Even though it was not the first time they saw Zhu Ying, Qiao Hu and Yang Hao couldn't help but blush when they saw the eldest lady leaping off the horse and grabbing Zhang Shou's sleeve.
When we were in the village, it was not impossible that some pregnant girls talked about the little gentleman behind their back with bright eyes. But although the little gentleman was always smiling, it gave the impression that he was always far away. So.
, the young gentleman was always spoken to by women who were married and had children, and most of the girls just looked around. It was even more so after Zhu Ying came.
That wealthy young lady wearing bright clothes and angry horses looks like it can burn people's eyes. No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel ashamed!
Zhang Shou saw Zhu Ying grabbing him and leaving without any explanation, so he had no choice but to remind him: "Yingying, I have two people with me!"
Zhu Ying turned her head and saw Qiao Hu and Yang Hao who had hurriedly looked away. She immediately shouted: "Zhu Hong, Zhu Shi, you two take Yang Hao and Qiao Hu for a ride! Ah Shou, follow quickly.
My mother finally agreed to go home after I left. If you don't go, it will be terrible if she leaves!"
Helpless, Zhang Shou reminded her repeatedly, which made the eldest lady remember that she could ride a horse, but her equestrian skills were not good enough to gallop.
Therefore, Zhu Ying could only endure the slow speed of the trot. Especially when she took a shortcut from Buliang Bridge to Huangcheng North Street, and had to pass by Bei'anmen to dismount and walk. She almost became anxious until she saw Zhaofu Street in sight.
, she just felt a little relieved.
When she came out, she specifically told people that if her mother left, she would draw a crying face on the street. Now the wall is clean and there is nothing, so my mother must not have left, right?
When she arrived at the gate of Zhao Guogong's mansion, she didn't even have time to dismount and asked loudly: "I brought Ah Shou, is your mother still there?" If she really left, she would take Ah Shou to Zhaoming Temple, no matter how hard it was.
Pao also wants to bring people back!
The porters in front of the door tried their best to hold back their laughter, especially when they saw Zhang Shou, who was right behind him, looking helpless. One of them said seriously: "Don't worry, Miss, Madam is in the Qing'an Hall of the Grand Madam. She won't be seen today."
I'm sure I won't leave if I stay with you!"
"That's good!" Zhu Ying is not the type to blush when others tease her. As soon as she turned around, she directly pulled Zhang Shou's reins, "Let's go directly to Qing'an Hall and dismount. Don't keep grandma and mother waiting!"
Now that we have entered Duke Zhao's mansion, dismounting on foot would not waste much time than riding straight in. However, Zhu Ying made the final decision to ride straight into Qing'an Hall, so Zhang Shou could only let it go.
When he dismounted in front of the familiar hanging flower gate, he turned around and saw Qiao Hu and Yang Hao being lifted off the horse by Zhu Hong and Zhu Shi. He couldn't even find an excuse and could only go in at Zhu Ying's urging.
Door.
Unlike before when he met the concubine without knowing anything about it, since he met Concubine Yu, he always felt a little strange when he thought of Zhu Ying's mother who seemed to have escaped into Buddhism because of what she had done back then. Unlike Concubine Yu, Zhu Ying's
My mother comes across as stubborn and tough.
At this time, he followed Zhu Ying into the main room, turned around the partition, and saw that Mrs. Wu who was sitting in the guest seat had stood up. He thought of the two little guys saying that Mrs. Wu had taken Aunt Liu there early in the morning.
After entering Zhao Guogong's mansion, the situation was already obvious. It was clear that Mrs. Wu had invited Wu, an acquaintance from back then, to receive her daughter-in-law who had returned from Zhaoming Temple.
When he turned around the long row of chairs and finally took a clear look at the two people at the main seat behind the screen, he immediately caught sight of the woman in a gray hat and silk clothes, playing with a string of black Buddhist beads in her right hand.
Compared with Zhu Ying's stunning beauty, her appearance looks cold at first glance. When you look closely, her always straight back and slightly tilted chin are even more revealing.
Vaguely, she is just as proud and strong as Zhu Ying.
And her voice was somewhat sonorous: "Are you A Shou?"
Zhang Shou calmed down, then stepped forward, bowed and saluted, and said, "Zhang Shou has met Madam."
"Get up. Also, don't call me madam." The woman in the silk clothes curled her lips slightly, revealing a smile that was extremely rare on ordinary days. "I am the ninth in my family. After I got married, my elders and peers called me Jiuniang.
You can call me Aunt Jiu."
Seeing that Zhu Ying, who had come to Jiuniang's side and supported her, was blinking at him, as if urging him to agree, Zhang Shou said calmly, "Yes, Jiuyi."
Just hearing this simple "Jiu Yi", Jiu Niang's spirit immediately soared, and the trace of gloom that had just shrouded her eyebrows completely dissipated. At this moment, her bright temperament and Zhu Ying's bright beauty seemed to merge into one, and then
No difference.
Zhu Ying also immediately said coquettishly: "Mom, you usually don't say much when you see me. You are partial!"
Jiuniang was stunned for a moment, then patted Zhu Ying's hand gently: "I'm afraid that if I talk to you too much, I'll want to come back. I'm afraid that because I miss you, I'll give in to your father!"
She said the words "you" very calmly, especially when she saw Wu secretly wiping her tears, her voice became louder without realizing it.
"Your father has always known nothing but unfounded worries. If A Shou was raised in our Zhu family, I would definitely treat him, Da Lang Erlang and you equally, and would never let anyone who makes slanderous remarks have a foothold! He only cares about himself.
He teaches Da Lang and ignores Er Lang. Why do he think others are not as good at teaching children as he does?"
"It's child's play to raise Ah Shou in the countryside, pick a good teacher to teach him, raise him to be generous and decent, and then choose one of you or Mingyue to marry Ah Shou. This is simply child's play! It's not what we are seeing.
How do grown-up people know what their temperament is like? If this is perfunctory, then it is really not sincere. If this is true, I am irresponsible to both you and Ashou!"
Zhang Shou only felt that Zhu Ying's previous statement that her mother could reconcile with her father by beating her up now seemed to be justified. Mrs. Zhao Guo's personality was very similar to Zhu Ying's, so she had something to say. And the next moment,
He realized this again.
"Mom, I have not fulfilled my filial piety for so many years, and you have not divorced my stubborn wife for Yingying's father. I am very grateful to you. But I still want to say that you should argue with Yingying's father about what happened back then.
A fight for it!"
Faced with such an extremely stubborn daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tai couldn't help but think of how Jiuniang and daughter-in-law often had small conflicts over trivial matters after Jiuniang came in as her son's second wife. However, now, sixteen years later,
She looked at her daughter-in-law who was always having a bad temper, but she no longer got angry as easily as before.
After all, it was precisely because Jiuniang and Yufei Zhang worked hard together, Zhu Ying, Zhang Shou, and Princess Yongping that all three of them could come to this world safely.
She sighed and said, "You are right. It was a mistake of mine back then and I didn't try to persuade her to the end. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to find that Ah Shou is not only outstanding in appearance, but also talented. Yingying and Yingying are a perfect match."
There was no other version of his life experience. Zhang Shouzheng breathed a sigh of relief. However, he did not expect that the conversation would progress to a match made in heaven so quickly. He couldn't help but be a little unprepared. Seeing that Wu, who had been silent just now, was full of joy, he subconsciously
He wanted to make a break, but the next moment, he found that Jiuniang's eyes were like sharp arrows, suddenly locking him tightly.
"Ah Shou, this child is indeed better born than those in the capital, and his education is under the control of Grand Master Ge. Of course, I have nothing to say. But, Ah Shou, I listen to your mother.
Say, you have just learned equestrian skills and know nothing about martial arts? That won’t work. A man should be good at both civil and military skills!”
Before Jiuniang could finish her words, Wu was startled and stood up quickly and shouted: "Madam, Ah Shou has been weak since he was a child..."
"It's because I have been weak since childhood that I have to practice martial arts to strengthen my body!" Jiuniang's eyebrows were raised, but she angrily scolded Mrs. Wu, "You just don't understand the principle that a loving mother often loses her son! Last time I heard that in the village
There were also rebels and assassins? This time Ah Shou was not injured, but what about the next time? If it hadn’t been for Concubine Yu and I who knew martial arts, and Zhang...she was willing to fight hard, how could she have escaped?"
Speaking of this, Jiuniang looked at Zhang Shou with bright eyes: "Besides, Ah Shou, you don't want to be chased and beaten by Yingying when your husband and wife quarrel in the future, right?"
At that moment, Zhang Shou saw Zhu Ying's face as bright as red clouds, and he finally couldn't help but laugh.
He has a face that looks like a frail scholar, but in the past three years, he has been walking up the mountain every day in the countryside, and he is actually not that frail. He has also practiced the self-defense skills he learned back then. Of course, he
He himself was in favor of the suggestion, because what he knew was incomparable to today's experts who are proficient in swords, guns, bows, and cold weapons.
However, could this last reason for persuading you to practice martial arts be a true portrayal of the life of Mr. and Mrs. Zhao Guogong back then?