The Way of the Consort

Princess Fuchen did not spend too long with the Ji family brothers.

I found a place, sat down and chatted for more than a quarter of an hour, when I heard the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the window, the guards took a look and came back and said: "Princess, it seems that someone was trampled on Fenghuang Street."

Princess Fuchen said "Ah", and asked worriedly, "Can someone report to the Young Yin of Jinling Mansion?"

"When the subordinate just went out to look, he had already seen someone sent over, and I also saw someone from Mr. Xu."

Mr. Xu is a member of the front office of the palace, directly under the emperor. Princess Fuchen is relieved. It means that the emperor in the palace already knows that the lantern festival is held every year, and there will always be troubles when there are too many people. There have been stampedes in the past, but it is not Scary, as long as it is dealt with early, the problem is not big.

That being the case, it was inconvenient for them to continue drinking tea. The Ji family brothers were also worried about the two younger sisters in the family and were about to send someone to bring them over.

Princess Fuchen said: "I'll send guards to help you find the two younger sisters."

She offered to propose, and the Ji family brothers naturally agreed.

After waiting for a while, the guards came with the two girls from the Ji family. Princess Fuchen didn't look carefully. She knew the origins of the two girls. It was all in the past, but now her relationship with Ji Zhao is getting better and better. Naturally, I have some disdain for them in my heart, mainly because of their mothers, and by the way.

She raised her chin slightly, showing a faint alienated smile: "I don't have time today, next time I will invite the two girls to my house to play."

After finishing speaking, she nodded to the Ji family brothers and left directly.

The eldest lady was so frightened that her legs were a little weak, but just now Princess Fuchen was unambiguous, and she was very capable of bluffing people when she put on the airs of a serious princess, even the second lady, who was always a bit aggressive, couldn't help but keep silent.

Ji Chongyuan was puzzled and asked Ji Chongjin: "Why did the princess suddenly become, uh..."

He doesn't know how to describe it, but when he talks to them, he looks like a different person, but Ji Chongjin can understand, probably because of Ji Zhao.

Princess Fuchen got into the carriage, and the guards drove the carriage to leave, but gradually stopped.

"What's the matter?" Qing Jin frowned and lifted the curtain to go out, then brought back a lamp with a smile, and handed it to her, "Your Highness, the master of the Ji family sent it, it's so beautiful."

Princess Fuchen looked at the lamp in her hand. It looked like a magnolia flower. The stamens were decorated with goose yellow gemstones. The petals made of cloth were light white under the light, as if they were really magnolias blooming on the branches in spring. flower.

Princess Fuchen laughed immediately, took the lamp from Qing Jin, and asked: "He sent it himself, where is he?"

As she said that, she had already opened the curtains and looked out. Ji Chongjin was about to leave. When she heard the movement, she turned around and saw that a few steps away, he smiled at Princess Fuchen, and after cupping his hands, he turned and left calmly.

Princess Fuchen watched him take a few steps, then let go of the curtain, leaned back, and looked at the lamp carefully with a smile in her eyes.

Thanks to the stampede that interrupted it, Renzong really didn't have time to ask the prince in the East Palace, and was busy at night calling people into the palace to arrange things in the city.

In the East Palace at this time, both Bao Qing and Cheng Shen lowered their heads.

In front of them, Aunt Zhang scolded: "It was the same last time, and it is also the same this time. Tell me, what is the reason! Why does His Highness always have troubles when he leaves the palace? Our Highness is so good that we can pass out by ourselves?! Especially Today, I even changed my clothes! I don’t think the imperial physician Na Luo dared to tell me the truth! He tried to fool me with all that nonsense!”

Neither of them could speak.

Aunt Zhang scolded again: "You two bastards, do you see that aunt is getting old and her wings are hard?! Don't you say it? If you don't say it again, I will go to His Majesty to reason!"

The two of them were so frightened that they quickly stopped Aunt Zhang: "Auntie, good aunt! Don't do this!"

Aunt Zhang turned around and walked out: "I'm going to find His Majesty right away!"

A little eunuch ran up behind him: "Your Highness is awake!"

The three of them immediately turned around and rushed into the room in unison "whoosh". The little eunuch only felt his eyes flicker, and when he looked again, there were no people there, it was too fast!

Zong Zhen was already leaning on the bed supported by the little eunuch, seeing the three of them coming in, he took a look at the three of them.

Aunt Zhang's eyes became hot, she stepped forward and asked, "Is there any discomfort, Your Highness?"

I don't know if the strengthening of the body over the past few months has any effect?Although it was still uncomfortable and sore all over, Zong Zhen felt that he was better than ever before. He was strong in his bones, not so soft that he couldn't sit still. Although it was thanks to Ji Zhao, he was in a good mood. It's not bad, it's relatively calm, at least it has verified the results of the past few months of strengthening his body, and he firmly believes that if things go on like this, he will get better and better. I have to say, this is good news.

It's just that the spirit is still a little weak, Zong Zhen pulled out a smile, showing that he was fine.

Aunt Zhang was about to cry again, Zong Zhen understood her worry, she was the queen mother's dowry maid, and after the mother passed away, the emperor father wanted to release her out of the palace to raise her.For him and Fuchen, Aunt Zhang was unwilling to leave the palace, and Aunt Zhang never married. He and his younger sister were Aunt Zhang's children.

Aunt Zhang had tears in her eyes, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness, I asked you last time, and you didn't want to tell me the truth. This time, after you get well, you must tell Auntie why and what is going on outside the palace." Jackal!"

Jackal?

Zong Zhen suddenly wanted to laugh, but what Aunt Zhang said was right, Ji Zhao was more capable of torturing people than jackals.

He thought, he doesn't have to feel guilty about what happened last time anymore, Ji Zhao is clearly alive and well, and he can easily make him fall on the bed, so he will definitely be able to live well and continue to anger him.

After all, he was not in good spirits, Zong Zhen continued to sleep after drinking the medicine.

The people on the street have already gone home. No one was killed in the stampede today, but only a few people were injured. The government sent people to take them to the medical clinic. Those who are serious will live in the medical clinic these days. The government was responsible for the expenses, and those who were not serious were escorted home by the guards.

The imperial guards were patrolling the streets, and when they encountered people with sneaky expressions and behaviors, they would stop them and ask them. Although stampede incidents happened occasionally, most of them were accidents caused by too many people at the lantern festival. What if it was human-made?

Even if there is an accident, until the last day of the first lunar month, even if it is for the new year, the lights on the street will not be removed. Fortunately, starting tomorrow, there will always be a lot fewer people watching the lantern festival.

The city is very quiet, only the orderly and heavy footsteps of the imperial guards, the occasional barking of dogs, the crying of babies, and the doors of every house are closed.

At the end of Shuangquan Street, there is a silk shop in the front room, and a yard in the back room, where the shopkeeper lives.

He Qiniang sat at the table, without lighting the lamp, with steaming tea in hand, she picked up the tea cup from time to time, and took a breath, the tea was cold, but she didn't drink it, as if she was waiting for someone.

The moon in the middle of the month is the roundest, and the courtyard is like mercury moonlight. In such a cold weather, she did not close the door, as if she was admiring the moon.

Until someone came lightly from the wall, a black shadow appeared in the courtyard, He Qiniang raised her head and drank a cup of herbal tea.

The man walked in directly, closed the door behind his back, leaned his back against the door, and frowned at her.

He Qiniang also showed displeasure, and looked down at the hinge.

"You are too anxious this time." The man finally spoke.

He Qiniang looked up like a firecracker that had been lit, and she no longer had the serious look in front of Ji Zhao, she raised her head and said angrily, "I'm in a hurry? If I'm not in a hurry, I'm still holding it back like a fool in the Liu family! Keep holding it in." , I will kill their whole family sooner or later. You are not in a hurry, you are always looking for an opportunity, but have you ever found an opportunity? At least I have found a son-in-law now!"

The other party sneered: "After that, what do you plan to do? Kill the son-in-law with your own hands? Kill the prince? Kill the princess?"

He Qiniang also sneered: "Are you distressed?"

The other party's breath froze for a moment, and he warned: "Don't mess around! Don't think about doing it now! Don't do it to Ji Zhao! Your little three-legged kung fu, beware of being watched by the people of the Imperial City Division! I am just a kid today! Try it, intentionally create chaos, trample on a few people, the Imperial Army has been dispatched, and has been patrolling. The people of the Imperial City Division must be hiding in the dark. Although the emperor is incompetent, he is not incompetent enough to let others play To the extent that we rely on you and me alone, we can't accomplish anything at all."

He Qiniang didn't speak.

"Why didn't you call me back?"

Then He Qiniang said angrily: "I have never messed around! I planned to cause some discord between the princess and Ji Zhao this time, so that the emperor would also dislike the Ji family and the Yin family. Who would have expected that fool Ji Zhao to be right?" Princess Fuchen is very devoted! She doesn’t even look at me, and the princess protects him. As for the crown prince, hey, he’s a sick man, but he also believes in Ji Zhao, and he didn’t fart. Ji Zhao must have drunk the ecstasy soup, what the hell."

The other party said again with a warning: "Not everyone thinks what you see, and don't always think that you are the smartest in the world. You can do it yourself."

After speaking, he turned to leave.

"Why don't you stay and eat a bowl of glutinous rice balls before leaving? I wrapped them myself..." He Qiniang's voice finally softened, "Today is the Lantern Festival, and we haven't celebrated together for many years."

He looked at He Qiniang, and his voice softened: "I don't want to stay for a long time, I will leave Jinling tomorrow, take care of yourself."

"Brother..." He Qiniang stood up and walked in front of him.

He reached out and touched He Qiniang's head: "Don't make a decision on your own, promise brother."

He Qiniang nodded slowly, "Let's eat next time, I have to go." After finishing speaking, he let go of his hand, looked at her again, walked into the courtyard, jumped up, pointed his toes on the branches, and climbed over the wall, See you soon.

He Qiniang stood by the door, looked at the empty courtyard, and murmured: "Every year, I say, next time, next time, which time will it be..."

After dawn, Zong Zhen woke up again, feeling much better. He sat on the bed and drank medicine.

It was very bitter, and when he raised his head and drank it all in one gulp, he suddenly thought of the box of candy Ji Zhao gave him, and said casually, "Where is the candy from the son-in-law?"

"Ah?" Bao Qing and Cheng Shen didn't quite understand.

Only then did Zong Zhen realize that it was amused in his heart. Zong Zhen had extremely complicated emotions about the rescue of Ji Zhao last night.

After all, while the hatred of the previous life was buried in his heart, Ji Zhao was indeed his best friend.Strictly speaking, he had only been dead for a few months, and he didn't know Ji Zhao's true face until he died.

At the critical moment of life and death, saving Ji Zhao in a flash of heat, it must be regarded as the instinct of being a friend.

Injuring his own body, Zong Zhen indeed regretted such a useless instinct, but he was more helpless.

In addition to helplessness, he was also a little thankful. Fortunately, Ji Zhao was fine, otherwise Ji Zhao would be ill for some time this time. He frowned, and suppressed this feeling of gratitude.

Last night was a mess, and the guards hadn't had time to tell the two of them what happened at that time carefully.

Baoqing thought about it, although he didn't know what candy was, but the son-in-law did give something, and he didn't intend to show it to His Highness, so he and Cheng Shen exchanged glances, and immediately went to get a purse, and handed it to Zong Zhen: "Uh, Your Highness, this was given by the son-in-law when we left the Hou Mansion last night."

Zongzhen handed him the medicine bowl, took it in his hand, and took out a jade pendant. Thinking about what happened last time, he asked even more helplessly: "Another "token"? "

They both laughed "hehe".

Zong Zhen happened to have a lot of things to ask them, looked at the jade pendant, and said: "Where is mine, was it taken away by him too?"

"Hey..." The two of them continued to laugh dryly, and bowed their heads, obviously neither of them wanted to say anything.

"Cheng Shen said..."

His Royal Highness called the roll, and Cheng Shen could only lower his head and start to say with a bitter face: "It was snatched by the son-in-law. The son-in-law is quite strong, so he just grabbed it with his hands, and the belt was also pulled away. The son-in-law was crying and pulling at the same time."

"cry?"

"The son-in-law seems to blame himself very much..." Cheng Shen told him everything he knew, including the matter that the son-in-law hid in the East Wing and dared not come to see him, and also the matter of asking for the address when he came out, and so on.

His Royal Highness was quite satisfied with what he heard.

Although Ji Zhao's behavior is worth pondering, he is increasingly unable to understand Ji Zhao, but at least this time he did scare Ji Zhao a lot, even if it was only on the surface.

He still thinks that Ji Zhao is not afraid of anything, he can even say "Go and kill him", and sometimes he will cry in fright.

Zongzhen was not feeling well, so he couldn't practice archery anymore. Zongzhen thought of Ji Zhao and said that when he saw the mole under his eyes, he recognized him immediately, and asked Baoqing to take the picture of Ji Zhao on the bookshelf. Zhao Zuo's painting was brought to him.

Baoqing unfolded, and he took a closer look, and sure enough, the mole right now was also painted on it.

He touched his cuff and asked, "Where's the rabbit?"

The two of them were dumbfounded, and they also didn't know what a rabbit was.

Zong Zhen showed displeasure, and the two of them immediately went down to look for it, and asked the guards first. The guards who followed out last night were stunned for a while, and suddenly realized: "Last night, the son-in-law did indeed give His Highness a rabbit! His Highness didn't give it to us, and kept it by himself , either fell into the water, or was in the sleeve pocket of the wet clothes yesterday!"

Baoqing immediately ran to the laundry room, found the maid who was doing the laundry, searched for a long time, and found the porcelain rabbit, thank God, it didn't fall into the water and disappeared!

Baoqing held it in his hand and looked at it, and was discouraged again, that's it? !Ten big money sells something that no one wants to buy!

Are you sure it wasn't their highness who read it wrong? !

He ran back suspiciously of the letter, Zong Zhen was already sitting at the table reading a book, Bao Qing handed it over carefully, fearing that His Highness would get angry.

Zong Zhen took it, looked at it, put it next to the pen holder, and put it with the paperweight, and continued reading without saying a word.

Only then did Baoqing let out a breath, went out, and stood guard at the door.

After everyone left, Zong Zhen raised his head again and took another look at the rabbit.

He remembered that Ji Zhao was born in the year of rabbit.

No wonder he insisted on putting on a rabbit, Zong Zhen stretched out his hand and gently touched the little rabbit's ears.