"Of course we know each other, because she also came to ask me about returning to Beijing to see the prime minister." Zhao Hui told Du Shichu directly and frankly.
Du Shichu immediately felt that there was something wrong with Miss Lin Er. Who is a good girl who goes around asking other girls of the same age which young talent they have chosen?
Seeing Du Shichu's thoughtful expression, Zhao Hui immediately became happy and gloated: "Lin Er is afraid that you have fallen in love with her sweetheart, so she came here to find out the news from you. How about it? Yes? Don’t you feel insulted by her?”
Du Shichu shook his head: "This is understandable, but he is too impulsive and stupid. Is it good for his reputation to go around asking for information like this?"
Zhao Hui said with a smile: "I can't help myself! Hey, do you want to know who her sweetheart is?"
Du Shichu was very interested when it came to this, and she also gossiped about it, so she quietly asked: "Who is it?"
Zhao Hui was very cheerful and answered without deliberately showing off: "It's Cui Fansheng, the top scorer in the last imperial examination. He is also the distant cousin of Miss Lin Er. He lived in the Lin family in spring, and probably lived with Lin at that time. The two of you must be eye-catching."
Du Shichu recalled the last top pick, and then remembered that this Cui top pick was actually very ordinary-looking, not quite like the tall, rugged type that would attract young girls.
She paid more attention to the imperial examination because of Zhou Yizhu and Liu Weian, but she was not deeply impressed by Cui Fansheng, so she couldn't understand why Miss Lin Er fell in love with him. Did she really just need talent? Yet?
"Cui Zhuangyuan's appearance is not my type. Miss Lin Er need not worry that I will fall in love with him." Du Shichu shook her head and said, and then she was a little confused, "If the two of them have already seen each other, , why not just get engaged or get married? This will save Miss Lin Er from treating everyone as a love rival."
"Tsk, tsk, you think too simplistically." Zhao Hui curled her lips and said, "Although Cui Zhuangyuan is a relative of the Lin family, and he passed the examination and entered the official career, his family is just a wealthy squire and landlord, and he is not a relative of the Lin family. Miss Lin's family background is still far behind. Miss Lin may like him, but the Lin family may not necessarily like him."
"Then Cui Zhuangyuan must work hard to gain the approval of the Lin family and facilitate this marriage. How could Miss Lin be allowed to go around declaring her ownership to others like this?" Du Shichu couldn't understand.
"Declare ownership? Your statement is so accurate!" Zhao Hui clapped her palms and exclaimed, "Isn't Lin Er just secretly telling people that Cui Zhuangyuan is hers? Tsk, tsk, you are really brave. "
"But Cui Zhuangyuan doesn't have the responsibilities of a man." Du Shichu shook his head, "Whether this marriage is successful or not, he has to express his feelings to the girl. Don't make her feel so insecure."
"You're right! Although no girl likes him except Lin Er, haha..." Zhao Hui said with a smile, "Is Lin Er being self-conscious?"
When Du Shichu heard what she said, he burst out laughing and said, "Your use of this idiom is too damaging! But it's very correct."
Zhao Hui raised her chin and snorted proudly, saying, "Of course, I am so talented in literature."
Du Shichu was very fond of Zhao Hui, a straightforward girl, and asked her, "Do you have any young talents that you like?"
Zhao Hui sighed, shook his head and said: "No. The people I like look down on me and think I am rude and savage, not as elegant and noble as our ladies; I don't like the people who like me, after all, although I I don’t have many requirements for my future husband, but at least he’s not too dandy, not too ugly, and has a better character, right? Hey, it’s really troublesome to find a man!”
Du Shichu was amused by her again. This girl probably grew up with her father in a place in the border area that didn't care much about red tape, so she had a carefree and generous personality. There was a lot of generation gap with these "young talents" in the capital. .
Zhao Hui sighed for a while, and when she saw Du Shichu laughing at her, she said sourly: "Don't just laugh at me. You're going to get haircut soon, so it's time to choose a county horse, right? You have more battles to choose a county horse than I do." , now all the unmarried young men in the capital are staring at you eagerly, so don’t be dazzled."
"As long as I don't want to, it's useless for anyone to stare at me eagerly." Du Shichu snorted and said, "Your Majesty has promised me that I will make the decision on my marriage. If I don't like him, I don't have to get married for the rest of my life. "
"Then do you have anyone you like?" Zhao Hui couldn't help but ask gossip.
Du Shichu shook his head: "No, I'm too young now to consider marriage."
"Why is it too small? It's almost haircut." Zhao Hui retorted.
"I think I am young, that is because I want to be young." Du Shichu said confidently, "Even if I am twenty or thirty years old, as long as I feel that I am still young, then I am young and will not be able to get married. .”
Zhao Hui stared at her dumbfounded, and after a while gave her a thumbs up: "Sister, you are amazing."
Du Shichu nodded proudly: "Of course, who can force me to do it?"
Zhao Hui said enviously: "It would be great if my father could be so open-minded. I clearly said that I didn't want to get married, but he insisted on driving me back to the capital for a blind date. He also said that there are many outstanding men in the capital. If you ask me, the border town There are many outstanding men in my country, but my father just doesn’t want me to marry a military general because he is afraid that I will become a widow..."
When Du Shichu heard what she said, he immediately didn't know whether he should praise General Pingxi for being straightforward and open-minded. He was worried that his daughter would be a widow, and he could say it without any taboos. However, it showed that he was really good to his daughter. After all, if it wasn't true If you think about your daughter, why would you worry that if she marries a military commander, she will definitely become a widow?
"Are there also scholars in border towns?" Du Shichu asked.
"Yes, but there are very few, and the quality is not very high." Zhao Hui sighed and said, "Do you think it is a place with a strong literary style like the capital or Jiangnan? The border towns are full of tough men and few scholars. After all, even if there are people If I want to study, I can’t find any good teachers.”
"That's true." Du Shichu knew very well that even a thousand years later, the education level in remote areas would still be far inferior to that of prosperous cities, let alone in the more backward feudal era.
"Princess Duanyang, if you have any outstanding talents that you are optimistic about, please share the information with me. People you have not chosen or are not suitable for may be suitable for me." Zhao Hui said to Du Shichu without any courtesy. said.
Du Shichu was speechless for a moment. This young lady really didn't treat her as an outsider.
