Zhou Kui didn't know the reason, so he was relieved, patted the silver ticket in his arms with his hand again, and pretended to open the door unhurriedly. But seeing that the Zhou Duo brothers were depressed one by one, they were not as good as beggars, they were stunned, and then asked, "Why did you get like this?" ”

The Zhou Duo brothers had discussed countless times on the road, and they had already answered in their hearts, and when they saw him open the door and asked with a surprised look, they hurriedly knelt down together, and listened to Zhou Duo lie: "After my uncle left home that year, my brothers and I watched the house in peace. Helplessly, the herbal medicine stall was separated from his uncle's pulse consultation, and there was not much profit.

My brother and I thought about pouring out the batch of medicine that my uncle had entered before, and it was okay at first, but who would have expected that later I encountered a hard stubble, which was unreasonable, not only did not give money, but also disadvantaged my brothers. ”

Saying that, Zhou Duo peeked at Zhou Kui, saw that he was listening carefully, seemed to believe it, and continued: "My brothers and heroes don't suffer the immediate losses, and there is no way out, so we have to go to Beijing to find my uncle, but I have no silver in my hand, so I can only beg along the road to live, so it has become like this." ”

After speaking, thinking of the hard work along the way, Zhou Duo came up with a wave of grievances, and lost his voice with tears in his eyes. Seeing this, the other brothers began to cry together.

Zhou Kui naturally remembered that it was this batch of medicines that prompted him to make up his mind to go to Beijing to recognize his relatives.

Seeing the Zhou Duo brothers like this, although they didn't believe it, they still seemed to see their embarrassment, anxiety and hardship, and their hearts moved, and they complained "you", raised their hands and let them into the house, without speaking, they went to the stall outside to buy a few old clothes and let them change.

At this time, it happened that Ding Xiaonu had made a meal. Brother Zhou Duo has been hungry for a long time, who cares about it, and devours it for a while, like a wind sweeping leaves. Ding Xiaonu served it five times in a row, and the Zhou Duo brothers burped with their hands on their bellies.

Zhou Kui knew that they had almost eaten, but he still asked, "Is it enough, if it's not enough, let your aunt get it again." ”

The Zhou Duo brothers finally had a full meal, and they were beautiful, and when they heard him ask, they shook their heads one after another.

Zhou Kui deliberately sighed and said, "You are working hard at home, how can I, as an elder, know it?" As he spoke, he pointed to Ding Xiaonu, who was busy cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, and continued: "It's not easy for us. ”

After his reminder, Zhou Duo and the others looked up to see their residence, although it was clean, it was small and simple, less than one percent of the Fengmen mansion, and they would inevitably be disappointed.

Zhou Duo and the others' performance naturally did not escape Zhou Kui's eyes at all, in order to highlight the effect later, Zhou Kui deliberately said that it was not easy before, and when he saw that they were as expected, he smiled secretly, and then said: "God is worthy of his heart, your little sister chose Princess Xin!" ”

"Won the princess of the letter? Aren't we related to the emperor, the whole world is the emperor's, can he not give us a good life? When Zhou Duo and the others heard this, in an instant, they all opened their eyes and looked forward to it.

"Of course, our good days are coming soon." Zhou Kui said ostentatiously, and then said solemnly: "However, we are not in a hurry, the golden hairpin has fallen into the well, what are we in a hurry?" As he spoke, seeing that Zhou Duo and the others didn't seem to understand, he explained: "I haven't married yet, but if I become a relative, it's a certainty." ”

Zhou Duo waited for an "oh", because he was looking forward to it, so he was naturally willing to listen to him. Those who collected debts were also guessed by Zhou Kui, and they never came to the door again. In this way, although Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew saw that the sky was coarse and the food was gradually losing its taste, he was still at ease.

Before I knew it, it was the second year, that is, the seventh year of the Apocalypse, in February, King Xin got married. After the ceremony, the two moved to the Xinwang Mansion.

According to the Ming system, the prince did not have any administrative power in his hands, nor was he allowed to engage in any economic and trade activities, and only lived on his own.

Thanks to Zhou Xiaoniang, she is willing to be poor, good at careful calculation, and the two are in love, and they have a good time.

On this day, the two chatted with nothing, and said to the king: "There are not many brothers in this king, and they should be close to Lord Yuezhang and the six brothers, and they can be regarded as more helpers, but they don't like to move around and haven't seen each other for many days, so it's better for us to choose a day to visit them." ”

He'd said it more than once. Xiao Niang knew that most of him was telling the truth, and the other half was taking care of her longing for her mother, and she was moved, but thinking of the conduct of her father and six brothers, she didn't want him to be too close to her past, so Xiao Niang only said "oh" and didn't speak.

King Xin said with a little emotion: "What this king said is from the bottom of my heart, but every time this king mentions this matter, the princess never speaks, can't the princess believe this king?" ”

Seeing that he was in a hurry, the little lady couldn't bear it, and hurriedly smiled: "How can the concubine not know what her husband is saying, and she is also greatly moved, maybe they are too busy, so they don't need to be too anxious." ”

King Xin said "oh" and said: "When the princess says this, the king is relieved, and the princess is reasonable, and she blames the king for being too careful." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a person came in and said: "Lord Qiyu, Princess Qiyu, Old Taishan is here." ”

The king of the letter said happily: "I was thinking that whoever is coming, please hurry up-" said that he had already gotten up, and was about to go to greet him.

The little lady was thinking about how to stop them, she didn't want to believe that the king would be hurt a little bit, seeing this, she secretly said, "It's bad, trouble is coming", and she also got up.

Zhou Kui was dressed in a costume, with a smile on his face, he had been led in by a person, stepped forward to perform official and family rites respectively, went to sit down, took a sip of the tea handed over by the subordinate, and did not have time to believe that the king and the little lady were talking, and he had already smiled dryly: "The palace is noble, it shouldn't be disturbed casually, but the old body has something unclear, think about asking others after all, it is not as clear as your own family, so I came." ”

King Xin and Xiao Niangyan couldn't hear his reproach, Xiao Niang disdained to take care of it, but King Xin said embarrassedly: "I should have visited Lao Taishan, but I'm afraid that Lao Taishan will be inconvenient, so I can't make it." No, I'm discussing with the princess. ”

said, glanced at the little lady, and when she nodded, he said again: "I don't want Lao Taishan to come, I don't know what's wrong, just say it." ”

These two attitudes obviously satisfied Zhou Kui, and he became more and more confident, and said unceremoniously: "I heard that the fathers of the emperor's eldest lady are all going to be crowned the father-in-law, and our little lady is also your eldest lady, and we are also her own father, I don't know what kind of official to be sealed?" ”

Xiao Niang knew his intentions, but he didn't want him to be cheeky, and when he was about to speak, King Xin had thought about it and said: "Yes, the emperor's fathers and fathers are all national abbots, strictly speaking, the abbots are not officials, the emperor usually rewards him, and those who are suitable for being officials will also give him an official to do, and the prince can't do it, this is the rule of the Ming Dynasty, and there can be no chaos." ”

When Zhou Kui heard this, he couldn't help but feel very disappointed, and after a while, he couldn't help but say again: "It's a little unfair, should the father of the prince's eldest lady be hungry if he doesn't have enough food and clothing?" ”

The more he listened, the more he spoke, the more he couldn't speak, and couldn't help but say, "What's the matter, you can't afford it?" The house, the emperor and the queen mother gave it to you, although it can't compare to this palace, does it have to be how many times bigger than the house in our hometown? Did you know that this is an exception? Also, is there less money and things, let alone tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, when will you starve? ”

As he spoke, he accidentally choked on his trachea and kept coughing.

King Xin came over and gently slapped her on the back, and persuaded: "Old Taishan just said a few words, you actually said so much, we can't help but let people talk, right?" ”

Seeing that King Xin was following him, Zhou Kui, who was choked by the little lady and had nothing to say, came to his senses again and said: "No wonder people say that daughters are older and extroverted, and their own daughters who are self-raised are not as good as half of their sons-in-law."

Yes, the royal family gave the house and a lot of money, but didn't it want to accumulate grain to prevent hunger? Besides, we have a lot of family, there will always be a day when we finish eating, we can't sit and eat empty, right? ”

As he spoke, he turned to King Xin and said, "Otherwise, you can give Zhou Ji." Otherwise, arrange a money-making errand for the old man and a few of your brothers. ”

King Xin saw that the father and daughter were arguing, and Zhou Kui said that although it was a little crooked, it also made some sense, and lowered his head to help find a way.

Xiao Niang understood him, and said first: "You will die of this heart, I will tell you clearly, the prince of the Ming Dynasty has no power to interfere in politics, and he can't arrange anything for you." As for the so-called almsgiving, it is even more impossible, except for Yulu, we do not have and do not want to have any other place to come to the money, and we ourselves are not rich. ”

Hearing her resolutely, Zhou Kui hated it in his heart, but he still said: "The skinny camel is bigger than the horse, your little fingers are thicker than the waists of us ordinary people, and the old body is here, you won't help at all, right?" ”

When the little lady heard this, she disdained to take care of him anymore, because she was angry and hateful, and there were tears in her eyes.

King Xin obviously couldn't come up with a way for a while, but seeing her like this, he took out a jade pendant from his arms and said, "What the princess said is right, but it's not impossible for us to think of a way." Others, old Taishan and let me think about it slowly, so let's do it, how many years has this jade pendant been with me, I think it is also a thing in the palace, it is worth a few taels of silver, so let's take it for a few taels of silver first. ”

As he spoke, he handed it to Zhou Kui casually.

"The things in the palace are worth a lot of money!" Zhou Kui sighed secretly, overjoyed, and hurriedly took it, stroking greedily with both hands.

Suddenly, someone snatched it, and when I looked up, it was a little lady. Before she could speak, the little lady said: "You, you, you, do you know, this is the only token left by his mother, can you be shameless to the point of breaking people's thoughts?" ”

After saying that, he didn't bother to see him again, and turned around and entered the inner hall. King Shin was stunned for a moment, and followed in.

Zhou Kui waited for a while, but no one came out again, and left boringly.