Since the death of her sister-in-law He, the eldest lady of the Yuanning Hou Mansion has become a little in a trance, and she does not dare to go out as soon as it gets dark. At night, even if she walks in the courtyard, she has to carry two lanterns to illuminate the courtyard as bright as day. Sometimes when I turned my head, I suddenly caught a glimpse of a faint white shadow on the wall, and immediately the whole person was frightened, and he held Cai's mother's hand and didn't let go.

Moreover, according to the news from the maid ring in her house, it was said that the eldest lady had secretly invited a well-known mage to come into the house and conduct a survey of the courtyard where she lived. He also invited a Buddha statue from the temple to come back, chanting and praying day and night, and was very pious.

When Lu Shui told Gu Zhirong the news, he couldn't laugh anymore, and said, "Miss, since the eldest lady is so timid now, why don't we scare her?"

Gu Zhi'an shook his head, but any good idea can only be used once. Although the soldiers are not tired of cheating, behind the eldest lady is her brother, the battle-hardened general Chen Bing. These people who have been on the battlefield have an extremely keen sense of touch, and they are still careful.

"We have important things to do. Gu Zhirong instructed, "Lu Shui, you and Mingyue go to clean up, buy some incense, candles, paper money, offerings or something, and we will go to a place tomorrow." ”

Lu Shui was still about to ask something, but seeing Gu Zhirong's solemn face, he didn't dare to ask again, so he retreated with Mingyue.

The old lady suddenly took the post of the princess's mansion and went to Princess Zhaomin's mansion, and when she came back, her face was full of smiles, and her mood was so good that her mother even told a joke that was not very funny. The old lady can also laugh for a long time. People up and down the mansion are speculating that there may be a happy event coming to the Yuanning Hou Mansion.

Sure enough, it was after noon. The old lady called the eldest lady and the second lady and said, "Today I went to Princess Zhaomin's mansion, and Princess Zhaomin said that she recommended the crown princess to the emperor not long ago. As you all know, Princess Zhaomin is the emperor's favorite daughter, and her words carry great weight in front of the emperor. It wasn't until yesterday that Princess Zhaomin got the exact news. The emperor has decided that the crown princess will be selected in the Yuanning Marquis Mansion, but he did not specify which one it is, that is. You both have a chance. ”

When the second lady heard this, she had her own share of the room, and she was immediately overjoyed. And the eldest lady had a slight dissatisfaction on her face. She thought to herself: "What the hell is going on, Concubine Cen said." She will definitely blow the pillow wind to the emperor. Highly recommend her daughter's. Now, how can they even have a chance for a second room? No, this opportunity can only belong to their big house, and no one can take it away.

While the eldest lady was thinking about finding an opportunity to enter the palace, she once again made her thoughts clear to the concubine, no matter what, she must squeeze out the second room, otherwise, she will really lose.

The old lady was also very happy. Come to the window, look at the blue sky outside, and pray sincerely: "Amitabha." Thanks to the blessing of the Buddha, our Yuanning Hou Mansion will have a crown princess, and it will be the icing on the cake in the future, and the glory will be unique. ”

Turning her head and seeing the smug look of the lady of the two rooms, the old lady suddenly turned pale and said: "Don't be too happy, although the emperor should do this family affair for the prince, but I also received some rumors that the queen mother is not very satisfied with the selection of the crown princess in our Yuanning Marquis Mansion." The person in the queen mother's picture is the granddaughter of the court's prime minister. Wen Xiang is a veteran of the three dynasties, an important minister of the country, and the queen mother has her own reasons for such a plan, so if you two really want to take the position of the crown princess in your hands, then you must let the queen mother know that you are not worse than the Wen of the three dynasties, and what Wen Xiang can do, you must not only do it, but also do it better than him. In other words, Gu Xiaoer and Gu Xiaosi must be compared to the granddaughter of Wenxiang, so that the queen mother can be satisfied, and they should go down to this family business. ”

The eldest lady and the second lady responded in unison.

Mother Du on the side secretly glanced at the old lady, and saw that although the latter was smiling, there was a shrewdness in her eyes. She had followed the old lady for many years and knew her habits well. The old lady likes to use this kind of competition to arouse the fighting spirit of the two rooms and choose the best among them. Regardless of whether the second or fourth lady ascends to the position of the crown princess in the end, the biggest winner is the old lady.

Then the old lady ordered some more things, saying that tomorrow she would invite a well-known aunt in the palace to come, and let the two rooms go to inform and get ready. As for the three rooms, the old lady has other plans.

The ladies of the two rooms left with their own thoughts. In any case, they all found out from the old lady's convening and conversation this time, that is, there is no hope for Sanfang to plot to win the crown princess. Because this time the aunt who came from the palace taught the class, and there was no share of the three rooms at all.

In this way, they have one less competitor to compete with.

Moreover, they also heard an extremely shocking and exciting news from the old lady, this time the crown princess was going to be selected from their Yuanning Marquis Mansion, it was actually the prince's idea, and the prince took the initiative to propose it to the emperor!

Therefore, it will be an indisputable fact that the future crown princess is from the Yuanning Marquis Mansion!

As soon as the eldest lady and the second lady got out of the old lady's yard, they couldn't wait to walk towards their own yard, and the wind was blowing under their feet, as if it was too late. Needless to say, both ladies have trouble sleeping tonight.

However, none of this has anything to do with the third room, and it has nothing to do with Gu Zhirong.

Gu Zhirong still rested early, and early the next morning, he asked the old lady for leave, saying that he had been restless recently, and wanted to stay in Xuanji Temple for a few days, put incense on the deceased mother, and chanted sutras. At this time, the old lady also began to prepare for the dowry of the future crown princess, and after listening to Gu Zhirong's instructions, she didn't think about it. In fact, Gu Zhirong only routinely went to the old lady to ask for instructions because he had to leave the house for a few days, and if he left the house for a day, there was no need to ask for instructions.

With the green water of the bright moon, Gu Zhirong got into the carriage and drove towards the Hanging Ji Temple.

Originally, Gu Zhirong would have thought that there would definitely be a tail behind her, and she planned to go around the capital a few more times, but she never thought that no one would follow her all the way, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

Mingyue pursed her lips and smiled: "You don't know this young lady, right?" The slave maid got the news from Zi Shao in the old lady's house early in the morning, saying that there was news from the palace, and the crown princess was selected, and she picked it in our Yuanning Hou Mansion. I heard that the old lady specially invited a very famous aunt from the palace to come over and teach the second and fourth ladies to learn palace etiquette. They're so busy, where do they have the heart to take care of us? Anyway, the position of the crown princess is more important than everything, right?"

Gu Zhirong was also very happy: "It looks like the second sister's dream is coming true." ”

However, she felt a little strange that the second lady seemed to be full of worries recently, and she was not as cheerful as usual. Sometimes she sees the second miss smiling at the poems she wrote, and sometimes she sees the second miss sitting on the edge of the rockery made of Taihu Lake stones, looking at the koi swimming in the water in a daze.

What happened to this second lady? (To be continued......