The Way of the Consort

When we arrived at the mansion, it was already dark.

Ji Zhao was not in a hurry to have dinner, so he asked someone to send out the letter written on the mountain and sent it to Huizhou. After entering the house, he didn't change his clothes, and hurriedly wrote a letter to Zongyan. ask.

Last time, the prince's people didn't know, so forget it.

This time, the son-in-law wrote another letter to the "Huizhou Merchants", but the letter was intercepted by the prince's people as soon as it left the city, and he took it back to the palace and presented it to His Highness.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was not in the East Palace, and was called to Yanfu Palace by His Majesty.

Guizhou has an urgent letter from [-] li.

It is the memorial to the funeral of King Zheng's mansion, and it is written on the paper that King Zheng died of a fall from a horse.

King Zheng is the cousin of Emperor Renzong, Emperor Renzong is the lineage of the first son of the Taizu, King Zheng is the lineage of the sixth son of the Taizu, and the lineage of King Zheng is resident in Guizhou. , Gradually, the title has been withdrawn by the court, only this cousin has been the prince.

Emperor Renzong was truly benevolent, and he had no doubts at all. He sighed for his cousin, and said regretfully, "I still remember that the last time I saw him was more than 30 years ago. When we came to Jinling, we used to play together. He is a few years younger than me, but he actually walked ahead of me, alas."

When he was feeling emotional, Zong Zhen was reading this memorial.

After Renzong finished feeling, he said to Zongzhen: "Always send someone there. The place is still waiting for the funeral. After receiving the title, we will discuss it carefully with the Ministry of Rites. Let's send someone there first. Look, who will you send?"

Canonization and other matters are serious matters later on. The people sent over at this time are as members of the clan to help with the funeral, at least to express the closeness of the same clan family. In the previous life, several uncles from the clan went together.

Zong Zhen had already thought about the candidate for this life from the very beginning.

Finally reached this step, Zong Zhen hesitated for a moment.

Renzong thought about it and said, "Why don't you send your Third Tang Uncle to take his sons there, so that we can help."

Zong Zhen put away his hesitation and suggested: "Father, let the son-in-law go."

"My son-in-law?" Renzong was surprised, "That's still a child, and he has never taken on an errand."

"The son-in-law is also seventeen years old. He is Fu Chen's husband-in-law. He is a son-in-law. His identity is completely fine. Sending him over also shows how much we value Uncle Zheng."

This is also reasonable, in fact, the son-in-law has more face than the people in the clan.

Except for King Zheng who has his own fiefdom and rights in the clan of the Xi Kingdom, the rest of the Zong family have no rights.

Renzong pondered: "But the son-in-law... he does have brothers, but after all, he is from Ji's family, so it's not easy to handle. He went alone, and he has never done such a thing before. What if he is not very skilled?"

"Father once asked me to send an errand to the son-in-law. I haven't found a suitable one. Isn't this a good opportunity to exercise? He is Fu Chen's husband and son-in-law, and he always has to take on the job. Let's pick a few doctors in the Ministry of Rites Accompany him there, and besides, father, you forgot that the old man of the Yin family is still recuperating in Jiangling."

Renzong's eyes lit up. He had always hoped that the Yin family could become an official again, but he couldn't say anything.

If he sent Ji Zhao over this time, the old man of the Yin family would not be able to just watch his grandson face such a thing alone, he would always send his son or grandson to accompany him. Delay the Yin family in these matters.

Renzong smiled and said: "Brother Zhen is very thoughtful! Let's do it like this!"

Zong Zhen smiled and said nothing.

Renzong looked at the sky and said, "The gate of the palace is closed, and the matter has already happened. There is no rush for this matter. I will send someone to the son-in-law's mansion tomorrow morning, and let that child, Ji Zhao, have a good night's rest. You will rest at the emperor's place tonight." , we will discuss how to proceed after the discussion.”

Zong Zhen agreed.

Zongzhen didn't know that Ji Zhao had returned to the city at this time. Emperor Renzong didn't care about things anymore, he was also an emperor, and he wouldn't keep an eye on such trivial matters as where Ji Zhao was going every day. Zongzhen didn't mention it much, thinking about ordering them to go to Zhuangzi tomorrow morning Go up and deliver the decree.

Early the next morning, Xiang Sheng learned from the prince's bodyguard that the son-in-law had returned, so he brought the imperial decree and went directly to the son-in-law's mansion.

Ji Zhao was shocked when he received the imperial edict, no wonder Zong Yan never wrote back to him, Zong Yan's father passed away!

Xiang Sheng shed a few tears: "Yes, it is said that the lord has delayed for a long time, over a year, and finally failed to make it through the first month."

Ji Zhao also wanted to cry. Zong Yan admired his father very much. When the two of them were hanging out together last year, they often said about his father. Unexpectedly, if he said no, he would be gone.

Ji Zhao is also a person who has personally experienced death, knowing the pain of losing a loved one, and finally cried for real.

Xiang Sheng was so dumbfounded by crying that he didn't dare to show it on his face, so he could only say more "sadly": "My son-in-law, your majesty has explained, it's better to set off earlier, your majesty sent several adults to go with you, and they It is estimated that they will come, don't worry, they will be there for everything."

Ji Zhao nodded vigorously.

He originally wanted to go to Guizhou, and now that he had the opportunity, he would naturally go. He was very worried about Zong Yan.

After Xiang Sheng left, he immediately asked Mother Wei to help him pack his things. By noon, all his things had been packed, and several doctors also came to report with their luggage.

Ji Zhao counted the number of people, sent someone to the princess' mansion to say something, and set off immediately with them.

At the door, He Qiniang bumped into He Qiniang who came to the door with an account book, He Qiniang saw the posture of going out, and asked in surprise: "The son-in-law is going out?"

Ji Zhao didn't bother to explain to her, he only said that he was going to Guizhou, He Qiniang didn't ask any more questions, and stepped aside, watching them go straight away like this.

Zongzhen and Renzong didn't rest until it was almost dawn last night. After resting until noon, he woke up.

He cleaned his face, changed his clothes, used some soup, and then returned to the East Palace.

As soon as he entered the room, the guard came with a letter, Zong Zhen glanced at him: "Do you have a letter?"

"Yes! It's the letter sent by the son-in-law to Huizhou last night. His Highness was in Yanfu Palace last night, and his subordinates did not bother."

Zong Zhen already knew that Ji Zhao came back last night, so he reached out to take the letter, lowered his head to open the letter, and said casually: "Go down..."

The guard cupped his hands, turned and left.

Zong Zhen was curious, not knowing what Ji Zhao wrote to him again.

More or less prepared in his heart, when he opened the letter paper, he couldn't help looking at it in a daze. Ji Zhao asked him "brother, are you still angry with me?" He "I got three boxes of fireworks, and put two boxes, but they are beautiful, and I keep one box."

"Brother, when will you come to Jinling to find me, I will take you to set off fireworks."

Zong Zhen put down the letter paper, put his arms on the table, lowered his head, and hugged his forehead with both hands.

"Your Highness?" Cheng Shen approached cautiously and looked at him worriedly.

Without raising his head, Zong Zhen asked in a low voice, "How is Ji Zhao doing on the mountain?"

"Very good. Princess Changning also likes her son-in-law very much, so she won't let her go."

"Where are the fireworks, are they all set off?"

"I don't know about that. Coke and the others were all taken to Guizhou by the son-in-law, and the younger ones didn't even take the opportunity to ask questions."

"Understood, back off."

"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?"

"Go back..."

"Yes..." Cheng Shen stepped back lightly, before he walked out the door, "Cheng Shen..." Zong Zhen stopped him again.

"Your Highness?" He turned around immediately.

Zongzhen lowered his arms and was looking at him, but he didn't seem to be looking at him. After a while, Zongzhen sighed softly, stood up, and walked out, saying: "Go and get some fireworks, I'll Go to Yanfu Palace, I will leave the palace later."

"Yes Yes!"

When Cheng Shen came back to his senses, His Highness had already left the house.

Zongzhen told his father that he was worried about his son-in-law and wanted to go with him, but he needed to explain some things face to face: "They haven't gone far, but they are only a few dozen miles away from Beijing."

Zong Zhen has been in poor health since he was a child, and the farthest he can go is to go to the suburbs to see Yutian for him, and he has never been to such a far place.Renzong was not worried about his son, but his son was like a young eagle, always flying into the sky, and Zongzhen's health was indeed getting better day by day.

Renzong agreed, and Zongzhen said again: "If it is too late at night, I will deal with it outside the city for one night. Father, don't worry about me."

Zong Zhengui is the prince, and there is no shortage of places to live outside the city. He has a lot of Zhuangzi and gardens. Since he decided to let go, Renzong has nothing to stop him.

After leaving Yanfu Hall, Zong Zhen went back and changed his clothes, put on a thick fur cape, got into a very ordinary-looking carriage and left the palace.

Zong Zhen sat in the slightly swaying carriage with his eyes closed and rested, with too many thoughts in his head, so he simply didn't want to think about anything.

After all, the prince was still recuperating, and their carriage did not dare to go too fast. They only caught up with Ji Zhao and his party after dark.Ji Zhao and the others stayed at the post house at night, and they were the only ones living in the post house that night.

When he heard the sound of a carriage outside again, he rushed out immediately, saw that it was an ordinary carriage, and asked bluntly, "Who is it?! Don't go to the posthouse for nothing!"

The post house does not entertain civilians. Such an ordinary carriage looks like an ordinary family, not a businessman. Of course, the post has no good looks.

The guard who pretended to be a "family" last time got off his horse and stepped forward. His tone was reasonable, he looked down at the small postman, and said directly: "My lord is here to find his son-in-law."

The post soldier was taken aback, although he was low in position, in the post house, he traveled from south to north, met many people, and he could tell the high and low by a word.

Since this person knows that the son-in-law lives here, he is probably not an ordinary person?

The postman didn't dare to underestimate him anymore, but he still asked: "Then you all have to tell me who it is, otherwise I won't be able to answer if the son-in-law asks me."

"Just say, we are from Huizhou."

The postman dared not speak out, so he glared at him a few times, and went in to report.

Ji Zhao had never sat in a carriage for such a long time, and his whole body hurt from sitting. Thinking of sitting like this for more than half a month, he collapsed. He lay on the bed, and Chen Xing helped him pinch his leg. Hmph" a few times.

The postman came over and asked to see him outside the door. He asked through the door, "What's the matter?"

The postman nodded and bowed: "My son-in-law, someone came to see you outside and said they came from Huizhou——"

Ji Zhao immediately sat up and asked loudly, "Where did it come from?!"

"He's from Huizhou..."

Ji Zhao pushed Chen Xing away and was about to get up, but couldn't get up, Chen Xing hurried over to help him, Ji Zhao put on his shoes and rushed out, knocking Chen Xing back a few steps, almost falling, Chen Xing "Ouch " several times, picked up his cloak and followed behind.

Zong Zhen had already got off the carriage and stood beside the carriage, under the steps.

He lowered his head slightly, looking at his own shadow on the ground, and when he heard the hurried footsteps, his shadow was slowly covered by a longer shadow from far to near.

He looked up just in time.

Ji Zhao saw clearly that the person under the steps was indeed the elder brother from Huizhou.

He immediately smiled until his round eyes disappeared. Zong Zhen put his hands behind his back and narrowed his eyes. When he saw Ji Zhao's smile, he still had something to think about. The smile of people with toothache is really a fake smile.

He hasn't finished thinking about it.

"Brother!"

Ji Zhao, who was several steps away from him, suddenly opened his arms and rushed towards him. Zong Zhen was so startled that he wanted to hide immediately, but seeing Ji Zhao jumping down from such a high step, he saw Ji Zhao behind him. Despite the panic on the faces of the followers, he still stood where he was.

Ji Zhao smiled and threw himself into his arms.