The Way of the Consort

At night, Ji Zhao didn't remember how long he was in a daze, and when he woke up again, it was already bright outside.

He didn't even open his eyes in a daze, but felt that his throat was dry, and was about to call out, "Your Majesty is awake?" Chen Xing's voice rang softly in his ears, and he opened his eyes halfway, "Yeah "He said, "Drink some water, is your throat dry?" Chen Xing stretched out his hand to help him.

Ji Zhao helped Chen Xing's hand to half sit up, leaned on him and drank water, drank half a glass of warm water, Ji Zhao cleared his throat, and asked, "Did they say anything?"

Chen Xing knew who he was talking about, and couldn't help curling his lips when he heard the words: "Brother Yin Ming went to ask a few words, and the five of them are fine, they kept silent, obviously they didn't block their mouths, but they were very loyal!"

Ji Zhao guessed it. To be honest, the prince sent him to him. He must not be someone who is afraid of death who can easily pry his mouth open.

He nodded, his voice hoarse: "Forget it..."

He never expected to get anything out of those people.

"Why is your voice so hoarse?" Chen Xing looked worried.

"I'm not in a good mood, and I'm doing it again today." Ji Zhao was telling the truth.

Chen Xing sighed inwardly, fed him some water, and sat on the edge of the couch to talk with him: "Mr. Lang, do you have any ideas in your mind? I discussed it with brother Yin Ming last night. Since the prince sent someone to hibernate in our mansion Here, there must be a fixed time and method of contact. They have been locked up for a long time, and they will soon reveal their secrets, which may arouse suspicion there."

Ji Zhao knew, but he didn't care, if he revealed his secrets, he would reveal his secrets. He just wanted to see the truth with his own eyes, and then he could give up completely.

Thinking about something, Ji Zhao coughed softly, and Chen Xing was anxious: "But did you catch a cold? I'll call Doctor Bai!"

"No..." Ji Zhao took his hand, and Ji Zhao knew his body well, "It's just that the weather is dry and my throat is uncomfortable, but Doctor Bai really wants to call, come here—"

Chen Xing listened to it for a while, and was surprised: "You want to pretend to be sick?"

"Hmm..." Ji Zhao didn't explain to them that the prince and brother Huishang might be the same person for the time being, and he couldn't bear to say such a thing himself.

Chen Xing didn't ask too much, if it was said that he was sick, the people who waited around him naturally couldn't run around, and there was a very natural reason for Coke and others to be locked up, and they wouldn't reveal their secrets again, Chen Xing guessed that was the reason , nodded in response: "Don't worry! I'll go to Doctor Bai right now, and it will be done properly!"

Doctor Bai is a doctor in his mansion, and he also came here from Yangzhou. When he was just born, Doctor Bai was in charge of his physical condition. They all lived in his mansion. They were his own people, and they only listened to him. .

Knowing his intentions, Doctor Bai was naturally very cooperative, and Ji Zhao planned to pretend to be cold.

Although the wind-cold is not a serious illness, some of them can be passed on to others. It is when the seasons change, so no one is allowed to enter and leave his house.

Before the news spread, he "received" the letter from the Huizhou merchant first, and it was Yin Ming who took it from the familiar postman. There was no letter, only a package, and Ji Zhao opened the box inside the package with a blank expression. , there were three packs of candy in it, the thing that usually made him like the most, but now it made his face darker.

Although he still has fantasies, he actually already has the answer in his heart about what it looks like, and he just wants to die.

Disgust appeared on Ji Zhao's face again, and he said, "Throw—"

In the middle of speaking, he frowned again, but in the end he just turned his head away: "Put it away, and don't let me see it again."

"Yes!"

Ji Zhao was so "sick" that his relatives and friends all came to visit him, because it could be passed on to others, so everyone just delivered gifts to the door, unless they were very close, such as aunt, Brother Citron, or Ji Chongjin, etc. would be brought in. Drink some tea in the front yard, and then send him off respectfully. Princess Fuchen also came to visit Ji Zhao.

The more Princess Fuchen gets along with Ji Zhao in this life, the more she feels that Ji Zhao suits her tastes. She often regrets that she shouldn't be so willful and arrogant in her previous life, otherwise it must have been a different situation.

She was also really worried about Ji Zhao, and besides, she and Ji Zhao were married in name, so she wanted to visit in the backyard, but Ji Zhao refused at first.

Princess Fuchen insisted: "I won't go into the consort's bedroom, just ask him a few words by the window."

Ji Zhao had no choice but to ask someone to invite her in, and indeed he asked a few words through the window. Princess Fuchen heaved a sigh of relief, "I'm relieved to hear what the son-in-law has to say."

No matter how complicated Ji Zhao's heart was, he knew that the princess treated him very well, and he was very moved, so he said, "Since the princess is at ease, go back quickly."

Princess Fuchen thought for a while, and said, "I come here every three days, what does your son-in-law think?" Before Ji Zhao could speak, she said, "Don't refuse me again."

Ji Zhao didn't refuse, and besides, he was pretending to be sick and waiting for others to appear on the stage. It's good that the princess came regularly, so that he wouldn't have to think about reasons.

Princess Fuchen came once every three days, but Ji Zhao refused to let the princess enter his yard again on the pretext that the disease could be transmitted to others, and Princess Fuchen agreed.

About half a month passed, and Ji Zhao's illness did not improve, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the palace was in a hurry.

He had known that Ji Zhao was ill for a long time, but Ji Zhao's illness could be transmitted to others this time. No one was allowed to enter or leave his house. Man, he couldn't get Dubo's letter either.

He had no doubts at all, but was very anxious. He originally thought that it would be better in seven or eight days at the latest?Unexpectedly, half a month is about to pass, the sky is starting to get cold, there is no looseness in the mansion over there, and Fu Chen still goes there every three days.

He called Fu Chen into the palace to ask, and knowing that Fu Chen had never entered the house, he was even more worried.In particular, Ji Zhao never wrote him a letter, which means he is seriously ill!

After much deliberation, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince took the initiative to write a letter to Ji Zhao.

Ji Zhao knew that he should pretend to be pitiful at this time, and take the initiative to "lure" the other party to come to his mansion, so as to make sure whether they are alone or not.But at this moment, how could he write those letters again?When he thinks of the letters he wrote in the past, such as "missing you", "best friend", and "you are the most important", he wants to bang his head against the wall and hate himself.

But since the man took the initiative to write a letter, Ji Zhao would naturally follow the trend. He wanted to restore his previous tone as much as possible, but he couldn't write, so he finally wrote a letter and sent it out.

An hour later, Zong Zhen began to read Ji Zhao's letter in his study, and the more he read, the tighter his brows were frowned.

In the letter, Ji Zhao said that he was sick and stayed at home every day without seeing anyone, and was in a very bad mood, and asked him when he could come back and so on.When a blind cat bumped into a dead mouse, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too confident and never suspected that he had shown his feet. On the contrary, Ji Zhao's calm and abnormal tone made him even more worried. Ji Zhao must have been very unhappy to write such a letter .

That's right, Ji Zhao, who likes to play so much, has been confined at home for so long, how can he bear it.

In view of the fact that people often visit Ji Zhao's house recently, especially Fuchen who goes there once every three days, Zong Zhen is a cautious person, no matter how uncomfortable he feels, he wanted to bear it, but at this time he really couldn't bear it any longer. He is worried.He couldn't help but blame Zongyan and Qin Wen in his heart. If he didn't sit in the gazebo with the two of them that day, blowing the wind and drinking, why would he catch a cold and get sick? !

The sky is getting colder day by day, sitting at such a high place and blowing the wind, how can you not get sick?

Zong Zhen got up, walked around the study a few times anxiously, and quickly made a decision.

Ji Zhao is not sure whether that person will come or not. What he can be sure of is that if that person comes, he will definitely come when Princess Fuchen is not coming. Because of the cold weather today, Princess Liu Fuchen stayed and did not let her go.

There was Princess Fuchen's yard here, and it was installed according to her preferences. The last time she took care of Ji Zhao's illness, she lived here, which was the same as her own home.Princess Fuchen didn't think too much, and stayed here. She also wanted to take care of Ji Zhao, and planned to stay here these days and not leave.

Princess Fuchen asked her maid, Lvsong, to go back to the princess mansion to pick up things, and she stayed there.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't ask someone to ask in advance, knowing that Fuchen was going to Ji's Mansion today, he estimated that she had already gone back, so he immediately took someone with him and quietly left the palace.

On the way, he found out that Fu Chen stayed at Ji Zhao's house.

He hesitated for a moment, but he didn't change his decision. Anyway, Fuchen didn't go to Ji Zhao's yard, and they wouldn't run into each other. He just wanted to see Ji Zhao now.

Knowing that the man really came, Ji Zhao's mood became more complicated.

He nodded at Chen Xing, then lay back on the bed and pretended to be asleep. Zongzhen entered Ji's mansion smoothly and was taken to Ji Zhao's courtyard. Well, this disease spreads to people, just take a look outside the window."

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought he was sick all day long, and the wind and cold would come at least once a month, so he didn't take this kind of illness seriously, and insisted on seeing Ji Zhao, but the man said helplessly, "Our lord just took the medicine. Asleep, you can't talk to him even if you go in."

The man said again: "The princess is also in our mansion, she is resting in her own yard, you and our lord are good friends, are you going to visit the princess?"

"It doesn't have to be..."

The man persuaded him again, and Zong Zhen finally agreed, just take a look through the screen.

Zong Zhen was brought into Ji Zhao's extremely quiet bedroom. He wanted to go directly to the bed, but was stopped by Yin Ming and Chen Xing who were guarding the room: "It's really impossible! If our husband finds out, he insists on training us." ! Our lord is sincerely for you, you can't let him down!"

Yin Ming's words were eloquent, Zong Zhen couldn't hear it, of course, with them watching, he didn't want to disturb Ji Zhao's sleep, so he could only look outside the screen, Yin Ming quickly urged He: "It's enough to take a look at it. We all serve you closely, and we dare not meet you face to face. Please go outside and have a sip of tea first."

Zong Zhen was ushered into the outer room, and someone served tea and refreshments, but Zong Zhen didn't care about eating or drinking. He planned to sit here and wait for Ji Zhao to wake up. After waking up, he had a few words with Ji Zhao before returning to the palace.

At the same time, Lv Song came back with something from the Princess Mansion, and heard from the concierge that someone was coming to visit the son-in-law. He refused to listen to persuasion, and rushed to Ji Zhao's concubine's yard. Seeing their helpless faces, Lv Song said: "You Don't worry, I'll tell the princess to go and tell the princess to drive him away."

Princess Fuchen was about to digest after dinner, when she heard about this, she immediately took people to Ji Zhao's yard.

To her, Ji Zhao's courtyard was unobstructed. When she walked in, she was about to put on a princess air, when she saw the man who was drinking tea raised her head. She was shocked, and immediately covered her mouth. After a while, Stepping forward quickly, she lowered her voice and asked, "Brother? Why are you here?"

The outer room was separated from the inner room by two walls. Ji Zhao had already got up from the bed, and stood behind the first wall with Yin Ming and Chen Xing.No matter how low Princess Fuchen's voice was, they could all hear it.

Both Yin Ming and Chen Xing were shocked, their faces full of disbelief.

Ji Zhao, on the other hand, kept calm and continued to listen to the two of them.

Zong Zhen was a little embarrassed, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "I heard that the son-in-law is not feeling well, let me take a look."

Princess Fuchen didn't think much about it, and said angrily: "I heard that someone trespassed on the son-in-law's yard, so I came to see it, but I didn't expect it to be brother."

Every time Zong Zhen came here before, Yin Ming brought him in. It is normal that many people in this mansion don't know him, and he never doubted it, so he said awkwardly and calmly: "I heard that you came once every three days. Still there?"

"It's getting cold, and the son-in-law was worried that I would catch a cold when I went back, so he told me to live here for a while, and just next to his yard." Fu Chen was afraid that his brother would think that the son-in-law treated her badly again, so he deliberately said that the two were extremely affectionate, with a smile on his face. Full of sweet smiles.

His Royal Highness felt very uncomfortable seeing it, Fu Chen sat down beside him, and whispered to him: "Is it the first time for brother to come back? Speaking of which, the son-in-law should not have seen brother in person yet? You two rarely see each other."

"Cough... yes." Zong Zhen coughed awkwardly, "So..."

Fu Chen smiled and nodded: "Don't worry, I won't say anything." She said again, "Brother, the son-in-law is really good to me, don't be prejudiced against him anymore, just treat it for my sake." For the sake of saving face, the son-in-law woke up, and I will tell him that he will be very happy when you come to see him today. When he recovers, call him into the palace? Shall we have dinner with the emperor? You have not Had dinner at the same table with the consort."

"it is good……"

Later, Ji Zhao didn't listen any more, he turned and walked into the bedroom with a blank face, lifted the quilt and climbed onto the bed, lay down and stared at the top of the bed in a daze.

Yin Ming and Chen Xing stood beside the bed, they looked at each other from time to time, hesitant to speak.

Only now did they know that the Hui merchant was the prince!

It all made sense.

After half an hour, Princess Fuchen left.

Zong Zhen came over again, and asked softly through the screen: "Has he woke up?"

Chen Xing was about to reply when Ji Zhao said from the tent, "I'm awake..."

Zong Zhen came in immediately, Yin Ming stepped forward to stop him, Ji Zhao said again: "Let him come over..."

Zong Zhen walked to the bedside, Chen Xing lit two more lamps, Ji Zhao was in the tent, and saw his shadow very clearly, Zong Zhen asked him: "Is it better?" Before he could speak, he said again, "I brought you some medicine."

Ji Zhao looked at his shadow and said nothing.

"Why don't you talk?" Zong Zhen asked him, his voice was anxious again, "But it's very sad?" As he said that, he was about to lift the curtain.

"I don't want to pass on the disease to you." Ji Zhao said coldly.

Zong Zhen's hands paused, Ji Zhao's voice was extremely unfamiliar to him, even in the East Palace, Ji Zhao had never spoken to him in this tone.

Ask him why he doesn't speak?

Ji Zhao couldn't help laughing bitterly, he had so much to say, he wished he could immediately lift the curtain and ask him why, why he targeted him, why he sent people to monitor him, why he used another identity to approach him, and even more wanted to Ask why you are so nice to him?

The elder brother who is kind to him, the prince who is so indifferent and suspicious to him, and uses his prince, are they really the same person?

What is all this for?

But so what?Will the prince give him an answer?So what?Will they let him go?

Will he leave here?Where else could he go after leaving here?Back to the original world?Then he will still be him?still alive?

Ji Zhao suddenly felt that all this was so boring, so let it be, and never see each other again.

He turned inward, no longer looking at the shadow outside the tent.

He said tiredly: "I'm not feeling well, I'm really tired, so I won't talk with you anymore."

Zongzhen couldn't imagine how sick Ji Zhao was this time, and he immediately said anxiously: "Which doctor treated you? Call him over, and I'll call a new doctor—"

Ji Zhao interrupted him: "I'm really, really tired this time, and I don't want to talk."

Yin Ming and Chen Xing stood aside with their heads lowered, and both of them had complicated eyes.

Ji Zhao's voice was very soft and low, Zong Zhen felt very distressed when he heard it, and was reluctant to talk to him again, fearing that Ji Zhao would hurt his spirits, he thought about it and said, "If I go to the mountains to recuperate, I think it will be better."

Ji Zhaoke responded casually, "Maybe..."

Zong Zhen didn't speak any more, and Ji Zhao didn't move any more. About half an hour later, Zong Zhen thought he was asleep, so he turned and walked out of the inner room.He always felt a little weird, but he couldn't find the weirdness. It could only be attributed to Ji Zhao being too ill this time.

He planned to send Imperial Doctor Luo over when he returned to the palace, thinking so, he left soon.

On the way back to the palace, he suddenly realized that Ji Zhao didn't call him "brother" today.