Zhao Wei suddenly became busy.

If he could still find some time to eat with his grandmother and sister every day before the Lantern Festival, after the Lantern Festival, he didn't even have this little bit of leisure, and even spent the night in the garden for a few nights, and he couldn't find time to come back and say a few words to his grandmother.

Zhang was faintly uneasy, and she asked Zhao Xiu: "Your brother didn't mention it, what happened?" Could it be related to the behavior of the Zhao family's son-in-law that night? ”

Zhao Xiu said: "I don't know. Didn't there be a commotion at the other end of the garden that night, saying it was a thief? After that, there was no follow-up. Yesterday, the prince sent smoke and rain to bring you fruit, and only said that the matter had been resolved, and it was no big deal, but he was just a little thief. I don't think it's going to be a big deal, right? If it really has something to do with the son of the Zhao family, my brother will solve it. ”

Zhang was right to think about it, and felt a little relieved: "I just feel sorry for your brother, busy with official business, and I don't know if I have eaten well or how I rested." As soon as he got busy, he couldn't take care of anything. Although he has a little guy by his side, he is not as careful as the girl. He doesn't know how to take care of himself, and he has to worry about my grandmother and your sister all the time. Now that we're not around, he doesn't know how he's going to spoil himself. ”

Zhao Xiu laughed when she heard this: "Grandmother is also worried too much." Even if he wants to spoil his body, there is still the prince and the prince. Sister Yanxia and Sister Yanyu are all acquaintances of our family, even if the prince doesn't specifically order it, will they still neglect their brother? ”

Zhang was a little embarrassed: "Of course, the prince will take care of your brother, but in the end he is not as careful as his own family." She sighed again: "Don't think I like to worry about it, how many years can I worry about your brothers and sisters?" When your brother marries his daughter-in-law, I will leave him alone and ask his daughter-in-law to take care of him. ”

Speaking of this topic. Zhao Xiu was very interested: "Grandmother, have you ever thought about what kind of daughter-in-law you are looking for for your brother?" ”

Zhang smiled: "Didn't you mention it before?" Naturally, you have to be able to help your brother and get along with him. Everything else is secondary. ”

Zhao Xiu said: "In this way, my grandmother's requirements for the future granddaughter-in-law are quite relaxed, but they are a little vague." Anyway. Grandmother always had to take this to heart. A good daughter-in-law will not fall into our house by herself. How many opportunities can my brother have to meet other people's girls? In the end, don't you have to rely on your grandmother to see each other? ”

Zhang was surprised, but when he looked down and thought about it, this was really the truth. It's just that she was a little worried: "How do I want to see this?" There is no beginning and no tail. I don't know what kind of girl your brother likes. I've seen most of the ladies in Beijing, and some of them are good. But the younger ones are staring at the eldest son of the emperor. The older ones are mostly staring at the emperor. A girl who keeps to herself. The family may have already been engaged to another parent. If you are not engaged, I don't dare to inquire lightly. In case you inquire and your brother doesn't like it, how do you tell the girl's family? ”

Zhao Xiu disagreed: "What's not to say?" It's just to inquire whether the girl is married or not. Even if people guess that we intend to choose a daughter-in-law for our brother. Nothing has been decided yet, there is not even a token, where do you need to explain? to the worst. The eight characters of the birthday always have to be a pair, and the big deal is that the eight characters do not match. Grandmother. I really think it's time for you to move. Although you don't like to socialize, your brother's marriage is important, and he has to work for you. Now that the New Year has passed, my brother is seventeen years old, if you can see the right candidate and set a family affair within this year, if you really want to marry, you have to wait for the year after tomorrow. The family has not prepared anything, and if it drags on, when will you be able to hold your great-grandson? ”

Zhang was aroused by his granddaughter's words: "You are right! I can be lazy in other things, and if I don't do anything about my granddaughter-in-law, who else can do it? She simply ordered someone to bring a pen and paper, and pulled her granddaughter to recall those families in Beijing who had school-age daughters, to see who could be included in the candidate list.

Among the families with official positions above the fifth rank, all unmarried ladies between the ages of thirteen and seventeen, betrothed girls are not counted, girls who intend to enter the palace are not counted, girls with bad reputations are not counted, girls who have not read books are not counted, girls with bad tempers and pampered temperament are not counted, and girls with bad moral character of their fathers and brothers are not counted...... In the end, there were only a dozen people who were included in the list by Zhang and Zhao Xiu. Among them, most of them were the people they had seen with their grandparents, and they kicked out two ugly ones, one with fox smell, Zhao Xiu deleted two frail and sickly ones, and Zhang abandoned three people who were mediocre and not elegant enough, and in the end there were only seven or eight people left.

Among them is Cao Luo.

Although Zhao Xiu likes Cao Luo's friend very much, she doesn't think she is a suitable candidate for sister-in-law, so she pointed to her name and said: "Aunt Cao doesn't seem to be a good talker, she intends to marry Sister Luo back to a scholarly family, but I'm afraid that she won't be happy to marry her brother." ”

Zhang felt that her words were reasonable, so he erased Cao Luo's name again.

Looking at this short list, Zhang's was a little worried: "There are several here that we are not familiar with, and after returning to the capital, I don't know how to find a chance to meet them so as to find out about the girl's situation." Sister Xiu'er, do you think I should go to Mrs. Cao to inquire? ”

Zhao Xiu thought for a while: "When I returned to Beijing, I passed by Jining, let's find Mrs. Fang to inquire about it again." When the Fang family was in Beijing, they traveled extensively, and his family had many in-laws, so it was more convenient than us to inquire about anything. At least those girls from civil official families, Mrs. Fang should be familiar with them. The girl of the military general's noble family, let's ask Mrs. Cao again. He asked Zhang's again: "I don't know if there are good candidates in the clan?" ”

Zhang glanced at his granddaughter meaningfully: "Forget about the things in the clan." Golden branches and jade leaves are not easy to wait. "If the granddaughter marries into the clan in the future, and the grandson marries the clan daughter again, won't it become a disguised change of relatives? That's too ugly.

Zhao Xiu didn't really want his brother to marry the daughter of the sect, but he said it casually, and seeing that the Zhang family was not happy, he didn't mention it anymore, but turned to the topic: "Here in Jiangnan, we can also take a look." There were so many wives and girls who came to our house before, didn't any of my grandmothers look up to them? ”

Zhang disagreed: "If they are really good, they don't need to rush to our family." A good girl should have a backbone. ”

"That'...... What about Hangzhou? Zhao Xiu blinked, "Like Cousin Mi?" ”

Zhang was stunned, and slowly put down the pen in his hand: "Sister Ying is naturally good, but I really didn't think about it before...... I'm afraid it's not appropriate, right? She is the only girl in his family, and I don't know if I want to recruit in the future? ”

Zhao Xiu said: "The Mi family has many heirs, and the uncle in the lobby has so many nephews, and they are all grandchildren, just follow one, and they are not afraid that no one will support them, so there is no need to recruit money for their daughters, right?" Have you ever heard your grandmother talk about it? ”

How could Mrs. Mi tell the Zhang family about this kind of thing? Naturally, she shook her head.

Zhao Xiu smiled and said: "Actually, Cousin Mi is very good, she looks good and has a good temperament. Didn't grandmother praise her for her ability? Even dealing with people and interpersonal communication, she is also very proficient. With a mother like my cousin teaching, Cousin Mi really can't find any shortcomings. ”

Zhang smiled and nodded, very sympathetic, but she quickly frowned again and remained silent.

Mi Yingzhi's mother, Mrs. Mi, is not in good health, and according to her, it is the root of the disease left by improper maintenance when she was a child and she was not treated well after suffering from a cold. Not only her, but also her sisters and cousins. I don't know if it's the custom of the Bian family, or if the sisters have encountered something bad together. Now the Zhang family has given Mrs. Mi a few prescriptions for medicinal diets, but I don't know how effective she is using them, and I don't know if she has passed on the root of this disease to her daughter. The Mi family was originally a family with many heirs, but the wife of Mi Province had no heirs, and there was only one daughter under his knees. Zhang's heart was worried, worried that if his grandson married Mi Yingzhi, the heirs would also be difficult in the future.

In the end, she only said to her granddaughter Zhao Xiu: "Although your cousin Mi is good, the marriage depends on fate." When your brother is busy with official duties and has time to come, let's ask him what kind of daughter-in-law he wants to marry, and then slowly pick one for him. ”

Zhao Xiu agreed with a smile. She just recommended Mi Yingzhi as a candidate for sister-in-law today to her grandmother Zhang, but she didn't plan to help her brother settle the marriage now. As long as the grandmother had this thought in her head, the rest of the matter would be much easier. With Mi Yingzhi's excellence, she can't see any girl who can beat the former.

Just when Zhao Xiu tried to boil frogs in warm water and worked hard for his brother Zhao Wei's marriage, rumors of unknown origin appeared in the city of Hangzhou, saying that the two household officials in the government were called by King Guangping, but they were beaten to death because of the trivial things that angered the prince.

When it comes to the ministers, the princes of the Heavenly Family, ordinary people don't dare to believe this kind of rumors, and they are still discussing them in private. However, the family members of the two officials wept bitterly in public more than once, complaining to the masses, and the two officials were indeed missing, so the world could not be suspicious. In the end, those who met the two officials said that they had heard that they were going to work with the Qincha. Now that they are gone, maybe the rumors are true, they are dead!

As for some details - for example, were the two officials from the Hangzhou government office, or from the political envoy Si Yamen? After a few days of no contact, how can the family be sure that they are dead? - It's not like no one has brought it up. But those concerned consciously ignored the past, and the world quickly forgot about it, and only talked about how the Chincha adults should deal with such rumors.

The King of Guangping and his entourage calmly faced all kinds of rumors, and the political envoy Si Yamen did not send anyone to inquire about it, and they had no way to explain it, and they were still busy doing the work of reconciliation and inventory every day, as if they did not know anything about the disturbances of the outside world.

Seeing that they reacted so calmly, some people couldn't bear it. Soon, some officials under the jurisdiction of the government took the lead and organized a group of colleagues to appeal to the governor's yamen and go to Beijing to sue the emperor. They demanded that the King of Guangping, the Marquis of Jiannan, and Zeng Shilang give them an explanation of what had happened to their colleagues!

When they were about to walk out of the prefect's yamen, Mi Xingzhi led a borrowed team of Hangzhou garrison officers and soldiers to stop in front of the gate and looked at them with a cold face: "What do you want to do?" (To be continued) R580