Time flies, and there are only three days left until Chinese New Year's Eve.

And the emperor finally announced the news of next year's spring draft. Unexpectedly, this draft is not for the emperor, but for the princes and grandchildren.

This news made the wealthy family in Beijing, who was originally in danger, explode all of a sudden.

The emperor had only three sons, the eldest son, King Fu, the second son, King Qin, and the third son, King Rong.

King Fu and King Qin have already been married, and King Qin has given birth to four imperial grandchildren in a row, and two of them have reached the age of being able to marry and take concubines.

King Fu was not as lucky as King Qin, King Fu had a serious illness when he was young, and he was slightly lame, and he was destined to miss the throne. King Fu is not lustful, he has only one main concubine and one side concubine, and he gave birth to three daughters respectively, and there are no sons under his knees.

The main concubine died of illness last year, and the side concubine was his personal maid before he was crowned king, a few years older than King Fu, and she was already old and decrepit.

Although King Fu is thirty-seven years old, he is not young, but compared to the emperor, he is very good. Being able to marry King Fu as a concubine and give birth to a son is also a good family affair.

The third prince, King Rong, was thirty-six years old, and there was only one concubine by his side, but he couldn't have children. He is the most talented and dignified of the three princes. Although she married a concubine, she was still the fast son-in-law of the Kyoto noblewoman's dream, and she wanted to marry him and give birth to a son for him.

In addition to the princes and grandchildren, the sons of the three princesses have also reached the age of marriage, and the county kings and princes are also very good objects.

The eldest lady Hao was heartbroken when she learned the news, what a great opportunity this is.

Gu Chonghua is talented, dignified and elegant, and his every move is a model of a famous lady. If Gu Chonghua goes to participate in the draft, the name of the imperial concubine will definitely not be able to escape.

Now the emperor has not set up a prince, but King Fu is lame and destined to have no chance with the prince. The battle for the throne is between King Qin and King Rong, Gu Chonghua will either be King Rong's side concubine, and give birth to a son in the future, and King Rong's concubine is just a decoration; Either marry the eldest grandson of the emperor born by King Qin, which one is a good marriage, and it may even become a dynasty queen.

But now because of filial piety for his father, he missed such a good opportunity in vain.

Thinking of this, the eldest lady couldn't help but complain a little about her dead husband, who didn't have much affection with her as a wife when she was alive, and her energy was all on the concubine, and she had to drag down her children when she died.

"Sister Hua, don't be sad." The eldest lady comforted: "Although you missed the opportunity this time, you will still have a chance in a few years, and the real victory is the last laugh." ”

Gu Chonghua didn't want to marry at all, she already had a favorite object in her heart. Over the years, she has practiced her piano skills and read poetry and books hard, just so that she can enter Ruizhu Academy, become an introductory disciple of Mrs. Baozhen, and then be closer to the person who is out of reach. What princess and princess, she didn't pay attention to it at all.

"Mother, I still have to go to Ruizhu Academy." Gu Chonghua in turn comforted the eldest lady and said: "In this draft incident, those people will definitely not be able to sit still, and they will not settle down to read a book again." I will take advantage of this time to practice the piano and study hard, and I will definitely be able to make a splash in the entrance exam of Ruizhu Academy next year. ”

Her imperative tone and shining gaze made the eldest lady also stunned, but after a while, she reacted, she grabbed Gu Chonghua's hand and said, "Good boy, you are becoming more and more calm, and you can calm down more than me, a mother." It's just that in this way, it will delay you for a few more years. ”

Gu Chonghua was a little fortunate at the moment, if it wasn't for her father's filial piety, she might not be able to escape the fate of the draft. It seems that in the dark, she is destined to get closer to that person step by step.

The eldest lady and daughter have their own stomachs, but the second lady and mother and daughter are happy to see their teeth and eyes.

"Good Sister Zhu, our second room is finally going to soar." The second lady looked at Gu Chongzhu, as if she was the future princess: "The big girl has to keep filial piety now, and she can't go to the draft, this is your chance." Whether it is the old lady or the eldest lady, they all treat us as human beings, but they are cheap, and they also lock you up in the small Buddha hall and make you suffer such a big sin, which is the reason why our second room is not noble. When you become a princess, don't say it's the eldest lady, even the old lady has to let me get three points. The honor and disgrace of our family are all on you alone. ”

Thinking of being locked up in the small Buddha hall, Gu Chongzhu felt that it was a great shame in her life, and she said indignantly: "Mother, you are right, when I become the princess, I will support you and let you walk sideways in the Gu family to see who dares to bully you." ”

"Oops!" The second lady smiled heartily: "My sister Zhu, the reason why we are still angry here is because the old lady is not dead, and there is no way to separate the family." Even if the family is separated, with your aunt's insidious and cunning character, she will definitely not give us money, but it is just like sending Hanako. It's different after you become a princess, with you to support me, a bowl of water must be leveled when your aunt separates the family! ”

"Mother, don't worry, after I become the princess, the first thing I will do is to help you get out of the Gu family, and in the future, you will have endless money to spend and endless silk and satin, and you will no longer look at the faces of the eldest aunt and the old lady."

Gu Chongzhu seemed to feel that she was the princess with noble clothes and food.

The second lady smiled happily: "During these days, you will eat and drink well and sleep well, raise yourself beautifully, and strive to dominate the crowd as soon as you appear." I will instruct someone to help you and the three girls make the clothes for the palace draft, and ensure that you will shine. ”

Gu Chongzhu grabbed the second lady's clothes, frowned and said, "Mother, I heard you right, the third girl is also going to enter the palace for the draft?" ”

"Of course." The second lady said: "One fence and two piles, one hero and two gangs." Of course, everyone is happy that you can be a princess, but if the three girls can also marry into the high family, it will be the icing on the cake. Wouldn't it be better for us to have two princesses in the second room at once? ”

"How's that going to work? Didn't you say before that you would let the third girl marry Cousin Shirong? Later, because I was afraid that I would enter the palace to serve the emperor, I let her participate in the draft. Now that you know that you are choosing a concubine for the princes and grandchildren, why do you still let her go? Gu Chongzhu's face immediately fell: "She's just a lowly concubine, why should she enter the palace draft with me, I don't agree!" ”

She hated Gu Chongzhi and felt that Gu Chongzhi was not worthy of standing with her at all. The most important thing is that Gu Chongzhi is more outstanding than her, if a noble person takes a fancy to Gu Chongzhi, what can she do?

Knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, the second lady naturally knew what Gu Chongzhu was thinking, and she immediately said: "Look at the old lady Gu Xinguo Gongjia, what a scenery it is, what a majesty, who in the capital does not sell the old lady Gu a face." Even our family must always rely on Mrs. Gu everywhere. You should know the reason, in addition to the old lady's family having a concubine Niangniang, there is also a reason because the second master of the Xinguo Mansion has an eldest princess. With these two trump cards, Xin Guogong is enough to be invincible. ”

"I know you don't like the three girls, how can I like her? It's just that it is difficult to make a forest alone, and if I hold her in my hands, our family will have an extra guarantee. ”

Gu Chongzhu was anxious: "But what if the of the third girl climbs on my head?" Mother, the third girl must not go to the draft, she and we are not of the same mind, what if she doesn't listen to you in the future? ”

"Don't worry." A touch of fierceness flashed on the second lady's face: "Since I can send her up, I have the ability to handle her." If she doesn't obey......"

The second lady snorted coldly, her eyes were full of viciousness: "I have a way to make her ruined and ruined, and she will never be able to turn over." ”

"But that's not going to work." Gu Chongzhu said: "The third girl's cheap breed is used to making foxes, Cousin Shirong only saw her a few times, and she was fascinated by her, and Hao Shaoyang, the grandson of Changning, repeatedly praised her for her beauty before the fourth girl came back. That's it, now even the eldest sister and the fourth sister like to be with her, but I have become a lonely person. She's so charming, I'm afraid I can't compare to her. ”

The second lady smiled slightly, touched Gu Chongzhu's head and said: "My daughter has a beautiful face and a beautiful country, and that little is just a dusty appearance, and she will never please the nobles." When I entered the palace, I didn't allow her to dress up gorgeously, her clothes and jewelry were only ordinary, and I didn't give her silver for her to spend, what else could she do? Sister Zhu, don't worry, you are the meat of my mother's heart, and I will never let that little cross you. ”

Gu Chongzhu was 120,000 unhappy in her heart, but she also knew that her mother had made up her mind, and in the face of such a major event, her mother would never be swayed by her.

She nodded, but gritted her teeth with hatred in her heart, little, you don't want to fly on the branches and become a phoenix.

Gu Chongyang also breathed a sigh of relief for Gu Chongzhi, the princes, grandsons, princes, princes, and princes were still young, and they were many times better than the dying emperor. The time of the draft is set for March next year, and there is not much time left, so Gu Chongyang will take advantage of the current opportunity to get along with Gu Chongzhi more.

Anyway, she doesn't have to marry her cousin, so she shouldn't die at a young age like in her previous life.

In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one.

With the sound of crackling firecrackers, Gu Chongyang ushered in the second New Year after being reborn.

Time flies!

Sadly, she hasn't gotten any useful clues lately.

In two months, Ge Bilian will get married. The thought of this made her feel distraught.

Now the fourth master is very busy, and he rarely enters the inner house, Chongyang's days are quite comfortable, although he can't go out at will, Gu Tailai can continuously transmit news in.

Once Ge Bilian entered the door, she relied on the fact that she was the niece of the old lady and relied on the name of her stepmother, and she would discipline herself strictly. It is indispensable to set the province in the morning and dusk, and it is even more indispensable to make rules. At that time, let alone that he didn't have time to check on his mother's affairs, even if he met with Gu Tailai, I am afraid that he would not be able to.

How can this be? Is she going to sit back and wait for Ge Bilian to torture her?

In the blink of an eye, another month passed.

In February, the spring is bright, and the willows give birth to tender yellow new leaves, swaying in the tired and gentle sunshine.

On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head. According to the customs of the capital, this day is a day to go to the suburbs to play.

The eldest lady Gu Chonghua and the fourth lady Gu Chongyang are all in the filial piety period, and it is inconvenient to go out to play, and the second miss Gu Chongzhu and the third miss Gu Chongzhi are in full swing learning the rules because they are going to enter the palace draft, so they naturally can't be idle. On this day, no one in the Gu family went out.

Old Madam Ge was not very happy in her heart, and felt that the huge Gu Mansion was lifeless and lifeless, how could there be the prosperity of the hairpin family.

The second lady Gu Chongzhu stepped forward and said with a deep blessing: "Old lady, the eldest sister and the fourth sister are in filial piety, it is inconvenient to go out to play, and those people are not good to come to the post." In this case, why don't we send a post to those ladies who have taught us well before, and invite them to come to the house for a day of play, okay? ”

The second lady also agreed, she wanted to probe the bottom of several other families to see how many of them were going to enter the palace to participate in the draft.

She smiled and said, "You're trying to be lazy!" Yesterday, I taught Mama to praise you for doing a good job, and you are proud to relax today, so the old lady punishes you carefully. ”

Gu Chongzhu didn't care, she said coquettishly: "Mother, I also saw that the family was too lonely, and the sisters were too lonely, so I came up with this idea." The old lady praised me too late, how could she be willing to punish me? ”

Old Madam Ge said: "You are naturally kind, but your eldest sister is in filial piety, how can you invite someone to come to the house to play, isn't it a joke to spread it." ”

"Old lady, it's inconvenient for the big sister, but there is still me." Gu Chongzhu smiled sweetly: "I will be the host of this banquet, and invite those ladies to play at home in my name." Aren't there a lot of flowers in our back garden, just hold a flower viewing party, and then borrow a few pots of two-color camellia from the flower room of the old lady of the long house, and also move a few pots of tulips of different colors, isn't this all there? ”

Seeing that Old Madam Ge showed interest on her face, Gu Chongzhu became more and more confident: "When the time comes, wouldn't it be good to invite the eldest sister, third sister, and fourth sister to accompany you?" ”

The second lady hurriedly said: "That's what I said, your little girl's family, you don't drink spirits or listen to plays, but you just enjoy flowers and compose poems, even if others know that this is not considered filial piety." I think it's good. ”

As soon as she heard that she could compose poems, the eldest lady couldn't help but look at Gu Chonghua, and when she saw Gu Chonghua's expression, she said: "I used to be Sister Zhu or an ignorant little girl, but I didn't expect that I had only learned the rules for more than a month, and I was so steady in speaking and doing things. ”

Old Madam Ge laughed: "The second girl has learned this rule well, since you all agree, I am naturally happy to agree." Second girl, you can post and discuss it with your eldest sister, she is more experienced than you. ”

As soon as Gu Chongzhu saw that Mrs. Ge agreed, she said happily: "Yes, old lady, I promise to make the flower viewing party beautiful." ”

She had a smile on her face, her eyes turned on everyone, and when she fell on Gu Chongzhi, she showed a bit of viciousness.

The date of the cherry blossom viewing party is set on the sixth day of the second lunar month.

Gu Chongzhu and Gu Chonghua drew up a list of banquets to be invited, and showed them to the eldest lady together.

The names of the young ladies of the Zheng family of the old lady Xinguo Gong are at the front, followed by several young ladies from the Rongchang Bo Mansion of the eldest lady Hao's mother's family, the young ladies of the Nanning Bo Mansion of the old lady Ge's mother's family, several girls from the second lady Fei's maiden family, and several girls of the same age from the Gu family's own house.

"Well, that's good." The eldest lady said with a smile: "It's just that your lobby sister's mother-in-law's Cui family also has a few girls of the right age, and you have also made a post, so you can also let your lobby sister go back to her parents' house to see your aunt Ying and the old lady of the long house." There are also several little sisters of your sister-in-law's family in the lobby, and the cousins of Aunt Ying's mother's family, you can all invite them. ”

"The people on this list alone are in their early twenties, and with our sisters, it's twenty-five or six, and there are quite a few people. If you invite others again, will there be too many people? Gu Chonghua said cautiously: "How can the second sister take care of it?" ”

"Since you want to please, the more natural people, the better. Your second sister can't take care of you, isn't there still you, the third girl, the fourth girl? When the time comes, I will never sit idly by, I will send a few more maids and servants to take care of it, that is. ”

The eldest lady looked at Gu Chongzhu and said, "The second girl will enter the palace next month, and there will be no chance to get close to the little sisters like this at that time." On the one hand, it is to make the old lady happy, and on the other hand, even if the second girl says goodbye to the little sisters before entering the palace. ”

Gu Chongzhu listened to it, which was exactly what he wanted.

She did this to make Gu Chongzhi ugly, so that she would never enter the palace to participate in the draft. The more people there are, the more ugly Gu Chongzhi is.

She immediately smiled and said, "What the eldest aunt said is, I will do what you say." ”

On the day of the day, in addition to those who had something to do, there were also thirty-one and twelve ladies.

The ladies wore red and green like butterflies and came to Gu's house, first to enjoy the flowers and evaluate the oiran, and then to recite poems, play the piano and blow the flute, and the atmosphere has been happy.

At noon, Gu Chongzhu said goodbye and went to set up the banquet first. The banquet is located in the Tingxi Building next to the small lake in the back garden, with two floors upstairs and downstairs, and a small courtyard at the back.

Gu Chongzhu said to the personal maid Jin Bottle: "Did I bring a few pieces of clothes for you to bring?" ”

"Hmm." Gu Chongzhu nodded and said, "You can send it to the backyard room." If any of the ladies get wet, you can just take them over. ”

"Yes." The golden bottle took the command and left.

Gu Chongzhu went to the banquet hall.

At this moment, the little maids set up the seats, made tea, and held the lamps to perform their duties.

Seeing Gu Chongzhu coming, the face of a young man was happy, and he hurriedly greeted him: "Cousin Chongzhu, are you here?" What about Cousin Chongshiba? ”

Gu Chongzhu threw an eye knife over, and scolded in a low voice: "What are you anxious about!" Follow me. ”

Before leaving, she deliberately said loudly: "There are a few pots of flowers to be moved over there, you come with me." ”

The two of them went out of the listening theater and sneaked into the rockery cave by the lake.

"Cousin Chongzhu, you are in a hurry to kill me, you said that you would have a banquet here today, and you also said that you could let me marry Cousin Chongzhi, but I ran over there, I could only watch from a distance, surrounded by guards and maids, I can't even get close, you won't be fooling me, right?"

This person is none other than Fei Shirong, Fei's nephew.

"What am I going to do with you?" Gu Chongzhu hurriedly said: "I know that you love the third girl and want to marry her, but she is about to enter the palace for the draft, once she enters the palace, you don't want to see her in your life." I have called you here to grant you your wish. As long as you listen to my arrangement, I will keep you to marry the third girl and go back to Fei's house. Although she is a concubine, she is the daughter of the Gu family, and after a while, the title of the Gu family will be restored, and you will marry the daughter of the Houmen. ”

Fei Shirong was overjoyed when he heard this, he didn't care what the daughter of the Houmen was, what he wanted was Gu Chongzhi.

Fei Shirong's eyes flashed with lust, and he promised again and again: "Oh, my cousin, as long as you can help me get Cousin Chongzhi, I will depend on you for whatever you ask me to do." Good cousin, don't sell it, tell me your idea. ”

Gu Chongzhu saw that Fei Shirong was obedient and obedient, and she was very proud, she said: "Okay, you just wait in the wing room behind the listening theater, don't go anywhere." After the banquet starts, I will find a way to get the three girls there, I have already put the bed and bed in the wing, as long as the three girls go, you will do her on the spot. Raw rice is cooked and cooked, isn't she your person? ”

Fei Shirong's eyes widened, and he looked at Gu Chongzhu and said, "What kind of idea are you?" If I do such a thing, can your old lady, eldest lady, and aunt still spare me? Besides, Cousin Chongzhi has always been very disgusted with me, and when she sees me, she walks around, if I force it, she will definitely shout, and when the time comes, I will not only be unable to do anything, but will also cause a commotion. No, no, this idea doesn't work. ”

Gu Chongzhu originally thought that this matter would be done as soon as she said it, but she didn't expect Fei Shirong to be this kind of person with a colored heart and no lustful guts, she immediately scolded: "In vain, I am kind enough to plan a game for you, you are really a useless silver-like pewter spear head!" ”

Fei Shirong sighed: "Cousin, where did you learn this kind of obscene language?" ”

Gu Chongzhu blushed and said, "You don't care where I learned!" ”

A touch of viciousness flashed in Gu Chongzhu's eyes: "Let me sue you, I will move some hands and feet in the tea of the three girls at that time, so that she will be dizzy and unable to speak, and her feet will not be able to move, and when the time comes, she will be as soft as cotton, and you will not be allowed to do whatever you want?" ”

Fei Shirong thought about Gu Chongzhi's soft body with a lustful heart, and couldn't help but swallow his saliva again and again, but he hadn't lost all his senses: "But after the incident, what should she do if she cries?" What if she goes to the old lady to complain? ”

Gu Chongzhu said angrily: "Eat salted fish to satisfy thirst, you want to get a beauty, but you don't pay any price, how can there be such a good thing in the world?" Even if you go to the powder head in the Goolan courtyard, you can't let you go in vain! ”

"Hey, hey, hey!" Fei Shirong's eyes lit up, and he rubbed his hands and said, "I'm afraid that she will cry afterwards and refuse to marry me obediently." I'm sincere to my cousin Chongzhi, it's different from the fans in Goolan Yard, I want to marry her and go home to be a lady, and love her well. ”