The fifteenth year of Jade Zhang.

Late winter and early spring.

The Emperor of Daxia held a grand ceremony for his most precious seventeenth princess, Chu Mingzhu.

In order to accumulate blessings for the Seventeenth Princess, the emperor ordered the capital to hold a one-month Lantern Festival to celebrate with the people.

The noble ladies in the capital are blessed by the princess, and they can accompany their families to go shopping in the streets and lanterns every night.

In addition to noble girls, the daughters of ordinary families are more free and they play in the lantern market every night. However, there are only a few of them who are literate, so they cannot dress up like noble girls and stop in front of the lanterns and bite the handkerchief to guess the riddles, which attracts a group of princes and grandsons to watch. I don’t know if it is the riddles or the people who are watching the riddles.

Most of the women were shuttled through the lantern market, carrying a small flower basket, and shouting: "Flowers are selling! Young Master, buy a flower and give it to your lover!"

The flower seller is quite decent, but the girl who is standing on the side of the road selling charcoal is a bit abrupt.

Looking around, there were charcoal sellers standing next to each charcoal cart, with dusty faces and fireworks, and dark hair on their hair.

Among a group of charcoal sellers, a girl of sixteen or seventeen years old was opening her voice and recommended the charcoal on the ox cart in front of her to the customers who came and bought it: "Officials, come and see the charcoal in our Du family. It catches a quick fire and is resistant to burning. It is smokeless and has no open fire. It is absolutely good charcoal!"

She was dressed simply, with no powder on her face, and had no headdress on her hair except a wooden hairpin, but she still shone in the night market.

"Let's take a look at the charcoal in our Du family," the girl had already picked up a piece of charcoal to show it to the guests, shouting louder and louder, "The texture is clear, black and smooth, not easily broken, and there is little crushed powder. It is absolutely good charcoal, good quality, cheap and easy to use. You can find out when you buy it once and try it."

Her enthusiastic shouting successfully attracted a group of customers, and the charcoal on the ox cart was quickly bought.

The girl counted the copper coins in her hand, which were fifty cents and could buy ten dou of rice. Her adoptive parents have always been frugal, which was enough for them to eat for several months.

The girl was satisfied and put all the copper coins into the bag and tied them around her waist. Then she heard a sound in her ear: "Buy charcoal!"

When the girl heard the sound, she looked up and saw that it was a pair of masters and servants. Just looking at the dress of the maid in front of the charcoal cart, she knew that her lady must be the noble daughter of a princely and noble family in Chang'an City. How could such a wealthy family let the lady take her maid to do the work of buying charcoal?

"Sorry, my charcoal is sold out. You can go somewhere else to ask!" The girl smiled apologized.

"The charcoal is gone, so buy your ox cart!" The maid was arrogant, and the lady behind her had a bad face. She was so useless that she looked so beautiful.

"I'll sell you the ox cart, so what will I use to transport my charcoal in the future?" the girl smiled, "Is this sister here to find fault?"

The maid also smiled, but she smiled arrogantly: "Since the girl said so, if we don't find fault, we will not give the girl face."

After the maid finished speaking, four servants suddenly appeared behind the lady, rushed forward and pulled the ox cart and left.

Why didn't she notice that this lady has brought so many people?

The girl hurriedly stopped her: "Hey, how can you buy a ox cart? It's obviously a robbery!"

"Yes, if you buy it, then why are you looking for trouble?" the maid said proudly.

The girl could not defeat several servants alone. Not only did they grab the ox cart, they were also very rude to the girl. Someone raised her feet and kicked the girl away from the ox cart.

"Is there any other king's law? Are you rich and still lacking a broken ox cart? Which powerful family are you? Do you dare to sign up for fame? I will tell you to Jingzhao Yin that you, a wealthy and powerful family like you, who actually did robbery in the street, are shameless!"

Many passers-by have attracted attention around.

The girl got up from the ground and then stepped forward to stop her. Seeing that the girl was about to be beaten again, she heard a shout from the ground: "The wife of the Duke E, the general of the Right Wuhou, is here, who dares to be arrogant?"

The servants immediately retreated when they heard this. The maid who was so arrogant also changed her face and turned her head to see her lady. Hey! Her lady had left at some point.

"Miss--" The maid and the servant went to look for someone quickly.

The ox cart was finally saved. The girl stepped forward and held the old cow in her house and breathed a sigh of relief. She reached out and patted the old cow's head to comfort her.

Su, the wife of the Duke E's mansion, stepped on the stool of the carriage, and with the help of the maid, got off the carriage, walked towards the girl selling charcoal, and called out: "Li Niang!"

Du Liniang turned around and immediately smiled and greeted her: "Auntie, thank you, fortunately, it was my aunt who came, otherwise the niece would have been bullied."

"Li Gong, the general of the Right Wuhou, is your uncle, Duke Li Gong of the Lord E, is your uncle, Duke Duke Lai, Duke Duke Lai, is your uncle, and Duke Qing of the Ministry of Works, is your father, who dares to bully you?" The wife of Duke E, counted her words, although she was full of blame, she looked full of kindness. She reached out and pulled her niece Du Liniang and said, "You, you are so good, the fourth lady of the Shangshu Mansion is not good, and she ran out to be a charcoal seller!"

"My adoptive father has been sick these days. The adoptive mother is old and has difficulty in legs and feet. If she doesn't sell the charcoal at home, she will not be able to sell it when the weather is warm. The two elders have no other income. Of course, I have to help them. It's just a simple task. Aunt, look, I sold all the charcoal in a whole truck, and it's sold for fifty cents!"

Du Liniang pointed at the ox cart at Duke E Guoma, patted the money bag around her waist, and said proudly, "I followed my adoptive father to sell charcoal at the age of ten, and I have known the tricks for a long time!"

Seeing that his niece had carbon black on her face, but she was still overjoyed, the wife of Duke of E couldn't help feeling distressed.

Du Liniang is the daughter of her own sister. She has been separated from her family since she was a child. She is a lady from the Shangshu Mansion but is suffering among the people. Although she has been found now, her sister, Xiao Su, the original wife of Du Keqing, the Minister of Works, has long passed away.

He was abducted since childhood and his biological mother passed away. As his biological aunt, Mrs. E Guogong certainly loved this niece even more and immediately ordered his servants to send the ox cart and 100 taels of silver to Du Liniang's adoptive parents' home.

Du Liniang said, "Oh, aunt, my adoptive parents raised me and did not seek money for money. They refused to ask for the money given to them by my father!"

"Then they will have the heart to see you, a noble lady from the Shangshu Mansion, sell charcoal on the street without feeling distressed?"

"The adoptive parents treat me as their own, so they naturally feel distressed."

"Isn't that all?" Mrs. E said angrily, "Let them use this silver to buy a property in the suburbs of Beijing, add a few acres of fertile land, and live by collecting rent in the future. Even if you treat it as a filial piety to repay their years of raising them for many years! You are so old that you have no time to revolve around them every day?"

Mrs. E Guogong said as she led Du Liniang towards the carriage of Li's mansion.

Behind him, the maids and mothers were huddling around and following.

Mrs. E continued, "Now that you have returned to your own home. Whether you are studying and reading or reading a female worker, you have to ask your husband to teach you the etiquette in the mansion and make up for all the lost years. You have passed the age of your hair and have not betrothed to others. Is your father not in a hurry?"

"No hurry." Du Liniang smiled playfully.

The wife of Duke E laughed and immediately raised her face and said seriously: "He doesn't worry, I'm anxious!"

"Auntie, why are you anxious?" Du Liniang snuggled on the shoulders of Duke E and acted coquettishly.

Mrs. E Guogong sighed and said, "Your mother went early because she missed you and became sick. If you can't promise a good family and a good home in this life, she won't be able to live in peace underground. Your mother is gone, and I am your aunt, so I can only plan for you. If you have not been away from home for these years, noble girls of our family backgrounds will definitely be able to give you a good family. But in recent years, you have followed the Du couple with a lack of food and clothing, and you have lived a hard life. You don't know a big word, let alone any precious girls who can learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Think about it, even if your uncle and I make the decision for you, we have found a marriage for you in our great families, and you have married, how can you rely on to gain a foothold in the back house?"

"Auntie, I can settle the score." Du Liniang smiled happily.

Mrs. E really wanted to roll her eyes: "Even if the charcoal gets dozens of cents? Can this be compared with the in-house feeding of a high-end and large-scale household?"

Only my biological aunt would care so much about her, a daughter who lost her mother.

Du Liniang felt warm in her heart, she stuck out her tongue and said, "Don't worry, aunt, I've listened to my aunt, so will aunt invite a gentleman for Li Niang tomorrow?"

"How can one be enough? What are the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, female workers, etiquette, and everyone has to be invited."

Du Liniang suddenly felt that her head was two big. Can her charcoal seller be able to play the piano and draw?

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The palace maid Ganoderma and a few eunuchs pretending to be a servant finally caught up with Chu Mingzhu on the shore of Juxing Lake. Several people shouted: "Princess, princess--"

Chu Mingzhu turned around and threw a cold eye knife to several people. The few people immediately slapped themselves and changed their words: "Miss Seventeen!"

Chu Mingzhu snorted coldly: "Unhappy! Not fun!"

The princess was fifteen years old. After the wedding ceremony, the emperor and the concubines in the harem gave her many novel gifts, but she didn't even see them. After all, the princess was held in the palm of her hand by the emperor since she was a child. She had never seen any world? Even if the emperor asked someone to pick the moon in the sky to her, she would dislike her: "It's not rare!"

Princess likes to find excitement, likes to watch others cry, likes to tease people...

The princess is either bad, the princess is just a little bit unruly and arrogant because of favor.

Lingzhi felt very regretful when she saw the princess frowning. She almost pleased the princess just now. It was all because of the damn charcoal seller who was bullied and did not cry. Not only did she not cry, she also dared to resist, but she also argued with them, and said she wanted to go to Jingzhao Yin to report them.

It's really ridiculous. Which inch of land in the world is not surnamed Chu? That little girl actually wants to sue the princess?

"Unforgivable!" Ganoderma lucidum spitted on the ground.

"You want to insult my ears with such dirty things?" Chu Mingzhu looked dark.

Ganoderma lucidum slapped himself in the face, so just scold an up-and-coming thing to wash the princess’ ears!

"The wife of Duke of E is really meddling in other people's business, and she actually sees injustice for the cheap things..."

Chu Mingzhu cut Ganoderma lucidum with another eye knife and asked angrily: "Unjust? Do you think this palace is unjust?"

"No, I'm wrong, the princess is... Ping."

Ganoderma lucidum is a bit messy. The princess is sometimes smart! Unfortunately, why can't she study well? The emperor also allowed the princess to go to Lingyan Pavilion to study with the princes, but the princess's homework is terrible. Every time the prince and the emperor report the prince's coursework to the emperor, the emperor would be so angry that he couldn't eat.

Whenever Ganoderma lucidum showed a look of seeing a ghost, Chu Mingzhu knew what she was thinking.

"My father is the emperor, so is it necessary for me to read good books? I am just an idiot, and I can still make those princes rush to be my son-in-law, not to mention that I am so beautiful! I can't read good books? I don't want to study! I don't spend any effort to study!"

Chu Mingzhu gave Ganoderma lustful glance, cursed, "I'm so annoying," and walked forward along Juxing Lake.

Ganoderma lucidum: “…”

Seeing that the eunuchs stared at them blankly, Ganoderma stomped her feet and cursed: "Damn, are you fools? You are not chasing them?"

Ganoderma lucidum and the eunuchs ran their legs and chased them all the way. After chasing them, they suddenly found that they had chased them too far. Just as they were chasing them, the princess stopped without being virtuous, which made them unable to stop for a while.

"Princess, princess—"

The group returned and ran to the princess. Seeing Chu Mingzhu's cold eyes throwing her hand after hand, everyone immediately realized that they had misled their tongues again and slapped themselves. Outside the palace, they wanted to call her "Miss Seventeen".

"Untifiable!" Chu Mingzhu was angry and disgusted.

"Yes, Miss Seventeen!"

After counting "one, two, three, prepare", everyone then shaved their ears neatly.

Chu Mingzhu pointed her hand at Juxing Lake and said, "I thought of a happy way!"
Chapter completed!