Chapter 10: His Highness the Eldest Sun
Xiao Nanting, the eldest grandson of the Great Qi Emperor, is the only grandson of Xiao Chizhen, the saint of Great Qi, his father Xiao Suoyi's whereabouts were unknown fifteen years ago, and Xiao Nanting, who was only five years old and had no brother support, became the target of public criticism, and as a result, those princes who shot at him fell one by one, or died in Huangquan, or were reduced to commoners, or grounded for life, but Xiao Nanting lived peacefully to this day.
Three years ago, the civil and military forces of the Great Qi Manchu Dynasty asked Xiao Nanting to be appointed as the prince, but Xiao Nanting said on the spot that he would only be a rich idler, and at the same time asked Xiao Nanfu, the grandson of the saint and the son of the late King Kang, to be the crown prince, and in just three years, help Xiao Nanfu stabilize the position of the crown prince.
"In previous years, the envoys of Daqi were all older princes, but this year, it was Xiao Nanting who took the initiative to ask for help, and he did this, but he put himself on the fire to roast." Xu Siming's eyes flashed with the ghostly light of a wild wolf foraging, and he couldn't hide his excitement in his tone, "Some people have already speculated that Xiao Nanting's previous actions were all a pretense, so that he could freely enter and leave other countries, and his mind will definitely not stop at the holy position of Great Qi!" ”
Xu Suyao's eyelids jumped, thinking of the man whose whole body was covered with a silent aura, and thinking of the starry disappointment that the man in the secret room found nothing that night, and couldn't hide the starry disappointment in his eyes, she opened her mouth, wanting to defend Xiao Nanting for a few words, and suddenly found that she had no way to start.
Yes, if he becomes the prince of Daqi, Xiao Nanting can only be bound to the palace gate in the territory of Daqi and in the imperial city, but if he is just an idle? One? Root? Read? The prince of the novel xstxt, you can use the status of an envoy to envoy to neighboring countries or use the identity of the Qin cha to travel all over Daqi, secretly do what you want to do, he will succeed every day, with his connections and ability, it is not a problem to pull down the saint and take the throne.
But Xu Suyao didn't want to believe that man was actually a barbarian who went to another country to inquire about the national situation and intended to start a war!
Xu Suyao hated war from the bottom of her heart.
Xu Siming is very intelligent, and naturally he doesn't want to be confused by everyone, so the stronger the opponent, the more excited he is, he was excited for a long time and suddenly found that Xu Suyao was still by his side, and felt that Xu Suyao must not understand what he meant, so he said with some interest, "I have to go to see Mrs. Min tomorrow, you go back early and prepare well, I will send someone to send you some books in a while, you can take a look at all the marks I made, don't let Mrs. Min see you for the first time and be unwilling to see the second side." ”
Xu Suyao agreed to the invitation and shook it back to Luorui Courtyard, and saw that Bai Zhi was incense her clothes, so she asked her to put the invitation away.
Bai Zhi, Bai Ying, Bai Su, and Bai Peony are the first-class maids who are newly brought up to serve Xu Suyao, among them, Bai Ying is more literate, careful, and a good set of clothes, Xu Suyao let her take charge of jewelry, clothes and other things, Bai Zhi is not literate but calm and fair, and has become the little housekeeper of Luorui Courtyard, Xu Suyao and the personal maid of diplomacy, as for Bai Su and Bai Shao, one combs one-handed good hair, and one makes a good dish, all perform their duties and are conscientious.
Bai Zhi saw that it was an invitation, and hurriedly opened it to see whose house it was, and saw that it was the Min family of the Dong Mansion, and asked happily, "County Lord, but the first lady, Mrs. Min?" ”
Xu Suyao nodded slightly.
Bai Zhi immediately grinned, the Min family also has a nickname called "Three Day Master", that is, to be a one's teacher for only three days, and the latter two have nothing to do with each other, but even if it is only three days, the women who have been educated by the Min family have all become sought-after fragrant sweets, and the children of the high family are rushing to marry the bride.
Bai Zhi thought that the county lord had already reached the court, and seeing that she was about to talk about marriage, she immediately smiled from ear to ear, and hurriedly went out to find Bai Ying to discuss the matter of leaving the mansion tomorrow.
And only half a pillar of incense passed, Xu Siming sent someone to send Xu Suyao several boxes of books, from the thousand-character text of enlightenment to the historical books of the past dynasties collected by Dayuan, and there are all kinds of characters, legends of strange heroes, and customs examinations, and a sign is hung on each cage, writing the order of reading, step by step, combining work and rest, so as not to make Xu Suyao boring to read.
There is also a separate small cage, which is actually the current memorabilia, and there is a general introduction to the family, Xu Suyao is overjoyed, and can't help but look at it, and at night it is even more into the portable space to study carefully.
Early the next morning, Xu Suyao ate Yangchun noodles for a night, drank a bowl of goat's milk, and walked around the yard several times as exercise, before sitting in front of the dressing mirror and letting Bai Ying and others take care of it.
When it was cleaned up, half an hour had passed, and when he came out of the outer courtyard, Xu Siming smiled when he saw it, "You should praise these maids well, and pick you up a little bit of everyone's beautiful appearance." ”
When the group arrived at the Dong Mansion, they did not go to the inner courtyard where the woman was, but went straight to the study in the outer courtyard, and when they arrived outside the study, two maids from the Dong Mansion led Bai Zhi and others to the side room, leaving only Xu Siming and Xu Suyao.
Xu Suyao glanced at Xu Siming, and saw that there was no difference in the other party, so she knew that he was in the know, and she couldn't help pouting in her heart, feeling that she was entrusted to a non-person and went to the Hongmen banquet.
Sure enough, in addition to Mrs. Min in the study, there was also a stern-looking grandmother, but there was no little maid who served and served.
As soon as Xu Suyao entered, the grandmother carefully looked her up and down, although Xu Suyao was a little uncomfortable, she didn't reveal half of it.
When Mrs. Min saw it, she nodded in her heart, although her behavior was not quite in line with everyone's rules, fortunately, she was not out of line, and her temperament was acceptable, and she could be corrected with a little training.
Thinking so, Mrs. Min nodded at Xu Suyao and Xu Siming, "Sit down, just like your own home, don't be polite." ”
Xu Siming breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, if Xu Suyao was kicked out as soon as he entered the door, he would have to spend time to eliminate the influence of public opinion, Xu Suyao could pass the first hurdle, and he was already thankful in his heart.
Xu Suyao sat generously on the chair opposite the desk, and as soon as she sat down, she heard the grandmother say sharply, "Get up, sit again!" ”
Xu Suyao's face flushed, she was slightly stunned for a moment, and then listened to the grandmother chanting the scriptures and recited the standard sitting posture again.
Xu Suyao realized that it was because her sitting posture did not conform to the current etiquette, so she could only get up and sit down again with a slight blush, and corrected it twice before it was correct, and the grandmother who spoke said reluctantly, "The county lord is the noble of the sky, and he must pay more attention to his words and deeds than others, and he must not act willfully and lose the face of the royal family......
Xu Suyao responded one by one, and Mrs. Min saw that she was almost done, so she interrupted softly, with a chuckle in her words, "Okay, Mama Leng, there will be opportunities in the future, but don't rush time with me now." ”
Afterwards, Xu Suyao learned that this Leng Mama was specially invited out of the palace by Mrs. Min to teach her words and deeds.
Mama Leng answered with a smile and retreated after confessing.
Xu Suyao breathed a sigh of relief, but she didn't know that she was about to face a series of three questions from Mrs. Min.