Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 444 Companion Reading

On this day, Jingshu invited several ladies with daughters of suitable age into the palace, and wanted to choose some ladies to accompany Sister Bao.

This is a good thing that is very beneficial to the future of their daughters, so the families who were selected by Jingshu were very concerned about it. Before Xiangwu, the ladies took their little daughters into the palace.

Among these little girls, Jing Shu already has two favorite candidates in mind, one is Pingyang's eldest daughter, Sister Qing, and the other is Murong Lizhu's daughter, Sister Xue.

These two children are the same age as Princess Bao and have good temperaments. Naturally, Jingshu wants to bring good things like this to her own family first.

Jingshu held a palace banquet in the front hall of Jiaofang Hall. Jingshu was at the first place. Several ladies with their daughters were arranged on both sides. Jingshu chatted with several ladies for a while, and then faced a few little girls. Asked: "Do you like to come and play in the palace?"

Among them, Chen Zhaozhao, the granddaughter of the chief minister of the cabinet, Chen Gelao, is the oldest, one year older than Sister Bao. She is seven years old this year. After hearing Jingshu’s words, the little girl was the first to agree: "The pavilions in the palace are more beautiful than the ones in the palace." Our palace is taller and the flowers in the palace are more beautiful. I like to come and play in the palace."

The little girl from the Chen family was extremely dignified and the most cheerful among the girls. Jingshu nodded with satisfaction and said, "Would Zhaozhao be willing to come to the palace every day?"

Zhaozhao nodded and agreed: "I like the palace and am willing to come every day."

Jing Shu ordered the female officer to give the little girl a plate of sweet cakes on the table. Chen Zhaozhao was very polite at a young age and bowed to Jing Shu in a decent manner to thank her.

Jingshu asked the other little girls: "Sister Zhaozhao likes to come to the palace, who else among you likes her?"

Sister Qing replied: "I also like to come to the palace, because I can see my second aunt and sister Bao in the palace."

As soon as Sister Qing finished speaking, Pingyang on the side scolded her daughter and whispered: "How many times have I told you that I want to call you empress."

After calling her second aunt for so many years, how can a child change her name so easily? Jingshu said to Pingyang: "Children, please don't hold her captive."

With that said, Jingshu greeted Sister Qing and said, "Come on, Sister Qing, come to Auntie."

When Jingshu was in the house, the children all liked to be close to her. After hearing Jingshu's words, Sister Qing immediately ran over, called "Second Aunt" sweetly and sat down next to her.

Princess Bao, who was sitting next to Jingshu, winked at Qingjiu quietly and said in a low voice: "We'll eat in a while, and I'll take you to the imperial garden to play."

Sister Qing happily nodded towards Princess Bao. Seeing Pingyang's warning gaze, Sister Qing secretly stuck out her tongue and quickly sat down next to Jingshu.

Jingshu saw that Zhou Lan, the daughter of the legitimate son of the second wife of Zhongshun Hou Mansion, had been sitting neatly beside her mother. She smiled and asked, "Does Laner like the palace?"

Lan'er glanced at her mother first, then nodded.

Zhou Lan’s mother, Mrs. Xu, scolded her daughter and said, “When the queen asks you something, you have to answer it well.”

 Zhou Lan quickly replied: "I like it."

Jingshu asked again: "Why does Lan'er like Gongli?"

Hearing this, the little girl raised her head and looked at her mother, Mrs. Xu. Mrs. Xu said angrily to her daughter: "My queen asked you something, just answer her."

Zhou Lan then looked at Jing Shu again and replied with a hint of timidity: "Mother said the palace is nice, so I like it."

Tong Yan Wuji’s words made everyone laugh.

Although Miss Zhou was a little timid compared to other ladies, Jing Shu liked the child's innocence and ordered the female official to reward her with a snack with a smile. Zhou Lan took the snack and looked at her mother for instructions. Mrs. Xu shook her head helplessly and sighed: "My queen has given me a reward. You have to thank me."

The little girl finally realized what she was doing and was about to kneel down to thank Jingshu. Jingshu stopped her and said, "Young kid, there's no need to be too polite."

As she spoke, Jingshu asked Sister Xue who was beside Murong Lizhu, "Would Sister Xue be willing to come to the palace to play every day?"

Sister Xue did not answer directly, but asked Jingshu: "Dare you ask me, do you come to the palace every day just to play?"

Jingshu smiled and replied: "Not only playing, but also studying with the master and the female master, learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, etc. In short, in addition to playing, you can also learn a lot of things."

Sister Xue replied: "I also have a female teacher in my house who teaches me how to read and practice the piano every day."

Sister Xue is two years younger than her own daughter and is already enlightened. It can be seen that Jiang Youchen and Murong Lizhu are good at raising their daughters. Jing Shu can't help but secretly complain about Li Ling.

Jingshu waved to Sister Xue. The little girl stood up and walked to Jingshu. Jingshu looked at Wenjing's cousin and niece carefully and asked softly: "Then would you like to come to the palace and have some friends with you?" Are ordinary little girls studying together?"

Sister Xue thought for a while and replied: "It's not impossible, but if I meet the masters in the palace who are not as good as the female teachers in the palace, can I still go back to the palace to study?"

Jingshu didn't expect that such a young child would have such considerations. She nodded at Sister Xue and said, "Of course, Sister Xue can make her own decision with whichever master she wants to learn from."

Sister Xue then nodded and said: "Then I will go to the palace to study for a while and try it out."

The little girl is very assertive and quite difficult to find.

Jingshu touched her niece's head curiously, nodded and said, "Okay, Auntie, listen to Sister Xue."

Jingshu chatted with the little girls who entered the palace one by one, and already had a plan in mind. When the children were full, Jingshu ordered the female officer to take a few little girls to play. She and several nobles The woman was drinking tea and chatting in the pavilion, while watching the children playing happily.

 At the end of the afternoon, the ladies left the palace with their wives. Jingshu called her daughter and asked: "Of the little girls my mother has hired today, which of them do you like to go to the study with you to study in the future?"

Sister Xiaobao blinked and said simply: "I didn't take a fancy to any of them."

Jingshu said in surprise: "There are so many friends, why don't you like any of them?"

Sister Bao pouted and said, "Just now when we were playing together, I asked them who could ride a horse, but none of them knew how. They couldn't even ride a horse, so what's the fun in that?"

From a daughter's family, Li Ling was taught how to ride a horse by her father when she was only five or six years old. Li Ling was the first in the world.

Seeing her daughter like this, Jing Shu couldn't help but complain about Li Ling.

　　　You raised your daughter to be so wild, and now she really doesn’t look like a girl at all.

Jing Shu looked at her little daughter and replied: "If you want to ride a horse, all you need is your father and brother to accompany you. But now you go to the study room to study every day. These little girls were chosen by your mother to study with you. "

After hearing this, Sister Bao said: "Sister Qing is my sister. We played together when we were in the palace, so we let her come to the palace to study together. There is also Sister Xue's cousin, among these little girls , she is the most beautiful, and my mother asked her to come. As for the rest, my mother can choose by herself, I have no objection."

 (End of this chapter)