The eighth day of the first month of March is the day of the Gongshi Palace, if you change the usual, it will naturally be the attention of thousands of families, but this year it is not done. Because of another major event, even the limelight of the palace test has to be overshadowed - Princess Anjun has returned from the northwest, and the emperor is ready to let her preside over the promotion of pox in various places.

Jiang Yuhua was lying on the desk, flipping through a copy of "Spring and Autumn" without a match, but his ears were pricked up to listen to the movement outside, and suddenly he heard a sound of footsteps, so he hurriedly sat up straight, pretending to hold the book and read it.

"Third Young Master." The little guy Chang Shan ran in, "The second young master is back!" ”

"It turned out to be you, scare me!" Jiang Yuhua immediately leaned back on the table, "Why did the second brother come back?" ”

"The third young master forgot, isn't this the third aunt and grandmother coming back? Besides, there are six girls - cough, Miss Yan has been married these days. ”

Since beating Jiang Yanhua - now she has to be called Chen Yan - and reverted to the surname Chen, the Jiang family doesn't know what to call her. It is obviously inappropriate to call Miss Six according to the Jiang family's ranking, but it is even more unpleasant to call Miss Chen, so she can only call Miss Yan vaguely. However, this appellation ...... It's a bit like the name of a big family for a maid in a room, and it's even more embarrassing when you think about it.

"Third sister—" Jiang Yuhua lay lazily on her stomach, "Now she is beautiful." ”

Chang Shan laughed. That's true, isn't it because of the light of the third aunt and grandmother? But these words, the subordinates themselves can secretly understand it, if the fifth girl hears it, it will be good-looking.

"Third Young Master, Second Young Master is back, why don't you go out and pick it up......"

"I'm studying behind closed doors." Jiang Yuhua was still motionless, "Didn't my father say that if I don't pass the exam, I won't be allowed to go out of the door?" ”

That's not the door to the study. There are still two years left before the next autumn, if you really lock people up in the study for two years, don't you want to abolish it? Besides, that's what the old man said angrily, and he can't take it seriously. Chang Shan scratched his head: "Third Young Master-" And this master didn't read seriously in the study, and at the bottom of the bookshelf, there was a bunch of drama books.

"Daddy is so happy, isn't he?" Jiang Yuhua said a little sarcastically, "Now the second brother is also out of breath." ”

Changshan had nothing to say. In the past, Jiang Yuhua was clever in reading, and he was selected for Xiucai at the age of fourteen, Jiang Jun naturally loved him, and Jiang Songhua, who was wooden, was always blamed. But now everything is reversed, Jiang Yuhua failed in the autumn, but Jiang Songhua finally got the Xiucai exam, and the two brothers are the same now.

"I was a year earlier than my second brother, and because of the loss in the autumn, I became a wreck." Jiang Yuhua threw the book aside irritably, "The second brother went to the academy, and if he got a few words of praise from the mountain chief, he would have a bright future?" If you have the ability, now you can also take the exam! But it's just a show, why am I not as good as him? ”

This Changshan is related. He also felt that his master was clever, he could read when he was a child, and he was better than the second young master, but because he failed in a lifting test, the master became annoyed, and he wiped out all the benefits in the past, which is really ......

"Don't worry, third young master, after two years, the master will naturally have nothing to say."

"Two years ......" Jiang Yuhua felt irritable when he thought that he would have to be at home like this in the next two years, "I also want to go to the academy to study." My grandfather is really eccentric, why does he only care about my brother but not me! ”

"This-the second young master is older after all, and besides, the old man was ...... to the second young master for a while In fact, the academy is so far away, Madame will definitely not want you to go. ”

"This is also ......" Jiang Yuhua couldn't help but sigh when he thought of Xiao's family, "Mother is definitely reluctant." ”

Chang Shan whispered: "The little one asked the second young master's ambition and said that the academy was very bitter. Don't look at Yuanzhi and Cassia following the second young master, in fact, they can't even enter the door of the academy, and they have to do all the work inside. Sometimes the head of the academy even took the students on a long journey, and no one was allowed to follow him at all......"

Jiang Yuhua couldn't help but shrink his neck: "So, Yuanzhi and they went with them, and they didn't do anything?" Although the Jiang family is not a high-ranking official, he has also had maids to serve since he was a child, and the little maid followed, in addition to reading and writing, he could be regarded as wearing clothes to reach out for food to open his mouth, and when he thought of going to the academy and probably having to do his own laundry and cooking, he couldn't help but want to retreat.

Chang Shan nodded again and again: "I can't enter the door of the academy at all." It will take about ten days to see the second young master. ”

"This academy is inevitably too ......" Jiang Yuhua has also heard people talk about ordinary academies, and they are always allowed to bring a scholar in, but they didn't expect that the academy that my grandfather found for my brother was so hard and strict, "Forget it, if I go, my mother will have to worry." Now Danhua's girl is enough for her to worry about, so why should I worry about her more. ”

"That's what the third young master said." Chang Shan hurriedly agreed.

He has served Jiang Yuhua for several years, not to mention the roundworm in Jiang Yuhua's stomach, but he can be regarded as knowing □□ points, and naturally knows that his master can't bear these hardships, but although Jiang Yuhua's words are self-exculpation, he also says part of the truth - Xiao's is really bothered by Jiang Danhua now.

Jiang Danhua is only two months younger than Taohua, and he will soon be sixteen, but the family matter has not yet been decided. It's not that there is no one to marry - now Jiang Jun has a good future, and there are people who are willing to get married, but Jiang Danhua has not picked it.

Xiao's original plan was to marry his daughter back to her parents' family, one is that as long as the children of the Yu clan have a little bit of interest, the future is not worried, and the other is that the aunt is a mother-in-law, and the daughter's life is more relaxed. It's just that now it's like this, not to mention that Jiang Danhua doesn't look down on his cousin, and Xiaoshi himself doesn't want to marry this family.

However, she met a few families, Jiang Danhua just didn't want to, for a while, she and Lu have been together for a year, but the family affairs have not yet been decided, and the sister-in-law of her mother's family has already been a little ridiculous - after all, although the two families have not officially decided to marry, they have always had this meaning, and now the Jiang family is remorseful, and the Yu family is still a little resentful.

"Your third sister is back, Ming'er will go with me to your third uncle's house to have a look." Xiao's prepared the gift list, and looked at the daughter who was sitting on the side and listened to her handling of family affairs, and she didn't know whether to be angry or painful.

Jiang Danhua has become a little taller this year, and her figure has gradually grown, and she has the appearance of a girl. She was born with good looks and loves to dress up, and she does look as delicate as a flower. Xiao Shi looked at his daughter's appearance, and he also felt that marrying an ordinary family was too wronged, but his daughter was too picky - to put it simply, it was because the Jiang family had a princess of the county, and the rest of the girls were not easy to marry.

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Danhua was sullen when he heard Taohua's name. She was the pearl of her hand at home, not only did her sister be a concubine in the palace, but she was also quite self-conscious of her appearance. Who knew that after several cousins returned to Beijing together, this matter gradually changed.

Between the daughters' families, it is inevitable to compare each other's appearance. Jiang Xinghua is not taken seriously by Jiang Danhua, that is, Jiang Lianhua, although she was born elegant and peugeot, but because she is completely different from Jiang Danhua, she can not care. Only this third cousin Jiang Taohua is a bright and cheerful person like her, but she pressed her hard, and made her grandfather value her, how can Jiang Danhua not be a little jealous.

It's just that this third cousin is so lucky, her father is just a showman, but in the end she can marry the princess of the county, even though there are some reasons why she is not an outsider, but because she is not an outsider, so outsiders only see her wealth and honor, and they are envious.

Since Taohua got married, Jiang Danhua went out to socialize again, and what he heard in his ears was always Jiang Taohua's business. What Lantian cures the epidemic, what marries into the royal family, even if you go to the northwest, you can also make a big event of planting pox to avoid the epidemic and forming a team to save people, it just sounds like everything can cause a sensation in the world.

These boudoir girls, on weekdays, do not say that the door does not go out of the second door, the farthest is just with their father to put a foreign appointment, and even if they go to the office, it is not much different from in the capital, go out to incense, go to the grange to spend a summer, it is rare.

When we all live like this, we will naturally have an infinite interest in a person of the same age who lives a completely different life. Especially the things that Taohua did were things they had never heard of and would never be able to do, how could these girls not be curious? They can't see Taohua, but if they can see her sisters, of course they can't help but ask.

Jiang Danhua was a little proud when she was first asked - no matter what, everyone surrounded her, but after a few times, some girls said something extraneous, nothing more than Taohua's medical skills are so outstanding, the same is a sister surnamed Jiang, Jiang Danhua knows nothing, and even has no outstanding performance in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, saying that it is a sister, there is really no similarity.

At first, Jiang Danhua didn't hear this meaning. The girls of the civil official family will talk in circles and allude to allusions, Jiang Danhua does not like to read, and some allusions are not even understood. However, if you don't understand it, listen to it a few more times and you will understand. After that time, she didn't even have much interest in going out to socialize.

"Naturally, I'm going to see Sister Tao." Xiao Shi couldn't help but sigh as he spoke. Among relatives, if they see that other families are much better than themselves, they will inevitably feel a little uncomfortable. The daughter of the second room married the king of the county, and her daughter is still in the boudoir, is she happy in her heart? However, now that Jiang Jun's future still depends on the pox thing, how can she not flatter Taohua?

"I'm not going!" Jiang Danhua twisted his head, "I'm uncomfortable!" This is not all perfunctory, she came to menarche before the time, but the menstrual affairs have not been very regular, and every time she comes back, she feels that her back is sore, and she is indeed very uncomfortable.

If it was on weekdays, Xiaoshi would naturally let her daughter rest immediately, and she would have to ask someone to serve her in brown sugar and ginger soup, but today's matter can't be delayed: "I told you to go tomorrow, not today." ”

"I'm not at ease tomorrow!" When the menstrual event comes, it is not a day or two and it will leave.

Xiao Shi thought for a while: "Just ask your third sister to diagnose your pulse to see what the problem is, so that you can recuperate as soon as possible." "Actually, there is an old lady Jiang at home, but Jiang Danhua doesn't reconcile this kind of thing, let alone talk to Lang Zhong, even to his grandfather. Mrs. Jiang often doesn't come out in Baicaozhai and doesn't know about it, so she has been menstruating for more than a year, and she still doesn't have a time sooner or later.

"I don't need her to see it!" Jiang Danhua almost jumped up like a fried cat, "She has good medical skills, and I don't point to her to live!" ”

"What do you look like!" Xiaoshi himself was also very annoyed, and his temper was a little unbearable when he saw his daughter's appearance, "Sixteen big girl, when you are a two- or three-year-old child, you can jump if you want, and you can call if you want?" It's just like you, no wonder people don't like it! ”

This really poked Jiang Danhua's sore spot. The person who is less than the family is Mrs. Jinghaihou.

Jiang Danhua expressed dissatisfaction with Xiao's fancy family several times, and Xiaoxiao's also knew what his daughter meant in his heart - it couldn't be compared to Taohua, and it couldn't be too bad. Therefore, she looked at it and took a fancy to Cao Ming, the second son of the Marquis of Jinghai.

If you want to talk about the family, the Jiang Cao family is indeed too different, but Taohua once treated Mrs. Jinghai Houtai, and the two families have come and gone, and they are relatives, and this relationship is closer. And Cao Ming is the second son, and the Hou Mansion will not fall on his head in the future, and the future will naturally not be as good as his brother Cao Hong, and the market in this family matter will naturally drop slightly, and although Jiang Jun's official position is not high, the future is not bad, and the Xiaoshi consciously can still climb it.

Of course, Cao Ming's future will not be bad. When he was hunting in Xishan, his bow and horse kung fu were all registered in front of the emperor, and he was □□ this year, as long as there was a shortage, he could make up for a guard, and then he would appear in front of the emperor a few more times, which would naturally be indispensable. And although he can't get the title of the Marquis of Jinghai, the two brothers have a very good relationship, and there is no problem in wanting to share more family property. It's not as good as those who have a noble family, and when the time comes, it will only be a small property, and it will be very different from when they were in the house.

Xiao Shi looked left and right, and felt that Cao Ming was the most suitable, and in the future, Jiang Danhua was also married to a child of the Hou Mansion, which sounded much worse than marrying into the royal family. However, she asked someone to go through a little bit of the tone, but was politely rejected by Mrs. Jinghaihou.

Xiao Shi originally avoided mentioning this matter in front of his daughter, but now seeing Jiang Danhua's ignorant appearance, he couldn't care less when he became annoyed: "The Jinghai Marquis Mansion thinks you have a bad temper, don't you know what this means?" If you weren't out and about, how could it be! ”

Jiang Danhua's temper is that if someone holds it, he can be gentle and virtuous, but if he is in an unhappy mood, he will inevitably show his face. Xiaoshi knows his daughter's temper, and he often teaches a few words on weekdays, how can the country be easy to change and the nature is difficult to change, Jiang Danhua promised well, and he couldn't hold back his temper as soon as he started his temper.

Xiaoshi was helpless, so she didn't bother to say anything, but at this time, because of this, she didn't even succeed in family affairs, and she couldn't help but be in a hurry: "You are sixteen, and you are still so ignorant, are you going to be unable to marry for the rest of your life?" Which girl do you see, sixteen or seventeen years old, the family affairs have not yet been decided? ”

The undecided family affair was originally Jiang Danhua's sore spot, but at this time, Xiaoshi poked again and again, she couldn't help it, and rushed back angrily: "It is said that marriage is the order of the parents, and it is necessary to talk about the right family, if our family is the same as the Jinghai Marquis Mansion, what are you afraid of!" That's at the beginning-if I was allowed to enter the palace, at least I would be better than Jiang Xinghua at this time! ”

Xiaoshi was so angry that his eyes turned black for a while: "You, what is a good thing for you to enter the palace......" At that time, Jiang Xinghua was allowed to enter the palace in order to give birth to a child for Jiang Meihua, she was reluctant to give birth to her own daughter, so she wanted to push her concubine out, but who knew that Jiang Danhua fell here.

"It's not a good thing, why did you let the big sister enter the palace in the first place!" The more Jiang Danhua spoke, the more he felt aggrieved, "Besides, isn't Jiang Taohua married King Anjun because she often enters the palace?" ”

"That's because she's capable!" Xiao Shi was also so angry that he couldn't choose to speak, "Do you know medical skills?" Can you cure the plague? If you don't have any skills, even if you enter the palace, it's useless! ”

"I don't know how to heal, that's because no one taught me!" Jiang Danhua stared at a pair of big eyes, and said with a stiff neck, "I just want to learn, are you and Daddy willing?" My grandfather taught my brother a little medical skills, but wasn't he stopped by my father? My grandfather is a medical skill, if my father asked my grandfather to teach me, I may not be able to learn it! ”

Xiao Shi was almost laughed at by her: "You study medicine? You can even read a mess of books, and you can still learn medical skills? ”

Jiang Danhua was choked. Xiao Shi poked a finger on her forehead and sneered: "If you weren't my daughter, I wouldn't bother to talk about you!" You are not as good as your sister in terms of reading, and you don't know how much you are worse than Sister Tao in terms of scheming, let you enter the palace? I'm afraid you'll be eaten in the palace to the bone! ”

Jiang Danhua twisted his head: "Jiang Xinghua is better than me?" How can she live well in the palace, and she can still enjoy things outside! Now she doesn't even call her sister anymore, she calls her by her name in private.

This is not a refutation either. She was willing to let her enter the palace because she saw Jiang Xinghua's cowardice, who knew that Jiang Xinghua was rare and tough before entering the palace, took away her henchmen, and made her arrangements come to naught. After entering the palace, I don't know how she did it, she was not close to Jiang Meihua at all, but she was protected by that Wang Chongrong, Jiang Meihua had nothing to do with her, and she went in for nothing.

The mother and daughter stared at each other for a long time like fighting cocks, and Xiao Shicai said coldly: "Anyway, you have to go with me to see Sister Tao tomorrow." Put away your temper for me, your father is counting on a pox errand right now, if you mess with it—"

When Jiang Jun was mentioned, Jiang Danhua didn't dare to say anything more. Although she was the jewel of her grandmother and mother, she was not very favored by her father. Especially after Jiang Yuhua lost in the autumn and Jiang Songhua went to the academy again, Jiang Jun's temper became more and more bad, and Jiang Danhua didn't dare to provoke him.

Seeing that her daughter lowered her head, Xiao Xiao's anger was also extinguished, and she slowed down her voice and said: "Your temper is really going to change, your sisters don't know how to take advantage of the situation, you are really going to marry in the future, how to get along with your sister-in-law?" After all, Sister Tao is her own family, and she can't write two Jiang characters in one stroke, she is fine, and you are naturally good. ”

"I won't borrow her light!"

"Okay, well, even if it's for your father, you have to do your best." In fact, Xiaoshi himself is also sour, but some words are tantamount to adding fuel to the fire, and it is better to save it.

"Madam, the master and the second young master quarreled in the study, and the master is going to beat the second young master!" He Su hurried in, looking anxious.

Xiao Shizhi stood up: "Brother Song just came back, why did he annoy the master?" "After all, it was the meat that fell from his body, and he was away from home, and when he saw Jiang Songhua again, he was much more affectionate and loving than before, and when he heard that Jiang Jun was going to be beaten, he immediately became anxious.

He Su helped her out, and said urgently: "It's just for the pox." The second young master was outside, and I heard that this kind of pox does not come according to the place, but that some people will arrange where to plant the pox first when they get bribes, and when they come back and tell the master, the master will be annoyed. ”

Xiao Shi immediately understood.

The country is as big as Xu Guo, in addition to the first major event of this pox, of course, the rest of the places are trying to get as soon as possible, so there will be competition, and there will be some money in it. is Jiang Jun, who doesn't collect money here, but also sells personal favors. Now that he is told by his son, he is naturally a little annoyed and angry.

"Brother Song'er is really, this kind of thing the master has his own opinions, he will come back when he comes back, why bother talking too much......"

"The second young master is also afraid of the old master's ......," He Su closed his mouth after saying half a sentence. Jiang Songhua was afraid that his father had done the wrong errand just to sell favors, but these words must not come out of the mouth of one of her subordinates, "The second young master is worried about the master, after all, now in this matter, the master is also on the cusp, and the second young master has always been filial......"

"Alas-" Xiao Shi sighed and walked faster, "This kid is filial, it's just ......" What he said and did was always not in line with Jiang Jun's wishes, speaking of which, maybe he was really more like his grandfather, Mrs. Jiang.

However, when Xiao Shi rushed to the study, he didn't hear the sound of the board, and the little girl Babao in Jiang Jun's study whispered: "The old lady is here." ”

"I think you're stupid!" Sure enough, Old Lady Jiang's voice came from the study, "Brother Song is talking about the right way." The way of a gentleman, it is better to take it from the straight than to seek from the song. If you don't follow the right path yourself, I can't control you, but I don't allow you to punish Brother Song for this! ”

"The son scolded him because he contradicted his elders!" Jiang Jun's voice came out, and it could be heard that he was trying his best to suppress his anger.

"You will contradict your elders, how can you blame your children and grandchildren!" The door of the study creaked open, and the old lady Jiang walked out with his hands behind his back, followed by Jiang Songhua, and there was still a clear slap mark on his face, "Follow me to Baicaozhai." You have said everything you should say, Ah Yi bent to obey, trapped in relatives and unrighteousness, and was not filial. You're doing it right. ”

There was a thud, and something was smashed in the study......