Chapter 1400 Shangguan Liu

After leaving the yamen, Zhou Shuren returned home but did not see his wife in the main courtyard. After asking, he found out that his wife was taking care of Chongsun in Mingyun's courtyard. She waited until he changed his clothes and read two articles before coming back.

Zhulan walked in with a smile on her face, "Zhixuan is so energetic, he seemed to know me, he shouted "oh oh" as soon as he saw me."

Zhou Shuren, "How can a child who hasn't even left the confinement period get to know people? This is all your psychological effect."

"Can't you just make me happy?"

"Yes, I have good news to tell you, the news you care about most."

Zhulan asked anxiously, "But is there any news about the twins?"

Zhou Shuren nodded, "Yes, I not only have news about them, but also letters from them saying they are safe."

"Where is the faith?"

"I asked Shen Xing to give Jiang Sheng the letter from the twins to their parents."

Zhulan chanted Amitabha, "It's good that everyone is safe. Now that there is news, everyone can rest assured."

Zhou Shuren put down the book and stared at his wife's folded hands. "I find that you like chanting Amitabha more and more now."

"When I get older, I get used to saying the phrase, 'entrustment', entrustment in my heart."

Zhou Shuren pulled his wife to sit down. "The emperor didn't explain it to me clearly. He only told me that the twins are safe now. But he also hinted to me that they won't be able to come back for a year or two."

"These two troublesome kids, I will give them a good beating when they come back."

Zhou Shuren smiled and said, "Well, I have already figured out how to deal with them."

"How do I clean it up?"

"Let them be written backwards, and be beaten with a stick for each wrong word."

Zhulan, "...Okay."

Should she now be worried about how many beatings the twins will receive?

The next day, the palace maid arrived at the mansion and said, "Madam, there are only princesses and princesses in the palace. The Queen Mother thinks it is too cold, so she selected a few young ladies to stay in the palace for a few days, one young lady from each family. A maid will come to pick up Miss Zhou tomorrow."

Zhulan, "Well, I will wait for the lady-in-waiting to arrive tomorrow."

The female official had to go to other houses to give notice, so she left after a short while.

Zhulan called several daughters-in-law over and explained the purpose of the female official's visit. "What do you think?"

The eldest wife no longer had any concubines, and Li did not express any opinion. Instead, she looked at her second and fourth brothers' wives.

Zhao didn't want her daughter to enter the palace, but she knew it herself. After thinking for a while, she said, "I'll listen to my mother."

Su Xuan was much more straightforward, "Mom, Yuwen is very lazy, she is not suitable to enter the palace."

Zhulan already understood what her two daughters-in-law meant. She also felt that Yudie and Yuwen were not suitable to enter the palace. These two granddaughters were too individualistic. The palace was a strange place. But she was the mother-in-law and she needed to treat them all equally, so she asked.

Zhulan, "Yuyi's personality is the most suitable, but Yuyi is almost at the age of engagement, so Yuyi is not suitable. Yujiao is about the same age as Linxi and they play well together. Her advantage is that she is young, so if there is a problem, we can use her age as an excuse. Yujiao is cute and naive but also smart, so we should choose Yujiao to enter the palace for a few days."

She was still thinking in her heart, why did the Queen Mother choose the girl to live in the palace for a while when she didn't choose earlier or later? What was the consideration behind this? Anyway, no matter what, the girl of the Zhou family was safe. It was a wise move for the Zhou family not to marry into the royal family again, but they had to be careful not to be used by others.

Li said, "Mother's analysis is correct. Yujiao is indeed the most suitable."

Zhao continued, "I will be entering the palace tomorrow. What do you need to bring for Yujiao?"

Su Xuan, "Bring more silver. There are many little ghosts in the palace. No one will dare to look down on you if you are generous with your silver."

Zhulan called Qingxue and asked her to exchange some small change for silver. There were many large-denomination silver bars at home, which were inconvenient to put in her purse.

Zhulan then took out the golden melon seeds and silver peanuts left over from the Chinese New Year and put them into two small boxes.

Because Mrs. Dong was not around, Mrs. Li, the eldest aunt, prepared some banknotes for the Li family members, Mrs. Zhao prepared some exquisite jewelry and some delicate purses, and Su Xuan prepared expensive jewelry so that they would not be looked down upon.

Zhulan has also prepared other things. As the saying goes, clothes make the man, and there is no shortage of palace maids who look down on others. There are too many people who judge people by their clothes and jewelry.

She also sent people to inquire about other girls who had entered the palace, including the girl from Ninghou's Mansion, the girl from the Wen family, etc. There were quite a few who had entered the palace, as many as eight families.

In Xi County, the King of Qi had no intention of setting off. He said to the Crown Prince, "This trip is mainly for sightseeing. There is no rush. Your Highness can go around and have a look."

The prince rolled his eyes in his heart, he didn't believe that the reason why his uncle stayed in Xi County was so simple. He looked out the window. Xi County was a wealthy county town with a lot of people coming and going. He could see the people entering the city and the hawking of vendors, making the streets very lively.

This trip was not very ostentatious, as it was disguised as a caravan. There were many caravans across the country at the time, so it was not very conspicuous.

The prince stood up and said, "Then I will look around."

Prince Qi narrowed his eyes. The Crown Prince really trusted him and was not afraid that he would have other ideas. Then he drank the wine in the glass. He was out traveling with the Crown Prince. The entire Prince Qi's Mansion was in the capital. If he really dared to do anything, his father would be able to kill him without the Emperor having to do anything.

The prince was about to go out, and the young master who came with him this time kept a close eye on his movements. Mingrui was flipping through a book and had no intention of competing to follow him out.

Don't think that there are many fights between women. Mingrui has broadened her horizons during this trip. The fights between the women were really exciting.

Mingrui was reading a book when the prince's personal bodyguard knocked on the door, "Mingrui, our master wants to see you."

Mingrui, "......"

Whatever you fear will come true, but he remains calm. The prince meets him for the first time after being away from the capital for a few days.

When Mingrui arrived, there were already two young masters standing next to the prince, one from the Wen family and the other from the Shangguan family. Both were related to the prince. The Wen family was his mother's family, and the Shangguan family was his future wife's family. Plus, since he was related to the royal family, it was very good, and the remaining young masters had no chance to compete.

Mingrui did not show any courtesy. In order to hide his identity outside, he did not need to show any courtesy.

The prince smiled and said, "Cousin, we are waiting for you."

Mingrui was startled. Well, considering his status, he was indeed his cousin. He moved his lips and said, "I'm late."

He really couldn't call him cousin.

Wen Xu's lips twitched slightly. He was the prince's more serious cousin. The prince had not been so enthusiastic when he called him cousin just now. His eyes looked much deeper as he looked at Zhou Mingrui.

Shangguan Liu glanced at the Second Young Master Wen with a half-smile. This eldest son of the second branch of the Wen family was told by his father to try not to have much contact with the Wen family. Judging from the attitude of the prince, it was indeed necessary not to have much contact with them.

The prince seemed not to notice the looks from the other young masters. He opened the fan in his hand and said, "The weather is nice today. Let's go out for a walk."

Mingrui was the youngest. Wenxu caught up with the prince first. Shangguan Liu did not rush to leave, but walked side by side with Mingrui.

Shangguan Liu, "Mr. Zhou has been in the carriage the whole time. I have wanted to visit him several times but never had the chance. Today I would like to formally introduce myself to you. I am Shangguan Liu, the third child in the family. My two older brothers have already served as officials in the imperial court."

He was not willing to come, but he had no choice because his two older brothers had become officials in the court and now it was his turn.

Mingrui, "Hello, I am the third child in my family. One of my two elder brothers is an official in the court, and the other is already working alone."