After the Mid-Autumn Festival and that birthday, Zhang Shou was busy recruiting new students in Jiuzhangtang, busy checking the accounts of Guanglu Temple, busy supporting Lu Sanlang, who was running the imperial chef selection competition, and busy selecting suitable inmates among the inmates of the first phase of Jiuzhangtang, who were already very stretched, and went to Xuanda to rotate people who had been there for two months......

In short, although he and Zhu Ying have met a lot, they inevitably spend less time together.

Zhu Ying said to Liu Qing that it was impossible for Zhang Shou to snub him, but he couldn't help but feel a little lonely in his heart. This is not just because Zhang Shou is too busy, but because she is too idle. In the past, she often called friends and called Zhang Chen, a bunch of wild bees and butterflies dancing behind her, to play, but now most of her former playmates are fostered, but her bosom handkerchief is not much.

So, although Miss Zhu said that she went to judge the preliminary round of the Imperial Chef Selection Contest several times, Princess Yongping seemed to be angry because of Song Juren's affairs and refused to come forward again, but Zhang Shou didn't have time to come, she couldn't help but feel a little bored.

In the evening of this day, when another invitation was delivered to her as usual, Zhu Ying couldn't help but say angrily: "What's so big about the rematch, no one else will go, just I'll go, what's the point!" Ah Shou doesn't go, Grandpa Ge doesn't go either, and Yongping's girl doesn't go, am I sitting alone on the third floor as a wood? ”

Those officials of the older generation, even if Lu Sanlang really invites one or two, they can't talk to her at all, and it is impossible for her to call Lu Sanlang, who is in charge, to accompany her.

Zhan Jin saw that Zhu Ying was angry, and she couldn't help but feel a little dilemma when she was holding the invitation, but the quicksilver next to her had always been lively, so she simply snatched the invitation card in Zhan Jin's hand at this time, and saw that it was written on the cover that the imperial chef selection rematch, so she simply opened it boldly, but after just one glance, she smiled so much that her eyes narrowed.

She ran behind Zhu Ying and smiled smartly: "Miss, are you really not going?" This time it's not Lu Saburo's post? ”

"Oh? Who's that ordered? Zhu Ying asked angrily, "Could it be that the emperor gave me an edict and forced me to go to the party?" ”

"It's not the emperor, but for the young lady, that person's status is about the same." Liuyin smiled and pinched Zhu Ying's shoulder twice, and then put the invitation in front of Zhu Ying, "It's uncle, and besides, he also said that he wants to take advantage of the rematch of this imperial chef selection competition to knock a lot of bamboo bars, so I need your help, Miss." ”

As soon as she heard that it was Zhang Shou who invited her, Zhu Ying, who had just been in the mood for it, immediately became interested. She snatched the invitation card from Liuyin's hand, then Huo Ran got up, glared at the person angrily, and then nodded Zhan Jin and said: "You girl is not as good as Liuyin Ghost Spirit, and you have a good opportunity to be courteous, and you have robbed it to that little girl!" ”

Zhan Jin smiled at this time: "How can I look like her, the things that I named and given to the eldest lady can be seen, there are no rules at all!" ”

Liuyin didn't care so much, she gently scraped her face with her fingers, and she said proudly: "There are a lot of things that are named and given to Miss every day, aren't more than half of them disposed of by us?" In the past, Lu Sanlang had the treatment of sending things directly to the young lady, but now it is thanks to his uncle that he can get special treatment. So, look at what new tricks he has, how can this be called unruly? ”

"Okay, good, you have rules. Zhan Jin, you take this well-behaved girl down, and clean it up as you like! ”

Zhu Ying casually sent away the two girls who had been playing all the way, but then she read the invitation three or four times in one go, and asked herself if she had completely grasped the meaning of Zhang Shou, and then she showed a satisfied smile.

Although she does not reject the kind of task of the third aunt and six mothers-in-law, after all, it is a favor for Zhang Shou, and she is also idle, but of course this is not as serious as the serious things that Zhang Shou entrusted her this time. After a long time of idleness, people can't help but want to be busy, well, this is a common disease of people, and she is certainly no exception!

The invitation sent by Zhang Shou is, of course, definitely not just the daring Liuyin who has just seen it, in fact, anything given to Zhu Ying must be reported to Mrs. Tai, Jiuniang and Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing - of course, if Zhu Tingfang is here, this eldest prince must be added.

Although there is only one Zhu Er who has returned to Beijing now, because of the small results of his experience in Cangzhou, he will go back soon, and he has obtained such an honor, and he was left in Qing'an Hall by his grandmother and parents to discuss together. This can be said to be the first time in his life for him, but when he was about to express his opinion on Zhang Shou's invitation to Zhu Ying, he was dumbfounded.

Because the grandmother who was the first to speak, the first sentence had nothing to do with the invitation at all: "This morning I took Yingying to Qingning Palace to see the Queen Mother, and the Queen Mother 'inadvertently' talked about the marriage of the eldest prince and the second prince." Because someone took the lead in writing the relationship, but after the abolition, she became a concubine, and she couldn't control this matter, and the emperor, who was the father, couldn't pretend to be deaf and dumb. So it's probably going to be soon. ”

What's the matter with my family? It was easy for Zhu Er to resist the urge to complain. However, the next moment, he only heard his stepmother say two extremely strong words: "Whoever worries about their two brothers will marry his own daughter!" That kind of fire pit, who is willing to jump and who jumps, why should they harm others? ”

"Jiu Niang!"

Zhu Jing couldn't help but stop Jiu Niang, and then saw that Zhu Er's face was delicate, he glanced over majestically, and immediately lowered his head when he saw the person, and he definitely didn't dare to say anything if he thought about it, so he said lightly: "The palms of the hands and the backs of the hands are all meat, even if the emperor is indeed disappointed in the eldest prince and the second prince, but he doesn't want them to be lonely for life, or marry a wife who is too unseemly." ”

Mrs. Tai nodded approvingly, and seeing that Jiu Niang was still a little disapproving, she said lightly: "Jiu Niang, you just need to think about Erlang, then you can understand." Even if Erlang was a bastard at the beginning, if no one looked down on him, and even planned to find a random messy woman to stuff him as his wife, just fool the past, can you bear it? ”

Does this have anything to do with me? Zhu Er was extremely aggrieved. But then he saw his stepmother speaking for him.

Jiu Niang's face was full of disdain at this time: "Can those two bastards compare with Erlang?" Erlang has never bullied men and women, and has never acted recklessly, and he is just ignorant when he stands up to the sky, and he has never violated the law. We didn't force anyone's daughter to marry him, once the family used the guise of refusing marriage to put gold on their faces, Erlang and his father immediately angrily scolded him for never taking a fancy to his daughter, isn't he embarrassed? ”

"What's more, Erlang is now changing his mind and working hard, at least I can go out now and say honestly, I am very satisfied with such a son, I am very content. The emperor dares to say that he is satisfied and content with the two brothers? ”

If she was another mother-in-law, she was so bumped into by her daughter-in-law that she would have been furious for a long time, but Mrs. Tai had already known Jiu Niang's stubborn temper, not to mention, it was her own grandson who was maintained, so of course she laughed it off.

Especially when she saw Zhu Er's extremely touched expression, she smiled and said, "Erlang, did you hear that?" Don't live up to your mother's words, and in the future, you must be a filial son who can be praised when she goes out. Your marriage, the emperor personally opened his mouth to protect the media for you, and your father and I have already sent someone to Xuanda and Wang Zongxian to mention it. ”

Although Zhu Er said that he had heard Zhu Ying say that his marriage was eyebrow-raising, but who it was, Zhu Ying never gritted her teeth and refused to reveal the candidate. At this moment, he finally heard a letter that could not be more accurate, and he was dumbfounded.

The emperor protects the media? And it's related to Wang Datou? Won't let him marry Wang Datou's daughter? Oh my God, if a mortal has half the stubbornness and toughness of the king's head, he will die!

Without waiting for the frightened Zhu Er to jump up, Mrs. Tai said with a smile: "It is the daughter of Wang Datou's widowed sister-in-law, it is said that she is virtuous and capable, and she must be a good wife and mother." ”

Hearing the words "good wife and good mother", Zhu Er calmed down a little, and calculated in his heart that his niece would probably not be as terrifying as his father with his daughter. Furthermore, should he believe the emperor's vision?

So, he finally squeezed out an unnatural smile, but he didn't dare to mention his marriage at all: "Actually, the emperor is probably quite bitter, after all, no matter how bad it is, it is his son." The emperor also wants a son like a big brother, but unfortunately he can't make his wish come true. Don't look at the qualifications of the third prince and the fourth prince, but they may not be comparable to the eldest brother in the future. ”

"That's right, no matter how bad it is, it's my own son." Zhu Jing nodded, and then said with some embarrassment, "As for a son like your eldest brother, it is hard to find, but because he is so good, sometimes people are terrible, I have to put him in the most dangerous and cusp position, so genius is not necessarily happier than mediocre, because he has to bear too much." ”

Zhu Er was finally speechless. However, Zhu Jing obviously did not continue to compare his son with the prince, and said bluntly: "The matter of choosing a concubine will be restarted, and I am afraid that the girls I have seen before will be re-listed......"

Before he finished speaking, there was a sudden and extremely restrained knock on the door outside, followed by Li's mother's voice: "Mrs. Tai, old lady, someone from the Department of Communications has just sent an urgent letter." ”

In places like the Department of General Administration, most of the dignitaries from all sides will send people to investigate, so those public messages and the like will be sent in almost a short time, and the news will reach each family. As for those secrets, although there are also those with great powers who will find out the clues, most people will be relatively cautious not to inquire, and this is especially true of the Zhu family of Zhao Guogong.

Therefore, at this time, the first reaction of the three people in charge of the family was who wrote something terrible on what public fold. And Zhu Er, who didn't even have an observer role on weekdays, was so itchy at this time that he jumped up directly to the door to open the door, salivated and said hello to Li's mother, and then directly invited someone in.

Regarding the second young master's excessive diligence, although Mother Li was a little ridiculous, the stakes were very high, and she still walked in quickly. When she entered the room, she curtched to Mrs. Shang Shou and Zhu Jing and Jiuniang, who were sitting on the left and right.

"The news just delivered, the head of Yuzhang Academy who was called to Beijing before was the one who wrote two days ago to suggest that the eldest prince and the second prince should start a family as soon as possible...... He asked to marry his eldest daughter to the eldest prince. ”

At this moment, Zhu Er, who was closing the door at the back, was completely stupid.

Not to mention Zhu Er, the three masters of the Zhu family who have been through the storm for a long time on the seat are all dumbfounded. Jiuniang reacted the fastest, and scolded with her eyebrows uplifted: "Is he crazy?" How can he be a father like this in the world! ”

After being shocked, Mrs. Tai shook her head and said: "Since he dares to bring it up, he should be very confident in his daughter's temperament and appearance, and it is absolutely impossible to make such a joke about his defective daughter." I don't know what kind of girl it is, and I don't know if I was pushed out by my father like this. ”

Zhu Jing narrowed his eyes slightly, and his mood suddenly felt very complicated. In the past, if someone was willing to marry an excellent daughter Xu to a bastard son like Zhu Er, then after he was surprised, he might be a little happy. But that's because Zhu Er really hasn't hurt the heavens and ruined the family's reputation.

And the emperor is already very disappointed in the eldest prince, what kind of mood is it to learn this news at this moment?

What was the mood of the emperor? He learned the news earlier than the Zhu family of the Zhao State Mansion, and his mood was like a scoop of cold water suddenly poured on a hot oil pot, and he was about to burst. The marriage between the eldest prince and the second prince was abolished in the past, and now Concubine Jing is more in charge, and he plans to choose two good daughters-in-law for his two younger sons, and it is best to raise them like this in front of him.

He is very confident that he can raise two child daughters-in-law who are of his choice. As for the eldest daughter-in-law and the second daughter-in-law, they are satisfied.

But now, although he decided to arrest the marriage of the eldest son again, he is still very entangled in how to choose a concubine for the eldest prince who is still locked up in Zongzheng Temple, and what to do after marriage, but now, people are actually pushing their daughter in front of him!

Even Qingning Palace didn't bother to go, and didn't want to hear the Queen Mother mention this matter to herself, the emperor was like a trapped beast in the Qianqing Palace for a long time, and finally suddenly said in a deep voice: "Prepare a horse for me, I want to go out of the palace to go around and relax!" ”

Without waiting for the frightened palace people to kneel down and admonish, or to call Liu Feng, the steward brand, or to report to Chu Kuan, the master of ceremonies, the emperor had already pulled out his legs and walked out. And when Liu Feng hurriedly chased out, all he saw was ...... The emperor and several of his attendants disappeared into the night sky.

That's right, the emperor who is a master of art and daring...... didn't take the right road, didn't open the palace gate, and went straight over the wall!

And when the news reached Chu Kuan's ears, he learned that the emperor had left the palace gate. Realizing that the matter was serious, he went to Qingning Palace to see the Queen Mother as soon as possible, but found that the mother of the Son of Heaven still had the leisure to recline on the couch and read a book.

Seeing that Chu Kuan was sincerely afraid of apologizing, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Xiao Chu, where is the emperor, do you dare to make a bet with me?" ”

Without waiting for Chu Kuan to speak, the Queen Mother stretched out a finger and said, "He definitely went to the ruined temple that burned down into a white ground during the rebellion of the King of Industry." Let him go, he can stop it, that's not the emperor anymore! ”