Song, the head of the Guangdong Guild, who had once arrested Mr. Song and brought him back to the guild hall to beat him up because he was not doing his job, went to Tianjin when Mr. Song went to the Jiangdu Palace to discuss marriage and never came back. Mr. Song was desperate and tried all kinds of ways. First, he asked Zhang Shou to propose marriage, and then he pestered Mr. Song, the magistrate, and almost scared him away.
After Zhang Shou recommended Weinan Earl Zhang Kang, Song Juren still felt that it was not enough and even planned to invite Zhang Shou's future father-in-law, Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, to go together. In the end, he was frightened by Zhang Shou's words. As a result, the marriage proposal was completed, but Song Huishou still did not come back, so Song Juren said that it was fortunate that he acted quickly, otherwise when this uncle came back, the opportunity would be cold!
The Madam and Jiu Niang had heard Zhu Ying mention this as a joke, but now Song Huishou, who was said to have rushed to Tianjin for something, actually came back and ran directly to them to ask for an audience. This was unbelievable. Moreover, Song Huishou obviously took into account the difference between men and women and said that if he didn't see them, he would ask them to read the letter first, which was obviously not a trivial matter.
Although she didn't like to meddle in other people's business, Mr. Song was still living in the home of his future grandson-in-law Zhang Shou. It could be said that the marriage was made because of Zhang Shou. Therefore, the lady pondered for a moment and finally said, "Although there are differences between men and women, since he said it was urgent, please come in. There is no need to bother with a letter."
Since the Madam was willing to take the time to meet him without fear of suspicion, Mother Li naturally went out to give instructions immediately, and then personally welcomed Song Huishou, who was sweating profusely in the cold weather, in at the second gate. Seeing him like this, she was sure that he was very anxious, but she did not dare to ask more questions. After sending him into Qing'an Hall, she continued to guard the door when she saw that the Madam did not ask outsiders to enter.
As for whether it would cause gossip if there were only two women in the room, the Madam and the Madam, but they were meeting an outsider, she didn't even think about it. Even if Song Hui Shou did something wrong, the Madam could probably knock him down by herself.
Not to mention, the lady is still as good as ever!
The Madam, Jiu Niang, and Madam Li were just like each other. When they saw that Song Huishou was wiping his sweat without bothering to greet him, they knew that the matter was probably very serious. Therefore, the Madam did not wait for others to exchange pleasantries and asked directly, "Song Huishou said it was extremely urgent. What exactly is it? Your nephew is familiar with my future grandson-in-law. Wouldn't it be better to go directly to him?"
"It's not that I haven't thought about going to Zhang Xueshi, but this matter is serious. I think it's safer to go to the royal family like Zhu's." Song Huishou squeezed out an expression that was uglier than crying, but he looked around and finally took two steps forward without regard for etiquette. Seeing that the lady of Zhao had shown an extremely vigilant expression, he quickly stopped.
"Please forgive me for being so bold, but I am really scared. When I think of this news now, my legs tremble..."
Even though he knew he shouldn’t keep it a secret, Song Hui Shou still trembled. After swallowing hard, he stammered, “Didn’t the emperor send the second prince to Qiongzhou Prefecture to plant trees? A boat from our Song family was originally planning to set off from Tianjin to return to Guangzhou, but a few days after leaving, we rescued a man in the sea. He said he was a surviving boatman on that boat, and he also said… and also said…”