As soon as the news that Tian Minrui was selected as a scholar spread in Beijing, a trend started. It was said that Zhongxian County House was a nouveau riche, but now his son had a real reputation. It was not that he was a scholar, but
There are really only a handful of talented people at the age of thirteen.
The emperor was also very surprised when he heard that the eldest son of Zhongxian County's uncle had passed the scholar examination, but he didn't say anything. However, Tian Minyan learned from Qi Shiqi that the emperor's expectations seemed to be quite high.
Tian Minyan felt a little worried after hearing this. Tian Minrui himself didn't even know that he would be an official or a businessman in the future. The emperor had made expectations. What would happen if Tian Minrui wanted to be a businessman in the future?
But now is not the time to talk about this. According to the person who announced the good news, after knowing that he had won the scholarship, Tian Minrui planned to deal with the business and property there with Tian Huairen in the countryside. He would not return to Beijing for a while, and let Tian Minyan
They should not hold a banquet.
Therefore, the uncle's house in Zhong County did not celebrate grandly, but some people still came to the door with gifts. It was difficult to refuse them, so Tian Minyan had to return the gifts one by one based on friendship.
However, gifts are easy to return, so not everyone can recommend this party, especially the post posted by the Protector of the Country.
"My wife said, knowing that it is difficult to invite the king of Huimin County, I ask you and Mrs. Zhongxian to give face." In the side hall, a well-dressed nanny wearing a gold walking stick on her head covered her mouth and joked.
Tian Minyan smiled bitterly. From the time he opened Jinxiu Villa until Brother Rui became a scholar, he has become more and more popular. Party posts are sent one after another, but the Duke Protector's wife is not who she is. The Duke Protector's Mansion is also a supporter of the emperor.
, it’s not easy not to give this face.
Moreover, Nanny Tang who is here is also a celebrity of the Protector's wife and Qian'er.
"Mom is joking, you can only tell the Protector's wife that I thank her for the warm invitation and you will arrive on time." Tian Minyan said with a smile.
"Hey, that's right. The county magistrate can't agree to other people's wishes again. When the time comes, my wife will have to come and pick her up." Aunt Tang immediately beamed after hearing this.
"That's natural."
Aunt Tang got the letter and stayed there soon. She looked at the sky and said, "Madam is still waiting for the servant to reply to the letter. She's going home now."
Tian Minyan and Luo Shi stood up, pretending to send them off. Nanny Tang was even more happy to see them, and her smile became brighter. However, she knew that she would not really let them go, so she said: "Madam and the county gentleman, please sit down and say goodbye."
Send it away, otherwise, my wife will blame me for being helpless."
"Auntie Rong, please send Aunty Tang off for my wife and I." Tian Minyan ordered with a smile.
"Why."
This Aunt Rong is an old lady who came from the palace. Aunt Tang didn't dare to trust her, so she hurriedly said: "I don't dare to take it. The county king can just send a girl. Where can I do it?"
"Mother Tang, this is not the first time we have met. We have talked to you before. Could it be that my old sister doesn't recognize me as my sister?" Aunt Rong said with a smile.
Aunt Tang kept saying she didn't dare, and she made another accusation, and left the Zhongxian County Uncle's Mansion. When she returned to the Protector's Mansion, she told the details of what she had seen and heard about the Zhongxian County Uncle's Mansion, and praised: "
Those girls are all well-behaved, they walk without making a sound, and they do things in an orderly manner. They are really well-trained and well-behaved, and no one can tell that they are from the countryside."
The Protector's wife glanced at the diamond bracelet in her hand and said with a smile: "Well, Lord Huimin is a wonderful person!"
As for the uncle's house in Zhong County, Luo looked at Tian Minyan with a wry smile and said, "What kind of chrysanthemum appreciation party is this? It's just another Hongmen Banquet."
Tian Minyan smiled and comforted: "Mom, the Protector's office is a supporter of the emperor and will not participate in the fight for the crown prince. It's okay for us to accept this party. Moreover, the Protector's wife is also a wonderful person, and it's not bad to make friends with her.
"
Luo Shi sighed and said: "In this circle of ladies, socializing is really more tiring than farming. You have to think carefully about your words."
Tian Minyan smiled, but that's it. It's better to be simple in life, but there is a saying that people can't help themselves in the world. How many people in this capital are truly simple?
A few days later, it was already late autumn. Because the autumn examination results were not long ago, there were still many students staying in the capital. The wine shops, music houses and painted boats were singing and dancing every night. How many people could bear to live in the prosperity of the capital?
Tian Minyan lifted up a crack in the curtain in the carriage and looked at the street. People were coming and going, and it was very lively.
The carriage drove all the way to the side entrance of the Duke Protector's Palace. The boy who was driving the carriage handed the post to the porter, and the two women immediately let go of the door and someone went to report the message.
A mother-in-law led the way to the second gate. The person who came out to greet Mrs. Protector was Aunt Tang. When she saw Tian Minyan and the others, she smiled and said, "Now Madam, I feel at ease. I was worried that you might not be able to come if something happened."
Woolen cloth!"
Tian Minyan said with a smile: "Since I agreed, I will come." As she said that, she tilted her head slightly, and Ji Xiang Ruyi behind her handed over the prepared gift.
"Don't blame my wife for saying that Mr. Huimin County is being too polite." When Grandma Tang saw her, she immediately smiled again.
After exchanging pleasantries, they changed into the linoleum cart of the Duke's Mansion and headed towards the inner house.
The car stopped at the Moon Gate. Tian Minyan and Luo Shi each supported the girl's hand and got out of the car. They looked up and saw the five main rooms lined up in the distance. They were decorated with blue bricks and tiles, and they looked majestic.
Aunt Tang led the way and said, "Today is a flower viewing banquet, and my wife has arranged the banquet in the garden."
Tian Minyan smiled slightly and followed Luo Shi in an obedient manner, very dignified and generous, with proper etiquette.
After turning out of the moon gate of the garden, I saw many ladies and ladies standing or sitting talking happily in the colorful garden.
Tian Minyan took a quick glance and saw that Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Gao, who were friends with her, were among them, as well as the young lady she was familiar with. She breathed a sigh of relief, as there was no one left to talk to.
The garden of the Duke Protector's Mansion is huge. As you look around, you can see rockeries, pavilions and waterside pavilions. There are many kinds of flowers and plants. Although it is late autumn, it is green and lush, with various flowers dotted in clusters.
, clustered together, forming a sea of flowers, really blooming.
The Protector's wife had already received the news from her servants, and was talking about flowers with the ladies beside her. When she saw them coming, she stopped talking and looked over with a smile.
At the end of the sea of flowers, a noble lady in rouge-colored clothes and a beautiful girl came from a distance across the sea of flowers.
Tian Minyan is wearing a honey-colored fine brocade dress with gold sprinkles, and a brocade skirt with shining silver beads and pearls. The skirt is embroidered with butterflies and flowers. As she walks, the complicated butterflies seem to fly. She
She wore a heart-shaped bun and a long chrysanthemum-pattern enamel tassel inlaid with beads on her head, swaying her steps, applying a thin layer of pink and white, smiling brightly, and walked over slowly.
Because it was late autumn and the sun was not strong, the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet of the Protector's Lady was held at noon. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon. The golden sunshine of late autumn came softly and enveloped her whole body.
At this time, she walked towards her gracefully. The sunlight fell on the beads on her skirt. The gold and silver were intertwined and swayed with her steps. The autumn wind blew and flowers of various colors swayed gently beside her. For a moment, there was someone there.
The illusion that the flower-planting fairy is stepping on the flowers makes people unable to take their eyes away.
The Protector's wife stood up and praised with a smile: "Look, a flower fairy has come to our Duke Protector's residence today."
It turned out that after hearing the conversation with the Protector's wife, the lady also looked up, her eyes flashed with surprise, and she either really or married her and started to praise her.
Tian Minyan followed Luo Shi to the Lady Protector, and gave her a graceful salute. Her behavior was generous, natural, decent and steady, and the Lady Protector was even more delighted.
She personally helped her up, looked her up and down, and then said to Luo Shi, "This girl changes every day. It's been a long time since we last seen her, and Mr. Huimin County is even more beautiful. Mr. Zhong County
Madam, you are so lucky."
"Mrs. Protector, please don't praise her. This girl can put on an air of pretense in front of outsiders, but she's very wild at home." Luo Shi said modestly, but in her eyes, she was full of pride.
"You are the only one who hides such an upright daughter so well." Mrs. Protector said angrily, then she introduced several ladies around her and bowed to each other.
Madam Liu and the others have known each other for a long time, and Madam Protector also seems to know that the seats are arranged together. Tian Minyan had to sigh, this mistress is not an ordinary person who has to be capable, even in this circle, whose wife
Whoever you want to be friends with must be investigated clearly.
"Go, you young ladies, go and talk together." Lord Protector gave Tian Minyan a nudge and nuzzled at the young ladies.
Tian Minyan also walked over to Liang Fang'er and the others, shook hands and bowed to each other, and started chatting. Among them, some ladies who were familiar with each other came over to say hello, even Yao Yuying also came over.
Today she is dressed plainly again, with a crescent-white dress, a white jade hairpin and a few clusters of beaded flowers on her head, making her look more and more refined.
"Are you that Mr. Huimin County?"
Just as he was talking, a sharp voice interrupted. Tian Minyan looked over and saw a girl about fourteen or fifteen years old walking quickly. Her skirt was embroidered with flowers, and she walked like rolling waves. But
In her eyes, there was hatred and disgust.
Tian Minyan blinked, who is this person? Did he offend her?
"It's Miss Qiu." Yao Yuying's eyes flashed, she pulled Qiu Ningyan affectionately, and said to Tian Minyan: "Huimin County Lord lives in seclusion, so I'm afraid he doesn't recognize him. This is Qiu Ningyan, the daughter of the uncle's family, the Queen's niece.
"
After hearing this, Qiu Ningyan raised her chin proudly and glanced sideways at Tian Minyan, her eyes full of resentment. If it hadn't been for this Huimin County Lord, would her mother have been imprisoned by her father and deprived of her housekeeper rights?
She is just a wild girl from the country, and she still wants to fly up a branch and become a phoenix! Humph!
Tian Minyan's expression was indifferent, what kind of Qiu Ningyan was she, looking like a peacock, thinking that everyone was following her?
At the moment, she just nodded lightly as a greeting, and then said to Liang Fang'er: "I heard that there are many famous chrysanthemums in the Duke's Mansion. Don't you want to draw one? Let's go and enjoy them?"
"OK!"
Qiu Ningyan didn't expect that Tian Minyan, a country girl, would be embarrassed by her in public. She was stunned and became angry. She screamed at Tian Minyan's back: "Why, Mr. Huimin County, he is clearly a wild girl, and he doesn't show politeness to anyone."
, uneducated, bah!”
"Miss Qiu, don't say that. Mr. Huimin County is highly praised by the emperor. Maybe he is a little indifferent because he is not familiar with you. Look, the flowers are blooming over there. Let's go and enjoy them together." Yao Yuying
Smiled softly.
Tian Minyan glanced at her and narrowed her eyes. Yao Yuying's smile froze, and she felt like she was being seen through. With just one glance, Tian Minyan passed her and turned away.
"The appearance is different. Uncle Huang was deceived by her. The country girl is really very pretentious." Qiu Ningyan was persuaded by Yao Yuying, and her anger rose instead of falling, and her voice became louder and louder.
Tian Minyan stopped and turned around. She flicked her sleeves, and when she turned around, her skirt also swung, making a beautiful circle. She frowned and sneered: "Fang'er, Cai'er is doing well, protect the country."
Why is there a mad dog in the palace? It's barking and it's really annoying."
Qiu Ningyan stepped forward, glared and said angrily: "Who do you think is a mad dog!"
"That's what I said. Oh, Miss Qiu, did you see it too?" Tian Minyan smiled lightly and said, "Miss Qiu, please stay away. The bite of a mad dog is poisonous and contagious."
Saying that, take a step back.
Qiu Ningyan was so angry that when she saw the chuckles around her, she raised her hand and was about to hit Tian Minyan.
Jixiang, who was following Tian Minyan, saw this and quickly moved forward to block, but was pulled by Tian Minyan, and Qiu Ningyan's hand hit Jixiang's arm.
"Miss Qiu, what do you mean?" Tian Minyan pulled Ji Xiang behind her, put away the smile on her face, took a step forward, and stared at Qiu Ningyan sharply.
Although she was only thirteen years old, her aura was not inferior at all. Coupled with her sharp and cold eyes, Qiu Ningyan couldn't help but step back.
Realizing her actions, her face changed slightly, but she straightened her chest, raised her chin, and sneered: "Why, my hand suddenly accidentally touched your girl, what will Mr. Huimin do?"
"Aren't you careful?" Tian Minyan raised the corners of her mouth coldly. It was obvious that she was careless. Wasn't he going to slap her in the face? If he didn't get angry, would he be treating her as hello kitty?
Yao Yuying was watching the excitement from the side, and did not come out to smooth things over at this time. When she caught a glimpse of the sneer on the corner of Tian Minyan's mouth, she felt that it was very familiar, as if she had seen it before. She thought for a while, yes, that's how Prince Xian sneered.
expression.
Lazy, wise, but extremely cold!
They were so similar that Yao Yuying's pupils shrank and her hands clenched into balls subconsciously.
"Oh, this sister has such a big mosquito on her face." Tian Minyan smiled coldly, suddenly approached, shouted at a girl dressed as a big girl next to Qiu Ningyan, and at the same time, her hands attacked her pretty face.
Go.
There was a crisp slap, and everyone was stunned, including the girl who was beaten, but the culprit raised his white and tender palms in annoyance and said with an innocent face: "What a pity, I missed it!"
Qiu Ningyan was so angry that her eyes were filled with smoke. She jumped up and said angrily: "Tian Minyan, you are bullying me too much!" As she said this, her hands became claws and she was about to rush towards her.
