It was already a bitterly cold weather, and the faint fragrance of plum blossoms was everywhere. On the wide avenue, a flat-topped carriage with a black-painted bridge head slowly approached, leaving a rut mark on the snow-white ground, and finally stopped in front of a courtyard gate.

The groom jumped off the horse, placed the small stool on the carriage smoothly on the ground, and asked, "Miss, it's here." ”

The car door opened, and a woman in Tsing Yi walked down from below, dressed as an ordinary maid. As soon as she stood still, she raised her left hand and lowered her head slightly. At this time, a slender white hand stretched out in the car, put it on the back of her hand, and saw small flowers embroidered on the narrow sleeves of lake blue, and then a blue figure leaned out and walked down cautiously.

The oncoming cold wind made her shrink back and tighten the clothes that were tightly draped over her body.

Seeing the woman in blue getting out of the car, the guard soldiers in front of the house immediately greeted her: "Miss is back." ”

She only nodded in agreement, and led the maid behind her into the door. As soon as I passed the flower hall, I saw the oncoming Sanguanbao.

"Chunxi, this draft ......" looked at his daughter's expression and didn't seem to be very good, and the three officials stopped talking.

A month ago, the Empress Dowager issued a decree ordering a general election, and all children of the Eight Banners, regardless of Manchu and Han dynasties, and women over the age of 13 and under the age of 19 to be married, should run for the election.

Chunxi stopped, and the maid behind her also walked away shrewdly, leaving only the father and daughter in the hall.

"Amma, is there anything else you'd like to say?" Ulving's voice was calm and cold.

"Amma thinks that there is no need to be in the limelight during this draft, and it is naturally the best if you lose, Amma has already found a good family for you, and it will ...... when the time comes"

"Amma." Chun Xi interrupted him: "This is what Amma meant? ”

"It's—yes." Sanguan Bao was a little weak in his heart, and his speech was a little unfavorable.

"Oh, I'm afraid not. Isn't that what Aunt Xiao meant? Three years later, Chun Yin will be 14 years old, and he will be able to participate in the triennial draft. Aunt Xiao is afraid that I will enter the palace first and be favored, so I won't let Chunyin be selected, right? You have to plan early to kick me out. Chunxi snorted softly, very dissatisfied with his own Amma helping others.

"No, Meng'er doesn't mean that, it's all for your good. Isn't it better to be a wife outside than to enter the palace and compete with many women for a man? Sanguanbao explained.

"However, in the palace, no matter how bad a concubine is, it is better than a concubine like my mother. What's more, if I want to enter the palace, I must also enter the palace, this is my own business. Amma, I'm still your concubine after all, so I won't be so biased about the life I should have, right? Even if Chun Yin wants to enter the palace in the future, I will not object. How she is, it's her business, whether she can enter the palace or not depends on herself. And I, too, don't need to do anything deliberately. Amma, my daughter has just finished worshipping the Buddha and has traveled such a long way, she is really tired, so she went back to the room first. After speaking, he ignored him anymore, and left the flower hall by bypassing him.

"Ugh." With a sigh, Sanguanbao also wondered if he had really done it. Chunxi wanted to enter the palace 5 years ago, and now he really shouldn't stop it.

"Bang." Chun Xi pushed open Mrs. Xiao's door vigorously.

"What are you doing when you come in? You also broke into my house casually? Xiao Meng saw the person who came clearly, and he didn't care about any dignification, so he scolded as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Aunt Xiao is idle, what are you doing hiding in the house? Why don't you eavesdrop on what I, Amma, just said to me? Chunxi stepped into the door, walked straight to the inner room and sat on the chaise longue covered with fox fur: "It's really warm to sit here." The fox fur is also soft and comfortable, which is very suitable for Aunt Xiao. ”

Xiao Mengtie's face was blue, his eyes were staring at her, and he was speechless for a while. She's insulting herself as a vixen? Hmph, it's also her mother's own inability to manage her husband's heart, who can complain? After thinking about it, he understood the purpose of her coming here, and sneered: "You are here to enter the palace?" Hmph, did you Amma tell you? In fact, the Wang family is also the richest man in Shengjing, and it is a blessed life for you to marry. ”

"It turned out to be the Wang family, who am I? Aunt Xiao is kind-hearted, and she deliberately found such a family affair to appease my Amma in order for me to be defeated. It's just a pity that I can't do what my aunt wants. Chunxi stared at Xiao Meng, she had always hated this face, a vixen face.

"What do you mean?" Hearing her say this, Xiao Meng was also angry, she was really a girl who didn't know what to do.

"I'm going to the Forbidden City. As for whether I am a palace maid or a maiden in the future, it is my business, and I don't bother with my aunt. As for the Wang family, since they have such wealth, let's leave it to Chunyin. If you can't wait for three years, your aunt can also ask Ama to divorce you and marry in by herself, and then you will not be able to enjoy the glory and wealth. Maybe it's really better than our Consulate Mansion. Chunxi couldn't help but laugh, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she was unforgiving. Treating people like Xiao Meng, with good words, I'm afraid it won't work.

"Y-why are you so shameless?" Xiao Meng's face flushed, and he was even more angry.

"What is shame? Aunt Xiao can secretly hook up with me Ama regardless of sisterhood, this word shame, it is not your turn to teach. I'll leave for the capital tomorrow, and my aunt will take care of Chunyin, so as not to miss something after three years, and I don't have to choose even if I don't have to choose. You can marry into the Wang family with your aunt. Hearing Xiao Meng's words, Chun Xi was a little angry, and his words were even more unkind.

After saying that, Chunxi got up from the chaise longue and turned to leave.

"Ulva, you little slut. Don't think you'll get what you want when you enter the palace. In this life, you can't fight me, can you still fight me with a stinky girl. ”

Chunxi's face was full of disdain, this woman seemed to have been presumptuous for too long, and she couldn't even see her identity clearly. She stopped, turned her head, and smiled gently: "As long as I, Guo Luo Luo and Luo Xi, live for one day, you Xiao Meng will never want to become a big lady, and you can only be a concubine forever." After speaking, he smiled even more gently, as if he was about to get out of the water, and stepped out of the door with lotus steps.

"Miss." Mu Hui, who had been waiting outside the door for a long time, had already heard these words in her ears. didn't say anything, just called, and followed her closely back to the embroidery building.

"What do you think of today's events?" While packing up her things, she asked Mu Hui.

Mu Hui stopped what she was doing, looked at Chunxi, and said, "Miss, this Aunt Xiao's heart is inevitably too big." ”

"What do you think of it?" Chunxi also stopped, looked at her and asked.

"It's better to be careful. On the way to the capital, you have to be very careful. ”

"You and I have some effort, but I don't know what kind of people she will send. If you unite the Wang family, it will not be easy to provoke. "The Wang family has risen in Shengjing in recent years, and has become the richest man in the city, and this power should not be underestimated. After a pause, Chun Xi said again: "But now there is no other way." ”

"Then the young lady should just take one step at a time."

"This time, let's go first, not with other show girls, but also want to go to the capital to take a look."

"The slave maid heard that there is a talented and beautiful woman on the outskirts of the capital, especially a good hand in chess. Why don't you go to the capital and take a look at that girl first. ”

"Heh, when did you start dancing and inking? Such a woman is rare in the world, I am afraid that she is a beautiful girl in the eyes of men, and the face in the book is like jade. ”

"Sleep. The slave maid also wants to arrive in the capital as soon as possible. ”

Mu Hui twisted the corners of the quilt for her, blew out the candlestick, went out the door, and went to sleep in her own hut next to her.

Early the next morning, Chunxi took Mu Hui and a few guards into the carriage. Before leaving, he didn't say anything to his Amado, and he really had nothing to say, leaving home, out of sight.

The journey was calm, and it seemed that their previous worries were superfluous.

"Could it be that we misjudged Aunt Xiao." Mu Hui pulled up the curtain, quite puzzled by the quiet outside the car window, and the road was calmer.

Chun Xi didn't speak. I just felt too calm, but I was uneasy.

"Where are you?" Chunxi opened the door of the carriage and asked the coachman.

"We have arrived at the outskirts of the capital, and we will be at the inn where we want to stay in half an hour."

"Okay." Chunxi nodded, and was about to close the door when he saw several fast horses approaching.

"Not good." Chun Xi screamed secretly, and tightened the short knife in his sleeve. Mu Hui also frowned when she saw this, and took the sword casually.

I heard a roar of rage, and I saw that all the people on the horse drew their swords and rushed towards them. The guards around the carriage saw this scene and drew their swords to protect the young lady in the carriage.

"Miss beware, I'm afraid I'll run into robbers." The accompanying guards shouted.

"That girl has to know these gangsters." Mu Hui drew her sword and rushed out of the carriage and fought with the group of masked men. Sitting in the car, watching the guards fall one by one, she also began to worry. Seeing that the people who were traveling with him had lost the upper hand, they could no longer sit still, and rushed out of the carriage and fought with them, but they could only protect themselves and could not attack. If it goes on like this, it's not good. It is the day of the general election in less than half a month, and if there is a scar on the body, then I am afraid that I don't even have to enter the palace gate, but there is no way to do it for a while.

The people who thought of Xiao Meng were all aware of her kung fu, and the people sent were so powerful. Even if you can't kill her, it's inevitable to hurt her, and you will definitely lose the election when the time comes. Such a vicious heart, heh, Xiao Meng leaves no room at all.

"Where did the bandits come from, they dare to spread wild here." A bright voice remembered, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a woman in scarlet clothes riding a horse. She pulled a long, soft whip from her waist and joined them in the fight. But after a while, the group of people in black were restrained by the woman in scarlet clothes and fled in a hurry.

"Thank you, girl, for saving me." Chunxi stepped forward with Mu Hui and was about to kneel, but was helped up by the woman.

"You don't have to thank me, it's our girl who really wants to save them. What's more, this place is really not the place for them to mess with. The woman in scarlet said.

"I wonder who that girl you're talking about?" Mu Hui became curious and asked urgently.

"Please come with me." The woman in the scarlet dress led the two of them on their horses.