The First Auxiliary Road from the Imperial Examination

Sheng Yuan seemed to have discovered for the first time that there were so many relatives in her family. Not counting aunts and cousins, even cousins ​​​​and sisters-in-law gathered together, there were fifteen or sixteen people. Even though her boudoir was big enough, it was not easy for these relatives to surround her at this moment. Seems compact.

Especially since these people were talking about compliments all the time. Sheng Yuan responded with a smile on his face, but in fact his head was already buzzing.

In terms of relationship, we are indeed relatives, but there are really not many people who are familiar with each other; after all, the relationship between children is mostly determined by the closeness of the previous generation, and Sheng Yuan himself ranks the smallest among his peers.

As the "Little Jiuer" among girls and the "Little Eighteenth" among the big girls, it is not easy to have close cousins ​​in the house.

It must be said that there are cousins ​​close to her age in the Duke's mansion, but the relationship between the fathers of these cousins ​​and her father is not good, and they rarely interact with each other; of course, her father also has contact with them. She is a brother, but the cousins ​​in these uncles' families who have frequent contacts are too much older than her. They have no common language, so how can they build a relationship?

Of course, among so many cousins ​​​​and cousins, not all of them seemed strange to Sheng Yuan, and there were still a few who could laugh and talk calmly.

Among them, the one she liked the most was the fourth cousin Sheng Ting from the fourth room.

In Shengyuan's impression, this fourth cousin always smiled at her when she was a child. Every time she saw her, she was full of kindness. She never stopped contacting her after getting married. In her impression, she was a very good relative and sister. The only shortcoming was , I just feel a little restrained when facing her, and I don’t know why.

Because of her good impression of Sheng Ting, Sheng Yuan inevitably became a little closer. The Crown Prince's wife saw this in her eyes and looked at her sister-in-law Sheng Zhi. Seeing that she was just looking at her sister talking with a smile, she couldn't help but shake her head. , sighing secretly that the relationship between the two governments may be unsustainable.

Sheng Yuan didn't know that her performance had been over-interpreted. She looked at the smiles on the faces of the sisters-in-law in the room, and for a moment she sighed and couldn't help but miss her own sister.

"Sister Yuan, look who's here?" Sister-in-law Shu and Hai'an Bo's sister Kuang Qi arrived together. No matter what their actual relationship was, they still behaved very harmoniously in front of outsiders.

As Shengyuan's sisters-in-law, their extra makeup had been delivered personally the morning before, and today they had been accompanying Zheng and Qian'er to help her since early in the morning.

At this moment, they came from the front hall beaming with joy, and they were still talking like this, which showed that there must be noble people coming.

Sheng Yuan was already smart. Ever since he became an official, his head turned faster and he could guess who the person was without much thinking.

There are not many visitors in this world who can surprise the two of them, and her sister is closely watched by the officials because of the crown prince's turmoil. She has already been told that she cannot leave the palace on the day of the wedding, so it is almost obvious who the visitor is. !

"Auntie! Who do you think I am?!" The braided child jumped out from the side of the Zheng family and threw herself in front of Shengyuan's couch.

"..." Sheng Yuan held her face and sighed towards her.

Who else could say such silly things? !

"Of course it's Your Highness the Princess."

Zhiwa giggled, ignoring the women in the room who were saluting her.

It was only after Sheng Yuan coughed twice that the child remembered to tell everyone to get down.

Then, without waiting for everyone to stand up straight, they couldn't wait to climb onto the bed.

This child is also a talkative person. When he was about to go to bed, he did not forget to explain the purpose of his visit: "I am here to roll the bed for you according to the imperial decree, aunt!"

Sheng Yuan: "..." She is really grateful to this little chubby boy.

But, didn’t the imperial edict tell this girl the exact address of the bed? ! "Princess, wait a minute!" The palace attendant who followed quickly caught up and hugged the baby, "Princess, have you forgotten the Queen Mother's instructions before you came?"

"..." Zhuangwa immediately behaved.

Seeing this, the aunt who took her quickly added: "Didn't you say before you left the palace that you would accompany Aunt Zhiyu to give gifts to Minister Sheng, and then go to the Ancheng Marquis Mansion to get ready for bed?! The princess has always been honest and kept her promises, so she must I won’t forget it.”

"That's natural!" Zhuangwa was stood up by her grandma. She immediately held her head high and patted her chest to show that she was right.

Her arrogant little look made the women in the room look at her and couldn't help but laugh.

Probably everyone was laughing very secretly. Zhengwa didn't pay attention to everyone's reactions and just talked coquettishly to Shengyuan. Well, her mother taught her auspicious words, but she had already forgotten them. She just shook Shengyuan's hand. , praising her for her beauty.

"You are discerning." Sheng Yuan coquettishly touched the little princess's braid, then took out a bunch of golden bell hair accessories from the drawer of the couch table, and put them on her leisurely, "We're here. Yongxing Hou Mansion, just ask people to entertain you with good food and drink, but remember one thing, don’t beat other children at will."

"Remember! Remember! The Queen Mother said the same thing before I left the palace." The baby shook her head and listened to the crisp sound of the little bell. She danced with joy and nodded in agreement without hesitation.

While their aunt and nephew were talking, Zhiyu, the emperor's and Qian'er's attendants also came from the front hall.

"Mr. Sheng, the emperor has ordered our family to send you a congratulatory gift, so that you don't have to thank the emperor for his kindness today. I will leave these etiquettes until you enter the palace tomorrow." The attendant smiled and saluted the baby, and hugged the baby with one hand. The box was placed on the round table.

After he finished speaking, Zhiyu also put down the red sandalwood suitcase he was holding: "Third Miss, this is the makeup given to you by the Queen... The Queen also said that you don't have to bow."

Sheng Yuan kept saying thank you to the emperor, but she was not in a hurry to open the gift box. The main reason was that she had the brides and grooms staring at her and could not let it go easily.

Zhiyu knew the process well, so before Shengyuan could say anything, she motioned to the attendants to join her in placing the gifts on the couch table.

None of the female relatives in the room said goodbye and left. Instead, they all stared curiously at the box and suitcase, wanting to see what the emperor and the queen had given them.

It must be said that Emperor Yanping was very knowledgeable.

No, when his sister-in-law got married, he gave her the long stick in the play that could beat traitors.

"..." All the female relatives in the room looked on and were dumbfounded.

The main reason is that the emperor's brain circuit is too strange. Everyone, it would be difficult for anyone who is normal to be on the same frequency as him.

The emperor's gift was revealed, and the queen's makeup was naturally not far away.

No, Zhiyu stepped forward, called Xiaoyao to help, and opened the suitcase; soon, a coral tree filled with precious jewelry appeared in front of everyone.

Suddenly, everyone was stunned by the coral tree, which was embedded with rare treasures and exuded a gentle halo.

"Is this a tribute from foreign countries some time ago?!" Someone exclaimed in surprise.