Zhuo Zhaojie figured it out here, so he asked: "In that case, after the emperor and queen made a statement, why did the king of Zhending County become indifferent to Sister Zhao?" Even if he was busy at the time, he wouldn't even say hello and make Sister Zhao suspicious, right? Could it be that the king of Zhending County felt that since he was protected by the emperor and queen, it didn't matter if he married Sister Zhao or not - he even had something else to love? ”

"If that's the case, how can you really decide that the princess of the county is still Zhao Caolu?" Ning Shaobi smiled and said, "And don't you think Tang Si and Zhao Caolu's appearance is bad?" ”

Zhuo Zhaojie thought about it for a while, but he couldn't understand it, so he pulled his sleeve and asked what was going on.

Ning Shaobi let her shake and pull and pestered for a long time, and asked for a few more 'kisses', and then said with satisfaction: "Marrying Zhao Caolu is to win over Cousin Yikang, but do you think, not to mention two years ago, that is, now, compared to the influence on the emperor, is our grandmother stronger, or Cousin Yikang stronger?" ”

"Isn't that knowingly asking?" Zhuo Zhaojie glanced at him with disgust, "Although Cousin Yikang is the young 'daughter' of the emperor and is deeply loved, our grandmother is a saint's sister and is highly respected. One is pity, the other is love, where can this affect the same? Naturally, our grandmother can influence the emperor and queen more...... Hey? ”

Seeing Zhuo Zhaojie talking and saying as if he understood on his own, Ning Shaobi smiled slightly and said, "Thinking about it?" At that time, the king of Zhending County deliberately alienated Zhao Caolu, in fact, it was to give us a favor! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie said in surprise: "Let's ask for her such a favor?" ”

"Do you remember that two years ago, when you met the King of Zhending County in the Nu 'Spring' Garden, I was talking to Chun Yuzheng and him?" Ning Shaobi sank slightly, and said.

"Naturally, I remember." Zhuo Zhaojie frowned and asked, "What were you talking about at the time?" ”

"Let's not talk about it, but although he really thought that marrying Zhao Caolu would make Yikang's cousin favor him, he didn't want to give up the ministers' side. Zhao Shi is one of the nine Qings, he has no title, and in terms of background, Zhao Caolu is much lower than that little Ou clan. Therefore, at the beginning, the king of Zhending only planned to marry Zhao Caolu as a side concubine. Ning Shaobi smiled lightly and said, "I remind the king of Zhending that his biggest reliance is not on the princesses, let alone the ministers, but on ...... Queen Mother! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie suddenly understood: "So the king of Zhending County listened to your suggestion and considered Zhao Caolu as a concubine?" ”

Ning Shaobi said: "That's right. He was also 'forced' by the king of Yanchang County to be confused at that time, and he actually wanted to marry Zhao Caolu as a side concubine first, and then slowly pick a concubine who could suppress Xiao Ou's head, but he didn't want to think about the reason why the queen didn't like the king of Yanchang County, and it wasn't because he was the son of Lu Ji, and Lu Ji was not the crown princess? If he did, the queen didn't know how disappointed she would be in him! Where will you support him too much? ”

In fact, the king of Zhending County made a mistake at this point, and it is natural for Ning Shaobi to come out - the king of Zhending County is competing with his half-brother for the prince, and the prince still doesn't like him. And Ning Shaobi's opponents are still his elders, uncles and aunts, but Ning Shaobi has the upper hand everywhere, isn't it because of Princess Jiyang's partiality?

He ran rampant in Chang'an, and no one dared to provoke him, and even the emperor and grandson had a headache when they saw it, also because of the strength and maintenance of this grandmother. coaxed the eldest princess of Jiyang in the Ning family, even when Ning Zhan was still praying for the prince, he couldn't have this nephew. Changed to the heavenly family, coaxed even the saint to let a few points of Queen Chunyu, and the prince helped the king of Yanchang again, just looking at the situation in the past two years, it can be seen that the prince can't fight the queen in the end.

And everyone knows that what Queen Chunyu hates most is a half-hearted person, but what she admires the most is a couple for a lifetime.

Even if the king of Zhending County is the grandson of the queen, the queen will not like him to favor another 'daughter' in addition to the concubine - the prince has personally proved this, and the prince is still the eldest son of the queen!

"Kurou is really smart." When Zhuo Zhaojie saw him say this, he had a proud 'look' on his face, and he understood it and praised him coquettishly. Sure enough, Ning Shaobi was in a good mood when she heard this, and the two of them got tired of it for a while, so they continued to talk about business while straightening their clothes, "Does Sister Zhao know about this?" ”

Ning Shaobi smiled and said, "She didn't know it at the time. After a pause, he said, "The crown princess wants to sell this favor, not only to let Zhao Caolu know that I have helped her, but also to let me know that the future queen's favor was sold by the crown princess." That's why there was indifference to Zhao Caolu after the status of the king of Zhending County began to stabilize, of course, this coldness is not all because the princess wants to sell favors, in the final analysis, it is a plan to kill two birds with one stone - before Zhao Shi wanted Zhao Caolu to get his wish, he was very straightforward, and he would never turn when he spoke, but he directly told Zhending, saying that as long as he was willing to marry his granddaughter, the Zhao family would stand on Zhending's side in the future. ”

"......" Zhuo Zhaojie suddenly remembered, two years ago in the Nu 'Spring' Garden to meet Princess Yikang, at that time the concubine Zhao Kuang was beside him, and said a few kind words, mentioning that Zhao Shi missed You Ruoheng. And because he hadn't heard You Ruoheng mention Zhao Shi at all, he was perfunctory according to his imagination, saying that Zhao Shi "is honest and honest, and his demeanor is elegant, which really makes people yearn for it", at that time, Princess Yikang laughed, and Zhuo Zhaojie is not clear, so this will be understood: what kind of demeanor and elegance is this Zhao style, it is simply a straightforward temper, and it is not elegant at all! Note 1

Ning Shaobi continued: "This Zhao Shi can't speak like this, and the crown princess is worried that the Zhao family will take credit for herself in the future, so she will take the opportunity to beat him again." ”

Originally, if the king of Zhending County married Zhao Caolu like this and ascended the throne in the future, then the Zhao family really had the merit of being a dragon. But the king of Zhending County first snubbed the Zhao family when he had a little 'color', and when the Zhao family was suspicious and 'confused', he followed up with words that were sincere to Zhao Caolu, which not only beat Zhao Shi and made Zhao Caolu more desperate for himself, but also eliminated the Zhao family's previous achievements without moving.

After all, people are always like this, the original ten of the ten stable, taken for granted, once there is the possibility of the mirror 'flower' water moon, angry and regretful, suddenly heard that there is a glimmer of life, the feeling of giving a glimmer of life to the person is often gushing out of the note 2, even if this line of vitality is much worse than before, but also cherished.

Therefore, the Zhao family's work from the dragon was instructed by the crown princess to be indifferent to Zhao Caolu, not only did he lose it, but even took the opportunity to sell it to the eldest princess of Jiyang - the eldest princess felt the most sorry for Ning Shaobi, so that the future Queen Zhao remembered Ning Shaobi's goodness, after the eldest princess knew, how could she not write down the crown princess's move, and even repay the favor?

Zhuo Zhaojie sighed after listening to Ning Shaobi's analysis of 'pumping' the cocoon, and said: "I now believe that even if the crown prince ascends the throne, as long as the crown princess is there, he may not be able to support the king of Yanchang County to the position of prince." ”

Ning Shaobi smiled lightly and said: "Actually, back then, our father supported the King of Zhending County, to a large extent, because he took a fancy to the 'smart' and capable of the crown princess, otherwise the King of Zhending County at that time was inferior to the King of Yanchang County." He added, "At the banquet of the Qianqiu Banquet, I seem to have heard Zhao Caolu entrust you with the matter of persuading the eldest lady to leave the cabinet?" ”

"Yes." Zhuo Zhaojie hurriedly asked, "What's so important about this matter?" ”

"It's nothing special, but now you don't need to 'worry' about it." Ning Shaobi said with a smile, "After the Qianqiu banquet ended, didn't the crown princess invite Cousin Changle to go with her?" Do you think she will only talk about Tang Cheng? Even Zhao Caolu knew about the dispute between the Shi and Su families, how could the crown princess not know? How could you let go of such a good opportunity? You look at it, the crown princess must have persuaded Cousin Changle to agree to let Su Yixiao find another excuse to cross the 'door', instead of forcing the eldest lady out of the cabinet...... This kind of ready-made opportunity to give favors to the Shi family will never be let go, and the princess will never let it go. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie was speechless for a long time, and said, "This is really one step at a time." Crown Princess...... It's not easy. ”

"If you want to be a mother in the world and admired by all the people, how can it be at no cost?" Ning Shaobi smiled faintly and said disapprerovingly.

September is followed by October, and the days of 'sex' and childbirth are the most difficult. But there are always times when it is difficult.

In November, it is the month of Gu Paner's birth. At this time, Zhuo Zhaojie himself was seven months old, and he was worried that if he went to visit his mother's house, it would not be appropriate to come, and secondly, he would ask his mother's family to be distracted for himself, so he only asked people to go to Minpinghou's mansion every day to inquire about the news.

Because the Gu family and the Zhuo family are in Chang'an, Gu Paner's situation in her in-law's house is not bad, and the You family, the eldest lady, and the He's family can take care of it, and there are more people who can take care of it than when they go back to their parents' house to give birth, so they still give birth at their in-laws' house. Because of this, the number of times You went to the Yongcheng Marquis Mansion was much less. But I always have to run every other day, and I can rest assured that I have seen the pulse case and asked if my body is suitable recently.

Running at both ends like this, although there are carriages in and out, You Shi also lost weight with his eyes.

Zhuo Zhaojie felt sorry for his mother, so he persuaded You's to come and see him: "Aunt Mao is here, and my grandmother sent her grandmother to come over every day to take care of the affairs in this house for me." I have time and Shi Niang came to talk to me, and I am fine, there is really nothing to worry about. But my mother ran back and forth like this, which worried me. ”

You Shi took a sip of ginseng tea, then relieved himself and said, "What you said is easy, wait for you to become a mother yourself in the future?" I just know that you're okay here, and if I don't see it with my own eyes, how can I rest assured? What's more, it's only a few days around, and when your sister-in-law is born, I'll be relieved. He sighed again, "It's a shame that your day is next year, otherwise if you get together, I'm not afraid of the side, I'm afraid of snubbing your eighth sister-in-law and making her feel wronged." ”

The meaning of this is that if the daughter-in-law and the daughter-in-law give birth at the same time, the You family will definitely pay more attention to the 'daughter-in-law', and would rather call the daughter-in-law 'woman' to complain.

Zhuo Zhaojie stroked his abdomen and felt sore, and said: "I'm really fine, my mother has lost weight like this in two days, I look really uncomfortable, how can I have a safe pregnancy like this?" ”

"You ......" You Shi wanted to say something, and someone outside suddenly came to report in a hurry: "Shizi 'woman', Mrs. You, someone came from Minpinghou's mansion outside, and the Tao was sent by the eldest lady of the mansion......"

When the next person said this, Zhuo Zhaojie and You Shi were taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "But it's going to be born?" ”

The man said a word, You didn't care about talking to the 'girl', and hurriedly told him to relax his heart and have a good baby, so he threw down the ginseng tea that he had just taken a sip of, and followed the person out of the house and went home in three steps and two steps.

Note 1 For the pit filled in this paragraph, see the volume "The Prosperous Age in Chang'an", Chapter 36 "The King of Zhending County".

Note 2: Only when you lose do you know the mentality of cherishing. In fact, it was the crown princess who took advantage of the joy of regaining her loss - first let the king of Zhending County alienate Zhao Caolu, let the Zhao family prepare him to cross the river and demolish the bridge, and then marry Zhao Caolu through Ning Shaobi's communication. So Zhao Jiayi was happy and forgot about his own merits (there is a mass psychology in the face of power, I have to talk about it in the work), and I was 'excited' about the two strange feelings of the mother and son......

(For the record, this explanation is only literal and does not have any insinuation!! Please make an ordinary overhead ancient Chinese understanding, and refuse all superfluous associations. ）