Chapter 18 King Xin's private meeting with Zhou Xiaoniang
At this time, Zhou Kui had actually been freed from his self-torment. In fact, self-suffering is just an instant thing for Zhou Kui, as long as he has a thought, he has begun to imagine all the benefits and scenery of Zhou Xiaoniang after being selected, just like when he wanted Zhou Xiaoniang to be Chen Rending's little daughter-in-law.
Coldly, his imagination was inexplicably interrupted. After a long time, I couldn't help but think: "Although Xiao Niang is a little smart and has a famous teacher to teach, but there is a sky outside the sky, there are people outside the world, and there is no shortage of masters in this world."
Also, has the little lady ever practiced the items to be tested? Back then, Chen Renjin left his hometown and went to Beijing in a hurry, and seemed to have said that there were two important things that he had to teach in the future. What is it? β
Zhou Kui couldn't remember, so he had to continue to think: "It won't be so coincidental, right?" No, didn't Chen Renjin say that Xiao Niang is the fate of great wealth. With such a fate, it will never be so unlucky. β
Just thinking about it, a eunuch came out and announced the test item.
Zhou Kui finally remembered that there happened to be the two things that Chen Renjin had to teach in the future, his legs couldn't help but weaken, and he slowly sat on the ground, Zhou Xiaoniang's urgency that he couldn't dig out and the decadence that was enough to make people die because of despair and the tragic image of him being chased and killed by loan sharks rushed over in an instant, flashing in turns......
It wasn't until someone pushed him that he opened his eyes and saw that it was actually a eunuch, looking at him with an anxious expression.
"It must be the little lady who offended the queen mother in a hurry, and the queen mother ordered him to catch us." This thought flashed quickly, and Zhou Kui immediately recognized it, and said in a trembling voice: "You, you, what are you doing?" β
This eunuch came to send him home at the behest of the queen's mother, came out to look for him, saw him in a daze, hurriedly came over to push him, he was still not awake, he was wondering, suddenly heard him speak, but his face was frightened, stunned, or said: "Congratulations to the master, congratulations to the master, our family is polite." β
"Congratulations? Hershey? Still a master? And the courtesy? Zhou Kui asked himself in disbelief, with a hint of confidence in his heart, and asked with a long rhyme: "Where does the joy come from?" β
The eunuch was impatient, but he still pretended to be happy and said: "Your old good daughter chose Princess Xin, you always say, is it a great joy?" β
"Chosen Princess Shin?" Zhou Kui's mouth kept nagging, and after a while, he suddenly jumped up, shouting "Hit!" Hit! Hands and dances.
Besides, Zhou Xiaoniang never wanted to counterattack because of a meal, and she was like falling into a fog. However, when she left Yuanhui Hall after sending Zhang off, she was already thinking: "Although it is a good thing to be selected, the fate with him is also over." β
He was met by her at this year's Lantern Festival. At that time, she guessed a lantern riddle that no one else could guess, and while she was happy, she suddenly saw a man staring at her motionlessly.
So rude! She wasn't disgusted, because this was a man who made her feel familiar. He was so clean, and seemed to understand her, apparently, he was about to come over to talk, but she was dragged away by his father, who was hurrying over. She never saw him again.
"Why did you think of him again?" She blamed herself and pinched herself hard, forcing herself to stop thinking about him, to think about what would happen in the future: "That king of faith, who is it? Tall, short, fat and thin, we don't know anything. Although marrying him can make us more beautiful, will he be the same as his father and brothers?
Alas, there is no way, this is the fate of a woman: whether you like it or not, and whether he will treat us the same way that his father treats his mother, as long as it is destined, we must marry him, and we must treat him the same way my mother treats my father. β
Thinking about it, she couldn't avoid sadness, but she still decided to study diligently, not only to learn palace etiquette well, but also to learn painting and piano exercises. After all, this is royal, and since such a test item is set, there must be a reason for setting it.
didn't know that the so-called him she was Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters. He ran out of the palace secretly, and unfortunately met her. Since then, he has remembered that night, and naturally he has remembered her, and this kind of memory has not stood the grinding of time, and the more it grinds, the clearer it becomes.
After Empress Zhang began to choose a concubine for him, he began to think: "Is the place where her family lives not within the scope of registration?" Will she sign up? Definitely, definitely. If she were to run, she would be able to be selected on the same terms as she did. β
Thinking about it, I was about to get excited, but I realized coldly, "She doesn't know who we are, if that's the case, doesn't it mean that she doesn't have us in her heart?" It became decadent again.
He didn't want to be decadent, so he thought, "People didn't promise you anything, why should they guard you?" Why didn't she say it clearly? Hmph, foolishly, can that count? Of course, you can't count. Besides, if she doesn't run, don't you even have the slightest hope? β
Once this thought came to mind, he secretly said: "By the way, don't think about it so much, in this life, as long as you can marry her." Muttering to himself, he was already urgent, and shouted in his heart: "She will definitely be selected!" β
A voice said unhurriedly but absolutely out of place: "Not necessarily, even if she meets the conditions as you wish and signs up for the election again, and you haven't mentioned it to your imperial sister-in-law, how could your imperial sister-in-law choose her?" β
He said angrily: "You don't understand, the imperial sister-in-law has always been fair and selfless, she must choose the best, she is the best, and the imperial sister-in-law designated her." β
The voice said: "But, what if she doesn't run, or she is eliminated before she enters the top ten, or your imperial sister-in-law looks away for a while......
The voice didn't go on again, but the meaning was very clear, he didn't say anything more, he didn't dare to wait any longer, got up to find Zhang, thought about it and felt that it was inappropriate, so he had to retreat again. He didn't have the heart to do anything when he returned, or to sit still, or to argue with the voice that didn't want him to get his wish.
Finally, on this day, when he was restless, a eunuch hurriedly came in and said, "I am very happy, the princess has chosenββ"
"Selected?" He asked rhetorically, and when he saw that the eunuch nodded affirmatively, he shouted hysterically in his heart, "It's her, it must be her!" βγ
The eunuch saw the excitement on his face, but he didn't have the slightest intention of rewarding, and muttered reluctantly: "Yes, the queen mother has personally sent it to the Yuanhui Palace to study." β
He was stunned for a moment, as if he remembered something, took out a piece of silver from his bosom, threw it to the eunuch, turned around and went out, he decided to go and see it for himself.
It was a transgression, but he couldn't care about it. This does not mean that he dares to openly break the vows, he must take advantage of others. In the palace, with an identity like his, it is not easy to take advantage of unpreparedness.
The fact is that he didn't encounter anyone, so he easily slipped into the Yuanhui Hall and looked in anxiously.
It's her! Sure enough, it was her!
Although all he saw was her back, he recognized it at a glance, and his heart jumped wildly involuntarily, or he had completely ignored it, and jumped over with a few arrows and hugged her.
She was thinking about it, and was coldly hugged from behind, startled, hurriedly broke free, turned to look, and said dreamily: "You, it's you, how can it be you?" β
Afraid of accidentally hurting her, he hurriedly said: "Yes, it's me, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters." β
"It's him, it's him! How could God play such a big joke on us? Thinking to herself, the unexpected happiness had overwhelmed her.
No matter what, he didn't want her to run away again, where else could he care about, and couldn't help but come over and hug her. She didn't struggle, she simply lay down in his arms. However, she did not lose her mind like he did, and after only a moment pushed him away, reminding, "No, never, this is a violation of the vows." β
He encouraged: "What are you afraid of, and no one will see it." β
She said: "How come, so many palace maids and eunuchs, aren't they all decorations." β
He was stunned for a moment, obviously aware of such a fact, and hurriedly turned to look, where there was half a figure, and couldn't help but look at her suspiciously.
She was even more puzzled, and said in disbelief: "There were clearly a lot of palace maids just now, why did they disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye?" β