The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 223 The competition begins

"They are doing that for my mother's sake. Otherwise, who would care about that country bumpkin of her?"

Lu Zhiyi couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Miss Qin immediately urged, "You are the legitimate eldest daughter of the Lu family. You have to show up at this time. You can't let your sister steal your limelight."

"That's right, you should be the one who can chat with the princess."

Others echoed.

Lu Zhiyi didn't want to go over at first, but when she thought that Ye Xinran might win the favor of the two princesses because of this, she couldn't bear it.

She stood up, walked gracefully to the pavilion where Ye Xinran and others were, and bowed gently.

"Meet the two princesses Yueting and Yuerong."

"Miss Lu, why are you here just now? Come and sit down."

Chen Yueting is as thoughtful as ever.

Chen Yuerong looked at Lu Zhiyi and asked, "Sister, where is this girl from?"

Lu Zhiyi felt embarrassed when asked.

Chen Yueting immediately said to his sister: "This is also a lady from the Lu family, Lu Zhiyi. You met her at the winter banquet last year."

Chen Yuerong looked a little confused, as if she couldn't remember, and then asked, "So she and Sister Xinran are sisters?"

"Yes! They are twins!"

"But how come they don't look alike at all? Sister Xinran and Madam Lu can be seen to be mother and daughter at first glance, but this Miss Lu doesn't look like Madam Lu at all."

Lu Zhiyi's face felt a little hot.

Chen Yuerong felt that her sister's question was a bit abrupt, so she quickly said, "It could be a Xiao father and a Xiao mother."

Ye Xinran said: "The little princess really has a good eye, but Zhiyi doesn't look like my father or mother."

Chen Yuerong looked at the two people with her mouth wide open. Ye Xinran thought she looked a little cute.

Lu Zhiyi was so angry,

“It’s possible that brothers and sisters don’t look alike, but we are just ordinary looking, not as stunning as Princess Yueting and Princess Yuerong.

Besides, my sister just came back from the countryside, so if there is any impoliteness, please forgive me, my two princesses."

Leng Qingyu frowned when he heard this.

Chen Yuerong also curled her lips.

What she heard the most from childhood to adulthood was praise from others, so she knew early on that when others praised her, they might not be sincere compliments, but might just be because her father was more capable.

Chen Yueting: "Miss Lu, you are too kind. I think you sisters also have your own strengths."

Chen Yuerong said bluntly: "Miss Lu looks down on her sister in her words and deeds.

What's wrong with the countryside?

I think Sister Xinran has been raised to be pretty and smart by the Feng Shui of the countryside."

Chen Yuerong looks gentle and obedient since she was a child, but she is very rebellious at heart. What she longs for most is to be able to go out and express herself freely and create a world of her own.

So when she learned that Ye Xinran had developed her own facial soap and created the Snow Face Cream, Ye Xinran immediately became different from other noble ladies in her mind.

She admired her and respected her.

"Sister Xinran, I see that you and your sister are not getting along, why don't you be my sister?"

Lu Zhiyi's expression froze, not knowing what to say at this moment.

It was Chen Yueting who spoke up again, "Why, you don't want me as your sister anymore?"

Chen Yuerong quickly said, "Both of my sisters want them."

Seeing that Lu Zhiyi was becoming more and more embarrassed, Chen Yueting took her away and went to greet other guests.

Lu Zhiyi returned to her sisters' table. Seeing that she looked unhappy, everyone asked her what happened.

"What's wrong? Why did you come back so soon? I saw your sister was chatting happily with the little princess."

Lu Zhiyi felt a little embarrassed. Wasn't Ye Xinran embarrassing her in front of her sisters?

Thinking of this, her eyes turned red. She wiped her eyes with a handkerchief and said, "Mother is afraid that I will steal my sister's limelight, so she won't let me stay there."

Miss Qin was immediately filled with righteous indignation when she heard this. "Did she drug your mother? You are the daughter she raised with great care! How could she do this to you!"

Lu Zhiyi's eyes turned redder when she heard this. She pulled Miss Qin's sleeve and said, "Sister Shuyun, please stop talking. This is actually a good thing. At home, I don't even dare to say a word!"

"It's too bullying!"

Qin Shuyun saw that Lu Xinran and the little princess were chatting more and more happily in the distance, and Leng Qingyu was smiling beside them, and suddenly she felt a sense of justice.

"Don't be afraid. You dare not go against your parents' wishes. We won't spoil her. We will make her suffer in a moment!"

Lu Zhiyi tried to persuade Qin Shuyun, but seeing that she became more and more agitated, he couldn't help but feel secretly happy in his heart.

As noon approached, the most anticipated part of the winter banquet arrived.

Under the chairmanship of Chen Yueting, the people present were divided into two groups, one group was the young masters of each family, and the other group was the noble ladies of each family.

The two sides competed in several arts, including playing the zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, and pitching pots. The winner would receive a gift prepared by the Prince Rui's Palace.

In everyone's mind, gifts are certainly not the most important thing. Everyone wants to take this opportunity to show off their talents so that the other party will pay attention to them.

It is not so difficult for the legitimate sons and daughters of the families, but some illegitimate sons and daughters would like to take advantage of this opportunity to gain a reputation so that they can have some advantages when they get married in the future.

However, today is Chen Yuerong's home court, and most of the young talents present are eager to show their talents in front of the princess.

When the maid came to invite Chen Yuerong, she was so engrossed in listening to Ye Xinran talking about setting up a workshop that she didn't want to leave at all.

Ye Xinran said: "Go quickly, you are the protagonist of today's banquet."

"I don't want to choose a husband!"

Chen Yuerong pursed her lips, "I've already gotten to know those people. None of them are interesting at all."

Ye Xinran didn't believe it.

The capital is such a big city, how could you not find someone that suits your eyes?

"Let's go, your sister is waiting."

She persuaded Chen Yuerong to come downstairs.

Leng Qingyu stayed in the original pavilion and drank tea.

"I won't get involved in your affairs as young people," she said.

When the gentlemen saw Chen Yuerong, they couldn't wait to come forward and introduce themselves.

But Chen Yuerong was too lazy to pay attention and waved her hand, saying, "It's just a competition, let's get started!"

At the beginning of the competition, everyone showed a different state from before. The crisp sound of the guqin and the melodious sound of the flute lingered; plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum, landscape, flowers and birds were all vividly portrayed on the paper.

The most exciting thing was the painting dance performed by Miss Li.

The maid brought up four hanging papers. She danced gracefully while splashing ink on the papers. The whole set of movements was as smooth as flowing water. When the dance ended, she had painted the beautiful scenery of the four seasons: spring flowers, summer cicadas, autumn moon and winter snow, winning bursts of applause.

The only thing that could rival this was the arrow dance of the young master of the Wei family. He danced and shot arrows at the same time, and every arrow hit the bull's eye, causing everyone to scream in surprise.