The rest of the young men and ladies were forced to eat some dog food, and they were more eager for their own marriages, with their eyes subconsciously filled with peach blossoms.
Only Yonglin and Jiang Wanmeng twisted their handkerchiefs and looked at the shy Tian An and Zuo Yunshu with resentment, wishing they could go up and tear off their beautiful faces.
It wasn't until the eldest princess couldn't stand Yonglin's resentful look anymore and reminded her that she started to restrain herself.
However, she soon felt hurt again because there was not a single rose in front of her flower arrangement.
There was a rose in front of Jiang Wanmeng's work, but unfortunately it was quickly taken away by a servant in front of her.
Because the servant misunderstood his master's words and put the flowers in the wrong place.
The men on the opposite side didn't know who the flower belonged to, but the women did.
Shu Huai suddenly laughed out loud and pointed at the flower, "Hahaha, I'm dying of laughter. Miss Jiang's only flower was actually placed by mistake, hahaha."
Thanks to her, everyone now knows that there is not a single flower left in Jiang Wanmeng's flower arrangement.
Jiang Wanmeng's eyes suddenly turned red. She felt humiliated and wronged, and felt that everyone was bullying her.
The young man whose flower was placed in the wrong place by the servant was a little embarrassed for a moment. With a heart that sympathized with women, he always felt that he had let the girl down. Unfortunately, the flower had already returned to where it was supposed to be, and it would not be appropriate to take it back.
I could only apologize to Jiang Wanmeng guiltily: "I'm sorry, Miss Jiang."
Unfortunately, Jiang Wanmeng was furious at the moment and thought that others were just pitying her and making fun of her. She replied, "Put away your hypocrisy. This lady doesn't need your pity."
The young man was humiliated in front of so many people and his face turned red with embarrassment.
But Xiao Hao, this idiot, laughed and teased him, "You are kind and considerate to women, but it's a pity that Miss Jiang doesn't care about them at all, hahahaha."
The young man had already been humiliated by Jiang Wanmeng, and he had been trying hard to keep himself from getting angry. Now, being mocked by Xiao Hao, he looked so embarrassed that he wanted to turn around and leave on the spot.
The queen and several concubines were discussing the flower arrangements, as if they didn't notice the farce below.
Soon, the flower throwing game was over and the palace servants quickly sorted out the results. Jiang Yurou, the legitimate daughter of the Minister of Revenue, took the first place and successfully won the Queen's twin lotus white jade hairpin.
The flower arrangement also came to a temporary end. The palace servants quickly removed the vases and bonsai and decorated them around the banquet venue.
Jiang Yurou's vase was naturally placed in the most conspicuous place in the whole venue. For someone like her who won the first place, this was an honor.
But for people like Jiang Wanmeng and Yonglin who don't have any flowers, they would feel embarrassed even if they put their flowers in the most inconspicuous place.
Especially Yonglin. Although the Queen did not announce the owners of all the vases until the end, all the female guests knew about it.
Even if everyone is not speaking out now because of the occasion, it doesn't mean they won't tell others about it when they go back.
The princess who was carefully trained by the royal family ended up being not even as good as the daughter of an ordinary minister. No wonder the An family looked down on her.
When one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. The other princesses all looked unhappy.
Especially since they had never participated in flower arranging before, their original disdain was suddenly dragged down by Yonglin and turned into false arrogance. Others would only think that they were all useless people like Yonglin, who were afraid of losing and therefore did not dare to participate.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the Queen ordered preparations for the Qiqiao Ceremony.
It's actually just an ordinary embroidery needle and silk thread.
In a quarter of an hour, the girls threaded the silk threads one by one into the needles. The one who threaded the most silk threads was considered to have successfully prayed for skill.
Everyone has to participate in this round. Tian Anben is the one holding the scalpel and his hands are very steady.
Holding the needle in the left hand and twisting the thread with the right hand, the needle and thread are balanced with the sight, and the silk thread is aligned with the eye of the needle. It is easy to thread one thread, then the second, and so on to the fourth thread.
The fifth one became a bit difficult. She could only use her left hand, which was holding the needle, to push the existing silk thread in the eye to one side of the needle to make as much space as possible.
I threaded two more wires in like this, and finally gave up because I had no other choice.
Deng Xue saw her stop and stood up to count: "My lady has seven."
As soon as Deng Xue reported the number, a palace attendant came down to check. After confirming that it was correct, he shouted again, "Princess Anping, seven needles."
I thought this result was the most common, but I didn't expect it to be the highest at present.
When the other ladies heard that Tian An had pierced seven strands of hair, they secretly made efforts.
Tian An had already reported the number, so there was no chance to change the result. They now knew Tian An's bottom line. As long as they wore one more thread than her, they could defeat her.
Unfortunately, ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Not to mention surpassing Tian An, they even found it difficult to thread five silk threads. Some of them accidentally pulled out the silk threads they had previously threaded and had to thread them again.
Seeing that the time was almost up, the ladies had no choice but to give up and asked their personal maids to count.
It was only at this time that Tian An realized that he had accidentally taken first place.
When the quarter of an hour was up, before the young eunuch struck the gong, a maidservant finally called out, "The Second Princess Yongle is threading eight needles."
After the gong sounded, the Qi Qiao ceremony ended. The palace servants came forward to check without discrimination. After confirming that everything was correct, they announced the best result of the day's Qi Qiao ceremony to everyone again.
Although it was just a simple needle threading, the second princess lived up to everyone's expectations and won the first place, at least restoring the reputation of the royal princess that was ruined by Yonglin.
After the needlework was over, the ladies had to embroider their robes using the needlework baskets they had just used.
It can be used to pray and make a wish later. If you want to pray for marriage, you can secretly give the robe to the man you like.
If the other party accepts it, it means that the other party is also interested. If the other party refuses, then both parties will never mention this matter again.
Of course, a man can also boldly ask the woman he likes for a robe, and the other party has the right to choose whether to give it to him or not.
The Qiqiao Festival is one of the few days when Tianling can boldly express his feelings without being criticized by the world.
After Tian An glanced in Zhao Yiming's direction, he lowered his head and began to embroider green bamboo on the embroidery frame.
She was now very skilled at embroidery, and soon two lush green bamboos were completed.
Seeing that there was still time, she prepared to embroider the two lines of poetry that Zhao Yiming had composed on the spot when he received the Feihua Order for her today.
While the ladies were writing poems, the men were not idle either. The Queen Mother asked the palace servants to prepare a batch of blank fans for them.
They can write poems or draw pictures on them, and give them to others or keep them for their own use.
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