Royal Kindergarten

Chapter 289 Dugu Valve
Xiao Ziyi looked at Shen Yuhan with doubts, and the latter also cooperated and said everything: "Because the Dugu clan knows that the family controls too much power and it will cause the Holy One to fear, but in order to protect the family, they have to keep some power in their hands, so Every generation of the Dugu Clan's lord will enter the court as an official, and only this person can. The rest of the Dugu family must pass the martial arts championship to fulfill their long-cherished wish. But it is this martial arts champion, the Dugu Clan's big exam every three years Only one person will be selected from the family to participate."

"It's really strict..." Xiao Ziyi was amazed.The Dugu Clan is really an elite education. In contrast, the Shen family is a template for free development.

However, one of these two families has continued from the heyday of the previous dynasty to the present, and the other has made a fortune from scratch. They are indeed legends.

Seeing that Xiao Ziyi was still unhurried, Shen Yuhan snorted and said, "Princess, it seems that you don't know how difficult your trip will be."

"What's wrong?" Xiao Ziyi asked blankly.

Shen Yuhan said gloatingly: "Master Duguxuan Dugu is the eldest son of this generation, and the next head of the Dugu clan. You said, the heir of such a big family can let you take it away so easily ?"

Xiao Ziyi was stunned, and it took him a long time to understand the significance of Shen Yuhan's words.The Dugu Clan is such a family in an embarrassing situation, and it can also be said to be extremely independent and outside the imperial power.And the lord is their leader, the supreme existence in their family.

According to her understanding of her father, he must be a person who looks easy-going, but definitely wants to firmly hold all the rights in his hands.The existence of the Dugu Clan must be an eyesore to him.And under this background, she is going to the Dugu Clan and asking for their next generation of Clan Lord to be a hostage in the palace!
One can imagine how she will be treated.No wonder Ruozhu warned her in advance to be mentally prepared.

Depressed, I knew that I was not so confident before I came out, and it would be better to chat with Nangong Sheng to seek advice than she is now.

Xiao Ziyi flinched in his heart, and immediately wanted to raise his voice to let the carriage go back.It's a pity that before she could say anything, she found that the carriage had stopped.

"Princess, we've arrived at the Dugu Mansion." Naturally, the guards outside did not stop considerately because they understood Xiao Ziyi's intentions, but because the carriage had already arrived at its destination.

Xiao Ziyi's face was full of black lines, how could she have forgotten that Dugu Clan and Nangong's family were next door, not far from the palace at all. "I...uh, can I pretend to turn around at the door of Dugu Man? Then go back to the palace as if nothing happened?"

Shen Yuhan laughed loudly, jumped out of the car triumphantly, opened the curtain for her courteously and said, "Princess, please get out of the car." Just kidding!It was so hard to see this little witch make a fool of herself, why didn't he watch it?Otherwise, why did she think he wasted so much saliva to explain the background of the Dugu valve to her?
He didn't want her to die too badly... Oh, he is really kind.

Xiao Ziyi glared at Shen Yuhan fiercely, this kid really must take revenge.

"Princess, if you don't want to go, let's go back. Or go a little further and sit in the Nangong Mansion." Ruozhu suggested.

"No need, I'll go." Xiao Ziyi bit her lower lip firmly, she promised Nangong Xiao that if she didn't see Dugu Xuan coming today, she would go and fetch him back.She can't even enter the door, and shrink back without trying, right?After all, this is still the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even if the Dugu Clan deliberately made it difficult, so what, she can bear it at most.

Xiao Ziyi, who was mentally prepared, got off the carriage, and then marveled at the magnificent Dugu Man in front of him.The Dugu Clan is built on one side of a wide street, with the gate facing south. There are many houses behind the magnificent gate, and the fierce-looking stone lions at the gate make the Dugu Clan stand even more majestic.And the walls on both sides extended to both sides for an unknown length, as if they couldn't see the sides at a glance.She just knew that Nangong's house was on the corner of the street that seemed to go further west.

This area seems to be the residence of important officials of the imperial court, so it must not be compared with the Shen's house where there are many shops she has been to.But different from the continuous stream of some nearby mansions, Dugu's house seems to be isolated from the world, even the opposite street is rarely visited by pedestrians, and they can walk around as much as they can.

Xiao Ziyi was looking at the surrounding scene strangely, someone from the Dugu Faction had already walked up, and asked them the purpose of their trip with neither humble nor overbearing salutes.

Xiao Ziyi turned her eyes, smiled sweetly and said, "I'm going to see Duguye."

Shen Yuhan was taken aback for a moment, then couldn't help but smile.The smart move is to avoid the direct confrontation with General Dugu first, and attack from the sidelines of Dugu Ye to minimize the risk.After all, there is only one chance to talk to General Dugu.

Ruozhu and the others were politely left in the reception room outside the door by the Dugu Clan, Xiao Ziyi only led Shen Yuhan into the Dugu Clan.While looking at the former architectural style, which is different from other places, she thought about the difficulties of this trip.Didn't Dugu Xuan study for several months in her Changle Palace?If it is said that the royal family controls the future lord of the Dugu Clan, then there has been no movement from the Dugu Clan in the past few months?The turning point was the few words General Dugu said to her at the banquet.

Recalling those words, Xiao Ziyi didn't think she was being rude at all.General Dugu doesn't hold grudges like Shen Yuhan, that's because there are other reasons.

So she urgently needs to find someone who knows.

Xiao Ziyi followed the members of the Dugu Clan to the depths of the house, and all the servants of the Dugu Clan she saw along the way were handsome and powerful. If they weren't wearing servant uniforms, she would have thought that these people were actually Soldier.Because the movements and manners are rigid, it is impossible for untrained people to reach the level.But the strange thing is that she walked for a long time but didn't see a single maid. It seems that the female relatives should live in the back house.From such an aspect, we can see the difference between the Dugu clan and the Shen family.The family rules of the Dugu family are very strict.

Xiao Ziyi also found that she had walked through several courtyards, but she had never heard loud conversations or laughter and chatting. Coupled with the main color of the buildings being black, the entire Dugu Mansion gave off a suffocating atmosphere. depression.

In addition, Xiao Ziyi also noticed with dismay that the people of the Dugu Clan had a higher degree of respect for Shen Yuhan than she did.Well, it can be seen that the Dugu Clan has a higher worship of force.She endured.

A group of people quickly walked along the well-paved bluestone road to a courtyard on the west side. Xiao Ziyi was far away when he heard the muffled sound of sharp arrows hitting the archery target. At the gate of the courtyard, one could see an open square. Dugu Ye, who was dressed in a strong outfit, was drawing an extremely huge wooden bow, and on the other side of the courtyard stood an archery target full of arrows.

"Princess, please wait here. Young Master Ye is most afraid of being disturbed when practicing arrows." Dugu Clan's servant bowed slightly, and then withdrew.

Shen Yuhan beside him snorted softly, and said disdainfully: "Yes, I have heard of this before. It seems that someone wanted to talk to Dugu Ye when he was practicing archery, but he took it as a target."

Xiao Ziyi smiled in disbelief, this is too exaggerated.But before she even raised the corners of her mouth, she stared wide-eyed at an arrow whistling towards their direction with the sound of breaking wind.

(End of this chapter)