After visiting the Guangping Palace, Zhao Xiu and Zhao Wei spent their days in the small mansion with peace of mind, reading every day, practicing calligraphy, painting and playing music, and then taking care of housework, practicing boxing, and living a leisurely life.

The turmoil outside gradually subsided, and except for the families of the imperial officials who were imprisoned, who were anxious and waited for the outcome of the trial day and night, everyone else settled down and continued to maintain the normal operation of the imperial court. Although the doctors who diagnosed the emperor's pulse did not say anything, and the important ministers in the court did not leak their mouths, everyone seemed to know overnight that the emperor's body had been eroded for too long, and although he was conscious, his body had collapsed, it just depended on how long he could survive. Everyone must show themselves well at this time, so that the future newcomer can see how good he is.

These things have nothing to do with the brothers and sisters of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family has no clansmen for the time being, so what they do every day is to study behind closed doors.

However, the Zhao family has made great contributions to the prince's distress, and the news has spread early, and everyone in Beijing knows in their hearts that the Zhao family is about to make a comeback, and after the new monarch ascends the throne, the future of his grandson is unlimited. Now that Mrs. Zhao is not in Beijing, the Zhao family only has two children, if you don't make friends at this time, when will you make friends? Children are always easier to coax than adults, as long as they feel that they are good people, they will naturally be happy to make friends in the future. There are countless people who have such thoughts, so there are more people who come to visit the Zhao family brothers and sisters.

The male guests are naturally handed over to Zhao Wei to deal with, and there are many female guests here in Zhao Xiu, and there are people who talk non-stop every day. There are those who greet her grandmother Zhang's body, which is honest and kind; Nor is there any mention of the old friendship with her grandfather or father or mother; Someone would ask her about a little girl. Her brother and sister had promised to get married, but she could only reply with a "no" word, and then shut up and stopped talking, not believing that those women could cheekily sell her which lady or which son; Some people even said that they were worried that her brother and sister were young and didn't know how to take care of the middle feed, and they were willing to give them ideas. But when they saw that the Zhao family's small mansion was in good order, the male and female servants and women were also in retreat. knows that although Zhao Xiu is young, she also has a good heart, and this little thing is not difficult for her. They had nothing but a few compliments. I couldn't do anything else, and I couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed.

Zhao Xiu felt that these people were very annoying, and Zhao Wei also had a headache, and the brother and sister combined. decided to go to the Guangping Mansion the next day. It was very interesting to talk to Princess Zhong of Guangping. Accompanying the son Gao Zhen to dance with guns and sticks seems to be quite interesting, no matter which one it is, it is better than staying at home and waiting for guests to come to harass him. So the brother and sister began to visit the Quang Binh palace frequently.

Gao Zhen, the little master of the Guangping Palace, was very welcoming to them, and clearly said that they could come whenever they wanted, if it weren't for Zhao Wei and Zhao Xiu to stop them, he almost ordered someone to clean up a courtyard for their brothers and sisters in the palace, and let them rest in the palace for the night. However, the Zhao family brothers and sisters are not confused. It's okay to spend more time in the palace, but if you stay overnight. The impact is too great, and the whole capital is staring at it. Zhao Wei felt that this might affect his sister's reputation, and his grandmother had told him to take good care of his sister, and he would never let his sister suffer the slightest grievance.

Zhao Xiu was a little unimpressed by her brother's worries, she would have to be a few months before she turned ten years old, a little Lori at this age, even if she spent the night at someone else's house, how could it affect her reputation?

She is genuinely willing to be by Zhong's side. The doctor who treated Zhong did have two brushes, and Zhong drank the medicine, and his condition has gradually improved. Because Zhao Xiu often accompanies her and makes her happy, she is relaxed, her illness is getting better faster, she can get up and talk to people for a longer time every day, and occasionally she can do something brain-consuming.

Zhao Xiu took the opportunity to ask the Zhong family for some housework, although she had learned housework from her grandmother, but the things she had to deal with in Fengxian County could not be compared with when she was in the capital, and even the things prepared at home in Beijing were much more, and her grandmother was not around, it was rare to have Zhong's amiable female elder, how could she miss it? Zhao Xiu told the Zhong family about the situation of the guests coming to the house, and by the way, he mentioned the person who came to the door and asked the Zhong family, what should she do?

Zhong was originally the daughter of an official eunuch, she was a princess for a few years, then a princess, and now she is a princess again, with rich experience and knowledge. Whether it is in the palace, or in the court, or in the major clans, royal families, noble families, civil ministers and military generals, she knows the situation. The family mentioned by Zhao Xiu, she can immediately tell who the head of the family is, what position he holds in the court, whose daughter his wife is, with whom she has an in-law relationship, and how many children she has? What is the marriage like......

She even knew why these people wanted to give gifts to the Zhao family brothers and sisters!

Today's crown prince was not originally raised as a crown prince, he has always been the idle king in people's impressions, only because he has an outstanding sibling brother who became the prince, he followed the scholars and shared government affairs for his brother. At that time, people wanted to tie up, and they also wanted to tie up King Guangping, if it was to tie up the head of the crown prince who was still King Le'an at that time, it must be to ask him to intercede with King Guangping. Therefore, when King Le'an, the king of leisure, became the crown prince, many people were stunned.

They are worried that the crown prince will settle accounts after taking the throne, and they are also worried that their own family will be innocently implicated in the rebellion, and they are even more worried that after the new emperor ascends the throne, he will hold a grudge against the past and be unwilling to promote and reuse them. That's why they gave gifts to the Zhao family brothers and sisters - to be precise, to give gifts to Zhao Wei, because it is rumored that Zhao Wei followed the prince and the prince of Guangping all the way back to the capital from Shanghai - the purpose of the gift is to hope that Zhao Wei can say good things for them in front of the prince, so that the prince will not remember the past.

Zhao Wei had already sent a palace envoy to greet him through the prince, and reported the matter to the prince, and the prince laughed a few times and asked him to pass a message to him, so that although he accepted the gift, he did not have to be polite. In fact, the crown prince did not think of taking revenge on those people. Zhao Wei knew this, so he accepted those expensive gifts unceremoniously.

Now that Zhao Xiu heard Zhong's explanation of the inside story, he was more sure in his heart. She put the matter aside. Concentrate on asking the Zhong family about the situation of the famous families in Beijing.

Zhong is also happy to teach Zhao Xiu, she has no daughter, only a son. In the past, when her niece Zhong Yazhi often came to the door, she would also raise her niece as a daughter, although she may not have to marry her niece back as a daughter-in-law, but it is also good for the girl's family to learn more things, and the upbringing of her sister-in-law Mrs. Zhong has some deficiencies.

Pity. When Zhong could teach his niece, his niece was still young, and most of what she could learn was talent and female popularity. Occasionally, I will teach the personnel of the major families in Beijing, but it is not convenient to teach more complicated things. By the time Zhong Yazhi grew up enough to learn more esoteric things, Zhong's husband had retreated from the crown prince to the status of the king of Guangping, and the Zhong family also used the reason that their daughter was too old to avoid suspicion. Seldom let Zhong Yazhi come to the door again. Therefore. Now Zhao Xiu takes the initiative to humbly seek advice, and he learns very seriously, he is also smart, has a good memory, and many words can be understood without having to say it explicitly. Zhong Shi was happy when he saw the hunt, and he only felt that being a teacher was really a very pleasant thing, but he was a little more eager than Zhao Xiu, a student, urging Zhao Xiu to come every day. so that she can teach face-to-face.

Zhao Xiu went to the Guangping Palace's more often and went more. Zhao Wei no longer accompanied her out every day, but let her take someone to the carriage by herself. The Zhao family's small mansion is not far from the Guangping Palace, and it is in the inner city where the security has always been good, so there is nothing to worry about.

During Zhao Xiu's study in front of Zhong, Gao Zhen would come over to accompany him as soon as he was free. Zhong was once worried that this would prevent him from doing serious things, so he persuaded him: "Sister Xiu'er is already so familiar with our palace, you don't have to treat her as a foreigner, every time she comes, you have to come and accompany her." There are a lot of things in the palace, and your father is not at home, so you can't leave everything to the chief manager. ”

Gao Zhen said with a flat expression: "Mother doesn't have to worry, if there is something important, my son will naturally take care of it." It's not that the son is polite to the sister of the Zhao family, it's just that the mother concubine taught the sister of the Zhao family, and the son has never heard it, so he thinks it's interesting, so he also listens. ”

Zhong smiled: "You kid, this is what only the director in charge and the person who presides over the feed-in need to know, you are a gentleman, what do you want to know about this?" In the future, when you marry a daughter-in-law, your mother will also teach her. ”

Gao Zhen just sat still: "How sooner or later is that?" The son is now in charge of the affairs of the palace, so he naturally wants to listen. ”

Zhong Shi was right to think about it, and sighed: "Good boy, I have wronged you, so it's okay." If there's something you don't understand, or you don't know how to cook, just ask me. ”

So Gao Zhen stayed with his mother generously, and together with Zhao Xiu, he asked his mother for advice on housekeeping matters and personal relations.

The more you get along, the relationship between people will naturally become familiar. Gao Zhen sometimes looks at the account books of the palace, and when he encounters something that is not clear, he will not avoid Zhao Xiu when he asks about his mother. Zhao Xiu's math scores have always been good, and sometimes he will help to build some points or calculate accounts. Within two days, Gao Zhen simply didn't let his mother bother about it, and directly took the things he didn't understand in the account and asked Zhao Xiu.

Zhao Xiu was during Zhong's lunch break, turned to sit in the Dongnuan Pavilion, took a small ivory abacus specially ordered for Zhong by King Guangping, and helped Gao Zhen take account one by one. The two sat together on the big kang, their heads together studying the account book on the kang table, and spoke in low voices.

If the weather is nice, they will also open the windows a little to let in the light breeze outside. At this time, it was already February, the weather was getting warmer, and the plum blossoms in the yard were blooming again, and the fragrance was blown into the house by the wind for a while, which smelled better than the incense smoked in the house.

The smoke cloud was on the other side of the courtyard, and when I saw the scene from afar, I felt a sense of frustration. Although the Zhong family is not kind, she still hopes that the future hostess will be from the Zhong family. But now that the girl of the Zhao family is getting closer and closer to her own son, this hope seems to be getting slimmer and slimmer, so what can I do?

A little girl hurried over and found her: "Sister Yanyun, there is a message from the back door, saying that my sister's family is coming to find my sister, and there is something urgent." ”

Yanyun wondered in her heart, her family was living well in the Zhong family, what could be the emergency? Could it be that the old ladies and wives of the Zhong family couldn't see the princess for days, and the uncle of the Zhong family came to the door, but they couldn't get a letter, so they were anxious and asked her family to come to her to help deliver the message?

But now she has been demoted to the third class, just a rough girl who sprinkles and sweeps, and she can't even enter the house, and Cao's mother and Yanxia are strictly guarded, so how can she find a gap to speak to the princess?

Yanyun found another girl to replace her, and went to the back door with a gloomy expression, and the mother-in-law who watched the door saw that it was her, so she pointed to the hut behind her: "People are inside, saying that there is something to discuss with the girl at home, so I will let her wait in the house." ”

Yanyun smiled, thanked her, and stuffed her with a silver cake, half a tael. The woman smiled even more happily: "Don't worry, girl, you are talking in the house, I am here to watch, and no one will hear." ”

Yanyun entered the house and found that the woman who came to find her was a woman in coarse cloth clothes, looking at the hair was also gray and gray, looking at the back, there was still a little hunchback, where was her family? Yanyun frowned and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The woman turned around, and Yanyun was surprised: "Mother, why are you?" How did you become like this? ”

Her mother suddenly couldn't help crying: "Yun girl, your brother is gone!" I was beaten to death by the old lady! ”

The smoke cloud was like thunder: "What?!" Mother, you make it clear, what's wrong with my brother, what's wrong with my brother?! (To be continued......)