The Way of the Consort

Zong Zhen was reading Ji Zhao's letter to Zong Yan, and he guessed in his heart that King Zheng was going to die in a few days.

Thinking of this, he asked Cheng Shen to send Chen Keye over, and asked, "Has he arrived in Jinling?"

"About the day after tomorrow."

Zongzhen counted the days, and in a few days, Ji Zhao should come back from the temple. The time is just right, which is also a good sign. Zongzhen looked pale, copied Ji Zhao's letter, and asked someone to deliver it. go out.

As for Ji Zhao's original letter, Zong Zhen got up, opened a box on Duobaoge with his own hands, and put the letter in, but he didn't turn around in a hurry to leave. Looking at Zhao’s letters, almost all of them were written to Zongyan. These letters always have one theme: I miss you so much.

It seemed that there was nothing angry about it, but Zong Zhen suddenly thought that this time Ji Zhao went to the mountain, and he didn't send anything to the palace. He was indeed not angry, but Zong Zhen's complexion was still dark, he put the lid on, turned and left up.

Ji Zhao was on the mountain, but someone came to see him. It was his new friend Qin Wen.

Qin Wen accompanied her sister to offer incense, and brought him to play with him. Knowing that Ji Zhao was praying for his friend, Qin Wen recited another string of idioms with emotion.Chen Xing came back from digging sweet potatoes in the field and baked sweet potatoes for them to eat. The house smelled sweet.

Ji Zhao kept talking to him happily, but Qin Wen's face was full of sadness, and he was lost in thought from time to time. Ji Zhao said angrily, "What's wrong with you? I just wanted to ask. It's Chinese New Year, why don't you seem so happy?"

Qin Wen snapped back to his senses, and said with a dry smile, "It's okay..."

Ji Zhao then said inscrutablely: "Now, if you say "it's okay" again, I don't think "it's okay" anymore... What's the matter, can't you tell me?We are friends! "

After hearing what he said, Qin Wen's eyes lit up, and he looked at Chen Xing and Yin Ming embarrassedly, Ji Zhao asked them to go out, jokingly said: "After all, they have all gone out, maybe you like it?" Which little lady is in the family?"

"No, no, no!" Qin Wen waved his hands again and again in fright, then lowered his head shyly, and didn't say another word.

"You're so boring! I told them to go out!" Ji Zhao pretended to be unhappy.

Qin Wen hesitated for a while, raised his eyes to look at him, and asked cautiously: "You, have you ever met Zhou Liangdi..."

"What? Who?" Ji Zhao thought to himself, he doesn't know anyone surnamed Zhou!Was this someone he was supposed to know?

Qin Wen blushed, feeling that he was being reckless, no matter how much a son-in-law is, he can't casually inquire about the affairs of the prince's house!

Qin Wen made up his mind not to ask any more questions, but Ji Zhao didn't let him go: "It's the most boring thing for you to hang your appetite like this, and you're still friends!"

Qin Wen was forced by him to tell him his true thoughts.

It turned out that it was the concubine who passed the message to them. Although she didn't say it clearly, it meant that. In a few months, his sister was going to marry into the palace and become the side concubine of the prince.Qin Wen was unwilling in his heart, but he couldn't change the elders' thinking. He was worried about his younger sister, and was afraid that her life would not be good. He knew that there was a good concubine in the Prince's East Palace, so he thought that if he knew something about the situation, the younger sister would feel better after entering the palace.

But they didn't have anyone to inquire about. The whole family was very honest. They never thought of asking from the son-in-law. It was Qin Wen's impromptu idea. Qin Wen said guiltily: "I used you, I am not worthy to be your friend."

Ji Zhao couldn't laugh or cry: "That's it? We are friends!"

As a friend, Ji Zhao felt that this favor could still be helpful, so after thinking about it, he said, "I'll ask the princess in the future, and I'll tell you if I have any news."

Qin Wen was completely moved.

When Qin Wen and his sister left, he went to see them off and met Qin Wen's sister, Qin Wuniang.

What a beautiful girl, with a pretty face, and a little shy when she smiles, but it's a pity that she is going to marry the crown prince's pervert, Ji Zhao feels sorry for her, and he is determined to inquire about the poor girl.

It was said that it was half a month, but before the end of the first lunar month, Ji Zhao came back from the Dabaoen Temple, changed his clothes and went to the Princess Mansion first, and by the way, he could ask about Zhou Liangdi.

When the two were eating together, Ji Zhao knew that there was a stampede on the street on the Lantern Festival, and immediately asked, "Are you all right?"

"It's okay, only a few people were injured. These days, the imperial army patrols every day, and nothing like this has ever happened again."

"That's good..." Ji Zhao heaved a sigh of relief. Once a stampede happened, many people could die. In his previous life, many people died when he was watching the tide on the Qiantang River and during the New Year's Eve on the Bund.Ji Zhao's heart didn't completely sink, he always felt that he had forgotten something, and he couldn't remember it for a while.

Princess Fuchen said: "Tomorrow is the last day of the first lunar month, and there will be fireworks in the palace. The son-in-law will enter the palace with me?"

Ji Zhao really wanted to watch the fireworks, but he didn't want to see the prince's face, so he was about to refuse.

Princess Fuchen covered her mouth and smiled: "My brother won't go, the night wind is still cold recently, my brother won't come out at night."

"Uh—is it obvious?" Ji Zhao was a little embarrassed.

Princess Fuchen stopped covering her mouth, "haha" said with a smile: "You and your brother are a bit like that Huanxi friends."

"Ha ha……"

"I know, you are doing it for my sake. It was a misunderstanding last time. My brother has such a temperament. In fact, he has a cold face and a warm heart. Don't be angry with your brother-in-law."

Ji Zhao thought in his heart, I can go to your face to be cold and my heart to be warm, that is, if the face is abnormal, the heart will also be abnormal, okay?

Since the crown prince won't show up, Ji Zhao must be going!

On this day, he didn't go back to the mansion either, he directly lived in the princess mansion,

There was a beautiful magnolia lantern hanging by the door of the princess bedroom. He stood admiring it for a while before entering without asking specific questions.

He and Princess Fuchen slept through the screen as usual, and they chatted about the Dabaoen Temple.

Ji Zhao also lit the lamp for the late empress this time, and Princess Fuchen was very grateful to him.Ji Zhao talked about the deer in the back mountain again. Ji Zhao was just talking, and suddenly realized that Princess Fuchen had stopped talking, was she asleep?

"Princess?" he asked.

"I'm listening..."

Ji Zhao then continued: "I heard from the little novice that the princess also likes those deer very much. She said that a man named something raised the deer, and what was his name..." But Ji Zhao couldn't remember it again. Princess Chen answered quietly: "Pei Rong..."

"That's right, that's him! The little novice monks said that he used to raise deer, but then he suddenly disappeared, so the little novice monks took care of him..." Ji Zhao was talking, and found that the princess was silent again. After shouting, Princess Fuchen didn't answer him anymore.

Ji Zhao listened carefully, and found that Princess Fuchen's breathing was not the sound of falling asleep at all.

Ji Zhao was a little puzzled, but he was the laziest in his life, so he didn't move as much as he could, so he didn't think much, and fell asleep first.

Princess Fuchen opened her eyes until dawn.

When she entered the palace the next day, she kept yawning.

While watching the fireworks, a beautiful woman walked up to her and asked softly, "Princess, what's wrong?"

Ji Zhao was standing beside Princess Fuchen, and also looked over upon hearing this, Princess Fuchen smiled and shook her head: "I'm fine, Liangdi don't worry."

Ji Zhao's eyes lit up, and he immediately looked at Zhou Liangdi, this is Zhou Liangdi!The eyes were too fierce, Zhou Liangdi couldn't ignore it even if she wanted to, she smiled at the son-in-law, and said hello: "I've seen the son-in-law..."

Princess Fuchen introduced softly: "This is Zhou Liangdi..."

"Meet Zhou Liangdi!"

Zhou Liangdi was surprised at the son-in-law's over-excitement, she didn't dare to show it on her face, she turned half of her body, and said embarrassingly: "Your son-in-law is too polite..."

The fireworks had already started to go off, Zhou Liangdi supported Princess Fuchen and accompanied her, and Ji Zhao secretly looked at Zhou Liangdi from time to time.Zhou Liangdi was also extremely beautiful, on par with the sisters of the Qin family, she also seemed to have a good temper, and she was probably bullied by the perverted prince, so Ji Zhao felt sorry for these two beautiful ladies.

It was because all the fireworks were released at the back that Ji Zhao's attention was attracted by the fireworks, and he saw with a smile on his face and yearning in his eyes.

The fireworks were set off in an open space in the back garden. Apart from the royal family, there were only a dozen or so adults and family members from the clan and high-ranking officials present. The verandah was mostly covered by a few clumps of holly trees, and Zong Zhen stood behind the half-covered holly trees, looking at Ji Zhao who was looking up at the fireworks seriously under the fiery trees and silver flowers.

After the fireworks were over, Ji Zhao smiled and bowed his head not knowing what to say to Zhou Liangdi, Zhou Liangdi immediately smiled happily, and Ji Zhao also bent his eyes and smiled.

Zong Zhen sneered, turned and left.

Zhou Liangdi was in a great mood, and brought the maids back to the East Palace, and was about to return to her own room in the apse, when Bao Qing came over to stop them, and said with a smile: "Liangdi, Your Highness, please go over."

Zhou Liangdi trembled, forced a smile, and followed Baoqing to the prince's room.

After entering the house, Zhou Liangdi didn't dare to raise her head, and said respectfully: "I pay homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zong Zhen sat on top of it, his eyes were like looking at a rock, looking at Zhou Liangdi who was well-dressed tonight and was also a famous beauty in Beijing before she got married.

Zhou Liangdi almost couldn't hold on any longer, since she entered the East Palace, she hadn't seen the crown prince a few times, Cheng Shen or Bao Qing came to convey something, and said that His Highness is a kind person, but she has always been afraid of the crown prince.

Zhou Liangdi's legs had already started to tremble, Zong Zhen said lightly: "Get up..."

"Yes, Your Highness." Zhou Liangdi stood up, but still did not dare to raise her head.

Zong Zhen asked directly: "While watching the fireworks, what did the son-in-law say to you? Look at Di Liang's sweet smile."

Zong Zhen's voice was slow, but at the end the word "sweet" was a bit heavy.

A bolt of lightning struck Zhou Liangdi's mind, causing her to go blank. She was so frightened that she immediately raised her head and said, "Your Highness, the son-in-law never said anything to the concubine!"

Zong Zhen twitched the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "Is that so..."

It's better not to laugh, Zhou Liangdi cried out of fright, does His Highness suspect that there is something wrong between her and the son-in-law!

How dare she!

Zhou Liangdi cried and said: "His Royal Highness, when watching the fireworks tonight, the princess was also there. Seeing that the princess was not feeling well, I went to accompany her, and then said a few words to the son-in-law. The princess was there! After the fireworks cleared, the son-in-law praised the fireworks. , and the rest, there is no more to say! I swear!"

Zhou Liangdi cried and knelt down: "Please trust my concubine, Your Highness!"

What Zhou Liangdi said was the truth, even if Ji Zhao really wanted to help the sister of the Qin family to find out, he couldn't just ask "Are you favored or not" in person, right?What's more, after Ji Zhao met Zhou Liangdi herself, he felt that this girl was also very pitiful, and couldn't bear to help the girl of the Qin family to find out, and he felt uncomfortable helping anyone.

In order to prove herself, Zhou Liangdi also learned the conversation at that time.

After the fireworks went off, Ji Zhao sighed, "It's so beautiful! I wish I could watch it every day!"

"After finishing speaking, the son-in-law smiled at the princess, and the concubine stood aside, seeing it, and joked arbitrarily: "It's not good to see it every day, it's just a rarity." The son-in-law laughed even more happily , Said that he still thinks it looks good even if he looks at it every day.On the other hand, the concubine really didn't say anything more! "

Zhou Liangdi swears and swears again, she almost faints from crying.

Zong Zhen frowned impatiently, and gradually came to his senses, what was he doing?What's the point of interrogating a weak woman?Even if Ji Zhao was suspected of colluding with the people in his palace, the reaction shouldn't be like this, right?

He got a little impatient, got up directly, turned and went into the back room.

He was circling around the study room irritably, when Bao Qing came in, he said cautiously: "Your Highness, I have already sent Liang Di back."

"understood……"

Bao Qing didn't dare to speak too much, so he withdrew.

In fact, Zong Zhen didn't know what he was angry about, and what he was worried about. He felt that Ji Zhao's smile was an eyesore, and Zhou Liangdi's smile was even more an eyesore. Perhaps he was still worried that Ji Zhao would try to harm him through the people around him and repeat the same mistakes?

Even the rabbit on the table became an eyesore, Zong Zhen picked it up and wanted to throw it away, but the moment he threw it away, he withdrew his hand, looked at it with a frown, and carefully put the rabbit back to its original place.

Ji Zhao returned home without changing his clothes, and went to see his rabbit first.

The rabbit was kept in his house, and during the ten days he was away, he was well taken care of and grew up a little bit.Ji Zhao squatted on the ground and took a vegetable leaf to feed the rabbit. The little white rabbit's three-petal mouth was eating the vegetable leaf vigorously, making Ji Zhao laugh all the time. Everyone squatted on the ground watching him feed the rabbit and laughed together. .

After feeding, Ji Zhao grabbed it by the ear, hugged it in his arms, got up and walked to the back room, and said as he walked, "You are a rabbit who survives a catastrophe and will have a future! I'm still waiting for you to ascend to heaven and take me Let's go to be gods together!"

It made everyone laugh again.

In order not to be irritable, the next day, Zong Zhen went to the shooting range early to draw the bow, and he drew the bow dozens of times more than usual. Chen Keye temporarily served as his master, and seeing this, he couldn't help but persuade him to take a rest first.Zong Zhen took a few sips of water, shook his head, and continued to practice.

While practicing, a guard ran over from the shooting range. This was very common. Zong Zhen often listened to what they had to say after he finished drawing his bow or running his horse.At this moment, Zong Zhen glanced at him, suddenly put down his bow, beckoned the man over, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Uh..." The guard took out a letter from his pocket, "Your Highness, the family members of my hometown in Huizhou received this letter and sent it over..."

Zong Zhen took it in his hand, and on the envelope were the six words "Brother of Huizhou merchants personally entrusted".

"What a mess." Zong Zhen commented unceremoniously.

However, after the evaluation, he stuffed the bow into Chen Keye's arms, took the messy letter, turned his head and left.

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