Chapter seven hundred and forty second soft energy overcomes rigidity
Hearing that this woman was so rude, Yuquan and Mama Li, who had been following her, Jiuniang, and Wu, rushed forward almost at the same time and stopped the woman and the other three women. The other few
Only then did the servant woman and the palace servants react, and their actions when they rushed forward were much more rough. Without thinking, they pushed the person's arms behind his back and pushed him to his knees on the ground.
And Mother Li turned around in fear and came back, knelt down and saluted, and said: "The Queen Mother, the people below are ignorant and did not clean up the clutter in this new house!"
That woman was Zhu Tingfang's direct aunt, Mrs. Qin. When she was taken down and knelt on the ground, she was so ashamed and angry that she wanted to curse, but when she heard the name "Queen Mother" from Mother Li, she also called her an idler.
, it was as if a basin of ice water had been poured on her head, and her whole body was almost frozen!
She saw that the leader of the old woman was quite old, but she was dressed simply, and she did not wear an imperial crown like the Xiaozhu Qingyunguan on her head. She was definitely not from a wealthy family, and the Wu family who was supporting others
The dress was not as good as hers, and Jiuniang was just one step behind. She didn't see it clearly, so she was so angry that she lost her head for a moment. She never thought that she would bump into the Queen Mother!
Mrs. Qin was so frightened that her daughter-in-law and two daughters behind her were so frightened that they cowered in a ball. They didn't even dare to move or raise their heads, let alone speak.
He complained and even cursed the Qin family there. He was used to making the decision at home, but when he came to Zhao Guogong's house to be so arrogant, wasn't this inviting trouble?
"There is indeed no reason in this world for rich people to deny their relatives, but the premise is that the so-called relatives need to be sensible."
When the Queen Mother said these words leisurely, Zhu Ying happened to come out of the main room after hearing the sound. When she saw the scene in front of her, she was stunned for a moment, and then rushed forward with joy, and saw Jiu Niang gave up her seat with a smile.
She nodded to Mrs. Wu first, then hugged one of the Queen Mother's arms and acted coquettishly.
"Empress Dowager, it turns out you are here! This is a big surprise. I have always been in the palace before, and you didn't tell me in advance! You see, my eldest brother has been making irresponsible remarks about this marriage since it was decided.
Even today, there are no family friends or relatives here to show off! If they knew you were coming, who would dare to be so rude!"
As she spoke, she directly invited the Queen Mother into the room without looking at Mrs. Qin below. Then she looked at Mrs. Wu beside her and said, "Aunt Wu, you haven't met my sister-in-law yet, have you? From now on we will all be a family."
Let’s meet each other now. She is not gentle and quiet like me. Well, she just has a good temper, so she was bullied just now..."
Mrs. Qin and her daughter-in-law, who were kneeling on the ground, almost went crazy with anger. What does gentleness and quietness mean... Did Zhu Ying have any misunderstanding of the word gentleness and quietness? That Mrs. Zhang just now smiled on her face and had a gentle tone, but in fact, her words were full of gentleness.
The attitude of hiding the knife is simply a woman with a black heart and black lungs!
After all, she is the daughter of Weinan Bo, a rude and uncivilized Northern barbarian!
However, no matter how much they complained, they did not dare to say anything. They could only watch the Queen Mother, Zhu Ying and Wu disappear through the door. When the person who had just twisted their arms finally let go, the four of them finally let go.
When he straightened up and raised his head, what he saw was Jiuniang's face with a faint smile.
They had always felt that their aunt, Mrs. Deng, had gone early, which was an advantage for Jiuniang, and even more for Zhu Ying, who was now a favored one. Now that she had experienced the scene just now, she was even more angry. But Jiuniang answered
When they came down, all their words were blocked in their throats.
"The Queen Mother is here today, and she only talks about family etiquette, not national etiquette, so even if you were rude just now, the Queen Mother will forgive you for the sake of relatives. The premise is that you know how to be sensible relatives. Da Lang
He has a bright future, and his temperament that never rubs his eyes is famous throughout the capital, so don't miss him."
Seeing Mrs. Qin's sudden change of expression, she struggled to stand up, dragged her two unmarried daughters and ran away. Her daughter-in-law was stunned for a moment before she hurriedly got up to follow. Jiuniang was not in a hurry.
Entered the house.
She is not worried that what she just said will be heard by others, and that it will reach the ears of relevant people everywhere - she has not been in the house for so many years, and no one has blocked the exchanges between brother Zhu Tingfang and his biological mother, Mrs. Deng, but those people are messed up.
They couldn't hold up the wall, let alone Zhu Tingfang. Even Zhu Er had been disappointed with them for a long time, and there was almost no superficial affection left.
Although Mrs. Tai blamed her for being stubborn in the past, she no longer has any grudges against her. As for Zhu Jing...he is naturally unforgettable about his first wife, Mrs. Deng, but that is his affection for Mrs. Deng, not his love for her.
The affection of the Deng family. It's a good thing these people listened to what she just said. They can at least live peacefully in the future. If they don't listen, the Deng family's career in the officialdom will be ruined.
The Queen Mother also heard Jiuniang's admonishment to those women, but at this moment, she was too lazy to pay attention to it. Because at this moment, she saw Mrs. Zhang who came forward and bowed down.
Although Weinan Bo Zhang Kang was promoted by the late emperor Ruizong, and the emperor always trusted people, the Zhang family members were not frequent in the harem. In addition, Zhang was a concubine. Although she summoned Zhu Tingfang after she arranged their marriage,
Once, she didn't ask too many questions. After all, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Since everyone in the Zhu family recognized it, she had no intention of interfering too much.
However, after experiencing the deaths of the deposed queens and the "deaths" of the eldest prince and the second prince, she originally had only one son left, but her grandchildren could barely be considered a full house. While she was feeling sad, she couldn't help but think on a whim.
I decided to go out to the palace to see it in person today.
For her, this kind of impromptu initiative was very rare. Even when she got off the bus at Zhao Guogong's mansion, she felt that she was a little ridiculous. She always accused the emperor of wearing a white dragon fish costume and mixing with the people, but today she was even more outrageous than the emperor!
The Queen Mother nodded slightly and waited for Mrs. Zhang, who was dressed in a bright red dress, to stand up. She looked at the person for a moment and then asked a few questions. This was different from the previous time when she summoned people. That time, Mrs. Zhang was obviously cautious and reserved, but now she seemed
He is elegant and generous, as if there are many people around him, which makes him even more confident.
Even when talking about the Qin family who just left in embarrassment, Zhang seemed very calm in her words: "It's just because the gap between the two families is getting bigger and bigger now, and my uncle has suffered a setback in his official career, so he came over to pick a fight in a moment of anger.
This is human nature. I didn't suffer at all, not to mention that my sister helped me wholeheartedly."
Zhu Ying suddenly smiled with crooked eyebrows: "Forget about these people. Previously, my sister-in-law faced two talented women who came to the study and asked her to evaluate poetry. It was interesting to deal with them."
"She told them seriously that she couldn't compose poetry. When they laughed at her, she said that when she was still in the boudoir before getting married, of course she could play chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea, but now that she is married, she should first
Take care of the firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea."
"However, in her dowry, there was a set of poems of the Tang Dynasty that she had copied since she was a child. Grandpa Taizu personally ordered Hanlin Cichen to compile the "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" and asked them if they wanted to read it. Those two were confident that they would not be able to do it without her.
I had read Tang poems, but my sister-in-law casually recited an extremely unorthodox one, which made me speechless! My sister-in-law even lied to me before that I didn’t study well... what a liar!”
Hearing this, even the Queen Mother couldn't help being surprised: "The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty compiled by Emperor Taizu? I heard that there are more than 40,000 poems and millions of words. Have you really copied it by hand?"
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"Actually, I didn't copy everything," Mrs. Zhang smiled sheepishly, "My father was originally from the north, and later he joined the late emperor Ruizong. He didn't have the opportunity to read any books. Later, he took charge of the Ordnance Bureau, which means he read some books on military strategy.
That's all. He heard that Grandpa Taizu once claimed that the most beautiful thing in the world is Tang poetry, so he simply spent a huge sum of money to buy a set of 900 volumes of "Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty" and hid it in his home library."
"That's not all. He also asked us to copy verbatim from the age of six. We could copy as much as we could, but if we copied more, we would be rewarded. Boys would be rewarded with weapons, and girls would be rewarded with beautiful clothes and jewelry. So
Once it came, naturally everyone copied it with great energy."
"But it's easy for a day or two, and it's easy for a month or two, but it's difficult to persist for a year or two. Later, my brothers and sisters secretly asked their servants to copy them, or sent them out for outsiders to copy. As a result, my father found out.
After being beaten to death with a stick, no one will dare to cheat again."
"So, after many years, I am the only one who has persisted. It's good to learn to read and adjust my life. However, I only copied two hundred volumes, less than a quarter. But by copying books
, I was lucky enough to memorize some very popular poems, but I just memorized them without understanding their meaning."
Although Zhang spoke modestly, the Queen Mother knew very well what the so-called two hundred volumes meant. Because it meant tens of thousands of poems! The Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty were not all short and concise five-character and seven-character quatrains, rhymed poems and Yuefu
In addition to poems, there are also longer ancient poems of hundreds of words. If we copy hundreds of volumes, how many words do we need to copy every day? It must be hundreds or thousands of words at least!
Jiuniang could not help but take a breath, but she only heard Mrs. Zhang smile bitterly and say: "My father told us that in order to train their children, real scholarly families often let them copy books from childhood. This is better than hiring a teacher."
He came back to teach us how to read well. I stupidly believed him, but later he proudly said that since there were many children at home, copying books would save us from getting into trouble."
"He said that eight or nine-year-old children running around on the ground are disgusted by people and dogs, and they are the most naughty. If they can't read the words, they will leave blanks, or they can just ask the teacher. But he never thought that we were six or seven years old
I learned how to read and write, and then started copying poems. I couldn't recognize more than half of the words in a poem, and the teachers our family invited almost annoyed us to death. Therefore, my teacher is the fastest in the whole capital."
"Then word spread, and it became clear that our family was from barbarians and didn't know how to respect teachers."
When she said this, Mrs. Zhang's expression was very calm, and she did not shy away from her family background at all. After all, she kept in mind her father's words that family background could not be changed just because of her title. Instead of being humble and trying to please those who looked down on her family, it would be better to be generous.
Fang Fang has made it clear that anyone who associates with you without any hesitation is truly a person worthy of friendship.
At the end of the sentence, she smiled, revealing her extremely playful single dimple: "So, because of these books, my dowry has a lot more to offer, and it looks extra beautiful, which is an unexpected blessing."
These words finally made both the Queen Mother and the Wu family laugh. The Queen Mother had heard that the Zhang family had a lot of dowry. At that time, the queue to deliver the dowry stretched for two miles. The onlookers said that they could not imagine that Uncle Weinan was so rich and had such an honorable person to add so much dowry.
There are quite a lot of them, which gives the Zhang family plenty of face. But I didn’t expect that probably ten or twenty of them were the “Complete Poems of the Tang Dynasty” that Zhang had copied since he was a child...
Wu, on the other hand, did not expect that Zhang's daughter, a dignified Earl, would be so attentive. She couldn't help but sigh: "No wonder my wife... Even Ah Shou's mother used to say when she was still alive that as long as you work hard, an iron pestle can be ground into a needle."
Shou is good at everything, but he can't practice his calligraphy well because I didn't supervise him well. In the future, Yingying, you have to urge him to practice more calligraphy, even if it's copying books."
Zhu Ying didn't expect that Wu would go from here to there. She suddenly thought of Zhang Shou, but when she thought about it, Zhang Shou was really good at everything, except that he couldn't see anyone with his handwriting, so she hesitated for a moment, and finally whispered
Said: "Ah Shou is too busy, so he doesn't have time to practice calligraphy... At worst, he will draft the writing and I will copy it, that's fine."
Well, she is not as good as Zhang Shou in other aspects, but her handwriting is better than his!
Mrs. Zhang had long heard that although Zhu Ying and Zhang Shou had only made an engagement, their relationship was as good as honey mixed with oil, and they often came and went as a couple. She had always thought that the rumors might be exaggerated, but she could
Now when she heard that Wu, the de facto mother-in-law, said this, Zhu Ying was still so partial to Zhang Shou, even she couldn't help but feel envious.
Of course, the one I envy is Zhang Shou... If the most famous young lady in the capital can be so enamored of her, what more could I ask for?
"Yingying, you!" Even the Queen Mother couldn't help but point her finger at Zhu Ying, "Your mother-in-law has already said so, but you are still not willing to let him be so tired. Let me tell you what is good for you.
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Seeing that Zhu Ying pursed her lips and smiled, but was unwilling to change her words, the Queen Mother was too lazy to force her, but looked at Mrs. Zhang with a more appreciative look. Because Mrs. Zhang had not publicized this matter before, and she did not know that she, the Queen Mother, would
Coming to the party showed her talent, so she nodded and said: "Your father asked you to copy books. Although it is a bit deceptive, it is not easy for you to persevere."
"Today I am observing the ceremony as a relative and elder of the Zhu family, but not as the queen mother to give advice. Therefore, there are no valuable rewards, only gifts from the elders."
Having said this, she took off a bracelet from her wrist and directly signaled Zhang to stretch out her hand. When Zhang stretched out her slim right hand with some fear, she gently turned the smooth bracelet and patiently
He put it on and smiled.
"This is not something expensive, it's just an old thing that I've been carrying around for many years and I'm used to wearing it. Your husband-in-law is a man who has his own ideas, but is very reserved with his family. I just hope you don't dislike him for being cold. You know, Rou
If you can overcome strength, just look at Yingying and you will know." But Zhu Ying is the other way around. In the past, she was a steel-making person, but when she met Zhang Shou, she became a soft girl!
Mrs. Zhang felt that she was both grateful and frightened in her heart. She quickly took a step back and saluted, "The Empress Dowager is serious. It takes ten years to cross the same boat and a hundred years to sleep together. I can marry the Zhu family of Zhao Guogong, who has always been a strict family."
My eldest daughter-in-law, my husband is young and promising, so those people who make things difficult are envious, jealous, and hateful. As long as I treat you sincerely, I will definitely be harmonious and happy with my husband."