Zhu Ying, who had always disliked going to banquets and parties, for two or three days in a row, for the first time for the first time, took those posts that were just sent to Zhao Guogong's house as a courtesy, and went to various stores to make appointments. In the afternoon, she went to each of the Zhu family's shops to check the accounts.
This abnormal phenomenon spread among the circles of ladies and ladies in the capital, naturally causing quite a shock.
Thinking that Mrs. Zhao Guo, who had always avoided living in the temple, actually returned home, some people inevitably speculated that it was because Duke Zhao Guo lost the war that the Zhu family contacted people and counted the accounts. There are also those ladies who used to be envious and jealous of this eldest lady.
They say some nasty things behind their backs.
However, Zhu Ying couldn't hear the gossip. Miss Zhao Er, the daughter of the Minister of War, who was always aloof, couldn't help it and actually stabbed Zhu Ying in front of her at a tea party. But this time, Zhu Ying was shocked.
Ying directly used the exact words that Lu Sanlang scolded her brother Zhao Ying, "Don't make excuses if you are stupid." She retorted and ridiculed the person, hiding her face and leaving.
After Miss Zhao Er taught such a lesson, those ladies and ladies who originally had some ideas suddenly stopped. The eldest lady entered the palace as if she were going home. She was almost more casual than the princess in front of the emperor and the queen mother, even though she suddenly had a convulsion for some reason.
When going around for appointments, most people just stay away from others. It’s not cost-effective to end up being ridiculed instead of hurting others!
Therefore, on this day, when Zhu Ying attended the birthday of Princess Qingning, the emperor's sister, even those ladies and ladies who disliked her arrogance and willfulness the most, they could only stay away and gossip quietly, but they did not speak in person.
Everyone was smiling, and they didn't dare to show any strange emotions.
As for Princess Qingning, who had always watched Zhu Ying grow up, when someone came to her and wanted to salute, she smiled and said no salutes, and just called her to sit next to her.
Zhu Yingshu casually stepped forward to sit down next to her cousin, and replied that her grandmother was too weak to move and her mother was waiting for her so she could not go out. Princess Qingning gave her an angry look: "She will make excuses."
, your mother is finally back, but you don’t take her out for a walk. She has stayed in that quiet place for so many years, it’s time for her to be quiet and thoughtful!"
Zhu Ying directly snatched the knife from the hand of the maid at the side, and skillfully peeled a crystal pear for Princess Qingning, and said: "Mother said that she has not served her grandmother for many years, and now she has to fulfill her filial piety, so here is the third aunt,
I'm the only one here to be filial."
Princess Qingning was immediately angry at Zhu Ying: "Hey, Yingying, you are going to get married soon. You have never been so good before!"
"Third Aunt, it's not that I wasn't filial before, and you don't celebrate your birthday every day!" Zhu Ying said and stuffed a sliced pear into Princess Qingning's mouth. Then she looked around and asked with a smile, "Hey
, where is Princess Yongping?"
Although the crystal pear was moist and sweet, Princess Qingning still felt that Zhu Ying's mouth was really sweet. She couldn't help but reach out and pinch Zhu Ying's bruised cheek, and her face was full of tears.
Chongdong: "Don't you and Yong Ping always sneer at each other when we see each other? Today the sun rises in the west, and you are thinking about her?"
"No one quarreled with me, I missed her!" Zhu Ying glanced at the ladies and ladies around her who were trying their best to show elegance, and then she chuckled, "Two days ago, there were people who claimed to be talented women.
She mocked me in front of me for not being talented, but when I asked her if she could write eight-legged essays, she immediately became mute. If it were Princess Yongping, she would have written eight out of ten essays."
This remark not only satirized some blind young ladies, but also mocked Princess Yongping's Yuehua Tower literary party. Naturally, no one dared to answer the question for a while.
However, Princess Qingning has always liked Zhu Ying's lively temperament, even more than Princess Yongping, who always puts on airs. She is not annoyed at the moment: "Who is like you? At home, your grandmother and parents indulge
Now that you have a fiancé who can tolerate you, you have to learn some talents. When you come back and pick a good day, you can also bring Zhang Shou to me."
Zhu Ying was not at all like other girls who were shy after hearing this. Instead, she said openly: "That will have to wait until he takes a rest. He is now supervising Banshan Hall and Jiuzhang Hall in Guozi. In the morning
There are all lectures in the afternoon. Not to mention how busy I am, I can’t even see him. The emperor really knows that he is capable and works hard, and he has put so much burden on him!"
Hearing this, most of the ladies and ladies felt unhappy. Although there are sons in various families whose official positions are far superior to Zhang Shou's, Zhang Shou's current official position is simply noble to the extreme - how many distinguished officials are there?
Their children are still squatting under the hands of Banshan Hall! As for Jiuzhang Hall, most people don’t pay much attention to it.
The eldest princess of Qingning couldn't help laughing when she heard Zhu Ying's words that were called complaints but actually showed off. She was just thirty this year. When her father died, she was still a four-year-old child, and although the Queen Mother was her biological mother
, but because she listens to politics behind the curtain and has the most important son, the emperor, to take care of, she doesn't care much about her, so her temperament has been a bit wild since she was a child.
When she reached the age of marriage, she did not passively wait for others to choose her son-in-law. Instead, she went to win over the emperor through hard work, and finally let the most powerful brother in the world come forward.
It was not easy to choose a consort whom he liked. Because of this, the Queen Mother was so angry with her that she was so unruly that she did not talk to her for three years.
The reason, of course, is very simple. Her prince-in-law is neither a noble son nor a scholarly family, but an ordinary scholar. Later, her prince-in-law didn't even take the Jinshi exam, and spent all his time in epigraphy.
Here, she also liked to accompany him to study the stone inscriptions. And when others laughed at her prince-in-law for not seeking advancement, she would also be arrogant and sarcastic.
There was such a nerdy prince-in-law, and she was naturally very curious about Zhu Ying's fiancé, Zhang Shou, who was said to have a first-class talent in arithmetic. What was even more curious was how could the emperor's brother, who had always been very restrained in making wishes for official posts, give it to Zhang so easily?
Longevity is the noble official position of Doctor Guozi.
Therefore, seeing Zhu Ying being proud, the eldest princess of Qingning suddenly stuffed a grape into the person's mouth: "It's not enough to talk in vain. Bring the person to see me next time!" After Zhu Ying's words were blocked, she then
He ordered, "Pass the word, start the banquet, start the show!"
Zhu Ying begged for mercy and acted coquettishly, and finally got down from the chair of Princess Qingning, but she took the first seat on the right. As for the first three seats on the left, the first seat was empty, and she also occupied the last two seats.
The two princesses were familiar to each other. Obviously, it was Princess Yongping who arrived belatedly. Thinking that Princess Yongping had never left the palace since she provoked the general that day, she couldn't help but wonder secretly.
It was not until three rounds of drinking that the imperial daughter arrived. After apologetically apologized, she took the initiative to drink three more drinks. The eldest princess Qingning was not a carefree person and motioned for people to sit down without thinking about it, but Zhu Ying did not.
Playing with the small wine cup, he got up from his seat, unceremoniously ordered someone to move a chair, and sat down next to Princess Yongping without hesitation.
Seeing this scene, the opera on the stage was still singing babblingly, but most of the ladies and ladies who were invited closed their mouths, and their ears also stood up, not counting Princess Yongping's table.
stand up.
However, at this time, the eldest princess Qingning slapped the table and said: "There are so many people here today, what's the fun of just watching the dramas? Besides Yingying, all the other girls among you can think of a poem for me that suits the occasion.
.I have promised you not to flatter me. It doesn’t matter whether it is good or not, what I want is your heart! Come on, please stop the show first and give me a drum beat!"
Zhu Ying was dumbfounded when she caught a glimpse of a large number of ladies and ladies. For a moment, she no longer had the intention to pay attention to her side. She immediately clasped her hands and bowed gratefully to Princess Qingning in the center, thanking her for helping her disperse the many ladies and ladies.
With her attention, she saw that the loyal maid behind Princess Yongping was also distracted by the maid beside Princess Qingning, and then she smiled at Princess Yongping.
Princess Yongping hated Zhu Ying's arrogant behavior and asked, "What do you want to do again?"
"What do you think?" Zhu Ying shook her wrist gently, and the amber liquid in the wine glass looked extremely beautiful. "If you don't want to talk to me here, maybe I can shake your beautiful new dress with a shake of my hand."
If it's dirty, we'll have to talk privately in the room behind Third Aunt!"
After all, Princess Yongping was good at cultivating qi. She adjusted her mentality in a moment and said stiffly: "I know what you want to ask. The assassin you mentioned before was killed by someone close to your wishful husband a few days ago.
He was beaten and almost half dead. I tried my best to pry it out of his mouth. The queen ordered him to scare you. But as soon as I asked him, he died the next day."
Speaking of this, she looked at Zhu Ying coldly for a moment, her eyes full of anger: "Do you know, in this way, this basin of dirty water will be poured out! I will not silence you, but I will also silence you!"
Although the conversation between the two was full of fire, because the conversation was very low and covered by the sound of drums, only the two of them could hear it. At this moment, Zhu Ying ignored Princess Yongping's anger and said with a smile:
"As long as Ah Shou and I feel that you are not silenced, as long as the Emperor and the Queen Mother feel that you are not silenced, that's enough. Who do others think?"
This other person swept the queen and the eldest prince and the second prince together. Princess Yongping was horrified, but when she thought about it more carefully, she had to admit that she, the daughter of Concubine Yu, was not very popular with the queen.
Do you still need to worry about her?
She was silent for a moment, and finally asked in a low voice: "What are your plans?"
"If others want to scare me and Ah Shou, then of course I will scare them too!" Zhu Ying sneered, but she grabbed Princess Yongping's wrist as if she was a close friend, and the wine glass in her hand was
He went over and said, "How about it? Are you interested in putting on a good show where I stain your skirt and run away in anger? With you, a talented girl here, no one can show off your talents. Everyone will be happy when you leave!"
Although she knew that Zhu Ying wanted to prevent outsiders from thinking that the two of them were together, Princess Yongping was still embarrassed and annoyed, and immediately said angrily: "Stop talking nonsense and tell me what you want to do?"
When she heard what Zhu Ying whispered in her ear clearly, Princess Yongping was horrified when she saw Zhu Ying pouring a glass of wine directly onto her skirt. Then, all she saw was in front of her.
The beautiful young lady from Duke Zhao's mansion winked at her.
"Oh, I'm really sorry, my hand slipped accidentally!"