Being a Lady of an Influential Family

In the second year of Anxia Qiming, seventeen-year-old Zhuo Lin traveled thousands of miles north to the capital alone.

At this time, the new emperor had only been on the throne for two years, but the dynasty that had lasted for hundreds of years was already in turmoil.

The young prince took over a mess from his father. What he was facing was riots everywhere. The generals stationed in various places supported themselves, and the tax collected by the central court was less than half of what it was in its heyday. However, after hundreds of years of development, the royal family has formed a huge and bloated royal family group, and the imperial court needs a huge amount of money to support these pampered royal family members every year.

Therefore, the funds that the imperial court can use are even more stretched, and the common people are no longer willing to enshrine these superior royal relatives. Compared with using taxes to support the royal relatives who are thousands of miles away, those warlords who support themselves are willing to do something for their own jurisdiction, which seems not so unacceptable.

Of course, this is only relative.

But no matter how turbulent the outside is, the capital is still the capital.

Where the Son of Heaven is located, it is an important place in Gyeonggi, where singing and dancing are peaceful, bustling and noisy.

Zhuo Lin just came to the capital after taking the train from the south for several days and nights. Now the train is still a new thing in Anxia, ​​and there is no direct connection at all. Zhuo Lin changed trains along the way several times before finally arriving in the capital.

She was still wearing the school uniform of Anlan University. Although she was a little dusty, she still couldn't hide her beautiful face.

As soon as she got off the train, she was stopped by two naughty-looking gangsters, "Hey, little girl, where are you going? You just came to the capital?"

Zhuo Lin stopped walking with a suitcase in one hand, and looked up at the person who blocked her way.

The eyes of the two gangsters couldn't help but light up when they saw this beautiful face. They had been around the train station for a long time, and this was the first time they saw such a beauty as a single beauty.

"Why is there no one to pick up the girl when she just came to the capital? Is there no place to live yet? Do you want to rent a house? It's cheap and convenient!" A young gangster approached with a smile.

Zhuo Lin said: "Thank you, no need."

"Oh, the voice is really nice. The girl is from the south, right? Go for a walk, you're welcome. You're going to rely on friends when you're away..." A young man excitedly wanted to go forward to get Zhuo Lin's suitcase.

The passers-by saw the little girl being entangled by the gangsters. Some people wanted to come forward to help, but they were quickly scared away by the gangster's vicious appearance.

In troubled times, being wise and safe is the way most people do things.

If this kind of local snake is really provoked, it will be very troublesome.

Zhuo Lin's face turned slightly cold, "I said no."

The little gangster obviously didn't understand other people's refusal, and the two came forward together, one to grab Zhuo Lin's suitcase, and the other to pull her arm.

Zhuo Lin suddenly smiled slightly, "If you want it, here it is."

After he finished speaking, he put his hand away, and the suitcase smashed down towards the outstretched hand of the little gangster. When the little bastard subconsciously went to pick it up, she took out something from the satchel on her body and stuffed it into the little bastard's pocket.

A puff of thick smoke came out of the little gangster's pocket, and the other gangster's expression changed instantly. He saw clearly what Zhuo Lin had thrown in.

With a trembling voice, he shouted, "Hand...grenade?! Hurry up! Throw it out!" The little bastard who had been thrown from the grenade was so frightened that his hands and feet went limp, screaming and trying to get the things in his pockets in a hurry. I took it out, but I couldn't take it out because I made a mistake in my busy schedule. On the contrary, the smoke was getting bigger and bigger, accompanied by the sound of the fuse burning and a very pungent smell.

"Aww! Help!"

Where can anyone dare to save? When they heard the word grenade, the people around had already hurriedly withdrew far away.

The other gangster had some sense of loyalty and didn't run away by himself, but rushed over to take out the grenade. It's just that there was something else in the thick smoke, which made both of them unable to open their eyes, so they could only take out the thing in a hurry and threw it out.

Someone exclaimed, someone covered their ears and waited for the explosion.

However……

Some people wonder, does it take so long for the grenade to explode?

People couldn't help looking over, and saw the little thing that looked like a grenade lying quietly on the ground, even the smoke was gone.

But those two punks didn't know why, and they didn't see clearly until the thick smoke cleared. They were paralyzed on the ground with tears and snot on their faces and couldn't get up.

I don't know if I was scared or there was something wrong with the thick smoke.

As for the beautiful little girl, she has disappeared.

"..." This is a hard stubble.

Someone looked at the two punks on the ground and thought gloatingly.

"Interesting." Under the pillar on the side of the train station gate, two young men were watching this scene.

The younger man was a little surprised, "Brother Fu, you already knew that the little girl would be fine?" He saw that the girl was wearing the uniform of Anlan University, and thought that everyone was from Yongcheng to help, but was rejected Brother Fu stopped him.

The older youth was tall and straight, with a handsome and hard face.

It doesn't look like the gentle and dignified style of a southern man, but with a bit of a northerner's heroism and fierceness.

He glanced at the little brother beside him, "Do you think such a beautiful girl has no skills to run around alone?"

The young man nodded, "That's right, even ordinary men probably don't have the guts to run from Yongcheng to the capital."

"How do you know that she is from Yongcheng?" The young man was surprised this time, rubbing his chin and wondering, "We have such a beautiful girl in Yongcheng?" Why didn't he know?

The young man was speechless, "Brother Fu, that girl is wearing the uniform of Anlan University. Don't tell me you don't know?"

The young man didn't take it seriously, "Labor and management are very busy, why care about what the female students wear? It's not exciting to watch, let's go."

The young man lifted the luggage next to him and sighed. Brother Fu is really incomprehensible. Such a beauty is rare to see. How could he waste this hero's chance to save the beauty and insist on standing here to watch the fun?

I'm afraid it will be difficult to find a wife in the future.

Zhuo Lin didn't know that she was watched by others. She went out to study alone when she was fifteen years old, and now she came to the capital from a long distance. Naturally, she would not be unprepared, otherwise she would not be able to reach the capital.

Walking out of the train station with her luggage, she directly called a rickshaw on the side of the road and asked someone to take her to Capital University.

Capital University is the highest institution in Anxia, ​​originally Anxia Taixue. Twenty years ago, shortly after the first emperor ascended the throne, when the imperial examination system was reformed, Taixue was changed to Beijing University at the same time.

Zhuo Lin's professor at Anlan University and the liberal arts director of Capital University are brothers and sisters. This time she came to Beijing and sent a letter for the teacher. Of course, she also understands that the teacher is also for her own good, and wants her brother to take care of herself.

After delivering the letter, Director Chen was really very happy. After caring about her residence, he carefully informed her of the time and precautions for the entrance examination of Beijing University, and warmly invited her to have dinner at home.

Zhuo Lin declined Director Chen's invitation, walked out of the university office building, and happened to pass by two young people.

The other party was only slightly taken aback when she saw her. The young man walking in front nodded to her politely. The young man behind was smaller, looking a little pale and thin. He just raised his head and glanced at her casually before lowering his head. .

Zhuo Lin just nodded hurriedly to the other party and walked out of the building.

After walking for a while, Zhuo Lin looked back.

The backs of the two youths could no longer be seen in the downstairs hall, Zhuo Lin was slightly relieved and couldn't help but sigh.

Those two people should not know her, but she knows each other.

The two young masters of the current Prime Minister Zhang's family, Zhuo Lin almost got engaged to the second young master of the Zhang family.

Many years ago, when Zhuo Lin was still very young, she followed her father to the capital and met the two young masters of the Zhang family.

At that time Zhuo Lin was only nine years old, Zhang Bi was seventeen years old, and Zhang Zuo was fourteen years old. Even after so many years, Zhuo Lin still recognized the identities of the two at a glance.

It was also for this reason that Zhuo Lin came to the capital. She had stayed well at Anlan University and had no plan to come to the capital, but her family planned to get engaged to her this year, and the object of the engagement was Zhang Zuo, the second son of the Zhang family.

The Sheng family has declined over the years, and being able to marry the second son of the Zhang family is considered a high priority for the Sheng family, but Zhuo Lin doesn't intend to get involved in this marriage. She wrote a letter to Zhang Xiang personally before the engagement, rejected the marriage and ran away from home.

But Anlan University is too close to the Sheng family, and Zhuo Lin knows her family very well, so she chooses to stay away from the south and come to the capital to go to school. Even if it is to avoid engagement, she will not give up her studies because of this. If she can't stand on her own in this world, it doesn't matter if she escapes.

She was not worried that she would be discovered by the Sheng family or the Zhang family. The Zhang family was not enthusiastic about getting engaged to the Sheng family. Zhuo Lin soon received a reply from Zhang Xiang. The other party said very gracefully that the marriage was for the good of the two surnames, since Zhuo Lin has no intention of getting married at present.

Therefore, she ran away purely to escape from her family, because without Zhang's family, she would still find her another home sooner or later.

As for the capital, the Zhang family knew her identity as the second daughter of the Sheng family, daughter of the Sheng family. With the old style of the Sheng family, they would not publicize their daughter's name until the actual engagement, and at most they could only infer one or two from her elder sister's name.

Since she was studying, she has always used the name Zhuo Lin. I have to say that this may also be regarded as a rainy day. Perhaps from the very beginning, Zhuo Lin had a premonition that one day she would make a clean break with the word Sheng.

Settling in the capital was very smooth. Zhuo Lin lived in a hotel near the school for half a month, and was successfully admitted to the capital university.

She already has a degree from Anlan University and is proficient in two foreign languages. It is not difficult for her to be admitted to Capital University for further study. After enrolling, I used my foreign language ability to find a part-time job, and settled down in the capital smoothly.

It has to be said that Zhuo Lin's seventeen-year-old life has been smooth sailing so far.

Although in the eyes of her family, Zhuo Lin is rebellious, disobedient, and asking for trouble, but she is very precocious and has a determination that girls of this age can hardly match.

So she went to the school when her sisters were learning piano, chess, calligraphy and painting in a proper manner at home, and went to school when her sister married into a wealthy businessman according to the matchmaker's words and parents' orders, and went to Anlan University to study when she was about to be betrothed by her parents When writing to others, he decisively wrote a letter to refuse the marriage and ran away from home.

Every step seems to be rebellious and impulsive, but she is fully prepared for every step, whether it is financial or psychological preparation.

Knowing that her parents would not allow her to go out to study, she started saving private money early on, and used various methods to persuade her parents to let her go to school. While studying at Anlan University, she did not forget to work part-time to make money, and saved a small amount of savings that her family did not know.

Even when she refused to get engaged and her parents withheld all her belongings, she was able to use the accumulated private money to escape and go north to the capital, where she could also find a job that could make a living.

The addition of a beautiful woman in Capital University naturally caused quite a stir. Although this beautiful woman is usually a bit busy and always in a hurry, it does not prevent her from becoming the object of discussion among the students of Capital University.

Even though Beijing University has allowed coeducation in these years, the ratio of male and female students in Beijing University is still appallingly low. Not to mention that this is a stunning beauty who looks very young but already has a degree.

In less than a month, not only Jingcheng University, but also some schools around the city were spreading rumors that Jingcheng University had a beautiful woman.

Every day at the gate of Capital University, there are many students from other schools wandering around looking around, wanting to catch a glimpse of the stunning beauties.

But it's a pity that it's not easy for students from our school to meet Zhuo Lin, let alone students from other schools?

Zhuo Lin was very busy. She found a job as a translator in a publishing house, wrote some small articles, and occasionally helped teachers teach students.

Although it will take two years for Zhuo Lin to complete her education, it is not difficult to graduate early with her ability. In fact, not long after entering school, the school had already talked to her about staying in school to teach after graduation. Zhuo Lin felt that there was nothing wrong with it, but she thought that she was still young and did not have enough knowledge, and she planned to go to various places to study for a period of time after graduation before returning to the capital to teach.

Zhuo Lin is not a naive and romantic girl, she always has a strong purpose in doing things, and she doesn't want to waste time on romance.

"Zhuo...Senior Zhuo!" A young man wearing glasses hurried over and blocked Zhuo Lin's way.

Zhuo Lin stopped, "Student, what's the matter?"

The boy's face was flushed, and he was so shy that he hardly dared to look into Zhuo Lin's eyes. But he still insisted, "Zhuo...Senior Zhuo, are you free tonight? I...can I invite you to listen to the play? I heard that you like the play of Qiao Jinfeng, so I, I bought a ticket specially .”

The student seemed to be in his early twenties, but Zhuo Lin was pursuing a postgraduate degree, so he still had to call her senior.

Zhuo Lin couldn't help but sighed in her heart. It was really hard work for this classmate to say such a long series of words, not only for what he said, but also for the listeners.

"Sorry." Although the flushed junior looked very hard, Zhuo Lin could only decline him politely, "Thank you, but I don't have time. Besides, I don't like drama so much. Before... there was only one The dissertation needs to understand this knowledge to go.”

"No...no, I'm the one who's sorry." The boy said hastily, "I didn't figure it out before...I..."

Looking at some boys who were at a loss, Zhuo Lin felt a little helpless, "I think...study should be the most important thing during school, what do you think?"

"Sister is right..."

"Come on, I wish you success in your studies." Zhuo Lin patted him on the shoulder with a smile and smiled. The boy said thank you timidly, and ran away very frustrated.

Zhuo Lin, who was left in place, looked at the back of the other party flying away, and wondered whether the other party was running away in tears.

It's just that she doesn't want to be in love now, or that the other party doesn't meet her aesthetics, she should always refuse, it's better than procrastinating and finally dragging out a thing.

"Obviously I'm the younger one, why do I have to worry about others?" Worried about the other party's boyish heart being hurt or something.

"Because the junior girl looks more mature and stable than all of them." A smiling voice sounded not far behind.

Zhuo Lin looked back and saw Zhang Bi strolling towards her. Seeing the smiling expression on the other side, it was obvious that he had seen the whole scene just now.

Zhuo Lin said: "Senior, haven't you graduated? I seem to have seen you three times in school this month."

Zhang Bi spread his hands and smiled, "Can't you come to school after graduation?"

Zhuo Lin slightly raised her eyebrows and smiled, Zhang Bi was helpless, "Well, it's Zuo who needs my help with some things, and the teacher in charge had to make a few more trips because he was on a business trip. It's you who hurt so many innocent young people, is it really okay? "

"Otherwise, what should I do?" Zhuo Lin asked.

Zhang Bi said with a smile, "If you had a boyfriend, there shouldn't be so many things."

Zhuo Lin asked, "Do you think it's appropriate to have a boyfriend for this?"

Zhang Bi said, "It's really not suitable, but you can also hand in one sincerely."

Zhuo Lin shook her head, "Forget it, I don't mean that. I just want to finish my studies first."

Zhang Bi sighed, "It's really ruthless, are you worried that I will confess to you like others?"

Zhuo Lin looked terrified, "I don't dare to show such a big face, who in the capital doesn't know that Young Master Zhang and his wife are deeply in love? Will I survive if someone hears your words?" A prime minister like Zhang Bi Young master, how can you not be married at this age?

Zhang Bi also couldn't help laughing, and raised the things in his hand to Zhuo Lin and said, "I'm not kidding anymore, since the school girl is impatient to see me, then I have no choice but to disappear wisely."

Zhuo Lin glanced at him and instantly understood, "Where is the senior going?"

Zhang Bi said: "Southwest, I probably won't be able to come back within a year or two." Although he came from a famous family, it is impossible for Zhang Bi to reach the sky in one step when he enters the official career. Either practice in the capital, or go to other places, obviously Zhang Bi chose the place.

"The place in the southwest is not very easy to deal with," Zhuo Lin said thoughtfully.

Now that the world is chaotic, the officials of the imperial court have to look at the faces of those who hold heavy soldiers when they go to the local area.

Zhang Bi didn't care, "Give it a try, junior girl, I'm leaving."

Zhuo Lin nodded, "Senior, go slowly."

Aww, I'm sorry for waiting for several days~ This episode is Ms. Zhuo. The cp must be Ms. Zhuo and Governor Fu, but! ! Anyone who has read the text knows that this cp must be be. So this is actually Ms. Zhuo's personal story~~