The Way of the Consort

After sleeping well, Ji Zhao's spirit gradually began to recover in the days to come.

Zong Zhen still sat in the same car with him. After all, the journey was long, and when Yin Yi was not in the car, the two of them would also talk and chat, mostly related to topics such as He Qiniang and Liang Guoxizuo. Of course, there was more than that to talk about, but Ji Zhao didn't want to talk too deeply with him.

Zongzhen is Zongzhen, that is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, not his elder brother.

Ji Zhao reminded himself of this all the time.He will remember His Highness the Prince's kindness to him, and he will also treat Princess Fuchen well. If His Majesty and the Crown Prince need him to do something, he will try his best to do it.But that's all, he's just a son-in-law.

Ji Zhao figured it out, no one knows what will happen in the future, but what happened yesterday has changed, and from now on, the relationship between him and Zongzhen will be the relationship between the son-in-law and the prince.

That's good.

Ji Zhao was really curious about Liangguo's fine work, but Zongzhen knew very little about it so far, and most of them were guesses. This time he went to Liangguo, he could actually investigate on the spot.

When the topic of Liangguo's meticulous work was about to run out, Ji Zhao took the initiative to ask Princess Fuchen: "I don't know if the princess is okay? I didn't tell her about me, did I? I don't want to scare her."

"You care about her..."

"Of course, I'm the son-in-law!" Ji Zhaoben wanted to say something beautiful, but suddenly thought that he seemed to have told the prince about the fact that the two of them hadn't consummated their marriage yet... He laughed "hehe", "Your Highness, in fact, the relationship between me and the princess The relationship is really good, what I said before, you just pretend that I didn't say it..."

Zong Zhen looked at him: "For example?"

"... "

Zong Zhen withdrew his gaze, and said calmly: "You said, Fuchen has a man he likes."

"Did I say that?" Ji Zhao pretended to be stupid.

"You also said that you don't want to be a son-in-law."

"I said that too?!" Ji Zhao continued to play dumb.

Zong Zhen looked at him again: "If there is a day, you are not a son-in-law—"

Ji Zhao immediately smiled happily: "Is there such a good thing?!" Seeing Zong Zhen's eyes, he became serious again, "I respect the princess, so I naturally hope that the princess can live happily. If she can be with the person she loves, I will I am happy no matter what! Your Highness Mingjian, I mean it!"

Zong Zhen squinted his eyes, as if examining him. Ji Zhao couldn't bear it anymore, so he poked his head out and said he wanted to stop and rest for a while.After the convoy stopped, he jumped out of the carriage and hurriedly took Yin Mingchen Xing to hide in a small wood beside him.

Zong Zhen raised the curtain of the carriage, looked at his figure among the trees, and thought to himself, do you still want to be a son-in-law?

But in Jinling City, ever since the news that Ji Zhao killed Wen Guiren came out, Princess Fuchen suddenly woke up. Only then did she realize that Pei Rong's identity was not simple at all. She even suspected that she let Pei Rong go that night. Is something bad.

Especially when her elder brother went to Liang country later, no one else knew about it, but she knew about it. She even suspected that the assassination had something to do with her elder brother, and she might have spoiled his elder brother's affairs.

Since then, her life has not been better than that of Ji Zhao. She is full of self-blame, but no one can confide.

In a few days, she took people to Dabaoen Temple, hoping to live in the temple for a while, so as to calm down.

She lived on the mountain, that is, the courtyard where Ji Zhao also lived in the past. She ate fast every day, and her mood finally eased a little.

On this day, the maid Lan Tian told her: "Your Highness, when I was going down the mountain to pick up something, I saw the carriage of the Ji Mansion."

"Is the son-in-law's family here?"

"The servant girl went to ask. It seems that Mrs. Lin brought the little lady at home to offer incense."

Mrs. Lin is Ji Zhao's stepmother. Princess Fuchen heard from Ji Zhao that this stepmother was not affectionate or flattering to him, but she was not rude to him. On the contrary, she was very comfortable and reasonable, and she was a pretty good person.Princess Fuchen took her maid down the mountain together, intending to meet Mrs. Lin.

She didn't want to bump into anyone, so she took the path, and when she passed the Jingsi Pool, she saw a familiar figure.

She pointed at the man and said, "Is that the eldest brother of the son-in-law?"

Qing Jin looked carefully and said with a smile: "It's really..."

Princess Fuchen stepped forward with a smile: "So he is here too!"

When Ji Chongjin saw Princess Fuchen, he saluted immediately, "Excuse me, excuse me." Princess Fuchen stood still in front of him, and asked with a smile, "Why is elder brother here?"

"I will accompany my wife and sister to offer incense..."

"Since I am accompanying my wife and younger sister to offer incense, how could my elder brother be by the Jingsi pool?"

Ji Chongjin said: "They say that the pool water here is very efficacious. Madam asked me to fetch some and take it home. My boy has gone to fetch the urn."

After hearing this, Princess Fuchen covered her mouth and smiled, and the maid beside her also lowered her head and smiled.

Ji Chongjin said blankly, "Princess why—"

"Brother seldom comes to the Dabaoen Temple. I'm afraid I don't know. In Jinling City, there is a place where blind dates are extremely effective. It is said that there is no one who is not a couple who meets there. Well..." Princess Fuchen teased, "Speaking of which, elder brother is three years older than concubine, brother should have married first, but concubine was bestowed by the emperor to marry before elder brother, now it seems that, Big brother's good days are coming soon."

Ji Chongjin blushed, and instantly understood that the place Princess Fuchen was talking about was the Jingsi Pool.He said, why did Mrs. Lin come out to offer incense, but she insisted on calling him in the academy and asking him to come over to get some holy water.

Seeing that his face was blushing, Princess Fuchen was too embarrassed to tease him again, and said with a smile: "I'll go first, so I won't disturb elder brother."

Princess Fuchen nodded to him with a smile, and left with the maids, but she did not go far. She hid behind the rockery curiously: "Let's see who is coming to see him!"

As soon as she stood still, Ji Chongjin didn't wait for the boy to come, and immediately turned around and left. Princess Fuchen looked in the direction he was leaving.

Just as Ji Chongjin left, a young lady walked up from the other end, and Qing Jin took her hand: "Your Highness, look."

Princess Fuchen looked away, and looked at the person who came, it turned out to be her.

Unknowingly, half a month has passed, Ji Zhao's health has improved a lot, Zong Zhen still sits in the same carriage with him every day, and Ji Zhao still restrains himself not to chat too much with His Highness the Crown Prince, and can only hold back .

The journey was really long, so Ji Zhao had no choice but to start recording what he saw and heard on the way.

When he was writing, Zong Zhen was watching from the sidelines, occasionally making comments. Although it was a bit annoying, it was better than talking to the prince. It was the most suitable behavior for him to keep a proper distance from the prince.

Ji Zhao felt that the prince was very annoying, so he had to put down the pen after writing for half an hour, stare into the distance for a quarter of an hour, and drink another glass of water.If he didn't do so, Zong Zhen could immediately snatch his pen, pinch his chin and pour water into his mouth.The motorcade stopped to rest, he felt lazy and didn't want to go down, Zong Zhen insisted on pulling him down, and forced him to walk around the carriage thirty times, saying it would be good for his health.

Ji Zhao is very annoying, but he can't resist, who makes him a prince!

Every time Yin Yu saw it, he laughed aside, and privately told Ji Zhao that the prince was not what he imagined.

Ji Zhao also had no choice but to follow suit while scolding in his heart, but because Zong Zhen kept an eye on him well, it was rare that he didn't feel pain all over his body during this long carriage ride, and also because there was a skilled cook around, he The appetite along the way is also very good, and I eat in different ways every day, which can be called a wonderful journey.

But in this case, it is impossible for him to let Zong Zhen know.

Tomorrow, they will enter Liangguo's border.

Zongzhen explained again: "You were added after the fact. Although Honglu Temple also sent a letter to Liangguo, but you have no urgent errands, you just came to play—"

Ji Zhao interrupted him, dissatisfied: "What do you mean I'm here to play, and I'm also an envoy!"

Zongzhen continued to calmly say: "You are here to play. After entering the border of Liang Kingdom, they will have envoys to welcome them. When they arrive in the capital, they will be greeted by members of the clan. Because the son-in-law is here, they will even send the prince over. You Don't have to show up—"

Ji Zhao interrupted again: "Why don't I have to show up? I'm quite curious, I want to see what their prince looks like."

"You stay in the carriage honestly, and when the emperor's birthday comes, you go to the palace to congratulate him, and you don't need to show up when you're nearby."

Ji Zhao began to wrinkle his nose, and muttered, "I'm just curious about the princes of other countries, I don't know if they look good or not..."

While talking, he glanced at Zongzhen, but Zongzhen was unmoved.

Ji Zhao said angrily: "You are jealous that their prince looks better than you!"

"If you are disobedient, I will take you back to Jinling immediately."

Ji Zhao glared at him, his face was calm, Ji Zhao believed that he would do what he said!

Ji Zhao was discouraged: "I'm obedient..."

"Good..." Zong Zhen patted his head and handed him a bag of candy.

Ji Zhao almost thought that his brother was back again.

Zong Zhen said that Mr. Wu has the full authority to decide. When it is really necessary to enter the border of Liang State, Mr. Wu will inevitably come to ask Zong Zhen for his opinion.The officials were used to doing these things, and Zong Zhen was not familiar with them, but after a few words on the scene, it was over.

The next day, the envoys dressed up, rode horses, and entered the border of Liang with their heads held high.

What Zong Zhen said was right, the team that came to greet him was very grand, and there were many officials from the Liang Kingdom.

There was music playing outside, gongs and drums were beating, and it was very festive and lively. Ji Zhao couldn't sit still, and wanted to rush out every now and then. He wanted to see the difference between the liveliness of the two countries, and he was also curious about how Liang Guo was dressed, so Zong Zhen had no choice but to hold him back. hand, not letting him go down.

Ji Zhao was very upset, and said pitifully, "I just opened the curtain to take a look?"

"If you take a look, do you know how many times others can look at you?"

"Just look at it. People live in this world, don't they just be looked at by others? I look so good-looking, so people should look at it more!"

Zong Zhen got a headache from being tormented by him, so he just said: "Be honest..."

Ji Zhao made noises from time to time to express his dissatisfaction, but His Royal Highness was indifferent.

About a quarter of an hour later, the joy stopped, and there was a series of footsteps outside, and then someone saluted Ji Zhao outside the car, saying that they were officials from Liang State, and they welcomed Xi State's son-in-law to their country.

Zongzhen nodded to Ji Zhao, and Ji Zhao recited what Zongzhen asked him to recite last night, which probably meant that I was caught in the wind and cold on the road, and it is not suitable to meet people. It is a great honor to come to your country, thank you for coming to see me, On the day of your majesty's birthday, I will go to your palace to congratulate you on your birthday.

Liangguo officials also said that they were flattered and so on. In short, it took another quarter of an hour just to say these words.

After finishing speaking, they will continue to set off and follow the officials of Liangguo to their capital Yanjing, which will take another half a month.

Half a month later, they finally arrived outside Yanjing, the capital of Liangguo. As Zongzhen said, the prince really came to greet him, and even two came.

Before entering Liangguo, he was stared at by Zongzhen every day, and he wanted to go down for a few laps.

After entering Liangguo, in order to maintain the image of being "unwell", he almost never got out of the car except for entering the post house. Hearing the sound of playing music, it was even grander than last time, and he looked back at Zong Zhen pitifully.

Zong Zhen said ruthlessly: "No, it's dangerous."

Ji Zhao let out a breath, curled his mouth and leaned against the window, and stared out through the curtain.

After a while, many shadows appeared outside the car. Ji Zhao guessed that someone came to salute him again, probably an official. He heard a burst of laughter first, and thought that the right laughter was very public. It seemed that it was not an official. How dare you laugh like that.

He silently asked Zong Zhen: "Who is it?"

Zong Zhen took his hand, several figures stopped outside the car, someone laughed and said: "In the car is Ji Zhao, the son-in-law of Xi Kingdom, Ji Langjun?"

Ji Zhao glanced at Zongzhen again, Zongzhen nodded, and he responded: "I am, dare to ask Your Excellency?"

"Haha, I am the Fifth Prince of Liang Kingdom, Liu Rui!" He pointed to the shadow beside him, "This is my second brother, Liu Cang!"

Ji Zhao squeezed Zongzhen's hand desperately, he didn't know what to say next, Zongzhen said to him: I feel unwell.

Yes, yes, yes, Ji Zhao hurriedly said that he was unwell and that he was not suitable to meet people, and expressed his apology to them.

The two princes hadn't spoken yet, and a clear girl's voice came out of nowhere: "I still want to see what Ji Zhao, who is famous all over the world, looks like!"

Ji Zhao was stunned for a moment, and then there was a sound of wind, Zong Zhen immediately stood in front of Ji Zhao, but the curtain in front of the carriage had been lifted, a red shadow flashed by, and the air froze for a moment, the other party looked at Zong Zhen and said with a smile: "Haha, the son-in-law is really good-looking! I don't know if I snatch it, will Princess Fuchen let me in or not!"

"..." Ji Zhao showed two eyes from Zongzhen's shoulders, unable to say a word, "I am the son-in-law..."