The Way of the Consort

When Ji Zhao returned to Loquat Lane, the little girl had already picked out the porcelain dolls. The little girl had a very good family education. She obviously liked all of them, but she only wanted one. Ji Zhao said she would buy them all, but she firmly waved her hands and said no.

The more she behaved like this, the more Ji Zhao wanted to buy it for her. Before leaving, Ji Zhao asked the shopkeeper to wrap up all the dolls and send them to Yin's residence, while he took the little girl back to his grandfather's house.

After dinner, his grandfather took him to the study to talk.

Grandfather already knew from Yin Yun that the crown prince also quietly followed him to Liang country this time, and also knew that the crown prince saved his life, so he praised: "It can be seen that even though the crown prince has a deep plan, he is still good to you."

In front of his grandfather, Ji Zhao couldn't curl his lips.

"Perhaps the crown prince also realized that Brother Zhao is indeed a pure-hearted child, and he can't bear to think about you any more." Grandfather asked again, "I heard from Brother Citron that the two of you got along well in Yanjing City? I even gave you a letter." , Minghe, this is not bad."

Ji Zhao nodded: "I like it too, and we get along pretty well."

This is the truth, and the grandfather nodded with relief: "That's good. Brother Yu also said that when the prince was in Yanjing City, he went out early and returned late all day long, so he didn't know what the prince was busy with. Don't ask him, let them go, let's go." The family will never be contaminated by these things anymore. But that He Qiniang, why did she want to harm you? Brother Citron can't tell why."

Ji Zhao couldn't tell the truth to his grandfather. Once he spoke, he had to speak deeply. Zong Zhen had already told him what to say.

He lowered his head and said, "She seems to like me quite a bit, but I—"

"Ouch..." Old Master Yin was overjoyed, and clapped his hands, "It's still a romantic debt!"

Ji Zhao was about to get into the cracks in the ground, but the old man Yin smiled "haha" and reached out to pat him on the shoulder: "In the future, these people with unknown origins should stay away. You are kind, but you can't stop the malicious intentions of others." ah."

"Yes, I know."

"There is something that Grandpa shouldn't have said too much, but I see that you like Brother Chuan's eldest sister very much today. If you like it, you will also give birth to your own!"

"..." Ji Zhao was dumbfounded and looked up at him.

Grandfather winked at him: "At first we were not optimistic about this marriage, but now we see that the princess is quite suitable for you, and the princess is not as arrogant and unreasonable as the rumors say, you two have such a good relationship, you should have a child La!"

"..." Ji Zhao really didn't know what to say.

Grandfather smiled and said: "Okay, okay, grandpa only talks so much, if you talk too much, you will be bored!"

"No no……"

"In short, you need to have a charter for this matter!"

Ji Zhao went home in a fog, and went to the palace to "ask for leave" with His Majesty the next day. Emperor Renzong was always a talkative person, and when he heard that he wanted to go to Zhuangzi to paint snow scenes, he agreed without saying a word, and also rewarded countless good ink, good paper to him.

Ji Zhaogang breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to leave when he suddenly said, "Speaking of which, you and Yan'er have been married for a year, and it's time to think about having a baby."

"..." Ji Zhao continued to be dumbfounded, no matter where he went recently, he was given birth to a baby...

Renzong laughed and said: "I'm not forcing you. You just need to make a start, and she will get angry with me. I can only talk to you. Ah, she has a bad temper since she was a child, so it is true." I am busy with government affairs, so I don't have much time to accompany her. After marrying you, Zi'er's temperament has become milder, and the smiles on her face have increased. These are all thanks to you, and it is your credit.

I know that Yan'er still wants to play, you go back and discuss with Yan'er, you can have a baby!The girl will be crowned princess, and the boy will be the king. I have written the imperial decree for the canonization here, and only need to fill in the name! "

"..." Ji Zhao felt a lot of pressure.

"Okay, okay, I know you young people don't like to hear this, I'll go ahead and get busy."

Ji Zhao saluted and was about to leave, but he said again: "Don't go yet, brother Zhen is also here, in the study in the apse, go talk to him and see if he has anything to tell you."

"... "

Renzong walked away contentedly with his hands behind his back. Xiang Sheng smiled and took him reluctantly to the apse to meet His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Zongzhen was dressed in princely attire, with his head lowered, and was earnestly approving the memorial. Hearing the sound of footsteps, he raised his head in displeasure. Xiang Sheng almost knelt down. stand up.After standing up, I felt a little embarrassed, and His Royal Highness didn't sit down immediately, and it didn't matter if he didn't sit down.

Xiang Sheng hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the son-in-law has come into the palace, and His Majesty asked the younger one to send him over."

"Okay, let's go down."

Xiang Sheng quickly slipped away, Ji Zhao stood still, Zong Zhen stood still behind the table, the room was silent for a moment, Zong Zhen first asked: "Do you want to go to the palace to find your father?"

Ji Zhao lowered his head, said stiffly and coldly, "I plan to stay in Zhuangzi for a few days, and come here to ask His Majesty's permission."

Zong Zhen frowned: "Father agreed?"

"Um……"

"I'm going to tell my father, don't go up the mountain recently."

It's fine if he doesn't say anything, but Ji Zhao gets angry when he mentions it, and wants to confront him, saying even more bluntly, "I'm going..."

"It's snowing heavily on the mountain, and there's a lot of snow—"

Ji Zhao interrupted him: "So what, I'm going anyway, what does it have to do with you?"

"... "

"Your Majesty also asked me to have a baby with the princess earlier!" Ji Zhao raised his head and said it very righteously, "I played with my nephew's daughter yesterday, the little girl is very cute, but she is beautiful, I will have a baby with the princess in the future Such a beautiful girl! And a very lively boy! I want to have a baby!"

"..." Zong Zhen looked at him with a rare dazed expression.

Ji Zhao didn't know the reason for all this at all. Seeing His Royal Highness like this, while feeling a little sad in his heart, he was even more cheerful!

Ji Zhao raised his head and chest, and said arrogantly: "After the new year, I will have a baby! Give birth to two! Twins!"

"Does Your Highness have any other orders? No, I will go back. I plan to go to the mountain today."

Zong Zhen was stunned for a moment without saying a word, "Farewell!" After Ji Zhao saluted, he turned and left gracefully.

Zong Zhen came back to his senses, and didn't know whether to be angry or laugh, but Ji Zhao was right, he and Fu Chen should have had a child, so it seems that they finally consummated their marriage, right?

He sat back, stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, exhausted: "Cheng Shen..."

"Your Highness..." Cheng Shen came in quickly.

"The son-in-law is going to Zhuangzi on the mountain. It has been snowing heavily recently, and the mountain road is full of snow. You should take someone with you to sweep away all the snow on the road that must be passed before he goes up the mountain."

"Yes!"

When Ji Zhao returned home, he packed his things again and gave some orders. When he left the city, it was already an hour later. When he arrived at the foot of the mountain, Ji Zhao thought of Zong Zhen's words, so he lifted the curtain of the car and looked out. The mountain road was clean. Yes, where did the snow come from!

Ji Zhao couldn't help curling his lips again, he thought Zong Zhen did it on purpose.

At night, it began to snow lightly on the mountain. Ji Zhao put on a cloak and stood on the porch to watch the snow. He suddenly remembered that at this time last year, he had a bad relationship with the prince. Plum Blossom was the one who gave him the snowman again, how could he have imagined that at this time a year later, the relationship between the two would be even worse.

The worse the relationship is, the more he wants to make a snowman, so his interest in making a snowman will not be affected by someone!

Ji Zhao squatted in the snow and built three snowmen in a row. Mother Wei urged and urged, and finally dragged him into the house to sleep, and it was over.

In the past, when Ji Zhao came to the mountains, he enjoyed them all. This time, for some reason, Ji Zhao couldn’t find anything to do every day. He didn’t want to enjoy the snow scene, and he didn’t want to soak in the hot springs. The snow on the mountain never broke, so he built snowmen every day. .

In his own yard, there are already piles of snowmen of different sizes, some wearing hats, some wearing necklaces, and some with carrots stuck in their noses... It's very interesting.A few days later, Zong Mi suddenly came to the door. At that time, Ji Zhao was still building a snowman. Hearing this name, he couldn't help wondering: "Who?"

The guard guarding the gate hurriedly said: "Zongmi Wang of Zheng Jun, my subordinates have seen him, it is indeed him."

"What is he doing here?" Ji Zhao muttered and stood up. He had a good relationship with Zong Yan, but he really had no relationship with Zong Mi. Even though he didn't want to see him, he still said, "Please come in..."

He turned around and entered the room, changed into the clothes he had seen as a guest, and waited for Zong Mi in the main hall.

In fact, Zong Mi was a little worried, worried that Ji Zhao would find something, so he came here to insinuate, but Ji Zhao didn't know it, and received him very politely with a smile on his face. Why don't you come to me? It's snowing so much recently, isn't it difficult to walk on the mountain road?"

Zong Mi smiled and said, "Not at all. When I went up the mountain, there was no snow on this road at all."

Ji Zhao was slightly surprised. After so many days of snow, is there no snow?He has never been down the mountain these days, and the people in the village have never gone out. Anyway, there are all kinds of food in the village. After thinking about it, his family is not the only one on the mountain. For a while, he thought he would ask Chen Xing to find out later, and thank the other party.

Zong Mi took a sip of tea and explained the purpose of his visit: "It is precisely because of the heavy snow recently that His Majesty is worried about the situation of schools in the suburbs, so he sent me to take a look."

Ji Zhao had heard from Zong Zhen before that he would start to send some errands to Zong Mi, and this kind of work was quite suitable for Zong Mi to do.So he wasn't curious either, so he asked along the way: "Wang Ye has gone to see it?"

"I have already visited two places. Because of the heavy snowfall, the two schools have temporarily suspended their classes. That's fine, after all, the safety of the children is the most important thing."

Ji Zhao nodded in agreement, and Zong Mi smiled and said, "No, I just passed by here, thinking that Zhuangzi, the son-in-law, is here, and knowing that you are here at this time, I wanted to come to see you."

"My lord is too polite."

Zong Mi had a conversation with Ji Zhao, and seeing that there was nothing wrong with Ji Zhao, he felt relieved, so he said, Ji Zhao doesn't seem like a person with so many thoughts, it must be a coincidence, and many people are curious about Jasmine Lane .A person like Ji Zhao, with a noble temperament, married Fu Chen at the age of 16, so it is not surprising that he is curious about it.

In this way, Zong Mi was completely relieved, and after talking to Ji Zhao, he got up to leave.

Ji Zhao politely asked him to eat, and he said with a smile: "I still have to go to other places to check, let's go first, next time."

While talking, it was snowing again outside, Zong Mi still resolutely said goodbye and left. After all, he is Zong Yan’s elder brother. Ji Zhao kindly said: “The snow is so heavy, will the prince go back to the city today? If not, it’s better to go tonight.” Come and rest with me."

"Thank you son-in-law for your kindness. As long as the school I'm going to now is far away from here, you don't have to worry. There are always post houses on the way. I also have one or two houses in the suburbs. I'm not afraid that there will be no place to stay."

Even so, Ji Zhao didn't force it, and personally sent him out of the yard.

Ji Zhao said to send him to the gate of Zhuangzi, but Zong Mi declined, and Ji Zhaocai stayed where he was. In fact, he didn't want to send him that far at all. It's so cold outside and it takes so long to walk, but he just said something nice.

However, Ji Zhao, because of his relatively pure heart, has a sense of sincerity when he speaks casually.

Zong Mi walked a few steps, and looked back unconsciously. Ji Zhao was wrapped in white fox fur, revealing the crane hem embroidered with gold thread on the hem of the long gown inside. He took out his hand and waved at him with a smile. The snowflakes fell quietly. Even though his attendant was holding an umbrella for him, occasionally a few pieces would fall on his black hair and neck, shining brightly under the light.

Zong Mi suddenly thought of the stream flowing slowly between the black stones among the snow piled up in the mountains when he went up the mountain.

Transparent, pure.

Zong Mi waved at him unconsciously, walked a few more steps, and looked back, Ji Zhao was still smiling.

No matter who it is, seeing this scene, they will want to stay.

Zong Mi clenched his fists, stopped looking, turned around and strode out, thinking, Fu Chen is really lucky, this son-in-law is too good, I heard that Ji Zhao never came to Jinling before the age of 16, the Yin family Protecting him so well, I really don't know where the prince dug him.

He felt that Fu Chen was not good enough for Ji Zhao.

After he left, Ji Zhao heaved a sigh of relief, let go of all his strength, and went back to the house listlessly, he was so tired of entertaining guests.

Ji Zhao asked the guards to go down the mountain to find out who came to sweep the snow, so that he could thank him, but the guards went out for a while, and came back and said that they were the only ones living on the mountain, and the other villages had only servants, and those people had never been out. Zhuangzi.

"Strange..." Ji Zhao pondered, "Could it be a villager at the foot of the mountain?"

"maybe……"

"..." Ji Zhao thought for a while, and ordered, "Go down the mountain early tomorrow to have a look. If the villagers come to sweep the snow, give them some money. It's not easy in such a cold day."

"Yes, don't worry, Prince Consort."

Unexpectedly, since that day, Zong Mi has come to him almost every day. In order to make it cheaper to go up the mountain, the snow sweepers have become the servants of Prince Zheng's Mansion. Ji Zhao has no idea who is so kind to help him sweep the snow up.

Zong Zhen frowned when he heard about this, and asked, "Zong Mi went to find the son-in-law?"

"Yes, Your Highness, what do you think King Zheng is thinking? Why do you go to find the son-in-law every day? The son-in-law doesn't know anything!"

Zong Zhen also found it strange that this was a point he hadn't figured out about in his previous life so far, so he asked again: "What does the son-in-law say?"

"It's not easy for the subordinates to get close, but seeing that King Zheng went for three days in a row, he also brought the Fifth Young Master there yesterday, and the Fifth Young Master even lived in Zhuangzi. Come to think of it, the son-in-law shouldn't hate it?"

Zong Zhen was very upset in his heart, but he didn't want to show it in front of others, he knocked on the table: "You guys pay close attention, Zong Mi has absolutely no good intentions."

"Yes!"

Zong Mi could tell that Ji Zhao treated him indifferently, so he specially summoned his younger brother from the city.

For some reason, after that day, he always wanted to see and talk to Ji Zhao, and after his younger brother came, the smile on Ji Zhao's face became real.When Zong Yan came over, Ji Zhao remembered that last year, Zong Yan suddenly returned to Guizhou. At that time, he agreed to come to the mountain to eat fish and sheep pot, but he didn't take the chance. This time he just came back to eat!

As soon as the date was discussed, Zong Mi was suddenly assigned another task to inspect the nearby imperial fields and the new imperial rice planted in the greenhouse, so Zong Mi had to leave in a hurry, and Zong Yan had no choice but to follow Ji Zhao eat alone.

In any case, Zong Yan is Ji Zhao's good friend, and with Zong Yan's company these days, Ji Zhao still had a good time.Zong Mi had ambiguous thoughts, and he treated Ji Zhao very well. Ji Zhao didn't know how to judge people's hearts. He didn't know how to be friends with Zong Mi. Well enough.

It can only be said that he used to be the son of King Zheng, and now he is King Zheng, and he indeed has his own helplessness.

On the day when Zong Mi finishes touring Huangtian, the three of them plan to go fishing together!

There are many rivers on the mountain, which have been covered with ice and snow because of the snow, and a hole can be drilled out to fish. It is said that such fish is the most delicious in this season.

In fact, the person who sent Zong Mi to inspect Huangtian was Zong Zhen.

Letting Zong Mi stay with Ji Zhao made him feel uncomfortable all the time. There was jealousy that he didn't realize, and he was afraid that Zong Mi would hurt Ji Zhao. In this life, Ji Zhao has no intention of taking the throne. Who knows? What about Zong Mi?

He did not allow anyone to infect such a precious Ji Zhao.

He figured out a way to hold back Zong Mi, who would have thought that Zong Mi would go to Ji Zhao immediately after finishing his work, and Ji Zhao would still warmly entertain him.

Zong Zhen couldn't help but feel like punching the cotton with his fist, which was very uncomfortable.

On this day, he simply changed his out clothes and planned to bring Ji Zhao back. Seeing that it was already the middle of winter, and the Chinese New Year would be about ten days away, it was time for Ji Zhao to come back. He knew that Ji Zhao would not listen now. For his words, he even went to ask his father for a verbal order, and then he took people out of the city.

Of course, he came out in the name of inspecting the Huangtian that Zheng Wang Zongmi had inspected.

Ji Zhao and Brother Zheng Wang went fishing on the mountainside with their fishing rods, talking and laughing all the way, but they were very happy. When they arrived at the place, the guards found the river water that had been marked before, and took shovels to dig ice there.

Zongyan walked around curiously: "I'll see if there is one next to it!"

Ji Zhao thought it was fun, and immediately followed them. Zong Mi wanted to stop him, but seeing Ji Zhao smiling innocently and happily, he didn't say anything to stop him, but followed behind them.

Zong Yan found a stream covered by ice, snow and branches. He was very pleasantly surprised and laughed triumphantly. Ji Zhao hadn't found it yet, so he couldn't help stepping here and there, but he still couldn't find anything. Zong Mi followed behind him, Just about to tell him not to worry.

Ji Zhao suddenly said: "The snow here is very soft, did you step on it?!" Excitedly, he took a few steps forward, and stepped on with his right foot, but it was in vain, and a chill suddenly appeared on his body. He was so angry, but it was too late to retract his foot, and even the left foot was suddenly empty, "Ah——" Amidst the sound of the ice and snow loosening, Ji Zhao suddenly disappeared, leaving only the terrified echo in the valley and the instant shock. The chirping of sparrows flying in disorder.