Chapter 238: Unintentionally planting willows and willows
While Concubine Yu was thinking of ways to convey her feelings to the emperor on behalf of Princess Yongping, Princess Yongping had already arrived at the gate of Zhao Guogong's Mansion. As luck would have it, she happened to bump into Zhang who was helping Wu down from the carriage.
life.
Although in the past, when visiting Duke Zhao's Mansion, whether Zhang Shou or Wu family came from home, they would probably go directly through the back door for convenience, but because today is the Lunar New Year, Zhang Shou accompanied Wu family to the temple to offer incense.
, I planned to have lunch at Zhao Guogong’s Mansion at Zhu Ying’s invitation and worship the stove in the evening. When I came back to the main entrance of Zhao Guogong’s Mansion, I didn’t expect to meet Princess Yongping.
The two sides met each other, and Wu, who was quietly sizing up each other, was suddenly a little surprised. If Zhu Ying is the beautiful peony in the country, then the noble girl in front of her is like the orchid in the empty valley. Although her eyes are light, it makes people dare not
Looking directly at her, just as she was thinking about which family's daughter it was, she heard Zhang Shou speak.
"I've met Princess Yongping."
Wu was immediately taken aback, and then hurriedly followed Zhang Shou to salute. What made her even more unexpected was that Princess Yongping came directly to their mother and son, looking at them carefully with her cold eyes.
Zhang Shou immediately laughed, but there was no joy in his voice. At that moment, she couldn't help but have a very ridiculous idea.
She only recently found out that the other woman who was brought back by Widow Zhang with Mrs. Zhao at first was thought to be a relative of Duke Zhao, but turned out to be Concubine Yu. So, Ah Shou, Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping, then
They were born in the same year, the same month and the same day, so there is a natural affinity between them. Zhu Ying fell in love with Zhang Shou at first sight before, so Princess Yongping wouldn’t be the same, right?
Seeing that Zhang Shou was not avoiding her gaze, Princess Yongping thought that when she was choosing a son-in-law, her father even asked Zhang Shou to accompany the selection for reference. But this time, the new textile machine that was the focus of the dispute between the eldest and the second prince was said to be
It was also by Zhang Shou's hand that many dandies with a bad reputation were now working as their supervisors in Banshan Hall... She couldn't help but feel more and more complicated.
"Zhang Shou, I really misjudged you." She raised her head as she spoke, trying her best to appear calm and indifferent, and said word by word, "Zhu Ying is luckier than me, but that's what she deserves.
.I have always disliked her, but although she has shortcomings of one kind or another, she has a frank temperament. I hope you will not let her down in the future!"
Having said this, Princess Yongping entered the gate without looking back. As a royal princess, even if the Tai Fu and Jiu Niang did not greet her personally, she still had the qualifications to let Duke Zhao's mansion open the main entrance. And Zhang Shou watched the gate open in Yongping.
After Princess Ping entered, she slowly closed the door, and he helped Mrs. Wu enter through the west corner door. The concierge who greeted him was polite and attentive, but when he wanted to see him off for a few more steps, he declined with a smile.
After leaving the gate area, Wu said in a low voice: "Ah Shou, what did Princess Yongping mean when she just said those words to you? What do you mean by looking the wrong way? Could it be that she looked down on you before?"
"Mom, what do you want with this?" Zhang Shou didn't want to mention the incident at the Yuehua Tower literary party, so he prevaricated calmly, "Listen, didn't she warn me not to let Yingying down? She and Yingying
They were born on the same day, same year, same month, and their relationship has never been so harmonious, but I didn’t expect that on the key issues, they were still facing her.”
Wu succeeded in attracting Zhang Shou's attention, and immediately said with a smile: "You are all still young, so there is no such big conflict, it's just a little bit of discord between children who are angry with each other. This Princess Yongping has a high bearing,
She is graceful and noble, although she has a completely different impression from Yingying, but she is definitely a good girl... By the way, didn't you help the emperor choose his son-in-law before? "
Zhang Shou immediately screamed inwardly. Sure enough, the next moment Wu immediately asked: "Didn't your Banshan Hall have a consort and two honorable guests? I think Princess Yongping is not too young, so she is not sure this time
Are you going to be a servant?"
Wu suddenly transformed into the third aunt and sixth wife in the household, and asked about Princess Yongping's marriage. Zhang Shou was helpless and could only vaguely say that Princess Yongping was a talented girl, so the emperor could not choose the right one for the time being, and planned to help her better.
Look, this problem was finally solved. When mother and son arrived at the second gate, they saw Mother Li already waiting there.
"Ms. Wu, Mr. Shou." Mother Li bowed her knees with a smile, and then explained, "Concubine Yu sent Princess Yongping to deliver things, so Madam picked her up and went in first. She won't stay too long.
, it won’t delay dinner.”
That's right... Mrs. Wu felt a little sweaty on her forehead. The dignified princess seemed to be disliked when she came to Zhao Guogong's mansion? And Zhang Shou laughed and said: "Mother Li, why are you saying this to Princess Yongping?
Prejudice?"
Only then did Mother Li realize that she had gone too far. She quickly slapped herself in the mouth and said with a wry smile: "Fortunately, you two heard me, otherwise I would have committed a big taboo! Alas, last time I was forever
When Princess Ping came, it was said that she said something very outrageous, so the lady was depressed for several days, and the concubine was also very angry. It is inevitable for us servants to be a little unhappy."
"Of course, no matter how unhappy you are, it is not a reason to criticize the princess behind her back, so Mr. Shou, please forget what I said."
Wu knew that she had little knowledge, so she remained silent at the moment. Zhang Shou naturally would not make a fuss about this kind of issue, so he smiled and said: "Mrs. Tai and Jiu Yi have always been broad-minded. This matter lies with us."
That’s enough as far as here.”
"Yes, yes, thank you Mr. Shou." Mother Li agreed, and then she took Zhang Shou and Wu to Qing'antang. It was discussed by Mrs. Tai and Madam to invite the mother and son to celebrate the New Year's Eve. Zhu Ying raised her hands in approval.
That's why she felt a little resentful towards Princess Yongping who came uninvited. At this time, while talking about various preparations, she quietly inquired about Zhang Shou's New Year's Eve arrangements.
Because Zhu Ying insisted that Zhang Shou could bring Wu family over to have fun at noon on New Year's Eve. As for the evening, she had no choice. She couldn't let mother and son go to other people's houses to reunite at night.
But Zhang Shou's answer surprised her: "For New Year's Eve, the teacher had sent someone to tell me more than a month earlier, asking my mother and I to come and accompany him, an old man who lives alone.
His wife is gone a long time ago, and his children and grandchildren are not around, and there is no one around him who understands the cold and the hot, so I naturally agreed to him, but I feel sorry for the wife, Jiuyi and Yingying."
When he said this, he said with a smile: "The teacher said that his grandson will be transferred back to Beijing next year. When the next Chinese New Year comes, I will definitely take my mother to my house to have New Year's Eve dinner together. There are so many people and everyone wants to take advantage of it.
Festive.”
Mother Li immediately beamed with joy. Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying will definitely be married during the next Chinese New Year. At that time, Zhang Shou can take Zhu Ying back to Zhao Guogong's mansion to celebrate the New Year. This is more sincere than coming to celebrate the New Year together this year. You know, after a woman gets married,
Of course, we spend all the holidays at the husband’s house, and we may not go back to our parents’ house even for lunch!
Nowadays, there are a lot of rumors outside that Zhang Shou is the son-in-law of the Duke of Zhao, but Zhang Shou doesn't care about this. At this time, he can talk about the future calmly, which shows his magnanimity!
"My uncle, if you tell the Madam and Madam, they will be happy! By then, you will be the perfect son-in-law of the house!"
She unknowingly brought out the word uncle again. When she arrived at the entrance hall of Qing'an Hall, she saw Zhu Ying standing there looking around. As soon as she saw their group, she immediately ran over. She couldn't help laughing.
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Zhang Shou even joked: "Princess Yongping is here, Yingying, why don't you accompany her?"
"She and I are sworn enemies, why should I accompany her?" Zhu Ying raised her eyebrows angrily, but when she caught Zhang Shou's gaze, she unnaturally looked away and whispered.
He muttered, "It was my grandmother and my mother who kicked me out and asked Mother Jiang to guard the door. I can't listen to what that girl Yongping said. It's so weird!"
That day Princess Yongping came to see Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang. Like everyone else, Li’s mother heard her claim that she was unwilling to marry. As for what she said to Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang later, she was ordered to stay away from her.
She didn't dare to eavesdrop, and of course she really didn't know. So at this moment, seeing Zhu Ying's face full of depression as to why can't I listen, she was helpless.
Zhang Shou didn't know, nor did he want to know. Seeing that Zhu Ying was in a low mood, he stepped forward and quietly grabbed her hand, and then said with a smile: "Since there are guests here in Qing'an Hall, let's go to your second brother's place."
How about taking a tour of Ziyan Pavilion? The Imperial College is on vacation this time, and I have assigned homework to all the supervisors in Banshan Hall, so I just went to see how they did it!"
As soon as these words came out, Zhu Ying immediately forgot the little unhappiness and said with joy: "Okay, it's time for a surprise attack! My second brother came back from the Imperial Academy for vacation this time. He worked hard and was bored all day long.
He won’t come out of the study, but I don’t believe he has changed his temper and worked so hard! Ah Shou, let’s go quickly!”
Seeing that Zhu Ying actually dragged Zhang Shou away with her backhand, Mother Li couldn't help shaking her head. But when she saw Wu smiling and watching Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying leave, not only did she not dissuade her, but she was happy to see it happen.
She secretly sighed that the eldest lady had such a temper, but it was a good thing to meet such a mother-in-law.
Since it was a sudden attack, Zhu Ying naturally ordered people to check out the spots near Ziyan Pavilion on the way, just in case Zhu Er had released people to look around early. Once she was sure that Zhu Er had no such preparation, she pulled Zhang Shouganran away with peace of mind.
Go straight.
Because Zhu Er messed up the mandarin ducks earlier, now he only has two servants who have been with him for many years, and the rest have new faces. At this time, two old faces were killed by four new ones.
She was so watchful that she didn't even dare to shout a warning. Zhu Ying asked several people one by one and found that no one knew what Zhu Er was doing in the room, so she simply pulled Zhang Shou to the door.
However, Zhang Shou originally used Zhu Er as a cover to save Zhu Ying from dragging Princess Yongping to see Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang. At this time, how could he really let Miss Zhu break in so carelessly?
.He grabbed Zhu Ying's wrist, then shook his head at the person, then pulled her behind him, and then waved a boy over.
He whispered a few words in a low voice, and the boy immediately called out very cleverly: "Second Young Master, Princess Yongping has come to see the Dowager and Madam."
Seeing that there was no movement in the room, the boy repeated it again, and soon, an impatient voice came from inside: "What does it have to do with her coming here? She doesn't like me anyway, so I'm too lazy to use the hot facial patch."
She has a cold ass! Get out of here!"
Zhu Ying saw that the boy was so scolded that he shrank his head, and she almost laughed out loud. Immediately afterwards, she saw Zhang Shou giving instructions to the boy again, and he quickly plucked up the courage to shout
: "Second Young Master, Mr. Shou happened to meet Princess Yongping in front of the door. After saying a few words, Princess Yongping went to see Mrs. Tai and Madam. I heard that Mr. Shou was asking the eldest lady about your homework at the door of Qing'an Hall!"
Zhang Shou dragged Zhu Ying to a blind spot. Sure enough, within a moment, the door to the study room was opened from the inside. Zhu Er who came out did not look to the side at all, but stared at the young boy with a picture.
His face twitched.
"He still has the nerve to ask Yingying about my homework? It's so easy to take such a few days off. I don't even dare to go out. I just do the homework and arithmetic problems he assigned at home! He only teaches the basics of arithmetic in Banshan Hall, but look at it
Are those questions given to people?"
The young man didn't expect that his young master would complain directly to him. After being stunned for a moment, he deliberately whispered: "Young master, it doesn't have to be done, right? Can't it be fooled by just a few strokes?
?Besides, Young Master Lu is not a math genius that everyone knows. If you really can’t do it, it will be the same with him..."
"Why don't I let that damn fat man laugh at me?" Zhu Er suddenly roared, "I will never beg that damn fat man even to my death! How dare you pretend to be mediocre and incompetent to lie to me, if he hadn't also been my brother-in-law's student.
, I have broken off our relationship with him long ago! Anyway, the spring break is not over yet, and he can’t come to check my homework now... Don’t bother me, I still have to memorize a few Tang poems to deal with that little guy Xiao Cheng!"
Seeing the door slamming shut in front of him, the boy immediately touched his nose. Seeing Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying coming together again in the corner, he quickly whispered: "I can guarantee that there is absolutely no tip-off, the second young master is sure
I’m really reviewing my books. Yesterday I found a pile of paper with all kinds of numbers written on it in the wastebasket!”
Zhang Shou suddenly couldn't help laughing. Zhu Er had never been to Cuiyun Room at that time, and later in the Imperial College, Banshan Hall and Jiuzhang Hall were two different things. Therefore, even though Lu Sanlang was the headmaster of Jiuzhang Hall and was very impressive, Zhu Er always
It is understandable that he is not convinced by Lu Sanlang's talent. Of course, this holding back his breath may not help him to improve his studies, but at least it is a kind of promotion.
He didn't go in at that moment, pulled Zhu Ying back to the boys, and whispered with a half-smile: "Remember, Yingying and I have never been here. Otherwise, the second young master knows, and everyone of you knows about it."
The crime of not retaliating."
Seeing that several boys were suddenly silent and nodded repeatedly, he pulled Zhu Ying and turned around and walked out. Once outside, Zhu Ying breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't expect that the second brother would still be so competitive with others.
One day! Hey, Ah Shou, do you think if I told him that the emperor would be a matchmaker for him and the niece of Dayin, the king of Shuntian Prefecture, would he be more energetic?"
Zhang Shou was immediately surprised. Zhu Er? Matching Wang Jie's niece? If Wang Datou's niece is as stubborn and capable as Wang Datou, Zhu Er will be in trouble in the future! Of course, he can guarantee that a girl from the Wang family will
She must be a good wife and mother, but that kind of kindness would probably make Zhu Er burst into tears, but it definitely meets the requirements this guy put forward in front of the emperor.
He asked Zhu Ying a few questions in a low voice. He was embarrassed to say that he initially promised the emperor to keep it secret, and then revealed Wang Jie's attitude. After thinking about it, he finally smiled and said: "Don't tell your second brother yet.
, after all, I haven’t even written my horoscope yet.”
"The most important thing is that unintentional planting willows will make shade, just like we did before. This matter depends on fate!"