Chengguo Mansion is located in the west of Shichahai in the capital, in the pre-Yuan era, there were several large-scale monasteries, and it was originally a good place. Later, Emperor Yuan Shun fled north, and the lamas inside didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang's temper was, and whether they believed in Lamaism or not. In addition, the lamas of the Yuan Dynasty relied on the national teacher Basipa to have the emperor's favor, and it was not a good thing, and they did everything evil to bully men and women. Finally, he followed the Mongol emperor to the steppe with mare's milk wine and roast mutton. So the monasteries here gradually fell into disuse.

Later, Zhu Neng helped King Yan to conquer his nephew's country, but Zhu Neng died young. Therefore, Zhu Di not only named Zhu Neng as the Duke of Chengguo, but also rewarded this vast place to Zhu Neng's descendants. After more than 100 years of construction, the Chengguo Mansion has reached a peak era.

Chengguo Mansion has five door faces, five main halls, five apse, five back bedrooms, and there are side halls on the left and right. This is second only to the treatment of the Prince. This also shows that the emperors of the past hundred years have been favored by the descendants of Chengguo Gong undiminished.

Outside a wing in the backyard of the mansion. A young girl lifted the corner of her skirt and bent her waist, and walked towards the gate of the courtyard with her footsteps. If you look closely, it turns out to be Zhu Qinglin, an aristocratic girl who loves to fight unevenly. In the past few days, she was forced by her father Zhu Lin to learn knitting in the boudoir for a few days. was bored, but I heard from outsiders that Ye Guan had handled the matter of petitioners and scholars in the yamen of the Ministry of Officials. Curious, he prepared to sneak out when Zhu Lin went to meet the guests.

"Qing'er, what are you going to do?" A majestic and low call made Zhu Qinglin have to stop, spit out his fragrant tongue in annoyance, and then changed to a coquettish smile.

Zhu Lin, the son of Chengguo Mansion and Zhu Qinglin's father, was standing under the cloister, frowning at her.

"Dad—why didn't you go to see the guests?" Zhu Qinglin shook his arm coquettishly.

"Qing'er, do you want to run out again? A daughter's family runs outside every day, and what kind of body does it become! Although Zhu Lin doted on his daughter, he had to discipline her well when he saw that his daughter was playing off-road.

"Dad, how boring the family is, either reading books or being a female celebrity, the maids are all submissive, and the brothers are also busy eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, bullying others, I don't clean them up, and I can't play with them." Du Yan pouted, and when she said this, Ye Guan's slightly evil smile appeared in her mind.

Zhu Lin sighed: "Qing'er, our house originally started by relying on military exploits, and being a father is not a pedantic person who can only do it, have you been fooling around less since you were a child?" There are a lot of things to do for your father to help you deal with the aftermath, right? When will Daddy bear to reproach you for half a sentence? However, Qing'er, don't forget, last year you were engaged to the little prince of the British Mansion, if you still run out all day long like before, and it is rumored that it is my Zhu family's goddaughter, then the British Mansion is also a wealthy family, and it is more powerful and deep-rooted than my Chengguo Mansion. In the future, if you marry into your husband's family, you won't see the good face of your in-laws......"

As soon as he heard the word "marriage", Zhu Qinglin's pretty face suddenly turned pale, and the whole person suddenly lost his strength, his spirit was gone, and the whole person was only left with an empty shell.

A hazy and familiar face flashed repeatedly in her mind, trying to catch it, but she couldn't. I want to say it, but I don't know how to say it......

This was an era when women couldn't help themselves, whether it was the daughter of an emperor who was rich in the world or the daughter of a destitute people, they didn't want to make their own decisions. Zhu Qinglin knew what happened to her two sisters, so she always understood.

It's not that Zhu Lin has to climb the high branches of the British Duke's family, both of them are dukes' palaces, so it can't be said who climbs whom. But since last year, when the British Duke Zhang Mao took his second grandson Zhang Li to the Chengguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings, he met his daughter, Zhang Li took a fancy to Zhu Qinglin at a glance, and went back to beg Zhang Mao to ask Zhang Mao to propose to Zhu Lin. Zhang Mao's eldest son died early, leaving only two sons, the eldest son was a knight, and the younger son could only take the road of grace, so Zhang Mao was very doting on Zhang Li.

Zhang Mao couldn't resist Zhang Li's pleas, so he could only propose marriage to Zhu Lin and Zhu Qinglin's grandfather Zhu Fu. Zhu Fu also felt that the two families were right, and Zhang Mao was his own family friend, so he agreed. Since Zhu Qinglin heard about the marriage, he knew that now he is running crazy and playing like this every day, and the days of happiness and freedom are one day after another.

She was like an ostrich with her head buried in the sand, deliberately not wanting to remember it, and the faster time passed, the more crazy she played. She put all her anger and confusion in the world outside this Guogong Mansion, and put all her happiness and joy outside the Guogong Mansion.

Because, once she marries into the British government, she is not living for herself......

She just wants to desperately leave a little memory for her youth, and in the lonely days of being a woman in the future, she will be bored basking in the sun in the high inner courtyard of her husband's house, thinking about whether her husband is messing with flowers and grass outside or running to the concubine's room to keep warm, forget all the resentments and grievances in her stomach for the time being, take out these beautiful and precious memories, taste a product carefully and stingily, look up at the sky at the four corners, and think that she had been crazy outside the courtyard wall for a day in a certain year and month, laughing and scolding with her friends...... In the quiet years of the rest of his life, in addition to his husband and children, only this memory of girlhood is completely his.

From time to time, the familiar and annoying and indescribable face flashed through her mind, this face was like a fly hovering overhead, and she could not get rid of it, but she could clearly feel that the days when she could see him were getting fewer and fewer.

If it wasn't Zhang Li who married him, but him......

If the two thousand taels of dowry he gave him finally returned to him, plus his two thousand taels of wife, and four thousand taels were gathered again, would he be surprised? Could it be said that they are really a match made in heaven?

Zhu Qinglin unconsciously showed a sweet smile, but tears poured down disobediently, and he couldn't wipe them off no matter how he wiped them. At this moment, she is no longer a chivalrous woman who likes to fight unevenly, nor is she the daughter of the Chengguo Mansion, she is just ...... A girl with no future...... A girl who can't call the shots......

Seeing his daughter's sad appearance, Zhu Lin opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he shook his head again and turned back to the study.

Unsatisfactory things are often eight to nine, and they can be the same as others. Every family has a scripture that is difficult to read......

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Who dreams first, I know in my life, the grass hall is asleep in spring, and the day outside the window is delayed.

Ye Guan yawned and walked with Zhu Qinglin by the moat outside the Jingshi. 6, he was pulled by Zhu Qinglin.

It has been closed for nearly a year, so the people doing business by the Yongding River come and go very lively. The weather is quite good these days, and the sun shines warmly in the afternoon, which makes people seem to have the illusion that spring is coming.

Ye Guan squinted his eyes and felt the excitement of the approaching New Year, coupled with the company of the beauties around him, he felt indescribably comfortable.

The momentum was forcibly pulled out of the yamen by Zhu Qinglin, Ye Guan was reluctant to run outside, but Zhu Qinglin didn't seem to be in high spirits today, and he was in a bad mood. So Ye Guan also took another leave and came out with Zhu Qinglin.

Originally, he didn't plan to come to the Yongding River, it was too far away from the capital, but Zhu Qinglin insisted on saying that he wanted to stay away from the capital today, so they rode horses and ran for more than an hour to come here.

Ye Guan is not a fool, he knew that Zhu Qinglin was in a bad mood today, and quickly made a wise choice, today Zhu Qinglin is the boss, she said to go wherever she wants.

In addition, he is a bit of a lazy person, so instead of reading some boring official documents, it is better to come out and take a walk. Although Zhu Qinglin's personality is a bit of a big lady's temper, she is also a beauty, of course, it looks much more pleasing to the eye than the mountains of official documents on the bookcase.

Today's girl is playing crazy, very happy, browsed some shops around the Yongding River, and carefully evaluated everything she was interested in but didn't buy any of them, the boss who saw it was a strong luck, if Zhu Qinglin was not a beauty, it is estimated that the owners of the shops would have started to drive people away. After shopping on the street, she ran to the river to play in the water, regardless of her identity as the eldest lady of the mansion, laughing when she wanted to, shouting when she wanted to. The scholars and the women and children who were shopping in the nearby shops looked at her crazy appearance, and they all showed disdainful eyes, or smiled with envy.

Ye Guan walked behind her with a wry smile, he knew that this girl must be in a bad mood to be like this, but being noticed by so many people, Zhu Qinglin is nothing, Ye Guan is a little embarrassed.

Jumping and laughing along the river, running back and forth for a while, and then running to a noodle stall to pull Ye Guan to eat two bowls of somen noodles, Zhu Qinglin finally felt a little tired, his fair face flashed a healthy and charming flush, panting slightly, his nose and forehead were covered with fine fragrant sweat, and the corners of his mouth were still smiling happily.

Zhu Qinglin ate faster than Ye Guan, Ye Guan was still drinking soup, and Zhu Qinglin had already finished eating. With a light smile, she supported her chin with her hands, not caring about the oil stains on the table, staring at Ye Guan with a pair of beautiful big eyes, and her slender eyelashes blinking from time to time, which was extremely moving.

However, for Ye Guan, who was eating noodles, the noodles in front of him were still more important, so when he was almost finished, he found that Zhu Qinglin had been staring at him.

"Something on my face?" Ye Guan touched his face.

Zhu Qinglin smiled and shook his head.

"Tell me something?"

Zhu Qinglin still shook his head.

"I'm handsome?"

Zhu Qinglin finally nodded.

"I think so too, hehe"

Zhu Qinglin: "............"

Ye Guan only noticed at this moment that Zhu Qinglin's smile was very fresh and clean. Without a hint of pretentiousness, natural and simple