The son of the red mansion is unscrupulous
Chapter 105
In Zhao Tianliang's eyes, it was a matter of little effort, besides, he went to tell Fang that Jia Lian could be taken out again, so he turned his horse's head and returned to Xu's house. Fang.
Sitting in the room, Mrs. Fang wondered why Zhao Tianliang came back. After Zhao Tianliang learned Jia Lian's words, he immediately asked, "How do you know? Even I don't know what is tuberculosis or not."
Zhao Tianliang bowed outside the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang, and told the servants around Fang Wenhui who had been whispering in their ears all day, and even asked Jia Lian to send a letter to Mrs. Li.
"Understood, let the fourth brother rest assured that he will definitely not bother him with the Fang family's affairs." Sitting on a nanmu chair with his head supported, Fang sighed deeply after hearing that Zhao Tianliang had left outside the curtain.
Mrs. Fang is not a foolish person, and the younger sisters who were concubines in the previous family also married suitable people. It's just that Fang Wenhui has become more and more intelligent in the past two years, showing the appearance of disobeying Mrs. Fang's discipline from time to time.I'm afraid that's why Mrs. Fang got such a muddleheaded thought.
Now that he knew about it, Mrs. Fang simply left the house, went along the alley to the yard where their family lived temporarily, entered the yard where two big sycamore trees were planted, and said to the maid: "Go invite eight Girl come and talk."
The maid agreed and went.
Fang didn't go back into the room, so she ordered two embroidered blocks to be brought in. She sat on one and fanned her face with a handkerchief. When she heard the movement, she saw Fang Wenhui, who was more and more peacefully set off by a lake blue dress. Come over, point to Xiudunzi and say, "Sit down."
Fang Wenhui felt uneasy, nodded cautiously and sat down, but she didn't speak when she didn't see Fang's opening.
"Besides Second Master Lian, who else did you go looking for?" Fang sighed softly.
Fang Wenhui lowered her head cautiously and said, "I don't know what sister means. I only met Second Master Lian on the road, so I followed him to Xu's house."
Fang sneered and said, "Don't pretend to be ignorant, my fourth younger brother has sent someone to tell me just now." With a light sigh, Fang Wenhui's face was calm but his hands were twisted together nervously, and he said: "I don't know where you heard that tuberculosis ghost's words. Don't say such things in the future. If you spread false rumors and self-defeating, what will you do in the future?"
Fang Wenhui sat with her body tilted, only to see Fang's aggressiveness, and felt very nervous. At this time, she saw that she seemed to be reassuring, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said with a smile: "Sister, why did you say these words again for no reason?" ?”
Fang said with a sneer, "I won't go around in circles with you anymore. It's good to be ambitious, but thinking about what you shouldn't think about is a little overwhelmed. This time it's all right. If something like this happens in the future, I will Then talk to your mother directly."
Fang Wenhui lowered her head, she understood what Fang meant, but so what?If she hadn't put it all together this time, would Fang Shi be willing to make a move?Will she get away with it?Because the bad luck of Chongxi was avoided, even though Fang's beat him a few words, he was willing in his heart.
"Grandma, my wife is going back." The maid reminded.
After hearing this, Mrs. Fang saw that Fang Wenhui was very pitiful, so she softened her tone and said, "Be honest, I can't tell my mother now. I will go home on August [-]th."
"Thank you, sister." Fang Wenhui originally pretended to be stupid, but now she wished Fang Shi a blessing, and when she saw Fang Shi going out, she also followed her.
Mrs. Fang sent Mrs. Fang away, and felt that Xu Qingheng didn't show up all day, so he turned the corner and went to her room. Through the back window, he saw Xu Qingheng fiddling with the abacus, and didn't disturb her, and went back to the room to rest for a while. So, the next day, August [-]th, the Xu family held a very deserted family banquet, and within a day, the family banquet broke up unhappy.
The next day, Mrs. Fang followed Li Bizhou to Fang's house and entered Fang's house. Fang Zaisi waited to talk with Li Bizhou, so Mrs. Fang went into Mrs. Fang's room, exchanged greetings with other sisters, and then talked with Fang. The wife closed the door and said her own words.
Now there is no one else around, and Mrs. Fang is the eldest daughter, so sitting cross-legged on the kang covered with a blanket, talking to Mrs. Fang is much more casual, and now she puts the handkerchief on her arm Next, while breaking a large bright red pomegranate with a split mouth, he said to Fang with some resentment: "Why is mother acting more and more out of control? Before the eight characters were written, it was rumored that the eighth younger sister was going to be arrested. Promise to a tuberculosis ghost. This word has been spread, and it is very boring for me to listen to it."
With two ding ding sounds, Fang's finger moved, and the red and watery pomegranate seeds rolled down on the white porcelain plate.
Mrs. Fang's eyelids twitched again and again, and she sneered and said, "For no reason, why do you say this again? When did this word come out? Your seventh sister hasn't been found yet, so why are you talking about your eighth sister? There are some gossips, I have found the source and I want you to talk about it?"
Mrs. Fang was silent, took a handkerchief and wiped the juice off her fingers, then pushed the plate containing pomegranate seeds to Mrs. Fang who was sitting opposite her, and looked at Mrs. Fang seriously, "It really didn't happen? It wasn't me either. Which one to prefer, in fact, if you really find a brother-in-law who has tuberculosis, it will also affect the fate of our Fang family. If you can't find a Zanying family or a scholarly family, you can find a country gentry, why bother with a little girl. Will the reputation of the family be damaged?"
Mrs. Fang didn't eat the pomegranates, she just shouted for grievances repeatedly, and said repeatedly: "There is absolutely no such thing. After what happened to Miss Li's family, our family is too late to be careful. How can we do such things again?"
"No is the best. Mother must not mess up because of the old lady and father's preference for the eighth younger sister. According to me, the eighth younger sister that the left and right mothers look for will always look down on them, so just put your hands away, old lady, father Since she loves her so much, she naturally planned for her in her heart, so why is mother so busy with such things?" Mrs. Fang tried her best to persuade her, but she felt that Mrs. Fang would not admit to making Fang Wenhui happy no matter what, so she went Just don't mention that.
Mrs. Fang pressed the handkerchief against her chest, drooping her eyelids slightly, as if she was very unhappy.
Fang hurriedly offered her tea to drink.
"I've become more and more impatient in the past two years, but that eighth girl always likes to cause trouble. For no reason, she always asks me to throw adults outside." Mrs. Fang sipped her tea, "The last meeting is also in Li's house. If she hadn't lost the veil, she wouldn't have given the veil when she was thinking about it; if he hadn't given the veil, the walls of Li's house wouldn't have collapsed. Even more so now, where did the words of that consumptive ghost come from? "
Mrs. Fang saw that Mrs. Fang still didn't recognize her, so she sneered and said, "Mother has nothing to do to figure out what to do on the wall of Li's house? According to me, you just need to meet the old lady every once in a while and talk about the eighth sister's marriage when you meet outsiders, so that others will know about it." Just do your best, and for the rest, just wait for the old lady to wait for the father to speak." As he spoke, he remembered that another reason why Mrs. Fang didn't like Fang Wenhui was that Fang Wenhui often compared her sister-in-law, so she comforted Fang again. The wife said: "Wenhui is better than Wenxiu. No matter how much my mother doesn't like her, she is still outstanding. She is outstanding. If my mother can get a good son-in-law, wouldn't it be good for my mother? Could it be that the eighth brother-in-law would deny his mother's respect?" Mother-in-law, rush to recognize an aunt as a mother-in-law? The old lady has no one in her family. If she has a way, how can she ask her mother to take her eighth sister out? The father will only blindly blame the mother for being biased. Hands-on cooking, until the end, seeing that the eighth sister's marriage is still not settled, he will definitely urge his mother to do it. In short, her marriage will fall into the hands of the mother anyway, and the mother is in a hurry to beat the marriage with her right now. She, why don't you just sit on the Diaoyutai and wait for the old lady and the eighth younger sister to come and please you in a hurry."
Her words were all for Mrs. Fang's sake. She originally thought that Mrs. Fang would be more open-minded after hearing this, but Mrs. Fang became more and more upset.
Mrs. Fang sneered and said, "It is said that there is no such thing as a tuberculosis ghost, but you just don't believe it. Am I such a foolish person?"
When Mrs. Fang saw what she said, Mrs. Fang still refused to admit it. Could it be that she was spreading rumors?The caretaker's wife was so angry that she didn't dare to try to persuade her to be virtuous anymore, so she went to comfort her chest.
After hearing that a crab feast was set up outside, Mrs. Fang took Mrs. Fang's hand and went out to the banquet.
The banquet was set beside the chrysanthemum garden. As a married aunt, Mrs. Fang was sitting at the hands of the old lady Fang. Seeing that the old lady Fang deliberately supported Fang Wenhui and left Fang Wenhui beside her to peel figs for her, she pursed her lips and smiled faintly. , looked at Mrs. Fang reassuringly, and called Fang Wenhui to come by changing clothes, reassuring her reassuringly.After the banquet, Mrs. Fang went to Mrs. Fang's room to talk again.
The old lady Fang is a Buddhist vegetarian all the year round, and the three rooms are filled with the smell of sandalwood. An old sheepskin mattress.
Mrs. Fang sat with her body tilted, looking at the old lady indifferently, wearing a plain sandalwood dress, she looked at the granddaughters with a smile as if she was indifferent to the world, and unconsciously fixed her eyes on Fang Wenhui, thinking that Who spread the rumor about the tuberculosis?
"There was an accident in Prince Yizhong's mansion. This year's selection of women's history should have been stopped, but I didn't want to. Last year during the Lantern Festival, I went to the palace to meet the queen mother and empress. The two empresses said they would choose one from our house. I don’t know which one the eldest daughter-in-law has her eyes on? It is said that the girls in our family are all the best, so you can choose any one.” The old lady Fang sat on the kang with a calm expression, plucking the beads in her hands relaxedly.
Mrs. Fang was startled, and immediately went to see Mrs. Fang.
Because Mrs. Fang is the daughter-in-law, a bunch of daughters are sitting on the kang at this moment, and she is the only one standing by the kang to serve the old lady Fang. Hearing what the old lady Fang said, she laughed and said, "Although the two ladies said so, I am After discussing with the master, let the daughters enter the palace and never see their relatives again, they are also very pitiful..."
"It is a rare blessing to enter the palace to serve saints and empresses, how can you be pitiful?" The old lady Fang interrupted Mrs. Fang's words, looked at the granddaughters one by one, and finally fixed her eyes on Fang Wenhui.
Fang Wenhui was stunned, and secretly went to look at Mrs. Fang.
"Eldest lady and eldest girl stay here, Wen Hui, you go out and play." Old lady Fang said with a smile.
Fang Wenhui didn't know why, so she had to retreat with the other sisters.
Mrs. Fang sat on the edge of the kang and asked tentatively: "The old lady wants to ask the eighth younger sister to enter the palace to be a female historian?" Does the old lady Fang love Fang Wenhui?
The old lady Fang slowly nodded while twisting the beeswax beads, and said with a smile: "She is the most calm and easy-going in the family. It is a great blessing to be able to enter the palace."
"...But it's up to the old lady to decide. The old lady can see the temperament of the girl at home most clearly." Arranging Fang Wenhui to enter the palace is more troublesome than finding a matchmaker to pick a middle-class man to marry Fang Wenhui. She was willing to take the trouble, but because of the "consumption ghost", she complained in her heart that Fang Wenhui spread rumors to slander her aunt, so she was anxious to get rid of her, thinking that since the old lady who loved her the most wanted her to enter the palace, she would go into the palace. Well, she won't care about it anymore.
"It's just that her identity doesn't sound good. The daughters who go to each family are raised under the wife's name. Tell her to go like this. Once she enters, she will be inferior to others, and she may not be selected by the court." The old lady said.
Mrs. Fang is also shrewd now. Fang Wenhui was put under her name but did not enter the palace, so she laughed and said: "The old lady has spoken, just talk to the master first, and when the master walks around, it's almost the same. So I tidied up what should be tidied up at home, whether it's on the status or the clothes and jewelry I brought, I can't let the girl suffer."
The old lady Fang was determined to ask Fang Wenhui to enter the palace, so she didn't take Mrs. Fang's little thoughts to heart, she nodded and agreed.
Mrs. Fang still hadn't recovered from the sudden change, so she heard the old lady Fang say to her again: "The eldest girl is also taking care of your eighth younger sister at the Li's and Xu's. She is promising, it's ours." It's a matter of getting all the money."
Mrs. Fang just smiled and agreed slightly. Seeing that the old lady Fang had already discussed with Mrs. Fang about the specific matters of Fang Wenhui's entry into the palace, she came out of the old lady's room under the pretext of changing clothes, went to the corridor and slapped her hand in front of her with a handkerchief. Walking down the steps slowly, he walked slowly to Fang Wenhui's room at the back of the old lady Fang's house. Outside the house, he saw a few withered lotus leaves stuck in the water tanks that originally kept lotus flowers. , There are still a few fish with green scales swimming in the water tank.
"Big sister." Sure enough, Fang Wenhui didn't feel at ease to play with the sisters because of the old lady Fang's gaze just now, and now she heard that Mrs. Fang was coming in the room, so she immediately went out to meet her. Interested, he asked the maid to bring fish food.
Mrs. Fang took the fish food in a small plate, and after feeding the fish, he watched the fish come out of the water. He laughed and said, "It should be a rare goldfish, but who knows it is two grass carp." Looking at Fang Wenhui again, he said: "You It's really hurting people. Brother Lian has never met you before, and he sent someone to ask me to help you. I believed it was true to find my mother, and said good things to her for you. Now let me ask you, Where did you hear the words of the consumptive ghost?"
Fang Wenhui frowned, and said more regretfully than Fang's: "Eldest sister, if this statement didn't sound true, I would never ask Second Master Lian."
"It's true? It's because someone on the old lady's side agrees, so you don't suspect him?" Fang sighed lightly, and directly sprinkled all the fish food in the water tank, "You were the worst at first, and you just married a poor family. For example, you will have to earn your own future. Now, if you say something like a tuberculosis ghost, your mother will be annoyed at you, and she will not meddle in your affairs; It's like she intends to control you with your life. Who doesn't know that the old lady really loves you, and the mother is making things difficult for you? Now it's good, the mother doesn't care about everything, and the old lady is the only one to decide. "
Fang Wenhui supported the stoneware fish tank with a bloodless face, and her fingertips submerged in the water, attracting the fish to slurp, "...Thank you big sister for speaking for me today, big sister's kindness, Wenhui will never forget it." Thinking about it now, the words of the tuberculosis man must have been spread on purpose by Mrs. Fang. She has been raised by Mrs. Fang since she was a child. His wife put his words in his eyes; so he really believed what Mrs. Fang told Mrs. Fang to tell her to celebrate a famous family.This moment is really shooting myself in the foot. Originally, Mrs. Fang could interfere in her affairs. After all, she is the aunt, and it is justifiable to intervene; There were rumors that she was going to marry a sick and consumptive ghost, Mrs. Fang tied her hands and feet, even though she was a aunt, she couldn't control her affairs.
Seeing that Fang Wenhui's face was so pale, Mrs. Fang put away the indignation she had shown at being fooled earlier, put her hands on her shoulders, and comforted her: "Entering the palace may not be a disaster, although it is a bit painful for a while. , but if you get through it, you will be a master." But seeing that she went to find Jia Lian for something, she knew that her mind was on Jia Lian; since it was on Jia Lian, it could be seen that she was really unwilling to enter the palace.
Fang Wenhui pursed her lips and smiled wryly, "...Elder Sister, don't talk about this anymore, left and right, when I get to the old lady, I just thank the old lady for pointing me out of marrying a sick and consumptive ghost. As long as I don't marry a sick and consumptive ghost , it is my good fortune to enter the palace after listening to the old lady's words."
"You are a sensible person, so I won't say much. You just need to know in your heart who is really plotting against you." Fang's hand on Fang Wenhui's arm slipped off. After talking about it, I blamed her for meddling because of Mrs. Fang, but now I saw that she knew that she was plotted by Mrs. Fang and insisted on turning around to be grateful to Mrs. Fang. I couldn't help but feel sympathetic to her. If you are missing something before, just come and tell me. If you get out of the palace on the 25th, my sister will find a safe person to marry for you. If you have the heart to compete in the palace... I also wish you a bright future."
Fang Wenhui's eyelids twitched, and she shed a few tears gratefully, knowing that the court was far more turbulent than Fang's backyard, and she became more and more uneasy.
Mrs. Fang comforted her thoroughly, and when the banquet of the man in front was over, he went to Mrs. Fang's room to bid farewell to Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang, then left Fang's house in a sedan chair, and entered Xu's house. After entering his own room, he unbuttoned the neckline in front of the big dressing mirror, and at the same time told the servant girl: "Send someone to make another set according to the head that was given to Young Lady Ying earlier, and keep it for Miss Eight."
"Hey."
After drinking some wine, Li Bizhou covered his eyes with his hands and said, "You just complained about your eighth younger sister for being troublesome two days ago, why did you turn around and give her jewelry again?"
Mrs. Fang unbuttoned and walked towards the bed. Seeing that Li Bizhou hadn't taken off his boots, he took his foot and lightly kicked his powder-soled soap boots, "One size is one size. I was angry that she didn't know the general , often made my mother lose face. Now I feel sorry for her in my own home and have no one to rely on."
"What's the reason for this?"
"Our old lady spread rumors that my mother wanted to make my eighth younger sister happy, and that she was powerless to stop my mother. Eighth younger sister is the closest to her grandmother, and she trusts the old lady the most, so hearing the rumors in the old lady's room, she became very angry. I have the guts to go around begging for help, even my fourth brother. Today I told my mother, she was so annoyed that she only said it was a rumor, and she hated her eighth younger sister. When the old lady said she was going to send her eighth younger sister into the palace However, my mother refused and dared not to take care of it—no matter what she did at the moment, people said she had bad intentions, so she simply ignored it—only said that everything was up to the old lady. Although the eighth younger sister is unwilling to enter I would also like to thank the old lady who loves her the most for saving her from the misfortune of marrying a sick and tuberculosis ghost." As she spoke, Mrs. Fang sighed again, and now there was no Mrs. Fang's business. Nature is full of compassion.
"Entering the palace is a better thing than marrying someone with tuberculosis? Your eighth younger sister is too confused to hear that wind is rain." Li Bizhou sneered.
Fang said with a sneer: "If it wasn't for people under the eaves, she only listened to what the old lady said, how could she believe it in a foolish way?"
"Forget it, you just scolded her for being ungrateful yesterday, but now I say something, you're defending her again." Li Bizhou chuckled lightly.
Fang took off the beanie outside, sat on the bed and sighed: "This is now and then." For a while, she felt sorry for Fang Wenhui, and decided to give her more gold and silver jewelry for use when she entered the palace.
After less than half a month, there was a way for Fang Wenhui to enter the palace.In November, when he heard that Fang Wenhui would enter the palace tomorrow, Fang, who had never been close to her, took two boxes of things for her and returned to her mother's house in a sedan chair.
This time, Mrs. Fang wanted to sit in Fang Wenhui's room, and saw that the lotus, which was said to be her favorite, had already been cleaned up. The whole room had been cleaned up, and everything with a mediocre atmosphere was empty. Yes, even though there are two people sitting, it is very deserted.
Seeing that Mrs. Fang really came to see her, Fang Wenhui sat in front of Mrs. Fang gratefully holding a handkerchief and cried twice, then smiled with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, big sister."
Mrs. Fang took a deep breath. After all, he was unhappy because he had something to say, and felt that if he didn't say it now, it would be a big deal in the future, so he said: "Don't worry about others anymore. My daughter's thoughts are wrong, and she always suffers. .”
Fang Wenhui burst out laughing, seeing that Fang Shi was slightly annoyed, she wiped her tears and said with a smile, "Don't worry, big sister, I already understood that good luck is not something that everyone can have. If big sister When I saw Second Master Lian, I asked Eldest Sister to thank him for me, and I was able to get his help just by chance, and Wenhui was very grateful to him."
"It's good if you can think about it. The palace is no better than your home. In the future, you should be more careful about everything." Fang Shi was about to say again when he heard the old lady's mother outside deliberately making a sound for her to hear, so she also Don't talk to Fang Wenhui, wait to see Mrs. Fang's earnestness, and Mrs. Fang's business has nothing to do with her. Fang Wenhui complained, and went home in a sedan chair. The next day, I heard that Fang Wenhui was crying when she left the house. , so she shed a few tears for her. When the Jia family came to propose marriage in late October, they wanted to tell Jia Lian about Fang Wenhui face to face. Come here, so I had to give up.Before and after the New Year, because Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou were going to prepare for the Spring Festival, the Xu family intended to celebrate the New Year quietly, so Jia Lian and Yuan Jingfeng waited for half a day before leaving and going home, so the Fang family had no chance to pass on Fang Wenhui's words to Jia Lian.
After the fifteenth day of the year, as the spring of March was approaching, Fang ignored Fang Wenhui's words and devoted himself to helping Li Bizhou prepare for the exam.
There are a lot less things to prepare for this exam, except for the four treasures of the study and heating items, nothing else needs to be prepared.
When the apricot blossoms were in full bloom, the day of spring arrived, and Mrs. Fang watched Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng leave the mansion early in the morning.
Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng sat in the same carriage, and the two people in the carriage looked very relaxed. When they saw Jia's carriage in front of the Gongyuan gate, they quickly got out of the carriage and walked towards Jia Lian's carriage.
This time Jia Lian didn't ask Jincai, Lin Zhixiao, etc. to see him off, but only brought Zhao Tianliang and the others over. When he saw Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng coming, he walked towards them slowly with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two or three months, how are you two?"
"It's really time to slap, even my uncle didn't know how to say it." Li Bizhou teased.
Jia Lian laughed and said, "So, which of you two will hit me on the mouth?"
"Looking at how leisurely you are, is it possible that you are already confident about the exam?" Xu Yuheng wondered to himself, could it be that Jia Lian really has roots of wisdom, otherwise how could he be so calm?
Jia Lian had learned about the test questions from Lin Ruhai two days earlier, and now she was confident, and smiled vaguely: "Could it be that you are only allowed to be leisurely, and I am not allowed to be leisurely?"
They were bickering when they heard the sound of horseshoes, and saw Xue Pan and Feng Ziying coming to see them off to the examination room.
After Xue Pan dismounted from his horse, he laughed again and again: "Today is a good day, with good news coming in frequently. The three elder brothers enter the examination room today, and they will definitely pass high school."
"What happy news?" Jia Lian asked with a puzzled smile.
Feng Ziying pinned the horsewhip to her belt and said with a smile, "I was about to go to the Beijing camp when this idiot called me over and said that Fang's family wanted a drink today, so I followed him."
"That's not true. The girl from the Fang family entered the palace every year, and she was named a ninth-rank beauty after the next year. It is said that she served in the imperial concubine's bedroom. Because of her meritorious service in testing needles for the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine invited her to be named a beauty today." Xue Pan was quite envious. Realistically, when he was talking, he went to see Jia Lian, thinking that Jia Lian said that it was very difficult in the palace, so why did the girl from the Fang family get a reward just after entering the palace?Baochai is much better than that Fang Wenhui, and may enter the palace with more ability than that Fang Wenhui.
Li Bizhou hurriedly said: "She is willing to do things like needle testing? It's too nonsense, if there is an emergency, how can she be so young?"
Xu Yuheng also nodded silently.
Seeing Xue Pan's saliva was about to flow out, Jia Lian folded his arms and laughed at him: "Could it be that you are willing to ask Sister Bao to test the needle for someone else? What does it feel like when the needle sticks on your body?"
Xue Pan hurriedly said vaguely: "Second brother Lian said this, who is willing to ask his sister to get an injection?" Liu Xianglian was not seen to see Jia Lian off, and asked: "Little brother Liu hasn't returned to Beijing yet? He is following Qiang'er." It's been half a year since I left."
Jia Lian said with a smile: "The land deeds in the south and the sea are all lost, and it will take a lot of effort to make up for them."
While talking, the gate of the tribute courtyard opened, and Jia Lian hurriedly followed Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng to line up. While queuing up, he thought that Xue Pan might not have been shaken by the matter of the Fang family. Xue Pan said that if Xue Baochai entered the palace, the Xue family would be inseparable from the Wang family.
Thinking about it, he entered the tribute courtyard, which was still the same small and cramped room as the previous two exams. The difference from the previous two exams was that the imperial court sent hot meals three times in the morning, afternoon and evening.
Jia Lian didn't have to think about what to eat for three meals. Jia Lian also saved a lot of thought. After taking the test paper, he had to answer the questions fluently. He also felt that there were always slight footsteps outside his room, and he knew that his ranking last time was too good. It aroused some people's suspicion, so I deliberately tossed and turned for a long time before writing down the answer.
After three days, when he left the Gongyuan, Jia Lian saw many men glaring at him with red faces, and he was puzzled. When he came out with Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou, he asked, "How can I have a hot meal thanks to my blessing?" If I eat hot food, they still look at me coldly?"
Li Bizhou smiled and said: "Some people would rather have time to answer the questions while they are eating, but now they have to eat the food delivered by the court, which delays their time to answer the questions."
"According to me, it's someone who lost his name and lost Sun Shan's excuse, so I'm angry with you again." Xu Yuheng said.
Li Bizhou hurriedly pushed Xu Yuheng who had nothing to say, Xu Yuheng saw that the people around him became more and more annoyed, coughed, and did not dare to joke anymore.
After leaving the Gongyuan, the sedan chairs of each family were waiting. Jia Lian said goodbye to Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou, got into the sedan chair, and saw Zhao Tianliang brought a cup of old duck soup from Xu Qingheng, sipped the soup, and remembered that he had left the Gongyuan home last time. There was something about the Zhen family, so he jokingly asked Zhao Tianliang who was following the sedan chair, "What happened at home?"
Zhao Tianliang smiled and said: "It's funny to say, the girl from the Fang family was promoted to beauties easily, and the old lady asked the master to tell the eldest girl to enter the palace too."
"Master agreed?"
"Of course the master didn't agree. What did the master say to join in the fun? The eldest girl is not as capable as others. In the future, she will just recruit young master Liu as her son-in-law. Anyway, she has been raising young master Liu, and young master Liu also works for the second master. " Zhao Tianliang said.
"Xianglian agreed?" Jia Lian sipped the soup, thinking that Jia Amnesty was really rich and powerful, and he didn't do the thing of selling his daughter at this moment.After asking, I wonder if Liu Xianglian has come back.
Zhao Tianliang smiled and said: "This is even more strange! The master just mentioned Mr. Liu, and when he turned around, Mr. Liu brought back a stunning little daughter-in-law. The second master said who is that little daughter-in-law?"
"Which one?" The sedan chair was a little bumpy, so Jia Lian stopped drinking the soup, thinking to herself, didn't Liu Xianglian swear not to marry Jue Se?
Sitting in the room, Mrs. Fang wondered why Zhao Tianliang came back. After Zhao Tianliang learned Jia Lian's words, he immediately asked, "How do you know? Even I don't know what is tuberculosis or not."
Zhao Tianliang bowed outside the bamboo curtain of Concubine Xiang, and told the servants around Fang Wenhui who had been whispering in their ears all day, and even asked Jia Lian to send a letter to Mrs. Li.
"Understood, let the fourth brother rest assured that he will definitely not bother him with the Fang family's affairs." Sitting on a nanmu chair with his head supported, Fang sighed deeply after hearing that Zhao Tianliang had left outside the curtain.
Mrs. Fang is not a foolish person, and the younger sisters who were concubines in the previous family also married suitable people. It's just that Fang Wenhui has become more and more intelligent in the past two years, showing the appearance of disobeying Mrs. Fang's discipline from time to time.I'm afraid that's why Mrs. Fang got such a muddleheaded thought.
Now that he knew about it, Mrs. Fang simply left the house, went along the alley to the yard where their family lived temporarily, entered the yard where two big sycamore trees were planted, and said to the maid: "Go invite eight Girl come and talk."
The maid agreed and went.
Fang didn't go back into the room, so she ordered two embroidered blocks to be brought in. She sat on one and fanned her face with a handkerchief. When she heard the movement, she saw Fang Wenhui, who was more and more peacefully set off by a lake blue dress. Come over, point to Xiudunzi and say, "Sit down."
Fang Wenhui felt uneasy, nodded cautiously and sat down, but she didn't speak when she didn't see Fang's opening.
"Besides Second Master Lian, who else did you go looking for?" Fang sighed softly.
Fang Wenhui lowered her head cautiously and said, "I don't know what sister means. I only met Second Master Lian on the road, so I followed him to Xu's house."
Fang sneered and said, "Don't pretend to be ignorant, my fourth younger brother has sent someone to tell me just now." With a light sigh, Fang Wenhui's face was calm but his hands were twisted together nervously, and he said: "I don't know where you heard that tuberculosis ghost's words. Don't say such things in the future. If you spread false rumors and self-defeating, what will you do in the future?"
Fang Wenhui sat with her body tilted, only to see Fang's aggressiveness, and felt very nervous. At this time, she saw that she seemed to be reassuring, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said with a smile: "Sister, why did you say these words again for no reason?" ?”
Fang said with a sneer, "I won't go around in circles with you anymore. It's good to be ambitious, but thinking about what you shouldn't think about is a little overwhelmed. This time it's all right. If something like this happens in the future, I will Then talk to your mother directly."
Fang Wenhui lowered her head, she understood what Fang meant, but so what?If she hadn't put it all together this time, would Fang Shi be willing to make a move?Will she get away with it?Because the bad luck of Chongxi was avoided, even though Fang's beat him a few words, he was willing in his heart.
"Grandma, my wife is going back." The maid reminded.
After hearing this, Mrs. Fang saw that Fang Wenhui was very pitiful, so she softened her tone and said, "Be honest, I can't tell my mother now. I will go home on August [-]th."
"Thank you, sister." Fang Wenhui originally pretended to be stupid, but now she wished Fang Shi a blessing, and when she saw Fang Shi going out, she also followed her.
Mrs. Fang sent Mrs. Fang away, and felt that Xu Qingheng didn't show up all day, so he turned the corner and went to her room. Through the back window, he saw Xu Qingheng fiddling with the abacus, and didn't disturb her, and went back to the room to rest for a while. So, the next day, August [-]th, the Xu family held a very deserted family banquet, and within a day, the family banquet broke up unhappy.
The next day, Mrs. Fang followed Li Bizhou to Fang's house and entered Fang's house. Fang Zaisi waited to talk with Li Bizhou, so Mrs. Fang went into Mrs. Fang's room, exchanged greetings with other sisters, and then talked with Fang. The wife closed the door and said her own words.
Now there is no one else around, and Mrs. Fang is the eldest daughter, so sitting cross-legged on the kang covered with a blanket, talking to Mrs. Fang is much more casual, and now she puts the handkerchief on her arm Next, while breaking a large bright red pomegranate with a split mouth, he said to Fang with some resentment: "Why is mother acting more and more out of control? Before the eight characters were written, it was rumored that the eighth younger sister was going to be arrested. Promise to a tuberculosis ghost. This word has been spread, and it is very boring for me to listen to it."
With two ding ding sounds, Fang's finger moved, and the red and watery pomegranate seeds rolled down on the white porcelain plate.
Mrs. Fang's eyelids twitched again and again, and she sneered and said, "For no reason, why do you say this again? When did this word come out? Your seventh sister hasn't been found yet, so why are you talking about your eighth sister? There are some gossips, I have found the source and I want you to talk about it?"
Mrs. Fang was silent, took a handkerchief and wiped the juice off her fingers, then pushed the plate containing pomegranate seeds to Mrs. Fang who was sitting opposite her, and looked at Mrs. Fang seriously, "It really didn't happen? It wasn't me either. Which one to prefer, in fact, if you really find a brother-in-law who has tuberculosis, it will also affect the fate of our Fang family. If you can't find a Zanying family or a scholarly family, you can find a country gentry, why bother with a little girl. Will the reputation of the family be damaged?"
Mrs. Fang didn't eat the pomegranates, she just shouted for grievances repeatedly, and said repeatedly: "There is absolutely no such thing. After what happened to Miss Li's family, our family is too late to be careful. How can we do such things again?"
"No is the best. Mother must not mess up because of the old lady and father's preference for the eighth younger sister. According to me, the eighth younger sister that the left and right mothers look for will always look down on them, so just put your hands away, old lady, father Since she loves her so much, she naturally planned for her in her heart, so why is mother so busy with such things?" Mrs. Fang tried her best to persuade her, but she felt that Mrs. Fang would not admit to making Fang Wenhui happy no matter what, so she went Just don't mention that.
Mrs. Fang pressed the handkerchief against her chest, drooping her eyelids slightly, as if she was very unhappy.
Fang hurriedly offered her tea to drink.
"I've become more and more impatient in the past two years, but that eighth girl always likes to cause trouble. For no reason, she always asks me to throw adults outside." Mrs. Fang sipped her tea, "The last meeting is also in Li's house. If she hadn't lost the veil, she wouldn't have given the veil when she was thinking about it; if he hadn't given the veil, the walls of Li's house wouldn't have collapsed. Even more so now, where did the words of that consumptive ghost come from? "
Mrs. Fang saw that Mrs. Fang still didn't recognize her, so she sneered and said, "Mother has nothing to do to figure out what to do on the wall of Li's house? According to me, you just need to meet the old lady every once in a while and talk about the eighth sister's marriage when you meet outsiders, so that others will know about it." Just do your best, and for the rest, just wait for the old lady to wait for the father to speak." As he spoke, he remembered that another reason why Mrs. Fang didn't like Fang Wenhui was that Fang Wenhui often compared her sister-in-law, so she comforted Fang again. The wife said: "Wenhui is better than Wenxiu. No matter how much my mother doesn't like her, she is still outstanding. She is outstanding. If my mother can get a good son-in-law, wouldn't it be good for my mother? Could it be that the eighth brother-in-law would deny his mother's respect?" Mother-in-law, rush to recognize an aunt as a mother-in-law? The old lady has no one in her family. If she has a way, how can she ask her mother to take her eighth sister out? The father will only blindly blame the mother for being biased. Hands-on cooking, until the end, seeing that the eighth sister's marriage is still not settled, he will definitely urge his mother to do it. In short, her marriage will fall into the hands of the mother anyway, and the mother is in a hurry to beat the marriage with her right now. She, why don't you just sit on the Diaoyutai and wait for the old lady and the eighth younger sister to come and please you in a hurry."
Her words were all for Mrs. Fang's sake. She originally thought that Mrs. Fang would be more open-minded after hearing this, but Mrs. Fang became more and more upset.
Mrs. Fang sneered and said, "It is said that there is no such thing as a tuberculosis ghost, but you just don't believe it. Am I such a foolish person?"
When Mrs. Fang saw what she said, Mrs. Fang still refused to admit it. Could it be that she was spreading rumors?The caretaker's wife was so angry that she didn't dare to try to persuade her to be virtuous anymore, so she went to comfort her chest.
After hearing that a crab feast was set up outside, Mrs. Fang took Mrs. Fang's hand and went out to the banquet.
The banquet was set beside the chrysanthemum garden. As a married aunt, Mrs. Fang was sitting at the hands of the old lady Fang. Seeing that the old lady Fang deliberately supported Fang Wenhui and left Fang Wenhui beside her to peel figs for her, she pursed her lips and smiled faintly. , looked at Mrs. Fang reassuringly, and called Fang Wenhui to come by changing clothes, reassuring her reassuringly.After the banquet, Mrs. Fang went to Mrs. Fang's room to talk again.
The old lady Fang is a Buddhist vegetarian all the year round, and the three rooms are filled with the smell of sandalwood. An old sheepskin mattress.
Mrs. Fang sat with her body tilted, looking at the old lady indifferently, wearing a plain sandalwood dress, she looked at the granddaughters with a smile as if she was indifferent to the world, and unconsciously fixed her eyes on Fang Wenhui, thinking that Who spread the rumor about the tuberculosis?
"There was an accident in Prince Yizhong's mansion. This year's selection of women's history should have been stopped, but I didn't want to. Last year during the Lantern Festival, I went to the palace to meet the queen mother and empress. The two empresses said they would choose one from our house. I don’t know which one the eldest daughter-in-law has her eyes on? It is said that the girls in our family are all the best, so you can choose any one.” The old lady Fang sat on the kang with a calm expression, plucking the beads in her hands relaxedly.
Mrs. Fang was startled, and immediately went to see Mrs. Fang.
Because Mrs. Fang is the daughter-in-law, a bunch of daughters are sitting on the kang at this moment, and she is the only one standing by the kang to serve the old lady Fang. Hearing what the old lady Fang said, she laughed and said, "Although the two ladies said so, I am After discussing with the master, let the daughters enter the palace and never see their relatives again, they are also very pitiful..."
"It is a rare blessing to enter the palace to serve saints and empresses, how can you be pitiful?" The old lady Fang interrupted Mrs. Fang's words, looked at the granddaughters one by one, and finally fixed her eyes on Fang Wenhui.
Fang Wenhui was stunned, and secretly went to look at Mrs. Fang.
"Eldest lady and eldest girl stay here, Wen Hui, you go out and play." Old lady Fang said with a smile.
Fang Wenhui didn't know why, so she had to retreat with the other sisters.
Mrs. Fang sat on the edge of the kang and asked tentatively: "The old lady wants to ask the eighth younger sister to enter the palace to be a female historian?" Does the old lady Fang love Fang Wenhui?
The old lady Fang slowly nodded while twisting the beeswax beads, and said with a smile: "She is the most calm and easy-going in the family. It is a great blessing to be able to enter the palace."
"...But it's up to the old lady to decide. The old lady can see the temperament of the girl at home most clearly." Arranging Fang Wenhui to enter the palace is more troublesome than finding a matchmaker to pick a middle-class man to marry Fang Wenhui. She was willing to take the trouble, but because of the "consumption ghost", she complained in her heart that Fang Wenhui spread rumors to slander her aunt, so she was anxious to get rid of her, thinking that since the old lady who loved her the most wanted her to enter the palace, she would go into the palace. Well, she won't care about it anymore.
"It's just that her identity doesn't sound good. The daughters who go to each family are raised under the wife's name. Tell her to go like this. Once she enters, she will be inferior to others, and she may not be selected by the court." The old lady said.
Mrs. Fang is also shrewd now. Fang Wenhui was put under her name but did not enter the palace, so she laughed and said: "The old lady has spoken, just talk to the master first, and when the master walks around, it's almost the same. So I tidied up what should be tidied up at home, whether it's on the status or the clothes and jewelry I brought, I can't let the girl suffer."
The old lady Fang was determined to ask Fang Wenhui to enter the palace, so she didn't take Mrs. Fang's little thoughts to heart, she nodded and agreed.
Mrs. Fang still hadn't recovered from the sudden change, so she heard the old lady Fang say to her again: "The eldest girl is also taking care of your eighth younger sister at the Li's and Xu's. She is promising, it's ours." It's a matter of getting all the money."
Mrs. Fang just smiled and agreed slightly. Seeing that the old lady Fang had already discussed with Mrs. Fang about the specific matters of Fang Wenhui's entry into the palace, she came out of the old lady's room under the pretext of changing clothes, went to the corridor and slapped her hand in front of her with a handkerchief. Walking down the steps slowly, he walked slowly to Fang Wenhui's room at the back of the old lady Fang's house. Outside the house, he saw a few withered lotus leaves stuck in the water tanks that originally kept lotus flowers. , There are still a few fish with green scales swimming in the water tank.
"Big sister." Sure enough, Fang Wenhui didn't feel at ease to play with the sisters because of the old lady Fang's gaze just now, and now she heard that Mrs. Fang was coming in the room, so she immediately went out to meet her. Interested, he asked the maid to bring fish food.
Mrs. Fang took the fish food in a small plate, and after feeding the fish, he watched the fish come out of the water. He laughed and said, "It should be a rare goldfish, but who knows it is two grass carp." Looking at Fang Wenhui again, he said: "You It's really hurting people. Brother Lian has never met you before, and he sent someone to ask me to help you. I believed it was true to find my mother, and said good things to her for you. Now let me ask you, Where did you hear the words of the consumptive ghost?"
Fang Wenhui frowned, and said more regretfully than Fang's: "Eldest sister, if this statement didn't sound true, I would never ask Second Master Lian."
"It's true? It's because someone on the old lady's side agrees, so you don't suspect him?" Fang sighed lightly, and directly sprinkled all the fish food in the water tank, "You were the worst at first, and you just married a poor family. For example, you will have to earn your own future. Now, if you say something like a tuberculosis ghost, your mother will be annoyed at you, and she will not meddle in your affairs; It's like she intends to control you with your life. Who doesn't know that the old lady really loves you, and the mother is making things difficult for you? Now it's good, the mother doesn't care about everything, and the old lady is the only one to decide. "
Fang Wenhui supported the stoneware fish tank with a bloodless face, and her fingertips submerged in the water, attracting the fish to slurp, "...Thank you big sister for speaking for me today, big sister's kindness, Wenhui will never forget it." Thinking about it now, the words of the tuberculosis man must have been spread on purpose by Mrs. Fang. She has been raised by Mrs. Fang since she was a child. His wife put his words in his eyes; so he really believed what Mrs. Fang told Mrs. Fang to tell her to celebrate a famous family.This moment is really shooting myself in the foot. Originally, Mrs. Fang could interfere in her affairs. After all, she is the aunt, and it is justifiable to intervene; There were rumors that she was going to marry a sick and consumptive ghost, Mrs. Fang tied her hands and feet, even though she was a aunt, she couldn't control her affairs.
Seeing that Fang Wenhui's face was so pale, Mrs. Fang put away the indignation she had shown at being fooled earlier, put her hands on her shoulders, and comforted her: "Entering the palace may not be a disaster, although it is a bit painful for a while. , but if you get through it, you will be a master." But seeing that she went to find Jia Lian for something, she knew that her mind was on Jia Lian; since it was on Jia Lian, it could be seen that she was really unwilling to enter the palace.
Fang Wenhui pursed her lips and smiled wryly, "...Elder Sister, don't talk about this anymore, left and right, when I get to the old lady, I just thank the old lady for pointing me out of marrying a sick and consumptive ghost. As long as I don't marry a sick and consumptive ghost , it is my good fortune to enter the palace after listening to the old lady's words."
"You are a sensible person, so I won't say much. You just need to know in your heart who is really plotting against you." Fang's hand on Fang Wenhui's arm slipped off. After talking about it, I blamed her for meddling because of Mrs. Fang, but now I saw that she knew that she was plotted by Mrs. Fang and insisted on turning around to be grateful to Mrs. Fang. I couldn't help but feel sympathetic to her. If you are missing something before, just come and tell me. If you get out of the palace on the 25th, my sister will find a safe person to marry for you. If you have the heart to compete in the palace... I also wish you a bright future."
Fang Wenhui's eyelids twitched, and she shed a few tears gratefully, knowing that the court was far more turbulent than Fang's backyard, and she became more and more uneasy.
Mrs. Fang comforted her thoroughly, and when the banquet of the man in front was over, he went to Mrs. Fang's room to bid farewell to Mrs. Fang and Mrs. Fang, then left Fang's house in a sedan chair, and entered Xu's house. After entering his own room, he unbuttoned the neckline in front of the big dressing mirror, and at the same time told the servant girl: "Send someone to make another set according to the head that was given to Young Lady Ying earlier, and keep it for Miss Eight."
"Hey."
After drinking some wine, Li Bizhou covered his eyes with his hands and said, "You just complained about your eighth younger sister for being troublesome two days ago, why did you turn around and give her jewelry again?"
Mrs. Fang unbuttoned and walked towards the bed. Seeing that Li Bizhou hadn't taken off his boots, he took his foot and lightly kicked his powder-soled soap boots, "One size is one size. I was angry that she didn't know the general , often made my mother lose face. Now I feel sorry for her in my own home and have no one to rely on."
"What's the reason for this?"
"Our old lady spread rumors that my mother wanted to make my eighth younger sister happy, and that she was powerless to stop my mother. Eighth younger sister is the closest to her grandmother, and she trusts the old lady the most, so hearing the rumors in the old lady's room, she became very angry. I have the guts to go around begging for help, even my fourth brother. Today I told my mother, she was so annoyed that she only said it was a rumor, and she hated her eighth younger sister. When the old lady said she was going to send her eighth younger sister into the palace However, my mother refused and dared not to take care of it—no matter what she did at the moment, people said she had bad intentions, so she simply ignored it—only said that everything was up to the old lady. Although the eighth younger sister is unwilling to enter I would also like to thank the old lady who loves her the most for saving her from the misfortune of marrying a sick and tuberculosis ghost." As she spoke, Mrs. Fang sighed again, and now there was no Mrs. Fang's business. Nature is full of compassion.
"Entering the palace is a better thing than marrying someone with tuberculosis? Your eighth younger sister is too confused to hear that wind is rain." Li Bizhou sneered.
Fang said with a sneer: "If it wasn't for people under the eaves, she only listened to what the old lady said, how could she believe it in a foolish way?"
"Forget it, you just scolded her for being ungrateful yesterday, but now I say something, you're defending her again." Li Bizhou chuckled lightly.
Fang took off the beanie outside, sat on the bed and sighed: "This is now and then." For a while, she felt sorry for Fang Wenhui, and decided to give her more gold and silver jewelry for use when she entered the palace.
After less than half a month, there was a way for Fang Wenhui to enter the palace.In November, when he heard that Fang Wenhui would enter the palace tomorrow, Fang, who had never been close to her, took two boxes of things for her and returned to her mother's house in a sedan chair.
This time, Mrs. Fang wanted to sit in Fang Wenhui's room, and saw that the lotus, which was said to be her favorite, had already been cleaned up. The whole room had been cleaned up, and everything with a mediocre atmosphere was empty. Yes, even though there are two people sitting, it is very deserted.
Seeing that Mrs. Fang really came to see her, Fang Wenhui sat in front of Mrs. Fang gratefully holding a handkerchief and cried twice, then smiled with tears in her eyes, "Thank you, big sister."
Mrs. Fang took a deep breath. After all, he was unhappy because he had something to say, and felt that if he didn't say it now, it would be a big deal in the future, so he said: "Don't worry about others anymore. My daughter's thoughts are wrong, and she always suffers. .”
Fang Wenhui burst out laughing, seeing that Fang Shi was slightly annoyed, she wiped her tears and said with a smile, "Don't worry, big sister, I already understood that good luck is not something that everyone can have. If big sister When I saw Second Master Lian, I asked Eldest Sister to thank him for me, and I was able to get his help just by chance, and Wenhui was very grateful to him."
"It's good if you can think about it. The palace is no better than your home. In the future, you should be more careful about everything." Fang Shi was about to say again when he heard the old lady's mother outside deliberately making a sound for her to hear, so she also Don't talk to Fang Wenhui, wait to see Mrs. Fang's earnestness, and Mrs. Fang's business has nothing to do with her. Fang Wenhui complained, and went home in a sedan chair. The next day, I heard that Fang Wenhui was crying when she left the house. , so she shed a few tears for her. When the Jia family came to propose marriage in late October, they wanted to tell Jia Lian about Fang Wenhui face to face. Come here, so I had to give up.Before and after the New Year, because Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou were going to prepare for the Spring Festival, the Xu family intended to celebrate the New Year quietly, so Jia Lian and Yuan Jingfeng waited for half a day before leaving and going home, so the Fang family had no chance to pass on Fang Wenhui's words to Jia Lian.
After the fifteenth day of the year, as the spring of March was approaching, Fang ignored Fang Wenhui's words and devoted himself to helping Li Bizhou prepare for the exam.
There are a lot less things to prepare for this exam, except for the four treasures of the study and heating items, nothing else needs to be prepared.
When the apricot blossoms were in full bloom, the day of spring arrived, and Mrs. Fang watched Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng leave the mansion early in the morning.
Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng sat in the same carriage, and the two people in the carriage looked very relaxed. When they saw Jia's carriage in front of the Gongyuan gate, they quickly got out of the carriage and walked towards Jia Lian's carriage.
This time Jia Lian didn't ask Jincai, Lin Zhixiao, etc. to see him off, but only brought Zhao Tianliang and the others over. When he saw Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng coming, he walked towards them slowly with his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for two or three months, how are you two?"
"It's really time to slap, even my uncle didn't know how to say it." Li Bizhou teased.
Jia Lian laughed and said, "So, which of you two will hit me on the mouth?"
"Looking at how leisurely you are, is it possible that you are already confident about the exam?" Xu Yuheng wondered to himself, could it be that Jia Lian really has roots of wisdom, otherwise how could he be so calm?
Jia Lian had learned about the test questions from Lin Ruhai two days earlier, and now she was confident, and smiled vaguely: "Could it be that you are only allowed to be leisurely, and I am not allowed to be leisurely?"
They were bickering when they heard the sound of horseshoes, and saw Xue Pan and Feng Ziying coming to see them off to the examination room.
After Xue Pan dismounted from his horse, he laughed again and again: "Today is a good day, with good news coming in frequently. The three elder brothers enter the examination room today, and they will definitely pass high school."
"What happy news?" Jia Lian asked with a puzzled smile.
Feng Ziying pinned the horsewhip to her belt and said with a smile, "I was about to go to the Beijing camp when this idiot called me over and said that Fang's family wanted a drink today, so I followed him."
"That's not true. The girl from the Fang family entered the palace every year, and she was named a ninth-rank beauty after the next year. It is said that she served in the imperial concubine's bedroom. Because of her meritorious service in testing needles for the imperial concubine, the imperial concubine invited her to be named a beauty today." Xue Pan was quite envious. Realistically, when he was talking, he went to see Jia Lian, thinking that Jia Lian said that it was very difficult in the palace, so why did the girl from the Fang family get a reward just after entering the palace?Baochai is much better than that Fang Wenhui, and may enter the palace with more ability than that Fang Wenhui.
Li Bizhou hurriedly said: "She is willing to do things like needle testing? It's too nonsense, if there is an emergency, how can she be so young?"
Xu Yuheng also nodded silently.
Seeing Xue Pan's saliva was about to flow out, Jia Lian folded his arms and laughed at him: "Could it be that you are willing to ask Sister Bao to test the needle for someone else? What does it feel like when the needle sticks on your body?"
Xue Pan hurriedly said vaguely: "Second brother Lian said this, who is willing to ask his sister to get an injection?" Liu Xianglian was not seen to see Jia Lian off, and asked: "Little brother Liu hasn't returned to Beijing yet? He is following Qiang'er." It's been half a year since I left."
Jia Lian said with a smile: "The land deeds in the south and the sea are all lost, and it will take a lot of effort to make up for them."
While talking, the gate of the tribute courtyard opened, and Jia Lian hurriedly followed Li Bizhou and Xu Yuheng to line up. While queuing up, he thought that Xue Pan might not have been shaken by the matter of the Fang family. Xue Pan said that if Xue Baochai entered the palace, the Xue family would be inseparable from the Wang family.
Thinking about it, he entered the tribute courtyard, which was still the same small and cramped room as the previous two exams. The difference from the previous two exams was that the imperial court sent hot meals three times in the morning, afternoon and evening.
Jia Lian didn't have to think about what to eat for three meals. Jia Lian also saved a lot of thought. After taking the test paper, he had to answer the questions fluently. He also felt that there were always slight footsteps outside his room, and he knew that his ranking last time was too good. It aroused some people's suspicion, so I deliberately tossed and turned for a long time before writing down the answer.
After three days, when he left the Gongyuan, Jia Lian saw many men glaring at him with red faces, and he was puzzled. When he came out with Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou, he asked, "How can I have a hot meal thanks to my blessing?" If I eat hot food, they still look at me coldly?"
Li Bizhou smiled and said: "Some people would rather have time to answer the questions while they are eating, but now they have to eat the food delivered by the court, which delays their time to answer the questions."
"According to me, it's someone who lost his name and lost Sun Shan's excuse, so I'm angry with you again." Xu Yuheng said.
Li Bizhou hurriedly pushed Xu Yuheng who had nothing to say, Xu Yuheng saw that the people around him became more and more annoyed, coughed, and did not dare to joke anymore.
After leaving the Gongyuan, the sedan chairs of each family were waiting. Jia Lian said goodbye to Xu Yuheng and Li Bizhou, got into the sedan chair, and saw Zhao Tianliang brought a cup of old duck soup from Xu Qingheng, sipped the soup, and remembered that he had left the Gongyuan home last time. There was something about the Zhen family, so he jokingly asked Zhao Tianliang who was following the sedan chair, "What happened at home?"
Zhao Tianliang smiled and said: "It's funny to say, the girl from the Fang family was promoted to beauties easily, and the old lady asked the master to tell the eldest girl to enter the palace too."
"Master agreed?"
"Of course the master didn't agree. What did the master say to join in the fun? The eldest girl is not as capable as others. In the future, she will just recruit young master Liu as her son-in-law. Anyway, she has been raising young master Liu, and young master Liu also works for the second master. " Zhao Tianliang said.
"Xianglian agreed?" Jia Lian sipped the soup, thinking that Jia Amnesty was really rich and powerful, and he didn't do the thing of selling his daughter at this moment.After asking, I wonder if Liu Xianglian has come back.
Zhao Tianliang smiled and said: "This is even more strange! The master just mentioned Mr. Liu, and when he turned around, Mr. Liu brought back a stunning little daughter-in-law. The second master said who is that little daughter-in-law?"
"Which one?" The sedan chair was a little bumpy, so Jia Lian stopped drinking the soup, thinking to herself, didn't Liu Xianglian swear not to marry Jue Se?
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