Chapter 270: Reminiscence
But Zeng Rong is obviously not in this situation.
A child from the countryside, who has never even been out of the town since he was a child, how high can his vision and experience be to calculate this?
He is an adult, and he has been camping in officialdom for decades, and he can't say that he can be so accurate.
But if it's just luck, then this luck is too against the sky, right?
It is said that the abnormality is a demon, could it be that this child is really a demon?
But Xu Fushan has been reading poetry and books for decades, and he will not easily believe in these strange forces, so he wants to deceive Zeng Rong.
Zeng Rong didn't expect Xu Fushan to suddenly make a difficulty, and after a short period of stunned, she calmly spoke, "Back to my lord, when I entered Beijing from the countryside, it was indeed Ah Rong who begged the old lady bitterly, and the reason for this is also clear to the old lady, and it is also Ah Rong's own wish to go out to work after entering Beijing, Ah Rong doesn't want to attach himself to the Xu family, and wants to support himself and his sister with his own ability, but then he entered the palace in Ah Rong's surprise, Ah Rong is no matter how scheming he is, he can't count the things in the palace, he can only say that the chance is coincidental, but it will offend the Wang family, so as not to cause trouble to you, I chose to enter the palace. After entering the palace, things were also out of Ah Rong's control, Ah Rong just wanted to get more wages at first, but he became famous and was coerced into the battle between the imperial concubine and the queen. ”
This experience was last time I visited the Lantern Festival, Zeng Rong once told the old lady, and the old lady also informed her husband, so Zeng Rong mentioned it, and Xu Fushan also recalled it.
"Did the emperor ask who you went to Beijing with?" Xu Fushan asked.
Zeng Rong nodded, "Back to my lord, Ah Rong was agreed with the old lady last time, and my deceased biological mother was a distant cousin of the old lady. ”
"Confused, can this kind of thing be hidden?" Xu Fushan glared at his wife.
If Zeng Rong was just a little palace maid, the emperor would never send someone to check her origin, but if the emperor had other arrangements, he would send someone back to Zeng Rong's hometown to check, and he would definitely find out.
It's easy to say when you gain power, after all, it's not a big matter of principle, but when you lose power, it's easy to be used by people with intentions, maybe it's not the turn of people with hearts, the emperor directly buttoned her a hat of bullying the king, I'm afraid that even the Xu family will have to be implicated.
"Dare to ask the boss, what kind of person is the emperor?" Zeng Rong was afraid that Mrs. Xu would be blamed, so he hurriedly diverted the conversation.
"The most taboo thing to be a courtier is to figure out the holy will, so what kind of person the emperor is is is not something you and I can guess, on an errand in the palace, the first thing is to guard your duty, remember to stand in line indiscriminately, the depth of the harem water is definitely not something you can control."
"Yes, Ah Rong remembers the teachings of the old man." Zeng Rong curtstoed and thanked him.
"Okay, if nothing else, let their sisters meet first, I'm afraid Ahua can't wait." Old Madam Xu had already heard the movement in the courtyard and said.
Xu Fushan saw that what should be asked was almost clear, and nodded, Zeng Rong didn't wait for the old lady to speak, turned around and walked out first, she also missed Zeng Hua very much.
Zeng Hua's thoughts were better than Zeng Rong's, and when he saw Zeng Rong, he didn't wait for this "sister" to shout, he pounced first and hugged Zeng Rong directly, and tears quickly soaked Zeng Rong's clothes.
Zeng Rong made her cry for a while, and when her mood stabilized a little, he patted her on the back, pushed her away, took out a silk handkerchief to wipe her tears for her, and pulled her into the house to ask Mrs. Xu for a leave, and the two sisters also had a lot of private things to say.
Knowing that Zeng Rong would stay at Xu's house for one night, Mrs. Xu sent a message, saying that Shen was setting up dinner in the evening, and before that, no one would disturb their sisters' reminiscences.
Zeng Rong followed Zeng Hua into the Dusk Cloud Pavilion, according to Ah Hua, all the configurations in the Dusk Cloud Pavilion were compared with the specifications of the Xu family's sister-in-law, even Ah Hua herself, the Xu family also equipped her with a maid, two rough mothers-in-law, and also received a copy of the Xu family's monthly case every month, Ah Hua repeatedly refused and still did not push it out.
"Do you like to stay in the Xu family?" Zeng Rong touched Ah Hua's head.
Xiao Nizi has a good complexion, red and white, although she just combs a simple corner, but she is wearing a good red silk summer dress, and a piece of fine mutton fat jade is pressed on the left hem, plus a purse left by Zeng Rong, she can't see the local flavor before, so Zeng Rong has this question.
"Like it or not." After Zeng Hua finished speaking, he looked at Zeng Rong, and saw that Zeng Rong was not angry, and said: "I like to stay in the Xu family to study, I like the old lady and Sister Xu Jing, but I like it again, this is also someone else's family, eldest sister, is it appropriate for us to bear such a great favor from others?" ”
Zeng Rong saw that she didn't mention Xu Jing, so he felt a little calmer, and said: "Yes, no matter how good someone else's family is, it's someone else's house, the eldest sister came out this time and brought some silver taels, plus what you have in your hand, it should be enough to buy a small yard." ”
After speaking, Zeng Rong opened the burden he brought, in addition to a set of clothes and a wooden box, the wooden box contained the wages she had accumulated over the years, rows of neat silver ingots, and the remuneration for painting patterns for the Splendid Workshop, which was a silver ticket, with two pairs of gold bracelets, which were given by the queen and the imperial concubine.
"Where did you get all this?" Zeng Hua was taken aback,
Zeng Rong explained the source, and said: "These plus a piece of it is estimated to be worth more than four hundred taels, you still have more than a hundred in your hand, it should be almost the same to buy a small house, but there is a little, I just want to bring the eldest brother and second brother here, I don't care about others, and then there is, after arriving in the capital, let them find an errand by themselves, I can't support them in vain." ”
Zeng Hua nodded busily when he heard that he could bring his family over, "Eldest sister, don't worry, I can also help embroider something to earn money to support the family, it's my father's mother, you really can... ”
"Ah Hua, don't forget, how they persecuted us in the first place." Zeng Rong interrupted Ah Hua.
Ah Hua saw that Zeng Rong was angry, so he lowered his head and stopped squeaking.
"Ah Hua, the eldest sister doesn't want you to carry these at a young age, in fact, according to the eldest sister's original intention, I hope you will stay in the Xu family for another two years, and study with them to learn something, as for the favor owed to the Xu family, the eldest sister will pay it back." Zeng Rong explained with a headache.
Removing the blood, the predecessor of that body is still hers, she can't look at it, but she really doesn't like the other party's character.
"I know, eldest sister, eldest sister, don't be angry, I, I just thought that my father was pitiful enough, so I said more, I didn't mean to raise them." Zeng Hua said weakly.
"Okay, don't talk about them, come, tell me, what have you learned in the past few months, have you quarreled with others, have you been bullied by anyone?" Zeng Rong changed the subject.
She really doesn't have any feelings for those people in her hometown, it's better not to have such a father, and those two brothers, if it weren't for Zeng Hua's consideration, she wouldn't even want to care about them.
Zeng Hua saw Zeng Rong asking about her studies, her face suddenly became a little bright, her eyes brightened, and she chattered endlessly.