In Zhang's mind, King Guangping has always been a high-ranking existence. The royal noble, the golden branch and jade leaf, the former prince, almost became the king of a country, and he is also the life-saving benefactor of the ancestors of the Zhao family. After the Zhao family's small second room was squeezed back to his hometown, he was able to fight with Xiao Changfang, thanks to the support of King Guangping. Zhang's heart has always been very respectful to him, even if the other party is actually a junior.

For the prince Gao Zhen, her impression is also that of "the only son of King Guangping", the grandson of the emperor. Although Gao Zhen is no longer the emperor's grandson, as the emperor's nephew and the queen mother's grandson, his identity is still unspeakably expensive. The wife he will marry in the future must be a daughter of a noble family, talented and beautiful, not a girl from a top family, and she is good enough, she is not worthy of this noble son. Then they were talented and beautiful, respectful to each other, Qin Se and Ming...... In short, it will be a happy couple praised by the government and the opposition.

But what about his granddaughter?

Although the Zhang family knew that when the old county was still alive, the name of "Jiannanhou Mansion" could still be regarded as one of the few nobles in this dynasty, but after nearly ten years of defeat, it has experienced several twists and turns, and now Jiannanhou Mansion is just an inconspicuous member of a group of nobles. The heirs are thin and have no real power, if it weren't for the merit of saving the driver, being favored by the new emperor, and having a very personal relationship with the Guangping Palace, the Jiannan Marquis Mansion would have already fallen to the lowest level of honor. If Zhao Wei, a man who inherited the title, becomes an adult, and makes achievements and gets real authority, it will take at least seven or eight years of hard work. The Zhao family has no clansmen to rely on, and there are few relatives and friends who can help them, at best, they are just the Xu family, the in-laws of the aunt's wife. For the rest, the Zhang family officials are lowly and small, and the Mi family has almost cut off contact since the death of the Mi family, and the official position of the Mi family itself is not high, and they are local officials, and the distant water can't save the near fire. Think about it, Zhao Wei's career in the future is really difficult enough.

has already lost in the family world, and Zhao Xiu is not the best in terms of appearance.

It's not that the Zhang family underestimates her granddaughter, but judging from the experience of the best ladies she has seen inside and outside the capital after marrying into the Zhao family for so many years, her granddaughter's appearance is quite beautiful, but she is still far from being stunning; The talent is just mediocre, the calligraphy and painting are acceptable, and the talent of piano and chess, poetry and singing is even inferior to when she was not married; Although the needlework is good, but not good at embroidery, unwilling to be patient to study embroidery skills, to win the praise of the world, it is absolutely impossible; The housekeeper director is still a little capable, but this kind of advantage can't bring her a good reputation, after all, people choose a daughter-in-law, not a housekeeper.

The most important thing is that the Zhang family is a little worried about his granddaughter's temper. Zhao Xiu used to be in Fengxian, and she was almost the highest status lady in the local area, and everyone else held her. Because of this, she interacts with people, although she is quite kind, and there is nothing wrong with it, but she has developed a bad problem of not being tactful enough to speak and do things, and sometimes she is too lazy to take care of others when she disagrees with people, and when she encounters something she is not used to, she can't help but say it, and she will laugh at it when she gets home. Even if you don't say it, you don't want to pretend to be smiling with someone like nothing, at most, you just ignore the past, but your attitude should be cold. If she only associates with girls whose family background is inferior to hers in the future, or marries to a slightly inferior family, this problem is nothing. But if she is asked to go to the palace to flatter the royal nobles, and play with those royal ladies and noblewomen with noble status, where is she the opponent of others? If she is not careful, a bad reputation of "no dust under the eyes", "arrogant and rude" or "not knowing how to advance or retreat" will fall on her head.

Zhao Xiu also has a problem, I don't know if it's because she has been housekeeping since she was very young and interfered in clan affairs, she likes to make up her mind when she encounters problems, if others don't follow her ideas, she can't help but be anxious with you. If she has the right idea, it is not a big deal, but sometimes she is too "right", more than strong, not soft enough, just like treating Xiao Changfang's family, her heart is too hard. It's about blood, a family, where can it be so clear? Even if she intends to bring up her clansmen now, Zhang's family, as Zhao Xiu's grandmother, couldn't be clearer in her heart, where does Zhao Xiu treat her clansmen as relatives of the family? It's just training helpers. If outsiders know, they will inevitably think that she is too cold and not a good candidate to be the eldest daughter-in-law and the wife of the clan.

Zhang has always felt that if his granddaughter's temper is old and sensible, it will naturally be better. If not, then when looking for relatives in the future, you have to find a gentle and kind son-in-law for her, preferably not the eldest son of the top family, and the in-laws must also be kind people, it doesn't matter if the family is slightly worse, the most important thing is that the granddaughter will not be angry, and the granddaughter will be able to be the director of the family in the future, and the life can be good.

The Quang Binh Mansion is undoubtedly too far from her standard.

The royal noble, the emperor's brother, the second only royal family in this dynasty, the son is the only son, the temper is too cold, and it doesn't look like a kind child. When I was a childhood sweetheart, I can still get along, and when the son is older, can I really know how to hurt people? King Guangping also didn't know if it would be continued, and if it did, there would be children born in the future. If the granddaughter really marries and becomes the eldest daughter-in-law, this little brother-in-law and sister-in-law will also be troublesome, and the new princess is not a serious mother-in-law. The elders in the palace will inevitably have a time to meddle in the family affairs of the young couple, not to mention anything else, just the queen mother and the queen mother want to give the prince a few beauties down, so as to open up the branches and leaves for the Guangping Palace, the princess can't refuse, and even smile and kowtow to thank you, this kind of day, where can the granddaughter stand it?

Zhang told his grandson Zhao Wei about his concerns, and said worriedly: "Although the palace is noble, your sister's temperament is really not suitable to be a royal daughter-in-law. If she really marries and is wronged in the future, we won't be able to support her. It's better to find an innocent scholarly family, the children are kind, the in-laws are courteous, and your sister can live well when she marries. ”

Zhao Wei frowned when he heard this. In fact, he had thought about these concerns mentioned by his grandmother, but he didn't think it was a serious problem. He persuaded Zhang: "The marriage was proposed by the prince, and there is a desire to marry, not that our family is in a hurry to get married." Appearance and the like, if the prince and the prince are not satisfied, they will not open this mouth. Besides, the real talented and beautiful ladies in Beijing are only afraid that they are more interested in the nobles in the palace, right? has never married a wife and married virtue, talent is just icing on the cake, my sister's conduct is absolutely trustworthy, where is not worthy of the world? ”

Zhang's gloom has diminished slightly, but he is still very worried.

Zhao Wei persuaded her again: "My sister has never made a mistake in the number of etiquette, although her talent is not the best, but compared with other daughters, it is not inferior." At the last poetry meeting, several of the people who came to the meeting were well-known daughters in Beijing, how could my sister ever be compared? Grandmother don't compare the best lady she has ever seen with her sister, just say that most of the ladies of the official eunuchs and nobles in Beijing, is her sister worse than others? ”

Zhang hesitated for a moment: "That's not bad, about touching ...... It's kind of average. Of course, this is compared with the girl show ten years ago, and she still doesn't know the situation of the new generation of girls in Beijing.

"That's it." Zhao Wei said with a smile, "As for the family, our family is also the Hou Mansion, even if there is no real power at the moment, how many noble families really have real power?" The grandson is confident that he will be able to shine on the lintel in the future and add glory to his grandmother and sister. If someone underestimates his sister because his grandson has no power at the moment, there is nothing to deal with such a person. As for my sister's temper, who doesn't have a temper? If you are kind to everyone and have no temper, you will be easily bullied. My sister is not an ignorant person, and when she enters the palace in the future, she will naturally abide by the rules of the palace, will she still lose her temper with the queen mother and the queen mother? As long as those two nobles say that she is good, what is the criticism of others? ”

Zhang glanced at him with disgust: "Look at what you said, is it possible that as long as you rely on the favor of the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother, you don't have to worry about anything?" It arouses the disgust of the people below, and that kind of reputation is not good. ”

Zhao Wei smiled, knowing that her grandmother had always valued reputation and discussion, so she changed her perspective to persuade her grandmother: "Don't care about your sister first, your grandson only asks your grandmother, what do you think of the son?" Although he seems a little cold in front of outsiders, he has always been very close to our family. ”

"That's just as well." Zhang sighed. If Gao Zhen dotes on his wife in the future, he must not be cold to her, right?

Zhao Wei said again: "You also know how the prince treats his sister, although there are times when he loses his temper, he has already said that he will never be angry with his sister again." Compared with other girls, Shizi is already very kind to his sister, which shows that his sister is different to him. In terms of family history, except in the palace, there is no richer family in the world than the palace; In terms of character and the character of the son, can't we still believe it? As for temperament, as I have said before, he has always treated his sister more kindly than others; On physiognomy to learn martial arts...... It's not that the grandson is arrogant, but if you really want to compare, the grandson is still inferior to him. Grandmother thought about it, if you want to find a family for your sister in the future, can you find a better candidate than Shizi? Even if you don't care about your family background, you only talk about character, temperament, talent, and how good you are for your sister? ”

Zhang really had a hard time answering this question. Gao Zhen's own conditions are naturally impeccable, even if he doesn't have a noble identity, he is still an excellent teenager. If his family background was a little worse, Zhang might have agreed.

But she was worried about the other party's family background: "The royal son, it is inevitable that he will have a group of wives and concubines in the future, he doesn't want it, and the elders will also give beauties down, what should your sister do at that time?" Or maybe they have a quarrel in the future, how can we support your sister? ”

Zhao Wei hurriedly said: "King Guangping has only one concubine, and he has never had a concubine for many years, and he is upright. Shizi is not a greedy and womanizer on weekdays. I have had fellowship with him since childhood, and I know exactly what he is doing. Besides, my sister has the merit of saving the driver, and the palace will not miss this love no matter what. As for the matter of supporting the waist, as long as the grandson is angry, whether it is the palace or the palace, he will not look down on his sister, so how can he casually give someone to block her? Even if there are really one or two concubines, no one dares to offend the dignity of the sister's main room. ”

Zhang smiled bitterly: "How do you know the bitterness of this dispute between wives and concubines?" If there was no dispute between wives and concubines, our family would not be in the situation it is today. She couldn't help but choke.

When Zhao Wei heard her say this, he also fell silent.

Zhang quickly controlled his emotions and continued as calmly as possible: "Your sister's temper, I don't think it can tolerate others. The door of the Guangping Palace, I know about this, but before the Guangping King took the concubine, there were no people around him, but he was sent away before the princess entered the door. The princess has only had one son for many years, and she has not seen any more children, nor has she given a concubine to the king of Guangping. Before King Guangping entered the East Palace, some people said that his heirs were thin, the princess was jealous, and the prince took a lot of effort to stop the palace from giving people. Among those beauties, God knows if there are any spies of Zhu Lifei. But even so, the princess has always been criticized in the name of jealousy...... I really can't bear your sister's infamy. ”

Zhao Wei thought for a while: "But even if my sister marries into an ordinary family, she may not be able to stop her husband from taking a concubine, right?" At that time, she will bear the same infamy. According to his grandson, this kind of thing still depends on the man. If the son of the world can hold on and don't let his sister worry about this kind of thing, then he is a good person worthy of entrusting for life. For the sake of such a good person, even if it is criticized, what does it matter? That's just a broken woman's mouth. ”

Zhang looked at his grandson and was a little surprised: "When you discussed with me yesterday that the prince was interested in your sister, you were still angry, why did you say good things for him everywhere today?" Could it be ...... Have you agreed to the prince's proposal? ”

Zhao Wei hurriedly said: "Grandmother misunderstood, how dare my grandson make an assertion?" The grandson just felt ......, "He wanted to say and stopped." In fact, he didn't know what was going on with him, and he was obviously still very angry at Gao Zhen's coveting of his sister, but after calmly weighing it, as King Guangping told him, Gao Zhen was indeed a very good marriage partner for his sister. If his sister can really live well in the future, he will not prevent a good marriage because he is angry. Frankly speaking, whether he is happy or not, his sister will marry sooner or later. Marrying Gao Zhen is better than marrying someone who doesn't know the truth, after all, you know the roots.

He said to Zhang: "Grandmother, even if we worry a lot about our sister's affairs here, we still have to go to my sister by herself on this day." Whether the marriage is good or not depends on the future, and no matter how much we talk about it now, it is just talk on paper. If my grandmother doesn't object, how about putting the matter on hold for now? told the prince that his sister is still young, and the marriage will not be mentioned until at least another two years. I think that the prince is also a reasonable person, and he won't say anything. Let's pay careful attention to the words and deeds of the son, and then look at the meaning of the sister, if the prince really has a soft spot for his sister, and the sister is willing to marry the son, then what does it matter if we fulfill them? ”

Zhang immediately disagreed: "Nonsense, the matter of marriage is naturally the words of the matchmaker and the life of the parents." If you two have no parents, your sister's family affairs should be decided by me, the grandmother, and you, the elder brother, how can there be any reason to listen to her own will? What does her little family know? ”

Zhao Wei smiled: "My sister is indeed young, so we don't have to worry about her family affairs." If Shizi really has intentions, he will naturally wait patiently for her to grow up. And when his sister grows up, he still doesn't change his original intention, and he can keep himself clean, so what if he agrees? ”

Zhang thought for a while: "Then let's talk about it then." In fact, she was very disapproving, Gao Zhen is a royal child, he is three or four years older than Zhao Xiu, and when Zhao Xiu and Lu arrive, he is ten ** years old, how can there be no one around? If he doesn't speak, the nobles of the palace will also give it down. Being able to send someone away before marriage is already respecting the future wife's room. Zhang still thinks that it is better to find a marriage partner of a similar age for his granddaughter. However, Zhao Wei seems to be more interested in Gao Zhen, and the Guangping Mansion is kind to the Zhao family, so the Zhang family also suppressed this idea in their hearts, and it is not too late to bring it up when they really want to say goodbye to Zhao Xiu in the future.

The grandfather and grandson returned to Luomei Courtyard, and when Xia Lu stepped forward to support Zhang's family, she reported to her that Yanyu had come to deliver things. Zhang hurriedly asked Zhao Xiu: "Is this true?" ”

Zhao Xiu smiled and nodded, and touched the album in his hand very happily: "This is a good thing, when I looked at it in Shizi yesterday, I didn't find it, but now I read it carefully, and I know that it is a very precious album, which is of great help to me to learn to paint plum blossoms!" Now that everything is put away, it will be a hassle to take it out again. When I get home tomorrow, I will immediately copy the drawing method in the album. When I learned the new way of drawing, my grandmother came back to see if I had improved, okay? ”

Zhang looked at the joy that filled Zhao Xiu's eyebrows, and sighed secretly, and couldn't help but worry in his heart. Gao Zhen looked at his cold appearance, why was he so good at making the little girl happy? If her granddaughter really has a good impression of Gao Zhen, then she really can't say anything against family affairs. But young people's minds are fickle, and although Gao Zhen is diligent now, who can guarantee what will happen in the future? It's a pity that young people won't understand this kind of thing, whether it's Gao Zhen, Zhao Wei or Zhao Xiu.

Zhang was worried, and suddenly Aunt Mei was outside the door and reported that Yanxia had come. The three grandparents were very surprised, and hurriedly invited people in.

Yanxia smiled and bowed to the ancestors and grandsons of the Zhang family: "The prince said that if the old lady, the little marquis and Miss Zhao are leaving tomorrow, how can he, as the master, not practice for the guests?" Therefore, prepare a little thin wine, and invite the three of you to the Furong Building for a banquet tonight. ”

Practicing feasts? Zhao Wei was a little surprised, why hadn't he heard the prince mention it before?

He and Zhang glanced at each other with some concern. Could this be that the king of Guangping is anxious and wants them to answer the marriage tonight? I just don't know if their answer can satisfy the prince?