Wei Luo originally thought that the matter between Zhao Liuli and Yang Zhen would be settled, but he didn't expect another accident to happen two days later.
Emperor Chongzhen personally summoned Yang Zhen. Because of Yang Zhen's meritorious service in suppressing the rebellion this time, and captured the rebel leader alive, Emperor Chongzhen was in a good mood, so he personally asked him what reward he wanted. Yang Zhen was also bold, and actually said that he wanted to marry the sixth princess Zhao Liuli in front of the emperor and all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Although this request was beyond everyone's expectations, it was not out of the ordinary. If the emperor nodded, it might even become a good talk praised by everyone.
The only surprise is that instead of agreeing, Emperor Chongzhen suddenly lost his temper and beat Yang Zhen with thirty army sticks!
When a group of people carried Yang Zhen in from the corner gate of Prince Jing's mansion, Wei Luo was eating orange paste cut from golden hazel. Hearing this, she was taken aback for a moment, and then Orange Paste went over to take a look.
Yang Zhen's face turned pale, and he was already unconscious. The Thirty Military Sticks were nothing to him, but he already had a wound on his chest, not to mention that the wound was split open, and a lot of blood flowed out. Steward Wang hurriedly ordered a doctor to show him the injury.
Wei Luo tugged at Zhao Jie's sleeve, and asked inexplicably, "Why did you bring Yang Zhen back to our house?"
Zhao Jie wiped off the orange ointment from the corner of her mouth with his thumb, and said, "Yang Zhen doesn't have a mansion, Liuli begged me to bring him back to Prince Jing's mansion so that he can recover from his injuries."
Wei Luo understood. In the southwest of Prince Jing's Mansion, there is a courtyard called Zhengrong Courtyard. It is quiet and the environment is good, and it is the most suitable place to recuperate from injuries. Wei Luo arranged for Yang Zhen to live there.
The doctor came after a while, and was treating Yang Zhen's injury in the room.
Wei Luo and Zhao Jie stood outside the courtyard. Wei Luo asked, "Why is the emperor angry?"
Zhao Jie leaned against the pillars in the porch, crossed his arms, and said thoughtfully: "Someone must have said something in front of him."
Hearing this, Wei Luo couldn't help thinking. Not many people knew about Yang Zhen and Zhao Liuli, so who would tell Emperor Chongzhen
On the second day, Zhao Jie found out all the causes and consequences.
It turned out that when Zhao Liuli went to the military camp to look for Yang Zhen a few days ago, a doctor surnamed Zhou saw him. The doctor's name is Zhou Hang, and he is a member of the Ministry of Officials. Zhou Hang met Zhao Liuli at the palace banquet, so he recognized Zhao Liuli's identity. After returning home, he mentioned it to his wife, saying that Princess Tianji seemed to know a man from the military camp. Mrs. Zhou was not a fuel-efficient lamp, she entered the palace once and told the matter in front of everyone. Others didn't believe her words. After all, Zhao Liuli was treated like a baby by Empress Chen, and she couldn't even get out of the palace, so how could she know the men outside
Only Zhao Linlang kept it in mind.
The grounding of Zhao Zhang and the death of Concubine Ning have already made Zhao Linlang hate Empress Chen and others to the bone. It's a pity that she is just a princess and can't change anything at all. Now that you see an opportunity, you must seize it. It was also her luck that she actually found out about Zhao Liuli and Yang Zhen. When she learned that Yang Zhen was serving as Zhao Liuli's bodyguard, the two had an affair. Zhao Linlang wrote a letter to discuss with Zhao Zhang, and then decided to tell Emperor Chongzhen about the matter, so as to strike first.
With selfishness, Zhao Linlang described the relationship between the two of them as "the unmarried adultery, privately determined for life", and his words were quite unbearable.
Emperor Chongzhen immediately changed his face after hearing this, panicked in his heart, and quickly ordered someone to investigate the matter privately. It's just that the matter has not been investigated clearly, Yang Zhen's words in the court hall undoubtedly confirmed that he had indeed had an affair with Zhao Liuli.
Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was furious.
In fact, if Emperor Chongzhen had listened to Yang Zhen or Zhao Liuli's words first, he might not have been so angry. It's a pity that he had listened to Zhao Linlang's provocation first, and had preconceived notions, and when he saw the two children, his mood was different.
As a bodyguard, Yang Zhen's duty is to protect the safety of the princess. But he took advantage of this special, close proximity, to induce Zhao Liuli to fall in love with him. It can be seen that he has ulterior motives and bad morals, so he absolutely cannot be entrusted to him for life.
Emperor Chongzhen not only punished Yang Zhen, but also ordered Zhao Liuli not to step out of Chenhua Palace.
It was so difficult for Zhao Liuli to see Yang Zhen face to face, so she secretly wrote a letter, begging Wei Luo to persuade Yang Zhen to recover from his injuries.
Four or five days later, Emperor Chongzhen was still angry and refused to forgive the two.
And Yang Zhen hasn't said a word since he lived in Prince Jing's mansion.
This day, the maid gave Yang Zhen medicine as usual. After Wei Luo saw Yang Zhen drink it, he couldn't help but said, "Hey, Yang Zhen, are you going to go on like this?"
Yang Zhen finally had a reaction. He put down the medicine bowl with the ganoderma lucidum and daffodil pattern, and looked at Wei Luo with dark and calm black eyes.
In the past few days, he has always had such an expression, often looking out of the window in a daze, with no waves on his face, as if he has no life.
It's good to have a reaction. Wei Luo breathed a sigh of relief, I was really afraid that he would be devastated because of this, "Your Majesty doesn't agree with you marrying Liuli, so there is nothing you can do? I heard that His Majesty is looking for a son-in-law for Liuli, and His Majesty has taken a fancy to the son of Duke Dingguo's mansion." Gao Congxun, do you want to watch her marry someone else?"
Yang Zhen's pupils shrank, and his hands under the quilt gradually clenched into fists. His voice was hoarse: "The glass is mine."
Finally willing to speak. Wei Luo stood at the head of the bed, with the corners of her lips curled up slightly, looking down from a height, "Oh, why do you say that Liuli is yours?" With her hands behind her back, she said with blood, "Have you done anything for Liuli? From the beginning to the end, I only saw Liuli's efforts alone, but you are here to blame yourself. Even if Liuli is imprisoned, she still trusts me to take good care of you, what about you? Will you just run away cowardly?"
Yang Zhen raised his head abruptly, looking at her with burning eyes.
Wei Luo looked at her without avoiding them.
After a long time, Yang Zhen said in a low voice, "You don't have to be aggressive with me."
was found. Wei Luo murmured silently, feeling a little embarrassed that her scheme had been exposed.
In fact, Yang Zhen was not as cowardly as she said, he was really recovering from his injuries these days, the servant girl said that he would do a set of punches every morning, and then ride a horse to the barracks. Emperor Chongzhen was angry, but fortunately he was not deprived of his official position, and he is still a second-rank general soldier now.
Wei Luo asked, "What are your plans now?"
Yang Zhen sat up from the bed, bent over to put on his shoes and socks, and answered irrelevant questions: "I won't give up." Walking to the door, he paused and said, "Thank you for taking care of the prince and concubine these few days, Yang Zhen will never forget it." .”
Wei Luo said, "As long as you don't let Liuli down, let me save you a hundred times."
Yang Zhen said: "No." Then he strode away.
It's really pitiful that there are so few words, and I don't know where Liuli has his eyes on him. Wei Luo supported the door frame, puzzled, until Zhao Jie's voice sounded in his ears, "A Luo, if you keep reading, this king will let him move out tomorrow."
As soon as Wei Luo turned around, he saw Zhao Jie standing a few steps away in a brocade robe with crimson purple taotie pattern.
Wei Luo threw herself into Zhao Jie's arms, hugged his waist, raised her head and said, "Yang Zhen is not as good-looking as big brother, I think big brother is enough."
Zhao Jie knew that she was doing it deliberately to please her, but she was still pleased. He pinched her little face and said, "Little slick, what did you say? I heard from the steward that you have been very diligent in coming to Zhengrongyuan these days."
Wei Luo didn't answer, just wrinkled the tip of her nose, and sniffed Zhao Jie like a puppy.
Zhao Jie said: "What's wrong?"
Wei Luo deliberately exaggerated and said, "It smells like vinegar."
Zhao Jie lifted her up from the ground, patted her butt hard, "Little guy, I think you need to clean up."
Wei Luo had experienced his slaps before, she was slapped by him last time, and she didn't dare to sit on a stool all night because of the pain. She hugged Zhao Jie's neck obediently, rubbed against his neck, and said honestly: "It's not that Liuli asked me to take good care of Yang Zhen, otherwise I would ignore him." Hsu's complexion improved, and he hurriedly slapped his face while the iron was hot, "I only care about you."
Zhao Jie pinched her chin, not letting her leave, and tasted her lips for a while.
Wei Luo left panting, her face flushed, "Where did you go just now?"
Zhao Jie said: "Imperial Palace."
Speaking of this, Wei Luo thought of something serious, and asked seriously, "Have you seen His Majesty, what did he say?"
Zhao Jie entered the palace not because of Zhao Liuli, but because of the drought in Qingzhou. The land in Qingzhou has been dry for more than half a year, and there is no harvest, and the people there are living in misery. Emperor Chongzhen handed over the matter to Zhao Jie, who entered the palace to discuss tax reduction with the emperor. Afterwards, Zhao Jie honestly mentioned Zhao Liuli's matter, and at the beginning, Emperor Chongzhen looked like he didn't want to say more, and he must be still annoyed. Zhao Jie didn't say much and left the palace.
Zhao Jie said: "Wait a few days until the imperial father's anger dissipates."
Wei Luo knew this was the case, and sighed helplessly. "It just so happens that I'm going into the palace tomorrow to pay my respects to my mother, so I'll ask her what she means by the way." She suddenly remembered something, her almond eyes narrowed again and again, and a sly light flashed, "The seventh princess is really busy, even this matter You have to step in."
If it weren't for Zhao Linlang, there wouldn't be so many moths.
The next day Wei Luo tidied up, changed into clothes and entered the palace.
There was a new pastry shop opened on West Street. Knowing that Empress Chen loved these folk snacks, Wei Luo specially bought several kinds to bring to the palace. Among them were candied winter melon and haw jelly that Empress Chen liked most. When they arrived at Zhaoyang Hall, the maid said that Empress Chen was chanting scriptures in Baohe Hall, so Wei Luo put down her snacks and had no choice but to turn around and go back to Baohe Hall.
Wei Luo knew that Empress Chen was upset again.
Whenever Empress Chen was in a bad mood or was uncertain about something, she would go to Baohe Hall to chant sutras.
When Wei Luo arrived, there were only two maidservants waiting outside the hall, Empress Chen knelt on the futon, muttering endlessly.
Maybe it was because of the sound of footsteps, she frowned slightly and said, "Didn't I tell you that no one is allowed to come in?"
Wei Luo said, "Queen Mother, it's me."
Empress Chen was slightly surprised, but she didn't get up, she continued to kneel on the futon and said, "Ah Luo, why are you here?"
Wei Luo knelt on the futon next to her, clasped her hands together with Empress Chen, and closed her eyes reverently. Like the queen, she believes that there are gods and Buddhas in this world, otherwise she would not be able to be reborn and live again. She said: "I brought a few small folk snacks to my mother. I don't know if my mother likes it."
Empress Chen finished reading a passage, looked at her with a tilted head and smiled, and said, "You have a heart."
Wei Luo said: "This is a newly opened shop on the street. Empress Mother will try it out later. If you like it, I will bring it to you every day." Her sweet mouth made Empress Chen very happy. After a while, Wei Luo couldn't help asking, "Queen, don't you agree with Liuli marrying Yang Zhen?"
Empress Chen had already guessed why she came here, the paragraph just now was just a cover, and it was hard for her to bear it. Empress Chen stood up from the futon, sat behind a small table with red lacquer carvings and carved cloud patterns, and poured two cups of tea, "When I visited Liuli's son-in-law earlier, she used various reasons to prevaricate me. She also pretended that she really didn't want to get married and wanted to stay with Bengong for the rest of her life, but she didn't expect her heart to belong to her long ago." The tone was a little wistful.
Wei Luo sat obediently opposite Empress Chen without saying a word.
Empress Chen said again: "You must have known it a long time ago, the two of you are working together to deceive me, right?"
Wei Luo shook his head quickly, and explained: "I just found out that Yang Zhen went to Eastern Guangdong at that time, and Liu Li planned to confess to you when Yang Zhen came back from Eastern Guangdong, so I didn't tell you." Sometimes, it doesn't hurt to tell a little lie.
Empress Chen's face softened a little, and she said slowly: "I just hope that Liuli can marry someone who treats her well and live a peaceful and smooth life, without going through any big storms, I am content as a mother." She used to The sons-in-law who showed Zhao Liuli all have one thing in common, that is, they have no ambitions. Empress Chen likes people who are content and happy. Once a man is too ambitious, he tends to neglect his wife. She has suffered this kind of hardship herself, so she doesn't want her daughter to repeat the same mistakes.
Wei Luo said: "Don't worry about this, empress, Yang Zhen is absolutely sincere to Liuli, not because of her status as a princess."
Wei Luo gave a few examples, ranging from woodcarving to catch Liuying, to going to eastern Guangdong to quell the rebellion alone for Liuli, all of which revealed Yang Zhen's sincerity.
After hearing this, Empress Chen was really touched, and sighed: "I can't tell, but Yang Zhen is an infatuated child."
Wei Luo nodded along, "Then you agree to their marriage?"
Empress Chen smiled and said, "So what if I agree? If His Majesty doesn't let go, I have nothing to do."
Having said that, how could Emperor Chongzhen not listen to her now
Wei Luo learned from Zhao Liuli that Emperor Chongzhen had recently obeyed Empress Chen's orders, losing his majesty and being a lowly one, just to get Empress Chen's forgiveness.
It's a pity that Empress Chen didn't appreciate it.
Wei Luo talked with Empress Chen for a while, seeing that it was getting late, so she got up to leave.
As soon as she reached the door, Empress Chen called her to stop: "Ah Luo."
Wei Luo turned her head and bowed her head, "Does the Empress have any orders?"
Empress Chen looked at her with gentle eyes, and said earnestly, "You and Changsheng have been married for a while, have you ever thought about having children?"
Wei Luo was taken aback for a moment, then her cheeks slowly blushed, and she nodded.
Empress Chen said with a smile: "Changsheng is not young, and most people of his age have sons and daughters around their knees. I am also worried for him, and I don't intend to force you." She walked up to Wei Luo and clasped Wei Luo's hands Patted, "It's always good for a woman to have a child. Besides, I want to have a grandson too."
When he came out of the Hall of Precious Harmony, Wei Luo had the feeling of fleeing in despair.
She and Zhao Jie have never shied away from the issue of children, and it's not that they don't want to have children. Besides, they have sex every night, so there's no rush... The empress empress said it so bluntly, she really didn't know how to answer it.
On the night Wei Luo entered the palace, Zhao Liuli fell ill.
The illness came quickly and quickly, one moment he was fine, the next moment Zhao Liuli fainted on Danbi. Empress Chen was so anxious that she stayed by Zhao Liuli's side non-stop. Fortunately, when she woke up the next morning, her first words were tears: "Mother, I want to see Brother Yang Zhen."
How could Empress Chen not feel distressed? On the same day, I went to the imperial study to find Emperor Chongzhen and asked him to agree to the marriage between Zhao Liuli and Yang Zhen.
Emperor Chongzhen had some objections at first, but when he met Empress Chen, his arrogance disappeared immediately and he began to waver.
He is now in the stage of suing for peace. If he agrees to this matter, Empress Chen may treat him well. Besides, Zhao Liuli was his daughter, so he naturally hoped that Zhao Liuli would live well. In the past two days, I heard that Zhao Liuli was ill because of Yang Zhen, and I couldn't bear it.
Later, Yang Zhen went to the palace to see Emperor Chongzhen, and the two talked for an afternoon in the imperial study. I don't know what he said, but early the next morning, Emperor Chongzhen changed his mind and promised to marry Princess Tianji to Yang Zhen and choose a date for marriage. In addition, Yang Zhen was given a mansion with a hundred acres of fertile land and countless gold, silver and jewels.
After solving the matter of Zhao Liuli and Yang Zhen, Wei Luo was really relieved.
When I was free, I couldn't help but think of Queen Chen's words again.
It was strange to say that Wei Luo had been married to Zhao Jie for almost half a year, yet her stomach didn't move at all. Liang Yurong had just been married to Wei Changyin for two months, when she heard that she was diagnosed as pregnant.
On this day, Wei Luo and Zhao Jie went back to the British government together. It happened that the elder sister Wei Jian had just returned from her mother's house and brought back a two-year-old son.
The child was born with red lips and white teeth, delicate and cute, he smiled when he met everyone, and looked very pleasing.
Even Wei Luo, who doesn't like children very much, couldn't help but want to pinch his cheek.
The little nephew's nickname is Duofu, and he especially likes brightly colored things. Today, Wei Luo happened to be wearing a pink horse-face skirt with gold-woven gold treasure chest pattern, and Duofu kept circling around her, tugging at her skirt, tugging at her fingers, watching her "giggle", Calling her "Auntie" inarticulately made Wei Luo's heart melt.
Although Zhao Jie didn't express anything, it could be seen that he also liked children.
Before leaving, Zhao Jie gave Duofu a long-life lock. The child didn't know what it was, but he picked it up and gnawed on it. It's ridiculous that many people were ruined.
On the way back, Wei Luo sat in Zhao Jie's arms and said, "Big Brother, shall we have a baby?"
Zhao Jie just smiled, but squeezed her palm and didn't speak.
Wei Luo immediately sensed his emotions, raised her head and asked, "You don't want it?"
Zhao Jie said: "I heard that many women died because of giving birth to children, Ah Luo, you are still young, I don't want you to be in any danger."
Wei Luo shook her head quickly, "No, I will take good care of my body, and I promise there will be no problems." She asked again, "Look how blessed, how cute, if we have a baby, it must be cute too .”
Zhao Jie hugged her and thought for a while, and he still remembered Wei Luo's appearance when he was a child. He was really carved in pink and jade, and cute in rain and snow, so he didn't refute this sentence.
Wei Luo was still persuading him, "Is that okay? Yu Rong is about my age, she's already two months pregnant, brother Chang Yin isn't as worried as you are." He sat up and supported Zhao Hsu asked over his shoulder, "Isn't it okay for big brother? That's why..."
Zhao Jie interrupted her and asked dangerously, "What did you say?"
Wei Luo: "..." She just blurted it out just now, is it too late to take it back now
Unfortunately, it was too late, Zhao Jie put his arms around her waist and said: "Okay, we will have a baby when we go back tonight."
So as soon as they got home, Zhao Jie resisted Wei Luo and entered the house. He tossed and tossed her inside and out several times, until the sky turned pale, and Zhao Jie let her go.
It was as if Wei Luo had been fished out of the water, her whole body was soaked, even the bedding under her body was covered in water. Lying in Zhao Jie's arms crying, she complained: "Zhao Jie, you beast."
Zhao Jie kissed her on the cheek, "Do you think I can do it now?"
Wei Luo didn't answer this question because she was already asleep.
The fact that Wei Luo and Zhao Jie wanted a child somehow reached Empress Chen's ears.
Empress Chen paid more attention to this matter than the two of them, and immediately appointed a nanny to Prince Jing's mansion. Wei Luo had met this nanny several times, and heard Empress Chen call her "Nurse Yu", she was very serious and serious, and the servants below were all afraid of her.
Madam Yu came to Wei Luo, not as servile as the others, she just saluted and said, "My servant will see your concubine, Prince Jing, and I will ask you to cooperate more with your servant in the future."
Wei Luo nodded, "I'm sorry, Madam." Since it was sent by Empress Chen, it must be given a little bit of fluff.
Only a few days later, Wei Luo realized that Mammy Yu was too lenient.
Since she came, she asked Zhao Jie and Wei Luo to sleep in separate rooms. In order to ensure the purity of the semen water, Zhao Jie and Wei Luo were also required to have intercourse only once every three days. And there are many rules before having sex, you must cleanse yourself and take a bath, you must not drink alcohol, you must not get angry, you must not eat spicy food, and so on.
Three days later, when they had sex, Zhao Jie tossed Wei Luo until midnight, and Wei Luo couldn't even get out of bed the next morning.
Afterwards, Nanny Yu made a new rule, that is, the time for each intercourse should not exceed one hour.
Not only that, Wei Luo also had to control her daily meals, and she couldn't eat greasy or meaty food, so she lived a life like an ascetic. After seven or eight days like this, Wei Luo didn't say anything, and Zhao Jie's face was as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Zhao Jie was entangled in the drought in Qingzhou, so he left early and returned late every day. It was fine if he couldn't see Wei Luo during the day, but he couldn't hug his little wife at night.
The two clearly live under the same roof, but they haven't seen each other for three days!