After entering Jiading City, Gao Zhen first sent Zhao Xiu back to Cuilu, and then gave the Zhang family a courtesy, and asked for peace before saying goodbye and returning to the palace.

As soon as Zhang saw his granddaughter, he saw that she was dark and thin, and her face was still tired, and her heart hurt so much. Because of Gao Zhen's presence, she could only say a few words of hard work dryly, and as soon as Gao Zhen left, she couldn't wait to pull Zhao Xiu into the room.

Zhao Xiu smiled and said, "Wait for your granddaughter to go and freshen up before talking to her grandmother." The dust has been dusty all the way, and the ashes on her granddaughter's body have not been cleaned yet. ”

Zhang's tears came out: "You have grown so big, where have you suffered this?" In the past, when our family did not get the title, you were also the golden and noble sister of the second room. After your brother became a marquis, you didn't even call the wind when you went out. Now he is so thin, and he is so tanned, and he has the white mark of his hat on his forehead. The girls of the small family are not as wolf as you. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled and said, "What's the big deal? When you go out or in a disaster area, you can't eat and drink as well as at home, right? I feel that I have a good complexion, I have seen the world, I have experienced major events, and I have gained a good reputation. Grandmother should be happy for me. ”

Zhang was a little happy when he heard this: "Yes, I have heard about it in Jiading." At first, they also said that you are hard-hearted enough, and you want to forcibly divide the flesh and blood of other people's families, and you don't look like a lady who shows your face. I couldn't help but refute them several times! If a kind-hearted child like you is to be said to be hard-hearted, is there anyone else in the world who is soft-hearted? If you have an epidemic, you will naturally have to isolate it, if it is Jiading City that has such a thing, see what they say? Besides, things always have to be done, but they don't show their faces, so don't show off how much merit they have done all day long, but it's just silver, who hasn't made money? People who really do things are still disgusted by them! After I told me too much, they were ashamed and didn't dare to mention it again, but later they learned that the people in the disaster area were fine. I'll praise you a few words. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled happily, if it was the past, Zhang would definitely endure this breath, and said that he was too lazy to worry about others. In fact, he is cowardly and afraid. Now that she can stand up for herself and break the principle of not fighting with others, Zhao Xiu is naturally happy in her heart.

She asked Zhang, "Has Jingli come to the will?" Do you know what you say? Does my brother have a letter? ”

Zhang hurriedly said: "Your brother has sent a letter, and now he wants to assist in the trial of the case, and he can't get out." I was in a hurry. Hearing that we were fine and that our hometown was fine, he was not at ease and urged us to go back quickly. It was Dongsheng who sent the letter, and he came with the messenger who sent the message. I asked him about your brother's daily life, and he said that he was so busy day and night that he couldn't even eat properly, and I was anxious when I heard it. If he doesn't urge, we will go back as much as possible. ”

Originally, he followed the south, just because he was reluctant to give up his grandson. I didn't expect a mistake. still has to be separated from Zhao Wei for thousands of miles. Zhang's is now thinking about her grandson, she was worried about her granddaughter before, but she was not so anxious, but now that her granddaughter is fine, she is worried about her grandson's life in Beijing.

But when their ancestors and grandchildren came, they followed the ship of King Guangping, and now King Guangping does not know when he will leave for Beijing, and the Zhang family does not know what to do, or ...... Ask the six-room boat to send them back?

Zhao Xiu felt that King Guangping probably wouldn't stay in Jiading for long. The messenger of the decree is coming, and there will definitely be a palace envoy among the people who accompany him. Recently, Gao Zhen was outside. Doctor Ye went to the disaster area and came back not long ago, and the maid and mother-in-law could only wait in the inner house, and could not stop the clans, the officials of the palace and the head of the palace from going to see the king of Guangping. His eyes were covered with medicine, and he couldn't hide from everyone's eyes. Maybe at this time, the envoy in the palace already knew about King Guangping's eyes. When the news came back to the palace, whether it was out of concern or fear, the Queen Mother and the Emperor would definitely call him back to Beijing.

She said to Zhang: "The prince has been out of Kyoto for almost a year, and it's almost time to go back." We don't have to bother with that. Follow the prince together. His ship is steady, and he is escorted by officers and soldiers, which is much better than our own tossing. Although we have a boat at home, but when we came from Zhenjiang when we went south, didn't my grandmother say that the boat was too turbulent and made it uncomfortable for you to sit on? If you really want to take a boat like that to go thousands of miles of water, you will definitely get sick again. "When I went to Beijing the year before last, the Zhang family walked on the road for a few months, so it was better to follow the king of Guangping.

Zhang was a little embarrassed to hear this, and felt that he had been pampered for a long time, and his body was squeamish, so he leaned on his granddaughter and said with a smile: "It's good to go home, now I live in the place of Fenyang Palace, and it's not good to work and move the people." When I got on the prince's boat, I asked someone to mix balm to put on your face and hands, so that your skin turned white again, and then I made you more good soup, and I must nourish my body back. ”

She didn't regard Guangping Wangfu as an outsider, Zhao Xiu just laughed when she heard it.

Gao Zhen on the other side entered the palace, and when he saw the smoke and rain coming up, he first asked her how King Guangping was in good health and how his eyes were cured.

Yanyu replied: "The prince is healthy, he has eaten half a bowl more than before, and his spirit is good." The medicine on the eyes is still dressed, and when the dressing was changed yesterday, Dr. Ye asked the prince, saying that there was more light than before, although he still couldn't see things clearly, but he could already know if there was anyone in front of him. Dr. Ye changed the prescription and changed the two flavors of medicine, and now he still has to apply it to his eyes. He also said, "Gonggong Luo from the palace is here, and he is talking to the prince inside." ”

Gao Zhen was happy about the progress of his father's illness, and when he heard that a messenger from the palace was coming, he was immediately awe-struck. This father-in-law Luo is waiting by the emperor's side, although he is not a first-class henchman, but he can also be regarded as reused. Needless to say, he must have come on the emperor's secret order, but I don't know why.

Gao Zhen was anxious to see his father, but he thought that he still had the dust on the road on his body, so he stopped walking. He had just returned from the disaster area, and he didn't know if he had a bad smell, so he had freshened up first, changed into clean clothes, and then came to see his father. My father was too weak to bear those things.

By the time he had cleaned his whole body, washed his hair, spread it loosely, and put on the loose kudzu robe that Zhao Xiu had made for him and walked into King Guangping's house, Grandpa Naluo had already left. When King Guangping heard the footsteps, he smiled and said, "How early and late will you come back?" Is this freshened up? ”

Gao Zhen walked to him and sat down: "It's been a while since I came back, I heard that Gonggong Luo was here with his father, and no one was waiting in front of him, and his son was worried that the emperor had something important to order, so he didn't dare to trespass, so he went to freshen up first, so as not to go all the way, with the smell of sweat on his body, and smoke his father." ”

King Guangping smiled. Ask him about the journey. Gao Zhen had already sent several letters back, and the details had been said, and now he was just explaining the events of the past few days. Things in the disaster area are quite smooth, but there are a few big families. Seeing that the disaster was gradually subsided, the nobles from Jiading gave porridge and medicine, and won a great reputation, so they also learned. Those who honestly implement porridge and medicine are just that, but there are two smart ones. Not only do you want to be famous, but you are reluctant to spend the money, the porridge water is so thin that you can use it as a mirror, or you use old rice that has accumulated for many years, and the victims don't want to eat it when they see it. Zhao Xiu and Gao Zhen heard about it, and personally went to the scene, and the servants of the two families still wanted to stop them from seeing the porridge pot, but they couldn't help the two of them with a deep background, and there were many entourages, accompanied by people from the government. Exposed on the spot.

Gao Zhen sneered and said: "The two families are stupid, their sons and nephews are still trapped in the capital, and they are not clean in the embankment case, and now they are doing this trick again." Sister Zhao asked the stewards of the two families at that time, did their master ask for money and die? After asking, he pulled his son and left. The son looked back and saw that the two stewards were ugly and deadly. I heard that the next day, the two of them honestly changed to the porridge boiled with new rice, and it was very thick, and everything was compared to the porridge shed we made. The heads of the two families also asked someone to deliver a message to their son, wanting to ask his son for guilt. What are they guilty of asking me?! ”

King Guangping also sneered when he heard it. Of course, the culprits in the dam case have been locked up and brought to Beijing for trial. But they are not alone, and it is impossible for the family behind them not to benefit. When the case is clear, the emperor has free his hand and has to clean up the family behind them. At such a sensitive time. If the wealthy families involved in the case honestly do some good deeds and earn a good reputation in the countryside, the court may have to look at public opinion in the future and punish them lightly. Now I want to be famous, but I can't give up that little money and food, and I will only be said to be selling fame and reputation. It's better to do nothing. Even if they changed the thick porridge, they also gained a bad reputation in the minds of the victims, and the victims will only be grateful to Gao Zhen and Zhao Xiu who brought this change, but they will not remember the kindness of the two families. Isn't this a loss for his wife and a loss of soldiers? Sure enough, it's a fool!

But it is precisely because he is a fool that the emperor will be happy when he wants to cut their flesh. Gonggong Luo's trip came with the Qin mission, in fact, to convey the emperor's secret decree - the treasury was no longer much money, the first emperor was confused for more than ten years, leaving a confused account, for his funeral, the emperor spent a lot of money; Military spending on the northern border cannot be cut; Shanxi was hit by the earthquake last year, and now it has not recovered its vitality, and it still needs money and food support; The dam has been repaired several times, and a lot of money has been spent, and no one knows where there will be disasters next. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been very frugal, even the use of the palace has been reduced by half, and many palace people have been released, and even in order to save expenses, the ceremony of canonizing the crown prince has been postponed and postponed. Now the imperial court has only allocated 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, but fortunately, the local clans, families, and wealthy families in Shanghai have taken the lead in supporting the disaster relief, so that there is no chaos, and the burden on the imperial court has been greatly reduced.

The emperor is planning to copy several large households involved in the dam case, so that he can make up for the disaster relief funds, and there is no need to wait for the outcome of the trial. Those fools didn't know it, didn't they now send the ready-made handle to the hands of the Qincha?

There is no need to mention the disappointment, King Guangping listened to his son's recent experience, so he smiled and asked, "Your sister Zhao is very capable, right?" How old is she? Along the way, I have survived, I am not in a hurry, and I am very orderly. ”

Gao Zhen hurriedly said: "Sister Zhao is naturally capable. There are many things that her son didn't expect, but she thought of them first. Even her son didn't understand, where did she learn so many strange things? Then he said happily: "When I was in the disaster area, everything was inconvenient, and I couldn't pay attention to any rules and etiquette. Her son eats with Sister Zhao, and she doesn't care. After her son got along with her for a long time, he realized that she liked salty meals, especially salt-and-pepper food, and only a few desserts were still favorite. There are many sweet and glutinous things in Jiangnan, she is not used to eating much, and she is not used to eating too much pasta, and loves to eat rice. ”

In the past, Zhao Xiu followed King Guangping all the way, and the diet naturally followed King Guangping's family. The ancestors of the royal family are Jiading people, and the diet of the palace is biased towards the taste of the south of the Yangtze River, but the princess Zhong is a native of Shandong, and has brought the Shandong flavor into the palace. This flavor is slightly different from Zhao Xiu's preferences, but she rarely showed it when she was a guest before, and Gao Zhen actually ate the meals prepared by the second and sixth rooms of the Zhao family with her for nearly a month, and only then did she realize this.

King Guangping laughed when he heard this: "Even so, when I return to Beijing, I will find a few more cooks who are good at making salty dishes to come back, and I will not be used to it in the future." ”

Gao Zhen heard a little bit of extraneous meaning, and was a little surprised for a while: "Father, what does this mean......"

King Guangping smiled: "It's been almost a year since we came out, and when we return to Beijing, where can we drag it on?" It's time to put your engagement on the agenda. The matter was decided early, so we can rest assured. ”

Gao Zhen was overjoyed, and then his face was a little shy and slightly red: "It's true...... Can it really be done? I'm afraid that Old Madam Zhao and Brother Wei are unwilling to ......"

King Guangping sighed and couldn't help but turn his head: "Idiot, if the old lady is unwilling, how can she agree to let her granddaughter go out with you for so long?" Such stupid words will not be mentioned again in the future! (To be continued.) )