Chapter 78: Planning
'P'*WXC'P''P'*WXC'P' Yang Molan and Xu Zhijiao both heard this, and the two couldn't help but glance at each other. With so many people, Yang Molan also lowered the curtain, and Xu Zhijiao muttered: "Mother, I just said, I'm here to pick up my brother!" ”
"Nonsense, it's common for one to pick up two, how can there be so many. Even if it's your brother's year, there may not be so many! "The situation when she left Beijing was still in front of her, Yang Molan naturally didn't think that after more than three years, her son would suddenly become a sweet spot in the eyes of everyone and be picked up by many people.
Xu Zhijiao pouted, and Yang Molan pulled her over when she saw her daughter like this, and pulled her sideburns together: "You are not young anymore, and you are going to be seventeen now." Your brother this time, no matter where you go, I will ask your Aunt Wu to find you a relative! ”
"Mother, don't you want to look for relatives?" Yang Molan didn't answer, but her expression already said everything, Xu Zhijiao simply lay on her mother's lap, thinking about what she was thinking. This is my own delicate baby, a person who is afraid of melting in the palm of his hand. Yang Molan hugged her daughter tighter, Xu Zhijiao still didn't speak, her eyebrows frowned slightly, her mother and brother still had a lot of things to hide from themselves, but they couldn't ask or say.
The carefree girl back then still had her own heart after all. Xu Zhijiao sighed in her heart, and she didn't know if it was good or bad. However, Xu Zhijiao instinctively wanted not to tell her mother, and if she told her mother, it would not be good.
"Mother, I don't know what's going on, these people are all here to pick up their son, you and your sister go to the city first, go directly to Aunt Wu's mansion, I'll deal with them here!" Although Xu Zhi'an has experienced a lot of things, he was also frightened by the people who came to pick him up, and they all spoke sincerely, asking Xu Zhi'an to sit with them for a while. Originally, this was by no means something that Xu Zhi'an could think of, the top priority was to send his mother and sister into the city first, and he would go around here and ask clearly what it was weishenme!
Yang Molan nodded, Xu Zhian said a few words to the coachman, and the coachman turned the horse's head and drove the horse in the direction of entering the city. The car had only been going for a short time when I heard someone say, "The willow horse is coming!" ”
Willow horses? Yang Molan couldn't help but lift the curtain of the car and look forward, Liu Jinsong came on horseback, he was plainly dressed and horned, although he had been in a hurry, he was still personable. This is his son-in-law, if it weren't for her daughter by her side, Yang Molan's eyes would show joy, but she still put down the curtain, these things should not be known to the younger daughter.
Xu Zhi'an couldn't help but squint at Liu Jinsong, who was coming, Liu Jinsong had already come to Xu Zhi'an, and before getting off the horse, he glanced at the departing carriage, then turned over and dismounted, and bowed his hand to Xu Zhi'an: "Xu County Cheng came back from afar, and he was disrespectful, disrespectful, and disrespectful!" ”
After three years of wind and frost, the young man of the year has traces of wind and frost today, but Xu Zhian is still calm and bows back to Liu Jinsong: "I am a small official in the lower ranks, and I don't dare to bother the horse to come to greet him in person!" ”
When someone saw Liu Jinsong coming, they felt excited, I don't know if Liu Jinsong came this time, did he want to say something to Xu Zhi'an, or to warn him? After all, Xu Zhi'an offended Wu Wangfu very thoroughly. And Liu Jinsong has been very loved by King Wu in recent years.
As soon as these two sentences are said, some people will inevitably feel disappointed, why don't they fight on the spot? Liu Jinsong hooked his lips and smiled, he was born better than Xu Zhi'an, although he was dressed plainly, his outstanding appearance could not be concealed, and a smile at this time only made people feel like the rising sun.
When the smile was put away, Liu Jinsong hugged his fists and saluted the people around him: "I know that you are all friends of Xu County Cheng, I haven't seen you for a few years, I want to have a lot to say, but I and Xu County Cheng, I want to say more, please leave first, and when I finish talking with Xu County, I will visit one by one!" ”
When Liu Jinsong said this, he had already declared his intentions, and naturally no one objected. Seeing this, Liu Jinsong asked someone to bring a horse: "Brother Xu, please!" From Xu County Cheng to Brother Xu, no matter what Liu Jinsong meant, Xu Zhian still turned over and got on the horse: "Since Liu Juma is so polite, then you are not welcome!" ”
The two of them got on their horses and went to the capital, and among the people waiting in the pavilion, someone sent an attendant and asked them to follow on horseback, and see where Xu Liu and the two were going? Since no one was received, the rest went home separately. But there will always be people talking about this new thing for a few days.
The two galloped all the way and soon entered the capital, Liu Jinsong still didn't say a word, Xu Zhian watched the horse turn into an alley a little strangely, Xu Zhian spoke: "Liu Horse, I want to ask ......"
"Don't panic, it's not that I want to see you!" Liu Jinsong replied. I don't have many acquaintances in the capital, and those who can work until Liu Jinsong are definitely not ordinary people, unless, Xu Zhi'an's eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly: "Liu Juma, maybe you already know, Princess Yongle and I ......"
"She is my wife, although she is your eldest sister, but the two of you don't have much affection." Liu Jinsong's voice was still so calm.
He really already knew, Xu Zhi'an settled down, and then said: "Since you already know, just ......" Before he finished speaking, Liu Jinsong had already reined in his horse: "It's here!" ”
This is a small door, it seems that the houses around here are also very ordinary, not like some high-ranking family, the only good thing is probably that it is very quiet, Xu Zhian looked at Liu Jinsong: "Who wants to see me?" ”
"Go in and you'll know. Don't worry, you are also a dignified court official, and I will take you away in public, and it will not be unfavorable to you! Although he was unwilling, Liu Jinsong still added.
Xu Zhi'an didn't go in immediately, but felt it there, and didn't feel any tension, so he said to Liu Jinsong: "Liu Horse is in a high position at this time, and he is ...... below."
Just as Xu Zhi'an was speaking, the door creaked open, and a maid came out of it and saluted Liu and Xu: "The princess has been waiting for the two of you for a long time!" Since the princess here is not Yulin, then it is, Xu Zhi'an began to quickly think about the princesses in Beijing in his mind, and then a name jumped out, Princess of Qin. The maverick princess who is different.
It is rumored that Bixia has always intended to let her assist the government, after all, the prince is well known, more than generous, and not decisive enough. If a few generations ago, there would have been a very good king. But now Dayong, although it is still so prosperous and rich on the surface, it has gradually weakened on the inside. Although Xu Zhi'an is far away in Guizhou, it does not mean that he knows nothing about it.
Only the princess of Qin can let Liu Jinsong do things for her. If you can get the blue eyes of this princess, Xu Zhi'an is already a person with great ambitions, how can he not feel his heart beating wildly at this time.
"Mother, why hasn't my brother come back yet? That colt won't be bad for my brother, right? Yang Molan's mother and daughter didn't go far before the people of the Wu Mansion caught up with them and brought them all the way to the Wu Mansion. The mother and daughter had already been freshened up, Xu Zhijiao still slept for a while, and when she saw that her brother had not returned, she couldn't help but guess.
"Don't speculate, this is the capital, not the poor countryside. Besides, your brother was taken away in public. Even if it's a colt, there's no reason to lose people for no reason! Yang Molan's comfort did not reassure Xu Zhijiao, and her lips pursed slightly: "Mother, you must know that my brother offended Wu Wangfu, but he was ruthless!" ”
"Sure enough, this time flies, our Gillian still didn't know anything, but now we know this!" Mrs. Wu's voice came from outside, and she walked into the house. "Aunt Wu!" Xu Zhijiao got up and saluted: "My mother also said that I don't know anything!" ”
Mrs. Wu walked to Yang Molan and sat down, the maid had already stepped forward with things in her hand, Mrs. Wu pointed to those things and said: "You come back from afar, there will be a lot of entertainment in the future, here are a few clothes, Jiao'er, do you want to change them?" ”
There is no girl who doesn't like these, Xu Zhijiao looked at it in the maid's hand and smiled at Mrs. Wu: "These materials are so good, I'm afraid that I will be damaged by me after wearing them for a while!" ”
"When I entered Beijing, I can no longer be like when I was in Guizhou, always running and jumping, but also learning Sven. These materials haode clothes, as well as those jewelry, are not for you to wear out to show off, but to let you know that you have to be careful when walking, otherwise your clothes will be torn and your walking will tinkle. ”
It is rare for Yang Molan to be so serious, Xu Zhijiao's eyes darkened slightly before nodding to her mother: "Mother, I know, in the future, I will be Miss Jiao who does not leave the gate in the courtyard of this deep mansion!" ”
Saying that, Xu Zhijiao's mouth pouted again, and Mrs. Wu said to Yang Molan with a smile: "Although the rules are like this, the girl's family still has some good nature!" Yang Molan was not moved: "This is to say the rules of a place in a place, if it is still in Guizhou, or even in my hometown, I will not do it." Now, my daughter, always have to be restrained! ”
Even himself, he had to be restrained, he was afraid to avoid it at the beginning, and now, he has to succumb. How could Mrs. Wu not understand what Yang Molan meant, and asked the maid to take Xu Zhijiao down to try on clothes before saying to Yang Molan: "Providence makes people, who knows that they will go around and go back to the original way?" ”
Yang Molan smiled lightly: "Yes, God's will makes people!" Sometimes I wonder if I owe Yulin anything! "No matter how much glory and wealth there is, sometimes it can't withstand a gentle hug from my mother.
"Yulin, she is a good child, although you have not been able to communicate all these years, you still haven't cut off communication!" Mrs. Wu comforted Yang Molan, and Yang Molan smiled: "Maybe I'm getting older, and I don't care about those things when I think about them, I feel a pain in my heart." That kid, named Wangshu, is cute, right? ”
"It's cute, she can already walk, her little mouth is sweet, she can call her father and her mother and grandmother. It's exactly the same cuteness as Yulin when she was a child. The clothes you made for her over the years, Yulin also wore them for her! Mrs. Wu hadn't seen Wangshu a few times, but these could be speculated, and sure enough, this greatly comforted Yang Molan, and she nodded: "That's good, it's good!" I can't pay anything back to her. ”
Mrs. Wu held Yang Molan's hand and patted it comfortingly, Xu Zhijiao walked to the door, heard a few words of Yulin, and heard a few words of debt, intermittently, but always felt that there was a big secret hidden in it. Yulin, it seems to be the name of the Yongle princess, owed, how could her mother owe her? The person who resigned from the marriage at the beginning was my brother!
"Miss Cousin, aren't you going in?" Seeing Xu Zhijiao in a daze, the maid couldn't help but remind, Xu Zhijiao came back to her senses, carefully crossed the threshold, and stood in front of Mrs. Wu and Yang Molan: "Mother, Aunt Wu, is it good-looking?" ”
Yang Molan raised her head and praised her good looks with a smile. Mrs. Wu looked up, her eyes couldn't help but flicker. Xu Zhijiao's dress is relatively simple, and she is wearing the most popular skirt in Beijing at this time, wearing jewelry in her hair, and dotting flowers on her forehead. Although the facial features are not very similar, in action, it still looks a little like Yulin.
After all, they are sisters born of the same mother, and although they are not the same father, there are still similarities in some places. At this time, Mrs. Wu hopes that Xu Zhijiao will not be so gentle and obedient for the rest of her life, otherwise she will be more similar to Yulin!
"Sister, what's wrong with you?" After Yang Molan praised her daughter, she looked up and saw Mrs. Wu stunned, and couldn't help but ask softly.
"I didn't expect Jiao'er to be so good-looking!" After Mrs. Wu was stunned at first, she quickly came back to her senses and smiled at Yang Molan, but Yang Molan couldn't help hearing Mrs. Wu's words. The only thing that can make Mrs. Wu lose her mind like this is that her daughter is like a person, like whom? Naturally, it's like Yulin.
What rose in Yang Molan's heart at this time was the same as what Mrs. Wu thought, after all, it was inevitable that she would be similar to her mother. I only hope that when I socialize in the future, there are people who have seen both of them at the same time, and they will not be so suspicious.
This brief loss of consciousness has quickly disappeared, and Mrs. Wu greeted Xu Zhijiao with a smile: "Let them comb your hair again, although this hairstyle is beautiful, there are too many people combing it!" ”
"Madam, didn't you praise this head for looking good? Besides, Miss Biao has to comb the same hair as everyone else when she first comes! The maid smiled and suggested on the side, and Mrs. Wu's smile did not change: "It's different, it's really different!" ”
"Do many people comb this hair? Then I won't comb it, it's better for me to comb it lightly! Since Xu Zhijiao also said so, the maid also obeyed, took the dressing utensils, and changed the hairstyle for Xu Zhijiao on the spot.
Seeing that the similarities between Xu Zhijiao and Yulin after not combing that hairstyle were not so heavy, Mrs. Wu breathed a sigh of relief. Yang Molan had already whispered to Mrs. Wu: "Jiao'er, she looks very similar to her?" ”
"You've also seen it, it's not that it's very similar, but that kind of demeanor, almost exactly the same!" Saying that, Mrs. Wu looked at Yang Molan: "Or, it's exactly the same as you!" "I originally thought that the facial features were not similar, so I wouldn't worry, but in this world, there are not only similar facial features, but also others. Yang Molan lowered her head, perhaps, this is the fate that can't be escaped from going around and around.
"Young Master Xu Biao is back! I'm talking to the master in front of me! The maid came to report, Xu Zhijiao looked up with a smile: "Brother is back?" ”
"You, I'll just say, it's going to be fine, you're worried!" Yang Molan said to her daughter in disgust.
"Then I'm going to find my brother!" As soon as Xu Zhijiao wanted to get up, she saw that her mother and Mrs. Wu both cast disapproving glances, and hurriedly sat down: "I know, it's different now." Mother, I'll get used to it! ”
Yang Molan smiled faintly, and Mrs. Wu instructed the maid to pass dinner: "I remember that Jiao'er lived in my house a few years ago, and she liked to eat lotus root the most, let them make one for you, and there is a whitebait omelette!" These two can barely be regarded as hometown flavors, and Xu Zhijiao's eyes suddenly lit up again: "Thank you, auntie." But even if this lotus root is forgotten, how can there be a whitebait in the capital, so far away, this fish is not fresh! ”
"This should be a tribute, and it has to be dried whitebait, this dried whitebait, how can there be fresh whitebait delicious?" Yang Molan explained with a smile, and couldn't help but sigh a little in her words, hometown, it is not easy to go back in the future.
General Wu and Xu Zhi'an were talking in the hall, and when they saw that there was a whitebait omelette in the dinner served, they pushed the dish to Xu Zhi'an: "This is your hometown dish, I don't like to eat this." Don't think I'm rough, I love to eat a big elbow! ”
"This is heroic, how can my nephew dislike it?" General Wu couldn't help but hahadaxiao, and said to Xu Zhi'an after laughing: "A few days ago, your aunt discussed with me and said that she wanted to find you a family business. You are also nineteen, not young, you have married a wife, and your sister is looking for someone! ”
Wive? Today, at the princess of Qin, the princess of Qinguo also mentioned this matter, and said that the Zhu family also wanted to marry their daughter to themselves, but they really didn't expect that they would become such a fragrant glutton.
Xu Zhi'an smiled lightly: "These things, my mother and my uncle and aunt discussed, I am a junior, and it is not easy to put a beak!" Having said that, Xu Zhi'an still remembered the running figure, the woman with a hearty smile, and the silver jewelry that jingled when running.
From then on, I can't think about it anymore, it's unfair to my future wife, and the feelings of my youth, just forget about it. Xu Zhi'an suppressed all the churning in his heart and continued to eat with General Wu.
"The invitation sent to the Wu Mansion was sent back?" Zhu Wei'an asked his subordinates almost in disbelief. The subordinates also felt very strange, after all, even if they didn't come, they wouldn't return the invitation directly like this, which was a clear indication that they would not have anything to do with the Zhu Mansion again.
Okay, a good Xu Zhi'an, really the person who dares to resign from the table, Zhu Wei'an is going crazy, his family has been doing things more and more unsmoothly for so many years, and it always seems that there is a hand there to stop it. The only one who can stop it is the emperor. Zhu Wei'an thought of what his grandfather said that day, and sat down on the chair dejectedly, why did the emperor look down on the Zhu family so much? My aunt is in the palace, and she is also doing her best to assist the king, so what's wrong with loosening her hands a little?
After all, the Zhu family is also the prince's uncle's family, and the benefits they get will not be left behind. The more Zhu Wei'an thought about it, the more anxious he became, and he couldn't sit still anymore. Get up and go to see Mrs. Zhu.
Mrs. Zhu is drinking tea under an osmanthus tree, although the osmanthus is no longer in season, but this osmanthus has some sporadic openings, and you can smell the fragrance as soon as you get closer.
"Sanqiu Guizi, after all, the capital is colder than Jiangnan, if it is Jiangnan, osmanthus is flourishing at this time. Jinling's osmanthus duck should also be on it, drink a sip of daughter red, just a mouthful of osmanthus duck, it is called leisurely! When Mrs. Zhu saw her grandson coming, she picked up the teacup and smiled at him.
"Grandfather, the invitation sent to the Wu Mansion was sent back!" Zhu Wei'an didn't have the intention of pleasing his grandfather at this time, but just said this quickly.
"This is also inevitable, Xu Zhi'an was able to refuse the princess's marriage at the beginning, and what is so strange when he returns to our house today? Although marriage is good, it also depends on what kind of person you are. I've been carefully observing your little sister these days, and I'm missing some opinions. It would be much better if it were your fourth sister, but unfortunately, your fourth sister was married far away by your mother! "Old lady Zhu is not like a grandson, but leisurely.
"But grandfather and grandson have messed up this again!" Zhu Wei'an couldn't help but hang his head and whisper. Old lady Zhu took another sip of tea before saying, "You should also know who is behind this, right?" ”
Chen Yurong, the princess of Qin, mentioned her, Zhu Wei'an felt a little angry: "She is just a woman, even if Bixia intends to let her assist the government, there is no case of a princess assisting the government!" ”
"The example is for people to open, otherwise what is the emperor called?" Old lady Zhu saw much farther than her grandson, got up and walked a few steps with her hands behind her back: "This woman is really ruthless, don't be a concubine, I'd rather be a sole minister, in order not to let people attack her selfishly!" ”
"Grandfather, don't forget, her mother is Princess Qingtang! This is actually a double-edged sword! "Qingtang and Dayong, although there have been trade contacts over the years, there have also been frictions from time to time, if you can create a charge of treason against the princess of Qin, it is that no one can protect her, including the emperor.
The princess who has been stripped of her title, what else will she use to call for wind and rain? However, this has to be fast, it has to be hurried, and it has to be rushed before the princess of the Qin State is fledgling. Old lady Zhu groaned, called someone to prepare clothes for herself, changed clothes and entered the palace to see the queen.
"It's not a bad idea, but it may not work out, and besides, she's nominally my daughter. I raised a traitorous daughter, and it was also detrimental to my reputation! The queen didn't agree, of course Mrs. Zhu knew the reason, and sighed lightly: "Niangniang, you are the mother of the world, are you willing, after a few years, be subdued?" ”
The queen's face couldn't help but change slightly, and Old Lady Zhu said slowly: "If it weren't for the urgency, the minister would not want to separate the mother-daughter relationship between the mother and the princess." Saying that, Mrs. Zhu's voice lowered slightly: "Niangniang, you can go to the sin chapter first!" ”
The meaning of these words has been very clear, on the day of the incident, he first asked the emperor to submit a chapter of sin, affirming that his adopted daughter did not teach, and imploring the emperor to govern according to the law. Inside and out, I can't see a little selfishness. When the emperor arrived, he could only swallow it hard.
"However, Bixia and I have been in love for decades!" The queen's words made Old Lady Zhu smile: "Niangniang, if Bixia thinks about the love between you and him, how can she treat you like this?" ”`P`*WXC`P``P`*WXC`P`