It is rare for Song Mo to have this filial piety, Dou Shiying naturally will not embarrass Song Mo, and said: "I'll just go alone, you can rest at home." ”

He was afraid that Dou Shishu would misunderstand that it was Song Mo who instigated him to go to the Huaishu Hutong.

Song Mo saw that Dou Shiying was resolute and did not insist. But when Dou Shiying left Jing'an Temple Hutong with his front foot, he went to Yuqiao Hutong with his back foot.

Dou Qijun and his colleagues went out to socialize.

Song Mo found the restaurant where he drank all the way.

Dou Qijun's entourage found Dou Qijun, who was so drunk that his face was flushed.

Song Mo told him in the carriage that Dou Shishu recommended Dou Shiying to the emperor's eldest grandson.

Dou Qijun was so frightened that he woke up: "I'll go to find the fifth uncle early tomorrow morning." ”

He didn't expect that things would be so serious, and the Dou family might be classified as a princeling or a Liao Wang party at any time.

Song Mo nodded and said, "You go to the bar!" I'll go back first. ”

Where is Dou Qijun still in the mood to drink, let Song Mo send him back to Yuqiao Hutong.

In the car, he said worriedly: "If the fifth uncle asks, I will say that I have learned from observing politics in these days. I just don't know if the fifth uncle can listen to it? ”

"Whether you can listen to it or not, you have to talk to the fifth uncle." Song Mo told him, "Now is not the time to take a stand." ”

Dou Qijun bowed.

The two broke up at the mouth of Yuqiao Hutong.

Song Mo rushed back to the alley of Jing'an Temple.

Entering the inner room of the east wing, he saw Dou Zhao drinking a bowl of pigeon soup.

The tempting aroma caused Song Mo's stomach to growl.

He was shocked to realize that he hadn't eaten much all day.

Dou Zhao hurriedly instructed the kitchen to bring Song Mo a table of food to come in.

Song Mo was troublesome and said, "Just get a few pieces of dim sum and I'll fill my stomach." ”

"How can that work?" Dou Zhao stepped forward to help him take off his coat. called the little maid to fetch water and came in, "Look at you like this, most of the lunch will not be used." You can't always do it like this, it's been a long time. Be careful of damaging your body. ”

While speaking, the mother-in-law on the stove had already brought the kang table over.

A table full of dishes, fried soybeans with minced cabbage and minced meat, and roasted belly strips with garlic. Steamed tomato puree, oily sesame chicken...... It's all freshly made.

Song Mo was surprised.

Ganlu said with a smile: "The mother-in-law who delivered the food said that the master did not see the prince when he came back, and said that the prince must not eat well in the palace, so he instructed the mother-in-law on the stove not to put out the stove fire and be ready to serve the food at any time." ”

Song Mo was silent for a moment when he heard this, then raised his head and smiled at Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao's heart was so soft that he smiled and pushed Song Mo to sit down on the kang and gave him a cloth with his own hands.

Song Mo lowered his head. Eat in large gulps.

Dou Shiying is back.

Song Mo and Dou Zhao hurriedly got up.

"Sit down. Eat for the big. Dou Shiying saw that one of them was eating. One sat next to him doing needlework, stretched his neck and looked into the inner room, and said. "Where's Brother Yuan? Slept? ”

"Just went to sleep." Dou Zhao took the tea offered by the maid and put it in front of Dou Shiying.

"That's good." Dou Shiying's face was full of relief. "If a child can eat and sleep, he will be able to grow up." Then motioned for Song Mo to sit down, "You eat your food, leave me alone." ”

Song Mo looked at the sumptuous dishes, sat down with a smile, and ate generously.

Dou Shiying looked at it and smiled slightly, and when Song Mo finished eating, the two moved to the small study where Song Mo rested, and Dou Shiying told Song Mo about the passage of Huaishu Hutong: "...... I told the fifth brother straight to the point, although the fifth brother was a little displeased, but seeing that I was very persistent, he didn't say anything, just let me think about it carefully, so as not to regret it later. ”

Song Mo smiled and said, "Then father-in-law, will you regret it in the future?" ”

"It's going to be a little bit." Dou Shiying said with a smile, "However, I am more afraid of my own unease than regret." ”

This is also why Dou Shiying has not had anyone in the house for so many years, right?

Song Mo personally made tea for Dou Shiying, accompanied Dou Shiying to discuss the government and politics, and laughed about the anecdotes of the adults.

Dou Shiying felt that this night was very pleasant, and after seeing Brother Yuan, he told them to rest early, and left with a smile on his face.

After Song Mo and Dou Zhao washed up, they leaned on the big pillow near the window and talked.

"Why did you come back so late?"

"I came out of the palace and went to Lu Mansion." Song Mo told Dou Zhao about entrusting the eldest princess of Ningde to be a matchmaker for Jiang Yan.

Dou Zhao felt that although Jiang Yan had just encountered a big disaster, he didn't have to talk about marriage so early, but if he could meet a good person, it would be good to settle the marriage as soon as possible, and said with a smile: "When I go back, I will start preparing a dowry for Sister Yan." ”

As soon as she said this, she provoked Song Mo's heart again.

He said: "Tomorrow I will go to my father and ask Song Han to return his mother's dowry." ”

Dou Zhao said: "I'm afraid that it's not so easy to talk over there." ”

"It's not up to them." Song Mo said coldly, "It's okay to say that the palace doesn't know about this matter, but now that I know about it, even if I force Song Han to return my mother's dowry, the palace will only turn a blind eye." ”

That's right.

Dou Zhao bowed his head and said, "I'll go back to the house tomorrow - Brother Yuan'er's washing and full moon, the prince and the princess have rewards, and I should enter the palace to thank me when I leave the confinement." I didn't think that Brother Yuan had just been full moon, and his father sent someone to pick him up. Seeing that the Mid-Autumn Festival is about to pass, it would be too insincere to thank the princess when he met the princess during the Mid-Autumn Festival. ”

Song Mo thought of Dou Shiying's satisfied smile just now, and said with a smile: "What is the conflict between entering the palace to thank you and taking Brother Yuan back to his parents' house to recognize the door?" Let Ganlu and the others go back to the house and get your fateful clothes, and you can enter the palace directly from the Jing'an Temple Hutong. ”

Dou Zhao couldn't help laughing and said, "When people think about it, they become confused. Then I'll hand over the sign tomorrow, right? If you can see the Queen Mother, just thank the Queen Mother. Song Han's marriage is her old man's idea! ”

When these super-quality foreign women enter the palace, they will go to Cining Palace to greet the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother will see or not see it depending on the mood, and they don't see the Queen Mother every time.

Song Mo nodded.

The next day, Dou Zhao went to hand over the sign.

In the afternoon of the same day, a chamberlain came over and asked her to enter the palace early tomorrow morning.

Very fast.

Dou Shiying said with a smile: "It seems that the British Mansion really has face in front of the emperor. ”

Dou Zhao pursed his lips and smiled.

A steward from the British government came over to ask Song Mo and Dou Zhao to go back, saying that they would go to Miao's house in the next two days to make a decision.

As Song Han's brother and sister-in-law, they have to go back to help. Especially Dou Zhao, he wants to entertain the female relatives who come to the house to congratulate.

Dou Zhao promised to return home in three days.

After Song Mo came back, he sent someone to reply to the British government: "The child is still young, and the family is both silk and bamboo and a church, what should I do if I am scared of the child?" What's more, Madame will enter the palace early tomorrow morning. I'll just go back. ”

Song Yichun was so angry that the corners of his heart throbbed. To the messenger: "You go and tell the prince that he doesn't want to come back, and he can never come back." ”

How dare the messenger say this to Song Mo, and beg Huang Qing with a sad face.

Huang Qing was helpless. I had to bite the bullet and go to see Yan Chaoqing.

Yan Chaoqing smiled disappreciatively and said, "Then you go and tell Grandpa Guo, our prince won't come back that day." ”

The younger brother is engaged, but the elder brother who is the son of the world ignores it, what will the Miao family think?

Huang Qing smiled bitterly, and there was no other good way, so he had to put this matter on hold for the time being, and wait until Song Yichun asked about it.

And Dou Zhao entered the palace to thank him, but he was very warmly entertained by the crown princess. also let people hug the three emperors and grandsons to Dou Zhao. When the prince heard that she was coming. It also made people appreciate a few plates of dim sum. When she proposed to go and greet the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother. The crown princess accompanied her to Kunning Palace.

On the fourth day of the ninth month, the palace dependents and ministers should change into Luo clothes, before August 15. The newly made clothes had to be distributed, as well as the palace feasts of the Mid-Autumn Festival and the rewards of the provinces. The queen mother was so busy that only Dou Zhao drank a cup of tea. However, when the queen mother heard that Dou Zhao was coming, she immediately announced her audience.

Dou Zhao entered the side hall with his eyes and nose and heart.

Concubine Shi is also there, and she is playing leaf cards with the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother didn't wait for Dou Zhao to salute, so she asked her: "Do you know how to play the leaf card?" ”

Dou Zhao said humbly: "In the past, when I was at home, I also played with the elders in the family, but I was not very proficient in it, and I lost a lot. ”

Concubine Shi giggled when she heard this, and said, "You don't lose a point when you play cards, how can we think about it?" ”

Refers to her rich dowry, right?

Or because he didn't have a good impression of Changxinghou, Dou Zhao saw that Concubine Shi was still smiling like an eighteen-year-old girl, and he didn't have a good impression of her.

The crown princess didn't seem to like Concubine Shi very much, and said with a smile: "It can be seen that it's not good for this family to be rich, and it always serves as a target for people!" ”

Concubine Shi's expression stiffened slightly.

The Empress Dowager beckoned to Dou Zhao: "Just know how to fight." You replace Hye-young, her eyes are worse than mine. ”

While speaking, a woman who looked like a female official stood up with a smile and handed a handful of cards in her hand to Dou Zhao.

Dou Zhao is not, and it is not if he does not connect.

The crown princess gently pushed her and said, "The queen mother dislikes me for being clumsy, so you can play with the queen mother for a while!" ”

The matter has come to this point, and it seems a little childish to shirk it again.

Dou Zhao smiled and bowed to the female official, said "offended", took the card, and sat opposite the Queen Mother.

After a circle, she already had some bottom in her heart.

The Queen Mother takes playing cards as a pastime, doesn't use her brains too much, and thinks of where to play, and there is no rule.

Shi Taifei's card skills are very superb, coaxing the Queen Mother to play, and only one of the four cards wins.

Another card partner is Concubine De in the palace.

She is the emperor's beloved in the palace, and the emperor in the same year, has long been broken red and green, often called to Cining Palace to accompany the queen mother, the card is also very good, dare not sit in the ring with the queen mother sitting in her house, but she is not merciful to herself, the person who sits in her house.

Dou Zhao thought that it was not a problem to deal with these people.

She learned from Concubine Shi and only won one out of four cards.

In this way, the Queen Mother won the most. And because Dou Zhao and Shi Taifei also won two from time to time, they looked like they had wins and losses, and the cards were very beautiful.

The Queen Mother called Dou Zhao's cards well, and she was full of interest, until the waiter came to ask where the lunch was, and the game was temporarily rested.

Dou Zhao retired.

The Queen Mother left her for lunch and said, "Let's play again in the afternoon!" ”

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Have a great weekend everyone!

ps: This Friday to next Tuesday on a business trip, the number of manuscripts is not enough, this weekend can only be a single change, come back from a business trip and make up for it, inconvenience, please forgive me!

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