Chapter Eighty-Four: Black Belly

Seeing the two of them coming in, the little girl looked at the eldest brother with a little weakness, Queen Zhang looked at Zhu Houzhao with a kind face, Bai Yulian sat on Zhu Houzhao's side, Yu Guang glanced at him, and then turned her head with a little blush.

Zhu Houzhao's expression was very rich now, and he couldn't figure out why Bai Yulian appeared here. In the past, the three brothers and sisters of Zhu Houzhao had never told Empress Zhang that there was such a person as Bai Yulian. Zhu Houwei knew that it must have been the little girl who accidentally said that she had revealed her mouth. Seeing that the little girl is now a little evasive, she is even more certain.

Everyone didn't speak, Zhu Houzhao looked particularly embarrassed, and he said "Hehe, it's all there." Looking at his goofy expression and words, the others laughed. Zhu Houwei also shook his head with a smile, thinking in his heart, "It seems that Zhu Houzhao is deeply trapped, a man who becomes a fool for a woman is definitely in love." “

Empress Zhang said at this time, "Okay, don't stand stupidly, sit down, we will eat together, it's almost noon, aren't you hungry?" “

Zhu Houzhao replied with a smile, "Hungry, hungry." Bai Yulian looked at him with a smile, Zhu Houzhao was a little overwhelmed, and said slowly, "You can stay and eat some too." Zhu Houwei covered his face with one hand, and he really didn't know what to say to this junior brother. Bai Yulian must have wanted Empress Zhang to see her here, and the question just now also showed that Empress Zhang wanted Bai Yulian to stay and eat. What are you doing stupidly talking about this, you usually hang on to it, but at this time you are frustrated to death.

Speaking of which, it was the first time that Brother Zhu Houzhao had eaten with this senior sister, and it used to be due to frequent incidents or reasons for men and women.

After a while, all kinds of dishes were served on the round table, and these dishes did not have anything valuable, that is, some ordinary ingredients, and the meat was raised in the Zhuangzi. 5 people have a total of 6 dishes, because it is a round table, Queen Zhang is sitting facing the door, on the left hand side is Bai Yulian, and then on the left is the little girl, on the right hand side is Zhu Houzhao, and then on the right side is Zhu Houwei.

Today's Zhu Houzhao was very excited, and from time to time he stood up to pick up vegetables for Bai Yulian, which made Bai Yulian very embarrassed, looking at the hill piled up on the bowl, and didn't know what to do. Fortunately, Queen Zhang accosted Bai Yulian from time to time, which alleviated the embarrassment.

The Ming Dynasty also paid attention to food and did not say anything, but that was at home, and families who paid more attention to etiquette would not speak when their families were eating. However, when you have a banquet, you can't always eat with your head covered, so you will be chatting at this time.

When Zhu Houzhao just sat down with a steamed lion's head for Bai Yulian, he received a heavy fist on his stomach, Zhu Houzhao hurriedly came over and asked Zhu Houwei in a low voice, "What's wrong, suddenly hit me?" Zhu Houwei glared at him and whispered, "Behave well, don't die." Zhu Houzhao asked with some doubts, "Didn't I behave very well, look at how enthusiastic I am." Zhu Houwei had no choice but to say, "Are you going to forget your mother and son, didn't you see that you kept staring at you?" Zhu Houzhao also reacted at this time, turned his head to look, and just saw the little girl staring at him "viciously". Zhu Houzhao smiled at his sister awkwardly, and then hurriedly picked up vegetables for Queen Zhang and the little girl, and said flatteringly, "Mother, eat this, Er, eat that." Empress Zhang and Bai Yulian were talking just now, and they didn't see the whispers of the two brothers, but then they saw their son picking up vegetables for themselves, glanced at him, and continued to talk to Bai Yulian. What hobbies, what books do you like to read, what historical characters you like, what clothes have been popular in the capital recently, etc., etc., etc. In short, the conversation was very warm, although Bai Yulian basically never appeared in Li Zhen, she could answer a lot of things, and she also published some of her own profiles. In short, the two had a good conversation.

The little girl saw that the eldest brother gave her all the food she liked, so she had to snort, didn't look at him, and covered her head to eat vegetables. Zhu Houzhao acted as a waiter and did his best, while Zhu Houwei ate slowly by himself.

After eating a good meal, Bai Yulian got up to say goodbye after drinking a cup of tea, and Queen Zhang pulled out a hairpin from her head and gave it to Bai Yulian. Originally, Bai Yulian was still refusing, but Queen Zhang said, "The elder doesn't dare to resign, does Yulian think I'm not worthy of being an elder?" This sentence was heavy, and Bai Yulian had to take it, "The folk girl thanked Mrs. Zhu." ”

Empress Zhang paid a private visit to Weifu this time, and met Bai Yulian to make her known as Mrs. Zhu. Bai Yulian took the delicate and elegant hairpin and left, and the little girl went to see her off. At this time, only Empress Zhang and Zhu Houzhao brothers were in the hall, and the other palace maids and eunuchs who served were all standing outside the door.

After Bai Yulian and the little girl left, Queen Zhang's face was calm, without joy or sorrow, and she was like two people with a kind face just now. Now I'm half-squinting my eyes and drinking tea to refresh my mind. The lobby fell silent all of a sudden.

Zhu Houzhao sat there, uncomfortable, moving his hands for a while, twisting for a while, and his face was very tangled. Empress Zhang glanced at him and didn't speak.

Zhu Houwei is none of his business, drinking tea to nourish his mind and thinking about life. After a while, Zhu Houzhao really couldn't stand this quietness, so he had to ask a little cautiously, "Mother, what do you think?" ”

Empress Zhang continued to squint her eyes and said as if she didn't care, "What's the matter?" Zhu Houzhao had no choice but to whisper in embarrassment, intermittently: "That's it, what does my mother think of Yulian?" ”

Empress Zhang opened her eyes and asked with a somewhat unfathomable smile, "What do you say?" Zhu Houzhao was stunned for a moment, so he had to turn around and whisper to Zhu Houwei, "Mother, what does this mean?" Zhu Houwei replied very seriously: "Guess? ”

Zhu Houzhao's heart was like a tsunami, and it was a mess, "I" At this time, Empress Zhang stood up and said, "I'll go back to the carriage first, and when my son comes back, I will go back to the palace directly." He walked out the door. Zhu Houwei immediately followed, quickly turned into a little eunuch, and respectfully helped Lafayette out of the door. Zhu Houwei thought very darkly in his heart, "You must serve Lafayette well, in case I come to such a show, it will be really good." ”

Only Zhu Houzhao was left in the lobby, messy in the wind. Zhu Houwei glanced back at him and showed a gloating smile. I only heard Queen Zhang smile and whispered, "Hmph, let your kid forget his mother when he sees his daughter-in-law, I have to treat you well." Hou Wei, you can't learn from your eldest brother in the future. ”

Zhu Houwei broke out in a cold sweat, it turned out that the kind mother can sometimes be very dark-bellied, and immediately whispered his loyalty, "The child must not forget his mother's teachings, and always keep his mother in mind. Empress Zhang glanced at him angrily, and tapped his forehead with her other hand, "You." ”

Zhu Houwei continued to wait and said cheekily, "Children are all from the bottom of their hearts, my mother knows the child, my rectum, whatever I think in my heart, I will say it in my mouth, and never tell lies." The more she talked, the more she lost her score, Queen Zhang shook her head, and Zhu Houwei helped her into the carriage.

Zhu Houzhao also came out with him and got into the carriage behind Zhu Houwei. The Bai family is not far from the Zhuang Mansion, and after a while, the little girl who gave it off was surrounded by the guards and palace maids and got into the carriage. Now there are a lot of people coming and going in Li Town, so the three brothers and sisters must also be protected by guards when they travel.

The carriage starts and heads back to the palace. Along the way, Zhu Houwei and the little girl talked in a whisper. Zhu Houzhao and Empress Zhang had a tangled face, a calm face, and both of them were silent.

At dinner in the evening, as usual, no one mentioned the matter of banqueting Bai Yulian. It's just that Zhu Houzhao seems a little absent-minded, always distracted, and doesn't eat much. Hongji frowned when he looked at it, but didn't ask. After eating, Hongzhi and Empress Zhang went to the wing room and muttered for a while.

After coming out, Zhu Hou took a look, and it was terrible, his parents were calm, and there was no joy at all. Zhu Houzhao thought for a while, "It's bad, it seems that I don't like Bai Yulian, what can I do" There was no father-son chatting today, and it didn't take long for Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Houwei to be "kicked out" of Kunning Palace by Hongzhi.

As soon as he got out of the palace gate, Zhu Houzhao immediately grabbed Zhu Houwei and asked very anxiously, "What should I do, my father and mother don't seem to like Yulian, what should I do!" ”

Zhu Houwei had no choice but to say, "Think about it yourself, do you not like Bai Yulian or don't like you?" ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little surprised, "I, why is it?" Zhu Houwei said angrily, "You are too enthusiastic when you eat, of course, there is nothing wrong with being enthusiastic, but the fault is that you ignore the most important person." ”

Zhu Hou came over in white, "Mother? Zhu Houwei breathed a sigh of relief, "I finally understood, my mother finally pulled you up, you did it too much?" Zhu Houzhao said: "Didn't I remedy it? ”

Zhu Houwei was a little impatient, "Can it be remedied so easily?" Don't you want to take care of you when you don't see your children? In the past few days, you have to coax your mother, and the most important thing is to make your mother happy. Only the mother who decides the crown princess is the mother. ”

Zhu Houzhao also patted his forehead in annoyance, and then said, "I understand, it's good that you're here." However, you're only 12 years old, how can you even understand this, it's too weird. ”

Zhu Houwei turned around, walked by himself, and said very forcefully, "The world is full of knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article, young man, study hard." ”

Zhu Houzhao was a little stunned, and kept repeating this sentence softly.