Gao Qiuniang, Dou and the eldest lady Du talked while walking in the garden.

Dou proposed to let a few children show off their talents tomorrow.

Gao Qiuniang felt that the Dou family must have some purpose, so the two became more scheming.

She thought about it for a while, and thought that Guanyin would never disappoint when she showed her talents, so she replied to Dou's Dao:

"Madame's proposal is very good, let a few children have a lively time together."

So, the next day, the matter of letting a few children show their talents was decided.

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After a while, Dou said to Gao Qiuniang with a smile on his face: "I really envy your General's Mansion, General Changsun is not only excellent in martial arts, but also able to write poems and books." Unlike our Guogong Mansion, Xianggong's martial arts are deserted, and several children have not read well. ”

Gao Qiuniang knew that there was a later word in Dou's words, so she picked up the next sentence first and saw what she said later.

She said politely: "Madam is always too modest, I think Shimin, this child, is a civil and military all-rounder, and he is much stronger than Wuji in martial arts." ”

Dou Shi continued: "Shimin said that your family Wuji studied with his uncle, and he was full of wealth at a young age. ”

"In the past few days, I have been clamoring to go to your house to practice martial arts and study. I think that let their little brothers be together, they can also learn from each other's strengths, what does Madame think? ”

When we met for the first time, Dou put forward two unexpected suggestions one after another, which was a bit noisy.

Gao Qiuniang is unhurried and calm.

Gao Qiuniang thought to herself, it seems that this Dou clan, like Li Yuan, is determined to send Li Shimin to the Changsun General's Mansion to practice martial arts and study.

She really couldn't figure out why Li Yuan and his wife were so insistent on this matter.

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Where would Gao Qiuniang know the true intentions of Li Yuan and the Dou family?

In fact, the Guogong Mansion just wanted to use Li Shimin to climb the relationship with the eldest grandson family.

can establish a relationship with the eldest grandson family, and Li Yuan will have the support of two of the three products in the court, which is a huge help for him.

At the beginning, Li Yuan and his wife only planned to establish a nominal master-apprentice relationship between Changsun Sheng and Li Shimin.

In this way, there is a reason for the two families to frequent each other.

However, since Li Shimin returned from the Eldest Sun General's Mansion, he mentioned Guanyin's intelligence, and he liked it very much.

Dou had a new plan, she discussed with Li Yuan to let Li Shimin and Guanyin get engaged, and the two families formed a marriage.

If you can marry the Changsun General's Mansion, wouldn't the relationship between the Tang Guogong Mansion and the Changsun family be even more unbreakable?

This Dou is not a simple woman.

From her patience to abandon her biological son to persuading Li Yuan to send a BMW to Yang Guang to get closer, it can be seen that she is a person who is extremely scheming, decisive, and will never give up until she achieves her goal.

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With the idea of facilitating the marriage between Li Shimin and Guanyin, the Dou family made a careful plan. Otherwise, she wouldn't have traveled hundreds of miles to meet Gao Qiuniang.

Before coming, Dou had a plan in his heart, if Guanyin was beautiful and talented, she would ask for marriage directly.

She proposed to let the children show their talents, one is to take a look at Guanyin, and the other is to let Li Shimin show his extraordinary talent.

She wants Gao Qiuniang to see that Li Shimin is also a young talent and is worthy of Guanyin. In this way, you will be more sure if you ask for a kiss.

If Guanyin is not as good as Li Shimin said, Dou is not expected to be much worse.

Otherwise, Li Shimin would not like it so much.

Even if Guanyin is not particularly outstanding, it must be unsatisfactory.

As long as it is not too bad, the Dou family is also willing to set this family affair down. After all, the marriage between wealthy families mainly depends on the strength and status of the other party.

But in the latter case, she would not have courted on the spot.

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What Dou thought was that Gao Qiuniang would definitely like Li Shimin's talent when she saw it, and she might have the idea of marrying Guanyin to Li Shimin.

If this is the case, the Dou clan will not be in a hurry to speak, hang the appetite of the eldest grandson general's mansion, and make plans after going back.

If Gao Qiuniang really had the heart to recognize Li Shimin as a man, he would follow Changsun Sheng to learn art as a matter of course, and Changsun Sheng would easily agree to this request.

Then, the Guogong Mansion asked people to propose marriage, which became an undesirable thing for the Changsun General's Mansion.

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When Dou and Gao Qiuniang met for the first time, they first proposed to let the children show their talents.

This directly proposed to let Li Shimin learn art from Changsun Sheng.

Whether Gao Qiuniang agreed on the spot or refused, it was not suitable, so she had to say:

"I hope Mrs. will forgive me, the concubine can't be the master of this matter."

"Madame also knows that our generals are busy with official business, and I am afraid that we will delay the people. If Madame and the Duke insist on it, and I will discuss it with the general again after I go back, what does Madame think? ”

Seeing that Gao Qiuniang didn't say yes, and didn't block the words, Dou said in his heart:

"I'm not afraid of Mrs. jokes when I say it, speaking of which, my family is also behind the gate, but my father-in-law lost his family at the age of seven, regretting the loss of his family heirloom, he has always been a civilian, and he has not gone through the battle array, and it is almost impossible to restore the glory of the past by relying on his father-in-law."

"We just want to let the people of the world join the army and make contributions. But in terms of his training, Xianggong felt that he was incompetent, so he had to ask Gao Ming, hoping to be enlightened by General Changsun. ”

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Gao Qiuniang listened to what Dou said, and it did come from the lungs. He is the head of the imperial family, arrogant by nature, and if he does not have anything like this, how can he speak to outsiders?

So he comforted: "The people of the world are beyond the world, they are not ordinary children, and now they are still young, are they still afraid that they will not be able to get the guidance of the Master?" ”

Dou said in an appreciative tone: "General Changsun has been in the battle formation for twenty years, Wen Tao Wuluo, who can compare with the Great Sui Dynasty?" ”

The three of them walked along the garden path, talking and walking, and before they knew it, they had turned around the garden.

Du Shi knew that Li Shimin's study of art with Changsun Sheng could not be settled for a while. He said, "The child's affairs will be discussed slowly in the future." ”

"Madame has come from afar, and the carriage is tired, so I will go back for dinner first, and I should rest early."

Gao Qiuniang said to Shuxiang: "Go and see, how is dinner prepared?" We accompanied my wife to the West Courtyard to see how the accommodation was arranged. ”

When they arrived at the west courtyard, the maidservants and servants had already cleaned up everywhere.

Dou expressed his gratitude to Gao Qiuniang for her careful and thoughtful arrangements.

The two of them were polite again, and then left the west courtyard and went to the front hall for dinner.

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In March, the valley rain has passed, and the beginning of summer has not arrived.

It's when it's neither hot nor cold.

The next day, Liu Changxi took the servants to set up an awning in front of the garden pavilion early in the morning, put a few cases and a couch, and everything was settled.

After a night's rest, Dou was much more energetic, although he didn't care about dressing up, his graceful bearing did not diminish at all.

Dou and Gao Qiuniang walked together.

One is calm, calm and dignified, and the other is beautiful and elegant, beautiful and dusty.

Both of them are descendants of the imperial family, coupled with the edification of the acquired scholarly fragrance, they exude a unique noble temperament.

Du Shi and Ding Niangzi behind him, compared with the two of them, between the like and nothing, it seems that there is a lack of charm that cannot be described in words.

After half a day of getting along, the children have become familiar with each other, talking and laughing and following the adults, and from time to time there is the sound of Guanyin and Li Xuanba arguing.

In normal times, Guanyin is a little aunt in the general's mansion, and several nephews and nieces are obedient to her.

And this Li Xuanba, at home, is also his brother and sister everywhere, although he is young, he can speak well.

When two people meet together, they can be regarded as meeting opponents.

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On the way to Chengnan Manor, Li Shimin talked all the way about how smart Guanyin was.

Li Xuanba was not convinced when he heard this, and he thought in his heart that he saw Guanyin's majesty to kill her.

In terms of physiognomy, Li Xuanba is two years older than Guanyin, but he is born in a small month, and Guanyin is born in a large month, in fact, Li Xuanba is only one year and two months older than Guanyin.

This Li Xuanba has fair skin, a long figure, two thin eyes, a blink of an idea, a word, thin lips, witty and eloquent, and is a famous bar essence in the Guogong Mansion.

When he heard that he was going to show his talent today, he asked Guanyin: "Auntie, what will you do?" ”

Because yesterday afternoon, the two had been fighting for a long time, and Guanyin also wanted to suppress Li Xuanba's arrogance, pretending to be contemptuous and saying:

"I can't do it, you can't, play the piano, Go, calligraphy."

Li Xuanba was dissatisfied: "Who said I wouldn't? You're talking about girls' play, I can shoot arrows and box, but you can't. ”

Guanyin retorted: "Who said that playing the piano, Go, and calligraphy are played by girls? Brother Shimin knows everything. ”

Li Xuanba realized that he had said the wrong thing, his little face turned red, and he argued: "Real boys, they have to practice horse riding, archery, boxing, as for piano, Go, and calligraphy, just understand something." ”

Guanyin asked again: "Are you saying that Brother Shimin is not a real boy?" ”

Li Xuanba found out that his words were found by Guanyin again, and he was a little annoyed in his heart, regretting that he shouldn't have said it casually.

He warned himself in his heart to be more careful when he spoke, and said after a little consideration: "The eldest brother is the best in horseback riding, archery, and boxing, of course, a real boy." Qin, chess, calligraphy and painting, he just learned it simply, and he was better than others. ”

Li Shimin knew that Li Xuanba was a bar, and if he didn't let him speak, he would be uncomfortable. Seeing him arguing with Guanyin, Li Shimin didn't stop him, just looked at the two of them and laughed.

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Gao Qiuniang, the Duchess Dou, the eldest lady Du and Ding Niangzi sat down in the pavilion.

The maidservants set up the guqin, chess sets, pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

The servants set up their targets at the east end of the small square.

The eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin, Li Xuanba, Guanyin and Xin'er sat in the awning, facing the pavilion.

Li Yuanji was held by a middle-aged maid and sat on one side of the pavilion. Yesterday afternoon, Li Shimin introduced to Guanyin that this maid was called Chen Shanyi.

Gao Qiuniang and the others were gossiping while eating fruit snacks.

Seeing that the people were ready to stop everything, Gao Qiuniang discussed with the Dou family to let a few children show what talents they would be.

She Gao Qiuniang proposed: "I think it's better to move first and then be still, let them perform fists and feet and archery first, and then perform piano, chess, calligraphy and painting." ”

Dou nodded in agreement, and said with a smile: "Then let's move first, let them heat up the field." ”