Chengping Hou asked Zhang Hanfu: "Could it be that someone on King Jing'an's side is pointing out that girl, have the people around her checked?"

"I've checked, it's not a big role, that Liao Pozi used to be a miscellaneous servant in the Penglai business, Hongzhi and Chu Wen were picked out from the Handzhou Rongwang Mansion from the Handzhou officials, the little guy with good skills is called Deng Feng, the brother is the long-term worker of the Penglai merchant in Fuzhou, he was recommended to Kyoto by his brother, because he was illiterate, he was assigned to the Rongwang Mansion to be a small servant, and he took the road of the official to enter our Hou Mansion for more than half a year. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoThe people around the second master are even simpler, the brocade is set down by the Lao An people, and the long entourage next to him is the son of a wealthy businessman in Jiaoshan, and the son of the old man he met when the second master was traveling to study. ”

Chengping Hou nodded secretly, "In this way, it seems that the friendship between the second child and King Jing'an is not as deep as it seems." ”

Zhang Hanfu said: "King Jing'an has a very strange temper, and several princes have little friendship with him, and it is rare for him to be able to raise his hand to help the second master. He glanced at Cheng Pinghou's face, changed his relaxed expression and said: "The subordinates feel that no matter what kind of scheming the third lady has, it should be unguarded, if the subordinates remember correctly, the third miss will be seventeen after the New Year, in our Dayue, seventeen or eight-year-old girls should marry as women, after all, the third lady's surname is Shen, and it seems that the matter of marriage should also be put on the agenda." ”

Chengping Hou suddenly fell into his heart when he heard him say this, leaned over, and said with a smile: "How did I forget this matter?"

Zhang Hanfu smiled and complimented: "This should have been something that Old Madam Chen was worried about, after all, she had a dislike with the second master, and there was no one in charge of the second master's back house, otherwise the charter should have been mentioned in front of you a long time ago." ”

Chengping Hou breathed a sigh of relief, but he also let go of the boulder in his heart: "This is already the case, you will do your best to choose all the suitable families in the capital." ”

Zhang Hanfu heard him say that his tone was as if he was going to pick vegetables, so he couldn't help but laugh in agreement, and said slowly: "But when it comes to the family in the capital, my subordinates think of one thing. He got up and helped Chengping Hou to the living room, and then continued: "I don't know if Master Hou has heard of a person named Chen Kangda?"

Chengping Hou frowned, searched among the people surnamed Chen he knew, and shook his head: "What's the matter?

Zhang Hanfu laughed: "It can't be regarded as a character, she is the younger brother of Chen Liangdi of the Prince's Mansion, and she has only been included in the Chen family in recent years." ”

Chengping Hou chuckled lightly when he heard this, he knew very well that this "habit" of the Chen family, no matter what side branches, as long as there are outstanding people, they can be pulled to the direct line of Kyoto.

Zhang Hanfu said: "On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, when the sun was setting in the west, my subordinates happened to see this Chen Kangda asking the people in the house about the third lady. ”

Zhang Hanfu didn't wait for Chengping Hou to ask in detail, so he told the situation of that day in detail.

It turned out that Chen Kangda heard that Shen Qihuan beat the third child of the Qiao family in Xinglin Hutong, so he thought of the "woman" who had been looking for many days without success, and he came to the Hou Mansion to ask the porter whether the third lady had left the house on the tenth day of the first month, and happened to be seen by Zhang Hanfu who passed by.

"The subordinates sent someone to Tianxianglou early yesterday morning to inquire, it turned out that on the tenth day of the lunar month, Chen Kangda had a conflict with a very good woman in Tianxianglou, and he also abolished two fingers, and his subordinates sent someone to ask the porter and coachman in the house, on the tenth day of the lunar month, although the third lady did not use the carriage in the house, but she did go out of the house, and the time was right. ”

Chengping Hou had a calm face, he had seen Shen Qihuan's skills, and he knew that it was a temper that anyone dared to provoke, so he didn't interrupt Zhang Hanfu's words.

Zhang Hanfu continued: "Chen Liangdi of the Prince's Mansion also has a lot of complaints about this matter, but when his subordinates look at the meaning of Chen Kangda, they seem to admire the third lady very much, and they have a sense of not knowing each other, and they also ask the third lady in the concierge if she has a good match......

"What?" Chengping Hou's expression was a little disgusted, "Just such an unruly prodigal man, he dares to covet the young lady of the Hou Mansion?"

Zhang Hanfu said: "Hou Ye is angry, but his subordinates think that this is a good marriage, it is said that this Chen Liangdi is very popular with the prince, and the weight of speaking in the prince's mansion is almost the same as that of the princess, and the Chen family also attaches great importance to Chen Liangdi, and once asked the three sons surnamed Chen from Kyoto's direct line to go to the prince's mansion to greet Chen Liangdi. ”

Chengping Hou held the tea bowl, didn't put the tea into his mouth for a long time, thought that in the end he put down the cup directly, shook his head and said: "This matter is not so simple, Chen Liangdi is the side branch of the Chen family's Jianzhou, Jinzhou is Chen Gongyi's territory, and the side branch of the Chen family's Jianzhou is standing on Chen Gongyi's wharf, outsiders only think that the prince wants to carry Chen Gongyi's power in the Chen family, but if it is really a support, why can't Chen Gongyi's son pass the township test? Our Shen family can't wade into troubled waters at this time." He waved his hand with his eyes slightly closed, and said as if decided: "This matter is absolutely not good, you tell me to go down, the affairs of the inner courtyard are all guarded by me, and allocate two more places for the third lady's courtyard, she is so willing to run out, she still has to take precautions." ”

Zhang Hanfu didn't say anything more, nodded yes, and went straight back to his courtyard after coming out of Hongning Courtyard, and called the little maid to instruct: "You go to Baima Hutong and personally bring a message to Chen Gongzi." He paused, pondered the wording, "Just say, 'The plank road is not easy to cultivate'." ”

Since you can't repair the plank road openly, you can only secretly cross Chencang?

As soon as Xiao Xi left, his subordinates hurriedly came in and said: "Sir, the news of the palace this morning, last night Long Live Ye gave marriage to King Jing'an and King Huai on Chinese New Year's Eve, and gave Song Shifeng's eldest daughter Song Axian as the concubine of King Jing'an, and Chen clan's daughter Xiangyun as King Huai's side concubine." ”

This news was so unexpected that Zhang Hanfu stood up and walked to Hongning Courtyard, asking as he went: "Is the news reliable?

"The holy decree has arrived at the two houses of Song and Chen, yesterday's New Year's banquet the emperor did not let the court officials attend, only with the princes, another King Rong, Prince Jane, Prince Zhuang, King Jing'an used the New Year's dinner together, it is said that the Lord of Long Live gave the marriage to the King of Jing'an on a whim at the New Year's banquet, King Huai was drunk, and the King of Jing'an sat extremely hard, opened his mouth and said that he fell in love with the daughter of the Chen family, and asked the emperor to give marriage, the emperor did not want to be disappointed, so he agreed, but the King of Jing'an gave the position of the main concubine, and the King of Huai gave the position of the side concubine. ”

Saying that, the two of them had already entered Hongning Courtyard and went to the main room......