Chapter 368 Mission 035
The second princess used to be proud in front of Xiao Han because she was the only legitimate daughter among many princesses. Now that she got married and started to help her brother, she clearly realized what the favor of her third sister Xiao Han, whom she once envied and looked down upon, meant in front of her father.
So now she couldn't bring herself to please Xiao Han, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to continue to offend her.
The second princess barely maintained a decent smile and welcomed Xiao Yan into the mansion.
Once a person bows his head, he won't mind bending down again.
So at first the second princess felt a little embarrassed, but then she could talk and laugh with Xiao Yan in a "sisterly love".
The name of the Third Princess is well-known to many people, but the only foreign officials who have really seen Xiao Ying are those who are qualified to be received by Emperor Cheng'an in Xuanyi Hall. Most of the wives or children of those important officials in the court can attend the Second Princess's flower viewing banquet. These people have no chance to meet Xiao Ying, but seeing him following the Second Princess and wearing luxurious clothes, and looking at his age, everyone basically guessed his identity.
Xiao Ying, who rarely attends such gatherings, seems a little uninterested when listening to the Second Princess' introduction.
This flower viewing banquet sounds elegant and nice, but in fact it is similar to a blind date conference, mostly creating an opportunity for those noble men and women to meet, and in the novel, this kind of banquet is mostly mixed with many py transactions in secret. For example, the Third Prince often takes this opportunity to hook up with the children of important officials.
Xiao Ying came to the flower viewing banquet for the male protagonist Situ Zhen, but in the eyes of others, it was a signal that the third princess was interested in choosing a son-in-law, so there were many ladies who came to test it, which made Xiao Ying not tired of it. He quietly avoided the crowd and walked to the garden of the princess's mansion.
It was March now, and the flower viewing banquet was naturally for peach blossoms. There was a large and beautiful peach blossom forest in the second princess's mansion. Xiao Ying avoided the crowd and only took a few maids into the peach blossom forest.
The beautiful and colorful pink peach blossoms fluttered in the spring breeze, which was indeed a very beautiful and romantic scenery.
However, Xiao Ying had seen so many beautiful scenery that he would not care about this small peach blossom forest?
Suddenly, he heard the footsteps of several people approaching. Xiao Ying glanced back and saw that they were three strange men, so he planned to walk away.
However, at this time, the man in the middle of the three men suddenly recited a poem: "Last year on this day, in this door, the faces of people and peach blossoms reflected each other red."
This poem is very familiar!
Xiao Ying immediately confirmed the identity of the man who recited the poem - the male protagonist Situ Zhen! A time traveler!
This poem "Ti Nanzhuang of the Capital" by Cui Hu can be found in many urban worlds with similar historical developments. The modern society before this time-traveling male protagonist traveled through time was obviously a similar city.
However, the male protagonist probably didn't have much poetry in his mind, and wanted to attract his attention, so he blurted out the first sentence of this poem without even checking whether it was appropriate or not!
Xiao Ying turned around and looked at the handsome young man in the middle of the three people. He noticed the surprise in his eyes. He felt sick, but still kept a polite smile and asked with a smile: "Who wrote this poem?"
The man in the middle took a step forward with a dashing look: "It's me!"
Xiao Ying narrowed his eyes slightly, curled the corners of his lips, and smiled more charmingly: "Then, may I ask if this young man has just written it?"
The man looked at his face with delicate makeup and beautiful appearance, suppressed the obsession in his eyes, and said in a casual and modest manner: "Yes. I just saw this girl smiling brightly in the peach blossom rain, and I couldn't help but suddenly got inspired. I just offended the beauty, I hope the girl won't blame me!"
This is a good way to seduce girls! Xiao Ying glanced at him calmly and asked deliberately: "Then may I ask, sir, what is the meaning of the sentence 'last year on this day in this door'? This is my first time here, and I don't remember meeting you last year!"
This poem "Title of the Capital South Village" is actually a poem about revisiting the old place and recalling the good memories of the past. The sentence 'last year on this day in this door' is a recollection of this day last year, which is not suitable for chatting up a girl you meet for the first time.
But the male protagonist read out the first half of the poem that exposed himself, allowing Xiao Ying to catch a flaw.
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Situ Zhen also reacted at this time, and was very annoyed that he didn't think about it before reading the poem, and actually revealed such an obvious flaw.
His mind turned quickly, and he explained far-fetchedly: "It's just that I also admired peach blossoms in March last year, and today I saw the Peach Blossom Fairy in the peach blossom forest, so I was inspired to write this poem."
He said this to praise Xiao Ying, whose makeup matched the peach blossoms very well. If it were an ordinary woman, she would be praised by a handsome man in a poem in this romantic peach blossom rain, and then praised as the Peach Blossom Fairy. She would definitely forget her previous doubts.
But for Xiao Ying, who was forced to dress up as a woman, this praise became a sarcasm. He was unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face. He continued to target the male protagonist: "Then I wonder if I have the honor to listen to the whole poem?"
Situ Zhen's face almost turned green. He accidentally chose the wrong poem to pretend to pick up girls, and now he is in a dilemma.
The second half of the poem is "I don't know where the face of the person has gone, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze."
Apart from the peach blossoms, nothing else fits this situation! Does he want to make a far-fetched explanation that he doesn't want this beautiful girl to leave? It would be strange if he didn't get beaten!
So Situ Zhen was silent for a while, and said with an awkward expression: "It's just a humble work, don't take it seriously, the second half of the poem has not been completed yet, I'm disappointed."
Xiao Ying glanced at the two playboy friends around Situ Zhen, who had wonderful expressions, and showed a subtle smile. Then he nodded proudly and turned away with the maid.
Situ Zhen was dragged out by his friends not long after he came out of mourning. These two playboy friends were not kind-hearted, but had a lot of connections with the male protagonist's brothers.
In the original work, these two people deliberately designed to embarrass Situ Zhen in front of many powerful children by bringing him to the flower viewing banquet, but Situ Zhen was the male protagonist who traveled through time after all, so he naturally resolved them one by one and became famous.
Now the male protagonist ran into Xiao Ying as soon as he arrived, and he was caught by him. Although the male protagonist barely made it up, it was really far-fetched. The two friends around him would not keep it secret for him. Once this matter was spread, anyone with a little talent could see that there was something fishy behind his poem.
Of course, people in this world would not think of traveling through time, but most of them would guess that the male protagonist had found a popular person to cheat for him, so the poem was not appropriate.
Then no matter how outstanding the male protagonist was, he would not be able to achieve the effect in the original work, but would attract a lot of suspicion and speculation.
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Watching the peerless beauty leave gracefully, Situ Zhen was very upset. He must have angered the beauty by copying the wrong poem. What if the beauty thought he was missing the girl he had seen before?
Situ Zhen was a man who loved beauty and would always pay more attention to beautiful women. Coming to this ancient time where men could legitimately have three wives and four concubines, and their status was high, his heart became lively.
It was just that his cheap father died not long after he came here, and then he was in mourning. He was not a man who could not control his lower body when hungry, so he kept his surroundings clean.
He didn't expect to meet a beauty with outstanding appearance and extraordinary temperament when attending a flower-viewing banquet. He almost lost his soul at the sight of her, and subconsciously used a poem to praise the beauty's grace.
However, he didn't study liberal arts seriously, and he chose a poem that was inappropriate and flawed to flirt with girls. As a result, he didn't flirt with the girl, and he was embarrassed.
Situ Zhen was only thinking about his poor performance in front of the beauty just now and lost the impression points, but he didn't notice the expressions of the two friends of the original owner behind him.
When all the participants came and the banquet officially started, Situ Zhen sat in his own seat, and then he saw the beauty he met in the peach forest again.
Seeing the beauty sitting with the second princess, the host of the flower viewing banquet, and chatting and laughing with the second princess, the third prince, the fourth prince and others, Situ Zhen frowned slightly and turned to ask a familiar young man beside him: "Who is next to the second princess?"
The third prince is on the left of the second princess, and the third princess is on the right. The young man immediately understood and smiled, lowering his voice and saying: "That is the third princess, she is the most beautiful woman in the capital!"
This so-called most beautiful woman in the capital was of course privately named by some playful young men when the third princess appeared this time, but it was also recognized by other people who knew about it.
When Situ Zhen heard that the beauty he met by chance was actually the legendary Third Princess, he hesitated for a moment. After all, if he married a princess, he could not take concubines. Should he give up a large forest for a tree? However, the hesitation in his heart completely disappeared when he looked up and saw the Third Princess's eyes inadvertently. He felt that even if the Third Princess didn't look at him, his bones would have lightened by several pounds.
Since he was determined to marry the princess, Situ Zhen was determined to win the Duke of Qi, which had not yet been confirmed.
At this time, some talented young men at the banquet started a poetry contest in order to show their extraordinary qualities in front of those famous ladies.
It stands to reason that this kind of poetry contest would not affect those dandy boys. Situ Zhen's original identity as the Duke of Qi was such a dandy boy, and this kind of activity that required talent was generally not for him.
But this time, for some reason, the fire was set on him.
Situ Zhen was still lost in thought as he was thinking about how to strike up a conversation with the beauty to wash away his previous bad impression when he was suddenly told to write a poem.