Later, others didn't dare to sneak out for fear of being punished, only Zhao Chulin and Xie Jiangcheng were brothers and sisters.

At that time, they were all young, and they didn't dare to go anywhere else, so they just hid outside the window of the restaurant to listen to the commentary, or watch a few puppet shows. Zhao Sangongzi was a young man and easy-going, and he always held Qingzhi's hand with Xie Jiangcheng left and right at that time, afraid that she would get lost again.

Later, when she was older and understood the difference between men and women, Xie Jiangcheng stopped taking her to see foreign men. Later, I heard that Jinling Zhao Mansion and the ancestors of the Great Song Dynasty official family were in the same vein, nearly 100 years coincided with the troubled times, the dynasty changed several times, Zhao Ji this vein moved to Jinling, which is true or false others do not know, but Jinling Zhao Mansion has since left Jinling, to Bianjing to be the prince.

Recalling the past, it was Qingzhi's happiest time, following the third brother and Zhao Chulin to play Jinling City.

I remember one time, Zhao Chulin and his third brother were fascinated by the play and lost her, and after returning home, she was scared and sad, and ignored them for a long time. Zhao Chulin played a puppet show outside her window to make her laugh, the words were heard on the street, and one of the villains said to the other: "This girl is cute and lovely, looking forward to Liufei, can you go back with me to be a lady of the village?" ”

Since then, Qingzhi has been particularly fond of puppet shows.

"Girl?" Seeing the girl staring at the two little puppets, Ah Jing's eyes were red, and she shouted to her: "What's wrong with the girl?" ”

"It's okay, I'm happy, help me put it away, keep it away." Qing Zhi carefully closed the box and handed it to Ah Jing.

Qing Zhi regarded it as a treasure here, and the hanging puppet that was put away could be ridiculed for a while in front of Xie Jiangcheng and Shen Yanqing.

On this day, they made an appointment to go to the South Building to eat and drink, naturally because Xie Jiangcheng was entangled in official business and had not rested for a long time, so Zhao Chulin and Shen Yanqing pulled him out.

During this period, Xie Jiangcheng mentioned the pair of earrings that Shen Yanqing gave to Qingzhi, thinking about matching the two, so he said: "Qingzhi She likes it very much, I see that she often wears it." ”

Shen Yanqing was stunned, what earrings? Thinking that it was my mother's idea again, I said embarrassedly: "It's good to like it, it's good to like it." ”

In order to avoid embarrassment, Shen Yanqing asked Xie Jiangcheng what he gave his sister, he has no brothers and sisters, and he has always been very envious of those who have brothers to support and sisters to laugh at home. Xie Jiangcheng did not hide it, saying that he gave all the private property he had saved over the years to Qingzhi.

made Shen Yanqing feel good, saying that if he had such a well-behaved sister, he would be willing to give him everything. Zhao Chulin listened to the words of these two people, and felt more and more that he couldn't get the gift, but he gave it away, and it was not good to come back.

Xie Jiangcheng and Shen Yanqing heard that he sent a pair of puppet villains to Qing Zhi, Xie Jiangcheng was not good at showing anything, Shen Yanqing had already laughed: "You said that you send gold, jade, jewelry, and books, what do you mean?" What girl would love such a gift? ”

Zhao Chulin said: "I don't have any experience in giving gifts to girls, and I don't have any experience in the flowers like you, I only know that Qingzhi likes puppet shows, so I naturally thought of giving her a few puppet villains." ”

"What do you mean I've been among the flowers? That's all the world's misunderstanding of me. ”

"Pretending to be in front of us?" Zhao Chulin and Xie Jiangcheng glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, who doesn't know who, he Shen Xiaohou is famous in Bianjing City, and he has countless red faces.

The three of them raised their glasses and drank bitterly, Xie Jiangcheng hadn't been so happy for a long time, thinking of the officials who had blocked him at the gate of Guozijian and Xie Mansion recently, he had a big head, what was the use of them begging for themselves?

Zhao Chulin and Shen Yanqing advised him not to be soft-hearted for a while, but Xie Jiangcheng said: "I have known a few of them, and they do have real talents and real learning, and Guozijian can provide them with the best education, and it is a pity to abandon them." ”

Zhao Chulin waved his hand: "But there are two of these kinds of things, what if you give them a few exceptions, and then everyone has to be treated specially?" The conditions for entering the country are set by His Majesty, and no one can cross unless His Majesty speaks. ”

Shen Yanqing also advised him: "Don't be soft-hearted for a while because you cherish talents, in case Your Majesty's blame outweighs the loss." ”

Xie Jiangcheng was measured in his heart, and he only sighed with emotion.

But those officials Xu just saw Xie Jiangcheng as a new official, young and with little qualifications, he would always sell the face of the old ministers, and go to the Xie Mansion every once in a while to rely on the old and sell the old.

Although their official position is not as high as Xie Jiangcheng, they are old-timers in the DPRK and China, and Xie Jiangcheng is not good at closing the door, so he can only invite in.

Qingzhi didn't know that an official came to pay a visit, so she said that the third brother was in the study, so she ordered the kitchen to make snacks and send them to the third brother. Without waiting for Qingzhi to push it open, the door of the study opened from the inside, and several old ministers came out of the study angrily, almost colliding with Qingzhi.

Qingzhi hurriedly stepped aside, those people glanced at her, and left without saying anything, Qingzhi carried the food box into the study, only to see the third brother sitting in front of the desk, looking tired.

Xie Jiangcheng saw that she came in with a food box, his eyebrows soothed, and asked her what she had made to deliver it. Qing Zhi knew that he was just forcing a smile, and the sadness between his eyebrows was too obvious.

"Are those officials still bothering the third brother now? Everything has its own charter, why didn't the third brother report it to the official family? ”

Xie Jiangcheng laughed at her childishness: "How can it be as simple as you think, if you even bother the official family with such a trivial matter as the enrollment of the Guozi Supervisor, then I don't want to do the wine of the country." ”

"But I saw that the official uniforms of those adults were all red colors that could only be worn by officials of the fifth rank or above in the DPRK, and their children were already qualified to enter the country's prison, why did they come to find their brother?"

"Where are they here for themselves, but for some favors to sell an old face, they can't push it away and ask me to come here, which one do I look for?" Xie Jiangcheng sat in front of the desk, ate a piece of dim sum sent by Qingzhi, and rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.

Qingzhi didn't make a sound for a while, but after a long time, she said: "Then push it to the official family." ”

"It's childish again, isn't it."

Qing Zhi walked up to her brother and said: "Our dynasty stipulates that only the children of officials above the seventh grade can enter the country to study, but the troubled times are over, and it is inevitable that the pearls of the sea will be lost. The elder brother can suggest to the official family that if the children of officials below the seventh grade want to enter the national prison, they need to go through a strict examination, and they are naturally not afraid of real talent and learning. ”

Xie Jiangcheng looked at her in a daze, this girl is already a blockbuster if she doesn't make a sound, "Yes, please hold an entrance exam, this method is good." ”

"But...... I can't say that. ”

Qing Zhi understands that the third brother's position in the Guozijian is indeed very embarrassing, nominally he is the highest official of the Guozijian, but he has no real name, the real power of the Guozijian is in the hands of the judge Guozi Supervisor Li, His Majesty promised the third brother a high-ranking official, in order to appease the people of Jiangnan, but he is not at ease to give the old ministers of Jiangnan real power.

"Although Qingzhi is in the boudoir, I occasionally hear people say that Master Li is stubborn and rigid, and I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to do." The third brother doesn't want to cross Lord Li, so he must ask for Lord Li's consent, but Lord Li is notoriously old-fashioned, and he won't agree to this kind of transgressive thing.

Xie Jiangcheng smiled: "Let Linzhi go and say, this matter will not be difficult to do." ”

"Zhao Sangongzi has a friendship with Master Li?"

Xie Jiangcheng now has an idea, and he is in a good mood, and he can't help but joke: "It's not that Linzhi has a friendship with Lord Li, but that he has a good relationship with Lord Li's daughter." ”

Qing Zhi looked stunned, "Lord Li's ...... Daughter? ”

"Yes, it was Yanqing who secretly told me that Linzhi's secrecy work was too good to be mentioned in front of me at all."

Qing Zhi was stunned, even forced to smile, her heart was empty all of a sudden, and then she returned to her courtyard, and her ears were still full of the third brother's words: "Linzhi has a good relationship with Lord Li's daughter." ”

She has always understood that she can't climb up to the princess of the palace as her, and she has told herself countless times that she can't hope for extravagance, but she can't stand hearing that he has a good relationship with the girl next to her.

In the years when she was thousands of miles away from him, she kept wondering if there would be a girl from the family next to her who came into his eyes, and she carefully kept her careful thoughts in her heart, and no one dared to reveal it.

Ah Xun was sullen when she saw the girl coming back from the third son's study, and asked her if she didn't want to say anything, and was about to go to the third son to inquire, when she saw Xiaowei next to the second girl crying and running: "Ask the third girl to persuade our girl, the girl said that she doesn't want to live anymore, and our little mother can't persuade her." ”

Ah Jing was startled, and was about to report to the girl, Qingzhi ran out first, and asked Xiaowei what happened on the way, Xiaowei cried: "Today, the girl finally had the heart to go out for a walk, but I met those noblewomen, they sneered at the girl, saying that the girl wanted to fly on the branch and become a phoenix, and said anything ugly, where can our girl withstand such words, and she will ...... when she comes back."

Xiaowei cried sadly, Qingzhi listened to it and felt even heavier in her heart, according to the temperament of the second sister, the eldest aunt glared at her and she was going to cry, not to mention being said to her face.

Before stepping into Zhou Xiaoniang's courtyard, I heard the second sister crying in the house, Qingzhi entered the house, and saw Zhou Xiaoniang holding the second sister crying, Qingzhi sighed and stepped forward.

"What are you going to do! You can't see my jokes too! Xie Qinghan's eyes were red and swollen, and his body kept sobbing, but he still stared at Qingzhi.

Qing Zhi squatted in front of her and looked at her at eye level: "When did I laugh at you?" The second sister shouldn't be angry with me when she is wronged, but because I know that the second sister is wronged, I won't take it to heart. No matter how ugly those people say, if they haven't done it, they haven't done it, if the second sister cries for those things that she hasn't done, only Zhou Xiaoniang is distressed for her sister, can you bear to see Zhou Xiaoniang sad with you? ”

Xie Qinghan looked at A-Niang with teary eyes, she didn't want A-Niang to feel sorry for her, but thinking of what they said, she only felt that life was worse than death, and her tears couldn't stop falling.

"If it happens to you, see if you can be so open-minded, I don't even remember what that little marquis looks like, and I haven't talked to him, I arrange me like this for no reason, I'm an innocent girl to let people practice like this, I ...... I might as well die to prove my innocence. ”