Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 406 Preparing for the Palace Examination
Xiaodie was changing her maid's clothes, and wanted to come over to greet Zhao Jin, when she saw the usually gentle and elegant Zhao Langjun, showing a helpless expression to an old man.

"Lang Jun..."

This sound successfully silenced the three men present.

But the three of them have completely different expressions.

Zhao Jin: It's over, grandfather, don't say any more abrupt words.

Butler Qi: That's great, the Lord is here.

Old Duke: This is my future granddaughter-in-law, why is she wearing a servant's clothes?

Xiaodie grabbed her dress and met the old man's eyes, those eyes...

"Oh, are you just brought into the mansion by my grandson?"

Zhao Jin helped Xiaodie introduce: "This is my grandfather."

"The servant has seen the Duke."

Xiaodie is in Guiyang County. Although her family is poor, her father has studied for two years and is literate. He teaches her and her sister etiquette on weekdays.

Even if it's not very standard, her current status is still enough.

The old man glared at Butler Qi: Didn't it mean that Xizhi brought a girl back, why did she become a maid?

Butler Qi: Lord, how does this old slave know!

Regardless of whether she is a maid or not, in short, this girl is not so stunning in appearance, but she is very good-looking and knowledgeable. Standing with his grandson, she is simply a talented woman.

The most important thing is that this is the woman Xizhi brought home on her own initiative.

Let her be a personal maid, then it will prove that she is not annoying.

He doesn't care if he doesn't have a status. The two of them are affectionate and righteous, and they are harmonious and beautiful, and they have a lot of babies. That's the business.

"Oh, oh, girl, what's your name?"

"My lord, my servant, An Xiaodie."

"Xiaodie! What a nice name, you live here well, don't be afraid."

Xiaodie: "..."

When she first entered the Duke's mansion, she was only a little nervous at first, but now she was really a little scared. She felt that something was wrong with the way the Duke looked at her.

"Xiaodie, you go down first."

An Xiaodie bowed her knees and saluted, and went to the yard under the fiery eyes of Grandpa Guo.

There used to be two maids in Qingfeng Pavilion, but the other one was kicked out by Zhao Jin because of bed climbing last year, and only Dai Yun was behind her.

In the Qingfeng Pavilion, the four second-class maids have been secretly competing for the place of this personal maid.

Suddenly, a servant just like them came and became their dream personal maid, so he was quite hostile towards her.

That night, Xiaodie was pushed into the water.

The weather in early spring, and at night, is still a little cold. Fortunately, Xiaodie grew up in Guiyang County, where there are many rivers. Not drowned.

The old man has already regarded Xiaodie as his future granddaughter-in-law.

But for this granddaughter-in-law, it is still in the investigation stage, so it is necessary to understand many aspects.

So a secret guard was sent to follow and report the situation at any time.

No, news of Xiaodie being pushed into the water by the second-class maid in the yard immediately reached the old Duke's ears.

"There are still such evil servants in our government? Sell them immediately."

There is no hostess in the family, and the old man is still in charge, but the old man trusts Butler Qi, and it is basically Butler Qi who handles it.

Knowing the old man's thoughts, Butler Qi naturally went to the Qingfeng Pavilion to beat it with all his heart.

"You are the servants who have taken the contract of sale. Miss Xiaodie is an innocent girl. You came to the Duke's mansion to repay our husband. Do you think you are really a maid? You have clearly stated your position. , don’t think about what you shouldn’t, or you’ll end up like Danzhen, being betrayed!”

Dan Zhen, who was kneeling on the ground, was already green with regret.

She was not convinced for a while, this person was a personal servant girl, if she knew that she hadn't sold herself into the house, she wouldn't have lost her head.

"Housekeeper, please forgive me this time, I promise I won't dare to do it again next time."

Butler Qi: "Is there a next time? You two, pull people out. Our Duke's Mansion can't have such a life-threatening slave."

At this moment, Xiaodie was already in the room, and the two maids specially called by the housekeeper Qi waited on her to take a bath and change her clothes, and then brought her some soups to prevent wind and cold and soothing soup.

This is all right, that is, serving as the master's house.

The two servant girls who were sent here were not stupid. They knew that this one might become the mistress of their Qingfeng Pavilion, so they did their best to serve them.

Provincial test results are not out yet.

At such a stall, it is said that Xixia and the Liao Kingdom fought.

This is really a big surprise.

Because of this news, the court hall finally felt like the sky was blooming.

The Song Dynasty fought Xixia for several years. Although Xixia was a small country, its combat power was really strong. After years of fighting, Xixia was finally dragged down and its national strength was exhausted.

It is said that Xixia and Daliao are already married, so they should not be able to fight.

But who would have thought that this political marriage was not stable, and Li Yuanhao had a very bad relationship with Princess Xingping of the Liao Kingdom. Princess Xingping was seriously ill, and Li Yuanhao ignored it, and only "reported" to the Liao Kingdom after the princess died of illness. this matter.

Princess Xingping is Liao Xingzong's elder sister, and she married Li Yuanhao to save face for the Xixia Kingdom.

Who would have thought that he would treat the princess of Liao Kingdom like this.

This is just one of the reasons why the Liao Kingdom is dissatisfied with Xixia. The second is that the Liao Kingdom receives 20 "year-old coins" from our dynasty every year.

There is a lot of money, so naturally I want to say a few words for the Song Dynasty and dissuade Li Yuanhao from attacking the Song Dynasty.

Li Yuanhao probably hated Princess Xingping because of this incident, and insisted on attacking Song Dynasty regardless of Liao's dissuasion.

Kong Chong was executed because of his son.

He has been claiming that he is sick at home, and has not been to court for half a month.

Han Qi is the deputy envoy of the Privy Council, and he acts as his agent

When everyone was happy, Han Qi made another in-depth analysis: "Xixia and Daliao have been arguing red-faced because of the belonging of the Dangxiang tribe in the border area. Not long ago, news came that Li Yuanhao personally persuaded the Dangxiang people to defect from Daliao This time they fought, mostly because of this."

Fu Bi went on to say: "Although they are having friction now, they haven't fought yet. If we let them fight, we can breathe a sigh of relief."

How to make them fight, there is a lot of room for maneuvering.

Han Qi and Fu Bi looked at each other and had some thoughts.

On the first day of April, the results of the provincial examination came out, and as expected, Gu Qingjue's name was the first in the first row.

Li Duanyuan and others surrounded Gu Qingjue, Li Duanyuan said: "Ziyuan's knowledge makes us ashamed."

Bai Chengnan smiled and said, "You didn't just find out today."

Gu Qingjue said: "You all did well in the exam. If you take the palace exam with this score, you will definitely be a Jinshi."

Li Duanyuan sighed: "You are stable, but I will hang on."

　Today's update is complete!

　　
　
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