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Fu Tinghan pulled Zhao Hanzhang forward to salute, and then the three of them entered the lobby together. Wang had moved to sit next to Princess Hongnong. There were more than a dozen boxes in front of them. When she saw Zhao Hanzhang, she immediately waved with bright eyes. "Sanniang, come here quickly. The princess and I are choosing accessories for you on your wedding day."

Princess Hongnong looked at Zhao Hanzhang with a smile. This was the second time she looked at him carefully.

The atmosphere in the room was beyond Zhao Hanzhang's expectation. She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and stepped forward respectfully.

Fu Xuan saw it and immediately pulled Fu Tinghan out, "Let's go out and enjoy the plum trees again."

What's there to appreciate about plum trees?

But Fu Tinghan glanced at Zhao Hanzhang and followed him out.

Zhao Hanzhang took off his cold-proof cloak and handed it to Tinghe. He turned to Zhao Yunxin who followed him and said, "Go and do your work. I'll call you if anything happens."

Zhao Yunxin agreed, then faced Wang and Princess Hongnong and bowed before retreating.

Princess Hongnong saw her wearing an official robe and asked, "Is this a female official?"

"Yes," Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile, "he is my Zhongshusheren."

Princess Hongnong was in a daze. Although she had known that today was different from the past, she had often heard that there were many female officials in the court when she was in Shu. But when she actually saw it, she was still shocked, "How many female officials are there in the court now?"

Zhao Hanzhang: "The princess asked me this, and I really couldn't answer it for a while. I'm afraid I have to ask Tinghan and Ji Yuan to find out. In recent years, there have been female officials recruited in the talent recruitment examination. In addition, there are no female officials who are sent by the school and recommended. Hundreds, maybe seventy or eighty people, right?"

Princess Hongnong was stunned, "So many?"

"Official positions vary from big to small, and most officials are only ninth-grade or low-ranking female officials. However, I believe that as long as they are willing to work hard, they will one day have a place in the court."

"Oh, I asked you to come here to try on jewelry. Why are you talking about government affairs again?" Wang interrupted them and asked Qinggu to escort her over. "Let's try on the earrings first. The princess and I have picked out five pairs for you."

Princess Hongnong came back to her senses and turned to look at Wang who was happy. After an hour of hot chat in the morning, she had already figured out Wang's character and temperament. She definitely couldn't bring up someone like Zhao Hanzhang, so...

She looked at Zhao Hanzhang, who was sitting cross-legged opposite her.

As soon as she sat down, Wang reached out and patted her twice, "Sit tight!"

Zhao Hanzhang obediently pushed forward, changed his legs from cross-legged to kneeling, and sat obediently next to Wang.

Wang held a pair of jade earrings and gestured at her ears, "Oh, your ear holes are almost full, Tinghe, how long has it been since you gave Sanniang earrings?"

Listening to He's obedient apology, "I am guilty."

Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand and said: "Auntie, I often go out on horseback, and occasionally go to the military camp for training. It is inconvenient to wear earrings, so I won't let her wear them."

Wang touched her earlobe and said, "I'll try it today. If you can't put it on, you have to put it on quickly. Even if you don't wear long earrings, short ones are fine. I'll ask someone to find them later." I’ll make it for you with just a few pearls, and it will stick to your earlobe, so it won’t be a burden.”

Zhao Hanzhang always agreed first to what the adults said, and whether he would do it or not depended on his own mood and ideas. His main idea was to obey the rules, so he agreed obediently.

Princess Hongnong took one look at the effect and shook her head: "This jade one is not suitable, try this ruby ​​one."

Zhao Hanzhang is bright and elegant, suitable for bright colors.

Wang then took the earrings and gestured in her ears, and heard Princess Hongnong ask: "Has the general been raised by Duke Zhao's side since he was a child?"

Wang said: "It's fine for the princess to call her Sanniang. Calling her General is too foreign." Then she smiled and said: "Her grandfather didn't have time to raise her, but when she was a child, she liked to go to her grandfather's study to read books. , just likes to be by her grandfather’s side.”

Speaking of this, Mrs. Wang also sighed, "This child has been eager to learn since she was a child. Her grandfather hired a civil and military teacher for Erlang. In the end, Erlang didn't learn much, but she learned a lot. I thought it was useless for her to learn these things at the time, but Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a life-saving skill in the end.”

Zhao Hanzhang smiled at Mr. Wang, "How about it? It's still useful for girls to study and practice martial arts, right?"

"Useful, useful, very useful," Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Much more useful than your brother. By the way, where is Erlang? I haven't seen him in the past two days. Today is a small year. Isn't your Yamen Xiu Mu? He is Where did you go to play again? You don't go home even for the holidays, and your skin is getting thicker and thicker."

Zhao Hanzhang coughed lightly and explained in a low voice: "Theoretically, it's time to take a break. In fact, there are still many things to do in the yamen, so everyone is working overtime."

Seeing Wang looking at her quietly, Zhao Hanzhang immediately said: "I also went out to work overtime today."

Even a general like her has no time to spare, so naturally everyone has to work overtime.

Mrs. Wang snorted softly and said: "Your wedding date is coming soon, but you don't care at all. Ordinarily you should stay home half a month early, but the wedding date is only two days away, but you don't care about it at all." You still run out, look around your home and outside, is there anything that looks like there is a happy event going on?"

"Why not?" Zhao Hanzhang defended: "Look at the red paper on the windows, the red cloth hanging in the yard, and the red paper on every house and the red lanterns in the streets and alleys outside. It's almost full. The city has turned red, isn’t this festive?”

Zhao Hanzhang hugged her arm and smiled: "Auntie, this wedding is already very grand. I feel it is too extravagant."

"You have cut down your expenses again and again. Is this still extravagant?" Mrs. Wang wiped her eyes and choked up as she said this: "Your expenses are not even one-third of what your grandfather prepared for you. The dowry Not to mention, I ordered the dowry again today, and compared it with the list your grandfather prepared for you, I found that it was not even a tenth of it, which is too unfair. "

Zhao Hanzhang looked embarrassed. She had spent all the dowry her grandfather had given her, including the betrothal gift prepared for Zhao Erlang.

Princess Hongnong on the side was also a little embarrassed because the Fu family did not prepare much dowry. She felt that the Zhao family's small dowry was probably because of the betrothal gift.

According to custom, the dowry should be compared with the betrothal gift. If the betrothal gift is small but the dowry is large, it is actually an insult to the Fu family.

Princess Hongnong felt uneasy and was about to grit her teeth and prepare to go back to find someone to borrow money. She would give more betrothal gifts first and pay them back in the future...

Before she could make up her mind, she heard Zhao Hanzhang coaxing Mrs. Wang: "Auntie, betrothal gifts and dowry are just cosmetics. They are just beautiful and not practical. We know it ourselves. Tinghan and I have many properties that are not on the list. , but those industries are still our assets, this is the inside."

"Lizi is much more important than face."

Mrs. Wang: "You can save your face and write them down on the list. How nice it will be."

Zhao Hanzhang shook his head repeatedly and said helplessly: "Auntie, the war has just ended. The next five years will definitely be the period of explosive growth of civil marriages. What goes up and what works down will lead to frugality. Only if I am frugal will the folk custom be frugal. This can actually increase the marriage rate and promote population development. "

"If I am too extravagant, the people will follow my example, and the situation will become worse year by year. People are obviously suitable, but they cannot get married because the cost of marriage is too high. Isn't this damaging the country's foundation?"

Wang: "...so big?"

Zhao Hanzhang nodded solemnly, "It's so big, so we have to be cautious."

After coaxing Mrs. Wang, Zhao Hanzhang quickly picked up the remaining three pairs of earrings in the box and gestured to his ears, "Look, look again, and finally, which one looks best?"

Wang:......