It didn't take much effort for Gao Zhen to persuade Zhong Yayue to enter Beijing. There is no one in the Zhong family who doesn't want to continue to hug the thighs of the Guangping Palace, but in the past, the King of Guangping and the prince Gao Zhen were very cold and resolute, and they knew that things were hopeless, so they didn't dare to say more. Now that Gao Zhen is willing to give Zhong Yayue a chance, how could he refuse? Almost as soon as Gao Zhen spoke, he immediately agreed.

However, he had some different views on whether to enter Beijing with the fleet of King Guangping. The capital is a must-go, but you can't go in such a hurry. Mrs. Zhong Er is still sick and will not be able to move for a day or two. Therefore, even if he wanted to board the ship of the Quang Binh Palace, and pull a big flag for his family, he couldn't be in a hurry. And in his hometown, he just sent someone back to report the good news, and the reply has not yet arrived in Jining. He always wanted to know what his father was up to. However, in order to prevent Mrs. Zhong and the people in the big house from dragging him back, and also to prevent his father Xinna's concubine from playing tricks, he planned to send someone to send another letter back after receiving the letter, no matter what his father told him to do, informing his father that he was going to take his mother and sister into Beijing and rely on the news of the Guangping Palace's preparation for the examination. But at the same time as the letter was sent, he would immediately take his mother and sister to Beijing, without waiting for another letter from his hometown, lest anyone go with him in the name of "taking care of him".

Gao Zhen was quite satisfied when he saw that Zhong Yayue could still stay calm and refuse to board the royal ship to return to Beijing for the sake of his father's feelings and his mother's body. Even if he has the heart to lift up, he hopes that what he likes is not an unfilial and immoral person who leaves his conscience behind for the sake of fame and fortune. Zhong Yayue's actions just prove that he does have the value of being promoted.

Gao Zhen was in a good mood, and he was also happy to put down the shelf, and went back to the other party's residence with Zhong Yayue to meet Mrs. Zhong Er, and said a few words of comfort. When Mrs. Zhong Er saw him coming, she was overjoyed, and her illness seemed to be a little better. Zhong Yayue's sister Zhong Yaqing is also nervous and rude, treating Gao Zhen respectfully and politely, without the slightest overstepping, not like her sister Zhong Yachi. always talks about the so-called "friendship" with Gao Zhen everywhere, racking his brains to get closer to the relationship between the two. Gao Zhen was very satisfied with this, since this cousin had no delusions, he was also willing to contribute. Find a good family for her.

He didn't stay too long in the small mansion where the Zhong family's mother and son lived, so he left first. Before leaving, he left a few tonic herbs that Mochi had just purchased in a nearby pharmacy to Zhong Yayue, asking the other party to replenish his mother's body, and left another hundred taels of silver to entangle.

Although the Zhong family is not short of this money. But Zhong Yayue's mother and son have been away from home for a long time, and they have been stranded abroad for more than a year, not only to rent a house, but also to ask a doctor to take medicine, and to deal with Zhong Yayue's daily expenses in foreign affairs, and there is not much money on hand. At the end of the Zhong family's hometown, because Mrs. Zhong was dissatisfied with the Zhong family's big house, she never sent silver over. Second Master Zhong originally gave his wife and children some pocket flowers from time to time, but there has been no news in the past six months. Zhong Yayue is now spending money that her mother sold her winter clothes in the summer. Now we see that winter is coming. He was still wearing autumn clothes, and he didn't know what to do with any silver. Sending people to send letters to their homes to report the good news also means asking for money. Now they have Gao Zhen's 100 taels, which is just enough for them to buy winter clothes and spend money on the road. When they arrived in the capital, the Guangping palace would arrange their accommodation.

Zhong Yayue was grateful to Dade and sent Gao Zhen out of the house with great gratitude. Behind him, Second Mrs. Zhong and Zhong Yaqing were already so moved that their eyes were red. The latter held the bag of tattooed silver and approached Mrs. Zhong's side: "Mother, look. Now we don't have to ask for help from our families, and we have money. My daughter will go buy you winter clothes in a moment. My brother has been lifted now, and it's not easy to wear last year's old jacket when he goes out to socialize, so why don't you make him a new velvet coat? ”

Mrs. Zhong Er choked up and said, "You don't have to have a velvet coat. That's expensive, just make a few satin cotton clothes for your brother, and if you have leather, get a piece and sew it into the new robe, which is also very warm. My mother doesn't go out to see any guests now. Just buy a few old padded jackets to wear. It's you, who have grown taller than last year, and your clothes don't fit for a long time, so you should make two new clothes. When you arrive in the capital, maybe the prince will call your brother and sister over to see each other, what will they look like if they don't have decent clothes? Although the prince said that he would take care of us, he couldn't even count on the royal arrangement for such a trivial matter. The one hundred taels of silver, you save some flowers, enough for the New Year. When the Zhuangzi rent that I married next year arrives, the cost of next year will also be paid. ”

Zhong Yaqing agreed softly, her eyes flashing with happiness: "Mother, if the family knew that the palace was willing to promote my brother, wouldn't they force me to marry the person they fancied?" Will our family move back to the capital in the future, as before? ”

Second Mrs. Zhong paused before she said, "These still depend on the arrangement of the prince and the prince, let's just do it obediently." With the support of the prince and the prince, Dafang will not dare to threaten us anymore, and your father will ...... Think more of us. You must remember that as long as the prince and the prince are willing to support our mother and son, no one will dare to force us again, so no matter what, you can't make the prince and the prince unhappy, especially not your sister......"

Zhong Ya readily agreed, and muttered: "I'm different from my sister, I'm not as shameless as her!" ”

Mrs. Zhong Er sighed with a wry smile on her face. Zhong Yazhi was actually taught badly by her relatives, and she, who was an aunt, didn't have any good intentions at the beginning. Because Zhong Yaqing was robbed of her marriage, she had resentment in her heart, watching the big house and the family jumping up and down, just as a joke. Think about it carefully, if their husband and wife could persuade Master Zhong more, or stop the absurd behavior of some big mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law, the situation of the second room of the Zhong family would probably be completely different now.

Time has passed, and after experiencing all kinds of setbacks, she can look back to realize how selfish she was at the beginning, and how lucky she is to be today. She doesn't think about anything now, she only remembers one thing: the thighs of the Guangping Palace, must be held firmly, and the prince and the prince tell her to do whatever the mother and son do, they will do it, and there will never be the slightest selfishness, let alone the slightest disobedience. Some mistakes, it is enough to make them once.

Gao Zhen left the Zhong family, walked around the city, bought some local pastries and snacks, and carried them to the post station. I haven't seen Zhao Xiu for half a day, and he thinks strangely.

It's a pity that when he arrived at the station, Zhang had already finished his nap, sat in the main hall and talked to him energetically, thanking him for the pastries he sent. Although Gao Zhen was able to meet Zhao Xiu face-to-face, he did not get the opportunity to talk alone. Seeing that dinner time was approaching, he had to go back to the boat to accompany his father to dinner, and he could only say goodbye first. When Zhao Xiu sent him out, he seized that little bit of time and chatted with Zhao Xiu for a while. However, Zhao Xiu was worried about the news brought by Fang Renzhu in his heart, and spent all his time talking about the news in Beijing, without saying a word privately, and when Gao Zhen left, he regretted it in his heart.

How did Zhao Xiu know what he was thinking in his heart? Less than a day after moving into the post station, she saw Gao Zhen again, and got the Jining specialties he sent, she was in a good mood, and she used dinner well, and slept until dawn at night.

Fang Renzhu came again, the two chatted and laughed, and the day passed. They also know in their hearts that when they say goodbye tomorrow, they don't know when they will see each other again. On the occasion of seeing off tomorrow morning, all the people who appear are Fang Chongshan and other official figures, or local gentry, and the female dependents will not participate. They can only formally bid farewell to each other now, and say goodbye to each other.

Fang Renzhu gave several new books and two volumes of paintings by famous artists of this dynasty that were collected on weekdays. Zhao Xiu sent back a box of famous tea purchased in Hangzhou, a set of tea sets, and another painting of his own, which painted the spring scenery of the West Lake, but he took a few sketches he had painted in Hangzhou and put them together and repainted them into a big picture. Fang Renzhu liked it so much that she said again and again that one day, she would take a look at the West Lake with her own eyes to see if it was as moving as the picture depicted.

Zhao Xiu said goodbye to Fang Renzhu, accompanied his grandmother Zhang back to the ship of King Guangping, and began the journey back to Beijing again. It's getting colder by the day, and the farther north you go, the colder it gets. When we crossed the Yellow River, the surface of the river began to freeze, and it took a lot of effort for the fleet to cross the other bank. After that, it was smooth all the way, and there was no heavy snowstorm, and it was not until after Cangzhou that the snow gradually became bigger.

King Guangping decided to hide from the wind and snow in Tianjin for a few days and wait for the weather to clear before entering Beijing. However, among the attachés, those who need to return to Beijing to report to the palace, or those who go back to the palace to order people to prepare to welcome their masters, must brave the wind and snow and ride horses into Beijing by land. After getting the news, the fourth master of Tianjin, the prefect of Tianjin, specially brought people to the ferry to greet his nephew, King Guangping.

Although King Quang Binh was still unable to move, it was no longer suitable for him to continue to live on a ship because of the heavy wind and snow outside. With the support of his son Gao Zhen and led by Jiang Si, he lived in the noble hotel of the Tianjin Prefect's Yamen. Your hotel is a courtyard with two entrances, barely enough for their father and son to live with their close attendants, but the prince's chief Shi and other subordinate officials, except for those who want to return to Beijing, must live in the post station, and come every day to listen to orders. Zhao Xiu and Zhang's family are female dependents, but they are not so particular, they are familiar with living in the back office, and they live in the courtyard where Zhao Xiu once lived that year.

Zhang and Mrs. Jiang Si have met in Beijing, and now they are reunited, laughing in one place every day, but also deed. Jiang Wen was even more free of the obstacles of the past, and went back and forth directly in the inner house, looking for Zhao Xiu to talk every day. She is familiar with people, so she is not as shy as when she first met, and she dares to say many things that are not good to say in front of others.

Zhao Xiu also asked generously about the news in Beijing. After learning about the current situation of the Qiu family from Fang Renzhu, she was still quite concerned about the follow-up.

Jiang Wen directly snorted at this: "When I read the letter from Beijing, I really thought that the queen had chosen Qiu Yuan to enter the palace as a concubine, but now I know that she has a deep heart." Now that the Qiu family is in trouble, the imperial history is non-stop, Meishan Bo has been reprimanded by the emperor once in the palace, and the queen mother is like no one else, and she has never said a good word for his family, where does it seem that she really wants to open her eyes for Qiu Yuan? ”

Zhao Xiu hurriedly asked, "What's going on with the Qiu family?" Could it be that he really fought with other courtiers who wanted to send women to the palace? (To be continued.) )