Chapter 119:

For the first time, Ning Nuan spent the New Year outside of Ning's home, and as the hostess of Prince An's Mansion, she also had many important things to handle, and even had a lot of personal contacts.
Most importantly, as a relative of the emperor, she had to follow Chu Fei into the palace to attend a family dinner.
On New Year’s Eve, Xiangtao came up with a gorgeous dress made by several embroidered women in a hurry before the annual banquet. Every detail is exquisite, which is much different from Ning Nuan’s usual style. It is Chu Fei's favorite type of gorgeous publicity.
This was also what Chu Fei asked. He gave a special order to make sure that he and Ning Nuan are a pair at a glance. Therefore, the details of the two sets of clothes are also similar in style. You can really see that the relationship between the two is different at a glance. general. Ning Nuan had no choice but to agree to his request.
She usually doesn't like heavy colors, but after wearing them, she is also dazzling. Chu Fei was used to her plain appearance, and suddenly put on a beautiful dress, which actually felt astonishing as on the day of the wedding.
After he calmed down, he said happily, "A Nuan is so good-looking, no one can compare to you in the palace."
"This is too early."
"Isn't this a good thing? Don't you have to let everyone know that you are my wife, let those people be jealous." Chu Fei said, "Besides, those people are not as good as you, so they should reflect on themselves. Is it possible to blame you?"
Before leaving the house, Wang An, who had no brain to protect his wife, had already figured out an excuse.
Ning Nuan smiled and said nothing.
The two went to the palace in a carriage. The palace has been preparing for a day, and many people have already arrived. It is very lively. Nevertheless, when Chu Fei and Ning Nuan played together, they still attracted a lot of attention.
The two brought them to the seat and sat down, and soon someone came to Chu Fei to speak with a wine glass. Regarding the matter of the two academies, there has not been a single result yet. As soon as they found the opportunity, the princes immediately became eager to move, and hurriedly seized the opportunity to come over and establish a relationship with him.
After Chu Fei left, Ning Nuan sat alone in her seat, and felt the light falling on her in all directions, or inquired or suspicious. She didn't raise her head, there was no expression on her face, and she waited silently for Chu Fei to return.
"Aunt Wang!" Jinghe Princess saw her from a distance, and immediately broke away from the hand of the maid next to her, and ran towards her happily.
Ning Nuan also remembered her. Seeing the princess dressed up today, she couldn't help but smile.
Jing and the princess rubbed against her, "Aunt Wang, I haven't seen you for a long time! Last time I heard from my mother that you and Uncle An were in the palace together, but unfortunately I was still in class at that time. Seeing you, it turns out that I still want to find you, but the queen mother is unwilling to let me out of the palace, and Uncle Wang did not enter the palace. I have only seen you now!"
Ning Nuan touched the heads of Jinghe and the princess, and whispered, "If the princess doesn't mind, you can come to the Ancestral House to find me next time."
Princess Jinghe's eyes lit up, and she was about to nod, but soon pouted. "But the queen wouldn't let me go out of the palace."
Princess Jinghe is young and the queen's youngest child, but she is the most favored on weekdays, and the queen is also very nervous about her safety. If it hadn't been for Chu Fei to take her out of the palace sometimes, she would never have the chance to go out of the palace, let alone take the palace lady out of the palace to find someone in the Ancestral Palace.
Ning Nuan smiled softly: "Then I will talk to the prince after I go back."
Then Jinghe princess became happy.
She held Ning Nuan's arm again, and said a lot of affectionately, her attitude was intimate, even more enthusiastic than the princess. The princesses of several princes also came naturally, and their eyes fell to this side.
When Chu Fei finally got rid of the annoying person, when he came back, he saw Jing and the princess taking their place. He raised his eyebrows and reached out to hug Jing and the princess.
Princess Jinghe kicked her legs subconsciously. When she recovered, she was already standing on the ground. When she turned her head, she saw Wang An suddenly appeared and sat down where she had just sat.
"Uncle Ann, you are here too!" Jing and Princess happily squeezed between the two of them: "I haven't seen you for a long time! Just now, the auntie Wang agreed with me, saying that she will let you come out with me next time. ."
Chu Fei looked at Ning Nuan, who blinked innocently. She just said that she would mention it with the prince when she went back, but she hadn't agreed yet.
When the words came to Princess Jinghe's mouth, she had already taken the lead in helping Chu Fei agree.
Chu Fei helpless: "You think about going out of the palace all day, and the queen doesn't say anything?"
"It's the mother's queen who doesn't agree, so I have to come to Uncle Wang. As long as Uncle Wang speaks, the queen won't object." Jinghe said.
Coincidentally, the disappearance of Princess Jinghe was also found over there, and someone quickly sent someone to look for it. Princess Jinghe had to get up and go back. She told Chu Fei to make him remember the matter, and then she reluctantly took the hand of the maid back.
When she returned to the queen, Ning Nuan said, "The princess is innocent and doesn't know much."
"Of course, I know that in this harem, she is my favorite." Chu Fei said, "and she is the only one who gets closer to me."
Ning Nuan looked down.
Chu Fei said again, "Even though she is my niece, she is not my child. If you really want to say, where can I have my own child, cute, A Nuan, don't you?"
"..." Ning Nuan raised his eyes and glared at him quietly, then silently lowered his eyes, pretending to hear nothing.
With the emergence of the Queen Mother, the annual banquet has finally begun.
Knowing that the Queen Mother didn't like herself, Chu Fei also witty did not get in front of the Queen Mother and the emperor like others. He and Ning Nuan sat down, with the dancers in the palace in front of them. The dancers were all young and beautiful, with soft figures. Many people looked straight, but Chu Fei was seriously looking down and picking fish bones.
The first time he waited on people, he finally took a piece of fish thorns clean, and when he put it in the Ningnuan bowl, he sighed obviously.
Ning Nuan couldn't help but smile: "With Fragrant Peach, the prince doesn't have to do it himself. Besides, I won't be caught by a fishbone."
"How can this be the same." Chu Fei couldn't help but straightened up, and said solemnly, "There are no absolutes. What if there is any accident? What can I do if I don't do it myself, how can I trust it to a maid? A Nuan? ,dont you agree?"
Ning Nuan chuckled and said softly: "The prince should pay more attention to it. Everyone is watching the prince."
Chu Fei looked around. Just as Ning Nuan said, there were many people around him secretly looking at him, and naturally they also included his just fishbone action. Many people were shocked.
Chu Fei said indifferently, "Then let them see." It's just a few more glances. Where is the important thing for Anuan to be happy?
As he said, he picked up another piece of fish, as if he was facing an enemy, and dealt with it again.
Ning Nuan had no choice but to say nothing.
The dancers changed for several waves, and every prince went to the queen mother and the emperor to please and sell the beloved. After everyone filled their stomachs, everyone got up. The Queen Mother was getting older and felt tired early, so she quickly got up and took the maid back to the bedroom. The rest of the people moved to the imperial garden, Ning Nuan and Chu Fei stayed for a long time before they finally separated.
She stood with the female relatives, and Chu Fei was also taken away by the other princes. The Queen’s attitude towards her was not eager, or even cold, and the same was true for the prince. The other princes and concubines looked at each other, but couldn’t make up their minds. When they were about to test, Jinghe princess squeezed the crowd away and held her. Ning Nuan's hand was lost.
She waited all night, but she finally found an opportunity, and she didn't care about the sight of the queen secretly handing it over, wishing that the whole person would stick to Ning Nuan.
The princess took the lead with a smile: "His Royal Highness likes someone like this for the first time."
The eldest prince and concubine also responded: "I heard that Princess An had been praised by Master Huizhen earlier. That was the blessed person that Master Huizhen had also praised himself. Only then I saw King An at the banquet. There is only Princess An, and no one else will be in the eyes of King An. Now even Master Huizhen likes Princess An so much. As Master Huizhen said, Princess An is really a blessed person."
The queen was pale.
Jinghe princess raised her chin and said: "Who makes the princess and auntie look the best?"
Everyone choked, looked at Ning Nuan, and was speechless for a while.
Even if they were unwilling, they had to admit that Princess An’s appearance was indeed outstanding. King An took the advantages of the first emperor and Princess Shu. In the royal family, no matter which prince is better than him, And Princess Ann stood with him, like a pair of bi-men made in heaven, the brilliance overwhelmed everyone.
All women can't help but care a little about their looks, and everyone present is no exception. Everyone glanced sourly across Ning Nuan's face, feeling a little envious in their hearts.
If Ning Nuanzhuang didn't see other people's sights, she said softly: "Listen to the prince, the empress was the capital city of Yanguan in the past. In the eyes of the princess, no one wants to come as the empress."
Princess Jinghe immediately said: "The queen mother is naturally the best looking!"
The corners of the queen's lips were pursed, but they still cocked.
Everyone quickly followed Jinghe's words to mention the demeanor of the queen back then, and the topic quickly moved elsewhere.
However, several imperial concubines remembered about the academy and wanted to talk to Ning Nuan, trying to use An Wang's love for her so that she could persuade An Wang. It was just that Ning Nuan didn't answer anyone's words, and focused on staying with Princess Jinghe. Several imperial concubines tried to mention them several times, but she was turned off by her, so they didn't find a chance all night.
On the other side, the princes were sitting together, Chu Fei and the emperor were sitting together, holding the jade cup in their hands, and being blown by the warm wind, they were still a little drowsy.
He only listened to these people, but he didn't insert a word.
I don't know who was talking about Spring Wei next year. It wasn't until Zhu Hanshan's name was heard that Chu Fei finally raised a little spirit.

This year’s Qiuwei, a student named Zhu Hanshan had to understand Yuan. I heard that next year’s Chunwei, people in the capital are also saying that Zhu Xieyuan will be the top spot. Zhu Xieyuan has already made a marriage with the Xue family. This Xue Gongli is really good. fast."
"If it's fast, it's not as fast as the emperor uncle."
Chu Fei narrowed his eyes and looked at the speaker, who was the eldest prince.
The eldest prince said: "The emperor made a subsidy bank earlier, and there is Zhu Jieyuan’s name in it. If you want to come to Zhu Jieyuan, you will remember the help of the emperor. There are many students in the capital, all talking about the emperor’s it is good."
Everyone looked at Chu Fei one after another.
Chu Fei lazily said: "As soon as he married the Xue family, he returned the subsidy silver to this king early, and now he has nothing to do with this king."
"Uncle Emperor is sending charcoal in the snow, so the friendship is naturally different."
"This king is just a cherishment. The torn pieces in Zhu Hanshan's house even patched his clothes. I really can't stand it. This is not right. He was admitted to the understanding of Yuan. No matter what the future will be, he will work for the emperor brother. "Chu Fei said towards the emperor: "I gave the emperor brother such a big talent, and the emperor would not thank me?"
The emperor was helpless: "What did you fancy again?"
"Look at the younger brother, the box of gems that Fanbang paid tribute this year is really rare. I want to ask the princess to make jewelry for his younger brother." Chu Fei smiled and said: "The emperor won't even agree to this. ?"
The emperor never treated him harshly anymore, so naturally he immediately responded.
The chief next to him immediately fetched the things. Chu Fei took it and asked Wang Quan to collect it. He swept his eyes around everyone present, and suddenly sighed: "I don't want to hide it from you. The thing about the college is also true. It is very sad."
When everyone's eyes lit up, they immediately energized, and they all sat up straight and looked at him.
Chu Fei said in distress, "Nowadays there are a lot of students in the academy. The two academies have developed for a long time, so I shouldn't have to worry about it, but recently, I found out again..."
Several princes eagerly said: "What do you find?"
Chu Fei glanced at the crowd and was embarrassed before saying: "The students who can enter the academy are actually already qualified. It may be difficult for them to be qualified. There are more. People, because of their poor family background, can't even study in school, like Zhu Hanshan, there are even many who are inferior to him."
Everyone glanced at each other, and the three princes tentatively said: "The emperor said that it is not Qingshan Academy or Bailu Academy?"
"Naturally not." Chu Fei said, "I have a plan in my heart. I want to start an enlightenment class."
"Enlightenment class?"
"Many farmers in the suburbs of Beijing, because of their poor family background, can't even enlighten their children. Even if they can grind their teeth, they can only provide one." Chu Fei sighed, "There are many people in the world, even I don’t even know the words, let me see, it really hurts very much."
Everyone looked at each other again.
"According to the emperor's uncle, what should we do with this enlightenment class?" The fourth prince said: "Those farmers can't even afford to attend a college, so the cost of this enlightenment class is naturally not affordable."
"Exactly." Chu Fei nodded, "So I'm thinking, if they are exempted from restraint, I hope they will be able to read."
"How did the emperor plan?" The eldest prince took the initiative: "If the emperor is short of silver, don't be polite with your nephew."
The other princes also responded in this way.
Chu Fei smiled and said, "Then I will answer with a cheeky."
The emperor took a deep look at him and said, "It's better to leave the matter to the prince."
The prince was pleased, but the faces of the other princes changed slightly.
Chu Fei retorted without thinking about it: "This is not good. If it is handed over to the prince, then I have nothing to do?"
"Are you still willing to take the initiative?"
"Now I am not the same as before." Chu Fei said, "I already have a princess. My princess likes me to take care of these scholars the most. I am still waiting for the opening of the Enlightenment Academy so that the princess can praise me. If the prince does it, my princess will praise the prince, what should I do?"
The emperor was dumb for a while.
He felt that something was wrong in his heart, but Chu Fei had such a straightforward and confident appearance. Besides, on weekdays, King An showed the appearance of overwhelming spoiling his wife. This is to ask for praise. What he did.
Chu Fei also said: "The kindness of my nephews will surely be remembered by the emperor. When my enlightenment school opens, I will definitely praise you in front of the people. If you want to come, the people will also appreciate your kindness... , I will erect a monument at the door?"
Everyone: "..."
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After staying in the palace, the bells and drums rang, and all the chatters got up. When Ning Nuan met with Chu Fei again, he saw his face narrowed and he was obviously in a good mood.
After the year of worship and the auspicious words, all the talents went out of the palace one after another.
There were firecrackers scattered by the wind everywhere on the road. On the way back to the house, in the carriage, Ning Nuncai finally asked curiosity: "What good has happened to the prince?"
"Naturally, something good happened." Chu Fei said, "In a few days, someone will send us money. Didn't you say that the money is not enough? It just so happens that some people will give us money in the future."
"What did the prince do?"
"A Nuan, you have wronged me." Chu Fei said with a smile, "I didn't do anything, but they insisted on giving it to me. All this money came to my door. There is no reason why I should not accept it, you Say yes?"
"..."
Chu Fei took out a box of gems from his arms again: "I got these easily, and I will let someone make some jewelry for you later. I see that there are very few things on your dressing table. Others don't know, they thought I was Treated you badly."
"..." Ning Nuan suddenly felt helpless.
The jewelry on her dressing table is not too small, not to mention that their princes often give her new ones. It’s just that Chu Fei is used to being public. Anything that has been worn, has a dimmer color, or is not luxurious enough, will all be regarded as no. After carefully selected by his eyes, does it mean that it is pitiful?
Ning Nuan took the gem, thought about it, and said, "My brother is in the capital this year, and I have to go home again. When he leaves, I don't know when I can see him."
"Naturally, I will accompany you back. You can stay in Ningfu for as long as you want. It's better to live in that house. After Ninglang returns to Qingzhou, I don't know when I will come back, even if it is lucky, you I have to wait for a few months." Chu Fei said, "I think there will be many people visiting tomorrow, and there are many things to be busy, and you have to work hard."
Ning Nuan smiled: "What kind of hard work this is."
When I returned to the palace, it was not early, but the capital was still very lively. Every household was lit up, and everyone stayed up late with their eyes open, waiting for the dawn. Ning Nuan took off the Chinese clothes and changed into light clothes before going to Chu Fei.
Today's day is special, and the two of them don't want official duties, so they leaned together, each took a book and read, it was simple. People under the palace came to say auspicious words, Chu Fei and Ning Nuan were not stingy, and they had prepared the gold and silver cheats early, and all the people were happy.
However, Xiangtao and Wang Quan got the answer and ran out. The people in the palace laughed and made a noise, and through the door, they could hear the laughter from outside.
Today is a special day, and the two of them don't feel bothered, and they also feel very lively when listening to them.
When dawn broke, Chu Fei hurried out to go to the court meeting. He can be lazy on weekdays, but today is absolutely impossible. Xiangtao brought new clothes, which were also newly made according to Chu Fei's orders, and were as gorgeous as his aesthetics.
Ning Nuan didn't mind. After the change was over, he heard crackling firecrackers outside. She hurriedly left the door, and just opened the door when she was startled by Xiangtao who was guarding outside.
Ning Nuan suddenly looked at her helplessly and opened her mouth, but her voice was completely covered by the sound of firecrackers, and Xiangtao couldn't hear what she said.
After finally waiting for the crackling sound to stop, Xiangtao smiled and said, "Miss, what did you just say?"
"You come to trouble me on purpose, and you are not afraid that I will punish you." Ning Nuan was helpless.
Xiangtao chuckled, knowing that she was not angry, and took her out again. At the gate of the palace, the steward of the palace took the servants to exchange peach charms and paste spring couplets. This spring couplet was also written by Chu Fei himself, asking for good luck.
After finishing everything, Ning Nuan sat in the room, waiting for Chu Fei to return from the palace. Fortunately, his seniority is big, and today he only needs to wait for other people to come to pay a New Year's greetings. Nowadays, all the civil and military officials are in the court, so Ning Nuan is also free.
The palace was also very busy. The kitchen was full of enthusiasm. The chef was so busy that several foods were brought out. The little maids also put on new clothes, laughing and making noises, Xiangtao looked out frequently, Ning Nuan helplessly, had to let her run out, leaving only a few quiet maids by her side.
When Chu Fei came back, some little maids in the family gathered together to play cards, Ning Nuan sat aside and watched, while Xiangtao had already won from the hands of a few little maids for quite a while.
Wang Quan looked itchy, took out his purse and rushed over, but was pulled back by Chu Fei.
"You haven't seen it yet?" Chu Fei pointed at Ning Nuan: "This king won't help you. If you don't pull you, it will save you from losing all the money this year."
Wang Quan's eyes widened suddenly, and the little maidservants also reacted, and immediately looked at Ning Nuan in disbelief. Ning Nuan hurriedly turned her head away, just as if she had done nothing. Soon, Xiangtao was surrounded by the little maids in annoyance.
Finally, some people came to visit one after another for the New Year, and a lot of gold and silver were scattered. When the day was over, they were exhausted.