LOL! Is this scumbag waiting for the New Year to divorce?

Princess Zhuoyang looked at the noble ladies present and said, "This princess knows that everyone was famous for their talent when they were waiting to be married.

But after getting married, I was entangled in various trivial affairs and had no time to take care of these elegant matters.

Today, let’s take this opportunity to relive our old dreams.”

Princess Zhuoyang's words were ambiguous, causing the ladies below to join in the fun.

Lu Chenshuang was indifferent to everything that had nothing to do with her, and was happy to watch the free performances.

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting heated, Princess Zhuoyang spoke again: "Since everyone has no objection, let's officially begin.

Before I start, let me talk about the lottery.

As in previous years, everyone took out a piece of jewelry they wore as a prize.

In addition, this princess will give another 10,000 taels of silver as a bonus, and the winner today can take it all."

Lu Chenshuang's eyes lit up when she heard that. There were at least a hundred noble ladies who came today. In order to compete with each other, the jewelry they wore were all very valuable.

Of course, Lu Chenshuang would definitely not wear jewelry that has been worn by others, but if these things were sold, they would definitely be worth a lot of money.

What's more, there is another 10,000 taels of silver contributed by Princess Zhuoyang. If we win, wouldn't that be a huge fortune?

Doesn’t this girl Xiaoman always complain that she can’t make money? Maybe today I can really make a huge sum of money.

However, Lu Chenshuang quickly lowered her face again. She was very confident in other aspects, except for her talent, which she was not very good at.

In her previous life, she studied medicine and saved lives, and after she started working, she spent the most time dealing with corpses. We couldn't ask her to perform an autopsy on the spot.

Thinking of this, Lu Chenshuang shook her head. Forget it. Such wealth was destined to be out of her reach.

Just when Lu Chenshuang was secretly feeling sorry, someone asked, "My lord, you've made such a big bet, but I wonder what the question is?"

Princess Zhuoyang smiled and said, "This year's topic is a little more difficult, so let's use this pot of peony as the topic.

The winner will be the one who writes the most poems of the highest quality within the time limit of one stick of incense."

Lu Chenshuang's eyes lit up again when she heard this. She knew the answer to this question. It was an easy point question.

She was a top student when she was in school and read a lot of Tang poetry, Song lyrics, Yuan opera, as well as Ming and Qing novels.

Suddenly Lu Chenshuang was eager to try it out again.

Next, Princess Zhuoyang began to send people to collect the prizes. The ladies of each family took out their hairpins, some took off their bracelets, and some put away their jade pendants.

When she came to Lu Chenshuang's place, she originally wanted to pawn a more expensive piece of jewelry, thinking that she could get it back later with her storage of poetry.

But she inadvertently looked up at Princess Zhuoyang and found a flash of greed and mockery in her eyes.

Lu Chenshuang's hand, which was pulling out the hairpin, suddenly turned and took off a brooch that was pinned on her clothes as a decoration and placed it on the tray.

The little maid holding the tray was stunned when she saw this. Although the brooch was beautiful, it was only worth a few dozen taels of silver. How could this thing be used as a prize?

Lu Chenshuang didn't care. In the eyes of others, she was the daughter of a small official with no vision. Even if she took out a prize that overwhelmed the whole audience, no one would say anything good about her. They would just think that she was rich but stupid.

Seeing that Lu Chenshuang had no intention of giving away any other jewelry, the maid took the tray and left.

After collecting the prizes, Princess Zhuoyang looked up at the eldest princess who was sitting at the top of the table and said with a smile, "Royal sister, since you are here, why don't you make a small contribution?"

The eldest princess was naturally not a stingy person, and she immediately took out a hairpin with a pattern of birds paying homage to a phoenix from her head.

Lu Chenshuang had been observing Princess Zhuoyang's every move, and saw her looking at the eldest princess's phoenix hairpin with greed in her eyes.

If Lu Chenshuang's guess is correct, the eldest princess is going to be the scapegoat today.

Thinking that the princess was kind to her, Lu Chenshuang quickly stood up and bowed slowly, saying, "Princess, wait a minute."

The princess was about to put the golden hairpin on the tray when she paused. She looked at Lu Chenshuang and asked, "Shuang'er, is there anything I can do for you?"

Lu Chenshuang smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this hairpin was given to you by the late emperor when you were conferred the title of Princess Zhenguo."

The princess nodded and said, "Yes, this was indeed a gift from my father, and I have been wearing it on my head."

Lu Chenshuang nodded and smiled: "Then I think it's a bit inappropriate for the princess to use it as a prize.

First of all, this hairpin represents the late emperor's love for the eldest princess.

Secondly, this is a hairpin with the pattern of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix", and to be honest, we are not qualified to wear it.

Even if the princess treats it as a lucky charm, we cannot wear it. We have to take it back and worship it. If she can't help but wear it secretly one day, it will be fatal.

So please ask the princess to change her jewelry."

Since ancient times, the phoenix has represented the queen. Logically speaking, only the queen is qualified to wear a hairpin of this size.

Although the Dalin Kingdom was not so strict, it was still limited to the empress dowager, the queen, the favored imperial concubine and the eldest princess.

No one else, even a first-rank lady, is qualified.

Lu Chenshuang said this in a half-true, half-false, half-joking tone.

This attracted a lot of echoes from the people around.

Princess Zhuoyang also said with a stiff expression: "Royal sister, Madam Jingyang is right. Even if you take out this phoenix hairpin, we are not qualified to wear it. You should change it."

The princess looked at Lu Chenshuang thoughtfully, then smiled softly and said, "I haven't considered this matter well enough."

After saying that, she put the hairpin back on her head, then took off a valuable ice jade bracelet and placed it on the tray.

Although this jade bracelet is also very valuable, it is far inferior to the hairpin with a pattern of birds paying homage to the phoenix.

Lu Chenshuang stopped talking and sat back in her seat.

Rong Yi at the side whispered: "My mother has several hairpins like this. If you like it, I'll give you one later."

Lu Chenshuang rolled her eyes when she heard that. Is she such a foolish person?

Besides, she really had no obsession with jewelry, she just didn't want the eldest princess to be taken advantage of.

The competition began soon, with pen, ink, paper and inkstone placed in front of each person.

Lu Chenshuang picked up the pen and wrote on the paper: "The peony in front of the courtyard is gorgeous without any style, and the lotus in the pond is pure and has little emotion.

Only the peony is the true national beauty, and the capital is moved when it blooms. "

This is a famous poem describing peonies throughout the ages. If Princess Zhuoyang still can't win, then she is blatantly cheating.

Then Lu Chenshuang wrote another one:

Yun Xiang's clothes are so beautiful,

The spring breeze is blowing on the threshold of Revlon.

If not for Qunyu Mountain, see you,

Will meet Yaotai under the moon.

Suddenly, Lu Chenshuang felt several rays of light falling on her.

You can tell without looking that Princess Zhuoyang is among them. It's my fault for ruining someone else's good fortune.

Soon, an incense stick of time passed, and Lu Chenshuang wrote twenty poems describing peonies in one breath and handed them in.

In order to ensure fairness, Princess Zhuoyang invited a professional to judge.

After they finished reading, they all looked at Princess Zhuoyang with some embarrassment. Seeing this, Princess Zhuoyang said unhappily: "Why are you looking at me? Just announce the results directly."

One of them said in embarrassment: "We three have discussed for a long time, but we still can't decide who is better. Please give us your advice, my lord."

Seeing this, Lu Chenshuang sneered inwardly. There really was something fishy about this talent competition. It was outrageous that a royal princess would cheat.