I am a prince in Zhutian Films

Chapter 358 Zhao Paner Enters Beijing

Xu Yong's expression was so pleasant that several people in the room were dumbfounded.

Especially the Huating County Magistrate, and the master and servant Song Yinzhang and Yinping.

The Magistrate of Huating County was wondering who Zhao Pan'er was, while Song Yinzhang and Yinping were wondering why the state governor was so polite to Zhao Pan'er.

In fact, not to mention them, even Zhao Pan'er herself was a little confused. She couldn't help but be dazed for a moment before she bowed and said, "Thank you, Lord Zhou."

"No, no, you're too polite, Madam Zhao."

Zhao Huai'en took over the conversation: "By the way, Lord Xu, I'd like to trouble you to arrange another carriage to send the rest of the people back to Qiantang."

Before she finished speaking, Sun Sanniang shouted, "I won't go back. I have nowhere to go back to."

Sun Sanniang turned to look at Zhao Pan'er and continued, "I want to accompany Pan'er to the capital. If anything happens, I still have some strength."

Zhao Pan'er was so moved that she couldn't help laughing.

And since Sun Sanniang raised objections, Song Yinzhang also had the courage to say that he did not want to return to Qiantang.

As for Song Yinzhang's place of origin, Xu Yong also proposed to second her to Tokyo in accordance with the original plot.

As long as we arrive in Tokyo, there is no need for His Highness to show up, the chief steward Zhao in front of us can easily solve the problem.

After hearing Xu Yong's idea, Zhao Pan'er set her sights on Zhao Huai'en, who nodded immediately: "It's a good idea to transfer to the Tokyo Jiaofangsi. When I get to Tokyo, I will help Madam Song get rid of her citizenship. She just needs to wait until I finish handling the affairs of the mansion."

Song Yinzhang had no doubt that Zhao Huai'en was so polite to the prefect. His eyes lit up and he stared at Zhao Huai'en without blinking. "Thank you, Mr. Zhao. As long as I can be freed from my official duties, I will repay you even if I become a slave."

Zhao Huai'en shook his head and laughed, "Forget about being a slave. You left your country just to live an ordinary life. How can you be a slave again?"

He helped Song Yinzhang for Zhao Pan'er's sake, and everything was just to gain the favor of the patriarch in Zhao Pan'er's eyes.

Song Yinzhang naturally didn’t know what Zhao Huai’en was thinking, she only knew that she was very happy now.

Not only did she escape from Zhoushe's sea of ​​suffering, but she could also accompany Sister Pan'er to Tokyo. After arriving in Tokyo, Zhao Huai'en would help her to get rid of her citizenship. Her mood suddenly improved after she suffered emotional setbacks. Everything in front of her was no longer dark, but bright.

The three women present all decided to go to Tokyo, and Song Yinzhang's maid Yinping suddenly panicked.

"Miss, Madam Zhao, what should I do if you go to Tokyo?"

Song Yinzhang was stunned for a moment, then said, "Yinping, you are different from me. I can't redeem myself before I'm thirty-five, but you can. I can redeem you with money and give you freedom. You can do whatever you want in the future."

Although they were both in the Jiaofangsi, Yinping's indenture was different from hers. She was an official prostitute and had no freedom before she reached age, and could not redeem herself with money.

The contract for the silver bottle was a slave contract, and it could be redeemed with money.

Song Yinzhang had been served by Yinping for many years and she had always been devoted to him. She was very grateful and was willing to pay to redeem Yinping.

However, when she learned that she could redeem herself, Yin Ping did not show much joy: "Girl, my parents sold me to a human trafficker when I was young. I don't know where they went. Even if you redeem me, I don't know where to go, let alone what to do."

The main reason was that she had been serving Song Yinzhang for all these years and had already developed a habit. Suddenly, she became confused about the future and even felt fearful.

"You can get married. You are beautiful and you will definitely marry into a good family."

"But who would be willing to marry a maid from the Jiaofang Bureau? If she is to become someone else's concubine, she might as well continue to serve the girl."

At this time, Li Wu said weakly: "I do."

These words instantly attracted everyone's attention, and Li Wu was so scared that he couldn't help but shrink his neck, trying to reduce his presence.

Just looking at Yinping's beautiful face and meeting Yinping's surprised gaze, he straightened his body again.

"As long as you are willing, I will marry you, and I will definitely treat you well."

Yinping didn't know what to say for a moment, so she could only look at Zhao Pan'er and Song Yinzhang, hoping that they could help her come up with an idea.

But when it comes to such an important matter as marriage, the two of them would definitely not make the decision for Yinping.

Song Yinzhang just looked at her with a joking look and didn't say anything.

Zhao Pan'er smiled and said, "Yinping, Mr. Li is naturally a good match, but this matter depends on you."

Yin Ping looked confused: "This..."

It was obvious that she was already used to following orders and it was difficult for her to make a decision in a short time.

Seeing this, Zhao Huai'en smiled and said, "How about this, you follow us to Beijing first and get in touch with Li Wu. If you really don't want to, you can also go with Madam Song or Madam Zhao."

Yinping nodded but said nothing.

After dealing with the matters of the four people, Zhao Huai'en chatted with Xu Yong for a few more words, then got on the post carriage to Tokyo.

On the other side, Zhao Wei ordered to speed up the return to Beijing after Zhao Pan'er and the others got off the boat.

On the day before Qingming Festival, he rushed back to the Tokyo Palace.

Xiuyin waited in front of the palace gate early in the morning. Finally, she saw Zhao Wei coming back. She hurried to greet him and said, "Your Highness, you are finally back. I was worried that you would not be back before Qingming Festival."

"Then I must hurry back." Zhao Wei smiled and asked as he walked towards the central hall, "By the way, nothing happened in the mansion during the time I was away from Tokyo, right?"

"There's nothing going on in the mansion, except that the Prince of Anping and the Prince of Changping came to see Your Highness." Xiuyin replied.

"Has the conflict between the two of them not been resolved yet?"

"Solved. The two princes came together and said they were going to host a banquet to invite Your Highness. Should we send someone to inform the two princes?"

"No need. Tomorrow is Qingming Festival to worship ancestors, and they have to go too." Zhao Wei shook his head: "It's been a long journey, I'll pack up and go into the palace to take a look."

"Yes, I will have someone prepare it right away."

After washing off his tiredness, Zhao Wei gave Shuangxi a few more instructions before setting off for the palace.

First, he talked to Zhao Heng about things in Jiangnan, and then he went to visit the graves and pay homage to his ancestors on Qingming Festival.

As we all know, the concept of family in modern society has become very weak.

Not to mention the family ancestral hall, even if it is a family tree, it is estimated that only a few families have it. Even after one or two generations, it is estimated that no one will visit the grave.

Unlike this period, even poor families attach great importance to inheritance.

Of course, this also leads to a problem, that is, favoring boys over girls.

After all, in ancient times, men were regarded as inheritance. Only when there were men in the family would it be considered as the family inheritance. If there were really no men in the family, a son-in-law would be recruited to marry into the family.

After sweeping the tomb, Zhao Wei went to the Palace of Prince Jing, the most famous Eighth Wise Prince during the reign of Emperor Renzong.

In the following days, he sought to build relationships with the sons of generals.

Early that morning, Zhao Wei was eating breakfast when Shuangxi hurried in from outside.

"Your Highness, I have already found out everything."

Zhao Wei looked up at him and handed him a glass of water: "Don't be anxious, talk slowly."

Shuangxi took a sip, took two deep breaths, and said slowly: "That Ouyang Xu's ancestral home is in our Tokyo. His ancestor was once a sixth-rank official. Although he did not get the red robe, he also established himself in Tokyo. He has a certain friendship with Liu Mu, the Jiangnan Supervisor who retired a few years ago.

However, Ouyang Xu's father was not very successful. When the family was passed down to Ouyang Xu, the Ouyang family had no assets and only had an ancestral house. Ouyang Xu was quite talented and participated in the imperial examination at a young age, but failed the first two times. After that, he went to Jiangnan to study. He said he was studying, but in fact he went to find Liu Mu to get a backdoor. As a result, he couldn't even get into Liu's house. Later, he met Lady Zhao. With Lady Zhao's encouragement and help, he studied hard for three years.

This time, she was chosen as the third place in the imperial examination by the emperor, and caught the eye of Gao Guancha. Then, under the guidance of the virtuous concubine, she was granted marriage by the emperor. "

At this point, Shuangxi suddenly became angry.

"Speaking of which, this Ouyang Xu is really a piece of shit. He is clearly already engaged, but for the sake of the Gao family on the list and the virtuous concubine, he insisted that he is not married and has no engagement."

When Zhao Wei returned to Tokyo before, he asked Shuangxi to collect information about Ouyang Xu.

Shuangxi’s ability was quite good. In just a few days, he had found out everything about Ouyang Xu’s three generations of ancestors.

Except for Ouyang Xu's grandfather, all the members of the Ouyang family were mediocre people, so Ouyang Xu had no background. That was why he went to Jiangnan to look for connections after failing the exam last time. Unfortunately, people ignored him. He became disheartened and drifted to Hangzhou, where he almost drowned in the river.

"Anything else?" Zhao Wei asked.

"Ouyang Xu is living in his home now. He doesn't have many friends in the capital. There is only one Jinshi named Du Changfeng who is on good terms with him. Du Changfeng is from the Du family, the Imperial Censor. However, he is only a branch of the Du family and has no status in the Du family.

Since the Qionglin Banquet, Ouyang Xu has rarely appeared, and other gatherings of Jinshi scholars basically do not invite him. However, if he marries into the Gao family, with the support of the Gao family and the Concubine Xian, and with the support of the Cao family, he may be treated differently by the government when he is appointed to an official position. "

Shuangxi took a breath and continued, "I also heard some rumors. Several daughters of wealthy families had taken a fancy to Ouyang Xu before, but later something happened to them inexplicably. Many people secretly spread the rumor that Gao Hui was behind it because she had taken a fancy to Ouyang Xu and would not allow anyone else to get involved.

If it is true, that Miss Gao is really powerful. If Ouyang Xu marries her, he will probably be controlled to death. This may not be a good thing for Ouyang Xu."

Shuangxi's tone was full of gloating, and then he said seriously: "By the way, Your Highness, I also heard something. It is said that Xianggong Ke thinks highly of Ouyang Xu and has accepted gifts from him. However, Xianggong Ke seems to have offended the emperor again recently, and I heard that he may be banished from the capital again."

Zhao Wei shook his head: "It's not a possibility, it's a certainty. Go to the warehouse to pick out some gifts. I'll go to Ke's house to see the teacher."

Ke Zheng was his formal teacher, and now he was about to be exiled from the capital, so he should go and visit him.

"As for Ouyang Xu, just have someone keep an eye on him. Don't worry about anything else. We can talk about everything after Madam Zhao arrives in Tokyo."

There is still some time before Grain Rain, and it will probably take Zhao Pan'er and the others a few days to arrive in Tokyo. Before Zhao Pan'er arrives, Zhao Wei is too lazy to pay attention to Ouyang Xu.

"By the way, has Gu Qianfan returned to Beijing?"

Although the Imperial City Bureau is not of high rank, its status is very special. It is one of the few institutions in Tokyo City that can hold real power. It is directly under his father and is one of his father's trusted institutions.

The reason why Gu Qianfan was used by Qi Mu of the Qingliu faction and his biological father Xiao Qinyan was not only because of his own abilities, but also because he was the commander of the Imperial City Division. Both of them wanted to use him to control the Imperial City Division.

Why did Zhao Wei let Gu Qianfan participate in their meeting when he was in Qiantang?
In fact, he also wanted to hold on to the Imperial City Division, but he was not as shameless as Xiao Qinyan and Qi Mu. He played a straight ball with Gu Qianfan.

Unfortunately, Gu Qianfan only expressed his gratitude at the time and did not agree to submit to him.

"This..." Shuangxi paused, bowed and said, "The news from Jiangnan said that he was wanted and went to Xiao Qinyan's house. He should be on his way back to Beijing now."

"Zheng Qingtian has been escorted back to Beijing. Who is wanted by him?" Zhao Wei asked puzzledly.

"The wanted order was issued by Yuhang County, and the Yuhang County Magistrate has committed suicide out of fear of punishment."

There is no doubt that it was Xiao Qinyan's work.

Although Xiao Qinyan likes Gu Qianfan, he treats him as a tool. It seems that all the good things he does to him are based on the premise that Gu Qianfan is useful.

But to say that Xiao Qinyan only regards Gu Qianfan as a tool is not entirely true based on the plot.

As for Qi Mu, he was simply using Gu Qianfan, otherwise he would not have been so ruthless when he abandoned Gu Qianfan later.

Time flies, and it seems that the last solar term of spring has arrived in the blink of an eye.

Grain Rain is approaching, and Zhao Huai'en and the other two who were arranged by Zhao Wei to escort Zhao Pan'er and others have returned.

They learned from them that Zhao Pan'er and her four daughters had already arrived in Tokyo and settled down, so they came back to report.

"Master, Madam Zhao and her friends have already stayed at the inn near the Gao Mansion. Madam Zhao said that after she finishes her business, she will come to thank you in person."

Zhao Wei nodded: "Okay, I understand. You have been working hard recently. Go back and rest first. Li Wu, Sun Qian, you two don't have to be on duty for the next few days. Have a good rest."

"By the way, Master, Li Wu and Song Yinzhang's maid fell in love with each other."

Zhao Wei was stunned at first, then turned to look at Li Wu and said happily: "You found yourself a wife when you went out. That's great. Congratulations. When are you going to get married?"

"General, you know I'm the only one in my family. Go back and check the date and pick the nearest day."

"Well, let me know when the wedding is."

It is definitely an honor to have Zhao Wei attend the wedding in person.

Li Wu was immediately delighted: "Thank you for your kindness, Marshal. I will take my leave now."

As soon as Li Wu and Sun Qian left, only Zhao Wei, Zhao Huai'en and Shuangxi were left in the room. Shuangxi carefully looked at Zhao Wei's expression.

"Your Highness, would you like to go meet Lady Zhao and the others?"

Zhao Wei turned to look at him: "You seem to be very concerned about the relationship between me and Madam Zhao? What, are you trying to test my feelings so that you can please your future master?"

Shuangxi was startled and fell to his knees with a thud.

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I never meant that. I just saw that Your Highness treated Madam Zhao differently, so I made unwarranted assumptions. Please punish me."

"Okay, get up, Shuangxi, you are very smart, but sometimes you have to use your intelligence in the right place."

"Your Highness, I understand."

"Go to Xiuyin to collect the three months' fine."

"what?"

"Half a year."

Zhao Wei uttered two words lightly, Shuangxi is too jumpy, sometimes he speaks and acts without measure, it's time to give him a good lesson.

Shuangxi was honest now: "Yes, Your Highness."

"Go down."

……

After more than ten days of travel, they finally arrived in Tokyo City. The four daughters of Zhao Pan'er had different feelings.

Yinping was the happiest. Not only had she escaped from her status as a prostitute, but she also found a good husband. She was waiting for Li Wu to come and pick her up to get married.

The second is Song Yinzhang. Although she has just arrived in Tokyo, she has already seen the prosperity of Tokyo. This is the place of her dreams.

Sun Sanniang also came out of her grief and was also dazzled by the prosperity of Tokyo, but she was older and much more stable than Song Yinzhang.

Zhao Pan'er's mood was much more complicated. The prosperity of Tokyo made her feel particularly unfamiliar. She now only wanted to find Ouyang Xu as soon as possible and personally confirm whether Ouyang Xu was going to abandon her.

However, when they arrived in Tokyo, it was already past noon. They then spent some time looking for an inn. By the time everything was settled, it was almost evening. In addition, after Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang's persuasion, she decided to go to Gao Mansion to find Ouyang Xu tomorrow.

Zhao Pan'er waited all night. She didn't sleep much that night and got up early the next day.

After carefully packing and dressing up, Zhao Pan'er declined the company of Sun Sanniang and Song Yinzhang and went to Gao's house alone.

(End of this chapter)