The little maid was still quarreling with Ning Tong earlier, seeking an advantage.
But when Mrs. Cheng Guotai, Zhu Hushi, threatened her like this, she took a stance of refusing to obey. Even if she was pinned down and wanted to be beaten, she would not say a word.
It’s obvious that I told the old lady, I knew it, but I wouldn’t tell her even if she was beaten to death.
This made Mrs. Zhu Hu so angry that she "drag her out and beat her"
The little maid didn't beg for mercy, so she was dragged out of the door by the two women, and then outside There was a muffled sound, and the little maid could hold it back at first, but later she also screamed out because of the pain.
"Grandma, why bother getting angry with a little girl?" Zhu Lin couldn't even stand it.
Ms. Zhu Hu was still browsing the books, and was so angry that she said, "It's because these ignorant girls brought such unsightly things to their mistress, which are popular in the market. The mistress has something wrong with her mind."
Just as she was talking, the mother-in-law came in and said, "Madam, the Second Young Madam wants to tell you something."
"Hmm, let her." Come in and let her see what the girl she made looks like."
Ning Tong was brought into the back hall.
When Ning Tong saw that her little maid was beaten until she fainted, but still did not betray herself, she felt angry in her heart and did not even kneel to her after entering the back hall. Kneel down.
"Mrs. Madam, you are the matron of the house, how can you bully a little maid next to me like this?" Ning Tong also stepped forward.
Cannot be reconciled.
It’s better to just die.
If you give face to Zhu Hu, who will give me face?
Zhu Hu was furious. The woman next to her wanted to push Ning Tong down, but she still did not dare to be cruel. It seems that they, the servants, want to beat the little maid so that she is not afraid of anything, but although the second young lady is not sensible, she is the wife of Uncle Anbian and is the mistress.
"Where did these books come from? And who are you outside?" Zhu Hu held back his anger and asked sternly.
Ning Tong said, "This has nothing to do with you, Mrs. Tai. Zhu Feng has already given me He Li's letter and asked me to take it to the government. I have nothing to do with your Zhu family. I don't need to tell you this."
"You"
Although Mrs. Zhu Hu was angry, she couldn't really do anything to her granddaughter-in-law. < /p>
"Mrs. Tai, bullying women doesn't count. It's better to kill me than to let me guard your grandson's life. Anyway, your Duke Chengguo's family has a great cause, so there's no need to kill people." Paying for life"
Ning Tong's stubbornness also caught Zhu Hu off guard.
At this point, an ordinary woman would have begged her long ago, but Ning Tong seemed not even afraid of death and would fight her to the end.
Originally, according to Zhu Hu’s temperament, he directly asked someone to beat Ning Tong.It would be fine to just lock him up for a while, but now he thinks that Sun Tzu is still leading the troops in Liaodong. If he keeps his grandson's wife in the capital and this affects Sun Tzu's mentality of leading troops to fight, then the responsibility will be huge.
After all, Mrs. Zhu Hu is the daughter of a minister. She looks fierce, but in fact she is very talented and resourceful, and she will not do anything to Ning Tong just for a moment's whim.
"Take it down"
Zhu Hu was too lazy to say anything else.
As Ning Tong’s master and servant were taken away by the mother-in-law, Mrs. Zhu Hu should be angry.
Zhu Lin said from the side, "Grandma, forget it."
You old lady and your granddaughter-in-law had a huge quarrel, but in the end it ended "happily" and I obviously I am an outsider, but I have been criticized completely by you, old lady
Who did I provoke?
Mrs. Zhu Hu glared at her grandson and said, "If something happens in the house, it affects you." My brother is leading the army, let’s see how I deal with you.”
After speaking, Zhu Hu stood up and said, “Are you ready for the gifts?”
“Yes, Madam.” Exit. the man replied.
Zhu Lin asked, "Grandma, what are you doing?"
Zhu Hu glanced at him and said, "Follow me to Zhang Zhou's house. Don't let people think that we are the Duke of the country." The government doesn’t understand the rules.”
The old lady has to deal with matters in the inner courtyard in advance. The old lady has to complete the friendship with people outside the courtyard. This is also because there are two nobles in the family, Zhu Fu and Zhu Feng. Not in the capital, this time it was her turn as an old lady to take action.
"Miss, I didn't say anything."
In the woodshed.
After the little maid woke up and saw her young lady hugging her and crying, she couldn't help but say something pitiful.
Ning Tong wiped her tears and said, "You silly girl, you should say it. This is not worth keeping a secret."
The little maid asked, "Did the lady say it?"
"I didn't say anything either." Ning Tong said bitterly, "They can torture me however they want. I have nothing to do with this family."
The little maid pouted. "Then I won't tell you either."
The master and servant have been dependent on each other for many years, but they hugged each other tightly at this time.
Zhang Zhou returned home and was still sorting out his court clothes.
Others were issued one court uniform at a time and had to order the rest by themselves, but Zhang Zhou had several sets of official and regular uniforms. The emperor was afraid that his clothes would not fit him, so he ordered them all. He had it tailored for him in advance.
Here he was still trying on clothes one by one. Wang Mingshan, who was helping him get dressed behind him, had already been taken advantage of by him several times.
After all, it was evening.
At this moment, Xia Zhi came in and announced, "Master, there are guests outside. They say they are from the Chengguo Palace. They also brought gifts."
Jiang Pingyu came out of the inner room and asked curiously, "Is it from the Duke's mansion?"
Jiang Pingyu had heard about her father doing business with the British government before. , and also heard about the old man Jiang being detained by the British government, so she was still very wary of the government..
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "It's okay. This is Zhu Zhijie's house, which is different from the British one."
Just kidding.
Zhang Mao has a "cooperative" relationship with him at best, and now Cheng Guo Gong Zhu Fu and Zhu Feng are counting on him for food. Not mentioning Zhu Feng, just say that Zhu Fu, the minister of the court, has no interest in his participation. With so many impeachments, if it hadn't been for his help, Zhu Fu might have been removed from office and taken back to the capital to live at leisure.
The main hall of Zhangjia.
Zhang Zhou met with Zhu Hu, and Zhu Lin followed him. Zhang Zhou did not expect this.
The Zhu family has done quite well in terms of etiquette. He is also thinking that he finally no longer sends people to notify me to come over for a banquet. He knows how to send things to my house and comes in person.
"Madam, you are so polite, how can you be so embarrassed?" Zhang Zhou said with a smile.
Zhu Hu said with a smile on his face, "Both Quanzi and Zhijie are under the care of Mr. Zhang. Although I am not in the capital, I have heard many stories about Mr. Zhang when I was in Nanjing. Mr. Zhang If you are the top scholar in high school, it will be easy for you to become a general or a general in the future."
Zhang Zhou thought to himself, these words sounded familiar.
Zhu Lin also smiled and said, "In his letter to the capital, my father also mentioned that he would like to thank Mr. Zhang for his cultivation, especially for those who know his integrity."
Zhang Zhou invited two People sit down.
He then said politely, "Zhijie and I are friends. He was the one who took the trouble to come to the capital to offer medicine to the princess. When I was young, he also took good care of me. This It's just a moral obligation between friends."
While talking, Zhang Zhou was actually curious.
Didn’t it mean that Zhu Feng had already sent the documents of peace and separation to the capital? Aren’t you, the Zhu family, restless at home now? Looking at you like this, you can’t tell at all.
Then Zhu Hu asked people to bring the gifts in.
The box after box of things was obviously much richer than the previous gift to Zhang Zhou in Nanjing, but it was only worth four or five hundred taels.
Zhang Zhou is very good at calculating the value of gifts. Zhang Zhou doesn’t know where his talent comes from.
"Mr. Zhang, don't dislike it," Zhu Hu said.
"Prepare a banquet." Zhang Zhou thought, since he gave a gift, let's treat him to a meal.
"No need, I still have a lot of things to do. I just came to visit Mr. Zhang and then leave."
Mr. Zhu Hu also knows what's going on.
Everyone knows that you, Zhang Bingkuan, are stingy. What good food can be eaten at your house? Besides, if you, Zhang Bingkuan, are really serious about hosting a banquet, you won’t be unprepared in advance.
Zhang Zhou smiled and said, "Then prepare tea."
Zhu Hu smiled.
This host is really stingy. It’s not easy to even drink tea at your house.
In the main hall, Zhu Hu and Zhu Lin sang together. While expressing their gratitude to Zhang Zhou, they also euphemistically expressed their hope that Zhang Zhou would continue to help Zhu Fu and his son negotiate.
Zhang Zhou said, “The war in Liaodong is not over yet.However, it is expected that there should be results before the end of the month. As for Yansui, I'm not saying that. The ministers in the DPRK had quite a few comments about Cheng Guogong's inaction, and there were also many impeachment memorials. "
Zhu Hu obviously knew this.
This is also the purpose of her coming.
She hurriedly said, "Gong Cheng Guo used to be in Nanjing. , It has not been long since he succeeded to the position of Duke. If he wants to make achievements in the three areas, it will be difficult for others to do so. ”
“That’s what I say, but since Your Majesty has used him, he should show his due responsibilities as a duke. Sometimes it’s useless for me to do the talking. "What Zhang Zhou meant.
You should be more knowledgeable and ask your son and grandson to listen to me more in the future and not to make your own decisions.
But Zhu Hu nodded, probably I thought that the gift given to Zhang Zhou was not enough, Zhang Zhou thought it was too little.
"Sir, Eunuch Xiao, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, came and said that he had an imperial edict to convey. "Liu Guili said at the door.
Zhang Zhou is quite busy here.
Xiao Jing ran to Zhang Zhou's house when he had nothing to do.
Zhu Hu heard this He said that Xiao Jing was here, thinking that this was a big deal, so he would be superfluous here.
Zhang Zhou said, "You two, I will go out to socialize with Eunuch Xiao first, and I will be back soon. "
"Entertainment"
Zhu Hu didn't understand.
When a person of Xiao Jing's status comes, you shouldn't be so polite. If you don't give Xiao Jing face when someone comes in, you have to give face to the emperor, but you are here to convey the imperial decree.
But Zhang Zhou obviously didn't take Xiao Jing too seriously. The main reason is that Xiao Jing has been coming too frequently recently, and also because he won the first prize. Xiao Jing feels that it is only natural for him to bother Zhang Zhou in the future. He comes to visit if he has something to do. As for whether he is delivering the imperial edict, it is possible that Liu Gui is here. That's nonsense.
Zhang Zhou also gave Liu Gui a roll of his eyes when he went out.
This kid talks nonsense when it comes to people, but he is a good candidate for the disciple. But Zhang Zhou was afraid that this boy would go astray and make his house look like Cheng Minzheng, which would be bad.
"Grandma, why don't we go out to greet him?" Zhu Lin saw Zhang Zhou going out. , couldn't help but ask.
Zhu Hu sat upright and said, "He doesn't need us to see him. He has arrangements, so just wait here. "
Zhu Lin said, "Then what did he mean before?"
Zhu Hu rolled his eyes at him and said, "You really don't look like a Duke of Cheng. His words are not clear enough. In fact, it is He is so greedy for money from us, haven't you seen it?"
"Grandma, my grandson doesn't know whether to say something or not." Zhu Lin wanted to remind this grandmother.
Let's not Look at Zhang Bingkuan with old eyes.
This guy only looks greedy on the surface. In fact, he is not greedy at all, and he is a very measured minister. Otherwise, he would not be able to gain the emperor's favor gradually. Don't think anything will happen to you when you give a gift.
Not so with Zhu Hu.He said patiently, "If you don't know whether to talk about it or not, then don't talk about it."
When Zhang Zhou came back, neither his grandfather nor his grandson said a word, and the atmosphere was still a bit awkward.
"Mr. Zhang, I don't know why Eunuch Xiao is here."
Zhu Hu saw that Zhang Zhou didn't have any imperial edict in his hand, so he just thought he was here to deliver oral instructions. < /p>
"This," Zhang Zhou said, "Say what you should say, and don't say what you shouldn't. I can't mess with the rules."
"Yes." Zhu Hu smiled and nodded.
She thought about it for a while, and the rule was probably that the money given was not enough. < /p>
When Zhang Zhou saw Mrs. Zhu Hu coming as if nothing happened, he felt that the old lady must have used some thunderous means to subdue Ning Tong.
Zhang Zhou can feel Ning Tong's temperament. < /p>
If a "strong" woman like Ning Tong meets a strong and unreasonable old lady like Zhu Hu, then Ning Tong will be the unlucky one.
Since Zhang Zhou accidentally brought up the matter of reconciliation at that time, he felt that he had to help Ning Tong.
"This is a family matter of the Chengguo Palace." Mrs. Zhu Hu also frowned.
I am thinking in my heart, my grandson really tells outsiders everything. Isn’t it shameful to tell such things to others? If Zhang Zhou is allowed to speak out again, then the Chengguo Palace will really lose face. Sweeping the floor
Zhang Zhou nodded, "This is supposed to be a family matter of Duke Cheng, but I have something to say, I don't know whether to say it or not."
Zhu Lin was startled.
I have said this just now, Zhang Bingkuan, you’d better stop talking about it, my grandmother doesn’t like to hear it.
Zhu Hu smiled and said, "Sir, please speak."
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Only then did Zhu Lin realize that he was the only one who was not favored by the old lady.
Zhang Zhoudao said, "Before Zhijie went to Liaodong, he asked me to take care of his housework. This time there were some conflicts between the couple. As a friend, I also think it is necessary to remind him that everything remains the same. After he returns to the capital, we can sit down and discuss it in detail. If the relationship becomes tense, it will be detrimental to his leadership in Liaodong and also to the Ming Dynasty."
Zhang Zhou meant to remind Mr. Zhu. Mrs.
Don’t go too far in punishing Ning Tong, otherwise you are not dealing with family affairs, and it may affect the war in Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty and the national destiny of the Ming Dynasty.
"Mr. Zhang reminded me, I know it."
Mr. Zhu Hu laughed with her and led herHe followed his grandson out of Chengguo Duke's mansion.
When she got off the sedan and returned to the door, Zhu Lin, who went to help the sedan, could clearly feel that her grandmother's expression was completely different when she got off the sedan and when she got on.
"Is it a lack of care to know the truth? Why do you always mention family affairs to outsiders? If Zhang Bingkuan informs His Majesty, my Zhu family will become the laughing stock of the whole world," said Zhu Hu.
Zhu Lin had an expression of "Destroy whoever you love as soon as possible", turned his head to one side and said, "Grandma seems to have forgotten that the second brother likes to let his wife come out to deal with the second wife's affairs. When he was in Nanjing, the younger brother and sister I know Zhang Bingkuan, and they have met him before arriving in Beijing."
"What"
When Zhu Hu heard this, he already heard some bad signs.
Ning Tong and Zhang Zhou also know each other, and they have a good personal relationship
Just as he was talking, the mother-in-law of the house hurriedly ran out and said in Zhu Hu's ear, "Mrs. , I asked the servants in the house and the people who are usually friends with the Second Young Madam, and it seems that the book was given to the Second Young Madam by a young master named Zhang who came to the house.
"What"
Zhu Hu was a little unable to stand.
"Grandma"
Zhu Lin has not yet understood what happened to the old lady
Zhu Hu glared at Zhu Lin and said, "Who is the one with the surname Zhang recently?" I have come to visit my house."
Zhu Lin said, "Grandma, my father is guarding in Beijing, so he is not allowed to see outsiders. Except for Zhang Bingkuan, there is no one else named Zhang."
" Cough"
Now Zhu Hu not only had to be supported by his grandson, but also had to hold the sides of the sedan with his hands to barely stand still.
Zhu Lin said as if it had nothing to do with him, "Grandma doesn't mean to say that the matter of my siblings has something to do with Zhang Bingkuan?"
Zhu Hu glared at her grandson and said "You knew it earlier."
"No." Zhu Lin answered simply, "The second brother never said it, but it is impossible to say that there are people outside my brother and sister. I never ask about the second wife's affairs."
His words seemed to be saying, why are you asking me about your affairs?
Ask your second grandson and your second grandson’s wife.
"Old madam, the Ning family has arrived. They said they can come into the house to see the second young lady at any time." Another servant came to report.
Previously, Mrs. Zhu Hu found out that her granddaughter-in-law was hopeless, so she could only have people call the Ning family to put pressure on Ning Tong.
"No need, let them all go back."
Zhu Hu was very upset now.
"Yes."
The servants quickly went to inform the Ning family.
Zhu Lin asked, "Then what should we do if the book was given by Zhang Bingkuan, the divorce was also mentioned by Zhang Bingkuan, and even the outsider of the siblings is Zhang Bingkuan, and the second brother may know about this and even intend to help." "
"Shut up Zhiyi, why are you so useless?" Mrs. Zhu Hu attacked her eldest grandson, "My father and younger brother are not in the house, and they can't even see the door."
Zhu Lin seems to have expected that heHe was like a punching bag, with a helpless look on his face and said calmly, "Grandma, calm down, and your grandson will definitely correct it next time." Please remember to bookmark it, the latest and fastest website for free reading without anti-theft