Although Ge Yong had agreed with the emperor to face the saint as soon as he returned to Beijing before he set off from Cangzhou, and he also brought his closed disciple Zhang Shou, others did not know. So, after the two teachers and students entered the city, they went straight to the palace, and took a Zhu Ying who was originally going to pick up people, but this time they didn't come out of the palace for a long time, which naturally attracted more awe-inspiring attention from all parties.

So, many people tried to find out the news, and soon asked an answer from the palace gate guards who did not block the news, which made their eyes fall - the emperor was actually summoned in Banzai Mountain!

Not to mention other people, even Zhu Jing, who instructed his wife Jiuniang to invite the Wu family to come over, so he specially instructed Zhu Ying to invite Ge Yong over when he picked him up, was also very surprised. At this moment, after learning that his mother was entertaining the Wu family in Qing'an Hall, Jiu Niang led the future in-law to his own courtyard to chat, and he hurried to Qing'an Hall when he was originally in the study outside the pretending to decorate his body.

Before he could speak, Mrs. Tai said unhurriedly as if she had an unknown prophet: "Yingying's future husband can face the saint in the Long Live Mountain, that is because he is smart and capable, what is there to make a fuss about?" As for the future horses and honor guests, they don't have this treatment, so it's even simpler, who made them Ah Shou's students, and their ability is not enough? ”

Zhu Jing's stomach was full of words, but he was choked back by Mrs. Tai's words, and he could only smile bitterly: "But this is really too ostentatious, and he is not Master Ge......"

"What's wrong with swagger? What day does Yingying not swagger? Ah Shou is the one who wants to marry Yingying, if he is so low-key that he doesn't seem to exist, then it is a strange thing! As for your worries that Old Man Jiang will step down, those guys who originally attacked Old Man Jiang with you will turn their faces and deny people next, and they will have trouble with our Zhu family like Old Man Jiang...... It's useless to worry about this kind of thing. ”

Mrs. Tai smiled and peeled a grape carelessly, and then said lightly: "Whether the peeled grapes are sweet or bitter, you will only know when you taste them." Before you and Da Lang set out on the expedition, everyone was afraid of the Zhu family, who was one with the emperor, and felt that the Zhu family was a ripe grape that could be eaten casually, but after the skin was peeled, Old Man Jiang was the first to taste the bitterness. ”

"Do you think that other people have nothing to do when they are full, so they have to come to provoke our Zhu family?"

Regarding his mother's judgment, Zhu Jing naturally believes that in fact, when the Queen Mother was in power in the past, Mrs. Tai, who was her sister, had always been the Queen Mother's brains. However, what he was worried about at this time was not exactly the same thing as what Mrs. Tai said.

Therefore, he made a gesture and retreated, and seeing that a henchman like Mother Li also quietly retreated to guard the door, he stepped forward and sat down next to Mrs. Tai on the soft couch, and then whispered: "Mother, I'm not worried that those guys who overthrew Jiang Ge Lao are targeting me, I'm worried that the emperor is not satisfied with taking away a first assistant, and plans to do it elsewhere." The emperor's temperament, you should know ......"

As if he didn't know what adjectives to use, he pondered for a while, and then sighed: "The emperor has been going with the tide since the year when he was in power, and he seems to have gone with the flow over the years. ”

Zhu Jing specially mentioned these three, of course Mrs. Tai knew what he meant. Realizing that her son's concern was that the emperor was going to push something like Emperor Taizu after bringing down a mountain, she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"Zhang Shou is young, when he encounters such a maverick as the emperor, the more he surpasses his son of heaven, he will naturally feel that the wind and clouds will meet, no, it should be said that it is the wind and the tiger and the dragon. However, if he rashly gets involved in the big change of the emperor's purge of the court, the result may not be good. Since he is more obsessed with arithmetic, it is best to devote himself to teaching in the Guozijian. ”

"I didn't know that you, who were so picky about Ah Shou before, still loved your future son-in-law so much, I wonder who thought he was not good enough, so he left him in the countryside and didn't ask too much?"

Mrs. Tai smiled, and seeing that Zhu Jing was suddenly a little embarrassed, she said solemnly: "Don't think that the Zhu family can already retire because you overcame all difficulties and won the battle last time, and Da Lang escaped death and made miraculous achievements." The Zhu family followed the first emperor Ruizong to lay down the country, but in other words, didn't the first emperor give the Zhu family this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to rise? ”

She paused and said lightly: "Didn't the emperor just be young and vigorous, he knew what to do. Even if he wanted Ah Shou to do something, he would definitely think about everything. And if Ah Shou really agreed, with my understanding of him, it must not be for the sake of soaring, but because of the grace of knowing the situation. ”

"If it's just for the sake of stability, he shrinks back in everything, ignoring the emperor's overtaking of him, is it a gentleman's behavior?"

Zhu Jing was wrapped in a gun and clamped with a stick by Mrs. Tai, and he could only bow his head. However, I was still a little unconvinced in my heart. There are a few gentlemen in the officialdom, such as Wang Datou's strengths, and it is not that there are no small actions in secret, can they be said to be gentlemen?

Moreover, to be a pawn of the emperor, the risk is too great. He has done his best to repay the kindness of the former emperor Ruizong, and he has also done his best to protect the young emperor to grow up and spread out. But Zhang Shou is different, Zhang Shou is too young.

Moreover, Zhang Shouruo is the kind of person who is ambitious and actively camping, but he looks a little lazy, and his character of not liking to compete with others is not suitable for such troubled waters at all!

At this moment, Mother Li's voice suddenly came from outside: "Mrs. Tai, master, the eldest lady and Shou Gongzi are back together, the eldest lady is elated, and she also carries a picture of the emperor's reward." ”

Mrs. Tai suddenly smiled and said, "Go and tell Jiu Niang and Wu Niangzi about them, and ask them all to come over!" Looking forward to the stars and the moon, the people have finally returned, and they have probably waited until they are almost impatient. ”

Hearing that his daughter and future son-in-law came back happily, and the emperor gave him words, Zhu Jing couldn't help but chuckle in his heart. didn't wait for a while, he heard Zhu Ying's crisp and pleasant voice from outside: "Yes, the emperor just left us to eat on Wansui Mountain before coming back, and then gave Ah Shou a painting...... Mother, you and Aunt Wu guess what is written on it? ”

While speaking, the door curtain was raised high, and Zhu Jing saw Zhu Ying walking in front of Jiuniang, Zhang Shou and Wu walking behind, the two pairs of people were talking and laughing, and the joy was overflowing.

And after Jiu Niang entered the door, she smiled and said: "I'm not an unpredictable prophet, how can I guess what it is?" Nine times out of ten, it is to praise Ah Shou, otherwise you will not be so happy! ”

"The words that the emperor rewarded Ah Shou read, 'Duanfang gentleman, virtuous and famous teacher'!"

Zhu Ying's eyebrows fluttered as she spoke, and after letting go of Jiu Niang's hand, she snatched the word from Ah Liu's hand who followed her into the house, and then unfolded it in front of her grandmother and parents as if showing off, Zhang Shou didn't have time to stop it at all.

For the word written by the emperor on a whim, it was also stamped with a portable seal - although it was not an official seal such as the emperor's treasures, but a small seal called the owner of Zhaoming Pavilion - Zhang Shou wanted to say that it was not touched at all, it was naturally impossible. But it is impossible to say that he is grateful, and he is not the kind of traditional scholar who is sincere to the king.

What's more, the emperor gave him this character, and he agreed with the last four words. After all, he is relatively satisfied with the teaching effect of Zhang Chen and others. But for the first four words that praise your character......

He was very grateful to the emperor for his approval, but he still felt that the four words of Duanfang gentleman did not match him at all. For he is neither a man of decency nor a gentleman!

But no matter what Zhang Shou thought, it did not prevent Zhu Ying's eyebrows from dancing there to publicize the emperor's summons, and publicize the emperor's and Ge Yong's high evaluation of Zhang Shou, of course, a small part of it was the result of her adding oil and vinegar, and she didn't see Zhu Jing's not very good-looking face at all.

Zhu Ying didn't see it, but Jiu Niang saw the expression on her husband's face. She walked around to Zhu Jing quietly, and asked in a cold voice: "Why, seeing that Ah Shou is now beautiful, you, who are about to become a father-in-law, are not happy?" ”

Zhu Jing came back to his senses with an excited spirit, and saw that his wife's eyes were cold, he thought of the days before when he locked Zhu Ying at home, and used the excuse that people were sick to join forces outside, and successfully pulled Jiang Ge Lao off the horse, but Jiu Niang used the excuse of doing a full set of plays, and together with Mrs. Tai, he sent him to live in the outer study, and once he personally sent him a big tonic soup with a sword, how dare he provoke his wife at this moment.

So, while Zhu Ying was beside him, there were a large number of servants surrounding him, flattering and flattering them, and he didn't have time to pay attention to them, he quickly pulled Jiuniang back a few steps, and then said in a low voice: "The emperor's eight words are indeed praise, but you haven't thought about it, is this also the biggest shackle for Zhang Shou?" Since he is a gentleman, how will he use certain means in the future, and ...... Not! ”

Feeling that his arm was twisted heavily, even the dignified Zhao Guogong almost screamed out when he was caught off guard. Fortunately, Zhu Jing reacted very quickly and quickly held back, so he didn't make a fool of himself in public.

"Why are you always good and don't want to be bad? You don't want to think about it, the emperor said that Ah Shou is a gentleman of Duanfang, that Chrysostom Yuyan, he is a gentleman of Duanfang, if someone attacks his character or acts in the future, it is that he thinks the emperor has lost his eyes! ”

Jiu Niang glanced at her husband angrily, and saw that Zhu Jing's face was still cloudy, so she said helplessly: "I know that the sons of heaven in all dynasties, when they want to reuse a person, they will naturally hold people to the clouds, and when they want to be embarrassed, they will also degrade people to the extreme, and then just say that they are negligent and blinded. If you're worried about that, then don't talk about it. ”

Seeing that his wife finally understood what he meant, Zhu Jing was about to speak, but was gagged by her last sentence.

He was suddenly very depressed, and he held back for a long time before he said stupidly: "But Yingying is going to marry him, how can I not worry?" ”

"Then if Ah Shou is really just a nerd who ignores things outside the window in the Guozi Prison, and only teaches sages and sages, and is so low-key that he has no sense of existence, you are really relieved? He is a closed disciple of Master Ge, he is good at arithmetic, and he has subdued so many people who are regarded as beasts of the flood, and he has done a few big things, do you still expect him to be so dull in the future? ”

"Believe it or not, if Ah Shou really has a plain temperament, Yingying won't like him! Do you really think that you want to find a son-in-law who complements Yingying, is as elegant as a bamboo gentleman in a painting, and doesn't know the secular firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea? ”

was hurt by Jiu Niang's words, Zhu Jing only felt that he should not communicate with his mother and wife about the future of his future son-in-law at all - I also know that they had already decided Zhu Ying's lifelong events before he came back, and seeing Zhang Shou was naturally 10,000 satisfied, I am afraid that people will say good about what they do.

Thinking that Nangong Yi came back from Cangzhou to report his affairs, because of the small disputes at home during this time, he had never mentioned it to his wife and mother, so he simply pulled Jiuniang and avoided it in the western room, and then repeated it to her as concisely as possible, and then said in a low voice: "So, since Zhang Shou understands agriculture in addition to arithmetic, why did he rashly get involved in political disputes?" ”

"Yingying's marriage is enough for them to eat for a lifetime, and I really regret agreeing to him to delay the marriage until the end of the year! If he really wants to have the financial resources to marry Yingying and be like now, I'd rather he be poorer! ”

Zhu Er had also written to the capital about Cangzhou before, Jiu Niang roughly knew that Zhang Shou seemed to know a lot in all aspects, but Zhu Er's own letters were written in a messy and incoherent manner, Zhu Ying came back early, and many things were not clear, and it was the first time she knew that Zhu Er, who stayed in Cangzhou, was about to take charge of such a big thing with the support of Zhang Shou.

Thinking of this, the corners of her mouth curled unconsciously, and then she looked at Zhu Jing calmly and said, "I think you thought of something wrong." Even if it is arithmetic and agriculture, it is not something that can be done well just by burying one's head, and what should be fought for must be fought for! If Ah Shou hadn't won the previous battles against those who slandered him, and he teamed up with Da Lang to do a good job in Cangzhou this time, how could anyone listen to him? ”

"And to win, one must have one's own team and one's own strength, and the other is to get the Sacred Heart, both of which are indispensable. If Ah Shou's team wants to stand out, of course it has to fight, and it has to show its edge, at this time, how can it be powerful if you don't defeat a few old stubborns? ”

"You weren't afraid when you were fighting, and you were afraid that Yingying and Ah Shou would charge into battle together in the future? When you asked Da Lang to risk nine deaths, why weren't you afraid? The son and daughter have a bowl of water, otherwise you will be unfair to Da Lang! ”

Zhu Jing wanted to say that even if his eldest son Zhu Tingfang was here, maybe he would be in the same mood as him, and he would never want Zhang Shoutai to be sharp and make enemies on all sides, however, in the face of his wife with willow eyebrows upside down, and then thinking about his elated daughter outside, he only felt that even if Zhu Tingfang was on his side, it was only three against two...... Maybe it's still four against two.

There is no doubt that his mother and second son must be on Zhang Shou's side. As a result, the head of the family, who suffered from gains and losses, could only choose to remain silent and golden, even if he still had some objections in his heart.

And Zhang Shou outside, until the dispute between Zhu Jing and Jiuniang in the inner room ended, he was slightly relieved. Naturally, he is not a good ear, the problem is that Ah Liu'er behind him is extremely powerful, and he quietly retold the dispute in it to him word by word.

He never thought that Zhu Jing, who did not hesitate to risk life and death to fight, hoped that his daughter and son-in-law would be calm and stable, or that peace was a blessing...... No matter how Zhu Jing used to be, this father really felt sorry for his daughter!