Zhao Xiu went out of the palace with his grandmother Zhang, and the two pots of flowers given by the Queen Mother had already been settled by the entourage. The grandfather and grandson got into the carriage and went home happily.

Zhang's was still sighing halfway through: "It would be nice if the queen could cheer up as soon as possible." In the past, she must have been confused to do something wrong. It's good now that you think about it, right? Looking at the words she ordered to be passed on just now, they were orderly and kind, and it could be seen that they had already figured it out. ”

Zhao Xiu was not as optimistic as Zhang's heart. She didn't have a very good impression of the queen. Jiang Wen was almost calculated by the queen, and almost missed her life, and she was able to escape the catastrophe entirely because of good luck. ruining people and clearing their names in this way, the queen's character is really doubtful. And the queen's reproach to the father and son of King Guangping made Zhao Xiu very disapproving. Although their ancestors and grandchildren had the merit of rescuing the emperor and Gao Zhen back to the capital safely, before the emperor met the Zhao family, it was Gao Zhen who rescued him from under the blown dam and left with him all the way. Without Gao Zhen, it would be impossible for the emperor to meet the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family, let alone return to the capital safely to inherit the throne. If the credit of the ancestors and grandchildren of the Zhao family is great, Gao Zhen's credit is even greater! The queen actually ignored Gao Zhen's merits, because of a few gossips from others, she was jealous, and did everything possible to suppress Gao Zhen's father and son. This is almost a revenge!

What's more, the emperor was originally the second son of the queen mother, and he was not particularly good among the princes of the first emperor. After King Guangping was injured and blinded and had to abdicate from the East Palace, without his strong support, the emperor might not have been able to defeat the other princes, including the six princes who were supported by King Ying and the first emperor's favorite concubine Zhu Lifei, to sit on the throne. Say it in a big way, the emperor's throne. At least eighty percent of them were obtained by the father and son of the king of Guangping. No matter what the emperor thought in his heart, at least he still retained his respect and care for his brother and nephew on the surface. What is a queen? At best, he had the identity of an emperor and gave birth to two sons and a daughter. And when the palace changed, he kept himself and his children until the emperor returned. Other than that, she doesn't have much credit at all. What qualifications does she have to squeeze out King Guangping and Gao Zhen?

I can only see power in my heart, but I can't remember the favor of others, Zhao Xiu feels that this kind of person can't be trusted. In addition to their meritorious work, the father and son of King Guangping are also the emperor's own brother and nephew. The queen still can't tolerate them. So what is the grandson of the Zhao family to her? Zhao Xiu couldn't trust the queen's temper. I don't know when she will commit her taboo, in case she annoys the queen because of some trivial matter, she will also make a fool to ruin her reputation. So what to do?

If the queen has been honestly just being a queen, eating jealousy, and raising children, it doesn't matter. But if she really gets the emperor's favor again. Hold authority in your hands. Who knows what else will happen? Zhao Xiu selfishly felt that the queen should continue to recuperate in Kunning Palace, whether the emperor wants to accept a concubine or not, it is his own business, he can bear it, of course it is better, if he can't help it, he finally accepts. As long as the newcomers don't make trouble, it's fine.

The queen and the emperor are a young couple, and the two have always been in love. gave birth to two sons and a daughter, all of whom are smart and healthy. The emperor had no other concubines except for the queen, and he was also quite concerned about his wife and children, and resolutely refused to accept concubines. The queen's maiden family, Qushui Bofu, is low-key and peaceful, and my younger brother is quite reliable when I hear it, not the kind of gentleman who likes to mess around. Before the queen offended the queen mother, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law was still very good, and there was no unreasonable sister-in-law and sister-in-law who caused trouble from it. Throughout the ages, there is really no one such a good queen. The queen holds this good hand, and it is also strange that she has betrayed her relatives. In the face of this strange situation, Zhao Xiu really couldn't convince himself, and he adhered to the principle of supporting his wife, no matter what the queen did, the emperor was not allowed to find another woman. After all, the emperor, who still insists on not accepting concubines, is quite pitiful to meet this kind of wife.

Zhao Xiu secretly sighed for the emperor in his heart, remembering that he also had some inexplicable thoughts about King Guangping and Gao Zhen, so he felt that he had nothing to pity. There is no perfection in the world, and now that he is sitting on the country, he has to lose something, otherwise it will be too good. In fact, the couple is quite a good match.

The carriage soon returned to the gate of the Jiannan Hou Mansion. Before Zhao Xiu got out of the car, he heard the movement outside, and looked out of the car window suspiciously, only to see the housekeeper Wang Fulai walking out of the gate with a long bamboo pole in his hand, with a smile on his face. A long string of big red firecrackers, three feet long, hung on the bamboo poles, dragged to the ground. On both sides of the gate, there are already musicians waiting with suona, gongs, flutes, drums and many other musical instruments, and they don't know what to do.

Zhang also saw this scene and was very surprised. She caught a glimpse of Zhao Wei standing in the gate, talking to others, so she called a mother-in-law to call her grandson over.

When Zhao Wei ran to the front of the car, his face was also full of smiles: "Grandmother and sister are back?" We have a happy event in our family today. ”

It turned out that this morning, because the emperor was dissatisfied with the emperor posthumously bestowed the official position of Zhao Zhuo, Zhao Xiu's father, or gave the second grade in one breath, so he asked the emperor to take back his order. Yushi is also from a serious imperial examination, and thinks that Zhao Wei is just a famous person in the examination, even if his grades are slightly better and his ranking is slightly higher, he can't be compared with Jinshi after all. His father only has the title of a person, not a jinshi, and even if he is posthumously given, he should not be given such a high official position. Serious Jinshi should also start from six or seven grade officials, and their parents do not have the blessing of giving officials. How can Zhao Wei's father and son accept this grace?

In fact, the words of this imperial historian also represent the thoughts of many Qing high school readers. Even if the Zhao family now has the good reputation won by the Mingzhi Library, Zhao Wei's imperial examination results are also real, but there are always people in the world who will look at him unpleasantly, thinking that he is already a marquis, and what kind of imperial examination do they come to compete with scholars? And posthumously bestowing on his father's high-ranking officials is even more excessive. Even if other scholars enter the imperial examination, they will work hard all their lives, and even if they enter the cabinet as a minister, they may not be able to fight for a posthumous official position for their deceased father. Zhao Wei just took the test and did it, how can people balance their hearts? They also knew that Zhao Wei had the merit of saving the driver, and he could be regarded as a hero from the dragon. But they would rather wait for Zhao Wei to grow up a few years later, really become an official, and make a little merit. If the emperor decrees a reward, it is better than that he has just been admitted to the examination and has gained such dignity.

The emperor refuted the words of this imperial historian in the current court. He said that he posthumously gave Zhao Zhuo, not because Zhao Wei was admitted to the exam, but because of Zhao Wei's contribution to the change of King Ying. As for the previous return of the title, it was just to return the title that originally belonged to Zhao Wei after he was fifteen years old, not a reward. And the reason why the emperor has dragged on until now. The credit for rewarding Zhao Wei was because he was still young and had not officially debuted. I am afraid that he will be proud after receiving the reward, and he will not know how to make progress from then on, and he will live up to the emperor's expectations of him. And now Zhao Wei has won the examination to raise people's fame, and he is sixteen years old. It is definitely outstanding in this dynasty. The Emperor thought it was time to reward him. Therefore, he issued a decree, hoping to encourage Zhao Wei to work more diligently for the imperial court in the future.

Whoever hears this kind of thing knows that it is an excuse, but the emperor said it sounding enough, and took out the credit for saving the driver, no matter how dissatisfied Yu Shi is, it is impossible to bite it, otherwise it doesn't mean that he is dissatisfied with Zhao Wei's rescue? And the emperor after the imperial history retreated. seemed to want to do the matter, so he simply took out the exploits of the old county prince before his death and recited it again. Even Zhao Zhuo's good results in participating in the imperial examination before his death, he also highlighted Zhao Zhuo's noble sentiment of being a son-in-law but indifferent to fame and fortune, abiding by filial piety, and giving up the position of the prince to the eldest brother who was recorded in the name of Yuanpei. Such a person with outstanding moral character, talented and excellent, is just posthumously given a higher official position after death, and is not knighted, what's the big deal? The emperor felt that this was not enough, and personally gave the imperial pen, as well as many gold beads and treasures, and new imperial books, and ordered someone to send them to the Jiannan Marquis Mansion on the spot.

Zhao Wei's happy event is this.

When Zhang heard this, he directly recited the Buddha in the carriage, and his eyes were red: "If you can be praised by the emperor like this, your father can also be blind under Jiuquan!" ”

Zhao Xiu faintly felt that something was wrong, so he lowered his voice and asked Zhao Wei: "Why did the emperor suddenly become so tough?" Now that Yushi has dispelled his thoughts, there is no need for the emperor to give these many things? ”

Zhao Wei smiled and replied in a low voice: "I heard that this morning, many courtiers wrote to the court, saying that the queen has been sick for a long time and is unable to command the harem, and asked the emperor to take a concubine." Among the people who wrote the book was this imperial history. The emperor is probably just taking advantage of our family's affairs to take a breath. ”

I see. When the emperor has reached this point, it is rare that he can still remember the relationship between husband and wife with the empress. Zhao Xiu pursed his lips and smiled: "Let's not think about it so much, what the emperor gave us, let's just take care of it." ”

The palace sent a generous reward, and the emperor praised the old county prince and Zhao Zhuo, which was a supreme honor for the Jiannan Marquis Mansion, and it was naturally a rare happy event. Therefore, Zhao Wei asked the housekeeper to prepare firecrackers and musicians early, and was ready to celebrate.

Zhang was also worried: "Will it be too public?" ”

Zhao Wei disagreed: "It's just a firecracker and a few vocal music." Our family doesn't feast guests, where is it public? Now that ordinary people have a happy event, they will be lively for a few days. ”

Zhang's heart was relieved at this time, and he built again: "Send some silver rice to the major temples in Beijing, the harvest in Zhuangzi everywhere this year is good, just take out some grain to give, and also accumulate blessings for the county grandfather and your parents." ”

Zhao Wei agreed, and ordered someone to drive the carriage into the house. Zhao Xiu asked: "Who will order the firecrackers?" Can you leave it to me? ”

Zhang was taken aback: "How can this be made?" Burn your hands carefully! ”

Zhao Xiu hugged her arm and coquettishly said: "Grandmother, just let me go." I'll be careful. Besides, I'm just taking a stick of incense to get some introduction. The lead was so long, and when it burned out, I would run all the way. I want to be happy that there are good things happening today. ”

Zhang's still didn't allow it, but Zhao Wei smiled and said, "Just let my sister try it, it's okay, I'll watch her." Zhang reluctantly agreed, but said: "Let the little guys circle around the door, and don't let the idlers come in and see it." Sister Xiu'er lit the firecrackers and hurried into the door, don't show your face, if you really burn your hands, don't cry! ”

Why did Zhao Xiu cry? Naturally, I readily agreed. When the carriage entered the gate, she jumped down and asked Wang Fulai for the incense. The latter said, "The auspicious time has come, and the girl is going quickly." She immediately rushed to the firecracker, lit the fuse with a neat movement, and then quickly turned and ran back to the door.

The sound of firecrackers shook the sky, and immediately attracted the attention of pedestrians on the street, many people came around to see the excitement, listened to the festive drum music, and also rejoiced, and asked each other what happy things happened in the Jiannan Hou Mansion today.

Xie Xiangfei came out of the palace and rode a horse through the avenue in front of the Jiannan Hou Mansion, and saw that this side was very lively from a distance. The pedestrians nearby spread the word of mouth, saying that Jiannanhou Mansion was decent today, and even their neighbors felt honored.

Xie Xiangfei listened absentmindedly to the discussions of passers-by, and looked at the gate of Jiannan Hou Mansion from a distance, the little red face of the eldest girl of the Zhao family, her eyebrows were crooked, her eyes were crooked, and she was smiling so brightly. I don't know why, but he suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart. (To be continued......)