[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

Marriage in ancient times paid attention to the three books and six rituals, and the process was extremely cumbersome. For some people, it took at least one year to complete the whole process. If the family married a daughter wanted to keep her daughter at home for a few more years, it could take two years.

Na Cai is just the first step in the three books and six rituals.

After Ji Song learned of this, he was very depressed for a while.But after thinking that he had successfully embraced the beauty instead of being rejected, he soon cheered up again.

What's more, after becoming an unmarried couple, it will be much easier for the two to meet again.

And if you want to give each other gifts, you won't be said to give and receive them privately.

After getting engaged, Ji Song felt as if some kind of valve had been opened, and his whole person seemed to have returned to the past where no accidents had happened. As long as he had time, he would always go shopping on the street, and when he encountered something delicious or interesting He would always spend money to buy things from his son, and then send them to Lin's house to show Lin Liu a fresh look.

You can buy street food, all kinds of gadgets, and naturally buy more gold and silver jewelry.

In just two or three months, Lin Liu's room was almost full of things sent by Ji Song.

At the beginning, the servant girl was happy that the future son-in-law valued her daughter. If Lin Liu complained, the maid would stand in Ji Song's perspective and fight against the enemy, reminding the future son-in-law of his kindness, and persuade Lin Liu to embroider him with a Two belts, forehead wipes, purses and other decorations can also be regarded as encouragement to the future son-in-law——

So that he can continue to put Lin Liu on top of his heart like now, no matter what happens when he goes out, he will remember to buy a copy for Lin Liu.

Lin Liu hadn't even chanted scriptures to the servant girls, so she spent a lot of time embroidering a purse for Ji Song.

I heard that after the purse was delivered to Ji Song, he hung it on his waist, and never took it off except for cleaning.

After hearing this, Lin Liu wondered if she had treated Ji Song too harshly, and then sewed two belts for him and wiped his forehead and other small accessories that didn't take much time.

Ji Song really liked it, and gave Lin Liu gifts more diligently.

Lin Liu: "..."

Lin Liu has been used to Ji Song's enthusiasm, and he can appreciate the gifts with a more positive attitude, and choose the ones he really likes, and then send a letter to Ji Song, asking him to buy others next time.

However, the maids almost collapsed when the number of small objects in the room increased day by day, and it seemed to never end——

There are too many things, and every corner of Linliu House is full of piles. Not only is it difficult to organize, but one or two will be damaged if one is not careful.

Later, it was Lin Liu who asked them to put all the things they didn't need or enjoy very often into a big wooden box, and the maids finally broke free from this ocean of jewelry attacks.

An interesting thing happened during this process.

When Jin Qiu was arranging Lin Liu's dressing box, he turned out a small clay figurine that seemed to be printed in the same mold as Lin Liu.

She thought about it for a long time, but she never remembered that the future uncle had given such a clay figurine, so she simply took the clay figurine to Lin Liu: "Miss, look, this clay figurine is yours? I don't think Mr. Feng has ever given a clay figurine. Give it to you?"

Lin Liu turned her head when she heard the sound, and her eyes fell on Jin Qiu who was holding the clay figurine. Suddenly, she seemed to see the little clay figurine that was just like her, smiling like a young sun.

She froze for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she felt some heat in her eye sockets.

Jin Qiu was taken aback, and hurried forward: "What's wrong with you, girl? But what's wrong with this clay figurine? I found it from your dressing box. If there's anything wrong, I'll just let someone throw it away." .”

"No need!" Lin Liu interrupted Jin Qiu and said with a smile, "This clay figurine was given by a child I really like, I like it very much."

After a pause, she smiled and said, "You don't need to put it away, you can put it in some conspicuous place and put it up. This clay figurine is so well made, it has been almost ten years and it hasn't been damaged in the slightest. It is still lifelike. Always look at a conspicuous place, and your mood will improve.”

Jin Qiu was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Alright girl, I'll find a conspicuous place to insert it."

As she spoke, she looked around the room, and her eyes finally fell on the desk in the cubicle, "Girl, when you are in the room every day, except for the bed, you spend the most time in front of the desk. He said, the most conspicuous thing in this room is the desk, so I put this clay figurine in the pen holder on the desk, what do you think?"

Lin Liu had regained his mood, and nodded in response: "Just do as you say."

She didn't expect that the little clay figurine that Ji Song gave her more than ten years ago would be preserved so well after so many years.Seriously speaking, this is the first gift Ji Song gave himself.

Xu Shi thought it was interesting, and in the letter she wrote to Ji Song later, she wrote down this matter casually.

Lin Liu's original intention was to share, but after seeing the letter, Ji Song immediately turned over all his salutes, trying to find the little clay figurine that Lin Liu made together back then.

But it's a pity that all his things when he was a child were collected by his mother, and then brought to his hometown with the move.

Then there was a fire, and everything was gone.

Ji Song felt great loss and sadness welling up in his chest, and then subconsciously, he walked to the stall of the clay figurine craftsman back then.

In the past many years, the craftsman who made the clay figurines is still there.

Seeing Ji Song, he was not surprised, but smiled and said: "Young master, you think the clay figurines are cute, and you want to make one for yourself? Among all the clay figurine craftsmen in the capital, I am the only one who makes clay figurines." Best of all, not only is the clay figurine you make the most similar to yourself, but you can keep it for decades as long as you don’t lose it when you take it home. Son, would you like to make one?”

Ji Song looked at the clay figurine Zhang's expression, opened his mouth, and finally showed a bitter expression that seemed to be crying but not smiling: "I pinched one at your place back then, but unfortunately lost it."

The clay figurine Zhang smiled honestly: "What's the big deal? If you lose one, you can make another one? It would be even better if you gave it to someone else. How could you be as handsome as you are today? Let me pinch one according to your current appearance, and you send it, the other party may be happier than before."

"But it's best, when will you bring the other party over here, and let me make a pair for you. At that time, you will hold hers and she will hold yours, and the way they look at each other every day, won't it be The appearance of each other is engraved in the heart? I can't even forget it!"

Ji Song was taken aback, then suddenly laughed: "You're right, if I let her look at my face every day and engrave it on my heart, I'm afraid I won't be able to forget it even if I want to."

So he sat on the small stool next to Clay Figurine Zhang and asked him to pinch one for himself.

Making clay figurines is a handicraft that requires patience and observation skills, and it cannot be easily distracted.But the clay figurine Zhang has pinched for decades has long been practiced and perfect, as long as he takes a look at Ji Song, he can squeeze out the clay figurine even with his eyes closed.

After pinching one, thinking of the guest's expression just now, his heart suddenly moved, and he took another piece of mud from the side and started to move.

Worrying about Ji Song waiting for a long time, Clay Figurine Zhang explained: "Old man still has a unique skill, that is, he can infer a person's appearance when he was a child from his appearance when he grew up, and then pinch out his own appearance when he was a child."

"Didn't you just say that the clay figurine you made when you were a child is lost? This old man will help you make one." After speaking, he lowered his head and began to move.

After a while, two clay figurines, one big and one small, all very similar in appearance and clothes, resembling a pair of father and son, appeared in front of Ji Song.

He looked at the little clay figurine with a dazed expression, and suddenly laughed: "Thank you sir, you have helped me a lot."

After speaking, he resolutely paid several times more than the original amount of money, got up with a clay figurine in one hand, and then handed over the bigger one to the servants, who sent the clay figurine to the Lin family directly; He stared, looked at it for a while, his eyes drifted away, and he didn't know what he recalled.

Clay figurine Zhang finished making two clay figurines. Seeing that there were no other guests, he sat on his stool and closed his eyes to meditate.

As he raised his eyes, he suddenly opened his eyes, looked at Ji Song and said, "It suddenly occurred to me that your appearance, young master, is very similar to a little young master who used to make clay figurines at my stall more than ten years ago."

Ji Song returned to his senses, smiled and looked at the clay figurine Zhang: "What a coincidence. Do you remember who that child is? Maybe it's someone I know."

Clay figurine Zhang rubbed his head, shook his head and sighed: "There was an accident at the young master's house, and he is gone. The poor young talent was taken away by Lord Hades before he grew up."

Ji Song froze in place, and didn't recover for a while.

In any case, he never expected that his surviving relatives would not recognize him at all when they saw his grown-up appearance. On the contrary, it was a passerby who had unintentionally contacted him for a while back then, who still had a deep memory of him when he was a child.

Suddenly, he felt that those relatives were really not worthy of being called relatives by him.

Ji Song smiled and said, "That's such a pity. I still want to meet him to see how similar I am to him."

After finishing speaking, he turned around with the people and left Clay Figurine Zhang's stall.

……

The guard who delivered the clay figurine to Lin Liu had already arrived at Lin's house. After entering the door, in addition to handing a clay figurine to Lin Liu, he also relayed the message that Ji Song asked him to bring: "Master Zifeng said, I hope Miss Lin When returning the gift, you can also send a clay figurine so that he can think about others when he sees things."

Lin Liu couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this, and immediately understood that Ji Song was begging for the clay figurine he gave him back then.

She was a little soft-hearted and wanted to give it away, but she was a little bit reluctant to take this, so she went to Jia Min in person and asked if the clay figurine family portrait that she asked clay figurine Zhang to make for the whole family was still there.

"Of course it is," Jia Min was a little surprised. "The clay figurine is so lifelike that I take it out every year to have a look. Every time I look at the clay figurine, I can always recall all kinds of interesting things about you when you were young, too. It’s a good pastime. Originally, I planned to invite the clay figure maker to make one for the younger ones, but I was always busy.”

As she spoke, she smiled, "I've been looking at the clay figurine's youthful appearance all these years, and I always go back to the past in a daze. Every time I take it out, I can't help but tell your father that I should invite that clay figurine to my home every year to give everyone It is also interesting to pinch one person, and when there are more clay figurines, you can see the changes in your own appearance from the faces of the clay figurines."

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile, "Aren't you all free recently? Why don't you ask someone to invite the other party so that we can have one for everyone."

Jia Min thought about it and thought it was feasible, so he sent people to the street to invite someone on the spot.

After asking clay figurine Zhang to make a clay figurine for everyone in the family, Lin Liu blinked and took out the one Ji Song gave her: "Can the old man look at this clay figurine and make another one for me? The clay figurine you made for me just now, if you can, please make another one for me."

The clay figurine Zhang just glanced at it, then nodded: "Don't worry, girl, I'll make an exact match for you right away."

In less than half an hour, Clay Figurine Zhang made two clay figurines, one big and one small.

After pinching, Lin Liu asked someone to give some more money, and then took the clay figurines back to her room contentedly, and then asked people to pack the two clay figurines and sent them directly to General Shenwu's mansion.

After Ji Song opened the package, he was in a daze again.

General Feng Tang came to look for him. Seeing his dull eyes, he couldn't help but focus on the two clay figurines in his hands.

Although he had never seen Lin Liu before, he still guessed who the clay figurine looked like, so he laughed loudly: "You boy is not deeply attached to the girl from the Lin family, he is completely obsessed. Clay figurines can think so engrossed?"

Ji Song came back to his senses, got up and saluted: "Uncle Feng..."

"What's your name uncle? I'm your father now!" Feng Tang laughed heartily, "You are my rightful son now. Calling him uncle is neither fish nor fowl. Wouldn't it be cheating for people to hear it?"

Ji Song had no choice but to laugh, and had to change his words obediently: "Father, why are you here today?"

Feng Tang glanced at the room, went straight to the corner and moved a chair next to Ji Song, then sat down firmly: "It's nothing serious, I just came to thank you, since you appeared, Feng Ziying That kid has a sense of crisis, and now he is studying hard and practicing hard, and he is much better than the playful dude he used to be."

In the past, the whole family pampered her and could not be beaten or scolded. Feng Ziying was raised lawlessly.

Now that there is an elder brother who is better than him in every way and whom his father likes more, Feng Ziying feels threatened, so naturally she works hard.

It's not coercion, the generals of Shenwu General's House are naturally happy to see it——

If it is possible, who doesn't want their child to be a real pillar of the country with both civil and military skills?

Ji Song didn't expect it to be for this matter, so he shook his head with a smile: "Ziying figured it out on her own, so what does it have to do with me? If my uncle came here for this matter, it would be too embarrassing for me."

Feng Tang raised his hand and patted Ji Song's shoulder: "Why is this kid so alien to me? I thank my son, what's so hard about it?"

Ji Song laughed: "I'm narrow-minded."

Feng Tang squinted at him, and snorted: "Don't you scholars all pay attention to 'the gift from the elders, you can't refuse'? No matter what I say or give you in the future, you just accept it and don't refuse it. Just treat me as your real elder."

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Son can save it."

Only then did Feng Tang grin happily: "But I came to see you today, it's really not just because of that kid Feng Ziying. Isn't it going to be Autumn Hunting in a few months?"

"After you 'returned', according to what you meant, our family didn't say that we held a banquet to announce the news of your return. Everyone knew about it because you were engaged to Lin's parents and daughters." Feng Tang frowned, "I just thought about it." , this year's paddock autumn hunting, I simply let you and Ziying go to participate together, so I won't go."

"Based on your martial arts, you should be able to get a good result in the autumn hunting. By then, everyone who should know you will know you. It will also prevent people from saying that you are not as good as the girl from the Lin family."

Feng Tang really regarded Ji Song as a junior, so naturally he didn't want others to underestimate him.

Ji Song was stunned for a moment, and wanted to refuse, but thinking that he had never seen the current emperor except when he attended the palace banquet when he was a child, after hesitating, he nodded and agreed.

only……

"Father, have you discussed this matter with Ziying in advance?" Ji Song felt a little headache when he thought of Feng Ziying's attitude.

Feng Tang was a little puzzled: "I didn't stop Ziying from participating in the autumn hunt. Why did I discuss it with him? Besides, I have already decided on this matter. No matter what he thinks, I don't intend to listen to him."

Without waiting for Ji Song's persuasion, he patted Ji Song's shoulder, "I have other things to deal with, so I won't talk to you any more. You should prepare yourself so that you can let it go during the autumn hunting." Yicai, so that other people can see that you are worthy of a girl from the Lin family."

Ji Song was just stunned for a moment, and could only look at the background of Feng Tang leaving.

Ji Song: "..."

Forget it, the soldiers will block it, and the water will cover it up. Even if Feng Ziying is a dude, his nature is not bad, and it's not that he can't handle it.

So he didn't get entangled in this matter anymore, but listened to Feng Tang's opinion, and began to report to the martial arts training ground specially opened in Feng's backyard every day, hoping to take advantage of the last few months to practice his riding and archery skills. Fortunately, it shines during the autumn hunting in the paddock.

First, he can show his excellence to the world, and second, he can also show his face in front of the emperor.Ji Song naturally dare not ignore such a big event that kills two birds with one stone.

He spends almost all of his time on the training ground, so the number of people sending gifts to the Lin family will naturally decrease——

Although Ji Song would go out to buy gifts for Lin Liu in person every two or three days, most of the gifts he sent were relatively expensive things such as jewelry and jewelry, and some interesting gadgets that could only be discovered with careful attention disappeared. .

After a long time, Jin Qiu's maidservants complained a lot, thinking that the future son-in-law will not treat her as well as before because he won the girl's favor.

Lin Liu himself also inevitably felt a little bit disappointed, but he knew Ji Song, and he didn't feel that Ji Song was perfunctory, but felt that he might be busy with something recently.

She didn't forget that Ji Song has yet to avenge his vengeance, and he hasn't found out who the enemy is.

Lin Liu thought for a while, and sent someone directly to Shenwu General's Mansion to inquire about the situation, and soon learned that Ji Song was going to participate in the autumn hunting in the paddock, and was practicing martial arts hard recently, and he had never been out except when he was picking out gifts for Lin Liu About the house.

Lin Liu was stunned for a moment, then smiled and asked someone to send the purse she had embroidered during this period of time to General Shenwu's mansion.

After Ji Song got the purse, it was as if he had been given blood. He spent more time in the martial arts field, and his efficiency was better than before.

He was so tireless that he easily stimulated another person from General Shenwu's mansion who was about to participate in the autumn hunt in the paddock, the young general of the Feng family, Feng Ziying.

He has always been competitive, but he used to get everything too easily, so he never showed signs of this.

Now there is Ji Song next to him, and he is better than him in every way. Feng Ziying couldn't stand it anymore, her eyes seemed to be stuck to Ji Song's body——

When does Ji Song get up, when does he get up; when does Ji Song eat, when does he eat; what does Ji Song eat, what does he eat; when does Ji Song practice martial arts, when does he practice martial arts; time is over...

After all this, Feng Ziying didn't think there was anything wrong, but Ji Song felt that he had an extra ghost behind him, who was stared at all day, and his spirit became much tenser than before.

But Feng Ziying was immersed in the radical idea that her family was robbed and must be taken back, and she couldn't listen to Ji Song's words at all.

Ji Song can only bear it.

……

General Shenwu's mansion was a little wild, and Rongguo's mansion was not very peaceful.Because Mrs. Wang from the second room told the old lady that her natal sister, Aunt Xue, is about to bring a pair of children to Beijing. First, her daughter has to be selected to be praised. old accounts.

Because Wang Ziteng just happened to be promoted to the first rank and nine provinces, he was ordered to inspect the border, and now he has left the capital, so he can only rely on Rongguo Mansion.

Although Jia's mother didn't have much affection for the Wang family, she managed to live a smooth life regardless of the world these years, so she didn't have any objection to the fact that the Xue family took refuge in the Rongguo Mansion.

So the matter was settled.

Mother Jia was worried that she would meet Jia Min when she went to Rongguo Mansion, so she asked someone to tell her daughter about it in advance.

When Jia Min found out, she was a little surprised: "When I was in Jiangnan, I heard that King Xue's family wanted to send their daughter to the palace. I didn't expect that after so many years, they still haven't given up."

Today's Holy Majesty is not greedy for women, and he has only held a draft in the past few years since he became the throne, and there has been no news since then——

If not, according to Lin Liu and Daiyu's age and family background, they would all be candidates for entering the palace.

In this regard, the Lin family is still very grateful to the current emperor.

It's just that the draft, which the Lin family avoided, was the only opportunity for people like the Xue family to seize.If the emperor does not draft, the Xue family has no way to send their daughter into the palace as a concubine, so they can only seize other opportunities to enter the palace.

They thought that the Xue family would enter the palace with a small election like Yuanchun, but they didn't expect the turn of events, the emperor suddenly ordered that the princess and the princess should be selected as a school attendant, and would like to give the talented woman the position of a female official.

This is much better than Xiaoxuan entering the palace and having a better reputation.

In fact, Jia Min heard that she felt sorry for the girl from the Xue family, but after all, it was a relative of the second room. She didn't want to get in touch with her more, so after learning about it, she didn't take it too seriously. Luggage for the imperial examination.

This time, the three brothers will stay in Gusu for three years—

Because the twins have to start the exam from the beginning, they must take the county exam and pass the Tongsheng exam before they can continue to take the college exam for scholar.

However, the county test is held once a year, while the government test is held every two years.

Because they stayed behind to celebrate the three yuan and the first year of Guiling, the twins missed this year's county and government exams and had to wait two years later.

But after taking the government examination, you have to wait another year before you can wait for the township examination.

The two brothers thought that since they would have to stay in Jinling for two years anyway, it would be better to go back to Gusu in advance. Not only would the time be more relaxed, but the study environment would be better, and they would also be able to entrust their father's relationship to study at Mingde College for two years. It is also helpful for their studies.

Of course Lin Ruhai and his wife disagreed at first, but they couldn't stand the twins' entanglement, so they had to compromise in the end.

Maoshou was supposed to end in three years, but after three years he left the capital and returned to Gusu, so he had to go alone.

It just so happened that the twins were going to stay in Jiangnan for three years this time, and it was also the same three years after the provincial examination.Lin Ruhai and his wife made up their minds, since they wanted to leave, they simply took Maoshou with them, and the three brothers also had a support on the way.

Unexpectedly, Maoshou was going to leave, which aroused the idea of ​​Zhen Shiyin's family returning to Gusu——

Zhen Yingzhu had a good relationship with Maoshou, and Maoshou wanted to go back to Gusu for the imperial examination ahead of time, so he naturally wanted to go with him; Zhen Shiyin felt that staying in the Lin family would take advantage of him because his only student, Maoshou, was leaving. want to leave.

The Feng family has always been a husband and wife, so naturally he has no objection.Yinglian couldn't make decisions as a child, so she could only leave with her.

Lin Ruhai and his wife persuaded her for a long time, and even gave the reason why Yinglian could find a good family more easily if she stayed in the capital, but Zhen Shiyin and his wife still decided to leave after discussing it.

"Qi Dafei, my master doesn't intend to become an official. Even if some wives here in the capital fall in love with my daughter, if they get bullied after marrying, my family will not be able to come to ask for justice. It's better to marry an ordinary family. We Husband and wife can also protect her."

Parents are children, and the plan is far-reaching.

The Feng family had made their words so clear, Lin Ruhai and his wife naturally couldn't say anything more, they could only agree to the Zhen family's resignation.

The twins have never traveled far alone, and they also brought the younger Maoshou with them. This time, they can return to Gusu on a big boat from a familiar family: Lin Ruhai and his wife asked for a long time, and none of the relatives and friends around wanted to get off Jiangnan.

If Zhen Shiyin's family hadn't returned to Gusu, Lin Ruhai and his wife might not be able to let them go this time.

With the company of the Zhen family couple, Lin Ruhai and his wife felt relieved.

Lin Liu guessed right away that the reason why the twins wanted to go to Jiangnan was definitely not because they could study better, but because...

"Lu Sui, I have no objection that you are thinking about your cloth shop, but if you delay your study because of this," Lin Liu smiled, "Your cloth shop will not be available."

Lu Suixu is really talented in doing business. A shop with little business has gradually become famous in the south of the Yangtze River. When many people encounter expensive fabrics, they will first think of It is cloth village in the year of the deer——

This kid is shrewd. After finding out that making cheap fabrics can't make much money, he directly gave up buying those cheap fabrics from Linliu's textile workshop. Instead, he absorbed knowledge from various miscellaneous books and finally designed a very stylish and exquisite fabric. pattern.

After having the patterns, he invited everyone in the weaving field to help him figure out the steps and techniques of weaving the patterns on expensive fabrics. After he wrote them down one by one, he handed them over to the weavers raised by Lin Liu to help with the weaving. When the finished product came out, it surprised many people.

He also learned how to advertise and make a brand without a teacher——

As long as there is a new fabric, he will send it to the most famous local official's wife, and he will sell it on the shelves after people wear clothes made of fabric from his shop and surprise everyone.

Moreover, he specially designed a pattern for his shop, and perfectly integrated that pattern into every fabric in the shop, successfully earning his reputation as a small cloth shop.

Of course, the price of the fabrics sold in his shop is also quite expensive.

Lin Liu was surprised at first, but after seeing Lu Sui's various operations and methods in business, she got used to it.

I have to admit that there are really geniuses in this world.

And this period of time happened to be a critical period for the expansion of Lu Sui's shop. It was normal for him to want to leave the capital and go to Jiangnan to sit in the town himself.

Lu Sui chuckled: "Sister, don't worry, I will never delay my studies. I'm not stupid. If I fail the exam this time, my father will never agree to let us go back to Gusu by ourselves."

A born businessman is naturally born to know how to calculate, and how to do more returns, he naturally calculates clearly.

Lin Liu laughed helplessly after hearing this: "Be careful when you go back, let people around you pay attention when you eat and drink, and don't just let your guard down after you just recognize your friends. No matter what enemy they take you to, you will go with them."

He Nian smiled and said, "Sister, don't worry, we won't be as stupid as big brother."

Gui Ling, who was listening next to him, immediately turned his eyebrows coldly: "You two brats, if I hadn't stepped on the pit in front of you, would you know how to guard against your friends this time? Just don't appreciate me, and even mock me, believe it or not, etc. When you come back, I will beat you up?"

The twins smiled, but did not speak.

After Maoshou's eyeballs rolled around a few times, he suddenly said, "But brother, you can't beat the second brother and the third brother by yourself?"

Guiling: "..."

Everyone burst into laughter instantly, Guiling grabbed Maoshou in front of him, and beat his ass hard: "Let's see if you still dare to tell the truth in the future!"

The family talked and laughed, and soon it was time to part.

The three brothers and the Zhen family boarded the boat. After the boat left, the Lin family left the pier and returned to their home.

Not long after this incident, the three members of Xue's family in Jinling came to the capital by boat and lived in Rongguo Mansion.

In less than a month, all the people who were interested in participating in the selection to accompany the princess princess all signed up one after another, and entered the palace to participate in this special talent selection.

Perhaps Xue Pan didn't beat anyone to death this time, and Xue Baochai was not screened out in the first round, but successfully advanced to the second round.

But before the second round started, Jia Min got the news in advance, and when she mentioned Xue Baochai, she shook her head again and again: "The Xue family is also stupid. They put all their hopes on my natal second sister-in-law, and they want Yuan Chun in the palace to help take care of them." Don't even think about it, Yuan Chun has been in the palace for many years, and she is still only a female official in the Queen's Palace, and the emperor has never even touched her."

"The Wang family really hopes to send Xue Baochai into the palace. One more person will give us another chance. But how can my natal second sister-in-law and Yuan Chun be willing? If they go to ask my second sister-in-law, I'm afraid it will backfire in the end."

In the first round of selection, the choice is whether the girl to be selected is from a clean family background;

In this second round of selection, the selection is for the talents, learning, appearance, and conduct of the ladies.

It stands to reason that Xue Baochai's talents, appearance and conduct are top-notch, and he will never be brushed off in this round.

But no one expected that Xue Baochai would catch the wind and cold two days before the exam, because he forgot to close the window at night and let the night wind blow.

There are noble people in the palace, and no one dares to leave a sick person behind. What if some noble person is infected?

Seeing that Xue Baochai was about to be sent out of the palace, she was willing to do so, and immediately aimed at the highest-ranking nun, and gave her most of the money she had brought into the palace, begging softly to let her Stay in the palace for one more day, if the body is not recovered after one day, she will have nothing else to say.

That nanny has served in the palace for many years, how could she not know that this girl was murdered?He already had some pity for her, but now that he has received several thousand silver notes, he is naturally willing to agree to her request.

It was only a day, and she couldn't contact the nobles, so she took Xue Baochai directly to her house to recuperate.

Xue Baochai was also sensible, and took out all the bank notes she had left, and begged her mother to help her hire an imperial physician.

It was also because Xue Baochai was in good health, and after drinking good soup and medicine, she actually recovered after a day.