take a wife to support the family

Chapter 340 Miss He Fell into the Water

Prince Xin's Mansion held a birthday banquet for Ruzhen, the crown prince and Princess Changping all came to congratulate, the clan and relatives also came to play with fun, divided into several groups according to age to have fun.

Zhaoren has always been strong-tempered and capable. A group of unmarried girls were handed over to her, and everyone was relieved. Even Princess Zhou only asked a few words, and then came back to chat and laugh with them.

I don't want something to happen to Princess Zhaoren today.

There were at least twenty or thirty girls who came to be guests today, except those who were with their mothers, and those who were a little more lively all invited their friends to play with Princess Zhaoren.

Princess Zhaoren is the closest to Xu Qingzi, and Xu Qingzi is the sister of Prince Xin's concubine, so she helped Zhaoren greet everyone.

They wanted to go to the lake pavilion to play, so some servants rowed a small boat and invited everyone to board.Because I believe that Wang loves elegance, this wooden boat also imitates the style of Jiangnan, with black awnings or white sheds and bright tiles. It is very interesting to swing in the heart of the lake.

A group of little girls boarded the boat in three batches, Zhaoren led the way, and went up to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, where brocade mattresses had been laid and incense was burned in the Boshan stove.

Xu Qingzi laughed: "Why do I smell a little lotus fresh air?"

Zhaoren said: "Your nose is the best! I made this incense pill. After refining, I put it in a gauze bag and hid it in a lotus bud. After the flower bloomed, I took it out and sealed it in a porcelain box. .Today is the first time to take it out and use it, the lotus fragrance has not dissipated yet.”

The fragrance of the lotus is faintly present, taking advantage of the blue waves and residual lotus, it is really refreshing.

Suddenly someone screamed, and when Zhaoren turned his head, he saw a strange girl had fallen into the water, ups and downs in the water.

Others didn't know it, but Zhaoren knew the depth of the lotus pond in his house, so he hurriedly took off his outer clothes and jumped into the water to save people.

People who fell into the water love to struggle, and sometimes even rescuers can be dragged to the bottom, so Zhaoren dared not approach the girl head-on, and walked around behind the girl, restraining her from struggling.

Just at this time, the boat lady also rushed over with the boat, and hurriedly pulled Zhaoren and the girl onto the boat.

The people in the Huxin Pavilion were very anxious and hurriedly asked: "How is the princess?"

"Are you all right?"

There are timid girls who are so frightened that they cry.

The girl who fell into the water drank a few sips of water, and her mind was a little out of order. Zhaoren quickly patted her on the back, and she vomited a few sips of water, shaking uncontrollably.

At this time, the weather has turned cold, and the lake is bitingly cold when the wind blows.Zhaoren's face was ashen from the cold, seeing Xu Qingzi waving at her in the pavilion in the center of the lake, knowing that Xu Qingzi could control the situation, she hurriedly asked the boat lady to take her and the drowning girl ashore first, and then come to pick up others.

Someone from the shore had already reported to Princess Zhou, and Princess Zhou rushed over after hearing the news. She saw Zhaoren and the girl who fell into the water were already wrapped in furs, sitting there trembling.

Concubine Zhou almost lost her wits, seeing Zhaoren's whole beard, she rushed to hold her and cry heartily.

Zhao Ren patted Wang Hao's hand and said with a smile: "I'm fine, there are still guests, mother, don't be too rude."

Only then did the princess stop her tears, and her eyes fell on the face of the girl who fell into the water: "This is?"

The girl was so cold that her lips were black and purple, she didn't know whether it was from the cold or from fright, she said tremblingly: "Go back to your mother's words, the civilian woman's surname is He, and she is the younger sister of Yushi He Jin."

Concubine Zhou looked at the girl with a wrong look: He Jin was the little censor who wrote to ask Lixin to be his son, and Lily said "the one who killed a thousand swords".

All the people here today are relatives and friends, how did she get in here?

Concubine Zhou didn't say anything, it just happened that all the girls in the pavilion in the center of the lake had already been brought to the shore, and surrounded Zhaoren and Miss He to ask questions. drink.

Princess Zhou ordered the girls to go back to the flower hall first: "I don't want such an accident to happen today, it's our fault as the hosts, I ask my maid to take you to find your mother first, and come back after I have settled the two."

Ask someone to carry Zhaoren and Miss He back to Zhaoren's yard with shoulder paddles. A brazier is lit in the room, and the two girls gradually warm up.

Concubine Zhou then asked: "We have never had any contact with the family, what advice does Miss He have?"

Miss He's face was pale, and she said tremblingly, "Minister, Minnv... come here to ask the concubine for forgiveness!"

Concubine Zhou and Zhaoren looked at each other, and said, "Don't be in a hurry, take good care of me. I'll go ahead and have a look before I come back." Then she walked out by herself, so that Zhaoren could ask Miss He.After all, they are close in age and it is easy to talk.

This turmoil was not too big, and Miss He didn't have a mother or elder to bring her here. Princess Zhou went to the flower hall, calmed down everyone with a few words, and continued to have fun.It's just that she has things in her heart, after all, she is not as happy as before.

Seeing that the concubine seemed tired, she quietly came to invite the concubine to rest, but the concubine left Shan Ruliu and let the concubine preside over it.

Lily only vaguely heard that something happened, but didn't know what it was, so she followed the princess worriedly: "Mother, what happened?"

Princess Zhou shook her head: "It's not a big deal, you don't have to follow."

Princess Zhaoren has already asked Miss He what was going on. It turned out that Miss He was named only one yuan. Her brother He Jin was reprimanded by the Emperor's court for writing a letter and later reprimanded by Princess Zhou. After recovering, he was ignorant all day long, and he was even more excluded in the yamen.

Miss He thought to herself that the matter still happened to Prince Xin's Mansion, so she begged someone to bring her into Prince Xin's Mansion, hoping to take the opportunity to beg for mercy with Princess Zhou and let her brother go.

I don't want to ask someone to push him into the water before I have a word with Princess Zhaoren, and I don't see who is pushing me. If Zhaoren didn't see the opportunity quickly, I'm afraid Miss He would come alone, and she would A coffin to go home.

Concubine Zhou's face was not very good: "I can't spare her for doing such an outrageous thing in my house!"

Zhaoren said to Miss He: "The imperial court has its own rules for your brother's affairs. What does it have to do with us? If something happened to my family, would your brother be willing to let it go? A little censor is more important to Shangxin Wangfu than you." You should know, whether the person who advises you is saving your family or harming your family, you have to think clearly."

Miss He's already gloomy face became even more ugly, and she said weakly: "I want to mess up..."

Princess Zhou ordered someone to send Miss He home, and discussed with Zhaoren: "In your opinion, what is this person behind the scenes trying to do?"

Even if Miss He died in Prince Xin's Mansion, He Jin could not shake the foundation of Prince Xin's Mansion even if he tried his best. What's the point of doing so?
Zhaoren said: "I can't figure it out either, let's look at the future."

In the evening, Baihe, Song Haonian and others knew about Miss He's falling into the water, and Lily sighed to Song Haonian: "It's very uncomfortable to fall into the water in this cold day."

When she jumped into the river that day, the half-dead feeling was really uncomfortable.Lily went to see Zhaoren for the last time. She was in good health, only a little cold, but not seriously ill. While complaining about her stuffy nose, she said to Lily, "Please come and see me."

Lily asked hurriedly, "What's this worth?" Seeing that Zhaoren's nose was so congested, she told her the folk recipe of scallion soup. Zhaoren asked his servant to cook the soup, and felt relieved after sweating.

On the second day, Mrs. He Yushi bought a gift to thank Princess Zhou. The princess didn't care about their family. The second highness of the palace rescued her, even the clothes were changed by the second highness!
Although the world today is not as harsh on women as it was decades ago, the reputation of a girl's family matters after all. Then He Yushi heard the wind and hurriedly asked whether the girl is true or not. Poor Miss He is so good that people discredit her When it was like this, I wished I could hang myself right away to show my brother and sister-in-law.

He Yushi wrote to the palace again, begging Song Haonian to marry his sister, so as to quell the rumors in Beijing, how could Song Haonian agree: "Don't say I didn't see your sister that day, even if I really save people, I can't help you." I can’t marry her. I have my own wife, but if I save people with good intentions, I will get dirty all over my body. What’s the reason? What’s more, it’s Zhaoren who saves people, not me.”

Zhaoren recovered from his illness, and smiled beside him, "Could it be that Miss He wants to marry me?"

Concubine Zhou glared at her, and Zhao Ren quickly stopped his voice and acted cutely.

Then He Yushi was sweating all over his head, wondering why: "Your Majesty knows that this method is really embarrassing for His Royal Highness, but now that my sister's reputation is not good, she has to show her ambition with death several times. Saving one's life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Your Highness, save Sister Sister."

Concubine Zhou shook her head: "You are so unreasonable, you don't know the whole story, so come and force me first!"

Concubine Zhou has been married to the royal family for decades, and has never seen demons and ghosts making trouble. Even Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan have been taught to behave well by the female officials. Careful.

It was the first time she saw this next work, and she burst into anger for a while, wishing to find out the person behind the scenes and send him to prison, but she didn't have a clue for a while.

On the contrary, Zhaoren had learned the art of war from Princess Changping, and he was more thoughtful than the concubine, so he asked He Yushi: "If your sister marries into my family, who will benefit?"

He Yushi said in a daze, "Your official?"

Zhaoren didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he thought that this He Yushi was an unreasonable person, he wondered why he dared to write a letter because he was a fool before.

Lily suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked He Yushi: "Has your sister ever been engaged?"

"Sister She hasn't got a marriage contract yet, but the lower official has been interested in the Chen family before—then the Chen family is the Chen family that has launched a new science exploration."

This Chen family is not considered a famous family, but Chen Youtang, a new talent scout, is young and promising, no matter how well-born, there is no family with a daughter in the capital who does not keep an eye on him.

It just so happened that Chen Youtang became an official at Yushitai after he was in the middle school, Miss He had reached the age of marriage, and He Yushi thought Chen Youtang was good, so he also talked to him about his sister's marriage.

Chen Youtang didn't say anything at that time, only said to go home and report to his parents. After a few days, the Chen family sent a matchmaker to come and see him.Before anything else, such things happen, and the Chen family will naturally never come to the door again.

In this incident, the reputations of Song Haonian and Miss He were damaged, and it seemed that neither of them benefited, but Zhaoren learned a truth from the emperor when he was a child: one thing, you only see who can get the best in the end. This person is probably the one behind the scene.

Zhaoren got up and smiled slightly: "You don't want to force my second brother to marry your sister. I have a clue about your sister."

(End of this chapter)