The Duke's Daughter is Reborn

Yang Qi was a little bored, and the urge to take out "The Art of War" from his arms and read it became stronger and stronger. However, the book "The Art of War" was too conspicuous. When he was bored, he suddenly heard the ladies next to him talking.

"I don't know when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will arrange to choose a concubine?" A lady with an oval face said a little depressed. She had been waiting outside all day for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come out of the courtyard so that she could see his true face. But if she really saw him, she had no way to guarantee that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would remember her.

"It's too naive. Could it be that the candidate for the Crown Princess is decided on the day of the selection?" said the big-eyed lady at the side.

The round-faced lady smiled and said, "That's right. I'm afraid the candidate has been decided long ago." The selection of the concubine that day must have been a simple process.

The big-eyed lady said gossipingly, "I heard from the grapevine that the Queen has recently planned to choose a concubine for the Crown Prince."

Miss Round Face didn't know this news, and was surprised and asked: "Recently, does it mean the flower viewing banquet?"

Every year, the palace would host a large flower-viewing banquet, led by the Empress. This occasion was the best opportunity for the royal family and all the noble families to meet each other, and every girl in the capital was eager to shine at this time.

In the previous life, Bai Yuxin relied on the flower viewing banquet to make the Queen decide on her daughter-in-law. However, in this life, due to many changes brought about by Yang Qi's rebirth, without the Queen's pursuit, Bai Yuxin's performance was outstanding but not amazing.

The big-eyed lady nodded: "Didn't your mother ask you to prepare well?" Her mother gave her instructions every day and watched her dancing skills from the side every day.

The round-faced lady looked a little lonely: "I have never been good-looking since I was a child. In an occasion like this, no matter how well I prepare, I can't achieve the desired effect." She has been chubby since she was a child, and she must have disappointed her mother this time.

The big-eyed lady patted the round-faced lady on the shoulder and said, "There are the daughter of the Bai family and the daughter of Duke Song. They are all just foils. Both of them can learn from Mr. Yang."

Miss Round Face did know Bai Yuxin's name: "But isn't it said outside that Concubine Nian and the Fifth Prince have taken a fancy to the girl from Prime Minister Bai's family?"

The big-eyed lady touched her nose and said, "How can we be sure of these things before we get married? We should prepare well for this Hundred Flowers Banquet. If we have a good reputation, everything will go much more smoothly in the future."

Yang Qi pricked up her ears, the smoothness here must refer to the marriage. Speaking of marriage, Yang Qi clenched her fists. In her previous life, she married Han Renyuan, a newly crowned top scholar and a new noble in the imperial court. She became the object of envy in many people's hearts for a while, but after so many years of marriage, who could empathize with her true inner distress?

Seeing so many people thinking about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Yang Qi couldn't help but think that this dragon among men did have the capital to be arrogant. He must also know that he was the son-in-law that all the girls in the Tianyuan Dynasty wanted. Living in an environment of praise and compliments every day, it would be difficult for a person not to be confident.

The round-faced lady was also open-minded: "If I get it, I'm lucky. If I lose it, I'm doomed. However, I am a little curious about the two young ladies of the Duke of Song's Mansion. I wonder what it would be like to persuade a pair of sisters taught by Mr. Yang at the same time."

The big-eyed lady suddenly became interested: "I have seen the eldest daughter of Duke Song's mansion. When my mother came back from a banquet outside, she was full of praise for her and wanted to compare me to the ground. But I have only seen the second daughter from afar in the princess's mansion."

The round-faced lady then asked, "How is it?"

The big-eyed lady adjusted her appetite for a while before saying, "She is pretty, but still a little behind Bai Yuxin and Song Yanglan."

Yang Qi blinked. This was indeed true. Compared with her second sister, her appearance was really like heaven and earth.

Xin Che listened to these words, afraid that Yang Qi might be unhappy, so he calculated the time and said to Yang Qi: "Miss, I'm afraid the Madam and the Second Miss will be here soon, so we should go back early."

Yang Qi nodded, saying that if he went back earlier he could read more books in the house.

After returning to the courtyard, Yang Qi and Xu reported back and then stayed in their own rooms, ready to read some books. Unexpectedly, just as they sat down, An and the second sister and her group arrived in the courtyard.

Although he was somewhat reluctant, Yang Qi immediately closed the book and placed it under his pillow before going out to greet An.

Xu had already had the house cleaned up, so An could just move in when she arrived.

After Yang Qi paid his respects to Mrs. An, he noticed that the clothes of the people in the group were a little dishevelled. It seemed that the way up the mountain was not easy to walk on, and these people had suffered a lot.

Song Yangjing couldn't bear it any longer and looked at the furnishings in the house: "Mom, this temple is too simple." When she just went up the mountain, Yangjing regretted it very much. If she had known that she would have to walk up the mountain by herself, she might as well learn the rules from the nanny in the mansion.

Hearing Yang Jing's words, Xu frowned slightly. How could someone speak and act like this in Lingshan Temple? Aren't you afraid of offending taboos?

An was also a little tired. Since she married into the Duke of Song's mansion, she had never suffered so much. Even when she walked around the mansion, she had to be supported by maids and old women. "We will go back after the Dharma Assembly tomorrow. If it ends early, we will stay overnight. If it ends late, we will go back the day after tomorrow at the latest."

Yang Lan has had a good living standard since childhood. Now she is sweating a lot and can't stand it anymore. She just wants to take a shower and change clothes immediately: "Mother, we are sweating after going up the mountain. We should change clothes early, otherwise we might catch a cold." No one knows what An was thinking. She didn't take the initiative to ask everyone to wash up, but instead gathered everyone here.

Yang Lan said what Xu was thinking, and nodded: "The hot water is ready. The mountain is different from the mansion. The weather is cold and the wind is strong. If you catch a cold, I'm afraid you will suffer."

Yang Qi also nodded in agreement, yes, if he was a normal person he would let everyone disperse.

An originally wanted to ask about what happened in the past two days, but seeing everyone's tired eyes, she thought she would ask later: "What my sister-in-law and the second girl said makes sense. Everyone, go take a hot bath and change clothes."

Yang Lan had come to Lingshan Temple with the old lady before and lived there for some days. She had no difficulty adapting to the life in the temple.

An Xiaoqiu was only worried about when the old lady would send her back to the northwest, and had no other thoughts about her current quality of life.

On the contrary, Yang Jing and An Shi experienced how difficult it was to go from luxury to simplicity. They were not used to the bed they slept on or the chair they sat on.