The Way of the Consort

Tomorrow is Liu Qian's birthday, Zong Zhen helped him check whether there is any mistake in the dress, Ji Zhao sat on the side, very worried: "We will enter the palace tomorrow, and we will return to Jinling in three days at the latest. There is still no clue about the matter. How to do this."

"Not urgent……"

Seeing his slow look, Ji Zhao became even more anxious. He jumped off the couch and muttered to Zong Zhen, "Hurry up and think of a way! You can't go on like this! Quickly think of a way!"

Zong Zhen turned to look at him: "It's my business, why are you in such a hurry."

Ji Zhao was anxious: "Isn't your business my business?!"

Zong Zhen laughed when he heard what he said, and Ji Zhao fell back on the couch angrily.Zong Zhen finished the inspection, found nothing wrong, asked Chen Xing to take it down, and closed the door, he sat down beside Ji Zhao, and said slowly: "I just want to force Princess Qingyang to do it myself, because it's in another country. , you must be rigorous in your actions, otherwise it will be a disaster for both countries. If on the last day, I still can't find the right opportunity, even if I bring the sheep to the door and invite her to eat roasted whole sheep, she will always use razor blade meat, and she will always eat it. There is a way."

Ji Zhao puffed up his cheeks: "You still have to do a beauty trick..."

"I'm afraid it won't be my turn to trick the beauty."

"Ok?"

"Princess Qingyang can't bear it for a long time. You mentioned Liu Cang to thank you last time. This is also a wonderful person."

"I don't understand..." Ji Zhao looked at him in confusion.

Zong Zhen restrained his hand that wanted to grab Ji Zhao's face, and said slowly: "Anyway, don't worry, this trip will definitely be worthwhile."

"As long as you don't use beauty tricks..." Ji Zhao whispered, and then said in a remedial manner, "After all, you are the prince of our country Xi, so you can't do this."

Zong Zhen smiled.

On the day of Liu Qian's birthday, Ji Zhao brought the envoys into the palace to congratulate him on his birthday.

In addition to them, there were also some northern nomadic tribes who surrendered to Liang, and they also sent envoys.They saluted one by one according to the request of the ritual officer, and then celebrated.

By noon, the process was almost done, and they were going to have lunch together, accompanied by some officials from Liangguo.

Ji Zhao heaved a sigh of relief. Although he followed the procedure, he was still quite tired. After lunch, they could go back.

As soon as he sat down, a young eunuch ran up to him and whispered, "My son-in-law, our Majesty wants to see you."

He was in his territory, and he came as an envoy, so Ji Zhao had no choice but to go there, and Hu Wu got up to go with him.Ji Zhao didn't know where he was going, but Ji Zhao was not completely uninformed, just looking at the buildings around him and passing through a few doors, he knew that he had arrived at the harem.

Finally, they stopped in front of a palace, and several eunuchs came out and led him in respectfully. At the door, he heard Liu Qian's hearty laughter and smelled the fragrance of powder. With a perfect smile and slightly lowered head, he walked into the hall.

He bent down to salute, Liu Gan hastened to say: "Get up, get up!"

Ji Zhao straightened up, and sure enough, he saw a room full of richly dressed ladies.

He guessed that these were Liu Qian's concubines, his eyes were drooping, he didn't look up, but his heart was depressed, this emperor is so amazing, why did he call him to the harem so well!

Liu Gan then said: "This is the son-in-law from Jinling, take a look!"

A woman laughed and said: "He is really a good boy, he looks good and has a good temper. Princess Fuchen is so lucky."

Ji Zhao laughed "hehe" in his heart. He didn't say much, and it was the first time we saw him. How can you tell that he is a good boy?But he had no choice but to salute again: "Your Majesty, Ji Zhao doesn't dare to do it!"

From the corner of his eyes, he saw a concubine covering her mouth and laughing, and the same voice asked him: "Is the son-in-law used to living in Yanjing these days? How is the food?"

Ji Zhao told the truth, "It's all good, but compared to Jinling, it's a bit drier here."

She smiled and said: "The climate in the south is different from that in the north. When the son-in-law sleeps at night, you can put some water in the house."

"Thank you, Ma'am, for the reminder."

"What a good boy..." She boasted again.

Another voice said in a much younger voice: "Your Majesty, the concubine looked at Xi Guo's son-in-law so handsome, but thought of our Princess Qingyang, who has also reached the marriageable age. The princess' fiancé, the eldest son of the Yuan family is also handsome, A young talent, isn't our princess a match made in heaven?"

The woman who spoke to Ji Zhao just now smiled and said, "While Zhi'er is as good as you say."

Ji Zhao knew that this person was Concubine Yuan Gui.

The younger man said again: "Your Majesty, don't be modest. You go out and ask, who doesn't say that Mr. Yuan is good? Mr. Yuan still has filial piety. It is His Majesty's birthday, and he wrote 1 blessings to His Majesty!"

Liu Qian laughed loudly, and everyone in the room said Mr. Yuan was filial.

The young concubine said again: "Your Majesty, today is your birthday, what a wonderful day, why not choose a good and auspicious day for our princess and Mr. Yuan, and set a wedding date! Also let the princess and Mr. Yuan be blessed with your blessing! "

At this time, Youdao said slowly with an exceptionally gentle voice: "Qing Yang has a fickle temper, but she is not in a hurry."

Ji Zhao guessed that this was Concubine De.

Concubine Yuan Gui laughed immediately: "My child, when we are married, we will be sensible. Let's talk about Cang'er, who was not sensible at first, and I don't want him to get married so early. Thanks to His Majesty, he made a marriage arrangement for Cang'er early." , you see, Cang'er is much more sensible now, and knows how to take care of her younger brothers and sisters."

The young man immediately flattered him: "That is, who doesn't know that our Second Highness is the most friendly! We take care of your Highness the most!"

Concubine De spoke again: "Today is His Majesty's birthday, and all the blessings belong to His Majesty. How can the matter of Qing Yang disturb His Majesty."

Ji Zhao curled his lips secretly, he wished that the shameless princess would marry that Yuan Zhi quickly, and the villains would grind each other down.

Liu Gan swiped and saw that the corner of Ji Zhao's mouth was curled downwards. He didn't know why, and said, "Brother Zhao, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Ji Zhao was puzzled, and looked up to see Concubine De, who was sitting next to Liu Gan, tightly clutching the handkerchief.

Liu Gandao: "You also got married early, what do you think?"

Ji Zhao was speechless, the emperor was getting more and more strange, but he didn't mind being able to step on Princess Qingyang a few times, he was even a little happy, he said with a smile: "I have indeed grown a lot since I got married, and my family thinks that I She acts more prudently. I have met Princess Qingyang, she has a pure temperament, and although I have never met Mr. Yuan, I think that the nephew of the imperial concubine and the second prince's cousin must be very suitable for the princess."

After speaking, Ji Zhao smiled again.

Concubine Yuan Gui chased after the victory and said something, and the other concubines in the room also spoke one after another. Liu Gan actually set Princess Qingyang's wedding date, just one month later.

Ji Zhao said a few words that it was a pity that he couldn't attend the wedding, and that he would prepare a generous gift for the princess, and then he saluted and left.

After he left, all the concubines and concubines in the room also dispersed, leaving only Liu Qian and Concubine De in the palace.

Concubine De lowered her head and wept, Liu Gan sighed, and sat down beside her: "I know, they said that on purpose today, but what Concubine Concubine Concubine said was right, it's time for Qing Yang to get married."

Concubine De mourned: "Then the eldest brother of the Yuan family is raising a concubine outside, will His Majesty marry our daughter to such a person?"

"I know. It's just that I will grow old one day, and you will too. Rui'er and Qing Yang still have most of their lives. By then, we will be gone. How will they deal with themselves? Rui'er is too naive to be an emperor." , this is the only way I can think of. Cang'er has a gentle temperament and will take good care of the two brothers and sisters."

Concubine De wiped her face with a handkerchief, Liu Gan held her hand, and her voice was unprecedentedly gentle: "You also saw the son-in-law of Xi Kingdom, how, does it look like it? Could she actually be from the Yin family?! I think Send someone to look for it again!"

Concubine De's hands paused, and she looked up at him: "Your Majesty, he is a resemblance, but he is not, there are so many resemblances in the world."

Liu Gan froze for a moment, and his voice was also tinged with sadness: "Yes, none of them are."

"Your Majesty...forgive me for your boldness. If you see His Royal Highness like this, the girl will be sad in the spirit of heaven."

Liu Gan was silent for a long time, and when Concubine De wanted to speak again, he said, "Rui'er is not suitable to be emperor, otherwise he will be killed. I only hope that he can live in peace."

What the emperor never said was that it was precisely because of Ji Zhao's face that made him realize how important it was to be alive. He only hoped that the child she left behind was still alive, healthy and leisurely like Ji Zhao. alive.

He got up: "There is no need to discuss this matter again, let's prepare for the wedding for Qing Yang!"

After he finished speaking, he left, and when the hall was empty, Concubine De wiped away her tears, her complexion gradually became gloomy.

After Ji Zhao left the palace, he breathed a sigh of relief, making all the officials feel the same way. After all, a major event has finally been completed!

They are southerners, and it is difficult for them to adapt to the northern climate, so they can finally go home at this time.

After arriving at the Hanxi Hall, Mr. Wu first went to see Zongzhen, and told him some important things about today, such as how the nomadic tribes in the north were treated by Liangguo. The different attitudes can reflect many things .As soon as he said it, it was night, and before he left, Lord Wu said again: "By the way, Your Highness, there is one more thing." He roughly talked about the matter of Ji Zhao being taken to the harem by the eunuch today.

"Got it..." Zong Zhen nodded.

Master Wu smiled and cupped his hands: "The minister will step down now."

After he left, before Zong Zhen went to look for Ji Zhao, Ji Zhao had already hurried over, with a gloating face: "I'll tell you something!"

He told Zongzhen that Princess Qingyang's wedding date had been fixed, but Zongzhen was curious about Liu Qian calling Ji Zhao away.

Isn't this a matter of the Liu royal family?Why did you call Ji Zhao over?

It's just that Ji Zhao doesn't want to remember anything that doesn't interest him. When asked what those people said, he couldn't remember a few words except those related to Princess Qingyang. Zong Zhen sighed helplessly.

Ji Zhao asked excitedly: "Princess Qingyang should be more unbearable, right?"

Zong Zhen nodded: "Yes..." He said again, "However, it's almost there."

Ji Zhao looked at him curiously, and Zong Zhen patted him on the head: "I will take care of it, you can ask them to pack up, and we will return to Jinling in the future."

Ji Zhao didn't care about anything in an instant, he jumped off the couch exaggeratedly, Zong Zhen was so frightened that he reached out to pick him up, he had already stepped on his shoes and ran out, and said happily: "You can go home! You can go home Dust Star! Come and pack your things! Yin Ming, come here! Baoqing, you come too! Xiao Quanzi, you come here too, you have to make some food, you..."

In the later words, Ji Zhao ran far away, and Zong Zhen could no longer hear him, so he shook his head helplessly and amusedly.

While Ji Zhao was excitedly watching people pack their luggage, the day after Liu Qian's birthday, Yuan Zhi accompanied several princes and sons of the nomadic tribe to go hunting in the Western Mountains. It is said that there were many beautiful female slaves on the grassland with them, and they set up tents. , stayed in Xishan at night, but Yuan Zhi disappeared in the mountain.

Liu Gan immediately ordered to close the mountain to find someone, because Xiguo's envoy was still there, so he couldn't be ashamed.

After searching for a whole day, they couldn't find Yuan Zhi.

There are many fields connected to the edge of the west mountain, but because they couldn't find them, they spread out and gradually searched for those fields.

Yuan Zhi, who could not be found everywhere, was actually still in the Western Mountain at this time. There was a cliff deep in the Western Mountain, and there was a cave hidden under the cliff. It was just because the Western Mountain also had a restricted area, and no one except the royal family could enter here.It is rumored that there is an ancestor's dragon vein in the restricted area of ​​Xishan, even at this time, Liu Gan has not opened it.

It happened to be in the cave in this forbidden zone, Princess Qingyang kicked Yuan Zhi awake.

Yuan Zhi woke up in a daze, no one could be seen in the dark cave, he asked in a panic, "Who is it?!"

Princess Qingyang sneered: "It's me..."

"Princess? Princess! Save me!"

If he hadn't shouted like that, Princess Qingyang might have been slower. With such a shout, Princess Qingyang once again thought of the humiliation of these days. No one could help her. The mother, concubine and elder brother advised her to endure, and the emperor also advised her Forbearance, each of them has their own thoughts, she can only save herself, she just doesn't want to marry a trash!I don't want my life to be tied up with a piece of trash!

This is the only way to marry Yuan Zhi.

Yuan Zhi was tied up and wanted to ask for help, but Princess Qingyang raised her hand suddenly and cut Yuan Zhi's neck. Yuan Zhi trembled, his body froze suddenly, and he died directly.

Princess Qingyang was especially puzzled and stabbed him many times.

The maid next to her then lit the fire primer. Princess Qingyang looked at the blood on the ground clearly and said with a smile: "Ji Xiaoliu is right. Sure enough, it can kill you with one blow. Fresh blood is so beautiful."

"Princess, this—"

"Throw it into the mass grave! After throwing away, hurry up and leave no trace!"

"Yes!"

The bodyguard carried Yuan Zhi's body on his back and turned around to leave, but Princess Qingyang lingered on the spot for a while before being supported by the maid to jump to the nearby cliff and walk along the mountain road.

Only the direct royal family knows how to enter and exit the restricted area.

However, Princess Qingyang is not afraid that someone will come to arrest her at this time. At this time, her brothers and younger brothers are all working hard to deal with those tribes, just to get the support of these people in the future, who would care about her A little princess.

Haha, she sneered in her heart.

Liu Cang just came back from the palace, lying in the carriage a little tired, and was about to ask about Yuan Zhi, when suddenly an arrow pierced the air.

He raised his head suddenly, and an arrow had already pierced into the wall of the carriage.

All his personal guards outside the car surrounded him, drew their weapons, and some people had already scattered around. Liu Cang told the car to stop, and he untied the paper note on the arrow himself, opened it, and his brows were tightly frowned. Get up, tell everyone who went out to come back, and then tell the carriage to turn around.

Princess Qingyang met Liu Cang when she was halfway there.

Under the cool moonlight, she smiled, and Liu Cang looked at her for a while, then smiled too.

In the mass grave, several people left in a hurry after dropping the corpse. The surrounding area was completely dark, and there was no sound at all.After the figures of those people disappeared completely, two more people came quietly. The leader squatted down, carefully looked at the wounds on Yuan Zhi's neck and all over his body, got up and left quietly.

Ji Zhao was soundly asleep, when he suddenly felt a cool breeze entering the tent, he subconsciously rolled to one side, but he couldn't find his arms.

"Huh?" He half-opened his eyes blankly, the tent was dark.

He reached out to touch his side, but before he landed on the bed, some hands held him first, and someone said softly: "It's okay, go to sleep."

"Hmm..." Ji Zhao rolled over, fell into that embrace, and fell asleep again.