Gao Zhen is just wearing homely clothes today, but he is still neat and meticulous. It's late spring, and although it's warm, it's still a little cool, and it seems that summer is coming later than usual. Therefore, in addition to the gray single shirt, he added a sleeveless black square-necked long armor with a belt around the waist, which made it more and more obvious that he was tall, waist, thin and long-legged, and his youthful posture was as tall as a bamboo.

This long armor was made by Zhao Xiu, who originally planned to make a winter coat with padded cotton, but she didn't want this year's spring cold to last for a short time, only four or five days, and when she made this dress, she was extra careful and meticulous, but it turned out to be slow. By the time she had finished her clothes, the weather had already warmed up, and there was no need to wear cotton clothes at all, so she had to dispel the idea of cotton wool and change the armor to clip. The armor is made of high-quality plain silk, the needle and thread are fine, and the neckline and placket are embroidered with dark silver-gray silk threads, which are very inconspicuous at first glance, but when worn on people, the light is reflected on the embroidery between walking, faintly with silver light, so that people can find the low-key delicacy.

When Gao Zhen received the armor, he simply thanked him, Zhao Xiu thought that he might not like it very much, but every time she came to the Guangping Palace, she could always see him wearing this armor, and her heart was also a little dark. Does it have any other meaning and don't say it, doesn't it mean that he likes it if he wears it often? The gift can be liked by the recipient, and the giver will be happy, and it also means that her needlework is not bad.

Zhao Xiu looked at Gao Zhen, who was like a jade tree at the bottom of the steps, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up, and he walked down the steps to look at him. first saluted, and then quipped a little playfully: "Lord Shizi, aren't you hot?" My brother has changed into a single shirt. ”

Gao Zhen looked at her expressionlessly: "The weather is indeed getting hotter and hotter." It's time to change your clothes. And then he kept staring at her, and there seemed to be a little bit of eagerness in his eyes—eagerly awaiting?

The smile on Zhao Xiu's face froze, this is ...... Want her to make him a single dress again?

Zhao Xiu looked at Gao Zhen with some annoyance, did this prince really call her as a needleman? can wear clothes made by her own hands all year round, which is the treatment only available to grandmother and brother Zhao Wei. Even if he has a noble status, he has known her since childhood. The relationship between them is also very good, and she and him are not close to that point!

Again...... Zhao Xiu thought about it with some distress, recently their brothers and sisters have been busy tidying up the Jiannanhou Mansion that has been in disrepair for a long time. Arrange for the old and new male and female servants, take inventory of a large pile of property and belongings, and then prepare for her grandmother's arrival in Beijing and the move, she may not even be able to guarantee the time to practice calligraphy every day. Not to mention making clothes for him? My brother's new summer clothes and my grandmother's new clothes. Now it's all done by needle and thread people.

Gao Zhen saw her look of distress, so he didn't ask for anything. He was naturally looking forward to getting the clothes she made again, which were both delicate and well-looking, and very much in line with his aesthetics. But this kind of thing, she offered to do it, which is naturally the best. If he had opened his mouth first, she would have agreed to help and let her father and mother know. He will definitely be blamed for being rude. And nowadays, he often wears this armor. Every time the mother concubine saw it, she would only praise Zhao Xiu for her good needlework, but it was a pity that she didn't give birth to such a smart and well-behaved daughter, but she wouldn't say anything else, so it's good.

Gao Zhen changed the topic: "I have something to tell you, it was my father who told me when he left the palace yesterday, let me remind you brothers and sisters." You follow me to the study in front of me, and I will tell you in detail. ”

Since it was specially instructed by the king of Guangping, it must be an important matter, Zhao Xiu hurriedly agreed, and followed him all the time, followed him through the verandah, and arrived at the upper room in the front yard.

Zhao Xiu often comes here, so he is already very familiar. Gao Zhen invited her to sit down, and sat down on the first one at the left end of the two rows of chairs under the main hall, and she sat down opposite, and the maid served tea, and Gao Zhen sent everyone out.

Zhao Xiu saw that he even sent the maid guarding the door far away, but when he said something extremely confidential, he immediately became stern: "What's the matter?" What did the prince instruct? Does it matter? ”

Gao Zhen's expression was still so calm and calm, and he didn't seem to be very nervous: "There is nothing else, it is the matter of the emperor's grandfather who gave you the mansions, properties, and slaves that were seized back then, you should keep a little heart, maybe it will not be all delivered in a day or two, and the Internal Affairs Office may have to drag on for a few days, because there are still things confiscated from Zhao Jue's house, houses and properties." ”

Zhao Xiu was a little surprised: "Why do you even have those?" "When the two rooms were separated, everything went to the small long house, right?

Gao Zhen told her: "When you split up the family, Zhao Jiong relied on himself to attack the lord and only gave Ling Zun a few things, which was unfair. Besides, his title was not obtained by Ming Zhengyan, only because Mrs. Zhao and Ling Zun were of good character, did not value vanity, and had no intention of competing with him, so he got cheap. Otherwise, with his eldest son and his younger brother, where will it be his turn to take the title? Now that the chaos is set right, and the property of Zhao Jiong's descendants will be confiscated, my father simply said hello to the Internal Affairs Office and let them return the property to their original owners. There are still things from the old county lord here, if you don't take them back, do you want to let them be left out? ”

Zhao Xiu hurriedly said: "Of course this can't be done, if you can get it back, it must be good to get it back." After thinking about it, a smile appeared on her face: "Grandmother must be very happy to know it." Although after the separation of the family, she left with her own private house, many of which were relics of her grandfather, but most of the items that her grandfather used to use in the past were left in the Hou Mansion, and I don't know if they were ruined. Now that she has found it, her old man must be very happy. ”

Not only are the things used by the old county prince during his lifetime, but now he can go back to the Hou Mansion and live in the house where the couple has lived together for more than 20 years, and the Zhang family must be happy in his heart. When she was in Fengxian's old mansion, she didn't think much about how she used to be in the Hou Mansion, what flowers were planted in the yard where she lived, and what the old county prince had said to her in which room in what year, month, and for what reason. Although Zhao Xiu didn't say anything, he also knew in his heart that his grandmother had deep feelings for his grandfather.

Gao Zhen hesitated for a moment, and then said to her: "There may be a marriage between the Niu family and the Jiang family." If his family hears about it and comes to the door, you don't have to pay attention to it. This is given to your family by the emperor. It's long since I had nothing to do with them. ”

Zhao Xiu was even more surprised this time: "Why do you even have their dowry?" Even if it was raided from their home, we are not uncommon. "That kind of thing, it's disgusting to look at, isn't it?

Gao Zhen shook his head: "If it's not rare, it can be sold slowly in the future." Although it is a gift from the Imperial Decree, it is not the same as the official Imperial Gift, so you can dispose of it. Don't feel like you're taking advantage of their family, it's all as it should be. DID YOU KNOW. When interrogating the accounts of King Ying's mansion, they confessed a surprising thing. It turned out that when the first emperor was there, Zhao Jiong was still the son. The Niu family assisted the housekeeper, and he embezzled a lot of silver money in the public office, totaling 200,000 taels of silver, all of which were used by Zhao Jiong to fund King Ying to compete for the throne. But later, the old county prince suggested to the first emperor. The first emperor did not depose the emperor's grandfather as the crown prince. King Ying's plan failed, Zhao Jiong was worried that the matter would be known to the emperor's grandfather and the old prince, and once tried to estranged King Ying, but because there was evidence in the hands of King Ying, he never succeeded in estrangement. After the old county prince passed away, his son Zhao Jue also took refuge in King Ying because of this handle. They have two generations of father and son, and they have lost 200,000 taels of silver in your Zhao family. Not to mention the silver that has subsidized the Ying Wangfu over the years, they will make up for it with their private property. And as it should be. ”

Zhao Xiu vaguely remembered this incident: "No wonder, my grandmother and Lu's mother once mentioned this matter, saying that when Zhao Jiong was the son of the world, the Niu family helped my grandmother take care of some industries, because my grandfather intended to support them, so he gave several shops and Zhuangzi with a lot of money, but the Niu family just took over the first year or was still operating normally, and then the more and more money was made year after year, and later, it was almost beyond his means, and he lost money." My grandmother said that Niu didn't know how to run a business and wanted to teach her, but she refused to listen. I told my grandfather, and my grandfather asked for the account book to see. But not long after, my grandfather died, and the matter was over. It turned out that they didn't know how to lose money in business, but they were greedy for money and filial piety to King Ying. It's really ......" Zhao Xiu shook his head, "It's good that grandfather doesn't know about this, otherwise he would really be angry with them." The grandfather was bent on protecting the emperor's throne, but his son and daughter-in-law were secretly fighting against Taiwan to support King Ying, if it was really exposed, Zhao Jiong's position as the son would have been lost long ago. ”

Knowing that there was such a thing back then, Zhao Xiu was not so resistant to the marriage between the Niu family and the Jiang family. Anyway, their family didn't rob Zhao Jue's family, they just accepted the emperor's reward. Who called Niu and Jiang's husbands and sons to have a backbone and were raided? Since their homes have been raided, their family property naturally no longer belongs to them, and as for whose hands it will fall into, what does it have to do with their family?

Zhao Xiu's mood improved, and he specially thanked Gao Zhen: "Thank you for suing me, and thank you for thinking about us." We can't get back the money we lost back then, but we can take a small breath and get back the old house and grandfather's relics for our grandmother, and we will be satisfied. ”

Gao Zhen smiled slightly: "It's good if you're happy, just come often when you're free, I'll ...... My mother loves you to be with her. ”

Zhao Xiu happily agreed: "I will come often, and I also like to talk to the princess." She taught me a lot of useful things, some of which even my grandmother didn't know. I feel very benefited from getting along with her a lot. ”

As she was talking, Cao's mother suddenly came to see Gao Zhen with a stern face. Zhao Xiu often came to the palace, everyone was familiar with each other, and she didn't shy away from Zhao Xiu, so she said directly to Gao Zhen: "The people under Fang just sorted out the supplements sent by Mrs. Zhong, and found that there was a five-hundred-year-old ginseng, which was very precious, and reported it to the princess." The princess remembered that it was something in the second wife Zhong's marriage, and the Zhong family knew it all over the world, and they had already had something to say first, and they couldn't use it until it was a matter of life and death, and only the old man used two pieces before he died. Mrs. Zhong also said that she would continue to marry her daughter in the future. The princess felt deeply uneasy, so she deliberately summoned Mrs. Zhong to see her, and she had already asked people to go to Zhong's house to spread the word. ”

Gao Zhen's mood suddenly sank: "In this case, my mother will stay with my mother for a while, watch Mrs. Zhong Er closely, and don't let her say things that shouldn't be said." ”

Cao's mother was still calm, but comforted him: "Second Master Zhong has already handed in his resignation, his luggage has been packed, and he will leave Beijing tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, but he is not afraid that his family will have any excessive requirements." It's just that Mrs. Zhong Er hated Changfang, and kept persuading the princess that Miss Biao had a marriage contract with the Marquis of Shanyin, or was promoted from the side room to the main room, which was a happy event, and Changfang was unwilling, so she really ignored the grace of the saint and asked the princess to take the initiative to ask for marriage. The princess has been unwilling to meddle in this matter, and when Mrs. Zhong Er comes, she will definitely mention it again. ”

Gao Zhen is not worried about this matter: "The concubine knows in her heart, the marriage of the Marquis of Shanyin, the prince has already had a belly case, and the will of the Zhong family is enough, and it is useless to refuse or persuade it." Mother just waited by the side of the concubine, lest Mrs. Zhong Er say something unpleasant. ”

Cao's mother replied and retired.

Zhao Xiu asked Gao Zhen in a low voice: "Does the Zhong family refuse to let their daughter marry the Marquis of Shanyin?" "This is to see that the six princes of the family have lost power, so they dislike it? But Zhong Yazhi wanted to do the matter of side concubines for the six princes, and even the emperor made a clear decree. If the sixth prince died in a coup d'état, then naturally he didn't say it, he is alive, and the emperor is also alive, how can he let his son's woman marry another family?

Or is it ...... Does the Zhong family have another goal? (To be continued......)