Chapter 61 Xu Manjiao's wishes

Pingcheng Palace

In the middle of the night, the lights are dim.

Zhang Xiaoniang waited anxiously in the courtyard, until she saw Xu Manjiao's figure, she breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly went up to take her hand and said anxiously: "Didn't you go back to the house a long time ago, why did you come back now?"

Xu Manjiao smiled softly and comforted: "It's okay mother, I went to visit the third sister, and I came back late." ”

"Visiting her? What is there to see about her! My mother heard that she offended the eldest princess of Yong'an, and now she deserves it!" Zhang Xiaoniang hated her teeth, "She bullies you on weekdays, this is called evil retribution!"

Xu Manjiao interrupted her softly: "Mother, it's too cold outside, let's go back to the house." ”

"Okay, let's go back to the house."

Zhang Xiaoniang pulled her into the room, closed the door of the courtyard door tightly before pulling her to sit on the edge of the bed, and hurriedly asked: "I heard that the third girl broke the bracelet that Princess Yong'an rewarded you in a vain attempt to frame you, and she was punished only when she was revealed, but she was almost killed by the prince when she went home, what is going on?" Doesn't the prince love her the most on weekdays? How could you kill her? If the bracelet is broken, will Her Royal Highness the princess punish you and hate you?"

After she asked a series of questions, Xu Manjiao didn't know which one to go back to first, and she couldn't tell her the truth, so she had to pat her hand and comfort: "It's okay, Her Royal Highness the princess treats me very well, and I am not a black and white person." His Royal Highness also specially left his daughter and gave me a hairpin. As for the third sister, she violated the palace rules, and also committed the taboo of the current saint and the princess, and almost caused her father's throne to be severely punished. ”

"Princess, not only did Her Royal Highness not blame you, but also gave you a hairpin?"

"yes." Xu Manjiao took the hairpin off her head, "This is a new product of Qianji Pavilion." The princess said that love is worth a thousand gold, and a bracelet is nothing. ”

Zhang Xiaoniang was a little unbelievable, the original bracelet was a treasure of Qianji Pavilion.

She knows about Qianji Pavilion, even the princess is envious, and she finally got a thing from Qianji Pavilion and regarded it as a treasure.

The bracelet given to Xu Manjiao by Princess Yongan is naturally priceless, and now it is broken, even if it is not Xu Manjiao's fault, but in the end, she is also responsible for not taking care of the royal gift.

Zhang Xiaoniang originally thought that it would be best if her daughter could not be blamed, but she didn't expect Princess Yongan to not only comfort Xu Manjiao, but also send her a hairpin.

What a joy it is!

Zhang Xiaoniang was overjoyed and clapped her hands: "My daughter is really blessed to have the blue eyes of Princess Yong'an!" It's much better than the three girls who have eyes above the top all the time!"

"Mother, don't say that. The third sister is a concubine, we shouldn't talk about her in private, lest people get caught. ”

"What are you afraid of! You are now a person with a face in front of Princess Yong'an, do you still need to be afraid of her?" Zhang Xiaoniang was triumphant, and hurriedly took her hand to persuade, "Daughter, my mother has no ability to be favored by the prince, and you don't have a brother to help you." In the past, your marriage could only be held in the hands of the princess, and we couldn't do anything, but now it's different, with the favor of Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, you can use the eldest princess to help yourself! The young talents who can get acquainted with the princess must be all big families, dignitaries, as long as you can get on the line with them, with your appearance and conduct, there will definitely be knowledgeable people who will take a fancy to you, and then our mother and daughter will ascend to the sky in one step, and they will no longer have to suffer from the hard days of being bullied!"

Xu Manjiao looked at her excited expression and frowned: "Mother, you mean to let me use Princess Yong'an to climb the high branches." ”

Zhang Xiaoniang waved her handkerchief in embarrassment and defended: "That's not what I said, but since there is such an opportunity to change our current life, isn't it, isn't it good?" Princess Yu Yongan said that there is no harm. ”

Xu Manjiao was silent for a moment, and then shook her head slowly but firmly: "Princess Yong'an treats me kindly, I will feel ashamed like this." ”

Seeing that Zhang Xiaoniang wanted to open her mouth to persuade again, Xu Manjiao interrupted her and said, "Mother, I don't have the idea of climbing high branches. The intrigue in the backyard I grew up seeing. The daughter just wants to find a family with a simple population and a small happiness and health to live an ordinary life. In the future, my mother will not say this again. ”

Zhang Xiaoniang looked at the firmness in her eyes, paused, and didn't say anything more.

Although her daughter seems to be weak and docile on weekdays, she is extremely stubborn on the inside, and once she is determined, no one can shake her.

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Soon after the Spring Festival, there was a return to spring, and Confucian scholars from all over the country went to the capital to rush to the Spring Festival. Generally, scholars from poor families rode horses and donkeys to the examination alone, and those from wealthy families came with servants and horses. What's more, when the son-in-law of the Gaomen family reached the age of entering the examination, he moved his family to the capital to settle down.

All of a sudden, the capital was busy every day, so it was not lively.

But all this has nothing to do with Ye An'an, she has not yet reached the age of her relatives, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun every day, she is practicing calligraphy and enjoying flowers, or she makes an appointment with her girlfriends to have fun, in short, she lives a decadent life of capitalism.

However, during the Spring Festival, Tuoba Yu entered the palace a lot less.

"The county lord of Jiayu is busy choosing Ruyi Langjun." Xu Manjiao leaned on the beauty chair with a group fan and smiled.

"Don't move." Ye An'an looked at her, dipped a little ink and drew another stroke.

Xu Manjiao complained: "Eldest princess, I've been lying here for three hours. It's going to be dark soon, when will it be good, if you get to the palace ban, it will be troublesome. ”

Ye Anan carefully compared, and cautiously continued to describe: "If the palace is banned, stay and sleep with me, I don't have a good time with your tiger and wolf den here." ”

She dotted a peach blossom between the eyebrows of the person in the painting: "But then again, Jiayu has reached the age of discussing relatives, and she has the Duchess and the eldest sister-in-law to help her work, that is, to learn the way of running a family at home, the art of controlling people, and waiting to find a Langjun who suits her heart." With Jiayu's family background and temper, he can't stand bullying after marriage. It's time for you to think about yourself, you've been almost at the age of marriage in the past two years, don't you still expect the princess of your family to help you choose someone?"

Xu Manjiao was also worried, and sighed: "I don't know, it's just that I'm a boudoir woman, and I don't have the ability to choose a husband." ”

She lowered her eyes, "I don't want to be a concubine, and I don't want my husband's status to be high or noble in the future, I just want to live a comfortable life." But now, although my grandmother is no longer secretly difficult for me, more care is impossible. ”

Ye Anan said lightly: "You can't expect others to give alms in everything, since you know that Princess Pingcheng won't help you, then you can find a way by yourself." Alas, sighing, if all the problems can be solved, then what else do you need the imperial court yamen to do. ”

As soon as she raised her hand, she took the pen in a chic manner: "There are many children who go to the exam every year who have a clean family background and complete appearance, and when the time comes, choose one of them who is satisfied." ”