Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 877 Society I, Brother Du ([-] in [-])

On the Gong side, although Du Jinning stabbed her in the heart, she also knew that Zhao Mo was in power now, and if she fainted or walked away at Zhao Mo's birthday banquet, things would go wrong.When Zhao He asked and found out the truth, he would first annoy her and embarrass Du Jinning, and second, he would remember that she was Mrs. Zhang's biological sister, and even be suspicious of her husband and son.

So even though she was so angry that she vomited blood, she didn't dare to make trouble anymore. After watching Du Jinning leave with hatred, she held back her breath and sat there with a sullen face.

She has been the princess of the county for 30 or [-] years, and the royal family has not many blood, and some of them are still implicated in the struggle for succession.Except for the eldest princess, she is the only one who can participate in the banquet with higher rank, age, and qualifications. There are quite a lot of people who flatter her.

But now Du Jinning blatantly picked her out as "the sister of Mrs. Zhang who committed the crime of treason", who would dare to come forward?If they got close to her, wouldn't the emperor suspect that they were also dissatisfied with the case of exterminating the family of the Zhang family and harboring grudges like the Gong family?
Therefore, after Mrs. Gong was scolded by Du Jinning, the wife of Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice, who was chatting happily with her just now, hurriedly got up and grabbed a lady who was watching the fun: "Mrs. Wang, you are here too? I heard that you were sick a while ago. Now, is it easy? It’s windy here, so you’d better stop blowing it. Let’s go, let’s go into the palace.”

The eldest princess also stood up, greeted Lu Ziyi and said, "Aren't you going to see the little princess of the Lu country? Go, grandma will take you there." Without saying hello to Mrs. Gong, she went straight away.

The spectators also receded like the tide.

Gong Shi was so angry that he almost vomited blood again.

"Princess, are you... all right?" Gong's maid asked worriedly.

Gong Shiming knew that it was best to let this matter go like this today, and it was really inappropriate for her sister's matter to be broken up by Du Jinning in such a blatant manner.

But she couldn't swallow it.

She has been famous in the circle of noble ladies in the capital for many years, and Du Jinning slapped her in the face like this. If she gets her place back, who will buy her?If Du Jinning hadn't developed high-yield rice, she would have held back this tone.But now that high-yield rice has been researched, she also heard that four officials from the Ministry of Industry were sent to learn how to grow high-yield rice, and they learned it.Thinking about this Du Jinning, he doesn't hold so much weight in Zhao Yu's heart, does he?

She half-closed her eyes, and her eyes were dark: "Ruyi, you go to the man in front, and tell the young man next to the prince to go to the prince of Jingguo, and reveal that Princess Ning's beauty is unparalleled in the world."

She turned her head and looked at another seventeen or eighteen-year-old maid: "Go and watch Du Jinning to see when she leaves after the banquet. Pass the news to Ruyi and ask her to reveal it to Prince Jing."

After a pause, she ordered again: "You two change your clothes before you go. It's best if you can change your appearance."

When a lady or noble lady goes to a banquet, she always prepares two extra clothes, so as not to be splashed with soup or make a fool of herself with sweat.The maids are not so particular.

But Gong wanted to take revenge on Du Jinning, so she asked the maids to bring different styles of clothes.

The two servant girls took orders to go, changed their clothes after looking for the nanny who was in charge of the clothes, and then split up.The noble concubines and ladies brought many maids, and they asked the maids to do everything, and the maids came and went without attracting attention.

Gong straightened her clothes, brushed her bun again, stood up, and went to the main hall.

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In the side hall, Du Jinning was smiling and said to Su Shi: "I seldom go out and walk around, and I don't know people very much. Mother-in-law, please take me to meet the ladies and ladies."

Seeing Du Jinning's attitude towards Mrs. Su, and hearing her words, all the ladies in the room nodded secretly.

Du Jinning was able to participate in the government affairs as a woman and produced such a high-yield rice seed, which is a great ability; she was also named the eldest princess, and she was never seen at various banquets. Everyone thought that this Ningguo eldest princess was a Not very arrogant, disdain to be with them.Now seeing that she is very respectful to her mother-in-law, and her attitude is friendly, not that arrogant, everyone's impression of her will naturally improve.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing.

Although Mrs. Su is not shrewd, she is not a big mistake in communication.Du Jinning raised her up in front of everyone, and she was both happy and proud in her heart, so she led Du Jinning and introduced all the ladies and ladies in the room, starting from the top table.

"Princess, it's about time, don't let the empress dowager forget you." Seeing that the time was almost up, Aunt Yan reminded her in a low voice.

Although it was low, her voice was just right for people to hear.

The people nearby were taken aback for a moment, turned to look at the hourglass in the room, and urged Du Jinning: "Okay, princess, hurry up, the banquet is about to begin."

After the introduction and a few greetings, I only recognized one and a half tables, and there were still two and a half tables left.

Du Jinning had no choice but to apologize to everyone, sent Mrs. Su back to her seat, and then left.

Her modest and courteous attitude naturally won everyone's praise, and Su Shi was praised from ear to ear.

Thinking of Madam Cao's persuasion before, she followed everyone's words: "The princess is indeed a good child. She insists on coming to greet me every morning, and stands behind me when I eat. I said you are so busy. I'm going to Zhuangzi every day, so why come here to say hello every day? How many times have I told her, and my father-in-law also sent a message, so she didn't insist anymore. This child is really filial."

"Mrs. Qi, you are very blessed. My son is up to the challenge, married the princess as his daughter-in-law, and is so filial to you. Unlike my daughter-in-law, who has a bad family background and a lot of bad things, she is delicate and weak all day long. Ask her to come and say hello, it's either the illness or the pain, I really can't get used to it..."

Du Jinning didn't care what others said about her after he left, so he walked out of the side hall and walked a few steps. Chunhe, who had left her side after having an argument with Gong Shi, suddenly appeared beside her like a ghost, and whispered in her ear .

Aunt Yan knew that master and servant were one body, since she left the palace to follow Du Jinning, she naturally couldn't let Du Jinning have an accident.Seeing that Du Jinning didn't mean to avoid her when talking with Chunhe, she didn't back up either, and stood there listening to Chunhe.

"The princess of Anqing County sent a servant girl to the front hall and asked her son's servant to chat with Prince Jing, saying how beautiful and charming you are. Prince Jing has sent someone to inquire about you."

After hearing Chunhe's words, Aunt Yan was startled and said to Du Jinning, "Princess, you have to be careful. That son of Lord Jingguo is the most lustful, but his first three elder brothers all died on the battlefield. Now Duke Jingguo There is only one son left in the mansion, and the old lady pampered him lawlessly. Now the Northwest is completely guarded by Lord Yasukuni, even if he treats you lightly, I am afraid you will have to bear it. The emperor can't be too strict with him, at most he will be reprimanded Just two sentences."

Du Jinning frowned.

She hates this backdoor trick the most.

Because of studying for the imperial examination and becoming an official, her reputation was not very good.The reason why she went to the Su family to pretend to be a virtuous daughter-in-law just now was to gain a wave of goodwill.After all, she will have to attend important banquets in the future. It is always uncomfortable to be neglected by people with a bad reputation and popularity.

The Song Dynasty was quite tolerant towards women, as long as she interacted with these female relatives with a modest and polite attitude, and she could see people's hearts for a long time, those bad remarks would always disappear.

But if she was flirtatiously teased at the banquet, no matter how well she did it, it would be useless.Once your reputation has plummeted, it will be difficult to restore it.

Gong's move is really ruthless.

She said to Aunt Yan: "After entering the main hall, you go to the confidant of the Empress Dowager, tell her about this, and ask her to report to the Empress Dowager."

Aunt Yan was taken aback, she really didn't expect Du Jinning to simply bring the matter to Queen Mother Zheng.

She opened her mouth to say something, but in the end she didn't say anything, and nodded in response: "Yes."

Du Jinning said to Chunhe again: "You go to watch chess or keep silent, and tell the son-in-law about it; and tell the son-in-law that I have already told the Queen Mother about it, and then we can catch up and find out, so that we can investigate the matter first. Don't startle the snake."

"Yes, princess." Chun He replied, turned and left again.

"Let's go, go into the main hall." Du Jinning said to Aunt Yan, and entered the main hall.

The seats in the main hall are different from those in the side hall. In the main hall, there is a small table in front of everyone, and there is a table alone.Empress Dowager Zheng sat at the top, and the two sides were arranged in order of rank, and the ladies who came with their grandmothers or mothers sat in the back row.

Zhao Mingyue also just went to her mother-in-law's place to collect reputation points, and when she saw Du Jinning coming in, she quickly waved to her: "Sit here."

Du Jinning's position was next to hers.

Du Jinning went over and sat down.Aunt Yan, as if she wanted to catch up with an old friend, went to talk to a nun standing in the corner.

Naturally, Du Jinning didn't take the time to come over. He sat there and talked to Zhao Mingyue for a while before the banquet began.

After saluting, and wishing Zhao He and the Queen Mother a long live, everyone began to eat and drink freely.

Seeing that the Queen Mother was almost done eating, a court lady went to whisper a few words into the Queen Mother's ear, and the Queen Mother Zheng smiled and said: "Everyone is free, Ai's family is going to change clothes." Saying this, she got up and went to the back hall.

After a while, she came back, her expression didn't change much, she just gave Du Jinning a slight nod.

Du Jinning wasn't too worried at all, and enjoyed the imperial banquet quite happily.Seeing the queen mother like this at this moment, my heart is even more stable.

After a while, Aunt Yan came back behind her and whispered: "The empress dowager asked you to pretend to leave first, and then go to Mrs. Piandian's place."

Du Jinning nodded.

After a while, everyone ate and vacated the table, and the maid brought tea. At this time, they could do whatever they wanted, and Du Jinning went to bid farewell to Queen Mother Zheng.

After coming out of the main hall, Chunhe greeted her, saying: "Just now that maid hurriedly went to report the letter."

Du Jinning smiled, went down the steps, walked from the central axis to the gate, walked back from the corridor, and went to the side hall.

"Why are you here? Are you ready to eat?" Su Shi treated her very affectionately.

"Eat well." Du Jinning said, "When does mother-in-law plan to go back?"

"I'll sit for a while. If you have something to do, go first, don't wait for me." Su Shi is also bored at home, and he can still chat with people here, so naturally he won't leave so early.

"Princess." A woman leaned forward and asked, "When will the high-yield rice you planted be widely promoted?"

Upon hearing this, everyone also pricked up their ears to listen.

All the mistresses here are in charge of the family.Each family has a lot of fields, and naturally hope to grow high-yielding rice in the late rice season.

Du Jinning said with a smile: "It's too late this year. The early rice has not been harvested yet, and the late rice has already begun to grow seedlings, otherwise it will not be able to catch up with the farming season. Therefore, it will not be popularized until next spring. However, the number of seeds is still limited and cannot be planted on a large scale."

The eyes of all the wives lit up, and one of them asked, "I don't know how to get high-yielding rice seeds?"

"I have to ask the emperor for instructions on this matter." Du Jinning said.

After hearing this, everyone was not disappointed.

Everyone has calculated the output of Du Jinning's [-] mu of rice. One mu is eight shi, and [-] mu is almost four thousand shi.With so many seeds, they can always get the rice seeds before others.

Someone asked how to grow high-yield rice.

Du Jinning also understood what the Empress Dowager Zheng meant, and she should try to delay the time here, and she would answer whatever others asked, and the answers were quite detailed, and gained a wave of favorability among the third-rank edicts.

Even if Zhao He wants to hold a birthday banquet, it is impossible to delay the government affairs. The time of this banquet is Shen time, which is equivalent to four or five o'clock in the afternoon in modern times.Du Jinning chatted with everyone until the sun was setting in the west, and the Queen Mother sent someone over to lead her to Ningshou Palace.

"Mr. Gong has been sent to the family temple by the king of Anqing County. She will not come back in three to five years." The Empress Dowager Zheng said, "Don't worry, the emperor has warned the king of Anqing County and his son. It is the Gong family's challenge." It has nothing to do with you. If they dare to embarrass you, the emperor will punish you severely."

"Thank you, brother, and thank you, queen mother." Du Jinning said gratefully.

Empress Dowager Zheng looked at Du Jinning with complicated eyes.

Du Jinning used to think of herself as a man, and rarely messed around in the inner house. She was worried that Du Jinning would not know how to deal with the tricks of these inner house women.Who knew that Du Jinning didn't play cards according to common sense at all, and directly brought the matter to her and Zhao Meng. With all the witnesses and witnesses, she and Zhao Wen couldn't decide whether to deal with Gong Shi.

Originally, she suspected that Du Jinning was involved in the discovery of the dragon robe by the Zhang family.It can be seen from Gong's incident that this possibility is extremely high.

Du Jinning also knew that Empress Dowager Zheng would think that she was too scheming, so she hurriedly said: "Mother, I just stay on Zhuangzi all day because I don't like intrigue. I think plants are the cutest things. You give them water and give them water. Fat, it will reward you with gorgeous flowers and fruits. Humans are different, too complicated."

She raised her head: "Can I let some rumors out about today's incident? It also prevents people from thinking that I am easy to bully and provoke me like today. I have to let people know: I will not offend if people do not offend me; Me, I'm not easy to bully."

She spoke frankly, and the subtle emotions in Queen Mother Zheng dissipated all of a sudden.

She herself is a scheming person, otherwise she would not be alive now.

So what about scheming?As long as he doesn't take the initiative to harm others, he is a good person.

She smiled and said, "Okay, anyway, Prince Jing's reputation is just that. One more thing is fine. As long as you are not afraid of others talking about it, you can go ahead and talk about it."

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