The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao didn't sleep until then, he sat by the bed reading a book, accompanied by the sleeping Zong Zhen.

In the middle of the night, Chen Xing came in quietly. Ji Zhao thought he was coming to urge him to sleep again, so without raising his head, he said softly, "I'm not sleepy—"

"no……"

"Huh?" Ji Zhao raised his head, "What's that?"

Chen Xing looked distressed: "At the back door, there are birds singing again."

Ji Zhao was stunned, followed by distress, and asked him softly, "Is it Wang Xi?"

"Yes……"

Ji Zhao felt a little embarrassed seeing Wang Xi now, and said, "Tell her that I'm asleep."

"Lang Jun, you also know that her temperament...it's useless to say all the good and bad things we have said, she insists on seeing you."

Ji Zhao was even more distressed. In Wang Xi's mind, he was still the brother Zhao whose childhood sweetheart grew up and was about to get married. He could understand, but he didn't... Ji Zhao thought for a moment, and finally got up: "You take her with you?" Come here, I'll meet her in the outhouse."

"it is good……"

No matter what, Ji Zhao felt that he took over the identity and body of his ancestor, and he was always responsible for Wang Xi, a poor girl, but he didn't know what Wang Xi was here for this time, and it shouldn't be for marriage. Bar?Zong Zhen will not marry her as a princess.

Ji Zhao waited for a while, and Wang Xi came here excitedly. Ji Zhao didn't know that she was so happy, he thought she had encountered something sad and came to him.

He hadn't said, "Brother Zhao!" Wang Xi had already walked in front of him, smiling and happily saying, "You and the princess are reconciled!"

Only then did Ji Zhao understand why Wang Xi came here, and he felt even more melancholy, not knowing how to explain it to Wang Xi.

Wang Xi continued to laugh and said, "It seems that the person I was going to marry before doesn't need me to marry. There has been no movement for so long. A few days ago, my family members persuaded me and hoped that I would marry him. Now they don't persuade me anymore!" Wang Xi Xi looked at him with those glowing eyes, needless to say, Ji Zhao also knew what she was thinking.

One of them reconciled, and the other didn't need to remarry. It seemed that...

Ji Zhao was upset, but he was not the original Ji Zhao.

He also didn't want to hurt such a good girl. Facing Wang Xi's glowing face, Ji Zhao finally made up his mind and whispered, "Although I have reconciled with the princess, I don't plan to marry another wife in the future."

Wang Xi was stunned: "Why, why?"

Ji Zhao bit the bullet and said, "I have experienced it, and I don't want to experience it again."

He really had no better reason, so he had no choice but to say this. Wang Xi slowly lowered his head, twisted his hands together, and stopped talking.

Ji Zhao felt uncomfortable, and said again, "I'm sorry..."

Wang Xi raised her head, tears were already shining in her eyes, but she shook her head with a smile: "I don't blame you, being a son-in-law is very tiring. If you think so, you should, you should...Besides, I don't know what I am. What is the family plan, I was abrupt, yes, I'm sorry..."

Wang Xi backed away while talking, almost tripped by herself, Ji Zhao was so frightened that she wanted to step forward to help her, she hurriedly greeted Ji Zhaofu, turned around and ran away.

Looking at her receding figure, Ji Zhao sighed inwardly.

Ji Zhao waited for about two quarters of an hour. Chen Xing came back and told him that Yin Ming would send them back, so he was relieved. In any case, I hope Wang Xi can live a smooth life in the future. More him is really not good. Help again.

He turned around and walked into the bedroom, walked lightly to the bedside, and as soon as he approached, Zongzhen opened his eyes.

Ji Zhao immediately sat down by the bed, and said with a smile, "Are you awake?! Are you still suffering? Who am I? Still drunk?!"

Ji Zhao sat up and blocked the light, Zong Zhen's face was in the shadow, Ji Zhao couldn't see his face clearly, Zong Zhen's eyes were slightly dark, he woke up a long time ago, and heard Ji Zhao and Wang Xi's dialogue.

Of course he knew that Ji Zhao only liked him now, but he was always a little unhappy about this matter.

But he also knew that Ji Zhao couldn't be blamed for this matter, who made him know Ji Zhao so late in his life.

Even, if he hadn't interrupted it, Ji Zhao would have married Wang Xi at this time, probably living the kind of life that everyone admired most.

He hoped that Ji Zhao would be envied by everyone, and he was ashamed of Ji Zhao, who had pulled Ji Zhao onto this path, but now Ji Zhao and him had fallen in love with each other.

Ji Zhao can only be his.

He wanted to ask Ji Zhao what he thought of Wang Xi at this time. After all, Wang Xi would not marry him again, and Ji Zhao had already reconciled, but he felt that asking such a question would not only humiliate himself, but also humiliate Ji Zhao.

He smiled wryly in his heart, anyway, he just couldn't see anyone getting close to Ji Zhao.

"Why don't you talk? Are you still confused?" Ji Zhao leaned over to look at him.

Zong Zhen stretched out his hand to pull him down, and hugged him, "Hey?" Ji Zhao was suddenly hugged by him, afraid that he would feel uncomfortable, but when he remembered, Zong Zhen hugged him tightly, put his face against his ear, and whispered softly. Call him, "Zhao Zhao..."

"I'm here..." Ji Zhao thought he was not fully awake yet, so he stopped struggling and touched his ears.

Zong Zhen decided not to ask any more. There was no need for Ji Zhao to know about his bad emotions.

"Will you still drink in the future!" Ji Zhao said close to him.

"I am happy today..."

"Don't drink so much in the future if you're happy!" Ji Zhao said while tearing his ears, "If you drink any more, I'll beat you!"

Zong Zhen laughed out loud, and Ji Zhao tried harder: "You still laugh! Say it! Do you still drink!"

"Don't drink anymore..." Zong Zhen murmured, hugged Ji Zhao and turned over, pressing on him, with his arms propped by his side, looking down at him with burning eyes, even more drunk than ever before. To be more blunt, when Ji Zhao was watched, his eyes began to move around nervously, Zong Zhen chuckled softly, bowed his head and kissed him.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xi's visit was just the beginning, after that, countless people came to Pingyang Hou Mansion every day.

So what if Ji Zhao is the son-in-law who has been with him before, he can't stand the fact that he is well-parented, talented and educated, and has a good family background!Not to mention that after the reconciliation, His Majesty, the Prince and the Princess treated him even better than before. Almost all the families in Jinling City who have a daughter-in-law have their eyes on Ji Zhao!

Before Ji Zhao felt annoyed, His Royal Highness couldn't take it anymore, and hurriedly sent Ji Zhao to Zhuangzi on the mountain to live for a while.

Ji Zhao couldn't help laughing because of this, and teased Zong Zhen many times, and finally saw that he was going to be cleaned up, so he hurriedly led people up the mountain honestly.

Ji Zhao has always liked life on the mountain very much. Now he doesn't even have the shackles of a son-in-law. He is free and happy from body to heart, but it is hard for His Royal Highness, and he has to run up the mountain almost every day. Of course, His Royal Highness But he doesn't feel bitter, as long as he can get rid of those people's thoughts, he can run no matter how far.

It turned out that it was not safe to send it to the mountain. Princess Changning, Zongzhen's great-aunt, who had regretted that Ji Zhao was sent to be a son-in-law at the beginning, saw that Ji Zhao was divorced, and she also thought about it.It doesn't matter that Ji Zhao lives on the mountain!Her Zhuangzi is on Ji Zhao's side!

She immediately took her grandson and granddaughter up the mountain.

Zongzhen got the report and had a severe headache, but he still had something to do, so he hurriedly called Cheng Shen over, at least to help watch, don't call Ji Zhao to be a guest at Princess Changning's village again, these The old man is smart, he uses every means, he is afraid that Ji Zhao will be cheated away!

Zong Zhen is the director of the Yamen of the Ministry of Industry today. Summer has just passed, and there are many new bridges to be built recently, and he is urging this matter.

He stayed in the sixth department these days, and there are a few adults who can talk to him. They are all young people. When they work, they don't have much sense of identity and distance when they get along.During the busy time, during a short break, a young doctor with whom he had a good relationship, who was only in his early twenties, came excitedly and said to him, "Your Highness! I heard that you are going to marry the Crown Princess? You are still married to the Wang family. girl?!"

Zong Zhen was surprised, his face remained unchanged, and he asked, "Where did you know that?"

"I heard what Mr. Liu said! Mr. Liu said that he also listened to what other people said! But it's true? If it's true, I would like to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" The doctor bowed to Zong Zhen as he spoke.

The smile on his face hadn't dissipated yet, "Get up..." After Zong Zhen said this, he strode away straight away.

He looked back wonderingly, scratched his head after a while, did he say something wrong?

But marrying a princess, and marrying a girl from the Wang family, is this a good thing?

Zongzhen got on his horse as soon as he went out, and didn't even ask any more questions. Chen Keye and the others would investigate who spread the rumors in Beijing. What he was worried about was Ji Zhao!He was worried that Ji Zhao would be sad, worried, and sad if he found out, and he believed that Ji Zhao also believed in him.

But who can feel comfortable hearing such a terrible thing?

Even if it was a moment of unhappiness, he didn't want Ji Zhao to have it. He hoped that Ji Zhao would always be happy.

He hurried to the mountain, and as soon as he entered the gate of the villa, he felt that something was wrong. The gatekeeper had changed, not the previous one.

The concierge has always done a good job, why the sudden change?Generally, there are many strange things in it.

When he saw Ji Zhao, he found that there was something wrong with Ji Zhao too, and when he saw him coming, he looked a little flustered.

Even though Ji Zhao tried his best to cover it up, how could Zong Zhen not see it?

Zong Zhen acted as if he didn't know, pulled him to sit down, and told him what happened today: "I don't know who is spreading the news. Chen Keye and the others have already gone to investigate. Don't listen to it."

"How could this be... Isn't this hurting your reputation and Wang Xi's reputation! Wang Xi wants to marry someone!" Ji Zhao was upset, looked up to see that his face was not good, and hurriedly said, "Oh, I didn't I miss Wang Xi very much, I have to worry about it just because of emotion and reason! She is not easy!"

Zong Zhen let out a "hum", but his tone was relieved, because when he talked to him, Ji Zhao immediately returned to normal.

Soon, something went wrong again. Since Zong Zhen came over, he naturally didn't plan to go back to the city, and stayed here at night.However, Ji Zhao persuaded him to go back. The reason was good. It explained that there was a small court meeting once every five days, and there were more officials involved, so they needed to arrive earlier. If they lived on the mountain, they would have to rush back before dawn. Hard.

Ji Zhao is Ji Zhao, and if he clings to him, he wished he had to let go, and wished that the two of them were sticking together all day long.

It was the first time that he was being reasonable and advised him to leave early. Zong Zhen looked at him, and Ji Zhao's eyes were a little nervous, but he still looked at him bravely.

Zongzhen didn't want to embarrass Ji Zhao, so he left anyway without keeping anyone.

As if Ji Zhao was afraid that he would keep them, Yin Ming sent them all the way to the foot of the mountain, making sure they left before returning.

Zongzhen walked about two miles into the city, then led all the people back to the mountain.

After Yin Ming came back, Ji Zhao hurriedly asked, "How is it?! Are you sure he has returned to the city?!"

"Yes! I watched Your Highness leave with my own eyes!"

Chen Xing said: "Lang Jun, I think we should tell His Highness about this matter, what a big deal! It's better to let His Highness worry about these things!"

Yin Ming nodded silently.

Ji Zhaochou died, and he wanted to tell Zong Zhen, but the two of them didn't know what it was!This is not as simple as a prince from Liang country sneaking up to him!

It starts from last night. Ji Zhao was soundly asleep at night when he was suddenly woken up.Yin Ming told him with a serious expression that the concierge ran quietly and said that he heard a dog barking outside the villa. His villa was too big, and everyone watched it non-stop, and couldn't see every corner, so they also raised dogs outside. Several big dogs.

A dog barking is naturally unusual.

The concierge went out to look around, but didn't see anything, so he hurried over to report.

Yin Ming was afraid that something was wrong, and he didn't dare to let Du Bo and the others know. He took his men and went to search, but found nothing. Later, he took a few dogs and walked around the perimeter of the villa twice, and finally found a few A person hiding in a big tree.

Yin Ming was about to go up to catch those villains, but found that the villains were somewhat familiar.

Isn't this the entourage of the Fifth Prince who he had dealt with several times when he was in Liangguo?

It turned out that the person who came was actually the Fifth Prince Liu Rui, and even Yin Ming didn't know what to do, but Liu Rui said sincerely that he came to see Ji Zhao with something important, which was related to Ji Zhao's life, and someone wanted to kill him. Ji Zhao, he also took the initiative to hand over the weapons on their bodies.

After Yin Ming heard this, even if he knew it might be a trap, he couldn't let it go easily!He went up to search first, made sure that there was no weapon on him, and quietly led them over the wall and went straight in.

Yin Ming even stripped off Liu Rui's outermost layer of clothes before allowing him to go in to see Ji Zhao.

Anyway, it's in Xiguo's own territory, and the fifth prince came here in private, so Yin Ming has nothing to respect.

Ji Zhao was in a drowsy sleep. He had woken up a long time ago when he heard such news. When he saw it, he really was Liu Rui!Liu Rui actually sneaked all the way to Jinling!And said someone was going to kill him!Talk to him alone!

Later, Yin Ming and Chen Xing stood guard at the door of the house, and Ji Zhao took a knife in his hand seriously, and began to listen to Liu Rui's words.

In the end, what Liu Rui said really scared him.

Liu Rui said that the two of them are half-brothers.

Liu Rui said that when Yin Ying disappeared in Jinling, she took her personal maid and ran away with her baby brother. Later, she ran into Liu Gan [Emperor of Liangguo] who was traveling in Xiguo, and was deceived by Liu Gan's rhetoric. Returning to Liang Kingdom together with him, only to find out that the other party is the prince who is about to ascend the throne, and there are already several side concubines in his family.

It's just that Yin Ying was pregnant at that time, so she had to stay temporarily. After giving birth to the child, Yin Ying left the child and wanted to leave.

Hearing this, Ji Zhao asked incredulously, "My mother, is she still here?!"

Liu Rui smiled wryly and said: "She couldn't escape at all. Not only did her maid hook up with Liu Qian, but for the sake of glory and wealth, she killed her, set her on fire, and burned them all, making it appear that she was no longer there." Illusion. For the favor of the father, he snatched her son to be his own child. Instead, he killed his own child, but told the father that it was to save the child's life, and his own child would It's too late for treatment, that maid has been coaxing my father."

"Your father... Could it be that you are that child?"

"Yes..." Liu Rui lowered her head and said sadly, "I always thought that Concubine De was my biological mother. It wasn't until recently that I found out that she wanted to send someone to kill you. I didn't know that I was not her child at all! We, including My father, I was deceived by her! She originally wanted to help me to be the emperor, so that she could be the queen mother. But I am not as good as my second brother, and now she is gradually disappointed in me, especially after I know the truth Break up, I said I wanted to come to you, she moved her mind and wanted to kill me and you, I escaped with great difficulty, I am afraid that in a few days, Yanjing will find that I have disappeared."

"..." Ji Zhao had nothing to say, this matter was too complicated, he thought for a while and asked, "Then how did you plan?"

Liu Rui looked up at him: "The last time you went to Yanjing, I felt that I was destined for you. It turns out that we are brothers with the same blood! I didn't have any plans. Concubine De asked me to be the emperor, so I just followed her advice." But now, I want to kill Concubine De! I want to be the emperor! I must kill her to avenge our mother!"

"... "

Liu Rui spoke very excitedly, but Ji Zhao's emotions were not mobilized by him.

After that, Ji Zhao persuaded Liu Rui to go to rest first, and they hadn't met again until Zong Zhen came over.

To be honest, Ji Zhao didn't quite believe Liu Rui's words, he remembered what Zong Zhen said, Liu Rui was not a good person!He only believed Zong Zhen's words!In other words, even if Liu Rui is really brothers with him, so what? !

In his heart, Zong Zhen is the most important.

Moreover, when he faced Liu Rui, he didn't have the kind of affection that blood is thicker than water.To be honest, even if it is the eldest lady and the second lady, if there is such a mother, seeing them being played by Zong Mi, he will still feel a little distressed. This is called blood relationship, and it is inescapable by nature.

It can be said that he was very wary of Liu Rui. He told Yin Ming to keep an eye on Liu Rui. He wanted to know what Liu Rui wanted to do.

If Liu Rui just came to talk to him like this, that's fine, but if he has other ideas, he won't let Liu Rui go!

He also wanted to tell Zong Zhen about this immediately, but Liu Rui's status was extraordinary after all, Zong Zhen was a prince, a prince, a prince, what if these were all a trap?What if Liu Rui came here just to lure Zong Zhen into the circle and get tricked?

Just let him know for now!

He planned to wait a few days to see if he could figure out Liu Rui's plan by insinuating, and then tell Zong Zhen about it.

Since Liu Rui dared to come to the door, and said such a nonsense, no matter it is true or not, he must think that he is easy to deal with. He is not that stupid, so he will use his tricks and be a fool.

He also wants to do something for Zong Zhen!

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