What's so strange?

  Feng Anning couldn't help but pause for a moment, she and Shen Miao sat at the same table in Guangwen Hall every day, so they naturally saw more clearly than others. That was indeed Shen Miao.

  These days, Shen Miao's temperament has become much quieter. Although she was quiet before, she no longer followed behind Shen Yue and Shen Qing, saying foolish and ignorant things. The appearance of her becoming quiet is actually not bad. Feng An Ning thought that Shen Miao had just become a bit smarter, but didn't think that dressing up so properly would make her look so stunning.

  After falling into the water and recuperating for a while, she had lost some weight. Normally, it wouldn't be noticeable, but now that I took a closer look, her chin seemed slightly pointed, making her appear more like a 14-year-old maiden than an 11- or 12-year-old girl.

  Like a ferocious beast cub that had been curled up in its nest, it finally showed its claws and teeth for the first time after sleeping for a long while.

  Bai Xiucan was also in the men's seating area, although he is now just a bookkeeper at Guangwendang. People respect talented individuals, and among the many officials, he still has some status. He is still young this year, with such talent, if he enters the imperial court as an official, he should be able to hold an official position. The people in the officialdom are all clever, they need to know how to pave the way for the future, and Bai Xiucan may not necessarily have a day of prosperity.

  Shen Miao's gaze swept over the men's seats and paused on Pei Lang for a moment.

  She knew that today's test, Pei Lang was a bookworm, but when it came to fighting, there were talented students who challenged the teacher. Pei Lang's article "行律策" was elegant and well-reasoned, and on that day, it caught the eye of Fu Xiuyi. Later, Fu Xiuyi made many gestures of humility and courtesy to recruit this talent, and finally won over Pei Lang, a great general.

  This lifetime, it is absolutely impossible for this matter to happen.

  Pei Lang sensitively perceived that the girl's gaze seemed to have fallen on him from afar, with a scrutinizing look, as if measuring the value of prey like a beast, which brought up a strange feeling in his heart. He followed her gaze and looked back, but Shen Miao had already turned her head away.

  The adults around them all exclaimed: "General Shen's eldest daughter is still young, yet she has such a bearing, and in the future, she will indeed not be underestimated."

  "It's not bad at all." A blue-clad youth said, "I wonder why I didn't notice it before, Shen Miao is quite a beautiful woman after all." The young men looked at the girl and only looked at her appearance.

  "What a fool." Cai Lin regained his composure after a brief moment of astonishment, and dissatisfied that everyone was focusing on Shen Miao while neglecting Shen Yue, he snorted.

  "You're the idiot!" A sudden voice exploded in his ear, Cai Lin was startled and saw a short, puffy-faced boy wearing a soft crimson robe staring at him with an intimidating aura.

  "Sorry about that," said the young man in green clothes who had rushed to the scene with a good-natured smile: "My younger brother was rude and bumped into you."

  Cai Lin was about to scold someone, but when he saw that the other person was Su Mingfang, the son of Pingnan Bo, and that rascal was actually Second Young Master Su Minglang, he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his tongue. After all, Su Mingfang was a close friend of Xie Jinghang - who dared to provoke him?

  "Big brother," Su Minglang pulled on the hem of Su Mingfeng's clothes: "That sister is so beautiful, you should marry her and bring her back as your sister-in-law."

  Su Ming's mouth twitched slightly, fortunately Su Minglang's voice was very low and no one around heard it. He leaned in slightly and asked: "Does Second Brother know Miss Shen?"

  "I don't know." Su Minglang innocently played with his fingers.

  Su Mingfen didn't say anything more.

  Shen Miao followed behind Ren Wan Yun and her entourage, walking up to the women's seats.

  Generally, the ladies sat wherever they pleased among their acquaintances, and the young misses did the same. However, Shen Miao usually only stayed at Guangwen Hall or in the Shen manor, so she didn't have to worry about Shen Yue and Shen Qing. As for Guangwen Hall, no one wanted to befriend her anyway, but she wasn't bothered by this isolation. On the contrary, she rather enjoyed the quiet atmosphere.

  Those girls looked at Shen Miao's different outfit today and were already a little jealous, wanting to see her make a fool of herself while deliberately ignoring her. However, they saw that Shen Miao was sitting alone by herself, not looking pitiful at all. On the table, there were chessboards and leaf cards prepared to prevent the girls from getting bored. She thought for a moment, then picked up the chess pieces from the box and started playing against herself.

  She was not proficient in music, chess, calligraphy or painting. In the past, it was because of the intentional teaching of the second and third houses that she disliked it in her heart. Later, after marrying Fu Xiuyi, she had no time to learn. So when she returned from Qin State in her previous life, facing the elegant and refined Mrs. Yan who was good at singing and dancing, she did not feel inferior in her heart. The concubines in the harem compared her with Mrs. Yan, saying that she was a rough person from a military family, ignorant of romance, coarse and unrefined, no wonder Fu Xiuyi ignored her as the empress.

  However, playing chess is not necessarily for those who understand chess. Although she didn't know how to play chess, in order to accompany Fu Xiuyi in the State of Qin for a few years, she had studied quite a bit of military strategy. She couldn't play chess, but she could use troops, this was war chess.

  The daughters of the Xun family looked from afar, seeing Shen Miao calm and composed, with a cold and aloof demeanor that clearly set her apart from the crowd, as if she was above everyone else.

  "Miss Wu has changed a lot now." Mrs. Yi and Ren Yuanyun smiled and said, "It seems that she has also become a big girl." She didn't dare to say that Shen Miao was looking at her, and had surpassed both Shen Yue and Shen Qing, so she tactfully reminded Ren Yuanyun.

  Who doesn't know Ren Yuanyun? She's good at observing people's expressions, and just now on the way here, everyone's gaze wasn't on her, nor was it on Shen Yue and Shen Qing. It was clearly fixed on Shen Miao in the back. Her heart was gnashing her teeth, it seems that this time Shen Miao also made a big investment, knowing that Ding Wang would come to inspect, thinking of ways to attract Ding Wang's attention, and competing with her Qing Er?

  She raised her teacup and smiled brightly at the men's seats opposite her: "Isn't that right? At our age, we're not young anymore. Old Lady Tai is fond of Little Wu, saying that since Eldest Brother isn't here, she specifically asked me to take a good look and see if there are any suitable people."

  Chen Ruoqiu, who was sitting next to him, moved his eyes and looked at each other?

  Shen Yue and Shen Qing were both older than Shen Miao, yet they had to take turns keeping an eye on her first. It was naturally not because of Old Lady Shen's kindness. Old Lady Shen hated the people in the main house to death, how could she possibly let Shen Miao have a good life?

  Chen Ruoqiu's gaze fell on Shen Qing, who was talking to Yi Peilan, and Ren Yuanyun seemed to be in a hurry to settle Shen Miao's marriage before Shen Xing returned. Why? Because Shen Qing also had feelings for Ding Wang? Did she want to eliminate this biggest threat for Shen Qing?

  Just then, another commotion was heard from the men's seats, and Mrs. Jiang said: "Prince Yu has arrived."

  Shen Miao's movement paused for a moment, and Bai Zi immediately fell to the ground. She raised her eyes to look at the male lead seat, her gaze calm and composed.

  Yuqin Wang, in her previous life, was the widow of an old man named Shen Lao who wanted to marry her off to a crippled widower. He was lustful and cruel, and is now 42 years old.

  If it weren't for her infatuation with Fu Xiuyi at that time, she would have probably become a lonely skeleton in the Yuqin Wangfu.

  Digression

  Today is the last day of the premiere, I hope you all come and take a look at the pursuit article, it's already very fat and doesn't need to be raised, the data is good, let's get on the shelves early and update fiercely~ byebye (づ￣3￣）づ╭?～