Husband and Father Youwei

In previous years, since Tang Jingyun's younger siblings already had their own families, they naturally had to stay at home to accompany their families during the New Year. However, the clan members of the royal family, including those selected into the palace, Emperor Wucheng did not want them to disturb him. He and Tang Jingyun all rushed back home, so there were only Tang Jingyun and Emperor Wu Cheng at the New Year's Eve dinner.

But today, because of the existence of the Ruan Tang family, there is no doubt that there is a lot of excitement, and Tang Jingyun is also much happier. He ate half a bowl more than usual. , failed to bring Ruan Tang back to Tang Jingyun earlier.

The New Year's Eve dinner is a family banquet, and all the people here are close relatives. Emperor Wucheng also let go of the emperor's airs. He is very close and easy-going, and the meal is warm and harmonious, but the state banquet on the first day of the next day is completely different. .Because there were many civil and military officials from the court and nobles, as well as subordinate vassals and envoys from neighboring countries, representing the majesty and courage of the Great Zhou royal family, it was naturally extremely grand and grand, without any gain. Don't be careless.

Therefore, although Tang Jingyun handed over the matter to Ruan Tang, Ruan Tang asked Tang Jingyun everything again, and only carried it out after confirming that it was completely correct. This time the state banquet was organized perfectly and lived up to Tang Jingyun's trust.

Ruan Tang was originally for a very careful and prudent person, and he had Tang Jingyun's experienced palace servants to help him, and with Tang Jingyun's support behind him, the state banquet went smoothly without any trouble.During the period, the Ruan Tang family naturally also wanted to attend the banquet, but this time they did not appear in front of the dignitaries in Beijing and guests from all over the world as meritorious ministers and family members with military exploits, but were formally introduced by Tang Jingyun in the name of his beloved son. to everyone.

Tang Jingyun's lost child, who was found dead later, suddenly reappeared 20 years later?This news had already swept the capital in just a few days when Ruan Tang and his family moved into the palace, causing people to discuss it.Now, the rumors they heard have been confirmed. No matter what they think in their hearts, everyone congratulates Tang Jingyun and Ruan Tang in unison.

At the banquet, the banquet was full of peace and harmony, and it was peaceful and peaceful. As time went by, it gradually came to an end. However, before the banquet was completely over, an unexpected episode happened, that is, a little maid beside Tang Jingyun was giving Ruan Tang While pouring the wine, I accidentally touched the purse tied around my waist, and a jade pendant carved with lotus flowers rolled out of the purse that fell on the ground.

Originally, it was nothing, as maids in the palace would occasionally get rewards, so naturally they would have some personal belongings, and if there was something they liked very much, it would be considered a kind of honor to carry it with them all the time.It's just that this time it's a bit different, the little maid was surprised when she saw the jade pendant, and then she showed a panicked look, she dropped the jug in her hand, and she didn't bother to apologize to Ruan Tang after that , anxiously going to pick up the jade pendant.

At that time, Ruan Tang and Tu Lin were talking to Zhao Wei, Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu. Seeing this scene, before they had time to say anything, Zhao Xu suddenly seemed to have something happened, and said, "Hey, why does that jade pendant look a bit strange?" look familiar?"

Zhao Qi didn't take the maid seriously at first, but when Zhao Wei heard Zhao Xu's words, his face immediately changed, and he couldn't help looking at the jade pendant in the maid's hand, and then his eyes lit up, and he took the jade pendant out of the hand. The maid snatched it from her hand, looked at it carefully, and said: "That's right, it looks familiar, as if... I seem to have seen it in Cousin Wei's study before?"

As soon as Zhao Qi's words came out, everyone fell silent immediately, but their eyes wandered to Zhao Wei, who couldn't hold back his laughter, and the little palace maid whose face was pale with fright at the moment, but who could vaguely see some beauty.They also saw that the jade pendant was engraved with the pattern of lotus with double pedicles, the meaning could not be clearer, and this little maid was not an ordinary maidservant, but a person next to Empress Tang Jingyun.

"Cousin Qi was joking, this jade pendant...is just an ordinary thing, maybe you saw it somewhere else, remember wrong, but I have never had such a thing before." Zhao Wei smiled calmly Go ahead and deny Zhao Qi's words.

As soon as Zhao Wei's words fell, the little maid couldn't help but looked up at him, but she met Zhao Wei's threatening and cold eyes, her heart trembled, she gritted her teeth, but she didn't make a sound.

"Oh?" Zhao Qi glanced at Zhao Wei with a smile that was not a smile, and then he seemed to believe his words, and said: "This jade pendant is of high quality and exquisite carving, it is not ordinary, she, a little maid, can have such a treasure Since it was not a gift from Cousin Wei, could it be a reward from His Majesty or His Royal Highness the Queen?"

"Yes, yes," the little palace maid nodded hurriedly when she heard the words, and said, "This jade pendant was given to the slaves by His Royal Highness, and it was given by His Highness the Queen." As she said that, she hurriedly stretched out her hand to take the jade pendant.

Unexpectedly, not only did Zhao Wei not return it to her, but he turned cold-faced all of a sudden, and shouted at her: "Boldness, it is bestowed by Her Royal Highness, how dare you be so careless and leave this jade pendant on the ground, it is disrespectful!" , are you guilty?"

The little maid fell to her knees with a plop, and tears rolled down her cheeks like beads strung together. She knew that what Zhao Wei said was correct, so she had nothing to say, so she looked at Zhao Wei for help. dimension direction.

Zhao Wei frowned slightly, but still said: "Brother Qi, this little palace maid also made an unintentional mistake, and today's state banquet, it's better to turn a big event into a small matter, so don't cause trouble."

Zhao Xu also said at this time: "That's right, Cousin Qi, Cousin Wei is right. Besides, this court lady belongs to Her Highness the Queen. How to deal with it depends on Her Highness the Queen."

When Zhao Wei stopped him, Zhao Qi was dissatisfied. Although Zhao Wei didn't admit it, he knew very well that Zhao Wei definitely had something to do with the little palace lady, so how could he just let go of this big thing, but it's really not appropriate to attack right now. Otherwise, I would have the impression that I don't know the severity and cause trouble with Emperor Wucheng.

However, Zhao Xu's words made Zhao Qi think of a way to get rid of the matter without involving himself, so he said to Ruan Tang: "It was I who violated the rules, and this matter should be reported." Your Royal Highness is the queen, so I will trouble cousin Tang." After speaking, he couldn't help saying that he gave the jade pendant to Ruan Tang.

Ruan Tang is Tang Jingyun's child, and Tang Jingyun is also the elder of Zhao Wei and the others. According to their seniority, they all call Ruan Tang his cousin.

Ruan Tang has been in the palace for a long time, and he also knows something about Zhao Wei's open and secret struggles, but these have nothing to do with him, and they have never been involved in anything, but he didn't want to involve the maid next to Tang Jingyun today, which made him He could no longer stay out of the matter, so he followed the jade pendant and agreed to the matter.

Then he had someone take the paralyzed little maid down, and after the palace banquet was over, he went to Zichen Palace, handed the jade pendant to Tang Jingyun, and at the same time told what happened.After Tang Jingyun listened, his face darkened instantly.

Although he was generous to the palace people, most of them were ordinary gold and silver jewelry, silk and satin, etc., but this jade pendant is of high quality and exquisite carving, and it is engraved with the double lotus pattern with special meaning, but he will never reward it easily thing.

However, just in case he wronged a good person, Tang Jingyun asked the maid in charge to fetch the booklet for registering the rewards and check it out. As a result, it was best not to find any record of rewarding the little maid. That is to say, the jade pendant was obtained by the maid from other places.The maid is deep in the forbidden palace, and the jade pendant is not a vulgar item. If you think about Zhao Xu and Zhao Qi's words, you can immediately know where it came from.This was also confirmed in the subsequent interrogation of the court lady.

Both Emperor Wu Cheng and Tang Jingyun were very angry about Zhao Wei's private contact with the little palace maid and the fact that he gave a precious jade pendant, but the reasons for their anger were different.Emperor Wu Cheng colluded with Tang Jingyun and others because Zhao Wei dared to stretch his hand to Tang Jingyun's side, while Tang Jingyun was annoyed that Ruan Tang was involved in the struggle between Zhao Wei and others.Therefore, after Emperor Wu Cheng severely reprimanded Zhao Wei for this matter, and even drove him out of the palace, he didn't stop him, and he didn't say anything.

It is a fact that Zhao Wei had an affair with the court lady next to Tang Jingyun, and asked him to pass on information for him, and Emperor Wu Cheng did not wrong him.Although being kicked out of the palace means completely losing the qualifications to fight for the heir, but after all, being a clan member of the royal family, one will not have to worry about prosperity and wealth for the rest of his life. Compared with the few people who lost their lives, it is very lucky to be able to leave the palace in a complete body.

In addition to disposing of Zhao Wei, Emperor Wu Cheng also checked all the palace people around Tang Jingyun, and at the same time warned Zhao Qi and Zhao Xu to not repeat Zhao Wei's mistakes. Too little showed a serious side to them, and his cryptic words made the two of them clearly understand Tang Jingyun's dissatisfaction with them for involving Ruan Tang.