Gao Zhen saw that Zhao Wei took Zhao Xiu to visit, and his cold face showed a bit of surprise: "When did Sister Zhao enter Beijing?" Brother Wei didn't tell me. ”

Zhao Wei said with a smile: "I heard a few days ago that the matter has subsided, so I sent someone to Tianjin to pick up people, I only arrived home yesterday, so I came to you, and it's not too late to come." ”

Zhao Xiu looked at Gao Zhen carefully, and saw that he was thinner than when he was separated before, his eye sockets were a little blue, and he obviously didn't rest well, so he said with some worry: "Brother Zhen, I heard that the princess is sick, I think you must be very worried." Now that the prince is not at home, you have to take care of everything in the palace, and you have to serve the princess, you must be very tired, right? It's just that no matter how tired you are, you have to take care of your body. What if you also fall ill, what will you do with this big family? ”

Gao Zhen's expression was gentle, and he smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I won't fall down so easily." ”

Zhao Xiu looked at him helplessly, she didn't say that he was too weak and easy to fall, so she asked him to take care of his body, but told him not to be tired of himself! Really, are her words so misleading?

Gao Zhen asked people to serve tea, and invited Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu to sit in the hall. Zhao Wei asked, "Has the doctor been here today?" What did he say? The princess's condition is fine, right? ”

Zhao Xiu's spirit was shocked, and he quickly withdrew his attention, staring at Gao Zhen and waiting for his answer.

Gao Zhen's expression couldn't tell whether he was worried or relieved: "The effect of the medicine is still there, but it is mild." The doctor also said that my mother's illness is mainly a heart disease, and as long as the mood is open, the disease will be cured quickly. But you also know why she fell ill, how can she be so easy to see? ”

Zhao Wei was a little sneering. In fact, the princess was so angry that her relatives vomited blood, not Gao Zhen told him, but he heard it from Gao Zhen's attendants. He is Gao Zhen's life-saving benefactor. He has always been good friends with Gao Zhen, and the latter's attendants didn't think much about it, and confided the truth very lightly. But now that Gao Zhen is in charge of the whole mansion, where can this kind of thing be hidden from him? Although he didn't want to talk about his worries, he didn't mind that his friend and benefactor, who had known about it for a long time, knew more about his grandfather's best watches, so he acquiesced. It's just that from Zhao Wei's position, it's not very kind to inquire about the private affairs of a friend's family in private. Gao Zhen spread out the matter directly, which made him a little embarrassed.

Zhao Xiu didn't know about her little brother's thoughts, she just asked, "Is the Zhong family's crime strict?" If it is revealed. How will it be judged? ”

Gao Zhen said lightly: "They never want to say it clearly, and I don't know what their family has done." Just listening to my grandmother's voice, it seems that he has given some silver, and then there is the collusion between my uncle Ma Wanyan and Hong Wencheng. The murder of the prince in Chuansha City. Uncle can't escape. My aunt has now been taken back to her parents' house, and when my uncle returns, she will be reconciled, and it is still unknown whether she will be able to escape, and she may not be willing to give up her children. I don't know how much my uncle knows about this matter, if he has been involved, it must be a great crime of robbing the family and beheading, if it is just funding, it is about exile. At least it's dismissal. ”

It didn't sound like a strict zhòng, Zhao Xiu asked in a low voice, "Something like this happened to the Zhong family." Will the princess be implicated? ”

Gao Zhen shook his head: "The mother concubine is a married daughter, and I am in danger with the prince, so I will not be implicated, but she will definitely not feel good in her heart." Even if those relatives repeatedly make her feel cold, they are blood relatives. Before my father's accident, they were very close to our family. He lowered his head, so that people couldn't see his expression clearly: "When I was a child, my grandmother hurt me the most, but she put her serious grandchildren behind, but now it's ......"

The room was quiet for a while, Zhao Xiu didn't know what to say, Zhao Wei moved his lips, swallowed the words again, and said euphemistically after a while: "Don't care about those things, only your parents are the closest people." When my brother and sister were young, we never thought that our uncle and sister-in-law would harm our parents, and they were also relatives, but they were even more hateful than evil spirits. But we all survived, and now only my grandmother is our closest family. In the future, you only recognize the prince and the princess, and those people don't take you to heart, so why should you take them to heart? ”

Gao Zhen raised his head and showed a smile that was so faint that he could barely see it: "You're right, that's what I think now, and I also persuade my mother to think so." ”

Zhao Xiu felt sad and wanted to comfort him a few more words, but saw the people of the palace hurriedly come to report: "Shizi, the eldest young master of the Zhong family is here and wants to visit the princess's illness." ”

Gao Zhen's face sank: "Tell the door, don't let him enter the house!" ”

The man left in response, and it didn't take long for him to turn back, with a look of embarrassment: "Back to the prince, the princess knows that the eldest young master of the Zhong family is here, and ordered someone to summon him over, look at this ......"

Gao Zhen's face was a little more gloomy: "The concubine is in the backyard, how do you know that Zhong Yazhuo is here?" Who wrote to her?! ”

The subordinate lowered his head, not daring to answer, and did not know how to answer. It stands to reason that the prince has already instructed that the Zhong family is not allowed to enter the door again, and the few grandsons in the gatehouse cannot have such a big courage to disobey the yang and the yin and quietly report to the princess. Guangping Wangfu is different from other families, just this little master, both grandson and elder or only child, will be the heir in the future, who dares to offend him if he wants to mix in this palace?

Gao Zhen looked at the expression of his subordinates, even if he didn't ask, he guessed it. The mother concubine Zhong was originally the daughter of the Zhong family, and she has been in charge of the palace for many years, and there must be a lot of people who can use it, and they are a little biased towards the Zhong family in their positions. If it was a major matter of life and death, of course they would not help the Zhong family pit the Guangping Palace, but if it was just a trivial matter like passing on a word, they would not mind taking a hand. Although Gao Zhen is a little master, Zhong is the hostess, everyone thinks that her status is very stable, and she has to manage the palace for more than ten years.

Gao Zhen had a gloomy face, and he couldn't wait to rush to his mother's side immediately to drive Zhong Yazhuo away, this cousin was also good friends with him, but now he saw that all the people surnamed Zhong were not good things, and he only felt that these relatives who were intimate in person, and turned their backs but wanted to take their own lives, all looked hateful.

Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei glanced at each other, and the latter was hesitating whether to say goodbye and leave, so that Gao Zhen had time to take care of housework. But he still has a lot to discuss with Gao Zhen. Didn't want to go so fast. Zhao Xiu said directly to Gao Zhen: "We are here to visit the patient, but we have been sitting here for a long time, and we have not asked the princess for peace." I wonder how the princess is in spirit? Can you meet us? ”

Gao Zhen showed a hint of a smile: "If the mother concubine knew that you were coming." I must see it, she is in good spirits today, and she must be fine. He took Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu to the backyard.

Guangping Wangfu occupies a very large area, Zhao Xiu saw that it has east, middle and west three roads, Gao Zhen is in the living room in the front yard of the middle road to entertain their brothers and sisters, and now they are leading them along the west through the hall inside, along the road are all copying hand verandah. After passing through two courtyards, I didn't know how many gates I passed through before I arrived at a large courtyard.

This courtyard is a little more elaborate than the previous ones. But it also does not lose the atmosphere, the main room is five rooms wide, and the back bedroom is seven rooms, which is tall and spacious. The left and right are not wings. But it is an annex building, all of which are nine rooms. There are many flowers and trees planted in the middle of the yard, and there is a small rockery, which is stacked with Taihu Lake stones, more than one person high, and there is a small pond under the rockery, and it is winter now, and there is no lotus swimming fish. But judging by the stone benches and stone tables by the pool, it is summer here. It must be a good place to relax.

Walking along the verandah to the door of the main house, the two maids wearing the same costume lined up neatly, and when they saw Gao Zhen coming, they all bowed their knees, and were about to say goodbye, but Gao Zhen raised his hand to stop them. He looked back at the Zhao Xiu brothers and sisters: "I'll go in first and tell my mother, you can wait here for a while." Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu nodded. Gao Zhen walked into the door with his feet raised, and his own maid lifted the felt curtain for him.

Gao Zhen entered the house, went straight to the west room, and then inside was the warm pavilion, where his mother Zhong now lives to recuperate. At this moment, Zhong Yazhuo was also inside, talking to Zhong: "All the letters have been destroyed, and the subordinates who have been ordered to run errands have also been sent to Zhuangzi with their families. During this period, the original people saw that the momentum was not good, and tried to escape, but they were arrested by their families, beaten up, and sent to Zhuangzi together. Grandmother's meaning was to let them hide there for a few days first, and if they saw that the wind was not right, they would be handed over to Renyazi and taken away quietly, so that they could not fall into the hands of the court. Our family can't do anything to kill people, so we can only take the risk temporarily. ”

Gao Zhen heard this, and his face showed a bit of mockery. When he was still a grandmother in the past, her old man did not teach him all kinds of small clever tricks, and his grandmother's temper, this matter did not go through her hands, once through her hands, these people had no way to live. Just when his cousin said these sanctimonious words to his mother, he was afraid that the corpses of those people were already cold.

Zhong has more contact with his mother and knows more about his mother, so he naturally understands this better. She didn't debunk her nephew's words, but asked, "That's what your father meant?" Destroy all the evidence, and he will be safe? But when he destroys the dead, what can he do with the living? While those people have not yet been escorted into Beijing, you tell your father to quickly and honestly confess, don't ask someone to expose it at that time, but add a crime to the first degree. ”

Zhong Yazhuo bowed his head and said: "Father has also thought about it, knowing that he has given gold and silver to the six princes, except for Zhu Lifei and the six princes, there are only my little uncle and Hong Wencheng, our family has never befriended King Ying, but King Ying was Zhu Life's accomplice at that time, and I don't know if I know about it." Originally, because the eldest aunt, you are the princess of Guangping, whether it is the Zhu family or the Ying Palace, they are a little wary of our family, and they never thought of pulling our family to do something. It was his uncle who used to be a subordinate of Hong Wencheng and introduced his father to him. What Hong Wencheng wanted to do, he never told his father, except for taking the silver, that is, asking his father to help inquire about the prince's itinerary for going south, and then asking his father to think of his son, and persuading the prince to arrange his little uncle by the prince's side. The father didn't know about the other things, at most he only guessed that Hong Wencheng and his little uncle were about to attack the prince. At that time, my father was also worried that my cousin would be affected by following the prince, but it had already been decided over there, who would listen to my father? In desperation, I had to privately persuade my uncle that when he wanted to do it, he must break up his cousin. But my uncle refused to listen, and my father didn't dare to pack the ticket, and now he regrets it. ”

Zhong closed his eyes, only to feel a little dizzy: "So, if Ma Wanyan and Hong Wencheng recruit your father out, then no matter how many secret letters you burn, it will be useless?" ”

Zhong Yazhuo's face was hot: "Father said that as long as there is no evidence, no matter how much those people say, it will be a false accusation." As long as the boss is willing to forgive the Zhong family, the Zhong family will naturally be safe. ”

Zhong Shi already understood in her heart, she opened her eyes and turned her head: "I'm tired, you go back first." Tell your father that when people from Dali Temple and the Criminal Department come to the door, they should treat each other politely, answer their questions honestly, and never have a hard time with them. ”

Zhong Yazhuo couldn't help it, and finally mustered up the courage to ask: "Auntie, Dali Temple has already ordered someone to come to say hello, and after noon, I want my father to take the initiative to go to the Yamen of Dali Temple to be questioned." If...... If the father is detained or convicted, what ...... So what to do? ”

Zhong didn't answer, Gao Zhen opened his mouth behind Zhong Yazhuo: "Do what you want." There are some things that he has done, and he is afraid that people will know?! ”

Zhong Yazhuo's face changed, he stood up and turned to look at Gao Zhen: "Cousin, you ...... What are you doing here? ”

"This is my mother's house, I can come as I like, what does it have to do with you?" Gao Zhen said with a cold face, "The mother concubine is sick and in poor spirits, and she must be tired after talking for half a day." Cousin, please go back. ”

Zhong Yazhuo's face turned blue and white for a while, and finally sighed, lowered his head and said: "It's our family who can't live with you, and my cousin should be angry......" Gao Zhen turned his head, as if he hadn't heard what he said. Seeing this, he sighed again, turned around and saluted Zhong, and slowly retreated.

When he left, Zhong sighed: "It's not easy for him, the good things his parents did, even his sister knows a shadow, but he doesn't know anything in advance because he wants to concentrate on studying." Now the family is in trouble, and they have all become shrunken turtles, but they want him to beg me for someone who has done nothing. ”

Gao Zhen said in his heart: The person who let Zhong Yazhuo come is the real shrewd person, since Zhong Yazhuo did not participate in the rebellion, and he is the eldest nephew who has always been loved by the Zhong family, it is really suitable for him to come to visit the patient and intercede. The Zhong family will have a grudge against her brother, the last time she came, Mrs. Zhong, Mrs. Zhong and Zhong Yazhi offended her again, any of them will not get a good face when they come, only Zhong Yazhuo, the nephew, at least has the opportunity to finish her words in front of her, and will not be driven out of the door directly.

Gao Zhen really didn't bother to pay attention to the people of his grandfather's family anymore, so he said to Zhong: "Brother Zhao Jiawei and Sister Xiu are here, saying that they want to greet you, just outside the door." How does Mother feel about her spirits? Would you like to meet them? ”

Zhong showed his first joy in a few days: "Sister Xiu'er has returned to Beijing?" I haven't seen you for so many years, she must have grown into a big girl, right? Let them in! (To be continued......)