Emperor Tianlong drove the expedition in person, and all the affairs of the court and China were put in the hands of the Gu family. Gu Ping was busy, and Lin Qiantan's apprenticeship ceremony was briefly taken over, and everyone didn't know who the female disciple Gu Ping received was named.

When Lin Qiantan heard about her apprenticeship from other people's ears, she just laughed it off.

Lin Qiantan did not hide from Gu Ping that she had the intention to step into the court. After listening to this, Gu Ping didn't care that she took advantage of the teacher, but adjusted the category of introductory books for her.

Following the tenacity and the miscellaneous, Lin Qiantan lacks a systematic understanding of the vertical and horizontal aspects of the court. What she has to do is to learn from Gu Ping and avoid detours. Gu Ping bluntly said that the weak part of her temperament is deep-rooted, and it will always affect her actions from time to time.

Lin Qiantan accepted it humbly and listened to what the teacher said.

When others talked about the female disciples recruited by Gu Ping, they didn't take it to heart, thinking that most women couldn't succeed. I thought that Gu Ping's enrollment was a mantle, but it turned out to be very disappointed for many people.

Others gave a low evaluation, and Lin Qiantan didn't care, Jinhe and the others, who knew Lin Qiantan's good deed, were naturally indignant.

When Mei came back from the Song family, she told her about the recent situation of the Song family, and at the end, she didn't dare to say that the Song family had a quarrel with the neighbors.

The reason is just because some people owe it, saying that Gu Ping finally knows how to open up when he is old, and in the name of recruiting female disciples, in fact, he is getting a woman to add fragrance to his red sleeves by his side. The Song family also knew that it was better for Lin Qiantan to keep a low profile in this matter, but in the end she endured it.

But if Mei didn't say it, Lin Qiantan herself would have known it from Gu Qingxuan's mouth. Gu Ping knew that there was such a rumor, and she still talked and laughed freely in the face of her, a new student, which showed her openness.

Zhimei only picked out the good ones and said: "Although Mama is said to be sick, she can't be idle every day, she always walks around, and Lang Zhong can't control her."

Lin Qiantan was taking a pair of tweezers and poking and poking in the incense burner.

"Then when you go back, tell her that if you don't have to come back to see me for the rest of your life, you will try not to listen to Lang Zhong."

Mei laughed when she heard this.

As Mei spoke, she was surprised and said, "... Guess who the slave and maid met when they came back? ”

Lin Qiantan glanced at her.

Wait Mei smiled and said: "It's a coincidence, the slave maid met the second dog of the Wang family...... Ah no, it's the second son of Yan Guogong, and the slave met him there. ”

The scenery not far away and Ji Yue reacted faster than Lin Qiantan, and when she heard the name of the old master, she subconsciously turned around.

Lin Qiantan was also slightly surprised, but it was not strange. The capital is not a store opened by her, and anyone can walk on the main road.

Seeing that Lin Qiantan didn't seem very interested, Mei added: "The second son told the slave maid that he was going home, and he brought the mother and eldest brother from Qianshi Village."

Wang Yuanzhao brought Xia Sanniang, Lin Qiantan had already heard Wang Yuanzhao say it himself, but she really didn't know that the Wang family's house would be close to the Song family's house.

After Mei finished speaking, she retreated.

Lin Qiantan played with the incense burner for a while, stood up, and led people to the Shen family.

Yin Wei happened to be there, and when Lin Qiantan passed, Yin Wei was talking to her mother-in-law about Lin Bixiang's marriage.

“…… Sisters marry the same husband, and it is also a beautiful talk to spread out. ”

Lin Qiantan thought to herself that she had appeared at an inopportune time. Yin Wei was continuing the previous few times, persuading the Shen family to facilitate Lin Bixiang to be a concubine for the Chu family.

It was too late for Lin Qiantan to withdraw her feet. When Yin Wei saw her, she showed a kind smile to her mother after a long absence, and said to her, "Sister Tan, you are here."

Lin Qiantan naturally also called: "Mother."

The two of them were affectionate, but in fact, there was no smile in their eyes.

Shen is still a peacemaker, but he doesn't know the twists and turns of the juniors below. The mother and daughter in front of them are not in harmony with each other; The two sons have been stabbing each other in private recently; Shen Ning took something from Lin Qiantan's hand......

Shen smiled like a Maitreya Buddha, in her life, she was most afraid of trouble, and wished everyone was in harmony.

Although she was sick, Lin Qiantan couldn't see the old man's sick face. Shen has a good mentality and has never been easily angry.

Lin Qiantan is a party to the matter of concubines. Seeing that she came over "by chance", Yin Wei continued the topic with a smile after Lin Qiantan also sat down: "Mother, although this matter is not good to say in front of the juniors, but Sister Tan is also going to get married, and this matter, if it is decided, I will have to talk to her sooner or later......

Shen was slightly displeased. Yin Wei specially chose an abnormal time to come over to fulfill her filial piety, which already made her feel subconsciously weird. As soon as he came, he talked about Lin Bixiang.

I was waiting here.

Last time, she did have some thoughts about being moved by Yin Wei's words, but she didn't really make up her mind.

Yin Wei kidnapped her and asked her to help.

However, she was unhappy in her heart, at least on the surface, she was still willing to give Yin Wei some face.

Anyway, Yin Wei's proposal is indeed somewhat feasible. Lin Bixiang is also her granddaughter, and she always looks bad at her and can't get married.

Lin Qiantan listened to the two elders and herself tentatively mention the matter of Ti Lin Bixiang there, but anyway, she didn't give a word of relief. Shen is upside down, and the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat. Yin Wei is different.

Lin Qiantan smiled in her heart, she wanted to be faced, and only those who wanted to be virtuous and famous would be constrained. She won't be constrained.

This matter, as she said herself, was not decided unilaterally. Even if she agrees, it depends on whether the Chu family agrees or not.

And it is impossible for her to be willing to help them persuade their cousin and uncle as Yin Wei wishes.

What kind of goods is Lin Bixiang, she also deserves it!

Yin Wei's voice was still in his ears: "...... You and your cousin have always had a good relationship, as long as you are willing to take care of your sister, she will have something to rely on in the next life, and you don't know what her situation is......"

Lin Qiantan just doesn't pick up the stubble.

What is the situation with Lin Bixiang? It's just that she told her to have a bad reputation for two years and then die, in the end, what does it matter if she marries or not, who she marries.

Don't say that she won't say it, even if she goes, she should only say bad things about Lin Bixiang's misconduct.

Before Lin Qiantan came out of the Shen family's courtyard, she heard two mothers-in-law breaking their mouths behind the wall at the entrance of the road.

"Look at Miss Seven's temperament, just like the third lady in the past, I'm afraid she is also jealous." One of the ways.

The other said: "Look at her, isn't she just taking her sister on the sedan chair with her, she doesn't want to, what else do you expect?"

The one who spoke first said again, "Eh! You said, she used to go to see Miss Eight every day, and eighty percent of it was pretended, right? ”

"Tsk, these little girls, say one thing and do another, isn't that it......"

As the two mothers-in-law spoke, they twisted their butts on the other side of the corridor, and they didn't notice Lin Qiantan on the other side of the wall.

It's rare that Jinhe didn't rush out to scold, and Lin Qiantan still felt funny: "Yo, how can you hold back this time."

Jin He twisted his mouth and said, "This is the old lady's place, I scold people for a while, and it's not the master who wipes my ass." If you go back and spread it, it will be even more unpleasant.

Lin Qiantan also smiled. She is changing, Jinhe is also changing, Jinhe's mouth, no one needs to say it now, she can often control it herself.

By the way, Lin Qiantan remembered who those two mothers-in-law were. She is cautious and holds grudges.

Lin Qiantan ignored the mother-in-law who had already gone away, and walked away by herself in a good mood, but Yin Wei, who had pitted people on the other side, was a little unpleasant.

Lin Qiantan's attitude was clear and soft, and she didn't get any substantive promises from her mouth this time. But it doesn't hurt. This is also a business without capital.

Lin Qiantan is okay now, so she will go to "take a look" of Lin Bixiang, she has long had her reputation in the house.

Yin Wei is just on the basis of what Lin Qiantan did, and she stabbed Lin Qiantan herself with the knife that Lin Qiantan pulled out.

How could the people in the mansion praise Lin Qiantan and belittle Lin Bixiang before, but now they can ...... the other way

Lin Qiantan went to Shen Ning.

Shen Ning wasn't there, but Lin Qiantan's second Bo Lin Dong happened to meet her there.

Lin Dong is currently serving as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in Dali Temple, and he is a capable person. In fact, even if he can't get a knighthood, he can have a piece of heaven and earth with his own ability.

The two just passed by. Lin Dong has a son and a father, and Lin Zirong's cold character is like him.

Lin Qiantan sat in Shen Ning's room for a while before Shen Ning came back from outside. Shen Ning went to see the relatives of several girls under her name.

She was not surprised to see Lin Qiantan here. Lin Qiantan's intention, she also guessed.

Shen Ning was also a little embarrassed, she had already heard about the matter in the main courtyard on the way back, and she had accepted Lin Qiantan's things, but she was going to mess things up, and her face was also hot.

Lin Qiantan came to Shen Ning, but it was not mainly for her own business.

"The people that the second aunt has seen are naturally good, and they are also suitable for the eighth sister. But my mother's mind is also human, and I can understand her. ”

Lin Qiantan didn't worry much about this.

Yin Wei disliked that the person Shen Ning was looking for was not good, Lin Qiantan simply pushed the boat down the river, and said that in two days, there was a boudoir party in the palace of Zhongyi County, and she would take Lin Bixiang out of the house, which could be regarded as giving Yin Wei some face to a certain extent.

The party Lin Qiantan was talking about was not an ordinary party. It's just a blind date in disguise that sells dog meat on the head of a sheep.

The blind date of the Zhongyi County Royal Mansion has long been distributing invitations everywhere. Lin Bixiang didn't receive an invitation, of course, she could only rub Lin Qiantan's car.

Coming out of Shen Ning's place, the girls asked Lin Qiantan: "Master, do you really want to take Miss Eight with you?"

Lin Qiantan smiled and said to her: "Naturally, I didn't deceive anyone."

Lin Bixiang hides in the yard all day long and doesn't go out, Yin Wei, a mother, is of course the most anxious.

Zhongyi County Wangfu made this out, in fact, the drunkard's intention was not to drink, from the mouth of Concubine Xiao, it can be known that Zhongyi County Wangfu was ordered by the palace to pick women for several princes. Only the rest are for those who go to the banquet.

The same party, Lin Qiantan had never been to in her previous life. At that time, she had already married off to the Dong family because of her affair with Dong Yong, and became a "lady" level outside the scope of the invitation.

*

Yin Wei worked hard, but Lin Bixiang couldn't quite comprehend it.

She only felt that she had been repeatedly humiliated and refused to go out.

It's just that one of the culprits of Yin Huai, after something happened, he still has to do what to do. The days are moist!

But when she heard Cai Tong say that Yin Huai was beaten and her face was ruined, Lin Bixiang suddenly felt very comfortable.

I didn't want to say yes.

Seeing that she agreed, Lin Qiantan sent another message to Lin Shuchen. Bringing one is a belt, and bringing two is also a belt, this is the meaning of Shen's grandmother, it is to ask Lin Qiantan to bring her two younger sisters, and also ask them to show their faces.

There are still a few days left in this matter, and there is no urgency, Lin Qiantan will put it aside for the time being. Wang Yuanzhao's affairs may be more anxious.

Green Jade ran this leg and sent the shoes that Wang Yuanzhao had asked for before.

The terrain of the Northland is complex, and when it comes to the summer rainstorm, the shoes on the market are always not rainproof and durable.

Since Lin Qiantan agreed, it simply took a lot of effort to do it, Wang Yuanzhao said through Ji Yue's mouth two days ago that he would not be in Beijing for the past two days, and asked jokingly when the shoes would be ready.

Lin Qiantan worked overtime to get it.

Green Jade went out for a run, and so happened to run into Chu Jiang, who happened to come over to the Lin family's fake Gongji to deliver official documents privately. Green Jade was clever and didn't tell Chu Jiang who the pair of men's shoes in her hand was for, but only said that she made it herself and gave it to a friend.

The green jade reaction was also fast, but it was a pity that Chu Jiang recognized Lin Qiantan's embroidery techniques and knew who did it. When Lin Qiantan was short of money before, she occasionally did some embroidery work and sold it for money, which Chu Jiang knew.

The green jade went, Chu Jiang was a little absent-minded, put the official document to Lin Quan, and left, and did not go inside. My cousin has already taken back the dowry left by her aunt, how can she still lack money?

Lin Qiantan didn't come out to see him, but Lin Bixiang heard the news and ran to meet him. Chu Jiang was gentle and polite, and did not put his dislike for Lin Bixiang on his face.

And in Lin Bixiang's eyes, it is even more Lang Jun's gentleness.

Lin Qiantan laughed when she heard about it, the two of them have been childhood sweethearts since childhood, her feelings for Chu Jiang are more family affection, Chu Jiang came, she couldn't do anything to rush out to meet her.

For Lin Bixiang, it is completely different. She has a little bit of a broken can. Anyway, her reputation is also stinky, so why don't you just let it go.

Green Jade came back and said that Wang Yuanzhao liked the shoes she made very much, and put them on when he got them.

Lin Qiantan is also happy, after all, if it is made with enough materials, it is good if the other party is satisfied.

Emperor Tianlong personally conquered, and not all soldiers and horses traveled with him. The emperor himself brought a group of people, but things such as grain and grass transportation were transported by another army first.

Wang Yuanzhao really put on his armor the next day and took his team of soldiers on the road. Lin Qiantan didn't send it, but called Fengguang and Jiyue to send a pot of candied wine.

This is also Wang Yuanzhao's first expedition in the true sense. Wang Shanya went to see him off in person. He was not surprised to see the seventh lady of the Dongshan Hou Mansion sending wine.

also gave a salute, as well as the Wei family.

*

In the city gate tower, on a carriage, Wei Jiayin was slightly lifting the curtain and secretly glanced at the soldiers and horses that were being pulled.

She resisted marriage, but she still came at the instigation of the girl Yinshuang. At this time, when she saw the marching army, she was excited, and she was attracted by the pride of the men lined up neatly outside the city.

Yinshuang is Wei Jiayin's confidant, and Wei Jiayin also listened to her persuasion, so she "passed" here, not specifically for anyone.

A few days ago, Yin Huai robbed a woman on the street, and she was at the scene at the time of the incident.

Originally, she was going to ask her Wei family guards to teach Yin Huai a good lesson, but it turned out that Wang Yuanzhao rescued people first and sent the little girl all the way home. Those, she followed behind and could see them clearly.

If not, if Yinshuang persuaded her, she would not refuse.

She watched her family's candied gift delivered, and two more maids who looked a little familiar gave a pot of wine, and she didn't know which young lady was so bold and chased the man.

She didn't think much about it, put down the curtain, and turned around and unintentionally saw a little girl in the car with a look of longing. She lowered the curtain, and the little girl did not hide her disappointment.

This little girl is the girl who was taken by Yin Huai that day and robbed her.

Wei Jiayin smiled when he saw it: "Don't look at it, you can't see it, it's ready to go over there."

Huisheng blushed and lowered his head.

The hero saves the beauty, the beauty makes a heart, and Huisheng obviously has different emotions for the man who saved her. It's just that she has a poor background and doesn't deserve it. heard that Wei Jiayin was the man's fiancée, so he willingly persuaded his father and mother to sell her into the Wei family and become the new maid by Wei Jiayin's side.

was broken by a word, she was shy, but what Wei Jiayin thought was that she couldn't look down on Wang Yuanzhao anyway, and she had to marry because of her parents' orders. When the time comes, I will arrange this girl for him, so that he can save himself trouble.

Wang Yuanzhao just before leaving, glanced at the city gate, and saw that there were many women at the city gate who came to see off the men of each family, he turned around, as if he was clear and did not seem to know who he was looking for.

*

Wei Jiayin went out anyway, so he went to Lin Qiantan's shop to patronize it.

With her relationship with Lin Qiantan, the shopkeeper naturally knew to give her a discount.

Coincidentally, there are a few people in the store talking about Jinhua.

Wei Jiayin unintentionally turned her head to look, only to see that the person who was talking over there was still someone she knew.

Chen Jingyao, the daughter of Guangning Bo's family, is asking a few people out to go shopping. When I got here, I came in and had a look.

Naturally, they also know Wei Jiayin. After some greetings on both sides, Wei Jiayin was invited by them and went to the private room upstairs to talk.

It's just a face-saving friendship, Wei Jiayin just dealt with them briefly, and wanted to leave. However, Chen Jingyao and the others were too late to please her, so how could they easily let her go.

The matter of the store has been spread to Lin Qiantan's ears since someone arrived. The people of the Chen family could not compete for positions in the army, but in the process, they took the opportunity to get together with the Wei family.

Chen Jingyao hooked up with Wei Jiayin for a reason. Chen Jingyao's own uncle worked under the Wei family.

The first three of the four families of Qi, Chu, Qin and Wei were in a state of relative decline. Only the Wei family is still prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, like a tiger lurking on the side, but it is not easy to attract attention because of the lack of power.

Although the Wei family is powerful, few of the children of the clan are engaged in practical and important positions, and it is no wonder that several generations of emperors have been able to tolerate it.

However, judging from the recent situation, the Wei family's portrait has also faintly begun to change the direction of the wind.

Wei Jiayin sent an invitation to Lin Qiantan and asked her to come to the door. Lin Qiantan did not refuse. Lin Qiantan searched for memories in her mind, vaguely thinking of the situation of the Wei family from her previous life to the time she died.

"Our young lady said that I ransacked your territory today, Miss Seven, and I couldn't help it, so I had to open the wine jar that the Wei family had buried for hundreds of years to make amends." Wei Jiayin's girl said.

Lin Qiantan smiled: "If she wants to invite me to prostitute ancient wine, she will say it directly, and find these reasons." The beads that Wei Jiayin bought, although they were expensive, could be obtained with money.

Unlike the hundreds of years of treasures under the famous Wei family, even if you grab it, you may not be able to grab it.

The girl went with a smile, and Lin Qiantan thought that the value of ancient wine was not low, what gift should she bring to make up for the difference.

As soon as the girl walked away, the sky was covered with dark clouds and rain, this summer weather is like this, thunderstorms are coming, and they don't even say hello. Lin Qiantan secretly thought that the little girl of the Wei family was probably going to be drenched into a soup chicken halfway.

At this time of year, it is always the season when it rains the most, and Lin Qiantan's trapped in Qianshi Village is only last year. The network of the Dashang River is dense, and sometimes it rains, endlessly, Lin Qiantan has a deep understanding.

The rain in the sky came down, and it poured down for two or three hours. The water in the courtyard also overflowed, and the rain was so heavy that it was impossible to see clearly even from a foot away in front of him.

There was nothing to do left and right, so Lin Qiantan simply lay down and rested early. When I closed my eyes, I dreamed of some strange sights.

Among the thousands of troops, a tall man shrouded in white mist and unable to see his face clearly drove a horse and led the army to break through the city gate, full of anger.

On the other side, the man who was also unclear calmly broke out of another city gate.

The soldiers and horses in the city were fighting, and there was chaos. She walked among them, but no one noticed her.

People who come and go pass through her "body" and do their own things, she can see them, she can hear them, but she can't touch all the people and things. The man with a sinister body was clearly directing the battle, but on the battlefield, he was sitting on a horse with a motionless woman with her eyes closed at an inopportune time.

In the midst of one roar after another, the blood of the battle filled the sight. The white light in front of Lin Qiantan's eyes became stronger and stronger, so strong that it gradually lifted her out of the dream, pushed her back to reality, and woke up.

Lin Qiantan opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was the bed curtain that she was very familiar with. Her eyes were foggy for a moment, and then she struggled to come back to her senses and realized what year it was. The rain outside the window did not stop, the doors and windows also "crackled", the leaves fell, fell in the water and were bullied by the heavy rain, it was a past life, not this life.