The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 186 Do You Like Xu Si'an? (2)
Mrs. Xu seldom went out. She drew the curtain and looked at the businessmen on both sides of the road. She was quite interested. She turned her head and saw Zhao Jing was in a daze. She remembered that when her hapless daughter-in-law passed away, the Princess Regent came in person. The Marquis of Wu'an had condoled, so he couldn't help but sighed and said: "You said this person is really boring. I think when you were in charge of the funeral in our Marquis, the Princess Regent came, but it was only three or four months ago. How can it be so good that it’s gone?”

Zhao Jing didn't know what to say, so she said calmly: "My concubine's health has never been very good. When I was in the palace, I often heard it mentioned by the imperial doctor of the imperial hospital. It seems that I can't bear it anymore."

The old lady Xu nodded, and asked again: "The last time the prince came to our house to pick you up in person, is it to let you see her for the last time? It's rare that you have such a good relationship with the princess when you are working in the palace?"

If someone else asks about this, maybe Zhao Jing will be suspicious, but for a person like Mrs. Xu who has no city, Zhao Jing only thinks that it is her concern, but some things are destined to be hidden in her heart. Zhao Jing no longer wants to mention what she experienced that day.

"In the past, during the New Year's Palace banquet every year, I often met the princess. It's not a good relationship, but I was able to say a few words. It's probably because of this. She still misses me." After a flash, she turned her head, rolled up the curtain of the carriage and took a look, and the Prince Regent's Palace was not far ahead.

White banners were hung in front of the palace, and when they saw a carriage coming, a young man who greeted the guests came to lead the horse and lead the way.Zhao Jing and Mrs. Xu should come over a few days later, but they didn't meet too many people.It's just that there is a saying that it's not that friends don't get together, when they got out of the car, they saw Mrs. Jing Guogong and a girl from her family coming to the Prince Regent's Mansion.

Zhao Jing narrowed her eyes and glanced at the girl, and suddenly remembered that last time when the empress dowager was arguing about choosing a concubine for the little emperor, there was this girl in the picture scroll presented by the Ruyi Pavilion. If Jing remembers correctly, this is probably the fourth girl of Duke Jing's mansion.

Mrs. Jing Guogong also quickly found Mrs. Xu, and her unattractive face suddenly stretched a little longer. She turned sideways and said a few words to the girl beside her. in front of.

Fortunately, Mrs. Xu had a forgiving heart, and she didn't recognize Mrs. Jing Guogong in a daze.Zhao Jing turned her head and glanced at Mrs. Xu. She was looking around the house, probably wanting to compare it with the Marquis of Wu'an, which one is bigger.

When the wives led the old lady in, Zhao Jing became more and more sure of her guess, because the old lady Xu leaned into her ear and whispered: "How can I see that this Prince Regent's mansion is not as grand as our Marquis of Wu'an's mansion?" !"

Zhao Jing was almost amused by her, so she leaned into her ear and whispered: "Old lady, this Prince Regent's Mansion was originally the ancestral house of the Zhou family. Later, when the late Emperor entered the palace, the Prince Regent lived in it." The original ancestral residence was just changed from the Zhou Mansion to the Prince Regent's Mansion."

The old lady Xu suddenly realized, nodded her head and said: "So, the regent is quite clean."

There is no shortage of women in charge of the Prince Regent's Palace. Zhou Yi's side concubines are also the daughters of the ministers' families in terms of their identities. Last time she also went to the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion with the princess, so Zhao Jing still had some impressions of her.

Seeing Mrs. Jing Guogong coming, Concubine Gong went up to greet her. As for Mrs. Xu, she just called an old woman to come over to greet her.Fortunately, the old woman is quite friendly, and Mrs. Xu is not a person with high eyebrows and low eyes. She was also very happy to see the old woman come to greet her, but Zhao Jing felt a little bit uncomfortable, but who is full of people in the capital? Without a pair of wealthy eyes, no matter what the concubine Gong did, she would not be able to offend Mrs. Jing Guogong to entertain Mrs. Wu'an Hou.

But at this time, Mrs. Xu had already recognized Mrs. Jing Guogong, and only pulled Zhao Jing's sleeve repeatedly. How could she have thought that she would meet acquaintances in this kind of place.Zhao Jing knew that Mrs. Xu had suffered from Mrs. Jing Guogong, and she was afraid of her after all, so she stepped forward to comfort her in a low voice, brought her a cup of tea and said, "It's okay for the old lady to pretend that she doesn't know her. It's related, if you go to other occasions in the future, there will always be a time when you don't look up and you don't look down, old lady don't worry, I'm here!"

After hearing this, Mrs. Xu calmed down a bit, and took a sip of tea. At this time, the guests outside came one after another. Concubine Gong finished greeting Mrs. Jing Guogong, and led the old lady Xu The woman who entered the hall called to the door, and reprimanded in a low voice: "Why did you bring Mrs. Wu'an Hou to the main hall, there are so many small flower halls outside that you can't sit, you don't know that the two of them have a festival..."

Before she finished speaking, she heard someone laughing at the door and said: "The two old lords are sitting in the hall! Why don't you say hello, aren't you two in-laws?"

Zhao Jing raised her head when she heard the voice, only to see a young woman about 35 and sixty-six wearing a brown-yellow double-breasted satin beige with a stand-up collar, coming in from the door. Elegant, it's just that the makeup on her face is too heavy, which greatly reduces the original good looks, and her expression is even more tired.It's just that Zhao Jing didn't know this person.But the moment that person saw Zhao Jing, his color suddenly changed, and the smile on his face stiffened a little unconsciously.

Mrs. Xu was so embarrassed by these words that she didn't know what to say, but Mrs. Jing Guogong only cleared her throat, glanced at the man and said, "When will Princess Xiaoyi return to the capital? It's rare to catch up with her." This time it's hilarious."

As soon as Zhao Jing heard this, she knew it already. It turned out that this one was the princess Xiaoyi who was rumored to guard the sea with her son-in-law.Before she left the palace, she had heard that the son-in-law had died of illness, and Princess Xiaoyi wrote a letter to return to the capital, presumably the little emperor had given her permission to return to the capital, so she appeared in the capital.

(End of this chapter)