“I won’t tell you unless you buy me sugar.” The child looked at Yang Zijin naughtily.
Yang Zijin frowned slightly. The child even was bargaining with her. Then she said, “Please tell me. I will take you to eat something delicious after I finish my work.”
“No, no, now I want it.” While saying, she quickly grabbed the letter of introduction from Yang Zijin’s hand.
When Yang Zijin reacted, this girl named Lanlan was some distance away from her.
Yang Zijin said anxiously, “Lanlan, please return the letter to me. I take you to buy sugar at once.”
“Well, I don’t believe you.” Lanlan pursed her lips.
Yang Zijin had no way but to grab the letter of introduction suddenly. With one effort, the letter was torn into two paragraphs.
Seeing this, Lanlan felt that she had done something wrong. She ran away with the remaining half of the letter of introduction in her hand.
Today’s visit to Lian Sheng had to be postponed….
Being happy, Yang Zijin wanted to go back to her home, but on the way, she saw many women walking in dresses.
Was the first batch of ordered dresses finished so soon? Sister Liu really merited her trust. Yang Zijin changed her direction and decided to go to the Woman Flower first.
She only saw there were many people booking dresses in the store. Yang Zijin asked others, just knowing that the annual poetry party would start.
These girls saw the people who ordered dresses before looked very beautiful in dresses, so they came here one after another.
Of course, there were also people who bought bras. Some people took advantage of the coupons they got on the opening day to buy bras. Some people heard that they could choose different bras according to their own defects. They couldn’t help being curious.
In the beginning, they felt embarrassed and shy. But they saw the girls in the shop were informal and friendly, helping them try on bras one by one to find the right style and model for them, and they all calmed down naturally.
Seeing this, Yang Zijin who was originally depressed, also slowly became happy.
Yang Zijin ordered Xian, “Now you’re the cashier, and you also have to do something else. It’s not a long-term way. You know a lot of people. Find an accountant when you are free.”
“Working for young master, Xian is not tired,” Xian replied.
Hearing Xian’s words, Yang Zijin knew that Xian had never complained since he followed her, no matter what he did.
Thinking of this, Yang Zijin explained to Xian, “But there are other things you need to do. I won’t let you do many things at the same time! It’s better to find an accountant, which can also make you feel more relaxed.”
“Okay, young master, I’ll find an accountant who I know the background as soon as possible.” Hearing Yang Zijin’s words, Xian couldn’t help being warm in his heart. It seemed that he didn’t follow the wrong person.
After that, Yang Zijin went to the mansion of Marquis Shuo.
Since the introduction letter was gone, she would think of other ways. After she arrived at the mansion, she would design the drawings that she needed first. After all, designing drawings was a rather troublesome thing. It could not be finished in a short time.
As soon as she entered the yard, Jiang Wei greeted her with a smile, “You are back, young master.”
Yang Zijin was thinking about where to start first. She was shocked by the sudden voice of Wei.
She forgot that Shuo Ling had arranged a maid for her.
She walked into the house, and Jiang Wei followed her.
After a while, Yang Zijin asked Jiang Wei, “Did Marquis Shuo tell you something about me?”
“Yes, young master, Marquis Shuo told Wei everything. Young master didn’t need to worry.” Jiang Wei replied.
Yang Zijin nodded and said, “Wei, facing me, you don’t have to be overcautious. In my opinion, there is no difference between master and servant.”
Hearing Yang Zijin’s words, Wei who was standing next to her, thought, “No wonder that Marquis Shuo cares about this young lady so much. She is really different. As a girl, she is not vexatious at all.”
“Okay, young master,” Wei replied with a smile.
She also smiled to Wei and said, “I will have something to do. If there is something trivial, you can tell me after I finish the work.”
“Okay.” After saying, she left the room and closed the door.
It was not until the evening that Yang Zijin stood up and stretched out. After sitting all day, her waist was sore. Fortunately, she finally drew out the design drawings of the amusement park which was about to be built. There were still some small problems. She was going to revise them another day.
In order to draw pictures, she didn’t eat lunch. It was very dark outside. She was afraid the dinner time was over.
Then she opened the door to see if there was any food left in the kitchen. Unexpectedly, she saw Wei standing at the door.
Seeing Yang Zijin coming out, Wei asked, “Young master, did you finish your work?”
Yang Zijin nodded.
“In the afternoon, someone gave this to the doorkeeper and said it must be handed over to you.” While saying, Wei took the letter in her hand to Yang Zijin.
After getting the letter, Yang Zijin ordered, “Go and see if there is any food left in the kitchen, Wei.”
“I asked the kitchen to keep food for you. I will go to bring food to you right away.” Wei smiled and walked to the kitchen.
Yang Zijin entered the room and sat down and opened the letter. It turned out to be an invitation letter about the poetry party. But who was it to invite her? Why was it handed over to her by other people?
A series of problems appeared in Yang Zijin’s head. Thinking of this, she fell into deep thought.
Finally she decided to go to find out what the purpose of this person was.
A few days later, the poetry party was held in Qingya Garden as usual.
On the day of the poetry party, everyone entered the garden with the invitation letter, and there were people in charge of checking the invitation letter at the door.
When Yang Zijin arrived, there were already many people in it. Almost all the women invited to the poetry party were wearing dresses. Surely, those who could enter the Qingya Garden were mostly the men of literature and writing or the men of the official family. Taking advantage of this opportunity, maybe they could meet their future husband.
Looking around, there were many tables in the garden, lined up one by one, and there were ink and paper on the table. It was very impressive!
At this time, someone recognized Yang Zijin and walked to her and shouted, “Hey, isn’t this Young Master Young, the owner of Woman Flower? You don’t sell clothes in the shop, why do you come to the party?”
Others just noticed Yang Zijin.
A man whispered, “Why did he come?”
“I guess it’s for fun!”
“If I were him, I would not come. A man could only make some needlework to attract women.”
“Hearing your words, do you also want to use this to attract women?”
Every sentence was entirely sarcastic.
But Yang Zijin was not flustered at all. She walked to the speaker and said with a smile, “Some people claim to be literati, but they are sanctimonious. How can they have the face to enter the Qingya Garden?”
Hearing Yang Zijin’s words, one of the people who just laughed at her felt that he lost face, and stood out, “What’s your qualification to say this to us? If we don’t, as the son of a madam, why do you have face to come here?”
Hearing his words, there was a burst of laughter around….
“Well, according to your words, how can I get qualified to enter the garden?” Asked Yang Zijin.
He didn’t even look at Yang Zijin and said, “Well, of course, the people must have both ability and political integrity.”
“Hearing your request, I’d like to compete with you!” Yang Zijin thought in her mind that today she would teach this man a lesson to let him know that there’s always someone better.
The man looked at Yang Zijin in surprise, “What? Are you going to compete with me?”
“Well? Are you scared?” Yang Zijin prodded him into action to make him fall into her trap.
“I don’t need to be afraid to compete with you.” He sneered.
“Okay, you set the question, and I make the rule. Okay?” Asked Yang Zijin.
The man nodded.
Seeing this person agreed, Yang Zijin continued, “The loser voluntarily leaves Qingya Garden, and can’t participate in the poetry party in the future. Do you have any objection?”
“No.” The man agreed without even thinking. No matter what would happen, he would win!
Yang Zijin turned around and looked at the crowd. “Today, I will compete with this young master. Please everyone testifies for us. The rule is as I just said.”
People nodded with the mood of being a looker-on. Young Master Yang would surely lose. They knew the man who would compete with Yang Zijin. He was Wang Zhen, the son of the Minister of Rites, who knew poetry well since childhood. This thing was just regarded to mobilize the atmosphere before the poetry party started!
During the competition, Yang Zijin won the competition by saying, “Knowing the spring will leave, the grass and trees all want to retain the spring. They all contend in beauty and fascination.”
Hearing Yang Zijin said these two verses, they couldn’t help but change their views of Yang Zijin. Surely, they couldn’t judge a person casually. Evidently, compared with the poem of Yang Zijin, Wang Zhen’s poem was slightly inferior.
Of course, the poem she said was written by Han Yu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty. In the literature competition, she was not afraid at all even in modern times!
Seeing that everyone chose Yang Zijin at this time, Wang Zhen was flustered. He didn’t know how to solve it, leaving a sentence, “You’re dead.”
He hurried out of the garden….
This scene was seen by the Third Prince Chushi Weiming, who also came to attend the poetry party. He clapped his hands and said, “Young Master Yang is really talented.”
“The Third Prince overpraised me.” Seeing he was Chushi Weiming, Yang Zijin stopped smiling.
Others also saluted Chushi Weiming.
“You don’t have to be discreet. As in previous years, there’s only competition of talent and learning here. There’s no difference our identities.” Then he went to Yang Zijin.
Did the Third Prince know Yang Zijin? Everyone was secretly happy that they didn’t gather to trouble Yang Zijin just now.
“This poem is really wonderful. Guards, give these things to Young Master Yang.” Chushi Weiming said to the bodyguards behind him.
They only saw that every bodyguard had exquisite things on their hands. The women present couldn’t look away when they saw them.
Yang Zijin did not care about this. Obviously, coming here, Chushi Weiming was prepared. No one would take so many things to attend the poetry party.
She suddenly thought whether the invitation letter was from him. It seemed that he still had not given up. He still wanted to use her to get in touch with the Duke of Mu.
In the scene, Yang Zijin said nothing and took the rewards from Chushi Weiming quietly.
The poetry party was about to start, and everyone walked to the front of the platform in order to take a seat.
Seeing that everyone was seated, Zhang Lao, the person who was in charge of this poetry party, went to the stage and raised his voice, “Please be quiet.”
Hearing Zhang Lao’s words, all the people were silent and looked at the stage one after another.
Zhang Lao was the older generation in literature. People still respected him very much.