On the second day, after breakfast, I went to Xie Mansion in Dongsi Hutong as promised.

The eldest lady got up on time, and after cleaning up, she went to Su Rong's yard to look for her, but before Su Rong got up, she rushed directly into the house and picked it up from the bed.

Su Rong didn't have the eldest lady to grab the bed with her, and slept well, even if she felt a little early, she was not sleepy, and obediently dressed and went to the ground.

After she was freshened up, she went to the front hall with the eldest lady.

In the front hall, Su Xing and the six young ladies of Su Mansion were already waiting for them early.

The eldest lady pointed to the six young ladies and taught Su Rong a lesson, "Look at your sisters and then look at you, I haven't seen you so lazy before, when you were in Jiangning County, didn't you get up on time?" Why are you lazy now? ”

Su Rong has a very reason, "When I was in Jiangning County, I didn't need to worry about it, when I came to the capital, I spent my brain every day, so I didn't need to rest more." ”

The eldest lady choked, thinking that it made sense, so she stopped preaching to her.

Su Rong sat down next to the eldest lady, turned his head to Su Xing and asked, "Big brother, are you going to go shopping with us today?" ”

Su Xing nodded, "You can't just let the second son of the night accompany you by himself, I should accompany you." ”

Su Rong nodded.

The eldest lady was extremely satisfied, "Your eldest brother is much more sensible than you." ”

Su Rong did not refute this.

Su Xing smiled, "It's rare to hear my mother praise me, I almost thought that my son was not a parent." ”

After all, the night before, he heard that the precious concubine had sent someone to kidnap them and hurried out of the Shen Mansion to greet her, she sat in the carriage and didn't even show her face, she didn't think about his son, and she didn't need her son to comfort her.

The eldest lady snorted, "If you had married earlier......

"Mother." Su Xing hurriedly intercepted her words, "Finish the marriage of my sisters first, my son is not in a hurry." ”

The eldest lady also knows that there is no hurry, his son has a bright future, the more he goes, the better he can match the family background, the man can marry thirty and eighteen, but the daughters in the family can't wait, the daughters have to take advantage of the good years to get married, in order to choose a good mother-in-law.

Su Rong also felt that Su Xing was not in a hurry, and said to the eldest lady: "Mother, when the list is released, it is better to send the little guards in the house to see the list, and the eldest brother can't go in person, so as not to be caught by the list, and if you don't want to marry, you have to marry." ”

The eldest lady has also heard this, every three years when the scientific examination is released, there are Diao slave guards sent by the major mansions under the list in the capital, and when they see the handsome and handsome students, the students with the title of the gold list will rob them like robbers and force them to marry their own girls, and each session will become like this to promote several pairs of marriages, and the list is a happy event, as long as no one is killed, His Majesty does not care, it is to form such a custom, if the candidates do not want to be caught, they have to protect themselves.

But the students of the scientific examination, who have studied hard for ten years, how can they bear not to go to the list in person when the list is released? Isn't there the one who is waiting for the rabbit to be caught?

The eldest lady felt that it was reasonable, "You don't have to let the little guards go, we will go and see it when the time comes, if you don't want to marry a wife early, you can listen to it at home." ”

Su Xing raised his forehead, "Where is it as serious as you say?" ”

Su Rong sighed, "Big brother, do you have any misunderstanding about your character and knowledge?" How many people want you to be a fast son-in-law of Chenglong, several major casinos in the capital have opened gambling games, and at least half of them bet on you to win the championship. It is said that there are many young ladies with slave guards who go into battle to rob people in person, like wolves and tigers, if you are careless, in case you are caught, we will have a sister-in-law. ”

Su Xing coughed lightly, "Okay, when the list is released, I won't leave the house, hurry up and eat, and the second son should come to the door later." ”

Sure enough, not long after breakfast, Ye Guixue came to Xie Mansion.

The porter came to say that the second prince was waiting at the gate of the mansion, and the eldest lady, Su Xingze, Su Rong, and the six young ladies went out of the Xie Mansion together.

Ye Guixue had gotten off the carriage and stood at the door of Xie Mansion with a long body, he took Ye Qiuying by his side, and the two saw the eldest lady and others coming out, Ye Guixue bowed his hands one by one, and introduced Ye Qiuying to the eldest lady, so that Ye Qiuying could see the salute.

The eldest lady looked at the little girl with a smile and liked it very much, "Oh, this little girl is carved in pink and jade, her eyes are really big, and she is as pleasing as our little seven when she was a child." ”

She took out a square box and handed it to Ye Qiuying, "Come, Grandma Su made up for your birthday." ”

Ye Qiuying looked at Ye Guixue, and when she saw Ye Guixue nodding at him with a smile, she reached out and took it and thanked her sweetly, "Thank you, Grandma Su." ”

The eldest lady touched Ye Qiuying's little face with a smile, her face was full of love, "What a pleasing little girl, grandma likes you." Then, he took Ye Qiuying's little hand, "Come, how about taking my car with Grandma Su?" ”

Ye Qiuying nodded obediently.

The eldest lady led Ye Qiuying to the car prepared by the house, and then waved her hand to Su Rong, "Xiao Qi, you sit with Guixue." ”

Su Rong didn't want to squeeze with the eldest lady and sisters, so he naturally got into the carriage that returned to the snow at night, and when he saw that Su Xing was going to his own carriage, he also beckoned to him, "Big brother, come up, together." ”

Su Xing glanced at Ye Guixue and Su Rong, and could only get into the carriage with the two.

The three carriages left Dongsi Hutong and headed for the most prosperous street market in the capital.

In the carriage, Su Xing and Ye Guixue gossiped a few words, and then talked about learning, Su Rong listened on the side, and suddenly regretted sitting with the two of them, she would rather listen to her sisters talk about what rouge gouache she liked, rather than listen to the discussion between the two from the past to the present.

But she didn't interrupt them in any way.

After a while, Ye Guixue found that Su Rong hadn't spoken since she got into the car, and she was a little drowsy, so she turned her head and asked her softly, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" ”

"Sleep well."

Ye Guixue was extremely intelligent, and asked with a smile: "That's what we say, are you too bored to listen to?" ”

Su Rong touched his nose, "It's okay, you said yours." ”

Su Xing said at this time: "Don't worry about her, she didn't like to read when she was a child, and she didn't like to listen to articles more and more when she grew up. ”

Ye Guixue smiled, "Xiao Qi is smart, he never forgets, it doesn't matter if he doesn't learn, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't like it." ”

Su Xing nodded, "That's right, she is fortunate to have this innate ability, otherwise she would really not be able to learn." ”

Su Rong held her chin, and wanted to refute that not learning and not being able to do anything is to describe a gentleman, she is a daughter, if she is not a princess, what do you want to do with such a big knowledge? and cannot be a marquis and worship the prime minister. However, the bastard things she has done since she was a child deserve a good evaluation, so she didn't refute it.

Su Xing asked Ye Guixue, "It is said that there are female students in Southern Chu?" ”

"It is a royal women's school that our king advocated five years ago, and all the studious women in the country can pass the examination. In fact, it is also to train a useful person for the princess, after all, the princess wants to take over the throne, because she is a daughter, she still has her daughter's family by her side, and it is more convenient at some times. ”

Su Xingze also had to admit that the King of Southern Chu had done a lot for Su Rongzhen at this time, and praised: "The King of Southern Chu really had a far-reaching plan, it must have been very difficult to advance at the beginning, and he was hindered a lot, right?" ”

Ye Guixue nodded, "Indeed." ”

After all, the status of women is not high, although there is a precedent for women to be kings in Southern Chu, which is higher than the status of women in Great Wei and Daliang, but it is only relatively speaking, especially in Southern Chu It is a precedent for women's schools, which is very opposed by some scholars and doctors.

(End of chapter)