Steward Zhang was already happy in his heart, and thanked God for his kindness. Originally, he was still thinking about how to let his wife transfer things to the second lady, but he didn't expect to come to the pillow when he was sleepy, and he actually had the opportunity to give the gift directly to the beauty.

Second Sister Cao heard that there was something good, and she responded with great interest, "What kind of good thing?" ”

Steward Zhang didn't care about the rules, and hurriedly interjected, "Second Miss, those large pieces of jade have been collected into the warehouse by Madame, and it's not too late to go back in a while." But I still have a few good fabrics here, so the second lady can take a look first. ”

As he spoke, he opened the cloth bag in his hand. The four finest brocades shone with a gorgeous luster in the sun, and the second sister Cao liked to do needlework the most, and she was attracted almost immediately.

She happily took the top piece of silver and red woven lotus pattern brocade, and shouted excitedly, "Sister-in-law, look at how good this material is, it must be very beautiful to make a small jacket in winter." ”

Dong Rong smiled and nodded, "No, it's not bad to make a cloak with white fox fur trimming." With that, her eyes seemed to inadvertently sweep between Steward Zhang and the remaining pieces of cloth, and although she didn't speak again, her eyebrows were raised.

Steward Zhang's heart sank, and he quickly accepted the look of admiration in his eyes, and said in a low voice, "These horses were given by a friend of mine, but I have no home and no room to put them back." If the second lady doesn't dislike it, use it, this color is bright, and it is also excellent to prepare for marriage. ”

Second Sister Cao'er blushed when she heard this, and hurriedly rolled up the silver and red brocade and put it on the cloth bag, and excused herself, "I don't want it!" I just looked at the material and touched it a few more times. ”

Steward Zhang was so anxious that he almost stuffed the material back into her hand, so that he hadn't lost his sense of proportion, and tried his best to remedy it, "Second Miss, don't be polite, it's really useless for me to let go of this material." ”

Second Sister Cao still waved her hand and refused to accept it, and even thought of a way for him, "Otherwise, if you take it to the cloth village in the city and sell it on consignment, you will definitely be able to sell it for a lot of silver." ”

Steward Zhang's forehead was sweaty, and his usually smooth and dexterous tongue was almost knotted at this time. Dong Rong watched from the sidelines, although she felt a little strange in her heart, but in the end, it was not good to embarrass this relying on the big housekeeper too much. So he opened his mouth to relieve the siege and said, "This material is really good, the second sister will stay." Steward Zhang paid ten taels of silver on the account, how about I bought these horses? ”

Although this is different from the original plan, Steward Zhang also knows that it is the best result, after all, no girl from a good family will not accept a man's gift casually. He hastened to reply, "Yes, ma'am." In this way, I have to go into the city to find a shop to consign. ”

Dong Rong smiled faintly, opened his mouth and asked him to go down with two more trivial words.

Second Sister Cao got four good horses at once, and she was so happy that she almost jumped up. But she is not an ignorant child, sitting next to her sister-in-law hesitated and said, "Sister-in-law, this material is too valuable, you can stay and make your own clothes." I... I don't really like the color..."

Dong Rong saw that the little girl's face was full of reluctance, and she was very funny in her heart, so she reached out and patted her shoulder and said, "What is polite to my sister-in-law, pick two of these four horses and put them in your dowry box, and leave the remaining two horses for us to wear in the winter." ”

Second Sister Cao's eyes immediately lit up with joy, and she responded with a smile, "Okay, when the time comes, I will make a big coat and a cloak for my sister-in-law, and I will use that pink and purple horse to ensure that it looks good!" ”

The more she talked, the more excited she became, and she couldn't help but open the material and compare. Dong Rong was also interested, and Tiyì replaced the cotton in the jacket with down, which would be warmer and lighter.

The two sisters-in-law talked and laughed like this, and they were still a little unsatisfied until Zizhu brought lunch. After eating, Second Sister Cao directly took the sewing basket and started work.

Dong Rong took a travelogue and accompanied her, and gradually fell asleep when she became sleepy. The dream was full of the hustle and bustle of Kyoto, and that person rode on a tall horse, passing proudly in the street, attracting many women to chase after him. She was so angry that she wanted to scold, she didn't want to change her dreams, and the man was wearing a red robe and a crown in the same very beautiful woman's marriage church...

When I woke up, needless to say, I was sweating profusely again. Second Sister Cao was frightened and hurriedly stepped forward to inquire, Dong Rong naturally wouldn't talk to her about the hidden worries in her heart, so she casually found an excuse and turned the conversation away.

At this time, 800 miles away in Kyoto, idlers in the streets and alleys are also talking about it. A few days ago, the emperor's brother, King Nakayama, was seriously ill, which cast a layer of sadness on Kyoto, which was peaceful in singing and dancing.

It turned out that the only heir of the Zhongshan Palace, His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, died of illness a month ago, and the princess Zheng was so sad that she actually went with her son. The king of Zhongshan lost his wife and children, under the double blow, how could he not commit his cough disease, and it was menacing, and there was even blood in the phlegm, I am afraid that time is running out. Everyone has heard a lot of tragedies, but it is really rare for the whole family to report to Lord Yama like this, not to mention that it is still a noble royal bloodline, no wonder everyone sighs a few times when they talk about it.

The emperor respected his brother, and the queen mother also felt sorry for her son, so the palace had good medicinal materials rewarded every day, and the imperial doctors also lived in the palace to treat it quietly, but the condition of the king of Zhongshan did not improve. Everyone said in private that as soon as the king of Zhongshan went, there would be no heirs in the entire palace, and I was afraid that it would decline.

As a result, when everyone was sighing, news suddenly came that the newly corrected concubine Liu Fang, who had recently been straightened in order to take care of the trivial affairs of the palace, actually had a son, who was frail and sick when he was young, and was sent to a poor peasant family for more than ten years under the guidance of a senior monk, and now he has returned home at the age of twenty.

When the palace was declining, the king of Zhongshan had no heirs except for his two daughters who had become monks, and the Liu family sat firmly on the throne of the princess, needless to say that the boy who had been away from home for many years inherited the throne as if it was a nail.

Some people envy this kid's good luck, and some people say that the earth leopard has bloomed. Of course, there are also smart people who don't laugh and say nothing, how many people in the big families can climb to a high position just by luck? It is the five or six children who the palace claims to have died of illness, and where are the unjust souls still wandering? However, as the old saying goes, everyone sweeps the snow in front of the door, and doesn't care about the frost on the tiles of others, and the left and right have nothing to do with themselves, drinking tea and listening to the excitement.

However, the top and bottom of the Zhongshan palace were almost set off firecrackers for a few days and nights because of the joy of this quasi-prince who returned from a long way, if the palace fell, the first unlucky ones were their slaves. is either given away or sold, how can you be at ease in the palace. Now that there are successors in the palace, they finally don't have to worry about the future days not being settled.

Compared with the wait-and-see attitude of the small people in the market, the royal family is unusually high-profile. After hearing that his brother had a son who had returned from afar, the emperor recruited his nephew into the palace on the second day. As a result, when he saw that his nephew was not only not a little vulgar and vulgar, but was handsome and talked extraordinary, the emperor was really happy. After taking the test for a few lines of poetry, calligraphy and painting, horseback riding and archery, he directly decreed that his nephew was the son of the king of Zhongshan. In the end, he was rewarded with seven or eight carts of gold, silver and jade, and even two horses and three bows.

The queen mother's grandmother naturally can't lag behind, hugging the handsome grandson and shouting for a long time, and at the end she gave three carts of cloth to her grandson to make clothes, and two carts of tribute paper and fragrant ink for her grandson to learn calligraphy and paint. If it weren't for the fact that it was late and the palace was not good for staying overnight, she even held her grandson's hand and refused to let go.

The royal people treated them so kindly, and the courtiers seemed to have found a weather vane, and the posts inviting the prince of Zhongshan to drink the banquet soon filled the study of the palace, and the seven or eight concierges of the palace received red envelopes softly.

For a time, the prince of Nakayama quickly became one of the new nobles in Kyoto. And after he attended several noble banquets, he wore the crown of the most favored noble son on his head. Almost all families with daughters are secretly inquiring about the preferences of this prince, thinking about how to send their daughter to the palace as a princess. When the old prince dies, Princess Liu is a stepwife who has been straightened out, and her waist is not hard, won't the entire palace be her own daughter who has the final say?

In this way, the whole of Kyoto was in an uproar because of the return of the prince of Nakayama. If you don't know a few gossips about the prince of Zhongshan, even if you go to the teahouse tavern, you will be despised.

In this regard, the protagonist of Zhongshan Wang Shizi seems to have no idea that he has become the object of national discussion. In addition to taking care of the old prince and entering the palace to accompany the queen mother every day, he occasionally goes out of the city to hunt. Sometimes they will also boat on the Huanhua River and chant poems and paint, so ashamed that a large group of too talented children hide their faces and sigh. He is so talented and handsome, and he is more than the old prince back then.

At dusk on this day, in the inner courtyard of the palace, Princess Liu was slowly drinking white fungus soup, while listening to the old mother's report, the corners of her mouth slightly curled proudly. What else in this world can make a mother more happy than her son being praised?

The old lady knew the princess's temper the most, and she kept flattering her, "Niangniang, you don't know, after those students were impressed by the prince, they rushed forward to greet them, and invited the prince to visit Taixue." Although the old slave was only a subordinate of the palace, he was so proud that he hated to lift his chin to the sky. The old slave wants to congratulate the mother, and finally the bitterness is sweet, the prince is both civil and military, and filial piety and reasonableness, and the mother can rest assured to enjoy the blessings in the future. ”

Princess Liu put down the tea bowl, raised her hand to comb the broken hair on her sideburns, and used this to hide the smugness in her eyes, and said lightly at the end, "You don't have to praise him to the sky, he looks like an adult, but in fact, he is still a child." A good palace is not willing to stay longer, and has to run out every day. By the way, the needlework room is ready, and he will take the prince back to Liu's house tomorrow, and his clothes can't go on a business trip. ”

(Something happened at home, and I can only have one chapter today.) If you're in a bad mood, this world really doesn't pay off, forget it, keep working hard. Thank you for your support! ）R638