Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 35

Zhao Xiwei's eyes turned slightly on Jinxiu.

This splendid, it is time to cultivate it and use it for yourself.

Zhao Xiwei asked, "Did Princess Jiangxia have a relationship with our family before?"

Jinxiu pondered for a moment and said, "When the princess left the capital, the servants had not yet entered the palace."

She recalled: "Afterwards, the slaves were on duty in the eldest lady's courtyard, and the eldest lady would enter the palace for banquets during the Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival every year. The rewards given to the ministers' families in the palace were custom-made every year, but the reward of the queen mother was not every year. The heavy samples are all from the flavors of the Jiangnan area.”

"One year during the Spring Festival, King Jiangxia specially sent the empress dowager a perch tofu ball for [-] miles in a hurry. The empress dowager rewarded the eldest lady with a box. After the prime minister found out about it, he attached great importance to it, and went to the palace overnight to thank him."

Zhao Xiwei could hear the strangeness behind it.

King Jiangxia has been away from Beijing for so many years, but he has always had a close relationship with the Queen Mother. What does this mean?

And father's behavior is too strange, it's just a reward from the queen mother, why go to the palace overnight to thank him?
The King of Jiangxia, the House of Zhao, and the Empress Dowager.

These three words kept overlapping in Zhao Xiwei's heart, causing her to vaguely have a bad premonition.

And Zhao Chengyan's performance was too abnormal.

How can a person who can sit and watch his parents quarrel for the sake of profit really bless her from the bottom of his heart?

Zhao Xiwei thought about this, and decided to go to his father's place for a walk tomorrow.

Although the princess did not clearly state her attitude towards marriage, the princess did visit the Zhao residence and gave gifts.

If the palace really had the will to marry, what would the father think?

With a decision in my heart, the anxiety just now was swept away.

She remembered the matter of paying homage to her biological mother: "Jinxiu, go outside and find someone to ask, which is the best Buddhist temple near the capital? I want to ask to build a Buddhist shrine to offer incense to my mother, which is considered a modest act of filial piety. "

Jinxiu smiled and replied respectfully:

"There are two famous temples in Chang'an City, one is Mingfa Temple, which has many pilgrims, and the other is Lianhua Temple, which is very clean and solemn. Since the lady wants to make a Buddhist shrine for her biological mother, then Lianhua Temple is better."

Zhao Xi nodded slightly: "You ask someone to ask how much money it will cost. I'm ready."

She is not a person who likes to pray to God and worship Buddha, but people cannot be resurrected from the dead, so she should have a sustenance for her thoughts.

Jinxiu led the way.

Yinbao looked at Zhao Xiwei with a tired expression, and smiled, "Miss, this servant will bring you a basin of hot water, how about scalding your feet?"

"Okay." Only then did Zhao Xiwei feel that his legs and feet were numb from the cold.

Pearl and Magnolia immediately came in with a bucket of hot water, Yinbao brought a copper basin, scooped two scoops of hot water with a brass water ladle, put some coarse salt and orange peel in it, and then served Zhao Xi to slightly heat his feet.

Just as her feet reached into the basin, Pearl's voice sounded outside the door: "Mother Sun is here."

Zhao Xi hurriedly wiped his feet and put on his shoes and socks, and said to the door, "Quickly please."

Grandma Sun lifted the curtain and came in. She first looked at Zhao Xiwei's expression, and then smiled and said, "Hello, Sister Wei."

Zhao Xiwei has always been very respectful to this special mama, so he hurriedly turned sideways and received a half-salutation.

Immediately, a maid came up to bring tea, and someone else moved a stool. Mammy Sun smiled and looked at everything in an orderly manner, and couldn't help but secretly marveled.

It has only been a few days since returning to the residence, and the people in the house already know the rules better than the eldest lady, which shows that they have the means.

Mammy Sun took a sip of the hot tea and said straight to the point: "The princess gave Miss a pair of red pomegranate necklaces today, and the servant also heard about it."

Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment.

I didn't expect things to spread so quickly, I'm afraid that in a few days, the whole capital will spread all over the capital and the princess will take a fancy to her.

Some helplessly smiled, just thinking about something to say, Sun mama has sighed to herself: "You are young, you just returned to the mansion, you don't understand many things in Beijing, and you don't even think about it. Reliable people can give you a point or two."

Zhao Xiwei was very kind, and said with a smile: "I have a lot of things I don't understand, and I hope that my mother will give me some advice."

Grandma Sun nodded with a smile, and said slowly, thoughtfully: "The old Jiang Xia Wang's departure from the capital and your grandfather's banishment all stemmed from a cheating case.

The case involved a lot, and His Majesty meant that the students of that year would never be hired.But your grandfather disagreed. He ruled over the Taixue, and he had many disciples from poor backgrounds. This innocent disaster might make some innocent students lose their careers in their entire lives. "

Zhao Xi listened quietly, reached out and picked up a yellow pear from the fruit bowl.

Her movements with the knife were skillful and light, her fingertips were as white as jade, and the silver fruit knife was spinning rapidly, making Grandma Sun's eyes dazzled.For a while, it was unclear whether the knife was turning or the hand was turning.

Mammy Sun nodded secretly, these pampered young ladies in the house, let alone peeling fruit, even peeling peanuts, can't do without the people who serve them.

As he spoke, the pears that were as crystal clear as snow had been peeled and cut into small pieces.

Zhao Xiwei picked it out with a slender silver stick, put it in a small celadon-glazed plum tray, and pushed it in front of Grandma Sun.

Grandma Sun took a piece and tasted it. The mouth was crisp and sweet, which made her feel a little more comfortable: "Your grandfather strongly opposed His Majesty's move. That year, Empress Gu had just passed away, His Majesty was in a bad mood, and in a fit of anger. You will be exempted from your grandfather's office and let him return to his hometown. However, don't be sad, Miss Wei, that's how being an official is, it's ups and downs."

Zhao Xi nodded slightly.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying a tiger. It is quite normal to provoke the emperor to be dismissed from office.

Grandma Sun admired her calmness very much: "That year, your father was still a regular attendant of the Sanqi, and he often followed His Majesty's side, and he was very trusted by His Majesty. The day your grandfather left Beijing, it rained heavily. He was in the Imperial College. Kneel for a day."

"One more thing."

Grandma Sun paused for a while, then smiled: "That day, the eldest lady held an umbrella for your father in the rain for a day, and later contracted the cold because of it, and it took only six or seven days to heal. At that time, she was still precious and precious. Where is the eldest lady of the Xu family?"

Zhao Xi narrowed his eyes.

Grandma Sun glanced at it, and sighed softly to herself: "Oh, there are two Begonias at the entrance of Taiyuan College, the rain is pouring down, and flowers are falling all over the ground. The madam is accompanied by your father in the rain. I don't know how exciting the scene is. Moved."

Zhao Xiwei smiled softly: "The eldest lady is really sincere to her father."

Grandma Sun mentioned this matter specially, just to make herself more considerate of Xu.

In fact, she didn't have any hatred for the Xu family, on the contrary, she understood it very well.

The person who lives in the heart of the beloved husband is not him, and no one else can face it calmly.

It's a sad thing that a woman can't love it.

　Begonia flower means bitter love, also known as heartbroken flower, which means to love someone bitterly, but there is no result after all, this feeling is like a broken heart.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)