Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Mrs. Sun, wife of Marquis Xu, sat on the Luohan chair, looking down at the handkerchief in her hand, her eyes showing a mixture of joy and sorrow.

She gently stroked the handkerchief with her fingers for a few times, feeling the soft touch from her fingertips, and asked, "Did your master tell you whose handkerchief this is?"

"Madam, the young master didn't say that." Qingcao said.

"Then it was Qingyun who was always by your young master's side yesterday?"

"Yes ma'am."

"Well, you did a great job! Don't be afraid of your master scolding you. Just blame me if anything happens." Sun said.

"I understand."

"Well, go down."

After Qingcao left the hall, she looked at Xie and Hualan's inquiring eyes at the handkerchief. Sun reached out and handed the handkerchief to Xie, then looked at Hualan and said:

"Hualan, when you and Dalang's family were at Jinming Lake yesterday, did you see any girl getting close to Jing'er?"

After Hua Lan recalled the past, she shook her head and said, "Mother, I didn't see any girl go to Xiao Wu yesterday."

"Is it true? When Xiaowu went to the Gu family's tent." Hua Lan didn't finish her words, and shook her head to deny it: "If there is really something, the elder sister will definitely send a message to our family."

After Xie handed the handkerchief to Hualan, she looked at Sun and said, "Mother, there are only a few families in Tokyo who can make handkerchiefs with this kind of material."

Hua Lan touched the handkerchief in her hand, glanced at Sun, and asked in confusion: "Sister-in-law, although this kind of material is not sold on the market, it may be a reward from the palace, and it is the leftover scraps after making clothes! There are so many high-ranking families in Beijing, how could there be no such thing?"

Mrs. Xie smiled and said, "Hualan, such a large piece of material is enough to make a collar or cuffs for a dress, or a pair of shoes! If you have such a piece, would you be willing to use it as a handkerchief?"

Hua Lan looked at the soft, beautifully woven handkerchief in her hand and shook her head, "Sister-in-law is right. I can't bear to waste it like this!"

Sun nodded, indicating that she agreed with what her two daughters-in-law said.

Xie blinked her eyes and lowered her voice to ask, "So, could it be the princess of a royal family in the capital?"

Hua Lan shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, our family has never had much contact with the royal princes of Bianjing. We can even say that there is some grudge! Xiaowu has always been chaste and would not accept a handkerchief from a girl for no reason!"

After saying this, Hua Lan looked at her mother-in-law Sun's expression and said, "Mother, do you know something?"

As she spoke, Hualan handed the handkerchief back to Sun.

Looking at the handkerchief, Sun did not answer Hualan's question, but put it on the small table beside her and said, "Qingcao has been with Jing'er for so many years. Tell me, if Jing'er specifically told Qingcao to keep silent, would Qingcao still come to us to talk about this?"

After hearing what Sun said, Xie and Hualan looked at each other with thoughtful eyes.

"Mother, are you saying that Xiaowu deliberately let us know this?" Hua Lan said uncertainly.

Sun took a deep breath and was about to speak when the door curtain was lifted and Dan's mother walked in.

After bowing to Sun and the other three, Madam Dan said, "Madam, there's a message from the gate saying that Madam Chai's personal nanny is here."

Sun said, "Please come in."

Mother Dan agreed and left.

After a while of silence in the hall,

"hiss!"

Xie took a deep breath, his eyes full of thought.

"Sister-in-law, what's wrong?" Hua Lan asked hurriedly.

Xie looked at her mother-in-law and Hualan, and said hesitantly, "Mother, Hualan, do you think the Chai family or Madam Chai knew that Xiaowu had been infected with the handkerchief?"

"You came to our house today, are you not trying to get this handkerchief back for Miss Zheng Zheng's reputation?"

Hua Lan, who was standing by, shook her head and said, "Sister-in-law, Madam Chai mentioned the marriage between the two families to my mother-in-law in public. It should be that she will just go with the flow and won't want to go back, right?"

Sun thought for a moment, picked up the handkerchief on the table, handed it to Mother Zhu, and said, "Go, put the things in your sleeves and send them back to Jing'er's yard. For the sake of the girl's reputation, we will pretend that we don't know about this."

"yes."

Mother Zhu put the handkerchief into her sleeve and left.

After a while,

Mrs. Chai's personal mother, who was well-dressed, walked into the hall with a smile on her face.

After bowing to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xu family, the mother of the Chai family smiled and said, "Madam, two ladies, I was entrusted by my wife to come to your house to express my gratitude first."

The three of them, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, looked a little surprised. Sun said, "Mother, why did you come here to thank me?"

Mother Chai's eyes were full of surprise. Seeing that the expressions of the three Xu family mother-in-law and daughter-in-law did not seem to be fake, she guessed the reason and said quickly:

"I think your Fifth Young Master didn't tell you, Madam, that he was at Wansheng Gate yesterday afternoon."

"The wind and sand were so strong that the axle broke and the car almost fell into the Hulong River!"

"I was in the car at the time. Before I could react, the world was spinning around me!"

"If it weren't for the Fifth Young Master's help, my wife and I would have suffered!"

"In order to save our carriage, the Fifth Master's palms were covered with calluses. My wife felt so distressed just by seeing this!"

"The Fifth Young Master is back, but didn't he tell his family?"

Mother Chai looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the Xu family with confusion.

Sun shook her head and said, "This kid didn't tell his family! No wonder I saw him not being very flexible in picking up food with chopsticks during dinner last night!"

Hearing Sun's words, Chai's mother nodded with some distress in her eyes and said, "Don't be afraid of being laughed at by the Madam and the eldest lady. Yesterday, when I saw the injury of the Fifth Young Master, my legs felt weak! How painful it must be!"

Sun nodded with some emotion and said, "Speaking of which, he has been used to it since he was a child."

After the Chai family's mother echoed a few more words, she said, "Madam, are you free this afternoon? If possible, my wife will come over in the afternoon."

There is nothing wrong with Sun.

Mother Chai smiled and bowed, saying, "Then I'll take my leave now and go home to tell my wife!"

Sun smiled and nodded, and said to Xie: "Da Lang's family, go and see them off!"

"Yes, mother."

Mother Chai tried to refuse, but was still accompanied by Xie out of the backyard.

On the road,

Walk through the corridor and through the door,

When they arrived at the second gate and waited for the Chai family's carriage, the Chai family's mother looked at Xie and said with a smile:

"Madam, speaking of which, the house in Guangfufang is almost finished being renovated. Madam Sun may go and take a look someday."

Xie was surprised: "So fast?"

Mother Chai smiled and said, "The craftsmen started working after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. It's been nearly two months, which is not fast!"

Xie nodded and smiled, "Okay, then I'll tell my mother-in-law."

"Why!"

Jiying Lane, Sheng family.

Schoolyard,

Although it was dusty and rainy yesterday, the yard was swept and mopped clean by the Sheng family servants early in the morning.

Inside the house,

Mo Lan, who is at the front, is holding a brush and writing poems in her poetry collection 'Mo Yuan'.

Rulan, who was standing behind, supported her cheek with one hand, closed her eyes, and nodded sleepily from time to time.

Minglan, who was sitting in the last row, held a brush in her hand. After writing a few words on a piece of paper, she looked to the right with some confusion.

To Minglan's right is Changfeng, who is biting the brush and frowning as he looks at the homework on the paper on his desk.

Passing Chang Feng, Minglan's eyes fell on Xu Zaijing's hand, who was holding a brush and writing with a straight posture.

Minglan just took a look and found that Xu Zaijing's brush paused for a moment.

Seeing Xu Zaijing about to turn around and look at her, Minglan quickly lowered her gaze to Changfeng's clothes.

Feeling Xu Zaijing's gaze, Minglan turned her head slightly and looked at the pen washer on her desk.

"cough."

Zhuang Xuejiu, who was at the front, coughed lightly.

In front of Minglan, Rulan, who was nodding continuously, suddenly woke up, wiped the saliva from the corner of her mouth, and pretended to look at the miscellaneous books on the table.

Minglan glanced to the right out of the corner of her eye and found that Xu Zaijing was no longer looking at her.

"Everyone, it's been an hour, let's take a break!"

"Yes, pedant!"

Everyone responded in agreement.

In front of Minglan's right, Qi Heng stretched hard. While moving his neck, he glanced at Minglan who was lowering her head behind him.

Because Minglan lowered her head and her bangs blocked her view, Qi Heng couldn't see Minglan's entire face from his angle. He could only see Minglan's long eyelashes, the tip of her nose, and a touch of lips under the tip of her nose through her bangs.

After just a quick glance, Qi Heng quickly looked away.

Today, Minglan's appearance is like a piece of unpolished jade, which gradually reveals its true color under the slow carving of time.

Qi Heng believes that he is the only one who discovered the rough diamond in Minglan.

He felt secretly happy and admiring about his own vision, but also depressed that Minglan didn't even look at him.

Ever since he discovered the potential of Minglan's appearance, Qi Heng had lost count of how many times he had found opportunities to look back at her, but almost every time he looked back, Minglan had her head down.

At this time,

Gu Tingye, who was on Qi Heng's right, turned around and looked at Xu Zaijing's hand, then said in surprise: "Jing'er, what's your hand? It was so dark in the morning, I didn't notice it!"

Chang Feng, who was nearby, yawned and looked over.

Xu Zaijing turned over his palms wrapped in fine cloth and said, "It's nothing. I just used too much force when I was exercising this morning and the calluses were worn off."

Gu Tingye's eye twitched and he said, "Hiss! I fell off a few times, and it hurt!"

"Yeah! Not bad."

After finishing speaking, Xu Zaijing looked at Qi Heng and said, "By the way, Yuan Ruo, yesterday you were in the colorful tent in front of the Linshui Palace and also boarded the Dalonglou ship. Did you see the girls from the Li and Yao families who were going to enter the palace?"

Gu Tingye nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, and looked at Qi Heng and said, "If it hadn't been for the sudden wind and dust yesterday afternoon, we would have definitely been fishing near Aowu for a while longer!"

"While fishing, we can also chat and talk about what we saw yesterday. Maybe..."

Before Gu Tingye finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows and smiled at Xu Zaijing.

Xu Zaijing understood Gu Tingye's smile, which meant that he might be able to see Liang Han's lover, the girl from the Wan family.

Qi Heng didn't know why, but he nodded with some regret, looked at Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye, and said, "Of course I have seen it."

Rulan and Molan, who were standing by, were also attracted by the topic.

Rulan took a sip of the tea offered by Xi Que and said, "Brother Yuanruo, the fifth sister of the Li family, we have met several times at parties! She is pretty, but unfortunately she always squints."

"We haven't seen the elder sister of the Yao family, the Duke of Qian. What does she look like? Is she as pretty as Miss Feiyan?"

Hearing Rulan's question, especially the four words "Miss Feiyan", Molan curled her lips and rolled her eyes.

Qi Heng thought about what his mother, Princess Pingning, had said to him last night, and glanced at Xu Zaijing.

Afterwards, Qi Heng turned around again, looked at Rulan who was asking the question, and said, "Fifth sister, the two girls are both graceful and elegant, and they are certainly beautiful!"

Qi Heng looked at Minglan who finally raised her head, and after thinking for a moment, he continued, "My mother told me that both of you ladies were chosen by His Highness because you like archery."

"Ah?" Rulan exclaimed in surprise.

Molan's eyes were full of confusion.

"oh?"

Chang Bai, who was sitting in the front, also turned around curiously, looked at Qi Heng who was speaking, and said, "Yuan Ruo, you actually know all this news?"

Qi Heng smiled at Minglan, turned sideways to look at Changbai, and said, "When we boarded the Dalong Tower ship, my mother had a few words with the ladies of the two families, and also talked to the Queen for a while, so she naturally knew about this matter."

Changbai nodded repeatedly, looked at Gu Tingye and Xu Zaijing, and said, "I think there must be some deep meaning behind His Majesty and His Highness' actions!"

Zhuang Xuejiu, who was sitting at the head table, looked at Changbai with satisfaction, stroked his graying beard, nodded approvingly, and said, "Changbai is right! Why don't we use this matter as a topic and discuss it together to see what deep meaning there is in it!"

After letting everyone think for a while, the scholar signaled Changbai to speak first.

Changbai stood up and, after citing classics, came to the conclusion that the royal family was intentionally guiding the people to be martial in preparation for the future conquest of Northern Liao and the recovery of the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.

After Changbai sat down, Zhuang Xuejiu asked Zai Zhang to answer again. Zai Zhang's statement was slightly different from Changbai's. He thought that this was the emperor's hint to the officials in the court that the status of civil officials and military generals in the court might be adjusted in the future.

The children of civil servants may not be bound by the imperial examinations, and joining the army is also an option.

Then,

Qi Heng, Gu Tingye and Chang Feng all expressed their opinions.

Most of them started from the status and influence of the Li and Yao families in the court, praising the wise and correct choice of the current emperor and prince Zhao Fang.

“Jaejeong, it’s your turn!”

Zhuang Xuejiu looked at Xu Zaijing and said with a smile.

Xu Zaijing stood up, bowed and saluted, and said, "Scholar, I think that the emperor and His Highness can make such a choice for the reasons mentioned by several classmates!"

"But perhaps it is also because Your Highness has loved archery since he was a child!"

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing looked at Gu Tingye and Qi Heng and said, "Erlang, Yuanruo, you should remember what happened back then!"

Gu Tingye's eyes rolled and memories from a few years ago flooded into his mind.

Qi Heng nodded and said, "Brother Jing is right. The scene of His Highness holding the golden arrow in front of the dragon throne that day is still vivid in my mind."

Zhuang Xuejiao, who was sitting at the top of the class, understood what Xu Zaijing was talking about. He smiled and shook his head and said, "Zaijing, so your Highness's actions and choices were also due to you?"

Xu Zaijing smiled and bowed, "Scholar, I think it's just a little bit! The deeper meaning is still as some classmates said."