The Way of the Consort

The girl in red was also stunned for a moment, looked at Ji Zhao, then at Zong Zhen, and smiled again: "The son-in-law is good-looking, but I like the appearance of this son-in-law better, I—"

"Qing Yang! Don't be unreasonable!"

Two men in fine clothes walked up to the carriage, both of them were dressed as princes, one was older, in his twenties, he must be the second prince Liu Cang.The other person, according to Ji Zhao's visual observation, was about the same age as him, or even younger, it should be the fifth prince Liu Rui.The two brothers don't look alike, but they both have excellent looks.

In contrast, the girl in red looks a bit ordinary, but she has a sassy and elegant demeanor, and her eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to Liu Rui.

The older one stretched out his hand and pulled the girl in red down. The girl pouted and didn't speak anymore. He looked into the car and said in a gentle voice, "The imperial sister is rude. I hope the concubine won't take offense." Sure enough. Said, "I am Liu Cang..."

In the past half a month, Zong Zhen gave Ji Zhao a small stove. Emperor Liu Qian of the Liang Kingdom and Emperor Renzong are completely two extremes. He has many concubines and likes to collect beautiful women in his life. Ji Zhao knew about the prince, princess and clan relatives. This girl was the most favored Princess Qingyang in Liangguo, and she had the same mother as Liu Rui.

Liang Kingdom has also passed through several dynasties, and the bloodline has been improved from generation to generation. According to the envoys who have seen it, the Emperor and Prince of Liang Kingdom are very good-looking, and the two brothers are indeed good-looking, but Princess Qingyang has an ordinary appearance. Presumably Liu Rui looks like his father, and she looks like his mother. Their mother probably doesn't look very good-looking.

Ji Zhao was a little curious, the emperor of Liang Kingdom liked beautiful women, and their mother and concubine were not good-looking, so they were so favored?Presumably, there is something extraordinary about the place next to it.

Seeing Ji Zhao looking at him, Liu Rui smiled and said, "If you don't fight, you won't know each other, don't be angry, son-in-law, haha!"

Liu Cang frowned, and said to Ji Zhao, "Your brother and sister are stubborn, and the son-in-law will laugh at you."

"Never..." Ji Zhao came out from behind Zongzhen, and simply got out of the carriage. Zongzhen jumped out of the carriage first and helped him down. He solemnly greeted him and introduced Zongzhen beside him with a smile. My personal bodyguard, I am not feeling well, he sat with me in the car." He introduced Yin Yu, "This is my nephew, come with me to Liangguo to open your eyes."

Yin Yu smiled and cupped his hands towards them, Zong Zhen cupped his hands but did not smile.

Liu Cang nodded to Zongzhen and Yin Yu respectively, Liu Rui was smiling, and Princess Qingyang was always looking at Zongzhen with extremely fiery eyes.

Zong Zhen noticed her gaze and glanced at her. She smiled at Zong Zhen, and Zong Zhen smiled back. Princess Qingyang's eyes widened, her mouth opened slightly, and then her smile became brighter and brighter.

When Ji Zhao saw the eyes, he hummed in his heart.

"Consort?" Liu Cang called him.

He came back to his senses and pretended to be weak: "The next matters are all according to what the second prince said. The second prince arranged it very well. Ji Zhao is very grateful. It's just that I was sick on the way and didn't dare to enter the palace to disturb your majesty. On the day of my birthday, if I enter the palace again, I hope the second prince will convey my apology."

"It's my younger sister who was rude, so I should apologize."

After the two parties played Tai Chi, Ji Zhao got into the carriage and went to the Hanxi Pavilion where the envoy lived.

I thought it was all right, but when the carriage was about to move, the curtains of their windows were pulled open again with a whip, and Princess Qingyang was riding on the horse, tilting her head and smiling, "My son-in-law, I might go to Hanxi Pavilion to find you play?"

She was talking to Ji Zhao, but her eyes were on Zong Zhen.

Ji Zhao smiled: "Princess, I'm not feeling well, and I'm afraid I'll give you a bad temper. I'm sorry."

Princess Qingyang looked at Zongzhen for a few more times, then looked away, looked at Ji Zhao, and said with a smile: "Qingyang is not afraid of these! Then I will go find you some other day!"

After speaking, she flicked the whip and ran away happily.

Ji Zhao was so angry that he turned his head and stared at Zongzhen. Zongzhen took out a dagger from his sleeve with a flat face, looked at it, and didn't know what he was thinking. Ji Zhao stretched out his hand and pushed him: "You have nothing to say about this? What catches your eyes!"

Zong Zhen came back to his senses: "I was thinking, who is He Qiniang?"

Ji Zhao was discouraged, well, this is business.

After sending them to the Hanxi Hall, Liu Cang and Liu Rui left, and Princess Qingyang had long since disappeared.

After resting in the Hanxi Pavilion for a whole day, the envoy went to the Liangguo Palace to meet the emperor, and there were other arrangements for the following days. As for Ji Zhao, because of his "weak body", he had no choice but to continue to stay in the Hanxi Pavilion. Going for a stroll in the street, Zong Zhen was afraid that he might be in danger, so he didn't allow him to go out at all.

There was more than half a month before the birthday of the Emperor of Liang Kingdom, and Ji Zhao simply didn't know how to spend the half-month.

Zongzhen is very busy, Zongzhen will eat three meals a day with him, and will send someone over regularly to see if he is staying in his room well. It is difficult to see anyone at other times, and he does not know what he is doing.

Fortunately, there is Yin Yu, who goes out almost every day, leaves early and returns late, and he has already eaten half of the famous restaurants in Yanjing City.Seeing him nestled in the Hanxi Hall, Yin Yu felt very pitiful, and offered to stay with him, but he didn't care, he couldn't go out to play, it was already very pitiful, if Yin Yu didn't go out to play, wouldn't it be a loss, come on It was not easy, he was very supportive of Yin Yu going out to play.

Although Ji Zhao can't go out to play with him, Yin Yu remembers to bring back delicious and interesting food every day to honor his uncle.

Even so, Ji Zhao still felt a little lonely.

That night, Ji Zhao couldn't sleep, he always felt that something was wrong.He got up from the bed and went to Zongzhen's room.Because Ji Zhao didn't like Zong Zhen to be his friend, and later described Zong Zhen's identity as his personal bodyguard, so naturally he lived next door to him.Just as he was about to reach out to knock on the door, Bao Qing came out and said with a smile: "My son-in-law, it's so late, you haven't slept yet."

"I can't sleep, is His Royal Highness asleep?"

"Our Highness—"

Ji Zhao directly reached out to push him away, and walked in: "I have something to ask him."

"My son-in-law—" Bao Qing went around to him again, with a smile all over his face, making it clear that he didn't want him to go in.

Ji Zhao stopped and looked at him: "Why don't you let me in? My room, he can enter as he pleases, and his, I naturally can enter as soon as I want."

"My son-in-law, our highness is taking a break, really—"

Ji Zhao bypassed him, walked straight in, walked to the side of the bed, and opened the curtain with his hand, and sure enough, the bed was empty.

He turned to look at Baoqing, Baoqing lowered his head and said in frustration: "His Highness took Cheng Shen and Mr. Chen out, and it has been like this for the past few nights."

Ji Zhao told them to turn off all the lights in the house, and sat in the dark waiting for Zong Zhen to come back. In the middle of the night, the door of the house was pushed open softly. Ji Zhao got up immediately, and quietly touched the inner door. Standing still, when Zongzhen quietly walked to the door, he stretched out his hand to stop Zongzhen. Before he could say what he wanted to say, Zongzhen grabbed his hand firmly and was pressed against the wall with his backhand. Although he couldn't see it, he There is a murderous aura coming.

Zong Zhen posted it, and the other hand was about to get stuck on his neck, when he smelled a familiar smell, his hand relaxed: "It's you..."

"No, otherwise..." Ji Zhao was so frightened that he thought tonight was the night that the crown prince was destined to kill him.

Zong Zhen didn't leave him, but still pressed him against the wall, looked down at him, and asked softly, "If you don't sleep, what are you doing here?"

Ji Zhao hadn't recovered yet, even though the murderous intent was gone.

Zongzhen raised his chin with his hand, and Ji Zhao had no choice but to look at him. In the dark night, Zongzhen's eyes were inexplicably bright and very gentle. Ji Zhao exhaled, this is His Royal Highness he is familiar with, and Ji Zhao's body is also Relax, almost slipped to the ground.

"Huh?" Zong Zhen asked again.

Ji Zhao rolled his eyes to the sky, and said angrily, "I don't sleep, I'm waiting here to rob you!"

Zong Zhen laughed lightly.

Ji Zhao was puzzled, is it funny? !He reached out and pushed Zong Zhen away: "Since you're back, I'll go back to sleep."

His strength was not great, Zong Zhen stepped back and was pushed away by him, but he took his hand and pulled him back. Ji Zhao couldn't break free and complained: "I see you are so busy every day." Human figure, I’m just curious about what you’re doing!” He was pulled to the table by Zongzhen, who pressed his shoulders and asked him to sit down, so he sat down, “You don’t sleep in the middle of the night, what are you doing now! Liang Country, not our Jinling City, Your Highness the Crown Prince!"

He never thought that Zong Zhen would tell him, Zong Zhen sat down next to him, but said: "I will go out with Chen Keye and the others to find out some news."

Ji Zhao looked at him carefully. Taking advantage of the moonlight leaking through the window, he found that Zong Zhen was wearing night clothes. He reached out his hand curiously and asked, "What did you find?"

"Princess Qingyang's fiancé has a concubine outside, Liu Cang doesn't know."

"Why do you like to investigate these things?" Ji Zhao was speechless.

Zong Zhen was not angry, nor did he explain, but said softly: "Princess Qingyang's fiancé, surnamed Yuan, is the cousin of the Second Prince Liu Cang."

Ji Zhao became interested: "I remember you telling me that although the emperor of Liang has many concubines, he has no queen, and the most favored princes are the second and fifth princes. The emperor has not appointed a prince yet, so it seems that he prefers the second prince who is very capable? Although the fifth prince is favored, it is only favored. You also said that the second prince has a very good relationship with the fifth prince, and they often go in and out together."

"Yes, these days, I'm going to investigate these."

"If you want to know, how can it be really good? There is only one throne, so many brothers, am I right?"

Zong Zhen looked at him with a smile in his eyes, as if praising him for being so smart, Ji Zhao felt a little proud.

Zong Zhen stretched out his hand to pat his head, retracted it before he was dissatisfied, and said: "The mother of the fifth prince Liu Rui is Concubine De. Status. It's just that Concubine De's family background is humble and her mother's family is poor, while the second prince Liu Cang's maternal ancestral family is from a well-known family in Liang Country, and Liang Country attaches great importance to these things."

"Then will the second prince be the emperor in the future? Liu Rui is attached to Liu Cang? So his sister, Princess Qingyang, will be Liu Cang's cousin? But Liu Rui must not be smiling like that on the surface, usually this kind of smile The more you have, the more mind you have, I don't think the second prince is stupid, he must be wary of each other."

Zong Zhen wanted to reach out to touch his head again, but Ji Zhao quickly put it aside: "I'm not a child."

Zong Zhen laughed lightly.

Ji Zhao urged, "Then what are you looking for?"

"I want to know who He Qiniang belongs to. These days, I have secretly checked many local weapon shops, and there is no dagger like He Qiniang. There is a [-]% possibility that their siblings belong to a certain prince. "

When Zongzhen told him the truth, Ji Zhao was very moved, and immediately said: "Although I don't understand what you are going to do, I will definitely support you! Is there anything I can do to help?"

In the end, Zongzhen reached out again, brushed his fallen hair behind his ears, and said softly, "Just play with yourself."

Ji Zhao curled his lips: "I don't have to play, and I can't get out. What's interesting in Hanxi Pavilion, they are all arranged in the style of Jinling, as if they are still in Jinling."

"Yanjing is not safe, I am really worried about letting you go out."

Ji Zhao sighed, and he nodded: "I know, I won't make trouble for you." He got up, looked down at Zongzhen, and wanted to say that he had gone back to sleep, but suddenly he really wanted to stay and sleep with Zongzhen!

He really missed the last time in the hot spring village, the two fell asleep on their feet!Wonderful!It's so sweet to have someone to sleep with!

However—now he and Zongzhen are only in the relationship of a son-in-law and a prince, and they will never be friends for the rest of their lives. Ji Zhao is a little frustrated. It's gone..." He said again, "You must pay attention to safety, this is Yanjing, not Jinling."

"They didn't know that I had already noticed it, and they didn't know my true identity. Even if they guessed my identity and were wary of me, they never expected that I would go to those weapon shops and Yuan's house to inquire."

"That's good. After all, it's not our own territory. It's better to be careful."

Hearing Ji Zhao say "we", Zong Zhen felt a warm current in his heart.

"I'm going back..." Ji Zhao said, turned around and left.

"and many more……"

When he got to the door, Zong Zhen called him back, and he turned around to look: "What else..."

Zong Zhen got up and took out a book from his lapel: "Didn't you mean robbery?"

Ji Zhao's eyes lit up: "What is it?!"

"You come and see?"

Ji Zhao rushed over immediately, snatched the book from his hand, walked to the window, and saw the words on the cover clearly by the moonlight, "Journey to the Mountains", he looked at Zong Zhen, overjoyed: "This is Xiaoyaozi's book in Liangshan that year. I wrote it when I traveled abroad, and it only exists in Liangguo. It is said that it was just a small workshop that printed dozens of copies! I have always wanted to read it!"

Zong Zhen nodded.

Ji Zhao was so happy that he was about to open the book. Zong Zhen stepped forward and closed the book with his hand: "Go back to sleep and read it tomorrow. Be careful not to damage your eyes."

"Okay..." Ji Zhao hugged the book, "Then I'm going back!" He walked out, halfway there, then turned around, looked at Zongzhen for a while, and suddenly asked him, "Can I talk to you tonight?" Do you want to sleep together?"