Zhao Xiu was a little annoyed and found an excuse to leave the table, and according to what Bihan said, he went to the corner behind the rockery where the Moon Pavilion was located on the edge of the Moon Pond outside Tingfeng Hall to meet the girl Zheng.

She is not afraid that the other party will produce any moths, this is in her own home, the garden is full of lights, the lights are bright, and the people around her are also her own family. She is a housekeeper every day, holding the power of life and death of the slaves in the house, and she is not worried that anyone will be bribed to betray the master, and she also trusts that the mothers-in-law she assigned can guard the garden door and will not let the foreign man break in easily. If this can still make people calculate, she might as well hit the wall by herself.

She just wanted to know, who is this Miss Zheng? Ming Huang said that there was new news related to the palace to tell her, or when there were only a few months left before her wedding, what was her idea?

After seeing that "Miss Zheng", half of the annoyance in Zhao Xiu's heart disappeared in an instant. There is no other reason, because of this Zheng girl, she looks like she is eleven or twelve years old, she is still a little girl, and her appearance is ordinary. Although Gao Zhen is a little precocious and has a history of early love, it is just for her, a childhood sweetheart, and I don't think it will be enough for a beast to attack such a young seedling.

Zhao Xiu quickly remembered the identity of this Zheng girl. Her father was a military attache of the Caoyun Yamen, and his rank was not low, and he was originally the old department of the old lady of the Cao family. The Cao family cooperated with the Zhao family to do the shipping business, as well as the Zhao family's foreign business, all of which were taken care of by his family. Because of such a relationship, Zhao Wei married a relative, and when General Zheng went to Beijing to take up his new position, he sent a post to his family. General Zheng's wife and daughter were the first to return to the Zhao family, and the two families did not have a deep friendship. But for the sake of the Cao family, Zhao Xiu and the Zhang family were very polite to them.

This little girl has only been in Beijing for a short time, and it is even more unlikely that she will have anything to do with Gao Zhen. Zhao Xiu thought to herself. She probably misunderstood something. It's right to think about it, if it's really a rival in love who comes to step on the field, Yi Bihan's temper will only turn a blind eye, how can he go to the banquet to whisper to her?

Sure enough, when Zhao Xiu and Miss Zheng took a photo and saluted, Miss Zheng said straight to the point: "Sister Zhao, forgive me." The little sister is abrupt today, and it's really a difficult thing, and I don't know what to do. I just wanted to ask Sister Zhao. Xiaomei's mother and General Hu's wife are sisters, and Xiaomei has been very good with the cousin of the Hu family since she was a child. She also knew it was too presumptuous. But there was really nothing she could do. You can't just watch her family marry her off indiscriminately. ”

Although Zhao Xiu understood, Miss Zheng was just a messenger, and the matter didn't seem to have anything to do with Gao Zhen, but who was the girl from the Hu family? What does her marriage have to do with the palace? Zhao Xiu was a little confused, so she could only say to Miss Zheng: "You slow down, what's going on?" ”

Miss Zheng also seemed to be anxious, and after hearing her words, she calmed down a little. Make things clear 1510.

It turned out that the girl Hu she was talking about was the eldest daughter of General Hu, the newly appointed commander of the Jingxi Battalion last year. I'm only fifteen years old this year. Speaking of General Hu, Zhao Xiu also knows. He was also the old department of the old county prince, but the relationship was a little shallow, and he was transferred to the northwest early to guard the town, and he had a mediocre relationship with Zhao Jiong's family, but when the Zhao family's small long house was in danger, he didn't say good things for the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhang family. After the ancestors of the Zhang family returned to Fengxian, they only maintained contacts with a few old departments, and the attitude of others was indifferent, so she ignored them. This General Hu is one of them. However, since he has been stationed in the northwest for many years, the mountains and rivers are far away, and the transportation is inconvenient, the Zhang family does not have much resentment towards him.

General Hu and Wang Dongsheng are both northwest guards, but they are not in the same place, and the relationship is okay. Wang Dongsheng was more favored by the Zhao family, but later became estranged, which made him even more hateful. Wang Dongsheng was first transferred back to Beijing, but he did not find the position he wanted, and was sent abroad again, and now only his wife and children stay in Beijing to live. That General Hu was not transferred back to the capital until last year, and he left the camp in western Beijing, holding 50,000 soldiers and horses, and he was also the leader of the army.

After he returned to Beijing, he has been very low-key, except for a few close relatives and friends who have gone away, they will close the door to thank customers, and even Jiannanhou Mansion here, but also handed over a post, called his nephew to visit, and also picked a time for Zhao Wei to go to the court, the two sides did not meet, and the other party went back. As for General Hu, he has never been to the door. Therefore, the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family still treated him lightly, Zhao Wei's wedding, the post was sent over, and the other party also sent a decent congratulatory gift, but he did not attend.

After General Hu returned to Beijing, he was so "independent" that he was interested in the emperor's appetite, and it stands to reason that he should be loyal to the monarch's faction. But his recent behavior is a little ambiguous, the reason is that King Jinyang intends to marry his eldest daughter as a concubine, he did not directly refuse, but said that he should consider it.

After the emperor was injured, the king of Jinyang kept jumping up and down. There is no one in his concubine position, and the side concubine position has not been canonized, but there are many concubines in the house, and it is very possible to have a few political marriages to increase the bargaining chips. Previously, many people thought that he was a strange commodity to live in, and intended to marry his daughter to him as his wife, but he couldn't look down on the people who were rushing to cling to him, and the powerful people didn't dare to take risks easily. I didn't expect him to pick the eldest daughter of General Hu, but he also has a vision.

General Hu only has a daughter, a total of three concubines, and only the eldest daughter is a concubine. He has no biological son, but a nephew who inherits incense, and a colleague who has been adopted since childhood as an adopted son. If his eldest daughter becomes the princess of Jinyang, even if he is unwilling, he will be tied to the king of Jinyang. If the King of Jinyang really has a great hope of taking the throne, this marriage will not be unjust. A person like General Hu, who has the ability, qualifications, and military merits, has been pressed in the northwest for many years, and it is not easy for him to return to Beijing to be used, and he naturally does not want to fall behind others in his career in the future because he has no background, so he attaches great importance to power. After he returned to Beijing, he acted to the emperor's favor everywhere, which was also for this reason.

But at present, the future of King Jinyang is unknown, and General Hu does not dare to agree to marry easily, for fear that he will be unlucky and affect himself. But if you bluntly refuse, maybe there will be no such shop in this village. That's why he hesitated and just said he wanted to think about it. Anyway, his daughter is still young and can afford to wait. King Jinyang urged a few times. I didn't dare to turn my face. Except for the eldest daughter of the Hu family, he may not be able to find a more suitable candidate for the main concubine.

However, the girl of the Hu family herself was very disgusted with the King of Jinyang. For one thing, she didn't like this kind of overt political marriage, as if she were selling her as pork by the scale; Second, her family is from the capital, and she has heard of the absurdity of King Jinyang's behavior for many years. There are several children. Miss Hu is also arrogant, and would rather marry a child of the right family than be a princess, and be a ready-made mother. What's more, although she is a deep and weak girl. I can also learn some news about the court from other places from time to time, and I know that the King of Jinyang is very ambitious, and I will take a fancy to her, a country girl who has just returned from the northwest, completely for the 50,000 soldiers and horses in her hands. The problem is that these 50,000 soldiers and horses are not the Hu family's private army. As long as General Hu is transferred from his current position. He will become a bald general, and she will also be of great value to the King of Jinyang. However, General Hu may anger the king and put the whole family in a situation from which he will never recover. Just for the sake of a flower in the mirror and the back position of the moon in the water, Miss Hu thinks it's not worth the risk.

However, General Hu did not allow his daughter to intervene in such a major matter, and he felt that his daughter only had to be obedient and do what he wanted. In political matters, he will make his own judgments, and he doesn't need to worry about the little girl's family. What King Jinyang did, of course, would make the emperor unhappy. But he was influenced by the persuasion of King Jinyang, and he also felt that the emperor had appointed the emperor's eldest son as the prince. It's just an expedient measure, and when the emperor heals from his injuries, or if he has a new prince, the eldest son of the emperor will be useless. The problem is that the emperor's injuries are much more serious than the outside world knows, and now it is just delaying time, otherwise how could he hate the queen for stabbing him, and at the same time appoint the prince born by the queen as the prince? It's all a last resort, because he doesn't have time! When he can't drag it out, even if a new prince is born, he is just a milk doll, can he be the opponent of King Jinyang? The biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor and the second son of the emperor is full of handles to make a fuss, and the king of Guangping has an eye disease and has no intention of power, so who else can succeed him as the emperor except the king of Jinyang? As long as this matter is kept secret, the risk is not great, and it may not even need to use troops, and the overall situation can be laid in the court. General Hu thought the gamble was worth it.

For such a father, Miss Hu has a headache. However, Mrs. Hu was weak and did not dare to oppose any decision of her husband, so Miss Hu could not think about it, so she could only discuss it privately with her good cousin Miss Zheng. They don't know anyone, they only know that Zhao Xiu will marry into the Guangping palace in a few months and be the emperor's nephew and daughter-in-law, and the saints of the Zhao family will also be long. Since Miss Zheng is going to come to Zhao's house to drink happy wine, if she can find an opportunity to send a message to Zhao Xiu, begging her to think of a way to ask the palace to decide on the concubine of King Jinyang as soon as possible, then there will be nothing to do with the Hu family.

Zhao Xiu was speechless for a long time after listening to Miss Zheng's story. Could it be that the generals in the northwest are not very politically minded? Wang Dongsheng is like this, and now this General Hu is even more confused. He knows how to be a "lone husband" to cater to the emperor's preferences, why doesn't he know to avoid the battle for the throne? The emperor has established a reserve, and he keeps looking for opportunities to put on small shoes for the king of Jinyang, how big is General Hu's heart, so he will not give up the ship of the king of Jinyang, which is about to sink? If King Jinyang himself is very good, even Miss Hu doesn't want to marry this kind of man, why is General Hu dizzy?

Also, the emperor's injury is not as serious as King Jinyang said, right? At least now the palace is very calm. At the time of the ceremony, the emperor also attended. According to Zhao Wei, the emperor acted as usual, and his physical condition should be fine.

Fortunately, this matter is still unknown to outsiders, if it weren't for Miss Zheng taking the initiative to find the door, Zhao Xiu wouldn't know that King Jinyang had found such a concubine candidate for him. Fortunately, the marriage has not yet been decided, and there is still room for operation. If it is decided, General Hu may really fall to the king of Jinyang. He is the commander of the camp in the western part of the city, with an army of 50,000 under his command. What King Jinyang has in mind, he can see it to everyone. That is, General Hu would be stupid enough to think that this matter could still be kept secret - once he got some kind of token of the agreed marriage, if the King of Jinyang did not use this as a lever to coerce General Hu to help him seize the throne, then he might as well give up this untimely ambition as soon as possible.

Zhao Xiu thought about it and felt that this matter could not be ignored, if King Guangping and Gao Zhen did not know anything about the help of King Jinyang who had found an army of 50,000, things might become very troublesome. She said to Miss Zheng with a straight face: "Since my sister said so, then I want to report this matter, thinking that Miss Hu should be able to get rid of this marriage." But what he thinks of General Hu today is not something we can decide. ”

Miss Zheng said with tears in her eyes: "Sister Hu, why doesn't she know that this matter is dangerous? But now, if you can avoid it, suffer some small losses, and save the family, it is better than raiding the family and exterminating the family in the future. ”

It seems that this Zheng girl still understands in her heart, so Zhao Xiu agreed: "I know, I don't dare to say that I will definitely be able to help, but I will discuss it with the elders, and at least I will send a message to the Guangping Palace." Whatever the outcome, there will always be an answer for you. ”

Miss Zheng gratefully saluted Zhao Xiu: "Everything is please." Even if she was relieved, her eyes began to redden. In the past two days, she has been thinking about this all the time, and now she can finally feel at ease.

Zhao Xiu smiled dumbly when she saw this, led her to turn around and walked to the eaves outside the listening hall, ordered Yahuan to take a basin of water to serve her to wash her face and even her face, tidy up her clothes, and send her back to the table, and then return to her seat.

Sister Yuan, who was sitting next to her, asked in a puzzled whisper, "Where did my aunt go just now?" My uncle and grandmother were just asking you. Zhao Xiu found an excuse to prevaricate. (To be continued......)

PS: These days, I went to my grandmother's house to congratulate her on her birthday, the little book is broken, I can only use my cousin's old computer, the network speed is relatively slow, and it is inconvenient to return to the review, so I will go back when I get home.