The predecessor who was scumbag by me was the emperor

The Eldest Princess returned to Beijing and did not disturb too many people, after all, she is a new widow. Except for the well-informed people, the Eldest Princess’ former boudoir friends got the news. Those who wanted to inquire about the news took the initiative to rest their minds.

Zhao Zhang naturally wanted to meet the eldest sister, but he only met her on the fifth day after she returned to Beijing. The majestic and strong sister in memory has changed a lot, her smile is gone, and her eyes are full of sadness.

Zhao Zhang only thought that she was depressed and unhappy because her husband died of illness. After all, the eldest princess was able to follow her husband back to his hometown in Hexi, which was enough to prove the deep relationship between the two.

"My condolences to the emperor," Zhao Zhang comforted.

Zhao Ya pressed the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, squeezed out a faint smile and said, "It's been a few years, and I'm mentally prepared. I've been busy with the concubine's memorial service these days, so I'm a little out of energy, doesn't it look like Old and ugly?"

Zhao Zhang naturally had to comfort him: "Sister Huang is only [-] years old, how can she be old? What are your plans next?"

The eldest princess felt a little lost in her heart. Back then, she and Zhao Zhang brothers got along very well, but they hadn't seen each other for many years, and the family relationship was getting weaker and weaker. In the past, Zhao Zhang should be more gentle and considerate to her.

She laughed at herself, "I don't have any plans. What can I do as a widow? It's just to make ends meet." They have been married for many years, and because their husbands are in poor health, they didn't even have a child. not sad?

Zhao Zhang had arranged everything in the Princess Mansion earlier. Not only did the mansion redecorate, but he even sent a lot of servants, but that was all he could do.

He felt sorry for the eldest sister for a while, and said comfortingly, "When the imperial sister is out of the filial piety period, I will arrange a palace banquet to welcome you." Widowed couples have to observe filial piety for a year. Naturally, there is no concept of filial piety for widows among the people, but Zhao Ya is a princess, to be able to keep filial piety for her son-in-law is already doing her best.

"You don't have to worry about me. Chang'an is the place where I grew up. I feel very at ease when I return to my old place. But my little uncle Gao Xun, I wonder if the emperor has received him?"

Zhao Zhang didn't have any special feelings for Gao Xun, he just said lightly: "He has already taken office in the Ministry of Household Affairs."

"I heard that he took over the position of Shen Jia, the last champion, but did he embarrass the emperor?" The eldest princess said this for some reason.

Zhao Zhang glanced at her, saw that she was looking down and did not meet his gaze, and suddenly realized that the eldest princess knew about his relationship with Shen Jia. As for the source, the queen mother probably told her.

The queen mother has lost her eldest son, and her second son has left her heart again. Naturally, the only one who can win over is the eldest princess, the daughter who has been raised by her side since childhood.

Zhao Zhang also understood the real purpose of the eldest princess returning to Beijing. On the one hand, returning to her natal family to be a widow was on the other hand, and on the other hand, she was probably called back by the queen mother to cheer.

He smiled and said, "What do you mean by that? Shen Jia's transfer to the Ministry of Industry was already decided. His position just happened to be vacant. It's just a coincidence. If Miss Huang's letter came a few days later, I really can't find it." The right place for him."

"That's good. I heard that Mr. Shen and you are brothers in the same school. They are full of talents. Before coming here, I specifically told Gao Xun that he must learn more from Mr. Shen. They are both the same age and talented. When we talk together, Gao Xun doesn't have many friends in Chang'an, if I can make friends, I will feel more at ease."

Zhao Zhang recalled Shen Jia's mention of Gao Xun's hostility towards him, and he couldn't deny it. He just said: "Given the background of Gao's family, Gao Xun will not worry about not being able to make friends, and sister Huang doesn't have to worry about him."

The siblings didn't seem to have much to talk about, and when Zhao Ting came over and visited his aunt, the three of them moved to the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility to greet the Empress Dowager.

With her beloved grandson and eldest daughter by her side, the Empress Dowager did not speak harshly to the Emperor, but she did not communicate with him either. She took the Eldest Princess by the hand and carefully asked her how she had been in the past few years.

"The Ai family asked you to come back a long time ago, but you didn't. The son-in-law is seriously ill and should come back. The imperial doctor in this palace is always better than the doctor outside."

"What the queen mother taught me is that the son-in-law knows that time is not long and wants to spend more time with his family at home, but the family does not want him to go to Beijing."

The queen mother asked again: "You didn't leave any son and half daughter behind, what did the Gao family say?"

"I originally wanted to adopt a child from the clan to be an heir, but my daughter felt that it was unnecessary. Everyone died, so why bother?" The royal princess naturally disdains to raise children for others.

"It's okay if the Gao family wants to adopt, just let them take care of it, and leave roots for the son-in-law. As for you, you will be widowed for a while after you come back, and it won't be too late to marry after a year."

The eldest princess didn't have any big mood swings when she heard the words, and said flatly: "Don't mention this for now, and we will talk about the future."

The Empress Dowager looked at the few close people around her and felt bitter in her heart. The three children she gave birth to were each more lonely than the other. They seemed to be dignified, but each of them had few children. This is not a sign of prosperity.

Zhao Zhang ate a tasteless meal in the Compassionate Ning Palace. He felt his stomach burning so badly that he vomited after sitting in the imperial study for a long time. The whole court was so frightened that the emperor thought that the emperor had been poisoned. They are all on standby outside the Royal Study Room.

Zhao Ya hadn't left the palace yet, when she heard the news, she rushed over with the help of the queen mother, and saw that the emperor was placed in the apse of the imperial study, she was furious: "The emperor's dragon body is not healthy, how can it be placed here at will, the palace where he usually lives ?”

When Director Du heard that the masters were coming, he was afraid that the people below would not do well, so he came to greet him in person. Hearing this, he replied with a smile: "His Royal Highness, the emperor has to review the memorials in the imperial study until late at night every day, so most I lived here at the time, and when the incident happened suddenly just now, everyone dared not move."

Zhao Yamin glanced at the queen standing in the front row, and said sarcastically: "Isn't the empress arbitrarily favored? Why can't even take care of the emperor? I think it's better to draft as soon as possible. There will always be someone who can take care of the emperor."

The Empress just went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to show her face and then came back. Fengxi Palace is closer to the Imperial Study Room, so she arrived a little earlier than the Queen Mother and her party.

Wei Jinrong was not angry when she heard her mocking him. The favor in this palace is not something a princess can control. It was extravagant, so the drafting has been delayed, since Miss Huang is back, she has to persuade the emperor more, because the concubines can't give the emperor a lot of money, and I feel very uneasy."

She secretly rolled her eyes, if she is capable of persuading the emperor by herself, what's the use of getting angry at her?It's not that she stopped the emperor from drafting.

For a moment, several people standing outside the door thought of the same question: How difficult is it to persuade the emperor to draft?This can be seen only by looking at the efforts of the former ministers.

When Hong Yuan came out, the queen mother stopped their quarrel and hurriedly asked: "How is the emperor?"

The envoy of Hongyuan saluted all the people and said loudly: "Masters, please rest assured, the emperor just caught a cold last night and his stomach is uncomfortable. He will vomit if he eats too much greasy food today. Just eat a light vegetarian diet for the next two or three days. .”

The eldest princess frowned and said angrily, "The dignified son of heaven will catch a cold, the servants below are damned!"

The servants waiting inside and outside the imperial study were all silent, fearing that the Eldest Princess would take them on in a fit of rage. As long as the elders in the palace knew, this Princess was much more difficult to serve than the other princesses.

Wei Jinrong didn't like Zhao Ya at the first glance, and said with a faint smile: "The lesson of the emperor is that the incompetence of the servants in this palace is also caused by the improper management of the palace. Afterwards, the palace will personally submit a booklet to the emperor to plead guilty."

Lying on the bed and listening to the chatter outside, Zhao Zhang felt his head ache. There were only so many women in the palace and he felt it was noisy. Have a happy birthday?

And he himself knew what was going on with this illness. Last night when he slept with Shen Jia, he was wrapped in a quilt. Although the house was burned with earth dragons, it was still a bit cold in the twelfth lunar month.

This is a trivial matter, but if the eldest princess wants to hold on to it, Shen Jia will be easily pulled out, so he said loudly: "I'm fine, the queen mother and sister Huang can go back, it's enough for the queen to stay and take care of me."

Envoy Hong immediately said: "The emperor is still weak, you need to rest more."

The queen mother sighed, gave instructions to everyone, and took the eldest princess back.

After entering the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Eldest Princess asked anxiously: "Queen Mother, is it true that the emperor does not accept concubines because of having an affair with his courtiers?"

The queen mother nodded and said with emotion: "This matter is definitely true, otherwise, how could there be only the queen in the harem? If he really likes the queen, how could he not enter the harem once for ten days and a half months? He's dismissed, and now he doesn't even have a child, he's crazy!"

"You didn't do anything?" The eldest princess felt that the queen mother was also responsible, otherwise, which family's children would be so self-willed, not even caring about carrying on the family line for the sake of a man?When she first received the news, she thought it was the Queen Mother exaggerating.

"It would be great if he could listen to me. It's not like you don't know that because of the Pu family's affairs, the emperor has separated from me. Now he just dares not touch me because of his filial piety."

The eldest princess was startled, "You are his mother, how could he do that? How dare you?"

A sarcastic smile appeared on the corner of the Queen Mother's mouth: "He even wiped out his grandfather's family for the sake of a man, so why not dare?"

The Empress Dowager blamed Shen Jia for the demise of the Pu family, outsiders didn't know it, and really thought that the emperor killed those who knew it in order to keep his lover.

Although the Eldest Princess knew that this statement was false, she would not correct it. She just sat down and discussed with her how to resolve this matter.

"What kind of character is this Shen Jia? Doesn't he know that if he charms the lord so much, he will be infamous for thousands of years? He really broke the royal inheritance, and even civil and military officials in the court can't spare him!"

"The emperor intends to appoint brother Ting as the crown prince. Now that he has been carefully cultivated and has spoken in front of all civil and military officials, what can the ministers do with him?"

"Have you ever talked to Shen Jia? Thinking of him as a small person from a small place, there is always a way to get him to leave the emperor voluntarily through coercion and lure, right?"

"Now that he is in the limelight, his official position is getting higher and higher, and his reputation is good, how can he willingly give up this great future? I'm afraid even if he is promised gold and silver mountains, he will not be able to persuade him. As for threats...you know that the emperor even has secret guards. Send him to protect him, it's not that your grandfather didn't think about it, it's just that he didn't succeed."

Zhao Ya was even more shocked, "This...that's ridiculous! He wasn't such a stubborn and unreasonable person when he was not enthroned."

The queen mother also felt that this son did not even know herself anymore, so she covered her face and cried, "People's hearts are changeable, he is doing nothing for the sake of a man, you just came back, don't bother him with this matter, Otherwise, he might even hate you."

In the imperial study room, Wei Jinrong was sitting dignifiedly by the bed. Seeing the maid bringing the medicine bowl, he hesitated whether to be a good wife and feed the medicine himself, but the latter didn't give her a chance to show it, so he took the medicine bowl and drank it. And exhausted, as if drinking poplar nectar instead of bitter medicine.

After rinsing his mouth, the emperor waved his servants back, leaving Wei Jinrong alone, and said straight to the point: "The emperor's sister will definitely unite with the queen mother when she comes back this time. The queen should not take it lightly. She should care more about her."

Wei Jinrong smiled slightly, tilted his head to look at him, and asked jokingly: "Is the emperor still afraid of the eldest princess?"

"It's not that I'm afraid, I just don't want her to do something she can't regret."

"But Miss Huang lives in the Princess Mansion. If she doesn't enter the palace, the concubine will have nothing to do with her. What's more, she's a girl, so she can't trouble Mr. Shen, right?"

"The people in the princess mansion are all arranged by you, so I don't need to teach you how to do it?"

"It's natural, but Her Royal Highness grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she has never seen any methods. How can she be able to keep her under control with just a few servants? But the concubine has a plan..."

Zhao Zhang got up and sat up, put on his shoes, and cast a sidelong glance at the Queen, who coughed and said in a low voice, "Well, Miss Huang has just lost her husband, and her feelings are empty, why don't you introduce some beautiful men to her... Cough, minister I don't have any other intentions, I just want Her Royal Highness to get out of the sorrow as soon as possible."

Zhao Zhang's expression was cracked, he looked at her in disbelief, sighed for a while, approached her and asked, "Have you seen the son-in-law?"

"Of course not. After the concubine entered Beijing, the son-in-law never came back."

"Then go see Gao Xun another day. He is the brother-in-law's younger brother. Then you will know that the beautiful men in this world are not attractive to the eldest princess. How can I find another one like a son-in-law for me?" she?"

Wei Jinrong had heard of the name of Hexi Mr. Gao, and now the most famous one is the young Mr. Gao, but ten years ago, it was the son-in-law who dominated the show.

She brushed the broken hair by her ear, took a step back, and blinked at the emperor, "The son-in-law is naturally a beautiful man in this world, and his status is also noble, but women may not only like the skin. If the emperor does not object, the minister Concubine can give it a try, even if it is useless, there is no loss."

Zhao Zhang helped his forehead, waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I can't attack my sister for no reason, maybe the emperor's sister won't..." He suddenly stared at the queen vigilantly for a long time, and asked with squinted eyes. : "Wei Jinrong, don't mess around in the palace, if people find out that you are promiscuous in the harem, I will not be able to protect you."

Wei Jinrong was taken aback, "What nonsense are you talking about, I didn't..."

Zhao Zhang sat back on the bed and was silent for a moment, as if he was thinking about some important issue. After a long time, he said: "It's my negligence. It's really hard for you to keep you a widow for a lifetime. Why don't you give me five years, After five years, I will let you leave the palace."

Wei Jinrong asked with a sad face: "Your Majesty, you can't cross the river and tear down the bridge. The concubine likes the life now and doesn't want to leave the palace."

"Really don't want to?"

"I really don't want to."

Zhao Zhang was relieved, and waved her to leave, "Well, Zi Feiyu knows the joy of fish, as long as you are happy."