People who grew up in the countryside will inevitably be shocked by the prosperity and wealth of the big city for the first time. And even if a small citizen in a big city enters the official office of the Hou Mansion for the first time, he will inevitably tremble and shrink back. As for the leading figures of the Hou Mansion, when they enter the palace for the first time, their performance will not be much better than that of the countrymen who enter the city for the first time.

The Queen Mother just wanted to use such a very simple truth to test the quality of the Hong family. However, when she was thinking like this, she only heard Zhu Ying laugh: "Queen Mother, this method sounds very good, but in this world, there is a kind of person who is different." It sounds good and makes Taishan collapse in front of him and his face does not change, and if he says it badly, he doesn't care. ”

Zhu Ying glanced at Zhang Shou proudly as she spoke: "For example, my family Ah Shou, thinking that a great beauty like me fell from the sky, he was stunned to avoid me like a snake and scorpion, and he wanted to hide from me every day!" When he entered Beijing, he seemed to be more interested in the city gate than in my family's deep mansion compound, and later after he entered the palace, I thought he was quite calm! ”

Zhang Shou didn't expect Zhu Ying to take herself as an example, so he could only smile. He is not a real country boy Langjun, this year, he has almost seen it, many of the gardens of later generations may be renovated antique buildings, but the exquisiteness is definitely not lost to the design of the ancients, the ancient street and ancient town garden he is about to see aesthetic fatigue. Even the Imperial Palace has seen more than a dozen countries.

He who came out of the era of the information explosion may not be as wise as those old foxes in this year, but in terms of vision and insight, he threw out many streets of them. What is there to marvel at in mansions and palaces, the top natural wonders, the grandeur and smallness of the earth from space, that makes people excited?

And the Queen Mother didn't know what Zhang Shou was thinking, because of Zhu Ying's words, she looked at Zhang Shou again, and saw that this elegant and handsome young man was smiling a little self-deprecatingly, she couldn't help but move the Buddha beads in her hand, and then smiled.

"Yingying, I think you are going to praise your vision when you have the opportunity. How many people can be praised by Mrs. Ge in the world? That Hong is now just her father himself boasting, if she can really enter the palace but ignore the rich atmosphere, if there is no one around, then it means that her father recommended the right person. ”

Speaking of this, the Queen Mother said with a smile: "I went to greet her today, but Chu Kuan didn't take the initiative to ask for it." But I heard that all the heads of the ceremonial supervisors below him have been dispatched, and there are also two Shang Palaces and two Shang Yi. ”

Zhang Shou didn't know what to say. Even if he has experienced all kinds of strong onlookers in the past, but today's Hong family's onlookers are not lower than he was at the beginning. If a person is really just an ordinary girl, under so many sharp scrutiny, even small problems will be picked out for big problems, and even if there are no problems, small problems will be picked out! To be honest, it's a bit of a bully.

He couldn't help frowning, and this expression immediately fell into the eyes of the Queen Mother, who had been watching him carefully.

However, the Queen Mother didn't expect that it was Zhu Ying who was more direct than Zhang Shou's disgust.

"Although the old guy surnamed Hong is very annoying, but take his daughter around the palace first to see her reaction, a head of the celebrant is enough, why go like a swarm of bees?" Zhu Ying, who had just sat down, sneered, and simply stood up, "How many people in the palace used to be courteous in front of the eldest prince, why, but now they are starting to think about other things?" ”

Seeing Zhu Ying put down a sentence the next moment, I will take a look, and then went out without saying a word, Zhang Shou was about to be stopped, but looking at her hot appearance, he unconsciously dispelled this thought. When the curtain fell, and only the Queen Mother and himself were left in the room, as well as the female official Yuquan and a few palace people he had just met, he laughed.

"Just like Yingying said just now, when I first saw her, I just thought that this was an ordinary Houmen daughter, just too beautiful to say, of course how far away to hide. But after getting along for a long time, I saw that she had a frank personality, although she did her own thing, but she was above board, I gradually felt that this was really a very special and interesting girl. ”

"Thanks to the Queen Mother, the best grandmother, parents and brothers, she can grow up carefree with such a temperament."

The Queen Mother didn't expect Zhang Shou to comment on Zhu Ying like this in front of her. If Zhu Ying was replaced by someone else, she would definitely feel that Zhang Shou's praise was deliberately said to her, but because it was Zhu Ying, she only felt that it was the treasure she carefully cared for that met someone with a discerning eye, and her gaze at Zhang Shou softened unconsciously.

How many people only think that Zhu Ying is a straw bag with a vulgar appearance, how can they understand her?

She has always felt that Zhu Ying is special, from the first time she came to her, she reached out to hug the little pink dumpling, and then every time she entered the palace, she was like a cheerful little girl like a butterfly, every time she saw her, the girl seemed to be like a bright sunshine, illuminating this hazy palace, it was a kind of pampered in the palm of her hand, so there was no evil in her heart.

So compared to those princesses, she has always been more rare than those princesses.

If it weren't for the protection of these elders, that little brilliance might have been tarnished by the darkness of the world.

"Yingying is like this, while scolding and even hating a person, while seeing that person suffer undeserved grievances, she can't help but want to help." The Queen Mother smiled unconsciously, and even the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes stretched slightly, "This time, I'm very curious, will her sincerity feed the donkey's liver and lungs!" ”

Hearing the Queen Mother say this, Zhang Shou knew that the Queen Mother was still deeply wary of the Hong family. At that moment, he just smiled, although he was also a little curious about what the situation would be when Zhu Ying came back for a while, but he didn't speak.

He and the Queen Mother don't have much in common, and instead of reluctantly having a conversation that is uncomfortable with each other, it is better to remain silent and take a break. He had no interest in currying favor with the Queen Mother, let alone such a need.

Therefore, Zhang Shou, who can sit still the most, sits there calmly, wandering around the world and making his own student training plan in his heart - whether it is the first batch of students such as Zhang Chen and Lu Saburo, or the second grade of Jiuzhangtang, or these first grades now, he has a personal name in his mind, but he doesn't worry about passing the time at all.

And he was distracted in this dignified manner, and the Queen Mother saw it in her eyes, and gradually gave birth to a little appreciation. It's not that she's used to seeing courtiers trembling in front of her, but now that she sees a calm and calm one, she will appreciate the other party's style, but she has realized that Zhang Shou does not have the kind of ambition to drill into the camp and soar.

Because anyone who has this mind, even in the face of her, the queen mother who has handed over power, will try her best to show herself.

And Yuquan, the first female official of Qingning Palace, who began to serve the queen mother in the early years of Yongchen, and later presided over the Shanggong Bureau for a time, and handed over the power after the canonization of the queen, was truly shocked.

She knows very well the true attitude of the Queen Mother towards Zhang Shou, and Zhang Shou, a smart person, should also be able to perceive that now that Zhang Shou rarely comes to Qingning Palace, he dares to do his own thing in front of the Queen Mother? Could it be that I have been with Zhu Ying for too long and learned all the personality of the eldest lady who does her own thing?

Whether it's snubbing or not, it doesn't matter if you don't care, anyway, Zhang Shou didn't come back to his senses until the sound of Zhu Ying talking to someone came from outside. He was very familiar with Zhu Ying, and he could hear it at once, the eldest lady's voice was very cheerful, and it was obvious that she was in a good mood at this moment. Sure enough, when the curtain opened outside and Zhu Ying came in first, there was a smile on her face.

"Ah Shou, the Hong family lady is a very interesting person. I thought she was very old-fashioned, but I didn't expect her to have some very special skills, and some of the colors and silks that are popular in Beijing today are even from her design......"

Seeing Zhu Ying happily coming over, he walked around to his side while talking, and actually whispered close to his ear, Rao is Zhang Shou was used to seeing the eldest lady's consistent unscrupulous style, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned. But soon, he was attracted by Zhu Ying's low whisper.

"Ah Shou, this Hong does look very ordinary, but she is very good at matching clothes, and the whole person looks very energetic, which makes me feel very comfortable and attractive. And her voice is very soft, neither humble nor arrogant, but it is very reasonable, so that you are unconsciously willing to listen to her. Moreover, I bluntly asked her why she was willing to marry the eldest prince, and she said......"

Zhu Ying paused, and seemed to be a little hesitant about what to say, but when the woman she just met had already entered the main hall and appeared in front of her, she was shocked.

She said in a very low voice: "She said that marrying the eldest prince is not for her father, but for herself. She wanted to tell the eldest prince who had always been proud of his background, unlike him, what kind of career a woman with no appearance and family background could do. ”

Although Zhu Ying's voice had been deliberately suppressed to a very low level, Yuquan, whose ability to hear thousands of miles of ears was in no way inferior to Ah Liu's, could hear it clearly, and even repeated it word for word in the ears of the Queen Mother.

However, the Queen Mother didn't pay much attention to Yuquan's words, because as soon as the woman came in, she kept staring at people.

It was a plain face - ordinary features that would definitely be ignored in the crowd, a slightly high forehead, even coarse pores could be seen on the yellowed skin, if it weren't for the straight nose and rosy lips, and a fairly slender figure, that quite matching clothes, some people might believe her age of thirty.

However, the most attractive thing is the bright eyes. From those eyes, the Queen Mother, who has read countless people, seems to see those familiar figures who were once silent, but at the critical moment, they did everything to bloom with all the light and heat.

has her nephew, who was once just a low-level military attaché, but when her two younger brothers were timid, she resolutely took over the heavy responsibility, outnumbered the crowd, and finally made a great reputation Zhu Jing; There is also the first Qin Duke Zhang Yun, who was just depressed at first, but persuaded her husband Emperor Ruizong to attack at the critical moment of the imperial throne in the last years of Yingzong.

There are also many young people who stepped forward and held up the banner of her husband Emperor Ruizong in the bloody storm.

Although this was just an illusion for a moment, seeing that the Hong family was generous and curtsy, the Queen Mother's initial banter and carelessness were nowhere to be seen, and after Yuquan obeyed her instructions to be exempted, she asked with a smile: "You are the Hong family?" How old is this year? What books did you read as a child? ”

This is the opening remark often used by the Queen Mother to meet the wife of the official eunuch and the daughter in the past, but when asked at this time, Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou both noticed a little bit of the school in those words. And Zhang Shou grabbed Zhu Ying's hand without thinking about it, and when he saw Zhu Ying looking at him, he shook his head at her slightly.

This small action of the two of them seems to others to be just a small interaction between unmarried children. The Queen Mother didn't care, but the mediocre-looking Hong couldn't help but take a look, and then she showed a slight smile.

Immediately after, she said calmly: "Back to the Queen Mother, the courtiers are twenty-eight this year, because of their father's study of scriptures, she has read four books and five classics, historical records and Chinese books, hundreds of anthologies, laws and music, and also learned some miscellaneous subjects. ”

The Queen Mother couldn't help but be slightly stunned, and then smiled meaningfully: "I remember that the emperor told me that your father said that you can be familiar with all kinds of books on female virtues and the like, and you are proficient in needlework and female red, but he didn't say that you have read so many books. When Yingying came in just now, she only said that you were ingenious and had designed several unique Hangzhou silks. ”

"It's only been a short time since I met Miss Zhu just now, and it's too late to talk about anything else, and in front of the Queen Mother, the courtiers naturally don't dare to hide it. As for his father's statement that his courtiers had only read the books of female virtues, it was because his father only had his knowledge of etiquette and law in his eyes, and the students of the academy did not control the daughter of the courtiers very much, so he did not know the reading preferences of the courtiers. ”

Hong's so calmly picked out what he had learned, and the Queen Mother listened to it, and immediately asked with a smile: "Then do you think that if a girl only reads the books of female virtue since she was a child, it is far from enough?" ”

"It's not that it's not enough, it's that it's far from enough."

Hong smiled slightly, neither humble nor arrogant, and said, "At the beginning, the sisters of the Song family did not marry or marry, and their poems and books were passed down to the world, and they were called female bachelors in the palace and the teachers of concubines and princesses, but they passed on the female discourse to women in the world, and their words and deeds were inconsistent. If you want to pay attention to women's morality, they didn't marry after the deadline, which was originally against the decree of the court that men should marry women and women, so why should they write books and teach others? ”

Zhu Ying didn't expect that the Hong family would dare to speak to the Queen Mother in such a tone, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed for a while.

But Zhang Shou heard an obvious trace of words from Hong's words. Therefore, he still dragged Zhu Ying tightly, in case the eldest lady couldn't help but interject. The next moment, he only listened to Hong's calm and unhurried words: "The male protagonist is outside, the female protagonist is inside, diligent and thrifty, harmonious, governing the family, and gentle...... It's not that you shouldn't learn this, but it's not enough to learn these alone. ”

"The courtiers don't know why women like the Song sisters and Ban Zhao are not the most popular poems, but these articles, but after reading all the books in her father's study since she was a child, she couldn't help but find a lot of books to read, and later saw the tragic situation of countless lonely and weak women struggling to survive, so the courtiers vowed that as long as they have the ability, they must let the women be able to broaden their horizons."

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