Chapter 51 Listening to the Spring Plum Blossoms's Couple

Geng Xiuyuan invited everyone in the garden to listen to the spring pavilion to enjoy the plum blossoms and tea, set up brocade tents and screens, put warm curtains of plum blossoms, and eat beast charcoal in golden furnaces. He also cooked the jasper pine and radish tea brought from the southern capital with snow. He saw that:

Spring buds stick to green dust, cold furnaces and white cups

Fine fermented snow foam, clouds swelling silver screen

So Meng Mei and Zhou Bingqing sat in the seat for tea, while the rest of Geng Xiuyuan, Li Lingheng, Lu Zilan, Lu Yuanhan and Fusheng all made horizontal arrangements to accompany the tea. At a moment, the Xu brothers came to the front and bowed to the table.

Meng Mei said: It’s hard for you to walk into the mansion in the cold weather. Don’t teach me today. Just sit next to enjoy the plum blossoms and have tea together. Just think it’s here to play, don’t be stubborn.The two brothers bowed and thanked: Since the masters are so interested today, my brother will play and sing a song to help you enjoy it.After saying that, I took the pipa string bullet and plucked the song "Sincere":

The smoke in the warm stove, the curtains on the spring pavilion are hanging, and some worries are found. Looking for plum blossoms in the snow, being held in the beautiful ladies, dreaming of being in a dream, in the golden boudoir, on the mountain pillow, thinking secretly.(Note)

After hearing this, Meng Mei was very happy, so she gave tea. She pulled a plum blossom from the Qiqi vase before the desk and gave it to the Xu brothers, and said casually: Sing to a bottle, and the plum blossoms in the bottle are smiling. Although the bottle is small, you are adorable to Fang Yao.

Geng Xiuyuan put his hands together and smiled: Mei'er is so interesting!I just wish I could not have a golden singing voice, but I could make the sweet and beautiful plum blossoms smile.Lu Zilan smiled at Guazi by her side: If Brother Geng gets a wonderful singing voice, and has a talent and good looks, wouldn’t he compare those actors?Putting it in Qingchun Hall may also be the top brand.This sentence made several husbands laugh secretly. Geng Xiuyuan knew that Lu Zilan was still complaining about his contradictory words yesterday, so he only laughed but didn't say anything.

If Li Lingheng had known that Lu Zilan was jealous of him that day, he also smiled and said: I remember that Brother Zilan's piano skills can compare these actors. If Brother Zilan is talented and looks, no one dares to sit in this top seat?

Lu Zilan vomited a melon-skinned smile and said, "Brother Li, I have no servant to know the sachet, nor a servant to help warm the bed, nor the brute force to break the skylight. What can I compare to?After saying that, seeing Meng Mei glaring at him and smiling at melon seeds, Fusheng immediately blushed and dared not speak. Then Li Lingheng was calm and held the tea bowl and blew over the fragrant tea and said: It seems that everyone has hatred, but I don’t, but it is easy to get resentment. Brother Lu, do you think this matter is strange?Lu Yuanhan was already speechless, and now he could only say: Let me see, all brothers have strange skills and tricks, but I am the only one who has shortcomings, so I still need to ask my brothers for advice.Li Lingheng sneered: Brother Lu is quite modest. No one can envy you for your tricks to take Mei'er's pulse every day.

Meng Mei frowned and said: How can I fight to become the top restaurant brand today?I don’t have to worry about the Xu brothers making jokes when I say it.

Lu Zilan smiled: It's not about the top sign in the restaurant, it's just about a plum blossom in your bottle. The beautiful woman's plum blossom should be given to her lover. If Mei'er gives the remaining two branches to me and me, it would be a waste of the heartfelt words of Mei'er and us brothers that day.

As soon as these words were said, everyone looked at Meng Mei. Meng Mei's face was beating enthusiastically and ashamed as if she was guilty. She was also afraid that Xiuyuan, Ling Heng and others would be suspicious. When she was in trouble, Zhou Bingqing put down the teacup and said: Since you want Mei'er's plum blossoms, it's better to have a couplet of plum blossoms and never let the snow down. Today we are lucky enough to gather together. Thank you Brother Geng for your kindness. Good snow is paired with fragrant tea. The plum blossoms are really grateful to the beauty. Since I came to Tingchun Pavilion, Brother Geng will give you a format and rhyme. You will draw lots and divide them into orders, one by one. Which one can match the same thing and not be distorted or pleasing. Mei'er gave him these two plum blossoms. Don't blame others. Isn't it fair and interesting to just punish yourself for three cups?

Meng Mei hurriedly smiled and said: Very wonderful!My husband suggested that I would like to include me. I haven’t put together a poem with Aijun for a long time. Today is a good opportunity to sing about plum blossoms through snow. Gengjun quickly create a rhyme, let’s all be stubborn together.

Geng Xiuyuan hurriedly bowed and said: "A villain dare not, it is rare for you to come to the humble house once. How dare I do it for you? It is better for Mei'er and the prince to have a rhyme."

Meng Mei said: That won’t work. If someone blames me for being biased, it will be hard for me to reason!After saying that, he glanced at Lu Zilan. Lu Zilan took the look and said with a smile: Even if you don’t show rhyme, this is a topic for Brother Geng. Who doesn’t know that the poem is about Brother Geng’s strengths. There is no need to compare us, and we have already compared us.

Geng Xiuyuan hurriedly argued: That may not be true. I heard that the prince was proficient in poetry and books, and his good sentences were very circulated among the people. Brother Zilan was the governor of the Nandu, so it was not easy to be an ordinary person. Ling Heng came from a scholarly family and was also quite familiar with musical verses. Yuan Han and Meier, and Brother Zilan was probably not bad when he entered a private school together since he was a child. Why is it my unique strength to write poetry?What's more, since today is fun, I will write a five-character old style, which is not limited to the level and tone, only thirteen yuan. If the Xu brothers have it, I can also match it with a few sentences.

Meng Mei clapped her hands and said: Xiuyuan said it very well!It is not difficult to write an old poem in the couplet. Come on, I will write a sequence for you all love.As he said that, he wrote a few lots to everyone and posted a banner on the wall and said: Although each has its own strengths, Fusheng may suffer a loss when he is mixed among you. Fusheng then wrote the first sentence, letting it be smooth and rhyme, just say one sentence, and it will be rewarded.

Fusheng was so scared that he kowtowed and sang, and refused to give in. Li Lingheng was impatient and scolded: Since it was the mistress who asked you to say something, just say something casually. How could so much nonsense come from?

Geng Xiuyuan smiled: If you don’t make things difficult for you, you can just turn into Monsanto’s words, “Take the snow plums warm first”.

Fusheng thought for a while and said slowly: The snow is clear and the sky is warm...?

Li Lingheng shook his head and said sarcastically: It’s true that he can’t get plum blossoms, so why not go and help Luo Minger hold a banquet.

Geng Xiuyuan smiled: Brother Li doesn’t have to make things difficult for him. Although this sentence has no plum blossoms, it leaves us room. Come on, since I have the first sentence, I have the next sentence.After saying that, he wrote:

The fresh snow floats on the cold branches, and the faint fragrance of flowers is chaotic.

Lu Zilan also wrote in a low voice:

Warmth urges the cold flowers to bloom, and red plums make up the mom.

Lv Yuanhan wrote:

Silver waves are rolling in the cup, and the bright colors are overwhelming the crown

Li Lingheng also wrote:

The plum blossoms are blowing in the cold wind, and the fragrant garden is fragrant

Meng Mei was overjoyed and also wrote:

Plum blossoms listen to spring blooming, and look at the mountains far away with dew

Zhou Bingqing also wrote:

The evening snow is proud of the branches, how can you care about the flowers?

After reading this sentence, Meng Mei was stunned for a moment, and chanted a good poem. She also saw that Geng Xiuyuan and others seemed to have shame on their faces. She only felt funny, but she did not show any expression on her face. Geng Xiuyuan continued to write:

Unintentionally jealous and fight, the flowers are spring fate.

Lu Zilan smiled and said: Brother Geng is lazy?Only pick up Lu Fangweng's Yahui?

Geng Xiuyuan smiled and said: Why didn’t Brother Zi Lan’s words transform Liu Qianfu’s Ximei?

Lu Zilan said again: The word "Gui" is not a new use of common meaning, but who doesn't know the poem "Bu Suanzi" by Fang Weng?

Geng Xiuyuan said again: If you say this, wouldn’t Brother Lu also count the prince’s resentment?

Meng Mei was bored and said, "These two sentences of Prince and Gengjun are not inappropriate. The couplet also has to talk about the front and back cleverness. But I think these four sentences are good and clever. A good flower hair is a spring fate. Here I am Listen to Chun Pavilion, isn't it just a spring fate!Brother Zilan, don’t say too much, let’s continue the next sentence as serious!

Lu Zilan couldn't, so he had to write:

The jade bottle plum is leaning against the cold, lonely deep in the courtyard

Meng Mei glanced at him without saying a word, and saw Lu Yuanhan writing:

The plum blossoms are both beautiful, and fortunately they have a banquet together.

Meng Mei couldn't help but praise: This sentence is good, but it is not like the tone of resentment and sorrow.

Li Lingheng also had it now, and wrote:

The fragrance of the plain plum blossoms comes, the spring wind and clouds are rolling

Meng Mei pondered for a moment and wrote:

A new flower in the cold, only fearing that spring is about to turn

Zhou Bingqing wrote another sentence:

The flowers of the jade branches compete for their hair, and the cold wind cannot be cut.

Meng Mei couldn't help but clapped her hands and thought to herself: It's strange that this prince is both civil and military, and she is really quick-witted, and her couplets are more powerful than others' common sentences. She can't help but observe secretly. She only felt that the prince had a sword-browed eyebrows, starry eyes, a handsome figure, a purple-red satin robe embroidered with blessings, a silver double-breasted jacket, a white fox-haired cloak, and a purple-gold crown. She was arrogant and noble. She was also at the moment when everyone was gradually dying, so she intended to give Zhou Bingqing the plum blossoms in the bottle. But at this time, Geng Xiuyuan seemed to be dissatisfied and was still eager to try. She saw him

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The "Xianxinxin" in the notes is actually a name for the ci card, which is used by Huajian Ci Gu Gu.

Poetry is limited, so I can only write a few sentences like this to make you laugh. The ancients admire the plum blossoms in the snow, and cooking snow and tea were common things that scholars often do, and they feel that it is more interesting than modern people.

Of course, modern snow cannot be drunk haha!