Zhu Hao is now a man with a family. He goes out for a while and always comes back to visit.
Otherwise, if the wife goes back to her parents’ home to complain, what will happen?
But Zhu Hao also knew that Sun Lan would not do this. He had done even more outrageous things than leaving home and not returning home. The couple was already in name only, so what was wrong with giving each other freedom?
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Do we still have to be tired of being together every day if we don’t have feelings?
Zhu Hao politely returned to the place where Sun Lan lived. Strictly speaking, this place could only be regarded as a "separate courtyard".
In the yard.
Chun Yu, the dowry maid, was directing the two maids to tidy up, as if she was the chief maid. Probably in this feudal and conservative era, the weak would demonstrate against the weaker. Zhu Hao had nothing to say about the competitiveness that was engraved in his bones.
As long as Chunyu doesn't go too far, he won't interfere.
"I've met the master."
Chun Yu was a little nervous when she saw Zhu Hao.
Compared to the young lady, Zhu Hao makes her unable to see through it. If the master of his own family gets violent and directly sells her to another family, she will have no way to redress her grievances.
Zhu Hao asked calmly: "What are you doing?"
There were originally some furnishings in the yard, but they have all been moved to one side. The vacant space is being tidied up and organized. It seems that the yard is being used for other purposes.
Chun Yu said: "Miss... Madam said that we need to tidy up the place and put some potted plants after spring. This will make the yard a little lively."
I didn't realize it, but Sun Lan is a woman who likes to grow flowers and grass.
It's nothing to Zhu Hao. Women these days should really find some spiritual sustenance for themselves. Otherwise, what can they do if they can't get out of the door?
Being raised in a cage as a canary?
"Um."
Zhu Hao nodded and walked to the master bedroom next to the main room.
When we got to the door, the door was closed tightly. In winter, there is a big temperature difference between indoor and outdoor, so we would not open the door casually.
Chunyu went over and knocked on the door: "Madam, the master is back."
There was a rustling sound coming from inside, but it didn't sound like she was putting on clothes, but more like she was arranging papers or something. After the door opened, Zhu Hao walked in and found that Sun Lan had some avoidance on his face.
I laughed secretly in my heart, and those who didn't know better thought I was coming back to catch someone raping someone.
Sun Lan came up to greet Zhu Hao and bowed without saying a word.
The two were really inseparable. Since they were not married, Sun Lan didn't know whether to call Mr. Zhu Hao, Master, or "Mr. Zhu"?
"Is Madam good at painting and calligraphy?"
Zhu Hao looked at the table. The papers on which he wrote had been simply sorted out, but the blank rice paper, brushes, inkstones and other four treasures of the study had not been tidied up in time. Sun Lan originally came from a scholarly family, so it was not surprising that he knew these things.
Zhu Hao could not help but think of Princess Ning Lou Suzhen who came from the same scholarly family.
Suddenly, I felt that the two people were somewhat similar not only from their origins to their behavior, but even their appearance.
Long lost sister?
Zhu Hao shook his head mockingly and gave up this outrageous idea.
Sun Lan pushed aside the last unpacked rice paper on the table and said, "I usually write and draw."
Chun Yu said in a flattering tone from the side: "My young lady has very good calligraphy and is good at all kinds of poetry and painting. My master has always praised her..."
After being glared at by Sun Lan, Chun Yu stepped aside knowingly and said nothing.
Zhu Hao couldn't help but smile. This grandson may be too fond of his daughter. He has been recuperating in his hometown for the past few years and exposed his daughter to poetry and painting when he had nothing to do. Does this mean that he wants to train his daughter to become Li Qingzhao of the Ming Dynasty?
"This is very good. You should know that my enlightenment teacher Tang Bohu is unparalleled in poetry and painting. If I have time, I will take you to see him." Zhu Hao said.
Sun Lan continued to remain silent. She did not feel that it was an honor to be taken by her husband to meet Tang Bohu.
Zhu Hao suddenly thought of something.
Since the newlywed wife has a certain culture, why not let her help him teach girls... Don’t you have nothing to do?
What Lou Suzhen and Mrs. Gongsun can do, you should do better.
For women with certain ambitions in this era, being able to carry out educational work within a reasonable range can indeed satisfy their career aspirations.
Although he had such thoughts, Zhu Hao was not in a hurry to say it.
"I'll go see my mother with you later," Zhu Hao said. "I haven't come back for the New Year. Have you visited her?"
"Never." Sun Lan said.
How can a woman go out casually when her husband is not here? Even if she just married into the Zhu family and needs to have a good relationship with her mother-in-law, she cannot leave the house casually.
Zhu Hao nodded: "Yeah. Pack up and get ready to go out."
He happened to walk to the side where there was a pile of rice paper that Sun Lan had written and organized. He picked up one and read it. It was just a few sentences of a poem. After reading it, Zhu Hao almost wanted to vomit blood. He suddenly saw the words "The Rolling Yangtze River Passes East".
"Water" sentence, but obviously only half of it was written.
Zhu Hao originally wanted to ask where you heard these words, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.
Don't bring trouble to yourself.
He takes his newlywed daughter-in-law back to pay New Year greetings, and then sends her back, and he has to go back quickly to review the backlog of memorials.
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Zhu Hao took Sun Lan to see Zhu Niang.
Zhu Niang and Li Niang asked Sun Lan non-stop, but they all asked about "not suitable for children", and they did not care about the presence of the two brothers Zhu Hao and Zhu Ting.
Zhu Hao said: "Mom, I just brought her back for a visit. We will leave in a while."
"Why are you in such a hurry? Didn't you just come back from a business trip? If you have anything to do... you go first and let mother talk to your wife..."
Because Zhu Niang was not familiar with her daughter-in-law, even if she knew Sun Lan's name, she was embarrassed to address her directly.
Sun Lan sat there, looking awkward and uneasy.
Zhu Hao sighed and was about to go to the yard outside to take a look when he noticed that Zhu Ting kept moving closer to Sun Lan. This sister was already fourteen years old and it was almost time to find her husband's family. She was currently in adolescence.
She is very keen on establishing a good relationship with her sister-in-law.
"Come out and don't join in the fun."
Zhu Hao called Zhu Ting, and Zhu Ting followed Zhu Hao to the yard unhappily.
Zhu Hao asked: "How is your classwork? Have you finished studying all the books I gave you before?"
"Um."
Zhu Ting talks very little.
She was born a concubine and had no father since she was a child. Her only brother was still studying in the palace and had very little contact with her, which made her feel somewhat inferior.
Zhu Hao asked: "If you are asked to teach some girls to read, do you have the ability to do so?"
Zhu Ting's eyes widened, obviously she didn't understand what was going on.
At this time, there was a knock on the door. Xiaobai passed by and came back quickly and said: "Master, a military master came outside and asked you to go back early."
Zhu Hao nodded and then let Zhu Ting go. He went inside and told his mother that there was something urgent, and then took Sun Lan out of the house.
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The person who came to find him was naturally the person sent by Zhu Si, or Lu Song himself.
It stands to reason that Lu Song should go home to reunite with his wife and children after being away for a long time, but this time Lu Song obviously came here for something urgent.
Originally, Zhu Hao wanted to send Sun Lan back, but Lu Song said that the matter was urgent and Zhu Hao had to go back immediately.
"What's up?"
Zhu Hao asked.
Lu Song came over and whispered: "That's it. I just got the news that someone in the palace set a fire in the small room behind Qingning Palace. Because Mr. Zhu warned in advance, he caught the person on the spot. It was secretly
Take him to the imperial prison... Your Majesty will ask you to go over and interrogate him together."
If Lu Song hadn't mentioned it, Zhu Hao would have almost forgotten about it.
It was a few months ago that Zhu Hao warned that someone might set fire to the palace, but nothing happened.
But it was precisely because he mentioned it that Zhu Si felt relieved. For fear that someone would do something bad to my mother, he simply sent a special person to stand guard around Qingning Palace and keep a careful eye on it.
Zhu Hao said: "What just happened?"
"yes."
Lu Songdao.
Zhu Hao sneered and said: "You are very courageous to set a fire in broad daylight. It seems that we should find out the culprit behind the scenes."
As a result, Zhu Hao couldn't send Sun Lan back, so he said to Lu Song: "Send a few royal guards to escort me secretly. I'm afraid someone will do something bad to my family."
"clear."
Lu Song saw Zhu Hao's caution and hurriedly escorted Zhu Hao's newlywed wife back to his house.
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When Zhu Hao returned to his official residence, Zhu Si was sitting upright and angrily staring at the commander of the Jinyi Guards, Zhu Chen, opposite him.
Zhang Zuo stood there with a very reserved expression, but Tang Yin was nowhere to be seen.
Seeing Zhu Hao come back, everyone was relieved. Finally, there was someone who could communicate with the emperor normally.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhu is back."
Zhang Zuo reminded.
Zhu Si stood up and walked to Zhu Hao with a look of grievance on his face. He was about to cry: "Zhu Hao, you are right. Someone actually dares to attack my mother! I guess they will have to operate on me next."
ah!"
The people present did not know what the little emperor thought before, they only thought that Zhu Si was sulking.
Through the conversation between Zhu Si and Zhu Hao, they learned that in addition to being angry, Zhu Si also had fear.
Zhu Hao sighed: "Your Majesty is overly worried. I have said before that if someone really sets a fire, they just want your Majesty to give up pursuing and canonizing Emperor Xingxian. After Xingxian, their purpose is not to set fire to hurt people...
As for His Majesty's safety, I believe Commander Zhu will do a good job for them."
Zhu Chen hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Majesty, I will definitely live up to your expectations!"
After hearing Zhu Hao's comforting words, Zhu Si's expression improved a little.
Zhang Zuo said hurriedly: "Now that we have caught him, she is actually a little palace maid. No one dares to believe it... But it is said that there is a little eunuch behind the scenes. How should we investigate now?"
During the day, the little palace maid set fire, and ordered the eunuch behind the scenes...
Zhu Hao thought about it in his mind and figured out that the culprit probably didn't dare to attack his own people easily, for fear of being found out, so he hired someone to act on behalf of the dead ghost. It's not easy to find out the instigator.
And at the end of the investigation, it is very likely that Empress Dowager Zhang and Yang Tinghe will be traced.
Even some old eunuchs in the palace, Xiao Jing and others could not completely stay out of the matter.
Finding out the culprit behind the scenes is not the real purpose of this thorough investigation.
"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter how you check. Whether you can find out or not is another matter..."
Zhu Hao said solemnly, "The first task now is to use this as an opportunity to let people in the court know that there are people who will do whatever it takes to win the hearts and minds of His Majesty. This is the most important thing."