The Zhao Guogong Mansion did not deliberately publicize the news of the Queen Mother's visit, and of course, it did not deliberately conceal it - otherwise, the four mothers, daughters, mothers-in-law and daughters-in-law of the Qin family, who regarded themselves as Zhu Tingfang's aunt, would not have been able to come out of the Xuanji Courtyard completely by virtue of their collision with the Queen Mother.

However, even if the Qin family didn't want to publicize this matter, after all, it was a shame for her, but it was the icing on the cake for the already lively Zhao Guogong Mansion today, but she didn't say that there were too many women who had seen the Queen Mother in Qing'an Hall before.

And when the next person reported to Zhu Jing and his son, he did not deliberately avoid the people at the same table. For a while, the wedding banquet was full of rumors about the Queen Mother's visit, and I don't know how many people were envious.

And Zhu Jing and Zhu Tingfang, father and son, who originally planned to take the time to go in to salute the Queen Mother, learned that the Queen Mother went to the new house and knew that people were going to see the bride, and it was not appropriate for them to chase after them at this time, so after discussion, they planned to wait for the Queen Mother to return to Qing'an Hall from the new house to thank them. Zhu Jing was still a little worried about whether the eldest daughter-in-law would be too nervous or cautious when facing the Queen Mother, but Zhu Tingfang was very calm.

Based on what Zhang said when he left, it can be seen that Zhang is smart and decent, and he will not make mistakes because of the nervousness of the newlywed. In this case, even if the Queen Mother is a picky person, she will not find fault with this grandson's nephew and daughter-in-law.

However, just when everyone was talking about the queen mother at the wedding banquet, another news suddenly came, but it was given by the palace. On behalf of the emperor, it was not the celebrant who came to give the award, but Chen Yongshou, the steward of the Qianqing Palace. And the gifts he brought, one is the handwritten book of the Son of Heaven "Growing Old with a White Head", the other is a pair of vases full of rich and noble patterns, and the last thing is unexpected.

Because it was a bag of food - in the face of the bewildered groom official, Chen Yongshou repeated the emperor's words with a smile: "In this bag are red dates, longan, lotus seeds, etc., which were carefully selected by the emperor himself and specially given to a couple of newlyweds to eat." It is said to be a good mouthpiece. ”

Everyone knows that the Zhao Guogong Mansion will not lack this kind of thing, so what is the intention of the Son of Heaven's reward, it is inevitable that they are like the second monk who is confused. And Zhang Shou saw that Zhu Tingfang took it solemnly, and then because he wanted to send Chen Yongshou in person, he handed the bag to Zhu Er next to him and held it, he couldn't help but touch his chin thoughtfully, and then his face was extremely strange.

Seeing that everyone was talking there, he opened his mouth and asked, "What else is in this bag except red dates, longan and lotus seeds?" Are there still peanuts? ”

"Uh......" Zhu Er was slightly stunned, reached out and grabbed it in the small bag, and then immediately raised his head, "There are really a lot of peanuts, this thing doesn't seem to have been planted in the capital, the existing ones should have been brought back from Shandong, but they are more expensive than red dates and longan lotus seeds." By the way, how do you know there are peanuts? Could it be that this reward matter, the emperor and you passed the qi in advance? ”

Zhang Shou didn't notice the suspicious eyes around him, and laughed: "I don't need the emperor to talk to me, I just heard Gonggong Chen say that he was a good mouthful, and I heard that there were red dates and longan lotus seeds in this bag, so I guessed what the emperor meant." ”

"Red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds...... Together, isn't it just an early birth of a precious son? ”

Because peanuts, an American crop, have not yet been popularized in these years, the four things that are often sprinkled on the marriage bed to beg for praise in later generations are not necessary for wedding presses. can be broken by Zhang Shoudao's simple homophonic meaning, and there was a burst of good-natured laughter in all directions.

can ridicule Zhu Tingfang with rewards so unscrupulously, except for the elders of the Zhu family, that is, the emperor! For a while, I didn't know who shouted as if he was coaxing: "Since this is the case, then hurry up and throw these red dates, peanuts, longan and lotus seeds on the beds of the newlyweds, this is worthy of the emperor's hard work, right?" ”

However, this person didn't wait for the echo of others, but what he waited for was Zhu Er's faint voice: "Since you said so, then you go and throw this bag of 'early birth of a noble son'?" ”

Zhu Er said with a sneer in his heart. What kind of joke, just because I made a dead joke and ridicule before, Zhu Tingfang was annoyed and angry, and that "teaching" was really unforgettable. However, Ah Liu's sentence of "early birth of a noble son" is a sincere word from the bottom of his heart, and the emperor's reward of "early birth of a noble son" is a ridicule of the elders, and other people, you try to say this kind of thing in front of my eldest brother?

Sure enough, with Zhu Er's irony, the guy who was coaxing just now disappeared immediately, while the others just laughed and ridiculed twice, and then dispersed. As the initiator of this point, Zhang Shou thought that Zhu Ying had also told him that on the issue of grandchildren, the elders of the Zhu family planned to go with the flow, and he couldn't help but feel that the emperor's move was quite interesting.

Perhaps, the emperor's reward was just pure ridicule, after all, the handwritten scroll of the reward did not have the words "early birth of a noble son" written on it; Perhaps, the emperor was depressed because of the affairs of the eldest prince and the second prince, so even in the face of the Zhu family, who has always trusted and relied on him, he couldn't help but come to a little moth, gloating that he didn't open which pot to mention.

However, the emperor's mood is understandable. It is said that a man's lifelong pursuit is to get drunk on the knees of beauties, wake up and kill human rights...... But even if the power is great, if the descendants are not good and there is no successor, the night will be either bleak or lonely. After all, the kind of emperor who has a completely one-man mentality, and his wife, children, relatives, friends, and subordinates all don't matter, is only exposed under the crisis, at least not including the current emperor.

Sure enough, after Zhu Tingfang sent Chen Yongshou back, he couldn't help crying and laughing when he heard the origin of the emperor's reward, but he couldn't blame Zhang Shou who exposed this - after all, such a simple homonym, people only need to figure out what is in the bag, and they can crack it in a while. When the time comes, it will also have to be circulated in private.

And if the news of this reward spreads today, maybe in the future, the marriage customs of the entire capital and even the whole world will be added...... He didn't know whether to be happy or helpless.

Due to the presence of the Queen Mother and the gift of the emperor, the wedding banquet of the Zhao Guogong Mansion this night was naturally a complete circle, and the guests returned happily. When the guests dispersed, the servants who had been busy for several days were all richly rewarded, and they were naturally full of energy when they cleaned up, and everyone felt that the Zhao Guogong Mansion was so honored today, and they also had a light on their faces.

When Zhang Shou went to Qing'an Hall to pick up the Wu family, he learned that after the Queen Mother came out of the new house, she sat in Qing'an Hall for a while, and after learning that the emperor bestowed it, the most noble woman in the world hurried back to the palace without staying long.

It seems that people left the palace this time just to make up for the excitement of Zhu Tingfang's wedding - after all, no one thinks that people are specially looking to see the bride. As the queen mother, which internal and external wife do you want to meet, is it not something that can be solved with a word?

And Zhang Shou himself has been busy in the Zhu family for a long time today, and he is already tired, after saying goodbye to the Zhu family, he and the Wu family went out to board the car, he couldn't help but close his eyes and pretend to sleep by relying on the pillow, even the Wu family said that the queen mother bumped into the farce of the Zhu family's in-laws Qin and his party outside the new house, and the play with the Zhang family, he was not too surprised.

Copying books is a matter of 365 days a year, 10 years and 8 years, and the cumulative amount can even increase the dowry by 10 or 8 years, which is indeed very persevering, and it is enough to show his human quality.

But that is his eldest brother's daughter-in-law, and it is also the woman he will call his sister-in-law in the future, and it is not his turn to judge whether it is good or not.

However, when Wu's words changed and said that Zhu Ying claimed that he didn't need to practice calligraphy well, and if she wanted to write something in the future, she was willing to help copy it, Zhang Shou's drowsiness suddenly disappeared. Of course, he can understand and tolerate the eldest lady, and he likes her temperament, but her fiery and unconcealed feelings in front of people always make him feel that she pays more.

It's the hardest thing to accept the grace of the beauty, but fortunately, in a few days, he will be able to hug the beauty!

As Zhu Tingfang said to his subordinates, the next morning, he only spent half a day with his newlywed wife to worship his parents and elders, worship the family temple, and then went to the yamen in high spirits to see things. And the Zhang family was ready to cheer up and serve her mother-in-law and mother-in-law, but she hadn't realized what rules the Zhu family had at all, so she was stunned by the burden pressed down on her head.

Mrs. Tai and Jiuniang unanimously said that since she, the eldest daughter-in-law, had already passed the door, then the presiding officer of the Zhao Guogong Mansion would be handed over to her. What was handed over to her, in addition to a box of various keys, was the roster of all the servants inside and outside the Zhao State Mansion. As for whether to go to the account room next or what to do, it's all up to her.

Rao is father has said countless times before that the Zhu family of the Zhao Guogong Mansion is a good family that does not treat his daughter-in-law harshly, and the Zhang family has also told himself countless times that Zhu Tingfang is a little colder, and the rest is impeccable, but from last night to today, she has really experienced too many surprises - and too many surprises have become frightened.

Finally, after she repeatedly stated that this burden was too heavy, Mrs. Tai lent her Mother Jiang beside her, and Jiuniang also gave her a big girl named Yunque next to her, and Zhang was relieved. But the next sentence Mrs. Tai said made her feel a lot of pressure again.

"Da Lang now has you, we are all relieved, but there are still two marriages to be done at home. One is the marriage between Yingying and Ah Shou, that is, the next few days. Although it is said that marrying a daughter is not marrying a daughter-in-law, you know, this is more important than the marriage of the eldest man. The second is Erlang's marriage next year, he is not as worry-free as Dalang, your sister-in-law might as well mention him more. ”

Even at home, he is often a housekeeper, but as soon as he gets married, he has to help handle the two marriages of his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and he is also handed over to the housekeeper...... Therefore, when she returned to the room after agreeing, she naturally kept Jiang's mother and began to make up for the Zhu family's personnel and various examples.

When she learned that Zhu Ying's monthly money was claimed to be on par with Mrs. Tai, it was twenty times a month, but in fact, there was no upper limit at all, no matter what Miss Zhu wanted, Mrs. Tai would pay for it, and there were rich rewards in the palace during the New Year's holidays, and Zhu Jing had always been extremely generous to this daughter, she still couldn't help but smack her tongue.

In contrast, until last year, the second son, Zhu Tingjie's monthly silver, was only two pieces of pocket money for a pitiful baba, and two times for books and ink...... is so pampered and conniving, but Zhu Ying is just arrogant and willful, and she has not been raised crookedly, it is really not easy!

While looking through the old examples, while asking questions, the Zhang family understood the rules of the Zhu family, and couldn't help but ask how Zhu Ying's wedding dress was prepared at this time. For such a question, Mother Jiang is naturally very willing to answer.

"The eldest lady's wedding dress is the best tailor in the whole capital, and the eldest lady personally made it and tailor-made, and the material was prepared by Mrs. Tai a long time ago." Speaking of this, Mother Jiang knew that Mrs. Tai's distinct tendency would be revealed, after all, Zhu Jing had just come back at that time to officially set the marriage letter, but Mrs. Tai had even prepared the wedding clothes early, but it didn't matter now.

"The eldest lady has not been very interested in female celebrities since she was a child, and Mrs. Wu has long said that she doesn't care about these vulgar rites, so the wedding dress doesn't need to be bothered by the eldest lady. Filial piety to my aunt, the clothes, shoes and socks given to Shou Gongzi are also done by the eldest mother. If the eldest young grandmother wants to send the eldest lady something to add to the box, as long as it is not a female red embroidery. ”

Zhang immediately nodded gratefully at Jiang's mother. Her female celebrity kung fu is actually not very outstanding, especially the embroidery needle, which really takes a lot of effort to embroider a pattern...... Fortunately, she is still capable of sewing clothes, so she is very attentive to the clothes, shoes and socks that she respects to her mother-in-law and mother-in-law, but now it seems that people don't seem to care whether they do it herself......

Of course, whether it will be one requirement for Zhu Ying, but another requirement for her eldest daughter-in-law, it is not good.

This family affair was understood and popularized until almost dusk. And when Zhang was about to ask where the dinner was, whether he wanted to serve his mother-in-law or grandmother-in-law, or whether he wanted to wait for Zhu Tingfang to come back and eat together, Jiang's mother kindly reminded her: "The lord and the eldest son are busy with official business, and they often can't come back for dinner, so most of the dinner at home is in Qing'an Hall." ”

"Madame and the second young master usually go to accompany Mrs. Tai, and the eldest and young grandmothers can also go over together. There are not so many rules at dinner, and Mrs. Tai doesn't like the family to stand and sit. Although most of them don't talk when eating, so as not to choke or accumulate food, it is common for the eldest lady or the second son to tell jokes occasionally. ”

"Oh, by the way, the eldest lady is often busy running outside these days, and sometimes she can't care about coming back for dinner, so Mrs. Tai often tells Madame that she hopes that you and the future second young grandmother will enter the door early, so as not to be left at home, which is really boring."

Zhang keenly heard the meaning of Jiang's mother's words. Zhu Ying is not in the house during the day, but often goes out to be "busy", which is normal, after all, she also heard that Zhu Ying is even more busy with women's studies than Princess Yongping, and has invited a lot of people, some of whom even participated in the selection of concubines and passed the second election. However, Zhu Ying didn't even have time to come back for dinner, so the meaning was different.

If you don't go home for dinner, where are you eating?

Judging from Zhu Ying's tone in front of the Queen Mother today, I am afraid that there is only one answer - her sister-in-law, who is famous in the capital and is famous for doing her own thing, really likes Zhang Shou, her fiancé, to the core. Because Zhang Shou was too busy during the day, that is, he was a little free when he returned from the public school in the evening, Zhu Ying must have gone to Zhang Yuan to meet Ruyi Langjun.

She couldn't help but chuckle: "Then I don't know if my sister will come back tonight?" ”

Mother Jiang couldn't help but sigh: "The eldest lady went to the palace today, and if she doesn't come back now, she probably won't come back for dinner." ”