When Yi Zhi came down, Zhao Xiu was at home preparing for the southward journey with the Zhang family.

Zhao Wei was appointed as a deputy envoy, and both Zhang and Zhao Xiu were overjoyed. I had decided to go back to the south to worship my ancestors, and now I can get a serious errand along the way, and the scenery is not comparable to returning to my hometown in the name of a new person. Zhao Wei has a real job, which means that he is no longer a noble with a false title, nor is he a potential stock that may have a good future in the future, but a real person. As long as he does a good job on this mission, it will be a ready-made merit, and when he returns to the capital, the emperor will also have a reason to reward him.

If something goes wrong and the messenger doesn't do it well, it's not a big problem. He is just a deputy envoy, and there is still King Guangping of Zhengqin on his head, and there is a squire of the Ministry of Works who is clearly doing things. Even if he wants to find someone to carry the black pot, it will not be his turn to be a young man who has just come out.

Of course, neither Zhao Wei nor Zhang could have such an idea. Zhao Wei was full of ambition to do a good job in the tasks assigned by the emperor, even if he was just an attendant, he would do his best to do his best. Besides, the emperor also said that let him go with him, so that he can go through it. Shanghai is his hometown again, and he also intends to do his part for his hometown.

Zhang even said to him: "This is the emperor's trust in you, you must not live up to the emperor's grace!" He also took Zhao Wei to the old county to offer incense in front of the spirit, and told him that the old man was in the spirit of the sky, and his grandson was about to come out!

When the three grandparents were excited and calmed down, Zhao Xiu reminded his grandmother and brother: "The prince is the envoy, and the elder brother is going south." You still have to follow the prince, right? Then should we go and meet the prince? What kind of charter is he? ”

Zhang was reminded and hurriedly asked Zhao Wei to deliver the post to the palace. Without waiting for Zhao Wei's post to be sent, the Guangping Mansion came first. The king of Quang Binh has returned to the palace from the palace with his son. Start preparing your luggage. After the decree was issued, the front of the Guangping Palace, which had been neglected for a long time, suddenly became lively, and many people came to visit, and they didn't know what the idea was. King Guangping didn't want to see them, but he couldn't simply and rudely drive people away, so Gao Zhen was ordered by his father to entertain them and make a haha. Send people away, do not accept gifts, and do not grant any requests. He also refused to disclose any news about the ban.

Gao Zhen was as busy as a spinning top at this time, and he couldn't spare time at all, so he glanced at Zhao Xiu when he came to the house, and he couldn't even use an excuse to discuss business with Zhao Wei. He was holding his breath in his heart. I can only endure it. But he ordered someone to deliver a message to Zhao Xiu, saying that he would come to see them in two days, and asked them to follow the king of Guangping to take the main ship together.

The king of Guangping naturally had to take a boat when he went south. The main ship that the emperor ordered to prepare for him was the Eight Boats, a miniature version of the former Mingfu Boat, which was large and stable, and had three floors. In addition to the highest floor, which needs to be used for lookouts, there are many rooms on the lower two floors, and there are also cabins below deck. King Quang Binh was inconvenient because of his eyes. So I don't plan to live too high, I have already decided to live on the first floor. He made it clear that he was in a special situation. Others don't need to have scruples, they are afraid that people will say that they will press on his head or something, so he asked the Zhang family to live on the second floor with his granddaughter. With the father and son of the king of Guangping who live on the first floor as a buffer, and the checkpoints between the second and third layers are strictly guarded, there is no worry that outsiders will collide with the female dependents. As for Zhao Wei, he could follow another deputy envoy to sit on the same ship, or he could take the servants of Jiannanhou Mansion to sit on another ship. Of course, if he wanted to be on the same boat as his grandmother and sister, there were plenty of empty rooms on the first floor of the main ship to choose from.

Zhao Wei listened to Gao Zhen's words, gritted his teeth and sneered, and then smirked: "The prince is thoughtful. At that time, I will disturb the prince and the son with my grandmother and sister. ”

The person sent by Gao Zhen was his confidant Mochi, and he probably clearly understood the lawsuit between Zhao Wei and Gao Zhen. He smiled slightly at the foot of the steps outside the house, and saluted: "The little one must tell the prince the words of the Hou Ye as they are." ”

After the ink pool finished speaking, he took his leave, and before leaving, he said that when the day of departure was set, he would come to report the news. If you need to buy anything to build the Nanhou Mansion, you can mention it to the palace. In addition, how many people does the Jiannan Hou Mansion plan to bring, how many boxes of luggage, and whether there is another boat to carry people and goods, please also try your best to sort out a charter and report to the palace. Because it was a team that went south together, it was easy to make arrangements for the personnel report earlier.

This is the right matter, Zhao Wei put away his fake smile and solemnly agreed. It's just that after the ink pool left, his face was still not very good-looking. Zhao Xiu glanced at him, and then pouted: "If my brother thinks that we are stained with the light of King Guangping and take his downwind boat, it will be too embarrassing for our family, then it's a big deal for us to take another boat." ”

There is already a letter from the Liufang, and now it is the peak period for Cao Liang to enter Beijing, and most of their ships have been arranged, and it will be difficult to find a suitable empty ship for a while. Jiannanhou Mansion needs to use boats, and they can't use small boats, old ships or cargo ships, so they finally squeezed out two passenger boats, and borrowed one with luggage from a familiar boat company, which is estimated to be enough for the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family. However, now that Zhao Wei has received the envoy, going south is no longer a private matter, and there is no need to bother to find a boat by himself, the government will arrange it with its own boat. Although Zhang and Zhao Xiu were not among the envoys, the emperor agreed to Zhao Wei to worship his ancestors, who would find fault with him for taking his grandmother and sister with him? Now they can be said to have no shortage of ships, and it doesn't matter if they don't sit in the same boat with King Guangping.

Zhao Wei still understood, shook his head and said: "The boat in the sixth room is still a little smaller, and it is just a matter of carrying luggage." The ship arranged by the government for the deputy envoy may not be a good cargo. The prince's boat is different, it is big and stable, and the grandmother can be more comfortable when she sits, so it is naturally better to sit in the same boat with the prince. ”

Since he had made a decision, Zhao Xiu responded with a smile: "Okay, I'll arrange the personnel list, and then ask someone to help pack the luggage, so I can calculate the head of the people as soon as possible and report to the palace." ”

Zhang said to his granddaughter: "Go and ask the people below, if there are people who have followed us out of their hometowns, and they are worried about their families, and they want to go back to see them, write down their names." If the government can arrange it, bring everything you can bring, and if it is not good, each family should also bring one. ”

Zhao Xiu paused. I still agreed, and I didn't mention it when I went to take care of my own affairs.

There were only two people left in the room, Zhang and Zhao Wei's ancestors, and they glanced at each other. They all smiled wryly.

Zhang covered his chest and worried: "What can I do about this?" The Queen Mother has just seen Sister Xiu, and she seems to like it very much. But the matter has not been settled for a day, and my heart has never been at peace! On this trip to the south, I have to live on the same boat with the son, so don't cause any gossip. ”

Zhao Wei said: "Grandmother, don't worry, my grandson is also there." When the time comes, the grandson will take care of the son. Things have come to this point, Sun Er thought. The prince is really hard-hearted, and the prince seems to be quite in favor. I don't know what the palace means. When this errand is finished, let's go back to Beijing. The grandson wants to ask what the prince means, if it is possible, it is better to decide his sister's marriage as soon as possible. ”

Zhang nodded slowly.

Who knew that in less than two days, the queen issued an order to summon Zhang and Zhao Xiu into the palace.

Before entering the Kunning Palace. Zhang's and Zhao Xiu's ancestors and grandsons couldn't guess that the queen suddenly summoned each other. For what. Could it be that when she entered the palace to see the queen mother that day, she turned around and bowed to Kunning Palace, and the queen sent the palace people to say two polite words, and now it is serious?

However, the queen "recovered", and the news slowly spread. No matter what went wrong with the queen during this time, looking at the attitude of the queen mother and the emperor now, it seems that the rain has passed. It's just that the time is still too short, and most people in the outside world are just waiting and seeing. didn't mean to rush up and run to Kunning Palace to hug his thighs. Zhao Xiu originally discussed it with the Zhang family at home. Just act as if nothing happened, and do what you have to do. The queen summoned them, and they came, and there was nothing to be afraid of anyway. They have no grudges with the queen, and there is still the queen mother in the palace, so they can't suffer any losses.

In fact, the queen summoned the Zhang family and Zhao Xiu's ancestors and grandchildren to come, and she did not mean to make them suffer. The queen was just wearing a gorgeous dress, with an impeccable smile on her face, and said some words to the Zhang family very kindly, first congratulating Zhao Wei on winning the mission and Zhao Zhuo on getting the posthumous gift, and then praising Zhao Xiu a few words, and rewarded the ancestors and grandchildren with a set of gold-inlaid treasure heads, as well as a number of brocades, so that they could often enter the palace to talk to her, and then served tea to the guests.

This is the queen's treatment of the more decent ladies of the noble family, and it can be regarded as quite face-giving. Although her face was coated with a thick layer of fat powder, Zhao Xiu could see that when the queen said this to their ancestors and grandchildren, she was still smiling quite sincerely. She wondered in her heart, wondering why the queen suddenly became affectionate to their ancestors and grandchildren, but remembering that the queen was a person, she was still reluctant to be close to the other party. Of course, in front of the queen, their ancestors and grandchildren are naturally grateful. As for whether they will actively come in after leaving the palace-they are about to go back to Jiangnan to worship their ancestors, where is this vacancy?

Out of Kunning Gate, Zhao Xiu couldn't help wiping his sweat, looking at the heavy jewelry box, and the two palace people holding brocade behind him, he only felt that the reward was not so easy to receive. She asked Zhang in a low voice: "Do we want to 'drop by' to see the Queen Mother?" ”

Zhang shook his head secretly: "I haven't handed a sign to Cining Palace beforehand, and I don't know if the Queen Mother is free today, so let's go out first." She was not familiar with the people in the Queen's Palace, and she did not dare to call them. Take the things that the queen has rewarded to see the queen mother? If the Queen Mother saw the two sets of gold-inlaid treasures, she didn't know how she would feel. After all, the queen is too young to be cautious enough. Two days ago, the Queen Mother rewarded Zhao Xiu with a pair of gold-inlaid treasure hairpins, and today the Queen Mother rewarded her with a set of gold-inlaid treasure heads. In the eyes of others, I thought that the queen was saying goodbye to the queen mother. The Zhang family didn't plan to block the Queen Mother.

The ancestors and grandsons went straight out of the palace, and on the way, they took a look at Qiu Yuan, who was walking towards Kunning Palace with the palace people, and they were stunned for a moment.

Zhang frowned, didn't want to pay attention to her, turned his head and left directly, gave his granddaughter a look, and motioned Zhao Xiu to ignore others. Zhao Xiu naturally didn't pay attention to Qiu Yuan, but he felt strange in his heart. Qiu Yuan played a disgraceful role in the process of the queen's plot against Jiang Wen, and the queen should be very clear in her heart. She has just received the forgiveness of the Queen Mother and the Emperor now, even if she doesn't clamp her tail and be a man, she actually summoned Qiu Yuan into the palace openly, could it be that she is really recuperating from illness and stupidity?

Zhao Xiu stared at Qiu Yuan a few times. Qiu Yuan's face turned red, she kept her head down and kept silent, and consciously took two steps to the side. It wasn't until the ancestors and grandsons of the Zhao family walked away that she let out a long breath, and smiled reluctantly at the palace people who led the way: "This sister, let's go, don't let the queen wait for a long time." (To be continued......)

PS: Tears run~~~ I'm sorry I'm late again!!