Embroidered color and fragrance
Chapter 160 Sisters
Chapter 160 Sisters
During the Queen's birthday, Su Wanru had seen the Crown Princess, but she only came for a while before leaving.
Because the surroundings are not good, even though her mother's family has been sealed off, there are no people in the end, so no matter whether she is in the prince's mansion or in the court, she has no sense of existence.
So much so that Zhao Biao married two side concubines, and she didn't make any noise. I heard that when Hu side concubine entered the door, she was so busy that she was exhausted.
At this moment, Su Wanru was sitting in the banquet room of the main hall of the Prince's Mansion, opposite to the Crown Princess Tan Shi.
Compared with last year, she seemed to be a little fatter, but her face was still sallow and fragile.But her facial features are very delicate, presumably she should be a heroic beauty when she was young.
I don't know if it's her or the empress's intention to make Cui Yudie her daughter-in-law.
If it's what she meant, then this princess concubine is not a simple character.
At least, she is very good at emergency measures. She chose a family like the Cui family, which is neither high nor low, and her foundation for resistance is still weak. To be a concubine, the daughter of a second-rank official is also qualified.
There are still matters.
It's just that people like Zhao Zhiting can be matched with their jade butterflies, especially after they are blinded by sex, it will be even more different.
"Drink tea." Mrs. Tan said with a smile: "...I have prepared some embroidery decorations before, but after several years, I feel that both the embroidery method and the appearance are a bit outdated."
"I was talking about it today. I didn't say I would trouble you. I should listen to the prince's reminder." Tan said with a smile, "Didn't I delay you?"
She is a princess, she is just a businessman, yet Mrs. Tan talks to her in such a modest tone.
Look, he is really a gentle person.
"Just tell me if you have something to do. No matter how many things I have to do, I will never neglect the things you send me." Su Wanru said with a smile: "You asked me to measure the size, but I need to order the screen on the floor. Where is it, you just need a mother to take me there."
"I'll be with you." Mrs. Tan got up, and the nurse who was accompanying her put on a cloak for him. She said apologetically, "Although the weather is already warm, I've always been afraid of the cold. Aunt Su laughed at me." .”
I'm really not used to it, Su Wanru said with a smile: "Your body is the most important thing, and it's a blessing for us people to take care of it."
"You really can talk." Mrs. Tan and Su Wanru went out together, "Actually, I often hear people in the mansion talk about you, even our prince mentioned it twice, which shows your reputation in Beijing."
Su Wanru waved her hand, "I don't have any fame, it's just my luck that I encountered peace and prosperity."
"That's true. After so many years of war, the world has finally settled down. People's lives are getting better and better, and this business is naturally getting better and better." Tan Shi said.
The two of them were talking, and went out of the main hall together, just as they arrived at the door, they saw Zhao Biao coming in from the door, Su Wanru saluted, Zhao Biao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her, halfway through the stretch, he suddenly remembered that this had happened, so he withdrew his hand , Said: "Excuse me."
Su Wanru got up, and Tan asked, "Has Your Highness come back from Ting'er? Have you taken all the medicine?"
Zhao Zhiting was beaten with a board. Although he didn't hurt his tendons and bones, Zhao Zhiang was also in a rage, so it was inevitable that his skin would be bruised.
"Eat." Zhao Biao responded, looking at Su Wanru, "Aunt Su came to measure?"
Su Wanru nodded in response, "Yes, my lady took care of our business, and specially asked me to come over to take measurements." As she spoke, she blessed Zhao Biao and his wife, "Thank you, Your Highness, and your lady for taking care of me."
Zhao Biao smiled, waved his hand and said: "This is too polite, not to mention that we are going to make embroidery, and your side is also the most suitable."
"Yes." Mrs. Tan nodded, "There are all kinds of embroidery methods, which are more complete and comprehensive than the previous Jinxiufang."
They are really husband and wife, Su Wanru sighed in her heart, still smiling, Zhao Biao looked at Mrs Tan, and ordered: "Order the kitchen to cook a few special dishes at home, and invite Aunt Su to have dinner at home at noon."
Mrs. Tan didn't doubt that there was him, so she was busy, and said to Su Wanru, "Aunt Su is from Jiangnan. There is a cook in the family who is from Jiangnan. He is very good at cooking. I will let you try the dishes of my hometown later."
If Su Wanru wanted to refuse, she felt that she had nothing to say, so she could only reply: "Then Su's respect is worse than obedience." Zhao Zhiting is recovering from his injuries, so he might not see her again.
"That's right." Satisfied, Zhao Biao said with a smile, "Go ahead, I'll take a rest."
Mrs. Tan should have ordered her mother-in-law at the door, and went to the backyard with Su Wanru.
There are many courtyards in the backyard, but they are very quiet. Su Wanru knows that the prince's concubine should live in the courtyard, and only the two side concubines have their own courtyards. She really didn't see anyone coming from any of the courtyards when she walked all the way. people go.
Didn't it mean that Concubine Hu is very favored and arrogant?
Most importantly, the "wife" of Zhao Zhiting who has just entered the mansion, doesn't she have an eldest son, and she has never seen it.
Could it be that the mother and son were quietly sent away?
She was thinking wildly, and Mrs. Tan had already led her to stop in front of a spacious courtyard, "This is it." Then, he entered the door first, and said as he walked: "The furniture hasn't been ordered yet, and I have an appointment with the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Ren Minger will come to measure the size, but this will not affect several screens and screens, Aunt Su will make a decision first. Embroidery will take a long time, I am afraid that I will delay it for a few more days, and you will rush to work .”
"Yes, if we decide one day earlier, we can assign people earlier." Su Wanru looked at the yard, entered the main hall, and saw two little girls sweeping the floor. She didn't think anything, but Tan was taken aback, and asked Said: "Why are you doing things here? There is nothing to do in your own yard?"
The two little girls were like frightened birds, they turned around and knelt down when they heard the voice, and said: "Your maidservant kowtows to see your mother." After saluting, she raised her head, and the one on the left explained: "The little master is asleep, our wife said we Idle is also idle, let us help to clean up."
Su Wanru couldn't help showing surprise, because these two little girls were very beautiful.
The left side is small and gentle, and the right side is tall and charming. It's a pity to be a girl with such a beauty.
"You are really diligent." Mrs. Tan said nothing, but asked, "Would you like to drink the wet nurse's milk?"
The girl on the right replied: "Drink it. Madam said thank you for your compassion, she will definitely take good care of the little master."
"Go. There will be a special person to clean up here in the future. You can rest in the yard when you are free, and you don't need to come here to help." After Tan finished speaking, the two little girls should go out with a broom and dust.
Mrs. Tan didn't say anything more, and pointed to the main hall, "...I originally wanted to hang a landscape painting, but I thought it would be better to hang an embroidered landscape painting, Aunt Su thinks."
"Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The embroidered paintings will be more three-dimensional and beautiful after being assisted by needlework and color. It will be very atmospheric when hung in the middle hall." Su Wanru said with a smile: "Then I will measure the size first, and Madam will do it later. Tell me which painting to embroider."
"En." Tan pointed to the two women, and helped Su Wanru figure out the size, and then took her to the banquet room and warm pavilion to measure the hanging screens and floor screens. In addition, she ordered the tent, quilt cover, pillowcase and Some happy event supplements and so on.
"Actually, I came here with some selfish motives." Seeing Su Wanru's writing and painting, Tan said with a smile, "Miss Cui is your student. When she comes to the mansion in the future, she will see that many of the furnishings here are related to her. It is related to Mr., and it must look a lot more cordial."
"Your Majesty is really well-intentioned." Su Wanru put away the pen and ink, folded the paper and put it away, "It is her blessing that Yudie can be your daughter-in-law."
You are good, but if your son is like that, it is better to find a family that is almost as good as possible, so that the other party doesn't care about his messy things, maybe he can look forward to it happily.
To talk about Cui Yudie is to harm others, and to consider for his daughter-in-law, it's just talk.
Mrs. Tan nodded with a smile. Although her son is a high-ranking son, he is not contaminated by arrogance and lust. Only this time he made a mistake, but young people are always confused. Well, whether it's a side concubine or a concubine's room, it's just a decoration.
"Your Majesty." A woman came to invite her outside the door, "The food is ready, will you and Aunt Su eat it now, or later?"
Tan Shi said to Su Wanru: "Be tired, let's go eat."
Su Wanru didn't have any appetite at all, so she smiled and said: "Okay." After Tan Shi returned to Tan Shi's courtyard, the two entered the main hall, and Zhao Biao was also coming out of the room, smiling and saying to Su Wanru: "These For detailed things, I can only ask you to come and do it yourself, and if someone else does it, I'm afraid you won't be at ease."
"Yes. Although these sizes are rough and rough, if you just describe them, it is inevitable that the size will not suit you. It's not something that can be replaced right away. It's better to be safe." Su Wanru said with a smile.
Zhao Biao nodded, gestured for Su Wanru to sit down, she smiled and thanked, and sat down behind Zhao Biao and his wife.
Tan turned around and asked in a low voice, "The food from Ting'er has been delivered."
"Send it, Mrs. Hu is feeding the meal herself." The old woman replied.
Tan nodded and said nothing more.
Is your surname Hu?Su Wanru immediately thought of Zhao Biao's side concubine, could it be that his side concubine was to feed Zhao Zhiting?
No way... It should be Zhao Zhiting's wife whose surname is Hu.
Is your surname Hu?Su Wanru inexplicably thought of someone...
"Eat vegetables." Zhao Biao signaled the maid serving Su Wanru's meal to bring her some famous Jiangnan dishes.
The three of them ate quietly, Zhao Biao didn't drink, and he ate in a gentle and nice manner.
Zhao Biao also looked at Su Wanru, this little girl is really good at everything, even the manner of eating is better than ordinary people.
It was rumored that her family background was not obvious, but he felt puzzled, how could an ordinary family raise such an exquisite woman, even he learned many rules and manners in the past two years.
Zhao Biao was about to speak, when Su Wanru heard a little girl coming in from the door, Tan put down her chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter, but what's going on in Qixia Courtyard."
Zhao Zhiting now lives in this yard.
"Your Highness vomited after a few mouthfuls of food. The lady over there asked the doctor to come and see if she was very hungry a few days ago and hurt her spleen and stomach." The little girl said.
Tan couldn't sit still any longer, "I'll go and have a look." Then she told the little girl, "Quickly send someone to the palace to invite the imperial physician."
The little girl should have run out.
"Your Highness, I'll go and see Ting'er." Tan Shi said and looked at Su Wanru again, "You sit down for a while, I'll come as soon as I go."
Su Wanru should get up and send Mrs. Tan out.
No wonder Zhao Zhiang gave the marriage so eagerly, it turned out that it was because Zhao Zhiting went on a hunger strike...
Well, to go on a hunger strike for the woman I love, even if I starve to death, I am willing to applaud his vigorous love.
"Family affairs are so noisy." Zhao Biao also put down his chopsticks, and talked to Su Wanru across the table, "You have heard that too. Zhiting is outside... Sigh, this child has been honest since he was a child, and he never expected to grow up." When you grow up, you mess around like this."
Su Wanru smiled at him, not daring to comment, since people say that her son is not good, she can't say the same.
"The queen mother and I mean to go to the mother to keep the son, and send the child to Fengyang to raise for a few years, and then take it back when the son-in-law is born here. But Zhiting is unwilling to live or die. No, he was beaten by the holy majesty. If you don't repent, you actually go on a hunger strike, and you are so hungry that you are left with one breath, it is really..."
Poor parents in the world!No matter who it is, parents always can't screw their own children, Su Wanru looked at Zhao Biao and smiled, and thought to herself, don't talk to me like that, I'm not an elder, I don't understand anything.
"Children are innocent." Su Wanru said with a smile, "Your Highness will be angry if you look at the child more. Such a small child must be very cute."
This is what Zhao Biao wanted to hear. He said this to her not just to complain, but to find someone who has no conflict of interest, who can't blame him and makes him feel comfortable, to be recognized.
Su Wanru followed his words.
"That's right." Zhao Biao sighed, "That's all I can think of. The child is only four months old and has a thick head and a thick head. It's really painful to look at. It's just that the parents are not sensible."
Su Wanru nodded along, realizing that the bidding was originally such a temperament.
"Your Highness." A little girl came over from outside the door, "The little master is crying, that lady is taking care of His Highness the eldest grandson, look..."
Meaning, can you go and have a look.
Zhao Biao showed embarrassment.
"The matter is settled, then I will take my leave." Su Wanru stood up, she wanted to leave a long time ago, "Thank you Your Highness and Your Majesty for saving dinner."
Zhao Biao nodded, "Then I won't keep you, you can come and sit again some other day."
"Yes." Su Wanru took her own things and was led out by the mother-in-law. Su Wanru chatted with the mother-in-law and said, "Is your highness the eldest grandson feeling better?"
There is nothing to say about this, the old woman replied: "The skin injury is okay, but I was hungry a little bit in the past two days, so I can't help but feel unbearable for the first meal today."
"His Royal Highness is also stubborn." Su Wanru said with a smile.
The mother-in-law nodded, "Isn't that right? This servant grew up watching His Highness. She has always been stubborn since she was a child."
Not seeing it, Su Wanru slandered.
"Nurse Zhang." A woman ushered in on the path, "The lady wants to cook the medicinal food herself, we...would you like to go and have a look?"
Nanny Zhang frowned, and glanced at Su Wanru, Su Wanru hurriedly said: "Go and do it, just point out a little girl to lead me out."
"Then I'm sorry for Aunt Su." Nanny Zhang blessed, and casually pointed to a little weeding girl, "Send Aunt Su out of the house."
The little girl should have wiped her hands on her body, and Su Wanru followed her out of the inner courtyard through the winding veranda.
After she left, a tall and slender woman appeared on the original path, quietly watching Su Wanru's leaving back, she stood for a while, then suddenly smiled, and said, "So it's really you..."
When the words fell, the people left.
Su Wanru sat in the car, lifted the curtain and looked towards the inner courtyard, her surname is Hu...
In this world, there are quite a few people with the surname Hu who like to do evil and make people hate them.
Su Wanru put down the curtain, and the car left the Prince's Mansion. After two streets, Su Wanru knocked on the car door, "Excuse me, please leave me here, I still have something to do."
The coachman stopped the car, and Su Wanru went straight to Prince Ning's Mansion. Not knowing whether Zhao Yan was there, she knocked on the door, and the woman guarding the door smiled when she saw her: "Aunt Su just happened to come, our prince is about to go out. , if you come a little later, you won't be able to meet."
After the mother-in-law finished speaking, Su Wanru saw the carriage go around the screen wall and stop at the door, Zhao Yan lifted the curtain, looked at her and smiled, "It's really a coincidence."
"I counted." Su Wanru stood under the car and saluted, Zhao Yan got down, looked at her and asked, "Are you afraid that I will be sad, so you came to comfort me?"
Su Wanru nodded, "Yes, Zhu Zhengyan is proud of the spring breeze, but our Prince Ning is secretly sad. The comparison is really unconvincing."
She was joking, Zhao Yan also laughed when he heard it, and pointed to the inner courtyard, "Where did you come from?"
"Princess Concubine asked me to measure the size. She wants to order embroidery for the big wedding. I will have lunch with His Royal Highness at noon." Su Wanru said in a relaxed tone, Zhao Yan frowned, and said: "Prince Didn't you go to the yamen?"
"No, what's the matter?" Su Wanru asked.
Zhao Yan shook his head, and said thoughtfully: "Fengyang is flooded every year, and Huai River is frightening every year during the rainy season. Now that the ancestral mausoleum is built there, my father asked the prince to find someone who knows water conservancy and water control. A skilled craftsman, do some research."
"This matter has been completely resolved, and there will be no need to remind you every year in the future." Zhao Yan said: "So, I am a little surprised that you said that the prince did not go to the government office at home."
Su Wanru was also surprised, "How can Huaishui solve it?"
"It's not easy. If there is a good way, I'm afraid it won't become a legacy problem. Now the people along the coast are trembling when the rainy season comes." Zhao Yan sighed.
Su Wanru didn't understand this matter at all, but she had heard Su Zhengxing mention it a few times before, and it was indeed a headache.
Not only the Huaihe River, but also the banks of the Yellow River.
Snow disasters in winter and floods in summer, the people do not depend on the court for food, but on the harvest of the sky.
"I'm fine." Zhao Yan sat down with her in the study, and he looked at her with a smile, and said, "I had expected this result, so after receiving the imperial decree, I was not surprised. You surprised me , I didn't expect you to come to see me."
"We are friends! You go to see me when I'm sad, and when you're in a bad mood, I naturally want to do something about it." Su Wanru said with a smile.
Zhao Yan stared at her blankly, smiled, and said, "Yes, we are friends!"
"The magistrate of Jiangxi...do you know this person? Can you send someone to inquire? How is Ms. Sun? Since we are going to live together in the future, it would be better to get to know him first." That's it, it's not a bad thing to know more.
"So what if I ask." Zhao Yan said with a smile, "If he is stupid or ugly, can I refuse marriage?"
Su Wanru stared, let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "My lord is very smart, and I will naturally find a way to resolve it after I know it." Then she said: "Or, you can go and kill this Miss Sun, and then force the magistrate Sun to admit it." A beautiful, gentle and considerate woman is my daughter, and in this way, I obeyed the imperial decree and fulfilled my wish."
"That's a good suggestion. I'll start working on it in the next few days." Zhao Yan said seriously.
Su Wanru chuckled, talked to him for a while, and then went out with him. She went back to the embroidery workshop and handed over the measurements taken at the Prince's Mansion to Chunniang, "... I have written down the patterns and embroidery methods, look at them." Divide."
Chun Niang should be, Su Wanru said again: "Is the embroidery in Prince Ning's Mansion ready?"
"The last screen is still a day or two away, and it can be delivered as soon as it is embroidered," Chun Niang replied.
Su Wanru nodded, and greeted Er Gouzi at the door, "I'll take you for a walk."
"Woof!" Er Gouzi was very happy, the time Su Wanru spent with him recently was not as good as before, now it is rare for her to accompany him, so he is naturally very happy.
One person and one dog walked around the backyard for several laps. Su Wanru was tired and went back to sleep. She slept until the afternoon, when she was woken up in a daze. Su Wanru opened her eyes and saw Zhou Xian's face pressed against her , "Master Cui's family has come to invite you to come over to the house."
"Master Cui? Which Master Cui?" Su Wanru sat up, and then her mind cleared up, "Master Cui? What's the matter, is there something wrong with Cui Yudie?"
Zhou Xian shook her head, and replied, "I see, it's probably close to ten."
"Is the person who came here still there? Oh, where are my clothes?" Su Wanru hurriedly got up and got out of bed, and Zhou Xian threw her clothes to her, "Don't worry, the lady who came to pick you up is calm and calm. If you didn’t cry in panic, it’s definitely not a big deal.”
Su Wanru breathed a sigh of relief and went to the outer courtyard. The mother-in-law of the Cui Mansion saw her coming and saluted, and said, "...don't worry, aunt, there is nothing wrong with it."
That means something is going on ahead.Su Wanru nodded and sat in the carriage of Cui Mansion, and went to Cui Mansion.
The mother-in-law led her directly to Cui Yudie's courtyard. Mrs. Cui was walking back and forth in the main hall, twisting her handkerchief, and when she heard the little girl's report, she rushed out to greet her and said anxiously: "...don't say anything. , and she doesn’t eat, so it’s useless to try to persuade you. I thought about how she always respects you, and she has something to say and likes to talk to you, so I invited you here on my own.”
"Ma'am, don't worry." Su Wanru said: "She is young, she can't accept this kind of thing suddenly, it's normal to vent her emotions a bit. Don't worry about it, Yu Die will be even more sad if you are in a hurry. gone."
"This child is a brain." Madam Cui sighed, and pushed open the bedroom door herself, "Die Er, look who is here."
When Su Wanru entered the door, she saw Cui Yudie sitting up from the bed, and said in surprise, "Aunt Su!"
"It's okay, you can lie down and lie down more comfortably." Su Wanru sat down on the bed and looked at Cui Yudie, "This face is really ugly, did you not sleep last night?"
Cui Yudie's eyes were red, tears streaming down her cheeks, "How can I sleep, when I think of staying in such a place for the rest of my life, competing for favor with all kinds of women, I even want to die gone."
Madam Cui also turned her head and wiped her tears.
"There's still a year left, maybe..." Su Wanru leaned into Cui Yudie's ear and said, "Maybe he died before the marriage was consummated."
Cui Yudie was taken aback for a moment, and saw Su Wanru wink mischievously at her. She chuckled and continued to cry, "If this is the case, I'll keep my filial piety for him for three years, and it's considered a part of fate."
Su Wanru rubbed Cui Yudie's face, "My little fairy, you are going to torture yourself to death in this year, he won't keep mourning for you for three years."
"That's right." Cui Yudie looked aggrieved. After thinking about it, she thought that Zhao Zhiting probably couldn't die. "Auntie, what should I do?"
Su Wanru sighed, she didn't know what to do.
At this time, either go to provoke Zhao Zhiting's wife, or send someone to assassinate him, and the marriage will be voided.
"Okay, now we can't think of a way, let's think about it slowly, look at your mother's worried look, can you bear it?" Su Wanru pulled her up, "Go to eat, don't let the palace go, let the empress know you Master Cui will be reprimanded for this appearance."
Cui Yudie puffed up her mouth, Madam Cui breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "That's right, you are torturing yourself like this, I don't know how worried you are."
"Mother." Cui Yudie cried. Master Cui came out of the Yamen and came over just after changing clothes. Seeing Su Wanru, he nodded, "When did Aunt Su come over?"
Su Wanru smiled and said, "I just arrived too. Did your lord just leave the office?"
"That's right." Master Cui looked at his daughter and sighed, "You child, why are you so ignorant? How can you solve the problem at this point if you want to be hungry and go on a hunger strike? Treat yourself as him and go on a hunger strike for a few days Your Majesty can give in."
Master Cui was talking about Zhao Zhiting, in order to keep the mother and son, he went on a hunger strike to express his determination.
"Father!" Cui Yudie said: "I was wrong. I know that you and my mother are also having a hard time, and I still mess around like this."
She also knew that since the imperial decree was issued, her father had nothing to do.
"Let's go eat." Master Cui waved his hand, looked at Su Wanru, and said, "Aunt Su went to the Prince's Mansion today?"
Su Wanru nodded, and went out with Master Cui. They cooperated very well in the parade last time. Master Cui also respects Su Wanru. She is more prudent and considerate than many people at a young age.
"Can Aunt Su see the prince?" Master Cui asked.
Su Wanru understood that he was asking Zhao Biao's attitude towards the mother and child, Su Wanru thought about it, and said: "I don't like that child, but I don't want to part with it."
I don't like it because of the identity of the child, and I don't like it because it is my own grandson.
"It's really confusing." Master Cui was sullen, and after speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure, waved his hand, and said, "I made my aunt laugh."
It's muddled, this kind of thing is handled so unclearly.
"Is there no memorial for impeachment from the court?" Su Wanru asked.
Zhao Zhiang is not an open monarch, in many court affairs, he is unspoken.
Ask first, and he will make a decision arbitrarily when everyone is arguing.
"No more." Master Cui nodded and said, "After hitting thirty boards, the matter will be suppressed."
Nonsense, this thing that messed up the heirs is actually conniving and tolerant.
Su Wanru didn't speak, stayed at Cui's house for quite a while, then took the car back to the embroidery workshop.
Things in the Prince's Mansion calmed down strangely, Cui Yudie came back to class again, she didn't have any dowry to embroider herself, these things were all the affairs of the House of Internal Affairs, she just had to learn the rules and wait for her marriage with peace of mind.
On the sixth day of April, when Liu Kang's fleet came back, Su Wanru went to Jining. Before she left Beijing, she heard that the food stolen from the Zhending Hall was discovered by the newcomer's prefect inspecting the granary.
I don't know when the grain will run out, and the people in the granary don't know what to ask.
But he didn't know that he couldn't shirk his responsibility, Zhao Zhiang was furious, he beheaded more than a dozen people, and dismissed many people from their posts.
As long as Liujiazhuang and Su Ji are not found, Su Wanru won't be bothered. She stayed in Jining for half a month, helped the Tianxia Department Store over there, and then returned to Yanjing, but she didn't see Su Ji, Du Zhou, etc. It is said that Su Ji probably went to the east of Chengdu Mansion.
Go to Chengdu Mansion?Could it be that he went after the spies?
That's right, Mrs. Lu is from there.
"You've come back." Zhou Xian said, "During this period, the Prince's Mansion is very lively."
Su Wanru's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "What's the matter? That lady is pregnant again?"
"Why are you so smart?" Zhou Xian laughed loudly, "I heard that it took me three months to find out. That lady didn't pay attention to it herself, and even sold out a few girls who were close to her, saying that she didn't care about serving the master."
"My God." Su Wanru gave a thumbs up, and cast her eyes on the woman in admiration, "What does the empress say?"
Zhou Xian shook her head, "I don't know, I'm just waiting for you to come back to find out, or how about you hand over a greeting card and go to the Prince's Mansion, maybe you can hear something interesting."
"I'm not going." Su Wanru went back to her room, changed her clothes, and washed her face in a hurry, "I went to Tianxia Department Store, but I didn't even look at the goods there. I don't care about these bad things."
Three children will be born in the last year, to see if Zhao Zhiang still has the face to force Master Cui to marry his own daughter.
The entire family is out of their minds.
She hurried to Tianxia Department Store with Er Gouzi, the shopkeeper Qiao was waiting for her to come in to settle the accounts, Su Wanru looked at them one by one, and just after she finished her business and took a sip of tea, Si Sanbao came.
"Are you busy here as soon as you come back?" Si Sanbao sat down, and Su Wanru poured him tea, "Yeah, I haven't reconciled the account for half a month, and I bought so many goods. The bonuses from all over the place have to be divided." One point, there are many things. Father-in-law, I am very busy and tired."
"The miscellaneous family isn't idle either." Si Sanbao gave her a funny look, "The miscellaneous family didn't come here to chat with you, so they left after a few words."
Su Wanru looked serious and asked, "What's the matter, please tell me, father-in-law."
"I was in Kunning Palace that day, and I saw the emperor's eldest grandson leading that lady." Si Sanbao was surprised, "Looking at it, the lady looks very familiar."
Su Wanru raised her eyebrows, and said: "I remember that time when you held a banquet in Yingtian, a large number of guests were invited, and the wife and lady from the Panyang Bo's Mansion in Changzhou also came. I remember that the lady's surname was Hu. Is it because this matter."
"No." Si Sanbao said: "Miss Hu who came that day had a closer look at her miscellaneous family, and her eyebrows and eyes are different. I think this Mrs. Hu is the embroiderer in Yingtian Jinxiu Workshop."
Su Wanru was stunned, and said in surprise, "Are you sure?"
"The miscellaneous family can't remember very clearly, but they can vaguely remember some." Si Sanbao said: "I remember that before you escaped, you also ran away from a embroiderer. Is the surname Hu?"
All surnamed Hu!So the more Si Sanbao thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, "But at that time, I didn't hear that any embroidered lady had any relationship with Uncle Panyang."
"It's Hu." Su Wanru covered her face in surprise and said, "...No way."
Is it Hu Qiongyue?Then she is really amazing, did she go to the Panyang uncle's mansion after she escaped, and she actually became the adopted daughter of others.
It's nothing more than having an identity, but she even became Zhao Zhiting's concubine.
Her cousin really has big ambitions.
"I know her, why don't you arrange for me to meet?" Su Wanru said: "If it's confirmed, you may still be able to use her. But I'm afraid I won't be able to have more contact with her. I fought with her before. .”
"That's your fault too. Your temper is too wild." Si Sanbao thought for a while, and said, "You're right, this lady is not simple. She came back only a month ago, and she coaxed the empress dowager into submission." Obedient, now every morning and evening, I will go to the palace to pay my respects."
The queen mother is old and born as a peasant woman, she knows little and only cares about her own preferences, so seeing that she is fertile and well-behaved, she naturally likes her.
"It is capable." Su Wanru nodded, Hu Qiongyue's ability to "entertain relatives with colorful clothes" is quite good.
"However, it's not easy for the miscellaneous family to arrange you to meet. If you want to meet, you can only go to the Prince's Mansion." Si Sanbao said: "You should find a way to confirm as soon as possible."
She is so sure, there is no reason to go to the Prince's Mansion, even if she goes, she will see nothing like last time.
"If it's really Hu Qiongyue, then I'll let her come to see me." Su Wanru raised her eyebrows and smiled.
Two days later, she asked someone to send the painted patterns to the Prince's Mansion, and brought more than a dozen handkerchiefs embroidered with various patterns as gifts to the nuns in charge of the Prince's Mansion.
It's quite normal to walk around with the nanny in charge of the mansion.
Su Wanru didn't go anywhere else, but waited in the embroidery workshop. A little girl came early the next morning and handed her the letter.
She is very familiar with the handwriting in her heart, and asked her to meet in the Ruyun Pavilion at noon.
After changing clothes at noon, I took the car to the Ruyun Pavilion, and when I opened the door of the private room, I saw a woman dressed as a woman sitting inside.
Wearing a light pink satin skirt with a moon white horse face skirt, wearing a pendant bun, a ruby wreath pinned on the forehead, a little makeup, the person is also round and plump, looks extremely The elegance and wealth.
"It's really you." Su Wanru closed the door and looked at Hu Qiongyue, "I was thinking wrong for me."
Hu Qiongyue sat around and looked Su Wanru up and down. She had grown a lot taller than before, and her complexion was very good. As for her appearance, she still disliked her. She looked back and said coldly: "You deliberately gave me a handkerchief embroidered with sweet-scented osmanthus. Didn't you just want to see me when you entered the mansion. Tell me, what can you do for me, I'm very busy."
"I'm busy." Su Wanru sat down opposite her and looked at her stomach, "I heard that I'm pregnant again. You can really give birth. I didn't realize it before."
Hu Qiongyue put the teacup down with a thump, looked at Su Wanru and said, "Maybe you can give birth too, why don't you try quickly."
"I'm very busy, so I don't have time to get married." Su Wanru looked at her with her chin up, not hiding her sarcasm, "Didn't you never be a concubine, but now you throw yourself into Zhao Zhiting's arms. I really want to fan You slap twice, for my parents and for yours."
"How much better you are than me." Hu Qiongyue sneered, "In this world, you are the only one who has no face to criticize me."
Su Wanru nodded, she was sure it was Hu Qiongyue, so she didn't want to talk nonsense with her, "Well, be your wife well, maybe you can be a side concubine in the future, and you can also be a virtuous concubine, your future is boundless .”
Hu Qiongyue stared at her back, "Su Wanru, I said I would let you kneel in front of me and kowtow to me, just wait."
She already knew that Su Wanru was in Beijing, and she saw her in the Prince's Mansion that day.
The reason why she didn't look for Su Wanru was because her current status was not high enough, she had to wait, when her status was enough to overwhelm Su Wanru, she would take the initiative to see her.
"A concubine's status?" Su Wanru waved her hand, "You're not bad as a concubine. I don't need to salute when I see a concubine. Come on, my good cousin."
Toss, toss, maybe Cui Yudie won't need to marry.
"However." Su Wanru looked at Hu Qiongyue strangely, "Is Uncle Fanyang stupid? Why did he take in a adopted daughter who was thrown into the house and elope with Zhao Zhiting to be a concubine?"
Hu Qiongyue's eyes flashed, she stood up, and said: "This has nothing to do with you." Saying that, she pushed Su Wanru away and opened the door to go out.
"I haven't paid the bill." Su Wanru said: "You are the wife now, and you spend a month's worth of money, so you should treat me."
Hu Qiongyue never took advantage of Su Wanru with her words, so she called the servant to pay the bill and left in a hurry.
Su Wanru stood at the window and watched her car gradually go away.
Hu Qiongyue sat in the car and drank a cup of tea angrily, and finally calmed down when she returned to the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Zhiting was walking in the yard, when she saw her come back, she hurriedly said: "Yue'er, they said you went out, where did you go. "
"I heard that the Yan Dumplings in Ruyun Restaurant are pretty good. Don't you want to eat them? I'll go and buy some for you." Hu Qiongyue handed the food box to Mammy, "Take it and warm it up."
Zhao Zhiting happily held Hu Qiongyue's hand, "Yue'er has a heart, and you will remember everything I said casually."
"Your Highness, you're being polite. Between you and me, it's too far-fetched to say this." Hu Qiongyue took advantage of the situation and leaned into Zhao Zhiting's arms.
Zhao Zhiting held her in his arms and couldn't help but think of the scene when they met at the beginning. She didn't know his identity, so she could like him, wholeheartedly for him, and in order to be with him, she didn't even want a home. How could he not be moved by this affection, How to be willing to bear her.
"I saw Ying Jinxiu Fang on the road today, isn't it Ying Jin run by the famous Su family?" Hu Qiongyue asked.
Zhao Zhiting nodded, "This Mrs. Su is really powerful." He told Hu Qiongyue what he knew, "...The Holy Majesty also lent her the official water transport to transport the goods. The ship went to Beijing and unloaded at the base of the imperial city, which saved a lot of time and manpower."
Otherwise, they can only disembark in Tongzhou, change carriages and travel to the capital for two days.
In comparison, it must be the convenience of the official water transportation.
"To the base of the imperial city?" Hu Qiongyue was dumbfounded, and Zhao Zhiting said: "She boasted Haikou in front of the Holy One. Within a year, she can hand over 100 million taels of silver to the national treasury!"
Hu Qiongyue didn't listen to the words at all, her head was buzzing.
This bitch, this bitch... She finally knew what she was going to do.
Feeling cold all over, Hu Qiongyue couldn't stand still, supported Zhao Zhiting and said: "I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, I want to go back and lie down." Saying that, she hurriedly helped the girl's hand and hurried back to her small yard.
Su Wanru, Su Wanru, you are so courageous, you actually...you dare.
When the ship arrives in the imperial city, what it transports today is goods, but tomorrow it can transport people!
She is really calculating, but have you ever thought that this is the imperial city, how many people can she have, can she overthrow Da Zhou?
What's more, what if you killed Zhao Zhi'ang, and Zhao Biao and Zhao Zhiting.
Hu Qiongyue entered the door and looked at her son, who was very cute, chubby and smiling at her.
No, no.
My son is going to be the emperor in the future, the land and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty belong to my son!
We must not let that bitch succeed, otherwise, once it happens, Su Wanru will never keep her and her son.
Hu Qiongyue trembled angrily.
"Ma'am." The little girl supported her and asked softly, "Are you feeling unwell, please ask the doctor to come and see."
Hu Qiongyue waved her hands, lay down on the bed, put her hands on her stomach, "It's okay."
Back then, when she stayed in Uncle Panyang's mansion, Uncle Panyang and his wife actually liked her very much and adopted her as a foster daughter. She also had this in mind, so of course she would not refuse.
After staying in Changzhou for half a year, she accidentally rescued Zhao Zhiting during a trip. At that time, he seemed to have encountered water bandits.
She thought he was just an ordinary person, but accidentally saw the private seal he carried with him.
know his identity.
Now that I think about it, it was fate. The driver went the wrong way when she went out that day, otherwise she would not have met Zhao Zhiting.
Such a good opportunity, she can't miss it no matter what.
So, she jumped at the chance.
This is her chance to stand up, so no matter what, she will not let Su Wanru ruin it.
"I've done so much." Hu Qiongyue thought of Su Wanru's performance in Yingtian. At that time, she suspected that she had this idea, but her mood at that time was mocking, after all, what a woman can do.
Thinking about it now, she still underestimated her, the scheming is really amazing.
"Chui'er." Hu Qiongyue told the little girl, "Go and inquire about Aunt Su in Yingjinxiufang. I've heard a lot about her deeds since I came here, and I like it very much. You can inquire more carefully and tell me about it. "
Tweety should be thinking, and said with a smile: "This is easy to inquire about. Everyone in Yanjing knows about Aunt Su."
(End of this chapter)
During the Queen's birthday, Su Wanru had seen the Crown Princess, but she only came for a while before leaving.
Because the surroundings are not good, even though her mother's family has been sealed off, there are no people in the end, so no matter whether she is in the prince's mansion or in the court, she has no sense of existence.
So much so that Zhao Biao married two side concubines, and she didn't make any noise. I heard that when Hu side concubine entered the door, she was so busy that she was exhausted.
At this moment, Su Wanru was sitting in the banquet room of the main hall of the Prince's Mansion, opposite to the Crown Princess Tan Shi.
Compared with last year, she seemed to be a little fatter, but her face was still sallow and fragile.But her facial features are very delicate, presumably she should be a heroic beauty when she was young.
I don't know if it's her or the empress's intention to make Cui Yudie her daughter-in-law.
If it's what she meant, then this princess concubine is not a simple character.
At least, she is very good at emergency measures. She chose a family like the Cui family, which is neither high nor low, and her foundation for resistance is still weak. To be a concubine, the daughter of a second-rank official is also qualified.
There are still matters.
It's just that people like Zhao Zhiting can be matched with their jade butterflies, especially after they are blinded by sex, it will be even more different.
"Drink tea." Mrs. Tan said with a smile: "...I have prepared some embroidery decorations before, but after several years, I feel that both the embroidery method and the appearance are a bit outdated."
"I was talking about it today. I didn't say I would trouble you. I should listen to the prince's reminder." Tan said with a smile, "Didn't I delay you?"
She is a princess, she is just a businessman, yet Mrs. Tan talks to her in such a modest tone.
Look, he is really a gentle person.
"Just tell me if you have something to do. No matter how many things I have to do, I will never neglect the things you send me." Su Wanru said with a smile: "You asked me to measure the size, but I need to order the screen on the floor. Where is it, you just need a mother to take me there."
"I'll be with you." Mrs. Tan got up, and the nurse who was accompanying her put on a cloak for him. She said apologetically, "Although the weather is already warm, I've always been afraid of the cold. Aunt Su laughed at me." .”
I'm really not used to it, Su Wanru said with a smile: "Your body is the most important thing, and it's a blessing for us people to take care of it."
"You really can talk." Mrs. Tan and Su Wanru went out together, "Actually, I often hear people in the mansion talk about you, even our prince mentioned it twice, which shows your reputation in Beijing."
Su Wanru waved her hand, "I don't have any fame, it's just my luck that I encountered peace and prosperity."
"That's true. After so many years of war, the world has finally settled down. People's lives are getting better and better, and this business is naturally getting better and better." Tan Shi said.
The two of them were talking, and went out of the main hall together, just as they arrived at the door, they saw Zhao Biao coming in from the door, Su Wanru saluted, Zhao Biao hurriedly stretched out his hand to help her, halfway through the stretch, he suddenly remembered that this had happened, so he withdrew his hand , Said: "Excuse me."
Su Wanru got up, and Tan asked, "Has Your Highness come back from Ting'er? Have you taken all the medicine?"
Zhao Zhiting was beaten with a board. Although he didn't hurt his tendons and bones, Zhao Zhiang was also in a rage, so it was inevitable that his skin would be bruised.
"Eat." Zhao Biao responded, looking at Su Wanru, "Aunt Su came to measure?"
Su Wanru nodded in response, "Yes, my lady took care of our business, and specially asked me to come over to take measurements." As she spoke, she blessed Zhao Biao and his wife, "Thank you, Your Highness, and your lady for taking care of me."
Zhao Biao smiled, waved his hand and said: "This is too polite, not to mention that we are going to make embroidery, and your side is also the most suitable."
"Yes." Mrs. Tan nodded, "There are all kinds of embroidery methods, which are more complete and comprehensive than the previous Jinxiufang."
They are really husband and wife, Su Wanru sighed in her heart, still smiling, Zhao Biao looked at Mrs Tan, and ordered: "Order the kitchen to cook a few special dishes at home, and invite Aunt Su to have dinner at home at noon."
Mrs. Tan didn't doubt that there was him, so she was busy, and said to Su Wanru, "Aunt Su is from Jiangnan. There is a cook in the family who is from Jiangnan. He is very good at cooking. I will let you try the dishes of my hometown later."
If Su Wanru wanted to refuse, she felt that she had nothing to say, so she could only reply: "Then Su's respect is worse than obedience." Zhao Zhiting is recovering from his injuries, so he might not see her again.
"That's right." Satisfied, Zhao Biao said with a smile, "Go ahead, I'll take a rest."
Mrs. Tan should have ordered her mother-in-law at the door, and went to the backyard with Su Wanru.
There are many courtyards in the backyard, but they are very quiet. Su Wanru knows that the prince's concubine should live in the courtyard, and only the two side concubines have their own courtyards. She really didn't see anyone coming from any of the courtyards when she walked all the way. people go.
Didn't it mean that Concubine Hu is very favored and arrogant?
Most importantly, the "wife" of Zhao Zhiting who has just entered the mansion, doesn't she have an eldest son, and she has never seen it.
Could it be that the mother and son were quietly sent away?
She was thinking wildly, and Mrs. Tan had already led her to stop in front of a spacious courtyard, "This is it." Then, he entered the door first, and said as he walked: "The furniture hasn't been ordered yet, and I have an appointment with the Ministry of Internal Affairs." Ren Minger will come to measure the size, but this will not affect several screens and screens, Aunt Su will make a decision first. Embroidery will take a long time, I am afraid that I will delay it for a few more days, and you will rush to work .”
"Yes, if we decide one day earlier, we can assign people earlier." Su Wanru looked at the yard, entered the main hall, and saw two little girls sweeping the floor. She didn't think anything, but Tan was taken aback, and asked Said: "Why are you doing things here? There is nothing to do in your own yard?"
The two little girls were like frightened birds, they turned around and knelt down when they heard the voice, and said: "Your maidservant kowtows to see your mother." After saluting, she raised her head, and the one on the left explained: "The little master is asleep, our wife said we Idle is also idle, let us help to clean up."
Su Wanru couldn't help showing surprise, because these two little girls were very beautiful.
The left side is small and gentle, and the right side is tall and charming. It's a pity to be a girl with such a beauty.
"You are really diligent." Mrs. Tan said nothing, but asked, "Would you like to drink the wet nurse's milk?"
The girl on the right replied: "Drink it. Madam said thank you for your compassion, she will definitely take good care of the little master."
"Go. There will be a special person to clean up here in the future. You can rest in the yard when you are free, and you don't need to come here to help." After Tan finished speaking, the two little girls should go out with a broom and dust.
Mrs. Tan didn't say anything more, and pointed to the main hall, "...I originally wanted to hang a landscape painting, but I thought it would be better to hang an embroidered landscape painting, Aunt Su thinks."
"Your Majesty, this is a good idea. The embroidered paintings will be more three-dimensional and beautiful after being assisted by needlework and color. It will be very atmospheric when hung in the middle hall." Su Wanru said with a smile: "Then I will measure the size first, and Madam will do it later. Tell me which painting to embroider."
"En." Tan pointed to the two women, and helped Su Wanru figure out the size, and then took her to the banquet room and warm pavilion to measure the hanging screens and floor screens. In addition, she ordered the tent, quilt cover, pillowcase and Some happy event supplements and so on.
"Actually, I came here with some selfish motives." Seeing Su Wanru's writing and painting, Tan said with a smile, "Miss Cui is your student. When she comes to the mansion in the future, she will see that many of the furnishings here are related to her. It is related to Mr., and it must look a lot more cordial."
"Your Majesty is really well-intentioned." Su Wanru put away the pen and ink, folded the paper and put it away, "It is her blessing that Yudie can be your daughter-in-law."
You are good, but if your son is like that, it is better to find a family that is almost as good as possible, so that the other party doesn't care about his messy things, maybe he can look forward to it happily.
To talk about Cui Yudie is to harm others, and to consider for his daughter-in-law, it's just talk.
Mrs. Tan nodded with a smile. Although her son is a high-ranking son, he is not contaminated by arrogance and lust. Only this time he made a mistake, but young people are always confused. Well, whether it's a side concubine or a concubine's room, it's just a decoration.
"Your Majesty." A woman came to invite her outside the door, "The food is ready, will you and Aunt Su eat it now, or later?"
Tan Shi said to Su Wanru: "Be tired, let's go eat."
Su Wanru didn't have any appetite at all, so she smiled and said: "Okay." After Tan Shi returned to Tan Shi's courtyard, the two entered the main hall, and Zhao Biao was also coming out of the room, smiling and saying to Su Wanru: "These For detailed things, I can only ask you to come and do it yourself, and if someone else does it, I'm afraid you won't be at ease."
"Yes. Although these sizes are rough and rough, if you just describe them, it is inevitable that the size will not suit you. It's not something that can be replaced right away. It's better to be safe." Su Wanru said with a smile.
Zhao Biao nodded, gestured for Su Wanru to sit down, she smiled and thanked, and sat down behind Zhao Biao and his wife.
Tan turned around and asked in a low voice, "The food from Ting'er has been delivered."
"Send it, Mrs. Hu is feeding the meal herself." The old woman replied.
Tan nodded and said nothing more.
Is your surname Hu?Su Wanru immediately thought of Zhao Biao's side concubine, could it be that his side concubine was to feed Zhao Zhiting?
No way... It should be Zhao Zhiting's wife whose surname is Hu.
Is your surname Hu?Su Wanru inexplicably thought of someone...
"Eat vegetables." Zhao Biao signaled the maid serving Su Wanru's meal to bring her some famous Jiangnan dishes.
The three of them ate quietly, Zhao Biao didn't drink, and he ate in a gentle and nice manner.
Zhao Biao also looked at Su Wanru, this little girl is really good at everything, even the manner of eating is better than ordinary people.
It was rumored that her family background was not obvious, but he felt puzzled, how could an ordinary family raise such an exquisite woman, even he learned many rules and manners in the past two years.
Zhao Biao was about to speak, when Su Wanru heard a little girl coming in from the door, Tan put down her chopsticks and asked, "What's the matter, but what's going on in Qixia Courtyard."
Zhao Zhiting now lives in this yard.
"Your Highness vomited after a few mouthfuls of food. The lady over there asked the doctor to come and see if she was very hungry a few days ago and hurt her spleen and stomach." The little girl said.
Tan couldn't sit still any longer, "I'll go and have a look." Then she told the little girl, "Quickly send someone to the palace to invite the imperial physician."
The little girl should have run out.
"Your Highness, I'll go and see Ting'er." Tan Shi said and looked at Su Wanru again, "You sit down for a while, I'll come as soon as I go."
Su Wanru should get up and send Mrs. Tan out.
No wonder Zhao Zhiang gave the marriage so eagerly, it turned out that it was because Zhao Zhiting went on a hunger strike...
Well, to go on a hunger strike for the woman I love, even if I starve to death, I am willing to applaud his vigorous love.
"Family affairs are so noisy." Zhao Biao also put down his chopsticks, and talked to Su Wanru across the table, "You have heard that too. Zhiting is outside... Sigh, this child has been honest since he was a child, and he never expected to grow up." When you grow up, you mess around like this."
Su Wanru smiled at him, not daring to comment, since people say that her son is not good, she can't say the same.
"The queen mother and I mean to go to the mother to keep the son, and send the child to Fengyang to raise for a few years, and then take it back when the son-in-law is born here. But Zhiting is unwilling to live or die. No, he was beaten by the holy majesty. If you don't repent, you actually go on a hunger strike, and you are so hungry that you are left with one breath, it is really..."
Poor parents in the world!No matter who it is, parents always can't screw their own children, Su Wanru looked at Zhao Biao and smiled, and thought to herself, don't talk to me like that, I'm not an elder, I don't understand anything.
"Children are innocent." Su Wanru said with a smile, "Your Highness will be angry if you look at the child more. Such a small child must be very cute."
This is what Zhao Biao wanted to hear. He said this to her not just to complain, but to find someone who has no conflict of interest, who can't blame him and makes him feel comfortable, to be recognized.
Su Wanru followed his words.
"That's right." Zhao Biao sighed, "That's all I can think of. The child is only four months old and has a thick head and a thick head. It's really painful to look at. It's just that the parents are not sensible."
Su Wanru nodded along, realizing that the bidding was originally such a temperament.
"Your Highness." A little girl came over from outside the door, "The little master is crying, that lady is taking care of His Highness the eldest grandson, look..."
Meaning, can you go and have a look.
Zhao Biao showed embarrassment.
"The matter is settled, then I will take my leave." Su Wanru stood up, she wanted to leave a long time ago, "Thank you Your Highness and Your Majesty for saving dinner."
Zhao Biao nodded, "Then I won't keep you, you can come and sit again some other day."
"Yes." Su Wanru took her own things and was led out by the mother-in-law. Su Wanru chatted with the mother-in-law and said, "Is your highness the eldest grandson feeling better?"
There is nothing to say about this, the old woman replied: "The skin injury is okay, but I was hungry a little bit in the past two days, so I can't help but feel unbearable for the first meal today."
"His Royal Highness is also stubborn." Su Wanru said with a smile.
The mother-in-law nodded, "Isn't that right? This servant grew up watching His Highness. She has always been stubborn since she was a child."
Not seeing it, Su Wanru slandered.
"Nurse Zhang." A woman ushered in on the path, "The lady wants to cook the medicinal food herself, we...would you like to go and have a look?"
Nanny Zhang frowned, and glanced at Su Wanru, Su Wanru hurriedly said: "Go and do it, just point out a little girl to lead me out."
"Then I'm sorry for Aunt Su." Nanny Zhang blessed, and casually pointed to a little weeding girl, "Send Aunt Su out of the house."
The little girl should have wiped her hands on her body, and Su Wanru followed her out of the inner courtyard through the winding veranda.
After she left, a tall and slender woman appeared on the original path, quietly watching Su Wanru's leaving back, she stood for a while, then suddenly smiled, and said, "So it's really you..."
When the words fell, the people left.
Su Wanru sat in the car, lifted the curtain and looked towards the inner courtyard, her surname is Hu...
In this world, there are quite a few people with the surname Hu who like to do evil and make people hate them.
Su Wanru put down the curtain, and the car left the Prince's Mansion. After two streets, Su Wanru knocked on the car door, "Excuse me, please leave me here, I still have something to do."
The coachman stopped the car, and Su Wanru went straight to Prince Ning's Mansion. Not knowing whether Zhao Yan was there, she knocked on the door, and the woman guarding the door smiled when she saw her: "Aunt Su just happened to come, our prince is about to go out. , if you come a little later, you won't be able to meet."
After the mother-in-law finished speaking, Su Wanru saw the carriage go around the screen wall and stop at the door, Zhao Yan lifted the curtain, looked at her and smiled, "It's really a coincidence."
"I counted." Su Wanru stood under the car and saluted, Zhao Yan got down, looked at her and asked, "Are you afraid that I will be sad, so you came to comfort me?"
Su Wanru nodded, "Yes, Zhu Zhengyan is proud of the spring breeze, but our Prince Ning is secretly sad. The comparison is really unconvincing."
She was joking, Zhao Yan also laughed when he heard it, and pointed to the inner courtyard, "Where did you come from?"
"Princess Concubine asked me to measure the size. She wants to order embroidery for the big wedding. I will have lunch with His Royal Highness at noon." Su Wanru said in a relaxed tone, Zhao Yan frowned, and said: "Prince Didn't you go to the yamen?"
"No, what's the matter?" Su Wanru asked.
Zhao Yan shook his head, and said thoughtfully: "Fengyang is flooded every year, and Huai River is frightening every year during the rainy season. Now that the ancestral mausoleum is built there, my father asked the prince to find someone who knows water conservancy and water control. A skilled craftsman, do some research."
"This matter has been completely resolved, and there will be no need to remind you every year in the future." Zhao Yan said: "So, I am a little surprised that you said that the prince did not go to the government office at home."
Su Wanru was also surprised, "How can Huaishui solve it?"
"It's not easy. If there is a good way, I'm afraid it won't become a legacy problem. Now the people along the coast are trembling when the rainy season comes." Zhao Yan sighed.
Su Wanru didn't understand this matter at all, but she had heard Su Zhengxing mention it a few times before, and it was indeed a headache.
Not only the Huaihe River, but also the banks of the Yellow River.
Snow disasters in winter and floods in summer, the people do not depend on the court for food, but on the harvest of the sky.
"I'm fine." Zhao Yan sat down with her in the study, and he looked at her with a smile, and said, "I had expected this result, so after receiving the imperial decree, I was not surprised. You surprised me , I didn't expect you to come to see me."
"We are friends! You go to see me when I'm sad, and when you're in a bad mood, I naturally want to do something about it." Su Wanru said with a smile.
Zhao Yan stared at her blankly, smiled, and said, "Yes, we are friends!"
"The magistrate of Jiangxi...do you know this person? Can you send someone to inquire? How is Ms. Sun? Since we are going to live together in the future, it would be better to get to know him first." That's it, it's not a bad thing to know more.
"So what if I ask." Zhao Yan said with a smile, "If he is stupid or ugly, can I refuse marriage?"
Su Wanru stared, let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "My lord is very smart, and I will naturally find a way to resolve it after I know it." Then she said: "Or, you can go and kill this Miss Sun, and then force the magistrate Sun to admit it." A beautiful, gentle and considerate woman is my daughter, and in this way, I obeyed the imperial decree and fulfilled my wish."
"That's a good suggestion. I'll start working on it in the next few days." Zhao Yan said seriously.
Su Wanru chuckled, talked to him for a while, and then went out with him. She went back to the embroidery workshop and handed over the measurements taken at the Prince's Mansion to Chunniang, "... I have written down the patterns and embroidery methods, look at them." Divide."
Chun Niang should be, Su Wanru said again: "Is the embroidery in Prince Ning's Mansion ready?"
"The last screen is still a day or two away, and it can be delivered as soon as it is embroidered," Chun Niang replied.
Su Wanru nodded, and greeted Er Gouzi at the door, "I'll take you for a walk."
"Woof!" Er Gouzi was very happy, the time Su Wanru spent with him recently was not as good as before, now it is rare for her to accompany him, so he is naturally very happy.
One person and one dog walked around the backyard for several laps. Su Wanru was tired and went back to sleep. She slept until the afternoon, when she was woken up in a daze. Su Wanru opened her eyes and saw Zhou Xian's face pressed against her , "Master Cui's family has come to invite you to come over to the house."
"Master Cui? Which Master Cui?" Su Wanru sat up, and then her mind cleared up, "Master Cui? What's the matter, is there something wrong with Cui Yudie?"
Zhou Xian shook her head, and replied, "I see, it's probably close to ten."
"Is the person who came here still there? Oh, where are my clothes?" Su Wanru hurriedly got up and got out of bed, and Zhou Xian threw her clothes to her, "Don't worry, the lady who came to pick you up is calm and calm. If you didn’t cry in panic, it’s definitely not a big deal.”
Su Wanru breathed a sigh of relief and went to the outer courtyard. The mother-in-law of the Cui Mansion saw her coming and saluted, and said, "...don't worry, aunt, there is nothing wrong with it."
That means something is going on ahead.Su Wanru nodded and sat in the carriage of Cui Mansion, and went to Cui Mansion.
The mother-in-law led her directly to Cui Yudie's courtyard. Mrs. Cui was walking back and forth in the main hall, twisting her handkerchief, and when she heard the little girl's report, she rushed out to greet her and said anxiously: "...don't say anything. , and she doesn’t eat, so it’s useless to try to persuade you. I thought about how she always respects you, and she has something to say and likes to talk to you, so I invited you here on my own.”
"Ma'am, don't worry." Su Wanru said: "She is young, she can't accept this kind of thing suddenly, it's normal to vent her emotions a bit. Don't worry about it, Yu Die will be even more sad if you are in a hurry. gone."
"This child is a brain." Madam Cui sighed, and pushed open the bedroom door herself, "Die Er, look who is here."
When Su Wanru entered the door, she saw Cui Yudie sitting up from the bed, and said in surprise, "Aunt Su!"
"It's okay, you can lie down and lie down more comfortably." Su Wanru sat down on the bed and looked at Cui Yudie, "This face is really ugly, did you not sleep last night?"
Cui Yudie's eyes were red, tears streaming down her cheeks, "How can I sleep, when I think of staying in such a place for the rest of my life, competing for favor with all kinds of women, I even want to die gone."
Madam Cui also turned her head and wiped her tears.
"There's still a year left, maybe..." Su Wanru leaned into Cui Yudie's ear and said, "Maybe he died before the marriage was consummated."
Cui Yudie was taken aback for a moment, and saw Su Wanru wink mischievously at her. She chuckled and continued to cry, "If this is the case, I'll keep my filial piety for him for three years, and it's considered a part of fate."
Su Wanru rubbed Cui Yudie's face, "My little fairy, you are going to torture yourself to death in this year, he won't keep mourning for you for three years."
"That's right." Cui Yudie looked aggrieved. After thinking about it, she thought that Zhao Zhiting probably couldn't die. "Auntie, what should I do?"
Su Wanru sighed, she didn't know what to do.
At this time, either go to provoke Zhao Zhiting's wife, or send someone to assassinate him, and the marriage will be voided.
"Okay, now we can't think of a way, let's think about it slowly, look at your mother's worried look, can you bear it?" Su Wanru pulled her up, "Go to eat, don't let the palace go, let the empress know you Master Cui will be reprimanded for this appearance."
Cui Yudie puffed up her mouth, Madam Cui breathed a long sigh of relief, and said: "That's right, you are torturing yourself like this, I don't know how worried you are."
"Mother." Cui Yudie cried. Master Cui came out of the Yamen and came over just after changing clothes. Seeing Su Wanru, he nodded, "When did Aunt Su come over?"
Su Wanru smiled and said, "I just arrived too. Did your lord just leave the office?"
"That's right." Master Cui looked at his daughter and sighed, "You child, why are you so ignorant? How can you solve the problem at this point if you want to be hungry and go on a hunger strike? Treat yourself as him and go on a hunger strike for a few days Your Majesty can give in."
Master Cui was talking about Zhao Zhiting, in order to keep the mother and son, he went on a hunger strike to express his determination.
"Father!" Cui Yudie said: "I was wrong. I know that you and my mother are also having a hard time, and I still mess around like this."
She also knew that since the imperial decree was issued, her father had nothing to do.
"Let's go eat." Master Cui waved his hand, looked at Su Wanru, and said, "Aunt Su went to the Prince's Mansion today?"
Su Wanru nodded, and went out with Master Cui. They cooperated very well in the parade last time. Master Cui also respects Su Wanru. She is more prudent and considerate than many people at a young age.
"Can Aunt Su see the prince?" Master Cui asked.
Su Wanru understood that he was asking Zhao Biao's attitude towards the mother and child, Su Wanru thought about it, and said: "I don't like that child, but I don't want to part with it."
I don't like it because of the identity of the child, and I don't like it because it is my own grandson.
"It's really confusing." Master Cui was sullen, and after speaking, he realized that he had lost his composure, waved his hand, and said, "I made my aunt laugh."
It's muddled, this kind of thing is handled so unclearly.
"Is there no memorial for impeachment from the court?" Su Wanru asked.
Zhao Zhiang is not an open monarch, in many court affairs, he is unspoken.
Ask first, and he will make a decision arbitrarily when everyone is arguing.
"No more." Master Cui nodded and said, "After hitting thirty boards, the matter will be suppressed."
Nonsense, this thing that messed up the heirs is actually conniving and tolerant.
Su Wanru didn't speak, stayed at Cui's house for quite a while, then took the car back to the embroidery workshop.
Things in the Prince's Mansion calmed down strangely, Cui Yudie came back to class again, she didn't have any dowry to embroider herself, these things were all the affairs of the House of Internal Affairs, she just had to learn the rules and wait for her marriage with peace of mind.
On the sixth day of April, when Liu Kang's fleet came back, Su Wanru went to Jining. Before she left Beijing, she heard that the food stolen from the Zhending Hall was discovered by the newcomer's prefect inspecting the granary.
I don't know when the grain will run out, and the people in the granary don't know what to ask.
But he didn't know that he couldn't shirk his responsibility, Zhao Zhiang was furious, he beheaded more than a dozen people, and dismissed many people from their posts.
As long as Liujiazhuang and Su Ji are not found, Su Wanru won't be bothered. She stayed in Jining for half a month, helped the Tianxia Department Store over there, and then returned to Yanjing, but she didn't see Su Ji, Du Zhou, etc. It is said that Su Ji probably went to the east of Chengdu Mansion.
Go to Chengdu Mansion?Could it be that he went after the spies?
That's right, Mrs. Lu is from there.
"You've come back." Zhou Xian said, "During this period, the Prince's Mansion is very lively."
Su Wanru's eyes lit up, and she said with a smile, "What's the matter? That lady is pregnant again?"
"Why are you so smart?" Zhou Xian laughed loudly, "I heard that it took me three months to find out. That lady didn't pay attention to it herself, and even sold out a few girls who were close to her, saying that she didn't care about serving the master."
"My God." Su Wanru gave a thumbs up, and cast her eyes on the woman in admiration, "What does the empress say?"
Zhou Xian shook her head, "I don't know, I'm just waiting for you to come back to find out, or how about you hand over a greeting card and go to the Prince's Mansion, maybe you can hear something interesting."
"I'm not going." Su Wanru went back to her room, changed her clothes, and washed her face in a hurry, "I went to Tianxia Department Store, but I didn't even look at the goods there. I don't care about these bad things."
Three children will be born in the last year, to see if Zhao Zhiang still has the face to force Master Cui to marry his own daughter.
The entire family is out of their minds.
She hurried to Tianxia Department Store with Er Gouzi, the shopkeeper Qiao was waiting for her to come in to settle the accounts, Su Wanru looked at them one by one, and just after she finished her business and took a sip of tea, Si Sanbao came.
"Are you busy here as soon as you come back?" Si Sanbao sat down, and Su Wanru poured him tea, "Yeah, I haven't reconciled the account for half a month, and I bought so many goods. The bonuses from all over the place have to be divided." One point, there are many things. Father-in-law, I am very busy and tired."
"The miscellaneous family isn't idle either." Si Sanbao gave her a funny look, "The miscellaneous family didn't come here to chat with you, so they left after a few words."
Su Wanru looked serious and asked, "What's the matter, please tell me, father-in-law."
"I was in Kunning Palace that day, and I saw the emperor's eldest grandson leading that lady." Si Sanbao was surprised, "Looking at it, the lady looks very familiar."
Su Wanru raised her eyebrows, and said: "I remember that time when you held a banquet in Yingtian, a large number of guests were invited, and the wife and lady from the Panyang Bo's Mansion in Changzhou also came. I remember that the lady's surname was Hu. Is it because this matter."
"No." Si Sanbao said: "Miss Hu who came that day had a closer look at her miscellaneous family, and her eyebrows and eyes are different. I think this Mrs. Hu is the embroiderer in Yingtian Jinxiu Workshop."
Su Wanru was stunned, and said in surprise, "Are you sure?"
"The miscellaneous family can't remember very clearly, but they can vaguely remember some." Si Sanbao said: "I remember that before you escaped, you also ran away from a embroiderer. Is the surname Hu?"
All surnamed Hu!So the more Si Sanbao thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, "But at that time, I didn't hear that any embroidered lady had any relationship with Uncle Panyang."
"It's Hu." Su Wanru covered her face in surprise and said, "...No way."
Is it Hu Qiongyue?Then she is really amazing, did she go to the Panyang uncle's mansion after she escaped, and she actually became the adopted daughter of others.
It's nothing more than having an identity, but she even became Zhao Zhiting's concubine.
Her cousin really has big ambitions.
"I know her, why don't you arrange for me to meet?" Su Wanru said: "If it's confirmed, you may still be able to use her. But I'm afraid I won't be able to have more contact with her. I fought with her before. .”
"That's your fault too. Your temper is too wild." Si Sanbao thought for a while, and said, "You're right, this lady is not simple. She came back only a month ago, and she coaxed the empress dowager into submission." Obedient, now every morning and evening, I will go to the palace to pay my respects."
The queen mother is old and born as a peasant woman, she knows little and only cares about her own preferences, so seeing that she is fertile and well-behaved, she naturally likes her.
"It is capable." Su Wanru nodded, Hu Qiongyue's ability to "entertain relatives with colorful clothes" is quite good.
"However, it's not easy for the miscellaneous family to arrange you to meet. If you want to meet, you can only go to the Prince's Mansion." Si Sanbao said: "You should find a way to confirm as soon as possible."
She is so sure, there is no reason to go to the Prince's Mansion, even if she goes, she will see nothing like last time.
"If it's really Hu Qiongyue, then I'll let her come to see me." Su Wanru raised her eyebrows and smiled.
Two days later, she asked someone to send the painted patterns to the Prince's Mansion, and brought more than a dozen handkerchiefs embroidered with various patterns as gifts to the nuns in charge of the Prince's Mansion.
It's quite normal to walk around with the nanny in charge of the mansion.
Su Wanru didn't go anywhere else, but waited in the embroidery workshop. A little girl came early the next morning and handed her the letter.
She is very familiar with the handwriting in her heart, and asked her to meet in the Ruyun Pavilion at noon.
After changing clothes at noon, I took the car to the Ruyun Pavilion, and when I opened the door of the private room, I saw a woman dressed as a woman sitting inside.
Wearing a light pink satin skirt with a moon white horse face skirt, wearing a pendant bun, a ruby wreath pinned on the forehead, a little makeup, the person is also round and plump, looks extremely The elegance and wealth.
"It's really you." Su Wanru closed the door and looked at Hu Qiongyue, "I was thinking wrong for me."
Hu Qiongyue sat around and looked Su Wanru up and down. She had grown a lot taller than before, and her complexion was very good. As for her appearance, she still disliked her. She looked back and said coldly: "You deliberately gave me a handkerchief embroidered with sweet-scented osmanthus. Didn't you just want to see me when you entered the mansion. Tell me, what can you do for me, I'm very busy."
"I'm busy." Su Wanru sat down opposite her and looked at her stomach, "I heard that I'm pregnant again. You can really give birth. I didn't realize it before."
Hu Qiongyue put the teacup down with a thump, looked at Su Wanru and said, "Maybe you can give birth too, why don't you try quickly."
"I'm very busy, so I don't have time to get married." Su Wanru looked at her with her chin up, not hiding her sarcasm, "Didn't you never be a concubine, but now you throw yourself into Zhao Zhiting's arms. I really want to fan You slap twice, for my parents and for yours."
"How much better you are than me." Hu Qiongyue sneered, "In this world, you are the only one who has no face to criticize me."
Su Wanru nodded, she was sure it was Hu Qiongyue, so she didn't want to talk nonsense with her, "Well, be your wife well, maybe you can be a side concubine in the future, and you can also be a virtuous concubine, your future is boundless .”
Hu Qiongyue stared at her back, "Su Wanru, I said I would let you kneel in front of me and kowtow to me, just wait."
She already knew that Su Wanru was in Beijing, and she saw her in the Prince's Mansion that day.
The reason why she didn't look for Su Wanru was because her current status was not high enough, she had to wait, when her status was enough to overwhelm Su Wanru, she would take the initiative to see her.
"A concubine's status?" Su Wanru waved her hand, "You're not bad as a concubine. I don't need to salute when I see a concubine. Come on, my good cousin."
Toss, toss, maybe Cui Yudie won't need to marry.
"However." Su Wanru looked at Hu Qiongyue strangely, "Is Uncle Fanyang stupid? Why did he take in a adopted daughter who was thrown into the house and elope with Zhao Zhiting to be a concubine?"
Hu Qiongyue's eyes flashed, she stood up, and said: "This has nothing to do with you." Saying that, she pushed Su Wanru away and opened the door to go out.
"I haven't paid the bill." Su Wanru said: "You are the wife now, and you spend a month's worth of money, so you should treat me."
Hu Qiongyue never took advantage of Su Wanru with her words, so she called the servant to pay the bill and left in a hurry.
Su Wanru stood at the window and watched her car gradually go away.
Hu Qiongyue sat in the car and drank a cup of tea angrily, and finally calmed down when she returned to the Prince's Mansion, Zhao Zhiting was walking in the yard, when she saw her come back, she hurriedly said: "Yue'er, they said you went out, where did you go. "
"I heard that the Yan Dumplings in Ruyun Restaurant are pretty good. Don't you want to eat them? I'll go and buy some for you." Hu Qiongyue handed the food box to Mammy, "Take it and warm it up."
Zhao Zhiting happily held Hu Qiongyue's hand, "Yue'er has a heart, and you will remember everything I said casually."
"Your Highness, you're being polite. Between you and me, it's too far-fetched to say this." Hu Qiongyue took advantage of the situation and leaned into Zhao Zhiting's arms.
Zhao Zhiting held her in his arms and couldn't help but think of the scene when they met at the beginning. She didn't know his identity, so she could like him, wholeheartedly for him, and in order to be with him, she didn't even want a home. How could he not be moved by this affection, How to be willing to bear her.
"I saw Ying Jinxiu Fang on the road today, isn't it Ying Jin run by the famous Su family?" Hu Qiongyue asked.
Zhao Zhiting nodded, "This Mrs. Su is really powerful." He told Hu Qiongyue what he knew, "...The Holy Majesty also lent her the official water transport to transport the goods. The ship went to Beijing and unloaded at the base of the imperial city, which saved a lot of time and manpower."
Otherwise, they can only disembark in Tongzhou, change carriages and travel to the capital for two days.
In comparison, it must be the convenience of the official water transportation.
"To the base of the imperial city?" Hu Qiongyue was dumbfounded, and Zhao Zhiting said: "She boasted Haikou in front of the Holy One. Within a year, she can hand over 100 million taels of silver to the national treasury!"
Hu Qiongyue didn't listen to the words at all, her head was buzzing.
This bitch, this bitch... She finally knew what she was going to do.
Feeling cold all over, Hu Qiongyue couldn't stand still, supported Zhao Zhiting and said: "I suddenly feel a little uncomfortable, I want to go back and lie down." Saying that, she hurriedly helped the girl's hand and hurried back to her small yard.
Su Wanru, Su Wanru, you are so courageous, you actually...you dare.
When the ship arrives in the imperial city, what it transports today is goods, but tomorrow it can transport people!
She is really calculating, but have you ever thought that this is the imperial city, how many people can she have, can she overthrow Da Zhou?
What's more, what if you killed Zhao Zhi'ang, and Zhao Biao and Zhao Zhiting.
Hu Qiongyue entered the door and looked at her son, who was very cute, chubby and smiling at her.
No, no.
My son is going to be the emperor in the future, the land and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty belong to my son!
We must not let that bitch succeed, otherwise, once it happens, Su Wanru will never keep her and her son.
Hu Qiongyue trembled angrily.
"Ma'am." The little girl supported her and asked softly, "Are you feeling unwell, please ask the doctor to come and see."
Hu Qiongyue waved her hands, lay down on the bed, put her hands on her stomach, "It's okay."
Back then, when she stayed in Uncle Panyang's mansion, Uncle Panyang and his wife actually liked her very much and adopted her as a foster daughter. She also had this in mind, so of course she would not refuse.
After staying in Changzhou for half a year, she accidentally rescued Zhao Zhiting during a trip. At that time, he seemed to have encountered water bandits.
She thought he was just an ordinary person, but accidentally saw the private seal he carried with him.
know his identity.
Now that I think about it, it was fate. The driver went the wrong way when she went out that day, otherwise she would not have met Zhao Zhiting.
Such a good opportunity, she can't miss it no matter what.
So, she jumped at the chance.
This is her chance to stand up, so no matter what, she will not let Su Wanru ruin it.
"I've done so much." Hu Qiongyue thought of Su Wanru's performance in Yingtian. At that time, she suspected that she had this idea, but her mood at that time was mocking, after all, what a woman can do.
Thinking about it now, she still underestimated her, the scheming is really amazing.
"Chui'er." Hu Qiongyue told the little girl, "Go and inquire about Aunt Su in Yingjinxiufang. I've heard a lot about her deeds since I came here, and I like it very much. You can inquire more carefully and tell me about it. "
Tweety should be thinking, and said with a smile: "This is easy to inquire about. Everyone in Yanjing knows about Aunt Su."
(End of this chapter)
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