Liu Zhiqing shook his head with a smile when he heard her words, and he didn't agree with it: "I know your character very well, just like you play chess, you are strong when you are strong, you have to get by on weekdays, and if you can let it, you will never fight back if you are bullied to a certain extent, you are very smart, don't say that it is just these bright faces, that is, you can also see those bad moves, but you are too lazy, and you will ignore it if you are not bullied to your head." ”

"Really?" Liu Xuan smiled slightly: "I didn't expect me to be a lazy person in your eyes." ”

Seeing that she deliberately misinterpreted the meaning of his words, Liu Zhiqing could only helplessly: "Has she ever embarrassed you again at the banquet?" ”

Liu Xuan smiled and shook her head: "The Holy Lord here is both willing and powerless, but I am not the only one who went to the banquet, the second lady of the Cao family, and Cao Ying, who is also called the double pearl of the capital with me, also went." ”

Liu Zhiqing and Liu Zhiming frowned when they heard this, Liu Xuan said that King Gong brought Cao Ying to dance, and praised Cao Ying's dancing skills very loyally, she smiled as if she was saying something that had nothing to do with herself: "Cao Ying's dancing skills are very good, and after seeing her, she specially gave her a seat." ”

Liu Zhiming snorted coldly when he heard this: "The Cao family still doesn't give up." ”

On the contrary, Liu Zhiqing half-lowered his eyes and did not speak.

Liu Xuan looked at Liu Zhiqing's expression in her eyes and smiled slightly: "Okay, I've said everything that should be said, you should go back to rest early when it's not early, although I haven't drunk, but I'm really tired after half a day." ”

Hearing her say this, Liu Zhiqing and Liu Zhiming got up and said goodbye.

Liu Xuan went back to the house, washed up under Dongmei's service, and then went to bed to rest. It's just that she was lying on the bed but couldn't fall asleep, and Li Che's words were echoing in her ears, but the picture of Cao Yingyan smiling and Yan Yan toasting Li Che at the banquet appeared in front of her.

She tossed and turned for a long time, until she was really tired, and then she fell into a deep sleep.

On the second day, Liu Xuan still got up early in the morning, she ate in the house and read the book, until the hour was almost up, then she went to ask Liu's mother to say goodbye, Liu Taifu was staying in Liu's mother's house that night, Liu Xuan came when he had not left, and was eating with Liu's mother.

Liu Xuan smiled and greeted the two. Liu Mu saw her put the dishes and chopsticks and said with a smile: "Why did you get up so early." Today is the first day of the new year, and even the maids in the house have to sleep lazily. After speaking, she instructed the maid to add two bowls and chopsticks and invite Liu Xuan to eat together.

Liu Xuan hurriedly said that she had already eaten, so that Liu's mother didn't have to worry about her, and Liu's mother didn't invite her again when she heard about it. Instead, she asked the maid on the side to take the red envelope she had prepared and handed it to Liu Xuan: "It stands to reason." You're past the age of giving red envelopes. But this is the first year that you have been with your stepmother, and this red envelope is still indispensable, and your stepmother knows that you are not short of silver. But this is the mother-in-law's heart, and you can take it. ”

Liu Xuan was moved to solemnly put away the red envelope, since her grandfather passed away, she never confiscated this thing, she couldn't help but think of her grandfather who loved her, her eyes were red at the moment, she hurriedly bowed her head and thanked her, until her expression was as usual, she looked up and smiled.

Liu's mother had a look of disgust on her face: "The mother sealed her daughter red, which is a matter of course, so why thank you." ”

Liu Xuan smiled and nodded to admit her mistake, Liu's mother used the meal again, and Mrs. Liu also took out a delicate and small jade abacus from his sleeve, and he handed it to Liu Xuan and said: "Father-in-law doesn't know what you like, think about it, you should be able to use it." ”

Liu Xuan took it and played with it in her hand, the jade abacus was warm and transparent, and it was made of fine jade at a glance, and she couldn't put it down at the moment, and Mrs. Liu also showed a smile on her face when she saw her love.

Liu Xuan didn't want to disturb them much when they had dinner here, so they said to Mrs. Liu and Mother Liu: "Xuan'er is going to find the righteous brothers." ”

Mrs. Liu and Mother Liu smiled and nodded, and Liu Xuan exited the room.

When Liu Xuan arrived, Liu Zhiqing was busy in the study, Liu Xuan entered the study and said with a smile: "The first talent in the world, the first son of the capital, Liu Shaofu Liu, why is he still busy on the first day of the new year?" Don't you know that you can't do anything on the first day of the new year? ”

Liu Zhiqing raised his head and looked slightly bitter: "It's not because of you, you said that I would comment on the works of those first-class students from the fragrant and cold families, how dare I be lazy, so I had to get up early in the morning to comment." ”

Liu Xuan touched her nose and was slightly embarrassed, this thing was indeed found by her for him, she took two steps forward to his side, flipped through the poems on the table at will, and looked at it, Liu Zhiqing pointed to another stack and said to her: "These are not very good in your hands, and I have picked out some of the better ones and put them there." ”

Liu Xuan put down the poems in her hand, took the stack of Liu Zhiqing's fingers and looked at it carefully, this stack in her hand is indeed much higher than the literary style she saw before, this stack of almost every Liu Zhiqing wrote one or two annotations, Liu Xuan saw that his annotations were often to the point, and couldn't help nodding: "Your knowledge is also worthy of the title of the world's first talent." ”

Liu Zhiqing raised his eyebrows when he heard this, and said modestly at all: "That's natural, if this son recognizes the second, no one will dare to recognize the first." ”

Liu Xuan already knew his character very well, and when she heard him say this, she just smiled and stopped talking, and suddenly she turned over a poem, on which Liu Zhiqing annotated a lot with a red pen, and couldn't help but read the poem carefully and then sighed: "This person is very talented, and he can be rated first-class." ”

Liu Zhiqing raised her eyes and looked at the poem in her hand, and then nodded: "When I was in Yizhou, I only knew that this Jiang Xiaogongzi had some business talents, but I never thought that his knowledge was so high, if I had known earlier, it would not have been your turn to recommend it to His Highness." ”

Liu Xuan looked at the signature of the poem was Jiang Heng, and couldn't help but smile and said: "He is not what I recommended to His Highness, it is his absolute taste of incense, His Highness went to find him by himself, but his name is really flattering, and now that he has changed his name, it looks much better." ”

Liu Zhiqing knew that Jiang Heng was Jiang Xiaogongzi, but he didn't know what Jiang Xiaogongzi's real name was, and when he heard Liu Xuan say this, he became interested and asked, "Oh?" What is his real name? ”

Liu Xuan chuckled: "You definitely can't imagine that his real name is Jiang Xiaoxiao." ”

Liu Zhiqing couldn't hold back his laughter, and he didn't laugh until a long time. He looked at Liu Xuan and said, "I know why this little prince Jiang has never participated in the imperial examination, and he has never shown his talent." ”

"Why?"

Liu Zhiqing said with a smile: "Do you think, all the answers to the imperial examination must be signed, and those examiners will be happy when they see his name, not to mention that his literary style is indeed outstanding, once his articles are spread, won't everyone know that his name is Xiao Shrimp?" ”

Liu Xuan also smiled and nodded: "What you said is very reasonable, when he was in Yizhou, he never let people call him by his name, and only allowed others to call him Jiang Xiaogongzi, which shows that he is quite taboo about his name." ”

Liu Zhiqing and Liu Xuan talked and laughed, and time passed quickly. After a while, Liu Zhiqing was busy. That Jiang Xiaogongzi's poem is indeed the best, Liu Zhiqing just rested after being busy, and a little servant came to pass the word, saying that Liu Taifu asked Liu Xuan to accompany him to play chess.

Liu Zhiqing looked at Liu Xuan with a gloating look on her face. Liu Xuan rolled her eyes at him: "You don't like to play chess with your father-in-law." But I can do anything. Put away the way you look and make people look tired. After saying that, she followed the little maid to Mrs. Liu's place.

Liu Zhiqing looked at Liu Xuan's departing back and shook her head and sighed, she didn't know what kind of situation Liu's father was obsessed with chess, he wanted to see how it came down today. Would she say that again?

Liu Xuan has always known that Mrs. Liu likes to play chess very much, but she never thought that Mrs. Liu would be obsessed with chess to such a situation, she has never left since she entered the study, even lunch was spent in the study, in the study she and Mrs. Liu have never done a second thing except playing chess.

This chess has been played for a whole day, Liu Xuan also loves to play chess, but playing chess is to meet the opponent to have the fun of competition, although Liu Taifu loves chess and is obsessed, but this chess skill is really not flattering, Liu Xuan can't believe that Liu Taifu is such a knowledgeable person chess skills are so bad.

In addition to Liu Taifu, Xu Yihui, the son of Hangzhou Taishou, is the weakest among the people who have played against Liu Xuan, but even Xu Yihui's chess skills are above Liu Taifu, she and Xu Yihui play chess, and Xu Yihui will know that he has lost, but she and Liu Taifu play chess, even if all the corners are lost, Liu Taifu does not know that he has lost, and he will not realize that the general trend has gone until he is full of sunspots on the chessboard.

This kind of chess game is really tiring, not to say how much effort it takes, but a kind of helpless tiredness.

It wasn't until the little servant came to pass that dinner had been prepared, and Mrs. Liu couldn't get enough of announcing that today's game of chess was over.

Liu Xuan entered the dining hall and saw Liu Zhiqing looking at her with a smile that seemed to be not a smile, she helplessly showed a wry smile, she finally understood why Mrs. Liu called Liu Zhiqing to play chess, he was going to lament.

Early the next morning, Liu Xuan was in Liu's mother's room, and Mrs. Liu sent a little girl to call her to play chess, she said that she would not go anywhere, but she wanted to talk to Liu's mother, and when the little girl left, Liu Xuan looked at Liu Xuan with a smile and said: "It's hard for you to have the patience to accompany your father-in-law for a whole day." ”

Liu Xuan smiled bitterly: "Xuan'er can't understand why her father-in-law is so poor in chess skills." ”

Liu Mu sighed: "Don't say it's you, even the stepmother doesn't understand, the so-called no one is perfect." ”

The words that no one is perfect touched Liu Xuan's heart slightly, she half-lowered her eyes and asked softly: "Xuan'er has something she wants to ask her stepmother, did her stepmother feel sad when her stepfather took a concubine?" ”

Mother Liu was slightly stunned when she heard Liu Xuan's words, she looked at Liu Xuan's half-lowered eyes and sighed: "Xuan'er." ”

"Xuan'er is here."

Mother Liu's voice was a little low: "The stepmother doesn't hide it from you, if you say that your stepmother was not sad when your stepfather took a concubine, it would be a lie." But what's the use of being sad? Quarrel with him? Fight with him? Will he not be allowed to take a concubine? If there are men in this world who have some family backgrounds and some talents, who is not three wives and four concubines? If I quarrel with him and quarrel with him, it will only push him farther and farther, and my stepmother understands that as a woman in the backyard, there is nothing more important than the love of men, if he loves you, even if there are many women, you can't shake your status by half a point. ”

Liu Xuan lowered her eyes thoughtfully: "But what if you feel uncomfortable?" ”

"Endure. Only forbearance. Liu Mu looked at her and said: "If you endure it, you win, if a woman loses the heart of her husband in this life, even if she is in a high position, what can she do, just like that Queen Cao, her status is unmatched, but she can only see the saint on the fifteenth day of every month, and if she says a disrespectful word, as a woman, she is not as good as her stepmother." ”

Mother Liu saw that Liu Xuan was still a little unclear, so she said: "Let's take the stepmother as an example, although your stepfather has two concubines, but these two concubines have nothing to do, your stepfather is also good to them when he is new, but as time goes by, it is just like this, the stepmother has a green branch and a bright body, that is, your stepfather also respects and loves the stepmother, the years are easy to pass and the youth is easy to grow old, can you understand what the stepmother said?" ”

Liu Xuan didn't understand the meaning of Liu's mother's words: "Men in the world are all affectionate, and it is enough for husband and wife to get along with him and respect him, right?" ”

Liu Mu nodded: "Xuan'er is the most intelligent, you can see the truth here, if you plead, you can have it, but this love can't be with you for a lifetime and can't protect your life." ”

Liu Xuan answered and stopped talking, maybe it was really that she asked too much, and asked for too many things, just as Liu's mother said, men in the world are all affectionate, if love can be relied on for a lifetime, there will not be so many resentful women.

She really shouldn't insist on those ethereal things, maybe she really shouldn't have so many thoughts that she shouldn't have.

After talking to Liu's mother, Liu Xuan was not relieved, but even more puzzled, she didn't know if her persistence for so many years was right, and she didn't know if she should continue to persevere.

If she hadn't been moved, if she hadn't been emotional, she might not have been so difficult to accept.

The first day of the new year has passed, the ordinary people in the capital have begun to visit relatives and friends, and the powerful have also begun to exchange with each other to celebrate the spring.

Now Liu Xuan's identity is different, she is the crown princess appointed by the saint, and she is the prince's favorite person, as long as she does not do anything too outrageous in the future, she will definitely meet the mother in the world, so half of the visiting noblewomen came to see Liu's mother, and half of them came to be almost familiar with Liu Xuantao.

Liu Xuan's attitude towards everyone is not affectionate, polite and polite, and everyone is more satisfied with her attitude, after all, they have no friendship with Liu Xuan before, and it is enough for her to treat her politely.

The days passed, the number of visitors has gradually decreased, and on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, no one visited in the morning, and in the afternoon Liu Xuan took a nap as usual, and just got up Dongmei told her that Li Che was here, and he was in the front yard with the Liu family father and son at the moment. (To be continued......)