The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao already knew from Yin Ming that the so-called bodyguard of the fifth prince was actually the eldest son of Prince Zheng's mansion, Zong Mi.

To be honest, it was very disappointing.

He thought he was sincere to Zongyan and "that guard". He wrote many letters to Zongyan, and he didn't forget that guard in the letters. He also sent many gifts, but they also lied to him.

After coming here for so long, Ji Zhao felt a little sad for the first time. Why are these people so playful?He still thought of his grandfather's words, how much attention does the prince still have waiting for him?

So when Zongyan wanted to come to see him, he thought about it, but still refused.

He hates people lying to him.

Even if it's not for survival, he really doesn't like to be nosy, he just wants to stay away from the court and the palace, why can't these bad things stay away from him?

He actually somewhat understood what his grandfather had said. Presumably the crown prince had already guessed that Prince Zheng's mansion was going to cause trouble and wanted to use people from Beijing, so he specially sent him here?To get him involved in these crap?At that time, in the eyes of Prince Zheng's mansion, he, Ji Zhao, was not a good person, and he hated him in his heart.

Looking back, the prince can use this incident as an excuse to reprimand him, after all, he did get involved in these crap.

He is not human on either side.

He twitched the corners of his mouth. He really admired the hearts of these people.

He's just a consort.

Yin Ming came in and said, "Mr. Lang, the Fifth Young Master said that if you don't see him, he won't leave."

Ji Zhao said impatiently, "Just let him go!"

How dare you threaten him!

Of course Zong Yan couldn't wait forever, the family was still having a funeral, so he had to go back home in frustration.

Zongyan really didn't know about it, his mother and elder brother raised him very innocently, he cherished the letters Ji Zhao wrote to him, and also liked the gifts Ji Zhao sent him, but his father was seriously ill before, and he was very sad. Sad, I really don't have the heart to reply.

He already knew what happened, and on the car back home, he said bitterly to his eunuch, "I still think of my fourth brother as a good man! I never thought that my brother and I would be harmed so secretly! Now even Ji Zhao is not Take care of me, he doesn't want to be friends with me anymore!"

The eunuch said distressedly: "My son, the son-in-law is a reasonable person. When the truth comes to light, you can tell him well, and he will believe you."

Zong Yan bit his lip and didn't speak.

Ji Zhao wasn't in the mood to go out to play, so he just treated it as a day's work, and when the next group of people from Beijing arrived, he immediately returned to Jinling.

He silently waited for the handover, but before he arrived, he waited for the bad news that was delivered quickly. Ji Zhao was dumbfounded again when he heard it. Prince Zheng didn't fall from his horse to his death, but he died on a woman right away!In addition, Guizhou Tong sentenced Guo Zhenhua for selling officials, corrupting ink, and collaborating with bandits to harm the people. His Majesty specially issued an imperial decree to Ji Zhao, and he was responsible for all these matters.

Ji Zhao was shocked and collapsed on the one hand, these things could not be shaken off completely.

Fortunately, the next day, those people from Jingli finally arrived. With decent officials, Ji Zhao only needs to be the shopkeeper, stamping a seal and making a decision when it is important.On the day he received the imperial decree, Ji Zhao followed the imperial decree and sealed the Guo Mansion first.After the people from Beijing arrived, they transferred a lot of criminal officials from the neighboring state capitals, and completely prevented Zheng Wangfu and local officials from intervening to thoroughly investigate the affairs of the Guofu.

At about the same time, Jingli received news from Guizhou that the son-in-law was besieged by mountain bandits.

Renzong was completely furious, and then issued an imperial decree to seal the residence of Prince Zheng, and then sent people from the clan to send it there quickly.

Who would have thought that the death of only one prince would cause panic in the end. The people in the capital would watch the fast horses running in and out of Zhuque Street every day. Everyone knew that the emperor in the palace was in a bad mood.

Can you?

The prince’s cousin died on the woman’s body immediately, throwing himself to death. The son of the family wanted to kill the son-in-law in order to fight for the throne. Go to the prison for a good trial, they are a series of people!

Some people said that it is really not good for the prince or something to be placed in the fief, and it is too easy to cause accidents. The suffering is the suffering of the people of Guizhou!

Everything went according to Zong Zhen's plan, but Zong Zhen was not happy.

He didn't expect that Ji Zhao would be besieged by mountain bandits. In his previous life, when Uncle Santang and the others went to Guizhou for a funeral, these things didn't happen.When he sent Ji Zhao over this time, he was indeed using Ji Zhao, but he just wanted to make Ji Zhao and Zong Mi turn against each other, so that they would never be able to form a unit again in this life, that's all.

If he had thought that Ji Zhao would be killed by Zong Mi, he would have killed him, but when he sent Du Bo to follow Ji Zhao, the idea had already been given up.

He sat at the desk as usual, with his back straight, his elbows resting on the table, his head drooping slightly, his forehead resting on his palms, and he felt his head hurting intermittently.

He opened his eyes and looked at the letter Du Bo sent back. The letter said that Ji Zhao was so frightened that he fainted.

After that day, Ji Zhao never wrote a letter, and there was no news.

Zong Zhen pressed the acupuncture points with his fingers, no matter how much he rubbed, his head still hurts.

Since I can't stop it, I can only forget it.

Zong Zhen took a deep breath and lowered his arms. The matter has come to this point, and the next thing has to go on, and things can only continue to move forward as he imagined.

In this life, he cannot tolerate any variables.

Ji Zhao, when Ji Zhao comes back, what will he... what will he do?Zong Zhen suddenly didn't know anymore.

Ji Zhao didn't expect that he came to this ghostly place, turned his head to the door of Prince Zheng's mansion, and came to seal their house. The funeral of Prince Zheng's mansion was going on, and it was silent. Not even a bird.

Maybe people are like this, admiring the strong and pitying the weak.

Ji Zhao looked up at the gate of Prince Zheng's Mansion, which had been sealed and hung with a white cloth, and his unhappiness towards the brothers of the Zong family eased somewhat.

However, things could only get worse. Guo Zhenhua's family has done a lot of bad things by relying on the side concubine and Zong Mi's secret connivance.Zong Mi already knew about the Bandit, and never cared about it, just waiting to use it in the future, but he didn't expect to use it in the end, but he also planted himself in it.

The members of the Guo family were all locked in the prison, and they were interrogated day and night. More and more things came out of the interrogation, and the exchanges between Guizhou and Jinling became more and more frequent. Take charge of this matter in Guizhou.

In April, after more than a month of quarreling in the capital, the result was finally reached, and the prince who was demoted to Prince Zheng's mansion was made the prince of the county.Originally, the two prime ministers Wen and Yu insisted on getting rid of the title. After the crown prince interceded, they each took a step back. King Zheng's son, Zong Mi, was canonized as Zheng Junwang and retained the title, but he wanted to immediately lead the whole family back to Beijing to live temporarily and receive His Majesty's training.

Then there was a new imperial decree, but it was ambiguous about whether the fiefdom of Guizhou would still be retained, and how long the Prince Zheng's mansion would stay in Jinling temporarily, and Ji Zhao couldn't understand it.

Ji Zhao went out directly with the imperial decree, first went to Guo's mansion, and announced that the house would be ransacked, female family members could go home, men under ten years old would be exempted from crime, and all men over ten years old would be escorted to the capital.

After going to the Guo Mansion to make an announcement, Ji Zhao felt very uncomfortable seeing the people in the room fall to the ground instantly, even if they deserved it, because he really didn't like to do such things.

However, he still had to go to Prince Zheng's Mansion.

Headed by Zong Mi, he knelt on the ground to receive the imperial decree. After Ji Zhao finished reading the imperial decree, Zong Mi kowtowed to thank him, stepped forward to accept his imperial decree with a calm expression, and said to him with a smile: "Your son-in-law, what happened last time, right?" live."

Ji Zhao felt very uncomfortable.

The matter of the bandits has been investigated clearly, it was indeed the Fourth Young Master who did it, and wanted to use him to harm Zong Mi.Although he was being used, Zong Mi and Zong Yan were also very innocent, he had nothing to say, looked at Zong Mi for a long time, sighed, turned and left.

Zong Mi bowed his head respectfully, but light streamed from the corner of his eyes.

After Ji Zhao left, the gate of Prince Zheng's Mansion closed again.

Zong Mi supported the concubine mother and sent her back to the house. The two were silent all the way, and finally the concubine said indifferently: "I have tasted the taste of the agency's calculations in vain."

Zong Mi smiled wryly: "It's because I'm not good at chess."

The concubine said: "Xiao Wei, who is hiding it, that's the most important thing."

"Prince..."

The princess thought for a while: "It's not him..."

Zong Mi laughed: "Mother Concubine, you don't think the Prince really knows nothing just because he interceded for our family?"

"Of course the prince should not be underestimated, but if it was really him, he would not leave such an excuse. He pleaded for us, just to give the world an illusion of his benevolence. What he cares most about is Wen Zhichang and Yu Tan. But he has controlled the government for more than ten years." The concubine said leisurely, "What happened this time reminded me of what happened to Prince Qin back then."

"My concubine thinks it was the hands of the two prime ministers?"

The princess smiled: "No matter who it is, sooner or later there will be a day when it will be known."

"Mother, I am useless."

The concubine sighed: "Your father has no talent, and indulged the Guo family. I knew that the palace would have such a day, but it was hard for you and your son. Go back to Beijing, what's wrong with going back to Beijing? At least this time, that one The bitch and her son are completely honest, and the Guo family is gone."

The Holy Majesty had other orders, and the side concubine Guo was removed from her position, and her name was expelled from the imperial jade plate, and she was confined to the mansion, and she was not allowed to go out again.

Zong Mi didn't speak, and supported her to walk a long way before softly saying: "Then go back to Beijing..."

The princess patted his hands and looked up at the sky: "Don't worry about temporary gains and losses, look at this sky, it's so vast."

Zong Mi sent his mother and concubine out, and saw his younger brother Zong Yan walking around in the yard, "Brother..." Turning around and seeing him, Zong Yan stepped forward.

Zong Mi patted him on the shoulder: "We are going back to Beijing in three days, you should bring all the things you like, don't miss out."

After all, Zong Yan was still young, and there was still fear in his eyes, so he asked him, "Brother, can we come back in the future?"

Zong Mi sighed: "It's hard to say, it depends on what the prince plans."

"Prince?!" Zong Yan was shocked, "What does it have to do with the prince? The prince has spoken for our family this time!"

Zong Mi smiled, with deep meaning on his face, Zong Mi thought about it, and asked in disbelief: "Brother, what do you mean? I know our family must have been murdered this time! I know Xiao Wei is gone! Who captured him, who wanted to harm our family? Not the fourth brother? Yes! No matter how bad the fourth brother is, he is not so capable! Is it the prince?! Why is he! We always just want to stay in Guizhou!"

"Don't talk nonsense..."

"Since you say that, you are really the prince!"

"You can talk to me in private and that's all. Don't talk to the son-in-law. He's the same as us this time. He can only swallow his pain."

Zong Yan's eyes were red: "The crown prince even harmed Ji Zhao?! Ji Zhao is his brother-in-law!"

Zong Mi said angrily: "I'll say it again, stop talking nonsense!"

Zong Yan was silent, turned his head and ran away. After a while, someone came and whispered to him: "My lord, the fifth son-in-law is looking for his son-in-law."

"understood……"

Zong Mi walked back to his room on the veranda, maybe he was really despicable, but so what?

The prince was not happy to see him befriend Ji Zhao, and he was also not happy to see Ji Zhao befriend the prince. The Yin family, the Ji family, everyone wanted such a family, including him.

Zong Yan rushed to Ji Zhao's place, and when Ji Zhao saw him again, he felt very guilty, because he had misunderstood Zong Yan, and he read out the edict of conferring the title himself.

Zongyan didn't blame him, rushed to the door, said with red eyes, "I'm here, just to tell you, be careful of the prince."

"..." Ji Zhao was taken aback.

Zongyan bowed his head and said: "I know you don't want to be friends with me anymore, and you think our family hurt you, but my brother and I really never thought of harming you, let alone using you. Our family is more I just want to stay in Guizhou well. It’s the crown prince who can’t tolerate us. Last time my brother pretended to be a guard and went to Jinling, we lied to you. My brother just wants to see you get married with cousin Fuchen, nothing else But we were discovered by the crown prince, and since then, the crown prince has held a grudge against us, suspected us of plotting evil, and wanted to bring us back to Jinling."

Ji Zhao frowned after listening to his words.

"I know you are a son-in-law, and the prince is actually your elder brother. I shouldn't have told you this. However, I regard you as a friend. We will return to Beijing with you in the future. Maybe we will never come back again. I have been living in Jinling, under the control and surveillance of the prince. I only hope that you will be more considerate in the future! Don’t be easily taken advantage of by others without knowing it! Don’t end up like our family!”

Zong Yan looked up at him, with genuine concern in his red eyes.

After finishing speaking, Zong Yan turned to leave, Ji Zhao stretched out his hand to grab his sleeve, and he looked back.

Ji Zhao said, "We are friends!"

Zongyan finally showed a little smile.

After Zongyan left, Yin Yu came over and asked, "Uncle, what did the Fifth Young Master tell you?"

With him, Ji Zhao had nothing to hide, he said in a low voice, "It's similar to what my grandfather said, tell me to be careful of the prince."

Yin Yu sat down beside him, and said with relief: "These people always want something, including Prince Zheng's Mansion, they are not pure, they have too many plans, they have too many desires, and they have too many eyes. But there are more lies. Just listen to what they say, and you don’t have to believe them all, uncle.”

"I know……"

Ji Zhao didn't need to believe in clan proverbs, but he believed in his grandfather. In short, he just had to be careful with the prince.

He knew to be careful of the prince, but he still couldn't help wondering, is the prince really that scary?Is it true that the Prince Zheng's family was harmed by the Prince?

After Yin Yu left, he fiddled with the paper, and finally took the pen to write the first letter in so many days. What he wrote was a portrayal of his true mood, which roughly meant: I am very tired, I am very sad, if I can It's fine if you don't become a son-in-law. Wanting to live a life like Xiaoyaozi, Ji Zhao even took a pseudonym for himself as Xiaosazi.

As he wrote this, he couldn't help laughing.

He is only happy when he writes a letter to that brother. In this moment, he can completely forget all his troubles and be a pure and happy person.

He suddenly missed Jin Ling and that person very much.

He remembered the last time he complained, smiled and added "brother" at the beginning, and added "I miss you so much".

The author has something to say: I will go back [meet] tomorrow.