Noble Lady

In the letter, Xue Chenyu briefly mentioned that he wanted to inquire about this person because he had heard about his talent and fame, and was interested in hiring him to be Xue Huai's teacher, but he was still worried about his character.

The Marquis's wife then went about doing it very seriously.

What Xue Chenyu didn't expect was that her father could get information from Prince Cheng.

After writing the letter, Xue Chenyu took out Du Jingyuan's dagger and looked at it again.

The dagger is less than two palms long, exquisite and small, and the scabbard is inlaid with various gems, which is exquisite beyond words.

The origin of this dagger is that it was actually a trophy obtained by General Du during his western expedition to a small border country. Later, it was presented to the late emperor as a gift along with other trophies, and the late emperor gave it as a reward.

Moreover, when General Du confiscated it, this dagger had already been passed down for a hundred years. Apart from the fact that it was a weapon, it could be said to be an ancient treasure.

It is said that this dagger is a family heirloom of the king of that small country. It was made by his great-great-grandfather for a concubine with the whole country's efforts.

Unfortunately, this thing seemed to be cursed. The concubine had been favored for more than ten years, but died a few years after getting the dagger, and even her child was lost.

Although that small border country later passed it down, every generation who obtained it seemed to have a bad fate.

Those queens and concubines who got it either died of illness or were eventually executed.

It has been five generations since it was passed down to the current king, and the country was eventually destroyed.

It can be said to be a beautiful curse.

However, General Du thought that this thing was just a dagger, so he took it as a reward. Besides, Du Jingyuan was still young at that time, so he gave it to her for self-defense if she wanted it.

Xue Chenyu asked Yuzhu to grind it, and she cut off the sheath outside the dagger.

He copied the dagger again.

Prince Cheng was able to fight with that sword last time. I'll ask him later if he can make a replica of this dagger.

……

The next day.

Xue Chenyu arrived at the Jinyi Pavilion as agreed.

Du Jingyuan arrived early, fearing that Xue Chenyu would break the appointment, and asked someone to wait for her at the door.

In fact, she was so anxious that she almost sent someone to wait at the door of He's house, but she was stopped by her maid, who said that doing so would be too conspicuous.

Xue Chenyu met her on the second floor. They didn't say any unnecessary nonsense and went straight to the point.

Du Jingyuan told everything about her visits to the palace to see the Ninth Princess over the past few months.

But to sum up, every time he just delivered a letter to enter the palace, and then accompanied the Ninth Princess to drink tea, play the piano, and chat. It was nothing big and did not lead to any big grudges.

Moreover, Du Jingyuan was forced by her family to go, and she did not dare to disobey. She was extremely cautious when talking to the Ninth Princess, and it was even more impossible for her to speak rudely to her.

"Think about it carefully. Is there anything else?"

Du Jingyuan stared at the rooftop stupidly. "The most I can do is chat with the little princess about fashionable clothes and jewelry, and some activities that everyone likes to do nowadays, like throwing pots and playing the zither."

"I'm not very well-educated. I can't even write poetry, let alone do anything insinuating that she would hold a grudge against me."

Xue Chenyu agreed with this.

From childhood to adulthood, these girls, all descendants of military generals, could not find anyone who could write poetry when they were put together.

Painting can be practiced to some extent, but writing poetry does require some literary accumulation, and they can't sit still, so they are definitely not cut out for it.

Xue Chenyu asked her to think again about whether the Ninth Princess had specifically mentioned anyone, and whether she had expressed approval or approval, or had belittled anyone, especially men.

As soon as she finished speaking, Du Jingyuan jumped up like a monkey, "If you put it that way, there really is someone."

"Who?"

"Chen Mingxuan."

Who?

"That's the top Jinshi this year, the youngest instructor at the Imperial College, Chen, Ming, Xuan."

As if he was afraid that she didn't recognize these three words.

Xue Chenyu: Of course I know this name. Have you forgotten what you said yesterday?

But this name has appeared too frequently in the past two days.

"Tell me carefully."

Du Jingyuan said that the Ninth Princess seemed to be somewhat dissatisfied with Chen Mingxuan, saying that he was blind, ungrateful, had a bad temper, and had no understanding of romance at all.

It was fine at first, but the more Xue Chenyu listened to the adjectives that followed, the more she felt something was wrong.

"You weren't praising him when the Ninth Princess was scolding him, were you?"

"How could I be that stupid? Of course I..." Du Jingyuan lifted her hair guiltily, "I just cursed a few times."

Xue Chenyu asked her again: "Did you know Chen Mingxuan before that? Or, where have you seen him before?"

"I didn't know him before, but I did after that." Du Jingyuan sighed helplessly, "That was after I returned home from the palace. My mother didn't mention the idea of ​​me marrying Chen Mingxuan to me."

For the General's Mansion, it was very cost-effective to use a legitimate daughter to win over such a young scholar with unlimited prospects.

After all, there are many legitimate daughters in the general's mansion.

Not to mention the illegitimate daughters, Du Jingyuan has three biological sisters, and his second uncle and third uncle also have two legitimate daughters. The thing that their Du family has the most is daughters.

"Did you mention this matter to the Ninth Princess later?"

"Of course not. This is just my parents' one-sided idea. At most, they tried to test Chen Mingxuan. I can't tell anyone about it myself. They can't tell anyone about it either."

"They can't tell anyone about anything that's not absolutely certain. Otherwise, it will ruin their daughter's reputation and make it difficult to sell her for a good price in the future."

Xue Chenyu was shocked by her argument that she could sell it for a good price, but she couldn't refute it.

"I'm just speculating about this. I'm not sure if your family's information has been leaked. You still need to verify everything yourself."

"If it is proven that the princess has such thoughts, you must think about how to resolve it, otherwise this matter will cause endless troubles."

If the Ninth Princess simply hated Chen Mingxuan, then everything would be easy.

If the Ninth Princess is tough on the outside but soft on the inside, and has actually already fallen in love with Chen Mingxuan, then even if Du Jingyuan compensates her for the inkstone this time, she will still get something else next time.

If one day Du Jingyuan is forced to obey her family and marry Chen Mingxuan, there will be endless troubles.

No one knows what a princess who cannot get the love she wants will do.

Unless Du Jingyuan can sever her ties with Chen Mingxuan.

"I think I know what to do." Du Jingyuan's expression suddenly became much more serious.

She had to go back and find out when the news that her family intended to marry her to Xu Mingxuan leaked out, and whether it had reached the princess?

They also need to confirm whether the princess feels the same way about Chen Mingxuan as she and Xue Chenyu guessed.

But there is the most troublesome thing.