The provincial examination was set in early February, and for the fifth year of Lixin, the annual provincial examination was at least not the only focus of the nobles' attention, because this year, Princess Tong'an finally had to choose a companion.

In fact, for the treatment of princess upbringing, there is no real law for reference in all dynasties, which depends on whether the princess is favored and the temperament of the princess's father, for example, before the Zhou Dynasty, Guang Taizong was very favored by the concubine Shen, after the Shen family gave birth to a daughter, Taizong gave the title to the year name, and the Shen daughter was respected as the princess of Changsheng, but soon the Turks invaded the country, Taizong hated his daughter ominous, and deprived the infant Princess Changsheng of the title of seclusion in the palace, and later Princess Changsheng was tortured to death by the eunuchs, Taizong did not have the slightest guilt for the tragic death of his own daughter, and even turned a deaf ear to his daughter's abused death.

Therefore, the brother of Princess Changsheng was full of resentment, and later rebelled and killed Taizong on the sickbed, but after King Wei ascended the throne, the tyrannical conquest caused the anger of the heavens and the resentment of the people, and the third dynasty of the Guang Dynasty was destroyed by the surname He.

Another example is the Great Zhou, Zhou Taizong even put a few princesses in the private household upbringing, let them improve the weaving and embroidery affairs, and then influenced many noble women to be diligent and thrifty, and take charge of the house, and when Empress Wen was in power, the princess upbringing was no different from the prince, and opened women's schools in various places, and even allowed women to be official officials.

This is also one of the important reasons why Da Zhou women are not very restricted by the restrictions of the inner house.

In the Dezong Dynasty, because Princess Jin'an was the only descendant of the Cui family after the Yuan Dynasty, she was even more favored, and there were no less than 100 people who accompanied Princess Jin'an back then.

Speaking of this princess of Jin'an - now she is the eldest princess of Jin'an, He Yan's only sister-in-law, if she is favored, even if there is no later He Ye, when Dezong is alive, the disparity between Jin'an and He Yan, the prince, is like an abyss.

When the eldest princess was thirteen years old, she was pregnant, and her biological father was unknown, and the reason why it was unknown was because the eldest princess herself couldn't say it clearly-there were twenty or thirty companions who could have children with her, not to mention that she still had people other than "companions" from time to time...... Well, it's affectionate, and you can't stop being polite.

However, the eldest princess is also a responsible person, and she resolutely does not want her son to see the light, so Dezong had to recruit a son-in-law for his daughter who was already pregnant before she was young.

Most of the Xianwang children did not want to be cuckolded, but Dezong forced the children of all clans to line up for the eldest princess to choose......

The eldest princess had a big belly back then, and she was still extremely picky about the children of the Wang clan, and finally chose one - this one doesn't know how many sins the ancestors have created, so she was so unlucky, and she married a pot-bellied bride and went home, not to mention, it didn't take long for the eldest princess to be disgusted.

It's really not long before the eldest princess was newly married and had not yet given birth, and she already liked the new and hated the old.

So Dezong specially allowed Jin An to choose a male concubine.

It was still Pei Xiang and other officials who looked at it really unpresentable, and they kept going up, and finally advised Dezong to give up.

Jin An'an was dissatisfied, and called his husband a certain Ji in front of everyone, so that the attached horse could not bear to touch the wall and died, and would rather die than be humiliated, so Jin An was nominally widowed.

Well, of course, Princess Tong'an can't be compared with Jin An at the moment - He Yan initially thought that Tong'an's biological mother Ye Zhaoyuan poisoned Pei Hou, even though because Tong'an was his biological son in the end, he would not be guilty, but he has always ignored Tong'an, but the Queen Mother did not forget to take care of Tong'an, and of course, Tong'an is He Yan's only bloodline until now.

That is, when the concubine designed and let He Yan understand the innocence of the Ye family, she changed her attitude towards her only daughter Tong'an, but this favor is still very limited, because once the rustiness becomes a habit, it is unlikely that it will be made up overnight, not to mention that He Yan still has many things to be distracted at this time, and he has not been able to get rid of the dilemma.

The Son of Heaven is indifferent to Tong'an, and the Queen Mother really doesn't have much leisure to take care of a sinner's daughter, but who taught Tong'an to be the only granddaughter of the Queen Mother, at least on the surface, what should be done is still to be done in place.

Although there is no rule on the number of princess companions, there are still rules to follow in the very special sense.

The Queen Mother has long revealed that four people are needed to accompany the special edict, and the so-called "special edict" actually has nothing to do with the "companion reading".

These four people are not so much companions as half-teachers, responsible for supervising and guiding, and they do not only obey the princess's orders, nor do they need to be taught with the princess.

Of course, the four of them must have a prestigious background and outstanding talents.

As for Jingzhao Shiwang, in fact, he didn't care much about the position of the princess's companion, and the "special edict" was worth considering.

Therefore, the real princess companion position, the competitors are inferior families and nobles.

Eleven Niang herself sat firmly in the "special edict", and probably expected the Xie sisters to be the companion of the second edict, and at most speculated that Wei Yi was the other edict, but when the queen mother saw the edict again in early February, she was still surprised to see her friend Wang Shiniang Akuan was also one of the special edicts.

Ah Kuan has already reached the age of marriage, according to the heart of the Yuan family, he is unwilling to let his daughter delay the marriage and be driven by others, and the Wang family is a family that cherishes wings, why send A Kuan into the palace?

Regarding the strangeness of Eleven Niang, Wang Kuan only replied: "I don't want to marry." ”

When she said this, she raised her cheeks high, looking righteous and awe-inspiring, but the faint melancholy between her eyebrows was still understood by Eleven Niang.

"Fifteenth sister, what are you thinking?" Eleven Niang asked.

"You're too young to understand."

Eleven Niang: ......

She pondered for a while, and suddenly thought: "Sister Mo has a crush, but the elders in the family don't allow it?" ”

This stunned person was replaced by Wang Kuan, but although she was stunned for a long time, she still didn't want to tell Eleven Niang: "Don't ask, just understand that this is my decision." ”

Eleven Niang knew that there was no Lingnuma Gong, the grandfather, to allow Ah Kuan to be a special edict to read, she thought for a while, and threatened: "My sister intends to have a relationship with me, it doesn't matter, I asked my fourth sister to make it." ”

"You girl!" Wang Kuan was anxious, so he pulled Eleven Niang to a more secluded place, and he was not much shy, stomped his feet and said: "I tell you, don't be indiscriminate, I am a favorite person, but it is not the elders who do not allow it, it is the person who bluntly refuses, although I don't want to entangle, but I don't want to obey my parents' orders to marry a stranger casually, I originally planned to take advantage of this special edict to delay it for a few years." ”

"But my fourteenth brother?" This question was obviously unexpected, which made Wang Kuan blush.

"I knew that if it weren't for someone I knew well, my sister wouldn't hide it from me." Eleven Niang took her friend's hand: "What does the fourteenth brother say, maybe it's not a refusal, but he doesn't want to marry early." ”

Wang Kuan was extremely depressed: "He is twenty-four." ”

Well, Eleven Niang admitted that in her mind, He Zhan has always been a younger brother, but she didn't think that although she was in the body of a ten-year-old girl at this time, in terms of age, she was already a person who went straight to the ground.

"Fourteen Lang said that he has always treated me as a sister, and he has no other intentions, and he refused so frankly, I had no choice but to die." Wang Kuan pulled Eleven Niang: "Ghost girl, it's good that you understand this in your heart, don't talk more, otherwise I really don't know how to deal with myself." ”

Eleven Niang agreed, but before entering the palace, she still found an opportunity to interrogate He Zhan.

On that day, Shishilang was dressed in splendid clothes, and he looked like a lot of Pan An, obviously wanting to harm the world, but unfortunately he was blocked by Shi Niang before he went out.

"Fourteen Lang is going to Pingkangli again?"

He Zhan didn't care, stretched out his arm and put it on Shi Niang's shoulder: "Why, if you want to open your eyes with me, you have to change your outfit, you are your age, you have to pretend to be a little girl." ”

The ankle was immediately hit, and the girl's strength certainly did not make He Zhan cry out in pain, but the kick made this person exaggerate: "Eleventh sister, do you understand the order of the young and the old?" ”

"I ask you, at your age, you are still so prodigal, you have never thought of settling down? What's wrong with fifteen mothers, you refuse and force people into the palace! "Eleven Niang looks like she is fighting unevenly.

He Zhan immediately understood, and made a bitter face: "Aunt doesn't care, what kind of idle is Eleventh Sister here, okay, don't stare at me, I'll tell you the truth, Fifteenth Niang is a good child, heroic, open-minded and cute, but I have always treated her as a sister, and I have a feeling that I can't stand Wang Qi with her...... The psychological burden is too great to be indulged in. ”

Eleven Niang knew that it was irretrievable, but she didn't entangle it anymore, and asked in a rough voice: "Then Fourteen Lang can have a favorite person, if it weren't for Fifteen Niang's reminder, I would have forgotten that you are already twenty-four, although Auntie doesn't want to be too restrained, she may not worry about you secretly, you must at least have a favorite direction, so that Auntie and I can also pay attention to you." ”

Obviously a girl who is only as high as her chest, but she pretends to be an eldest sister, Shishilang couldn't help but laugh for a while, but the corners of his eyes were sly and slightly squinted: "Eleventh sister, instead of paying attention to my marriage, why don't you worry about Lu Li, he is still a year older than me, why, you can't bear to see him die alone?" ”

After saying this, He Zhan didn't stay long, and patted Shi Niang's shoulder vigorously when he passed by: "The authorities are confused." ”

Eleven Niang was stunned for a moment, and when she came back to her senses, she was no longer there, and she was immediately annoyed: "This is a disaster to the east, so for the time being, you can pass the test in confusion!" ”