Seeing that only Zeng Rong accompanied the two palace maids, the three of them each carried a package in their hands, there was no eunuch who passed the decree, and none of the three of them looked like they had a holy decree in their hands, Mrs. Xu was a little blind.

Seeing this, Zeng Rong stepped forward and bowed first, explaining the reason, Mrs. Xu invited the two palace maids into the house, and on the other hand, she ordered someone to go to the front yard to greet a few sons to accompany the guests, and on the other hand, she ordered someone to go to the stove room to pass the meal, she guessed that Zeng Rong and the others must not have had breakfast when they left the palace so early.

Zeng Rong and the two palace maids both refused to pass the meal, the palace maids did not stay long, put down the things in their hands, conveyed the words that should be conveyed, and were about to leave, but Zeng Rong pulled the two of them and stayed to eat a bowl of chicken soup wontons to warm up before sending them away.

Returning to the upper room again, Zeng Rong kowtowed in front of Mrs. Xu, gave the old man a New Year's greeting in advance, and gave six Shu brocades that were more than old and rich and long-lasting, as well as a pair of wide-brimmed gold bracelets engraved with "wealth and longevity", which was a New Year's gift prepared for her by the emperor when he learned that she was going back to Xu's house.

Old Madam Xu personally stepped forward to help her up, "Child, this time is different from the past, you are also a person by the emperor's side now, don't kowtow to my wife at every turn." Come, I know that your time is precious, tell me, how are you in the palace these days? How long can you stay home this time, and who prepared these things for you? ”

Don't blame the old man for being puzzled, Zeng Rong is just a new little female official, and he sent two palace maids to accompany him when he left and right out of the palace, not to mention that he also assigned two guards to accompany him, which is comparable to some little masters.

Furthermore, Zeng Rong's own New Year's gift is not like what she can come up with, these clothes are tributes at a glance, they are things in the palace, but what Mrs. Xu doesn't know is who prepared these things for Zeng Rong, is it the second prince or the emperor?

Zeng Rong told the truth one by one, and even told the stampede on the eighth day of the first month and the follow-up, although she suffered a little loss on the surface, but solving the hidden danger of the gold foil line is also a matter of heart, the only regret is that Qin Chuxue and Liu Chunmiao were involved.

Mrs. Xu's focus was not on Qin Chuxue and Liu Chunmiao, when she learned that Zeng Rong was injured and trampled on, her first reaction was that this incident may not be an accident, maybe someone had calculated her.

There are a lot of soup kitchens inside and outside the capital every year, but there are very few accidents, and it cannot be said that there are absolutely none, but at least I haven't heard of them in the past three or five years.

And the queen Laba soup porridge is different from the official eunuch's house or the businessman's rich family to do good deeds, so the security measures are definitely the most comprehensive and meticulous, how can there be a stampede?

Therefore, Mrs. Xu concluded that Zeng Rong had either offended the queen or the imperial concubine, but it was not necessarily Zeng Rong who had done something wrong, perhaps he went to the second prince who Zeng Rong was backing on.

Of course, Zeng Rong still has the support of the Queen Mother and the Emperor behind him, but neither of them is as big as the hidden danger brought to them by Zhu Heng.

Originally, Old Madam Xu didn't approve of Zeng Rong approaching Zhu Heng, but now she was even more worried when she saw that the queen and the imperial concubine had joined forces to deal with Zeng Rong for the first time.

She has been managing the backyard for many years, and she knows that those two women are really ruthless, and Zeng Rong's life is absolutely worrying.

But now it seems that Zeng Rong not only got the approval of the Queen Mother, but also got the approval of the emperor, otherwise it would be impossible to send the palace maids and eunuchs to accompany her, and also prepare a New Year's gift for her in the name of Zeng Rong.

Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

"Child, for the sake of you who have always respected me and kissed me, I will treat you as if you are my granddaughter, there is a sentence I have always wanted to ask you, second prince, what do you think?" Old Madam Xu took Zeng Rong's hand and rubbed it, and asked.

"I..." Zeng Rong was asked and was embarrassed.

"I know that you have always been assertive, and you will be fourteen years old in the next year, not young, these things should be considered."

In fact, what Mrs. Xu wanted to ask more was whether Zhu Heng could be humane, which was related to Zeng Rong's happiness in the second half of his life, and also related to the safety of these two people.

As for Zeng Rong's previous words about waiting for five or six years to find a chance to leave the palace, Old Madam Xu didn't have any expectations.

A person who was recognized by the Queen Mother, the Emperor and Zhu Heng himself, Mrs. Xu didn't think that Zeng Rong had a second way to go.

The problem is that even if Zhu Heng is a disabled person, as long as he is the eldest son of the emperor, he will pose a threat to others, especially if he is humane and can have his own son, this threat is even greater, enough to make those ghosts behind him take action.

Of course, if he can't be humane and can't have his own children, he will naturally have no chance with that position at all, maybe those people will spare his life in front of the emperor, but this is not an ordinary difficult day for Zeng Rong, a woman.

Mrs. Xu weighed for a long time, and she didn't know which one was fortunate and which one was unlucky, depending on how Zeng Rong wanted to choose.

"Old lady Hui, it's not that Ah Rong refuses to say, it's really Ah Rong who is not sure, things have developed to this point, it is no longer Ah Rong who can control and choose, I can only be coerced forward, but there is one thing, no matter what the outcome is in the future, I will not regret it."

The road was chosen by himself, and he naturally took it upon himself to bear the result, which Zeng Rong had already figured out.

"Well, with your words, I am also relieved. I won't keep you for the New Year, you go and see your brother and sister-in-law, and that newborn little thing, you haven't seen it yet, right? Ah Hua likes something, that kid is also a kind-hearted person, you two sisters, you can be regarded as having survived. Old Madam Xu patted Zeng Rong's hand and said.

"Okay, thank you for your understanding, there is still something to trouble the old lady."

Zeng Rong didn't want the emperor to know that her brother had entered Beijing, so she wanted to ask the Xu family to send a carriage to send her into the palace in the afternoon, and in addition, she also wanted to ask the Xu family to help prepare a few special products, which she wanted to give to Zhu Heng and Chang Gonggong.

Old Madam Xu was full of promises for such trivial matters, but when Zeng Rong turned around, she suddenly grabbed her.

"Child, most of your brother's entry into Beijing can't be hidden, so it's better to take this opportunity to confess to the emperor that what you hear from your mouth is different from what you hear from other people's mouths, and the consequences are not the same."

Zeng Rong nodded, she was not afraid that the emperor would know that her brother had entered Beijing, but that the emperor would know that Zhu Heng personally sent someone to take them into Beijing.

Who knew that Mrs. Xu heard this, shook her head, and said: "It's not proper, the Queen Mother can know about this, but I'm afraid that the emperor will already know, why didn't I ask you, I guess I may be waiting for a result, to see if you really trust him, whether you are really honest." ”

Zeng Rong nodded again and said goodbye respectfully, but when she was walking towards the second gate, she suddenly ran into Xu Jing.