Chapter 350: More than just the vein, it's warmth

It wasn't until the sun set that Zhang Yue left the palace. Tian Wen and the four have already been returned to Zhu Zhanji, and Zhao Hu and the three have also been sent out, but at this time, only Hu Qi came back with him, and Lu Feng had already returned to Mafu Street on a mission. If it weren't for that unexpected news, he would only be grateful to the emperor for his compassion and allowing him to have a good family reunion, but at the moment, he felt full of irritability, and even if he was speeding all the way, it was difficult to dispel this emotion.

Nearly three years have passed, how could Zhu Di think of that sable fur coat?

Due to the late day, two lanterns have been hung in front of Zhang's house. He stopped in front of the door before jumping off the horse, and a middle-aged porter trotted forward, grabbed the reins and said with a smile: "The young master is finally back, the old lady has ordered people to ask several times, and everyone is waiting in the upper room at this time." ”

Although he had something in his heart, Zhang Yue didn't want to show it on his face at this moment, so he immediately asked Hu Qi to rest first, and then went straight inside. Entering the second gate from the Yongdao, a young daughter-in-law had already stepped forward, and he could faintly hear the sound of someone reporting inside, and for a while, he was physically and mentally exhausted, and he only felt that his steps were suddenly brisk. When he went down the steps to the eaves, he saw that the pearls outside the door had been raised high, and he hurriedly crossed the threshold.

The upper room is extremely bright, in addition to the lampstand on the high several, there is also a magnificent palace lamp with the style of carp jumping dragon gate hanging on the beam. Zhang Yue casually took off the gold makeup velvet coat, took off the leather hat and sable fur on his head to warm his ears, and handed it to the Lingxi next to him, and then stepped forward to meet his parents. After getting up, he stood next to Du Juan, and his right hand quietly stretched out to hold her left hand, not caring if anyone saw it.

"It's really hard for you to run around on such a cold day!"

Sun has always loved his son the most, looked Zhang Yue up and down for a while, saw that he had lost weight clearly, and couldn't help sighing, thinking that everyone was a dark arrow, and all the people who gave birth to his son were bright knives, and he was about to comfort him with two more words, when he saw the eyes of his husband on the side, he knew that he must be a loving mother and a more defeated child, so he had to change the words to another sentence.

"This gold makeup velvet seems to be new, was it given by someone else or are you afraid of cold care?"

Unexpectedly, his mother was so sharp-eyed, Zhang Yue smiled bitterly in his heart, but he still had a smile on his face: "When I entered the palace today to meet His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness saw that my Suhe Qingyun satin cloak was old, so he gave one." Not only me, but Gonggong Lu also got an identical one, and the four guards sent by His Royal Highness the Emperor Sun each got two silk and ten ingots. ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really benevolent."

Zhang Zhuo didn't pay attention to Sun's words, stared at the sable fur warm ears for a while, and he suddenly burst out with a sentence: "This woven gold makeup velvet is a reward from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, if I am not mistaken, this sable fur warm ears does not seem to be your own thing, but it is a reward from His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun?" ”

Seeing Zhang Yue nodding, he only felt that his brain was swollen, and he couldn't help but gently rub the thumb and index finger of his right hand on both temples, thinking that after the emperor's will, the two people in the East Palace actually behaved like this, did they know something, or did they want to express something?

Du Juan didn't expect Zhang Yue to suddenly grab his hand after standing over, and he wanted to break free, but at this moment he felt that Zhang Yue's hand was very cold, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled. After hearing that Zhang Yue had received such a benefit after entering the palace, seeing Zhang Zhuo's expression as if she was not happy but worried, she suddenly felt uneasy from the bottom of her heart.

The three people who had their own thoughts in their hearts did not reveal it in front of the Sun family, and the Sun family was a person who did not have an accident, so he ordered to take Da Yu and Nuan Er over and take a closer look, and then ordered Lingxi to take it down and put it away. After a while, Peony came in from outside, bent his knees and smiled: "The kitchen has all the meals, please show my wife, whether to set up tables and chairs in the back room to set up meals, or in this room?" ”

"You don't need a back room, it's just here. Go and bring up the big black wood kang table and eat it on the kang. A few of you set up a round table at the bottom, and everyone is also lively together! Wait for two days of Chinese New Year's Eve to do the same, now the family is already small, and the cold and lonely is even more unpresentable! ”

Because he didn't have so many eyes to stare at in Beijing, let alone worry about someone nagging, Sun didn't bother to care about the rules, so he simply gave orders. At the moment, everyone was naturally happy, Pearl Peony removed the small kang table, and moved the black wood big kang table with Lingxi Amber to the kang, and Qiu Zhen pulled Xiao Wuyi to move the round table over. After a while, the two young daughters-in-law carried food boxes into the door to set up dishes, and when they saw that there was a difference in this scene, they pursed their lips and smiled.

As the two daughters-in-law unveiled the food box layer by layer, all kinds of dishes gradually filled the table, crystal goose, fried gluten, stewed pigeon chicks, sour bamboo shoot soup, bacon, vinegared fish six hot dishes, crispy little horn and white sugar cake, steaming on the table. Several girls' dishes were also placed on the round table, and Pearl poured wine from one cup after another in a wine pot.

Seeing that the pearls were filled one by one and sat down at the table, Zhang Yue glanced at Du Juan, and held the wine glass with both hands with her: "Dad, mother, let me and Sister Juan pay tribute to you two elders with this first cup today." In the past few years, I have been busy outside, and I have never done much filial piety, so I made amends with this cup. ”

Seeing his son and daughter-in-law raise a toast, and then do it first, Sun only felt that it was worth worrying about for half his life, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little wet. After this stunned effort, she saw that Zhang Ju had already drunk it in one gulp, and couldn't help but glance at him angrily, then drank all the wine in the cup, and then stared at Zhang Yue and Du Juan again and again, and suddenly laughed.

"If you two really have filial piety, just work hard. Regardless of grandchildren, I just wait to hug it! ”

"Mother, don't worry, we will work hard."

Zhang Yue replied with a smile, and then felt a pain in his lower back. Knowing that Du Juan was angry with himself, he held a casual face, and immediately picked up the blue and white octagonal hot wine jug with the pattern of eight immortals crossing the sea, first filled it in Du Juan's cup, and then poured it for himself, and then put down the flask and picked up the cup with both hands.

"This second glass of wine is a good wife, I am not in these days, you have to serve your father and mother, but also take care of other things, hard work, thank you here."

Feeling that the foot under the kang table was gently kicked by someone, Du Juan didn't know that it was Zhang Yue who was doing the trick, and at this time, seeing that he drank dry without saying a word, he couldn't help but glared at him angrily, and then raised his neck to drink, and then lit up the bottom of the cup. Seeing Zhang Yue half-jokingly toasting Zhang Jing, who was full of curiosity, she couldn't help but laugh, and Zhang Zhuosun and the group of girls below also laughed. At this moment, she couldn't help but think of the Spring Festival she spent with Zhang Yue in Qingzhou. Isn't it more lively now than it was then?

With such respect, the two scalding wine pots saw the bottom in a short time, and although everyone was still in high spirits, they didn't dare to drink more. Because there were too many dishes on the black wood big kang table, Sun picked a plate of crystal duck, and allocated half of the crispy little horns and sugar cakes for a few girls to eat, and finally when they were full, they asked the daughter-in-law of the kitchen to disperse the food. After rinsing his mouth and serving tea, Sun was going to send Zhang Yue to rest early, but Zhang Zhuo suddenly spoke.

"Yue'er, you and I go to the study, I have something to say to you."

Sun naturally didn't know that this was an excuse, and when he saw Zhang Yue following Zhang Zhuo out of the door, he couldn't help but complain to Du Juan angrily: "If there is anything that can't wait to be said tomorrow, how old are the people, but they can't get rid of the problem of being anxious...... Wan'er, you can go back too, tidy up and wait a while, Yue'er should go back. After that, she instructed Pearl again, "Find out the two embroidery samples sent by the Duchess of Chengguo yesterday, and just draw them if you have nothing to do now, and see how long they can delay!" ”

Zhang Zhuo's study is not large, but there are neat stacks of books, desks and chairs on the bookshelves on the four walls. After entering the house, he put the lampstand on the side of the high table, he sat down behind the desk, heard Zhang Yue outside the door is telling Hu Qi to stay outside, he couldn't help but wait patiently, and when Zhang Yue came in and closed the door, he waved his hand and told him to sit down, first said that Fujian had sent sugar to him, he sent it to the Chengguo Mansion and so on, and then went straight to the point.

"You should have heard in the palace that the emperor wants you to wear a full suit when you return to Beijing. I know you won't accidentally break the Son of Heaven Sword, but that sable fur is a problem. It's been more than two years since this thing was given, and I don't know who is thinking about you and actually turned this thing up again. Who do you think will leak the news? ”

Zhang Yue didn't show it in front of his mother just now, and when he heard his father's words, he sighed: "The eldest aunt is meticulous, and she will definitely not be from the British government, and this matter will probably fall on the second cousin." Moreover, if it is held accountable for damaging the things given by the emperor, in the end, even if the second cousin is responsible, the eldest aunt will be implicated, and the person who provoked this matter is really hateful! There are rules for awarding rewards for such things, and even the best people can't borrow them to get by. First, it leaked the rumors, and secondly, it also affected others. ”

Seeing that his father Zhang Zhuo's brows were twisted into a knot, he felt that this sudden thing was more than a little tricky, and after a pause, he said: "When I was in Qingzhou last year, many leather merchants outside the customs sent leather goods to pay respect, and received a lot of fox skins, gray squirrel skins, and lynx skins. It's a pity that I heard that sable fur was a tribute ordered by the imperial court to pay tribute to the Jurchens, and I couldn't receive it at all. ”

Hearing that Zhang Yue had actually inquired about this matter, Zhang Zhuo couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Do you think I haven't thought of it?" Although Liaodong has never had a brocade guard, your Uncle Yuan has also managed to get people to go outside the gate to inquire before. These sable skins are all from the deep mountains and old forests of Baishan and Heishui outside the Guan, but the sable skins that the Jurchens pay tribute every year are difficult to scrape, and they will not be sold to those leather dealers casually. A mink skin is not a square foot, and at least 60 mink skins can be made into such a big ...... Alas, anyway, you should accompany your mother for the New Year, I want to find a way. ”