National Beauty

When a person encounters a critical situation, sometimes he will be at a loss, and sometimes he will react quickly, which is different from usual.

Song Jianing was very fortunate that she reacted quickly enough this time. Glancing at the recipe in Guo Xiao's hand, she reluctantly said, "Well, it's just that this is the only copy. Brother, be careful, don't break it."

Guo Xiao took a deep look at her and hummed blankly.

Song Jianing smiled, led his younger brother, and walked away easily.

Guo Xiao stood on the spot, his eyes chasing the petite figure, but his hands behind his back became tighter and tighter. When Song Jianing's brother and sister walked away, Guo Xiao reopened the recipe and looked at the painting that was just a quick glance. Looking at it, a sneer appeared at the corner of the man's mouth. This Liang Shao was really unruly.

After a turn, Guo Xiao went back to his Yihexuan directly.

In Linyuntang, Song Jianing lay on the bed after lunch, secretly wondering what to do after seeing Guo Xiao for a while. She took Brother Mao and Shuang'er together. Guo Xiao would never dare to do anything to her. There was no danger to her body, so all that was left was to explain the painting. That painting... Thinking of a way, Song Jianing suddenly felt ironic.

In the last life, Liang Shao gave her to Guo Xiao, hoping that Guo Xiao would help him go straight up. In this life, she didn't plan to use Guo Xiao to deal with Liang Shao, but since Guo Xiao insisted on coming over, she didn't have to disturb her mother and stepfather, and simply let Liang Shao's career be broken in Guo Xiao's hands. So, is it karma?

Thinking of the grievances of the two lifetimes, Song Jianing was not sleepy, only pretending to close her eyes when Shuang'er came in to wake her up.

After washing and changing clothes, Song Jianing first went to his mother to pick up his younger brother. Lin heard that his daughter was going to Yihexuan to pick up a book, so he didn't think much about it.

At this noon, Song Jianing lay on the bed for half an hour, but Guo Xiao didn't sleep at all, sitting in the study all the time. Hearing that Song Jianing's sister and brother were coming, he picked up the recipe, walked out of the study, and went to see the sister and brother in the hall.

"Big brother!" Brother Mao ran to his brother.

Guo Xiao picked up his younger brother, nodded with the stepsister who saluted him, and then sat on the main seat. Without mentioning the recipe for the time being, he only asked the maids to serve cakes. Brother Mao sat in his brother’s arms and ate a few pieces of the fragrant yam and jujube mud cake. Although Song Jianing was greedy, she was the only one who did not greet the food given by Guo Xiao, and only slowly sipped the tea.

When Brother Mao had eaten enough, Song Jianing smiled and said to Guo Xiao: "Big brother has to wait for me to speak. Wouldn't you really want to be greedy for my recipe?"

Guo Xiao touched Brother Mao's head, the corners of his lips raised slightly. He once thought that his stepsister was innocent and wrote everything in his eyes, but after an accidental fall on a steep slope, and after having learned his step-sister's almost flawless ability to hide, Guo Xiao no longer dare to believe anything from the step-sister. This girl, pure when she is pure, and complicated, he can't see through.

"I have something to discuss with the four girls, you take Brother Mao to play in the yard." Guo Xiao put down his brother and ordered Shuang'er.

Shuang'er looked at his master.

Song Jianing glanced at the open hall door, and knew that Guo Xiao was about to talk about the painting, so he nodded and smiled: "Just play here, don't go far away." Guo Xiao still has to be guarded in the end.

Shuang'er smiled and coaxed Brother Mao to go out with her. She used to be the second-class maid beside Mrs. Tai. Usually when the eldest girl was not married, the elder son would talk to the eldest girl alone, so she didn't think there was anything wrong with the eldest son being alone with the fourth girl.

After Shuang'er went out, Ashun also retreated under the eaves of the corridor, only the childish voice of Brother Mao'er came in from time to time.

Song Jianing turned her head and asked Guo Xiao suspiciously: "Is something wrong with brother?"

Guo Xiao glanced at her, put the recipe on the table on her side, and said calmly: "You see for yourself."

Song Jianing blinked blankly, picked up the recipe, and opened the first page elegantly, as if reading a book in her boudoir. Guo Xiao looked at her face, seeing that she was actually reading the preface of the recipe line by line, his index finger pressed his knee twice, and finally reminded: "There is something in the book."

Song Jianing was shocked, turned quickly, and quickly turned over the painting. After seeing it clearly, Song Jianing opened her mouth blankly, before tilting her head for a while, and asked Guo Xiao puzzledly: "Brother, how does the woman in this painting look a bit like me? What does that line of poetry mean?"

Purely like a little girl who hasn't gotten to know the relationship between men and women.

Guo Xiao was dubious, staring at her and said: "Scholars like to express love with poetry and painting. Liang Shaoming is sending you a recipe, but he actually wants to send him a painting. As for the poem, he said, because of your ice-faced hibiscus. He drove so well that he didn't want to study, and went out to find romance."

Song Jianing didn't expect Guo Xiao to say so bluntly. The surprise in his eyes matched the surprise of a girl when she learned that she was told by a man in poetry. After the surprise, Song Jianing's face sank, and immediately slammed the recipe onto the table, and said angrily: "I, I didn't know that this was hidden in the book, otherwise I would never accept it!"

Guo Xiao still doesn't believe that she really doesn't know, but he can already be sure that the stepsister is indeed unintentional to Liang Shao.

That's enough.

Picking up the portrait that fell on the ground, Guo Xiao slid back into the book and stood up and said, "He is not righteous. If he is an outsider, I will definitely expel him from the house and make the decision for you. But he is the only direct-nephew of his grandmother's family. It also involves your reputation, An An, I can only guarantee that he will not disturb you again. When his spring season is over, I will find a way to transfer him out of Beijing, and this life will not be a Beijing official."

This is exactly what Song Jianing wants. Liang Shao is eager to make progress, but in this life he can only serve as an official in the local area. For such ambitious officials as Liang Shao, it is more uncomfortable than killing him.

"Thank you elder brother." Song Jianing lowered her head, with mixed feelings in her heart.

Guo Xiao looked at her white, tender and shiny cheeks, clenched his hands, and finally couldn't say anything. He only whispered: "I am your eldest brother, you should be taken care of."

Song Jianing didn't know what to think, but at this moment, Brother Mao ran back, thinking that the yard wasn't very fun. Song Jianing took the opportunity to leave. Guo Xiao couldn't keep him. He took the recipe and went out with her for a while. Song Jianing's sister and brother returned to Linyuntang. Guo Xiao turned around and went to find Liang Shao.

Liang Shao was lying in bed reading a book, and learning that Guo Xiao was coming, he immediately put down the book, jumped up, quickly put on his shoes, and just about to get up, he caught a glimpse of a tall figure stepping through the door, but the first thing Liang Shao saw was in the hands of a man. The familiar cookbook. In a short moment, Liang Shao's blood seemed to coagulate, and he sat stiffly on the side of the bed, unable to react.

How did this cookbook get into Guo Xiao's hands?

"Retreat." Guo Xiao walked to Liang Shao and said coldly.

He was terrifying, and Liang Shao's young man flashed out in a panic.

Liang Shao’s palms were all sweaty. He didn’t think of an excuse for turning around. Guo Xiao moved first. He took out the portrait in the recipe, and then threw the recipe into Liang Shao’s arms very casually. The voice was colder than the frozen ice on the lake of Guogong Mansion: " As Chunwei is approaching, my cousin had better study behind closed doors. If I heard that my cousin would have a leisurely stroll in the garden..."

"Don’t worry, I’m confused once, and I will never dare to be confused a second time." Liang Shao got up with a pale face, bowed his head, and bowed to Guo Xiao like a servant: "Just ask the prince to give me a chance to reform, don’t Tell aunty, if you let aunty be disappointed, I will not forgive my sins even if I die a hundred deaths."

Guo Xiao snorted, disdain to listen to such high-sounding words, and turned to leave.

Seeing the tall figure disappearing to the door, Liang Shao's legs softened, and he sank down, covered in cold sweat. Annoyance, regret, fear and fear all kinds of emotions quickly passed through my mind, after a long time, Liang Shao's eyes slowly fell to the recipe that fell to the ground. A few months of planning was ruined once, Liang Shao was furious and would tear it up when he picked up the recipe. The spine of the book had been separated, and Liang Shaohu's heart moved.

Her portrait...

Thinking of Song Jianing's charming and charming face, Liang Shao was still reluctant to leave. Turning the pages of the book, trying to put away the portrait, but flipping back and forth several times, I looked for it near the bed, but couldn't find the painting. Liang Shao was puzzled, thinking about it carefully, only then did he remember that Guo Xiao had taken his paintings.

Guo Xiao, did he expect him to collect it privately?

Liang Shao smiled bitterly, as he deserved to be the elder son of the Guogong Mansion.

At Yihexuan, the quiet and quiet study room, Guo Xiao stood in front of the desk and carefully took out the painting hidden in his sleeve. The woman in the painting has eyebrows like a crescent moon and smart apricot eyes, standing there delicately, smiling and looking at the picture like a person. So wonderfully, Guo Xiao had to admit that Liang Shao, a polite scholar, really had some abilities in dancing, literary and ink.

Taking the scissors, Guo Xiao cut off the two poems written by Liang Shao for her, leaving only the portrait. Throw the verse into the small bamboo basket next to the desk, and draw...

Guo Xiao raised his eyes, then walked to the bookshelf, took a military book from the top floor, stared at the portrait and continued to look at it for a full quarter of an hour. The man finally put the portrait into the book page, clipped it, and put the heavy military book back to its original place. .

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Song Jianing knew nothing about what Guo Xiao and Liang Shao said, but she never ran into Liang Shao again for more than a month. According to Liu'er, Liang Shao really immersed herself in studying this time. Even Mrs. Tai would not go easily. Song Jianing not only relieved his hatred, but also faintly worried. In her previous life, she honestly gave Guo Xiao a deterrent and had never taught Guo Xiao how to deal with things. Now it seems that Guo Xiao does everything like his people, cold and ruthless.

In case Guo Xiao doesn't want to be the big brother anymore...

Song Jianing shivered, not daring to think any further.

After a heavy snowfall of goose feathers, the capital ushered in another New Year's Eve. As usual, there was an endless stream of entertainment, the banquet followed by the banquet, and the table was full of big fish and meat. When everyone in the Weiguo Palace was busy attending the banquet, Liang Shao was alone behind closed doors. On the ninth day of February, he started his first session of the spring season.

The wife squeezed a sweat for her grand-nephew, and Song Jianing's heart was still watered, knowing that Liang Shao could pass the Jinshi examination.

However, at the end of March, Chunwei released the rankings, and Liang Shao, who was exceptionally talented, fell out of the list!

Song Jianing was shocked, and happily ate an extra bowl of rice after the shock, and it was even better for him to fall behind, so that he could not even become a local magistrate.

Since he didn't pass the exam, Liang Shao had no reason to stay in Beijing, so he resigned to Mrs. Tai on the day when the rankings were published, and Mrs. Tai would want to keep him for one more night. In the morning of the next day, Song Jianing went with her mother to send Liang Shao. Seeing Liang Shaoqiang's smiling face, Song Jianing had tasted the feeling of being proud for the first time in her life.

As soon as Liang Shao left, Song Jianing ate another bowl of rice. Before the bowl of rice became the meat on her chest, a decree suddenly came down from the palace to call in the 13 to 17 year old unmarried girls from the 1st to 9th grade Beijing official’s mansion. Palace, choose the concubine for the third princes birthday king and the fourth prince Gong Wang!