Xie Xiangrong's grandfather was the teacher who enlightened Xie Shi, he was a sparse and open-minded literati, although he regretted that he had no grandson, he was not obsessed with it, and in turn persuaded his son and daughter-in-law, thinking that it was fate.

"You don't have a son, it's because fate hasn't come, children are a gift from God, since you have an eldest mother, it's better to raise her well, don't you also have the fun of being a parent?"

It's a pity that his son and daughter-in-law don't accept their fate and have been tossing and wanting a son.

Mr. Xie took his granddaughter with him, and the granddaughter said, "I dreamed that I should wear men's clothes and call Xiang Rong, so maybe my brother will come." ”

So Mr. Xie changed her name to Xiang Rong.

The granddaughter said, "My younger brother may not like the feng shui of Yangxia, I heard that Langya is an outstanding person, if Daddy and Auntie go to live in Langya, maybe they can attract a spirit child." ”

So their family moved to Langya with Mr. Xie, who was requisitioned to Langya.

When the war broke out, Mr. Xie died of illness in anger, and Xie Xiangrong said, "Grandfather has been adrift for half his life, and at this time the fallen leaves are rooted, which is the heaviest filial piety." ”

So the parents who wanted to flee south had to follow her back to their hometown, they luckily avoided the Hun army on the road, followed a group of exiled refugees to Yangxia, quickly contacted Xie Shi's relatives, and were sheltered by them and escaped the military disaster.

Then Xie Xiangrong began to keep filial piety for his grandfather, and refused many family affairs in the name of filial piety, and in the middle of last year, the Xie family's parents wanted to say goodbye to her, so she persuaded her parents in turn, thinking that they were in the right year, and there was hope for the Xie family to continue to have children.

"If I value filial piety, perhaps God will have mercy and be able to send a son to my father and mother," on this ground, I will continue to keep filial piety for my grandfather at home, "If others keep it for three years, I will keep it for six years, twelve years, I believe that my daughter's filial piety will definitely move God and give her parents a son." ”

Her parents were convinced, so they refused to do it and let Xie Xiangrong stay at home.

But Xie Shi said, "Her name is Shouxiao, but in fact, she is sorting out her uncle's manuscripts and annotations, and she wants to learn from Confucius's students' actions of writing books and leaving messages for Confucius." ”

This is a huge project, Mr. Xie has read so many books in his life, left so many annotations, and his feelings are different in different periods, and the essays he wrote are thrown everywhere.

She had to sort them out, compare and choose them one by one, and then annotate the book, some words and sentences were not annotated, so she recalled her grandfather's words when he was teaching, and used his language to annotate, and sometimes wrote letters to Xie Shi and Wang Zhen, asking them for their notes when they were reading......

She started doing this during the filial piety period, but it was not a day's work, and it could take eight or nine years, or even longer, to do it well.

Xie Shi admired her tenacity and temperament, and said to Zhao Hanzhang: "She is knowledgeable, witty and intelligent, filial piety but can keep righteousness, the most suitable Erlang." ”

He understands what the girl His Majesty the Emperor admires and likes is like, and in the end, even if the marriage fails, it will be an opportunity for Xie Xiangrong.

Her parents stopped her from letting her go to the recruitment exam, and she had no ambition for the office, but what if she didn't become an official in the court, she could also have a world?

Xie Xiangrong, who was in Yangxia, read Xie Shi's letter, lowered his eyes and thought about it, and decided to go to Luoyang after a while.

Xie Shi's letter to Xie Xiangrong mainly introduced the benefits of Zhao Erlang and the family business.

He said: "Your Majesty's character can be glimpsed from the national policy, and she also really loves her younger brother. Zhao Yong is not smart, but he is not stupid either, he just suffers from brain disease and cannot recognize words, which makes it difficult to read. But if you reason with him and talk about the art of war, he will understand and remember. ”

"Sun Tzu's Art of War has been able to recite it backwards, which shows that he is not stupid, but the world misunderstands, it is naturally impossible for you to talk to him about poetry and fu, but if you talk about the art of war, you will definitely be able to talk about it overnight," Xie Shi sighed and wrote: "I know your intentions, you want to concentrate on writing books for Mr. ”

"With your intelligence, there are many ways to avoid marriage, you are really forced to find a short-lived person to marry, but fifth sister, you need money to survive in this world, you have enough assets to worry about food and clothing for your life, even if your husband dies, you can repair the book without worry, and finally publish the book?"

Of course not.

Xie Xiangrong's family is not wealthy.

Their family is poorer than Xie Shi's family, just a side branch of the Xie family, her grandfather has been the biggest official in Xuzhou literature, seven products only, her father is teaching in the school, and her mother is in charge of the family's field and shop.

The family was very frugal, and their father's money was used for daily expenses, and the rest of the income was saved for books and children.

Xie Xiangrong himself calculated, when she got married, her father and mother gave her a maximum of ten acres of land and twelve dollars to marry, and she needed to work hard to maintain her current life.

However, she would not have time to revise the book.

Therefore, Xie Xiangrong found a way to stay at home and gnaw at the old age and not get married.

She has calculated everything, if one day her parents really don't allow her to stay at home, she will find an excuse to set up a female household, and then go to the school to be a teacher, so that the income can cover her expenses, although the time for repairing books will be compressed by two-thirds, but she can accept it.

It is very difficult to establish a female household, even if there is a new law in the imperial court, it is still very difficult for the parents to pass that hurdle.

Xie Xiangrong didn't want to lose a reputation for being unfilial, because if she was not filial, the academy would reject her, and she wouldn't even be able to pass the recruitment exam, so she would have no way out.

Therefore, she is very careful to maintain her reputation, and it is too difficult for her father and mother to agree to her deviant things, and it is easy to suffer backlash.

And now, Xie Shi has given her a better choice.

is not only the way to marry Zhao Yong, she can also go to Luoyang and walk directly in front of the emperor.

She doesn't have to do anything, but there's a lot she can do.

Xie Xiangrong wants to go to the library as a clerk, she can not only repair books for her grandfather, but also for the emperor and other people.

Xie Xiangrong was picky, only picked two pages of stationery and stuffed them into the envelope, and then grinned, and went to her father and mother with a happy face, "Father, mother, cousin Shi has sent a letter." ”

Father Xie was preparing for class, and when he heard this, he immediately put down his pen and stretched out his hand and said, "What did he say in the letter?" ”

Xie Shi is now the most promising person in their Xie family, even those people in the Yan branch are not as good as those in the clan, the clansmen are scattered everywhere, and now there are only eight Xie clansmen gathered in Yangxia, all of whom are side branches and distant families, and their family has the best relationship with Xie Shi.

Father Xie has been vaguely hoping that this cousin can discover his talent, and then take him into the officialdom to soar.

Could it be that he has finally realized his talent now?

Father Xie's eyes were shining, and Xie Xiangrong said excitedly: "My cousin has secured a marriage for me." ”

Father Xie's smile faded slightly, and Xie Xiangrong continued: "It's His Majesty's own brother, King Qinjun. ”

Father Xie's eyes lit up and he was excited, "Really? ”