Chapter 727 The Zhou Mansion in the Capital
Even though Mrs. Liu has never been to the capital, she still heard about it. Especially along the way, she heard that the capital is divided into the outer city, the inner city, the imperial city, and the Forbidden City.
It is said that the outer city is mostly populated by ordinary people, the inner city is populated by dignitaries or wealthy families, and the imperial city is populated by princes and nobles. The rest of the Forbidden City is, of course, unclear. Naturally, the people living here are today’s family.
The sky was getting dark, and the wind was still biting in the capital in the first month of the year. It was difficult to raise the car curtain. Listening to the movement outside, Mrs. Liu guessed that she was about to enter the inner city.
Just when she thought she would arrive at the Zhou Mansion soon, she never thought that she had guessed correctly. The carriage slowly stopped and passed through another city gate inspection and entered the inner city, but it was not the end at all.
Passed another city gate.
Could it be that he entered the imperial city?
Ms. Liu thought about it carefully, and she could be sure that she had never heard anyone mention that the Zhou Mansion was in the imperial city. However, before going out, she heard her family Liu Lang mention that the imperial court would return the Zhou Mansion.
Could it be that I thought wrongly, Master Zhou didn’t want the hereditary title passed down from his ancestors, but returned the Duke Liang’s mansion as a reward today?
"We're almost there, look over there -" Mrs. Zhou said, lifting a corner of the curtain, turning her head to signal Liu to come closer, "Looking from here, Xia'er's house is on the right."
On the right?
Looking at the house that could not be reached because the carriage could not move very quickly, and the gate of the house that could not be seen, Mrs. Liu could not help but be startled, "How many times did you enter the yard?"
"No. It’s not as big as Yuyuan.”
“…” Dare you say, what kind of territory is Yuyuan? Mrs. Liu asked in an uncertain tone, "Does this count as the imperial city beyond the inner city?"
Mrs. Zhou couldn't help laughing, nodded, leaned slightly closer to Mrs. Liu's ear and whispered back: "This place was originally the first place. The house given to the eldest sister by the Empress Dowager. ”
Liu said she was frightened.
"The former Empress Dowager was the aunt of the former Empress Dowager, and the former Empress Dowager was also the eldest sister and aunt. The Zhou Mansion was powerful at that time, and the former Empress Dowager and the Emperor were innocently affected.
Wait until something happened to the Zhou Mansion Son, the Empress Dowager sent someone privately to find Mr. Gao The eldest sister was protected by the people. The eldest sister accompanied Mrs. Gao to the Gao Mansion to save my husband."
No wonder she was not the royal family surnamed Liang, but she could be named the county head, and she could still save her mother when the disaster came. Mr. Zhou, the cousin of the clan, is a direct descendant of the family.
Thanks to her, the couple thought that Mr. Zhou had not yet entered the family tree as the old son said, and he escaped to Yangzhou Mansion with the help of his loyal servants and Mrs. Gao.
Since there are people in the royal family, and the Zhou family is still a relative of the emperor, it is not surprising that Mrs. Gao didn't let Sanya go home until Sanya's master left.
"What about Mrs. Gao?"
Mrs. Zhou was relieved immediately. It made sense. She was worthy of being the mother who gave birth to my uncle. "Xia'er knows all these old things. .
But this child, she feels deeply for Ruowu Gaofu, She had no chance to meet her eldest sister, and she always believed that no matter what the reason was, she owed the Gaofu a great debt of gratitude.
The child is a good child, even if -" Mrs. Zhou pointed her finger to the sky, "I mentioned my eldest sister to her uncle before. Shi also praised this child for being as affectionate and righteous as a big sister.
Xia'er is very much like the eldest sister..."
Is it true today?
Ms. Liu found that she had been frightened by Mrs. Zhou during this period. She was so frightened that she became numb, and finally calmed down. He calmed down and was about to speak when the carriage stopped again.
“We’re here. "
Ms. Liu couldn't help but look at Mrs. Zhou resentfully. She didn't know how similar her expression was to the old daughter-in-law's coquettish expression on her.
No, Mrs. Zhou couldn't help but chuckle, secretly saying that she understood why Zhou Molan mentioned in the letter that her Xia'er not only respected his wife, but was as close as mother and daughter. Such a mother-in-law who knows everything at once, who is neither humble nor arrogant, can say anything on any occasion, and who is sober even when shocked, is really a wonderful person.
Her family, Xia'er, has a discerning eye and is a good porter.
Even if Xia'er doesn't know about the Ninth Prince and doesn't enter the Ninth Prince's backyard, he really wants to let Xia'er recruit a son-in-law according to the master's previous considerations. How can this marriage be more beneficial to Xia'er.
Thinking of the Ninth Prince, Mrs. Zhou’s eyes flashed, she shook her head and smiled, “Don’t rush down, we’ll go down after we get in, they get along very well.
Especially our mother-in-law, she has heard Sister Hui talk a lot about how good you are. She has long wanted to see you and your siblings, so don’t be frightened by her later. ”
Ms. Liu understood what Mrs. Zhou meant. On the way from Zhoujia Village to Beijing, she had heard about the history of the Qi Mansion, including some things that happened after Mrs. Qi San married into the Qi Mansion.
Like the third bedroom of the Qi Mansion now, the two-bedroom concubine is the maidservant who served the third master Qi earlier. Mrs. Qi San did not drive anyone away after entering the house, but she could not tolerate the third master Qi again. Taking concubines.
For this reason, as the current emperor, who was still a prince earlier, ascended the throne, and the value of Third Master Qi also increased, there were more things that he wanted to do with women.
Among them was Mrs. Qi's plan to make her brother-in-law, Mr. Qi, take her natal cousin as a concubine, but Mrs. Qi was slapped twice
As a younger sister-in-law, even the eldest sister-in-law dared to slap the two of her on the spot in front of her mother-in-law. Since then, the in-laws have finally stopped thinking about it.
She is worthy of being an aunt who comes from a family of military commanders. She is a very tough woman. She is also a woman who knows how to choose the right moment to kill chickens and scare monkeys to establish her power.
The Qi Mansion that was given back seemed very big. In the midst of Liu's thoughts, he saw the carriage he was riding in stopped for a while, then moved forward slowly, stopped again, and then got into the sedan.
Staying in the sedan chair almost made her think she was leaving the imperial city. The sedan chair had stopped. When she got out of the sedan chair, it was already dark, and there were a row of red lanterns and palace lanterns outside.
It’s spectacular.
She finally understood why Zhou Molan still felt that Yuyuan was not festive enough during the Chinese New Year and approved of her old son putting up lanterns and streamers everywhere.
For a moment, Ms. Liu couldn't think about what Mrs. Zhou said before about how close this place was to the house where Zhou Banxia was married.
Mrs. Zhou was very good at making arrangements. Without her, her mother-in-law and Xiaobai having to speak, Mrs. Zhou invited them in to have a sip of hot tea before meeting the guests.
It’s said to be drinking tea, but actually it’s just washing up.
This move was exactly what Mr. Liu and others wanted. No matter how he stopped for a short rest in a teahouse near the capital, his clothes would be wrinkled and his bun would be untidy after spending most of the day.
Since it was late at this time, the guests were still waiting in the flower hall in the inner courtyard of the Zhou Mansion. There was no need for Mrs. Liu to wink, as Mrs. Li was also very fast.
Faster than them, the male guests in the outer courtyard also welcomed Mr. Qi, who had come in a hurry after going to the office on errands, as well as several gentlemen whom he had never met after hearing about their names for a long time.
Among them, there is Boss Zhao at the end.
Gu Erzhu thought that he was pretty smart. Zhou Huan was not in Beijing, and it involved his child's marriage. It was easy to understand that his senior brothers would come to entertain him, but he never expected that even this person would arrive tonight.
It sounds like Boss Zhao, who still takes advantage of him as the second brother, seems to have gained a lot of weight, but has his head shrunk along with it?