From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 422

The wine was really comfortable to drink. The old father-in-law was very talkative, humorous, and full of wisdom. It seemed that there was endless talk with him.

"Father-in-law, do you want a granddaughter or a grandson?"

Zhou Yuan asked vaguely while eating meat.

Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said, "It's all good. A granddaughter is my little cotton-padded jacket, and a grandson is my little sweetheart. I don't pick either one."

"But your mother-in-law must want a grandson. Who let you have a big family before? Jianjia's position as the wife is at risk, which makes your mother-in-law worried."

Zhou Yuan immediately said, "What are you talking about? Jianjia will always be my best wife."

He found that his father-in-law was sneering.

"You kid..."

Zhao Cheng took a sip from the wine glass and said with a smile: "When you two were in Yunzhou, you had a conflict, and I was still advising you not to get angry with Jianjia."

Zhou Yuan said quickly: "Didn't you just get together at that time? There must be conflicts. Slowly get along."

Zhao Cheng said: "Now you know how good Jianjia is? I tell you, the daughter raised by me, Zhao Cheng, can't be bad!"

"Don't look at her temper, she is a little arrogant, but she is responsible, responsible, and broad-minded."

"Such a woman can help you manage the family, and can help you take care of other family members when something big happens. You kid should be happy."

Zhou Yuan said solemnly: "This must be a toast to my father-in-law. My father-in-law taught me well. It is my blessing to marry Jianjia in three lifetimes."

"Hehe!"

Zhao Cheng smiled with his eyes narrowed, nodded and said: "I like to hear this, no But... I heard that you are a romantic boy!"

Zhou Yuan was startled and almost spilled the wine in his glass: "Father-in-law, don't listen to slander. Your son-in-law has many enemies and malicious slander is inevitable."

Zhao Cheng said: "How do you explain Princess Qinshui? How do you explain Princess Bishui? How do you explain the courtesan? How do you explain Xue Ningyue? How do those old widows in the Central Plains explain?"

"Pure slander! Absolute rumors!"

Zhou Yuan said loudly: Princess Qinshui and I have nothing to do with each other. Princess Bishui and I are friends. We do serious things. As for the courtesan, she is Jianjia's good sister. "

"Ningyue... ahem, that Ningyue Jianjia agrees. She is in charge of the affairs of the harem."

"As for those old widows in the Central Plains, it's all Zhang Bailong's nonsense!"

Zhao Cheng patted his shoulder and chuckled, "Don't get excited. I just said it casually..."

Zhou Yuan was relieved.

Zhao Cheng suddenly said, "But Princess Qinshui is in Jiangxi recently. It is said that she is doing something for you. It seems that she is also looking for a woman..."

Ah, my headache...

Is this crazy woman really looking for Xiaoying all over the country!

The news has reached my old father-in-law, Cao.

After three rounds of wine, it's time to say goodbye.

Zhao Cheng whispered: "Ziyi, where are you going next?"

"Guangzhou."

Zhao Cheng said: "Why?"

Zhou Yuan smiled and said: "It's far from the capital, and the culture is also prosperous. The key is that Guangzhou has developed too fast in the past one or two hundred years. Chaozhou merchants are a big piece of fat meat. I also want to take a bite!"

Zhao Cheng was puzzled and said: "Is that all?"

Zhou Yuan said: "There is a war over there. I have to go and see the situation. Knowing yourself and the enemy, you can fight a hundred battles without danger."

Zhao Cheng nodded and squinted and said: "The matchlock guns in the hands of the Portuguese are good things. If we can get the technology, it will be amazing."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "In fact, I have this idea. The refilling fire guns of the Jin Dynasty are too backward."

This sentence made Zhao Cheng silent for a long time.

Then he sighed softly and said with emotion: "When did the children of the Han family fall to the point of envying others? Ziyi, a scholar must be broad-minded and resolute, and the responsibility is heavy and the road is long."

Zhou Yuan said seriously: "Ziyi understands, and he will definitely do his best."

Zhao Cheng stood up, pulled his collar, and said slowly: "Good boy, don't save the world, be yourself."

"Go, go to the south."

Zhou Yuan was full of emotion, but he could only laugh softly.

He walked down the stairs slowly, his steps were much lighter.

Seeing Zhou Yuan coming down the stairs, Zhuang Xuansu stood up immediately and said: "Zhou Yuan, are you okay? Who did you meet?"

Zhou Yuan said: "My father-in-law, are you going to see him too?"

"That's not necessary..."

Zhuang Xuansu's face was a little strange. How come Zhou Yuan seemed to have changed? He seemed to have returned to the way he was when he first met him, and he didn't hide anything.

She stood there in a daze, thinking about what these two people had done.

Zhou Yuan stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes.

Zhuang Xuansu woke up as if from a dream, with an unnatural look on her face: "Why?What happened?"

Zhou Yuan said: "You're not leaving? If you don't leave, I'll leave!"

He strode out, followed by the man in black.

Zhuang Xuansu hurriedly said: "Wait for me!"

She ran to Zhou Yuan's side and couldn't help asking: "Where are we going now!"

Zhou Yuan said: "Get on the boat and head south to Guangzhou Prefecture."

"But we haven't eaten yet!"

"I have eaten, and I've had a few glasses of wine!"

Zhuang Xuansu was immediately furious and gritted his teeth and said: "You eat meat and drink wine upstairs, and we drink tea downstairs!"

Zhou Yuan couldn't help laughing and said: "Who made you so stupid that you don't know how to eat, go back to the boat and eat."

"No, the food on the boat is too bad."

Zhuang Xuansu said: "Zhou Yuan, wait a little longer, at least help us pack a few portions, spend a little more money."

Zhou Yuan said: "It's better if you pay. "

"Too stingy, I only have that little salary, three hundred taels of silver a year, and I have to save it."

"Then don't eat."

The two quarreled until they got on the boat, and Zhou Yuan finally got annoyed.

"Okay!"

Zhou Yuan turned around and said, "No need to say so much on purpose, I don't need comfort, I'm in a good mood now, and I'm going to have a good sleep."

He went straight into the cabin. He drank too much and it was time to sleep.

Zhuang Xuansu stopped and frowned slightly.

She couldn't help but look at the man in black beside her and said, "What do you think he has become? How did he know that I was comforting him?"

The man in black said lightly, "Because you said too much today, a taciturn person deliberately said so much, and it was all the words that only little girls would say. It's too obvious, everyone can see it. "

After saying that, the man in black also left.

Zhuang Xuansu couldn't help scratching her head, confused. What kind of words would a little girl say? Am I not a girl?

She looked back at the busy dock and couldn't help but sigh slowly.

This Zhou Yuan's temper is like the weather at sea, unpredictable.

But His Majesty wants me to comfort him and persuade him as much as possible. This job is really difficult!

She recalled that the day after the assassination case ended, His Majesty suddenly summoned her.

"Xuansu, you take a group of people to protect Zhou Yuan. He should be heading south."

"It's very dangerous along the way, but with his means, he won't be killed."

"Your main task is to protect his safety, but there is another more important task...Try to comfort him and don't let him get too stuck. This is just a situation and it will pass soon."

"After all, he is still young. If he loses his temper, you should be more tolerant of him. "

"If he needs more comfort... Actually, you are thirty years old and should have gotten married long ago. There is nothing wrong with Zhou Yuan."

"I am not insisting on this. Your sister agrees with me."

Thinking of this, Zhuang Xuansu snorted heavily, gritted his teeth, and said in his heart: But I don't agree!

You can comfort him, but you still want me to sacrifice myself. What a dream.