Zhao Xiu is in the wing room where his little brother Zhao Wei lives, reading and reading with him.

She was actually very curious about what King Guangping would say to her grandmother Zhang, and she also wanted to ask him, did Gao Zhen know that she had left after he came back? Is there a reply? She now holds the pen more steadily, and flips through a few more books, asking her to write another letter with reference to the words in the book, even if the writing is ugly, in the vernacular, there will be no more simplified characters. But she only followed the adults to salute the king of Guangping when she was in the cemetery, and when she returned home, she was carried out of the hall, and when he left, no one informed her, so that she had no chance to speak to him in private, and her heart was depressed.

It was dark, and King Quang Binh had already left, and I don't know when even the second uncle who was sitting outside the hall was gone, and what was my grandmother still doing in the hall?

Zhao Xiu touched his little belly and felt a little hungry, and then looked at his little brother Zhao Wei, he was also looking out the window uneasily, and he had long lost the mood to practice calligraphy.

At this moment, Qiu Ye walked in: "Brother Wei, Sister Xiu, the old lady has something to say to you, I'll take you there, right?" ”

Zhao Wei hurriedly put down the pen and jumped off the high chair, Qiu Ye picked up Zhao Xiu, pulled him up with one hand, and the three of them walked to the hall.

In the hall, Zhang had already taken a pen and paper and put it on the table in front of him, and when he saw his grandchildren coming in, he smiled and said, "Come, you come and sit here." ”

Zhao Wei climbed to the chair on her left and sat down, and Qiu Ye also put Zhao Xiu on the chair on the right, and quietly retreated, standing outside the house and waiting for orders.

Zhang looked at his grandson Zhao Wei, raised his hand and gently touched his little face, suddenly his eyes were red, he took a deep breath, and forced his tears to endure before he calmed down, and asked him with a faint smile: "Brother Wei, grandmother asked you, do you want to be a marquis?" Jiannanhou. ”

Zhao Wei looked dazed: "Grandmother is talking about a Hou Ye like the eldest uncle?" He lowered his head and thought about it, and pouted slightly: "Don't!" I don't want to do bad things like him! ”

Zhao Xiu was a little uneasy in listening, her grandmother seemed to have said that she wanted to fight for the title of Xiao Changfang to her little brother, and Zhao Jiong, the head of Xiao Changfang, had committed such a big crime, and he was no longer qualified to be a marquis. Listening to her tone now, why does it seem a little weird? How old is Zhao Weicai? The title is over, let him hold it, why bother asking him if he wants to?

Thinking of this, Zhao Xiu interjected and said: "Brother, you don't have to do bad things to be a Hou Ye, your grandfather used to be a Hou Ye, and the bad one is the eldest uncle, not the Hou Ye." ”

Zhao Wei tilted his head and pursed his lips: "Anyway...... I'm not going to do anything bad! Do not be a Hou Ye, I ...... I don't know, I haven't done it, and I don't want to do it. ”

Zhang looked at his grandson with a smile: "Then what do you want to do?" ”

Zhao Wei thought for a while: "I imagined that my father would study like me and go to the imperial examination in the future, and my father said that I am very talented." He quietly glanced at his sister again: "But I also want to learn martial arts, and if I learn it, I won't be afraid of being bullied, and my body will be stronger, and I won't get sick at every turn, which will worry my grandmother." ”

Zhang's expression was a little dazed, but he soon came to his senses, and asked his granddaughter with a smile: "What about Sister Xiu?" Although being a Hou Ye has nothing to do with whether he is a bad person or not, if your brother is no longer a Hou Ye, are you willing? ”

Zhao Xiu frowned, and asked her, "Grandmother, are you the one who wants to give up the title to the eldest uncle's family?" ”

Zhang Shi smiled: "Why do you think so? ”

"Why else would you ask me that?" Zhao Xiu pursed his lips and said, "It doesn't matter if my brother is a marquis or not, we just need to live our own lives, but I don't want to let the people of my uncle's family take advantage." The eldest uncle killed his father and mother, and many others, and he should pay for his life! Why did the children and grandchildren of murderers take what belonged to their elder brother and continue to be high above us and use their power to oppress us?! ”

Zhao Wei was taken aback, and hurriedly said to Zhang: "Grandmother, is this really the case?" Then I don't want to! ”

The smile on Zhang's face gradually dissipated, her eyes turned red again, and she said in a somewhat choked voice: "Don't worry, how can grandmother be so confused?" You are not uncommon, the title of Marquis of Jiannan is the best, just like Sister Xiu'er said, we just need to live our own lives, but Xiao Changfang ......" she gritted her teeth, "We must not let them be satisfied!" ”

Zhang seemed to have made up her mind, the whole person cheered up, she instructed Qiu Ye: "It's not too early, bring up Brother Wei and Sister Xiu'er's food, let the children eat early, and go to bed early, there will be something tomorrow." ”

Autumn leaves answered.

Zhang Shi began to think about the pen and paper in front of him again, and Zhao Xiu guessed, she probably wanted to write something? stretched out a pair of chubby short hands to reach the ink ingot, learning the movements of the autumn leaves that she usually observed, and wanted to grind ink for her grandmother, but she forgot that the ink ingot had to grind out the ink, and she had to add water to such a thing, Zhao Wei smiled when she saw this: "Sister, let me come, you have short hands." Then he took the ink ingot from her hand on the table, and in a decent manner scooped a little water out of the water with a brass spoon, and began to grind the ink.

Zhao Xiu cleaned up his self-esteem that was hit by the word "short hands", stared at his movements, and tried his best to learn to do this.

Zhang looked at the appearance of the little brother and sister, and his heart warmed, and he felt that he had more courage in his body. She had finished typing, so she picked up the pen, dipped it in the ink that her grandson had sharpened for herself, and began to speak a thousand words.

Zhang wrote a notebook presented to the emperor, and after writing, Qiu Ye had changed the candles for two rounds, and Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei couldn't stand the hunger, and finished a meal, only Zhang never left the table. It was late at night, Zhao Wei sat on the chair, her head dozing off little by little, and Zhao Xiu was on the table, as if inadvertently looking at what she had written.

Zhang is pleading guilty to the emperor.

Whether Zhao Jiong is a concubine or a fake concubine recorded in the name of Yuan Pei, after the Zhang family enters the door, she is his mother. Her son did something unfilial and unfilial, and as a mother, she had the responsibility of poor upbringing. She admitted the charge, thinking that her son Zhao Jiong was not worthy of continuing to be the son of the county grandfather, and was afraid that he would insult the county grandfather's name, so she implored the emperor to make the decision and punish this unfilial son for her.

Zhang asked the emperor not to take Zhao Jiong lightly because he thought of the face of the county grandfather, because at the gate of Fengxian County, the county grandfather in the spirit of heaven in front of all the villagers pointed out Zhao Jiong's unfilial piety, and the reason why he fell off the horse and was paralyzed was also the punishment of the county grandfather for him. The county grandfather is in the spirit of heaven, and he will not forgive this son of evil.

In addition, after the death of the county grandfather, Zhao Jiong treated his stepmother and brother a lot of favorably - Zhang gave some examples here - and concealed it from the outside world, and pretended to be a filial son in front of the emperor, his wife, son, daughter-in-law and grandson...... Everyone turned a blind eye to this, and his wife Niu was even meaner than him, and before the father-in-law died, he directly led someone to drive his mother-in-law out of the main courtyard. Zhang deeply felt that Zhao Jiong's wife's children and grandchildren were not of good moral character, and she was afraid that they would be useless, and in the future, they would take advantage of the prestige of the county grandfather during his lifetime to do wrong things and ruin the reputation of the county grandfather, so she implored the emperor that if there was really that day, please treat their crimes fairly and justly, and don't let the unscrupulous children and grandchildren affect the name of the county grandfather.

In the end, she thanked the family of King Guangping for saving their lives, and this qiē was because the emperor was well educated, so the emperor's grace was great. In order to report the emperor's kindness, she asked him to resign from the title very sincerely - because people kept telling her in her hometown that Zhao Jiong had made a mistake and the title had to be inherited by someone else, and Zhao Zhuo was the son of the county grandfather before his death, and their little second room was the real concubine, and they should inherit the marquis of Jiannan - but the Zhang family thought that Zhao Jiong's title was justified and awarded by the imperial court, and the county prince also recognized his status as the son of the county during his lifetime, and she had absolutely no covetousness for that position, not to mention that now that her own son is dead, what is the use of asking for a title? Although he has a grandson, he is still young and can't see what his future will be, so he is afraid that he will not be able to serve the court and bear the name of a marquis.

The knighthood of the imperial court is to make people contribute, not to let people eat rice, how can the children of the Zhao family have a vegetarian meal? So she resolutely resigned from the title, if her grandson has a future, he will have a bright future, and he doesn't have to hold on to a title.

Zhao Xiu saw the end, and finally managed to hide the strangeness on his face. Grandmother's letter is well written, although she took the initiative to throw out the title, but it blacked out the little long room, how can the people who look at the little long room fight for that title! And to scold Zhao Jiong as a mother, who can accuse her of being wrong?

Zhang was exhausted from writing the whole essay, but his spirit was surprisingly uplifted. Akiba gave the ginseng soup with some concern, she drank it, let out a long breath, and looked at her grandchildren sitting in front of her, showing a relaxed smile.

On the second day, after King Guangping finished reading the manuscript written by Zhang, he was speechless for a long time.

Zhang's face was full of ease: "Your Highness, just hand over my notebook to the emperor, the jue is just icing on the cake, and it doesn't matter if you don't have it." Our mothers, sons, grandchildren, and grandchildren have never had the idea of that thing! ”

King Guangping took a deep breath, stood up and solemnly saluted Zhang, who hurriedly said, "Why is Your Highness here?" Hurry up, please! ”

King Guangping shook his head and said: "I want to ask the old lady for the guilt, I said a lot of things yesterday, in fact, there is another thing to hide from the old lady, at that time I only thought that the old lady may not be able to understand, just need to know the severity of the matter, I didn't expect the old lady to have such a decision, but I underestimated your old man." ”

Zhang's face was surprised: "Your Highness has something to hide from me?" I don't know what's going on? ”

King Guangping sighed: "What I said yesterday was somewhat alarmist. In fact, when Emperor Taizu was there, he personally taught his children and grandchildren a common saying - Xiucai rebelled, and it failed in three years. If anyone wants to rebel, they must have a reliable army backed by cronies. Although Jiannanhou Mansion has a high prestige in the army because of Zhao Laojungong, it is favored by King Ying, but Zhao Jiong's father and son have never led the troops to fight, and it is okay to ask Zhao Laojungong's old department to do some small things, involving rebellion, and people are not fools, how can they agree? ”

Zhang was puzzled: "Then why did His Highness say that yesterday?!" ”

"I didn't mean to hide it." King Guangping said calmly, "I just don't want you to know too much of the inside story, I'm afraid you will be sad." To tell you the truth, those who took refuge in King Ying are afraid that there are not only a few civil officials, but also people in the army, and their status is not low, but they are afraid of being pointed out by thousands of people, and they also want to win over more people, so they need to build the reputation of Nanhou Mansion. ”

Zhang immediately guessed what he wanted to say, and his face turned pale: "That person...... Isn't it the old ministry of the county grandfather? ”