The girl in front of Ah Jiu was just about to reach the end of her life, no more than fifteen years old, with long legs and a thin waist, and a slender posture.

With the complexion of mutton fat and white jade, apricot eyes and peach cheeks, starry eyes, a nose like a gall, and ruddy lips, she has a picturesque style of a girl.

Although she has an aggressive momentum, it doesn't come across as vexatious.

Her slightly raised eyebrows revealed a touch of confidence and pride.

Mo Xinlan, who was blocked by her friends, was secretly anxious for Ah Jiu, Ah Jiu didn't know her, let alone knew that she could be literate and martial, and she was the one with the highest call for being selected as the purple shirt guard this time.

Mo Xinlan was really worried that Ah Jiu would lose to her, if the ninth sister was timid, it would definitely affect the Mo family's status in Qingliu.

Ah Jiu smiled faintly, bowed, turned around and left.

All the ladies who paid attention to it, whether it was on the side of the nobles or on the side of the ministers, were all stunned.

"What do you mean? Could it be that you are afraid? ”

After Ah Jiu turned around, Lu Zige mocked: "The young lady of the scholarly family doesn't even have the courage to compete? Or do you disdain me?! ”

"Why bother?"

Ah Jiu looked back and smiled, "Looking at your momentum, you are nothing more than a well-known lady in the imperial capital, Xu is still among the four shows in the imperial capital, with the reputation of the young lady, I can find someone to ask casually, and you can know the name and origin of the young lady." What's more, I just met you and listened to what you said, I have little interest in who you are. ”

"Ninth sister!"

Mo Xinlan put aside her friend and walked over in a few steps, hating her for not fighting, "You can lose to Miss Lu, counting the ladies of the imperial capital, there are very few people who can win her, even if I am not as good as her." But the ninth sister shouldn't be cowardly, she lost her father's face, but I was afraid that the ninth sister's maternal grandfather would also be disappointed in the ninth sister. ”

"There is also Miss Wenchen's family behind the ninth sister. If you are cowardly and don't care, it will not be good if you are tired of them. ”

Mo Xinlan, who was righteous, made Ah Jiu gradually lose his smile.

"I also hope that Miss Lu will be merciful to the ninth sister."

Mo Xinlan was smiling when she faced Miss Lu, and she was full of momentum when she faced Ah Jiu. "Compete with the masters, even if you lose. There are also gains. ”

"I don't know when I represented so many young ladies behind me? A lady who represents the important ministers of the imperial court. ”

“……”

Mo Xinlan paused for a moment and said in a low voice: "It's not because of Jiang Shoufu?" Such a simple truth, why doesn't the ninth sister understand? Didn't my mother mention it to my ninth sister, there is always a dispute between Wenchen and nobles. ”

The ninth sister, who has always been smart, suddenly became confused on an important occasion, Mo Xinlan looked at Ah Jiu with regret and embarrassment, she was still too young and not stable enough, far from the ninth sister in her memory.

"My grandfather taught me something."

Ah Jiu looked around at the young lady from the noble background opposite. Articulate, the voice is crisp and pleasant, and there is a convincing power that directly enters people's hearts:

"Whether it is the founding nobles or the new nobles of the civil court, they are all the courtiers of His Majesty, and they are indispensable in the imperial court, and their duty is to be loyal to His Majesty, to be able to secure the country, and to govern the country with culture. The nobles and ministers should have done everything they could to make the empire prosperous and stable. Dominate all generations. ”

Because of the garden where the eldest princess of the town lives, the eldest princess or the royal family does not know where to see the dispute between the old and new nobles, and they may appear at any time.

Ah Jiu added a few words of whisker and patting the horse. By the way, he secretly praised his grandfather for his deep understanding of righteousness and the importance of the empire and His Majesty.

Sooner or later, this matter will reach the ears of Emperor Shenwu.

Just doing things, officials who don't know how to invite merit will not have a smooth career.

Most officials who only know how to invite merit and do not do practical things are inactive.

Officials who know how to invite merit and can do things, and can also shoot Emperor Shenwu's sycophants are the 'pillars of talent'.

"Those who deliberately provoke the dispute between the nobles and the ministers are all insidious villains who undermine the unity and stability of the empire." Ah Jiu smiled on his lips, "With Xungui as His Majesty's left hand, Wenchen as His Majesty's right hand, and his left and right hands work together." Only then can His Majesty be worry-free, and the empire and the people will be safe. Once the left and right hands are at odds with each other. Killing each other, so that His Majesty Xià has the pain of breaking his arm. Is it the work of a loyal servant? Nor is it a blessing for the Empire. ”

"What does Miss Lu think?"

“……”

Ah Jiu went online and rose to the height of the empire, so what did Lu Zige say?

Emperor Shenwu is bent on supporting the new nobles and suppressing the founding nobles, this is a fact, and even Emperor Shenwu deliberately created contradictions on both sides, but these things can only be understood, not explicitly stated, let alone talked about in public.

Lu Zige was countered to the first army, and soon she returned to normal, and said: "Wen Wu is the first, Wu Wu is the second, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess set up a banquet to invite the ladies of the imperial capital, which is to encourage the ladies to compete, I have heard of the name of Miss Mo Jiu, and I want to take this opportunity to learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses in the competition." You can't represent Wenchen, and I can't represent nobles either. The fight between Wenchen and the nobles was not my intention to stop you. ”

"The person who just talked about this is your second sister."

“……”

Mo Xinlan was dumbfounded, the red mole between her eyebrows seemed to be dripping blood, Lu Zige was not wrong, Ah Jiu was not wrong, was she wrong?

"The second sister sees that Miss Lu is too imposing, and there are a lot of ladies from noble and famous families behind her, so she will misunderstand that you are looking for trouble with me."

Ah Jiu couldn't watch Mo Xinlan being labeled as provoking the battle between Xungui and Wenchen, "If you had explained earlier or the young lady behind you was just watching the battle, the second sister would not have misunderstood because she was worried about me, and besides, if I remember correctly, the second sister had to mention my father's face at most." “

Lu Zige raised his chin, "In terms of arguing, I am willing to bow to the wind, not as good as Miss Mo Jiu." As the saying goes, if you don't practice fake tricks, you won't just talk about it. ”

"Debate can also be clear, can fight for the holy way, and the saying is not the same as the saying is not the same, the more the reason is debated, the clearer it is, how many good policies for governing the country arise from the debate? It is true that I dare not compare with the sages, but Miss Lu really thinks highly of my eloquence. ”

Ah Jiu said with a smile: "Since Miss Lu is dedicated to judging her superiority in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, I will follow your wishes." Even if I lose, I can't compare to you, and I only blame me for focusing on reading and ignoring the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that cultivates temperament. ”

Facing the smiling Ah Jiu, Lu Zige's heart was full of anger, it was really shameless!

Regardless of whether she wins or loses, Lu Zige is not as good as Ah Jiu, and winning just proves that she is proficient in cultivating sentiments, ignoring the knowledge in the book. The cultivation of eloquence has been lost...... She was even more embarrassed, losing her specialty to Mo Ajiu, who only practiced the piano occasionally.

No competition has been conducted. Lu Zige's mood was already half chaotic, and his liver fire was really strong.

Ah Jiu's smile was still there. Calm as usual, "I'll go to the Art Pavilion first and wait for Miss Lu,"

Zhuge followed Ah Jiu with a smile, and after a while, the ladies of the Wenchen family gathered in the attic, and when they surrounded Ah Jiu, they were a little more happy and surrendered.

They helped Ah Jiu come up with ideas, and some said that Ah Jiu would dance with them. There are also people who are willing to make peace with Ah Jiu, even though Ah Jiu has never said that he represents Wenchen, but in fact this competition is indeed the epitome of the dispute between the old and new nobles.

For the sake of factional politics and righteousness, most of the ladies who were looking forward to their glamorous domination were willing to help Ah Jiu, so they would rather be a foil for this reason.

Ah Jiu listened with a smile, and Zhuge said beside him: "It's just an ordinary competition, let's stop adding to the chaos, Sister Ah Jiu is still young, even if she is not as good as Miss Lu for a while, there will always be a day to defeat her in the future." ”

"But if you lose......"

"What if you lose?!"

Zhuge raised his voice. The lady who spoke with her eyes open, "Who among us dares to say that Miss Lu is a sure winner?" It would be unfair to her to hand over the drudgery of testing her talent to Sister Ah Jiu, who had just returned to Beijing. Ms. Luk's piano skills are recognized as the first. Ah Jiu's sister has just pulled back a city, and I thought this game was a draw. "Wouldn't it be better if you had a backup dancer?" The lady who spoke was full of expectation, "Maybe there is a chance to win." ”

Ah Jiu really wants to give the task of winning glory for Wenchen to these eager ladies, Jiang said that she always loves the battle of words, not practical enough, she also knows that sometimes she is sharp, some flowers are entangled, and she wants to learn from Jiang's style...... It's a pity that every time I was 'forced to go to Liangshan'.

"I play the bamboo flute. No need for a backup dancer. ”

"Bamboo flute?!"

Everyone shook their heads in frustration after being surprised.

Zhuge smiled and supported Ah Jiu. "It's good, I'm used to listening to the piano. Listening to the bamboo flute suddenly, Xu can win by surprise. ”

"The eldest princess doesn't like bamboo flutes ......"

"It is precisely because Her Royal Highness the eldest princess doesn't like it that the imperial capital is good at having someone good at bamboo flute." Zhuge Clan's intention to defend and approve is obvious.

After Jiang Cifu was promoted to the first assistant, Situ, who ranked fifth in the cabinet, filled the position of the second assistant.

This personnel change surprised the courtiers.

Lord Situ is ten years younger than Jiang Cifu, and he is also a champion, but he is different from Jiang Shoufu, he won the champion at the age of twenty, and he is also the first champion after the empire unified the country.

He has a young daughter, who is talented and beautiful, and is also one of the candidates for the purple shirt.

Situ's eyes flashed, "Sister Zhuge is very reasonable, since Sister Ah Jiu is good at it, let's play the bamboo flute, if you try the piano with Miss Lu, there will be no suspense at all." ”

The top ladies of the cabinet and the six departments of the outer dynasty all agreed with Ah Jiu playing the bamboo flute, and others naturally didn't want to say anything.

Zhuge saw Ah Jiu's doubts, and whispered to Ah Jiu about Situ's situation, Ah Jiu smiled at Situ's friendly smile, but his heart was slightly bitter, and he was a difficult person to deal with, the family's political position determined their choice of friends, and the family provided the children with rich and noble days, they would have to repay the family.

In a top famous family, it is simply impossible to make close friends with good tempers as you like.

Every lady has a ruler in her heart, who she is close to, and who she is just a nodding friend.

In the face of honors, the Wenchen system is twisted into a rope.

However, there are also various factions within the Wenchen system, and in addition to the incompatibility of official positions, the first assistant and the second assistant also have different opinions on the faction.

Ah Jiu admired Emperor Shenwu a little more, the emperor saw it really clearly, if the first assistant was too strong, it would not be a good thing for the emperor, there were contradictions and disputes between the first assistant and the second assistant, and Emperor Shenwu's throne was stable.

This is also the fundamental reason why Master Situ became the second assistant.

The young ladies competed in their talents, and the old and new nobles were involved, and the whole garden was alarmed.

The famous sons rushed over to watch, and the wives also lost their interest in talking, and paid attention to the news of the competition.

Naturally, someone asked Jiang about Ah Jiu.

Jiang is very helpless about Ah Jiu's ability to provoke right and wrong, and he can't say that his daughter is not good, she only loves to read, not piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, "The girl is too small, I'm afraid it's not as good as Miss Lu." ”

******

Lu Zige said confidently, "I'll let you perform first." ”

"Let's draw lots."

On pride. Ah Jiu doesn't lose to anyone, even if he knows that he can't compare, he won't lose in momentum. She directly handed the stick holder to Lu Zige.

After Lu Zige took a stick, he reacted. She took advantage of Ah Jiu's 'advantage' again!

In other words, he was calculated by Ah Jiu again.

Randomly pulled out a lottery from the lottery holder, the number on the wooden stick in Ah Jiu's hand was larger than Lu Zige, according to the customary rules, Ah Jiu could choose first, "My luck is better than Miss Lu." ”

The slightly teasing and relaxed words, the raised tail note, sounded like a little girl was as triumphant as she was entertaining herself. When others heard it, they just smiled and felt that Ah Jiu was naughty, but Lu Zige, who was facing Ah Jiu, didn't think Ah Jiu was naughty, obviously Ah Jiu was deliberately angry with her and disturbed her mood.

Go to the army to strategize, and attack the heart first.

After pretending to think for a while, Ah Jiu smiled and said: "I have heard that Miss Lu is unparalleled in the world, I think everyone here is more willing to listen to Miss Lu's natural voice first, Miss Lu first, please first." “

She sat down on her knees and put on a look of serious appreciation. As if the contest had nothing to do with her, she wasn't at all worried that she would make a fool of herself under the sound of nature.

If you know that you are vulnerable, you will choose to take the lead.

Zhuge Clan, who has always supported Ah Jiu, is also faintly anxious.

"Mother......" "Shhhh

The princess of the town looked at Ah Jiu with a good look, "Brother Yu'er has a good eye. However, she is neither like Jiang Zhuohua nor Mo Guanjie. ”

"Lord Jiang's biggest regret recently is that Ah Jiu is not his grandson, if Ah Jiu is a male baby, Xu is Lord Jiang will succeed Ah Jiu."

The county lord of Zhaohua stood with the eldest princess, although he set up a family affair for Lu Lingfeng, but he still had a little regret in his heart.

"You weren't angry when she was beaten in public?"

"I can't say her, she's right, I'...... I can afford to lose. "Lord Zhaohua smiled heartily and generously." After Ling Feng was injured, I was a little impulsive. I just want to break the corpses of the people who hurt Ling Feng into pieces, mother. I still don't like Lu Tianyang! Who is he? Can you use the second brother to take action in person? ”

The princess of the town country moved her lips, and glanced at the county lord of Zhaohua rather complicatedly, "In the future, you will make it less difficult for him on the surface, if you want his life, you must hit him with one blow!" Whatever the consequences, I will carry them all for you. If you can't take his life, you have to tolerate him, I also told your second brother that after this failure, your second brother will not calculate him anymore. ”“

"He's ......"

"Zhaohua!"

The eldest princess felt that her tone was too harsh, and said slowly: "Lu Jiang is your own choice, and the days are also managed by you, no matter what happens in the future, you have to bear it yourself, even if your brother and I can help you are limited." ”

"The candidates my uncle listed for me at that time were better than Lu Jiang, and the rest were either too soft or too arrogant."

When the lord of Zhaohua came out of the cabinet, the Xiqin Empire was only one of the overlords of the world, and he had not yet unified the world, and Emperor Shenwu was only the emperor of Western Qin at that time. Although he loved the county lord of Zhaohua, he also needed to consider his political position.

He promised his sister to let the county lord of Zhaohua choose his own husband, but he privately set the range.

Of course, Zhaohua County is happier than his daughter, at least Lu Jiang is dignified and is a well-known general, and most of the other princesses and county lords were directly used by Emperor Shenwu for political marriage.

"With my son here, I won't regret it." Lord Zhaohua said: "Mother, I know that you don't look down on him for the original thing, but he is also helpless, and he is wholeheartedly devoted to me." ”

"Humph!"

The princess of the town country waved her hand and said, "Don't say good things for him in front of me, helpless?" As a last resort? That's what you stupid girl will believe! ”

The index finger pointed in Ah Jiu's direction, and the eldest princess said in a low voice: "Take the same thing and ask Ah Jiu, her answer is more satisfactory to me than yours." ”

"As calm as you are, Brother Yu has to suffer."

“……”

The county lord of Zhaohua grabbed his mother's arm, "But Brother Yu'er is willing to work hard." ”

*****

The momentum is rolling, and the general order with a murderous aura is gradually picked up, Lu Zige gasped slightly, this general order is more standard than her usual, completely creating the atmosphere of battlefield battle, and it is better in artistic conception and technique.

After everyone was intoxicated, they applauded wildly and applauded.

Ah Jiu applauded in admiration, "It is worthy of its name." ”

Lu Zige's frustrations and grievances in the confrontation with Ah Jiu were vented in this general's order, making the sound of the piano more real and moving.

Situ sighed lightly, "Sister Ah Jiu's chess is one move. ”

made the mind attack not only did not have the effect of disturbing Lu Zige, but she played better.

Zhuge nodded in agreement, "But I still believe that Ah Jiu can turn defeat into victory." ”

*******

Jiang's face was as usual, but the hand on the cuff was clenched tightly, how could she not worry about Ah Jiu?

No one knows the depth of Ah Jiu better than Jiang's, just looking at Qin Se, Lu Zige, who plays normally, can throw Ah Jiu three streets, and now Lu Zige, who plays the general's order for a long time, is not something Ah Jiu can compete with at all.

Jiang thought about how to comfort the defeated Ah Jiu, and he must not let his baby daughter fall into a state of collapse and have no confidence.

Thinking of Ah Jiu's bright eyes losing their brilliance, the Jiang family felt a little more hatred for Lu Zige.

It's not good to be angry, isn't it normal for a mother to be angry and bully her children?

Rao is calm Jiang also became willful at this time, did he use any method to stop Ah Jiu?

No way...... would rather see Ah Jiu defeated, she couldn't stop Ah Jiu at this time, not because of her reputation, but because she was afraid that Ah Jiu would be hurt even more.

"With Ah Jiu's character, even if she loses, she ...... It will be better than today, and no one can break her self-confidence. ”

Lu Tianyang chuckled; "Besides, she may not lose, everyone underestimates her. Although the general's order is good, the murderous spirit is too heavy, and the bamboo flute is quiet and full of vitality. ”

"You mean that Miss Nine deliberately let Lu Zige play first, just to know that she can play the general's order?"

Liu Tiecheng touched his chin, there was a faint cold sweat behind his back, and he must not be calculated by Miss Nine in the future. (To be continued) R655