The leader of the Guangdong Guild Hall, Song Guilin, who had previously been arrested and taken to the guild hall for not doing his job because Song Juren was not doing his job properly, had gone to Tianjin when Song Juren went to Jiangdu Palace to discuss marriage.
He didn't come back, so Song Juren was ill and rushed to seek medical treatment. First, he asked Zhang Shou to propose marriage, and later he stalked Song Tuiguan, almost scaring him away.
After Zhang Shou recommended Weinan Bo Zhang Kang, Song Juren still felt that it was not enough, and even planned to invite Zhang Shou's prospective father-in-law, Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, to go with him. In the end, he was frightened by Zhang Shou's few words. As a result, the marriage proposal was already over.
It was done, but Song Huishou still didn't come back, so Song Juren said that he was lucky to have done it quickly, otherwise the day lily would have been cold by the time the uncle came back!
Madam Tai and Jiuniang both heard Zhu Ying mention this as a joke, but now Song Hui Shou, who was said to have rushed to Tianjin urgently because of something, came back and ran directly to them to ask for an audience.
It’s unbelievable. Moreover, Song Huishou obviously took into account the differences between men and women and claimed that if they didn’t meet, he would ask them to read the letter first. This was obviously not a trivial matter.
Although she didn't like to meddle in other people's business, Song Juren still lived in the home of his future grandson-in-law, Zhang Shou. It can be said that the marriage was made possible because of Zhang Shou's mistake. Therefore, the Tai Madam pondered for a moment and finally said: "
Although there are differences between men and women, since he said it was an urgent matter, just invite him in, and there is no need to bother with a letter."
Since Mrs. Tai was willing to take the time to receive the interview without avoiding suspicion, Mother Li immediately went out to give the order in person, and then went to the second gate to personally pick up Song Huishou, who was sweating profusely in the cold weather. Seeing him like this,
She was sure that the person was in a panic, but she didn't dare to ask any more questions until she sent the person into the Qing'an Hall. Seeing that Mrs. Tai did not order outsiders to go in, she continued to guard the door.
As for the fact that there were only two women in the house, the Madam and the Madam, but they received an outsider, she didn't even think about whether it would cause gossip. Taking a step back, even if there was something wrong with Song Huishou, Madam was alone.
He could probably knock Song Huishou down.
Not to mention, the madam still has a sword that never gets old!
Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang, like Mother Li, saw that Song Huishou was wiping sweat without even bothering to salute as soon as he came in. They knew that the matter was probably serious. Therefore, Mrs. Tai did not wait for anyone to chat in circles and went straight to the point.
He asked: "Song Huishou said that there is an urgent need. What is it about? Your nephew is familiar with my future grandson-in-law. Wouldn't it be better to go to him directly?"
"It's not that I didn't think about going to see Zhang Xueshi, but since the matter is serious, I think it would be safer to find people like the Zhu family who are relatives of the emperor." Song Huishou forced out an expression that was uglier than crying, but
He glanced left and right, and finally took two steps forward regardless of etiquette. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao Guo showed an extremely vigilant expression, he quickly stopped.
"Please forgive my bold offence, but I was really frightened. Now that I think about this news, I feel like my legs are shaking..."
Even though he knew that he shouldn't betray his feelings, Song Huitou still trembled. After swallowing hard, he said hesitantly: "Didn't the emperor send the second prince to Qiongzhou Mansion to plant trees? Our Song family planned to ship a ship from Tianjin
We set out to return to Guangzhou, but only a few days after leaving, we rescued a man in the sea. He said he was the surviving boatman on the boat, and said... and said..."
When she heard the words "surviving boatman", Mrs. Tai's expression suddenly changed, and Jiu Niang was also shocked and angry. But at this time, Song Huishou was still hesitating. They were all fiery and impatient at heart.
In a hurry, they shouted in unison: "Speak quickly!"
Song Huishou was so frightened that his feet trembled and he collapsed to the ground, his teeth even chattering: "The boatman said that the boat...the boat caught fire and flooded halfway, and it had sunk!
"
boom--
Even though Mrs. Yi Tai had been ups and downs for half her life, she couldn't help but feel like a lightning strike from the sky at this moment, and she was a little unsteady in her seat. Jiu Niang on the side also suspected that there was something wrong with her ears, and she discovered Mrs. Tai's ear a moment later.
Something strange happened, so he quickly got up and half-crouched in front of her mother-in-law, and asked hurriedly: "Mom, do you want me to ask Mother Li to come in?"
"No, no need!" The wife shook her hand, and while taking a breath, she also recovered. Then she gently held her daughter-in-law's hand, and looked down at her daughter-in-law, who was still on the ground unable to get up again.
The first meeting of the Song Dynasty.
"I ask you again, do you really mean what you just said?"
Song Huishou's legs were trembling just now, and his teeth were chattering, but now his whole body was trembling, and his voice was even more crying: "I also hope this is nonsense, but the people on the boat said,
After hearing the news, I was shocked and immediately searched around the area, but I couldn't save anyone. I used a net out of desperation, but I managed to salvage some debris."
"What kind of debris?" The madam herself didn't realize that her voice had become very sharp. She stared at Song Huishou and saw him tremblingly taking something out of his arms, and she couldn't help but be extremely impatient. And now
Jiuniang next to her did not care as much as she did about the political significance of the second prince's death. Instead, she narrowed her eyes slightly and focused all her energy on Song Huishou.
She was not afraid of anything else, but she was afraid that this person would throw out a shocking piece of news as bait, but actually take advantage of the fact that he was taking out the things and plotting evil intentions. Throughout the ages, there were many such examples! Zhuanzhu assassinated King Liao, and Jing Ke assassinated the King of Qin.
Isn’t that what it is?
However, under her extremely vigilant gaze, Song Huishou fumbled out a small cloth bag from his arms. When he carefully opened it layer by layer, Jiuniang saw that there was an ebony tablet in it. In her heart
He jumped, hurriedly stepped forward to take it, and then solemnly delivered it directly to the Madam.
The lady looked at the ebony sign carefully and saw three tiny characters engraved on it - Shen Twelve. And when she turned around, she saw that it was an indescribable animal.
There are only a few strokes on the animal's claws, but they are quite murderous. Just looking at this one thing, the little bit of luck she had at the beginning completely disappeared. This is the badge of the imperial chamberlain!
As for the embroidered ribbons, tassels and other messy things in the cloth bag, she had no intention of looking at them anymore. After taking a deep breath, she said in a deep voice: "Where is the boatman who was rescued?"
"Reply to Madam, I brought you to Beijing urgently." Seeing Madam's stern expression, Song Hui quickly cheered up and replied, "I originally wanted to ship back to Tianjin, but it was difficult to sail against the wind, so the captain looked for a place.
Stop the ship, ask a safe person to watch it, take the rescued person and two safe boatmen, seek help from Song's Trading Company and friends along the way, change horses and go to Beijing, and happen to meet me in Tianjin."
When she heard that people were in the Guangdong Guild Hall and knew that this journey was considered safe, Mrs. Tai's face brightened slightly. However, when she thought of the huge reaction and consequences that this matter might cause, she was still worried. Therefore, after standing up with the handrail, she
She said in a deep voice: "Jiuniang, I will leave Song Huishou to you first. I will go into the palace to meet the saint now. When the message comes back from the palace, you can take him directly into the palace."
Jiuniang immediately agreed solemnly, but then went out in person, firstly to call Mother Li in, and secondly to order the carriage to be prepared.
When Song Hui first saw Mrs. Li taking Mother Li to the East Room to change clothes, he quickly held his hands on the ground and tried to stand up, but his legs were still too weak to move. The next moment, he only heard a thud.
With a sound, he looked up, only to see Jiuniang leaving and returning, just moving a chair and placing it in front of him.
After being stunned for a moment, he woke up as if from a dream. He quickly held on to the rosewood chair and finally got up. Then he bowed vigorously to the other party and said: "Thank you, madam, thank you madam!"
Jiuniang couldn't stand the fact that the person was lying on the ground unable to get up, but she couldn't reach out to help her, and she was too lazy to ask the girl to come in and help this bad old man who was obviously not old yet looked very old, so she had an idea and simply moved a chair
She asked someone to support him. Seeing Song Huishou thanking him again and again, she interrupted nonchalantly, and immediately signaled Song Huishou to follow her out.
When she stood under the eaves, she gestured to the nearby servants to step back further. Then she raised her head and glanced at the eaves and the east and west walls to make sure that no one was watching, then she lowered her voice and asked for some details.
.As soon as she asked her, she found out that Song Huishou rushed over just because something happened at the Tianjin dock. He happened to meet the captain and his party who were returning to Beijing. Many details were not clear. Of course, it is also possible that people knew but did not dare to say too clearly.
, or in other words, they found that something was unusual and did not dare to ask more questions.
Jiuniang pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked: "After the people on the Song family's boat discovered that there was something wrong with the Second Prince's boat, they never thought of silencing the person who was rescued, and then completely severing the relationship.
, as if nothing happened?"
Song Huishou never thought that Jiuniang would ask such a sharp and explicit question, and he suddenly sweated on his forehead again. After hesitating for a long time, he raised his hand to wipe the sweat and whispered: "Mrs. Mingjian, the Song family has a great business, although I know that the emperor
Maybe Lei Lei is angry and wants to offend us, but he tries to hide it in order not to implicate himself. Paper cannot contain the fire. If the news leaks out, it will be a disaster for the entire family!"
The captain was his collateral clan brother. He didn't think much of it when he said he was rescuing people. No one on the boat avoided it, so they all heard people yelling the words "Second Prince." Even if they killed all the others,
Sinking the ship may not necessarily avoid right and wrong, because if the court pursues it, no one who has sailed in Tianjin and nearby waters during this period will be involved!
When Jiuniang heard Song Huishou speak so frankly, she sighed, and then said, "I understand, just wait here."
Seeing Mrs. Zhao Guo turn around and go into the house again, she didn't know whether he was telling Mrs. Tai what he just said. Song Huishou raised his sleeves again and wiped his sweat, but he only felt that he was about to drown.
He finally grasped a life-saving straw. But he had never felt that Song Juren's nephew was so cute for a moment.
It is conceivable that without Song Juren's relationship, even if he, the leader of the Guangdong Guild Hall, is barely the number one figure in the circle of businessmen in the capital, he still would not be able to enter and leave Zhao Guogong's house so easily and labor the dowager.
The queen mother's biological sister went to the palace to report it in person!
When Mrs. Tai came out again with Mother Li and Jiuniang, her original home clothes had been replaced by the royal clothes of the married woman. She had just learned from her daughter-in-law what she had said about asking Song Huishou, and she couldn't help but read more at this time.
After a few glances at Song Huishou, who was sweating profusely, he warned: "Cheer up your spirits. If you go back to the palace, don't lose your composure like you did just now."
"You know, your nephew's marriage has been decided and he can be regarded as the emperor's niece-in-law. As long as you, Mrs. Song, think openly and have a clear conscience, what else do you have to fear?"
Song Huitou traveled between two places. When he returned to Beijing, he threw the person into the Guangdong Guild Hall and went straight to Zhao Guogong's mansion. He didn't have time to talk to anyone. At this time, when he heard the news that his nephew's marriage had been decided, he was as if he was in a dream.
I don’t know when the madam left.
It wasn't until he was awakened by a cough and saw Jiuniang looking at him lightly that he coughed twice awkwardly, and then asked cautiously: "May I ask Madam, what did the Madam just say about my nephew's marriage..." What was that?
ghost?
Jiuniang would not mention the public case about the conflict between Princess Yongping and Zhu Ying. She said lightly: "Oh, it's very simple. Princess Hailing, the daughter of King Jiangdu, fell in love at first sight with your nephew, so your nephew went to meet her.
After the king of Jiangdu, he wanted to ask you to propose marriage. But you happened to be away, so he could only turn to my future son-in-law for help, so he persuaded Uncle Weinan to come and propose marriage. "
What is this and what! If you can propose marriage at first sight, what else do you need from your parents and a matchmaker?
Song Huishou almost had his eyes popping out of his head. With his lazy temperament, incredible hobbies, and his strange personality of actually participating in the royal chef selection competition, he did not think about taking the national examination.
A county magistrate? Are you kidding? This kind of thing that only happens in dramas, could it also happen in reality?
But Jiuniang's next words immediately woke him up: "Why, do you think it's incredible? Fate is always wonderful. In your opinion, your nephew has all kinds of bad things, but in the eyes of thoughtful people,
It seems that I only think that he does not seek wealth and honor, and has a pure mind. In addition, he has a good reputation as a civil servant and is from the Song family in Guangdong, so he is worthy of being a county head."
Song Huishou could only smile bitterly, but this time he really felt a little regretful: "Even if it is true, I don't know if this sudden incident will ruin this marriage... Oh, it's really God's will."
Unforeseen circumstances may bring misfortunes and fortunes to people."
At this time, the Tai Furen was also muttering this sentence secretly on the carriage entering the palace. She was most fortunate that the crown prince had been established. Even if the second prince was really shipwrecked and died, it would not be able to shake the crown prince who was already in the East Palace, but for the emperor, he might
Even though she was the emperor's aunt, she had no way of predicting her reaction. Just like she hadn't expected that the deposed queen's son would come so quickly!
As a married woman in the imperial palace, even though it was not the right time to enter the palace, her entry into the palace was still smooth. The carriage even entered directly from Bei'anmen all the way and did not stop until Xuanwumen.
Fortunately, someone rushed over early to report the news, and a small sedan was already waiting here. So, the lady who got off the loaded sedan immediately transferred to the sedan. When the sedan swayed and stopped in front of the Qianqing Palace. When she got off, Mrs. Tai only heard an attentive voice coming from outside the sedan curtain.
"My wife is coming to the palace so late, but there is something urgent? The emperor originally planned to pass on the meal, but he has already ordered it to be postponed."
Hearing that the emperor had postponed dinner, the wife could not help but shake her head and sighed: "To be honest, I really hope that the emperor has already had dinner by now." After hearing the news, the Supreme Being was still in the mood to eat. That’s a weird thing!