The palace maids brought by Mama Jin were all waiting under the corridor, and their eyes secretly looked in the direction of the main room from time to time. It was a hot day, and they didn't wait for a while, they were sweating profusely, and their sideburns were soaked with sweat.

They are also annoyed, everyone knows what good errands are sent to King Chen's Mansion by the queen from time to time, but once they are returned, don't expect to be reused.

Time passed slowly, and the cicada's chirping seemed to be sharper.

After a stick of incense, they saw Mama Jin coming out of the main room, her steps were vain, her face was pale, she was sweating profusely, and her whole person seemed to have been fished out of the water.

Mama Kim, what's wrong?!

Several palace maids secretly exchanged glances, seeing that Mama Jin's body was intact, and it didn't look like she had been beaten by the princess.

Why does she look like she has lost half of her three souls and seven spirits?!

When Mama Jin walked up to these palace maids, she had already collected her mood and looked at her expressionless arrogance.

"Let's go."

She stroked her sleeve, dropped it, and walked down the stone steps.

The palace maids and attendants looked at each other, knowing that Mama Jin had obviously failed to persuade the princess to accept them.

Could it be that Mama Jin is so anxious because it is difficult to explain to the queen after going back?

These palace maids and attendants thought that they were soft-spoken, and they didn't dare to ask, so they all silently followed Mama Jin and left.

The two mothers-in-law of the palace hurriedly led Mama Jin and her party out.

The main courtyard returned to its original calm.

After a cup of tea, Chu Qianchen also walked out of the main courtyard.

The sun was scorching outside, and the heat was steaming, and Amber hurriedly gave her an umbrella to block the sun.

Chu Qianchen went to the outer study in the front yard with a clear goal, naturally to find Gu Jue.

The outer study is located in the northeast corner of the palace, surrounded by a quiet green bamboo forest, with winding paths, making people feel as if they are isolated from the scorching sun outside.

Amber suddenly felt a lot cooler around her, and secretly sighed that the layout of this palace was really wonderful.

"Princess, the prince is inside." The little guy in the outer study walked in front to show her the way.

And Chu Qianchen didn't rush into the house, but stopped outside the threshold, and looked at the plaque in front of him in a daze, with the three big characters "Ziqing Pavilion" written on it.

"Princess?" The little guy also stopped suspiciously, looking at Chu Qianchen suspiciously.

The prince instructed that if the princess came, she didn't have to pass through, just let people in.

Chu Qianchen pursed his lips and smiled, and crossed the threshold.

These three words are the same as the plaque of King Chen's Mansion outside, which was written by the imperial pen when the first emperor gave the mansion.

In every place in the outer courtyard of King Chen's mansion, Chu Qianchen is like a treasure, and he must be more familiar than the prince!

In the study, not only Gu Jue was alone, but also Su Mubai and Cheng Linhua.

When the little guy opened the curtain, Cheng Linhua's solemn voice came from inside: "The emperor reprimanded the prince in the imperial study today, saying that the prince has no princely demeanor, and the prince of Daqi has the truth of being a dart master for the Wuhe clan, and if it is spread out, it will only make people think that Daqi is afraid of Nan Hao and grovels to Nan Hao." ”

"The emperor ordered the prince to go back to the East Palace and think about it behind closed doors."

When Chu Qianchen entered the door, Cheng Linhua and Su Mubai couldn't help but look at her more. Su Mubai hooked his lips and quickly glanced between Chu Qianchen and Gu Jue.

Seeing that they were talking about business, Chu Qianchen didn't rush to talk to Gu Jue, and walked to the window and sat down.

She casually took out a half-woven bun from her sleeve pocket and braided it herself, the corners of her lips slightly curved.

Su Mubai took a sip of tea and said, "Lord Wang, the Wuhajia Building has not yet been taken down yet." ”

In the final analysis, whether this matter will succeed or not depends on the attitude of Uhajialou. If Garu should not, the prince will have a heart and be powerless; If Garu complied, the emperor would have compromised.

Gu Jue said with a smile: "Wuhe Jialou has a resolute temperament, he is not a hesitant person, he just wants to stay in Daqi for a few days." ”

Just like Wuhajialou must have known that it was not the Qi people who assassinated him in the Furong Garden last time, but the Hao people.

Su Mubai's fingers rubbed twice on the white porcelain embossed teacup in his hand, and said thoughtfully: "Lord Wang, what do you mean, what happened in Nanhao's country?" Only then did he keep the footsteps of Uhagarlou.

Cheng Linhua was confused when he heard it, and felt that the jump in the words of these two people was inevitably too big.

No wonder, only the prince can subdue Su Mubai, a dead fox!

When Cheng Linhua glanced at Chu Qianchen out of the corner of his eye, he found that she was also nodding slightly, as if she was agreeing with Su Mubai.

So, the princess also understood?

Cheng Linhua couldn't help but start to wonder if he was a shining god, or ...... Is he too stupid?

Gu Jue was silent, the knuckles of his right hand tapped lightly twice on the coffee table, and his eyes flashed when he remembered the conversation he had with Wuhe Jialou in Shaohua Hall the day before yesterday.

After a while, Gu Jue's right hand paused, and he casually ordered: "Cheng Linhua, you personally post a post downstairs for Wuhajia." ”

"Yes, lord." Cheng Linhua was ordered to retreat, and Su Mubai also retired.

In the outer study, only Gu Jue and Chu Qianchen were left.

Chu Qianchen was still sitting there and continued to weave the yarn, his expression focused.

The golden sunlight was sifted through the green bamboo forest outside the window, like a layer of golden light veil, crystal soft.

The girl's face was not powdered, and she was wearing a primrose-colored dark cloud pattern collared shirt, and the thick green silk was loosely curled, and the slender neck under the black crow's hair was as graceful as a swan, and the pine-colored thread lined her slender fingers were particularly white, as smooth as jade, and as fine as porcelain.

Her fingers are so flexible that people sometimes can't believe that such a weak and fragile wrist can pull a longbow and shoot a villain with such a slender finger.

She just sat there so quietly, and she exuded a light like the moon, quiet and soft, and dazzling.

Gu Jue clearly knew that this girl didn't need to be pitied, and no one had to be sorry for her.

She is strong enough, whether it is ability or heart, those external doubts will not shake her at all.

But knowing that he knew, he still couldn't help but feel pity for this girl.

It's a novel and fun feeling.

Gu Jue silently walked to her side and sat down.

At this time, Chu Qianchen raised his head and stretched out his right hand towards him.

Gu Jue subconsciously raised her hand, but saw her pointing to his waist and said, "Jade pendant." ”

Jade pendant?! Gu Jue was stunned, and the hand that was originally going to reach out to her temporarily turned around, took off the piece of mutton fat white jade pendant engraved with bamboo patterns on her waist, and handed it to her.

Chu Qianchen quickly untied the veil on the jade pendant. She noticed this morning that Gu Jue's jade pendant had been worn out a little for some years, so she re-knitted it for him.

Gu Jue lowered his eyes and looked at his right hand.

Is he being constrained by this girl?

The corners of his mouth unconsciously formed a faint smile.

Chu Qianchen's movements were very fast, and he skewered the jade pendant in three or two clicks.

Qianqian's knots are not the same, Chu Qianchen's knots are all based on intuition, how to match with the jade pendant, she will come with it, and finally tie two more diamond knots to finish.

"Alright."

When she finished weaving the veil and raised her eyes to look at Gu Jue again, she saw a smile on the corners of his slightly curled lips, and even his usual cold face became charming.

"Do I look good?" Chu Qianchen asked while smiling triumphantly, grabbed the tether above the jade pendant in his hand, and shook the jade pendant back and forth.

In mid-air, the oval-shaped mutton fat white jade pendant shimmered in a few rays of sunlight.

"Beautiful." He raised his hand to take the jade pendant, and a smile slowly crept up the corners of his eyebrows, "Make another one for me." ”

Chu Qianchen felt that this was a great affirmation of her, and she didn't want to nod her head in response.

Gu Jue got up and took out another piece of mutton fat white jade ring from the drawer of the bookcase, which was engraved with cloud patterns and phoenix patterns.

Chu Qianchen subconsciously looked at her waist, and she was wearing a mutton fat white jade ring similar to Gu Jue's on her waist, but she was engraved with a phoenix pattern, and this ring was given by the Empress Dowager Yin on the day of Wanshou Day.

These two rings are obviously a pair.

"It was given to me the day before yesterday by the Queen Mother." Gu Jue said, "Let's make up a network like you." ”

Chu Qianchen hesitated slightly.

She made up plum blossoms for herself, dark colored yarns, big red beards, and some gold threads, which were very bright. The prince prefers some plain colors on weekdays.

She only hesitated for a moment, anyway, the prince looks good in anything.

She immediately called Amber in and told her to go back to the main courtyard to fetch the ropes, ribbons, and so on.

Amber went in and out, Chu Qianchen finally remembered what she was here for, and showed it with a smile: "Lord Wang, just now Mama Jin from the Internal Affairs Office came, and the emperor asked her to come to stuff people." ”

Chu Qianchen vividly told her how she induced Mama Jin to make the other party mistakenly think that she had been poisoned.

Gu Jue saw her sassy appearance, listened to her with a smile, and poured her tea.

The structure of the internal affairs government is extremely complex, since the founding of the Great Qi Dynasty, there have been many changes, now the subordinate institutions of the internal affairs government have seven divisions and three courts and thirty subsidiary institutions, and also have jurisdiction over the three major halls, Shouning Palace, Jingshifang, Wenyuan Pavilion, Imperial Pharmacy and so on.

It can be said that in the court, the internal affairs office is inseparable from everywhere.

This girl used Mama Jin to bury a nail in the Internal Affairs Office, which is very useful.

Chu Qianchen finished his words in one breath, wrinkled his nose, and finally sighed: "The emperor is always restless, and it's quite annoying." ”

She saw the appreciation in Gu Jue's eyes, and she was even more proud, and the cat's tail behind her wagged briskly.

Gu Jue didn't take the emperor to heart, looking at her so funny, she couldn't help but raise her hand and touch the top of her soft head, and said with a smile: "It's just a clown jumping off the beam." ”

Chu Qianchen thought so deeply and smiled freely.

Those beautiful phoenix eyes seemed to be rubbed into the starlight, flashing and flashing, and when the smile bloomed, the cheeks were as delicate as hibiscus flowers, and they were brilliant and incomprehensible.

Gu Jue looked at her with a smile, feeling that he had seen another side of her again-

Free and easy.

This girl has many faces, sometimes calm and generous, sometimes simple and lively, sometimes elegant and dignified, sometimes cold and lonely......

Chu Qianchen also looked back at him, smiling.

Her mood was stable and quiet, greedy for the warmth of the moment, and hoped that such days would continue forever and forever.

At this moment, Amber, who had just gone to get the embroidered basket, came back, bringing not only the thread and rope for braiding, but also a post, "Princess, the fourth uncle sent someone to send another post. ”

More than an hour ago, after Chu Qianchen received the post sent by Chu Yunmu, he immediately replied to her post and asked Onyx to send it to the Hou Mansion, but he didn't expect Chu Yunmu to send a second post so soon.

Chu Qianchen took the post, looked at it at a glance, and said with a smile: "Brother Mu just posted today and asked me if I could take him to see Guozijian's entrance exam in three days, I originally replied to the post, thinking that I would go to Mu Guogong's Mansion to pick him up in three days." ”

She shook the post in her hand, "He didn't say he was coming here to pick me up."

As he spoke, Chu Qianchen's smile deepened, with a somewhat doting expression in his expression.

Chu Yunmu was a good talker, and three days later, he really came to the palace to pick up Chu Qianchen, and he deliberately advanced it half an hour in advance.

Chu Qianchen deliberately wore men's clothes, wearing a blue straight jacket, his hair was tied up with a hairband of the same color, he was wearing a purse and a bloodstone seal around his waist, his lips were red and his teeth were white, and the jade tree was in the wind.

Guozijian is located in the Guozijian Hutong in the east of the city, the whole alley is shrouded in a green and dense shade, quiet and quiet, and most of the people who come and go here on weekdays are Guozijian students.

Today, however, there are a lot more ornate horse-drawn carriages coming and going on the streets.

Some came to Guozijian today to take the exam, and some came to cheer up relatives and friends like Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu.

Although Chu Qianchen and the others deliberately set off in advance, but the plan could not catch up with the changes, when they were about to arrive at Guozijian Hutong, there were two carriages in front of them that collided with each other, and the two families were prominent families, and they competed with each other, so they attracted a lot of good deeds to watch the excitement, causing other carriages and horses to be difficult to move an inch.

Chu Qianchen immediately took the opportunity to make a detour, and it still took some time to drive out of the bustling crowd, and when they came to Guozijian, the exam had already begun for a quarter of an hour.

The sisters and brothers successfully entered the Guozijian with the post of the Duke of Mu's mansion.

Guozijian has a special maid to greet today's visitors, and the sisters and brothers, under the guidance of a small maid, quickly arrived at the examination room of the martial arts test.

The examination room is a wide school field, and there are temporary bamboo sheds on three sides of the school field as auditoriums, and the audience seats are crowded and lively.

In the center of the school field, two teenagers are facing each other with silver red tasseled spears, the teenagers are wearing fresh clothes, wielding spears, and their light clothes float up with their flying movements, hunting and hunting, and they are full of spirit.

Chu Yunmu's eyes lit up, and he raised his hand to point to a young man in an azure lapel beard in front of him and said, "Second ...... Brother, look, it's big brother! ”

After the words came out, Chu Yunmu suddenly felt that something was not right.

One of the teenagers in the field was none other than Chu Yunyi.

The duel with Chu Yunyi was a young man in a royal blue beard, and the spear in the hand of the blue-clothed young man was danced vigorously by him, attacking Chu Yunyi like a thunderbolt.

The spear vibrated in the air, with a buzzing sound.

And Chu Yunyi was forced to retreat one after another, almost only defending.

Whether it was the spectators in the surrounding audience or Chu Qianchen, they could see that Chu Yunyi was at a disadvantage at the moment, and he was not far from a complete rout.

Chu Qianchen frowned, she would only do some superficial self-defense skills, not guns, but in her previous life, there was no shortage of spear masters around her, even if she had never eaten pork, she had seen pig runs, Xue Fengyan and Tang Yuchu's marksmanship was good, their marksmanship was tempered on the battlefield, with bloody and killing intent, and this blue-clothed young man's marksmanship was full of bells and whistles, just like those martial artists on the stage, it was just a showman, and the dance was good-looking.

In the past few months, she has also seen Chu Yunyi practicing martial arts in the Hou Mansion, although his skills are not as good as Xue Fengyan and Tang Yuchu, but he is definitely far better than his opponent.

"Boom!"

A fierce collision sounded, and the spear in Chu Yunyi's hand came out of his hand, and with a bang, the spear fell to the ground.

It also means that Chu Yunyi lost.

In the audience, there was a round of applause, and those people were cheering and applauding for the winner.

The victorious young man in blue was in high spirits, raising his spear at his relatives and friends, declaring his arrogance as a victor.

In contrast, the defeated Chu Yunyi had a gloomy look in his eyes.

"Big brother!"

Chu Yunmu shouted at Chu Yunyi, Chu Yunyi's body trembled violently, and he raised his eyes and looked in the direction of Chu Yunmu and Chu Qianchen.

He naturally recognized Chu Qianchen who was dressed as a man, his eyes widened slightly, staring straight at Chu Qianchen, his eyes were extremely complicated.

He froze for a few moments, as if he were a stone sculpture.

Chu Yunmu shouted "big brother" again, and the next moment, Chu Yunyi turned around without saying a word, turned his back to Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu, strode in another direction, and fled.

Chu Yunmu: "......"

Chu Qianchen raised his willow eyebrows and called, "Jiang Yuan." ”

She didn't need to say more, Jiang Yuan immediately rushed out, and almost in the blink of an eye, he rushed in front of Chu Yunyi, quickly blocking Chu Yunyi's way.

Chu Yunyi wanted to bypass her, but saw that no matter which direction he turned, the other party seemed to be able to guess his movements one step in advance, and quickly blocked in front of him.

Chu Yunmu was dumbfounded. The second sister's maid is inevitably too powerful!

"Brother Mu, let's go over." Chu Qianchen smiled slightly, slowly took Chu Yunmu over, and walked all the way to Chu Yunyi.

Chu Yunyi: "......"

The young man's handsome face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he couldn't face Chu Qianchen at all, ashamed, annoyed, helpless, and couldn't raise his head.

"Big brother......" Chu Yunmu racked his brains and thought about how to comfort Chu Yunyi, this is still only the first martial arts test in the morning, and the defeat is nothing, and there is a second game in the afternoon.

Before he could say anything, he heard Chu Qianchen propose: "It's almost noon, let's go eat." ”

Chu Qianchen didn't mention Fang Cai's competition for half a word.

Chu Yunmu: "Okay! ”

Chu Yunyi: "Don't go." ”

Chu Qianchen also ignored Chu Yunyi, and took Chu Yunmu to walk in the other direction together.

Chu Yunmu hesitated a little, looked at Chu Yunyi, and then looked at Chu Qianchen, he had always looked after Chu Qianchen with Chu Qianchen as the leader, so he chased after Chu Qianchen in a hurry.

Chu Yunyi, who was left alone, looked at their backs in a daze for a while, and finally followed, following Chu Qianchen's side sullenly.

Chu Yunyi looked at Chu Qianchen's side face from time to time, looking at this sister who was as tall as him, he didn't know what to say.

To tell the truth, in the past, he always thought that this half-sister Mu Ne was weak, he was closer to the eldest sister since he was a child, and he had more to say, while the second sister always avoided him.

However, this year, after leaving the house and coming back, he felt as if his world had changed drastically in just a few months. He found that many of the things he had thought of were not true.

Grandmother, father, aunt, second sister......

The faces of these people closest to him flashed in front of his eyes, and his thoughts returned to the day when Chu Qianchen returned to the door in the third dynasty.

In the past few days, he has hardly slept well, and when he wakes up and sleeps, he can't help but think of the scenes of that day......

It all followed him like a nightmare.

Along the way, Chu Qianchen ignored Chu Yunyi, and only said to Chu Yunmu without a word:

"Brother Mu, Zuixiao Tower is nearby, not only is the wine good, but the dim sum is also good, how about eating there today?"

"Good. Today I have a treat! ”

"So generous?"

"I've always been very generous...... Ahem, my mother gave me fifty taels of silver! ”

“……”

The three sisters and brothers went all the way to Zuixiao Tower, which was not far from Guozijian, and Chu Yunyi, who was ignored, was even more aggrieved.

He almost didn't turn around and leave, but his footsteps were obedient and he still followed behind Chu Qianchen.

Xiao Er led them to a private seat on the second floor, where Gu Jue was lazily leaning against the window drinking tea, waiting for them.

"Second brother-in-law." Chu Yunmu screamed obediently, looking at Gu Jue's eyes with scrutiny and scrutiny, like picking a bone in an egg, and like a mother-in-law looking at her daughter-in-law, trying to pick out something.

Amber wanted to laugh every time she saw Chu Yunmu's eyes.

Chu Qianchen and Chu Yunmu sat down beside Gu Jue, but only Chu Yunyi hesitated and slowly crossed the threshold of the elegant seat.

Gu Jue personally poured tea for Chu Qianchen and asked casually, "How did your brother do in the exam?" ”

As soon as he saw Gu Jue, Chu Yunyi felt that his cheeks were hot and painful, and he remembered that on the day Chu Qianchen got married, he swore when he carried her on the sedan chair on his back: "If he bullies you, you tell me, and I will help you out." ”

However, he slapped himself in the mouth today.

Chu Qianchen glanced at the arrogant young man, and only spit out one word: "Rotten!" ”

Chu Yunyi: "!! ”

Although Chu Yunyi himself knew that he was not good enough, when his sister told his brother-in-law so bluntly, he still had an urge to turn around and leave.

Is this what his own sister said?!

Chu Qianchen didn't save face for Chu Yunyi at all, and talked eloquently: "People will recuperate well before the exam, he is good, I don't know if he was a thief a few nights ago, and his spirit is not good." ”

"Attacking the other's strengths with his own shortcomings, he is obviously not good at using spears, but he has to choose the same weapon as his opponent."

"During the competition, I was distracted, I didn't respect my opponent, and I deserved to lose! It's better not to go to war and harm your comrades like him. ”

“……”

Chu Qianchen hit the nail on the head and said several of Chu Yunmu's mistakes.

Chu Yunmu felt the same way when she heard it, and felt that what the second sister said was a golden and jade good word, and she couldn't wait to take a small notebook and write it down.

Chu Yunyi was still a little indignant at first, and the more he listened to Chu Qianchen, the more ashamed he became, and he wanted to run, but he couldn't run.

The stubborn young man could only stand in place with a blushing face, and said to himself, Chu Qianchen has no one to rely on in his mother's house, if he runs away in front of King Chen, he will definitely be looked down upon by King Chen, and in the future, King Chen will bully Chu Qianchen, and he will not have the face to support her.

He persuaded himself again and again in his heart, his mood stabilized a little, and he held his chin high and said unadmittedly: "I didn't play well in the last game, and I definitely won't lose in the afternoon!" ”

He felt as if he was facing three examiners at the moment, and he held his head high.

Chu Qianchen played with the white porcelain teacup in his hand, and his cherry lips hooked with a smile.

Sometimes, silence is better than sound, and Chu Qianchen's expression looked at Chu Yunyi's eyes, like a silent question, which was more effective than whipping him.

The competitiveness in Chu Yunyi's heart was provoked, and he felt that he must let Chu Qianchen see how powerful he was, he was not a person who could only amplify words.

Chu Yunyi said solemnly: "I will definitely win, and I will definitely be admitted to the Guozijian." ”

The corners of Gu Jue's lips hooked as if nothing, he put down the teacup, and suddenly said, "If you are admitted, I will ask someone to take you to live in the Xuanjia camp for a month." ”

Everyone knows that the Xuanjia Army is the elite of the Northland Army, and Chu Yunyi certainly knows it.

His eyes lit up as if they had been lit by a candle of fire, and he was eager to try.

He cleared his throat, and after recognizing his relatives, he called for the second time: "Second brother-in-law~"

The sound was a little awkward.

In order to be able to go to the Xuanjia camp to practice for a month, Chu Yunyi went out and hurriedly poured tea and water for Gu Jue.