Chapter 362: Female Official Engagement Letter
Wen Wan chose Achai, and the others showed expressions of envy and regret.
But it was only a moment, and soon, everyone had chosen their favorite young husband as if they were familiar with the process.
After the pairing was successful, the scenes inside and outside the hot spring pool gradually became luxurious.
To the accompaniment of the sound of stringed instruments, all kinds of food and fine wine were served.
Men and women drank fine wine, hugged each other, and staggered around. Soon the atmosphere became hot.
Wen Wan and Shen Yu, an old couple, turned out to be the most conservative among these people.
Wen Wan couldn't help but sigh.
She still underestimated the ancients. No matter what era, there was always such debauchery among the upper class.
Shen Yu stretched out his hand and held her in his arms, "If you don't like to look, don't look, just look at me."
He thought she was shy and embarrassed to see these scenes.
But for a modern soul, let alone these superficial ambiguities, she has secretly opened her eyes to real things.
Wen Wan laughed dryly, "I don't dislike it."
Chen Yu raised his eyebrows, "Huh? Don't you dislike it?" Could it be that he likes it?
He was about to ask her about the loophole in her words when Mrs. Lin raised a small gong the size of a palm and struck it, attracting everyone's attention.
Everyone looked over.
Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Today is the first time that Madam Wen has come to our poetry club's poetry writing session. Sisters, please don't hide anything. If you have anything interesting, be sure to bring it out and let Madam Wen enjoy it."
Everyone agreed and said that they would never hide anything.
After an introduction to the rules.
Wen Wan understood what they called the poetry game.
Every member of the poetry club will write a small interactive game between men and women into their bag.
Mrs. Lin will draw one of them as a small game for everyone to play today.
The maid brought up paper, pen and brocade bag.
Wen Wan glanced at Shen Yu, "What to write?"
She had an inexperienced, bewildered expression.
Shen Yu was about to answer, but suddenly paused and said calmly: "I have no experience. I have been stationed at the border for many years and have not even seen many women. How can I know these games?"
It was a close call, I almost fell into the pit.
Wen Wan was suspicious, "Oh? You really don't know?"
Shen Yu shook his head repeatedly.
He bet that if he casually wrote a little game on it, this woman would definitely make things difficult for him when she got home.
Sure enough, Wen Wan raised the corner of her mouth, took a pen and paper and started writing.
Chen Yu sneered, "I think you should wear this fox mask. You're so clever, you're still trying to trick me at this moment."
Wen Wan naturally didn't admit it, "No, you think too much."
After being together for a long time, her little tricks could no longer be hidden from his eyes.
He leaned over to look at the little game she had written.
Shen Yu: "...I didn't expect you to be so good at it?"
Wen Wan had no guilty conscience. "I'm different from you. I have to be fully prepared for everything. I asked Agui to get this game from Chunhua Tower. It's said to be the most popular way to play."
After a pause, she continued, "However, there are more than a dozen lucky bags, and it's not certain that you will win this one."
Facts have proved that the more you fear something, the more likely it will come to you.
There were more than a dozen brocade bags on the huge plate, but Mrs. Lin chose Wen Wan's one.
Such a coincidence is too strange to be a coincidence anymore.
Wen Wan frowned and looked carefully at the maid who had just come to collect the brocade bag.
Sure enough, some white powder was found on the maid's fingertips.
So this is also one of their tests?
If you can't even come up with an ambiguous little game, then deep down you are still a person who only has the idea of male superiority and female inferiority in your eyes?
Mrs. Lin opened the brocade bag in front of everyone.
She took out the slip of paper and read aloud, "Looks like my luck is pretty good. I actually won Madam Wen's lucky bag on the first try. Do you want to know what game Madam Wen came up with?"
All the young ladies present were very supportive and echoed the sentiment.
So Mrs. Lin revealed the answer.
"The game Madam Wen suggested is the blind men and the elephant."
As soon as the name of the game came out, all the daughters of wealthy families began to cover their mouths and laugh secretly.
As the saying goes, the layman watches the excitement while the expert watches the details. The game of the blind man touching the elephant raised in this situation does not mean really touching an elephant.
Madam Lin glanced meaningfully in Wen Wan's direction and said, "It seems that Madam Wen has teased the young master quite a bit."
Wen Wan smiled awkwardly and said nothing.
Mrs. Lin then began to explain the rules.
A dozen young men lined up in a row. The daughters of wealthy families were blindfolded and each held a flower in their hands. They felt the bodies of the young men to identify the one they had chosen first.
After Mrs. Lin finished explaining the rules, she asked someone to bring a tray covered with a red cloth. He lifted the red cloth to reveal the butterfly crown inside.
This butterfly is made entirely of gold and uses many precious gems, so it is obviously worth a lot of money.
"As expected of Madam Lin, you are so generous."
"This butterfly feather crown was made by the master chef of Yuhua Pavilion, right?"
"That's it. I saw it in the shop at Yuhua Pavilion last month. It's expensive, and even if you have money, you might not be able to buy it."
A group of daughters of wealthy families were discussing the matter, and it seemed that they all wanted to win the prize.
But everyone knows that this game is just to create ambiguity between men and women, and to make men become like Yao Jie in a brothel, for women to enjoy.
What they want is the feeling of being superior to men, not the game itself.
When everyone had almost finished speaking, Mrs. Lin clapped her hands again.
Another maid came up holding a brocade box.
Mrs. Lin smiled and said, "Don't get too excited, there's a special prize today."
While everyone was wondering, Mrs. Lin had already opened the brocade box and took out a silk book from it.
"This is the real good stuff, which money can't buy."
Mrs. Lin unfolded the silk book and saw an official document written on it.
"letter of appointment?"
"A letter of appointment for a palace lady?"
During the Duan Dynasty, women were not allowed to enter the court. The only way for a woman to receive the court salary was to become a female official in the palace.
The female officials in the palace were directly appointed by the Empress, and the highest rank was the fifth grade.
Having great power in the imperial palace is the ultimate pursuit of every woman from aristocratic family.
The candidate section in the letter of appointment was left blank, as if it was just waiting for someone to fill in a name, and then that person would become a female official.
As soon as the engagement letter came out, Wen Wan and Shen Yu glanced at each other subtly.
This poetry society really has some people with great connections who can even come up with such a letter of engagement.
Both of them lowered their eyes, hiding the horror in their hearts.
After Mrs. Lin had almost created the atmosphere, she continued, "Of course, a game can't have two prizes, so let's add something interesting to today's blind man's elephant game."
"Touch the elephant and write a poem at the same time. The one who touches the elephant most accurately will be awarded a butterfly feather crown, and the one who writes the best poem will be awarded this letter of appointment."
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