Jiang Yuanniang hurriedly asked, "Didn't I tell you to write?"
Jiang Yuanniang had indeed told Guo Yujiao yesterday that she planned to copy a female precept in public today, and Guo Yujiao had secretly laughed at her. However, Jiang Yuanniang did not mention that she would copy with both hands.
Guo Yujiao was a little dissatisfied and wanted to say something, but she heard Jiang Yuanniang say, "Oh, it's Miss Qiu's turn next. I wonder what Miss Qiu is going to perform."
Guo Yujiao's attention was immediately drawn to Qiu Hong, who was standing up.
Qiu Hong was a well-known talented woman in Jizhou. She was good-looking and had a cool temperament, which made people think she was aloof and arrogant, so she was not very popular among the girls.
Qiu Hong's painting performance today was a public performance of a lotus pond in ink and wash. Remarkably, she finished her painting in just half an incense stick of time, and at the end, she also presented a poem she had composed about the lotus pond.
Whether it is a painting or a poem, it is very rare for her at her age.
Ren Yaohua and Ren Yaoqi asked, "Are you painting today too? Are you sure you can surpass Miss Qiu?"
Ren Yaoqi didn't really want to compete with the teenage girl. Even if she won, it would be unfair. But she still said, "I don't paint ink paintings."
Ren Yaohua thought that Ren Yaoqi said he didn't want to paint in ink and wash and was planning to paint in fine brushwork, so he nodded and said nothing.
After Qiu Hong came down, it was the turn of the girls from the Ren family.
Ren Yaohua took the piccolo that Xiangqin handed her and was about to go up. Ren Yaoqi smiled and encouraged her: "Third sister, don't think too much. Just lower your eyes and don't look at anyone. Just concentrate on playing it in one breath."
Ren Yaohua rolled her eyes at her and walked away calmly.
Ren Yaohua was not a shy person, so she went up and played the piece "Three Variations on Plum Blossoms" seriously. Because the previous ladies' performances were all about calligraphy and painting, Ren Yaohua's flute sound gave people a refreshing feeling.
Ren Yaoqi was sitting there listening attentively to Ren Yaohua playing the flute when Ren Yaoying, who was sitting at a table next to him, turned around.
"Fifth sister, I'm a little nervous. Please have a drink with me. Go pour me a glass." Ren Yaoyu held a wine glass in her hand. Inside was fruit wine. It was called wine, but it didn't taste like alcohol. It was a common drink for women in Yanbei. She whispered to her maid Chun'er to come and pour the wine for Ren Yaoqi.
Ren Yaoqi raised an eyebrow, glanced at Ren Yaoying, and then looked at Chun'er who was walking towards him quickly with her head lowered. Before Ren Yaoqi could say anything, Chun'er suddenly slipped and fell down. She didn't hold the wine jug firmly, and half of the fruit wine in the jug spilled onto Ren Yaoqi's skirt, and the lake green skirt was immediately stained with the refreshing fruit wine.
Ren Yaoying exclaimed in a low voice: "Fifth sister——"
Chun'er immediately knelt down and said tremblingly, "Fifth Miss, please forgive me. I didn't mean to do that."
The small commotion attracted the attention of several nearby ladies. Ren Yaoyin, who was sitting on the same low table as Ren Yaoying, also noticed it and immediately whispered to Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaoying, "Let the maid get up first, so that people don't laugh at you. Fifth sister, go downstairs and change your clothes before coming back."
Ren Yaoyu glanced at Ren Yaoying, then at Ren Yaoqi's skirt, and curled the corners of her mouth: "It will be Fifth Sister's turn soon. Ninth Sister, you poured the wine at the perfect time."
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