The maid opened the door curtain, and a woman walked into the room holding a food box and whispered: "Prince Princess, it's time for lunch."
The eldest concubine of the Zhao Kingdom, Yu, was sitting upright next to the long desk. She said "hmm" and said, "Mom, please leave it alone for now."
The woman was the wet nurse of the Crown Princess. She glanced at it with a smile and saw two newspapers from the State of Yan placed on the desk. She smiled and said: "Congratulations to the Crown Princess, congratulations to the Crown Princess. As the saying goes, a prodigal son can't exchange for gold when he turns back. The Crown Prince has already strived for advancement. Crown Princess
Just wait and enjoy the blessings!”
Yu sighed softly: "I hope he doesn't just have a whim and turn around and spend three days fishing and two days drying nets."
"How can you not! The Crown Princess is overthinking it, isn't she?" the wet nurse said with a smile, "The Crown Prince is praised by the Holy Duke Yan. How many people in the world can be praised by the Holy Duke Yan? He is also on good terms with the young master of the Kong family. In the future
He will surely become a wise master!"
Mrs. Yu couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, and said: "It's too early to be happy now."
The wet nurse did not urge her to eat, and just stood by with a smile. For a while, Yu finished writing the letter, dried the ink and put it in the envelope. The wet nurse said with a smile: "In ancient times, Yun Hongyan sent letters, and there were also carps who sent letters. This letter is from Princess Concubine.
, is it given to the geese in the sky, or is it given to the carp in the water?"
The Crown Princess smiled and said, "You can't trust even fish or birds, so you should leave it to the messenger." Then she ordered, "Have someone deliver it early tomorrow morning."
The wet nurse smiled and accepted the letter: "I would like to comply with the wishes of the Crown Princess. Can the Queen eat now?" The Crown Princess smiled slightly.
Early the next morning, the imperial concubine's wet nurse sent the chief steward of the palace, and her husband rode a fast horse to the capital. In the afternoon, he arrived at the gate of the post house. The steward went to the porter and said, "Thank you for your hard work, brothers. I am from the state of Zhao, asking to see us."
Prince."
An old disciple stood up and was about to speak. Another young disciple in the corner said first, "I'm sorry. We have people from all over the world living in this post house, so we need to see their IDs." As he walked up to him, the steward was busy.
He took out the tooth plaque of Prince Zhao's mansion from his arms. The young disciple looked at it and said, "Please wait a moment. We have to show it to the people who follow your prince to make sure that this is indeed from your mansion."
Teeth brand.”
The steward handed over his hand: "Thank you, brother." He thought to himself, this capital post house is quite strict.
The disciple asked with a smile: "Is the eldest brother sent by King Zhao to urge the noble prince to study?"
The steward smiled and said, "I'm not from the palace. The Crown Princess sent me to deliver the letter."
The doorman smiled and said, "The husband is studying abroad, and the wife cares about her very much. The two of them are very affectionate." The steward sighed and was speechless.
The doorman had been away for half a day and came out and said, "Your prince is not in the post house. The brother who stayed to look after the door has just gone to relieve himself. I have troubled you to wait for a long time." Then he led him in. When he went inside, he asked, and found that the master was there.
The steward was greatly relieved to attend classes in the Hanlin Academy.
Prince Zhao came back in the evening, and Jia Cong, the number one idler in the Yan Kingdom, came with him. As soon as he entered the house, before the steward came forward, the gatekeeper hurriedly replied in a low voice that the imperial concubine had sent someone to deliver a message. Prince Zhao frowned
He raised his eyebrows and said, "I can't kill her!"
Jia Cong fell on the imperial concubine's bed and said: "After all, she is your wife. If she had the ability, she would have run away from home when we got married! Wow, I am so exhausted today. I have to stretch my legs."
Prince Zhao said angrily: "It's not the one I want to marry!"
"If you don't have the ability not to marry, and you don't have the ability to divorce, why are you complaining?" Jia Cong said, "People are usually forced to marry you. Do you think they are willing to marry you? You are an ignorant and ignorant dandy."
Prince Zhao said angrily: "That's just right! Let's break up in one fell swoop."
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Jia Cong said, "Even though I didn't want to, I still married you for so many years. Nowadays, it's no different than in later generations. The husband is a woman's heaven. I still have to put all my thoughts and future on you.
.After all, you can’t marry your sweetheart no matter what. In this case, if a woman likes you, why don’t you give it a try and accept her? Look at how long it’s been since you came out, and people are already thinking about her, right?”
Prince Zhao sneered and said, "You care about me? I don't know if you care about me or my reputation. The reputation was given to me by Yunxian and his father." Then he slumped down on the wicker chair next to the imperial concubine's couch.
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Let me remind you, in the future you may never meet a woman with such good conditions who is willing to marry you. Your father-in-law is a pillar. If you don't want it, don't blame me for scheming."
"Turn away! Who cares?" Prince Zhao's head rolled on the wicker chair, "Summer clearance sale~~ Don't miss it if you pass by."
The steward had just walked to a conspicuous place in the house. After hearing this, he froze and couldn't move. Jia Cong raised his body from the imperial concubine's bed and glanced at the steward and said: "Read the letter first. Anyway.
It’s a piece of mind.”
Prince Zhao rested his head on the chair with his hands on the chair: "Too lazy."
Jia Cong struggled to get up and said: "Uncle, give me the letter and I will read it to him."
The steward didn't recognize Jia Cong and looked hesitant. The long attendant who stayed behind whispered in his ear: "That is the regent of Yan State." He winked again. The steward hesitated for a moment and took out the letter.
Jia Cong waved: "Give it to me!"
Seeing that the steward was serious about giving it to him, Prince Zhao quickly stood up and ran over to grab the letter: "What are you looking at! This is a letter from home."
"Okay, okay." Jia Cong leaned on the pillow and saw that the man had begun to believe it. Fang Chao said to the steward, "Don't let your concubines be sad. This brother mainly has low self-esteem. Generally, wives are too capable, and men
It’s inevitable to have low self-esteem. I’m just a little bit.” Guan was at a loss for words, so he lowered his head and said “yes”.
After Zhao Shizi read the letter, he put it down and hummed: "What did I mean? It's just an 'encourage to study'."
Jia Cong said: "It's right to encourage students to learn! Doesn't that mean that you are expected to make a difference? Passerby, do you think I can persuade you?"
Prince Zhao said angrily: "She likes to read and can read on her own! What does it have to do with me?"
Jia Cong rolled his eyes and thought for a while: "The uncle who delivered the message, please go back and tell your princess that she had better come to the capital. If the couple becomes a rebellious teenager and his mother, they will not be able to live a good life.
Come on. Let Yan Shenggong reconcile and reconcile."
Zhao Shizi immediately said: "Don't bother Yan Shenggong with such big bullshit matters!"
Jia Cong breathed out: "Let my wife reconcile."
"It's free." Prince Zhao closed his eyes to rest and ignored him.
Jia Cong said: "That's it. It's easier to communicate in person than through letters. No matter how successful a man is, if he doesn't pretend to be a wife in his heart, he will become someone else's husband sooner or later." The chief gave the steward a tug. The steward was extremely disappointed and sighed.
Agreed.
The steward stayed in the post house that night. After dinner, the steward sat in the room in a daze. Then he heard a commotion outside the window. The regent of the Yan Kingdom did not know what he was teaching their prince to do. The steward couldn't help but go out to take a look. There was a young man at work.
I leaned outside his house and watched the excitement, and smiled when I saw him coming out. He looked like he was not the prince, so he must have been brought by the regent. The steward also smiled.
The boy said: "Uncle, I often come with the prince, why haven't I seen you?"
The steward said: "I just arrived today."
"oh."
The steward looked at the child: "Does your prince come to see our prince often?"
"Yes." The boy said, "They both have the same temperament and are both dandies."
"Dandy?!" the steward sneered, "Our prince is really a playboy. How can your prince be a playboy? He became famous all over the world at a young age, and now he is even more famous."
The boy smiled and said: "Our prince is actually a very playboy. But he has excellent eyesight, recognizes talents and is trustworthy. All serious things are done by Prime Minister Lin, Taishi Zhan, Master Wu and others, while the prince just idles around. He is very good at persuading people, and he is very good at political affairs."
As soon as a quarrel breaks out, I call him over to break up the fight, and he can still persuade me to make peace. Therefore, there are no party disputes in the court of Yan State."
"That's actually true." the steward thought, "it's quite interesting."
The steward didn't sleep much all night, and the genius Wei Liang set off back to Handan. Prince Zhao didn't know at all.
A few days later, the Crown Princess of Zhao took a carriage to the capital.
Everyone has hobbies. Some hobbies are inherited. For example, the Crown Prince of Zhao loves to listen to operas, and Master Zhang Er also loves to listen to plays; the Crown Prince of Zhao State is a dandy, and Master Zhang Er is also a dandy. On the day when the Crown Princess left the city,
The old dandy Mr. Zhang Er went to the theater again to listen to a play. He was eating snacks and hugging his powder head. He was very comfortable.
As soon as he heard this, Mr. Zhang Er ordered to reward the Hua Dan fifty taels of silver. The class leader led the Hua Dan to express his gratitude, and Mr. Zhang Er took the opportunity to tease the Hua Dan. At that moment, the people from the theater troupe went out, and someone followed Mr. Zhang Er.
The servant pointed at a person and said: "Hey, your class leader has left, why are you still standing there?"
The man was wearing a green shirt and a scarf. He stepped forward with a smile and said, "I'm not from the troupe. I just followed them in. I have something to say to Mr. Zhang Er."
The servant said angrily: "How dare you say anything after sneaking in! Get out quickly!" and drove him away. The man in green just smiled and looked at Mr. Zhang Er without saying a word.
Mr. Zhang Er suddenly felt interesting and said, "What do you want to say to me?"
The man in Tsing Yi said: "Please the second master to clear out the left and right sides." After saying that, he took out something from his pocket and handed it to the servant. The servant looked at it and saw that this was not the dental plaque from the prince's house? He hurriedly held it to the second master Zhang.
Mr. Zhang Er looked at it for a moment, then raised his eyes and stared at the man in Tsing Yi. The man in Tsing Yi just stood there with a smile. After thinking for a moment, Mr. Zhang Er waved his hand and ordered his men to retire. The servant whispered: "Master, I'm afraid this person is an assassin?"
The man in green said with a smile: "Your master is a dandy, why do you want to stab him? If anyone wants to stab him, it must not be our master."
Mr. Zhang Er was shaken and immediately ordered: "Everyone get out!" The others were so frightened that they hurriedly retreated. In an instant, only two people were left in the official seat.
The man in Tsing Yi then stepped forward and bowed again: "I have met Mr. Zhang Er. This subordinate is a subordinate of the Regent of Yan, and I have lent it to the prince of your country for temporary use."
Mr. Zhang Er's expression changed a few times, he stroked his beard and asked, "Did my nephew send you here?"
"Exactly." The man in green said, "The Crown Princess has left for the capital today, I think the second master must know about it?"
"I heard something about it in a vague way. Didn't it say that I was studying in the capital? What kind of studies did my wife go to after she passed away?"
The man in Tsing Yi whispered: "Your daughter-in-law is the only daughter of Mr. Yu Minzhong, so of course it is important. Second Master, the one you kiss is the one you kiss, and the one you raise is the one you raise; what is true is true, and what is false is false.
Right."
Mr. Zhang Er was shocked: "What did you say? Why can't I understand?"
The man in Tsing Yi smiled and said, "It's fine if the second master doesn't understand. After all, your Excellency has nothing to do with the Zhang family. Zuo is just his daughter married to the eldest son. There are no other good ministers in Zhao State, so I only rely on you to support me."
Right."
Mr. Zhang Er frowned and said, "Who are you?"
The man in Tsing Yi bowed again: "My subordinates are also following orders. The prince has reconciled with the concubine's family. Master Yu Minzhong is naturally on his son-in-law's side. The prince said that he wanted to be sick and asked for a wife.
A Taoist nun with profound Taoist teachings cast spells for him. Then he wanted to worship this Taoist nun as his adoptive mother. Princess Zhao, Princess Zhang, he would also be filial to. But since this Taoist nun's adoptive mother would save his life, he must be filial to her."
"Hiss..." Mr. Zhang Er took a breath. "He is..."
The man in Tsing Yi nodded: "That's right. The prince has now turned back as a prodigal son. He is praised by Duke Yan, helped by the regent of Yan State, and supported by Master Yu Minzhong. He said that he has liked his second uncle since he was a child, and he is closer than others for no reason.
"
Mr. Zhang Er frowned: "Although I have no potential, I still know my own weight. I am not a capable person, but the elder is capable."
The man in Tsing Yi said coldly: "No matter how capable Mr. Zhang is, the Kingdom of Zhao belongs to the prince, not Mr. Zhang. If Zhao is in the hands of the prince in the future, won't it be in the hands of the Zhang family? The prince is always born to the Zhang family. The second master
, Enough is enough, just give it up when it’s good. After all, King Zhao only has this son. Even if he wants to have another son, the princess is already so old, and it’s not her turn to give birth. Since the prince and the prince’s concubine are getting along well, it would be more convenient for the prince to give birth to a grandson.
It's easier." He suddenly whispered, "Don't you hope that your son will be successful and take charge of the Zhao Kingdom independently?"
"This..." Mr. Zhang Er stroked his beard again. Zhao Guo is still better in the hands of his own son than in the hands of the boss. "I have to go back and discuss it."
The man in Tsing Yi nodded: "Thank you very much, Mr. Second Master." He sighed, "You two are so good-looking. Instead of discussing serious matters face to face, you have to beat around the bush and ask our prince to be the middle man. Why bother?"
Mr. Zhang Er smiled bitterly and said: "How dare I? He is the heir apparent."
The man in Tsing Yi said: "When there are no outsiders in the house, isn't it true that the prince is not the prince?" Nai cupped his hands and said, "The prince means that he will study in Yan State for a while. Yan Shenggong plans to return to Qi State in the autumn, and then he will return
Zhao Guo. So it will take another three or four months at least. I hope that by then there will be a Taoist nun with a kind face who is already practicing and has a little reputation for being good at medicine."
Mr. Zhang Er wondered: "Who gave him this idea?"
The man in Tsing Yi smiled slightly and said, "Concubine." Mr. Zhang Er was stunned. The man in Tsing Yi winked and said, "They are a couple. How can outsiders know if they are on good terms or not?" Mr. Zhang Er laughed dumbly. The man in Tsing Yi bowed.
Farewell.
Mr. Zhang Er sat alone in the official seat and thought about it for a while. The more he thought about it, the more beautiful it became. After a while, he called someone to help him. Then he left the theater, got on the sedan chair and returned home.
Mr. Zhang was building a bonsai in his house at the moment. When he heard his second son coming, he said without looking back, "You must be fooling around somewhere again."
Mr. Zhang Er felt a little elated. He stepped forward and saluted: "Dad, my son met a very interesting person today." He waved his hand to everyone else and told them what happened just now.
"Pah!" Mrs. Zhang slammed down the scissors, "You bastard! How brave!"