After sending Gao Zhen away, Zhao Xiu was a little delirious, and he couldn't eat breakfast properly, so he hastily ate a bowl of millet porridge, picked a piece of Jiang rice cake and ate it.

Seeing this, Zhang couldn't help but sigh: "When you eat, you eat well, what do you think about?" Could it be that the prince of the world just told you something? ”

Zhao Xiu's face flushed, and he hurriedly said, "No, he picked the painting and left." ”

Zhang couldn't help but complain: "The son of the world is really, you are getting older year by year, no younger than before, you are always in one place, others only treat you as a match, and you will not gossip." Now that he is also in charge of the house, he should be polite. Although it is good to be a family, there are still rules that should be there. If you really have a heart, you can do what you need to do as soon as possible, and your name will be determined early, and I will not stop him when he comes to you again. Otherwise, it's always like this, and it's not a taboo to come as soon as it is said. I can't bear to say anything, but how embarrassed to see the Queen Mother in the future? ”

Zhao Xiu's face was so red that he was about to drip blood, and quickly changed the topic: "Grandmother really misunderstood, the son of the world is actually ...... I just said two serious things, and I don't know what to do. The king of Fenyang and the concubine are about to enter Beijing, and the prince said that the concubine is about to enter the palace to accompany the queen mother. ”

Zhang was really diverted: "Really? I also calculated that it was time for them to arrive in Beijing. If you don't come again, you won't be able to catch up with the New Year's Day. In this case, we sent someone to the city gate to keep an eye on it, and as soon as the king of Fenyang and the concubine arrived, we immediately handed over the post. As for whether it is a door-to-door greeting...... Since the concubine may want to enter the palace to live, let's ask the concubine what she means first. If she really doesn't have time, we naturally can't bother, and it doesn't hurt to wait for the concubine to leave the palace and see you again. ”

As for the period when the concubine entered the palace, there was only King Fenyang in the palace. They are female dependents, there is no reason to come to the door, and Zhao Wei will go to greet them. However, Zhao Wei has an errand now, but he needs to avoid suspicion a little, so it's better not to go, hand over a post to say hello, and that's it.

Zhao Xiu actually had to be taught by Gao Zhen face-to-face for a long time, and knew how to deal with the entry of the mother and son of the King of Fenyang into Beijing, and bringing it up at this time was just to divert Zhang's attention, so naturally he could only echo it with a smile. As for how to act at that time, it doesn't matter what Zhang tells you to do, anyway, it depends on the meaning of the concubine.

Zhao Xiu mentioned to the Zhang family about the Zhong family's second room entering Beijing again: "I think the prince had the intention to take care of their mother and son, but unfortunately the eldest girl Zhong ran out to get in the way again." Shizi was impatient to see her, so he even disappeared from the second room of the Zhong family. I thought to myself, since the prince intends to promote the second young master of the Zhong family, now that he is inconvenient, what does it matter if we help? It's just that the Zhong family has a bad reputation, and our family doesn't have to deal with them openly. Thinking that the second young master Zhong was disturbed by the evil guest, I don't know if I can study quietly. His family has been away from Beijing for two years and is in a difficult situation. Our family can't help with other things, but we can ask someone from the palace to send a message and let him go to the library to read a book, how about it? Whether it is to read a few more masterpieces or to know a few more well-educated people, it will be good for him. Now that it is the lunar month, there are few people in the library in the New Year, and he can read a few more books quietly. ”

Zhang also nodded again and again when he heard this: "That's fine, just don't let anyone other than the second master of the Zhong family know what our family means." That big girl Zhong was really infamous back then, and she was embarrassed to appear in the capital again, and put on this shameless appearance again. It's a shame that she was also a well-known official lady in the capital back then, why didn't she even have a little shame? If you really want to ask someone from the palace to deliver a message to the second room of the Zhong family, you have to remind the second master of the Zhong family. There is such a sister in his house, beware of some gossip, which will affect his reputation. If he really wants to get into the office, he needs to be cautious. ”

Zhao Xiu sent someone to deliver a letter to the chief manager of the Guangping Palace, and the chief manager Wang understood and took the opportunity to send something to hint at Zhong Yayue. After Zhong Yayue came to Beijing, she has been immersed in hard study, because she is afraid that she will be recognized and will be ridiculed, so she rarely interacts with outsiders, but she has only met three or two former friends. These friends were kind to him, and they didn't underestimate him, but were happy that he was lifted. From the mouths of these friends, he heard about the name of the Mingzhi Library, and he had the heart to see it, but he didn't know where it was, and he was embarrassed to ask someone to show him the way. Now that he has received the king's signal, how can he not be happy? By the way, you can also avoid some troubled people at home.

As for Mr. Wang's other hint, he also understood. In fact, why didn't he want to get rid of that cousin? But she and the two old servants sacrificed Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong at every turn, and even his biological father, Mr. Zhong Er, didn't know whose pillow wind he listened to, and wrote a letter to explain that he was good at taking care of his sister. With the orders of his elders and his father on top, who can he do? You can only avoid it.

But...... If she is just making trouble in the house, he can avoid it, but if her actions really affect his career, then he really can't sit idly by. Gao Zhen is willing to lift him up, and that is not without conditions.

Zhong Yazhi didn't know what Mr. Wang said to his cousin when he came to the door, and wanted to find an opportunity to talk to him and ask when the father and son of King Guangping would return to the palace. Zhong Yaqing didn't give her this opportunity, and blocked her in front of her clearly: "That's a foreign man, you are a cultivator, what are you doing when you go to see a foreign man?" You don't have a shame, we still want it! ”

Zhong Yazhi has always been targeted by her recently, and she has long been annoyed to death, frowning and saying coldly: "Second sister, get out of the way, I have something serious to tell Manager Wang, don't stop me." What is a foreign man who is not a foreign man? That's Mr. Wang! ”

Zhong Yaqing sneered: "What's wrong with Manager Wang?" He's not a eunuch! What serious can you do? Don't be delusional about being the princess of Guangping again, right? My sister also took a basin of water to take a picture of her face, to see if you are worthy?! ”

Zhong Yazhi was so angry that she stomped her feet, and she didn't want to talk to her cousin anymore, so she was about to rush to the outer courtyard, but was stopped by Zhong Yaqing. By the time she finally got rid of the other party and came to the front yard, Manager Wang had already left.

Zhong Yayue casually packed up the bookcase and glanced at her: "Since the eldest sister is a cultivator, it is better to be born in the room to recite the scriptures, just to pray for your next life." It's not up to you to take care of the things out there. ”

Zhong Yazhi endured his anger and said to him with a forced smile: "The second brother said that he was wrong, I came to Beijing with the orders of my elders......"

"The elders only said that you should come to our house for the New Year." Zhong Yayue said coldly, "Other than that, there is nothing else." If my sister doesn't want to spend the New Year in our house, that's fine, I'll send someone to send my sister back to the place where she cultivates. If my sister's servant is disobedient, I can ask someone from the palace to do it for me. What does my sister think? ”

Zhong Yazhi's face turned pale with anger: "Are you threatening me?!" Have you forgotten what the second uncle's letter explained?! ”

Zhong Yayue smiled: "Father does have an explanation, but the will of the prince and the prince cannot be violated." Don't worry, sister, I will write to my father to explain what happened. With the orders of the prince and the prince, my father will not blame me. ”

Both rooms of the Zhong family are eager to reconcile with the Guangping Royal Mansion and move around again. If Zhong Yayue really sacrificed King Guangping and Gao Zhen as shields, Zhong Er would definitely only have to echo it. What else can Mrs. Zhong and Mrs. Zhong say? Zhong Yazhi knew their thoughts very well, even if he was angry again, he could only stare dryly.

She finally returned to her room in a gloomy way, but her heart was extremely anxious. She doesn't expect to be the princess of the world now, even if she wants to be Gao Zhen's side room, she must not be able to do it. But if she doesn't think of a way, does she really want her to be a green light ancient Buddha for the rest of her life? The life in the nunnery is both hard and not free, she can only stay in a small courtyard, coarse cloth all day long, knock scriptures and chant Buddha, laundry, cooking and chopping firewood have to do it by herself, and the cold winter and the moon are no exception, and there is no one to serve. She couldn't stand it anymore. In any case, she also asked for forgiveness from the father and son of King Guangping. As long as they are willing to make decisions for her and match a family business, it doesn't hurt if the man's status is a little worse.

She never imagined that she would be wronged to this point one day. But so what? Who called her miserable? knew this earlier, it was better to marry the Marquis of Shanyin obediently, the horizontal and vertical main room was short-lived, even if she did the side room, she would not be angry with anyone. Although the Marquis of Sanyin Mansion is not free, at least there is still fine clothes and jade food......

The next day, the mother and son of the king of Fenyang entered Beijing. Zhao Xiu got the news, so he told the Zhang family and handed over a post to the Fenyang palace in the capital. But one day, the princess of Fenyang sent two mothers-in-law to Jiannanhou Mansion to thank their ancestors and grandchildren for their kindness, and wanted to take Zhao Xiu over for a small gathering. As for the Zhang family, because of the heavy snow today, the concubine was worried that Zhang's body would not be able to stand it, so she asked her not to come.

Zhang sighed, "The concubine is so considerate", and did not insist. In fact, she is not used to going out on snowy days. She is now nesting on the warm pavilion kang, and she doesn't even dare to go out of the room door. Zhao Xiu agreed with a smile, changed into clothes, brought a few gifts prepared in advance, and got into the carriage of the Fenyang Palace, and went to visit the princess of Fenyang.

The concubine looks good, but she is slightly thinner than when she was separated. Hearing that she was infected with a cold on the road, Zhao Xiu also asked worriedly. The concubine smiled and said: "It's just a little cold, the prince made a big fuss, and I had to rest in the post house for a few more days to delay the trip." Now it's long gone, I'm eating and drinking well, and I'm in good spirits. Just then did the doctor come to check the pulse of peace for me. If my illness is not cured, how can the emperor rest assured that he will summon me into the palace to live with the queen mother? ”

Zhao Xiu was also relieved when she heard this, happy that she had recovered her health. The two talked about some things after they separated, and the concubine mentioned some activities of the Shanghai Cixian Association after she left, and chatted for about half an hour, Zhao Xiu saw her eldest girl dangling outside the door twice, as if she had something to come back, but it was not easy to come in, so she asked to say goodbye very clearly.

The concubine didn't stay long, and said: "During the New Year's Day, presumably your grandmother will also enter the palace, so let's find an opportunity to talk when the time comes." In any case, I won't stay in the palace for long, and I will reunite when I return to the palace. ”

Zhao Xiu respectfully bowed, withdrew, and the mother-in-law of her own palace led her out. On the way, she met two richly dressed women coming from the direction of the gate, guessing that they were also guests who had come to pay a visit to the concubine, and when she saw them staring at her, she smiled and nodded, and said hello, and continued to walk.

The two women stared at her back a few times, exchanged a look with each other, and without saying much, went to see the concubine first.

The concubine was actually a little tired, but when her relatives came to say goodbye, she couldn't see them, so she had to let them in, salute, and sit down to chat. She greeted their mother-in-law: "Is the eldest princess of Linyi in good health?" ”

The two young ladies said "yes" in unison, and said some words about the eldest princess taking medicine on weekdays. The younger Second Madam couldn't help but ask: "Concubine, the one who just went out is the niece of which family?" Why do I feel a little eye-catching? ”

The concubine smiled: "This is not a girl from our Gao family, it is Miss Zhao, the sister of Jiannan Hou." I met her grandparents and grandchildren in the south, and we had a good relationship. She knew that I had entered Beijing, so she came to say goodbye, which was really heartfelt. ”

The two young ladies exchanged another look, and then fell silent.

The concubine was surprised when she saw this: "What? Any questions? (To be continued.) )