On the eighteenth day of the lunar month, early in the morning, the ladies of the Gu family gathered in the upper room.

On this day, they were going to go to Nanning Bo's house collectively to insert hairpins for Ge Bilian.

In addition to the two ladies in the second room, Mrs. Ying in the long room, and Grandma Rui, the eldest lady Gu Chonghua, the second miss Gu Chongzhu, and the fourth lady Gu Chongyang are also going.

Although the third lady Gu Chongzhi recovered, she still needed to recuperate, so she didn't go.

Unexpectedly, before leaving, the fourth lady Gu Chongyang suddenly fell.

In front of everyone, she fell, not only breaking the skin of her hand, but also staining her clothes with the snow on the ground.

It is also necessary to pay attention to the auspicious time to go to the hairpin, if she waits for her to go back to change her clothes, it will definitely be too late.

Everyone decided not to let Gu Chongyang go.

For this reason, the fourth master was very angry, and glared at Gu Chongyang with a gloomy face.

Gu Chongyang's eyes were red, and she looked like she was crying sadly because she had broken the skin on her hands and damaged her clothes, but in fact, she had already seen the gloomy gaze of the fourth master clearly.

She clenched her hands tightly, and her heart was as cold as the ice of this cold winter wax moon.

She was really blind, and she still had delusions about him, thinking that he had been deceived by his stepmother for not treating her well in his previous life. He is so indifferent to himself, it is true that he has the credit of his stepmother, but the real reason is himself.

The second young lady Gu Chongzhu's sneer came from her ears: "Fourth sister, you can play with the third sister at home." The two of you are sick and half-dead, and the other can't even walk unsteadily and breaks your hands, but they are really a natural pair. On today's happy day, it's better not to go to the unlucky broom star like you, so as not to touch your brows and be unlucky. ”

A year has passed, and the second lady Gu Chongzhu is thirteen years old, she has grown a lot taller, but her personality is still as annoying as before.

Gu Chongyang wanted to sneer at each other, but when she thought that the elders around her were watching, she suddenly raised her head and said in a very aggrieved voice: "Second sister, how can you say that?" The third sister's illness has been cured, even if I fell suddenly, it was not intentional. It's so sad for you to say that. There is a lot of snow on the ground, and I just fell down, how did I become a broom star? ”

Her eyes were red, she was aggrieved and sad, and when everyone saw it, they all felt that Gu Chongzhu was really mean. As an older sister, in front of so many people, not only did she not comfort her sister who fell, but gloated, which was really rude.

The eldest lady Hao pulled her face and wanted to teach Gu Chongzhu a lesson.

Unexpectedly, the second lady Fei took the lead, and she reprimanded: "You girl is really getting more and more unruly, how about your fourth sister, when your new aunt enters the door, she will naturally discipline her, when will it be your turn to talk nonsense." ”

In this way, Gu Chongzhu's meanness and rudeness were exposed lightly, and she turned her head to look at Gu Chongyang critically: "Fourth girl, what your second sister said is right, you are eleven this year, you are not a child, you can't even walk well, and if you go to the Ge family, you will indeed lose our Qingyang...... Shame on our Gu family. It's better if you don't go. ”

She wanted to talk about the Hou Mansion of Qingyang, but halfway through speaking, she remembered that the Gu family was no longer the Hou Mansion, so she changed her words.

When Gu Chongyang heard this, he lowered his head, not knowing whether he was wronged or ashamed.

A child without a mother is a grass. If my father doesn't give me anything, anyone can step on it.

When Mrs. Ying of the long room looked at it, she felt that Gu Chongyang was very pitiful.

She sighed and said, "Don't be sad, four girls, you are beautiful and well-behaved, I don't know how likable you are, you are not a broom star." ”

The eldest lady Gu Chonghua glanced at Gu Chongzhu dissatisfiedly, but she didn't say anything, only comforted Gu Chongyang softly: "Don't be sad, wait for me to come back and bring you a gift box." ”

The so-called gift box is just a gift prepared by the woman to the younger generation of the man's family, a better one is a brocade bead hairpin, and a little worse is a pastry.

Gu Chongyang was not interested in the gift box given by the Ge family at all, but she couldn't ignore Gu Chonghua's kindness.

"Thank you big sister, in addition to me, there are three sisters."

Gu Chonghua smiled slightly, indescribably gentle: "Okay, don't worry, you and the third sister have both." ”

She is fourteen years old, and the dignified beauty of everyone and the politeness of talented women are both, and her elegant bearing like an orchid in her speech and demeanor makes it easy to have a good impression.

In her previous life, Gu Chongyang was called "straw bag beauty", and she has always envied and admired a girl like Gu Chonghua. Under the influence of Gu Chonghua, it was not easy for her to continue to cry and mourn, she smiled at Gu Chonghua, like a child whose wish was fulfilled: "Thank you, big sister." ”

The lips are red and the teeth are white, the eyebrows are clear, and the black hair is like ink, even the best silk will be eclipsed in front of her. But there is still a little daughter on her face who is not familiar with the world, if she grows up, I don't know how many men will be fascinated.

A flash of surprise flashed in Gu Chonghua's eyes, and it took a long time to react.

Waiting for the carriage, Gu Chongyang smiled and nodded at Gu Chonghua, Yan Yan's light fell on Gu Chongyang's delicate and fair face, and under the background of the rabbit fur collar on the cloak, her palm-sized little face was as delicate as a sheep fat jade carving.

The fourth sister is so beautiful! No wonder the fourth uncle has been reluctant to take a concubine for the sake of the fourth aunt before. If you get such a beauty, how can you tolerate others in your eyes?

But the fourth master obviously didn't think so, just when Gu Chonghua comforted Gu Chongyang just now, the fourth master felt that Gu Chonghua was beautiful and dignified without losing everyone's beautiful bearing, and then looked at Gu Chongyang, the disgust in his eyes couldn't help but be revealed.

"Don't look at it." The eldest lady Hao gently pushed Gu Chonghua: "What's the use of being beautiful?" One has no mother's teaching, and the other has no fame and talent, just a straw bag. ”

Gu Chonghua looked at her mother with a slight surprise: "The fourth sister is enough to marry a good family with such beauty, even if she is talented, I am afraid that the world will not see it, her face is too eye-catching." ”

The eldest lady shook her head and said in a flat tone: "Your new aunt is not a good person, otherwise she wouldn't have waited until her early twenties to get married." The four girls will not have a good time in the future, if she looks ordinary, she may be able to marry an ordinary family to live. But if she grows up like this, there is a chance that she will become someone else's plaything. ”

Gu Chonghua was a little absent-minded, lifted the curtain of the car and looked at the crowd on the street, and sighed softly: "The fourth sister is so pitiful!" ”

"That's her life." The eldest lady glanced at Gu Chonghua and said with relief: "Although you don't have the same graceful appearance as her, you can be regarded as delicate and dignified in the circle of noble ladies in Kyoto, coupled with your talent and piano skills, marrying into a princely and aristocratic family to be a housewife is just a piece of cake." I only have one daughter, and I will definitely choose a first-class son-in-law for you. ”

Gu Chonghua's hand holding the curtain tightened, and his face turned a little pale.

She lowered her head and said unhappily: "Mother, I am still young, and I am still in filial piety, what are you talking about?" ”

"I naturally know that you can't talk about marriage now, so you have to wait until the beginning of spring next year for you to take the exam of Ruizhu Academy and officially become a student of Ruizhu Academy."

At the mention of Ruizhu Academy, Gu Chonghua's face was much better than just now, and her heart couldn't help but thump: "Yes, I have worked hard for so long for the exam next spring." ”

After speaking, she couldn't help but be worried: "It's just that since my father died, I haven't attended those parties, and I don't know if I can get an invitation to the exam." ”

Ruizhu Academy is the most famous women's academy in the Great Qi Dynasty, and women from non-famous families are not allowed to enter.

There is a selection examination every two years, and only 36 people are selected for each examination, and the current Queen Mother, Empress, and Crown Princess are all from Ruizhu Academy.

The female students of Ruizhu Academy have always been more and more "a model of famous and noble women, a model of Daqi women", no matter how famous you are, if you can't enter Ruizhu Academy, it's just in vain.

Therefore, the daughters of the family are all squeezed in order to enter the Ruizhu Academy.

But not everyone is eligible to take the exam.

The female dependents of the families of the six-rank officials, the ladies over the age of ten and under the age of fifteen. Not to mention the entire Great Qi Dynasty, even in the Guangjing City, there are no less than 300 such ladies.

The most important thing is to have a letter of recommendation to take the test. There are 100 invitations to each session of Ruizhu Academy, of which 50 invitations are directly invited by the female masters of Ruizhu Academy to participate in the examination. There are also fifty letters of recommendation, recommended by the Queen Mother. In this case, the court's considerations are more serious.

The eldest lord Gu Zhanpeng lost Hamiwei, the Gu family was robbed of the title, Gu Chonghua has not gone out these days because of filial piety, and all kinds of worries have been put together, which has made her rarely happy recently.

The eldest lady smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, I have already begged your aunt and grandmother, and she promised me that when I enter the palace in a few days to ask for peace, I will tell Concubine Hui in advance, and I will definitely leave you an invitation letter." ”

Gu Chonghua was surprised and delighted when he heard this, and looked at the eldest lady in disbelief: "Mother, is what you said true?" ”

"Of course it's true." The eldest lady said confidently: "How can I lie to you, this matter has been nailed to the nail board." And although our family's title has been taken away, but the Danshu iron coupon is still there, the old lady has been discussing with the old lady of the long house, and she wants to talk to the queen about this matter when she enters the palace to ask the queen for peace during the New Year, and strives to let your brother inherit the title as soon as possible. At that time, you will still be the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and no one will be able to cross you. ”

Gu Chonghua didn't care at all if she was the daughter of the Hou Mansion, what she thought in her heart was that she would enter Ruizhu Academy no matter what, work hard, become the most outstanding student, and then be accepted by Mrs. Baozhen.

This has been her greatest wish since she was eleven years old.