she was about to run across the center line, the third princess hit hard and the ball flew towards Shui Linglong. Shui Linglong's situation at this time was similar to Shui Lingxi's previous situation. She was also near the midline, but she resolutely chose to pass the ball to Yao Xin, who was in the best position, even though Yao Xin had already scored three goals.

Yao Xin swung the ball hard and hit the opponent's goal accurately!

The gongs and drums sounded at the last minute, but the overall situation was decided.

On the balcony, Yue Bin sighed: "Miss Shui should be more open-minded. Miss Shui is too selfish, so good people are rewarded."

Xun Feng coughed for a while, turned pale, and smiled speciously: "Those who only think about others and forget their grudges with a smile are fools. Smart people know how to optimize their own interests. This has nothing to do with mind, Shui Lingxi Losing because of not being smart enough.”

 This is a game he personally set up. Everyone must work together to defeat each other, and also compete with each other for the martial arts championship. Unexpectedly, Shui Linglong found the Pareto optimization that Shui Lingxi had not found. If Shui Linglong only thinks about winning the championship, it is very likely that the ball will be stolen again, and she, Shui Lingxi and Yao Xin will not decide the winner, nor will the red team and the blue team decide the winner, which means that this There will be no martial arts champion or winning team, and no one will get the high-priced gifts from Ruixue Villa.

 Equally, Shui Linglong is zero, and her teammates are also zero.

But now, even if the martial arts championship is taken away by Yao Xin, Shui Linglong and the other three are no longer zero.

 She is such a smart and sensible person, and he can't wait to see her.

Shui Lingxi was so angry that she almost broke her silver teeth. Didn't she let Guo Rong tamper with her clothes? Why does she act like nothing is wrong?

Shui Lingxi winked at Guo Rong and took the opportunity to let Guo Rong grab the ball. Guo Rong passed it to Shui Linglong as before, but she raised the ball with all her strength. Suddenly, the ball flew straight towards Shui Linglong's face. go!

 (End of this chapter)