The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao walked out of the yard, Chen Xing and Yin Ming who were waiting outside immediately came up, seeing his rare calm expression, he couldn't help asking softly, "What's wrong with you?"

Ji Zhao shook his head and walked towards his yard in silence.

He was just thinking about what his grandfather said, and he really didn't understand anything about the officialdom, and he didn't want to understand it.Originally, he was very happy to be able to go to Guizhou. He was able to comfort his friends, avoid some accidents in advance, and do something for the people to avoid casualties. He thought it was very good, not to mention that it was a long way Traveled.

However, those words of his grandfather had already frozen all his thoughts.

He is now full of thoughts, how will the crown prince harm him this time?What did my grandfather mean when he didn't finish?What happened to King Zheng?The crown prince can't tolerate King Zheng?What is the prince going to do?Uncle, they understand, right?

He can't understand.

When he was about to reach his own yard, he stopped again and looked up at the thin crescent moon in the sky, feeling a little sad in his heart.

He would rather the prince simply kill him than be played with these tricks.

Maybe he thinks too much about the prince. In fact, what does it mean that the prince secretly asked the bookseller to give him Xiaoyaozi's handwritten book, and apologized to him in a different way?

According to his grandfather's words, the prince was originally a man with a lot of thoughts.

Who knows what the prince is thinking?

Ji Zhao didn't sleep much at night, and when it was almost dawn, he felt faintly drowsy. In the twilight, someone stroked his forehead and helped him tidy up his hair. He opened his eyes in a daze. There was a woman sitting with the backlight, so he couldn't see her face clearly.

He thought he was dreaming, turned over and continued to sleep.

Those warm hands stroked his face again, and helped him straighten the quilt.

Another quarter of an hour later, Ji Zhao woke up from the dream, thought of the dream just now, and immediately turned over to look back. There was no one there, and the curtain was hanging down properly. He called Chen Xing loudly, and Chen Xing ran in, raised the curtain and asked Said: "Lang Jun, why are you awake now? It's not yet dawn..."

"Did someone come when I was asleep?"

"No! I've been watching from the inside and outside!"

"Oh..." Ji Zhao thought, it was indeed a dream.

Go to sleep again, but I can't sleep anymore, Ji Zhao got up, thought about it, and wrote a letter to Brother Huishang.

Ji Zhao has been writing letters to Zongzhen almost every day along the way. Sometimes he gets excited and can write several letters a day. Although Zongzhen has never replied to a single letter, he actually reads it every day and is looking forward to it.

In fact, Zongzhen has never left Jinling, and he knows nothing about the outside world like Ji Zhao. In Ji Zhao's letter, the outside world is so lively, fresh and beautiful.

In this life, he also wants to be able to go out and have a look after he gets better and before succeeding to the throne. After all, it is better to travel thousands of miles than to read thousands of books. He always wants to see the country and people of their clan in person.

Zong Zhen also woke up at this time, before washing up, he first asked: "Do you have a letter?"

Bao Qing said cautiously: "It is said that it has been raining heavily for two consecutive days in Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces. I am afraid there will be delays on the way. I have no letter today."

Zong Zhen could understand, but after all, his complexion was not very good-looking.

After washing up and changing clothes, he went to the shooting range to start a new day.

After Ji Zhao finished writing a new letter, he felt much better.

He already knew that the prince was going to kill him, didn't he?After all, he and the prince will become enemies, and the relationship is just so-so, so why should he be so sentimental?

After figuring this out, Ji Zhao folded the paper into several folds and stuffed it into an envelope.

But in the end, should he be soft and continue to curry favor with the prince, hug the prince's thigh, or rely on himself and find a way to leave the royal family as soon as possible?

Ji Zhao took the envelope and thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He sighed again, forget it, the crown prince will not kill him today, first finish the affairs in Guizhou, and think about it after going back!

Ji Zhao took out the letter paper again, and finally added a sentence: When will my brother reply to my letter?

This is the most important thing right now!

He smiled and folded the letter again, stuffed it in and sealed it.

After the sun came out, they set off again, and their grandfather, grandmother, uncles, and aunts all went to see them off at the door.

Yin Yu still prefers to ride a horse, and occasionally gets into the carriage to accompany him. After leaving the city, Yin Yu gets into the carriage and asks him: "Uncle, did you hear that last night?"

"Has it been discovered..." Ji Zhao felt a little embarrassed when the eavesdropping was discovered.

"They said you came, but you didn't come in. You must have heard it, but you were frightened?"

The Yin family's education methods for Ji Zhao and their grandchildren are completely different, but it's not that they treat Ji Zhao differently. It's just that the whole family is reluctant to make Ji Zhao suffer. Yin Yu and his family have always got up to practice boxing and study since they were young, no matter the wind or rain. , the six arts of a gentleman, one of them is well-learned, and all of them are both civil and military.

When it came to Ji Zhao, it was difficult to give birth at birth, and it took a long time for Mrs. Yin to give birth to him. He had no father or mother since he was a child. Who would be willing to call him a little fan? Squatting, practicing boxing?The family's education for Ji Zhao was mainly on writing. No matter who talked to Ji Zhao, they would speak softly. Even if a small bag was bitten on Ji Zhao's body, the old lady would feel sorry for him for a long time.

Ji Zhao also told the truth: "It's not that I'm scared, it's just that I didn't expect it."

Yin Yu whispered: "Those people in the royal family, isn't that the case?" He stretched out his arms to embrace him again, "Don't worry, uncle, with me by your side, nothing will happen to you! After all, what great-grandfather said was also the worst case. , maybe there is nothing wrong! You just go to play!"

Ji Zhao believed this, and besides, he couldn't imagine any danger waiting for him.

Now that the conversation was over, Yin Yu chatted with him a few more words, and Ji Zhao's mood completely became sunny.

Only then did Yin Yu continue to ride horses in peace of mind. Ji Zhao was about to lie down to catch up on sleep when the convoy stopped suddenly. He looked out puzzled and saw a carriage stopping them by the side of the road.

He saw Yin Yu get off his horse, stepped forward and said something to the other party, then looked back at Ji Zhao.

After saying a few more words, Yin Yu came back and asked him in a low voice by the window: "What should I do, uncle, Wang Qiniang wants to see you!"

Ji Zhao swears that Wang Qiniang really doesn't exist in his mind!But he remembered that Chen Xing also mentioned a lady Wang before, could it be a person?He had suspected before that this was the sweetheart of the old ancestor, but he really didn't have any memory in his mind.

Yin Yu looked at him begging for help: "What should I do, uncle, she said she won't see you, so she won't leave."

Ji Zhao was very helpless: "How can I see this..."

So many people followed, there were officials from the court, and many of the guards came from the palace. The princess was worried, so she sent a few more guards from the princess mansion.

While talking, the curtain of the carriage had already started to move, Yin Yu said: "Forget it, I'll find an explanation to lure these people away. Uncle, I think you should meet with Wang Qiniang and settle the matter thoroughly! She It's not easy for her, her mother said that she was going to marry her a few days ago, and she ran to our house crying, it was a mess... oh."

Hearing this, Ji Zhao felt a "thump" in his heart.

I don't know what method Yin Yu used, a group of people ran forward, only some guards of the Yin family were still there.

Ji Zhao was a little frightened and didn't dare to go forward, the curtain of the carriage shook again, revealing a small face.

When Ji Zhao saw it, he was amazed at first.

What a beautiful little lady.

Her eyes met Ji Zhao's, tears fell down instantly, Ji Zhao's scalp began to tingle, he was really afraid of seeing others cry.However, he could only bite the bullet and jump out of the carriage, Wang Qiniang supported the maid's hand and slowly got off the carriage.

She is dressed in a goose yellow dress, with a simple double-snail bun, wearing a pearl hair comb, and no makeup is applied. When she stands there, she is spring.

Ji Zhao can say responsibly that this is the most beautiful girl he has ever seen since he came here.

He took a few steps forward, then stopped in embarrassment.

However, Wang Qiniang kept looking at him with bewildered eyes. No matter how beautiful she was, Ji Zhao couldn't bear it. Ji Zhao was thinking about how to persuade her to go back.

While weeping, she called him: "Brother Zhao..."

Ji Zhao's hand trembled.

Wang Qiniang walked a few steps forward, walked up to him, looked at him crying and asked, "Brother Zhao, how are you doing?"

Ji Zhao didn't know how to answer, Wang Qiniang had already raised her face slightly, tears were still falling down: "Brother Zhao, Xi'er is not having a good time."

Hearing that she called herself "Xi'er", Ji Zhao felt a sharp pain in his head, and then like a dam opening, more and more memories flooded into his mind, all about this Xi'er.

Wang Xi raised his hand and wiped away the tears flowing from the corners of his eyes with his fingers, and then he smiled again and said to Ji Zhao, "I'm sorry, I stopped you willfully, and I won't disturb brother Zhao to do business, I just, just miss you very much, I will I just want to see you."

"..." Ji Zhao had already remembered everything, looking at her face again, he felt very pitiful.

Wang Xi is the true sweetheart of the old ancestor, Xi'er in the original Ji Zhao's heart.

The two grew up in the childhood sweetheart land of Yangzhou. Later, Wang Xi's father came to Jiangling Mansion as the magistrate, and the two separated temporarily.

"Brother Zhao, I wish you and the princess, I wish you—"

She bit her lip and couldn't continue, Ji Zhao couldn't bear to take out a handkerchief and handed it to her: "Wipe your tears..."

Wang Xi cried even harder.

Ji Zhao sighed inwardly, she must be the girl her grandmother spoke of, a poor pair of childhood sweethearts.

Wang Xi did not take up much time, she did see him, got in the car and left after crying.

In fact, it has nothing to do with Princess Fuchen. There are many accidents in the world, so how can there be so many perfect flowers and perfect moons?Ji Zhao still couldn't help but feel sympathy for the imperial power. A good couple who love each other, made it like this abruptly, and missed a lifetime.

Ji Zhao lay silent in the carriage, Chen Xing and the others thought he was in a bad mood and dared not speak.

At this moment, Ji Zhao even suspected that the ancestor didn't die of illness, but died of anger.

He can't do anything more for this girl, he just hopes that her life will go smoothly in the future, if there is anything he can help, he will do his best, just as an old ancestor.

When he wrote the letter again, when Ji Zhao wrote "Brother", those two words could not be written. As long as he thought of these two words, Wang Xi's extremely sad face would appear in his mind, and he couldn't help trembling all over.

The heavy rain in Zhejiang and Zhejiang finally stopped, and Zong Zhen received letters accumulated for five or six days. Since Ji Zhao wrote more than one letter a day, there were nearly ten letters.

He came back from the shooting range early, changed his clothes, and ordered Baoqing to light some incense. Then he sat behind the desk and began to read the letter seriously with no expression on his face.The more he looked, the better his complexion became.

Cheng Shen winked at Baoqing again: "Look at our Highness, you are really happy when you see the letter!"

Bao Qing rolled his eyes at him and didn't bother to talk to him.

When he saw the sixth seal, His Royal Highness even had a faint smile on his face. Until he opened the ninth seal, he still kept smiling at the beginning. Just looking at it, his brows began to wrinkle. After that letter, he turned it over in disbelief, and read it again from the beginning. He didn't know what he was sure of. He put the letter on the table with a cold face, clasped his hands calmly, and his eyes were completely dull. down.

Cheng Shen didn't dare to wink at Bao Qing anymore, he lowered his head obediently, shrank back, and squeezed into a corner, hoping that His Highness wouldn't see them!

So a few days later, Ji Zhao, who was about to arrive in Guizhou, finally received the first reply letter from his "Brother Huishang".

He was so excited that he tore open the envelope, almost tore even the letter paper.

He was also confused when he unfolded the letter paper. Was there only one sentence written on such a large piece of paper?

He toppled the envelope and squinted his eyes to look inside the envelope again. There was really only this one piece of paper.

He looked at the only sentence on the paper: Why is there no title?