When Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying returned to the third and fourth princes hand in hand, Hua Qi glanced at Ah Liu who was coming around from another place, with a calm expression on his face. He was too lazy to reveal that this kid had just sneaked over to listen to the wall. At the same time, in order to warn others from approaching and eavesdropping, he stepped forward with a smile.
With his strong ears, he could naturally hear what the two of them just said - of course, he knew that neither Zhu Ying nor Zhang Shou cared about him eavesdropping, otherwise they would not whisper on this Long Live Mountain, so at this time he He didn't pretend to know anything, but said bluntly: "From the tone of Mr. Shou's words just now, do you plan to follow the eldest son and get married in November?"
"Well, if you wait any longer, you may have long nights and many dreams." Zhang Shou chuckled, and when he saw the three and fourth princes staring at him with their big eyes, he smiled and said, "Why, Zheng Rong, Zheng Wei, you two Any objection?"
"No, no!" The third prince quickly shook his head like a rattle. But he was hesitant and embarrassed to say it, but the fourth prince rushed to ask: "But didn't the teacher say that we will get married after Yingying's sister and her eldest brother? Yingying. Sister, her eldest brother hasn’t gotten engaged yet!”
After discovering that her eldest brother's troubled marriage had become a topic that even her children knew about, Zhu Ying suddenly became a little angry and hit the fourth prince's head. Seeing him staring at her aggrievedly, she said angrily: "Be careful with me. Big brother knows that you two guys dare to chew his tongue and wants you to look good! Just wait until November to go to the wedding bar!"
The third prince was no more impulsive than the fourth prince. Seeing that his stupid fourth brother wanted to question him, he quickly pulled the person behind him, then nodded sincerely and said: "Brother Zhu is both civil and military, and has outstanding achievements. He will definitely marry a man." A virtuous wife is like a teacher marrying sister Yingying!"
Seeing that Zhu Ying suddenly beamed and Zhang Shou was also in a good mood, the third prince carefully asked Zhang Shou about the Imperial College Supervisor's lecture on foreign history. Zhang Shou did not expect that he just said it casually, but he was actually The third prince remembered it, and immediately sighed to himself that he could not make wishes for his children casually, and immediately coughed.
"Once a word has been said, it is difficult to follow it. As long as the emperor gives permission, the matter will naturally be out of the question. However, as for what I said before, someone may soon say that I am talking nonsense. If I talk about it again in the future, maybe there will be some More things that are very different from our country are more likely to violate taboos, so you have to ask for permission."
As soon as he finished speaking, the fourth prince rushed to say: "Don't you just want your father to agree? Don't worry, leave the teacher to me and the third brother. We can discuss it together. It will definitely be okay! My father has always said that you are a talent, teacher. Said sister Yingying has good taste!"
The flattery finally hit Zhu Ying's ticklish spot. She smiled happily and saw that the third prince was dragged away by the fourth prince before he could say anything. Hua Qi, after a group of guards hurriedly followed, stood up for a moment. Nodding, she disappeared quietly. She couldn't help but said with some annoyance: "Uncle Hua is so elusive, even in the palace."
That's because he is nominally a member of your family, but actually a member of the emperor... Wait, in the future, he will be nominally a member of his family! With this realization, Zhang Shou thought that his family had such an elusive person. Trouble, considering that the little guys at home seem to be getting better and better in training now, he can't complain.
Seeing that Ah Liu was leaning against a tree not far away, Zhang Shou simply waved for someone to come over, and then said in a matter-of-fact tone: "Ah Liu, Yingying will definitely bring some people with her in the future."
Come here, but you are still in charge of the family."
Having said this, he smiled and said to Zhu Ying: "Yingying, today I want to introduce you again. This is Zhang Yuan's housekeeper, Ah Liu."
"Huh?" Zhu Ying couldn't help but her eyes widened. She came and went from Zhang Yuan, not only could she name everyone she met, but she also knew everyone's personality, but she almost never paid attention to Zhang Yuan's housekeeper.
Who is it? She walked briskly and circled around Ah Liu. Seeing the young man trying to maintain a calm expression, she suddenly burst out laughing.
"Ah Liu is actually the housekeeper... Oh, it's so suitable!" Seeing that Ah Liu was a little nervous at first, after hearing her words, her eyes suddenly showed a bit of pride, and she took a step back and touched her smooth chin.
Said, "You have prestige and powerful martial arts, so you should be the butler! Well, Zhu Hong will marry me later, and they will all be under your control!"
One sentence sealed the fate of Zhu Hong and others, and she said thoughtfully: "Grandma said, let Mother Li come with me to take care of her for a while, and then just ask her to help mother in the inner courtyard. Dad originally asked me to take care of my mother."
Housekeeper, if Ah Liu is here, then there is no need, so you don’t have to worry about fighting for power all day long! I will ask my mother to pick a few honest and strong-skinned ones to take care of things, so that I don’t have to be beaten..."
Zhang Shou was almost amused by Zhu Ying: "Yingying, don't make Ah Liu seem to start a fight if he disagrees with you!"
"Of course you should be beaten if you don't do it well. Some people don't have long memories! Don't look at my house. I don't know how many people I cleaned up that time before!"
At this point, Zhu Ying said with gleaming eyes: "Ah Shou, I plan to recruit all those noble children from the capital who have been to Rongshui Village to learn from you. What do you think? Zhang Chen and the others can now be alone.
It’s too early to use your Jiuzhangtang people. These people with different family backgrounds, it’s a pity to leave them in Banshantang like this.”
Seeing Zhang Shou slightly stunned, she smiled and said: "Anyway, you recruited them for me at first, so now I'm going to recruit them for real? You do your job well, and leave everything else to me.
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This was the first time Zhang Shou had seen such a proactive Zhu Ying. And he felt the substantive high-spirited fighting spirit from her. Little did he know that Zhu Ying had begun to change her mind and transform herself from the eldest lady of Zhao Guogong's mansion.
, became Zhang Yuan’s future mistress?
It is of course impossible to say that he was not touched at all, but when he encouraged Zhu Ying, he was afraid that the eldest lady would be too enthusiastic and something would happen, but if he poured cold water on Zhu Ying, then he would be too heartless.
So, he could only look at Ah Liu sideways and said: "Ah Liu, remember from now on to listen to Yingying on everything."
Ah Liu nodded heavily without thinking: "Well, I will listen to the eldest lady in everything." He paused and added, "It's okay to kill people and set fires."
Zhang Shou almost choked to death at Ah Liu's matter-of-fact tone, but he didn't expect that Zhu Ying immediately smiled and said: "With your words, Ah Liu, I feel relieved. I am a person who can clearly distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, and a good person must
To live a long life and eradicate the evil, we need people like you the most, but Uncle Hua never listened to me before! Come, let me tell you..."
Seeing Zhu Ying waving to Ah Liu, Ah Liu immediately stepped forward very obediently, and then the two people immediately went to the side to mutter, leaving themselves alone. Zhang Shou couldn't help being speechless for a while. But he just took a step forward, and saw
Zhu Ying raised her head alertly.
"Ah Shou, please don't come over here. You are a brilliant gentleman. It's best not to listen to these conspiracies!"
Zhang Shou was simply amused by Zhu Ying's tone, but what he didn't expect was that Ah Liu coughed in a serious manner: "Young master, please don't worry about it. Just leave those secret matters to me. I can't do anything else.
I am good at murder and arson."
If your words get out, won't others think of you as a gangster and a lone killer? He laughed angrily, and finally walked up to Ah Liu, rubbed hard on Ah Liu's head, and then looked at him with a straight face.
Zhu Ying said: "Yingying, is this the first day you have met me? I have tricked many people before!"
"But Ah Shou, you give people the impression that you are an extraordinary, handsome and elegant bamboo gentleman, who has never been involved in intrigues. I am here to protect your image." Zhu Ying winked playfully until Zhang Shou glared over.
, she quickly gave in and said, "Okay, then listen, don't say anything, I will come up with the idea. When Ah Liu does the work, just go in with your left ear and out with the right, and pretend you didn't hear anything!"
Helpless Zhang Shou listened as Zhu Ying told Ah Liu, counting the meager income of the rocking chair on her fingers, calculating what would be suitable for those young nobles who had family backgrounds but no help, and calculating those who had potential and potential in the capital.
He could get involved in industries with a weak backend, and he finally laughed when he calculated his future monthly expenses... and even calculated the money he would need to raise children in the future.
If those who ridiculed Zhu Ying for her gorgeousness saw that this girl was so willing to spend every penny, would they gloat that she was attracted to him, a poor country boy who was raised by his father-in-law?
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At the same time, the emperor was sitting on the Diaoyutai in the Qianqing Palace, but when his two young sons rushed in one after another, and after saluting, he said what Zhang Shou said before, he was stunned
. He originally wanted to give him a little squeeze, but who knew that the fourth prince immediately ran behind him and squeezed his shoulders as if to please him.
"Father, if the teacher talks about the past dynasties, the elders in the court and the old gentlemen outside may make irresponsible remarks, but since they are foreign affairs, it doesn't matter, right?"
As he spoke, the fourth prince exerted a little force, hoping that this would make his father feel comfortable, and then he would be able to get his wish. But the third prince, who was standing in front of the emperor, had a very strange look on his face at this time, because he only
Seeing that although the fourth prince was kneading vigorously, the emperor's expression remained motionless, as if the strength of the fourth prince's shoulder squeeze was just to scratch the itch.
Unable to see his father's emotions, the third prince, who was honest by nature, could only whisper: "Father, if that doesn't work, just ask the teacher to give a lecture in a small group. People say that it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books.
, from ancient times to the present, whenever the history books talk about foreign countries, they are all strange legends. They don’t look like real people, and they are really not as good as the teacher’s words..."
The more the emperor listened, the more uncomfortable he felt. Don't you know that Zhang Shou's good words also relied on the huge foreign database of the Ordnance Bureau? However, it is possible to find suitable ones among the many foreign historical materials of the Ordnance Bureau.
Things, this is already very difficult, what is even more difficult are the details revealed in Zhang Shou's lectures.
When Zhang Shou grew up in the countryside, he really didn’t have any famous teachers to teach him. He was just a self-taught teacher. He doesn’t believe anything he says now! However, Ge Yong still swears by it, claiming that he gave Zhang Shou regular correspondence courses - every month.
A letter was quietly sent to him to teach and resolve doubts, insisting that he was the real teacher. He would be a fool if he could not see Ge Yong's protective intentions.
Zhang Shou should have a teacher who has traveled overseas, has a broad vision, and has learned foreign arithmetic systems!
Xianggui thought so, but found that the fourth prince behind him had no energy and was still trying his best. The third prince had already stuttered, but was still racking his brains to persuade him to agree. The emperor suddenly couldn't help but sigh: "Today
When Zhang Shou and Yingying took you two to Long Live Mountain, and I sent people to follow you from afar to report on that scene, do you know what I was thinking?"
"I'm thinking, Zhang Shou and Yingying don't look much older than you, but the way you walk together looks so much like young parents and young sons." I noticed that the hands of the fourth prince behind me suddenly stopped,
The third prince also had a look of extreme surprise, and the emperor chuckled and patted the armrest, trying to get rid of the embarrassment caused by what he said wrongly.
"From ancient times to the present, there has probably never been a teacher as young as Zhang Shou, so his classes are naturally different from those of the old masters. But I can't be biased for his sake. Anyway, the sutra feast is about to start, so let's just leave it like this and look back.
I sent someone to tell Zhang Shou to give a lecture on foreign history at the Sutra banquet. How about you two just come over and listen?"
The third and fourth princes were all immersed in the weird statement that the emperor just said that Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying were like their parents. Naturally, they were a little dazed at this time. Even if they even nodded, they were just like chickens pecking at rice. Until
The emperor calmly ordered them to go down first, and the two brothers woke up almost at the same time.
As soon as you looked at me, the fourth prince rushed from behind the emperor to the third prince, and said with joy: "Father, have you really agreed?"
"Yes, agreed." The emperor nodded half-heartedly. Seeing that the two brothers immediately forgot about their shock, they saluted and thanked him happily, and then left together. He even saw the third prince scolding the fourth prince as they walked.
, and the fourth prince shook his head nonchalantly, looking at his innocent and happy look that made him feel a little envious.
"It's great..." He breathed out softly, and his voice suddenly became very soft, "I was once so carefree, because at that time, even if the sky fell, I still had my father and my mother.
But then the innocence really collapsed..."
Liu Feng on the side didn't even dare to say a word. He would never dare to talk about such an extremely taboo topic. Fortunately, the emperor obviously had no intention of letting him pick it up. He smiled humiliatedly and got up and walked out. He
He was stunned for a moment before gesturing to several palace attendants to follow him, but he wisely stayed in Qianqing Palace.
After all, he is the steward of the Qing Palace, and going out with the emperor is just to be diligent, not his duty!
And soon he learned that the emperor had actually gone to the Qingning Palace of the Queen Mother, and he was shocked. It should be noted that the emperor had been at odds with the Queen Mother for a long time since the Queen Mother was deposed. Except for greetings in the morning and dusk, he would not go to Qingning Palace for nothing.
Ning Gong, the current situation is very abnormal.
Liu Feng's premonition did come true. As soon as the emperor entered the Qingning Palace, he ordered all the palace residents, including Yuquan, to retreat until only he and the Queen Mother were left. He then asked lightly: "Mother, I have been
Everything is still unknown. Since Emperor Taizu lost his trace overseas and his life and death are unknown, and Emperor Taizong searched for him overseas in many places, why was there no news later?"