Until he was helplessly dragged into the palace by Zhu Ying, Zhang Shou was still thinking about these five inappropriate words. Is the relationship between him and Zhu Ying considered a mess?
Well, when there are still rumors outside the country that categorically say that Zhao Guogong's palace is cheating on marriages, it is a mess. However, Zhu Ying dragged her father into the palace to explain to him on the day he came back. Isn’t it a different kind of forced uterus?
Compared with Zhu Ying, who had been in the palace since childhood, Zhang Shou originally did not have such treatment. However, after the Shangyuan Festival, he used threats and comfort to persuade the four people who wanted to leave the palace to join the fun in Xingtai. Prince, after the incident, the fourth prince bravely confessed to the emperor what he had been taught. Therefore, Zhang Shou, the prince's mentor, was confirmed, and the emperor generously granted him full citizenship.
When he first entered the Donghua Gate, the officials waiting to meet him looked at him with envy and jealousy. Zhang Shou naturally ignored it out of habit. But when he arrived at the Qianqing Gate, he saw Chu Kuan hurriedly coming out and looked directly at Zhu Ying. When the look on his body was quite subtle, he couldn't help but feel something in his heart, wondering if it was possible that the emperor and Zhu Jing, the two cousins, had just said something.
Sure enough, there was no need for him to open his mouth to test. After Chu Kuan led them in, he whispered: "Dr. Zhang, after Zhao Guogong and the emperor talked about some things like using troops in the front, they mentioned your marriage to the eldest lady. Then……"
Chu Kuan hesitated for a moment, as if he was considering whether he should say it, but finally sighed: "Zhao Guogong said that it was just a verbal agreement back then, and there was indeed no marriage certificate. He did not expect that such things would happen after this expedition. There were so many things going on that the marriage became a fuss. He said that if the material argument was too serious, otherwise..."
Before Chu Kuan could finish what he said, Zhu Ying's expression suddenly changed and she said angrily: "What do you want, dad? Even my grandmother and mother knew about this engagement. He was the one who invited Grandpa Ge to the Ashuna village in the first place." , now that the whole city knows about my affair with Ah Shou, is it possible that he still wants to regret it? My mother and Ah Shou's mother are close friends of life and death, and our family must be worthy of others!"
Seeing Zhu Ying rushing towards Qianqing Palace regardless, Zhang Shou was caught off guard and failed to stop her. When he wanted to chase her, he took two steps out, suddenly stopped, and then thought thoughtfully. Looking at Chu Kuan: "Eunuch Chu, did you only say half of what you just said? If I'm not mistaken, Zhao Guogong's intention is definitely not to deny the marriage, right?"
Under Zhang Shou's gaze, Chu Kuan smiled nonchalantly and said, "Oh, isn't it? I haven't had time to finish my words, the eldest lady is really too impatient!"
After the Chinese New Year, he officially succeeded Xu Liu, the retired Master of Ceremonies, and became the Master of Ceremonies. Although there are not many internal servants these days, and their ranks are quite limited, they are not as full of eunuchs as the Ming Dynasty in Zhang Shou's memory. But he was still considered the number one figure. Therefore, although Zhang Shou said that the white man was deliberately betraying himself to provoke Zhu Ying, he did not change his color like Zhu Ying did.
He teased with a smile but not a smile: "Eunuch Chu, aren't you afraid that Yingying will make a big fuss after she goes in, and then find out later that it's not the case, and come back to settle the score with you? Yingying has a hot temper, and she won't recognize anyone when she gets angry. "
Chu Kuan chuckled: "Even if I get scolded by the eldest lady, it's better than watching the emperor and Duke Zhao getting more and more angry as they talked in the Qianqing Palace, and the officials scolded each other. In the end, the emperor wanted to kill someone. .”
Although Zhang Shou had vaguely guessed that Chu Kuan wanted Zhu Ying to be a spoiler, he was still a little surprised when Chu Kuan actually admitted it frankly. Especially when he heard the words "heads rolling", he couldn't help but asked in surprise Said: "Didn't you say that Wang Zongxian has arrived in Datong? With his vigorous and resolute personality, he should have already started to deal with people. How could he still..."
Before Zhang Shou could finish his words, Chu Kuan smiled and said: "Wang Datou is not omnipotent. A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. If Zhao Guogong hadn't killed a group of people first, no matter how powerful he was, he would still be in trouble over there. It’s a headache. Moreover, Datong’s soldiers and horses were purged by Duke Zhao, but Wang Datou still has to spend time to sort out the situation, and he needs to rely on the soldiers and horses assigned to him by Duke Chu.”
Only then did Zhang Shou know that after Wang Jie went to Xuanfu first, the Duke of Chu, who was said to be quite at odds with Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, actually gave Wang Jie such support. He pondered for a moment, and simply did not ask what was going on here. What's going on? Yun Danfeng smiled softly and said: "That's it."
Chu Kuan just deliberately pretended to keep half of it, just to get Zhang Shou to ask questions. In this case, he, who knew more about the dynamics in the palace and the court, could naturally seduce Zhang Shou into his trap.
In his opinion, Zhang Shou is now famous, but he has also offended the queen and the eldest prince and the second prince to death. Whether considering his future or future, he will have ambitions to climb up.
What's more important is that such a young man from a poor family wants to marry Zhu Ying, who is the beloved daughter of heaven. Even if it is just to be worthy of Zhu Ying, he should do his best to improve his status.
But Zhang Shou actually completely blocked his abacus with one sentence: "That's it!"
Zhang Shou walked forward on his own, until he heard relatively rapid footsteps behind him. Knowing that it was Chu Kuan who was chasing him, he secretly chuckled. You didn't tell me when I wanted to ask, and I don't want to ask now. , but you are ready to say it again?
Sure enough, he didn't say anything at all, and Chu Kuan just laughed and said: "On his return trip this time, Duke Zhao deliberately spread the word that he wanted to drive Jian Cong back to the capital in a light carriage. As a result, before he even entered Juyong Pass, he encountered three groups of assassins in one breath. Duke Zhao was also furious. Kill once to serve as a warning to others. If caught, question them. If you don't tell them, kill them. Cut off their heads and hang them on the top of several passing cities to show the public."
Zhang Shou had already vaguely glimpsed the nature of his future father-in-law from Zhu Jing's cruel treatment of Zhu Tingfang, but now that he heard the punishment of the assassin after he encountered an assassin on his way back to Beijing, he couldn't help but further sketch out a story in his mind. The image of a tough coach.
However, when he calmly dealt with Chu Kuan and finally arrived at the entrance of the main hall of Qianqing Palace, what he heard surprised him.
"Yingying, okay, I promised you, isn't it a marriage letter? Write it, I will write it as soon as I get back! Both your grandmother and your mother have taken a fancy to him, and you like him, how can I disagree? You As you said, I was the one who found your Grandpa Ge in the first place. How could I not recognize this son-in-law? If I don’t recognize him, wouldn’t I be afraid that I wouldn’t even be able to get in through the front door of my house when I get home?”
"Okay, dad, you don't have to go home anymore! The emperor is right here. Dad, please write down the marriage certificate between me and Ah Shou immediately!"
"Ahem, you are a girl, can't you be more reserved? Zhang Shou is so good, and you force me like this for him, a father who has just returned to Beijing after traveling thousands of miles and didn't even have time to take a breath? Ahem...
I’m so pitiful!”
Hearing the painful cough inside, Zhang Shou couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth slightly. He turned his head and looked at Chu Kuan, only to see Chu Kuan smiling slightly and making a gesture of invitation to him. He was not polite and started to fight.
Haruhi just put on the thin door curtain and lowered his head to enter. As for the announcement... he didn't think Chu Kuan would deliberately let him in without announcing it.
Sure enough, as soon as his front foot crossed the threshold, Chu Kuan's clear voice came from behind: "Your Majesty, Dr. Zhang is here."
And in such a short time, Zhang Shou was able to clearly see the scene in the main hall. Zhu Ying was holding on to the sleeve of a tall middle-aged man - although the middle-aged man's hair was mixed with a lot of white hair, which made him look quite ugly.
He is old, but his face is full of smiles, and his facial features look quite similar to Zhu Ying's. It is obvious that he is Zhu Ying's father, Zhu Jing, Duke of Zhao.
Compared with the image he imagined of an old nobleman who was calm, had deep horizontal lines on his forehead, was hard to speak, and was stubborn and cold, at this time, Zhu Jing was like a kind father who was coaxing his children and dealing with them with sincerity.
Even when his little daughter was distracted and looked at him, it was a while after Chu Kuan's communication sound passed.
When people looked over, Zhang Shou met his eyes that narrowed at first and then slowly widened. He walked forward calmly and saluted the emperor who was leaning on the throne with his head in one hand and watching the fun with great interest.
Then he turned around and bowed to Zhu Jing: "Zhang Shou has met Zhao Guogong. Thank you for taking care of my mother and son for so many years, and thank you for asking Teacher Ge to come out and teach me."
"At that time, I was very sick and couldn't go out. I missed a good opportunity and your efforts were really in vain."
Zhu Jing, who was silent, felt that his sleeves were pulled hard by Zhu Ying a few times again. He could only turn his head helplessly and said to Zhu Ying: "Yingying, I have been full of dust all the way, and this dress is no longer close to decay."
If it’s too far away, if you pull it again, you might even pull my sleeves off!”
Seeing Zhu Ying finally let go with a dark face, he shook his head and said with a smile: "The female foreign minister is really not fake at all."
He took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to help Zhang Shou up, and pinched Zhang Shou's seemingly thin arms with both hands. He heard the young man in front of him hissed as if he was off guard, but then he stood up straight.
She looked at herself calmly, without forcing herself out of his grasp, nor questioning why he suddenly tested her in this way.
Although Zhu Jing had heard about Zhang Shou's various deeds, he heard that seeing is not as good as seeing. Therefore, he let go of his hand calmly, then nodded with a smile and said: "After so many years, I didn't expect you to be there."
You have grown so big. I heard that you were weak and sickly, and I was a little worried, so I couldn't help but give it a try just now. I can't tell that you look thin, but you are actually quite strong."
How strong was his hand? With such a sudden force, a normal pampered noble boy would have screamed on the spot, and even a weak person could easily try it. But just after pressing so hard, he suddenly discovered that Zhang
Shou's arm muscles are indeed quite strong. Even if they cannot be said to have been trained, at least they are not weak.
Zhang Shou was suddenly attacked like this, and it was really painful. It was impossible not to be angry. But since Zhu Jing made it clear, he would not hold grudges over such a trivial matter.
Therefore, he smiled and rubbed his aching upper arm alternately with his left and right hands, and then said lightly: "I can't say that I am strong. It's just that after I got better, I occasionally did some farm work in the fields. Later, when I came to the capital, Jiu
Auntie was afraid that I would not be able to protect myself without the strength to bind a chicken, so I specially taught Ah Liu the swordsmanship and asked him to teach it to me."
"It's just that I don't have any talent for sword practice. Aunt Jiu has taught Ah Liu everything, and I've been practicing with Ah Liu for so long. It's just a trick to strengthen my body."
When he heard the word Jiuyi, Zhu Jing's expression changed slightly.
His wife was angry and stayed in Zhaoming Temple for sixteen years, but returned home after he went to war. When his mother wrote to him before, he said that his wife was very fond of Zhang Shou and was happy to see the marriage between Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying.
Attitude.
Although he knew that his wife was deeply attached to Widow Zhang and had expected such a situation, he had never heard of teaching swordsmanship. After all, the length of the letter was limited, and it was impossible for the old mother to cover everything in detail.
explain.
Just when he was in a complicated mood, Zhu Ying hurriedly rushed to Zhang Shou's side and said anxiously: "Why try it? Ah Shou, what's wrong with you?"
The emperor, fearing that the world would be in chaos, laughed and said: "Yingying, your father has used the method he used to weigh his generals to weigh his son-in-law. Fortunately, Zhang Qing looks weak, but he is a strong person, otherwise it would be the Lu family's.
Little fat man, I’m afraid he’s already howling miserably.”
Seeing Zhu Ying suddenly turning her head and glaring at him, Zhu Jing suddenly felt guilty and hurriedly laughed and said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, I just want to see if this child is weak at all."
As he spoke, he glanced at the emperor with some resentment. What are you talking about? Are you telling the truth? Don't you mean to make my daughter have trouble with me? Don't you know Zhu Ying's temper?
The emperor pretended not to see the resentful look in his cousin's eyes, coughed and said seriously: "The male senior will be married, and the female senior will be married. Yingying, you and Zhang Shou fell in love at first sight, and it happened that both parents had agreed verbally long ago.
The engagement is a match made in heaven. Now that your father is back, not to mention that he is totally willing, but even if he is not willing, I will force him to write the marriage letter."
"I feel very lucky to be favored by Yingying."
Zhang Shou saw that Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing's face was as dark as a pot helmet. Even if he knew that the emperor's words were just a well-intentioned ridicule, he had to intervene urgently. Otherwise, he was worried that his future father-in-law would vent his anger on him in the future.
superior.
Sure enough, after he said these words, not only did the emperor burst out laughing, but Zhu Jing's face also brightened a little. As for Zhu Ying, her face was even more bright. So he changed the subject and said: "But Zhao Guogong will not go to war.
By the end of the year, things were going on in the court and in the capital. He had just come back, and he had to sort out the myriad of things. Marriage is a family matter of the Zhu family. If the emperor wants to take care of it, it is terrible but not good to spread the word."
Seeing the emperor, Zhu Jing suddenly became speechless, while Zhu Ying's face was full of dismay. He took a deep look at Zhang Shou and finally said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I just said that since Yingying likes her, her grandmother and mother also like her."
Of course I recognized the marriage proposal. When I returned home, I invited Madam Wu to come over, and the two families exchanged marriage certificates first."