I'm a humble concubine. My acting skills are off the charts. You can check my performance.

Mei Zhanhui is indeed outstanding, standing out from the crowd.

Surrounded by officials' families and children, Mei Zhanhui's demeanor could rank him among the best.

After meeting Meng Yangjiang, Zhao Fangyu would always subconsciously feel awe for good-looking people like him. He would respect them first, and then be intimidated by them.

Even though she knew that mad dogs like Meng Yanjiang were a minority, she still subconsciously chose to keep her distance.

Zhao Fangjin has been looking for a date recently, and often tells her things like how old a young man from a certain family is.

But they had not yet reached the stage of meeting each other, and everything was still on paper. When the Zhao family girl suddenly saw this young talent who studied with her brother and was frequently praised, she looked at him as if he were some rare thing.

Zhao Fangyu picked up his bamboo cup and drank a sip of lychee paste water with satisfaction. It was a little too sweet and not as delicious as the one at home, but it was cool. You can't put ice in the lychee paste water at home, but you can put ice here.

After his reverie faded, Zhao Fangyu looked at Mei Zhanhui with pure appreciation, just like looking at a beautiful vase. Zhao Fangyu even boldly commented: "It's a pity that he is a little darker, not as fair and tender as my second brother."

In the crowd, the young man with a reserved radiance and as gentle as jade, with eyes as bright as an eagle and as sharp as a sword, suddenly caught Zhao Fangyu who was speaking ill of him in the crowd!

Zhao Fangyu: "..."

six……

Zhao Fangyu immediately lowered his head to look at the bamboo cup in his hand - it was so green, so beautiful, and so fresh at first glance.

As long as she lowers her head and doesn't look at Mei Zhanhui, what does it matter if Mei Zhanhui knows that it was she who said the bad things?

He is still studying at her house and can't even see her. He can't be so petty... and complain to his sister-in-law?

Zhao Fangyu decided to believe in the imperial examination system of the Daliang Dynasty. After all, he had already passed the examination, so he shouldn't be so naive.

"Big sister, I feel a little dizzy. Please accompany me back to the carriage to get the pills."

Zhao Fangjin was puzzled, but he followed anyway, and two more servants accompanied him: "What's wrong? Did you feel dizzy? Chunshao and Xiangyao didn't bring medicine with them?"

Zhao Fangyu said, "I was a little overwhelmed by the heat, so I wanted to go back to the carriage to rest."

In the end, she was still feeling guilty and Zhao Fangyu didn't want to cause any more trouble, so she begged Zhao Fangjin to accompany her back to the carriage to hide.

Zhao Fangjin watched Zhao Fangyu take the medicine with his own eyes and rest in the carriage for a while. Zhao Fangyu thought it was about time, so he said he was fine and went back with Zhao Fangjin.

When she returned, Mei Zhanhui had already left. Zhao Fangyu always felt that someone was watching her vaguely.

Zhao Fangyu silently pounded the railing beside him, his eyes fixed on the dragon boat that had not yet set off. What he was thinking in his heart was how could the young genius Jie Shi be so petty? It turned out that all good-looking men were no good!

As the first gong sounded, the dragon boats lined up in a line began to move quickly.

Some people look at the boat, some people look at the people.

The boats are beautifully built, and the dragon heads in front have different expressions. In addition to the five official boats in red, yellow, black, white and green, there are also five civilian boats in pink, purple, blue, brown and green.

The dragon boat races will be held throughout the day, but only the first few waves are official. For example, the five official boats in the first round are from the five ministries of military, household, official, criminal and engineering except the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Revenue’s official boat was yellow, and the people at the head were all young men, whose physiques were not as strong as those of the Ministry of War’s official boat next door, which was red.

Zhao Minshan sighed: "The old man in the Ministry of Rites used this as an excuse to get himself out of trouble."

Then he looked at the other four troops that surrounded the military officer's boat and couldn't help but laugh: "They have been using the same old tricks for so many years, but they don't know how to change them. How can they stop the reckless men from the military department?"

The next second, just as Zhao Minshan had expected, the red official boat of the Ministry of War was particularly brave and forcibly crashed into the small boat blocking in front!

Zhao Fangyu had never seen a dragon boat race before. He witnessed such a strange scene for the first time and almost couldn't maintain his calm.

Just... hit it head-on?

This is the imperial court’s team, an official organization… Are they going to charge in front of so many people?

The strange behavior of the Ministry of War attracted the attention of most of the onlookers. Few people saw that a group of people in cloth clothes mixed into the crowd and surrounded a certain destination in a well-trained manner.

Zhao Fangyu seemed to be aware of something. She just suddenly felt a strong gaze staring at her from behind. She thought that Mei Zhanhui might have a brain disease and his development was unbalanced.

It was just a bad word, so why stare at her like that?

Zhao Fangyu turned back angrily and met Pei Yan's cold gaze.

Zhao Fangyu wanted to jump into the moat and hide himself. He was really a cuckold who wanted to take a bath in a hot spring and seek his own death...

Why is she turning back for no reason?

Zhao Minshan also saw Pei Yan in the crowd, and the two of them even nodded to Pei Yan in a friendly manner.

Pei Yan nodded coldly at Zhao Minshan, took a step, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

Without waiting for Zhao Fangyu to look again, Zhao Minshan's hand had already gently stroked the back of Zhao Fangyu's head, and gently turned her head back from her sight.

This means that Zhao Fangyu should concentrate on watching the dragon boat race.

The father and daughter said nothing, but looked at the river in tacit understanding.

Zhao Fangyu readily followed suit, turned his head to listen to what Zhao Fangjin said, and watched the dragon boat race with Zhao Fangjin.

Surprisingly, Zhao Fangyun and Zhao Fangjin, who usually did not get along well, now had something to talk about. The two of them were almost head to head, chattering about which of the ten dragon boats was the most beautiful.

On a dragon boat, there is one person at the bow and stern, twelve people in the middle of the boat rowing, and another three people playing suona and beating gongs to boost morale.

Zhao Fangyu had not expected that the ancient dragon boats would be so luxurious, like a small building, with layer upon layer of different scenery. For example, the official boats were decorated with the Five Mountains, and the civilian boats were different. Some had the Eight Immortals, some had Bodhisattvas, and some even had a business name seal carved on them!

There is no fixed style for dragon boats. Some dragon boats enter not for winning but just for display. The dragon boats are made to be extremely luxurious and gorgeous.

There were also scholars who could not afford to build a dragon boat, so they used bamboo to make a weird dragon-headed boat, hired people to paddle, and recited their masterpieces loudly along the way...

There were many activities and many people at the Dragon Boat Festival. After Zhao Fangyu took in the action, he found that he couldn't see it all with his own eyes.

Zhao Minshan reminisced about the past with the eldest lady. He was also pushed by the elders to board the dragon boat, but because of his outstanding appearance, he was spared from being scolded by the people on the shore for being unworthy.

Dragon boat racing is not something to be proud of, and almost all those sent out are young people who have just entered the industry not long ago.

Even though everyone has learned the Six Arts of a Gentleman, they are still far weaker than the Ministry of War.

Whoever goes up will be embarrassed. If you are good-looking, you may be able to escape the disaster, like Zhao Minshan did back then.

The dragon boat race made Zhao Fangyu realize the prosperity of this dynasty.

She never thought that the people's peaceful and prosperous life could be demonstrated through a dragon boat race.

Everyone was happy and left with smiles on their faces. Even if they lost, they returned with great joy.

The end of the Dragon Boat Festival made the girls of the Zhao family feel lost to varying degrees, but before they could recover, news came from the Meng family that Meng Yanzhen had entered the palace.