The last time Zhao Xiu came to Fang's house, it was in Laba last year, when the sisters of the Fang family held a poetry banquet to invite all the ladies and celebrate Fang Renzhu's birthday. That time, she went directly to the Fang family's garden, and only glanced at the inner house in a hurry, and didn't pay much attention to it. But Fang Huizhu's behavior undoubtedly left her with a bad impression that the Fang family's backyard was not strictly controlled, and it could make people take advantage of loopholes.

Today, she was led straight into the inner house by Yahuan, and arrived at the courtyard where the Fang sisters lived. Although there are many people coming and going, it does not seem to be chaotic.

Zhao Xiu thought to herself, since the daughter of the Fang family can be highly respected in the outside world, she always has a little capital, and it is impossible to rely only on pretending to be forced. It's a pity that Fang Huizhu is unreliable, and with the snobbery of Fang Er and Fang Si, it has affected other Fang family girls. Looking at the daily life of the Fang family, the Fang family's wife's means of governing the family should be good. If she is too incompetent, she will not be able to raise a daughter like Fang Renzhu.

Fang Renzhu greeted Zhao Xiu with a smile at the door of his room. After more than a month, her complexion became better and better. A palm-sized white face with a faint smile, a black hair combed into a casual bun, only a pearl hairpin, the long hair behind the head was tied up with a gold ring, and the broken hair with shorter sideburns was tied by her with a red bucket rope with two chopstick-thick braids, which showed a bit of liveliness and pretty. She was wearing a water-red double-layered gauze jacket today, and a Hangluo embroidered pleated skirt was tied underneath, which was a little more festive than usual. This dress lined her little face, and it also seemed that her face was not as pale as usual.

Zhao Xiu smiled and stepped forward to greet her, and the two little girls sat down in the room to talk. Fang Renzhu ordered the girl to have tea, and thanked Zhao Xiu again: "Thanks to you for mentioning it last month." If it weren't for that, how could my father get the emperor's forgiveness so lightly? ”

Zhao Xiu smiled: "This is too much to lift me up." What kind of will of the emperor has its own deep meaning. I'm just relaying the words of others to you, whether you can understand it or not depends on Lingzun Lingtang's thoughts. The emperor's forgiveness of Ling Zun is mostly due to Ling Zun's intentions. Although Ling Zun was demoted this time, the prefect was the real parent official. and so on, Lingzun made achievements. The emperor will definitely reuse him, why can't he rise up again when the time comes? I'm afraid that the future is even brighter than before. ”

Fang Renzhu thanked with a smile: "Then I will accept your auspicious words." ”

The girl served tea, and the two little girls chatted about the current situation. Zhao Xiu congratulated Fang Renzhu on her engagement. Fang Renzhu blushed and lowered his head, embarrassed to speak. Zhao Xiu teased her: "What's the shame? If you have established a parent, you are an unmarried couple. Didn't he write you a few poems? Or maybe you could write a poem to him? ”

Fang Renzhu said: "Hugh wants to talk nonsense, this is also what the girl in the boudoir should say?" ”

Zhao Xiu covered his mouth and smiled: "You misunderstood me." I didn't tell you to do anything bad. I heard that he was about to write a book. That's a big deal! Why don't you write a poem to encourage him? Although it would be better to write directly, I guess you would probably prefer to write a more subtle poem to express your inner thoughts? ”

Fang Renzhu's face turned red again, and the mosquito replied with a snort: "My father has already encouraged him, and told him not to worry. Writing a book is a big deal, he is still young, and some things are too much, but it is easy to overwhelm people......"

Zhao Xiu looked at her appearance of thinking about Shang Qiong, and knew that she still had a good impression of Shang Qiong. Although I don't know what Shang Qiong thinks, he is a decent gentleman. If he becomes married to Fang Renzhu in the future, he will probably treat this wife well, right? In this era of blind marriage and dumb marriage, it is already a blessing to have a husband who knows something before marriage and has a good character. You can no longer force the husband and wife to have a deep emotional foundation before marriage, so probably only childhood sweethearts can have such luck, right?

Zhao Xiu somehow suddenly remembered Gao Zhen. He and she have also known each other since childhood, but they have been separated from each other for many years, I don't know if they are childhood sweethearts?

Zhao Xiu's train of thought was slightly crooked, and he immediately came back again: What did he think of that person for nothing? They are not husband and wife......

Her face flushed slightly.

Fang Renzhu was lowering his head, but he didn't see the blush on Zhao Xiu's face. She whispered: "It's not easy to write a book, Cousin Shang has such an idea at his age, of course, he has ambition. But others thought he was too conceited, and they ridiculed him. In order to clean his ears, Cousin Shang moved to the Xishan Courtyard, planning to repair books there. I feel sorry for him in my heart, he has read the Four Books and the Five Classics since he was a child, and his knowledge is better than all our brothers and sisters. When he was fifteen years old, he wrote a note for "Mencius", and the elders saw it and praised it, but unfortunately it was not spread outside, only among relatives and friends, and only those who really love to read will read it, and not many people have seen it, otherwise how could those people look down on him like this? ”

Zhao Xiu comforted: "Don't worry about him. Since he has this ability, all the ridicule and criticism now is just a floating cloud. When he writes a masterpiece that shocks the world, the people who are really ridiculed are those who look down on him now. ”

Fang Renzhu pursed her lips and smiled: "You're right. Cousin Shang didn't actually take these trivial matters to heart, but it was because Tuergen was clean that he avoided Xishan. Now that the weather is hot, it is better for him to escape the heat. ”

Fang Renzhu's love was much happier, and Zhao Xiu asked her if she wanted to go to Jining with her father: "Although it is in Shandong, it is not as far away from the capital as Nanjing, but it is also thousands of miles away." Do you want to go with Lingtang? Ling Zun: This is the first time to put it out, right? I've heard that if you have a female dependent, you can get along well with other officials, colleagues, and the female dependents of your subordinates when you take office, and you can help a lot if you get along well. ”

Fang Renzhu nodded: "Naturally, I want to go, but I'm afraid my mother can't go with my father." My father discussed with my mother, and my father arrived first and took the housekeeper with him, and the housekeeper took care of the social affairs, and my mother took me over later. My sister's marriage still needs to be taken care of, and I can't entrust such a major matter to my aunts. ”

Lord Fang does not have a formal and famous concubine, and the exchange of relatives can only let the lady of the main room come forward. But Fang Huizhu's marriage really can't be postponed any longer. She's eighteen this year. If it drags on any longer, it's an old girl. However, Zhao Xiu hadn't heard about her marriage before, but vaguely heard that someone was interested in hiring her, so she asked Fang Renzhu: "Sister Ling already has a family?" Which one is it? ”

Fang Renzhu replied: "It's the second son of Meishan Bofu." The elder brother of Miss Qiu Er that we met that day. ”

It turns out that it is really the Qiu family?

Zhao Xiu paused: "I heard that the Qiu family has never paid attention to poetry and books, but only to women's popularity and general affairs. And although Fang Huizhu looks like a lady, compared with her female celebrity and housekeeper level, she is probably more capable of poetry and songs. It is also a rare thing that the Qiu family, who does not value poetry and books, actually married the daughter of the Fang family who values poetry and books.

Fang Renzhu nodded: "I've heard about it too, but Mrs. Meishan Bo has seen her sister a few times." I like it very much, and I think I'm very satisfied with my sister, right? Because my father was in a hurry to take office, my mother wanted to take me to Jining with me. The Qiu family took the initiative to advance the wedding date and complete the marriage before the Mid-Autumn Festival, so that the mother could go to Jining to meet her father as soon as possible. My father and mother were very grateful. ”

It's May now. If the marriage contract has just been made. If you want to get married before mid-August, it's really a rush at that time. Not to mention anything else, the things that should be done for the marriage may not be prepared in time. Fang Huizhu planned to enter the palace earlier, and the dowry she prepared was definitely different from what she needed to marry the children of the nobles, and the clothes, jewelry, and furniture had to be remade. If there was no hope of entering the palace, the Fang family would start to prepare for these, and it would barely be able to catch up. If you start to prepare after you have set up your family, you can only use part of the stock. Naturally, the quality will not be too good. Fang Huizhu's temper, can you accept it?

The man has to prepare a new house. Most of the time has to be repainted, and the furniture also needs to be cleaned by the woman after the place is taken care of, is this time really enough?

Zhao Xiu thought to herself, no wonder after she entered the Fang family, she saw that the people of the Fang family were busy going in and out, and they were really busy.

was chatting, Fang Huizhu in the direction of the main house sent the little girl to send fruit, and asked the little girl to relay some polite words to Zhao Xiu, nothing more than the arrival of the distinguished guest, I was deeply honored, but unfortunately she was about to get married, and it was not good to come out to meet people casually, so let the girl send some fruit to entertain the guests, please don't be surprised, Yunyun.

This is polite, and the little girl's attitude is also very pleasing, but Zhao Xiu always feels a little weird. Fang Huizhu's excuse for not seeing people is also ridiculous, there are people who are about to get married and it is not good to see outsiders, but her sister lives in a courtyard, and she goes from the main house to the wing room, it is just a few steps, isn't this okay? I'm afraid that when I saw Zhao Xiu's weak heart, I remembered the incident of Yue Banxuan last time, right? Meishan Bofu and Jiannan Hou Mansion are both noble families, she is afraid that the Zhao family will say something to the Qiu family?

Zhao Xiu only felt bored in his heart, and thanked the fruit without smiling, but he didn't touch it. After chatting with Fang Renzhu for a while, Zhao Xiu got up to say goodbye, and said, "If you have time, you just go to me." There were a lot of people that day, and I couldn't go shopping with you. If you come another day, I will specially entertain you to go to the garden alone, you can play as much as you like, and you can compose poems as you want. ”

Fang Renzhu smiled when he heard this: "Then thank you for your kindness." When I heard it, I felt that my heart longed for it. ”

She sent Zhao Xiu out of the second gate all the way. When Zhao Xiu walked out of the door of Fang's house and got into the carriage, she happened to see a person dressed in official clothes galloping on horseback, passing by her carriage and going to the door of the house next door. Zhao Xiu vaguely remembered that it seemed to be the home of the two sisters of Fang Er.

What did the officials do with their families?

Zhao Xiu muttered two sentences in his heart, so he left this matter behind him and went home.

The official messenger is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites and came to find Fang Yishan. Since he is a member of the Ministry of Rites, he naturally has to do things for the Ministry of Rites, but he is an idle position outside the quota, and he usually has nothing to do, and after being transferred, he is idle at home. Unexpectedly, the official messenger came to the door today to convey the dispatch of the striker.

Gao Ju, the son of the former Ying Wang, although he is already the son of a sinner and is in solitary confinement, but because he did not participate in the rebellion, he still retains the identity of the clan. Now that he has reached the age of eighteen, he should have been filial piety to his deceased father for three years, but the emperor wanted to show him favors, so he decided to choose a lady for him in advance. If you don't get married, you can get engaged first. Of course, this kind of thing naturally depends on the intentions of Mrs. Zhang and Gao Ju herself, so the Ministry of Rites needs to send someone to communicate with them and ask them if they have any requirements for Gao Ju's fiancée. The officials of the Ministry of Rites did not want to contact the families of these two criminals, let alone the rumors that there were recently......

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites who was in charge of this matter remembered that Fang Yishan, an idler, was here, and he ordered the official to bring the appointment documents, and ordered Fang Yishan to go to the Ministry of Rites immediately to receive the errand, and there should be no mistake.

Fang Yishan's face froze. He was afraid of Princess Ying's mother and son, but did he want to go to contact them face-to-face? And most likely more than once!

He really wanted to find an excuse to put this matter away, but the official who gave the order looked at him with a deep gaze: "Why is Lord Fang's face so ugly? Could it be that the order of the squire is in any way in your way? ”

Fang Yishan was suddenly excited, and replied with a dry smile: "No...... How so? He paused, but still couldn't hold back: "Aren't the other adults in the ministry free?" ”

The official messenger shook his head: "It's not a matter of being free or not, all the adults have their own duties, only Lord Fang has nothing to do, so Lord Shilang will order Lord Fang to do this errand." This is Lord Shirou's love for Lord Fang, Lord Fang must not disappoint Lord Shiro. ”

Fang Yishan couldn't wait to scold. He knew that this official must be the person next to the squire, and the dog was just a man! It's a pity that the shape is stronger than people, and he himself is weak-hearted, for fear that others will doubt him because he refuses to see Princess Ying's mother and son, so he can only reluctantly accept this mission.

Princess Ying should not have seen him, and Prince Ying is even more rare to see outsiders. If they see him, they will not recognize him.

While comforting himself like this, Fang Yishan changed into the official mansion, went to the Ministry of Rites to meet the waiter, and then under his order, he went to Yingtai in the South China Sea of the Imperial City.

The former Ying princess, Mrs. Zhang, and the former son Gao Ju were very happy to see him. Especially Mrs. Zhang, when she learned that the emperor intended to choose a wife for Gao Ju, she read the emperor's grace several times, and when she saw Fang Yishan, who was a messenger, it was as if she had seen a relative, and greeted him with a smile: "Is this adult surnamed Fang?" The Fang family is a big family. As soon as I looked at the adults, I felt that my face was kind, and I thought it would be better to speak. ”

She hadn't actually met Fang Yishan, and she said this just to get closer. But in Fang Yishan's ears, it was not like this. He was already frightened and almost crazy in his heart, and desperately thought about it, did he not notice that the princess had also accompanied him when he secretly met King Ying?

He didn't know what he had said to Mrs. Zhang and Gao Ju, but fortunately, this kind of thing was not enough to meet once, and he still needed to run a few more legs, so it wouldn't get in the way. When he withdrew from Yingtai, his back was already covered in cold sweat, and even his official uniform was soaked.

Fang Yishan was extremely tired, and when he left the imperial city, he weakly climbed into the carriage home, leaning on the wall of the carriage and closing his eyes to recuperate.

The carriage was walking unhurriedly, Fang Yishan seemed to be about to fall asleep, and suddenly, someone whispered in his ear: "Lord Fang is so sleepy!" ”

The voice was familiar and unfamiliar, instantly reminding him of someone. He suddenly woke up and saw one more person coming out of the car at some point, and smiled at him slightly: "Long time no see, Brother Fang." (To be continued......)