Twin Brocade

Chapter 67 Ancient Rites
However, Ponzi hated their mother for a long time, how could he find marriage for them so kindly.

After realizing that his husband was unreliable, Ponzi threw all his heart on his children.Fang Yucai, Fang Shuren, and Fang Muhua's marriages are all very concerned, and they all come to ask the head of the house to come forward.

But for these two concubines, she was so indifferent to them that it was chilling.

The fate of the two pairs of mother and daughter in the side courtyard made Fang Jinshu sigh in his heart.

It's just that she is so soft-spoken that even her mother is not easy to get involved, even if she wants to help, how can she be enough?
……

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and it was the day of the primary election in the school.Whether it's men's school or women's school, it's extremely quiet today.

Seats were set up in the hall of the women's school, and the female students sat on their own seats with only silk stockings on their knees.

The hall was silent.

This kind of ancient etiquette has been specially taught in the school, but it is rare to kneel like this on weekdays, and the students don't pay enough attention to it.

If you want to be elegant and beautiful, you have to keep your back straight, your neck maintain a proper curvature, and your hands are folded and gently placed on your abdomen.The insteps, knees, and spine must be in a straight line to be pleasing to the eye.

But there is no doubt that such a posture is extremely tiring.

Only a quarter of an hour passed, and some female students in the hall couldn't hold on, and sat down on one side.

After waiting for so long, no one came except Mr. Meng came to ask them to sit down on their knees.Many female students also slacked off, not sitting upright as they did at the beginning.

Fang Jinshu only felt a tingling pain coming from the back of his feet. After kneeling for a long time, his knees felt like needles.She maintained a relaxed face, but her stiff neck kept reminding her to change her posture.

She had imagined many ways to compare, but she never thought that the female official from the palace would first test the etiquette of everyone.

Although she didn't meet anyone, she was sure that only those who persevered to the end would stay.All other female students will be eliminated.

In this way, it is simple and quick, and a large number of people can be screened out at one time, saving a lot of time.

If it was the previous life, the well-trained Cao Huaying would have no problem no matter how long she knelt.But right now, her body is too delicate.

Even after taking the decoction these days, there was no obvious improvement.

In order to enter the second round of elections, Fang Jinshu gritted his teeth and persisted, trying not to make himself look so uncomfortable.

It can't go on like this, she secretly told herself in her heart: If there is a chance, you must exercise this body well.She didn't want to rely on decoctions and tonics, and she would not be able to hold on before reaching her goal.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and some of the girls in the hall were crooked, some were drooping, some were rubbing their necks, and some were talking quietly.

There are quite a few who gritted their teeth and persisted, Fang Jinhui, Fang Jinshu, Fang Jinpei, Qiao Tongxuan, Tang Yuanyao, Zhu Qinglian, Wu Wanling and Wu Wanqing and so on.

Finally, footsteps sounded outside the hall.

The girls cheered up, and hurriedly straightened their backs and sat down again.

The one who walked in was a woman in palace attire. She wore a high bun and looked solemn. She walked into the hall and stood still.

Fang Jinshu recognized her. She was Aunt Lu, who was in charge of the Shangyi Bureau in the palace, who would be in charge of the election three years later.He is strict and ruthless in his methods.

Those little maids of no status, once they commit crimes under her hands, they will be punished in public at the slightest, and will be disabled or even killed if they are serious.

Later, because Aunt Lu colluded with the concubine in the palace and murdered the emperor's heir, she caught the evidence and beheaded.

how is she?

Fang Jinshu's heart was pounding, this is not a good person to get along with.

I saw Aunt Lu standing in the middle, scanning all the girls one by one with sharp eyes, and said in a deep voice: "Fang Cai, the one who insists on kneeling until the end, stands up."

The girls didn't know what to say, and hesitated for a moment. Fang Jinhui took the lead and stood up, and the girls who insisted on kneeling also stood up one after another.

Some of them slackened halfway, asking themselves that no one saw them, and stood up in troubled waters.

In this way, those who were still watching stood up.

Only a dozen or so people were still sitting in the hall.

Fang Jinpei couldn't help but look at Fang Jinwei, trying to get her to stand up too.Fang Jinwei shook her head again and again, telling her intuitively that this matter might not be that simple.

After everyone stood still, "Crack! Crack!" Aunt Lu clapped her hands lightly, and two maids came in, holding a five-foot-long, one-inch-wide stainless steel ruler gleaming coldly.

"Among you, those who fish in troubled waters should sit down as soon as possible." She said in a stern voice, "If you are called by me, ten strokes of the ruler."

Looking at the ruler, those female students who did not meet the requirements all became frightened and sat down a lot at once.

There are also those who want to gamble, thinking what if they are defrauding them?

After a while, Aunt Lu asked, "No more?"

She was answered by silence.

There was a cruel smile on the corner of her lips, and she pointed out a few female students who were fishing in troubled waters.Among them, Song Lihua who was on the saddle in front of Tang Yuanyao was included.

"Since you can't do it, you're still lucky, you should be punished!"

Following the crackling sound of the ruler, mixed with the woman's low sobs, the hall fell silent.

The daughter's family is rich, even in the school, no one has ever received a ruler.

Seeing such a ruler beating down, the palms of his hands swelled up after a few strokes, and he couldn't hold back his hands, so he could only grit his teeth and endure it.The hearts of all the girls also feel the same, and there are bursts of chills.

Song Lihua bit her lower lip and exhausted all her strength to control herself from screaming.

This aunt from the palace, if she made a mistake, she would use the ruler, breaking all her luck.How dare she move again, if she is offended, it will be troublesome to increase the punishment.

Finally, after the punishment was over, Aunt Lu looked at the silent girls and nodded in satisfaction.

"Etiquette is the most important thing in the royal family, and there is no room for deception. Those who stand still stay, and everyone else goes out."

Fang Jinwei let out a sigh of relief, but fortunately she didn't listen to the eldest sister just now.Otherwise, what should be done if the ruler is broken and the hand is broken.

Thinking like this, she hurriedly followed the eliminated people out together.As long as you can get out of here, it doesn't matter what check-in you have.

In her heart, she still had some sympathy for the remaining female students.After being challenged by such a ruthless female devil, she still doesn't know what kind of troubles she will face next.

In the test of ancient rituals, those who failed to persevere were eliminated, and there were still a dozen or so people left.

Aunt Lu asked them to sit down again, and said, "Draw a chrysanthemum picture in two quarters of an hour. If you are not good at drawing, you can write a chrysanthemum poem."

Hearing this, the girls let out a sigh of relief.This is a normal test of talent and learning. The scene just now really scared them a little.

Fang Jinshu thought for a while, picked up a pen and sketched lightly on the paper.

(End of this chapter)