King Guangping, who had been recuperating in the hot spring Zhuangzi for a long time and had not appeared in public in Beijing for half a year, suddenly returned to the capital from Xiaotangshan. The prince's chariot and honor guard entered the city in a big way, and there were hundreds of people in his party, so shocked that the pedestrians stopped to watch. In less than half a day, the whole city was spreading.

Jiannanhou Mansion is naturally no exception.

Zhao Xiu went to his grandmother Zhang's yard for lunch after class, and heard Wu Laixing's wife reporting the incident to Zhang. Zhang was very surprised: "Haven't you heard about it before?" Has Hou Ye returned from the Yamen? If you come back, quickly ask him to send someone to the palace to deliver a post to say goodbye. If he has not returned, he will send someone to the yamen to tell him. ”

Zhao Xiu listened and said, "Grandmother, don't worry, my brother hasn't come back yet, and we can also send a message to the palace." Since the prince has returned to the palace, the palace will soon know, and my brother is afraid that he has already received the letter in the yamen. ”

Zhang Shi instructed Wang Fu to deliver the post, then leaned on the pillow behind his back, and began to sigh: "Speaking of which, we haven't seen the prince for half a year, and the prince must come back once a month, but the prince really hasn't shown up for a long time." Occasionally, I went back to the capital, but I only stayed in the palace, and then left the city after one night, and we didn't see each other. I wonder how the prince is recuperating now? Has Dr. Ye's medicine ever worked? The eyes of the prince...... I wonder if there has been an improvement again? ”

Zhao Xiu remembered the letter written by Gao Zhen last time, only saying that there had been improvement, but did not mention the specific situation, and he was a little uncertain in his heart: "I think there will always be, right?" This is not ten days and a half months, but half a year. or there is no improvement, no matter how good the temper of the prince and the prince is. I won't continue to trust Dr. Ye, I have already changed people. ”

Hearing this, Zhang's began to worry again: "Even if there is improvement, why haven't you shown up for more than half a year?" If Dr. Ye's medical skills are like this. After all these years of governing the prince, there is still no effect, so is it possible that the prince will really not be able to see it again in this life? ”

Zhao Xiu thought about it, and felt a little sad in her heart, but now she didn't know what the situation was, so she could only try to think on the bright side: "Looking at the letter from the prince, it doesn't seem to be very sad. It should still be effective. ”

Zhang sighed: "I hope so." It's all about now, and in less than a year, you're going to be through the door. If that day comes. Isn't it a pity that the prince can't watch the prince marry a wife? ”

Zhao Xiu coughed, and he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed: "Grandmother, this is too unlucky......

Only then did Zhang react. There is some ambiguity in his own words. smiled embarrassedly, and immediately changed the topic: "The palace has been repairing the house, I heard that it has been almost repaired in the past six months, I don't know when it will be completed?" When the house is repaired, we can go over and measure the furniture. This will have to be left for at least eight months, otherwise it will be too late. ”

Zhao Xiu's eyes were a little fluttering: "It should be almost, at the beginning of the month, I heard that the house was already fanning dust, and the window lates were being beaten." ”

Zhang stared at his granddaughter twice: "How do you know?" "But it quickly came back to the reaction." Surely the Son told you in his letter, right? ”

Zhao Xiu sneered, in fact, between her and Gao Zhen. It is necessary to communicate on a regular basis. No one else in the family would read the letters except her, and they didn't even know that each letter was very long. Since the renovation of the Guangping Palace, Gao Zhen has been in contact with her, he wants to build his yard into what it looks like, where to add a pavilion, where to carve a flower window, where to plant a begonia tree, where to dig a lotus pond, will communicate with her in advance, the two have discussed, and then Gao Zhen will deliver a letter to the head of his palace after discussing the results, and rebuild according to the results of their discussion.

If one day, one of the two suddenly has a new idea, they will also correspond to each other and discuss it, and then ask the person in charge of the project to change it. Zhao Xiu is glad that he is not the one who likes to toss people, at most he just asks to hang some kind of roller blinds in the gazebo, but Gao Zhen has already built things several times.

In Zhao Xiu's house, there are even three or four versions of the new plan of the Guangping Palace, and she knows how well the house is being repaired. If all goes well, all the repairs will be completed before winter, and the flowers and trees will be transplanted in the spring of next year, and the best time for the flowers and trees to bloom in a few months is the time when she will enter the palace as a bride.

This is the future home that she and Gao Zhen have discussed, although she has never seen it with her own eyes, she already knows what it looks like in her heart, she feels happy when she thinks about it, and all her expectations for the future are sweet.

Zhao Xiu thought about this in his heart, and couldn't help but be a little distracted, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously showed a smile.

Seeing this, Zhang's heart was also relieved, but he couldn't help but find fault with his granddaughter again: "What are you laughing at?" Sit in a proper manner. It's okay for you to communicate with the prince, just don't be too public. It's not like you're a kid anymore, you're going to get married next year, don't ask people to gossip about you at this time. ”

Zhao Xiu smiled sweetly at her and agreed: "I know, grandmother." ”

Seeing his granddaughter's smile, Zhang's heart softened again, and said, "Mother Lu sent a jewelry pattern booklet in yesterday, and she is going to give you wedding jewelry, have you seen it?" Do you have a favorite style? ”

Zhao Xiu hesitated: "There is still nearly a year, except for some regulated gold and silver jewelry, which are basically just a few patterns, will the others wait a little longer?" I'm afraid that if it is done at this time, the style will be out of breath by next year, and it will be a joke. ”

Zhang thought for a while: "Just play in the most secure and least outdated style, if there is a fashionable new style in the future, you can go by yourself." What if you wait until next year to get a new piece of jewelry, what if it's too late? It's a new material for the dowry, and it's not too late to wait until next spring to buy it. However, fur materials, as well as materials from the West, pearls and gemstones, this time it is time to prepare. Those things don't just come with silver. ”

Zhao Xiu is also a little worried, there is plenty of time to prepare for marriage, but some things are really not enough time to do it. Now she has studied with Mama Gong and Mama Zuo for more than half a year, and she also knows many rules that she didn't know before. For example, the jewelry of the ladies of the clan. That's all about what to wear in different seasons and what to wear on different occasions. It's all different, and you can't just have one set for each one. For example, the gold and jade head face with a big gift must have at least two sets of completely different jewelry, otherwise every time you attend the big scene, you will always be dressed up, and other clan ladies will laugh at you for being a poor sour.

In addition, it is a kind of jewelry to enter the palace to congratulate on New Year's or major festivals. Daily greetings are a kind of jewelry, a kind of birthday celebration, and a kind of attending weddings. Attending a funeral is a ...... Different jewelry requires different materials and patterns, all of which are exquisite. If you make a mistake in the rules, you will confuse the jewelry you wear on different occasions. It's meant to make fun of people. No matter how serious it is, it may be charged with a big disrespect, so it must not be taken lightly.

If the mother's family really doesn't have the financial resources to prepare these many sets of jewelry for the daughter who is out of the cabinet, then at least three or four sets of heads and faces that can handle basic occasions. The new daughter-in-law attended the royal formal banquet after passing the door, so as not to show timidity. New clothes can be made in a few days, but new jewelry is not so easy to make. Not prepared in advance. A new daughter-in-law is very picky. As for whether her husband's family will buy her a new head in the future. Then it depends on the ability of the new daughter-in-law.

Zhao Xiu is going to marry the prince of the prince's mansion, and since before the marriage, the Zhang family has been preparing for her dowry. In addition to the silver accumulated in the Marquis Mansion in the capital in the past two years, the hometown also sent a large amount of silver to be spared, and all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry have been collected. There are several families in the capital who are preparing for the marriage of their daughter who is about to marry into the royal family, and resources are in short supply, so the Zhao family can only order someone to go to the south to buy it. Wells came in handy, helping to collect a lot of good things.

Now Zhang's materials for Zhao Xiu to prepare for jewelry, gold and jade, silver, jade agate, lapis lazuli, and all kinds of miscellaneous treasures sent by the foreign bank, all of them are packed one by one with boxes, just waiting for the craftsmen specially hired from Jiangnan to arrive, Zhang and Zhao Xiu have selected the style, and they are about to start making.

Zhao Xiu had a few thoughts in his heart, and said to Zhang: "Ask someone to find all the good jewelry style booklets that can be found in Beijing today, and I will take a good look at it, right?" I usually don't go out much, how many tricks can I see? If you want to see that there are still shortcomings, you have to look past them all to know which one is good and which one is not. What I thought in my heart was, can this kind of thing be discussed with Gao Zhen? See what kind of jewelry he likes others to wear? There are also various colors of ready-to-wear and clothing in the dowry, and it is best to ask him what he means, so that you can choose the right color and pattern.

In the past, Gao Zhen always stayed in the hot spring village, and the communication between the two would take a lot of time, but now that he has returned to the city, maybe it won't be long before he will run to Jiannanhou Mansion, and the two may be able to discuss face-to-face at that time?

Thinking like this, Zhao Xiu's heart was a little hot, thinking about when Gao Zhen would come?

Gao Zhen now can't take care of his sweetheart for a while, after returning to the palace, he first helped his father King Guangping to rest in the upper room of the main courtyard, tidied up his clothes, and went to the palace.

Although my father has a great complexion, he still has to take a breath after being tired from the journey, and it is not too late for Ming'er to enter the palace again. But he, as a son, needs to stand up for his father and explain it in front of the imperial grandmother.

The queen mother was also very surprised when she heard that the eldest son had returned home, and when she saw the eldest grandson, she hurriedly pulled him and asked, "What's wrong with your father?" But what happened to the condition? What did Dr. Ye say? ”

Gao Zhen smiled and comforted her: "Don't worry, grandmother, my father is fine, his condition has not changed, but he is much better, and his eyes can already see the road." ”

The Queen Mother was overjoyed: "Really? Then he began to complain, "Your father and king have returned to the city, why don't you come to me?" It makes me worry. ”

Gao Zhen hurriedly said: "My father is still a little tired, and I want to raise my spirit, so I came to see the emperor's grandmother tomorrow." ”

The queen mother was satisfied: "Then the imperial grandmother is waiting for your father." He mentioned Dr. Ye again: "Sure enough, he is a miracle doctor, you have to reward him well." ”

Gao Zhen sighed: "Doctor Ye is not very good, he is sick now, the emperor sent the imperial doctor to diagnose and treat it, saying that it was a cold and prescribed medicine for him to eat, who knows that the illness is getting worse and worse, and there is no way to follow him back when he returns to the city this time." Or he was in a coma for a long time, and he woke up halfway, struggling to prescribe a prescription for himself, and asked someone to boil medicine to take a dose, and he was much better. So the grandson told him to raise him in the Zhuangzi for two days, and then go into the city when he was ready. ”

He glanced at the Queen Mother deeply: "Grandmother, what kind of imperial doctor did you say the emperor sent to his father?" A little bit of wind and cold is a small disease, but it can actually cure people more and more sickly. Doctor Ye was so burned that he could cure himself with a dose of medicine, and it was strange that the two imperial doctors could only help him. ”

The Queen Mother's face became a little strange. (To be continued......)