Qu had a certain misunderstanding of people like the Duke and Earl before she was born, and for some reason she always thought that these powerful dignitaries should be majestic and gloomy, until now she still seems to have an inexplicable illusion because of this misunderstanding, knowing who is the Duke of Wei and who is Zhao Zhoucheng, but there will always be inertia to "transpose" the two. But if you think about it carefully, combined with Zheng Xiu's reputation for wind and reputation, this handsome man with graceful demeanor and sparse demeanor, most of the time even his words are quite frivolous, his eyebrows and eyes are often smiling, his jade face is drunk, and he is over forty years old, but it is still unbearable to blush and heartbeat, and he is really worthy of his reputation.

And Zhao Zhoucheng, in fact, his old-fashioned and pedantic temperament is also in line with one of the categories of children of the family, which must be completely different from Zhao Lanting.

I don't know if the chess game of Zheng Xiu's father and son is still the same game just now or has been re-arranged, but Zheng Xiu, who is dressed in bright red vermilion clothes, is still leaning on the table, playing with a black and shiny chess piece in his hand, he doesn't even pull his hair in a bun, his head is full of green silk and hanging, only the two strands of long hair on the sideburns are tied behind his head with Zhu Juan, bending one knee, Luo stepped on the green reed mat laid on the couch, he lowered his eyes, and didn't look at the eldest son who was meditating on the chess table, Zheng Shizi was not like his father at all, and his appearance completely followed his mother, although he did not arrive. He looks older than his father, but of course it's just a look, and he can't look at it closely.

In the cool autumn of September, ordinary hand talk, Zheng Shizi's forehead was forced to sweat, and it can be seen from this that his "old Shen" is also reflected in his appearance.

Zhao Zhoucheng had already come closer, but Zheng Xiu didn't get up to salute at all, but he saw that Zhao Zhoucheng was still respectfully bowing, and only then did he slightly raise the corners of his lips: "Huai'an is really so polite at all times, please sit down first, let the dog think about a cup of tea again, and when he falls, the outcome will always be decided." ”

The fingers resting on his knees, casually pointed to the other end, and rushed to a yellow pear comb-backed rose chair with a delicate maid standing next to him.

is so frivolous, Zhao Zhoucheng will definitely feel that he has been slowed down, but at this time, he is proud of Wei Guogong's friendship that does not treat him as an outsider, and he went to sit down, and the delicate maid seems to be a familiar face, and when he took the tea cup handed by the maidservant, his fingertips intentionally or unintentionally touched the skin of the woman's wrist, wiping a little.

Qu out rolled his eyes, this sanctimonious hungry ghost.

It was indeed the time of a cup of tea, and Bai Zi finally landed on the chessboard, and Zheng Shizi breathed a sigh of relief.

Zheng Xiu picked the corner of his lips again, and threw the sunspot in his hand into the porcelain jar: "One son will win or lose, and I can be considered convinced to lose this game." ”

Lazily tiptoed to another rose chair and sat down, glancing at Zhao Zhoucheng's tea with only half a cup left in his hand, Zheng Xiu's slender eyes smiled at the corners of his delicate arc lines: "This maid is becoming more and more intimate with Huai'an, why don't you lead her back to the Taishi Mansion, and let her serve a cup of tea and laugh a few words when you are free." ”

"How good is that?" Zhao Zhoucheng pretended to be polite at first glance: "The love of Grandpa Guo to give Meng Niang can't be repaid." ”

"There's nothing wrong with it, I can keep her people, and I can't keep her heart, it's Huai'an's elegant demeanor that can attract the favor of beauties."

"Grandpa Guo is so slanderous, doesn't he make him even more embarrassed?" Zhao Zhoucheng smiled, but did not insist on refusing.

"Then I'll test you again." Zheng Xiu said to the maidservant: "When you go to the Meidai Pavilion, you are only allowed to pick one wine, if it is in line with Zhao Gong's heart, how about I give you to Zhao Gong?" ”

The handmaid smiled and chanted.

Zheng Xiu saw that Zheng Shizi had already packed up the chess pieces, so he beckoned to his son: "You won."

In the last game, I still want to call you, come and pour tea and water, especially if you want to entertain you Uncle Zhao Shi, although you don't take the road of the imperial examination, but you can't know anything about the art of article making, if Huai'an is willing to point you out one or two, you will not be laughed at in the future. ”

Zheng Shizi came over to pour tea, so shocked that Zhao Zhoucheng hurriedly got up, too late to give in, Zheng Xiu's index finger pointed straight at the case, and said with a smile: "Huai'an can be used with peace of mind, he calls you Uncle Shi, you are your junior, and you don't need so much courtesy to drink a cup of tea from your junior." ”

It really took a lot of going through the motions to get to the point, and I yawned again and again.

"Last time, I was clumsy Jing and the Duchess of the country had fasting, and I took the liberty of mentioning the marriage of the little prince of the Guogong Mansion, saying that it seemed to anger the Duchess of the country, and when I came to the door today, I apologized to the Duchess of the country, I don't know if Jing was clumsy and reckless, and there was something offended."

Zheng Xiu raised his index finger and waved it, squinting at Zhao Zhoucheng and smiled slowly: "I won't go around with Huai'an, Ling Zheng said that day that he was entrusted by the female relatives of the Anluhou Mansion to mention the marriage of the Zheng and Jiang families. ”

"But why did Grandpa Guo refuse the Anlu Hou Mansion?" Zhao Zhoucheng personally determined that it was not Peng's expression that was wrong, and he no longer cared about hypocrisy and politeness, he really couldn't understand why Wei Guogong would reject his foreign family so much.

"Huai'an also asked me why I refused?" Zheng Xiu smiled very sweetly: "Uncle Ling, that is, An Luhou, and Concubine Hui in the palace, really directly wrote all the intentions into notices on their faces, and the government and the opposition knew about it, and even the emperor knew it, if my Zheng family married with it, wouldn't it be as if it was announced to the government and the opposition to stand in the camp of the ten princes?" It's not that I don't look down on the lintel of the Marquis of Anlu's mansion, but to be honest, the Jiang family and Concubine Hui are indeed overwhelmed. ”

Zhao Zhoucheng became more and more gray-faced, and no matter how much he admired Wei Guogong's demeanor, it was inevitable that Zheng Xiu would complain at this moment that Zheng Xiu underestimated Concubine Hui and the Jiang family.

"To be honest, most of them are not pleasant, but I have never treated Huai'an as an outsider, so I will not choke with you and hide and only entertain with the scene. The emperor has decided to punish Gao Qiong severely, but in order to eliminate the traitors around the grandson, in other words, the emperor still has no intention of abolishing the prince, even if he may be completely disappointed in the grandson in the future, but he will definitely not turn to the ten princes. ”

"This may not be, after all, Concubine Hui is now the most favored among the harem concubines." Zhao Zhoucheng objected.

"An Luhou thinks so, is it because after seeing Concubine Hui, the emperor has not elected the inner court?" Zheng Xiu laughed and shook her head again and again: "I'm afraid this is not An Luhou's opinion, it should be misled by Concubine Hui, right?" Women are often like this, obviously people's hearts are insufficient, but they always magnify a little pampering infinitely, and paste gold on their faces as if they are serious and decent.

Huai'an Mo is not convinced, I only want to ask you, if Concubine Hui is really favored, why is it difficult for An Luhou to be in business for many years and still difficult to get real permission, why are all neutral clans afraid of the Jiang family? If the emperor decides to abolish the prince, it must be because the grandson has lost his meritocracy, what meritocracy can the ten princes see now? The grandson is young, the disadvantages have already appeared, and the prince will definitely choose the adult prince, and the ten princes want to get the throne, so they can't rely on the emperor to make decisions. ”

But if you want to raise troops to seize the position, can the Jiang family have such courage and strength?

Obviously, in Zheng Xiu's view, Concubine Hui and the Jiang family's plot is tantamount to a fool's dream.

However, Zhao Zhoucheng obviously didn't listen to this analysis, but he didn't know how to persuade Wei Guogong to change his mind for a while, so he was a little anxious

The relationship with the world is not all maintained by in-laws, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than the word interest, the Zheng family is bound to maintain a neutral and non-party appearance, if it marries with the Marquis of Anlu, it will be useless for each other, not to mention anything else, just the age of the dog and Miss Jiang, there is too much difference, if it is married, who doesn't know the name here?

I want to be the in-law directly with Huai'an, after all, Xuan Zhutang and my Zhengmen, in the emperor's opinion, are loyal and not involved in party disputes, as for which prince Huai'an wants to assist in private, it is too early to succeed or fail in theory, and I am not afraid that there will be no time to discuss it again when the situation changes in the future. ”

Zhao Zhoucheng had to think about it again, and it was good that the Luhou Mansion could directly marry the Wei State Mansion, but Wei Guogong had such a stakes analysis, he couldn't force people to make it difficult, and took a step back to form an in-law with Zheng Gong, and there was still a chance to persuade Wei Guogong to help him in the future, Wei Guogong was nothing more than hesitant to show the signs of party strife prematurely, but when the grandson was abolished and the storage position was vacant, why should he care about neutrality or not? Even the emperor will consult the court to set up another meritocracy, since Wei Guogong attaches so much importance to Xuan Zhutang, as long as Zhao Men is determined to assist the ten princes, will Wei Guogong still think that His Royal Highness has no chance to turn around?

Then he said: "Being able to be favored by the grandfather of the country is really a blessing for the little girl, but it's just ...... Grandpa Guo also knew that his father had great hopes for Lan Ting, so he directly handed over the power of the head of the Xuan Zhutang family to Lan Ting, and just a few days earlier, Lan Ting also said that he intended to marry the Mei family of the Bachelor's Mansion...... Of course, I hope to marry Grandpa Guo, but this matter ......" Zhao Zhoucheng said hesitantly, all because he was not good at speaking outright, and asked Wei Guogong to come forward to persuade Lan Ting.

"Zhao Jibu is young, but his worries are more far-reaching than Huai'an." Zheng Xiu praised inexplicably, but didn't explain more, his arm was propped up on the armrest, and his finger palm was half grasped and gently supported one side of his sideburns, so his demeanor was completely coquettish and feminine, showing the grace of an unruly person: "If Huai'an can't convince him, then of course I can't force people to be difficult, in the final analysis, marriage is the best of the two surnames, and the calculated marriage is against the original intention." ”

didn't care much about this marriage, and changed his words: "Another in-law of the Taishi Mansion, the Wu family of Shangshu Mansion, has recently had a major incident, and Huai'an didn't mention it today, I'm afraid it's still in the dark, right?" ”

Zhao Zhoucheng was obviously stunned: "What happened to the Wu family?" ”

Qu Chu's heart was shocked, and his ears barely immediately straightened up the family affairs of Wu Shangshu's Mansion, and sure enough, the He family leaked it to Wei Guogong to know!

Zheng Xiu snapped his fingers, and Zheng Shizi, who was standing on the side, hurriedly said the privacy of Shangshu Mansion, and listened to Zhao Zhoucheng again and again: "The Wu family's Xiaolangjun is indeed still living in the Taishi Mansion, I didn't care about these little things, how do I know, there is such a reason behind it, but it can be said that this matter is just the Wu family's private ugliness, and it doesn't seem to have a stake." ”

It's not surprising that he was kept in the dark, Wei Guogong was so clear that he was paradoxical!

"I pay attention to this matter, because of this matter, it is faintly related to Mo Wendao, I am afraid that it is inseparable from Gu Niangzi of the Taishi Mansion, I heard Neizi say that Ling Zheng has a lot of complaints about Gu Niangzi, and it seems that he has suffered a lot of hidden losses, originally I was surprised, and I said that Zhao Ji should not be clever, but he will not be distracted from the affairs of the inner house, is it possible that the orphan girl's own ability can be suppressed by her husband's family, and her aunt will not be able to resist? Now listening to Huai'an's words...... Zheng Xiu smiled and shook his head: "Mrs. Wu of the Taishi Mansion seems to have joined forces with Ling's nephew and daughter-in-law, and the two of you didn't even notice it at all, it seems that it is not unreasonable to lose the power to govern the family, and I am afraid that in the future, even the power to manage the family will be handed over." ”

Zhao Zhoucheng still couldn't sort out these various joints.