On the lantern pole, there was still the residual warmth between the fingers of Fuyi, and they had to separate because of the fire approaching in the distance. looked at the departing figure, and recalled the sentence just now: the road that I wanted to take but never dared to take......

In Zhu Rong's heart, the words he once said to Kaijiang became clearer and clearer.

Turning around and continuing to walk to the inner courtyard, I happened to meet my grandmother who sent someone to look for him, and the old lady saw her grandson and said: "Your mother went to the palace today, and it is said that she was quite a little distracted when she came back, so she hurriedly entered the palace again, I don't know what Princess Min said to her, you pay attention carefully." And your second aunt, you want to show Pingrui the noble daughter of the family, and you have a good discussion with Pingrui, even if you resist, you must be smarter, and don't turn the family upside down. ”

Zhu Rong received the order, and unconsciously felt deeply, he was sad that he couldn't tell his grandmother and second brother that he was about to run away from home.

Thinking about it, even if it is a grandson who is not related by blood, he has watched him grow up since he was a child, and he loves him in every way, but he doesn't know when he will see him again, and the old lady must not feel good in her heart.

"What's wrong with you, kid?" Grandmother really noticed something unusual, "Today's etiquette is so thoughtful? ”

"Isn't that how it should be?" Zhu Rong smiled, "I forget once or twice on weekdays, and I am blamed by you." ”

The old lady smiled: "That's because I'm afraid that when you arrive in front of the emperor, you will easily forget it in front of your colleagues in the officialdom, so naturally you don't have to hold it in front of me, you are at ease, and grandma is at ease." ”

"Yes." Zhu Rong readily agreed, while asking, "Why don't you see Yun'er, she is not well?" ”

"It's just some bruises, it's good early." The old lady said, "But somehow, as if she fell that moment, this girl suddenly changed her sex." A few days ago, I didn't want to be told to lie down in peace, and in the past two days, I didn't jump up and down, and I went to Qingqiu Pavilion to see that Fuyi had a wound on his face, and he was not angry. ”

mentioned that Fuyi was injured by his adoptive mother, and he couldn't help but feel distressed, but seeing his grandmother's indifferent attitude, Zhu Rong didn't want to be too entangled, and only smiled: "In the end, I have grown up, I am a big girl, and I can't make trouble every day." ”

The old lady said: "Compared with those pedantic and rigid old pedants, following Fuyi, Yun'er can grow more and learn some of the wisdom and delicacy of her daughter's family." ”

Zhu Rong couldn't help but say: "In her opinion, no matter what the wisdom of a man or a daughter's family, the wisdom of people is the same, and people in the world always feel that the wisdom of the daughter's family is closed in the door, but it is just some housework of firewood, rice, oil and salt." ”

The old lady listened quietly, could hear the pride in her grandson's words, could see the light in his eyes, and asked with a deliberate smile: "What are you talking about, why can't I understand?" ”

Zhu Rong felt out of shape and said with a smile: "Grandson didn't say anything. ”

The old lady is a person who has come over and can understand the child's feelings, and said: "After your second brother's matter is over, grandma will send someone to Jizhou to propose marriage, your father's place, you go and explain it yourself, he has high hopes for you, even if he is not satisfied with Fuyi's background, he always hopes that you can be happy." Say it well, explain to your father what you want, don't be like your second brother. ”

mentioned the second brother again, Zhu Rong's heart tightened again.

But the old lady sighed: "But your second brother can't do anything, your father can finally calm down and listen to you, your second uncle and aunt never listen to the children." ”

When she raised her eyes and saw that her grandson was preoccupied, the old lady didn't stay longer: "Go, go and say hello to your father, just rest early, take care of your health." ”

Zhu Rong bowed, quietly exited his grandmother's bedroom, raised his eyes to see the light in the house of Yun, if this girl hadn't slept on weekdays, knowing that she was back, she would have greeted him early in front of the door, chattering around him.

Unconsciously, my sister gradually grew up, and when the brother and sister were no longer as affectionate as when they were children, it was time for the girl to get married, but unfortunately, the second brother couldn't send his sister to marry.

Zhu Rong clenched his fists and strode away.

When I met my father and adoptive mother in Xinghuatang, I could see that the eldest lady was full of spring breeze, and I didn't know what she was happy about, which was not consistent with what my grandmother described.

Seeing Zhu Chengqian standing in front of the door and watching his son leave, the eldest lady glanced at him and said, "I don't know, I still think he is Lao Tzu, you are a son, as for it?" Isn't it better to still take it with you and hold it in your arms, and the father and son get up and lie together? ”

Zhu Chengqian walked back leisurely, picked up the gift list of the Prime Minister's Mansion, glanced at it a few times, and said: "Just be grand, the birthday banquet of the elderly, you don't have to pay attention to elegance in gift-giving, it is good to be lively and gorgeous." ”

Seeing that her husband didn't answer her words, the eldest lady knew that the fist hit the cotton again, but after thinking about it, it was good that the husband and wife could talk on an equal footing.

Unlike the second family, when she sees her husband being cautious, not to mention the daughter-in-law in this family, she is her own mother's house, and in other houses, no matter how majestic the housewife is, she has to bow her head when she comes to her husband.

The eldest lady was a little angry, she was in a good mood today, she looked at everything and said proudly: "I didn't expect it, people don't care about your daughter at all, this time next year, Han'er will be free, let's treat her well, and then find a good family for her." ”

Zhu Chengqian glanced at his wife and said casually: "When the time comes, you are in charge." ”

The eldest lady said angrily: "You're here again, can't you see me happy?" ”

Zhu Chengqian sighed: "I have already explained the purpose of Jizhou's mother and daughter going to Beijing that night, will you still believe that she is bent on seducing the emperor and settling in the capital from now on?" ”

The eldest lady was not convinced: "The queen also analyzes it like this, she is the one who knows the emperor best, what is the emperor thinking, she can't guess?" ”

Zhu Chengqian smiled bitterly: "I'll reason with you, you said that I couldn't see you happy, but if I echoed you, you said that I was perfunctory." So, whatever Madame wants to hear, you tell me, and I'll read it to you. ”

The eldest lady was about to throw the gift list to her husband, but she was glared at by Zhu Chengqian, and she didn't dare in the end.

But just because she has this man in her heart, she can always be coaxed in a few words, Zhu Chengqian seemed to be angry and angry: "As I get older, I am becoming more and more unruly, and now I dare to do it with me?" ”

The eldest lady couldn't help but sneer, got up and pulled her husband to sit down, snuggled up to him and said, "No matter what, this time next year, the tablet of the father and son will enter the temple, and our Han'er will be free, and you and I don't have to worry about it anymore, isn't it a good thing?" ”

Zhu Chengqian's tone was gentle, and he said, "Can you promise me one thing?" ”

The eldest lady's eyes turned slightly, calculating her husband's thoughts, and asked cautiously, "What?" ”

Zhu Chengqian put his arms around his wife's waist and said, "You and I have no children under our knees, and Rong'er and Pingjue are growing up, so we must set up an heir." ”

The eldest lady wanted to leave, but was tightly held by her husband, and she hated: "What do you want to do? ”

Zhu Chengqian said: "I want Rong'er to ......"

"No, I won't say yes!" The eldest lady struggled to push her husband away, and Fang Cai's joy and charm were gone, "I would rather you raise a child from the clan than let Zhu Rong recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors." Zhu Chengqian, listen well, you mother and son, with that wild seed, disgusting me for a lifetime, unless I die, otherwise you don't want him to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors. ”

At this moment, Zhu Rong had gone far away, and he couldn't hear the movement in Xinghua Hall, he stood not far from Qingqiu Pavilion, watching the lights in the courtyard wall gradually go out, and remembered what Fu Yi had just said.

She had a path in her heart that she wanted to take, but she never dared to take it, but no matter where that road leads, it will never be to enter this deep mansion compound.

Zhu Rong settled down, hurried back to his residence, turned out the gold and silver he had accumulated, the birthday banquet of the Prime Minister's Mansion was in front of him, and the days of getting together with his second brother were getting shorter and shorter.

And just a few days after that, the second lady, who didn't know it, happily showed her son the birthdays of seven or eight girls, and made an appointment to see the appearance of several of them with her own eyes at the birthday banquet in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

In order to go to the banquet, the family made new clothes, and helped this side, the cabinet of Qingqiu Pavilion could not be placed, and the old lady was in charge on this day, and ordered the warehouse to be opened, and the large wardrobe of rosewood was picked to move.

The citron took a pocket of copper plates and rewarded the little guys who moved the big wardrobe, and the help was naturally avoided in other rooms, and only came out when the little guys were scattered.

When I entered the door, I heard the citron say to Cuizhu: "I have never seen such a big wardrobe, those little guys have worked so hard, the green tendons on their foreheads have burst out, and their clothes are all soaked." ”

As she spoke, the citron tried to push, but the large wardrobe did not move, steady as a rock.

Fuyi came to take a closer look, the wardrobe carving is exquisite and lifelike, it must come from the hands of famous craftsmen, the color of rosewood is elegant and calm, not as red as the sour branch pear, this big wardrobe is enough for ordinary people to make a living for more than ten years, in the Zhu family, but it is just locked in the cabinet, forgotten things.