On the afternoon of the winter solstice, the Zhuo family came back from the palace to ask for peace. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the afternoon, Zhuo Yijia was still practicing the piano in the courtyard, and Zhuo Yiyu came to the side courtyard angrily.

"I'm angry! I'm angry!" Zhuo Yiyu flicked his sleeves and said angrily as soon as he entered the side courtyard.

He is used to having good and bad things now, so he came over and told Zhuo Yijia.

Zhuo Yijia pressed the strings with his fingers, stopping the sound of the piano like gurgling water. Looking up at Zhuo Yiyu with raised eyebrows, waiting for him to continue talking.

"Today, I will go into the palace with my mother and eldest sister to greet Concubine Sun, do you know what Concubine Sun said!" Zhuo Yiyu widened his eyes and raised his arm to point in the direction of the palace.

Today's emperor's harem has no queens and no concubines except for Sun Guifei. Sun Guifei is not a queen, but she is a veritable master of the harem. On the winter solstice, it is not surprising that the official wives of various families entered the palace to ask for peace for Sun Guifei.

"What did she say to make the second brother angry like this?" Zhuo Yijia hooked the corners of her mouth, as if smiling and mocking.

She said that the emperor was in his prime, had no children and no heirs, and had no concubines and no concubines in the harem except her. He also said that the emperor has no children under his knees all these years, and it is not a law, saying that my eldest lady of the Zhuo family, Zhuo Yihan, this child, she looks good, has both ability and political integrity, is docile and demure, and is knowledgeable and courteous! My sister's virtue and talent can be praised by her? Everyone in the Manchurian and Southern Shang Dynasty knows it! What is the matter with her? What is the matter?!" Zhuo Yiyu clapped his two hands, "Isn't it just that I want my eldest sister to enter the palace? It sounds better for the sake of the emperor's harem! To put it bluntly, isn't it that her Sun Guifei can't hold the emperor's heart, so she is looking for someone to be her arm!"

"Second Young Master!" Hong Shan was shocked when she listened from the sidelines! So... Hey, can't you be quiet when you say bad things about the Gong family?

Interrupted by Hongshan, Zhuo Yiyu turned his head to look at Hongshan, his face was a little red from anger, "What's the matter?"

"Can't you be quieter? Not to mention that behind our courtyard is the street outside, if your words reach Hua Taijun's ears, you will inevitably be reprimanded. Hongshan flattened her mouth and reminded in a low voice.

"Who is here but me in this side courtyard?" Zhuo's family is so loud, can the voice grow wings and fly into the ears of grandmother?" Zhuo Yiyu said indifferently.

"Hongshan is talking about it, isn't it grandmother's ear standing at the door there?" Zhuo Yijia looked up at Zhuo Yiyu and said. This second brother really treats her as his own, and he speaks so openly. However, scolding Sun Guifei made her inexplicably closer to him.

Zhuo Yiyu glanced back at the little maid who was guarding the door and looking around, and pursed his lips, "I don't believe that grandmother really doesn't blame her at all. They all said that the emperor had no heirs over the years, because ...... Because of him.... Don't lift ......."

Zhuo Yiyu's face turned red as he spoke. He was a little ashamed of a man to say this.

Hongshan, who was standing on the side, listened to her round eyes, and her face couldn't help but turn red.

How can these two young masters know all of this in a row!

Zhuo Yijia listened without changing his face. "Second brother, you have probably been following your daughter for a long time, and even talking is full of the words of women and children in the streets and alleys. She knew Zhuo Yiyu's innocent and harmless mind.

"What did the fourth sister say, these things, I... I... Even if, even if it's you, I'll inquire about it, it's all my own sisters and sisters, who doesn't care. Zhuo Yiyu seemed a little embarrassed, but he knew that it was always for the good of his eldest sister.

"If a man wants to make a career and get ahead, he should not put his mind on the gossip of these women after dinner. Zhuo Yijia knew that Zhuo Yiyu treated her as a sister in the entire Zhuo family. She didn't care about mentioning him once in a while. "What can the second brother do if he knows these things? The things decided by the palace family can still be influenced by a few words? If you have time to talk about these gossips, it is better to worry more about the court and society, and the people will be born. Think more useful and work hard to get to the top, and if you get to the top, you're afraid that others will treat the people close to you badly?"

Zhuo Yiyu rarely heard Zhuo Yijia say so many words, and he was stunned when he listened. After listening to this, he blushed a little. Zhuo Yijia's calmness and mind also made him a little admired. Even the fourth sister and one of her daughters understand these truths, but he can't see them clearly. "Fourth sister, I know. It's because I'm too petty. ”

Zhuo Yijia nodded, and the hand holding the strings began to pluck again. The sound of the piano flowed out.

The selection of concubines in the palace must be chosen, and there are no concubines in the palace over the years, and there are few harems, even if the emperor is unwilling to accept concubines, the courtiers will not agree. Without a queen, there is no foundation for a country. The Zhuo family is the reassuring pill of the court, and when the palace changed, the pillars of the Zhuo family were all in northern Liaobei, and they did not intervene in it. So the Zhuo family was able to get out because they were not involved in the rights and wrongs of the court. Now the Zhuo family has made the emperor taboo because he was not involved in right and wrong back then. If the Zhuo family wants to be stable, sending the concubine into the palace is the best way. Now that the palace has opened its mouth to indicate that it wants the applause of the Zhuo family, the eldest lady Zhuo Yihan, the attitude of the Zhuo family is directly related to the survival of the Zhuo family.

Zhuo Yiyu is a smart person, but he is used to it, and he understands a lot of things with a little bit.

Zhuo Yijia played the piano, and Zhuo Yiyu sat on the ground and leaned against the tree in the courtyard to listen. Sun Guifei said that after the Spring Festival, the imperial court will be drafted. The eldest sister is not an ordinary woman, she doesn't go through the previous process, just enter the palace directly. I'm afraid the eldest sister is busy these days.

"Jia'er, on the winter solstice today, my mother made dumplings in the evening. Come and eat with us later. Zhuo Yiyu sat in the courtyard, listening to the piano, looking at Zhuo Yijia and talking.

"Good. Zhuo Yijia nodded.

"You go and tell your mother to make more dumplings in the evening. Zhuo Yiyu walked to the gate of the courtyard and commanded one of the little maids.

"Good. The little maid responded, turned around and ran out of the courtyard.

It is the custom of Nanshang to eat dumplings on the winter solstice, but the officials and wives enter the palace during the day to ask for peace, and they eat it at night. But Zhuo's family Hua Taijun doesn't like to eat pasta at night, so the Zhuo family eats by themselves in each room every night, and on the second day of the winter solstice, the family went to Hua Taijun to say goodbye, and then accompanied Hua Taijun to eat dumplings too early.

Later, Zhuo Yiyu got up, "Jia'er, you're going to get ready." I'll take you over to eat dumplings. ”

"Hmm. Zhuo Yijia got up and walked into the house. Hongshan took the piano and followed Zhuo Yijia into the house.

Zhuo Yijia entered the house and changed into light-colored clothes. Hongshan was afraid that she would be cold, so she put a fur collar around her. I changed into a pair of cotton shoes and went out.

"Let's go. Zhuo Yijia came out of the house and whispered.

Zhuo Yiyu looked at Zhuo Yijia, who was wearing thick and sturdy, and nodded. took Zhuo Yijia to the Junxiao Courtyard in the east of the Zhuo family, where the big house lived.