Self-cultivation of male support

You don't have to worry about things in the palace. You stay at home and take care of the expansion of the small embroidery shop, help Manniang find a suitable husband's family, and urge Du Shiyou to study by the way. Life is very leisurely.

Because of her status as the eldest princess, Xiaoxiuzhuang's reputation has risen with the tide. Nowadays, everyone knows that the person behind Xiaoxiuzhuang is the eldest princess, and the person behind the eldest princess is the queen, that is, the queen mother in the future. The reason is that the expansion speed of Xiaoxiuzhuang is more than ten times that of the past.

In the past, the small goal that was planned to be completed within five years, seeing that it would be quickly achieved by the end of the year, and Xiaoxiuzhuang would soon spread all over the country, Shi Yan had to formulate another five-year plan based on this.

According to the incomplete statistics of insiders, according to the current development speed of Xiaoxiuzhuang, five years later, Princess Zhiyan must become the richest person in the entire royal family.

Therefore, even if she closed the door to thank guests in a low-key manner, the concierge still had to fill several baskets with Chinese cabbage every day when the concierge received invitations to visit her, requiring two strong laborers to carry them back and forth several times.

For those posts, although Shi Yan never replied, and her attitude was very firm, it still couldn't stop outsiders from coming to make friends with a fiery heart.

Especially His Royal Highness, the quasi-emperor, the day before his enthronement, personally went to the door of Du's house to thank Shi Yan for saving the empress, gave countless treasures, personally called Shi Yan his sister, and invited Shi Yan to attend his enthronement ceremony Afterwards, everyone understood that this was a woman who was valued by the two most powerful people in the dynasty.

From now on, even if Shiyan lets a dog bite someone at the door of the house, there will still be people who are bitten, and at the same time greet Shiyan with a smile, saying that the bite is good, the bite is wonderful, and by the way, the other side that is not bitten is generous. Fang lay out for a bite.

The Du family instantly became the capital's upstarts, and Shi Yan and Du Shiyou naturally became the sweet pastry that everyone wanted to bite. It is no exaggeration to say that the person who promised the two of them trampled on the Du family's family within a month. The threshold of huanghuali.

In fact, before the crown prince, the quasi-emperor, swaggered to the door of Du's family, it was intentional. The purpose was very simple, to support Shi Yan, and to lose in front of Du's family by the way.

When Du Shiyou and Du's father knew that the son on Tuesday was His Majesty the Emperor who was about to enthroned, the prince wished he hadn't brought an artist with him to draw that scene, so that he could take a look at it when he was in a bad mood, it would definitely be amusing People burst into laughter and joy.

The difference is that after Du's father was astonished, he saw that the prince really treated Shi Yan like his own sister, with the same kind of intimacy as his own son treated his sister, and soon figured out that his wife had been keeping her mouth shut.

I heard that the first emperor was always harsh to the people in the harem when he was alive, could it be that Ah Yan is the child of the empress and other people?

Although it is a question sentence, but connecting all the suspicious points together, Father Du has 100% confirmed Shi Yan's identity.Looking at Shi Yan's eyes, there is a little more pity than before.

From this point of view, there is no possibility of Ah Yan and the empress empress going back in this lifetime, and once the identities of the queen and Ah Yan are suspected, both of them will be put in danger at the same time.

Father Du, with his hands behind his back, watched the scene where the prince was wandering around his daughter not far away to please him. For the first time, he strongly prayed in his heart that the prince would grow up and take power quickly. Once the power in the emperor's hands was stable enough, he would not be afraid of rumors from the outside world. gossip.

Du Shi is different. He firmly believes that Shi Yan is his own sister from the beginning to the end. Therefore, knowing the truth, after recovering from the huge shock, facing the prince and queen so partial, he only feels that his sister As expected of a person that even he can't match, isn't it normal for such a good sister to be liked by the queen and the prince?

I have to say that in the eyes of some sisters, their sister is the best in the world, with [-] layers of filters, which cannot be changed.Even if someone reminded him twelve hours a day to wake him up, he couldn't change his mind and open his eyes to see the world.

Shiyan looked at Du Shiyou, except for his bad eyesight on his younger sister, everything else was quite normal. Although he knew that the identity of the son on Tuesday was not what it used to be, but after the shock, he could do whatever he wanted, and he was not polite at all.

Regarding this point, Shiyan felt that the previous fight against Du Shi was not in vain, and finally she was able to live up to her expectations.

It also made the prince feel that Du Shiyou is a tough person. He has seen too many acts of arrogance and obedience.

In particular, Du Shiyou had a good sense of thinking that Sister A is the best, and no stinky man from any family is good enough for Sister A, which made the prince appreciate it even more.

Shiyan waved away the two heads on the left and the right beside her with her hand: "It's blocking Manniang to read to me."

"I stumbled, and I haven't finished reading a page for a long time. What's so good about it?" The prince snatched the book from Manniang's hand in dissatisfaction, and said with an aggrieved face: "Sister, tomorrow I will be enthroned, you must Come into the palace to watch the ceremony!"

Manniang, who was disliked, dared not speak out on the face of anger, and said "men are naive" thirteen times in her heart, before resisting the urge to roll her eyes at His Majesty, the quasi-emperor, and admitting her mistake with a low eyebrow. He said that his inability to recognize Chinese characters has polluted the ears of His Highness the Crown Prince.

Passing by a willow tree, the prince naturally reached out his hand to stop the branches hanging from the top of his head, letting Shiyan pass by safely, Shiyan glanced at the courteous prince lightly, and said leisurely: "Yes."

The prince was instantly happy, and finally couldn't help showing off: "Sister, the embroidery you asked Yuchen to send to me that day is really a rare treasure, and it is more than all the embroidery collections in the palace. Be sure to hold a banquet in the palace and let everyone see your embroidery skills with their own eyes.

By the way, according to Yuchen, the embroidery is called Flying Dragon Riding the Clouds, which is really suitable for the occasion. Could it be that sister specially prepared me as a congratulatory gift for my enthronement? "

This is natural.

The queen has a hundred birds and a phoenix, even an irresponsible emperor also has a map of the country, and it is not too much to send the prince a pair of flying dragons and clouds.

With Shiyan's acknowledgment, the prince was even happier, so he waved his hand and promised: "Sister, I will have someone build you the most gorgeous princess mansion in the capital. I can live in."

The prince's tone was as calm as possible, but his expression of begging for praise was clearly revealed.

So Shi Yan let the prince's wish come true, and praised him several times.

Du Shiyou followed on the other side, shocked by the prince's acting skills. This loop is looped, layer upon layer, and it's like a thousand-layer cake. Various expressions, arbitrary emotions, and random switching, ordinary people really do it If he is not as good as a prince, at least he has Du knowledge. He is indeed a person who can be a prince and an emperor, and we are not comparable to ordinary people.

Seeing the two secretly fighting with their eyes, Shiyan seemed to have not noticed, and continued to ask Manniang to read the storybook to herself, too lazy to answer, but in fact, her thoughts in her heart were exactly the same as Manniang's fifteen minutes ago.

Men are childish.

Huh, something seems wrong?

Forget it, don't care, at least it's very smooth to say so.

After the enthronement ceremony, although Shi Yan kept a low profile and did not make friends with any dignitaries in the capital, the queen and the emperor still called her into the palace to speak from time to time, and the rewards continued. One sentence: "This dish is sweet, my sister will definitely like it, let someone send a dish to my sister."

There were too many dishes delivered, and the emperor himself summed up his experience: "The imperial palace is too far away from my sister's house, and the food will be cold when it arrives there. It must not be delicious. Just send it to the cook who made this dish !"

As time went by, half of the cooks in the palace had joined Du's house. If it weren't for the fact that there would never be a shortage of talented people in the palace for the emperor, the number of cooks for the emperor would almost be exhausted.

In the end, Shiyan told the emperor directly when he entered the palace: "Don't send the cook away, my house is small and I can't live there anymore!"

This made the emperor stop making the whole capital jealous, and urged the Ministry of Industry to speed up the construction of the princess mansion.

If it weren't for knowing that the two of them were brothers and sisters in name, and that Shi Yan was listed in the clan's genealogy, and was no different from the emperor's own sister, the two of them would never have had any tricks, and many people would have murmured about it.

Although everyone felt dissatisfied and coveted the emperor's special treatment of the eldest princess, compared with the empress dowager, what is His Majesty's tricks worth?

The empress dowager bluntly said that there are only two children in this life, so she divided the private treasury into two, half for the emperor and half for the eldest princess. It seems very fair, and countless people who are fair are jealous.

The part that was given to Shi Yan was directly moved to Du's house for half a month before the move was procrastinated. Do you think that is all there is to it?

Do not!

The empress dowager moved the part for Princess Yan out of the palace, and kept the part for the emperor in her private treasury, saying that she would give it to the emperor when she closed her eyes in the future, so that he could remember it.

Then every day from the private treasury, rewards were continuously given to Shiyan, pearl hairpins today, and gorgeous clothes tomorrow, and the rewards never stopped even for a single day.

Concerning the Queen Mother's operation, the emperor didn't say a word, and only asked people to add things to the Queen Mother's private treasury, which was self-evident.

Everyone finally understood that Princess Yan was the one who grew up on the cusp of the empress dowager and the emperor.

What's more, the Queen Mother inadvertently said that she liked her daughter Shiyan's dark, healthy and blessed face during a banquet, and Princess Shiyan's iconic black face suddenly became a favorite. A symbol of good luck, mothers-in-laws don't pick their daughters-in-law who have big butts to give birth to, they just like those with slightly dark skin, who look blessed.

What, you said that black faces are not necessarily blessed?Then look at all the beautiful ladies in the capital who are full of skin and snow, how many of them can be so doted on by the queen mother and the emperor?

None!What else is there to say, hurry up and act!

For a while, the boudoir ladies who regard whiteness as beauty and always wear umbrellas when they go out can hold a banquet under the sun, and they will feel at ease after their mouths are dry, their lips are peeled, and their skin changes color. .

Some people really find such skin tone beautiful, and some people really can't accept themselves who are thin and dark, but what can they do?

The previous emperors were fond of temperament, and the number of folks who studied rhythm increased exponentially, and musicians became the most sought-after profession besides scholars.

The former emperor pursued Buddhism in the second half of his life, temples were established among the people in geometric multiples, and the number and status of monks were significantly increased.

The emperors of the previous dynasty generally liked thin waists, and many women in the palace starved to death.

The emperors of the previous dynasty liked beauties who were slightly fat and had a touch, and women in the entire dynasty regarded fat as beauty.

At present, the Supreme Ruler seems to like dark-skinned girls. Although his taste is a bit peculiar, the difficulty is really not high.

What is good at the top must be good at the bottom, that's what I said, you don't have to really like it, but if you want to get close to the circle of the high-ranking person and get the favor of the high-ranking person, you have to do what they like, and don't let the high-ranking person accommodate own reason.

At that time, there was a trend of beauty and tanning in the capital. When describing beauty, everyone tacitly avoided words such as fair skin, beautiful skin, creamy skin, and snowy skin, and praised people in a new way.

Having said that, there are very few people in the entire capital who have really met Princess Yan, and those who have had close contact with her are even rarer.

For Princess Zhiyan, it can only be said that this is a woman who has always lived in legends.

Because Shiyan really doesn't give people a chance, the difficulty factor of approaching her is too high.

So some people saw that Yan's road was not going to work, so they made their idea on Du's father, and it was a routine operation to give Du's father gold, silver, treasures, and antique calligraphy and paintings.

Give the beauty a BMW, take him to experience the prosperity of the capital, go to brothels at night, win the favor of the oiran, find a hot hand to help write poems and sing, and provide one-stop service. Even if Du's father finds that something is wrong halfway, his talent will still be spread in the capital. up.

Inexplicably, he won the title of one of the four great talents in the capital.

Du's father ranked third, and the first and second were Guozijian Jijiu and Hanlin Academy's head bachelor.

As for the fourth place, I am very embarrassed, but he is the current prince and Taifu, who is both excellent in poetry and painting, and has taught two generations of emperors. This year, he officially retired and returned to his hometown.

Father Du, an old scholar, was sandwiched between these three. For ordinary people, he might really be on the verge of drifting away, but Father Du didn't. Great benefit.

For this reason, Father Du just stayed at home and never went out to play with those new friends. He stayed at home to fish, raise flowers, read books, teach his son a lesson, enjoy the filial piety of his daughter, and feel just as happy. very.

Such a grand occasion, it can be said that one person ascends to the sky, and everyone carries the sedan chair, which makes those jealous people in the capital feel that they are not reborn as men but as women.

There is also Du Shiyou, the only elder brother of Princess Shiyan, who only went to the Imperial Academy to study for two days after Shiyan was canonized as the eldest princess, but then he lost his temper when he was entangled with him, and went home to close the door and study hard.

"Hey, before my brother became famous, he enjoyed the feeling of being sought after by thousands of people. Today, he slipped out through the back door, wearing a servant's clothes, and dressed in a disheveled appearance. He just wanted to go to Mr.'s house to ask a few questions. He was recognized halfway.

Along the way, I ran into six classmates who were shopping, and eight of them accidentally lost their handkerchiefs when they went out to play, sprained their feet, and met a lady whose purse was stolen by a gangster. "

Du Shiyou sneezed and poured out his troubles for the first time.

Shi Yan handed Du Shiyou a box of cooling medicated oil for him to rub on his temples to relieve the symptoms of allergies to various rouge powders.

In the past, Shiyan and Du's mother didn't use rouge and gouache very much, and they didn't get in touch with any women outside. Du Shiyou really didn't know that he had this problem. After bathing and soaking for two hours, I almost turned myself into a salted fish, sneezing until I was exhausted, and the allergy symptoms were still not healed.

Shi Yan couldn't stand it anymore, so she made a refreshing medicated oil and smeared it on Du Shiyou.

Unhappily said: "He is using you as a sweet potato, and it's just a gesture of letting people stare at you at any time."

After applying the cooling medicated oil, Du Shi finally stopped sneezing. Du Shi lay weakly on the table, with red nose, teary eyes, and a long sigh: "The Enke exam is coming soon. If you pass the exam, you must Find a way to find an official position, go to the local area to practice for a few years, and stay away from the capital, which is a place of evil."

Du Shiyou seemed to say something casually, but some words were clearly deliberated: "Our family is already in full bloom, but all of this depends on the favor of the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty. It's like a castle in the air. up.

It attracted the attention of others, and if one day fell from the sky, there would not even be a helper.

Even for you, for parents, elder brother has to make a career and become an irreplaceable person.If there is that day, even if you lose the favor of the Empress Dowager and Your Majesty, you will still have your elder brother who will take care of you for the rest of your life, allowing you to live a carefree life. "

The family has long seen that Jianyan doesn't want to marry, but no one forces her, as long as she is happy, Du Shiyou even thinks that he will get married and have two more children, so that sister can choose what she likes.

Shi Yan originally thought that according to Du Shiyou's temperament, he would be able to live a lifetime, but he could see the current situation clearly, and it would be good to work hard, so he didn't say anything to stop him, and patted Du Shiyou on the shoulder: "Then I will wait and see."

So he went to the battle in person to help Du Shiyou summarize the test points. The severity was comparable to the sum of all the teachers Du Shi knew. It made Du Shi feel that life was worse than death.

But no matter how painful it was, he never gave up. After Shiyan's intensive training, Du Shiyou's answering skills improved several levels, which made him feel that he had opened the door to a new world.

So after the palace examination, Du Shi's grades were beyond everyone's expectations, No.4, Chuanlu.

And there are rumors that Du Shiyou's articles can enter the top three fights in the first class, but because of Princess Zhiyan, His Majesty didn't want people to think that Du Shiyou got all this because of nepotism, so he privately sent Du Shiyou Some rankings are slightly under pressure.

This is very intriguing.

The emperor's favor is sometimes very high-key, sometimes very low-key, it just depends on where it is used, just like Zhiyan, high-profile can show her favor, and can completely disappear the gossip in the capital.

It was also like Du Shiyou, who handled it very low-key, which showed that the emperor really valued Du Shiyou and was willing to consider his reputation.

Scholars parade the streets, proud of the spring breeze, it is the time when life enters another level, how can the Du family miss it?

So Shiyan and Du's father and Du's mother booked a single room together in a restaurant where Jinshi must pass. The window faced the street, and he could clearly see Du Shiyou's appearance.

The family agreed in advance that according to Du Shiyou's request, Shiyan personally prepared a basket of Du Shiyou's favorite red peonies, and when he passed by, threw them to him vigorously, so that he would be surrounded by bright peonies in front of everyone. , become the focus of everyone.

For this reason, Du Shiyou applied a thick layer of cooling medicinal oil on his forehead and temples in advance to prevent allergies.

Shi Yan really wanted to say, peony, single mother, single mother and fetus, or a whole basket, what a terrible blessing this is.

But Du Shi said eloquently: "My brother only has one chance in this life to be self-willed in front of everyone. The master said that this is the youthful spirit that belongs only to young people, and it is the romance of scholars. You really can't understand, sister?" ?”

Shi Yan has also been a scholar herself, and still can't understand at all, but seeing Du Shi's aggrieved and expectant eyes, the family can only grit their teeth and agree.

So when Du Shiyou passed under the restaurant, Shiyan threw a basket of red peonies into his hands one by one with a steady head, so that Du Shiyou was instantly surrounded by flowers from the imperial garden.

He quickly became the most beautiful cub in the crowd, and once overshadowed the top three riding horses in front of him.

Du Shi held the bouquet of peonies contentedly with one hand, and waved vigorously to the window on the second floor with the other hand. He was very excited: "My sister, my sister! I'm here!"

Whoa!

The crowd was silent, there are not a few people in the capital who know Du Shiyou, isn't his sister the princess Shiyan who only sees the head but not the tail, and only the legend remains in the hearts of everyone in the capital?

She is also among the crowd today?

The Jinshi in the lower street was no longer popular, and everyone's eyes shifted from the Jinshi in an instant, following Du Shiyou's gaze, and even many people in the Jinshi team followed, their expressions were not much calmer than those of the crowd watching.

"Bang!" Father Du swiftly closed the window on the second floor, and said angrily, "Why is this kid so unreliable?"

I didn't expect at all that Shi Yan is not shameful, there is nothing that cannot be seen by others.

Shi Yan could understand Du's father's flustered mood at that moment. The whole street was like a zombie who had lost his mind because of Du Shi's words. And the target they are looking for is themselves. This kind of pressure and panic will indeed make people's scalp tingle.

Even Du Mu couldn't control it just now, her heart was still beating violently, and she almost yelled for help!

Shiyan said calmly: "It's okay, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Only then did Du's father and Du's mother realize that there was really nothing to be afraid of.

In a short period of time, it is enough for the outside world to know the specific room where Princess Shiyan is, and those who want to see Shiyan's true face have already surrounded the restaurant openly or secretly, just waiting for Shiyan to show up.

The owner of the restaurant said that this restaurant has been handed down from the ancestors for hundreds of years, and the number of customers has never been as large as it is today, and the money is generous and not demanding. After a rough calculation in his heart, he found that today's income is worth The sum of the past two years.

The boss smiled and narrowed his eyes, thinking that the Eldest Princess is really his nobleman, the God of Wealth, and when he turned around, he would replace the statue of the God of Wealth enshrined with the appearance of the Eldest Princess, burning incense every day, and worshiping piously.

Shi Yan didn't procrastinate, since Du Shiyou and the others had gone far away, it would be boring to stay any longer, so she simply left with Du's parents.

So in the anticipation of the crowd, Shi Yan's face appeared in their sight without any concealment.

She has a moth head and eyebrows, a collar like a grub, and flutters like snow in the flowing wind. Not only is she beautiful, but she also has an amazing momentum. She also has those familiar eyes. Girl, etc., are no longer the focus of attention of everyone present!

Who the hell can make it clear that the promised natural dark skin is deeply loved by the empress dowager and the emperor?

The human skin in front of me is like creamy fat, which can be broken by blowing bombs, creamy fat and lacquer, pink makeup and jade, the first impression it gives is white!Very white!White is beautiful, white is moving, and white makes people want to slap themselves a few months ago!

In a situation where tanning is prevalent and all the ladies in the audience are black girls, the white and luminous princess Yan Yan instantly becomes the most beautiful girl in the crowd.

In the past, it was the dominant black, standing out from the crowd, and winning the favor of His Majesty and the Empress Dowager, and now it is the dominant white, crushing countless beautiful black children on the scene!

Gan!This is definitely the conspiracy of the scheming princess, the eldest princess!