Chapter 20: The Unfolding of the Stratagem

It was really unexpected for Chang'an to be able to come up with such a well-made hand-embroidered handkerchief by the two parties, but Shi Qi was smiling at the eldest princess of Zhaoxing over there, and Chang'an couldn't ask anything.

What's more, Chang'an also knows in her heart, and now Shi Qi's refusal to enter the palace is not only her own wish, but also the best result that Liang Guogong Mansion and He Jiaqing want to see.

Chang'an asked herself, why did she want He Jiaqing to have a smooth career and a good result for the Bai family now? Is it really just because the Bai family treated her very well after she was reborn, and He Jiaqing treated her well as a brother?

It is true that there are factors in this regard, but in her bones, she still hates Lu Yuan a little, she handed over her entire heart in her previous life, but she didn't get anything in return, in exchange for just a glass of poisonous wine and a broken life. In this life, if she wants to get a Chang'an, then she can't let Lu Yuan be Chang'an.

Or perhaps, this made him secretly help He Jiaqing and the Bai family, that is, help the second prince Lu Cheng, right? At least Lu Yuan's resistance was one more heavy.

Thinking of this, Chang'an's heart was inexplicably a little more happy.

Thinking about it, he said: "Ah, I didn't know that Cousin Qi's female worker is so good, I think that such a female worker must be the best among the girls to be drafted, it seems that Cousin Qi must have an unlimited future." It's a good female worker like Cousin Qi, you can teach Sister Ping well, I seem to remember that Sister Ping's poetry books are good, but the female workers are slightly worse. ”

In this way, it is nothing more than elevating Shi Qi, and also insinuating He Ping'an by the way, even if the eldest princess of Zhaoxing is good, she will not have a seizure on her face, but there will definitely be a big pimple in her heart.

As soon as He Chang'an's words fell, he heard a delicate but sharp female voice from behind him: "Gaomen noblewoman, the important thing is the etiquette of poetry and books, humanity is the belly of poetry and books, unlike some girls from small families, who are not proficient in poetry and books, and are only good at those low-level female workers, eldest sister, you say what I said is right?"

It's He Ping'an.

He Ping'an's age is only about half a year older than Shi Qi, but his style is completely different from Shi Qi. Shi Qi is a group face, but He Changan is a standard melon seed face, the eyebrows are very thin but the color is not light, and now he has drawn long eyebrows into the temples with Luo Zidai, and it seems that the pair of Danfeng eyes are like water.

He Ping'an can be regarded as the eighteenth female college student, and when He Changan saw her in the previous life, he had not been so beautiful. It's just that He Ping'an is beautiful now, but he has a shrewd appearance.

This kind of girl who stares at people with good eyes, but doesn't leave half a trace of affection on her lips, He Changan has always disliked it in her heart, but she is not as good as Shi Qi, although she is a little delicate and loves to cry a little, but she looks like a Zhou Zheng girl.

Before Chang'an could come back to his senses from his opinion of He Ping'an, he saw He Ping'an pointing the finger at him again: "Eldest sister, I'm waiting here for the eldest sister to answer." It seems that the eldest sister's health is still not very good. I heard my maid say that the eldest sister has become a lot more shrewd since she woke up from falling into the water, and now it looks like she is still stupid and stupid, and the eldest aunt is going to break her heart. ”

After speaking, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and grinned, and the two girls who followed behind her also looked very shrewd like He Ping'an, wearing very decent satin clothes, and they also laughed with He Ping'an.

Seeing that Bai and Shi He were by Chang'an's side, their faces couldn't hold anymore, and they changed color slightly, especially Shi He. In the Jiangyin Marquis Mansion, the status of the Marquis of Jiangyin is absolutely supreme, and he was born as a bandit, how dare those juniors give birth to something that messes up the proportion of the young and the old in the family? Although in the Jiangyin Marquis Mansion, there are inevitably some contradictions between the two rooms, even if Shi Qi and the sisters of the Jiangyin Marquis Changfang talk, they are polite.

It's a big deal, it's just a face-saving affair, and you don't have to make everyone tear their faces, and no one's face is good-looking.

Where have you ever seen a girl like He Ping'an, who came up and didn't give face at all?

But Shi He's thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is something wrong with He Chang'an today, in the past, He Chang'an stood silently beside Bai's side, but today she does have a little more words.

Shi He's peeked to look at He Chang'an's reaction, but he didn't expect He Changan to still smile sweetly, no different from just now, and also played Tai Chi with He Ping'an: "What Sister Ping said is that my sister has always been sullen and doesn't like to talk before she fell into the water, but the causes and consequences of falling into the water this time made Chang'an think about a lot of things." Sometimes stretching out the head is also a knife, and shrinking the head is also about to be slaughtered, so it's better to let go, so I have always longed for Sister Ping's daring temperament, what does Sister Ping think?"

He Ping'an was speechless.

He Changan has always felt that before she was reborn, it was a little strange that He Changan fell into the water, although it was said that He Changan was not a girl with a particularly good body, and it was very possible that she could not be saved if she fell into the water, but because she was not in good health, she didn't go out easily, how could she casually go to a place like a pond with strong water vapor and heavy winds?

With this suspicion, she went to ask Mama Yang who found her in the water first, and the answer she got was Miss Ping'an of the Yichun Hou Mansion. Now set up a set to test He Ping'an, no matter how arrogant He Ping'an is, he is only fifteen years old, plus it is really smooth sailing, and he is careful, but he is not like He Chang'an, who has lived in two lives, good days and bad environments, and his mind is naturally not comparable.

He Ping'an's reaction, eighty percent of the people who pushed He Changan into the water at the beginning, that is, her, He Chang'an's move, first, to test He Ping'an, and second, to tell everyone that once she fell into the water, she He Chang'an was reborn!

People who knew He Changan's future situation were still stunned and opened their mouths wide, and they saw He Changan make a move that surprised everyone even more.

He Changan, she, snapped, raised her hand and slapped the maid who was snickering with He Ping'an just now.

He Ping'an has been pampered since he was a child, and when he saw that He Changan dared to slap his maid, he was so angry: "You ...... You...... You dare to hit my willow eyebrows. ”

Willow eyebrows, it should be the name of the maid who is now swollen with half of her face, Fleur is like a willow eyebrow, this sentence is quite similar to her original appearance, but now there is no exquisite appearance.

He Changan looked at He Ping'an's face that was distorted by anger, his heart was secretly refreshed, but he smiled and said: "Sister Ping, you are a golden girl, the only concubine of the eldest princess, and you are much more noble than your sister when you say it, and the people around you must be cautious." No matter how bad I am, I'm also the daughter of Bofu, Liu Mei is just a maid of my sister, my sister said that my sister should have been, but this maid has no such qualifications, and my sister is just teaching this maid a lesson for my sister. My sister is my own family, and the ugliness of the family will naturally not be publicized, but if my sister goes out for a walk in the future, such a maid will definitely lose the dignity of Yichun Houfu, right?"

He Ping'an just trembled his fingers: "You...... You ......"

But he couldn't say anything else.

Indeed, what she He Changan said is also good.

Bai Shi pulled Chang'an, Chang'an turned his head and smiled faintly: "I am not a particularly virtuous and virtuous girl, I have been detained by poor health all these years, and my heart is naturally not happy, if others don't mess with me, it's fine, if they mess with me, it's ......"

Turned around and pointed: "Liu Mei is the end." ”

After saying these words, He Changan had to admire himself, it was really a good scene of singing and doing, and the next thing was to see how Shi Qi behaved.

came another sentence, and the show really started: "Mother, don't keep comparing me with Cousin Shi Qi, Cousin Shi Qi is originally a gentle and virtuous girl, and my mother and aunt also have great hopes for my cousin's draft." Chang'an heard that many princes choose concubines, so they want to choose this kind of virtuous and gentle. ”

At this moment, not to mention Shi Qi and Shi He's family, even the Bai family was secretly surprised, when did she say such a thing? Later, I thought of what He Jiaqing said yesterday, and suddenly understood Chang'an's intentions.

Bai straightened his face and took the eldest princess's hand: "My younger brother and sister also know, my daughter has been in poor health since she was a child, and she has no upbringing, but now her body is getting better, but her decency is much worse than Sister Ping'er, so don't take it too seriously." It's Sister Qi, I look really good. Sister Qi is going to go to the draft with Sister Ping next year, I wondered, with Sister Qi'er's conditions, can I get a position as a princess?"

Saying that, Bai's face also showed a mysterious expression: "Brother and sister, I just saw that you are my own family, so I told you this, don't reveal my sister-in-law's thoughts, if this is the case, I don't know what to say about our sister Qi, the reputation of the girl's family has been ruined." ”

He Changan secretly applauded the Bai family in his heart, and her mother's gelding was really not bad.

Shi Heshi listened a little anxiously on the side, although she was counting on Shi Qi to find a good way out through the draft, but she never dared to delusion that the princess was in such a high position, and now that Bai Shi said it, it seems that Shi Qi is really a toad who wants to eat swan meat: "Sister-in-law, how can I ......"

Shi He's is indeed a little anxious, such a move falls on the eldest princess of Zhaoxing, and there is a little bit of desire to cover up, the eldest princess of Zhaoxing, who was originally half-convinced, is now convinced.

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing's expression changed slightly, and she also took Bai's hand and said: "What my sister-in-law said is that my sister-in-law has never lived in the palace, and I don't know what kind of character the saint is.

But after finishing speaking, he didn't wait for Bai's answer, and only analyzed himself: "I think Sister Qi is not bad, in fact, if you invite someone to teach you well, you have the hope of becoming a princess, but these two princes have their own merits." The eldest prince is not a son-in-law, but it accounts for a long word, and his biological mother Concubine Qing is also favored in the palace, except for a slightly worse background, there is nothing bad about it. Although the second prince was the prince in the early years, sister-in-law, you don't want to listen to me, after all, Queen Herui died early, and the help behind the second prince is still slightly less, the year before, the second prince lost his sacred heart again, and his reputation was also bad, who wants to marry his daughter to a prince who can live with the palace maid on the death of his biological mother?"

After finishing speaking, I heard a person who looked like a housekeeper come in and reported: "Princess, people in the palace came to spread the word, saying that the queen mother saw that the chrysanthemums are blooming well now, and found someone to set up a hot chrysanthemum pot and invited the princess to take the eldest lady to the banquet." The queen also said that the chrysanthemum pot is enough, I am afraid that there are fewer people and it is too lonely, and let the princess give a face, if there is an older and sensible girl at home, bring it, don't have to be restrained, and go to the palace to the banquet together at night. ”

He Changan pricked up his ears to listen, in the previous life, she served in Yanqing Palace and East Palace, but she didn't know much about the queen, and now Queen Chen is the only daughter of the old Si Guogong, and now Si Guogong's own sister, although Si Guogong still has the name of Guogong, but the family is withered, and the three generations are single, which is much worse than other Guogong families.

And this Queen Chen, who is also quite low-key, never invites pets in the palace, treats the princes and princesses in the palace, and a bowl of water is flat, so that people can't find anything if they have the heart to find faults. Besides, after Empress Herui died of illness, Concubine Qing and Empress Chen, who was a concubine at the time, were also comparable in the family world, Concubine Qing also gave birth to a son and a daughter, and the emperor set up the Chen family as the successor, and the low-key peace and peace of the Chen family were not a big factor. So even if Queen Chen has not given birth to a son and a half daughter for so many years, the position of the queen is also stable.

He Changan thought of Lu Yuan and Concubine Qing, these two people were also very aware of this matter, so they didn't make up their minds about Empress Chen at all, and only put their thoughts on Lu Cheng, such a choice can actually be regarded as smart.

The triennial draft has always been a major event of the royal family, the people in the palace, up to the emperor and the queen mother, down to the palace maid and the inner prison, the people outside, the noblewomen and noblewomen in the wealthy families, and the low-level petty officials who are not going well in their careers and are counting on the low-level petty officials who sell their daughters, their eyes are all staring at this doorway!

The girls to be selected in the imperial capital have begun to prepare at this time, and it just so happens that they have not yet turned the new year, and it is not very restrictive to go out. The girls outside the imperial capital, in order to avoid the fatigue of traveling in the new year, most of them also came to the imperial capital to join their relatives at this time. The queen set up a chrysanthemum banquet at this time, which must have her purpose!

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing is the most faceable princess of that generation, and the noblewomen of the upper class are also eager to rush to it, and the queen will not forget the eldest princess Zhaoxing if she forgets anyone. And the eldest princess of Zhaoxing is stronger than Queen Chen, after all, the princess does not live in the palace, and there are many upper-class noblewomen who can be known.

Therefore, the queen came to pass the word, and added such a sentence later, at today's dinner, everyone only needs to look at which girl the eldest princess has brought to go, and which girl Shi Yao has participated in the draft, and the meaning and attitude of the eldest princess will be clear!

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing thought for a while, and said to the Bai family: "Isn't there nothing to do with the two girls at night? If there is nothing to do, come with me to the palace for a banquet." The queen has a banquet, this opportunity is also rare, and it is good to go out and see the world. Especially Sister Qi, who has never been to the imperial capital, but she is afraid of the people in the imperial capital, but she knows little. ”

Chang'an was stunned, what?

How can she still be?