Women dressed as men: powerful officials

Chapter 128 Song Xiuyue

In the morning, it rained all night.

When Xuyuan got up, he saw fallen leaves all over the yard.

She took the broom and swept the floor clean before going out and heading straight to the Poetry Pavilion.

The Poetry Pavilion holds a poetry meeting every month, which is held in the middle of the month.

The poetry club will select a champion, and the champion of each month will write poems and be selected at the end of the year.

The top poet at the end of the year can skip the provincial examination and directly participate in the metropolitan examination.

Therefore, the Poetry Pavilion is most lively in the middle of every month.

There have been many poets and great talents in the Poetry Pavilion.

After these talented men were appointed as officials in Beijing, they would also participate in poetry gatherings to repay the Poetry Pavilion for its previous support.

The theme of each monthly poetry reading is different, and there are many participants.

In her previous life, she was completely focused on the national examination and all she learned were exam preparation contents. Xu Yuan was not good at writing poetry, nor did she think that she could win the first place in the poetry pavilion this month based on her age.

What she wants is not the first place, but fame.

Everyone in the capital must know that she is as talented as Shen Yichuan.

Only in this way will Qi Chengen pay attention to her.

Similarly, after she became famous, other people in the capital did not dare to attack her easily.

This is a risky move, but if she fails to take this step, things will become even more difficult in the future.

The Poetry Pavilion is on Chang'an Avenue.

There is a poetry reading today, and the road is almost completely blocked by horse-drawn carriages.

Xu Yuan chose a less traveled path and barely made it in. Before he entered the gate of the Poetry Pavilion, he heard someone calling "Mr. Xu".

Xuyuan looked around and his eyes fell on a tree next to the poetry pavilion.

The horse was tied to a tree and was now tumbling its hooves impatiently.

The girl on the carriage was smiling. When she saw Huayu looking up, she jumped off the carriage with her skirt lifted up. She said as she walked, "At first I thought it was Huayu's mistake, but I didn't expect it was really you."

Xu Yuan nodded slightly and said, "Miss Qi."

After Qi Shengzhu got off the carriage, Qi Shengxin also got off the carriage. Seeing Xu Yuan, he was the first to ask, "Master Xu is also here to attend the poetry gathering?"

Xu Yuan looked back and said with a smile, "I've heard that the Poetry Pavilion in the capital is a good place for scholars and writers to live. I heard that today's poetry gathering is full of literary masters, so I thought of coming to take a look."

"The poetry meeting is indeed a major spectacle in the capital every month." Qi Shengxin nodded in agreement.

As soon as he finished speaking, another female voice came from afar.

"Hey, Miss Qi, why don't you take your shrew out today? Without her, no one will argue with me."

The women's voices came from far away and gradually approached. Xu Yuan turned around and saw two women walking towards him with servants behind them.

When he saw the person behind him, Xu Yuan frowned slightly and took a step back calmly.

That's Song Xiujing.

Therefore, the woman walking in front should be the eldest daughter of the Song family in Taiwei Mansion, Song Xiu Yue.

Rumor has it that Song Xiu Yue and Qi Sheng Zhu are competing for the title of Tianqi's most talented woman, and neither of them is willing to give in, so whenever they meet, there is always a fight.

Thinking of this, Xu Yuan silently took a step back, fearing that he would become the center of a fight between the two women.

As expected, after hearing Song Xiuyue's words, Qi Shengzhu raised her eyebrows slightly and said, "It's just a maid. Why should Miss Song be angry over a maid? I heard that the Song family has a legitimate daughter who returned to Beijing. Is she the one behind you?"

After Qi Shengzhu finished speaking, she walked past Song Xiuyue and came to Song Xiujing. She stroked Song Xiujing's hand, looked at her carefully, and said, "She is indeed a legitimate daughter. She is very pretty, especially her eyes. I feel pity for her."

After Qi Shengzhu finished speaking, he held Song Xiujing's hand, took off the bracelet on his hand, and said with a smile: "Sister Jing'er, this is our first meeting. Consider this bracelet a gift from me."

Song Xiujing frowned and said, "Miss Qi, you can't do that."

"Why not? I see your wrist is empty and it doesn't look like anything good. Your sister doesn't feel sorry for you, but I do."

Qi Shengzhu patted Song Xiujing's hand and smiled even more: "Sister Jing'er has just arrived in the capital, so you must not know a lot. If you have nothing to do, you can come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to play with me. It will definitely be more interesting than staying in the Grand Marshal's Mansion."

After hearing what Qi Shengzhu said, Song Xiuyue couldn't help but tense up. She turned around and said, "Qi Shengzhu, this is my sister. What does it have to do with you? Aren't you meddling too much?"

Qi Shengzhu heard this and smiled, "Ms. Song has many sisters, so she is naturally not rare. Unlike the Prime Minister's Mansion, there are no younger brothers and sisters than me. When I saw Sister Jing'er, I was very happy. Seeing that her wrist was empty, it would not be too much to give her a bracelet as a gift, right?"

As soon as Qi Shengzhu finished speaking, laughter broke out all around.

Song Xiujing had no choice but to smile and cooperate.

No matter how stupid she was, she could tell that Qi Shengzhu was using her to slap Song Xiuyue in the face.

The Prime Minister and his wife are famous for their deep love.

Even though the prime minister's wife died early, the prime minister never remarried.

Therefore, the Qi family does not have many people.

But looking at the Song family in the Taiwei Mansion, the illegitimate sons and daughters could not even sit at one table.

It is no exaggeration to say that Taiwei Song Tiancheng has eighteen concubines in his mansion.

However, although Song Tiancheng had countless concubines and many children, his favorite was his legitimate daughter Song Xiu Yue.

This also cultivated Song Xiu Yue's arrogant, presumptuous and domineering character.

In the past few months since returning to Beijing, Song Xiujing has gotten a thorough understanding of the situation in the Taiwei Mansion.

It was her turn because Song Xiu Yue didn't want to marry the third prince.

The reason is simple. There are many young ladies in the Song family, but except Song Xiu Yue, they are all concubines. Most of the other young ladies have appeared in public, so it is not easy to fool the royal family.

Only she, who had been raised in Shuozhou since childhood and was unknown to anyone, was the most suitable person to be packaged as a legitimate daughter and married off.

Song Xiujing also knew that the third prince probably did not have a good ending, otherwise, Song Xiuyue would have been married.

She was unwilling, but didn't know how to resist.

She could only remember what Xu Yuan once told her: "If you want to become a big tree, don't compete with grass." She endured it and remained silent, and at most she was bullied a little in the Taiwei Mansion.

But Qi Shengzhu's actions today pushed her into the fire pit.

Seeing Song Xiuyue's expression getting worse, Song Xiujing couldn't help but lower her head and said, "Thank you, Miss Qi, but I don't need this bracelet anymore."

"Yes, you can take care of her with peace of mind. How can a legitimate daughter go out..."

Qi Shengzhu fell silent before he finished speaking.

Song Xiuyue strode over, grabbed Song Xiujing's hand, and rudely took off the bracelet, throwing it directly to the ground, saying, "My daughter from the Song family is not worthy of Miss Qi's good stuff. Song Xiujing, don't you know your own weight?"

Song Xiuyue turned around, lowered her head slightly, and whispered in his ear: "Song Xiujing, if you dare to pick up things randomly again, I will chop off your hands!"

No one knew what Song Xiu Yue said, but they were secretly shocked that Song Xiu Yue really had the temper of a spoiled young lady.

Only Xu Yuan saw Song Xiujing's face turn pale and tears welled up in her eyes, about to fall.

Seeing this, Qi Shengxin frowned and said, "Zhu'er, come back."

Qi Shengzhu glanced at Song Xiujing and hesitated.

She just wanted to piss off Song Xiu Yue, but she didn't expect that Song Xiu Yue would not even consider her feelings and humiliate her own sister like this.

Song Xiuyue stepped on the broken bracelet, turned around and saw Song Xiujing's appearance, she was even more furious, and immediately said: "Cry, cry, cry, you just cry all day long, you can't even bear this little grievance, what will happen in the future..."

"Miss Song." Xu Yuan interrupted Song Xiu Yue coldly and no longer hid in the crowd.

"This is your younger sister. Even if you are the eldest sister, you shouldn't lecture your younger sister in front of so many people. Moreover, she has done nothing wrong. What right do you have to blame her? Is this how the Song family is taught?"