It is not just a person who is worried about his heirs today.In the west courtyard of Rongguo Mansion, Mrs. Wang also gritted her teeth and didn't want Jia Zheng to go on a study tour.

In her opinion, Jia Zheng will be ready to give birth in May, and the two of them have been married for more than three years, which is the time to have a child.But who knew that Jia Zheng wanted to go on a study tour at this time!Husband is not at home, let her children come from!Jia Hu, who hadn't seen the first room, was almost able to run away, but their second room didn't even see a hair of a child.

Coupled with the news from her natal family two days ago, her father-in-law refused to help her brother be transferred back to the Beijing camp in public, which made Wang's heart full of anger.Now that she had finally met Jia Zheng, she was thinking of talking about it, but she was first invited to go on a study tour.

Mrs. Wang quit immediately: "If the gentleman that Second Master is following now is useless, then please ask my father to find another good husband for Second Master. Why bother."

Jia Zheng looked at Wang as if he were an idiot: "Please ask your father to invite Mr. for me?"

Mrs. Wang didn't hear the coldness in Jia Zheng's mouth, and she said proudly: "Even if the master doesn't value the second master and doesn't want to spend his time on the second master, then it's the same if I beg my mother's family to pull the second master out. My father had a lot of connections."

Jia Zheng has already patted the table: "No matter how many people your father knows, what does it matter to me? My Jia family can't even afford a husband, so why do you need your Wang family to bother? Your complaints are also something you should say? My father took me with him when he went to Zhuangzi, and personally invited his staff to teach me to explain my doubts. Why did you say that you didn't pay attention to it? Are you trying to single out our father and son? The relationship still wants us brothers to be at odds?"

Speaking of which, although Jia Zheng was a bit rigid in his daily life, since he got married to Wang, he was considered a good husband and wife, and he had never spoken to her so harshly.This was also the last time when he pleaded with his father for listening to Wang's words, and after being punished, Jia Zheng realized that even though he was the son-in-law of the Wang family, the most important thing was still the children of the Jia family.So today, the Wang family is still using the convenience of the Wang family to seduce him, which is not easy.

Mrs. Wang was also taken aback by Jia Zheng's fury: "I just thought that the second master had to go out to study because of my husband's lack of dedication. So I wanted to share my worries for the second master. I didn't dare to pick anything. Let's talk about study tours. Suffering, far away from home, what can happen to make the world not work well every day, how can the second master bear such a crime."

Seeing that Wang's mouth had softened, and thinking about going out for a year by herself, it would not be easy for her to be at home, so Jia Zheng's voice softened: "It's only a year, and besides, Mr. Tan is with you, how can it be so hard?" go."

"Where is the wife?" Wang asked tentatively.She knew that her husband might be easy to talk to on weekdays, but when he was stubborn, he had an irresistible temper.So I wanted to see if my mother-in-law who was still "recovering from illness" could make him change his mind.

When mentioning his mother, Jia Zheng felt uncomfortable.Even if he knew that there was a reason for his father to put his mother under house arrest, it had been several months and he still had no intention of letting go, which showed that what happened to his mother that day was not a small one.Jia Zheng, who was already deeply afraid of Jia Daishan in his heart, had no choice but to sigh: "My sister-in-law treats her mother very filially, you just learn from it."

Mrs. Wang curled her lips carefully: "Sister-in-law just saves every day. Even if the wife wants to let Hu'er go and talk to her old man to amuse her, sister-in-law refuses." What kind of filial piety is this!

Jia Zheng wanted to slap the table again, why can't this woman remember her lesson!Fortunately, he was still worried about the approaching New Year, so he just put his voice down and said: "You can say how sister-in-law behaves, just do your part."

Wang's heart became more and more dissatisfied, what does it mean to be good for her, there are three juniors in the family, and the elder sister Zhang has an excuse of housekeeping every day, but she just makes arrangements for the wife in the morning and evening.The sister-in-law said every day that she went to school with the nanny in the palace, and she left after she settled down. She was alone, and she had to serve her mother-in-law all the time.

If the mother-in-law is easy to get along with, for the sake of being with her, treat yourself kindly.But the old man didn't know where the anger came from. Seeing that she was the only one around her, not only did she not think of her own good, but also used all the anger on herself!

These cannot be said with Jia Zheng.I made my husband scold me just now for my father-in-law's private intentions. If I send my mother-in-law's private intentions again, maybe he can ask someone to invite his father over.Thinking of what my father asked me to do, I didn't do it well, and now I invite him to come, I'm afraid it will not benefit me.

Situation is stronger than people. Although Wang can't sum up this sentence, it doesn't prevent her from acting on it.So he put down his fervent hope for the child, and asked Jia Zheng when he was leaving, where he was going, and when he would be able to return home.Such a topic is considered safe, and the husband and wife did not have any conflicts.

It's just that when Jia Zheng returned to the mansion this time, he didn't just inform Wang about his study tour.Speaking of which, he is the only male in this mansion now, and Zhang can only ask him to do some things that the male master has to come forward to do.

Even now that Jia Daishan has gone to Zhuangzi, the Rongguo Mansion still has a period of filial piety, but the annual rituals of those old relatives and old families cannot be missed.Some ranks or titles are not as good as those of the Rongguo Mansion, and they can still let the chief steward or the steward come forward, but for other families, it would be rude to only let the chief steward pass the house.

As for the Crown Prince Donggong, this year they even sent an annual gift to the Rongguo Mansion, which already made Mrs. Zhang so worried that her hair was turning gray.The two families who didn't have any friendship in the first place, Donggong gave the New Year's gift first, if the Rongguo Mansion didn't return the gift or the gift returned was too light, it would be disrespectful.And for the butler to go to the East Palace to return the gift, it is the rhythm of his own death - no matter how much face his father-in-law has in front of the saint, this is an act of neglecting the East Palace, and it will inevitably make the prince bear a grudge against the Rongguo Mansion.

Now that Jia Zheng came back, the first place to go was the East Palace.Hearing that he still had such an errand, Jia Zheng was also a little apprehensive.Right now, he is just a white body, and anyone who comes out of Zhan Shifu in the East Palace will be of higher rank than him.

It's just that Mrs. Zhang said it well, he only needs to go to the East Palace with the New Year's ceremony and find the steward in the palace, and he doesn't need to deal with the people in Zhan Shifu.Because speaking of it, although this Zhan Shifu is named in the East Palace, it is also an official of the court, not a steward of the East Palace.

Frustrated and frightened, Jia Zheng still had no choice but to accept the errand.Don't say that Jia Daishan is not in the mansion now, even if he is in the mansion, the old man didn't let him go to the East Palace to return to the New Year ceremony in person.If Jia She was in the mansion, he would be the most suitable candidate.But who made him not at home now?

At this time, the East Palace, even though it is also adjacent to the Imperial Palace, still has the pattern of building a mansion by itself, and there is no need to enter the Imperial Palace.To make Jia Zheng feel that it is better to be in the palace, so that the things sent to Jia's family are rewards, and there is no need to return the gift-who has ever seen the emperor reward someone with something and return the gift?This way he doesn't have to go this time.

Fortunately, at the gate of the East Palace, the imaginary difficulties did not exist.When Menzi heard his name, he smiled brighter than him, and lowered his body: "It turns out that Second Master Jia was face to face, but a slave with poor eyesight. I didn't recognize Second Master Jia. Please don't be surprised. Please, you Inside, please, someone has already reported it to the chief manager."

Jia Zheng followed the door and walked all the way inward, not daring to look around, but only looked down at the toes of his shoes.That doorman is talkative: "Our prince thinks highly of the Duke of the country, thinking of his hard work and his body is about to be raised, so he asked someone to prepare a New Year's gift. Who knows that the second master came here in person after working hard."

Jia Zheng had no choice but to say: "This is what it should be. Originally, Zheng still has filial piety in his body, so he shouldn't offend His Royal Highness. It's just that if he doesn't come, it will be too impolite."

The doorman also smiled: "Please." He let Jia Zheng into the flower hall.Jia Zheng was even more terrified, thinking that he was white, and he was just here to give a New Year's gift. Even if a steward of the East Palace received him, it would not be regarded as treating him poorly—the seventh-rank official in front of the prime minister, let alone the steward of the prince's mansion. ——But this flower hall is obviously not something that a mere steward can use.

While hesitating, a young eunuch had already opened the curtain and reported to the insider: "The second young master of the Rongguo Mansion is here to see you."

Someone inside responded, "Please."

Jia Zheng's face was sweating profusely in this twelfth lunar month: If you use the word Shangjinjian, the person sitting inside must be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!

At this moment, there was no room to back down, and with his heart raised in his throat, Jia Zhengcai bowed carefully and entered the room.From bright to dark, vision blurred for a moment.Jia Zheng didn't dare to stop, he took two steps forward instinctively, and then his sight slowed down.Seeing that a futon had already been placed on the ground, regardless of whether the futon was prepared for him or not, he already knelt down on it, kowtowed upwards and said, "Cao Min sees His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Then I heard a gentle voice from above: "There is no need to be polite, get up and answer." Then I heard that voice say to humanity: "Give me a seat."

Jia Zheng finally kowtowed his head three times before getting up, and under the guidance of the little eunuch, he sat down obliquely.Still not daring to look up, just waiting for the prince to inquire.

Seeing his restraint, the crown prince smiled and said, "Mr. Rong has been heroic all his life, but you are shy. I heard that you went to Zhuangzi to study with Mr. Rong?"

Jia Zheng hurriedly stood up and said, "Yes, my father went to the Zhuangzi to recover from his injuries, and my elder brother sent the spirit back to Jinling, so Cao Min followed my father to serve in the Zhuangzi."

The prince was a little puzzled: "I heard that you have been good at studying since you were young, why don't you have any fame now?" If you have fame, how can you call yourself a student when you meet yourself.

Jia Zheng was a little ashamed and said: "A few years ago, Mr. said that Caomin's books were not enough to give it a try, so Caomin has not yet gained fame."

The crown prince groaned, and asked again: "Accordingly, Rong Guogong should have the quota of Yinsheng of the Imperial Academy, why are you studying at home with your husband?"

Jia Zheng was a little ashamed: "Back to the prince, my father felt that it would be unfair to Caomin's elder brother if Caomin was allowed to use the quota of the Imperial Academy, so he asked Caomin to study his background."

After hearing this, the prince took a while to say: "You don't need to be too polite, just sit and answer." After Jia Zheng sat down, he said: "Mr. Rong is indeed a person who respects rules. It's just that you don't have to take the exam from childhood, but It takes so much effort for Duke Rong to make a single decision, and your elder brother is only a few years older than you, so he has to be crowned heir. Come on, do you have any complaints in your heart?"

The sweat that had just disappeared from Jia Zheng's forehead was seeping out again densely. Even though the crown prince told him to sit and answer, he still lowered his body before answering: "Return to the crown prince. If it is a little There are no complaints, that's a lie. But my father also taught the grass-roots people that one day the grass-minds will be separated from the mansion to live elsewhere. At that time, there will be no such conditions for the grass-minds to think that they are not good enough. If you work hard, you can still gain support. Therefore, it is better to start from now on, and the grass-roots learn to rely on themselves in everything."

The prince pondered for a while, and then said: "You can only rely on yourself for everything? Then how can your elder brother be sealed as the son of the world, and you don't need to rely on yourself for everything?"

Jia Zheng actually smiled, but when he remembered that the prince was in front of him, his smile disappeared: "Caomin also asked my father like this. But my father said that this is something stipulated by the national law and family law, and there is nothing he can do about it." .It’s just that the elder brother of the caomin, he also started as a big soldier in the army. If he doesn’t have merit, he won’t even be allowed to go home. Whether he can get the approval of everyone in the army depends entirely on his own performance.”

It's not that Jia Daishan didn't say this to the prince, but seeing Jia Zheng so convincingly confide in Jia Daishan's arrangement for the two brothers, the prince couldn't help but sigh in his heart. , just thinking about taking his crown prince.

Fortunately, now the father has seen the ambition of the second child, and he has many warnings to his actions.These things can't be said, and they got the power of Rong Guogong again.It made the prince feel that this Rong Guogong's behavior is really confusing:

Say he doesn't get close to me, but he was the one who rescued me from my father's place, and he was the one who prompted my father to change his brother's place of participation in politics. It was Jingli Xungui's family who took care of his children and clansmen. I heard it all his opinion.All these things, saying that he was not showing favor to him, the prince felt guilty even thinking about it.

But saying that he was close to him, the prince felt even more guilty.My own uncle only went to his village three times, and he asked him to give him a ticket and refused to let him go. He said that if he always went, he would have to give his father a ticket, which was too troublesome.But now, I was approving An Zhezi for my father every day, and I didn't see a word of Rong Guogong in it.That is to say, there is a secret fold.No matter what his uncle said to him, he must have reported it to his father.

Such a courtier, the prince couldn't help shaking his head.He couldn't tell what Jia Daishan did wrong, and after he ascended the throne, he naturally hoped that his subjects would know everything about him.But now he has not ascended the throne, and he hopes that Jia Daishan can have reservations about his father.

"Your father told you," the prince thought about his words before he said, "If you become an official, how should you treat your majesty?"

Jia Zheng really wanted to take out his handkerchief to wipe off his sweat, but he was afraid that the king would lose his appearance, so he had to hold back and said: "Back to the prince, my father once said that the only way for a minister to treat the king is to be sincere. Make up for it through learning, but this loyalty must be established from the beginning, this cannot be made up for no matter how many things you do afterwards.”

it is as expected.Hearing the expected answer, the prince didn't know what to think.I chatted with Jia Zheng for a while, heard that he was going to go out to study after the new year, and encouraged him, so he let him go back.

After leaving the Crown Prince's East Palace, Jia Zheng realized that his back was already cold. It was obvious that he was sweating profusely when he answered the Crown Prince's question just now.It's just that now it's not that he is worried about whether he will get a cold, but he wants to go back and ask Mr. Tan whether he is responding appropriately, and whether the questions he answers will cause trouble for his family.

Because Jia Zheng knew that if his answer would really bring trouble to the mansion, then his father might throw himself out of the mansion himself and never recognize his son again.

After Jia Zheng left, the prince also looked into the inner room, only to see Zhang Jie, the Marquis of Cheng En, had come out when the curtain was raised.The prince asked: "Uncle heard it all?"

Zhang Jie nodded and said, "Of course I heard it. This Jia Zheng," Zhang Jie shook his head, "I don't know who he followed, but he has nothing in common with Rong Guogong."

The prince also laughed and said, "It turns out that Rong Guogong said that he was stupid in reading, but I still don't believe it. But now, it seems that he is really a sincere scholar." The meaning of ridicule in the words made Zhang Jie also smile.After laughing, Zhang Jie said, "But his words are also believable."

The crown prince nodded and said: "Indeed. Today he just came to the East Palace for a New Year's Eve ceremony, and he didn't know that I would meet him. Besides, I heard that he has been back to Beijing for two days. Even Duke Rong would not know that he has a trip today. It can be seen His answers to those questions were also from the bottom of his heart.”

Zhang Jie nodded: "I also thought that Rong Guogong acted a little bit, but now it seems that I have a villainous heart."

The crown prince sighed: "But now he is more loyal to his father."

Zhang Jie had already let go of his prejudice against Jia Daishan, and persuaded him, "I think it's better that way. It is because he is loyal to the sage that the sage will trust him more. And what he is doing now is in the interests of His Highness." , then it doesn't matter who he is loyal to."

"But what if one day?" The prince hesitated for a moment, but still asked.

Zhang Jie shook his head and said, "If Your Highness can really follow Rong Guogong's advice, there will never be that day. Your Highness hasn't seen you recently, the saint has reprimanded the second prince a lot, and even the virtuous concubine has already surrendered." Status, lost the title? This all happened after His Highness enforced the law of Rong Guogong."

The prince nodded emphatically, isn't it just filial, obedient, able to withstand the exclusion of his brothers, and show his father to be weak? He just does it.Compared with the comfortable days in the next few decades, the uncomfortable days of these few years are nothing!What's more, every time he was squeezed out by the second prince, his father would find out in time, and he would find him a place without stopping, making him think that he had returned to the time when his father taught him himself.

Does the royal father also feel this way?The prince thought uncertainly.

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