Yuan Ziyan still knows several well-known fairy tales, and tells several in one breath, such as "The Little Match Girl", "Snow White", "The Ugly Duckling" and so on.

Most of the girls were very interested in the story of the ugly duckling, and one of them, dressed shabbyly, felt that she was the ugly duckling in the story, and said with anticipation: "I hope I will become a beautiful swan one day." ”

Everyone quipped: "That's a story made up by Sister Yuan, how can there be a duckling who can speak?" And how the duckling became a swan, it was my sister who laughed and made us happy. ”

"I believe what Sister Yuan said, sister, I also raised ducklings when I was at home, and one was particularly beautiful, and everyone said it looked like a goose." The girl said seriously.

Everyone laughed, Yuan Ziyan leaned back and fell back with laughter, and the girl couldn't help laughing, "It's me who is confused, the goose is not a swan." Sister, if the emperor makes me a concubine one day, I will definitely let people sort out all the stories you tell and pass them on to future generations! ”

Everyone laughed again, thinking that the laughing girl was simply whimsical. Yuan Ziyan also smiled and said nothing, this is not good, isn't it an infringement? And if these stories had been handed down in the Sui Dynasty, there would have been no fairy tale writers like Hans Christian Andersen in the future.

"Hmph, a duck is a duck, and it can never become a swan, it's all a lie." Suddenly, a disdainful voice came out of discord.

Everyone looked back, it was Zhou Shanshan who was wearing a tender green long gauze skirt, and a jasper hairpin was obliquely inserted in her sideburns, which set off the skin and snow, and was charming and moving. But no matter how beautiful the appearance is, if it contains an evil heart, it will be disgusted.

Everyone scoffed at her, and the girl who spoke just now got up unceremoniously and said: "Zhou Shanshan, you and I are waiting to be chosen in this court, it's hard to say who the saint likes, why are you arrogant to teach us?" ”

"Yo, that's what people often say about being poor, right? It's not a small tone. Zhou Shanshan squinted at the girl's shabby clothes, laughed, and mocked: "It's really like a wild duck, but no one likes an ugly duckling." ”

You?! The girl blushed and defended: "Although my family is broken, my grandfather used to be a second-class member of the court, and his family background is no worse than yours!" ”

"Grandfather?" The corners of Zhou Shanshan's mouth raised a contemptuous smile, "There is no second-rank master in this dynasty who is your grandfather, so it has to be counted as going to the previous dynasty, right?" ”

The girl tugged at the corners of her clothes and kicked the pebbles under her feet with her feet uneasily. Seeing her like this, Zhou Shanshan became more confident, and said: "It is a blessing that you can stay in the palace and serve all the nobles, and you still want to fly on the side of the branch to accompany you?" Immersed in a dream and unwilling to wake up, you are going to get hysteria, I advise you to die of that heart! ”

"Why do you talk like that?"

"It's too much!"

"She thinks she's going to be favored, huh?"

……

Everyone is angry and gossipy, and they can't get used to her openly arrogant ridicule of others. Zhou Shanshan didn't care at all, and asked, "What, are you all convinced?" ”

"Not convinced!" The girl stared, clenched her little fists tightly, and said word by word: "Zhou Shanshan, don't be too complacent, as long as I can stay in the palace, I will definitely be able to please the saint, you wait and see!" ”

"Why, dare you threaten me?" Not to be outdone, Zhou Shanshan took a step forward, but Yuan Ziyan saw it clearly, and there was obviously a trace of timidity in her eyes.

You know, it's a matter of who the emperor likes. There have been women from poor backgrounds but in high positions in all dynasties, if this poor girl really ascends to the sky in one step, I am afraid that she will be the first enemy of Zhou Shanshan to enter the palace.

The girl snorted, turned around arrogantly and returned to her room, and before leaving, she didn't forget to turn around and smile sweetly at Yuan Ziyan: "Sister Yuan, no matter when, Zhen'er will remember your goodness." ”

Yuan Ziyan smiled and nodded, and also knew the girl's name, called Zhen'er. Zhou Shanshan was angry, and chased after him and muttered: "Ugly duckling, I'm not scared!" ”

"That's it! Zhou Da toad! Yuan Ziyan said dissatisfiedly.

When Zhou Shanshan heard this nickname, her face turned red, and everyone laughed even more happily, saying that if the emperor didn't even like an ugly duckling, he wouldn't like a toad.

"Yuan Ziyan, you, you dare to insult me in public?"

"Cut, I'm reminding you. Don't be self-righteous all day long, how big a toad at the bottom of the well have you seen, and the smile is sweet in the end, you stink! Yuan Ziyan said disdainfully.

"You and I are both from Luoyang, why are you talking to outsiders?" Zhou Shanshan asked with fire in her eyes.

"I don't distinguish between inside and outside, I only say to the right side. Zhou Shanshan, everyone didn't provoke you, if you are willing to join in the fun, you will talk and laugh together, if you don't want to, you will stay in the house honestly, you are sneering and sneering, robbing others of everything, why bother? ”

"Hmph, I can't see this kind of dead girl who doesn't know the height of the sky, it's just to remind her, and I'm also kind." Zhou Shanshan said with a wink.

"I don't think so, you just can't see that others are better than you, not even verbally."

"I can't say that, I'm from Luoyang City, and I shoulder the trust of my hometown fathers, and Luoyang's future fortune will fall on my shoulders, of course, I have to be stronger."

"Cut, Chu Ling'er has been crowned a beauty, and she is entrusted by her hometown father, can it still be your turn?" Yuan Ziyan glanced at him, felt bored and returned to his room.

Everyone didn't like Zhou Shanshan, and they all went back to rest.

Zhou Shanshan stood alone in the courtyard, still keeping her eyes wide open. The news in the garden was blocked, and I didn't know that the weak and little Chu Ling'er had ascended to the sky in one step and became a beauty! How can she be, isn't she slapping herself in the face?

Suddenly, Zhou Shanshan felt very frustrated, why, she was the most popular concubine candidate in Luoyang City, why did Chu Ling'er, who was not weak, have the title first, this is not fair!

If Yuan Ziyan hadn't stopped her, that Chu Ling'er would have been killed by the robbers a long time ago, how could she be poor and rich, this was all caused by Yuan Ziyan!

Zhou Shanshan angrily pulled off the jasper hairpin on her head and wanted to commit suicide? Of course not. Want to kill? What a joke, she's not a fool.

At the beginning of summer and winter, Zhou Shanshan always has itchy skin on the back of her hands, which is eczema according to modern terms. The symptoms are not too severe, and the itching will heal on its own within a few days, but if you scratch it vigorously, it will inevitably damage the skin, and it often takes two months to be in good condition.

If you have a sick skin, of course, you can't enter the palace to serve the emperor. For this reason, Zhou Shanshan doesn't know how much conditioning decoction she has drunk and it has not improved, it coincides with the general election, the itch is unbearable, and she uses a small fire to get close to the fire at home on weekdays, with the purpose of not scalding and relieving itching.

But when you are away from home, everything is inconvenient, how can you make a fire at will? The mother took great pains to do this, and finally came up with an idea to teach her daughter a method that was not a method.

That is, when it is itchy, it is pricked with a sharp object, which can not only stop the itching, but also will not scratch the skin, and it will get better in the next few days after being sick.

These days are just when eczema attacks, Zhou Shanshan has put a lot of effort in this regard, the jasper hairpin on her head is her secret magic weapon, and her skin feels itchy, so she finds a secluded place to prick it a few times.

"Miss Zhou, what are you doing?"

A voice suddenly sounded in her ears, Zhou Shanshan was startled, and she didn't take it lightly, but actually punctured the back of her hand. Zhou Shanshan looked up angrily and saw that it was Yuan Ziyan's personal girl Yuzhu.

"Dead girl, scare me, you master and servant really have some skills!" Zhou Shanshan snorted, covered her hands and went back to apply the medicine.

Yuzhu felt that this person was inexplicable, and he was stunned in the yard and pricked the back of his hand, this Miss Zhou wouldn't have something wrong with her head, right? Two sentences of good-intentioned concern blew up, which is simply unreasonable!

Yuzhu inevitably muttered to Yuan Ziyan about this matter, Yuan Ziyan didn't care, and persuaded Yuzhu to be nosy, anyway, in the future, there will be no more involvement in one palace and one outside the palace.

As the days passed, Yuan Ziyan often invited the man to go to Jiazedian to see the precious collection of books at night, and the two chatted, but they were not bored at all.

In order to read a few more books, Yuan Ziyan carefully studied the etiquette in the palace every day to ensure that there would not be too many mistakes at this stage, at least until a month.

Soon the day of the end of the training came, and by this time a third of the girls had been cleared out of the palace, leaving more than sixty. These girls are all knowledgeable, handsome, and dignified, even Yuan Ziyan can't find too many faults with them, as long as they don't make too many mistakes, they can basically stay in the palace.

With the decrease in the number of people, the palace maids have a much better attitude towards these people left behind, and their treatment has also improved a lot. You know, there will definitely be a few favored among these people, as the so-called back to the big tree is good to enjoy the shade, who will ask for hardship?

"Big brother, I may have to leave the palace the day after tomorrow." On this day, Yuan Ziyan finished reading a divination book, and said to the middle-aged man with some reluctance.

The middle-aged man was surprised and asked puzzledly, "You really don't want to stay in the palace?" ”

"Well, actually, I stayed so many extra days just to read a few more books." Yuan Ziyan did not hide it, and said bluntly: "I am used to being free, and I also miss my relatives, staying here is like a bird that has lost its wings, and it can no longer fly." Moreover, I don't want to marry the emperor as a little wife, I want a romantic love that is completely my own. ”

"Hehe, that's strange to hear. But is it really so scary to stay in the palace? The man asked with a smile in his eyes.

"That's not what I mean, in fact, I'm also very curious about the palace, and I haven't been to many places before. If I could come and go freely, I would have liked to stay longer, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity. Yuan Ziyan said.

If the middle-aged man realized, "It's not difficult to get out of the palace at this time, as long as you make a mistake." ”