Sheng Weiqiao was playing with two children when he heard the news.
The three-year-old prince Rong Juan was already more lively at this time. Although he was limited by his age and energy, he could not jump up and down too much, but he still asked the serving maids and eunuchs to follow him all day long, panting, and calling him "little ancestor" .
Just because of the teachings of Sheng Lanci, his wife and others, he was relatively well-behaved when in front of his biological mother, Sheng Weiqiao.
At this moment, Sheng Weiqiao was holding him in his arms, and together they looked at the youngest son of the emperor, Rong Yu, in the cradle.
Rong Yu's appearance is similar to Rong Suihe's. This is not to say that he looks like Rong Suihe, but that both father and son have inherited their grandmother's appearance: Rong Suihe is almost carved from the same mold as Concubine Mo. ; Rong Yu looks very much like the Queen Mother Zhao.
To be honest, when Sheng Weiqiao looked at his son, he couldn't help but think of his recently deceased mother-in-law.
If Empress Dowager Zhao were still alive, she would be very happy to see Rong Yu's eyebrows and eyebrows becoming more and more like hers as they grow longer.
Although this mother-in-law didn't like her very much, Sheng Weiqiao didn't suffer much in her hands because of Rong Suihe, and she felt that compared with a sister-in-law like Qi who could be called a model of a virtuous woman, she didn't like her mother-in-law. This is also normal. Now that the Empress Dowager Zhao is gone, Sheng Weiqiao has no resentment towards her.
I'm more sympathetic.
Just as she was thinking about Empress Dowager Zhao, a palace official came in and said that Li Shengxu was asking for an audience at the gate of the palace. Perhaps seeing that the empress was in a good mood, she boldly added another sentence: "I see that the Marquis of Yichun is very frightened, so I can't help but ask." The people at the palace gate helped to deliver the message quickly, as if they were worried about being captured."
At Rong Juan's age, her speech is relatively clear, but she is not yet fluent, but she is very interested in imitating her. When she heard this, the people from the academy became very excited: "It seems like she is worried about being taken away."
Sheng Weiqiao teased him: "Who is worried about being arrested?"
"It seems like she's worried about being taken away." Rong Juan fluttered her eyelashes and said in a sweet voice, "It seems like she's worried about being taken away!"
"Who does it seem like?" Sheng Weiqiao pinched his cheek, asked with a smile, and then turned to the palace servant and said, "Invite him in... I don't know if he is angry with Aunt Wuyang, otherwise Chang'an City Who can make the dignified Marquis of Yichun look like this?"
Having said that, Sheng Weiqiao actually knew that Li Shengxu came here now, and he seemed to be afraid of being taken away. It was probably for his marriage to Zhao Taomei.
After all, Princess Wuyang is just such a son, and she loves her like nothing else. She doesn't disobey him when it's time to do anything, so how could he be allowed to rush to the palace in a hurry to ask for an audience
That is to say, this newly engaged marriage, according to Princess Wuyang's behavior of staying away from right and wrong and making friends with all parties, 80% will ask for an end.
Considering Zhao Shi's temperament and love for his daughter, he definitely didn't want to force it.
"Now that Li Shengxu has come over, could it be that he really likes his third cousin and plans to continue to fulfill the engagement?" Sheng Weiqiao thought, handed his two sons to the wet nurse, went back to the back hall, changed his clothes, and went to the front When entering the palace, Li Shengxu happened to be brought in.
After the uncle and sister-in-law were greeted, Sheng Weiqiao smiled and asked, "Why are you here?"
She glanced at him again and said, "You've lost a lot of weight. Have you been having a hard time recently? You should replenish your health when you have time, so as not to make your aunt worry about you."
"Cousin, please stop teasing me." Although Sheng Weiqiao is now the queen, Li Shengxu's attitude towards her has not changed much. He is still casual and close. At this moment, he sighed and said, "I don't I believe you don’t know why I’m here... My cousin is not in Chang’an right now, so I can only beg you! You must help me make the decision!”
Sheng Weiqiao said with a smile: "What kind of decision should I give you? Isn't it my aunt who decides your affairs?"
"It's the marriage to the third lady of the Zhao family!" Li Shengxu said with a depressed look, "I have already given the betrothal gift, but now that something happened to the Zhao family, my mother is worried that it will drag me down. Isn't this why she plans to cancel the marriage?"
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Huh? So what you mean is that you don't want to retreat?"
"..." Li Shengxu pondered for a while, seemed to consider his words, and then asked tentatively, "Cousin, do you hate Miss Zhao San?"
"Do I hate Miss Zhao San?" Sheng Weiqiao held the teacup in his hand, turned it around lightly, laughed, and said, "Do I hate Miss Zhao San? What does it matter? It's not me marrying her anyway. This is your marriage, you should ask yourself whether you want to break off the engagement or not!"
Li Shengxu looked at her with resentment and said, "Cousin, why do you need to talk secretly in front of people? You still don't know why my mother wants to break off the engagement?"
Sheng Weiqiao rolled her eyes at him: "It's as if I'm preventing you from marrying Miss Zhao San!"
"Of course I don't blame my cousin, I can only blame Mrs. Qin." Li Shengxu sighed, "Actually, to be honest, I don't particularly like Miss Zhao San, and of course I don't hate it... But the current situation of the Zhao family, If this marriage is canceled, it won't matter if I find another one. Miss Zhao San will probably not be able to survive. If she is someone else's fiancée, I won't bother to meddle in this business. "
"But it's my fiancée who asked me to indirectly force her to death. I can't bear it."
"Isn't it that what my mother is most worried about is the current situation in the Zhao family. My cousin-in-law still has some grudges with her cousin. Is she afraid that my marrying Miss Zhao San will affect our relationship with you? I just wanted to come over and ask my cousin-in-law. Ask, if cousin sister-in-law really doesn’t want to see the Zhao family, I don’t want my mother to be worried in the future; if cousin sister-in-law doesn’t mind so much, I will tell my mother that this marriage is irrevocable!”
Sheng Weiqiao raised his eyebrows and said, "I didn't realize that you are such a responsible person?"
She said this sincerely, because the impression Li Shengxu gave her all along was that of a delicate, willful and overbearing master who was pampered by Princess Wuyang.
Although there is nothing like a palace, it is really not close to saying that the house has a kind heart.
But he didn't expect that when the Zhao family's wall was pushed down by everyone, he would still be willing to give Zhao Taomei a hand.
"Actually, it's not..." Li Shengxu was obviously not used to being praised like this. He lowered his head in embarrassment and finally said, "The main thing is that I think my cousin and my sister-in-law have a very good relationship with me. This may not be the case for others." If it works, if I tell you, how much face will my cousin and sister-in-law give me?"
Sheng Weiqiao asked with a smile: "You are so confident, why are you so uneasy when you are at the palace gate?"
"Because my mother said that the Zhao family is not worthy of me using such affection." Li Shengxu's mouth twitched, "She said that if I dare to sneak over and disturb you about Miss Zhao San, she will beat me!"
When it came to the issue of being beaten, he looked bitter and said, "Sister-in-law, do you think my mother is unreasonable? When I was in poor health, she kept saying that as long as I got better, she would do anything! She would rather lose her life in order for me to get better? She loved and protected me so much at that time, it was so obedient! As a result, I really got better, and she immediately threw all the things she said earlier behind her!"
"Now if we don't agree, we'll take action!"
"He also said that I'm already healed anyway, and a few beatings at my age are nothing to worry about!"
"Haha!" Sheng Weiqiao was so happy when he heard this, he covered his mouth and said, "Don't you deserve it? Who doesn't know that Aunt Wuyang loves you the most? If you weren't so shameless, how could your aunt be willing to beat you?"
Li Shengxu said angrily: "You didn't understand: My mother now thinks that a few beatings at my age are nothing. So whenever I'm in a bad mood or I don't do what she wants, she'll beat me!"
Sheng Weiqiao smiled and said, "Then you just have to bear with it! Anyway, you don't have any problems now, right? You can't really make Aunt Wuyang angry?"
After teasing Li Shengxu a few words, and seeing him mention Zhao Taomei again, Sheng Weiqiao thought for a moment and said, "You said that we always have to give you some face when you open your mouth. It's hard for me to refute you now... However, although I don’t have any other opinions about this third cousin, it’s better to bring her to the harem banquet as little as possible.”
"One is that what Mrs. Qin did was too much. If His Majesty hadn't been blessed with great fortune, you can imagine the outcome!"
"In return, Your Majesty is broad-minded and just demoted the Zhao family."
"But you also know that His Majesty has many confidants who are loyal and considerate to Your Majesty!"
"I'm afraid that someone will anger my third cousin because of Mrs. Qin, and kill her first and then kill her."
"Even if we deal with the person who makes arbitrary decisions after this... the third cousin is already in bad shape, isn't she?"
Li Shengxu happily agreed and said with a smile: "Don't worry, cousin. I guess after Miss Zhao San comes over, even if I let her enter the palace for the banquet, she won't be willing to come."
Sheng Weiqiao nodded and said, "That's it."
Although I already hated Mrs. Qin, I became even more disgusted with her after knowing what she did to Rong Suihe.
But Sheng Weiqiao really didn't have any resentment towards the girl Zhao Taomei.
Speaking of which, Miss Zhao San also had a hard life. Her marriage was full of twists and turns. She finally looked like she was about to get married and get divorced. But when she wanted to find out for her cousin who had been let down, she unexpectedly revealed a secret from more than ten years ago. Tricked the whole family!
If it weren't for Zhao Shi's persuasion, there would probably be no need for Princess Wuyang to break off the engagement. She would have been tortured by guilt and found herself dead first.
Now that Li Shengxu came to ask for help in person, Sheng Weiqiao had always had a good impression of his cousin, so he was naturally happy to give him a favor.
Anyway, Rong Suihe's attitude was mainly to torture Mrs. Qin, and basically had nothing to do with the Zhao family's grandchildren.
After the matter was settled, Li Shengxu thanked him. Sheng Weiqiao thought he was going to resign. Who knew that he stood up, but then he remembered something and asked curiously: "By the way, cousin-in-law, Rong Qingzui How did he know that Mrs. Qin had tricked him and his cousin back then? Mrs. Qin probably didn’t even want to tell the Queen Mother such a secret? Even if Rong Qingzui grew up in the Zhao family, she shouldn’t have found out. So secret?"