into the bosom

Chapter 66 Guiding the maze
Could it be that the eldest princess couldn't see such deliberation, wouldn't she feel conflicted in her heart?

How could someone like Old Man Jing, who has been immersed in officialdom for half his life, make such a low-level mistake?Why is she so unbelievable?

"Wait!" Xu Jiao's eyes suddenly lit up, "Brother, do you think my grandfather did it on purpose? He actually didn't want me to be the righteous daughter of the eldest princess at all, so he deliberately did the opposite." , just want the eldest princess not to choose me?"

Jing Duo frowned in distress, "Grandpa, you ask me what the old man thinks? How would I know? But isn't it a great thing to be a righteous daughter for the eldest princess? Why doesn't grandfather want to? Besides, If you don’t understand something, why don’t you just ask your grandfather, is it interesting to guess here and there?”

Xu Jiao had something on his mind, so he couldn't ask anything, so he just turned his head and looked out the window.

But Jing Duo refused to let her go, chattering in her ear, "Ajiao, why did you learn to drink as a young lady? You think the wine is too weak, do you still like to drink strong wine? Fortunately, the wine tastes weak, so if you disperse on the way back, there is nothing left, but you must stay away and don’t approach the elders, otherwise..." Jing Duo cried, "Maybe I will be beaten by my grandfather again Paused."

"It was taught by others!" Xu Jiao murmured softly while looking out of the car window.

"What?" Jing Duo didn't hear clearly, "Ajiao, did you speak just now?"

"I said... big brother, are you really twins with your second brother, and were both raised by your grandfather?" Xu Jiaotian asked with a smile.

"Of course it is true! What do you mean?" Jing Duo frowned, Xu Jiao had already turned his head away, and Jing Duo murmured after a while, "A Jiao, why do I feel that your words seem to be embarrassing me? What do you mean? I got it wrong, right? I must have got it wrong!"

Xu Jiao kept this matter in mind all the time, and when he returned to Mingyue Residence, he was also thinking about it. Could it be possible to really ask Old Man Jing?That old fox would tell her clearly?

"What's that?" Looking up, Banlan and a rough woman were moving a small vat to the high table, looking at something that didn't look like it was there before.

"This one! This one was sent by Er Shui who was next to Mr. Erlang just now. He said that Mr. Erlang gave it to the lady." The woman replied with a smile.

Xu Jiao walked over to have a look, and saw two koi carps in the small tank, one gold and one red, smaller than the two koi carps at the entrance of the foreign academy before, but still as agile.

"There are also these fish food. Ershui said that as long as the lady feeds them well, the two fish will grow fat soon." The woman smiled and brought up two small jars.

Xu Jiao smiled because of the word fat, and at the same time his eyes lit up, he turned his head and said to Ban Lan, "The southern-style dim sum you made two days ago is very good, I will make some more now .Second elder brother sent me this fish, so I have to reciprocate, right?"

Before dinner, Banlan made some snacks, packed them in a food box, and was taken to Jingqin's yard together.

Xu Jiao thought, fortunately, this dynasty is not as strict as the Ming and Qing Dynasties, otherwise she would not have to be cannon fodder, and she would be able to suffocate to death.

Jing Qin came back from Xiaya for a while, when Xu Jiao arrived, he was in the study, and Er Shui directly led him in.

The two brothers and sisters greeted each other, and Xu Jiao brought the snacks, explaining the purpose of coming, but there was no intention of leaving in a hurry.

When Jing Qin's eyes flickered, he asked Ershui to bring tea and pastries, and then let him and Ban Lan retreat outside the study room. He led Xu Jiao to sit on the chair, and brought Xu Jiao a cup of hot tea, "Second Sister Have something to say?"

"Second elder brother is really sharp-eyed, and my younger sister really wants to ask second elder brother for advice!" Xu Jiao hurriedly presented a tall hat with a sweet smile, Jing Qin raised his eyes and looked at Xu Jiao quietly, Xu Jiao pursed his smile, "Second brother grew up beside my grandfather, so he naturally knows him much better than I do. I don't know, second brother thinks, does my grandfather want me to be the adopted daughter of the eldest princess, or does he not want me?"

He asked so bluntly.Jing Qin raised his lips and smiled, "Second sister has met the eldest princess today?"

Xu Jiao nodded.

"Second sister just came back from Huiyang, so I don't know about it. But Princess Wuyang's picture of appreciating spring was rewarded by His Majesty. Almost everyone in Feng'an City knows that Princess Wuyang is good at painting ducks!"

Hearing this, Xu Jiao understood what he had heard, and quickly got up and squatted down towards Jing Qin, bowing deeply, "Thank you, Second Brother, for pointing out the maze!"

"I didn't say anything. After all, this is the second sister's business. The second sister has her own consideration!" Jing Qin was very modest.

Xu Jiao didn't say anything else on the face, but he still loved him in his heart. When he was about to leave, he glanced at the table inadvertently, just in time to see a few pieces of paper that Jing Qin spread on the table, "Second brother is practicing calligraphy?" I just asked casually, but when I looked carefully, I saw that the characters on the top said they were characters, but they were twisted and twisted, and they were characters but not like characters.

She frowned, "This is?"

"Oh, I have nothing else to do, so I'm learning the characters of the Jie people!" Jing Qin said with a light smile.

Xu Jiao's eyes lit up when he heard it, "Does the second elder brother still understand the Jie language?"

"I've been studying for two years, and I know a thing or two." Jing Qin was as humble as ever.

Although we have only known each other for two days, Xu Jiao feels that what he said is a little bit clear, and it is definitely not just "one or two".

"I don't know if the second elder brother can teach me?" Xu Jiao clarified his thoughts.

"You want to learn?" Jing Qin was a little surprised.

Xu Jiao nodded, her eyes were shining brightly, she naturally really wanted to learn.

Jing Qin gave Xu Jiao two manuscripts written during his own study, not only the comparison with Chinese characters, but also the marked pronunciation, interpretation, and even word formation and sentence construction.

Xu Jiao sighed in his heart after turning two pages, his second elder brother is really a genius for learning.These two manuscripts are perfect for enlightenment.

Xu Jiao thanked him, took the manuscript back to Mingyue Residence, and studied it with great interest for a while.

This made such a taciturn and dull gourd like Banlan hold back a question, "Miss, just practice this, don't you want to paint for a while?"

"Don't worry! I've already prepared the painting."

How is it ready?Except for yesterday morning, I have never seen her draw again!

Turning around, I saw Xu Jiao buried his head in drawing those crooked, tadpole-like characters of the Jie tribe. Does the lady know the priority?
On the second day, the Jing family received a post from the palace, inviting their family to enter the palace to enjoy the lotus banquet in three days.

This is naturally a pretext, everyone in the whole family knows that at the Lotus Appreciation Banquet, the eldest princess' adopted daughter will be chosen from among the wives of these three families.

Madam Wu panicked all of a sudden, and asked Yuniang to rush to make clothes and jewelry for Jing Shan and Xu Jiao.

Then he called Xu Jiao to her side and asked her in a low voice, "How is your painting?"

Xu Jiao smiled sweetly, "It's almost there, grandma don't worry."

Mrs. Zhao also asked, "How is the painting?"

She answered the same way.

Even Jing Duo asked once, but Jing Qin and Jing Shangshu didn't seem to have such a thing at all, and they never asked.

(End of this chapter)