On this night, after Zhu Chengqian returned home, because of an appointment with his son, he went straight to his mother, and the next person passed the message back to Xinghuatang, and the eldest lady sat alone in the dining room, looking at the table full of dishes, and smiled coldly: "He forgot, he said that he would come back for dinner tonight." ”

Wang's mother said, "It's better for the slave to go and invite." ”

Yang got up and left indifferently: "That's it, I've been waiting for him all my life, and I won't have much tonight." ”

Mother Wang followed the door and said, "What important thing can the old lady say, she is scattered on weekdays." ”

Yang sat down in front of the mirror platform, looking at himself who he was no longer the person he used to be, and the hatred that had been entangled in his heart for many years was aroused again.

She really wanted to know what the woman who gave birth to Zhu Rong was from and what she looked like, although she could see a little bit of her appearance from Zhu Rong's face, but she was unwilling.

"I can't wait to crush her bones." Yang gritted his teeth, "I'm going to crush that wild seed and his slut mother to ashes......"

The eldest lady's fist smashed on the dressing table, shaking the makeup, and Mother Wang stepped forward to persuade: "It's been more than twenty years, you put it down, in the past twenty years, except for the Liu family and the Chu family, the master has never broken your heart again, hasn't he?" ”

Yang grabbed the incense powder box and slammed it on the mirror, the precious glass mirror shattered into hideous cracks, and her eyes were full of resentment: "If it's broken, it's broken, even if it's sticky, it's still broken." ”

Coincidentally, on the old lady's side, Mama Rui picked out a few diamond glasses from the box, and I don't know which year they were collected.

"It's rusty to put it away, it's a pity, you give it to the girls." The old lady said, "They all use glass mirrors nowadays, and this is good for decoration." ”

Zhu Chengqian said: "The children are frizzy, you gave them these good things, and they were wasted." ”

The old lady shook her head: "Why do you say these things, I don't give my things to the children, which ones to give?" ”

But seeing Yunzhi came to thank her grandmother, and said that she was going to give it to Fuyi, the old lady told her to come back early, but her granddaughter was gone for a long time, and she didn't see her grandson return.

"Did he tell you anything?" The old lady asked her son, "The affairs of the palace, the court, or your house...... What happened to Ping Jue? ”

Zhu Chengqian was also confused: "If it is a family matter, you and your son should know about it, I'm afraid it's a matter of the court." ”

After all, they couldn't wait for Zhu Rong, and in the end, they only waited until he sent someone to spread the word that they couldn't come back tonight.

The old lady felt very sorry for her grandson, and said to her eldest son: "Your own flesh and blood, you have to know pity, he is just a guard, why is he always busy like a minister of military aircraft." I said a long time ago that you shouldn't have sent him to the emperor's side, but now that it's okay, it's hard to get out. ”

Zhu Chengqian said: "At that time, the emperor chose Rong'er, and his son was not easy to refuse, to be honest, his son would rather let him go out and be a parent official far away from Gyeonggi." But I also think that he has been training by the emperor's side since he was a child, and there is nothing that he can't withstand in the future, which is also a good thing. ”

The old lady sighed: "Well, now that child has his own ideas, and he is better than when you were younger." ”

Zhu Chengqian was very proud, and said with a smile: "Isn't it better than my son, so there is something ......?"

The old lady picked up the tea bowl, looked at her son, and guessed eight or nine points.

Zhu Chengqian said: "It's time for Rong'er to recognize his ancestors and return to his ancestors, mother, this family business must be passed on to Rong'er after all." ”

The old lady drank tea leisurely, put down the tea bowl and said, "I said earlier, you shouldn't tell me about this, you should discuss it with your wife." ”

Zhu Chengqian looked embarrassed: "She will definitely not agree, she is full of thoughts about supporting the crown prince to ascend the throne smoothly, even if we have no one to inherit the family business in the future, she is not afraid of anyone shaking her status as a duchess." Whether it is the second brother or the third brother, she will either give them the title, or raise a child from the clan, horizontally and vertically, she will not give Rong'er. ”

"What about Pingjue?" The old lady asked.

"Ping Jue was almost raised to death by her." Zhu Chengqian smiled bitterly, "What else do you say she can do?" Don't count on it either. ”

The old lady looked at her son with a disappointed expression: "Since you understand in your heart, you let her practice the children, and the Liu family and the Chu family serve you and have children, in your eyes, it is nothing?" ”

Zhu Chengqian replied calmly: "Naturally, the interests of the family come first, if the Zhu family turns against the Yang family, it will be an enemy of the prince's lineage, which will not be beneficial to our family." When his son was young and vigorous, he would have Rong'er, but now he ......"

The old lady sighed, shook her head and said, "You were born to me, what you think in your heart, you can hide it from others, but you can't hide it from me." For Rong'er's mother, you really like it, that is, she has been dead for 20 years, and her voice and smile are still in your heart. In addition to her, whether it is the eldest lady, the Liu family and the Chu family, they can't enter your heart at all, you are just too selfish and ruthless. ”

Zhu Chengqian got up, his face was grim: "Mother said this, my son has no place to be ashamed. ”

The old lady said: "You don't care about those children at all, even if it's Hanzhi, you don't care, you only have Rong'er in your eyes, because you only have his mother in your heart." You listen to me, you have a good fate, and a good woman gave birth to a good son for you, but if you don't treat Hanzhi well, don't treat Yingzhi's sisters well, and don't support Pingjue well, the person who looks down on you the most is Rong'er. ”

Zhu Chengqian raised his eyes and looked at his mother: "Rong'er, he ......"

The old lady said, "Don't you know what to expect?" ”

Zhu Chengqian hung his head helplessly: "Yes, my son understands in his heart." ”

The old lady's eyes flashed with cold light, and she was even more sad and indignant: "I want to listen to the truth, son, did you lose Hanzhi's child?" ”

Zhu Chengqian was shocked, and his hands clenched into fists: "Yes......" He raised his head again and explained, "But mother, if that child is born, it will only bring disaster to Hanzhi and the Zhu family, it is the bloodline of Prince Sheng's mansion, how can it survive in the world?" It's been five years, and no one will know about it, and I asked my mother to hear about it and forget it. ”

The old lady closed her eyes in pain, raised her hand and motioned for her son to retreat: "I am old, I don't know how many years I have to live, if you don't want to end up in a bleak evening and let your children abandon it, do your duty as a father." You don't care about them, but please stop mistreating my children. ”

"Mother's ......"

"Stand down, let's not quarrel between our mother and son." The old lady said, "I feel sorry for you, but I can't afford it anymore." ”

"Hanzhi's matter, I have promised Rong'er that I will let the palace take it back as soon as possible." Zhu Chengqian said, "I don't want to, there is always something hanging in my heart." ”

The old lady turned her face away and said nothing.

Zhu Chengqian said again: "Rong'er's marriage, my son has a few girls in his heart who look suitable, and he will change his destiny to meet the eight characters of his birthday, and then send you to pick one, after all, he wants to have a good family background, and he can assist Rong'er to inherit the family business in the future, and he is worthy of the Duchess's fate." ”

The old lady reluctantly agreed: "I know, you can bring it in a few days." ”

Mama Rui has been taking the maid to clean up outside, and when she saw that the old man was gone, she came to ask the master if she needed to eat at night, but she saw the old lady wiping the corners of her eyes, as if she was in tears, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

The old lady didn't want to say more, so she only said: "Prepare for supper, tell the people in front of you, I will wait for the third prince here, and ask them to send them over when they see them, and they will come as many nights as possible." ”

Zhu Rong was busy until he was close to his son, and when he returned home, he heard that the old grandmother must see him, so he hurried back to the inner courtyard.

The old lady was still lit in the room, and he whispered in and asked, "Grandma, are you asleep?" ”

"Awake, my grandson hasn't come back, how can I sleep." The old lady said, called the little girl to light a few more lamps, asked her grandson to sit on the edge of the bed, looked at him and said, "You are tired, you are hungry." ”

Zhu Rong said: "You should rest earlier and wait for me to do something." ”

The old lady smiled: "You said there was something important, but if you didn't say it, how could I sleep?" Your father waited all night and was sent away by me. ”

Zhu Rong took the ginseng soup from the maid's hand and drank it all, and when they went down, he said: "I thought it would be convenient, so I didn't have to talk twice in front of you and my father, but I didn't know that I was damned when I suddenly got busy." ”

"Don't say that." The old lady was very pitiful, and asked, "Tell me what is the matter, that I may sleep soundly." ”

Zhu Rong got up, Zhou Zheng stood tall in front of his grandmother, and said: "My grandson wants to ask my grandmother to send someone to Jizhou Yanfu for me to propose marriage. ”

When the old lady heard this, she immediately smiled, and her heart that was hurt by her son at night dispersed, and she took her grandson's hand and asked, "You said okay, are you firm in each other's hearts?" ”

Zhu Rong was stunned for a moment: "You...... Knew it early in the morning? ”

Only then did he realize that Fuyi and his grandmother had already spoken before, but she still kept it a secret, her mouth was disgusted, but her face was full of smiles, and she asked her grandmother: "Do you like Fuyi?" ”

The old lady nodded again and again: "I didn't know Yi'er, it's such a character and temperament, and the appearance is so good, the first time I came to the house, I wanted to keep it for me, but I'm afraid that you will be from a slightly cold background." ”

Zhu Rong smiled and said: "Fuyi is cautious, there is something I didn't confess to you, in fact, it doesn't hurt to say to you, I and Fuyi met before she went to Beijing." At that time, Pingshui met, and they didn't know each other's surnames, let alone talk about their family backgrounds, but at that moment, their grandchildren ......"

The old lady was surprised when she heard this: "You guys, you've known each other for a long time?" ”

She recalled that time when she always felt that her grandson and Fuyi were not talking much differently from others, so she once joked and asked if they were very familiar with each other, and sure enough, she was not old and confused.

At the moment, he couldn't stop laughing: "That's better, what else do I have to worry about?" ”

But when the words came out, the old man immediately turned cold, remembered his son's words at night, and said solemnly: "You need to be cautious in front of your father in this matter." Your father has already chosen someone for you, you want to match the eight characters of your birthday, he values the family lineage, you want to marry Fuyi, he is afraid that he will not be able to agree. ”

Zhu Rong said: "But you should be in charge of your grandson's marriage." ”

The old lady said: "It's not false that I am in charge, and it is not difficult to marry Fuyi, but have you ever thought that if your father doesn't like it, others will be more fearless, and after Fuyi enters the door, how will life be lived?" She is a guest now, and there are already people who look at the face of the eldest lady and are not kind to them. ”