On the day when the carriages and horses of Prince Sheng's mansion entered Beijing, Kaijiang was called by the emperor early in the morning and ordered him to secretly monitor the whereabouts of the county lord of Anguo from now on.

Kaijiang originally thought that it was just a very ordinary errand, who knew that this little county lord ran out when he saw the sky, and it didn't matter if he looked around, but it was okay during the day, and she still went out at night.

"If the emperor had asked you to do it, he wouldn't have found me in the first place." Kaijiang said tiredly, "I will tell the emperor the truth, and then make a decision on how to act." She's been all over the capital now, and I don't believe she's going out tonight. ”

Zhu Rong was helpless: "If you need me, come and find it at any time, don't get tired of your body." ”

Mu Kaijiang stretched out his arms and loosened his muscles and bones, and swaggered towards the palace gate: "Can I still call a little girl to surrender?" ”

The two brothers said goodbye, and Zhu Rong had other official business, so he left in a hurry.

Busy for a long time, tossing and turning home, the spring rain has stopped, night falls, the reflection of candles on the stone steps, the applause lamp on the side, from time to time to remind the son: "You are careful of slippery roads." ”

Zhu Rong asked, "What's going on at home today?" ”

Zhengming said: "Zhang Luo is looking at the birthday of the second master, the old lady is watching the play with herself, and the Dongyuan side will set up a stage in a few days." ”

Zhu Rong responded, he was not interested in this, and when he arrived outside the door of Qingqiu Pavilion, he unconsciously stopped and raised his eyes to gaze.

He goes out early and returns late for days, and occasionally does not go to work, so he must have other things to do.

But even at home, Fuyi lives in Qingqiu Pavilion, except for going to the inner courtyard to accompany his grandmother, he hardly goes out, and at first he heard that he went to the garden, but now that he has the eldest sister, she must not even go to the garden.

It was rare for them to have a chance to speak, and now, Zhu Rong could no longer break into the Qingqiu Pavilion without scruples like he did when they first met at home.

"Childe." Controversy reminds softly.

"Go see the old lady." After wishing him a word, he turned to his grandmother's inner courtyard.

Zhengming followed up and persuaded: "At this hour, the old lady has rested." ”

Zhu Rong ignored him, walked straight forward, and saw a firelight slowly approaching in the distance, so he took the lantern and said, "You go back first." ”

He strode over, thinking that he was returning from his grandmother's house, but when he got closer, everyone was surrounding his father, and someone on the other side came to look at him, saying, "Master, it's the third son." ”

Zhu Chengqian saw that it was his son, and there was a smile on his face, and when the two met, he said: "The old lady has rested, don't go, go back." ”

Zhu Rong subconsciously asked, "Are you all resting?" ”

"It's resting, Yun'er is also resting." Zhu Chengqian took his son and walked forward slowly, and said, "Your cousin in the east of the city is going to marry, I will discuss with your grandmother, how much silver to reward, the price of grain and rice has soared in the past two years, and the reward is too shabby according to the rules of the past, but if you don't follow the old rules, there are happy and mourning people in the first two years, and you should say that the clan is unfair." ”

Zhu Rong didn't dare to show his thoughts in front of his father, listened carefully to these words, and asked: "These things have always been handled by my mother, why is my father worried about it?" ”

Zhu Chengqian glanced left and right, and said softly: "This is not for your eldest sister's business, she is exhausted, and she is concentrating on preparing to deal with the difficulties of the palace, and she does not dare to take it lightly." I can help with trivial matters at home. ”

Zhu Rong said: "It's better to leave it to the two aunts to take care of it." ”

Zhu Chengqian sneered: "Are you pretending to be stupid with me, or are you really stupid." ”

Zhu Rong smiled helplessly: "My son is confused." ”

But I heard my father sigh again: "Actually, what you said is good, this is not the way after all, is she holding it in her hands for the rest of her life, until the moment she closes her eyes?" I am indeed sorry for you and your mother, but the old lady has also given her enough decency, and the Liu family and the Chu family are also the ones she entered the door, and in the end they don't want to see their children. She is getting older, and her energy can still be compared to when she was younger? ”

Zhu Rong never interjected in the matter between his father and his adoptive mother, although his adoptive mother acted selfishly, but she had been taking care of this family for decades, and she had no credit and hard work.

Zhu Chengqian sighed again: "Your eldest sister-in-law is a reliable child, meticulous and cautious, according to me, it is better to take care of some things for her, after all, she is the eldest grandson's daughter-in-law, even if she is not under her knees, she is decent." ”

Zhu Rong said: "You should say these words to your mother. ”

Zhu Chengqian smiled bitterly: "I can't talk to her, she is stunned now, and she is afraid that Hanzhi's matter will cause trouble in the city." ”

"Father's ......"

"What?"

Zhu Rong frowned, he thought that his father should know something he didn't know, such as whether the eldest sister had ever been pregnant.

But when the words came to his mouth, he still swallowed it, with what he knew about his father, what he couldn't tell him, it was meaningless to ask, it would only add to the trouble between father and son, so he changed his words: "On the day of my second uncle's birthday, I had official business, but I was afraid of being rude." ”

Zhu Chengqian said: "Don't get in the way, your uncle is to entertain his colleagues and mentors." ”

Speaking of the teacher, they just walked outside the door of Qingqiu Pavilion, Zhu Chengqian said: "Fuyi this child, it's really amazing, now several girls are honestly reading and writing with her, I just saw Yingzhi and Minzhi's practice of calligraphy at your grandmother's place, and they have grown a lot." ”

Zhu Rong only agreed, not daring to say anything, for fear that his father would see his thoughts.

But Zhu Chengqian mentioned it with interest: "The old lady likes this child very much, and I estimate that if she can stay at home for a long time, she will be even happier." can be kept as a daughter-in-law, your second uncle and aunt can't look down on the daughter of the small portal, and your third aunt is the same, so it won't work, I think it's better to think of her as a goddaughter, and keep her at home in the future, and marry in the capital in the future, and come back to visit your grandma from time to time. ”

"Recognized...... Goddaughter? Zhu Rong's smile is so stiff, are they going to become brother and sister?

"Jokes." Zhu Chengqian laughed again, "Your mother can't wait to swallow Kizhou alive, it's so good to help her, but it's just a child from Kizhou." ”

As he spoke, he walked forward with his hands in his hands, and Zhu Rong breathed a sigh of relief and hurried to follow.

When he returned to his residence, Zhu Rong found the earrings and looked at them for a long time, and his father talked about the marriage of Fuyi, and neither did the second brother and the fourth brother, but he directly bypassed him, and said that he would be accepted as a righteous daughter.

Obviously, his father expected him to inherit the title and family business, and in the future, he needed a wife who could be a good housewife, and in his father's view, not only talent and character, but also birth was extremely important.

Grandmother once told him that she couldn't explore how much affection there was between her father and adoptive mother, but she always understood that their union was a combination of two major family forces, and in order to wish the family prosperity for generations, for the queen and the prince, Xinghua Hall was full of interests.

At the moment, Zhu Rong couldn't foresee his future, so he would say those words to Kaijiang, but his father's righteous daughter made his heart shake violently.

He figured out all the things he didn't understand.

At this moment, in the Qingqiu Pavilion, the lights have not yet been turned off, and Fuyi is in the study, preparing a birthday gift for the second master.

She has no intention of stammering Dongyuan, but the second master is Yunzhi's father, and she always has to do more for Yunzhi's sake.

Cuizhu sent tea, helped order a few more candles, and listened to the citron's chatter: "In the end, it is the Guogong Mansion, the inexhaustible candle oil, we don't have such abundance in the academy, those sons who are studying, the snow in winter and fireflies in summer nights, it is not easy to borrow light from the wall." ”

Cuizhu couldn't understand these words, and was very envious of Citron who had studied, so she asked with a smile: "Do you want to learn to read?" ”

"I don't dare to learn, my father and mother said that literacy and reading are easy to tricky, and it is not easy to feed, and no one wants me in the future." Cuizhu said, feeling speechless again, and hurriedly said, "Girl, I didn't mean that." ”

Fuyi naturally did not misunderstand, but felt sorry for helplessness, bowed his head and continued to prepare for the life offering.

Cuizhu said again: "I heard that the eldest master and the third prince passed by the door, and they stood and talked for a while, I don't know what the father and son are talking about. ”

Citron opened her mouth to ask, remembered the young lady's admonition, and quickly stopped her speech.

Cuizhu said: "Girl, if I say one more word, don't be angry." ”

Fuyi put down the pen: "Say it, don't get in the way." ”

Cuizhu said softly: "In the past few days, the eldest lady has ignored many things in the family, but the eldest lady has come forward to take care of it, and everyone who knows understands that the eldest lady is worried about the eldest lady's affairs." Girl, you must not have anything to do with the eldest lady again, the eldest lady initiates a threat, and no one in this family can stop it. ”

Fu Yi smiled calmly: "Thank you, I won't go out of Qingqiu Pavilion." ”