Marry a Duke

Chapter 164: Preparing for the Game

"The Sifang Pavilion is full of maids. I thought that the people in the Sifang Pavilion were all servants." Prince Nadu said in surprise. Since he moved into the Sifang Pavilion, all he saw were men, without a trace of women.

I heard that there was a female cook in the kitchen, but as a prince, he would not snoop into other people's kitchens.

The Sifang Pavilion Master glanced at Fu Ran.

"Prince Nadu, you are joking. Sifang Pavilion indeed only employs servants to receive guests at the front." It's not that Sifang Pavilion doesn't value women, but that women do have many inconveniences.

In order to facilitate all parties, Sifangguan indeed employed fewer women.

However, Sifang Pavilion never refused women entry.

"Oh." Nadu immediately found it interesting. "That must be the attendant of the Duke of Wei. I didn't know that when the Duke of Wei went out, he also brought maids to serve him."

Moreover, this maid is quite pretty.

"She is indeed the Duke's person, and she is here to serve the Duke." Wei Xuan glanced at Fu Ran. Fu Ran remained motionless and her expression did not change. Nadu's words did not cause any panic to appear on her face.

If it were someone else, they would probably be scared and at a loss.

It seems that she is indeed quite courageous.

Fu Ran stepped forward and filled Wei Xuan's cup of tea.

But she totally ignored that.

Wei Xuan said that when she went out of the house today, she would pretend to be a maid and only serve him.

Prince Nadu held the cup in front of him forward.

"Pour this prince a cup to quench his thirst."

Fu Ran glanced at Prince Nadu, then at Wei Xuan.

Wei Xuan didn't say anything.

She didn't pour water for Prince Nadu either.

He silently returned to his original position and continued to look down without looking away.

Prince Nadu's face suddenly turned pale.

At this time, Lord Guo picked up the teapot and filled Prince Nadu's cup with water, which temporarily eased the atmosphere.

Prince Nadu narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

But the displeasure was already evident on his face.

Things resemble their owners, this is an old saying in Dayue country.

The reason why Wei Xuan's maid dared to treat him like this must depend on Wei Xuan's attitude.

They were all unhappy. Daliang was defeated by Dayue. In addition to Dayue's strength and Wei Xuan's ability to lead the army, Daliang also had many problems. After fighting for so many years, Daliang had already suffered great losses in terms of manpower and money, and its vitality was greatly damaged.

They need to recuperate and regain their strength, and then they can compete with Dayue.

The strong prey on the weak; this is the truth of the world.

As a prince, he came here to ask Princess Dayuechu to return to Daliang for marriage.

"The tea is too weak, bring a pot of wine." Nadu said.

The owner of the inn asked someone to bring some wine.

He went downstairs to preside over today's Huiwen meeting.

Although it was presided over by the Duke of Weiguo, as long as the Duke of Weiguo came, he would be the presiding officer.

The museum owner suggested that the first topic for today is to make friends through poetry.

There were many talented writers downstairs, all of whom could speak eloquently and write beautiful poems.

Princess Lianxing picked up a pen to write a poem and then asked the guards around her to read it aloud.

The writing is wonderful.

Fu Ran felt that the final winner today must be Princess Lianxing.

Today's grand event was arranged by Wei Xuan. Wei Xuan arranged for Princess Lianxing to come here to participate in the Huiwen Conference. He must want Princess Lianxing to stand out, and the final winner must be Lianxing.

She thought it was quite interesting.

The second test is writing.

Although Lian Xing was dressed as a man, she looked very obviously like a woman.

Sifangguan never refused women from showing their talents, so even though others knew she was a woman, they never looked down on her.

What's more, she performed very well in the first try.

Nadu's attention was also attracted by Lianxing.

She has a well-proportioned figure, a beautiful face like jade, red lips and white teeth, so white and tender that you want to take a bite of them.

When Lian Xing was writing, there were many people around her, and these people were watching every word she wrote.

Everyone was praising it.

From that position, Lianxing’s shadow could no longer be seen.

She was completely surrounded by people.

He stretched his neck, but still couldn't see anything. There was a bit of annoyance on his face, but he didn't show it explicitly.

From Fu Ran's position, he could clearly see Lian Xing writing.

The distance was quite far, so she couldn't see clearly what Lian Xing wrote.

From the exclamations of the people standing next to her, it can be confirmed that Lian Xing's handwriting is not only not bad, but excellent.

Soon, the calligraphy process is over.

The museum owner asked several respected senior scholars to appraise each one.

In the end, Lianxing won.

Lian Xing's calligraphy was on display.

Fu Ran saw it.

She silently looked back at Wei Xuan. He even faked this in public.

Lian Xing was indeed writing, and the people around her were also sighing and applauding, but she was sure that the calligraphy that won in the end was not the one Lian Xing had just written.

There is no way that the owner had replaced it.

It is very likely that the group of people surrounding Lian Xing had also made arrangements in advance and would eventually replace the good character, allowing Lian Xing to continue to get first place.

The museum owner did not forget to praise Lianxing.

There were more people surrounding Lian Xing.

At this time, the guards around Nadu told Nadu that the woman looked very familiar.

"Prince, that should be Princess Lianxing who attended the banquet the day before. Even though she is dressed in men's clothing, you can still tell she is that."

The guards spoke Daliang dialect.

Fu Ran didn't understand.

But Wei Xuan could understand.

Just as everyone can speak Dayue dialect, Wei Xuan can also speak Daliang dialect fluently.

During the years when Dayue and Daliang were in confrontation, he had been researching for breakthroughs and had a thorough understanding of Daliang.

He curled his lips slightly and tapped the table with his index finger.

Fu Ran heard the voice and looked at him.

I went forward and poured him another cup of tea.

The third test is a trial drawing.

Titled Snow.

Snow is simple to draw, but it is also the most difficult thing to draw. It is really not easy to draw snow on the white rice paper.

This question is also tricky.

When he heard that the woman was Princess Lianxing, he couldn't wait to go downstairs to take a closer look.

"Duke Weiguo, Lord Guo, please sit down. This prince is very fond of Dayue Wenhao, and I must go downstairs to take a good look at this grand occasion."

As he said this, he clasped his fists and led his men downstairs.

When Lord Guo saw him like this, he frowned.

"The Duke is as good as a god."

Wei Xuan had expected this move long ago. Lian Xing was not the real Lian Xing. She entered Fengxian Temple when she was in her teens. She did not learn anything else in Fengxian Temple. She only loved to talk about the snow on the plum blossoms when it snowed in winter, day and night, and was very outstanding.

But her poetry and calligraphy are very ordinary.

Wei Xuan sent someone to take charge of the first two rounds. The poems were prepared in advance and the calligraphy was also written by someone.

As for the painting——

He expected that Tu would go and see it in person, so he wanted Lian Xing to show her true talent.

Daliang doesn't have any talent in this area, so it must be amazing.

Lian Xing only needs to act indifferent, as if it is there and not there, and she will definitely be hooked.

***The other side has arranged for Princess Ruhui to win over Nadu, but unfortunately, Ruhui's personality requires her to please others, which is making things difficult for her.

**It also takes time.