In the middle of the night, the remnants of the banquet were removed, and the palace maids and eunuchs served fruit refreshments, and it didn't take long to see the Wang Mama in Concubine An's palace standing up, and the ladies and ladies present were silent together, only to see her smile and say: "The saint is blessed with all the heavens, Concubine An is generous and virtuous, and Niangniang has prepared a reward for the young ladies and sons in accordance with the emperor's will." ”

Everyone in the hall got up to thank them, and then a few little eunuchs carrying wooden boxes came in from outside, and the Wang Mama according to the different grades of each house, successively invited those young ladies and sons to receive the reward, and the girls who entered the palace each had a sandalwood folding fan, a beaded hairpin, two splendid sachets, as for the sons, it was a set of four treasures of the study and a piece of Lantian jade pendant, although the thing was not very luxurious, it was better than being given by the Holy Emperor, and this dignity alone was not comparable to those gold and silver vulgar things.

Concubine An sat steadily, occasionally meeting a few children close to others, she would personally hand things to them, and after a while, when it came to Brother Yu and Xiao Yezi, Mama Wang looked at Gu Sanniang's seat, and shouted: "Please ask Shen Yu, the son of Lord Shen, and Miss Zhang to come forward and thank you." ”

As soon as Mama Wang's voice fell, those ladies looked towards Gu Sanniang together, everyone here knew that the Miss Zhang that Mama Wang called in her mouth was Shen Zhuo's stepdaughter Xiao Yezi, who entered the palace today, and when the lady of the family saw their mother and daughter, they all called her Miss Shen according to Shen Zhuo, but Mama Wang deliberately called her Miss Zhang, making it clear that she wanted to humiliate Gu Sanniang in public.

Gu Sanniang raised her eyes and looked at Concubine An, Xiao Yezi was Shen Zhuo's stepdaughter, she was not afraid of others talking, but Brother Yu on the side, her face couldn't help but turn red, although he was young, he could already observe words and feelings, others laughed at Xiao Yezi, it was even more uncomfortable than laughing at himself, he was about to speak, Gu Sanniang pulled him, and Brother Yu had to shut his mouth.

Mama Wang spoke, Brother Yu got up reluctantly, he took Xiao Yezi's hand, and the two sisters and brothers walked to Concubine An.

Concubine An was condescending, she held the four princes in her arms, until this time, she finally saw the eyebrows of the royal brother, and saw the little man standing in front of her, Concubine An was both relieved and bitter in her heart, when the royal brother was born, because of the heat poison brought by the womb, several times his life hung by a thread, and countless apricot forest masters in the hospital said that the royal brother could not live long, that is, Concubine An herself was desperate, who knew that Shen Zhuo refused to give up, and even did not hesitate to take the infant royal brother away from the capital to seek medical treatment, he left, that is, for a whole year, when he returned to Beijing, the husband and wife ended here, and she has never seen her own flesh and blood again.

Thinking of the past many years ago, Concubine An's tongue was bitter, she just looked at Brother Yu'er and was speechless, Mama Wang saw this, and reminded softly: "Niangniang, Shen Gongzi and Miss Zhang have asked you for peace." ”

An Shi came back to her senses, she looked straight at Brother Yu'er, this child and Shen Zhuo looked like they were carved out of a mold, and even their expressions and demeanors were very similar, she asked softly: "What books do you read at home on weekdays?" ”

Brother Yu'er's eyes drooped slightly, and he replied politely: "Back to Niangniang's words, my father only taught a few books such as "Zengguang Xianwen" and "Kindergarten Qionglin". ”

An nodded and said, "You are still young, and it is good that you can learn here." ”

After that, she took the things from Mama Wang's hands, personally handed them over to Yu Ge'er's hands, and said, "I hope you will study well, grow up in the future, and serve the imperial court." ”

Brother Yu bowed and stopped talking.

In front of so many ladies of the family, An's was not good at talking to Brother Yu'er, so she turned her head to look at Xiao Yezi again, and asked out loud, "What books does Miss Zhang read at home?" ”

"Back to Niangniang's words, I have never read a book, and I only know a few words slightly." This was taught to her by Gu Sanniang a few days before entering the palace, saying that someone asked, so she answered it like this.

Concubine An seemed to have a smile on her face, and she said again: "The famous ladies in the capital are all proficient in poetry and songs, Miss Zhang should not be left behind, so as not to lose Lord Shen's face." ”

When Concubine An was a famous talented woman in the capital, when she married Shen Zhuo, everyone said that this was a perfect match for a pair of unparalleled in the world, that is, Emperor Jingwen, and also heard of her name first, and then secretly hooked up with her, her encounter, so that the girls of the Houmen General's Mansion despised her on the one hand, and secretly envied her, but, starting from her, there was a craze for women to read in the capital, and the powerful people invited their masters to come to teach, even those ordinary people, but those who have plenty of money in their hands, will also send their own girls to a girls' school to study for a few years.

Xiao Yezi didn't speak yet, Brother Yu'er spoke first, he said: "My father said, all kinds of miscellaneous books are the most transferable, as long as girls can recognize words, they don't be blind." ”

In fact, Gu Sanniang said this original words, at that time in Lixian, Shen Zhuo taught Brother Yu and Xiao Yezi to study, Xiao Yezi only loves to read and write, but the needle girl is not willing to pay attention at all, although Gu Sanniang said that she didn't have to be blind like her, but she didn't do her job like this, and she lost the duty of the girl's family, Gu Sanniang also specially mentioned this matter to Shen Zhuo, this time Concubine An ridiculed Xiao Yezi for being rude and ignorant, and Brother Yu couldn't help but sneer at each other.

Brother Yu'er said these childish words, not only Concubine An was uncomfortable, but even the girls sitting below were also red-faced, these noble ladies, the town had nothing to do, learning from the men to start a poetry club, everyone secretly competed, and they all wanted to compete to be the second talented girl who was famous in the capital, at this time Shen Yu said that he was born, for a while, there was silence in the hall, and no one spoke.

The county lord of Jiayuan, who was sitting below, held a tea cup, looking at Concubine An, a talented woman in the capital in the past, with a mocking face, Concubine An's face was slightly cold, if it wasn't for her biological son in front of her, she would have sent him down a long time ago, where could he talk nonsense in front of her.

Fortunately, Princess Heyang stepped forward in time, and she said: "Niangniang, the stage of Jinghuatai has already been set up, this is a good day, don't miss the play." ”

Concubine An glanced at Princess Heyang, raised the corners of her mouth casually, looked at Brother Yu'er again, and said with a smile: "Ling Zun is right, but this palace thinks badly." ”

After that, she got up and said to everyone in the palace: "Tonight, with the emperor's birthday banquet, the palace has set up a stage and invited the ladies to move to the mirror flower platform. ”

The ladies thanked them again, followed Concubine An's phoenix to Jinghuatai, Gu Sanniang took care of the two children, and fell behind.

When Gu Sanniang came to Jinghuatai with the concubines, she found that the court officials who entered the palace to celebrate her birthday were also here, and it was obvious that they were also invited to listen to the play.

The lights are bright everywhere, but the cold is quite big, when entering the palace, Gu Sanniang's windbreaker fell in the carriage, and in less than a moment, her hands and feet were frozen, and Shen Zhuo, who was sitting in the distance, saw Gu Sanniang, and his eyes kept falling on her, he saw that she was thin, and his brows were frowning first, so he beckoned to call the little eunuch who was waiting.

Shen Zhuo took off his windbreaker, he pointed to Gu Sanniang and said, "Little father-in-law, Lao Jia sent this windbreaker to Cunjing." ”

As he spoke, he stuffed a piece of silver into the little eunuch, and the little eunuch pinched the silver and said with a smile: "It's just a leg run, Lord Shen is really too polite." ”

Having said that, the silver had been stuffed into his waist bag, and the little eunuch took Shen Chu's windbreaker and trotted towards Gu Sanniang.

It was only said that Gu Sanniang was waiting behind with her two children, and when she saw a eunuch approaching with a familiar windbreaker, he bowed down and said, "Good night Mrs. Shen, Lord Shen is afraid that you will be freezing, so the slave maid will bring you a windbreaker." ”

Gu Sanniang took a closer look, and sure enough, it was Shen Zhuo's windbreaker, and after the guidance of the little eunuch, she finally saw Shen Zhuo in the black crowd, the two looked at each other from a distance, and smiled at each other, even if they didn't say anything, their minds were also the same.

The little eunuch went after sending the windbreaker, and after a while, a few grandmothers led Gu Sanniang to sit down, the mirror flower platform was built in the shape of a half-moon, although the hundred officials and the female dependents were on the same scene, there was a lotus pond in the middle, it was late autumn, the pool was bare, there was only a pool of silver water waves, I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Gu Sanniang's seat was lined up very remotely, and Princess Heyang was just opposite to Shen Zhuo.

Such a coincidental arrangement inevitably reminds people of the rumors of the emperor's marriage a few days ago, everyone has different thoughts, and the people sitting near Shen Zhuo glance at him from time to time, intending to see a hint from Shen Zhuo's expression, but Shen Zhuo's face is calm, as if he doesn't care about everything in front of him.

For a while, everyone sat down, and the palace people sent repertoire to Concubine An, who first ordered a play "Magu Offering Birthday", and then asked the concubine to play with several ladies with heads and faces in Beijing.

Subsequently, Concubine An sent the palace people to send the repertoire to the ministers on the opposite side to ask them to order the play, after a while, the palace people took the list of plays ordered by the ministers to Concubine An, Concubine An swept it, she glanced at Shen Zhuo from afar, turned her head and said to Princess Heyang beside her: "All the adults have ordered the play, but Lord Shen is left, I am thinking about the emperor's birthday banquet, and the monarch and the ministers should have fun together, it is better to bother the princess to go and ask Lord Shen to order a few plays." ”

The people sitting opposite each other include the prince of the East Palace, several elders in the cabinet, four marquis, and a few old generals from the time of the first emperor, even if Shen Zhuo is the successor of the next generation of the Jiang faction, but he is young after all, and he has not been in the officialdom for a long time, so it is not his turn to make a play, this Concubine An intends to push him to the front of the people, and specially ordered Princess Heyang to invite him to play, and the eyes around him can't help but look at Concubine An and Shen Zhuo and Gu Sanniang.

Although it is said that today is in the name of congratulating Emperor Jingwen on his birthday, but Emperor Jingwen has not shown up from beginning to end, and the guests who enter the palace naturally focus on them. 166 Reading Network