In the afternoon, Jiang Changning learned the rules and came back to take a bath.

She took a shower and sat in front of the dressing table to do her makeup.

Fangju walked in, muttering something unknown.

"What's wrong? Who made you angry?" Jiang Changning asked with concern.

"No one made me angry, girl, I heard something." Fang Ju took the jade comb from the maid's hand and helped Jiang Changning comb his hair.

Jiang Changning smiled, "No wonder I haven't seen you all afternoon. I guess you were there to listen to gossip."

Fang Ju smiled and whispered: "The fifth girl has taken a liking to the guests who live in the mansion."

"Lu Pingxu." Jiang Changning picked out an orchid-headed hosta from the jewelry box and handed it to her.

Fangju's eyes widened, "Girl, you've heard of it."

"No, I guessed it." Jiang Changning smiled.

"The girl can guess right." Fangju inserted the magnolia hairpin into Jiang Changning's bun, "I thought she would fall in love with Master Xie, but I didn't expect that she would fall in love with Master Lu."

"How do you know she's not interested?" Jiang Changning asked sarcastically.

Fang Ju was stunned and thought for a while, "She has a crush on both of them, but Master Xie doesn't have a crush on her. Master Lu and she have their eyes on each other."

"Pfft." Jiang Changning was amused by her, "One is a girl with a male appearance, and the other is a boy with a female appearance. They are a good match, but Lu Pingxu doesn't like her."

Although Lu Pingxu was also born as a concubine, General Lu had no legitimate son.

Also, his aunt allowed him to escort her daughter to Beijing for the draft, which shows that she has great trust in him. Lu Pingxu should be like a legitimate son in the Lu family.

Fang Ju seemed to understand, but Jiang Changning didn't explain much.

In the early morning, Jiang Changning went to pay his respects to Mrs. Zhuang. Passing by the garden, he met Zhuang Jike.

Zhuang Zike was holding a pot of flowers in his hand, a pot of marigolds with orange flowers.

"Sister Ning, do you think these flowers look good?" Zhuang Jike asked.

"It's beautiful." Jiang Changning smiled, "Brother Ke Fourth wants to send flowers to the old lady?"

This road was obviously not going to Mrs. Zhuang's yard. Jiang Changning asked this deliberately. She was very disgusted with Zhuang Jike's frequent visits to the inner house.

"The flowers are for Sister Ju. It's the first time that Sister Ju has been away from home for so long and she is depressed all day long. I give her flowers to make her happy," Zhuang Zike said.

"Brother Ke Si has really thought it through, send it over quickly." Jiang Changning said with a slight smile.

It's great that Zhuang Jike replaced someone and showed his attentiveness.

On the fourth day of June, the Weaving Office sent someone to deliver clothes for the show girls, one set of light green and one set of light pink.

Along with the dress, there was a box of colorful palace flowers.

No longer needing to learn etiquette and rules from Aunt Peng, Jiang Changning prepared a heavy gift and gave it to Aunt Peng, "Auntie has been busy these days."

"The girl is so polite. It's my honor to be able to serve you. The girl is a blessed person and she will be safe and smooth in the future." Aunt Peng sincerely wished.

Although Jiang Changning was not close to her these days, she knew that it was Jiang Changning who provided the money to prepare delicious meals for her in the kitchen, as well as the silver leaf tea that she loved to drink.

"I hope I can see Auntie again one day." Jiang Changning had a good impression of Aunt Peng and was willing to give her some trust.

"I think this will happen one day," Aunt Peng said with a smile.

That afternoon, Aunt Peng left the banker's house. Mrs. Zhuang tentatively asked her, hoping she could stay.

Aunt Peng declined, and Mrs. Zhuang was polite and rewarded her with one hundred taels of silver.

After leaving the banker's house, Aunt Peng went to report back to her master.

Her mistress is not the Queen Mother, nor the Princess of Runan, but the King of Jin.

Chang Youzhong saw her and said, "I'm back."

"Yes, could you please inform me?" Aunt Peng said with a smile.

Chang Youzhong turned around and entered the study, "Your Majesty, Peng Shaoping is back."

King Jin put down the military book in his hand and said, "Let her come in."

Although Aunt Peng had sent a lot of news over the past month or so, he still wanted to hear her talk in detail.

"Your Majesty." Aunt Peng greeted Prince Jin, "Miss Jiang is extremely intelligent, kind-hearted, soft on the outside and strong on the inside..."

He used a lot of good words to praise Jiang Changning, and then talked about some things at the banker.

"Zhuang Jike, the fourth young master of the banker family, used to love to get in front of Miss Jiang, and Miss Jiang treated him politely. After Miss Lu's arrival, Zhuang Jike went to show her attentiveness, and he no longer bothered Miss Jiang."

"He's very courageous." King Jin sneered. He didn't dare to openly contact Jiang Changning despite the draft announcement.

"Master Zhuang wants him to marry the Princess of Yan'an County, the daughter of Duke Jian."

The King of Jin sneered repeatedly, "The ignorant are fearless."

Zhuang Shenmao was a third-rank official and had a high family status, which was a good match for the Duke of Daijian County.

But Zhuang Jike was a man of no rank, and his dream of marrying a county magistrate was undoubtedly a toad's desire to eat swan meat.

"Zhuang Jike will take the imperial examination next year, and the Zhuang family believes that he will definitely pass high school."

"Oh, let's wait and see." When King Jin heard that Zhuang Jike liked to get in front of Jiang Changning, he hated him.

At the beginning of the next day, Jiang Changning put on light blue palace clothes, held the simplest double bun, and wore two green-calyx plum blossoms and went out of the yard.

This dynasty selects a show every three years. In addition to enriching the harem, it also provides marriages for the children of the clan within three generations and the children of meritorious families.

Jiang Changning was in a state of confusion. She neither wanted to stay in the harem and fight with a bunch of women for public toilets, nor did she want to be randomly assigned to a stranger as her wife.

But things just happened to happen. There was a marriage first, and then there was the draft.

It was as if a raging torrent was rushing forward, wrapping her around her. Even though she tried her best, she couldn't swim to the shore.

This feeling of powerlessness was very bad and made Jiang Changning feel that everything she did was in vain.

When they arrived at Mrs. Zhuang's yard, Zhuang Qingyan and Zhuang Qingchan had already arrived. After waiting for a while, Xie Baoyin and Lu Xiuju also came.

Mrs. Zhuang said to the five people: "Today is just the primary election. Don't be nervous. It will pass soon."

"Yes." The five people bowed and responded.

"Fourth sister, I will take you out." Zhuang Qingmei took Zhuang Qingchan's arm with a smile on her face.

Zhuang Qingchan was stunned by Zhuang Qingmei's sudden enthusiasm, "No..."

"Let's go, Fourth Sister." Zhuang Qingmei didn't allow her to refuse.

When I arrived at the second door, I saw Xie Zhang and Lu Pingxu standing there.

A flash of understanding flashed across Jiang Changning's eyes, and Zhuang Qingmei smiled and said, "Thank you, Brother Lu, Brother Lu, you are here to see off the sisters, right? That's great."

As she said this, she even gave Lu Pingxu a wink.

It's just that she doesn't look good, and there's no trace of charm in her eyes.

Zhuang Qingyan frowned, this concubine was embarrassed here again.

She has no time to talk to her now. When she comes back from the primary election, she must tell her mother to restrain Zhuang Qingmei to prevent her from doing anything that will disgrace her family.

Zhuang Qingmei didn't know that her sister-in-law wanted to tie her up with a rope and stuff a towel into her mouth while she was still having sex with Lu Pingxu.

Fortunately, without saying a few words, Mr. Zhuang Er came, and those who got on the carriage got on the carriage, and those who mounted their horses mounted their horses.

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Chapter completed!