Chapter 91: Zhao Gou's Hidden Worries
Although Kang Lu has never served Zhao Ji, with his experience in King Kang's Mansion and his current official position, it is not difficult to use his connections to find the nurse of Her Royal Highness the Princess.
Just the day before Zhao Huan returned to Kaifeng, he finally found the nurse who lived in seclusion in his hometown on the outskirts of Kaifeng after the Jingkang Revolution, Mama Chen!
"As long as you can identify whether she is Her Royal Highness the Princess, our family guarantees to find a house for you in Lin'an City, and give you money that you can't spend in three lifetimes, how about it? Your children, our family can also arrange an errand for them. β
Mama Chen is about forty years old, and she naturally remembers the tragic situation of Jingkang's change in Kaifeng, if it weren't for the day when she left the palace on an errand, she would have been taken north with other palace people.
It is better to have a stable place to live in Lin'an than to be frightened at the moment of Kaifeng.
"As long as you can see her, the slave will naturally be able to recognize whether she is Her Royal Highness the Princess."
Kang Lu was very satisfied with this reply, "Tomorrow evening, you only need to go to her house, just say that you are living in poverty, ask her for relief, and she will naturally come out to see you." β
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γKaifeng Mansionγ
After getting along with her eldest brother and father, Zhao Yingluo turned back to the mansion, and not long after she rested, she heard the housekeeper Zhou Wang say that a woman asked to see her and wanted to help one or two.
"You can arrange this by yourself, she can either go to the town north of the city, or go to the drunken hibiscus helper! Why do you need to ask me? β
Zhao Yingluo, who was a little tired physically and mentally, didn't want to see guests.
"But the woman said she had to see you!"
When Zhao Yingluo saw this, she had to order the woman to come and see her, just see each other, she should have something unspeakable to hide when she is so persistent.
Mama Chen entered the hall and raised her eyes to see Zhao Yingluo sitting in the main hall.
"Oops! I said why does this folk portrait look so much like Her Royal Highness the Princess, it turns out that it is really Her Royal Highness! Say goodbye to these three years, but you can teach slaves to think about it! β
Zhao Yingluo was shocked in her heart, and looked at it, but it was her nursing mother, Mama Chen.
Butler Zhou Wang was a little puzzled, Her Royal Highness the Princess? Isn't this woman mad? This is obviously the county lord.
"You woman, this is the county lord, not Her Royal Highness the Princess, don't you recognize the wrong person?"
"The slave has nursed Her Royal Highness the princess for three years, and has taken care of her for fourteen years, how can she admit her mistake? Does Your Highness remember the sugar gourd made by the slave himself? That's your favorite food. β
Zhao Yingluo secretly said that it is not good, bad! Is his identity going to be exposed by this nurse? How did she find her house?
If she spreads the word, she may ruin her own big things!
"Zhou Guan's family, you go down and arrange an errand for this grandmother, and the rest of the people will also go down."
After retiring from everyone, Zhao Yingluo stood up, walked to Mama Chen, and pulled her to sit down.
In the memory of this body, her past with this nurse is not bad, and she treats herself like her own child, so Zhao Yingluo doesn't want to embarrass Mama Chen in order to hide her identity.
However, she wanted to find out the real intention of Mama Chen to come here.
"Mama has been doing for the past two years?"
"Hey! That year, the Jin people entered Kaifeng, and the slave escaped by luck, but the silver money accumulated over the years fell in the palace, and the slave had to return to his hometown in the suburbs to do some needlework to make a living. β
As soon as Mama Chen's chatterbox opened, she was a little unable to hold back, Zhao Yingluo finally listened to her patiently and asked, "Since Mama knows that I may be a princess, why don't you take refuge in me as soon as possible?" β
Mama Chen sighed, "The Emperor Taishang returned to the south, and the princesses also came back together, but it is rumored that Her Royal Highness the princess did not return south together, and something may have happened to her!" At that time, the slave cried for a long time. β
"Later, the portrait of Her Royal Highness the princess was rumored, and the slave just saw the portrait and guessed that it was the princess, but he was not completely sure of it, so he stayed at home honestly, until recently, he knew that Kang Lu found the slave and asked the slave to come to the door to identify, which was ......"
Zhao Yingluo suddenly understood that this Kang Lu had probably guessed his identity, but in order to verify the truth, he sent his nurse to the door to identify him.
"What did Kang Lu promise Mama?"
Mama Chen said with some embarrassment, "He promised to give the slave a house and some silver money to live." β
"What if I keep my grandmother silent and don't tell him the truth?"
Mama Chen asked with some confusion, "But why?" Could it be that Kang Lu still has to embarrass the princess? β
Zhao Yingluo breathed a long sigh of relief, "All in all, I have a hostile relationship with Kang Lu, and it's better for Mama to know the reason, if you rush in, I'm afraid I'll get into trouble, as long as Mama doesn't confide the truth to him, I can naturally give it to you what he promised, just a little more." β
Although Mama Chen wants to seek stability, but in the end she has raised Zhao Yingluo for seventeen years, in her opinion, Her Royal Highness the princess is half of her daughter, compared with feelings and wealth, she finally chose the former.
"What did Her Royal Highness the princess say, since that Kang Lu is your opponent, naturally he is also the opponent of the slave, and the slave would rather not have those promises of his."
Zhao Yingluo nodded, very satisfied with her answer, "In this case, Mama will return to him, and when he returns to the south, the whole house will work hard for Mama to take care of it more." β
When Mama Chen heard that Zhao Yingluo was going to hand over the internal affairs of the mansion to her, she was overjoyed, "The slave should do his best to serve Her Royal Highness the princess as before." β
"Remember, call me the county lord at all times, don't leak your identity."
"Slave understands! Slave understands! β
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Mama Chen's news made Kang Lu puzzled, could it be that this Shen Wanshu was really a god descending from heaven? Saving the Song Dynasty is about to fall? Otherwise, how could a little lady defeat the Jin army?
But Mama Chen's words had to make him believe that his guess was wrong!
Now that the Emperor Taishang and the first emperor have returned from Kaifeng, assisted by good generals such as Zong Ze and Han Shizhong, and supported by Shen Wanshu, the richest man in the Great Song Dynasty, everything seems to be going towards a trend that is not conducive to the official family.
Then Shen Wanshu insisted on welcoming back the Emperor Taishang and the first emperor, could it be that she wanted to support the first emperor to regain the throne? Become an auxiliary minister yourself? Or does she want to follow the example of the first Tang Wulu to become the emperor?
The more Kang Lu thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally decided to return to Lin'an immediately and tell the official's family.
γLin'anγ
Before the news of Kang Lu came, his father's second letter arrived, which made Zhao Gou even more headache, and the letter not only asked him to revoke the previous edict again, but also ordered him to reward Zong Ze, Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, Wang Zaixing, etc.
Jie Du Envoy, Assassin History, Prefect ......
All the people to be rewarded are real jobs one by one!
He even specially ordered him to lift the restrictions on the size of Shen Wanshu's private soldiers and grant her unlimited recruitment of Hebei rebels!
Such a reward made Zhao Gou feel a trace of worry.
What worries him the most is that his imperial brother Zhao Huan is back!
His return will be the biggest threat to his throne!
If you want to eliminate this threat, you must move the Emperor Taishang and the imperial brother to Lin'an in case of accidents.