After Xie Yunyan finished dressing, he turned to face Ning Shu and said with a smile: "Madame is smart, but in this way, you can determine the candidate for the crown prince, why does Your Majesty let the fourth prince go through this?" ”

"It's the same—"

This trip to pursue the king can be seen by anyone as a fat errand.

If the emperor really sealed the four princes into the East Palace because of this superficial merit, why did he perform such a scene?

Xie Yunyan said lightly: "Madam, look at it, Your Majesty pays attention to balance in doing things, and promoted the four princes, and the three princes will definitely make amends." It's just that this compensation will be postponed a little. ”

has been an official for three years, and Xie Yunyan has long been familiar with the emperor's style of acting.

He seems to favor the four princes, but in addition to the officials, the important courtiers are all members of the three princes.

To say that there is no emperor's impetus in it, Xie Yunyan doesn't believe it.

Ning Shu also felt that Xie Yunyan's words were reasonable, and said with a slight smile: "It's not too early, it's time for my husband to go to court." ”

"Wait until I get back."

Xie Yunyan reluctantly walked out of the Guogong Mansion, and Ning Shu also dressed up and prepared, and returned to Ning's house with the gifts prepared by the Duchess of Guo for the Ning Mansion.

As soon as I walked into Wutong Garden, I saw Aunt Zhou who came to ask for peace.

Aunt Zhou was wearing a delicate orange Suzhou embroidered skirt, and her head and face on her sideburns were much more dazzling than before.

She also saw Ning Shu, and hurriedly smiled: "The concubine has seen the eldest lady." ”

"Aunt Zhou's complexion is visibly getting better with the naked eye?" Ning Shu looked at Aunt Zhou with a smile and said.

Aunt Zhou's face stiffened, and she barely squeezed out a smile: "Xu is the second miss's family matter has been decided, I, who is an aunt, am happy for her, and my complexion will naturally become better——"

"Oh? Which one have you decided? ”

Ning Shu asked knowingly and joked with Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Zhou immediately couldn't get off the stage.

She couldn't say bluntly that she was the fourth prince, after all, the rumors were rumors, and the four princes did not give Ning Fu a clear explanation.

Give her great courage, she doesn't dare to arrange the four princes behind her back!

"It's the Fourth Highness! How is it? A quiet voice came from around the corner, rescuing Aunt Zhou from her embarrassing situation.

Ning Jiao walked over, and from a distance, the indifferent look on her body was actually three points similar to Ning Shu.

Ning Shu's eyes narrowed, "It turned out to be the Fourth Highness, then my sister will congratulate my sister first." ”

"It's not too late for my sister to congratulate me on the day of marriage." Ning Jiao glanced at Ning Shu indifferently, crossed in front of her, and walked towards Aunt Zhou.

"Auntie, let's go back."

"It's-"

If Aunt Zhou was still the same Aunt Zhou from before, she would definitely pull Ning Jiao to reprimand her at this moment.

But Ning Jiao is about to become the side concubine of the fourth prince, and she has no reason to continue to endure it.

Under Ning Shu's gentle tone, there was a domineering posture hidden everywhere.

She's been looking at it for a long time!

was half-pulled and half-dragged by Ning Jiao to leave Wutong Garden, and Aunt Zhou broke free of Ning Jiao's hand and said to Ning Jiao:

"You, although you did a good job just now, you will have to be more restrained in the future! I heard that Lord Xie has been promoted again recently! ”

"Can he still get past the prince after he is promoted?" Ning Jiao bit her lower lip, and Xie Yunyan's handsome face unconsciously appeared in her mind.

There seemed to be two fawns beating wildly in her heart.

One is Xie Yunyan, who was suppressed by her but often ran out to spread joy.

One is that when she imagines the future, the four princes will appear inadvertently.

It makes her often upset.

When Aunt Zhou saw Ning Jiao's expression, she knew that she hadn't completely let go of Xie Yunyan, pinched her arm, gritted her teeth and said, "Don't forget that you are the one who wants to be the princess, hurry up and put away your unclean mind for me!" ”

"It's just a side concubine—"

"What's wrong with the side concubine? Then you are also the only current hostess of the Prince's Mansion, as long as you work hard, who knows what will happen in the future? ”

Ning Jiao was obviously moved by Aunt Zhou's words, and her interest regained her spirit, "Yes, I want to go back to practice!" ”

Long Shan saw the two of them walking away, and couldn't help but sneer: "Girl, do you want to get married too?" ”

Ning Shu chuckled: "Don't laugh at her for not seeing the world!" ”

"The slave knows what is wrong!"

……

"These are all that the Duchess wants you to bring? Didn't you get it back privately? ”

Mrs. Ning looked at the various supplements brought by Ning Shu in surprise, especially the beautiful white bird's nest, which was a high-grade bird's nest that Mrs. Ning had never seen in her life.

Ning Shu smiled dumbly, "Mother, you can keep it, it was indeed my mother-in-law who sent me back." ”

Mrs. Ning smiled, and then said embarrassedly: "Such a good gift, what should I use in return?" ”

Ning Shu sighed helplessly, "If my mother-in-law was thinking about your return gift, she wouldn't have sent these." ”

"Then, I still have some cordyceps brought by your grandfather, although they are not as precious as Bai Yan, but they are also extremely rare to see high-grade cordyceps, can you take them back when you leave?"

"Okay." Ning Shu smiled and asked seemingly unintentionally, "Jiao'er's marriage has been decided?" ”

"No, I don't." Mrs. Ning replied to Ning Shu's question indifferently, "It's good to settle down, and your father won't worry about her all day long." ”

"Huh? Why bother? ”

Mrs. Ning put the bird's nest back in the box, informed Jinxiu to put the things away, and said when she saw that there was no one: "It is said that His Royal Highness intends to integrate her into the mansion, and she herself said so, and she also pestered your father all day long to teach her to compose poems and practice calligraphy in the study when he has free time." ”

"Since she was a child, her father has asked for her husband, and she still needs her father to teach her again?" Ning Shu pursed her lips amusedly, leaned on Mrs. Ning's beauty couch and asked with a smile: "Besides, if you can read and write, you can marry into the prince's mansion as soon as possible?" ”

"Who's to say it isn't!" As soon as Mrs. Ning mentioned this, she panicked in her heart.

Ning Jiao pestered Ning Zhengjie to practice calligraphy in the study, and Aunt Zhou took the opportunity to send sweet soup and snacks, and after coming and going, Aunt Zhou became the aunt who was held in the palm of Ning Zhengjie's hand again.

Ning Shu frowned after hearing this, Aunt Zhou's methods have always been like this, and if she didn't do anything too excessive, she could put it aside for the time being.

It's just—

"Mother is saying that Jiao'er lies in her father's study all day?"

Mrs. Ning said, "That's right. ”

"There's no place in her yard where you can read and practice calligraphy?" Ning Shu couldn't help but sit up straight, as if something flashed through her mind.

Mrs. Ning explained, "Of course, there are places, but your father's study has a lot of books, and she can learn a lot of things. ”

That's all? Ning Shu couldn't help but be suspicious.

The fourth prince wanted to accept her as a side concubine, obviously not because of her ability to play piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

No matter how stupid Ning Jiao is, she won't be so stupid as to think that as long as she is skilled in six arts, she can put it on the agenda of marrying the fourth prince as soon as possible, or think that she can become a concubine one day, right?

Ning Shu's plan, which Ning Shu had been thinking about all day, returned to the Guogong Mansion, and the chaotic thoughts after seeing Xie Yunyan dissipated a little.

It's just that Xie Yunyan's frown made her heart rise again.