Zhao Xiu didn't know what the few words in his letter would cause after Jiang Wen read it. After all, this kind of thing depends on the meaning of the Jiang family, so she mentioned Jian yì and put it alone. She is now more concerned about the situation on Gao Zhen's side.

Since she got the news from Jiang Wen and told her that the queen really didn't like Gao Zhen, she naturally had to care about Gao Zhen's situation.

King Guangping is the emperor's brother who once served as a prince, he did not make a mistake, and he was widely praised during his reign, and he was better than his brother in terms of talent and ability, and his background was not inferior, and he lost the throne completely because of bad luck, so there were many courtiers who lived the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and were wary of him, worried that he would be dissatisfied with the emperor and do something to threaten the emperor.

However, this has been rare these days. Since the emperor ascended the throne, King Guangping has been a homebody, he almost does not go anywhere except the palace and his own palace, and rarely sees foreign ministers, and there are more people who have personal relations such as Jiannanhou Mansion, or the royal family of the clan. But the royal family is a relative, who can stop the king of Guangping from having normal contacts with his relatives? There are no important ministers in the Jiannan Hou Mansion, the family is old, weak, women and children, and no one will think that the King of Guangping will have any conspiracy behind his family. Although King Guangping occasionally served as a counselor to the emperor, the emperor was silent about this kind of thing, and he did not communicate with the outside world, so ordinary courtiers naturally did not know. The king of Guangping was so low-key and interesting, and the emperor also showed that he was very friendly to his brother, so the courtiers didn't have the heart to stare at the former. Focus on the more noteworthy things.

It was precisely because the situation of the Guangping Palace began to improve that Zhao Xiu did not expect the queen's side to go on a business trip. Although she still trusts the emperor a lot, she feels that the emperor will not hurt the father and son of King Guangping. The queen mother is also very concerned about the eldest son and grandson, but if the queen really wants to embarrass Gao Zhen and his father, then Gao Zhen is really in trouble. That is the queen, the emperor's wife, and has two princes and a princess, as long as she doesn't go on a business trip, then she will become the queen mother in the future. is the most powerful woman in the country. And Gao Zhen is now just a child of a close branch clan. Even if he is the grandson of the Queen Mother and the nephew of the Emperor. He was only a child of the clan.

Even if the queen mother can protect her son and grandson, how many years can she protect her? She doesn't have only one son and one grandson.

Even if the emperor cares about his brother and nephew, can he compete with his wife's long-standing pillow wind? He didn't have to do anything ruthless to hurt his brother and nephew. Just be a little cold to them. This is enough to change Gao Zhen's entire future.

Even if the queen can't do anything to the father and son of King Quang Binh at the moment. But she has a son, and her son is almost certain to become the crown prince of the country. If she has been saying bad things about Gao Zhen in her son's ear, then when the next emperor takes the throne, what will be waiting for King Guangping and Gao Zhen?

The more Zhao Xiu thought about it, the more frightened he felt. She couldn't sit upright anymore. What the hell is going on in the palace? She desperately wanted to get a definite answer from the person concerned, Gao Zhen!

For this reason, she specially ran to instigate her grandmother Zhang's and persuaded Zhang's to visit the Guangping palace again, and the reason had already been thought of: "The princess's anniversary festival, because the anniversary festival of the first emperor is also on the same day, the prince and the prince can only enter the palace to participate in the great sacrifice of the first emperor." Although there is a manager Wang presiding over the palace, it is strange and pitiful that it is cold and lonely. The prince and the prince must be uncomfortable in their hearts. Now they have left the palace and returned home. Shouldn't we go and offer our condolences? Shizi's injury must be healing soon, so I just stopped by to visit. ”

Zhang was moved by her: "That's right." I came back from the palace that day, and when I got home, I changed my clothes and took your brothers and sisters to the palace, not to mention how lonely the scene was, it was not as good as a year ago. There are also rumors outside that the queen does not like the princess of Guangping, and the anniversary festival of the concubine did not express it, and she did not even send someone to the palace to make incense, and some time ago she told someone that she wanted to help the prince continue the string. When the prince and the prince heard this, they were afraid that they would not feel good in their hearts, right? ”

This rumor is still news to Zhao Xiu, and she hurriedly asked, "Really?" Where did grandmother hear about it? ”

Zhang sighed: "It was the great sacrifice of the first emperor that day, and when I entered the palace, I heard the old ladies and ladies of other families say it in private." I don't know if it's true or not, but it's groundless, and it may not be without cause. Thinking that the princess's relatives had participated in the rebellion, the emperor was almost trapped in the south of the Yangtze River, and the queen, the princes, and the princesses suffered a lot in the palace. Now that things have changed, the queen will inevitably feel a little angry when she thinks about it. It's just that it is human nature for her to resent Princess Guangping, but how can the princess also be the prince's wife and the biological mother of the prince, even for the sake of the prince and the prince, she should give the princess a dignity. Now that the Zhong family has fallen, the princess has also passed away, and the lights are extinguished, so why not forgive? ”

Zhao Xiu felt the same way in her heart, and even her grandmother, who had always been ill-informed, noticed that the queen was wrong, which showed that the queen really did something obvious. Zhao Xiu knows better than Zhang, and knows that the queen no longer takes the face of the Guangping King and his son seriously, let alone the Princess of Guangping?

She once again persuaded the Zhang family to visit King Guangping and Gao Zhen in the palace to express her condolences. Zhang agreed: "There were many things before, the prince and the prince entered the palace again, and we couldn't see anyone when we went." Now that everything is done, and the prince and the prince have returned, we should indeed go and pay a visit. The grandfather and grandson discussed going the next day, but Zhao Xiu was a little selfish, so he persuaded the Zhang family not to take Zhao Wei there, the reason is, of course, that the latter was important to prepare for the exam.

The grandfather and grandson handed over the prayer note a day in advance, and made sure that the father and son of King Guangping were at home, so they went to the palace in a carriage the next morning. The chief steward himself came out to greet them, his face full of joy, and seemed to be very happy with the arrival of their ancestors and grandchildren.

Nowadays, very few people come to the palace as guests. Of course, there are reasons why the Guangping royal residence rarely interacts with the outside world at home, but the recent circulation of some gossip has also reduced the number of visits by the royal family of the clan. Moreover, because the king of Guangping has been widowed for a year, there is no female dependant in the palace to preside over the feed. There are rumors that the queen mother, the emperor and the empress all intend to choose a candidate for his step-concubine, so some families began to come to the door to try to sell. King Guangping was unbearable, and the prince Gao Zhen didn't like it either. So close the doors. Guests like Jiannanhou Mansion, who don't have to be wary of at all, will naturally be welcomed by the whole palace.

Zhang couldn't help sighing when he heard this, and asked if there were still many people who came to offer incense after their ancestors and grandchildren left at the princess's anniversary festival last time, and Manager Wang shook his head again and again.

Three-day anniversary festival. I am afraid that there are only about a dozen people who come to worship every day. People go to tea and cool, nothing more than that. And in these people. Most of them were in the face of King Guangping, and seven or eight of them were new friends of the prince this year, such as the young master of the Fang family, the son of the Shang family, etc., who came out of friendship. The one who really went for Princess Zhong. There are very few. Many of the female relatives who came to mourn the princess last year. For example, Grandma Wang and the like have never appeared again. Later, after the prince participated in the palace sacrifice, he won the last hour, went out of the palace and returned to the house to participate in his mother's sacrifice, and brought a little bit of the things given by the queen mother, so that he could barely save the princess's two points of dignity. But by that time, the ritual was almost over. The Quang Binh royal palace could not even prolong the time of the sacrifice because of the anniversary festival of the princess of Quang Binh. It is impossible to take longer than the anniversary ceremony of the first emperor.

Seeing the deceased housewife ending up in such a cold ending, Mr. Wang was sad when he mentioned it.

Zhang's heart was also uncomfortable. However, in front of King Guangping and Gao Zhen, she no longer mentioned this kind of thing, and smiled and greeted the prince's body and the prince's injury cordially, and chatted about the hot weather by the way.

Zhao Xiu secretly looked at Gao Zhen's face several times, and saw that he looked good, and it seemed that there was no problem with his injury, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Gao Zhen glanced up and smiled at her. She blushed suddenly, and hurriedly lowered her head, listening intently to the conversation between King Guangping and her grandmother.

King Quang Binh seemed to be in a good mood, and the unfair treatment of his deceased wife and the gossip outside seemed to him as if it were nothing. He also mentioned that the emperor had given him several new luthiers with outstanding skills, so that he could listen to music and relieve boredom in his spare time, which was very considerate.

Both Zhang and Zhao Xiu's faces involuntarily showed strange expressions. The royal filial piety period is much shorter than that of the general public, usually in months and years, and even in days. But today's emperor has mentioned more than once that he wants to follow the ancient rites and keep filial piety for his deceased father for three years, so he did not hesitate to refuse the good intentions of the ministers to persuade him to take a concubine, and he has also won praise from the outside world, saying that he is a filial son and has the legacy of ancient gentlemen. is also the first emperor's own son, or born to a mother, if the emperor really kept three years of filial piety for the first emperor, but the king of Guangping began to listen to the piano for fun after the anniversary expired, then how would people from the outside world evaluate the latter? Would the emperor not understand this? Why did he give the king of Quang Binh a violinist in a flash?

Zhang looked at King Guangping and stopped talking. King Guangping seemed to be unaware, and with great interest invited Zhang and Zhao Xiu to enjoy the performance of the royal luthier. A courtyard at the back of Wangfu West Road has just been cleaned up as a special place to listen to the piano. It's the first time I've heard the effect today. He was so gracious, Zhang naturally couldn't refuse, so he had to bring his granddaughter with him.

In the middle of summer, the sun shines fiercely. They walked all the way over, and they all walked through the hand-copying verandah, which was both shady and comfortable, but the width of the verandah was slightly narrower. King Guangping walked ahead, holding the hand of the attendant beside him, and there was no place left for others. Zhang was a little behind, and he also helped a girl, and there was no place for the third person. So Zhao Xiu naturally fell behind, and Gao Zhen naturally accompanied her side by side. Zhao Xiu turned his head to look at him, and then looked at the King of Guangping and the Zhang family who were walking in front, and had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't say anything.

King Guangping talked to Zhang without saying a word in front, and Gao Zhen walked unhurriedly behind him while chatting with Zhao Xiu about some trivial things. As he walked, Zhao Xiu found that he and Gao Zhen seemed to be lagging behind, six or seven meters away from the large army in front, and the followers behind him—including her girl Liu Lu—were also unconsciously far behind her and Gao Zhen by more than six meters. What's going on?

Zhao Xiu was bored, and Gao Zhen lowered her voice and spoke to her: "Sister Zhao seems to have something on her mind, what happened?" ”

Zhao Xiu glanced at him in surprise, his face was slightly red, his eyes looked around, and he squeaked, "It's nothing...... I just heard some news about you, and I was a little worried......" She bit her lip and asked Gao Zhen worriedly: "I heard that the queen doesn't seem to be very kind to see you recently, doesn't it matter?" ”

Gao Zhen smiled, still whispering: "Where did you hear that?" It can't be a rumor from outside, right? Think about it - I heard that you have been in a hot fight with Miss Jiang Jiawen recently, could it be that she said it? ”

Zhao Xiu twisted his head: "You don't care where I heard it, Sister Jiang is not a person who will talk about things that shouldn't be said everywhere, you just need to answer me." ”

"No big deal." Gao Zhen replied lightly, "You don't have to take it to heart. My father and I both know it in our hearts. ”

"Is that true?" Zhao Xiu not only did not let go, but became more nervous, "What the hell is going on?" Shouldn't it be? ”

Gao Zhen smiled and didn't answer, but asked about something else: "The gift from last time...... Did you see that? Do you like it? ”

Zhao Xiu was so anxious that he was about to stomp his feet, and seeing him looking leisurely, he seemed to be in a hurry. She couldn't help but be annoyed: "Gift? Is it the Four Treasures of the Study? yes, that's good, but I have my own, so I asked someone to put it away, and I was planning to give it as a gift when my friend had a birthday! ”

Gao Zhen was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but get nervous: "I'm not talking about the four treasures of the study, have you opened it to see clearly?" ”

"Naturally, I watched it!" Zhao Xiu glanced at him hatefully, feeling that his anxious appearance was too relieved, and decided to hang him for a while.

Gao Zhen's brows tightened, and he was about to ask more clearly, when Leng might as well look back at Zhang's in front of him: "What are you talking about?" Don't mess around. ”

Zhao Xiu and Gao Zhen froze together, Qi Qi showed a smile, and Qi Qi shook his head: "It's okay, we're talking and laughing." After saying the same answer in unison, the two of them froze again, looked at each other, and turned their heads away in a sneering manner.

Zhang only felt weird, and stared at his granddaughter a few more times. Zhao Xiu had to laugh dryly: "When I came back, the prince gave me and my brother a set of good four treasures of the study, and I am thanking the prince." Gao Zhen coughed lightly: "Everyone has known each other since childhood, but it's just a set of study, what is there to thank for?" is so polite, but it seems to be raw. Zhao Xiu smiled and nodded at Zhang, showing his agreement with Gao Zhen.

Zhang turned his head suspiciously, always feeling that his granddaughter was weird today. But without waiting for her to think about it, King Guangping asked her with a smile: "The old lady was born in Jiangnan and has lived in Shanghai for a long time, so she must know more about Jiangnan silk and bamboo, so you might as well make some introductions to Xiao Wang?" Her attention was immediately drawn to the question.

Zhao Xiu, who escaped the catastrophe, secretly turned her eyes to look at Gao Zhen, but just saw Gao Zhen looking at herself with a smile, her face was red again, and she hurriedly turned away, twisting the handkerchief in her hand. (To be continued......)