This strange young woman, presumably Grandma Wang, is really young, looks no more than eighteen years old, dressed elegantly, looking at the delicate pearl jewelry on her head, the flawless white jade bracelet on her hand, and the very good face, you know that she has a very comfortable life, and she is also favored at home.

She accompanied the Zhong family all the way into the guest house, with a sad look on her face, and when she looked up and saw Zhao Xiu standing on the steps, she was stunned and stopped. The Zhong family also saw Zhao Xiu, and Mrs. Zhong and Zhong Yazhi's faces suddenly changed, and they were a little uncomfortable.

On the day of the princess's death, Zhao Xiu had come to the Guangping Palace, and what their mother and daughter did, I am afraid that she would also know something. The mother and daughter of the Zhong family can pretend to be innocent in front of the unknowing Grandma Wang, but when they meet Zhao Xiu, they really have no confidence. They could only pray secretly in their hearts that this little aunt and grandmother would not say anything that should not be said in front of Grandma Wang. Grandma Wang is very good at coaxing yes, but she also has a broken mouth, in case she knows something, I am afraid that it will be known to everyone in two days.

The Guangping palace and the Zhong family turned against each other, and many people knew that there were rumors among the people of the palace that the daughter of the Zhong family was shameless, and the Zhong family was also shameless and made the princess angry to death. But it was all gossip, and the father and son of King Guangping never clearly stated the specific details, and it was impossible for the Zhong family to tell people about this kind of thing everywhere. Therefore, outsiders only know some vague information, and understand that the two families are opposed, but they are not very clear about the specific process of the opposite. The Zhong family also counted on the palace to continue to support them, so that they could stay in the capital as officials in glory, even if they had to return to their hometowns, they would also keep their reputation and family property. Go back and be a rich man, be respected by the township, and wait for the juniors to make a comeback after entering the imperial examination. They were absolutely unwilling to let outsiders know what Mrs. Zhong and Zhong Yazhi had done.

The mother and daughter of the Zhong family lowered their heads and supported the old lady Zhong. Cowering, he raised his eyes and peeked at Zhao Xiu. Zhao Xiu watched them approach very calmly, and then turned around and went down the steps, intending to bypass them and leave.

Seeing that she had no intention of entanglement, the mother and daughter of the Zhong family secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and there was secret joy in their hearts. When Mrs. Zhong saw that her family had to enter the main room of the living house, she thought that she would have to excuse the old lady for a while to faint and feel unwell. The whole family stayed in the palace for a few days, and then thought of interfering in the affairs of the front mourning hall, waiting for a guest to come to the door. You will see the Zhong family there to answer the salute and entertain guests, no matter how ugly the rumors outside, outsiders will only think that the Zhong family has reconciled with the palace. Two days later, King Guangping and Gao Zhen returned to the palace. Can you stretch your face again and expel them who have contributed to the princess's funeral? If the King of Quang Binh really did this. People outside will definitely criticize it, saying that the prince's wife will leave the Yue family behind when she dies, ruthless and unjust, and Gao Zhen will also be crowned with a reputation for disrespecting elders!

Just when Mrs. Zhong was making wishful thinking, Grandma Wang, who had always been regarded as a good helper, suddenly spoke unhappily: "Whose child are you?" How did it end up here? Is it also here to mourn? ”

Zhao Xiu stopped and turned her head to look at her, a little surprised that she would ask herself first.

Seeing that Zhao Xiu didn't answer her question, Grandma Wang was even more unhappy: "You kid." Is it possible that you can't understand what others are saying? I ask you, why don't you answer? Even if you don't recognize me. Don't you know the princess's mother and sister-in-law? Since you came to mourn, you didn't even say hello, you didn't pay attention to people, and just left, do you still have any rules? Whose child the hell are you?! ”

Mrs. Zhong stared at Grandma Wang with wide eyes, a little stunned, not quite understanding why she suddenly provoked the thorn of this sharp little girl. Could it be because the little girl didn't greet her?

Zhao Xiu said to Grandma Wang with a smile: "This lady, before you pick on me, do you take care of the old lady you are holding first?" She glanced at Mrs. Zhong, just in front of Mrs. Zhong quietly opened to peek at her slits, the two sides looked at each other for a second, Mrs. Zhong immediately lowered her eyelids and continued to pretend to be dizzy, the smile on Zhao Xiu's face deepened: "Regardless of the patient, you only care about pursuing strangers and refuse to greet you, this lady, you are really very well-behaved." ”

Grandma Wang's face turned red, and she remembered that the old lady of the Zhong family was still dizzy, and hurriedly apologized to Mrs. Zhong: "I'm really sorry, I'm the most unaccustomed to people who don't have rules, so I forgot that the old lady is still dizzy here." Quick, get the old lady into the house. ”

Mrs. Zhong smiled dryly and said, "It's okay, it's okay, let's just come." He gave Mrs. Zhong a look, and motioned for her to work with herself to continue to help her mother-in-law walk, but she didn't expect Mrs. Zhong to open her eyes again at this time to peek at Zhao Xiu, her eyes were gloomy and she didn't know what she was thinking, when her two daughters-in-law wanted to help her go, she didn't care about cooperating, and she didn't even help. Mrs. Zhong secretly took a handful of her mother-in-law, and she woke up, continued to pretend to be dizzy, and began to move her steps.

But when Grandma Wang saw that Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong didn't help Mrs. Zhong, she thought that they were exhausted, so she hurriedly called the girls and mothers-in-law waiting in the yard: "Quick, come and help your in-laws and old lady and help her into the house." ”

The girls didn't move, they looked at each other, and then lowered their eyes and pretended to be wooden people. They have always been waiting in this guest house, and they have not changed people since the mother and daughter of the Zhong family had a quarrel last time. For them, although the daughters of the Zhong family are the maiden relatives of the main mother, they are also the wicked people who once shouted and shouted at them to kill because it was not their fault, they are all angry in their hearts, and the prince and the prince have explicitly ordered that the Zhong family is not allowed to enter the house, how can they be willing to wait for the Zhong family?

A few people who hesitated quietly looked at Zhao Xiu, and when they saw Zhao Xiu shaking his head slightly, they also calmed down and ignored Grandma Wang's words.

Grandma Wang didn't know the inside story, and when she saw that her order had failed, she only felt ashamed and angry. She noticed that someone was looking at Zhao Xiu's face, so she asked Zhao Xiu angrily: "What do you mean by this?" Why don't you allow anyone to come and help the old lady?! ”

Zhao Xiu said slowly: "When will I not allow anyone to help her?" Don't talk nonsense, I am a guest of the palace, not a master, how can I support the servants of the palace casually? That's so rude. She also specially accentuated the tone of the word "etiquette".

Grandma Wang's face turned red suddenly, and she also remembered. He is just a guest of the palace. She bit her lip and looked at the girl around her who refused to come forward, and hatefully ordered the girl she brought: "Hurry up and help Mrs. Zhong into the house." ”

Mrs. Zhong hurriedly smiled and said, "No need, we can do it." Then he gave Mrs. Zhong another look. This time, with the cooperation of Mrs. Zhong, the two concubines finally succeeded in helping people into the house, Zhong Yazhi followed behind, secretly glanced at Zhao Xiu, lowered her head and followed in.

Grandma Wang followed into the house, and watched them help Mrs. Zhong lie down on the bed in the middle of the ropes, and Zhong Yazhi poured a cup of tea. I found that the tea was cold, and I was about to tell the girl to pour a pot of hot water, and to meet the girls with cold eyes. After being stunned for a while, he put down the cup in a daze, thinking that it was better not to make more trouble.

But Grandma Wang wouldn't think so, she saw that the girls and mothers-in-law in the guest house refused to come forward to wait. The tea is also cold. No one wanted to change to hot tea, and complained again: "What's going on in Guangping Palace?" Could it be that because the princess died, the prince left the Yue family aside? Even if a man likes the new and hates the old, it is not so fast, and what about the son? Could it be that the son of the world is not Mrs. Zhong's own grandson? Why is it so ruthless and unrighteous now? ”

Zhao Xiu heard her say bad things about King Guangping and Gao Zhen in the courtyard, and couldn't help but walk back and say coldly: "This lady is too self-talking, right?" When does the prince like the new and hate the old? Why is the son of the world ruthless and unrighteous? You first find out who is not sympathetic first, and then talk about accusations. If you don't know what the Zhong family has done, then please find out the truth first. Again, the big words; If you know what the Zhong family has done, you can still open your eyes and talk nonsense like this. Then get out of here, you're not welcome here! ”

Grandma Wang looked at her dumbfounded, and her whole person was shaky, as if she had heard something terrible: "You...... Whose child are you? How can it be so vulgar? I'm here to mourn in the palace, and you actually want me to ......" She couldn't say the word "roll" anyway.

Zhao Xiu sneered: "I don't change my name, I don't change my surname, my surname is Zhao, I am the grandson of the Duke of Jiannan County, the sister of the Marquis of Jiannan, and I have been here every day since the day Princess Guangping died." I know who has come to pay my respects. I am just an outsider in the palace of Guangping, but the princess and I have a half-teacher friendship, I respect her from the bottom of my heart, and the prince also trusts me, so I am here to entertain guests. You say that King Guangping, who likes the new and hates the old, before entering the palace to keep the soul of Emperor Daxing, stayed by the princess's coffin without sleep, and even knew that the Zhong family had committed a major crime of rebellion, but still saved his family's life. You said that the ruthless and unrighteous son of the world, knowing that the Zhong family had killed his mother to death, did not say a bad word about them outside. Today is the twenty-fifth day after the death of the princess, the Zhong family came to the door for the first time, and as soon as they came, they made trouble, do you still think that the palace is disrespectful to them? But I don't know that if I respect them at this time, I will be too sorry for the dead princess. You can say that I am vulgar and rude, but in my opinion, you are the real rude person who keeps saying etiquette! ”

Grandma Wang's face was red and white for a while, but she couldn't say anything. She could feel that the servants of the palace around her were secretly looking at her with disdain or anger, obviously on Zhao Xiu's side. She didn't know what to do, she didn't know what the Zhong family had done to the princess, and she didn't know that they hadn't been to the door of the palace after the princess's death. And the great crime of treason, isn't it just a rumor? How could the Zhong family, whom she knew, do such a thing?

She turned her head to look at Zhong Yazhi, who was trembling with fear beside her, worried that Zhao Xiu would expose her details next, so she pulled her and lowered her voice and said, "Don't be angry with her, she is the daughter of the Hou Mansion, and her temper is naturally bigger." Moreover, the new Marquis of Jiannan was appointed as a young man, because he had made a contribution to saving the driver, and now he is being given a holy favor. You quarrel with his sister, but you are afraid that if you get to the front of the palace, you will not be able to get good, and when your father-in-law knows, it is time to blame you again. It doesn't matter what outsiders say about our family, the clean ones are self-purifying, as long as you understand who I am. ”

Grandma Wang's face softened, and she said to her softly: "Your words are reasonable, I don't care about her." Most of the daughters of noble families have no rules and do not know the number of poems, books and etiquette. quarreling with her has lost the dignity of our Wang family's scholarly family. ”

Zhao Xiu's ears were sharp, and he listened carefully to the conversation between the two from beginning to end, angry and funny: "Miss Zhong's sentence is a good and wonderful sentence, I really don't dare to compare with a scholarly family like you." Our Zhao family is not a big family, we only know etiquette, righteousness, honesty and shame, protect the family and defend the country, and this noble status also comes from this. I can't compare to you, when the national crisis is at the head, I don't see what I can do; During the Taiping period, he became an official dependent, but he looked down on the heroes who fought bloodily. ”

She turned her head to look at Zhong Yazhi and asked with a smile: "I only have one thing I don't understand, can Miss Zhong sue me?" How did you have the courage to pretend to be okay and enter the gate of the palace today? When you crossed the threshold, you didn't think about it, up and down the palace, men and women, how many people had seen what you looked like that day? ”

Zhong Yazhi looked at her with a pale face as if she had been struck by lightning. Grandma Wang didn't know why, glared at Zhao Xiu angrily, and asked Zhong Yazhi with some curiosity: "What's wrong?" What was she talking about? Zhong Yazhi looked at her and couldn't say anything.

There was already a dead silence in the room.

Zhao Xiu didn't bother to talk to them anymore, so he turned around and left. When she arrived at the hospital, Yanyu, who had been waiting for a while, couldn't hide her schadenfreude on her face: "The girl's good mouth is so refreshing!" ”

Mother Cao on the side had a sad face: "Lord Wang, the secretary of the Ministry of Works, is the father-in-law of Grandma Wang, and he is a person who is trusted by the new emperor, and his official reputation has always been very good. Mrs. Wang is also the aunt of Grandma Wang, and she has always protected her shortcomings. Since the new emperor returned to Beijing safely and rebelled against the party's law, their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have always been guests of various families, dignitaries and nobles, and everyone respects them. Although Miss Zhao scolded the Zhong family so well, she was afraid that she would also offend Grandma Wang. If their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law annoy the girl because of this, they may ruin the girl's reputation outside. ”

A ten-year-old girl is at the age when she has just entered the social circle, and if she has a bad reputation and leaves a bad impression in the minds of the ladies of the official family, it is equivalent to ruining her life. Cao's mother knows this, how can she not be worried?

Zhao Xiu frowned and said: "It doesn't matter who she is, since I heard it, I can't help others say bad things about the prince and Gao Zhen in black and white." If reputation is really that important, if a few women with broken mouths can talk casually, it can make people unable to live, then Zhao Jue's family will not be able to mix so well in the capital over the years. It can be seen that those are all false, and those who know me will naturally know what I am as a person. Whatever they like, let them go. (To be continued......)