Gu Jinzi burst into tears.

  At that time she was just born and would scare her parents and midwife if she didn't cry.

  "I cried, but didn't call out." she replied to Zhu Zhongjun.

  Zhu Zhongjun burst out laughing, then his nerves twitched and a wave of pain hit the back of his head. He let out a low cry and took two deep breaths.

  And then, there was silence again.

  "I'm just next door, there's a small path, the child will serve you, if you're not comfortable anywhere, let someone call me." Gu Jinzhi got up and wanted to leave.

  Zhu Zhongjun was a bit tired and nodded in agreement.

  For half a month, Lao Ye Zi and Peng Tai Yi have been living here.

  Gu Yanzhong returned to the city.

  Gu Jin ran back and forth between two places. One day he would return home to see his mother, and the next day he would go to see Zhu Zhongjun.

  She wanted to drop it, but was afraid that in the future it would reach the Empress Dowager's ears and cause another stir.

  After Zhu Zhongjun left, when she saw Gu Jinzhi, she just smiled lightly and didn't ask her anything. Occasionally greeting each other, sometimes simply ignoring him, closing his eyes to meditate.

  He probably knew that asking Gu Jin would be futile.

  His wound healed quickly, but he became taciturn and silent. When looking at people, the kindness in his eyebrows was gone.

  Zhu Zhongjun has been nursing his wounds these days, and something has also happened in the capital.

  The Ministry of Revenue issued a document, and the day for selecting beauties in the palace was set. It will be handled by the Ministry of Revenue on Dragon Boat Festival.

  The people stopped marrying for half a year.

  A first-rank minister and a woman from a noble family do not need to participate in the Ministry of Revenue's screening, they directly report their names to the Ministry of Revenue, and participate in the final round of selection by the Emperor or Empress Dowager.

  This matter has an extremely great relationship with Gu's family.

  Gu Jinzhi and Luoyang Wang's wedding will be postponed for another half a year.

  The emperor originally gave Gu Jinzhi and Luoyang Wang a marriage, the purpose is to "detain" Luoyang Wang and Nanchang Wang in the capital, in order to actually take over their military power.

  The longer it's dragged out, the happier the emperor is.

  Gu Jin did not dare make any suggestions.

  Once she is dissatisfied again, the empress will be unhappy and the emperor will be in a difficult position. It's feared that the road ahead will be even more difficult to walk.

  Every day she practices calligraphy, and occasionally follows Zhu's mother to do some needlework, her mood gradually calmed down.

  The foolish Shaoyang Wang gave her warmth, Zhu Zhongjun's arrival was a shock, like ripples on the water, the wind passed and left a mark, and gradually subsided, calm and peaceful.

  Her mother is about to have another brother or sister, and she has more worries, which successfully diverted Gu Jinzhi's attention.

  The Empress and Guo Yanwang were having a headache over who to send into the palace.

  The Ministry of Revenue issued a document, and the second lady and the fifth girl stuck their faces together again, making Gu Yanwu and the big lady even more certain. The fifth girl is useless.

  "Where is Wan's daughter?" asked Gu Yan, "She has already turned fourteen. We didn't choose her at first because we thought she wouldn't be ready for the selection last year, but now it's just right."

  Liu Gu Niang was called Gu Wan Zhi.

  Gu's appearance is slightly better than Fourth Sister's. Her personality is also softer than Fifth Sister's.

  The lady hesitated for a long time: “... A few years ago, the red agate given by the palace was used to make skirts, which were very beautiful. All the girls in the house liked it. I couldn't wear it myself, so I gave it to the second room. My younger brother and sister-in-law loved Pei's sister, so they made two for her. Shan's sister and Wan's sister didn't have any. The two sisters cried and made a fuss. Less than half a month later, one of Pei's skirts disappeared, and then another one was lost. In the end, the servants found them under the plum tree next to the second gate. The red agate couldn't be stained with mud, and washing couldn't get rid of it completely. Both skirts were ruined, and Pei cried like crazy.

  I specifically called the second door's wife to ask if anyone had been there. As a result, suspicion fell on Xier beside Liu Niang. If it was indeed Liu Niang who instructed her, don't look at her young age, she can't get what she wants and will ruin everything, in the future she will be even more difficult to deal with."

  The old man didn't know there was such a thing and his eyebrows immediately furrowed.

  If Sixth Sister has such a character, when Master gets into power in the future, she will naturally add flowers to the brocade; if Master loses power, don't expect her to help, and she might be the first one to step on the Gu family.

  What does the old master want her for?

  "Isn't there one honest and reliable person?" he said angrily, "At that time, I shouldn't have let Eldest Brother marry a woman from the Ye family. If she had half of your abilities, how could she have given birth to so many daughters?"

  The lady let out a burst of laughter.

  In the old master's heart, no woman in this world is as virtuous and intelligent as Madame.

  "What's the use of getting angry?" said the old lady with a smile. "The Ministry of Revenue requires us to submit it by early April. It's too late to go to the clan and choose someone now. You'd better think carefully, whether Fifth Daughter or Sixth Daughter is better. We have to choose one..."

  Before Sanfang returned, Wu Niang's bad character had not been thoroughly exposed. Although it was known that she was not a perfect person, she could still pass.

  If he had known earlier that she would be like this, Gu Yanwu would have let Madam Gu choose a girl from the Gu family and raise her by his side.

  Raising for several years also has multiple choices.

  Nowadays, if you go to choose again and make a mistake, it's not as good as those few in the second house, and there's no time to cry.

  At least, these few people in the second house have a closer blood relationship with Guo Yanwang.

  Gu Yanwu turned around and walked out.

  There are still several days before the final day, he needs to think more.

  He had Madame Wang summon both Fifth and Sixth Sisters to come, the two sisters accompanied Madame Wang in conversation, asking them about poetry, songs, and needlework.

  It's clear from the second house that Wu Niang doesn't necessarily enter the palace.

  The old man wants to choose one of the two girls.

  The fifth daughter-in-law cried loudly and scolded her younger sister as a fox spirit, suddenly smashing the sixth daughter-in-law's makeup box to the ground and scattering all her cosmetics to vent her anger.

  The sixth girl ran over and hugged the madam, crying.

  Her intention was obvious, to make the madam pity her.

  Neither of them is particularly clever.

  One is only good at being willful and arbitrary; another is always pretending to be weak, yet making her intentions clear, but not eliciting any sympathy.

  The Grand Old Master will set out on April 15th to escort King Huy back to Annan, and capture the usurping Hu clan to bring them to justice.

  He was busy with official duties and had no time to take care of these things, so he entrusted everything to his wife.

  The lady was very angry, the two sisters had a dispute, both were wrong, so they were punished to copy "Nu Jie", and only after finishing copying 200 chapters could they have their meal.

  The second lady heard and her eyes were filled with tears of heartache.

  Emotions are not the lady's daughter-in-law, hungry and hungry, she punished mercilessly. The second lady couldn't bear it. That was the flesh that fell from her body. Only she felt the pain.

  The two sisters were copying "Admonitions for Women" in the warm pavilion of their elder sister-in-law.

  The fourth daughter was secretly laughing behind her back.

  Although she pitied her sixth sister for being implicated, she was delighted to see the fifth sister's misfortune. She was two years older than the fifth sister but had been bullied by her since childhood. Also because the second lady loved unevenly, with only the fifth sister in her eyes, jealousy turned into hatred, and the fourth sister was most unable to tolerate the fifth sister's prosperity.

  The Fourth Sister and the Sixth Sister have a sisterly affection for each other, but both of them hate the Fifth Sister.

  In the warm chamber of the madam, Sixth Aunt was writing seriously.

  The fifth daughter felt wronged and began to cry. At first she sobbed quietly, then burst into loud wailing.

  The old lady thought something was wrong and hurried in to see. The fifth daughter hugged the old lady's leg: "Aunt, I don't want to copy this, my hand aches. I'm also hungry, I have no strength at all."

  The madam was beside herself with grief and laughter, and someone helped the Fifth Girl up.

  "All right, all right. You go back and have your meal first." The madam said helplessly.

  The Fifth Young Lady was overjoyed and, supported by the maid and the wet nurse, left the warm pavilion. Before leaving, she couldn't help but cast a triumphant and provocative glance at the Sixth Young Lady.

  "Would you like to rest too?" asked Madame Zhang of Liu Nang.

  Sixth Sister hastily said: "Elder Aunt's punishment is justified. Fifth Sister is my elder sister, I should have yielded to her and shouldn't have fallen out with her. I am willing to copy."

  So she went hungry for a whole day, non-stop copying out the "Female Precepts" two hundred times. Every character was written neatly.

  The fifth daughter-in-law was leaning against the large pillow in the eastern wing of the second lady's quarters, lazily nibbling on a red bean cake, thinking that the sixth daughter-in-law was still copying books, and feeling very pleasant.

  Fourth sister heard that Fifth sister was released back. Sixth sister is still copying as punishment, she suddenly realized something. Her heart skipped a beat, her eyes suppressed excitement.

  Sixth Sister was copying while smiling at the corner of her mouth.

  Her handwriting became more and more beautiful.

  After finishing copying, the madam had prepared dinner and asked her to stay for a meal.

  When she returned to Xiu Fang Pavilion, Fifth Young Miss had yet to return to Jing Yuan, and was waiting specifically to see her make a fool of herself.

  "…Ugly freak, what qualifications do you have to compete with me? Even if Eldest Maternal Aunt is blind, she still wouldn't choose you." Fifth Young Lady said smugly.

  The second lady coughed lightly and did not say that the fifth young lady's words were rough and improper, but instead spoke seriously to the sixth young lady: "Useless thing, hurry back to your room."

  That's what mothers are like.

  In daily life, the second lady also dotes on the fourth and sixth young ladies.

  As soon as they had conflicts with Wu Niang, the second lady immediately trampled them into the mud and then compensated them.

  After a long time, Fourth Sister and Sixth Sister no longer ate Second Madam's set, they just felt that she was unclear and hypocritical.

  "Yes." The sixth daughter replied and went back to her room.

  Over the past two days, the lady of the house called the second lady over and rewarded her with 200 taels of silver: "…all of Yuanniang's clothes need to be replaced, from inside to outside, use these 200 taels of silver to buy them, when you've spent it all come ask me for more. As for hair ornaments and accessories, I'll take care of those myself."

  The two women did not understand each other.

  "The old master has reported Wan's sister's name to the Ministry of Household, and is waiting for May 5th to enter the palace for selection." The madam said, "Don't you hurry back to prepare?"

  The second lady was taken aback at first, then overjoyed, and repeatedly expressed her agreement.

  Her goal is for one of her daughters to marry well and bring honor to the family, no matter which daughter it is.

  Of course, Wu Niang is more to her liking.

  But now that Sixth Sister has been chosen, it is also a glory for the Second Mistress!

  As long as Sixth Lady is granted the title of Guiren, shouldn't the Emperor also grant rewards to her and Second Master?

  It's a bit difficult for the wives of the first and second ranks, but the virtuous women of the third rank should be able to get one; as for the second master, it's not that Hou Bo is not worthy, being conferred as a three-rank general is also possible, right?

  The second lady almost ran all the way back to Xiu Fang Pavilion.

  She was overjoyed.

  She had no son and was always looked down upon by Song Shi of the third house. Now, her time to raise her eyebrows and breathe a sigh of relief has finally arrived.

  After San Fang moved out, Fourth Sister and Fifth Sister moved into Jing Yuan, but they are not around at the moment.

  Liu Gu Niang still lived in the ear-room of Xiu Fang Pavilion.

  The second lady hastily ordered the maid: "Quickly, quickly go and invite our family's noble guest! Our sixth young lady is going to make a brilliant career!"

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