The room where they live has no hot kang, just a bamboo bed. The two of them were a little crowded on the bamboo bed side by side, but because of the cold weather, it was quite warm to sleep together. The palm beads are pulled up to the chin and covered. Bao Yan had blown out the oil lamp.

Bao Yan lay down in a quilt next to the palm beads. Zhangzhu then asked her: "Which family is the princess you are talking about?" ”

Bao Yan was puzzled: "Girl, don't you know, the princess and the eldest grandmother of the Du family in the Ten Princes' Mansion are cousins?" She wondered, and then explained to herself: "By the way, the girl doesn't know, and she should be." After all, you haven't been back to Shoufeng for years. ”

"Is that lame young man the concubine of the Ten Kings?"

When Bao Yan heard this, she smiled again: "The girl doesn't know the princess, but she knows the second master over there in the palace." You're right, it's the concubine of the Ten Kings. ”

How did Zhangzhu not know this person, Bao Yan continued to chatter and Zhangzhu said: "But this second master has bad legs and feet, and I heard that he is not very popular with the ten kings." Now it's seventeen or eighteen, and I don't know if I'm married. Just now I had a face-to-face with a little maid in the palace, and I heard that a brother of the princess's mother's family had died, so I rushed to mourn. The second master went as an escort. ”

The ten kings were the ten sons of Emperor Dezong and the youngest son of Empress Xiaoling. The Ten Kings are the emperor's uncles of the current emperor, and they are honored with titles. After King Rong got married at the age of eighteen, he went to the fiefdom, and as a vassal king, he was not allowed to enter Beijing without an edict. The vassal king would choose a son from among his sons to send him to the capital to study in the palace, saying that it was a grace, but in fact he was just a proton. And this concubine of the Ten Princes has been in Beijing for several years as a proton. This chance meeting with that son, but it was not the first time Zhangzhu had met this person.

When my grandmother celebrated her 60th birthday, my uncle made a triumphant victory, and my grandmother's birthday that year was also extraordinarily lively. The emperor gave his grandmother the title of Mrs. Yishou and gave him a banquet. At that time, Ning Kang's horse and the Xie family were diligent. On the same day, Ning Kang's family brought the son of the ten kings to the house as a guest. After the birthday banquet that day, she and a group of aristocratic women in Beijing tried to throw pots in the garden, and she won the first place.

When the seventh brother congratulated her, she vaguely remembered that there was a young man on crutches among the group of young talents who came over, but this young man did not leave any impression on her at that time, and now she thinks that it is him.

Because Grandma Meng's relationship with the Ten Princes Mansion is quite close, Bao Yan knows many things about the palace. After all, she stayed in the Du family for two years before she came to Yangyang County to take care of Zhangzhu, and the old lady also chose her granddaughter because of her diligence and loyalty.

The treasure goose said: "The tenth princess is a person who is not easy to get along with. ”

"How so?"

"The old lady doesn't like her very much, and I can't answer the specifics."

Zhangzhu said in his heart, as a princess of the domain, she is naturally high, and she will not be so easy-going.

She didn't continue to inquire about the Ten Princes' Mansion, Bao Yan was also sleepy as she spoke, and after a while, the sound of heavy breathing came. The palm bead turned over. The sound of raindrops hitting the tiles and ticking is a little more lonely and bleak in the early spring night.

That night, Zhangzhu dreamed about the things in Xie Fuli again, and dreamed of his former family. She also dreamed of the hateful Xun Shao who gritted her teeth.

When she woke up the next day, her eyes were wet, and she didn't understand why she was crying in her dreams.

"Girl, it's not good, the rain hasn't stopped." Bao Yan walked in with a sad face and reported to Zhangzhu.

Zhangzhu walked out of the door and took a look, and sure enough, it was still raining lightly. It seems that there will be absolutely no time to reach Shoufeng today, I just hope that the rain in front of me can stop quickly.

She watched the rain in the cloister when the door of a room opposite opened, and out of it came a man dressed in a bamboo-blue shirt. The man put his hands on his crutches and looked at the rain curtain in front of him, and there were a few coughs from time to time.

Later, a small servant ran to the man's side and reported to him: "Second master, the princess said to continue on the road." ”

The man frowned and asked, "Don't you wait for the rain to stop?" ”

"The princess is in a hurry to leave, and the slaves and maids can't persuade her."

The man nodded and said, "Then keep walking, and tell people to be careful when driving, and not to be greedy." ”

His voice is very clear, and it sounds a little beautiful. Soon the man had already entered the house.

Bao Yan whispered in Zhangzhu's ear; "Does the girl know, this princess is also a poor person."

"Hmm, what do you say?"

"She remarried, and after marrying, she became a stepmother, not to mention that she was injured later, and it is said that she has never been pregnant. Our grandmother was sad about this, and she also helped the princess introduce several famous doctors, but unfortunately they were useless. It's been a few years of hard work, and I don't know if she gave birth to her own child smoothly. ”

Palm Zhu didn't frown when he heard this. The rain in front of them blocked their way. By the time the rain stopped, it was already early afternoon.

Song Jinfei hurried to see Zhangzhu: "Miss Fu, let's go on the road here." ”

Zhangzhu nodded in agreement, as far as they could, they had to try their best to catch up. Although she was not in a hurry, the three brothers seemed to be a little unable to sit still.

In the evening, they still did not reach Shoufeng, but fortunately a farmhouse received them. The farmhouse was quite spacious, and although it was all thatched, it was enough to shelter from the wind and rain. There was only one old couple in the family, and the old woman was sick in bed and could not get off the ground.

Such a person had seen a lot when she was practicing medicine with the water purification master, and the palm bead asked Bao Yan to carry her medicine box over, she took a silver needle and roasted it on the fire, and the old woman applied the needle, and sent two bottles of medicine. The old woman felt that her body immediately became much more relaxed after being treated by Zhangzhu, and she was busy kowtowing to Zhangzhu on the pillow to thank her: "The girl is so good-looking, and she can heal diseases, she won't be a bodhisattva." ”

Zhangzhu didn't pay much attention to it, she came out after a few words.

Song Jinfei stood in the courtyard and seemed to be waiting for the palm beads, and when he saw her come out, he immediately greeted her.

"You're tired."

"But what's the matter?"

Song Jinfei said with a smile: "It's nothing, I asked the old man just now, and said that as long as it goes well, I can enter the city tomorrow afternoon." The girl has been waiting for this day for a long time, right? ”

She was about to reach her destination, but she was not happy or light.

Song Jinfei saw that Zhangzhu didn't speak, and continued: "I have discussed with the second and third children, and I plan not to return to Puding." There is no way to go to such a small place as Puding. Besides, we have made a lot of enemies there, and it is really difficult to show up again, so we all plan to settle in Shoufeng. ”

When Zhangzhu heard about it, he only said lightly: "It's also good." ”

"Then Miss Fu must wait for me, and when I am out of breath, I will go and see you. You need to take care. ”