I have to say that Zeng Rong was right.

As a generation of emperors, Zhu Xu can't say that he is a good person, but he is by no means a faint monarch who does not distinguish between right and wrong and has no bottom line.

However, Zhu Xu's feelings for Zeng Rong are much more complicated, at first she was curious, a little girl from the countryside, who had just entered the palace for less than half a year, actually entered the eyes of the three most powerful women in the palace, but this little girl also offended these three people, rejecting the queen mother, the queen, and the imperial concubine.

It's kind of interesting.

It wasn't until later, Zeng Rong came to his side, and pulled out the fish bones for him for the first time, and he knew how bold this little girl was, relying on her eloquence and true skills, she wanted to clearly position herself as a passer-by in the harem, do her duty dutifully, and leave cleanly after a few years.

Is this okay?

This idea is also naïve.

So, in order to teach her a lesson, he not only did not reward her, but also punished her.

But with more contact, his perception of this little girl has changed, from the countryside, there is a bit of real talent, knowledge of the world and sophistication, transparent but also have their own perseverance, good to take care of a nosy matter, a lonely and brave head to ignore it, for this reason, a lot of offended people, provoked, even he, the emperor, dared to scare, but also helped him a few times.

Very contradictory one.

But it was precisely because of her transparency and perseverance that he saw her kindness and integrity in her bones.

From then on, he pitied her, cherished her, protected her, and spoiled her and teased her, and if he could, he would be willing to be her, willing to see the smiling faces of these two, and see the dazzling starlight in their eyes when they laughed.

Of course, what Zhu Xu thinks in his heart will not be easily seen by Zeng Rong. Therefore, when he heard Zeng Rong's words being exactly the same as what he was thinking in his heart, he glared at Zeng Rong, "Isn't this still nonsense?" I warn you, if you make that kid do something wrong, I won't spare you! ”

"Back to the emperor, you don't dare to borrow a few officials." Zeng Rong knew that this was the consequence, and said with a bitter face.

"You still have to borrow guts, I see that this harem belongs to you lawlessly, who dares to talk to me like this?" Zhu Xu blew and said.

Zeng Rong didn't dare to squeak, the death of the first queen was definitely the emperor's rebellion, and she shouldn't have brushed it off.

Zhu Xu saw her low eyebrows and lowered her eyes as if she was admitting her mistake, but he didn't discipline her again, waved his hand, and let her out.

Zeng Rong walked to the door, saw Chang Dezi bending down to wipe his sweat, and asked with concern: "Father-in-law Chang, is it so hot?" It just so happened that I came back from the Qian family today and brought some plums brought by Miss Qian from Jiangnan, the herbal tea brewed was sweet and sour, just to cool off, and I will send it to you when I go back. ”

"My little ancestor, you can stop it, our family is so cowardly, you can't help but be scared." Chang Dezi persuaded, the voice was not loud or small.

Zeng Rong realized that it was Fang Cai's own behavior that frightened the old man, and he hurriedly smiled: "Thank you father-in-law for reminding me." Father-in-law, don't worry, I don't dare next time, I just admitted my mistake to the emperor, in fact, I don't mean to be angry with the emperor, it's the emperor who always forces me, and I can't help but tell the truth. ”

"You, you, you will rely on the emperor to favor you." Chang Dezi gritted his teeth and pointed at Zeng Rong and shook his head.

Zeng Rong smiled, and was about to reply, when she saw a cold snort from behind her, she made a strange face, and changed her words in a low voice: "Don't say it, I'll send you plums when I go back." ”

"Farewell, girl, our family is old and doesn't like sourness. However, if the girl has the salted meat dumplings from last time, our family is happy to try a few more. Chang Dezi also lowered his voice a little, but it was enough to reach the emperor's ears.

"No problem, you wait." Zeng Rong nodded

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, Zeng Rong went to Xu's house again, took some ham dumplings from Xu's house, and sent two mentions to Chang Dezi.

It is said that she followed Zhu Heng out these days, and often brought some food from outside the palace back, sometimes from the Xu family, sometimes it was made by her sister-in-law, and occasionally she would buy some snacks outside or something, but there was one point, she would only send it to Chang Dezi after she had eaten everything by herself and confirmed it.

As for whether the emperor will follow and taste Zeng Rong, it is unknown, she didn't dare to give it to the emperor again, for fear that the queen would find fault.

Qian Yi took Qian Qian into the palace three days later, first met the emperor in Qianning Palace, and Zeng Rong happened to be on duty that day, but she and Li Ruolan were in the next room and did not show up.

It is said that the daughter of the family is like an aunt, Zeng Rong has never seen the first queen, Zhu Heng's memory of his mother is a little blurred, and he is deeply impressed by the mother who lingered on the sickbed, at that time the first queen was in her twenties, and she was also a little out of shape.

But Zhu Xu is different, Qian Min was one or two years older than Qian Qian when he married him, so when Qian Qian raised his head, Zhu Xu was really startled, his body tilted back, and he almost didn't sit still, and he suspected that the dead person was back again, especially when Qian Qian Yingying smiled, that eyebrows, that demeanor, and another Qian Min was alive.

Seriously, if it weren't for Qian Qian's invitation to Beijing at the invitation of the Queen Mother, Zhu Xu would have suspected Qian Yi's intentions, and deliberately found someone similar to Qian Min to scare him and cause him to feel guilty.

In the end, he was the emperor, after a short period of fright, Zhu Xu quickly packed up his mind and began to ask questions seriously, first asking her age, when she entered Beijing, what her preferences were, what she was busy with, etc.

Qian Qian replied in a regular manner, but she had a characteristic, she didn't seem to be very assertive, and she would turn her head to look at her father when she was a little confused.

Zhu Xu didn't get angry when he saw this, "It's okay, you can say whatever you think, speaking of which, I am not an outsider, I am your uncle." ”

But this "I", how dare Qian Qian really treat the other party as an uncle? Even her father had to kneel down tremblingly when he entered the door, knowing that her father was not an unknown person, but also a figure admired by many people.

Just about a cup of tea, Zhu Xu ordered the two palace maids to send Qian Qian to Cining Palace to see the Queen Mother, and left Qian Yi alone.

The conversation between the two was mainly aimed at the top ten families in Jiangnan, the last conversation had limited time, and some details about the heads of the top ten families and the main industries of each family had not been finalized.

In the end, Zhu Xu meant to let Qian Yi go back to Jiangnan as soon as possible, to meet the heads of the families, and ask them what they wanted by the way.

After all, in dealing with the demands of the imperial court, the interests of the Qian family are consistent with theirs.