Chapter 143: Infatuation
Zhou Ruzhang leaned his head on Mrs. Zhou San's shoulder, and his cheeks gradually crawled up with a smile. She lifted the curtain and went to see Cui Zhen's figure, and stepped on the horse with a tall figure, heroic and majestic look.
Zhou Ruzhang's heart was bumpy.
She is already sixteen years old this year. Ordinary women should have discussed their marriages long ago, but she has been waiting for Cui Zhen. She can't forget the situation when Dingning Hou returned in triumphantly. She was angry that her elder sister didn't know how to make such a mess in the eldest princess's house.
Hard work pays off, and she is finally getting closer to Cui Zhen.
After looking at Zhou Ruzhang for a while, he put down the curtain: "But I feel uncomfortable. Why do I treat her like that? Although I buy some gadgets, I still have to spend money. She doesn't know anything and wasted so many good things in vain. It's better to give charity to the beggar if I have this money."
"Don't talk nonsense," Mrs. Zhou San's eyes flashed. "We must treat Miss Gu well in the future. This time, Gu Hou made great contributions, and the Gu family will also follow the crowd and dogs to heaven. Although our family has nothing to do with this matter, it is more or less involved. We have to coax the Gu family to talk to us so that we can be peaceful. Otherwise, you will definitely be blamed by your grandmother when you return to Beijing."
Zhou Ruzhang nodded: "I understand. I actually don't want to go back. When you step into the gate, you have to pay attention to the rules at all times. If you make any mistakes, you will be scolded by your grandmother. I can see that my grandmother only likes the second uncle's family."
"So you have to be successful and don't make your grandmother unhappy," Mrs. Zhou San held Zhou Ruzhang's hand. "We will also try our best to find a good marriage. If you become a wife in the future, your parents' family will not only not restrain you, but you can also support our three families."
Zhou Ruzhang patted and stroked his chest, trying to drive out those unhappy things. His mind was filled with Cui Zhen's laughter. She knew that Cui Zhen was mighty and solemn on the surface, and that was not necessarily like this behind her back. She had to seize her good marriage.
The two of them were talking, but they heard a voice from outside saying, "This is what the prince ordered, you just take it."
Mrs. Zhou San's heart moved and immediately said, "What's the matter?"
The woman who was following the car reported: "The prince ordered someone to send pastries." As he said that, he handed a food box into the carriage.
On Wednesday, the wife immediately lifted the curtain and thanked her to the Eastern Palace followers: "Thank you for your care."
The Eastern Palace entourage turned away without saying much.
Zhou Ruzhang opened the food box and saw that it was full of exquisite food inside and said, "Mother, look, this kind of food box will take a long time to prepare, and it must be something that no one has."
Zhou Ruzhang put a piece of butter abalone snail into his mouth, and a faint smell of milk came. He didn't expect that he could still eat such things on the way.
Mrs. Wednesday said: "Don't be greedy, be careful of your appetite." With the care of the prince and Dingning Hou, it seems that they can return to Beijing comfortably.
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Nie Chen, Liu Su and others followed the carriage all the way forward.
The first day I left Taiyuan Prefecture was fine. After all, it was not far from the garrison outside the city. If someone took action, the garrison troops would arrive soon.
So they don’t have to be too nervous today, but they don’t know what will happen if they go backwards.
Nie Chen looked around and looked at Liu Su with a strange look: "Didn't you say that the junior sister would go to the capital with you? Why is she still missing? Although it would be dangerous to follow these cars and horses, it would be even more amazing that she, a girl, had a placard."
Liu Su didn't say much, just said, "Follow."
Somehow, Nie Chen always felt that Liu Su's dull gourd looked disgusted. Who is this to him?
Nie Chen said: "You can tell me clearly where is Junior Sister Jiang?" They are also people who follow the elders. Liu Su always knows a little more things than him. Although he doesn't care much, he always seems to be less intelligent than Liu Su. That's not OK. Among the people, he has to let Liu Su know who the boss is. Even if everyone is the adopted son of the elders, he must be in order.
Nie Chen cleared his throat: "Have you ever been to Beijing?"
"No." Liu Suxi's words are like gold.
Nie Chen said: "The capital is not as good as Taiyuan Prefecture. The city is full of high-ranking officials and nobles. If you are not careful, you will get into trouble. I have walked in the capital, so I have some experience. At that time..."
Nie Chen found that Liu Su had no intention of interfering, so he coughed: "Did you hear what I said?"
"Well." Liu Su even spared his words this time.
Nie Chen frowned. Liu Su's ear disease was getting worse again? Since this was the case, he took the opportunity to sort them. He was the eldest. Even if Liu Su was the second, I guess he would not refute it after he said Liu Su.
Nie Chen said: "We have all received kindness from the elders. The children of the world should be grateful. Do you think so?"
Liu Su nodded.
Nie Chen continued: "The elder has taught us a lot. As the saying goes, one day, one day, one lifelong as a father, we are two brothers. According to the rules of the people, the elders are brothers. Since we are all adopted sons of the elders, you will call me elder brother in the future and I will call you second brother. What do you think?"
Nie Chen waited for a while, but before Liu Su responded, it seemed that Liu Su didn't hear anything.
Nie Chen said bitterly: "We have just gained some fame because of this case. If this continues, many people will definitely come to join us. We always have to set rules, right? In terms of age, the people who come in will be ranked by the time they enter the door. No matter what, we are all the elder brothers, the second brothers, and the junior sisters are different. The junior sister is the closest person to the elders, so naturally they will always be junior sisters."
It sounds very reasonable, and Nie Chen is also very visionary, but Liu Su looked at the Gu family carriage, assuming that Nie Chen knew who the elder was. Even if he couldn't guess the elder's identity and knew where Miss Jiang was, he could reluctantly agree.
After a while, Liu Su finally said, "Have you found Miss Jiang?"
Nie Chen looked at the carriages: "Is the junior sister in front?"
Liu Su nodded.
Nie Chen continued, "Which family did you dress up as?" With Junior Sister Jiang's ability, it was not difficult to cover up, and he thought of this just now.
This fool, let's forget it. Liu Su pretended not to hear anything. When he lived in a dilapidated temple, he heard that there was a great charity who had more than 100 adopted sons. How old was the eldest lady? If she had adopted sons in a courtyard... Liu Su felt that the scene was unimaginable.
After learning the truth, will Nie Chen, the person who claims to be the eldest son, be beaten by others? Liu Su shook his head. He was thinking too much, and no one would believe that Nie Chen was going to be an adopted son.
After walking in the carriage for a whole day, I finally arrived at the inn. There was a village not far from the inn. The postmaster invited the prince to live in the village, but the prince insisted on living in the inn, which showed his virtuousness.
Washing clean and changing into the inn, Gu Mingzhu looked around. Although the inn is not small, it is inevitable that there will be a lot of people to arrange for so many people to come in at once.
The female family members were arranged to live in the backyard. The female family members of the Cui family and Zhou family went to the yard to the west. Gu Mingzhu and her mother lived in the east courtyard. There were not many houses in the east courtyard, so she could only squeeze in the same room with her mother. In this way, it was not easy to go out with a different identity, so she could only wait for Liu Su to come and send her a message.
"It's just a night. We'll set off tomorrow morning, so we don't have to bother the postmaster again."
Gu Mingzhu heard that it was Princess Huairou's voice.
Princess Huairou followed the prince in front and did not meet her until the inn.
Gu Mingzhu walked out the door and saw Princess Huairou sitting on a stone bench not far away, lowering her head and wondering what she was thinking about.
Chapter completed!