It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager

Chapter 72 Zhengfei

Zhao Chengjun rushed directly to the second door on horseback. He threw the reins to his men and strode non-stop to the backyard: “How is she?”

Liu Ji received a letter from the prince to come back early this morning. Liu Ji didn’t dare to be careless, so he hurried to the door to meet Zhao Chengjun. The prince and concubine have already gone to the Jianjiayuan, Liu Ji trot after Zhao Chengjun, while hurriedly recounting the affairs of the palace: “Master, Miss Tang is pregnant.”

It was Zhao Chengjun who had made enough psychological preparations. At that moment, his whole body was stiff, and he was stunned on the spot: “What?”

Liu Ji caught up with her breathlessly and said: “It is true that Miss Tang secretly called the doctor herself, and later the son called the imperial physician, and also diagnosed the heartbeat. The old slave asked people to inquire, and Miss Tang’s monthly letter stopped. In the past few months, her joys and sorrows have fluctuated, and her emotions are very wrong. She should be pregnant.

Zhao Chengjun didn’t know how long he was stunned. After he reacted, he didn’t know whether it was shocked or angry, and he said sharply, “Why didn’t you say such an important thing in the letter?”

“The minion was afraid that the secret letter would be hijacked, so I didn’t dare to elaborate.” Liu Ji didn’t dare to delay, and said in a hurry, “The prince, the son and the concubine have already gone to the Jianjiayuan, and Mrs. Xi and the second lady of the Xi family are here today. Minions are afraid. What’s the matter, please go and see.”

Zhao Chengjun was extremely angry and didn’t have time to investigate Liu Ji’s concealment, so he hurried to Jianjiayuan.

When Zhao Chengjun received the letter in Suzhou, he knew that he was wrong. Liu Ji was not an abrupt person. If Liu Ji wrote a letter, something big must happen. When Zhao Chengjun opened the envelope, he saw the words “Something is wrong with Jiajia” on it, and his heart sighed.

Jianjia Courtyard is the courtyard of Tang Shishi. Liu Ji was worried about leaking the secrets, so he didn’t write too much detail. But these four words alone are enough to make Zhao Chengjun chaotic.

In fact, Zhao Chengjun had appointed two princesses before. The first fiancée was the eldest daughter of the Xi family. She was graceful and Shujing, read poetry, and was always in good health, but suddenly died of a disease before marriage. After Zhao Chengjun’s wife died, he was engaged to Li Xiayue, General Li’s eldest granddaughter, under the persuasion of his subordinates. Coincidentally, however, Li Xiayue also had an accident before marriage and fell to his death.

A girl from a military commander’s family would die of falling horses. Since then, Zhao Chengjun’s heart to get married has ceased. The Queen Mother Yao will not let him marry a helping young lady in the family, and Zhao Chengjun also does not want to marry a Queen Mother Yao who responds to her. Before he settled his grievances with the Queen Mother, he marrying anyone would just drag the woman’s life in vain.

Zhao Chengjun also had no obsession with getting married and having children. In that case, he completely broke off his children’s love and focused on expanding his influence. He had never paid attention to Chunhua Qiuyue in these years, and marrying Master Tang was the only unusual idea he had given birth to.

It is ridiculous, but once it takes root, it quickly grows into a towering tree and cannot be eradicated. It’s a pity that the flowers are intentional and the water is ruthless. Master Tang cares about his ex-fiance, and later empathizes with Zhao Zixun. Zhao Chengjun was not going to force a woman, he had already given up this idea before leaving the palace.

However, when he was about to set off, Master Tang ran back from the outskirts in the rain and recklessly pushed open the door of the study. Later, when something like that happened, Zhao Chengjun indulged his greed and determined to be a “little man” to fulfill himself.

But Suzhou’s military affairs were still waiting for him. Zhao Chengjun couldn’t delay him. He could only explain a few words in a hurry, and immediately rushed to Suzhou with people. Zhao Chengjun originally wanted to hide Master Tang, both for protection and concealment. As long as Master Tang was more obedient, outsiders would not be aware of his thoughts. After Zhao Chengjun returned to the house, he could arrange the next things calmly.

However, Zhao Chengjun suddenly received a secret letter from Liu Ji in the evening.

People in the palace have killed two princesses in a row, Zhao Chengjun really didn’t dare to bet. He immediately left his official duties and returned to Xiping Mansion with the elite. He hurried back to the palace with a cloak of Muyu. Zhao Chengjun thought he had made the worst preparations, but he still didn’t expect that things in the world would be more joking than he thought.

Master Tang was actually pregnant.

He became a father without knowing it?

Zhao Chengjun couldn’t tell what his heart was like. At this moment, his only thought was to see Master Tang. Zhao Chengjun walked through the palace and asked Liu Ji without looking back: “Apart from being pregnant, what else happened?”

Based on Zhao Chengjun’s understanding of Master Tang, if she knew that she was pregnant, she would never be obedient.

Liu Ji sighed slightly, summarized the events of this period of time, and quickly relayed it to Zhao Chengjun.

For example, Master Tang concealed her pregnancy. After being discovered by the elder son, she refused to recognize the father of the child, and even denied that it was Zhao Chengjun.

Of course, Liu Ji didn’t forget to mention one sentence: “However, the emperor Song said that Miss Tang was pregnant for forty days… it should be fifty days ago. The son was very angry and mistakenly thought that Miss Tang had an affair with outsiders, and the servant asked Tang about it. Girl, whether the child’s father is the prince, Miss Tang firmly denied.”

When Zhao Chengjun heard this, he was anxious and angry. These two bastards, Zhao Zixun was stupid, and Tang Shishi did not let him go. It’s not him, who else can it be?

Liu Ji glanced at Zhao Chengjun and saw that the prince was so angry that he had a spectrum in his heart. So angry, it can be seen that it belongs to the lord.

Zhao Chengjun endured his anger and said coldly: “Take the imperial physician who diagnosed the pulse and all the people involved during this period of time, and wait for the death.”

“Yes.”

When Zhao Chengjun walked to Jianjia Courtyard, he was guarding Zhao Zixun’s cronies outside. These people were majestic in the palace, but when they saw Zhao Chengjun, they were so frightened that they did not dare to say a word.

Zhao Chengjun broke into the door, and his heart sank again when he saw the scene inside.

He recognized the maids beside Master Tang. At the moment, those maids were restrained by the young man, and their mouths were still firmly covered. The eldest maid saw Zhao Chengjun, his eyes flashed brightly, and with a brute force he broke free from the restraints, stumbled and fell to the ground: “Master, you are finally back!”

Zhao Chengjun’s heart also sank. It seems that Master Tang’s time was worse than he had imagined.

Inside the room, the cuckoo’s voice shocked everyone. The woman’s approaching footsteps were slightly sluggish, and Madam Xi showed an expression of surprise and guilty conscience, Zhao Zixun turned his head and walked outside the door without saying a word.

He had just walked to the door, and the door was pushed aside from the outside. Zhao Chengjun wore a black armor, his face was cold, murderous, and he appeared outside the door with a cold face.

Zhao Zixun was shocked in his heart. He immediately bowed his head and saluted Zhao Chengjun: “See my father. I don’t know that his father is coming back, but he has missed far to welcome him. Please forgive him.”

Several other people in the room also woke up like a dream, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute Zhao Chengjun: “See the prince.”

Please calm down, Zhao Chengjun ignored the kneeling man, raised his eyes, and looked directly at the innermost side of the house.

Master Tang was standing inside, she was still holding a vase in her hand, her eyes were staring wide, as if she was shocked. Zhao Chengjun was prepared just now, but when he really saw it, he still felt distressed for a moment and couldn’t restrain himself.

It has only been three months, and she has lost so much. She was pregnant, but she didn’t feel the slightest roundness, instead she was pale and thin. The pointed face made him feel distressed.

Zhao Chengjun approached the back room and wanted to get close to Master Tang, but he was afraid of frightening her, so he tried to act lightly: “Master Tang, it’s me. Put things down.”

Master Tang stared at Zhao Chengjun motionlessly. She thought she had hallucinations. It was not until Zhao Chengjun snatched what she had in her hand that she was finally convinced that it was true and tears burst into her eyes.

After Zhao Chengjun snatched the vase, he immediately threw it away. The vase fell on the ground with a click, but it was still broken. Zhao Chengjun didn’t care about the vase at all, he was worried about Tang Shishi. Her wrist was slender as if it broke, and she was shaking with the vase. Zhao Chengjun looked terrified.

Now Master Tang burst into tears, and Zhao Chengjun was caught off guard. He stiffened for a while, avoiding the hard part of the armor, and cautiously hugged Master Tang into his arms.

“I’m back, it’s okay.” Tang Shishi was trembling all over crying, Zhao Chengjun felt her thin and thin shoulders, and her heart seemed to be crumpled and torn bit by bit. “Sorry, I am late.”

Master Tang pulled Zhao Chengjun’s clothes in his hand, crying out of breath, crying out all the grievances and fears during this period of time. Zhao Chengjun let her cry. He waited as long as she cried, and he didn’t care if the clothes were wet.

Zhao Chengjun stood around Tang Shishi, and the others watched from behind, looking at each other with an embarrassed expression. Lu Yufei stood restless, Madam Xi’s face was gloomy, Xi Yunchu was so angry that he tore her veil. Zhao Zixun pursed his mouth tightly. He realized that he had made a very serious mistake.

How could he not guess such an obvious thing? It is all to blame for the words of Emperor Song, which directly biased Zhao Zixun’s thinking. However, Song Taiyi and Tang Shishi have no grievances and no grudges, why should they lie?

Zhao Zixun hadn’t figured it out yet, Master Tang fainted directly because of his emotional excitement and crying too much. Zhao Chengjun lifted Tang Shishi horizontally, walked through the room, and carefully placed it on the bed.

When he did these things, he completely assumed that the remaining people didn’t exist, and Madam Xi and several big living people stood here as if they were transparent. Mrs. Xi gradually became unable to stand up, and took the initiative to say: “King Jing…”

“Madam, be quiet.” Zhao Chengjun gently adjusted the pillow for Teacher Tang, without turning his head, his voice was cold and faint, “She is asleep. She needs a rest now, Madam has anything to say before going out.”

Madam Xi has always been courteous in the Jing Palace, this is the first time Zhao Chengjun has given her a cold face. Madam Xi’s face changed, and her gaze at Master Tang became more and more like a poisoned knife.

Zhao Chengjun put Tang Shishi well, covered her with a quilt, arranged her hair, and then put down the drapery. Zhao Chengjun’s face looked calm, but everyone present knew that this was the calm that was forcibly suppressed before the storm.

Zhao Chengjun said indifferently: “In the house, she will be noisy to rest and go to the wing.”

Zhao Zixun almost blurted out his explanation, and when he heard Zhao Chengjun’s words, he swallowed again, and followed to the wing silently.

Liu Ji immediately went forward to clean up the wing, Zhao Chengjun raised his hand and said, “No, it won’t be long. Go and bring her the imperial doctor who diagnosed her pulse.”

Liu Ji bowed and said, “The slave obeys his orders.”

Mrs. Xi finally found the opportunity and said first: “The prince, the concubine does not know that you are coming back today. You came back in a hurry, and you don’t understand a lot of things, and you may have misunderstood. The concubine did this today to verify the integrity and maintain the decency of the palace. ”

“The system of Prince Jing’s Mansion does not need to be maintained by an outsider.” Zhao Chengjun’s tone was not hurried, his eyes were dark, with the coercion of Taishan Jiang, “Dare to stretch her hand to her, the lady can’t help but care too much. .”

The blood on Xi Yunchu’s face suddenly faded, and Madam Xi was also embarrassed and embarrassed: “King Jing, your concubine is for your own good, but you are actually angry with your concubine for a concubine? The child in her belly is unknown, isn’t it? Bai, it’s most likely someone outside. The prince might as well let someone come for a follow-up visit first, and make arrangements after verifying that he is right behind.”

“No need to follow up.” Zhao Chengjun listened impatiently and interrupted Madam Xi directly, and said, “The doctor told a lie, she is innocent. The fetus in her womb is mine.”

Madam Xi was so shocked by these words, she couldn’t believe it, and muttered: “But she is so beautiful, who knows if she will have **** with each other? Lord, you don’t know how many months the child is. , How dare…”

Zhao Chengjun couldn’t bear it, patted **** the table, and everyone was shocked. Zhao Chengjun endured his anger and said, “Madam Xi, this king thinks that you are an elder and is tolerant to you everywhere, but it does not mean that this king is a softness that can be squeezed by others. She is the mother of this king’s child, why should this king want Test her? On the contrary, it’s the madam, who took the lady of your house to mix with the housework of the palace, and tried to disadvantage this king’s children. Shouldn’t the lady give this king an explanation?”

Madam Xi and Xi Yunchu were scolded by Zhao Chengjun by name, and their faces immediately blushed. Madam Xi struck her neck and said: “The prince, today’s matter is that the concubine is not in good condition, but even if the prince loves the concubine, he can’t mess with the concubine’s respect and inferiority. She is only a concubine, and the concubine has not yet come in. Just gave birth to a **** vein, what kind of system is this?”

The Yan dynasty paid attention to etiquette and established the country based on the patriarchal clan system. The eldest son was the foundation of a family. If you give birth to a concubine before your concubine, this is a very rude behavior. It will not only be spoken of by other people, but it will even affect your career performance.

Even the royal family cannot ignore the rules. Madam Xi felt that her grievance was very reasonable. When she heard that the elder son had rescued a pet maid in front of the Lu family, she was punished by King Jing with thirty sticks. Now King Jing himself dotes on his concubine and annihilates his wife, and even hits his mother-in-law in front of the younger generation, and loses Xi Yunchu’s face. What is going on?

Jing Wang always can’t be such a double standard.

Zhao Chengjun’s face was faint, his fingers placed on the armrests, and slowly tapped: “Mrs. Xi said that respect and inferiority should not be chaotic. This king will write a letter to the court. From now on, she will be the concubine of Jing Palace. .”

Xi Yunchu and Lu Yufei were stunned together. After the suffocating silence, Mrs. Xi asked incredulously: “Master, what are you talking about? Wang Hao is obviously sister Chu.”

“This king thought that I had already expressed the meaning very clearly.” Zhao Chengjun’s expression remained unchanged, and he said the cruelest words indifferently. “This king is only engaged to Xi Yunwan. When did he say that he would remarry Xi’s daughter? Madam and Miss Xi Er repeatedly disrespect the princess, and even attempted to murder the king’s heir. For the sake of the deceased eldest lady, this king will spare you once. If there is another time, you can go to the clan’s mansion to explain.”

Zhao Chengjun said while blowing his sleeves, and said coldly: “Come and see off the guests.”

The few people in the wing were totally unable to respond to the situation. No matter whether Mrs. Xi could accept the reality, Zhao Chengjun’s cronies came over immediately to “escort” the Xi family’s mother and daughter out of the house. When they were pushed to the door, Zhao Chengjun’s voice came from behind: “Also, although this king had married Miss Xi, it has already passed. In order to prevent the princess from being overwhelmed, I will still ask Mrs. Xi and Xi in the future. All the ladies, don’t go to the gate of Jing Palace.”