After a sumptuous dinner, he sent the elated Zhu Ying away, and when Zhang Shou closed the courtyard door, he thought of Zhu Ying's interest in being a matchmaker just now, and couldn't help but smile. You must know that at dinner just now, he found a problem after discussing with Zhu Ying, Zhu Ying does have dealings with some daughters on weekdays, but ...... Those girls are too high-level!

In other words, if it is Zhang Chen, who is destined to inherit the title of Duke of Qin, then he will naturally be right with these famous daughters, whether it is Lu Sanlang or Zhang Wu, Zhang Lu or even others...... I'm sorry, their family background may be enough, but they are not the eldest sons in the family, nor are they respected sons, they have no fame and no background, and most of those daughters look down on them.

Therefore, Zhu Ying, who rarely goes to participate in garden parties, tea parties, flower appreciation, etc., has decided to take the initiative, as for those daughters who get along well, she also plans to explore the wind - after all, Lu Sanlang is now a genius little fat man praised by the emperor himself, maybe someone will like him?

The more he thought about it, the more interesting he felt, Zhang Shou couldn't help but muttered to himself: "I really don't know how those people who used to make routine posts to Zhao Guogong's Mansion reacted when they saw Yingying come to the door to participate in the autumn party and flower viewing party......

"A-Shou."

Hearing the voice, Zhang Shou hurriedly turned around, but saw that it was Wu standing behind him. He hurriedly said apologetically: "Mother, it's rare to take a break for two days, I still left you alone at home, and I went out to play with Yingying, I really can't stand you." ”

"You've grown so big and have so many things to do, and I don't expect you to stay at home with me all day. A manly man should have been aiming for the world. But you said that you were taking Yingying out to enjoy the autumn, but I just heard the two of you talk, this trip, it was not to go to the mountains and rivers, but to risk your life and lead the snake out of the hole? ”

Zhang Shou had never seen Wu Shi look so cold, and suddenly secretly screamed badly. He was about to explain, but Wu Shi was angry for a while: "Do you know how difficult your life is, why are you willing to take risks again and again?" If you make any mistakes, what face do you want me to face...... Your mother? ”

Wu paused for a moment, but finally said those two words. Seeing that Zhang Shou's complexion gradually changed, she smiled bitterly and said, "If I had known that you were not just going to enjoy autumn with Yingying, but to be some kind of bait, I would not have let you out!" You're older, I can't control you, there are some things, it's time to tell you now. ”

Seeing that the Wu family carrying the lantern couldn't help but reach out and grab him, Zhang Shou suddenly had a premonition, after Concubine Yu told him the truth about the events of the year, Wu was afraid that she was also ready to tell him the part of the truth she knew.

Sure enough, before entering the main room, Wu saw that Ah Liuzheng had brought Yang Hao and Zheng Hu back to the room, and she didn't care, and pulled Zhang Shou straight into the door. Crossing the threshold, she stuffed the lantern in her hand to Zhang Shou, and then closed the door herself, and lowered the latch again, only then did she turn around and look at the handsome young man in the dim light of the room.

Even when he was asleep, she didn't know how many times she had carefully examined his handsome face, but she just felt that she never got tired of looking at it, and it was the same at this time. She couldn't help but want to reach out and touch her chin and eyebrows like she did when she was a child, but in the end her hand stopped in mid-air.

"Ah Shou, you know what? You can be born in this world, because your mother worked hard. She paused, and her voice suddenly deepened, "When you were young, many people in the village talked about it in private, saying that an ordinary woman like me can give birth to a son like you who seems to have gathered the spirit of heaven and earth, either your father is too outstanding, or I am too lucky." ”

Seeing that Zhang Shou seemed to be a little stunned, Wu dragged his legs, which were like lead at the moment, moved to the edge of the chair step by step, and sat down dejectedly: "Actually, I am not your biological mother at all, so you are not like me." I am weak and incompetent, if it wasn't for the lady to take me in, I would have become a roadside starvation, but you inherited the lady's temper of being responsible and daring to work hard, so there is today. ”

Although he had heard the story of the last days of his mother Widow Zhang's life from Concubine Yu, Zhang Shou still felt a little in a trance when he really heard Wu's other party mention it at this time. He didn't make a sound, but slowly stepped forward and stood silently in front of Wu. Wu didn't look up, just continued to tell on his own.

"Outsiders call Lady Zhang's widow, of course she is not surnamed Zhang, the surname Zhang is your father Zhang Xiucai. When my wife took me in, he was preparing to study for the exam, and the couple lived happily. ”

Zhang Xiucai is a promising scholar, his parents died, but he was admitted to Xiucai at the age of eighteen. When he passed by once and saw the lady who had just finished her father's funeral and went out with a sickle to confront the clan elders who wanted her to marry, he was suddenly moved, and it was easy to marry her. The two of them are kind, the other kind, and they are both the best good people. ”

Wu looked up at Zhang Shou and saw that there was no joy or anger on his face, but he was just listening to himself intently, and she felt very relieved.

"I tell you that I used to have a weaving mill in my house, but that's a lie. When I used to be at home, I learned embroidery, but that was because my family was too poor, and if I didn't work, I would have been beaten and starved. But even if I could support my family with my embroidery work, after the snowstorm, the house collapsed, and in the end I was the only one who survived. ”

"The lady kindly took me in, and I naturally desperately wanted to reciprocate. Housework, stove things, I will do, I also learn weaving, boundaries, dyeing with the lady, the lady relies on the embroidery workshop, a needle and a thread, hard work to make money to maintain this family, for your father Zhang Xiucai to prepare for the exam. When she found out that she was pregnant with you, the lady said to Zhang Xiucai that both men and women would be named Ah Shou. ”

But no one expected that Zhang Xiucai contracted a cold while preparing for the exam, and was delayed by quacks, but he died in half a month. The neighbors all said that the lady's life was hard, but the lady did not cry or make trouble, she said that sad tears are not good for the fetus in the womb, and she is even more sorry for the husband who has always loved her and protected her. However, whether it was her husband's family or her mother's family who came to make trouble, she would not give an inch. ”

"I really didn't expect that when she left me at home to embroider a wedding dress that someone else had customized at a high price, and went to the temple to pray for the blessing of the child who was about to be born, she encountered such a big mess. When she came back with the two ladies covered in blood, I was almost stunned. And what I didn't expect was that the three of them were in labor one after another, but the stable woman was drunk. ”

Speaking of this, Wu was already trembling violently, and could hardly speak anymore.

And through her words, Zhang Shou gradually portrayed a tough and kind mother image in her heart. He squatted down and pressed his hands on Wu's knees, and the next moment, Wu suddenly looked up at him, and then reached out and hugged him.

"Ah Shou, the lady desperately urged the drunk Wen Po to move a knife on her, so that you were finally born safely! You don't know how chaotic it was at that time, those two ladies gave birth to daughters, but because the stable woman was dizzy, in the end, she couldn't even tell who gave birth to whom, and when the people from the Zhao Guogong Mansion came to find it, they were all mad with anger! ”

Hearing that the Wu family only said that it was two ladies, Zhang Shou had a faint guess, but he was afraid that the Wu family did not know the identity of Concubine Yu. But when the Wu family actually told him that after Jiuniang and Concubine Yu gave birth to a daughter, it was difficult to distinguish who was who, and he couldn't help but be stunned.

This means that Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping, no one can be sure which one is the royal princess and which one is the daughter of the princess?

No wonder Mrs. Tai hinted at him at the beginning, the so-called marriage contract does not have ironclad words, one side is him, the other party is Zhu Ying, and it is Princess Yongping. Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping have not liked each other since they were children, could it be this innate fate? Or, is it that Princess Yongping, who is obviously more delicate, noticed this hidden situation, so she is hostile to Zhu Ying?

He shook his head, temporarily stopped himself from continuing to diverge his thoughts, slowly straightened up, and said softly: "Mother, if these old things are uncomfortable to say, then don't say them yet." ”

Wu was slightly stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "I have already said that the lady is your biological mother, I am just a helpless maid taken in by the Zhang family, just an outsider who watched you grow up instead of her, you still call me my mother?" ”

Seeing that Zhang Shou didn't speak, she couldn't help but bury her face in her hands with tears streaming down her face.

"When Yingying went to the village, I kept asking myself, if it wasn't for my thoughts, I always thought that the Zhao Guogong Mansion would think that my daughter would want to take the child because of her doubtful background, maybe you can grow up in the Zhao Guogong Mansion. If it weren't for the fact that I found out that you were getting sicker and weaker as you read and read, and you were angry and drove away Mr. Enlightenment, it wouldn't have been that the people from the Zhao Guogong Mansion wouldn't have come......"

"If it weren't for Yingying's first time seeing you, she noticed your goodness, and you have been growing up in the countryside, wouldn't you have been delayed by me in vain? But I was really afraid, so I desperately told the people in the village that if they found you going out, they would stop you and send you back. I'm afraid that my wife will desperately keep her most precious son, but she will lose her ...... right under my nose."

"Mother, don't say it again, the past is in the past."

Zhang Shou interrupted Wu's words in a deep voice, and then said word by word: "Kindness is naturally as heavy as a mountain, but kindness is also unforgettable. Mother, when the winter solstice arrives this year, I will go to worship my mother. Remember what I said when you worshipped your ancestors? I will try to live a wonderful life, live up to the flesh and blood and life she gave me, and live up to this life. ”

Wu looked at Zhang Shou in disbelief, seeing that he looked at himself with clear eyes, but his tone was firm and unquestionable, she was finally completely convinced that Zhang Shou had already known his life experience when he returned to the village from the capital last time, but at that time, he still treated her as before, and still kept recognizing her as his mother! She clenched Zhang Shou's hand tightly, lowered her head and wept silently.

Such a son, the lady is in the spirit of the sky, and she will definitely watch it all the time, and she will not let him be hurt in the slightest!