It was only ten days before entering the palace, and Master Tian and Mrs. Tian personally accompanied her to the capital, although she grew up in Beijing before the crossing, but she had never seen such a capital. He didn't like to see it in the carriage, so he took her out of the carriage and walked around the street. Only Master Tian was in a hurry in the carriage, so he had to send someone to follow behind, and he went back to the inn to take care of everything first.

The capital is really different from Yangzhou City, the streets are so prosperous that people are dizzying, all kinds of shouting and selling are staggered, all kinds of colors overlap, in the bustling crowd, from time to time a carriage passes, so that the crowd of people on the road is quite a bit sweaty into the rain, it seems to be more lively.

In the end, she is a little girl, and she basically follows the young lady every day on weekdays, and she has no time and opportunity to go out and take a look, so she naturally begins to be excited to run around at this time.

She wasn't too curious, after all, in her opinion, the things of this era, although there were some antiques, but they were also incomparable with modern craftsmanship, but she was curious to see everywhere, and she also accompanied her to go around, until she was too tired to walk, and she refused to go back. She had to wander around.

She was bored strolling around when suddenly an antique shop attracted her, and she couldn't help but stop there, forgetting to stop Ru Yan.

There is a couplet next to the door, the upper one is "carry the piano to the tall building, the building is full of moonlight", and the lower one is "play the acacia song, and the strings and intestines are broken for a while". She read the poem, the name of the poem is "Lovesickness", and the shopkeeper slightly modified the name of the poem and changed it to the name of the store "Acacia Garden". This is Li Zhi's poem, which seems to be a little too sad and sad to put here.

It was such a delicate and elegant place, she couldn't help but walk in. This is a musical instrument shop, and as soon as she enters, she sees a dazzling array of musical instruments, and she looks around and sees a fine guzheng in one of the most inconspicuous corners of the store.

Although it was placed in an inconspicuous position, the kite was spotless, and it was obvious that someone took good care of her every day, and she couldn't help but raise her slender hand and stroke it lovingly.

The past rose with the fluttering handkerchief: when her parents brought her to the musical instrument shop for the first time as a young child, and asked her to choose the one she wanted to study in the future. She picked up a zither in the stunned eyes of her parents. Her family was not wealthy, and the guzheng cost almost all of her parents' savings, but after her parents discussed it, they bought it for her without any hesitation.

She was full of joy, reluctant to let go day and night, and a few years later, she passed the tenth level in the stunned eyes of her parents! But after college, she stopped playing, just because her ex-boyfriend said that her appearance of playing the guzheng on stage was too beautiful, and he was afraid that she would be snatched away by others, and hoped that she would not play again. Without hesitation, she put the zither in the utility room.

She walked back to reality from her memories and thought: Now, the guzheng she loves the most is probably already covered with ashes and covered with ashes. Thinking of this, she was a little moved, "Girl, are you okay?" A clear, clean male voice sounded behind her.

She stood up and whispered back, "It's okay, thank you for your concern."

She didn't raise her head, so she went straight to the counter: "Shopkeeper, how do you sell this zither?" Her long, white index finger pointed to the piano in the corner.

The shopkeeper smiled and replied to her: "Girl, that piano is not for sale."

Before she could ask, the man from before spoke up: "Since this piano is in this shop, why don't you sell it?" Only then did she notice the man's appearance. Dressed in white, the snow is shining, and the long hair is simply tied up. Laughing and groaning, like a beautiful boy in white clothes in the turbid world, with a special demeanor, hearty and clear. She guessed which family's son this should be.

At this time, the shopkeeper explained to them: "The girl took a fancy to the zither at a glance, and she must be a person who understands the zither." I don't know it, this zither is my deceased wife's favorite during her lifetime, and it was also the year when I tried my best to find her for her, we named this zither "Acacia Yuan", after opening this "Acacia Garden", she often sat there to play for me, in order to relieve my business troubles, but since the death of my wife, I can no longer hear her beautiful piano sound. After speaking, the shopkeeper's face was gloomy.

After listening to this story seriously, she and the man in white couldn't help but sigh. She bought the idea of this zither and dispersed: "A good zither is hard to get, but sincere thoughts are more precious, this zither is afraid that it has no fate with me, the shopkeeper is so affectionate and righteous, I believe that your wife will also smile under the spring." ”

The man said in agreement: "Yes, such a good zither and such a beautiful love story can only be found in ancient books, and I can't imagine that I can let my son meet it in real life." However, the girl understands the righteousness, and she really admires my son. With that, the man gave her an approving look and looked her up and down.

She blushed a little unconsciously: "Childe, it's not too early, I should go back, Childe, please." After saying that, he flew out as if he were going out.

It will be dark after returning home for a while, and she will enter the palace tomorrow, she has already seen the intrigue in the palace on TV, fighting for favor to the death, she is extremely dislike to intrigue with others, plus she is not willing to share a man with anyone, what she wants is to be like all modern people, monogamy, life, dependent on each other, hand in hand.

Thinking of this, she recalled the past, and her heart began to ache violently again, that's it, even the two people who have been together all the way in the past few years, after graduation and work, can be easily separated by another woman, how much can you believe in the love in this world?

What's more, now that she has reached such an era, the era of polygamy, women are just tools for inheritance, and what love is there to speak of? If you enter the palace, marriage is an inevitable means for the royal family to consolidate imperial power, and it will be even more difficult to say the word love.

Thinking like this, she became upset, and began to lose her sleepiness again, and kept her eyes open like this, until the sky was a little bright, and she was a little tired, and then she fell asleep in a daze.

She didn't want to be chosen, and she didn't sleep well the night before, and when she woke her up, she couldn't open her eyes in a groggy state, and she couldn't get up lazily, and she couldn't afford to dress up.

At this time, I heard the housekeeper speaking cautiously outside: "Miss, the master ordered me to come and tell you to get up, I wonder if the lady is up?" ”

She was also a little impatient, and replied lazily: "Okay, I know, it's already up, you can go back to your father." ”

At this time, Yun Yan came over to help her dress up: "Miss, what kind of bun are you going to comb today?" Help you, you must dress up the young lady beautifully! ”

She was holding a mahogany comb to comb the black hair on her chest casually, her delicate eyebrows and eyes were still lowered, and she replied without raising the corners of her eyes: "You just coil your hair up at will, and don't add any hair accessories." ”

Yu Yan was a little surprised and puzzled, and hurriedly persuaded him: "Miss, on such an important day, you can't joke about it. ”

She didn't bother to explain to Yu in detail: "Just do what I say, I have my own intentions." Although he was a little puzzled, he had to obey the young lady's wishes.

At this time, the door creaked open, she heard the voice of the lady, during this time she also knew something about the lady, this lady is not the biological mother of her real body, but the female pianist who taught her the piano skills since she was a child, every time she came to the house to give her lessons, the master often sat aside to watch her class, this came and went, the two of them fell in love, so it was logical to become her stepmother. But this lady has always treated her well.

As soon as she lifted the beaded curtain, she saw that her lady had a haggard face, and there were thick dark circles around her eyes. She was a little distressed: "Mother, what's wrong with you, didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

Madame sighed and said: "Your father couldn't sleep all night last night, and I also thought that you would not be able to enter the palace in a panic, so I also chatted with him all night, and I didn't discuss to prepare a few clothes for you. She said in a choked voice, and as soon as she had finished speaking, she turned her head to the side and stopped looking at her.

She was also saddened by this lady in her heart, tears suddenly filled her eyes, and the dark circles under her eyes that she had stayed up all night were suddenly red.

Yu Yan shouted anxiously on the side: "Miss! Miss! You can't cry anymore, or I'm afraid these eyes won't be able to see people! ”

She eased her emotions, forced a smile and said coquettishly to her wife, "Who said I cried? I didn't cry, I just thought, or my mother knows my mind best, thank you! So saying, she went up and took Madame by the arm.

The lady showed a slightly relieved expression on her face, smiled slightly and said, "You little girl, count you poor!" Go and see the clothes, see which one you like, pick it out and change it quickly, prepare well, go out early, don't delay the hour. With that, the lady beckoned Yahuan to bring her a few sets of clothes.

She smiled and said: "My mother personally selected them, and naturally everything is the best, and my daughter likes everything." Mother, you're tired too, and you haven't slept well at night, so go back and rest first, and I'll call someone to tell you when I'm ready. ”

Madame raised her hand holding the handkerchief, gently rubbed her temples, and said a little tiredly: "Alas, I am indeed a little tired, but it is okay for you to prepare yourself, I can't help here, so go back to the room to rest first." When you're ready, call someone to tell your father, and your father said we'll see you off. As he spoke, he began to walk out slowly, and at the same time motioned for Yahuan to put her clothes on the table.

As soon as she sent her wife to the door, she heard the dissatisfied voice: "How can you wear this dress, such a simple one, who is not dressed in such a colorful way on such an important day, how can you wear such white clothes." This lady doesn't know what to think! ”

When she heard this, she couldn't help but rejoice, so she also leaned in to carefully examine the clothes that Madame had just sent.

These sets of clothes are beautiful and plain, only embroidered with extremely simple flowers and plants, but they are all made of fine fabrics, although they are not eye-catching, they will not lose the identity of her family, and this lady is also well-intentioned.

Everyone else is dressed in bright colors and graceful and luxurious, and when she wears such a dress, the prince naturally looks down on her, so she doesn't need to enter the palace, isn't this exactly what she wants? So she picked one out of her hand, and she carefully helped her put it on, and then casually put on some light makeup and went out of the room.

She took the old lady to the old lady's room first, but she saw the old lady sitting there chatting at the door, and when she saw the old lady's sad expression, she seemed to guess the content of their conversation, so she leaned against the door and listened.

She heard her lady say: "Master, don't worry, Ying'er may not be selected if she goes, besides, Ying'er has always been smart and clever, and she herself has no intention of entering the palace, so she will naturally try her best to avoid it." ”

The old man shook his head, and said with some loss: "Alas, in fact, you also know that with Ying'er's appearance, even if you don't dress up, you still can't lose half a point to others." What's more, others know that I Tian has only one daughter, and I have loved her since I was a child, and I have cultivated her carefully•••••••

The old man's voice had begun to choke up when he said this, and he could no longer speak. The lady also looked at the old man silently on the side, wanting to say something, but it was difficult to say any more.

Hearing this, her nostalgia for her parents was also completely hooked, thinking that she lived in the north and was admitted to a southern university, she had never left her parents before, the night before she set off for college, her parents pulled her to say something for one night, and in the end, her mother hugged her and cried unseemly, and her father sat with red eyes and sat on the side and smoked sullenly. Later, she also heard from her father that for most of the week after she went to school, her mother never thought about food.

Thinking of these, her eyes instantly turned red, and she also had some unbearable feelings for the old lady, so she slowly walked over: "Dad, mother, good morning!" ”

As soon as the old man saw her, he immediately got up and stood up: "Girl, don't talk about these etiquettes with your father, come and sit." ”

She leaned on the master's side and sat down: "Dad, mother, it would be best if Ying'er could come back here, her parents have no children under her knees, and her daughter will be filial to her parents in the future and serve her side for the rest of her life." If you are unfortunately chosen by King Xin and have no choice but to enter the palace of King Xin, even if you can't continue to serve your parents, you will definitely do your best to protect your parents. Please parents take care of themselves and stop worrying about Ying'er. ”

Speaking of this, the emotions that the master had been suppressing before could no longer be controlled, and hugged her and cried lowly, and the lady also sat aside with a handkerchief to wipe her tears. She couldn't help but cry along.

At this time, the housekeeper hurriedly broke in: "Master, madam, the palanquin that picks up the young lady in the palace has arrived at the door, and I ask the old lady to go out to greet him quickly, so as not to lose the etiquette and fall into the hands of others." ”

When the three of them heard this, they immediately wiped the tears from their faces, got up and tidied up their clothes, and went out, and when they reached the door of the inn, they saw people from the palace from a distance.

There were about a dozen people in total, and a young eunuch walked in front of the sedan chair carried by four people. An older grandmother followed and walked next to the sedan chair, although she was older, she was also kind and kind, which made people look very comfortable. Behind were four sixteen or seventeen-year-old palace maids, all with beautiful faces, following behind the sedan chair with low eyebrows and lowered eyes.

Seeing this, the old man immediately hurried up to meet him, and the little eunuch sped up his pace and bowed his waist and came forward: "Lord Tian! ”

The old man hurriedly returned the salute: "I don't know my father-in-law's surname? ”

The little eunuch smiled sheepishly: "The little one surnamed Zhang was ordered to come to welcome Miss Tian into the palace this time." ”

The old man smiled and stepped aside, stretched out his hand and said, "Grandpa Zhang, please go inside!" ”

The little eunuch Lao Cheng refused: "Lord Tian is too polite, but the little one was ordered to come to pick up Miss Tian into the palace this time, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment." In case there is a delay along the way, and the saint and the queen mother blame it, the little one can't afford it, and please don't blame Lord Tian. ”

The old man then replied: "Tian didn't dare, he just wanted to invite his father-in-law into the house to rest for a while, since his father-in-law had official business, Tian didn't dare to stay longer, next time he waited for his father-in-law to be free, and then invited his father-in-law to drink tea." ”

As he spoke, the little eunuch's clever eyes purred and he looked her up and down, and when the old man saw this, he hurriedly said: "Father-in-law Zhang, this is the little girl Tian Xiuying, Ying'er, come over and see your father-in-law!" ”

She was not interested in these officialdom dealings, she kept her head down expressionlessly, and when she heard the master's words, she took a small step forward, bent her legs slightly, and said that she had saluted.

Father-in-law Zhang smiled lightly on the side: "Miss Tian is dressed up so cleanly, Lord Tian is really a blessing, everyone knows that Miss Tian is both talented and beautiful, I am fortunate to see it today, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

A trace of bitterness flashed in the corner of the old man's eyes, but it was also instantly covered by a smile.

"It's not early, please Miss Tian get on the sedan chair." As he spoke, Gonggong Zhang stepped aside.

At this time, the grandmother who had been standing on the side stepped forward and stood beside her and supported her: "Miss Tian, the slave maid is called Jinyun, and I was ordered to teach Miss Tian the rules and etiquette of the face saint. ”

She turned her head to take a look, only to feel that this grandmother had a kind face, and after careful inspection, she found that this grandmother was about thirty-four years old, looking at her with a charitable smile on her face, she took a step back, and also bowed to her grandmother, and her grandmother was flattered and supported her: "Miss Tian, I can't help it!" I can't stand it! She smiled in response.

She turned to face the old lady: "Daddy, mother, the daughter is gone, please don't worry about your daughter." ”

The old lady didn't want to say more because of the people in the palace, so she just said: "You go well, you must listen to the teachings of your father-in-law and grandmother in the palace, and remember that you must not forget the rules." She nodded slightly.

The old man turned to the little eunuch and grandmother with a smile again: "Grandpa Zhang, Grandma Jinyun, the little girl has been spoiled by me since she was a child, and she doesn't understand the rules of the palace, so she will take care of everything when she enters the palace." ”

While speaking, the old man made a look, and the housekeeper immediately understood, hurriedly stepped forward, and gave Grandpa Zhang and Mama Jinyun the silver tickets prepared in advance, and Grandpa Zhang smiled and said, "Master Tian is too polite!" Then he put it under his sleeve, and Mama Jinyun smiled and didn't speak, so she put it away.