Chapter 9 Favoring one over the other

"They are still children, and being disgusted with literature and martial arts is nothing to our Zhang family, so don't be harsh on them."

Seeing that Gu's face was full of anger, and seeing that Zhang Chao and his brother couldn't escape the family law, the savior suddenly fell from the sky. Zhang Yue heard the prestige, but saw a middle-aged man in his forties raise the curtain and enter the door. The man was wearing a robe full of vermilion gold and jade patterns, and a pair of black silk shoes under his feet, looking extremely energetic. At first glance, he only felt that the other party's gaze swept sharply across his face, and then moved away to others.

At this moment, he heard his mother's low reminder in his ear: "That's your eldest uncle." ”

Great uncle? Is it his eldest uncle Zhang Xin, who is the right attendant of the Ministry of Works? When did he come back?

Zhang Yue was still shocked, but Zhang Xin stepped forward and bowed deeply to the mother in the middle, and said with a smile after getting up: "My son is worried about his mother, so he left a large team of people and horses to hurry, and happened to meet Brother Chao and Brother Qi who were hunting. Seeing that their bow and arrow accuracy are very good, and being able to have such attainments at a young age shows that the second brother and the second brother and sister have spent some thought. If the son brought them back, if the mother blamed them, wouldn't she become a son? ”

Gu's was a momentary anger, and her sons-in-law, who had not seen her for a long time, came forward to intercede, and her face softened greatly, and Zhang Chao opened up a few words before ordering the two of them to get up. She complained a few more words about Dongfang's family, and a big turmoil was revealed.

After gossiping between mother and son, Lingxi brought a few other girls to bring tea, but Zhang Xin stood up and gave a cup of tea to his mother, and then personally held the tea and gave it to Dongfang and Sun: "I have not been by my mother's side all these years, thanks to the two younger siblings who serve day and night, I thank you here." ”

Dongfang and Sun never expected that the uncle would personally serve tea, and they were all humble. At this time, Zhang Xin sat down on Gu's left hand side, and said with a smile: "Mother's sixtieth birthday this time, it just so happens that there are not many things in the court, so I asked the emperor for an order and rushed back early." Not only that, but the British prince also specially pleaded with the emperor for grace, and enshrined his mother as the second lady, expecting that before his birthday, the decree would be sealed. ”

As soon as these words came out, the room suddenly resounded with a burst of joyful exclamations. Dongfang was well-behaved, and hurriedly took his two sons to bow down and congratulate him. Sun was only half a beat slower this time, and while she stepped forward to bow down, Zhang Yue also knelt down with a smile, saying auspicious words such as Fushou Shuangquan. And Gu Shi almost smiled from ear to ear after the initial surprise, and even claimed to praise the Holy Grace, and did not forget to recite the British nephew who gave him a big favor.

Although there is only one grade difference between the second-grade lady and the third-grade lady, this level is not something that everyone can cross.

The room was filled with a joyful atmosphere, everyone was happy, and Zhang Yue was no exception. No matter how it was before, he is now the Zhang family, and the glory of the Zhang family is naturally his glory. However, when he inadvertently glanced at his mother, Sun, he found that there seemed to be some gloom under that beaming face.

At this time, he remembered that the Zhang family had received all the titles from the Gu family down, but his father still became a shadow prisoner because of his cousin and elder brother, and he did not officially become a priest, but he was slightly stronger than the commoners, and his mother naturally could not be rewarded. Thinking of this, he even understood why his father, Zhang Zhuo, had such strong expectations for him.

I thought that there were many benefits in the big family, but I didn't expect that this pressure was also heavy!

After bringing the first good news, as if he was not shocking, Zhang Xin said with a smile: "Mother's birthday, the British Duke can't leave Nanjing City due to official business, so the people who came to congratulate me are about my two cousins." In addition, King Han knew that my mother believed in Buddhism, so he specially asked me to bring a white jade Guanyin to wish my mother a long life than Nanshan. ”

How is it another prince? Wait, this King of Han doesn't seem to be the same thing as King Zhou......

Zhang Yue turned his brain vigorously, and it was easy to remember who this Han King was, and the joy just now suddenly turned into a cold sweat. He vaguely remembered that it was a guy who made great achievements on the battlefield of killing the enemy, but was defeated and lost on the battlefield, and then suddenly remembered the earth-shattering Nine Dragons in a popular historical novel - similar to this kind of heavenly affairs, standing on the wrong team is not a good end!

But when he thought about it, he felt that it was wrong. The reason why the British Dukezhang family can almost be called the first family of the Ming Dynasty is because the three generations of the family were all posthumously given as kings, and the subsequent dukedom was also hereditary. This Zhang Yu plus Zhang Fucai for two generations is enough to prove that the Zhang family should be prosperous for a long time after that, and it seems that there is no damage in the battle for the throne.

Although he breathed a sigh of relief, such a thing was like a fish bone in Zhang Yue's heart, which made him deeply vigilant. So, when the eldest uncle gave the meeting gifts one by one, he didn't even notice that he only got two books, and Zhang Chao and Zhang Qi brothers each had a short sword that was said to be from a famous craftsman, and the value of each other was tens of millions of miles.

On this day, when the moon was in the treetops, Zhang Zuo stepped into the west courtyard of his house. Knowing that the eldest brother Zhang Xin rushed back early, his face moved slightly, and he smiled bitterly at Sun: "I happened to be late to come back today, and the old lady is going to be left behind." Later, I will go with you to the main room, lest the old lady and the eldest brother think that I am disrespectful. ”

Sun sat there sullenly and did not answer. It wasn't until her husband came forward to sit down next to her, pulled her shoulders and asked the reason, that she told Zhang Xin about today's gift to the three children, and her tone was very resentful: "Brother Chao and Brother Qi'er's two short swords are inlaid with gold and jade, and what do you say about sharpening iron like clay, which is a good thing at first glance, but what did he give Yue'er?" A copy of "Annotations on the Analects" and a copy of "The Biography of the Spring and Autumn Zuo Family", how much is it worth together? This is also too eccentric! ”

Seeing his wife's blushing face, Zhang Zhuo had no choice but to grab her hand and comfort her in a low voice: "The biological mother of the second brother is the second room that the old lady brought in at the beginning, and she was very good at flattering the old lady when she was alive, and she was originally looked down upon. Therefore, the eldest brother and the second brother are closer to each other, and it is not surprising that he prefers the super brother to be the younger brother, wasn't it the same before? ”

"But now Yue'er is also ...... in front of the old lady"

"The old lady takes more care of Yue'er, which is more than a month old, how does the eldest brother know? Even if you know, the eldest brother's son, Brother Zhen'er, will come back in two days, not to mention Yue'er, I'm afraid that the old lady won't be able to take care of Brother Chao'er's brother at that time. Although he is the youngest, he is the eldest grandson of his relatives, and no one can compete with him. Don't look at me doing my best to prepare for the birthday gift, in fact, I just want to fight for a little face for the third room. As long as the old lady remembers Yue'er's grandson, I will be satisfied. ”

Next to the door curtain, Zhang Yue heard the sound inside gradually stop, so he tiptoed back a few steps, and was very moved by his father's hard work. However, as he stepped back, he only felt that he had hit something soft, and just as he was wondering, there was a low groaning sound behind him. Seeing that his parents were alarmed, he hurriedly turned around, and saw Qiu Zhen standing there with his legs covered with a strange face, he hurriedly glanced desperately a few times and climbed into bed, pulled up the quilt and covered his body.