While Concubine Yu was trying to find ways to tactfully plead for Princess Yongping in front of the emperor, Princess Yongping had already arrived outside the Duke of Zhao's mansion. As luck would have it, she ran into Zhang Shou, who was helping Wu get off the carriage.
Although in the past, when going to and from the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, whether it was Zhang Shou or Wu, if they came from home, they would mostly go through the back door for convenience, but because today is the Little New Year, Zhang Shou accompanied Wu to the temple to burn incense, intending to have lunch at the Duke of Zhao's Mansion at Zhu Ying's invitation, and then worship the kitchen god in the evening. When they came back through the main gate of the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, they didn't expect to meet Princess Yongping.
When the two met, Wu was surprised to see her secretly. If Zhu Ying was a beautiful peony, then the elegant girl in front of her was like an orchid in a valley. Although her eyes were indifferent, people dared not look directly at her. Just as she was thinking in her heart, which family was the daughter of that, she heard Zhang Shou speak.
"Meet Princess Yongping."
Wu was shocked and immediately followed Zhang Shou's bowing. What was even more unexpected to her was that Princess Yongping came straight to them and looked at Zhang Shou seriously with her cold eyes. Then she laughed, but there was no joy in her voice. At that moment, she couldn't help but have a very ridiculous idea.
She only recently found out that the woman she thought was a relative of the Duke of Zhao and brought back with Lady Zhao by Widow Zhang turned out to be Concubine Yu. So, Ah Shou, Zhu Ying and Princess Yongping were born on the same day of the same month of the same year, so they naturally had a deep bond with each other. Zhu Ying fell in love with Zhang Shou at first sight, so could Princess Yongping also be like that
Seeing that Zhang Shou did not avoid her gaze, Princess Yongping thought of the previous time when her father had to ask Zhang Shou to be beside him to choose a son-in-law. The new spinning machine that was the focus of the dispute between the eldest prince and the second prince this time was also said to be made by Zhang Shou. Many playboys with bad reputations are now obediently serving as their supervisors in Banshan Hall... She couldn't help but feel more and more complicated.
"Zhang Shou, I really misjudged you." She raised her head and tried to appear calm and indifferent as she spoke word by word, "Zhu Ying is luckier than me, but that's what she deserves. I have always disliked her, but although she has this and that, she is an open-minded person. I hope you won't let her down in the future!"
At this point, Princess Yongping walked into the gate without looking back. As a royal princess, even if the Lady Dowager and Jiu Niang did not personally welcome her, she had the right to ask the Duke Zhao's mansion to open the main gate. Zhang Shou watched the gate slowly close after Princess Yongping entered, and then he helped Wu enter from the west corner gate. The doorman who came to greet him was polite and attentive, and when he wanted to escort him a few more steps, he smiled and declined.
After leaving the gate area, Wu whispered, "Ah Shou, what did Princess Yongping mean by what she said to you just now? What do you mean by misjudged? Could it be that she looked down on you in the past?"
"Mother, why are you thinking about these things?" Zhang Shou didn't want to mention the literary gathering at Yuehua Tower, so he evaded the question calmly, "Listen, didn't she warn me not to let Yingying down? She and Yingying were born on the same day, month and year, and their relationship has never been harmonious, but I didn't expect that she would side with her on the key issue."