In the evening, Zhao Wei dragged his tired body back home, and was very surprised to hear his sister say that from tomorrow onwards, she would go to Guangping Wangfu every day to help.

Zhao Xiu explained: "The prince wants to enter the palace for a stay, Gao Zhen is also going to go, except for the people in charge of the palace, there are few people who have a face, and the position of the chief of the palace has been abandoned for several months, and now no one has been found to fill it, and most of the other subordinate officials have to enter the palace with the prince, and the people who stay are all men, so they can only greet male guests." Originally, there was still the Zhong family, but the prince and Gao Zhen were not willing to let the surnamed Zhong step into the gate of the palace. Therefore, once their father and son entered the palace, there was no host in the palace who could be responsible for answering the ceremony when the guests came to mourn, and the male guests were just returned, and the chief steward and subordinate officials could deal with it, but if it was a female guest, there was no one to accompany the guests, so Cao's mother could only be on. But Cao's mother is not from the palace, but as the princess's nurse, she was only rehired a few months ago, and her identity is always a little different. She is sad to be like that again, I am afraid that she will not be able to do the work of hospitality. I went to sit every day, in fact, I just helped to accompany the guests, and by the way, I supervised Gao Zhen to see if there were any lazy people and made mistakes, and if there were, I would sue the head of the palace and Cao's mother. ”

It doesn't sound like a very complicated matter, but Zhao Wei is still worried about his sister: "When have you experienced such a big event?" Where do you know so many rules? I'm afraid of making jokes. Besides, you're too young, can you do it when you come out to entertain guests? ”

Zhao Xiu is still a little confident in this regard: "In the past, in my hometown, I went out with my grandmother as a guest. There is no place for rudeness. After returning to the capital, although I almost never officially went out as a guest except for the Guangping Palace, and the Zhuguo General's Mansion. But the rules of etiquette are all known. Although I am young, I am also the sister of the Marquis of Jiannan, the granddaughter of the princess of Jiannan County, and I can handle it in terms of identity, plus what the prince said, the princess and I have a friendship of half a teacher, and this relationship is enough. Again. I just went to help for twenty-seven days, and after twenty-seven days, the prince and they came back. Naturally, it's none of my business. To tell the truth, there are really few people who go to the palace to mourn in the past few days, but I am afraid that the next days will be average, but everyone has a head and a face. There is a commandment. They all entered the palace to kneel and mourn, who can spare time to worship the princess? Even if there are female relatives in the family who have no fate, they can come forward, and they seem to be a little concerned about the Zhong family's suspected involvement in the rebellion and deliberately avoid suspicion, so there are few people who come, and most of them probably want to explore the tone in the palace, right? ”

Zhao Wei sighed when he heard this: "How can things be like this? The Zhong family was not questioned, so they could know the meaning of the palace. I'm afraid that it's not all because of avoiding suspicion, but because I think that the prince is an idle person. Why don't you show your loyalty in front of the new monarch first? If you really want to come to mourn, you won't be able to spare time. "For example, on the first night after the death of the first emperor, after returning from crying in the palace, he went to the palace to offer incense overnight. Although it came and went in a hurry, only staying for a quarter of an hour, the etiquette was always fulfilled. Princess Guangping is known as a virtuous person, and before King Guangping stepped down from the throne of the prince, she has always been known as a woman who is enough to be a mother of the world, but she didn't expect to be so desolate after her death.

After thinking about it, he said to Zhao Xiu: "Since my sister has agreed to go, let's do it with all my heart." If there is anything you don't understand, just ask Cao's mother or the head of the palace. With the relationship between our family and the palace, you are young, even if there is a little errand, no one will blame you. If there are guests to mourn, when you entertain, try to be polite, don't talk to people, even if someone is not long-sighted and deliberately picks on you, you just talk to the people in the palace and let them come forward. You were invited to the palace by the prince's special order to help, no matter who it is, you are not qualified to embarrass you. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "My brother is too worried, since people are going to the palace to mourn, who still has the leisure to embarrass me?" Didn't that directly slap the face of the Quang Binh Palace? ”

Zhao Wei shook his head: "People's hearts are unpredictable, I am so old that I only attacked the marquis of Jiannan, and I have always been kind to people in the palace, and there are still people who look at me unpleasantly, and if there is nothing to stab me, there is no master in the palace, do you know if the people who come to the door will be dizzy?" ”

It was the first time Zhao Xiu had heard of this kind of thing, and hurriedly asked, "Is my brother okay?" Why haven't I heard you say that before? ”

Zhao Wei smiled: "Just a few words of gossip, what are you talking about?" What is the palace place? There are either courtiers or palace people around, who can really hurt me? Is he going to die? And you said that the prince told me to eat with their father and son, and when the time came, no one would dare to provoke me. But my sister is alone in the palace, and I don't know what will happen, so why don't I bring Bilian with me? Bring two more girls? ”

Zhao Xiu shook his head: "With so many people, am I going to help, or am I going to set up the score?" It's okay, I know the people in the palace very well, and the girls around the princess will help me. There are very few people who come to the door, so I just have to stay there for a few hours every day, and I still have to come home the rest of the time. ”

Zhao Wei nodded: "That's fine, then you should be good at home alone, and you can also go to Mrs. Cao for help if you have something." If you are free, you can sort out the things sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs first. The keys and title deeds of our Hou Mansion have been delivered, and the servants have been sent back, so you have put away the keys and deeds first, and asked those people to go to the mansion to find a place to live first, and send some daily necessities to the past, so you don't have to rush to arrange. When I come back from the palace, or when my grandmother arrives in the capital, I'll talk about the future. ”

Although Zhao Wei knew that his sister was quite capable, but cleaning up such a big Hou Mansion and those two hundred or so slaves was definitely not something that a little girl could do, so let's wait for the adults to come.

Zhao Xiu really hasn't dealt with this kind of thing, he has no experience, he could have asked Princess Guangping for advice, but now he still listens to his brother's advice. Anyway, it has been some time since my grandmother Zhang set off for Beijing, and it is estimated that she will be able to arrive in the middle of next month. At that time, my brother probably hadn't come out of the palace yet.

So early in the morning of the second day, Zhao Wei took a small servant and carried his baggage into the palace. Zhao Xiu was alone at home, had breakfast, arranged some housework, changed his clothes at the beginning of the year (nine o'clock in the morning), took a carriage to the Guangping Palace, and first went to the mourning hall to put a stick of incense. Let's see if the head of the palace and Cao's mother need her help with anything, if there is nothing to do, go to the main room of the guest house and sit. Sometimes. She sat for a long time without a female guest coming, so she could only do nothing, and then felt that it was too wasteful time, so she simply asked someone to ask for a pen and paper, and sat in the second room to copy the Buddhist scriptures seriously, and practiced calligraphy for the princess. Wait until a guest arrives to meet someone. When Cao's mother heard about it, her eyes turned red again, and then asked the little girl to send her a lot of high-quality study utensils and several hardcover scriptures. I also prepared a lot for myself and the other princesses' girls, and everyone copied them. After copying a copy, she will personally send it to the spiritual seat to burn it.

Zhao Xiu stayed until the second day, and finally met a female guest who would come to the guest house to watch tea. It's the wife of the Squire's Mansion. Because it was a filling room that only entered the door last year, it has not yet been asked for a decree, so there is no need to enter the palace to cry, claiming that he was sick a few days ago, so he delayed it until today, and he was very unhappy. One of the princess's maids was named Yanyu, who had been by Zhao Xiu's side for the past two days, so she told her privately. This lady was actually very attentive to the princess before, and she didn't come back after hearing that the Zhong family was suspected of rebellion. Now it's a good mouth. Zhao Xiu deeply felt the resentment of the people around the princess against this lady, but she didn't show any abnormality on her face, she was generous in the face of the guests, followed the rules, invited people to drink tea, greeted her twice, and then missed the deceased, and then appreciated the guests' tearful acting skills, secretly commented in her heart, and said a few words about the scene, and then served tea to the guests.

The lady was very surprised, she didn't expect this little girl to act so old-fashioned, there was nothing to find fault with from beginning to end, if there was anything that made people feel uncomfortable, it was those eyes, as if they had seen through her, always giving people a sense of irony. But Zhao Xiu can't fault it on her face, the so-called irony is just her own weak heart, so she thinks so, and there is no way to complain. Out of the palace, she could only complain to the people around her: "The new sister of Jiannanhou is old at a young age, but she doesn't look like a child, and her temperament is really unpleasant." ”

The second lady to arrive was a general's wife, whose husband is said to have fought alongside the king of Guangping when he was stationed in Liaodong. She is not a snob, but after receiving the news, she went to Beijing with her husband to cry, and her husband went directly to the palace. Zhao Xiu looked at the smoke and rain, and their eyes were secretly red, so he had a little more respect for the general's wife. After the other party left the palace, he sighed to others: "It is really worthy of being the granddaughter of the prince of Jiannan County, she has been polite and thoughtful at a young age, and her style is different from others, not comparable to the bloodline of such a concubine." The duchess of the county can raise such a granddaughter, and the grandson heard that he also won the title because of his meritorious service to save the driver, which is really remarkable. ”

Some people think she is dignified and steady, some people think she is cold and unpleasant, and some people think that she is not accompanied by a big cry, and she is not respectful enough to the princess, how can she be qualified to entertain guests? Besides, he is young. Some people even asked why the Zhong family didn't see it? At this time, whether it is the princess's biological mother, brother and sister-in-law, or nephews and nieces appearing, they are all more decent than a half-apprentice, right? Didn't the girl of the Zhong family cry outside the palace? It's time to come in.

This person who holds the latter idea naturally came from other places to know the inside story, but he discussed it twice in private, and then he heard the rumors in Beijing, so he shut up. As for the one who disliked Zhao Xiu for not crying with him, Zhao Xiu was also very helpless after hearing it. She can't compare to the people who come to mourn, it's good to come only once, and if she sits in the palace every day, if she comes to a guest and cries, it's also very tiring, okay? The people in the palace, even Mother Cao and Yanyu, were so thin that they lost their shape after staying up to the twentieth day, and they really didn't have the strength to cry anymore, let alone her. No matter what others say, she just needs to do what she should do, and even the people in the palace don't find fault with her, so what do outsiders say?

On the twenty-fifth day, seeing that there were still a few days left, King Guangping and Gao Zhen would be able to return, and his brother would also go home. Zhao Xiu thought about it, and felt relieved in his heart, as if the burden on his shoulders was about to be unloaded, and he was relieved, but he still had the strength to think about it, grandmother should be in the capital soon, right?

At this moment, there was a ghost crying wolf howl from the direction of the front yard, she walked to the door for some reason to look, and after a while, she saw Yanyu coming over angrily, and hurriedly asked: "Sister Yanyu, what's going on outside?" ”

Yanyu said angrily: "Miss Zhao doesn't have to pay attention, it was the old lady of the Zhong family who came over with her family, saying that the princess's future affairs were cold, and she couldn't bear to see her daughter desolate behind her, so she wanted to come over to cry and mourn." What a joke! The princess has been gone for almost a month, and I haven't seen them coming, seeing that the prince and the prince are about to return from the palace, they are pretending to be upside down, do you really think that the people in the capital don't know the good things his family has done?! The steward and the master of the steward were stopping the people in front of them, and they were not allowed to enter the house. ”

Zhao Xiu was surprised, what is the Zhong family doing? I've been honest for so long, why did I die again? Do they really think that Gao Zhen will look at his dead mother and not pursue whatever they do? (To be continued......)