But that's not the end of it.

Early the next morning, Duan Niang kept nagging in Gu Xiyan's ear again: "The girl still meets, and I can mention this matter to Mrs...... This is a good family business, when we broke up, Jinxin instructed and instructed, saying that Mrs. Mei was very angry, and she was willing to propose marriage only if she saw the woman...... Girl, let's see each other again......"

Gu Xiyan ignored it.

Duanniang followed behind her and continued to nag: "...... You are not young, do you want to just hand over your life's affairs to your wife, she was born in a businessman, what good people can you know...... Don't be fooled...... How can you let me have the face to see my wife after a hundred years...... Are you going to say something...... If you do this again, I won't care about you...... Don't regret it...... What do you see...... Go and see you again, you are obedient, and I will ask the needlework to make you new clothes. This year, Shengjing popular Longhua embroidered skirt ......"

At dusk, Gu Xiyan compromised: "Good, good, good." Don't say it, I'll see you, and we'll meet again. However, when it comes to the future, if you want to see it, just make an appointment nearby, and I will never run around the hill like yesterday."

"Good, good, good" Duan Niang smiled, "This time it will definitely not be the same ...... as last time"

Mo Ju and Xinghong looked at it from the side and smiled.

But how can things be so simple, now it is extremely inconvenient for people in Beyuan to enter and exit, Duan Niang looked at it for several days before she found an opportunity to make summer clothes for Gu Xiyan and took Xinghong out of the door.

As soon as Duan Niang left on the front foot, Liu Er in Mrs. Gu's house came on the back foot, saying that Mrs. asked the second girl to go.

Gu Xiyan was weak-hearted, thinking that something had happened, and hurriedly asked Liu'er: "Do you know what Mrs. has to say?" ”

Liu Er said: "I don't know the specifics. But Aunt Cui is here."

Gu Xiyan pondered for a while, hurriedly entered the house to change his clothes, and took Mo Ju to follow Liu Er to the garden.

As soon as she entered the house, Mrs. Gu was drinking tea with Cui Baoyi and talking: "...... It's just a pity for our two girls. She only went to your school after the Autumn Festival last year, and she was supposed to have a lesson every three days. Who knew that I was not angry, I left her at home for me to manage the home for a period of time before the New Year, and after the Spring Festival, she had chickenpox again. It just so happens that you are going to enter the palace again......" While speaking, Mrs. Gu heard the movement and saw that it was Gu Xiyan who came in. Smiled and beckoned to her, "Come in, come in." Pour a cup of tea for your Aunt Cui...... The eldest aunt will enter the palace in a few days to accompany the queen mother, and she will be a noble person in the palace in the future......"

Gu Xiyan was stunned when she heard this, but Ye Er, who was waiting on the side, had already cleverly poured a cup of tea and handed it to Gu Xiyan, Gu Xiyan didn't have time to think about it and ask more, so she immediately respectfully handed the tea to Cui Baoyi.

Cui Baoyi took the teacup and took a sip symbolically, her delicate face was as beautiful as a flower, and her eyes were particularly dazzling because of the joyful look at the corners of her mouth and eyebrows: "This imperial concubine Niangniang's grace" Why did it get involved with Gu Chaorong again?

Gu Xiyan wondered in her heart.

Mrs. Gu said politely: "Where, where, this is all your own creation." As the saying goes, it's good. This blessing is coming, but it can't be stopped......"

Gu Xiyan sat next to him and listened for a while, and finally understood.

It turned out that the queen mother had been unwell since the wind blew on the night of the Wanshou Festival, and she was recuperating in Kunning Palace, and everything in the court and the central government was gradually handed over to the emperor. The queen did her filial piety in front of the queen mother's bed day and night, and the concubines in the palace did not dare to slack off. all serve the Queen Mother, and even Concubine Kang of Cining Palace often comes to visit the Queen Mother. One day. The Empress Dowager was in good spirits and talked with Concubine Kang about the way to maintain her body, and Concubine Kang said: "Daily diet is important, but ginseng fruit is also essential. But in my opinion, the best thing to do is to practice the Fa. Think about it. To practice the Fa, you must first have a straight head. Shoulders level, chest open and back straight. Then you have to raise your elbows and hang your wrists, and splash ink, which can be described as soft and rigid, loose and tight. It not only trains the brain but also the body, and can also achieve the purpose of meditation. At that time, the queen mother did not speak, but her eyes looked up and down at Concubine Kang, who was actually older than herself but looked much younger than herself.

Gu Chaorong saw it in his eyes and remembered it in his heart. As soon as Concubine Kang left, she immediately tactfully asked the Queen Mother to give ink, and as soon as the Queen Mother was happy, she wrote a few words such as "rich", "longevity" and "Lu" to Gu Chaorong. The women in the palace and outside the palace got the weather vane and began to ask the queen mother for "Mobao". I don't know if it's because of my heart or if practicing calligraphy is really effective, after the queen mother mentioned the words for a while, she actually felt much better and began to practice words. Gu Chaorong was originally a female official, and is famous for her talent and knowledge, every day to Kunning Palace to the Queen Mother to ask the Queen Mother to practice calligraphy, several other concubines also often go to Kunning Palace to serve, among which the newly sealed into the palace Jian Baolin went the most diligent, and sometimes wrote a few words under the instructions of the Queen Mother, which was very appreciated by the Queen Mother, saying: "Jian Baolin's words are smooth and graceful, fresh and natural, and won the heart of the declining family." The imperial concubine's handwriting is also good, but it is too steep, and it is still vulgar and light. ”

Gu Chaorong was resigned: "What Niangniang taught me is that I really need to practice more in this word." If the mother is gracious, I want to ask Aunt Cui Baoyi to enter the palace from time to time to point out the knowledge of the concubines......"

The Empress Dowager smiled: "Both of you are famous talented women and beauties in the Xia Kingdom. Since you respect her so much, why don't you pass on the decree of the declining family and ask her if she is willing to be a female official, speaking of which, since you entered the palace, I still have a female official here......"

In this way, the Queen Mother decreed, Cui Baoyi was about to enter the palace as a female official of Kunning Palace, and she was also the secret of the Queen Mother.

Gu Xiyan always felt that the queen mother was acting everywhere, and Cui Baoyi didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse when she entered the palace, so she couldn't help but say: "Auntie, it's better to open a girl to study, and ...... freely" "What nonsense?" Mrs. Gu interrupted Gu Xiyan's words with slight disgust: "The Forbidden City is the most noble place in the world, and only you are regarded as a flood beast...... Auntie, don't take it personally, she's young and ignorant......"

Gu Xiyan's face was full of black lines, knowing that he had said something that he shouldn't have said again, and immediately showed an apologetic expression.

Cui Baoyi shook her head with a smile, her face even more gorgeous: "Second girl, I know what you mean." However, everyone has their own aspirations. The greatest wish in my life is to have the opportunity to go to the Reading Building to read those unique books of Guxia that are treasured in the palace...... Being able to go to Kunning Palace to be a maid is really an opportunity that I never dreamed of."

Gu Xiyan looked at the face that was glamorous because he got what he wanted, and said in his heart, yes, everyone has their own ambitions, and they are unwilling to enter the palace, not that all people are unwilling to enter the palace. Thinking of this, Gu Xiyan couldn't help but recall Duan Niang's words "The eldest aunt withdrew from the Mi family's marriage and entered the palace", and she was faintly uneasy in her heart, frowning slightly.

Cui Baoyi didn't pay attention to this, she was a little excited: "And the queen mother is from Fengtai, she must be very familiar with and understand Gu Xia Wen, if I can get her guidance to study Gu Xia Wen......" Speaking of this, she took the words, and her eyes shone with a look of hope.

At this moment, Gu Xiyan felt that Cui Baoyi was like a warrior who struggled for his ideals, rather than a lonely female teacher in his original mind.

Ah, man has many facets. She said sincerely: "Congratulations, Aunt Cui"

"Thank you" Cui Baoyi nodded with a smile, she could understand the changes in Gu Xiyan's heart, she hesitated, took out a round cylinder jade with the thickness of a thumb from the purse on her waist and handed it to Gu Xiyan: "This is my parting gift to you." ”

Gu Xiyan said thank you and took it.

It is a private seal, with yin and yang characters, and the pattern is a plate with a complete fish bone in it.

Cui Baoyi said: "This is a blessing medal carved by me in Guxia scripture, I wish you a long blessing in the future." ”

Gu Xiyan looked at the private chapter and asked curiously: "This, this is a blessing word?" ”

When Mrs. Gu heard this, she also walked to Gu Xiyan's side and looked closely: "Ah, it's really Gu Xiawen." I saw it when I was still very young, and my grandfather had a ring like this. ”

"Nowadays, people only know Taichuwen but don't know that there is Xia Wen, and they only know how to use a wolf pen but don't know that there is a quill pen," Cui Baoyi's expression was a little gloomy and said, "However, I also have to admit that Taichuwen is indeed better than Xia Wen, and it is also more conducive to the spread of knowledge." ”

Gu Xiyan was horrified in her heart.

Could it be that Li Chaoyang not only brought advanced technology, but also completely reformed people's civilization, which reminded her of the Japanese occupation of Taiwan many years ago, requiring all residents of Taiwan to learn Japanese......

Mrs. Gu smiled indifferently and said, "This is a good thing." Didn't you say that Fengtai has always used the ancient Xia script, that's the queen's mother's maiden family, you entered the palace, and I'm afraid that there will be no chance to perform. When the time comes, don't say it's the queen mother, it's the queen mother, I'm afraid I will look at you differently."

Cui Baoyi did not show a happy look because of this, but her face became even darker: "I went to Fengtai once many years ago, and I also visited Mr. Huang Bowen, a famous residence in Fengtai. Even Mr. Huang thinks that Taichuwen is more applicable than Xia Wen...... Now there are only a few old people in the Fengguo Mansion who still have a few old people who recognize Xia Wen......"

Gu Xiyan listened to the pantothenic acid in her heart, and sighed infinitely.

Watching an ancient civilization slowly disappear in front of his eyes, for an idealistic and aspiring scholar like Cui Baoyi, it should be something more painful than death, compared with the intrigue in the palace, following the rules, and humbling the knees

Cui Baoyi's image suddenly became taller in Gu Xiyan's mind.

She suddenly understood why she always felt uncomfortable in front of Cui Baoyi.

In the heart of a person with great ambitions like Cui Baoyi, Gu Xiyan is an ignorant girl who lies under the halo of her ancestors and dreams of death and does not know how to cherish time.

This is like Cui Baoyi is a social elite, and Gu Xiyan is a Adou who can't support the wall.

Gu Xiyan couldn't help but smile bitterly.