Master Gu wiped the hand that pinched Gu Xiyan on the placket of his clothes. From the shallow psychology that Gu Xiyan has learned, this kind of action is a manifestation of disgust and even hatred.

Gu Xiyan didn't know why Master Gu did this, although he was smiling, his eyes were very gloomy, and she instinctively felt that this handsome and elegant man faintly revealed an uncomfortable feeling. Gu Xiyan was even more humble, and sat with his hands lowered with his eyebrows lowered.

Master Gu seemed to be confused by Gu Xiyan's attitude, stared at it for a while, and then the gloom in his eyes gradually dissipated, and said coldly: "You are ready to prepare, starting tomorrow, you will go to Cui Baoyi's private school to go to school." Your sister said that in the spring of next year, the inner palace will hold a concubine election, and she will help you fight for it, it depends on whether you have this luck! ”

Gu Xiyan was shocked in his heart, but he didn't dare to show anything, and replied respectfully "yes".

Master Gu waved at her like a mosquito and a fly.

Gu Xiyan was even more palpitating.

The images of the two fathers overlapped together, and Gu Xiyan felt as if he had returned to the past......

She fled and left Rongyuezhai.

Mo Ju, who was waiting outside the door, saw Gu Xiyan's face was pale and his expression was bitter, and he was secretly surprised in his heart, he didn't know what the master had said to the second girl, but he didn't dare to ask.

On the way back, the rain began to fall again, and there was a tendency to get bigger and bigger.

Mo Ju wanted to urge "Girl, go quickly", but seeing Gu Xiyan's lost soul, she swallowed the words that came to her mouth again.

The two of them returned to Beyuan in silence all the way, and as soon as they entered the door, there was a thunder in the sky, and the rain fell like a pour. Gu Xiyan seemed to be taken aback, only to find that it was raining and was stunned, and she was drenched in a daze. Mo Ju pulled Gu Xiyan: "The girl should go into the house to avoid the rain!" ”

Gu Xiyan came back to his senses and looked at Mo Ju fixedly, said "um", and walked towards the hall with an expressionless face.

Pulling the curtain in, there are two people sitting in the middle of the hall, one is Duan Niang, the other is a woman who is about the same age as Duan Niang, medium stature, beautiful face, bright smile, what is talking to Duan Niang, when it comes to happiness, laughing, very hearty.

Duan Niang was startled when she saw Gu Xiyan coming back, and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Mo Ju saw that there were outsiders, and said with a disguised smile: "I encountered the rain and didn't bring an umbrella." ”

Duan Niang hurriedly called Hengyue to wait for Gu Xiyan to change her clothes, but instead left the woman there, and Gu Xiyan said hello first: "There are guests at home!" ”

Duan Niang introduced the woman to Gu Xiyan: "This is Zhao Suxin, who used to serve Mrs. Guo with me, I heard that we were back, so I came to see it." ”

The woman stepped forward with a smile and blessed Gu Xiyan, who politely shouted "Mama Zhao".

Mama Zhao said that she didn't dare, Gu Xiyan hadn't fully recovered from the shock in the conversation with Master Gu just now, and she didn't have too much thought to deal with Duanniang's friend, plus she had just been drenched in the rain, and she had a little bit of a dripping pleasure first, and when she entered the house, her clothes were wet and sticking to her body, which was very uncomfortable, and she entered the house after a few words of greeting with Mama Zhao.

Duan Niang rushed over to wait for Gu Xiyan to wash, but Gu Xiyan asked her to accompany the guest quickly, and that Mama Zhao was interested in saying goodbye.

Gu Xiyan said: "Mama, don't be polite to me, I will stay for lunch, Duan Niang has also trained a few intimate people in Shuzhou in recent years, with these girls to help, where do you still use Duan Niang to do it herself." You just have to relax and talk to Duanniang, now there are fewer and fewer old sisters in the house...... "She is very sincere in her guests, just like when she used to go to work, there were relatives of colleagues who came to visit the class. Whoever lives in the world is not a face, and respecting others is respecting oneself.

Mama Zhao sighed: "The second girl not only looks like Mrs. Lian, but also behaves the same, not because of everyone's background!" ”

Gu Xiyan repeatedly said that she didn't need Duanniang to serve in person, and asked them to take care of themselves with a smile, and Duanniang went out with Mama Zhao with a proud face.

The two walked out, and Gu Xiyan vaguely heard Mama Zhao say to Duanniang: "...... Sister Duan will be blessed in the future...... It's caring, sensible ......"

Gu Xiyan smiled to herself and entered the ear room next to her to scrub and change clothes. When she came out, she heard Mama Zhao talking with Duan Niang in the hall, and she said cheerfully and slightly happily: "You haven't seen Chunhe for many years, if she is the mother of two children!" ”

"Really?" Duanniang was very surprised, "I haven't been married when I left, and I didn't expect Chunhe to be a mother in a blink of an eye!" ”

Mama Zhao said happily: "The in-laws that the eldest girl picked for Chunhe before entering the palace are really speechless, and I can't thank you enough for being a cow and a horse in my life." You don't know, the uncle that the eldest girl found for me has the ability, has a good character, and is filial to me, Chunhe is completely turned over. ”

"It's better than anything else!" Duanniang sighed, "Chunhe married a good family, and then marry a beautiful lady to Chunping, you won't have to worry about anything." ”

Mama Zhao also sighed: "Yes." Back then, we were four big girls, you stayed in the house and became a nurse for the second girl, and the mother married to Fuchun County as the shopkeeper's wife, Jinxin had the worst luck and was ...... by the master."

The two were silent for a while, and Duan Niang said: "Then you, did you go to see Jinxin......"

"Go," Mama Zhao's cheerful voice also deepened, "Why didn't you go." But the people of the Li family didn't let me see it, and all the things I sent in were thrown out......"

The two sighed in a low voice.

What they are talking about is some old things, if it is ordinary, Gu Xiyan will definitely listen to the roots, collect as much information as he can collect, maybe he can use it one day, and he can also understand this society quickly. But today she was a little dazed.

Why did you get involved in the matter of choosing a concubine?

She was distraught and wanted to find someone to talk to, but she didn't know who to talk to.

A few little girls are definitely not good, they are younger than her, they have no experience, it would be good if they didn't mess up with ideas, Duanniang is a good candidate, but she has been in Shuzhou for the past few years, and she is more or less out of touch with Shengjing...... She paced around the room like a mosquito.

Mo Ju waited cautiously to the side, holding her breath.

Who else?

Gu Xiyan stopped and stared blankly at the rain-drenched branches and leaves outside the window.

In ancient times, the information was too closed, which seems to be in modern times, turn on the computer and look at it, basically know everything, no matter how bad it is, go to the newsstand to buy a newspaper with a pentagonal line, and the unknown country in the Western Hemisphere has a woman who gave birth to septuplets and tells you in black and white...... Now, people who have traveled from south to north are spreading the word in the teahouse and wine shop, and I don't know if these news are false......

Gu Xiyan suddenly flashed a thought, and she hurriedly instructed Mo Ju: "You go to Deacon Ding, just say that I have something to ask for!" ”

Panic flashed in Mo Ju's eyes.

Gu Xiyan knew that they had a knot with Deacon Ding, and immediately explained to Mo Ju: "I want him to help me inquire about some news." ”

Mo Ju whispered in response.

Gu Xiyan breathed a sigh of relief, leaned on the big couch by the window in the room, and as soon as she closed her eyes, she suddenly remembered something again, got up and looked at the scene in the hall, and found that Duan Niang and Mama Zhao were talking in a low voice.

As soon as Mama Zhao raised her head, she saw a trace of anxiety flashing in Gu Xiyan's eyes, and hurriedly got up and said, "What do you have to say to the second girl?" ”

Gu Xiyan was silent for a while, but still pulled the curtain out and said, "Duanniang, are there any enlightenment books at home?" My father asked me to go to school tomorrow at a private school run by Aunt Cui. ”

Duanniang smiled: "What is the girl afraid of." That Aunt Cui is still as good as your enlightenment teacher, Mr. Hong Shaotong, and he can't ......"

Mama Zhao retorted on the side: "This may also be true." Mr. Hong is good at economics and focuses on policy theory; Aunt Cui is good at poetry, focusing on etiquette. Don't take it lightly! ”

Gu Xiyan saw that this Mama Zhao was quite insightful when she spoke, and she had the heart to ask her. She sat down unceremoniously next to Duan Niang, and the three of them became a standing pattern and joined their chatting team. Gu Xiyan asked, "Does that grandma know what the Cui family is like?" What are they taught? Who are the other disciples? ”

Mama Zhao smiled: "The girl really asked the right person." I am now responsible for the rent of several yards at home, and Aunt Cui has the most dealings with me. Aunt Cui is the most shrewd, she looks like she doesn't care about anything, but in fact, everything is clear, and she doesn't pay attention to it, so she takes advantage of it. I can hear that she has a good knowledge, wrote a book called "female training", which won the appreciation of the queen mother, and invited her to the palace to give a banquet to several princesses, and she is now opening this female private school called "Xiaoxiang" is now the most famous female private school in Shengjing, specializing in teaching some elegant things such as chanting poetry and drinking tea and appreciating flowers. The students don't receive much, only seven or eight, all of them are girls from the hairpin family, everyone teaches alone, and the sitting fee is not cheap, that Fang Shaoying is also learning to paint with her, that Fang Shaoying, but we are the first beauty in Shengjing. ”

Fang Houye? Fang Shaoying? Fang Shaoqing......

Gu Xiyan smiled and asked, "Fang Shaoying?" It's the first time I've heard it. ”

Mama Zhao replied with a smile: "The girl has always lived in Shuzhou, so I haven't heard of her reputation." She is the granddaughter of the current Queen Mother's younger brother Fang Houye! ”

Gu Xiyan asked again: "Does she still have brothers and sisters?" ”

Mama Zhao laughed: "Marquis Fang has a wife, four concubines, and twenty-one sons, and these sons marry wives and concubines...... I'm afraid that Marquis Fang himself can't remember how many grandsons he has! ”

Gu Xiyan smiled and said: "Then there are always a few important ones, otherwise why don't the people in Shengjing pass on another one, just Fang Shaoying?" ”

Mama Zhao said: "That's nature. Fang Houye's family was originally born in Bai Ding, and later relied on the queen mother to be knighted Yinzi. This Fang Shaoying's father is the sixth son of Fang Houye, named Fang Jixian, and he is a son-in-law, the Fang family was not as prominent as it is now, and Fang Houye was only a small household. Fang Jixian was the first person in the Fang family to rely on the imperial examination, starting from the Ministry of Households, and has been the Secretary of the Ministry of Household and the Shaoqing of Shangbaosi. This Lord Fang is a bit weird, there is only one wife, no concubines, a son and a daughter are all heirs, the son is Fang Shaoqing, the champion who went to Chunqiu, and his daughter Fang Shaoying has been brought up by the Queen Mother in the inner palace since she was a child......"

Gu Xiyan's head slammed.

Fang Shaoqing? Will it be the same name and surname?