Although the two discussed going to the Bai family to accompany Bai Zihua in advance, it was not that they could leave, they had to ask Ban's meaning, because Zhuo Zhaocui had just arrived, and You Can had just returned, Zhuo Zhaojie, a sister who had not seen her for many years, always had to talk to Zhuo Zhaocui before going out, otherwise it would be perfunctory.

You Can also knew this, and after saving Zhuo Zhao, he went to Ban's to ask for it tomorrow, and went back to the second room.

Before dinner, Coral went to Binwei Courtyard and said to Zhuo Zhaojie: "The old lady said that Qi Niang will use it with Zhuo Jiabalang for dinner, even if the previous lunch is to catch the wind, I know that Qi Niang and Balang are looking forward to being able to talk in private, they are all their own family, and the meaning will be done." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie hurriedly asked: "Then dinner is on my side?" ”

"Naturally, yes." Coral said with a smile, "Although the Cuixiu Courtyard where Zhuo Hachiro lives is also spacious, the old lady thinks that after eating, if Qi Niang returns to Binwei Courtyard, I am afraid that it will be inconvenient, so it is better to ask Zhuo Hachiro to go back to Cuixiu Courtyard after speaking." ”

Such a dinner was put over, much more sumptuous than usual, and after a while, Zhuo Zhaocui was also sent over by You Ju, Zhuo Zhaojie naturally wanted to keep You Ju together, You Ju smiled: "You brothers and sisters have not seen each other for many years, and now it's time to talk about the scene between the two places, what am I staying for?" ”

Zhuo Zhaocui sent a few steps to the torch, and after coming back, he was a little embarrassed compared to Zhuo Zhaojie, and then said: "I'm afraid that the person I brought this time is not known to Zhaojie?" ”

He introduced the personal servant named Zhuo Huan who came with him, and there were two other old servants who served, and a number of guards, because now that they had arrived at You's house, the guards lived in the front yard, and did not come to the back, only followed when they went out, and the old servant stayed in Cuixiu Courtyard, so he brought Zhuo Huan over.

Listening to Zhuo Huan's surname Zhuo, Zhuo Zhaojie guessed that he was the son of the Minping Marquis Mansion, Zhuo Zhuo Zhuo came up to kowtow to her, Zhuo Zhaojie asked Minghe to reward him with a purse, which contained one or two silver coins, which was also slightly rich, only to see Zhuo Zhuo Zhuan took it, his expression did not move, Zhuo Zhaojie thought that it was probably that Chang'an's atmosphere was more luxurious than Jiangnan, or that this little guy was calm - the servants here in Jiangnan took a reward of one hundred and ten coins on the New Year's Festival, and it was almost the same, like the last Zhuo Zhaojie rewarded four personal maids with a pair of red gold pendants each, which is already a rare gift. But it has something to do with the fact that she mistakenly thought that she was seriously ill and would die, and suddenly the peak turned around, and she was extraordinarily generous under great sorrow and joy.

Zhuo Zhaojie also introduced the four personal maids, Zhuo Zhaocui Si Wenwen said a few kind words, the four handmaidens all knew that most of this politeness was because they were the slaves of the You family - originally, when Zhuo Fangli and You Ji decided to send their daughter to Jiangnan to raise, because the situation was urgent, they couldn't wait for the You family to send someone north, and the Zhuo family was there, and the two couldn't get away, and there was no one to entrust, only to ask the eldest son Zhuo Zhao, who was only thirteen years old at the time, to take someone to send Zhuo Zhaojie to Moling.

At that time, the granddaughters of the Marquis of Minping, of course, were also accompanied by two nursing mothers, four ambassador daughters, a number of little maids, and some miscellaneous guards, and there were many people.

It's just that after Zhuo Zhao's quality arrived, another letter was quietly given to Ban's, but it was written by You Ji himself, saying that these people are afraid that there are step-mother-in-law's eyes and ears, and they can't use it as much as possible, so as not to have an accident. Under the pretext that those people were not adapted, they were all sent away, and only held Zhuo Zhaojie in his room and took it personally, and when Zhuo Zhaojie grew older and began to live alone, he personally selected Mingyin four to serve her.

When the two brothers and sisters were served into the table, a few dishes were slightly abandoned, the feeling of alienation went a lot, and the conversation was also casual, Zhuo Zhaojie asked his parents first, and Zhuo Zhaocui said: "Father and mother are in good health, speaking of which, in the fifth year you were sent to Jiangnan, we have another younger brother, named Zhi'an, he has never seen you, when I came, I refused to go down to the boat, shouting to come to see you with me!" It's just that he is not in good health, and his mother is not worried that he is tired from the journey, so she asks someone to carry him down. ”

He also said, "The eleventh cousin and the fifth sister have become parents, our two nephews are carefree, Wuji are very smart and clever, and I also miss you, the fifth sister is married to the eldest son of Uncle Juyang, and now she also has a biological son under her knees, and the single name is a Chunzi, who is our nephew." ”

Zhuo Zhaojie has not returned to Zhuo's house now, and he doesn't know much about Chang'an, and he doesn't even know who Ju Yangbo is, and he has nothing to ask, as for his younger brother...... I didn't know if it was a grandson from Zhaozi, so I asked Zhuo Zhaocui: "I heard my grandmother say that my starling came here to study here for two years, and then go back with me?" ”

"Not bad." Zhuo Zhaocui nodded, hesitated, waved everyone away, and said in a low voice, "Actually, this time, my father very much hopes that I can become Cui Shanchang's disciple!" ”

"Why is that?" Zhuo Zhaojie was surprised, becoming Cui Nanfeng's disciple is certainly something that many people dream of, but when it comes to it, in the end, it is still for the word wealth and nobility, and Marquis Minping is a prince and a powerful person, and he is a figure of a prince and a minister, as his grandson, why do you still attach so much importance to the name of a disciple?

I heard Zhuo Zhaocui say with a straight face: "Zhaojie, you have always been in Jiangnan, and you are young, so you don't know about Chang'an!" Before coming this time, my mother explained to me in private, asking me to tell you all about the situation of the Zhuo family and Chang'an before you return to Chang'an, so that you don't get confused and make mistakes when you go back! ”

Zhuo Zhaojie frowned, only to hear Zhuo Zhaocui say: "I know why you are curious about my dignified Minping Marquis grandson, and you have to go to Jiangnan to compete with many students for a disciple of the mountain chief!" But you don't know, do you? Although Marquis Minping is our own grandfather, and our father is also from his wife, the title may not be our father's turn! At that time...... Our family only relies on my father, my father is the official position of the fourth grade, and I will tell you the truth as a brother in private, the fourth grade official is in the local or extremely high, and it is nothing in Beijing, not to mention that although my father has been promoted, he has never been admitted to the Jinshi, and this four-grade official is still managed by his grandfather to get it for him, but it is a loose title......"

Seeing that Zhuo Zhaojie was silent, Zhuo Zhaocui sighed and said, "Okay, I'll tell you about the people and things of the Zhuo family from the beginning - our Zhuo family now has five people, and there is still an aunt who has not left the cabinet in the Hou Mansion, who is only one year older than you."

"Uncle and our father and aunt are the same mother, but the grandfather Yuan is the wife, that is, the children of our grandmother, speaking of which, our grandmother is also from a famous family, or a relative of the first emperor, but when he first ascended the throne, the king of Qi rebelled, and dragged the Liang family into the water, which was fallen, originally because my grandfather has always supported Jinshang, it did not involve our grandmother, but it was just ......"

He smiled bitterly and said in a low voice, "Our step-grandmother is my grandfather's cousin-in-law, and my great-grandmother intended to hire her as a daughter-in-law when she was there, because my great-grandfather liked our grandmother and didn't get married, but this step-grandmother was extremely dedicated to her grandfather, and after our grandmother got married, she closed the door and swore not to marry for life!" After the Liang family's accident, my grandmother accidentally discovered that she had a correspondence with her grandfather in private...... It didn't take long for Lian Qi to die of illness......" After a pause, Zhuo Zhaocui said, "Therefore, the uncle and the aunt, the father and the grandfather have all survived. ”

Zhuo Zhaojie didn't expect that his grandmother died and his stepgrandmother entered the door and there was such an inside story, so he couldn't help but be stunned.

"Because my grandmother made a lot of trouble at that time, and my grandfather ...... It was very faceless, and I couldn't help but feel resentful, and then my grandmother died, and after a hundred days, my grandfather simply married his current step-grandmother...... The eldest aunt never returned to the Zhuo family for this, and the uncle and father were also very disgusted with the step-grandmother, and the grandfather ...... Naturally, it was also unhappy. Zhuo Zhaocui said in a low voice, "Later, my step-grandmother gave birth to a fifth uncle and sister-in-law, and my grandfather liked them very much. ”

Speaking of this, a hint of complexity flashed in Zhuo Zhaocui's eyes, and he said, "Our uncle and aunt are both excellent people, but they have never had a son-in-law, so ......."

Zhuo Zhaojie because he had long heard Ban say that his grandfather favored the step-room, and the children born in the step-room, now it seems that the great-grandsons of Minping Hou have several, and they have not yet established a son, and the second and third rooms are about concubines, and there is nothing to fight for in front of the three sisters-in-law, but the big house and the fourth room cannot help but be in a hurry.

Sure enough, Zhuo Zhaocui continued with a wry smile: "It is my father's plan to come to Jiangnan this time, although my grandfather has a gap with my uncle and father, but I like my children and grandchildren very much, when I heard that I was going to Huaixing Academy, he specially called me over, encouraged me, and gave me a set of excellent stationery. ”

That Shen is probably the stepwife of Marquis Minping.

Zhuo Zhaojie groaned, so it sounds, the situation of the Zhuo family is indeed much more complicated than the You family, what about the reasoning, his uncle is the eldest son of the Yuan family, according to the etiquette law, this title must be his, but the uncle has no son-in-law, if the Marquis of Minping uses this as an excuse to set up other sons-in-law, Zhuo Fangli's advantage is not obvious - Zhuo Zhaocui said that Marquis Minping likes talented children and grandchildren, but Zhuo Fangli's book reading is very ordinary, but a person, the fifth uncle from the stepfamily should not be very old, even if he has not been lifted, he is still young, and his biological mother Shen Shi said good things for him in front of Min Pinghou, maybe Min Pinghou thinks that he has a future better than his brothers?

What's more, it is human nature to have a young son...... Minpinghou also had a gap with his eldest son and fourth son......

Originally, Zhuo Zhaojie heard that Zhuo Zhaocui was going south, and said that he was just traveling to study at random and took him back by the way, but now it seems that he is trying his best to get into Cui Nanfeng's ......

Originally, Zhuo Zhaojie also thought that such a disciple who entered the room may not be very important to Zhuo Zhaocui's identity, so the third aunt was unhappy, in the end, he couldn't go in his heart, if Zhuo Zhaocui could let it, it was better to let it go, but now after listening to Zhuo Zhaocui's sake, Fang felt that what he thought before was too naïve......

And listening to Zhuo Zhaocui's description of the grandfather of Minpinghou, she couldn't help but compare You Hail with Youhail, if this grandfather is also eccentric, he only likes talented and capable descendants...... If Min Pinghou was not such a person, how could Ban scold his uncle at his granddaughter?

Her heart sank.