"Sister Junqian, seriously, your cousin is really powerful. Zhang Xiaohe sat upright on the stone bench in the center of the pavilion, holding her chin on the stone table with one hand, holding a strawberry in the other, twisting the stem of the strawberry with two fingers, and the strawberry was turning in circles under her hand.

This is a very ordinary octagonal pavilion, and there are at least five or six such pavilions in the garden of the Cangwu Women's Courtyard. There is a stone table and stone bench in the middle of the pavilion, and there are beauties on all sides of the pavilion except for one empty side. Although there is more than one such pavilion in the garden of the Cangwu Women's Courtyard, if you really want to talk about it, this pavilion still has something special, that is, the view is quite good, and you can see the scenery of all parts of the garden.

Guo Baobao sat cross-legged on the beauty leaning on Zhang Xiaohe's left, with a plate of strawberries on his legs, and at this time, Guo Baobao was concentrating on holding the strawberry plate and carrying strawberries into his mouth one by one, stuffing his cheeks bulging, like a greedy groundhog.

Shen Junqian was very imageless, leaning over and half-lying on the bench where the beauty was leaning, leaning back against Guo Baobao, holding a fan in her hand.

"Mmmmmm......" Although Guo Baobao's mouth was full, he still nodded in agreement, just looking at her heartless appearance, I don't know whether I secretly agree with the good taste of strawberries or Zhang Xiaohe's words.

Shen Junqian didn't care about being lazy and said loudly: "Didn't everyone talk about her being a talented girl before, but now it just shows that the previous rumors are not exaggerated, but she is a veritable talented woman." ”

Xu Yaqin, who was suddenly mentioned by Zhang Xiaohe, was in the southeast direction of the pavilion at this time, surrounded by a group of little girls, all of whom were classmates in the same class as Shen Junqian.

Because most of these little girls need to attend banquets or hold banquets at home, Cangwu Women's Courtyard specially arranged a course, and several people came out to preside over the banquet every ten years. However, the requirements for students who have not been in school for a long time are not strict, they only need to set the theme of the banquet by themselves, and then simply organize the little girls in the same class, which is almost the same. Others will have a dedicated person to take care of the arrangement.

Before Xu Yaqin came in, the little girl in Ding Ban heard a lot of rumors about her because she was well-informed, and many people were secretly trying to compete with her, or give her some color to see.

As soon as she came in, she ran into Shen Junqian, the daughter of the Shen family, the head of the academy, to be honest, at that time, many people were waiting to see the battle between the two, and even Shen Junqian himself suspected that maybe the future life of the academy would be more "lively and lively".

Who knew that Xu Yaqin didn't seem to know everyone's thoughts at all, not only did she not fight with Shen Junqian, but it seemed that she and Shen Junqian didn't have a deep sisterhood, but they also got along well.

What was even more unexpected to Shen Junqian was the follow-up of that seat incident. After class that day, Xu Yaqin waited for Shen Junqian with a smile and said that she wanted to go back together, and explained to Shen Junqian solemnly on the way. When she went to school the next day, she actually saw her in Jingxian Hall, and said that she wanted to go to class with Shen Junqian. And after a while, I have already chatted with Xiao Shi, as if it is the mother and daughter!

Although Shen Junqian didn't understand a little, he didn't say much, thinking that it was okay to do this, how to have one more friend than multiple enemies. However, what Shen Junqian didn't understand was that Xu Yaqin's behavior was really difficult to guess what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd.

You said that she had a good relationship with Shen Junqian, Xu Yaqin would jump out to find something from time to time, and what made Shen Junqian speechless was that every time she clicked to the point, Shen Junqian was depressed, and she wanted to grab her and yell, you are a little professional, if you want to play a bad guy, please you are completely bad no matter how bad, come to a big move. Not at all.

But if you want to say that she has a bad relationship with Shen Junqian, Guo Baobao has to jump out and despise you, and go to school with laughter and laughter, you are embarrassed to say that the relationship is bad, and she and Zhang Xiaohe have not enjoyed this treatment so far.

But if you really want to say that Xu Yaqin behaves strangely, it doesn't seem right, except for acting incomprehensibly in some things towards Shen Junqian, at other times she is really a good student who can't be more well-behaved. And the IQ is absolutely explosive, which often makes Shen Junqian embarrassed, if she doesn't have a cheating artifact, she can't compare to her no matter what. Anyway, in the classes in the school, she almost has some attainments in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs, so that almost several masters in the school seem to like her very much, either explicitly or implicitly.

And it turned out that she was gearing up to compete with Xu Yaqin, a talented woman who was "famous", and she was inexplicably subdued.

No, it's only been less than a month since she entered the school, and she actually changed time with someone to host a flower-viewing banquet. You must know that the candidates who will host the banquet every ten years are all determined in advance, and they will be arranged for one month at a time. Xu Yaqin has only been here for less than a month, and it is impossible for her name to appear in this month's banquet arrangement. I don't know what the reason is, she became one of the hosts of this banquet, but it seems that she, one of them, completely squeezed the other friends who hosted the banquet with her into that corner with the attitude of the host.

Shen Junqian turned her head to look at Xu Yaqin, who was wearing a red cardigan skirt in the distance, was surrounded by a group of little girls in front of a clump of peonies, and vaguely seemed to hear them talking about something interesting. Shen Junqian was still thinking in her heart, in fact, she could endure her temper and coexist peacefully with her, even if she had fulfilled her promise to her brother, right?

Guo Baobao, who was satisfied with eating a plate of strawberries, suddenly asked Shen Junqian: "I don't think she did anything, you two don't have to worry about being poor here." By the way, why doesn't Sister Qian like to go out lately? I'm not as convenient as you when I go out, and now you don't come to play with me, I'm bored at home. ”

"Recently, my third uncle didn't know what stimulated me to take this year's exam, and now I am studying behind closed doors at home, and my sisters are also being restrained. ”

Zhang Xiaohe asked in surprise on the side: "Ah, your third uncle, don't they all say that your third uncle is an alternative to your Shen family, and he loves to dance and play with sticks, so he got King Ning's blue eyes and married his daughter to him?"

There is also this statement, Shen Junqian glanced at Zhang Xiaohe in surprise and said, "Yes, I don't know, anyway, my mother doesn't let me go out recently." ”

Guo Baobao suddenly hesitated when he heard this, and asked, "Sister Qian, is your third uncle really going to participate in this year's examination?"

"Of course it's true, I also heard from my fifth sister that my third uncle has been serious about studying lately, and he stays in the study all day long. Shen Junqian actually hadn't seen the picture of his third uncle staying in the study to warm the book, but his own brain made up for the appearance of the third uncle sitting in the study reading in a serious way......

Guo Baobao pulled his head a little twisted and leaned on Shen Junqian's sleeve on her, and seemed to be very determined, and said hurriedly: "Sister Qian, don't be angry, if, well, I mean if, if you can, can you tell me what your third uncle has been reading recently." Or, or, preferably, your uncle and your father should let your third uncle read some books and other books...... Say?"

Shen Junqian turned her head sideways to meet the gaze of Shan Guo Baobao, seeing that she was a little uneasy, apprehensive, and a little hopeful and pleading, Shen Junqian sat up, took Guo Baobao's hand, and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong?"

Even Zhang Xiaohe, who was sitting on the stone bench in the middle of the pavilion, sat on the other side of Guo Baobao, and had some questions: "Yes, baby, is there anything difficult for you?"

Guo Baobao hesitated, sighed and said, "Alas, my eldest brother is also going to participate in this year's examination." The family knew that I knew my sister Qian, and they originally wanted me to talk about wanting to invite my sister's uncle or father to my house as a guest, and by the way, I would give my eldest brother something about the exam. I'm not embarrassed to say it these days, today is to listen to Sister Qian's test, I thought, if Sister Qian tells me what books your third uncle has read, your uncle and your father have recommended a list of books to your third uncle, so that I don't have to invite your father and your uncle to my house, I can go back to pay errands. ”

Zhang Xiaohe said on the side: "Baby, isn't your grandfather a military general? Why didn't your brother take the martial arts exam?"

"Yes, my grandfather turned out to be just a big-headed soldier, and he didn't know a single big character, but when the emperor ascended the throne, it was not very smooth, and several brothers of the emperor wanted to seize the heirs and raise troops to besiege Shangjing. My grandfather was lucky, saved the emperor, and met a few brothers, so he was earning his origin. Later, it was only with the brothers that they pulled each other and made some contributions to take root in the capital and settle down. But my grandfather was originally a big-headed soldier and had no education, so I don't know how many jokes he caused when he first settled in Beijing. Later, when the family took root in Beijing, my grandfather was bent on sending his children and grandchildren to school, not wanting his descendants to be laughed at like him, but my father and brothers had grown up and could not be educated, so my grandfather was thinking about his grandchildren. ”

Guo Baobao looked at the two good friends, shrugged his shoulders and continued: "My grandfather even asked his granddaughter to read and write, except for me who came to the Cangwu Women's Academy, my other cousins either invited a master or found a relationship and sent to the inner courtyard school of other families. My grandfather said that in the future, he would take the road of military attaché, and my brothers would also have to participate in the imperial examination to make a name for themselves. He said that this era was not the founding of the country, and he was completely lucky at that time. He also said that now those who are generals and marshals do not know words, and those who do not know words are at most the leaders of big-headed soldiers and have no interest. ”

Guo Baobao's grandfather Shen Junqian and Zhang Xiaohe both knew that they were the commanders of the guards and the guards, but they were only in the five-rank official position, but in the Great Yin Palace, the front division and the guards were all directly under the emperor's personal command, and the non-emperor's henchmen could not bear it, and the front division of the palace and the chief and deputy commanders of the guards and the guards had additional titles, and Guo Baobao's grandfather had a rank from the third rank of general Yunlu.

Thinking of the old man Guo I have seen, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, a fat head and big ears, and a thick beard, I really can't see that such a big and three thick person actually has a vision, and it is really not simple to be favored from the emperor to the person today.

Good friend's help, although Shen Junqian wants to help, but the matter is not just to help herself, but also to the elders, I think I have to ask the family anyway, so I said to Guo Baobao: "I can't decide this matter, I have to go back and ask my father and them, if there is any news, I will tell you again." ”

Guo Baobao was very happy to get Shen Junqian's help, "Well, if you are embarrassed, I will tell my grandfather directly, in fact, my eldest brother said it in private, he is not a material for reading, but it is not good to object to his grandfather for filial piety." ”。