loving husband

five days later

It's the end of the day, Dongxiu looked at the sky outside and thought so.

With a blank white cloth, she wiped the female sword in her hand very skillfully, but the maid beside her was terrified.

"Ma'am, don't hurt yourself..."

"Ma'am be careful..."

Dongxiu seemed to have never heard of it, and only by wiping her sword could she calm down. Since what was about to happen to her opponent was unavoidable, she had to face it.

"...How can Mr. Xiang be sure that the crown prince will find out about Jing'er and his mother?"

"Master Qu, the chief assistant, has a talent that is different from ordinary people. He can foresee what will happen in his dreams. In the early court five days later, the crown prince will expose in the hall that I have harbored descendants of the Zhao family..."

With a stern face, she wiped the blade of the sword to make it more shiny, reflecting the cold edge under the light.

At this moment, hurried running and shouting came from outside the house.

"Madam...Madam is not good..." A servant came to the door with a face full of horror, panting heavily. "The crown prince brought the forbidden army... He said that he came to arrest Aunt Zhou and Young Master Jing at the emperor's order, and said that even the master... was imprisoned in the prison..."

Before the servant could finish speaking, Dongxiu had already sheathed the sword and went out holding it.

Although she had made all kinds of preparations during these five days, when this moment really came, Dongxiu was still so angry that she wanted to kill the instigator.

Along the way, the servants in the Rongguo Mansion were all panicked and didn't know what was going on, they could only look at her anxiously, while Dongxiu pursed her lips and walked towards her destination without saying a word.

When she came to the front yard, she saw the guards in the mansion confronting the imperial guards as if they were facing a big enemy.

"Ma'am!" Seeing Dongxiu coming, the steward couldn't help worrying that she would not be able to cope with the situation in front of her, but the master was said to have been taken into the skycart, so he could only feel anxious.

Dongxiu took a deep breath, held the sword in his hand, and walked towards the leading prince. Although he had never seen him in person, he knew who he was without asking from his attire and his face.

"I don't know what is the prince's business here?" She asked politely and then politely.

The prince was very proud to finally catch Duke Rong's handle. "This crown prince has followed the emperor's orders to arrest the descendants of the Zhao family, so hurry up and hand them over."

"This is not the Zhao family, so where did the descendants of the Zhao family come from? The prince must have gone to the wrong place, right?" Dong Xiu snorted. "see a visitor out."

The prince didn't expect that she would dare to disobey and reprimanded her loudly. "presumptuous!"

"You are bold!" She retorted. "Don't forget who my grandfather was, and how much my Jiang family has made great contributions to Fan Ting. The emperor even allowed him not to kneel down to anyone except him. You are just a mere prince, sir. Put on airs in front of me."

According to Sheng Yonglan's teaching, Dongxiu suppressed the opponent's arrogance in one fell swoop as Jiang's identity. It was really satisfying to see the opponent's face turn green and turn pale.

"You...you..." The prince couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment. "This prince has someone who can prove that the concubine Zhou in Rongguo's mansion is the daughter-in-law of Zhao's husband who was raped and beheaded seven years ago. She was pregnant back then, and the child should be six or seven years old now. When I grow up, I never imagined that he would dare to hide it and not report it, and even lied about being his own flesh and blood, deliberately covering it up, it is simply deceiving the king.”

"Ms. Zhou is my husband's concubine, and the children she gave birth to are naturally my husband's own flesh and blood. How can it be said that she deliberately covered up and concealed it?" Dongxiu snapped. "Could it be that the child born to the prince's concubine is actually the offspring of another man?" Don't blame her for speaking rudely.

The prince's face turned livid immediately, and he simply got tough. "You still don't go in and arrest people!"

The commander of the imperial army gestured to his subordinates to follow him.

"Who dares to act recklessly!" Dongxiu slammed, and drew his sword to face each other, even if it was just a show, he had to show off his aura.

And the guards behind her were also on the alert, just not allowing anyone to overstep the threshold. The situation between the two sides could be said to be on the verge of breaking out.

Seeing this, the prince reprimanded loudly. "Do you dare to resist?"

Before, I only heard that Mrs. Rong Guogong was just an arrogant, willful, pampered lady from an official family. After seeing it with my own eyes, she really deserved the reputation of "the world's number one general" and was posthumously named Anqinghou Huaiyuan after her death. The granddaughter of the great general Jiang Da, those rumors about her before turned out to be nothing more than rumors.

Dongxiu looked fearless. "If I have anything to say, I will go to the emperor and say it. The prince does not need to shout here. Please wait here for a while, and let me go back to my room to get dressed first."

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left, making the prince blush with anger on the spot. When did he experience such uselessness, he wrote down the account.

The stewards present, as well as a group of servants and guards, although they had known for a long time that the current wife was different from the past, they were completely overwhelmed by Dongxiu's courage and momentum until this moment, and they all watched her leave with admiration. Go back.

When Dongxiu returned to the dormitory, he put the sword on the table, his hands were still trembling, not because of fear, but because of anger. If this body was the same and the internal force was still there, he would have killed him with a single blow. He killed the prince, and even used the prince as a threat to directly break into the prison to teach others.

"Madam..." The maidservants were at a loss, and all of them turned pale with fright.

Dongxiu closed her eyes tightly, and said in a stern voice: "I want to enter the palace!" Even if it is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den, she still wants to break into it.

Just when the maidservants brought the wife's clothes and helped the master put them on, Mrs. Zhou had heard the news and rushed over, holding her son by the hand, begging to see her with tears in her eyes.

"You all go out!" She drove the maidservants outside and closed the door.

Zhou took her son Zhao Dongxiu and knelt down, tearfully telling the secret that had been buried for many years. "Ma'am, Jinger is... the person the prince is looking for, please hand us over so that you can save the Lord..." Their mother and son owed Duke Rong too much, and he couldn't let him lose his life for this.

"My husband has already mentioned this matter to me, so I can't hand you over to the crown prince." Dongxiu looked at the ignorant Jing'er, panickedly at the sobbing mother, and then at herself, If she can be more selfish, she can not care about other people's life and death, as long as she saves the man she loves. "Do you think my husband will be happy when he knows I did this? He will only blame himself for the rest of his life, let alone forgive me."

"But..." Mrs. Zhou was in a mess.

She first pulled Zhou's mother and son up. "Auspicious people have their own fortune, you have to trust my husband, as long as three months pass, he will come back safely."

This is also what Lord Shoufu wrote in his letter, asking them to be patient and not act rashly, but three months in prison is inevitable, but as long as they survive this calamity, they will be very happy.

"Three months?" Mrs. Zhou was puzzled.

"Anyway, nothing will happen." Dongxiu couldn't say too much.

I hope that what Master Shoufu predicted will really come true!Dongxiu prayed in her heart.

She opened the door, with a gesture of generosity, and she kept silently thinking about the rules taught by her husband before, how to answer the emperor when she saw the emperor, she couldn't be casual.

At this moment, Sheng Yongfan shouted loudly from the front.

"...Brother was imprisoned in the sky prison, what the hell is going on? Can no one tell me? It's really a waste of raising you slaves..."

Seeing Sheng Yongfan scolding a few maidservants and kicking those servants, Dongxiu clenched his jaw, stepped forward, and kicked them again, hitting the other's vitals.

"Uh...uh...you..." Sheng Yongfan fell to the ground and moaned, clutching his crotch.

"If you say that again, I'll really let you be an eunuch." It's all critical, this second young master can only vent his anger on his servants, and he is the most useless one.

Seeing that Sheng Yongfan didn't even dare to say another word, Dong Xiu shook his head and left.

Deyang Palace

When Dongxiu followed the prince into the palace and came to the emperor's bedroom, although it was inevitable that she would still be nervous, but for the sake of her husband, she would risk her life.

"The concubine sees the emperor..." Seeing the king sitting on the dragon chair, he was a mild-looking elder, and the prince was nothing like him, so she immediately knelt down and shouted for grievances. "I implore the emperor to see clearly, and return the innocence of my concubine..."

The prince snorted. "I report to my father, Mrs. Rong Guo dared to resist the order, she just refused to hand over the descendants of the Zhao family to my sons and take them back to the palace, and asked my father to punish her."

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince's words are slanderous intentionally, they are definitely not true..." Dongxiu's eyes turned red. "We haven't harbored any descendants of the Zhao family at all... I beg the emperor to make decisions for my concubines..."

Even though Mr. Shoufu's "prediction" is the guarantee, she still can't help worrying, and always hopes to do more for the man she loves. When she thinks about it, tears come out of her eyes. There is no need to act at all, but to express her true feelings.

Hearing Dongxiu's cry, the emperor pondered for a while, even if he wanted to be partial, he still wanted to raise doubts on the surface. "However, the prince said that he has evidence, so how should he explain it?"

"Father, the witness in my son's hand is a doctor. He once helped Mrs. Zhou to diagnose her pregnancy, and the eldest son of Zhao who was beside him also admitted that the fetus in his womb was his own." It was true. Coincidentally, this doctor and his father-in-law have been drinking friends for many years. They chatted during the dinner a few days ago, and accidentally told this story. Even God is helping him, the prince couldn't help thinking triumphantly.

Dongxiu raised her tear-stained delicate face, and said eloquently: "My Majesty, even if the Zhou family had a relationship with members of the Zhao family, Mr. Zhou didn't know about it beforehand. He just saw her as a weak woman with a pitiful background. It was only a coincidence that I felt pity for her and accepted her as my concubine."

"Hmm..." The emperor stroked the gray beard on his chin, tilting his head in thought.

Worried that his father would be persuaded by her, the prince couldn't help sneering. "Then the son born to the Zhou family is not from the blood of the Zhao family?"

"Jing'er is the flesh and blood of the Sheng family. The woman Wen who was in charge of delivering the baby back then can testify to this. The child was born at full term, and such a big thing can't be mistaken." Xianggong made a plan early in the year just in case. It is really well-intentioned to make all kinds of possible empty arrangements to make others believe that the child in Zhou's womb is his, so she must not make mistakes and let Xianggong's years of hard work go to waste.

The prince could not help but gritted his teeth and stared.

"If the prince still doesn't believe it, you can ask Mrs. Wen." Dong Xiu said straightforwardly.

"Father, these words are basically excuses..."

Dongxiu thought of how many harmless people were killed by the so-called "slashing all over the house", it was really cruel. "Your Majesty, things have changed. It's been so many years. It's really unbearable to bring up the events of the past and prevent the dead from resting in peace."

Hearing what she said, the emperor was a little surprised, but also deeply touched. "After your child got married, he learned to be considerate and compassionate. I am very pleased."

"Uh, thank you, thank you, the emperor, for your praise. Ever since my concubine had an accident last time, I realized that life is impermanent. Some things should not be argued about, because it is useless to argue. What should be yours is yours, not yours." Yes, you can’t get it by all means.” Of course, she was speaking to someone.

The prince seemed to hear Dongxiu's implication, and his expression became even uglier.

Hearing this, the emperor couldn't help feeling sorry for him. "That's true."

"Father, she"

Guessing what the prince wanted to say, the emperor blocked the prince's mouth with one word.

"I have always believed in Sheng Aiqing's character and would never do anything that violates the law knowingly." Thinking that the Zhao family could not be saved seven years ago, this time the tragedy must never happen again.

"Father..." The prince was very unwilling.

Dongxiu was still kneeling on the ground, hanging her head, holding her breath, waiting for the emperor's will.

At this time, the eunuch's yelling came from outside the bedroom, which made the prince look happy.

"The empress is here!"

The emperor's face changed slightly, and he was only one step away from issuing an order to release him.

Then, the empress led several old ministers in, and after learning that Duke Rong was about to be released, she immediately objected, and all stumbling blocks that might hinder the crown prince's ascension to the throne must be removed.

Dongxiu, who was kneeling beside her, clenched her fists and almost burst into tears. She really wanted to jump over and grab the queen's neck, and questioned her conscience, how many deaths would she have to make her son sit on the Dragon Throne before she would be willing.

no!She has to hold back her breath!

If you are too impulsive and anger the queen, I am afraid that no one will be able to save the husband.

Several old ministers who supported the crown prince also knelt down and begged for orders, and they also stated the reason of the gods, which was not only that Duke Rong was released too early.

"...The emperor should put Rongguo public relations in the sky prison first, and wait until it is fully confirmed that it has nothing to do with the Zhao family." The queen also agreed with the suggestion.

As she said that, the queen exchanged a triumphant look with the prince, not sure that it was another matter, the most important thing was to keep people locked up.

"Let's do it like this." The emperor had no choice but to agree.

Dongxiu closed her lower eyes tightly, the tears in her eye sockets were no longer in control. "Your majesty... I beg your majesty to let my concubine go to the dungeon to meet my husband..."

"Zhen..." The emperor just said a word, and those veteran officials knelt down again, the purpose was to cut off the connection between Rong Guogong and the outside world.

"Qizou Emperor, Duke Rong was guilty before he was innocent. He must reflect on himself."

"Your Majesty, this is also to warn others..."

The emperor sighed and waved his hands helplessly. "Going to visit Sheng Aiqing in the sky prison, just wait a little longer, you should step back first."

"...Yes, Your Majesty." Dongxiu almost bit her lower lip to bleed, so she could only obey.

In the end, she couldn't even see anyone, so she could only sit in a sedan chair and go back to Rongguo Mansion in a daze.

At this time, outside the Rongguo Mansion, from the manager to the servants, they were all eagerly expecting Dongxiu to bring back good news.

When Dongxiu came out of the sedan chair and looked at everyone looking at her, she remembered the conversation with her husband that day.

"Dongxiu, I'm not living in the mansion, so I'll leave everything to you..."

"Leave it on me. Although I don't understand the rules, I will ask people if I don't understand. Don't worry..."

Dongxiu hurriedly wiped away the tears on her face with the back of her hand to reassure them, so she put out a smiling face that was uglier than crying. "Your father will be fine for the time being, everything is just a misunderstanding, after the emperor finds out, he will be released."

"Ma'am..." Seeing her swollen eyelids from crying, the steward could see a forced smile.

She regained her energy and said forcefully, "Trust me, nothing will happen."

"Yes, madam." Everyone said in unison.

From that day on, Dongxiu tried her best to play the role of the housewife well, asking people when she didn't understand something, and using her busyness to avoid thinking wildly, otherwise she would be desperate to save people.

And everyone in the mansion has long since gotten rid of the bad impression they had on Madam, and got to know her again.

In this way, day after day passed, Dongxiu also went to the palace again to ask the emperor to allow her to visit her husband in the prison, but there were always people deliberately blocking her, so she could only return disappointed.

But as long as people are still alive, there is hope, and it is because of this idea that they did not knock her down.

In the dead of night, when Dongxiu was alone in the dormitory, she still couldn't help but shed tears. "I used to not cry so much...but now..."

She missed him so much that she couldn't breathe.

"If my qinggong is still there, I can sneak into the dungeon to see him without anyone noticing...even if it's just to take a look..." Dongxiu whimpered, spitting angrily. "He must have eaten poorly in prison...Who knows if the crown prince will take the opportunity to poison the food...or torture him..."

The more she thought about it, the more uncomfortable she felt.

As long as she doesn't see anyone for a day, Dongxiu can't even sleep well, and can't eat. It turns out that the man has already taken up such a heavy weight in her heart.

In case of losing him, I will never live.

During the day, Mrs. Zhou would also come to visit. If it wasn't for her and Jing'er, it wouldn't have evolved to this point. I don't know what else to do besides praying for the blessing of the Bodhisattva.

Dongxiu comforted her in turn. "This is Xianggong's decision. As long as he says it, it will be done, so we can't let his painstaking efforts go to waste."

"Yes, ma'am." Zhou said, wiping away tears.

All they have to do now is wait.

Finally survived for a month, but for Dongxiu, the days felt like years.

Fortunately, during this period, Mr. Shoufu once sent someone to deliver a letter. Although it only said "everything is safe, don't be impatient", to Dongxiu, it seemed to be a reassurance, at least it could prove that the husband is fine.

This afternoon, Dongxiu was sitting alone in the garden without letting the maidservant around, saying that she wanted to think about something, but in fact her mind was completely blank, she couldn't think about anything, she just looked up at the leaves that were gradually turning yellow, falling from time to time On the ground, even the wind brought coolness.

Suddenly, she couldn't remember how long she had stayed in this mansion. It felt like many years had passed, and she had already figured out every plant and tree here, as if she had been living here all along.

Unexpectedly, a slight sound came from behind, making Dongxiu turn around to check.

Jing'er stood a few steps away, bowed her head and said nothing.

"What's wrong?" she asked with a smile.

The small figure still stood there without speaking.

"I won't hit you, what are you doing standing so far away?" Dongxiu waved at him. "come over."

After hesitating for a moment, Jing'er walked up to her. "aunt……"

Seeing his aggrieved face, Dongxiu asked with a bit of a smile, "Did you get scolded by your mother for doing something wrong?"

"No..." He shook his head, and then mustered up the courage to speak. "Ma'am... I'm not Daddy's real son, and Daddy is not my real father, right?"

She looked at Jing'er's face that was about to cry, and even though she told the people in the house that it was just a misunderstanding and that she was framed by an adulterer, the prince's words that day still caused some gossip to spread.

"Who told you that?" Dongxiu wanted to bring out those slanderous people and punish them.

"People in the house are secretly talking behind their backs..." He pursed his lips. "I ran to ask my mother, and my mother cried when she heard it... Auntie, are they talking nonsense?"

"Answer auntie first..." Dongxiu asked him back. "If the aunt says he is not your real father, then do you deny him and stop calling him father?"

Jing'er almost dropped her head to her chest.

"Can't tell?" she asked unhappily.

After a while, Jing'er said in a low voice, "Of course he is my father, and I want to call him father as well."

"Why? If he's not your real father, why do you still call him that?"

He stared at the toes of his shoes. "Because dad loves me very much and treats me very well...every time I do something wrong and get scolded by mother, dad will plead for me..."

Dongxiu patted his head. "Yeah, who dares to say that he is not your father? He has raised you for so many years, and he would even disregard his family and life for you. This kindness is not something that others can just talk about, or even use the word "blood". Clean it up. "Just like the master who raised her since she was a child, in my mind, the master is her real father.

"Yeah." He still had a little understanding.

"Some things will be understood when you grow up. Now you only need to recognize one thing, no matter what others say, he is your father." Worried that he would not understand because he was too young, Dongxiu explained.

Jinger nodded vigorously. "Yes, ma'am."

Sir, am I right?She thought silently in her heart.

In the next two months, Dongxiu no matter what major events happened in the court, and there were huge storms and waves, those had nothing to do with her, and the only thing on her mind was the safe return of her loved one.