The little cannon fodder kept releasing melons, and people lined up to eat melons

Today is the Cuju competition organized by the Prince Liang's Mansion. The princes and princesses will also attend this competition, so all the children of the noble families in the capital will also participate.

It would be best if you could catch the eye of the royal family, but if not, those from famous and prestigious families are also good choices.

Song Qianning was pulled up early to dress up. When she was done, she saw the pearl hairpins all over her head. They were so heavy that she took them off directly...

Seeing the young lady's constant movements, Mu Zhu grabbed her hand in fear and said, "Oh my! What are you doing? Madam said that we must dress well for today's occasion so as not to be outdone by those noble ladies."

"Too many, I'm exhausted. Besides, I don't need to compare. I'm a natural beauty, and these things will only make me look tacky. This is good enough..."

Mu Zhu saw that it was the jade hairpin with lotus flower again. Since that day when he brought it back, the young lady has been wearing it every day and her dress has become more and more simple.

There was really no other way, so Mu Zhu had to let her insert it...

Song Qianning looked at it with satisfaction. She understood her mother's thoughts. To put it bluntly, this Cuju competition was just a blind date conference in disguise. The girls present today must have been dressed up in their best and vying for beauty.

Song Qianning felt that she was only fifteen years old and it was really too late to look for a marriage partner...

Secondly, as for the ending of the Marquis' Mansion, there is no need to look for a partner at all. Although some things in these days are different from the plot she has seen, it can be understood that her arrival may have disrupted the order, but she does not have much confidence whether the ending will change.

She just wanted to make money with her third brother now, hoping to buy the lives of her family with money. There is a saying that money makes the world go round. If that doesn't work, then let's destroy it! Whatever you want...

Song Qianning glanced at the red skirt that Mu Ju brought, and suddenly thought of that figure. He looked very handsome in that blue and white gown that day...

"I don't want this one. Go get that aqua blue dress..."

Song Qianning stopped Mu Ju from moving. Mu Ju didn't understand. Shouldn't she look beautiful in such an occasion? ? Why? ?

Mu Ju couldn't help but console her: "Miss! Your makeup is already light enough. If you don't wear something flashy, you will be easily lost among the other noble ladies!!"

"My dear Mu Ju, think about it, in this kind of occasion, there are many noble ladies of higher status than us. If we dress too ostentatiously, won't it be easy to arouse jealousy? Besides, everyone is dressed up to make you look sober and unworldly! Those high-ranking gentlemen are used to seeing ordinary women, so won't my extraordinary dress be more appealing to them?"

Mu Ju thought about it and felt that it made sense. She kept praising the young lady for her cleverness and quickly ran to change into the light blue clothes that the young lady had specified.

Song Qianning breathed a sigh of relief. In order to avoid wearing the red dress, she said a lot of green tea quotes, but only this silly girl believed it.

When Song Qianning came to the main hall, everyone had arrived one after another. Song Qianxue was wearing a goose yellow dress and her makeup was just ordinary. The most rare thing was that Song Qianyu had changed her usual pink dress and wore a beige dress today. Her makeup was just delicate, not too grand.

When Jiang saw her daughters were all dressed so elegantly, she couldn't help but mutter, "Didn't I tell you to dress up nicely? Why are you so casual?"

"Mother, don't I look pretty like this? And there's no shortage of people dressing up for an occasion like today, so I won't join in the fun."

The old lady nodded and said, "What Sister Ning said makes sense. The princess and several princesses are attending this time, so it's not a good idea to dress too eye-catchingly. Sister Yu looks very refreshing in her outfit today..."

In fact, what the old lady wanted to say was that she finally no longer saw the annoying pink color...

Song Qianyu didn't expect her grandmother to praise her. She felt so sweet in her heart, and a voice in her heart came out, it seems that her third brother and the others were not lying, she really doesn't look good in pink.

Yesterday, when she was planning to choose clothes to wear the next day, Chunhua couldn't help but whispered: "Miss, let's not wear pink tomorrow, okay?"

Song Qianyu was very angry at the time and was about to scold Chunhua, but suddenly she thought of what her third brother and that annoying Song Qianxue said, is it really not suitable for her to wear pink? ?

She took a deep breath and called the four maids to ask them if pink didn't suit her? At first, the four maids hesitated and didn't dare to speak. Song Qianyu couldn't stand it anymore and asked them to speak quickly and promised not to be angry.

With Song Qianyu's assurance, Chunhua took the lead in complaining: "Miss, actually, the eldest lady, the third lady and the third young master are right. You are really not suitable to wear pink..."

With Chunhua taking the lead, the other three maids also nodded vigorously.

Song Qianyu finally believed that she was not suitable for pink, but why did Aunt Mu lie to her? ?

Song Boyan felt that his wife was too rigid. Who said that girls had to dress up to attract men's attention? If men only care about appearance, they are superficial. How could such a superficial person be worthy of being his son-in-law?

"Madam, it's good that Ning'er and the others are dressed like this. When you and Xiyun were young, wasn't it because you were different from those girls who loved beauty that I was willing to play with you?"

Jiang blushed at her husband's words, glared at him and said, "My Lord, how can you say these words in front of the children..."

The people present pretended to be deaf and looked around. Song Qianning's eyes sparkled. Was this flirting in public? ?

Song Qianning and the other two were on pins and needles in the carriage. Song Qianning swallowed her saliva, glanced at her elder sister and then at Song Qianyu. Song Qianxue did the same, and the two smiled at each other.

Song Qianyu also glanced around, and when she saw Song Qianxue, they both turned their heads away at the same time...

The old lady looked at the three of them sitting quietly and smiled with satisfaction. This was how a girl should be.

The Song family arrived at the venue and were led by servants from Prince Liang's mansion to the area for the women's seats.

Whenever they met women from other families along the way, they would stop to greet them. Song Qianning's face was almost stiff from smiling all the way, and she finally got a seat.

When Jiang saw that the other young ladies had all gone to the back garden of Prince Liang's mansion, she turned to Song Qianning and said, "Ning'er, the competition hasn't started yet. The brothers and sisters from all the families have gathered in the pavilion in the back garden to recite poems and paint. You three should go and have a look too! It just so happens that your brothers are there too."

After saying this, Jiang called the maid from Prince Liang's mansion and asked her to lead the way for Song Qianning and the other three.

The maid received the order and made a gesture of invitation to the three people. Although Song Qianning didn't want to join in the fun, the elders from each family were sitting together here. Compared with the depressing atmosphere, she thought she should go and join in the fun!

Song Qianning and the other two stood up and followed the maid, leaving the table and following them all the way to the back garden.

As soon as they arrived at the back garden, they saw handsome men and beautiful women competing with each other for beauty. The arrival of the three did not attract the attention of others. They were all chatting and drinking. There was even a group of people gathered in the pavilion, reciting poems and having fun...

"Third sister, why don't you go to the pavilion and take a look???"

"No! I'm allergic to poetry..." The subtext is that he has too little knowledge and is afraid of embarrassing himself by going.

"Allergic to poetry??? What does that mean?"

"It's a disease that makes me feel dizzy when I hear poetry..."

Song Qianxue suddenly realized: "It's the first time I've heard of this, but according to what you said, I should also be allergic to poetry..."

Song Qianning felt that Song Qianyu was a different person today, and asked in confusion: "Why don't you go? Don't you want to find your ideal husband? Why is it so quiet today?"

"I won't find my true love here, so there's no need for me to waste my feelings. And as you said, I'm more allergic to poetry..."

Although Song Qianyu has studied hard in the past few years since coming to the Marquis' Mansion, she can only recognize a few words, so she has no interest in reciting poems and composing couplets.

Song Qianning looked puzzled: "Your true love???"