Coming out of King Xin's Mansion, Zhou Kui couldn't help but go back to a month before Xiao Niang's wedding to King Xin.

On this day, after seeing Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew have dinner, Ding Xiaonu hesitated again and again, and finally mustered up the courage to say: "There is something, I have thought about it for a long time, I didn't want to say it, but now I have to say it." ”

As he spoke, he saw Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew looking at him together, and continued: "Although the in-laws gave him some silver taels, but this is dead money after all, your uncle and nephew don't know how to be thrifty, and spend money like running water. ”

"This is a woman, if you have a little dependence, you have to ride on the man's neck, hmph, if it is put before, she will dare?" Thinking secretly, Zhou Kui didn't want to annoy her, but he still said sarcastically: "Didn't you raise a princess daughter, I secretly asked someone to inquire, although the royal wife is different from the people, the bride price still has to be given."

I heard the father-in-law say that the little lady stayed in the palace to learn palace etiquette, which has been a lot of days, and I estimate that they are about to get married, and before they marry, they will definitely give a bride price. Do you think, this is royal, just give a little, it's not enough for us to eat for a few lifetimes? ”

Ding Xiaonu said coquettishly: "As far as you are crooked, I can't talk about you, but I think that we are looking for a daughter-in-law, not selling a daughter, even if other people's money is not used up, we should not always rely on others, it is best to prepare a dowry for our daughters like we ordinary people, so as not to make my daughters speechless in others." ”

"Who is the family, it's the royal family, the emperor's younger brother, and you still need this little dowry?" Zhou Kui retorted, got up impatiently, waved his hand at the Zhou Duo brothers who didn't know how to interject, and was about to go out, but saw two eunuchs, an old man and a young eunuch, coming in the courtyard.

There was no expression on the faces of these two eunuchs, like wooden stakes, not as good as Zhou Kui and the others to speak, the old eunuch had already said: "The emperor said it, and the queen mother also said that according to the generation, the in-laws are considered to be the elders, but the monarchs and ministers are different, and the two fathers-in-law are specially appointed to teach some etiquette, so as not to make jokes when they get there." ”

Zhou Kui originally thought that these two designations would give some benefits like the last time, but he didn't want them to learn, and said something "The emperor said it, the queen mother said it", and said without knowing the depths: "Is it really the emperor and the queen mother who said it?" ”

The old eunuch said solemnly: "Wrong, this time we will not investigate the crime of offense, you listen well, because our family is passing on the oracle of the emperor and the queen's mother, you should immediately kneel down and say, 'Xiaomin receives the order', listen respectfully, and then say, 'Obey the holy decree'." If it is a holy decree, it should be more solemn, and the incense table must be placed to worship first. After that, I have to offer ......"

As he spoke, seeing that Zhou Kui looked like he didn't understand, he turned to the little eunuch and said, "You show him." ”

The little eunuch didn't speak, and was about to show Zhou Kui, and the old eunuch rushed to Ding Xiaonu and Zhou Duo, who were inexplicable, and said, "Next to you are my mother-in-law and six brothers, right?" The emperor and the queen also said that you also have to learn, let's go together. ”

Ding Xiaonu and Zhou Duo brothers were just inexplicable, and when they heard this, they were at a loss.

Zhou Kui didn't know much either, and saw that they were reproachful, so he was very reluctant in his heart, but he had a plan in his heart, and he didn't dare to offend, and his knowledge was slightly higher than them after all, so he hurriedly beckoned them to come over.

When he saw them coming, the old eunuch said, "Let's start," and the little eunuch immediately began to talk and gesture in a proper manner.

This set of etiquette is also strange, obviously it means the same thing to the people, but it has to be changed. Zhou Kui and the others felt fresh, and they learned seriously, but it was too complicated, and the little eunuch only disciplined and never explained even a sentence, Zhou Kui and the others soon got tired of it, or skipped class or deliberately did not listen or deliberately changed the way to make him unable to teach.

The two eunuchs were not anxious or angry, but they were persistent, no matter whether Zhou Kui and the others were studying or not, they had to come over to teach for two hours every morning and afternoon.

After more than 20 days like this, what Zhou Kui's family has learned is finally a little successful.

The next day, it was already past the teaching time, and saw that the two eunuchs who looked like wood had not yet come, and Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew, who had not gone out for many days, were holding back like a fire, and just breathed a sigh of relief, and saw that two eunuchs, one fat and one thin, came again, followed by more than a dozen people.

"What do they want to do?" Zhou Kui secretly guessed, because he didn't want to, he deliberately ignored it.

The two eunuchs didn't seem to need him to care, they just glanced at them, then waved their hands, and the people who followed immediately came up and packed the daily necessities of Zhou Kui's family into a carriage and walked slowly.

After walking a few steps, the fat eunuch turned around coldly, rushed to Zhou Kui's family, who were stunned on the spot, and said impatiently: "Let's go, what are you still doing there?" ”

Zhou Kui's belongings are not much, but they are also necessary, and when he heard this, he couldn't help muttering in his heart, but he still had to follow all the way.

After no less than an hour, they entered a large mansion. After many years in the capital, Zhou Kui knows the goods, and knows that even if this house is not one of the best in the capital, if it is spacious and luxurious, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can live in.

Just as he was inexplicable, he suddenly heard the fat eunuch say, "This will be your home in the future", and Zhou Kui's family was like falling into a dream.

When they woke up again, the fat and thin eunuchs were obviously gone, because there were two eunuchs, one tall and one short, who were directing a group of people to carry things to the mansion on their shoulders, and they were boxes of silver and bundles of silk and satin, as well as countless rare treasures that they had never seen before!

Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew's eyes widened, his face was overflowing with greedy light, and his mouth was flowing with long saliva, and he came over to scramble and caress him.

Ding Xiaonu was also dizzy, but she still knew that there must be a reason, and tried to calm down, but she still couldn't help but stammer: "You don't speak, it's really strange, and I hope to tell you the truth." ”

They didn't know that these were all specially obtained from Emperor Apocalypse by Empress Zhang and Zhou Xiaoniang, and they were originally going to be rewarded after the ceremony.

Helplessly, the old and young eunuchs not only failed to earn extra money like elsewhere, but they were not less blinded by Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew, and after going back, they would inevitably exaggerate Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew's skin. felt that it was impossible for such a family to give birth to a good woman like Zhou Xiaoniang, so he had to praise Ding Xiaonu's virtuous lady again.

After some rhetoric from these two, for fear of making a fool of himself at that time, Zhang Hou decided to reward them first and no longer invite them to the wedding ceremony. Not only did Empress Zhang change his mind, but the eunuchs who were doing the work were also afraid of being looked down upon by them again, so they just did things and didn't speak.

At this time, the tall and short eunuchs were looking at Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew with disdain, and heard someone talking, seeing that it was a woman, knowing that it must be the mother of Zhou Kui, they were in awe, and hurriedly bowed down and said: "The mother-in-law blames us, please forgive our family for being rude, these are the dowry gifts given by the emperor and the queen mother for the king of letters, please check." ”

After that, he turned around and walked a few steps, and saw that Zhou Jiaguo didn't know how to give a reward, so he was very reluctant, but he still turned around and said: "Oh, by the way, the emperor and the queen mother asked our family to tell their mother-in-law that in view of the difference between the monarch and the people, they will no longer invite the Zhou family to participate in King Xin's wedding ceremony." ”

Ding Xiaonu is the one who learns etiquette the hardest and has the most experience in learning etiquette in the Zhou family, knowing that this is not in harmony with reason and etiquette, and said hurriedly: "Zhou Xiaoniang is my daughter after all, how can this be?" As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes.

Eunuch Gao couldn't bear it in his heart, but he thought of Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew's splashing, hesitated slightly, and turned to leave.

Ding Xiaonu couldn't catch up, and came back and beat Zhou Kui hard, but she still couldn't wake him up, so she could only cry secretly.

After a day and a night, Zhou Kui's uncle and nephew finally woke up. Ding Xiaonu was busy speaking, and Zhou Kui said with a disdainful face: "If you want those fictitious things to do, real money is the most real." ”

After that, seeing that Ding Xiaonu still looked like she wanted to speak and stopped, she pretended to be angry and said: "It's still a rambling ball, go get food, I'm going to starve to death." ”

Although Ding Xiaonu was reluctant in her heart, she thought that the ceremony must have ended, so she had no choice but to get up and get food, she was also hungry.