Splendid Book

Chapter 96 Setting the Flag
Although Ji Yu was there, Shen Changle was still very nervous, so the closer the day of the draft, the more nervous she became.In the past few days, I have even had nightmares for several nights in a row. In fact, it is a nightmare, but it is just a dream about the things in the previous life.

But for so many years, she has never looked forward to a certain thing like this, so it is extremely rare to be nervous now.

At night, there were several maidservants on duty, and Chunliu was the most careful.When she was on duty in the past, the girl rarely woke up at night, let alone had nightmares.But when she was on duty these two times, she could hear Shen Changle turning over on the bed, and the girl even woke up in the middle of the night.

This time she specially found a time to ask Lu Wu and the other two big maids, who would have thought that they would encounter such a thing when they were on duty at night.

"I was thinking of asking you guys too. The girl used to sleep until dawn, but for some reason these days, she is always pleasantly surprised in the middle of the night, and I think her eyes are blue," Lu Wu said worriedly. .

Chunliu became even more worried when she heard this, but since the girl didn't say anything, how could they be qualified to ask their master as maids.

Shen Changle is also aware of her situation, but she has always been unwilling to speak intimately to others.If we talk about the girls of the Shen family, in fact, Shen Changle is the coldest one.Although Shen Hui is a big girl, she always likes to discuss with Shen Changle if there is anything, it is her marriage, the first thing she can think of is Shen Changle.

Shen Lan is a concubine and a second wife. She always likes to discuss everything with her aunt.As for Shen Yue and Shen Jin, one is naturally relying on his aunt, while the other is relying on his grandmother's house.

On the other hand, Shen Changle, although Zhang Ru treats her like a daughter, but she only likes to think about what's on her mind, but she doesn't want to say it out.The reason why this didn't happen before was because those were just trivial things.

But what is involved now is her life's happiness. When she thinks of her marriage in the previous life, she is not worried.

Although Ji Yu made an oath, can he really control his marriage?If the emperor gave him the marriage by someone else, Shen Changle felt pain in his finger, couldn't help calling softly, and then retracted his hand, only to see blood dripping from his fingertips. He went forward and took out the handkerchief, pressed it on her fingers, and said distressedly: "Why did the girl tie her hand?"

"It's okay, I'm not careful," Shen Changle smiled, but the seriousness between his brows didn't decrease at all.

For some reason, she only felt that her heart was heavy, and she was not at all relaxed.Now the windows were all opened, only covered with a layer of screens, it was obviously very ventilated, but she only felt that her heart was stuffy.

Chunliu carefully glanced at her expression, thought for a while, and then asked in a low voice: "Young lady, do you have something on your mind?"

Shen Changle blurted out and wanted to say no, but when she saw the worry on Chunliu's face, she let out a light breath.After all, she is used to serving by her side, even the slightest things can be quickly noticed, not to mention that she seems so restless these days.

"I'm worried," Shen Changle said softly.

"What is the girl worried about?" Chunliu asked in a low voice, she was half kneeling beside Shen Changle, her body was extremely low, and even her voice was soft like a gust of wind, which made Shen Changle feel at ease.

She knew that no matter what she said to Chunliu, she would keep her mouth shut.Chunliu is six years older than her, and this year she has reached the age of marriage, but she has been reluctant to leave, so she took it off.

"Chunliu, have you thought about what kind of person you will marry in the future?" Shen Changle asked her.

Suddenly two blushes rose on Chunliu's cheeks, she couldn't help lowering her head, and said in a reproachful voice: "Young lady, why are you asking this slave?"

At this time, the breeze blew by, and Shen Changle's hair was slowly blown up by the breeze. Originally, her skin was as smooth and fair as a porcelain vase covered with white glaze, but after these few days, her eyes turned slightly blue, just because her complexion was too fair and tender. It looks more like sick pale.

And when she saw Chunliu's shy appearance, the timely breeze seemed to blow away the solemnity in her heart for an instant.

With a confused and shy voice, she said, "Sister Chunliu, I'm a little scared."

"Girl, are you afraid of the draft?" Chunliu came to her senses now, but she didn't expect her girl to be so worried. After all, Shen Changle is usually optimistic and cheerful, and doesn't seem to be nervous about these things .

Shen Changle was a little embarrassed, obviously the old lady didn't think she would be selected this time, so she didn't tell her anything at all.And she never participated in any draft in her previous life, so she was always worried.But she was ashamed to talk about this worry with others.

"Girl, are you worried about being selected?" Chunliu raised her head slightly to look at her, even though she served Shen Changle by her side every day, she was still amazed the moment she raised her head.

Her eyes are big and bright, and the pupils are pure black, even the best ink ingots can't grind such black, but fortunately, her eyes are sparkling, so not only will they not appear dilated Godless, on the contrary, attracts people more and more like a deep spring.And her nose is more upright than ordinary girls, especially the tip of her nose, which is very beautiful, small, exquisite and pretty, making her whole person look lively.

Chunliu felt that her own girl was really unfounded to worry about. She also often went out with Shen Changle, and she had seen quite a few of the noble ladies in the capital, and among them, there was no shortage of fat, swallows, skinny or anything.But she didn't see a few who could stand shoulder to shoulder with her girls.

However, she had seen a good-looking man before, but that man was a figure in the sky, so Chunliu only dared to think in her heart, how dare she talk about him.

Therefore, regarding Shen Changle's worries, she immediately smiled and comforted her and said: "Your maidservant thought it was important, the girl just put her heart in her stomach, and I have never seen anyone who can surpass you in terms of appearance. As for the matter of family background , our Duke of Wei's mansion is even more famous in the capital, the girls are all top-notch in terms of family background and appearance, are you afraid that you won't be selected?"

Chunliu thought that she was worried about not being selected, so he naturally used these words to comfort her.

It's just that Shen Changle was not worried about not being selected, but what she was worried about was that the emperor would not marry her to Ji Yu.If the emperor really proposes someone else to marry Ji Yu, Shen Changle can only give up this heart, her family background absolutely cannot allow her to be the prince's side concubine.

But if she is already an old girl when Ji Yu ascends the throne, is it possible that she can still enter the palace with a bad name like in her previous life?

She is not a person who worries unnecessarily, but in this matter, as for a day's imperial decree, she seems to be uneasy for a moment.

Obviously, this problem was soon discovered by Shen Ruan, and he is not having a good time these days.He obviously didn't want to waste any more time in the academy, but Shen Lingcheng kept asking him to take the imperial examination. Although the relationship between father and son was not tense, it was still a bit of a gunpowder.Even Shen Ruhui was caught in the middle, fortunately the elder brother was always assertive, so Shen Rufan came up with an idea, he actually wanted Shen Changle to persuade Shen Lingcheng.

"Father has liked you the most since he was a child. If you say one, Dad will never agree with the second. Changle, you can help the second brother this time," Shen Ruan couldn't help pleading in front of her.

Shen Changle has never understood why the second elder brother is so obsessed with learning martial arts. In her opinion, martial arts are too rough, and her second elder brother can be regarded as a handsome young man no matter what he looks like, so how can he be suitable for martial arts?
After she finished speaking, Shen Ruan immediately patted her on the head unceremoniously, and said mockingly: "It's really long hair but short knowledge. The most outstanding and most respected general in this dynasty is Qiao Yu The general. When he was young, he looked better than Pan An, but he still went to the battlefield to win battles."

Shen Changle naturally knew who Qiao Yu was, but she didn't expect Shen Ruyan to praise this great general so much.

"But second elder brother, since your father let you take the imperial examination, it must be reasonable. Besides, I think your essays are not bad, maybe you can pass the Jinshi exam?" Shen Changle is still with her father after all, So this meeting not only didn't help Shen Ruan to persuade her father, but turned around and persuaded Shen Ruan.

Shen Rufan immediately exploded, and he said: "You really think it's that easy to be admitted to the Jinshi. Eldest Brother Han Chuang studied hard for ten years before he became a Jinshi. I know that I can't compare to Eldest Brother's intelligence, and I can't compare to his hard work. What do you think I can pass the exam?"

Shen Changle nodded, her second brother did pass the exam twice in his last life.It's just that after he passed the Jinshi examination, he also entered the Imperial Academy, but it was really not suitable for him, and he was depressed for a long time.Later, he was transferred to the Ministry of War and sent to the frontier for a year, but he heard that the job was done very well.

It seems that the second elder brother liked the battlefield more than the examination room in the previous life, but in the previous life, he may have been forced to take the imperial examination by his father's lust.It's just that in this life, he bravely chose a path he liked.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a little guilty.Over the years, the second elder brother has always loved her, but now that he has something to do, she doesn't think about him at all, instead she blindly persuades him to be patient.

In fact, if you can do what you like, it is also a happy thing.

So she nodded and said: "Since that's the case, I'll help Second Brother persuade Daddy."

Shen Ruan was already a little disappointed when she heard her words, and thought that Shen Changle would also reject him.But who would have thought that when things turned around, she actually nodded to help, and Shen Ruan was stunned for a moment.Fortunately, Shen Changle said in time: "But since the second elder brother wants to join the army, he has to make some achievements. At the very least, he has to let daddy know that you are right to choose this one."

Seeing her serious look, Shen Ruan immediately patted her head, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, you just watch, Second Brother will definitely work hard."

Only then did Shen Changle nod in satisfaction, but Shen Rufan approached suddenly again, probably because he was so sudden that Shen Changle's heart stopped beating in fright.He looked at her expression and said with some distress: "What's wrong with my little sister, why does she look so bad?"

Shen Changle is in her best years as a girl, even if she doesn't use those rouge and gouache, she is completely beautiful.But even Shen Ruyan could see it now, Shen Changle wanted to cover his face even more, couldn't help pushing him, and said angrily: "Second brother, hurry up, or I will get angry."

Shen Ruyan also knew that the little girl loves beauty, so she said a few words to give her a good rest, and then went back.Fortunately, he didn't just talk about it. After returning, he sent two packs of bird's nest.

He also told Shen Changle not to be polite, and ask him for it after eating.

Shen Changle is distressed, but Ji Yu's side is not completely inactive.Since he had invited King Zhennan to talk about Xiang, as an uncle, he would naturally not ignore him.

It's just that the King of Zhennan also knows that this kind of thing should be said at an appropriate time. If it is said abruptly, it may not be enough.So King Zhennan was not in a hurry, the left and right drafts hadn't started yet, so it wouldn't be too late to make peace after all the showgirls had entered the palace.

So he got up unhurriedly, but his side was unhurried, but De Fei's side didn't stop.

After thinking about it, she still felt that the emperor should not point out Ji Yu to a girl with a good family background, so she brought up Ji Yu's marriage when the emperor came.

"I knew you were anxious to embrace your daughter-in-law, but don't worry. In this draft, I will definitely marry Hanyuan," the emperor directly called Ji Yu's name, and Concubine De also showed a grateful smile on her face. .

She immediately rejoiced and said: "The concubine is up to the emperor to make the decision."

Although Concubine De is getting older and the emperor spends less time in her palace, but she is in charge of the palace affairs after all, and she can be regarded as helping the emperor to take care of the affairs of the harem.So for her, the emperor still gave her a lot of face, so he asked with a smile: "Since she is also your daughter-in-law, does Concubine De have a suitable candidate in her mind?"

Concubine De was naturally overjoyed when the emperor asked her, but after a while, she calmed down again.

She has always acted cautiously. Although she wanted to speak at this time, she also knew that if she said a wrong word, she might leave a bad impression in the emperor's heart.So she smiled softly: "Of course the concubine dare not make many demands, I just hope that the girl is honest and generous, knowledgeable and reasonable, so that Yu'er likes it."

The emperor also nodded. He, the seventh child, is good at everything, but his temper is a bit cold.

So to find a wife for him, you should really find someone he likes.

If Concubine De knew what she said and left such an impression on the emperor, I'm afraid she would regret it to death.

(End of this chapter)