Chapter 113: Zhenzhen Returns
Zhao Zhenzhen is back, this is not a secret, the return of the Northwest husband and wife is the most important thing in the court recently.
The emperor has been praising the exploits of the Northwest Duke and his wife in the Northwest for the past few days, and the court has been rewarding them constantly. On the day when the Northwest Duke and his wife returned to the capital, the two prime ministers and the two quasi-prime ministers went to greet them. The two prime ministers are Chen Yuanheng and Liu Jingyuan, and the quasi-prime ministers are Chen Wenqi and Tian Jingye. With such a large lineup, how could those well-informed people in the capital not know?
Moreover, after the Northwest Duke and his wife entered the capital, they did not return to their mansion to change clothes, they entered the palace, and suddenly returned to their mansion after dinner in the evening.
Zhao Zhenzhen, who came back with the Northwest Duke and his wife, was naturally known to everyone. Zhao Zhenzhen went to the northwest, and there are a lot of things in the capital that know. Because Zhao Zhenzhen was originally a noble girl in the capital, she was still the one with a high status, and even a popular candidate for the eldest princess for a while.
Now, after several years of heated discussions, two of them have finally been decided, one is the white frost of the Bai family, and the other is Xia Yuyan of the Xia family. Now, the position of the eldest prince Liu Yu is the prince, and the prince's regulation is one main concubine and two side concubines. It's all on the royal jade butterfly. Now there are only two places, and all of them are competing for a third place. Also, everyone knows the news that if the eldest prince Liu Yu gets married, he will soon be crowned the crown prince by the emperor, and the prince will have a princess and four good princesses.
That's it. There will be five women's positions around the eldest prince, but now it's just two of them, and what about three? In all the capitals, the daughters of the right age, the better looks, and the ones who are a little talented are all competing fiercely.
Now, suddenly killing a Zhao Zhenzhen halfway through, can this not make the nobles in the capital vigilant?
Therefore, Zhao Zhenzhen's return caused a lot of shock in the circle of nobles in the capital.
Originally. thought that Zhao Zhenzhen would be quiet at home for a few days. However, I didn't expect that Zhao Zhenzhen had just come back for three days, and she went to participate in the talent fair of the county lord Shuyuan.
Lord Shuyuan. She is the only daughter of the former eldest princess. The niece of the former emperor. The daughter-in-law of the Bai family. used to be the head of the ladies in the capital. Since the death of the previous eldest princess, she has kept a low profile for a few years. But. In the years when the county lord Shuyuan was low-key, he was just low-key in the social scene of the capital, and he was not low-key at all in terms of business.
She was already very rich, and when the eldest princess died, she left some of it. She used this money to make money in many businesses invested in Nanyang, as well as real estate, farms and the like, so after keeping filial piety, the lord of Shuyuan was already a super rich man.
Such a super-rich man with a noble status, her son is still the city lord of Nanyang Tongren City, she really has a lot of face in the capital, and she has endless money.
The lord of Shuyuan was originally a lively character. In the past few years, she has been singing and dancing in the capital every day, often holding banquets, flower viewing parties, and talent shows. Especially after the completion of the Taoist temple, she found that the Taoist temple is such an excellent and good place, with the best food, the best scenery, and the most elegant utensils. It's really in line with Lord Shuyuan's heart.
Therefore, the county lord Shuyuan now hands over all the affairs of the county lord's mansion in the city to his daughters-in-law, and she lives with her husband in the other village next to the Taoist temple for a long time.
After the Taoist temple flourished, the surrounding industries also flourished. Especially those black family design, Chen Wenhui's men built beautiful and elegant, different styles of Zhuangzi, very sought-after, many powerful people in the capital are rushing to buy, of course, these for Chen Wenhui to make a sum of money, this money is really not a small money, just these 20 or so Zhuangzi to Chen Wenhui to build the Taoist temple used to make up for half of the money.
The county lord of Shuyuan was the first to buy the Zhuangzi that was closest to the Taoist temple and had the best scenery, and lived there for a long time.
Just living in the Zhuangzi and playing in the Taoist temple are not conscious, but fortunately, the Taoist temple can rent a place to the magnates and let them hold a banquet here.
Therefore, the lord of Shuyuan often holds banquets here.
This talent fair is mainly to feast young ladies and unmarried ladies in the capital. Through the talent fair, the talent and beauty of the noble girls have been fully displayed, and many noble ladies also like to participate in such gatherings, so that they can see the appearance, talent, and temperament of other people's daughters, so that they can choose the daughter-in-law they like.
This kind of talent meeting has led to a lot of marriages, so the reputation has become bigger and bigger, and the reputation of the monarch Shuyuan has also become bigger and bigger. There are even powerful people from other provinces, and the nobles want to squeeze into such a banquet at all costs, so as to gain fame and marry a good family in the future.
This time it happened to be the time when the county lord of Shuyuan held a talent show, she was originally a well-informed person in the capital, so she naturally knew that Chen Wenhui and Zhao Zhenzhen had returned to the capital. She soon sent invitations to both Chen Wenhui and Zhao Zhenzhen. However, Chen Wenhui is too busy.
After the Northwest Duke and his wife returned, the Northwest Duke was not idle, and the emperor immediately sealed him a lot of official titles and assigned a lot of affairs. Chen Wenhui also has a lot to do. After all, I haven't returned to the capital for many years, and many industries have to be sorted out. It will not be able to deal with it for a while.
However, Zhao Zhenzhen is still very idle in the Zhongyi Mansion. Under the persuasion of her mother, Mrs. Han, she dressed up in gorgeous clothes and participated in this banquet.
Many of the nobles in the capital are friends with Zhao Zhenzhen. However, in the past few years, Zhao Zhenzhen has gone to the northwest, and everyone has seen less, and at this moment Zhao Zhenzhen is back, everyone is very happy, and they are talking around the beautiful Zhenzhen.
Some asked about the scenery of the northwest, some asked about the customs of the northwest, some asked Zhenzhen about the habits of living there, and some asked Zhenzhen if there were any interesting things happening there.
Zhao Zhenzhen smiled and behaved generously, answered the little sister's questions gently, introduced the customs and customs of the northwest, and listened to her introduction, those noble ladies were very envious, as if they could see such magnificent grasslands, deserts, mountains, lakes, herds of cattle and sheep, and blue skies.
Many girls said that they wanted to visit such a beautiful place. Of course, such an idea can only be a dream, as a woman, there are too many constraints in this world, and all her life is around her husband, children, in-laws, family, and house, where is the opportunity to enjoy the desert scenery and grassland beauty?
These little girls are envious around Zhao Zhenzhen.
When Bai Shuangshuang rushed over, he saw such a scene, and he couldn't help but be very angry, especially when he saw that Zhao Zhenzhen was even better looking than before, not only was her skin not roughened by the cold wind in the north, but it was white and tender, like white jade. Moreover, he has grown taller, a little taller than the hoarfrost.
Bai Shuangshuang looked at the little girls who surrounded her on weekdays, and now she is around Zhao Zhenzhen, can she not be angry, can she not have a black face?
What made her even more angry was that Xia Yuyan, who had already been cleaned up by her, also looked up at her beautiful little face and looked at Zhao Zhenzhen with envy.
The most unbearable thing for the hoarfrost is that the little face of Xia Yuyan, the first beauty in the capital, and Zhao Zhenzhen's small face are put together, Zhao Zhenzhen is not immediately compared like an ordinary noblewoman, but also fluorescent, Zhao Zhenzhen's posture is really like spring flowers and autumn moon compared with Xia Yuyan, and they are good at special shows.
Bai Shuangshuang looked at it for a while, the more she looked at it, the more angry she became, she saw it for a while, no one paid attention to her, she couldn't help it, walked up to Zhao Zhenzhen, and asked with a smile: "Sister Zhenzhen is back?" ”
Zhao Zhenzhen saw that it was white frost, and her psychology was like a mirror, and she also smiled and said, "Yes, Sister Shuangshuang, I haven't seen you for a long time." Have you always been nice? ”
Bai Shuangshuang said: "It's okay, but my sister seems to be a little plump, but the diet in the northwest is a little greasy?" ”
That's what people are not happy to say.
A girl from the imperial historian next to her immediately said: "Sister Zhao is a little plumper, but I think it's even better-looking, it's a beauty like Sister Xia standing with Sister Zhao, and Sister Zhao's glory has not been suppressed, but is more beautiful." ”
The other girls all agreed, and praised Zhao Zhenzhen's beauty.
The face of the white frost was a little blue, but Zhao Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Sisters, don't make fun of me." I came back from the Northwest and brought you a lot of fun little things, not worth anything, but a novelty. I wanted to send it to the sisters' families. First, the thing is too small to be worth anything, and second, it happened that the post of the county lord Shuyuan was sent, and I saw that all the sisters were there, so I simply brought it here and gave it to everyone together. ”
The girls rejoiced. Zhao Zhenzhen's maid has carried a large box, which contains a lot of gadgets, such as rattles on the northwest grassland, horse whips that girls can also use, small tapestries, crystal clear stones, and a colorful striped stone ring that is a specialty of the northwest.
Some said, "My sister wants this little tapestry, just next to my desk," and some said, "This colored stone ring is interesting, it's different, and I want a few to play with." Some people said that this red jade whip is interesting, and it is very suitable for us generals and daughters, so they gave it to me.
Zhao Zhenzhen agreed with a smile one by one. When there was a sister who wanted the same thing, and there was only one thing, she would ask the maid to write down the sister's name with a smile, and tell her that there was another such thing at home, and she would go back and let the next person send it over.
Anyway, everyone got their wish and praised Zhao Zhenzhen in unison, only Bai Shuangshuang had a cold face. (To be continued......)