The Way of the Consort

With the appearance of Princess Fuchen, He Qiniang reconciled smoothly, and the Liu family dared not say a word.Princess Fuchen didn't ask much about He Qiniang's affairs, she just asked people to go out to release the news, so as to "clear up the grievances" for the son-in-law, and she didn't care about the others.

After He Qiniang left, she brought her maid to the Marquis Mansion to ask to see the son-in-law.

When the concierge came to report, Ji Zhao hesitated for a moment, but decided to meet him.

Except for him, the most wronged person in this matter is He Qiniang.

Speaking of which, Ji Zhao hadn't met He Qiniang seriously yet, but she was still dressed in a dark widow's attire, walking steadily, and when she came in, she knelt down and saluted: "The little lady has seen the son-in-law."

Ji Zhao was curious: "You have reconciled, why are you still wearing—"

He Qiniang said seriously: "Going back to the son-in-law, although the little lady has reconciled, she doesn't plan to remarry. The clothes are only for covering the body, just wear what you can."

Ok.

Ji Zhao asked her to get up, without any nonsense, and asked her directly: "You came to see me, can you ask me for something?"

"My son-in-law, the little lady does have something to ask my son-in-law."

"you say……"

"The little woman is the daughter adopted by the He family. The He family has cared for and cared for the little woman for many years, and has been kind to her in nurturing her. Even if they force me to marry into the He family, the little woman has no complaints in her heart. So far, I have divorced , and the He family will be considered a cancellation. The little woman has been in the Pingjiang mansion since she was born, and she has little experience. Now she is reconciled with her husband's family, but the family can't go back. Just find an errand for the little lady, as long as she can support myself and my maid in Jinling City!"

Ji Zhao listened to her request, it was very reasonable, he could understand it, and it was very simple, so he complied.

He Qiniang handed over another purse: "This is a gift from the son-in-law, and I will give it back to the son-in-law."

Ji Zhao smiled: "There is no reason to take back the things that are sent out, so keep them."

Ji Zhao got up: "Before you leave, leave your address. I'll send someone to look for you in a few days."

"Thank you son-in-law..." She bowed deeply.

A few days later, Mother Wei found an errand for He Qiniang. Ji Zhao owned a clothing store that also sold fabrics. The business was not good, mainly because the seats in the store were not very good.Ji Zhao also doesn't rely on this shop for food, this shop was bought by his mother Yin Ying, because she loved the pastry shop opposite this shop, so she specially bought a shop opposite to the door, these years the pastry shop closed early That's right, the shop has been left there all along, so it's just for fun.

Mother Wei is taking care of He Qiniang's affairs.Mother Wei asked clearly and saw it with her own eyes. Although He Qiniang was not very literate, she was good at abacus and could read the accounts. She directly arranged for He Qiniang to work as the shopkeeper in that shop.

Even if this matter is settled, all the news that Princess Fuchen wanted to release has been released.

The role of public opinion has always been strong, so everyone knows that the son-in-law was wronged, so pitiful, he was misunderstood despite his good intentions!

These words are just to coax the honest people and the people who have not seen it with their own eyes. Some people who were present at the scene always felt that this matter was strange, but the palace has let go of the words, so everyone took it as true.

However, among these people, there are some who really believe this statement.

A few days ago, Ji Zhao was still recovering from illness at home, and he was reading a masterpiece by his idol, Xiaoyaozi, reading it word by word, fearing that he would read it too fast, and there would be nothing left to read.

Chen Xing came in and said, "Mr. Lang, there is a Mr. Qin named Qin coming to see you."

"Who is it?" Ji Zhao was at a loss, "Did you send the post beforehand?"

"No, their family is the mother's family of Concubine Qin in the palace."

Ji Zhao thought about it carefully, and found that he still didn't know him, but at least he had something to do with the palace, so he asked that Qin Langjun to come in.

Qin Langjun came in, he hadn't looked at his face carefully, and when he saw Ji Zhao, he bowed to the end, which frightened Ji Zhao.

He got up immediately: "Qin Langjun, get up, get up!"

Qin Langjun raised his eyes to look at him, suddenly took a deep breath, tears welled up in his eyes, and said with emotion: "Finally, I saw the son-in-law! It looks exactly like Qin's imagination! Anzhi Tinglan, Yushu Linfeng, with a face like a crown jade , Refreshing and elegant, shockingly talented!"

Ji Zhao thought he had finished speaking, so he opened his mouth again: "Merry and elegant, Zhilan Yushu, Guangfeng Jiyue—"

Ji Zhao hastened to stop memorizing idioms!

Qin Langjun smiled a little embarrassedly: "Don't take offense, son-in-law, Qin is just too excited!"

Ji Zhao was even more puzzled, he has become someone else's idol?

So he invited this Qin Langjun to sit down and slowly said, he also knows that this Qin Langjun is named Qin Wen, and his style name is Qingyou. He is the nephew of Qin Taifei, and his father is called Qin Ru. Serving, the official position is not high, the fifth rank, but it is a noble family.According to his own statement, he has worshiped Mr. Ji Sanlang for a long time, and he has always been ashamed of himself and dared not come to visit him. When he heard about the son-in-law's righteous deed of saving a weak woman, he was misunderstood by others, and he couldn't hold back any longer, so he came to the door nervously.

Ji Zhao never expected that he would be so tall in the hearts of others?He was dumbfounded.

The key point is that what Qin Wen said seems to be true, he really thinks so.

He is obviously handsome, but if he says he is ugly, he is not as good-looking as his son-in-law "better than Pan An", and he almost wants to continue to recite idioms.

Fortunately, Ji Zhao interrupted him in time. Since he came to make friends, everything is easy to talk about.

Ji Zhao also chatted with him, chatting and chatting, and found that although the two of them talked like chickens and ducks, they could still chat?It was also agreed that after the new year, the two of them will meet again.

Sending Qin Wen away, Ji Zhao still thought it was funny that he was also someone else's idol. In fact, these people worshiped the talents of their ancestor Ji Zhao.

Then, the year came.

The palace has been sealed, and the officials have already had their annual holidays. The streets are full of excitement every day. Even if the Hou Mansion is hidden in a quiet alley, Ji Zhao can still hear the bustle outside, and occasionally there will be bold peddlers. The shopkeeper took the burden to sell some gadgets.

Ji Zhao can't go out for the time being, there are too many people outside, he is not in good health after all.

He called the peddler to come in and bought the whole burden of the family. The peddler was so happy that in the next few days, all the peddlers ran to the door of his house. Yes, it made the salesmen in the city a small fortune.

It is the busiest time in the palace right now, with blessings to be prayed for in the new year, banquets in the palace, large and small, and envoys exchanged with the Liang Kingdom to congratulate the New Year, it is conservatively estimated that it will be busy until the Lantern Festival. Without stopping.

Zongzhen is going to show up at the palace banquet this year, which is a big event, and Zongzhen is very busy. Even so, he still finds time to listen to the report on Ji Zhao's recent situation. He heard that Ji Zhao has recently fallen in love with a salesman.

He looked at the pile of gadgets on the table, and he found that Ji Zhao didn't like those valuable things, but preferred those strange things found in corners.Things from all over the world came to the palace, and some of them came from Fujian as a tribute. It is said that they were brought from other countries on the sea, and they were not very valuable. What good things can those countries on the sea have?

That is, to see a novelty.

But Ji Zhao should like these.

Zongzhen didn't even bother to look through it at first, but when he thought of his sister's expectant eyes and the heavy rain that day, he sat down and looked through it patiently, and found a box of diamonds, which were shiny, and Ji Zhaoneng must like them. There is a light purple shell, which is also weird. Open the shell, and there is a small mirror embedded in it. The mirror is different from their bronze mirrors. It is a glazed mirror. There is also a wooden board with tadpole-like foreign characters carved on it.

Zong Zhen took out these three items and confessed: "Think of a way to send them to the son-in-law."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave in a hurry, Cheng Shen chased after him: "Your Highness, what if the son-in-law doesn't accept you?"

Zongzhen thought for a while, and said directly: "Find someone to pretend to be a salesman, and sell it to him." He also specifically explained, "It's more expensive, and the money is on my table. I'll come back to see it."

"..." Cheng Shen watched His Highness go away, and thought, Your Highness, aren't you really taking advantage of the son-in-law?

Ji Zhao looked at the salesman in front of him, and was dumbfounded again. How powerful is the salesman now?Can directly sell imported goods!

He felt that it was too difficult to be a salesman, so he gave 500 taels of silver and took the three things back.

Everyone took a few glances, and Mother Wei said, "Oh, my dear Brother Zhao, you have been cheated by those peddlers again!"

"These are worthless?"

This is a box of diamonds!

Mother Wei said contemptuously: "What are these things worth? Let's just say that the diamonds are directly given to customers in our shop in Fuzhou! And this glazed mirror, where can we find it?" Bronze mirror is good! Let’s talk about this wooden board, because the people at sea are not smart and can’t write, so they have to draw it like this. Who cares to look at it, these things are not worth five taels of silver in our shop.”

Ji Zhao picked up the wooden board and looked at it. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't figure out which language it was in, not just Latin.

He put down his things and said with a smile, "Forget it, let's all have a good year!"

Wei's mother smiled: "Yes!"

As long as their husband is happy!

Ji Zhao was happy, and Zong Zhen was also very happy. When he returned to the study, he saw the ten silver ingots on the case table, and he was very satisfied and asked Cheng Shen to put them away alone.His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thinks that this is worthy of his sister's words, and in the future, if the gift is gone, it will be sent here.

Ji Zhao is actually not used to looking at bronze mirrors. He asked Mother Wei to put away other things, but the light purple shells were kept at hand, and they were put in his purse.

Ji Zhao's health was not good, and all the big and small banquets in the palace were sick.

On New Year's Eve, fireworks were set off outside the gate of the palace to share with the people in the city. Everyone could only look up at home, and those who were farther away could not see it.

Ji Zhao lived quite close to the palace, so he could see it fairly clearly.In this era, fireworks are the real luxury, or not just a luxury. Even in the palace, they are only used on fixed festivals. Among the people, this thing must never be sold.

The more cherished, the more precious, the more regrettable.

After the fireworks were set off, Ji Zhao was still thinking about it.

He asked Chen Xing to go back and paint the scene, and Chen Xing has become his little painter.

The emperor's family of three had a very tiring New Year's Eve, but Ji Zhao had a very happy time. Everyone in the mansion was together and happily passed Ji Zhao's first year here. Ji Zhao thought to himself, if every year in the future If so, he would be satisfied.

On the first day of the new year, many people came to pay New Year's greetings, even He Qiniang came to kowtow and wish a happy New Year.Ji Zhao didn't see anyone, so he avoided the crowd and came out through the back door, went to Ji's mansion, and had a meal with Ji's family.

After returning, he sat at the desk and wrote letters to his grandfather.

For some reason, his grandfather never wrote him a letter, so he had to write a letter anyway during Chinese New Year today.In the middle of writing, he suddenly remembered that Zong Yan hadn't replied to him for a long time, but what happened?

Ji Zhao frowned and thought for a while, and after finishing writing his grandfather's letter, he also wrote a letter to Zong Yan.

Zong Zhen drank some wine, his face turned slightly red, Bao Qing and the others were afraid of hurting his body, so they hurriedly brought him some hangover tea as soon as they came back.

Zong Zhen was very happy because he drank.

He didn't drink alcohol in his previous life, and his body couldn't drink at all.Today he drank, he can drink!After drinking it, he didn't feel too uncomfortable, which proves that his body is getting better, and he will get better and better.

He seldom drank, and even a small amount of wine made him slightly tipsy.

It was rare for him to sit or not, and lay on the couch, squinting his eyes to read Ji Zhao's letter to Zong Yan. Ji Zhao asked Zong Yan why he didn't reply to his letter, feeling aggrieved between the lines.

Zongzhen laughed "hehe", because their father is dying, so there is no time to reply to your letter.

Zong Zhen put down the letter, his eyes were slightly blurred, and he asked softly: "During the banquet today, what did Chen Keye tell you to go out?"

At that time, he was being toasted by Wen Xiang. As his chief guard, Chen Keye was supposed to be guarding at the entrance of the hall, but he swayed back and forth by the door several times. He obviously had something to say. Wen Xiang was an old fox, pestering him. He really didn't have time to go out, so he asked Cheng Shen to go.

Cheng Shen hurriedly said: "Master Chen asked the younger one to tell His Highness that the person you want has been caught, and they have already rushed back, and they will be able to bring them to Jinling in the next year."

Zong Zhen said "Yes", very happy, everything went well.

He asked again: "Chen Keye has any news about Pei Rong?"

Cheng Shen lowered his head and whispered, "No..."

Zong Zhen sighed.

After a while, Bao Qing asked him in a low voice: "There is still a letter written by the son-in-law to the old man of the Yin family, do you want to read it?"

Zong Zhen focused his eyes, thought for a while, shook his head, and stopped looking.

Zongzhen was lying on the couch, with many things in his mind, and after stirring, he gradually fell asleep. In his dream, the scene where Ji Zhao stabbed him to death with a sword again, the corners of his mouth were opened, and when he was about to die, he finally fell asleep. Say that sentence, there are only three words in that sentence: why.

It turned out that he had always wanted to know why all this was happening.

He understood Ji Zhao's hatred and unwillingness, and he understood why Ji Zhao would do this.

But he didn't understand why Ji Zhao would do this. Apart from being the emperor, he was also Fu Chen's elder brother. Aren't he friends with Ji Zhao?

Cheng Shen pounded Baoqing: "What did Your Highness say?"

Bao Qing turned over carefully, shaking his head: "No..."

"I heard it just now, it's like "why"? "

"You must have heard it wrong!" Bao Qing raised his foot, "You stay with His Highness, I'll go and see if the dress that His Highness will wear tomorrow has been ironed."

The night in the Eastern Palace gradually subsided.

During the Chinese New Year, Ji Zhao's new friend, Qin Wenqin Qingyou, also came to pay him New Year's greetings, once on the first day of the new year, and again on the fourth day of the new year.

On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, fewer people came to the house to pay New Year's greetings, and Ji Zhao had time to talk to Qin Wen.

It's never too late to meet people with similar interests.

Qin Wen is also a lover of travel notes, and also likes Xiaoyaozi. When he found out that Ji Zhao actually had Xiaoyaozi's handwritten book, he was very envious.Ji Zhao is still willing to give away other things, but this thing will not work.

Seeing Qin Wen's appearance again, he made an appointment with Qin Wen to go to Loquat Lane the next day, and asked the shopkeeper where he could buy Master Xiaoyaozi's handwritten book.

During the Chinese New Year, the officials take a rest and the common people reunite with their families, but it is also the time for the merchants to earn money.

Everywhere in Loquat Alley were posted blessings, and there were dragon and lion dances at the entrance of the alley. Ji Zhao stood and watched for a while, and then went in with Qin Wen to find the shopkeeper after paying the bounty.

When the shopkeeper was asked by them, he started to worry, and with a smile on his face, he said: "This master's handwritten book is really rare. It is good luck to have a few copies in the small shop last time. There are really no new ones."

Qin Wen knew this early on, and it was not a pity, he just sighed: "The masterpiece of the master should be so precious."

Ji Zhao asked the shopkeeper again: "Last time, where did you get it?"

The shopkeeper faltered and couldn't speak, so Ji Zhao said, "I'm not trying to steal your business, and you still don't want to tell me?"

The shopkeeper hesitated even more, and Ji Zhao got a little angry, so he just asked, could it be that he would compete with a small study for profit?Ji Zhao's temperament was like this, the more he was kept from knowing, the more he wanted to know. Moreover, he was the one who took the initiative to bring Qin Wen here, and the shopkeeper usually gets along well, but today he didn't give him face.

Ji Zhao pulled the shopkeeper into the private room to talk, insisting on knowing where the book came from: "It's okay not to let others hear it?" He looked at the shopkeeper, "Or, your book was stolen. here?"

The shopkeeper shook his hands in fright: "The little one is doing serious business, so I dare not do this!"

"Then why didn't you tell me? Or, do you know the master himself?!"

The shopkeeper was afraid that the son-in-law would ask him to bring Xiaoyaozi himself. With a bitter face, he said that this business was not easy to do. Ji Zhao threatened him, and if he didn't say anything else, he would pretend that he had stolen it.

The shopkeeper thought that the eunuch didn't tell him not to tell the son-in-law who they were, so it's okay for him to talk about it, right?

He dawdled and said: "My son-in-law, it's not that I don't want to say it, I really don't dare to say it... I didn't find this book. It was sent to me by an eunuch that day, and he specified that he would sell it. Here you are..."

"..." Ji Zhao was astonished.

The shopkeeper didn't dare to talk much, only dared to look up at the son-in-law occasionally, only to see the son-in-law was stunned for a while, and then began to smile smugly.He thought to himself, the son-in-law is not angry?

So he leaned over with a "hehe" smile, flattering him and said, "My son-in-law, do you know who that is?"

Ji Zhao glanced at him again, turned and walked out.

They didn't stay around to talk anymore, so Ji Zhao left with Qin Wen. When they reached the intersection, they bid farewell and went back to their respective homes.

On the way home, while sitting in the carriage, Ji Zhao began to laugh smugly.

Chen Xing asked: "Mr. What are you happy about? What did the shopkeeper say to make you happy?"

Ji Zhao hummed, and asked him, "Then the schedule is so deep that you come here to give something, saying that I will definitely like it, so you don't regret it?"

"Yes!"

Well, Ji Zhao admitted that he really regretted not accepting it.

But so what if you don't accept it, the perverted prince still has to find a way to deliver it to him!

That psychopath also knows what he did wrong!He came to apologize and make amends!

Dreaming, drenched in the rain, kneeling on the slate, how can it be so easy to forget!He is still angry, where is this!Never forgive!

Even so, Ji Zhao kept having fun for several days.