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"Be careful on the road and take good care of grandma." Mrs. Hu reminded.

"My daughter saved it. Mother, please take good care of yourself in the capital. I will write to you when I get there."

"Okay, I'll look forward to it every day." Mrs. Hu couldn't help but shed tears.

"It's not like anything happened. Why are you crying so much?" Hu Rong couldn't help but be sarcastic when he saw his wife like this.

"Take care, Daddy." Hu Shanxiang knew that her father was reluctant to leave, but he was just being stubborn. Otherwise, why would he come back so early today to see her off?

"You too, don't be willful when you return to Jining and no one is watching you. Eat well, put on more clothes when it's cold, and don't work too hard..."

"The master is so nagging and still blames me." Mrs. Hu couldn't help but complain.

Hu Rong wanted to say something, but just then the old lady came out, so he stopped talking and went to help her up, "Mother, everything is ready."

"I have already said everything I need to say. I have nothing more to teach you."

"A mother can teach her son at any time, but the son still needs his mother's guidance."

"You have done a great job, and my daughter-in-law has taught the children well. I can go back and enjoy my life now."

"The son cannot be with his mother to show filial piety. It is really..."

"Don't say that. A real man's goal is to make a career, not to be bound by love affairs. Even I can't be an obstacle on your way. Besides, I have Er to accompany me. Maybe after a while, we can come back," the old lady comforted.

"Yes, there is always a chance to meet again."

On the other side, Hu Shanxiang was still saying goodbye to her brothers and sisters.

Her brothers and sisters all came back home specially. "Everything is fine." Hu Shanwei said while hugging her.

"Ah."

"What happened before was my sister..."

"Sister, it's all in the past. Let's not talk about it again." Hu Shanxiang interrupted her.

"Yes, let's not talk about it, let's not talk about it, it's all in the past."

"I won't say much, brothers. Have a safe journey and write more often. Our family is thinking of us." Hu An said without any expression.

"Yeah. I know."

"Okay, it's almost time. It will be too late if we don't set off now." Hu Rong shouted and urged.

Hu Shanxiang lifted the curtain of the carriage and said goodbye to her family. Parting is always sad, and everyone thinks that there will always be a time to meet again.

The Hu family sent their son-in-law off to take up his new post, and then sent the old lady back to Jining.

On the other side, the Prince's Mansion has also been very lively recently.

Sun Ruoji, who was in her boudoir at this time, was woken up early in the morning to dress up. Sun Ruoji was a little numb to this. For the past six months, she had repeated the same life every day. She got up, dressed up, and then began to learn the rules, which were strict palace rules. If she didn't learn well, she would be punished. If she didn't learn the rules, she would go to various mansions to attend various banquets. Lady Pengcheng introduced her to various ladies in the capital, and then she made good friends with those noble ladies. At the beginning, those ladies from noble families looked down on her, but they greeted her reluctantly for the sake of Lady Pengcheng.

She has been living this kind of life for the past six months. Sometimes she wonders, is this the purpose of her coming to the capital? No, she is not here to live this kind of life, she is here to become a dragon among men.

She was a little discouraged at first, but some time ago, the wife of the Marquis of Pengcheng quietly told her that His Majesty was ready to enthrone the Crown Prince this year, and the issue of selecting a concubine would have to be raised again at that time. After more than half a year of Mrs. Pengcheng's soft and hard coaxing in the East Palace, the Crown Princess has also agreed to recommend her. Whenever she thought of this, she was full of fighting spirit, and she had to get through it by noon.

"Miss, the wife of the emperor's uncle invites you to come over."

"The Emperor's Wife? Got it. I'll be there right away." Sun Ruoji seldom saw the Emperor's Wife, and didn't know what was going on.

"Greetings to the wife of the Emperor's uncle." Sun Ruoji bowed his head and saluted, but he didn't hear any response for a long time, but he didn't dare to look up and stand up.

After a cup of tea, I heard the voice from the leader: "Get up."

"Thank you, Madam."

"Give me a seat."

The wife of the emperor's uncle took a sip of tea and said, "It's been a long time since I last saw you. Miss Sun has really changed a lot. It shows that I have learned the rules well."

"It was the nanny that Madam hired who taught me well." Sun Ruoji said modestly.

“That’s also because you are willing to learn.”

"Thank you Madam for your compliment."

"However, I called you here today so that you can forget everything you learned before."

"What... forget everything, don't I understand?" Sun Ruoji was confused.

"You heard it right, I forgot, but I didn't really forget. I just pretended not to forget, but I couldn't do it deliberately." The wife of the king's brother-in-law continued.

Sun Ruoji still didn't understand why she had to do this, "You still don't understand?"

“If your recommendation is successful, you should then learn the rules from the Crown Princess. If you know everything, then what else is there to teach you? You should pretend that you don’t know but learn quickly and well. This way, the Crown Princess will have a sense of accomplishment and you can win her care.” The Queen’s uncle answered her doubts.

"So that's how it is. I understand now." Sun Ruoji suddenly understood.

"In addition to knowing how to please the Crown Princess, you also have to do one more important thing, which is to please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. So from now until you enter the palace, you have to learn these things."

"Please give me some advice, madam." Sun Ruoji stood up.

"I don't deserve your advice."

"Your Highness was personally raised by Your Majesty and the late Queen since he was a child. Your Majesty and the late Queen were childhood sweethearts and had been together for four or five years before marriage. So Your Highness envies such a relationship. Now it is just the selection of concubines, and it will take at least a few years until the wedding. So in these few years, you must get along well with Your Highness and cultivate your relationship."

"What are the hobbies of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?" When Sun Ruoji heard that they wanted to cultivate feelings, he wanted to start with the hobbies.

"His Royal Highness has a wide range of interests, so you don't have to learn them. The way men and women get along is based on contrast and admiration. It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. If you know everything, then what is he going to talk to you about? If you don't know, and he teaches you, doesn't that mean you have a chance to get along? Isn't that how relationships are cultivated when you have a chance to get along?"

"That makes sense." Sun Ruoji instantly felt like he had opened up his Ren and Du meridians.

The two of them are still discussing various things here.

Zhu Zhanji, who was in Beijing, received a secret report from the Prince's Mansion some time later. After seeing those remarks, he said angrily: "The Prince's Mansion really knows the temperaments of the masters in the palace very well."

Wu Cheng stood aside and didn't respond.

"Why don't you speak?"

"This..." How could he say this? It was such a deadly topic, and he still wanted to live well.

"I don't think you dare to speak."

"Yeah yeah."

In his previous life, Zhu Zhanji always thought that he and Sun were a match made in heaven. She was the person who understood him best in the palace, and their feelings were specially cultivated. It was really funny.