On the second day, after breakfast, Ye Guixue went to Xie's Mansion in Dongsi Hutong as promised.
The eldest lady got up on time, and after cleaning up, she went to look for Su Rong in her yard. Before Su Rong got up, she rushed into the house and picked her up from the bed.
Su Rong didn't have the eldest wife to fight for the bed with her. She slept well. Even though she felt a little early, she wasn't sleepy anymore. She dressed obediently and got down.
After she had freshened up, she and the eldest lady went to the front hall.
In the front hall, Su Xingze and the six ladies from Su Mansion were already waiting for them.
The eldest lady pointed at the six young ladies and lectured Su Rong, "Look at your sisters and then at you. You've never seen me so lazy before. Didn't you get up on time when you were in Jiangning County? Why are you so lazy now?" "
Su Rong had a good reason, "When I was in Jiangning County, I didn't need to use my brain. When I came to the capital, I had to use my brain every day, so I need more rest."
The eldest lady choked and thought it made sense, so she stopped lecturing her.
Su Rong sat down next to the eldest lady, turned her head and asked Su Xingze: "Brother, do you want to go shopping with us today?"
Su Xingze nodded, "You can't just let Mr. Ye accompany you by yourself, I should accompany you."
Su Rong nodded.
The eldest lady was extremely satisfied, "Your elder brother is much more sensible than you."
Su Rong did not refute this.
Su Xingze laughed, "It's rare to hear my mother praise me. I almost thought my son was not my son."
After all, the night before, he heard that the precious concubine had sent someone to kidnap them and he hurried out of Shen's mansion to greet her. She was sitting in the carriage without even showing her face. She didn't think about his son at all, and she didn't need his son's comfort.
The eldest lady snorted, "If you had married earlier..."
"Mother." Su Xingze quickly stopped her, "Let's settle the marriages of my sisters first. My son is not in a hurry."
The eldest lady also knows that there is no rush. Her son has a bright future. The higher he goes, the better his family background will be. Men can marry at age 18, but the daughters in the family cannot wait. The daughters must take advantage of their good years to get married. , can you choose a good husband's family.
Su Rong also felt that Su Xingze was not in a hurry, and said to the eldest lady: "Mother, when the results are released, it is better to send the servants in the house to escort them to see the results. You cannot go in person, lest someone catch your son-in-law, even if you don't want to marry him. Marry."
The eldest lady has also heard this. Every time when the results of the three-year scientific examination are released, there are slave guards sent by various major palaces in the capital. When they see a handsome student with a gold medal, they will take it home like a robber. He was forced to marry his own girl, and several marriages would be facilitated in each session. The release of the results was a happy event, and as long as no one died, His Majesty would not care. Therefore, this custom was formed. If the candidates did not want to be caught, Everyone has to protect themselves.
But the students who took the scientific examination have studied hard for ten years. When the results are released, how can they resist going to see the results in person? Could it be that the one who was just waiting for something to happen was caught?
The eldest lady felt that she was justified, "There is no need to let the servants escort you. We will go and see her when the time comes. If you don't want to marry early, you can listen to your orders at home."
Su Xingze raised his forehead and said, "How could it be as serious as you said?"
Su Rong clicked his tongue, "Brother, do you have any misunderstandings about your appearance and knowledge? How many people are thinking about making you the son-in-law of Chenglong. Several major casinos in the capital have opened gambling games, and at least half of them are betting on you to win the championship. It is said that many young ladies go into battle with slave guards to rob people, like wolves and tigers. If you are careless and don't take it seriously, if you are caught, we will have a sister-in-law."
Su Xingze coughed slightly, "Okay, I won't leave the house when the results are released, so I have to eat quickly. The second young master should come to the door later that night."
Sure enough, not long after breakfast, Ye Guixue came to Xie's mansion.
The concierge came to report that the second young master was waiting at the door of the house that night, and the eldest lady, Su Xingze, Su Rong, and the six ladies left Xie's house together.
Ye Guixue had got off the carriage and stood tall at the door of Xie's Mansion. He had Ye Qiuying beside him. When the two saw the eldest lady and others coming out, Ye Guixue held her hands and greeted them one by one. She also introduced Ye Qiuying to the eldest lady and let Ye Qiuying greet her. .
The eldest lady smiled and looked at the little girl, she was very fond of her, "Oh, this little girl is so pretty, her eyes are so big, she is just as cute as our Xiao Qi when she was little."
She took out a square box and handed it to Ye Qiuying, "Here, Grandma Su will replenish your birthday gift."
Ye Qiuying looked at Ye Guixue and saw Ye Guixue smiling and nodding to him, so she reached out to take it and thanked her sweetly, "Thank you, Grandma Su."
The eldest lady smiled and touched Ye Qiuying's little face, full of kindness, "What a lovely little girl, grandma likes you." Then, she took Ye Qiuying's little hand and said, "Come, sit with Grandma Su on my How's the car?"
Ye Qiuying nodded obediently.
The eldest lady led Ye Qiuying into the car prepared by the government, and then waved to Su Rong, "Xiao Qi, you sit with Gui Xue."
Su Rong didn't want to squeeze in with the eldest lady and sisters, so she naturally got on Ye Guixue's carriage. Seeing Su Xingze going to his own carriage, she waved to him, "Brother, come up, let's get together."
Su Xingze glanced at Ye Guixue and Su Rong, and could only get into the carriage with them.
The three carriages left Dongsi Hutong and headed towards the most prosperous street market in the capital.
In the carriage, Su Xingze and Ye Guixue chatted for a few words and then started talking about knowledge. Su Rong listened and suddenly regretted sitting with them both. She would rather listen to her sisters talk about what rouge and gouache they like than Listen to the discussion between these two people from the past to the present.
But she did not interrupt them wisely.
After a while, Ye Guixue noticed that Su Rong hadn't spoken since getting in the car and was quite drowsy. He tilted his head and asked her softly, "Is it okay that you didn't sleep last night?"
"Sleep well."
Ye Guixue was extremely smart and asked with a smile: "That's why we are teaching, are you too bored to listen?"
Su Rong touched her nose and said, "It's not bad, you just have to say what you want."
Su Xingze said at this time: "Don't worry about her. She didn't like reading when she was a child. When she grew up, she didn't like reading articles even more. If she wasn't forced, she wouldn't be able to see her holding literature and history books."
Ye Guixue laughed, "Xiao Qi is smart and has a photographic memory. It doesn't matter if he doesn't learn, and it doesn't matter if he doesn't like it."
Su Xingze nodded, "Indeed, she is lucky to have this innate ability, otherwise she would be really ignorant and incompetent."
Su Rong propped her chin up, wanting to refute that being uneducated was used to describe a playboy. If she was a daughter of a family, and she wasn't a princess, why would she need such a lot of knowledge? And you can't make a prince or a prime minister. However, the bastard things she had done since childhood were enough to be regarded as a naughty comment, so she did not refute it.
Su Xingze asked Ye Guixue, "It is said that there is a school for women in Southern Chu?"
Ye Guixue nodded, "It is a royal school for girls that our king strongly advocated five years ago. Girls who are studious in the middle school can pass the exam to enter. In fact, it is also to train useful people for the prince. After all, The princess wants to take over the throne, and since she is a daughter, she still needs to be accompanied by her daughter’s family, which is more convenient sometimes.”
At this time, Su Xingze had to admit that the King of Nan Chu had done a lot for Su Rongzhen, and praised: "The King of Nan Chu really had far-reaching plans. It must have been very difficult to advance at the beginning and suffered a lot of obstacles, right?"
Ye Guixue nodded, "Indeed."
After all, the status of women is not high. Although there is a precedent for a woman to be king in Southern Chu, and the status of women is higher than that of women in Dawei and Liang, it is only relatively speaking. In particular, Nanchu has a precedent for setting up a female school, which is very popular among some scholar-bureaucrats. their opposition.
(End of chapter)
