Zhaohua's family affairs should be decided by her, the queen, to choose Chenglong's fast son-in-law, how can she allow others to get involved!

She opened her mouth, and as soon as she wanted to speak, the emperor slowly turned his head and glanced at her: "Zhaohua's family affairs will be handed over to the eldest princess to Zhang Luo, the queen, you are so busy, don't worry about this matter anymore, in the future, Zhaohua will live in Yongshou Palace and learn rules and etiquette from the eldest princess." ”

"Your Majesty! Wheel rules and etiquette, who in this palace can compare to the concubines? It's better to leave it to the concubine! The queen was anxious to explain.

The emperor waved his hand lightly, and said undoubtedly: "Loving mother is a lost daughter, you see what Zhaohua has been raised by you, if she is not willing to go to where the eldest princess is, then she will go to the courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing to think about it, when it will be changed, and when will it return to Beijing." ”

When the queen heard this, she immediately shut up.

If you go to Yongshou Palace, go to Yongshou Palace, she is still in the palace, if she goes to the suburbs of Beijing, then she is really beyond the reach of the whip, and she can no longer take care of her daughter.

If Zhaohua went to the eldest princess and was harshly reprimanded, she went to visit every day, and the eldest princess would not dare to go too far.

Unexpectedly, the next moment the emperor said: "During Zhaohua's stay in Yongshou Palace, you are not allowed to visit, let alone send someone to disturb you, otherwise once I know, I will immediately send someone to send Zhaohua out of the palace, and I will not come back in this life!" ”

This is blocking her path!

The queen's heart immediately sank.

Looking at the emperor's meaningful gaze, he felt a shock in his heart.

She connived at Zhaohua and helped her to do the things behind her back, the emperor Bacheng knew, the reason why he didn't say it was just to give her face, and this time Zhaohua's matter was a knock and a warning.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the concubine understands." The queen said abruptly.

"Brother Huang really understands the righteousness." The eldest princess of Zhaoyang looked at this scene, and showed an indifferent smile on her face: "The courtier sister will definitely live up to the trust and choose a satisfactory and best concubine for Zhaohua." ”

"Good! Good! The emperor nodded again and again, and said with a headache: "This matter will trouble you." ”

As he spoke, he looked back at Rong Chen: "Are you still satisfied with the result of my treatment?" ”

Long before entering the palace, Rong Chen knew very well in his heart that no matter what Zhaohua did excessively, as long as she did not touch the interests of the emperor, then the emperor would not be able to punish her easily.

Therefore, Rong Chen followed the emperor's words and said: "Everything depends on the father and the emperor, and the sons dare not be dissatisfied." ”

"Don't dare? It shows that you are still dissatisfied in your heart! The queen sneered on the side.

When Rong Chen heard this, he immediately raised his head and looked at the emperor and asked, "Father, what you just said about taking away the title of Zhaohua's sister princess, you have no jokes, you won't regret it, right?" ”

Originally, the emperor had to deal with this matter vaguely, and Rong Chen didn't plan to investigate it further, but the queen was in hot pursuit, so it was no wonder that he was in hot pursuit.

Sure enough, when the emperor heard this, his face froze, he turned his head and glared at the queen angrily, and snorted coldly: "Of course, you have no jokes!" Since I said that I would take away Zhaohua's title, it will naturally count. ”

"Your Majesty!" The queen was in a hurry.

The emperor waved his hand to stop her from continuing, looked at Rong Chen and said: "Miss Shen has suffered this time, besides, as a woman, regardless of the hardships and hardships, she personally went out of the city to find her brother, which can be described as a true person and courage, I canonized her as the county lord of Roujia and enjoyed all the royal courtesies, even in the future."

Zhaohua, when you see her, you have to be courteous for three points. ”

When Rong Chen heard this, he immediately knelt down: "Erchen will thank his father instead of Nianzhen." “

"Okay, you hurry up and comfort Miss Shen, the girls must have been frightened a lot when they encountered this kind of thing." The Emperor said with a smile.

"Thank you for your kindness." Li Jingting saluted again, then turned and retreated.

The queen glared at his back hatefully, almost crushing a mouthful of silver teeth.

……

The process of family consultation between the Shen family and the Earl of Yongchang was very smooth.

The Zhu family was full of praise for Shen Yunlan's desperate behavior of jumping off the cliff to save people that day, and they also admired him for holding an important position in the army at a young age, and his generous and generous character, the only concern was Princess Zhaohua, but the old lady Shen personally assured that their Shen family only recognized Zhu Xiuyan, a granddaughter-in-law, and as for other women, they would never be able to enter the gate of the Shen family.

And now, the emperor has punished the princess, and selected a colt for her as soon as possible, and when the princess is married, these past events will drift away like a passing cloud, and no one will mention it.

The two families exchanged more posts smoothly, agreed on the date of employment, and then chose the wedding date, and everything was prepared in an orderly manner.

Shen Nianzhen waited until the marriage was decided, went to a big stone in his heart, and then got up and obediently asked the old lady that she was going to visit Zhu Xiuyan in the inner house.

Where is there anything that Mrs. Zhu is not allowed? hurriedly instructed her personal maid Cuilian to lead Shen Nianzhen over, and said with a helpless look on her face: "When Xiuyan fell off the cliff, she suffered some injuries, and the doctor said that her leg may fall ill, which will affect her walking ...... in the future."

This is also the reason why Zhu Xiuyan did not show up on an occasion like today.

As she spoke, she quietly looked at Old Lady Shen's expression.

I was afraid that the old lady would get bored and decided to cancel the marriage.

However, Mrs. Shen only had a distressed look on her face, and said with a straight face: "The girl is injured, my wife knew about it before she came to the door, Yunlan said it when she came back, and our family unanimously decided that Xiuyan, the granddaughter-in-law, was going to be decided!" No matter whether her health is good or bad, we Yunlan will treat her sincerely, and she will not take a concubine within ten years of marriage! ”

Ten years without a concubine?

Looking at Beijing, whose children will have such conditions?

Mrs. Zhu's face suddenly showed ecstasy when she heard this, so that this marriage was still earned by their family!

With Zhu Xiuyan's current situation, re-selecting a husband, it is no longer possible to find a husband like Shen Yunlan who is of the highest quality in all aspects, and the Shen family is really very sincere.

"Good, good, good." Mrs. Zhu said three good words in a row, and she was a little excited and tearful, and quickly took out a handkerchief from her sleeve to wipe the corners of her eyes.

Over there, Mrs. Zhu had already smiled and took Shen Nianzhen's hand, and said affectionately: "Miss Shen, I'll take you to see Xiuyan." ”

Shen Nianzhen immediately stood up obediently, nodded at him, and then followed Mrs. Zhu away.

"Miss Shen, there have been some rumors that are unfavorable to you in Shangjing recently, and I don't know which black-hearted one is spreading it secretly, this kind of thing can't be explained clearly, so I can only wait quietly for it to slowly dissipate." Mrs. Zhu said very kindly: "During this time, you try not to go out, and I am also for your good." ”

"Thank you, ma'am."

Shen Nianzhen smiled slightly when he heard this, and accepted Mrs. Zhu's kindness.

If it weren't for today's eldest brother's marriage, she would never have gone out.

While talking, the two of them had already arrived at Zhu Xiuyan's courtyard, which was a mansion located in the west, small and exquisite, with many attics, and a large cluster of camellias blooming in front of the courtyard door was very gorgeous.

Seeing that Shen Nianzhen humbly accepted her suggestion, Mrs. Zhu smiled even more on her face, and led her to the courtyard.

When the maids in the courtyard saw two people coming in, they stepped forward to salute.

"Where's the eldest lady?" Mrs. Zhu asked.

"Back to Mrs., the eldest lady is in the house, and the second lady is also here and is talking with her."

"It just so happens that you young people get together more." Mrs. Zhu said with a smile.

She led Shen Nianzhen through the courtyard of the courtyard, and directly entered the two-story small attic and went up to the second floor.

When he was in the courtyard, Shen Nianzhen heard a mournful sound of the piano, and now that he came upstairs, he heard it more and more clearly, and the person who played the piano seemed to have endless troubles, so even the sound of the piano was contaminated with this sadness.

The cheerful smile on Mrs. Zhu's face slowly disappeared, she stood in front of the door and sighed softly, then reached out to push the door open, and said inward with a smile: "Xiuyan! Who has come to visit you? You can't think of it, right? It's Miss Shen! ”

The sound of the piano in the room stopped for a moment.

Soon after the screen, a figure came out, it was Zhu Wanyan, the second lady of the Zhu family, she was wearing a pale yellow placket embroidered with peony, and a hairpin made of gold made of butterflies on her sideburns swayed gently as she walked, which was very beautiful.

Zhu Wanyan's eyes looked at her mother's face, and then quickly fell on Shen Nianzhen's face, and she raised a smile and said, "Miss Shen, are you here?" Come on in. As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Zhu with some disgust: "Mother didn't say it earlier." ”

Actually, what is there to say? The Shen family came to propose marriage today, which one of the Zhu family does not know?

Zhu Wanyan accompanied her sister, and the two sisters didn't dare to go up to the flower hall, aren't they afraid that the marriage will not work?

Now I say this just to save face.

The bead curtain sounded inside, and Zhu Xiuyan, who was sitting in the chair, slowly turned around, and the moment she saw Shen Nianzhen, she suddenly couldn't help but hide her face and cry bitterly.

Shen Nianzhen hurriedly walked over to comfort her and said, "Sister Zhu! You don't have to be afraid! My eldest brother is a trustworthy person, your marriage with him has been decided, and it will never be changed, don't worry. As he spoke, he patted Zhu Xiuyan on the shoulder as if relieved.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiuyan cried even louder when she heard this.

Tears fell down one by one.

Shen Nianzhen had never experienced such a scene, and he was a little overwhelmed when he saw this.

Zhu Wanyan and Mrs. Zhu hurriedly stepped forward to hug Zhu Xiuyan and began to comfort: "What she said is true, the marriage has been decided, and you will be taken care of by Xiao Shen for the rest of your life, and you will not be alone......"

"Am I worried about this?" Zhu Xiuyan raised her head violently and said with tears in her eyes: "I, the way I look, didn't I drag him down?" Commander Xiao Shen has a great future......"

It turned out that she was crying because she felt that she had burdened Shen Yunlan.

When Shen Nianzhen heard this, he felt more and more that Zhu Xiuyan was empathetic, and immediately persuaded him bitterly: "Sister Zhu, have you ever thought that this may not be a burden?" My eldest brother is really glad to be able to take care of you for the rest of his life, and he doesn't think it's a drag, but happiness. ”

"Luck, happiness?" Zhu Xiuyan stopped crying, and repeated this sentence in a daze, her eyes confused.

"Yes, happiness." Shen Nianzhen said with certainty.

Thinking of the perfect marriage between Zhu Xiuyan and Shen Yunlan in the previous life, she is very confident that these two people can be happy.

Zhu Xiuyan couldn't believe it.

Shen Nianzhen struck while the iron was hot, reached out on her calf, touched the bone on her knee, and said, "In addition, Sister Zhu, your leg is not incurable, with my master Doctor Ge here, you will definitely return to normal." ”

"Really?" When Zhu Xiuyan heard this, a glimmer of hope rekindled on her face, but she was timid: "I invited a lot of doctors to come to see before, and there were even imperial doctors, and they all said that they couldn't cure ......."

"That's because you didn't invite my master!" Gu Panxi said with a smile: "My master, Doctor Ge, has cured Concubine Qi, who is known as terminally ill. Don't worry, tomorrow I will call him to your door to heal you. “

"Thank you so much!" Mrs. Zhu and Zhu Wanyan also cried with joy when they heard this.

Zhu Xiuyan herself also rekindled her hope, and it was her greatest wish to stand up again and not drag Shen Yunlan down.

Shen Nianzhen sat with her for a long time, and even had lunch at Zhu's house, until dusk, and then left with Mrs. Shen to go back to Shen's house.

The Zhu family is also relieved, at least Zhu Xiuyan's family affairs are settled, and they go to a heart.

When leaving, except for the old lady, the rest of the people rushed to see each other, even the old lady Liao was a little surprised, her family has a good relationship with Yongchang Bofu, and she has never been so warm to come to the door in the past!

"Old sister, don't worry about it, this family business can be done, you have made a lot of efforts!" In the carriage, Mrs. Shen said with a smile: "When you get married in the future, I will give you a generous thank you gift!" ”

"Did I say the matchmaker for thanking me?" Mrs. Liao pretended to be angry and said: "It's not that the two children have similar temperaments, and they are both excellent and top-notch, so they have a heart of cherishment, which helps to say that they are ......."

"Okay, you're right!" Old Lady Shen smiled.

"By the way, why don't you see your two girls today?" Mrs. Shen suddenly asked, In the past, when Mrs. Liao traveled, she liked to take Liao Kanglan and Liao Yulan with the two sisters, but this time I don't know how, but I didn't bring it.

"Oh, the two of them, they're starting to kiss too." Mrs. Liao said with a smile: "Recently, my eldest daughter-in-law forced the two of them to practice female celebrity at home and learn the rules!" In addition, today's marriage is more important, so I didn't call them here. “

"A few days later, I went to visit them." Shen Nianzhen answered: "I haven't seen my two sisters for a long time. ”

"That's right...... It's good, it's good. Old Mrs. Liao hesitated for a moment when she heard this, and said vaguely.

When Shen Nianzhen heard this, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

In the past, Mrs. Liao wished that the Liao sisters would be close to her, but now, for some reason, she first didn't let the sisters go out, and now she hesitated about her visit.

Why?

Shen Nianzhen thought about it for a while, and combined with what Mrs. Zhu said to her alone before, she understood.

It's all the rumors that are to blame.

These Shangjing families are well-educated and will not turn their faces with you openly, but in fact, they are secretly alienating you, just because your reputation is not good. If the girls in their family are close to you, they will be affected.

This is also human nature.

Shen Nian really thought of this, and he was really a little helpless. The person who spread the rumors behind him was really ruthless, and he fundamentally gave Shen Nianzhen a hard blow.

It also made her powerless to resist.

When the carriage passed in front of Liao's house, it stopped.

Mrs. Liao got out of the carriage and said goodbye to the ancestors and grandchildren of the Shen family, and said politely: "It's still early, why don't you go in and have a cup of tea?" ”

"No, no, no." Old Lady Shen waved her hand domineeringly and said with a smile: "What kind of thing is it to come to the door now?" Another day, choose a good day and an auspicious day to come to the door with gifts. ”

"Old sister, the two of us don't have to be so polite, right?" Old Mrs. Liao shook her head helplessly when she heard this.

Old Mrs. Shen smiled and said, "Of course I want to, this is a courtesy." ”

"Old sister, be careful when you go back." Mrs. Liao didn't insist any longer, and said goodbye with a smile.

"You can go in quickly, too." Old Lady Shen nodded at her, then lowered the curtain, and the carriage slowly started again, heading towards Shen's house.

In the carriage, Old Lady Shen's face sank suddenly, and it was extremely ugly.

Seeing this, Shen Nianzhen sighed slightly, and persuaded him: "Grandmother, forget it, people like to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, so it's no wonder they ......."

"Your father's marriage with the eldest girl of the Liao family is just around the corner, she dares to give you a look in front of me, and she will be able to pay it back in the future!" Old Lady Shen said angrily when she heard this: "This matter can't be left like this!" When you go to Liao's house to give gifts in the future, don't go, stay at home obediently, hmph, when we are rare like the two little girls in their family. ”

"Grandmother, you're talking angrily again."

Shen Nianzhen said helplessly when he heard this: "You can't protect your calves like this anymore, other people's families are also grandmothers?" Think about it, if I were to befriend a girl with a bad reputation now, would you agree? ”

Of course not!

When Mrs. Shen heard this, she immediately fell silent.

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Shen Nianzhen sighed lightly and said, "After this period of time, everything will be fine." ”

The gossip is quelled by time.

Old Lady Shen raised her eyes to look at her, and said distressedly: "Nianzhen, don't you feel wronged?" ”

"I'm not wronged." Shen Nianzhen replied solemnly: "Because I know that those are just rumors, I am clear, and there is nothing to be afraid of." ”

Old Lady Shen looked at her and couldn't help laughing.

"You, this tenacity of heart, is really like your mother." She sighed: "If your mother hadn't been tough enough, it would have been impossible to give birth to you before she died, she really gave birth to a good girl!" ”

The old lady's expression fell into the memories of the past, with a trace of sadness on her face: "I still remember that in the past, your mother liked to eat Gui Fangzhai's Poria cake the most......"

Poria cake?

When Shen Nianzhen heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something, he stretched out his hand and lifted the curtain, and sure enough, not far from the street was a century-old pastry in Shangjing: Gui Fangzhai.

She immediately shouted, "Stop!" ”