When it was time for the flower-viewing banquet, An Ning insisted on calling her sons, who were not focused on women, and asked them to find a place in the garden to take a quiet look and see which girl they had fallen in love with.

Xiao Ying was unwilling, but An Ning gave the death order, so they had to go.

On the right day, almost all the daughters or sisters of officials above the fourth grade in the capital are of the same age.

These ladies first visited An Ning, and An Ning left a few familiar orders to speak, and the rest were taken to the garden by Zhaoyang and Pingyang.

Lu Zhen also followed her mother and sister into the palace.

After entering the palace, Lu Shan said to Lu Zhen: "Don't talk if you can for a while, don't talk, save my people." ”

Liu Shi also whispered: "You will follow me for a while, don't run blindly, don't talk to people casually, don't be tired of your sister." ”

Lu Zhen didn't have the strength to worry about these things with the Liu family for a long time.

She may have been sad when she was young, but now she is not sad at all, it has always been normal for the Liu family to look towards Lu Shan, and it is abnormal if she doesn't look at Lu Shan one day.

She agreed, and obediently followed behind Liu, if she could not speak, she really tried not to speak.

Xiao Ying and the others sat on the highest rockery in the garden, where there was a pavilion, and they sat on the pavilion and looked down, taking in most of the scenery of the garden.

Xiao Ying looked down, he was deaf and clear, and he happened to see Lu Zhen and his party, and also heard the words of Liu and Lu Shan to warn Lu Zhen.

Xiao Ying felt that Lu Zhen, a little girl, was quite pitiful, and couldn't help but take a few more looks.

At this look, Xiao Ying felt that Lu Zhen was very different from the current girlfriends.

Those ladies in the capital are all white as beauty, and they can't do it with white skin, and then apply powder, so that Xiao Ying is like a ghost.

He stayed in Nanyi for a long time, and when he was in Nanyi, he also helped Xiao Yuan and An Ning to do things, often going in and out of the countryside, and then almost all over Nanyi Mansion in Fucheng, the girls in Nanyi are not so white, most of the girls have wheat-colored skin, look very healthy, and have a sunny and positive feeling.

Xiao Ying likes that kind of girl.

When he saw Lu Zhen, he found that this girl's skin color was similar to that of the girls in Nanyi, and she looked very good, unlike the girls in the capital, who looked like sick Xi Shi one by one.

"Does that girl go out a lot, why is she so tanned?"

Xiao Bai also saw Lu Zhen and said a word to Xiao Ying.

Xiao Ying smiled: "Who knows." ”

Xiao Ying beckoned Xiao Shouzi to come: "You go and inquire, whose girl is that." ”

Kojuko took the order.

After a while, An Ning knew that Xiao Ying had inquired about Lu Zhen.

An Ning smiled and got up: "It's almost time, let's go to the garden too." ”

A few of the edicts followed Anning together.

When An Ning arrived in the garden, the ladies and grandmothers and girls hurriedly sat down one by one.

An Ning looked around and saw Liu.

She smiled and asked, "Which one is Lord Lu's family?"

Liu Shi was frightened, and then became excited, among the ladies present, the queen just called her name, maybe she really took a fancy to Lu Shan.

As for Lu Zhen, Liu never thought that Lu Zhen would be taken care of, but Lu Zhen is really ugly compared to these ladies in the capital.

Liu hurriedly got up and greeted An Ning under the envious gaze of many people: "The people have seen the queen's mother. ”

An Ning smiled: "You came to speak recently. ”

Liu took a few steps forward, and when he walked to An Ning, he was about to kneel, and An Ning raised his hand: "Let's talk and laugh together, let's go to those red tapes." ”

Liu bent down and saluted: "Yes." ”

An Ning smiled and asked, "Where is your girl?"

Liu hurriedly called Lu Shan and Lu Zhen over.

An Ning looked at each other: "It's two good girls." ”

An Ning just glanced twice, but she saw that Lu Shan was wearing clothes made of Yunjin, wearing a full set of ruby heads, and her makeup was also very exquisite.

But what kind of person is An Ning, where can I not see that this girl is big-eyed and empty-hearted, and her heart is not right.

On the contrary, Lu Zhen looked a little dark, and she was not as dressed as Lu Shan, but this girl's eyes were clear and resolute, and then she looked at her hands, the joints were a little thick, that is, they had been carefully maintained, but it could also be seen that these hands had done a lot of work.

An Ning called Lu Shan and asked a few words softly, Lu Shan was very happy and answered very cautiously.

After Lu Shan retreated, An Ning called Lu Zhen over again: "How old are you this year, what do you usually like to do?"

Lu Zhen replied softly: "The courtiers are sixteen this year, and they usually plant some flowers and trees at home, and they don't have any preferences next to them." ”

An Ning nodded: "It's also bearable." ”

Subsequently, An Ning rewarded Lu Shan and Lu Zhen with a hairpin.

Lu Shan couldn't help but be overjoyed, but Lu Zhen still looked indifferent.

The subsequent process is similar to the ordinary flower viewing banquet, which is nothing more than looking at the flowers, reminiscing about the past, and then eating and drinking, and by the way, let the girls of each family perform their talents.

When the flower-viewing banquet was over, An Ning returned to Fengqi Palace, and the information about Lu Zhen had been put on the desk.

An Ning took it and flipped it over, and when she saw that when Lu Wang ruled the river, the little Lu Zhen took care of his diet and daily life, and sometimes she would personally cook for Lu Wang and send it to the river embankment.

This girl was very intelligent, not only familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, but also learned arithmetic, and was proficient in the dialects of several places.

Lu Wang is often away from home to manage the river, and the affairs of the river governor Yamen are at the mercy of Lu Zhen's help, and Lu Zhen has also given Lu Wang a lot of ideas, in short, this girl is talented and shrewd, and she also has a benevolent heart.

After reading it, An Ning was undoubtedly very satisfied with the girl Lu Zhen.

She immediately asked Xiao Ying to come and give Xiao Zhen's information to Xiao Ying.

Xiao Ying looked at it and said, "Queen Mother, just her." ”

"Are you sure?"

An Ning raised her eyebrows and asked.

Xiao Ying nodded: "Sure, this girl is suitable to be the crown princess." ”

An Ning understood what Xiao Ying meant, Lu Zhen's vision was not confined to the back house, she was broad-minded, her pattern was also big, and she also understood the life of the people at the bottom, and she could afford to be the mother of a country.

"Then leave her alone. ”

An Ning clicked on the information and settled down.

Liu took Lu Shan and Lu Zhen home, and she first took the two girls to the old lady's room to say goodbye.

When the old lady saw the three people coming back, she asked, "How is it?"

Liu said happily: "The queen mother should like the eldest girl of our family very much, and she also asked the eldest girl to ask a lot of things, and she also exaggerated how good the girl is." ”

Lu Shan also took out the hairpin that An Ning rewarded: "This is the queen's mother herself." ”

The old lady was overjoyed when she heard this: "Look, my granddaughter is still outstanding, so many girls have gone, and it just so happens that you have been rewarded." ”

All three laughed for a moment.

Neither the Liu family nor Lu Shan took Lu Zhen seriously, and even forgot that Lu Zhen had also been rewarded and had been questioned by the queen.

Lu Shan is even more confident, she feels that she is either going to be the crown princess or the princess, and she is sure of it after all.

Lu Zhen was a little uninteresting.

She sat for a while and then said she was not feeling well and went back to her room.