Emperor Jin'an was pacing back and forth in the palace, and all the eunuchs serving in front of the imperial court lowered their heads, wishing they could stick their heads into their crotches.
His Majesty has always restrained himself, and this is the first time the people below have seen him become so angry.
Of course, Emperor Jin'an didn't become so angry because of this incident, and it was also because of the accumulation of recent incidents. Sitting in the position of the emperor, I realized how difficult it is to be an emperor. I have to look to him for everything about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs.
He thought of Prince An and Prince Hui, who were still non-stop, and there were more or less shadows of them in several incidents. He thought of those ministers who always went to Qianqing Palace recently, and his brows frowned, and he suddenly stepped up. Walking out of the main hall, several eunuchs who attended hurriedly followed with their heads down.
Emperor Jin'an returned to the back bedroom. At this time, Yaoniang had just heard what happened before, knowing that King Lu and King Qing were fighting, and was called into the palace by His Majesty to reprimand.
As soon as she finished listening here, she saw him coming in with a sullen face, and she rushed to meet him.
He didn't dare to speak, and followed behind him step by step. When he was on the kang, she helped him take off his shoes, but he stopped her, and then she remembered that she was pregnant, and smiled at him embarrassedly.
Xiao Shunzi came up to help Emperor Jin'an take off his shoes, Yaoniang saw that he didn't seem to be sitting very comfortably, so she took a soft pillow and stuffed it behind his waist so that he could lean on it comfortably, and ordered someone to bring tea, Just let everyone back down.
Emperor Jin'an drank a cup of tea, stretched out his hand to remove the soft pillow around his waist, and lay half-lying there.
He frowned halfway, Yaoniang didn't dare to ask any more questions, she leaned over and stretched out her fingers to press his forehead. Seeing that he didn't refuse, she lightly pressed on his head.
"Don't be angry, you don't have to be angry."
"Two unworthy!"
After hearing this, Yaoniang immediately came to the conclusion that he was not really angry with King Lu and King Qing, and felt relieved, presumably those two people did not cause any serious trouble.
Now she can see that, to Emperor Jin'an, King Qing and King Lu are like two younger brothers who are always mischievous. But this also proves that these two people have some status in his heart. For example, King An and King Wu didn't even see His Majesty frowning.
"It's probably a short-term dispute, but what are they fighting for?"
"Old Liu has always hated cats and dogs!"
It turned out that King Lu picked the head first.
"Seventh brother's injury is not serious, do you need to let the imperial doctor take a look?"
"I can't die! Don't talk about them, I will sleep for a while."
Emperor Jin'an closed his eyes, and his breathing became calm after a while.
Yaoniang didn't stop massaging his head, and she couldn't help sighing when she saw his brows still frowning when he fell asleep.
Recently, Emperor Jin'an was really tired, sleeping for two or three hours a day was considered too much.
The man was found by the second master of the Xiao family for Xiao Jirou.
Second Master Xiao has always been a man of action. Seeing his sister coming back from Prince Qing's Mansion, he began to make plans for her.
The man is his colleague and a widower. His wife has been dead for many years and has no children. This time there was a major reshuffle in the Beijing Three Battalion, the other party had just been promoted to general manager, and his official title was indeed not very high, but the other party had known Erye Xiao for many years, and his personality, talent, and appearance were all trustworthy.
This matter was only mentioned by Xiao Erye and Xiao Jirou, and no action has yet been taken. If Xiao Jirou doesn't agree to it, it won't help if he talks to the man, and it will ruin the friendship he has had for many years.
However, Erye Xiao got the other party's word out that the other party didn't mind marrying a woman who was divorced.
Second Master Xiao seemed to be very optimistic about this man named Jiang Chao. He said a lot of good things about him in Xiao Jirou's ear, and wanted to persuade his younger sister to have a relationship with him, but Xiao Jirou never agreed.
On this day, Second Master Xiao was talking about this to his sister again, when King Qing came to the door suddenly.
In fact, King Qing had wanted to come a long time ago, but he couldn't see his face, so he was delayed for a few days. However, he has not been idle for the past few days, so he asked his subordinates to check and found Jiang Chao.
King Qing knew this Jiang Chao, he was the commander in chief of the 3000 battalion under him. To be a down-to-earth person, to work hard, to fight hard, to reach this position is all due to my own hard work. But out of selfishness, he looked down on the other party, and even the other party's shame and status as a widower made him care about countless times in his heart.
The Xiao family didn't let Xiao Jirou meet King Qing directly, it was Master Xiao who came to meet him.
"I don't know why His Highness Prince Qing is here?"
King Qing was very embarrassed, but no matter how embarrassing he was, the fact that Xiao Jirou wanted to remarry made him so flustered, and he didn't hide it: "Father-in-law, I came here to ask Jirou to forgive me, and I want her to go back with me. "
Lord Xiao smirked slightly, and said, "His Royal Highness, if the old man remembers correctly, my daughter has already reconciled with you?"
King Qing looked embarrassed. In fact, the injury on his face was not healed, and he was still a little bruised, but he couldn't wait, so he couldn't wait to come to Xiao's house.
"My son-in-law was confused about those things before, and I really can't say what to ask for forgiveness, but I still hope that my father-in-law can see her for the sake of my son-in-law and Jirou's husband and wife. In fact, my son-in-law didn't He wanted to reconcile with her, but he made a big mistake, and he wrote her a letter of divorce in desperation for fear of delaying her future."
Seeing King Qing like this, Master Xiao sighed: "Well, if you have anything to discuss, you should discuss it yourself, the old man will not intervene."
King Qing was overjoyed by Lord Xiao's reaction, and was led by his servants to the courtyard where Xiao Jirou lived.
"What are you doing here?"
"Jirou, I..." King Qing hesitantly glanced at Second Master Xiao who was next to him. Second Master Xiao didn't want to move at all, so he just watched from the side.
King Qing gritted his teeth and was about to say something when Xiao Jirou spoke suddenly.
"Second brother, I just heard that my servant seems to be looking for you."
As soon as he heard this, he wanted to send Second Master Xiao away. Second Master Xiao gave his sister a look of resentment, then glared at King Qing with tiger eyes, and then flung his sleeves and left.
"I'll go to my mother's place to have a look, and I'll talk to you later."
After Second Master Xiao left, Xiao Jirou looked at King Qing and said, "If you have anything to say, just say it."
King Qing was both sad and happy, happy because she still worried about losing face, Jirou was always so considerate, sad because she was afraid that she had completely given up on him, if not, there would be some extra Jiang Chao.
"I heard that my second uncle found you a man, you..."
"What does this have to do with you!"
"You are my princess, I..."
"We've already made up!"
"Jirou..."
"I thought I didn't need to explain it too clearly to you. You should understand. Since I left, I didn't plan to go back. You'd better go and stop harassing me."
"Jirou..."
"Come here, send His Royal Highness King Qing away!"
King Qing had never been a bully, especially since he was in Xiao's house. Seeing Xiao Jirou was so determined, he had no choice but to turn around and leave with his servants.
Looking at his receding figure, she pursed her lips tightly.
Second Master Xiao appeared out of nowhere: "You really drove him away?"
Xiao Jirou glanced at his second brother angrily, and said, "It's not that you told me to look forward, don't hesitate now that you've decided what to do, and you're urging me to meet people every now and then, I wish I could get married soon!"
Second Master Xiao touched his nose in embarrassment: "I'm not worried about you."
Seeing that Xiao Jirou didn't speak, he said nonchalantly: "Since you are so determined, then meet Jiang Chao. Anyway, you don't care about him now. Since you hate him so much and always come to pester you, why don't you marry him and settle it once?" solve it completely."
After a pause, he added: "You don't have to worry about whether the other party will be implicated by you, for fear of offending a prince or something. Jiang Chao is from Ningguo Duke's Mansion. Besides, although I don't like to see him, he must be There is nothing to do to threaten retaliation.”
Xiao Jirou subconsciously wanted to refuse, but seeing Second Master Xiao staring into his eyes, he agreed as soon as he gritted his teeth.
After King Qing left the gate of Xiao's house, he rode his horse and walked aimlessly.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, he saw a restaurant by the side of the road, and immediately got off his horse and entered.
I didn't need any private room, so I just sat and drank in the lobby.
It was in the afternoon, and there were no customers in the restaurant. Seeing that this person was dressed unusually, the restaurant staff guessed that he was not a simple person. He didn't dare to ask too much, he gave the wine when he asked for it, and when the wine was brought up, the person hid aside.
King Qing drank from the afternoon until dark, and the number of people in the restaurant gradually increased. At this time, he was already drunk like mud, but he still poured wine into his mouth.
Suddenly, a wine cup slammed into the air, bumped into King Qing's body, fell down and rolled on the table, but King Qing didn't even look at it.
"Look what virtue you have. If you want to beg your brother and you don't want to, why don't you look like a cat like a grandson here to drink away your sorrows."
"Go away and don't bother me."
"You think I'm willing to take care of you, and you can meet each other after a drink. What kind of narrow road is this!" King Lu sneered.
"Go away, you go away..."
"Okay, then I'm really going to get out. I asked you to beg me that day, but you didn't beg. This is the last chance. If you miss this village and this store, you should think about it."
"You, can you help me?"
In fact, Xiao Jirou regretted it after agreeing that day, but Second Master Xiao didn't give her a chance to regret it at all.
When she didn't agree before, she could see Second Master Xiao every day. After agreeing, she wanted to say forget it several times, but she couldn't find him.
When the matter came to an end, of course he couldn't refuse, so he had to deal with it beforehand.
Even if it's a woman from Heli, they don't casually meet outsiders, so Second Master Xiao arranged for both parties to take a look at each other from a distance by offering incense. Let's see if we can close our eyes first, and then talk about other funeral affairs.
On this day, he deliberately asked for leave and personally escorted his sister to incense.
Puyuan Temple is located in the outskirts of Beijing, where incense has always been prosperous, and it is also a place where the female family members of the Xiao family often go to offer incense. Erye Xiao was riding a horse, and Xiao Jirou was sitting in the carriage. The two took only a few servants and went out of the city.
When they arrived at Puyuan Temple, they first went to the main hall to add money for sesame oil, and then burned a few sticks of incense. The two of them asked the monks in the temple to lead them to the wing to rest. This Puyuan Temple often receives families of officials and officials who come to offer incense. The rooms in the temple are clean and secluded.
After placing Xiao Jirou in the wing room, Second Master Xiao went outside, saying that he wanted to see if the other party had come.
Xiao Jirou sat down, and when he wanted to drink tea, he realized that the monks in the temple hadn't prepared it, so he asked Qiong'er to go outside to find tea.
She was the only one left in the wing room, and suddenly a window next to the side was opened from the outside, and an unexpected person came in.
Xiao Jirou stood up in surprise: "What are you doing here! How did you find it!"
The other party didn't talk to her, so he wanted to drag her outside. Xiao Jirou didn't go with him, but struggled hard, the other party got anxious, picked her up and carried her on his shoulders, and then jumped out of the window again.
The opponent's footsteps were very fast, Xiao Jirou only felt the world turned upside down, and came out of the temple. The stone road turned into a mud grass field, and then there were more and more dead branches on the ground. She was bumped so much that her stomach was churning up and down, and it took a long time for her to recover after being put down.
Xiao Jirou had never been so embarrassed before, staring at the other party angrily: "Zhao Youji, what do you want to do!"
Prince Qing's eye sockets were sunken, with abnormal blackness on them, adding a gloomy atmosphere against the quiet and deserted back mountain.
"I still want to ask you, what do you want to do!?"
"I didn't do anything, but you took me out suddenly. Send me back quickly. If my second brother goes back later and sees that I'm not there, he will definitely die of anxiety. And Qiong'er, she will definitely cry in fright."
"You came here just to burn incense, not to have a tryst with a wild man?"
Xiao Jirou didn't know why he felt guilty, and said, "What are you talking about, send me back quickly!"
Looking at her like this, she felt guilty, and King Qing was even more jealous: "You really came out to have a tryst with a wild man..."
"What kind of wild man is not a wild man, we have reconciled!"
King Qing was most afraid of this sentence, so every time Xiao Jirou said it, he was in pain and speechless. It was him who was wrong, and he was the one who hurt her, and he had no face to argue. But at the same time, he also remembered what someone had said to him——
"You and your sixth sibling have been married for many years, and you must have an unusual relationship. If she really wanted to leave, she would have left when you were punished to guard the tomb. Why wait for you for so long? It's not because you are thinking about you, no I am willing to part with you. Even if it is not you who makes her reluctant, it is always the two children. Women are like this. They are small-minded and jealous. You don’t know how to coax women, and you want to enjoy the blessings of everyone. Just wait until there's a big mess in the backyard...
"There are only a few things a man can do to coax a woman. He has to be thick-skinned and sweet-hearted. You can say what she likes to hear. Of course, this is not my brother's experience. You have no brother's skills. Those women in my brother's house Well, when my brother made a bad face, they were so frightened that they would follow him in everything... But things will go against each other, scaring is not enough, you have to understand their hearts... "
"I don't admit it, I regret it." I regretted it a long time ago.
What he regretted and worried most in Yanshan Mausoleum was the divorce letter he wrote. But he also knew in his heart that if he wasn't in Beijing, she wouldn't have the heart to leave.
Look, he is so despicable, on the surface he pretends to be generous to give her a divorce letter to let her go, and let her go free, but in fact he is sure in his heart that she will not be able to leave. So when Xiao Jirou was about to leave, King Qing really panicked, he wished to drop everything and go back to the deserted Yanshan, as long as she could stay in Prince Qing's mansion and be his Princess Qing.
Xiao Jirou looked at King Qing in disbelief, so angry that he could hardly speak.
"You still have to be shameless, you can say such things."
"I regret it! I want to go back!"
As King Qing said, he pulled Xiao Jirou into his arms and held him tightly. His voice was painful and struggling, his breath was short of breath, and his voice was full of pleading: "I regret it! I regret it! I regret it a long time ago! Jirou, I won't let you go, I was wrong, I know I was wrong! I have no face I admit my mistake to you, I know that nothing can make up for the damage I caused, but I was really wrong, please don't leave, okay...
"Look, we still have brother Yan and Zhuzhu. If you leave, what will happen to the two children? Are you willing to let them have no mother? You are not in the mansion these days, brother Yan and Zhuzhu ask me every time Where have you been, I don't know how to answer. They have grown up and are sensible, and they will stop asking after asking twice, but I know that they are actually thinking about you every day... "
Xiao Jirou was so angry that his lips were twitching, he pushed him away hard, and tears rolled down: "Zhao Youji, you are shameless, how dare you take the child..."
Seeing Xiao Jirou crying, King Qing panicked, and hurriedly wiped her tears: "I have no other intentions, besides, are you willing to part with Brother Yan and Zhuzhu?"
Reluctant, it was because of reluctance that she was in pain, entangled and confused.
King Qing carefully looked at her face, "Jirou, give me a chance to repent, and I will definitely treat you well, and treat the two children well."
Xiao Jirou took a deep breath, wiped away tears, and didn't look at him: "You send me back first, I have to go back."
King Qing's complexion suddenly became painful, "Are you still unwilling to forgive me? I won't let you go, don't even think about it, and I won't make peace with you either. I went to the clan mansion to check, your Feng Heli's book hasn't been delivered yet, and you haven't been removed from the jade document, you are still my princess, I won't let you go... "
"Zhao Youji, what are you doing... um..."
King Qing pushed Xiao Jirou against the tree trunk and kissed him almost greedily. He missed this breath for a long time. When he was in Yanshan, his body ached every time he thought about it, and he had to wash it with ice-cold water to temporarily suppress this longing.
"Jirou, I miss you so much, do you miss me..."
"Zhao, You... Following..."
"I know you miss me, I miss you too..."
Xiao Jirou managed to catch his breath, blushed and cursed: "You are shameless, you are despicable, you are shameless... um..."
"I'm mean, I'm shameless, I'm nasty, I'm nasty only to you..."
Suddenly, there was a burst of shouting in the distance, which was the voice of Second Master Xiao.
Xiao Jirou woke up in a jerk, pushed King Qing away, and ran away without looking back.
What King Qing said behind her, but she didn't hear clearly at all.
"Where did you go? Qiong'er said that you were not in the wing room, and we were so scared that we looked for you everywhere." Seeing his sister walking from a distance, Second Master Xiao came to her in a few strides.
Xiao Jirou lowered his eyes halfway: "I wanted to go to Gong's room, but I went the wrong way. I didn't follow the voice until I heard you call me."
Second Master Xiao stared at her suspiciously: "Really?"
"Of course it's true. I don't know the way in this barren mountain, so how dare I run around." Xiao Jirou found an excuse to interrupt, and asked again: "By the way, second brother, didn't you say you were going out to do some business? How is it going?"
When this matter was mentioned, Second Master Xiao's face darkened.
"Not to mention, it's really unlucky. When Jiang Chao was going out, he accidentally bumped into someone while riding a horse. The other party pulled him and kept pestering him. He insisted on asking him to accompany him to the doctor's office, even if he was replaced by his followers. Just now People from the Jiang family told me that he might not be able to come today."
Xiao Jirou's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't dare to tell his second brother his doubts, so he could only say: "Since you can't come, then you can't come, let's take this trip as a visit to offer incense."
"we can only do this."
After that, the two of them left Puyuan Temple without having a fast meal in the temple.
For the whole afternoon, Xiao Jirou was preoccupied.
Even after resting at night, I couldn't fall asleep, so I stared at the curtain on the top of the bed with my eyes open under the dim light.
She thought about it a lot, but didn't seem to think about anything. The surrounding area was quiet, and from time to time, the night watch girl's ravings could be heard in her sleep.
Xiao Jirou turned over and then turned over again.
The window rang suddenly, especially clear in the quiet night. Since the south window could not be seen from here on the bed, Xiao Jirou didn't think much about it, and just thought it was the sound of the wind blowing.
It wasn't until a figure that was obviously a man appeared outside the tent that she realized that it was a thief who came in.
She was so frightened that she subconsciously wanted to call for someone, but the gauze curtain was suddenly lifted from the outside, and only then did she see who it was.
It was King Qing.
King Qing was dressed in black, and he followed the example of the thief who stole incense and jade, and broke into his daughter's boudoir in the middle of the night.
Xiao Jirou was stunned, and when she realized that she wanted to push her away, King Qing had already arrived at the bed.
"How did you come in, what are you doing here in the middle of the night!"
"I miss you. I can't fall asleep anyway, so I just want to see you."
"Now you have seen it too, let's go." Inexplicably, she felt a little scared, and reprimanded her.
King Qing talked about him from left to right: "I didn't finish what I wanted to say in the afternoon. If you can't sleep, let's talk."
"Whoever talks to you in the middle of the night, you go, or I will call someone." She threatened.
"You call, call your brother and your father to beat me again. I know you won't feel bad, I deserve it."
Xiao Jirou said anxiously: "Why are you like this now? Why are you such a rascal!"
Of course someone taught it, but King Qing would not say it.
King Qing begged: "Jirou, don't be annoyed, let's talk, talk."
"What do you want to say?"
"Tell me what you want, since you entered Beijing, you are not very willing to talk to me. Unlike before, you always have a lot to say to me."
Xiao Jirou's throat was blocked uncomfortably, and he said, "Why don't I talk to you, don't you know?"
"It's me who was obsessed with ghosts and did a lot of things that made you unhappy. Every time I want to justify, but you always avoid it, and it's hard for me to say it." He glanced at her with a wry smile, and rubbed her hands hard. Yan Yan said again: "I know that you may not believe me, I have never liked her, and I only pity her..."
Xiao Jirou sneered: "It's pity."
"Will you listen to me? Just this time, I won't mention her again. "
Xiao Jirou pursed his lips and did not speak.
King Qing continued: "The first time I said I was drunk, you didn't believe me. It wasn't until the last time we met that I found out that she drugged me that day..."
King Qing said a lot, and this was the first time he confessed to Xiao Jirou everything in his heart, including light and darkness. Even Xiao Jirou didn't know this, maybe she had vaguely guessed it, but it was not as shocking as King Qing's frank statement.
"Sometimes, I really feel that I am a shady mouse, with a dark and damp smell all over my body... You are so good, every time I see you, I always feel ashamed, and I always subconsciously and involuntarily look at you. I pretended to be nothing, pretended to be frank...
"... I'm afraid you won't believe me. I haven't had a few times with her. Otherwise, she wouldn't have brought a child from outside... She was right, it was never her, but my heart that separated us..."
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King Qing left without knowing when, but Xiao Jirou lay on the couch and couldn't sleep all night.
Throughout the day, Xiao Jirou looked absent-minded.
When Mrs. Xiao saw her, she wanted to bear it several times, but no one could bear it. She pulled her daughter into her room, sighed and said, "Since you came back, mother has never asked you what you think, do you know why?"
Xiao Jirou couldn't help looking at her.
"Because mother knows you can't leave. Don't ask why mother knows, mother has been a wife and mother for almost her whole life. When you were young, mother told your father that she was afraid that you would suffer in the future. Why? Because Your father never took a concubine, so your two elder brothers don't have the concept of taking concubines in their minds. This is in our house, and we can make up our own minds. But the outside world is different, and you are also different. You are going to get married.
"Mother is afraid, I am afraid that you will suffer, but it is useless to be afraid. The road is walked out step by step. Mother thought, you can do whatever you want, and the family will help you with everything. But Mother sees that you are frowning these days, but she can't help but want to persuade you.
"You haven't lived in a real mansion, so you naturally don't know how much those women think. If you had told your mother about this matter earlier, instead of struggling yourself and letting your mother solve it, you would have to do it no matter what. Send that woman away. Presumably at that time, King Qing would not refuse even if there were criticisms. After all, he values you. It is better than letting the sores rot, getting worse and worse, but sitting idly by. That is not persistence, is it Pride is not virtuous, but stupid!"
"Mom, I..."
Mrs. Xiao patted her hand: "Okay, I know you don't like to hear it, so mother will stop talking."
"Mom, I'm not..."
"My mother and I don't talk about anything else, let's talk about Brother Yan and Zhuzhu. You have also been married to the royal family for many years, and you know how the royal family handles things. You can do whatever you want now, because he feels guilty about you I care about you, relying on His Majesty's pity for you, relying on the Queen's friendship with you. But you must know that everything will be wiped out. You must know that for Your Majesty and the Queen, there will be you only when there is King Qing. Without King Qing, where would you be
"If you don't want to go home, no one will interfere except King Qing. But have you ever thought that it is impossible for King Qing not to marry a wife forever, not to marry for one year and not to marry for two years, but after a long time, even if he If you don't want to marry, the higher-ups won't sit idly by. After marrying a wife, you will naturally have a bride, and the bride will be pregnant and have children of her own. As brother Yan and Zhuzhu, as the sons and daughters of the former, it is time How should I deal with myself
"Mother knows, a woman has a breath in her heart, and it's hard to get out when she holds it back. But how to vent it depends on the method. You probably don't know, your father used to have a cousin of Laoshizi, who almost...but you didn't learn your mother's temperament, your mother Nao Gui Nao, but he didn't idle, he forced her out three times, and sent her far away, so that she would never see your father for the rest of her life!"
Mrs. Xiao said, her almond eyes squinted inwards, but Xiao Jirou didn't see it, she was immersed in the chaotic mood.
"Go back and think about it yourself, so mother won't say much."
Xiao Jirou nodded and stood up: "Mom, I'm going back to my room."
After she left, a man with a refined temperament came out from the room.
"Ma'am, why are you bringing up the old story again, and asking in front of our daughter, how will you let me be a father in the future?"
"You also know how to be ashamed, it's right to be ashamed!"
"I didn't..."
Mrs. Xiao glared: "What else do you want? I didn't say that this cousin is the most annoying thing. If there are no men in the world, I will know how to harm my cousin. Let me tell you, our family will not let that Laoshizi cousin haunt."
"Okay, okay, everything you say is right."
After a pause, Lord Xiao sighed, and said, "I don't know if Rou'er can figure it out."
"My daughter has followed me, and she has never been a fool. It is really like what Tieniu said, to find another one, and find another one who can not marry a wife or take a concubine. It is not asking for trouble. It is better to just hold this one in your hand and let it go. Based on what happened before, I guarantee that he will be submissive for the rest of his life."
Master Xiao looked at her with his eyes: "So that's how you pinched me for the rest of your life?"
"Aren't you willing to pinch me?"
"Why wouldn't I be happy, I'm most happy to pinch you..."
"You old man!"