After Ji Yanning left, the students in the tea shed began to teach the villagers to write again, but many of the students began to wonder about Mr. Jingyuan's father.

Mr. Jingyuan is a great Confucian in the academic world, and I think his father should not be an unknown person, but no one seems to have ever talked about his father.

Since it was a calligraphy and painting left by Mr. Jingyuan's father, it must be a very precious thing, and Ji Yanning was so generous and gave it to others directly.

However, thinking that the birthday gift that Ji Lang gave to others last time was actually a very precious golden silk nanmu, which was difficult to buy even if there was money, the other students knew that the Ji family was not just a rich merchant.

Jing Yuan stood aside, holding the box in his hand, but he didn't open it, he knew that the calligraphy and paintings inside must be genuine.

In fact, the calligraphy and painting was stolen by Yuan Jiaojiao from Hu Yong, and Ji Yanning intercepted it when he saw it and transferred it to Jingyuan.

What's more, now that his words have fallen, and no one is protecting Hu Yong anymore, his servants should be about to come to an end.

Inside the palace of King Xuan.

"Is she back to Jiangzhou?" Rong Che frowned slightly, a little displeased, he didn't expect her to return to Jiangzhou without making a sound.

Qiu Li said truthfully: "Baochang Ji seems to have encountered some trouble in business, Miss Ji had already planned to return to Jiangzhou earlier, and the matter of Xiao Shaobei and Yan Zheng had been delayed until now. ”

Rong Che fell silent.

The size of Baochangji's industry is indeed easy to attract the covetousness of others, not to mention that its owner looks like a bully.

"Let the people over there in Jiangnan watch it, if she needs help......" Rong Che was halfway through his words, he suddenly stopped and handed the imperial carp jade pendant to Qiu Li, "That's it, give this to Jinhe and let him look at Yan Ning." ”

Qiu Carp lowered his eyes, answered yes, took the imperial carp jade pendant, and retreated.

As soon as he walked with his front foot, the butler stepped into Rong Che's study with his back foot.

The housekeeper stepped forward and reported with a salute: "Lord, the queen has sent a message from her side, asking if you are still going to the palace banquet tomorrow, and it doesn't matter if you don't go, the mother will give the emperor an explanation." ”

Rong Che thought for a moment and said, "It's okay to go and see the excitement. ”

The queen and Concubine Su invited the concubines of the officials above the sixth grade in Chang'an to the banquet, and chose concubines for the second prince, the third prince and him, which must be indispensable.

The third prince Rong Qi can't expose the fact that he can speak in front of others, and he will definitely fall behind the second prince, and I don't know how Su Guifei will show the face of the third prince in front of others.

Naturally, he wanted to take a good look at the excitement.

The purpose of this palace banquet is well known, so most of the ladies of the family who came to the banquet took great pains to dress themselves up seriously.

According to the current situation, everyone thinks that the second prince is the most promising to win the heir, if the second prince chooses the concubine, then it is very likely that she will be the queen in the future, how can you not let these families think about it!

Even if he is not favored by the second prince, the third prince and King Xuan have noble status, and it would be good if they could marry into the royal family.

Compared with those ladies of the family who are dressed up extremely gorgeously, Murong Yixue's dress is ingenious, she is wearing an elegant white dress with light makeup, which is particularly conspicuous among the women.

Murong Yixue quietly glanced at the people at the banquet, and she didn't find Yuan Jiaojiao, so she was inexplicably relieved.

Thinking that Yuan Jiaojiao and herself had the same face, if they appeared together on such an occasion, it made her feel a little uncomfortable.

The Yuan Mansion didn't want to provoke the royal family, so the old lady naturally wouldn't let her come to such a palace banquet that was interested in choosing a concubine.

"Yixue!" The county lord of Yalan saw Murong Yixue and happily stepped forward to talk to her.

The county lord of Yalan knew that the person Murong Yixue liked was the third prince, so he did not conflict with his desire to become the second princess, but was willing to join her.

When Murong Yixue saw her, she smiled slightly, the county lord of Yalan was dressed very well, it seemed that he had put in a lot of effort, the golden hairpin on his head was dazzling, and the makeup on his face was extremely exquisite.

"You're too plain dressed up!" Yalan County Lord glanced at her dress and commented, "Good looking is good-looking, but on such an occasion, it will inevitably make the queen and the concubine feel that they don't pay attention to this banquet." ”

Murong Yixue's eyes flashed slightly, and she smiled: "It's okay." They weren't thinking about how we were dressed today. ”

In my memory, the third prince doesn't seem to like women with heavy makeup, so she rarely dresses up too brightly Fortunately, her face gives her a lot of advantages.

The queen and Concubine Su arrived, and everyone saluted.

Then the second prince, the third prince and King Xuan entered the palace together, everyone bowed their heads and saluted, and when they saw them seated, the queen let everyone sit down without courtesy.

Most of the women's eyes fell on the three of them, although it seemed that the appearance and temperament of the third prince were slightly better than that of the second prince, but unfortunately they were dumb.

King Xuan's appearance is also very good, and his temperament is mild, so why not be a good choice?

"It's rare to see so much excitement in this palace, I haven't seen so many young girls in a long time. The queen said with a smile.

Su Guifei responded: "No, they all look like flowers, and they are very tender." ”

The queen said: "Everyone doesn't need to be nervous, it's just an ordinary banquet, just be happy." Of course, this banquet also has to be a little fun, and it would be best if there was any girl willing to perform some talents for everyone. ”

This was said directly, but the girls below looked at each other, but no one dared to be the first to come out first.

Su Guifei glanced at everyone, her eyes fell on Murong Yixue, and when she saw that it was the county lord of Yalan beside her, she opened her mouth and asked, "Yalan, are you ready?"

The county lord of Yalan was slightly stunned, and then her heart became ecstatic, she stood up and saluted, and replied: "Back to the concubine Niangniang, the courtiers have prepared a song and dance, please appreciate it." ”

The queen nodded slightly, but approved of letting her be the first to show her talents.

The county lord of Yalan glanced at the second prince, and was surprised and happy in his heart, Su Guifei was the first to call her, could it be that Su Guifei and the second prince are very optimistic about themselves?

"Jump well. Murong Yixue whispered encouragement to the county lord of Yalan.

The lord of Yalan County bowed his head, got up and went to the side hall to change his dance clothes.

Her dancing was really good, although she was the first to perform, but there was no nervousness, maybe more excitement.

After the dance, there was a lot of applause in the hall.

Su Guifei said: "The main dance of Yalan County is light and graceful, but he dances very well. ”

The queen smiled at the corner of her eyes: "It seems that the concubine is very satisfied with the county lord of Yalan." ”

Su Guifei said: "It's good, it looks like you've worked hard, how do you feel about the third prince?"

Everyone's eyes looked at the three princes.

Didn't Concubine Su Guifei take a fancy to this Yalan County Lord, so she planned to ask the third prince's opinion?

The queen looked deep, the poison of the dark incense before was given by Concubine Su Guifei, knowing that he couldn't speak, but now she was making it so difficult for him.

If he shook his head, he was afraid that he would have a reputation that was too harsh, and if he nodded, Concubine Su would probably misinterpret his meaning, anyway, the third prince was not easy to speak.

Rong Che chuckled lightly and said to Su Guifei: "Since the concubine is satisfied, it is the second prince who should be asked, and the concubine probably forgot that Ah Qi can not comment on this dance." ”

As soon as he said this, Rong Che's gaze had already looked at the second prince.

The second prince said: "Since it was carefully prepared by the county lord of Yalan, it is naturally good." ”

When he said it, he was a little perfunctory, and it could be seen that it was just a scene, and the smile of the county lord of Yalan gradually faded, and he bowed and retreated.

Next, many women volunteered to perform their talents, Guo Xinyue, who was sitting in the crowd, felt a little bored, she just came to go through the motions today, and did not plan to show her talents.

She said that her father was the pearl of her palm, and her father naturally would not have the idea of using her to climb the royal family, but unfortunately her family affairs had not yet been decided, and it was difficult to refuse the post of the palace banquet.

Seeing that these women were all performing hard, hoping to get into the eyes of the second prince, Guo Xinyue just laughed.

She stood up and said to the little palace maid who was waiting beside her, "I'm a little dizzy, go out and sober up." ”

The little palace maid responded with a regular answer, if the queen or the concubine asked, she would explain the reason for Miss Guo.

But now there are so many young ladies of the family, and there are one or two less, and the queen and the concubine should not pay attention to it.

Guo Xinyue got up and took a few steps back, leaving her seat quietly.

Walking out of the main hall, the breeze greeted him, and Guo Xinyue felt a hint of happiness.

She remembered that there was a secluded lake not far from the outside of this hall, which was a good place to relax, although people outside the palace were not good at walking around in the palace at will, but the place was not far away, and no one would stop her, just enough for her to hide for half an hour.

At dusk, Guo Xinyue came to the small pavilion by the lake, sat by the railing, leaned against the fence and watched the fish swimming in the lake.

At dusk, the surface of the lake is sparkling, and a large school of koi and goldfish stirs the surface of the lake.

She took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, and there were two small pastries in it, which she had brought out to feed the fish.

She crushed the pastry a little and threw it into the lake, and a school of fish gathered under the railing where she was, crowding each other to eat.

Guo Xinyue chuckled, then threw the pastry away a little more, and saw those fish pounce again, very happy.

Compared to the performances of other people, these fish seemed to be more attractive, and her mood became happy.

She was so playful that she crushed a whole piece of pastry and threw it all into the lake.

The whole lake was full of fish, and it seemed that all of them had gathered together, and it was so crowded that some of the fish in the middle jumped out of the lake.

"Eh, don't rob ......," Guo Xinyue whispered to the fish in the lake, standing up and crushing another piece of pastry in the other direction.

The fish were more than happy, and several of them had already jumped out of the lake.

Guo Xinyue was about to go out to see, but where did she think that a golden koi actually fluttered out and flew directly towards her face!

"Ahh

Just as she was about to fall, someone suddenly grabbed her waist from behind.