In the Taihe Hall, the banquet was going on, and people were drinking and drinking. In a warm and peaceful atmosphere, Minister Cheng came to toast Zhao Jingyu with a wine glass.
Xie Nanjia was sitting next to Zhao Jingyu. When she saw Minister Cheng coming over, her heart skipped a beat. She was just happy and forgot to tell Zhao Jingyu about Cheng Zhiye running away from home.
At first she lied to Mrs. Cheng that Cheng Zhiye had gone to Zhao Jingyu, but now that Zhao Jingyu has returned and Cheng Zhiye has not returned, Shi Lang Cheng is probably not here to ask for Zhao Jingyu's help.
Just as he was anxious, Cheng Shilang had already spoken: "Your Highness, why didn't you see my Zhiye come back with you?"
Zhao Jingyu was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He didn't understand what Shilang Cheng meant. He frowned slightly and asked, "What did you say?"
Cheng Shilang thought he hadn't heard clearly, so he repeated it again. Xie Nanjia was so anxious that she pinched Zhao Jingyu's legs under the table.
Zhao Jingyu was in pain and turned his head to look at her. He saw that her eyes were blinking like sand. He hesitated for a moment, then turned back to Cheng Shilang and said: "Zhiye, there are still some aftermath matters to be done in the north. Let him do it. Leave it to others." I'm worried, so he can't come back yet. I'm really sorry for not explaining it to Uncle Cheng in advance."
"So that's the case, then I'm relieved." Cheng Shilang believed it, and he was even a little relieved. "This kid has been very naughty since he was a child. It's really an honor for him to be reused by His Highness and share his worries."
"Uncle Cheng is serious." Zhao Jingyu said vaguely, "Zhiye and I are brothers, so there is no need to be so polite."
Minister Cheng was very happy, toasted him with two more glasses of wine, and walked away relieved.
Xie Nanjia secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the next moment he was pulled to the back hall by Zhao Jingyu.
"Tell me, what's going on?" Zhao Jingyu closed the door and looked at her with a bluffing face, "What's the matter between you and Cheng Zhiye? Where has he gone?"
Xie Nanjia didn't intend to hide it from him, and told him everything about Cheng Zhiye's visit to Eleven on the spot.
After hearing this, Zhao Jingyu didn't react for a long time. She stared at his peach blossom eyes and said in surprise: "What are you talking about? Cheng Zhiye went back to find Eleven. Why didn't you tell me about such a big thing earlier? Eleven left Yuze long ago. , where can he find it?”
"Cheng Zhiye didn't let me say it..." Xie Nanjia said with a guilty conscience, "Eleven is no longer in Yuze, so where has she gone?"
"I don't know about that." Zhao Jingyu said, "I was worried that she was lying to us again, so I asked someone to follow her secretly. After she left the Yuze border, she went west. The west is so big, who knew she was there? No matter where, in short, you should not let Cheng Zhiye go to find her, there will be no results at all. "
"If you don't let him go, he will become crazy." Xie Nanjia said, "Didn't you disobey the emperor's order and run away to find me? If feelings can be controlled by oneself, can they still be called feelings?"
"..." Zhao Jingyu choked, then nodded helplessly on her forehead and said, "You are still reasonable. You two have done a good job, but you have dragged me into the water for no reason. If Cheng Zhiye never comes back, the minister will ask me for help again." How do I explain it?”
Xie Nanjia wilted: "The situation is already like this, and I can't do anything about it. Cheng Zhiye promised to send me letters from time to time to report that he is safe, but so far he has not received a letter. I have been worried these days, so he must not have any accidents." , otherwise my sin would be huge."
"It's too late to worry now, don't you think?" Zhao Jingyu said depressedly, "I will send someone out to inquire tomorrow. I hope he is safe and sound, and you, please don't do such stupid things in the future."
"Oh, I know." Xie Nanjia responded honestly.
When Zhao Jingyu saw how well-behaved she was, he felt a little uncomfortable. He pinched her face and teased: "It turns out that you become good when you do something wrong. In this case, I hope you can make some mistakes from time to time. "
Xie Nanjia: "..."
After the banquet, the courtiers dispersed and left the palace to return home. Zhao Jingyu said that he was too tired in the past few months and wanted to have a good rest, so he discussed with Song Wanji not to arrange anything for him for the time being and let him return to Dingyuan. Let the Hou Mansion rest for a while.
Song Wanji knew that he was indeed working hard and had no objection to him taking a rest, but he always thought about returning to Dingyuan Hou Mansion, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
He is obviously his biological father, and the palace is his real home, but he is tired and tired, but he still regards Dingyuan Hou Mansion as a harbor. Does this mean that in his heart, Dingyuan Hou Mansion is his real home? Home, Dingyuanhou is his real relative
The more Song Wanji thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt, and he couldn't say it clearly in front of Zhao Jingyu, so he agreed to his request with a smile and asked him to go home with Marquis Dingyuan and have a good rest.
But this was not the end yet. Zhao Jingyu also proposed that Concubine Shu had already given birth, so Xiuer no longer had to stay in the palace to help. It was time to hand over the palace affairs to Concubine Shu.
Song Wanji said there was no need to be in such a hurry, Xiu'er had just gotten started, so it was better to let her study for a while, so that she would be able to handle palace affairs with ease when she became a married woman.
Zhao Jingyu smiled nonchalantly: "What is she studying? As far as I know, no one taught her. As soon as she came, she was treated like a cow and a horse by you. She also had to have a girl to take care of the baby, but she didn't get it. It's a little benefit, but it brings shame all over. She has been spread rumors for no reason, and she has to suppress them herself. Are you such a bully?"
The questions left Song Wanji speechless, and Si Fangzheng and several chamberlains were all sweating for His Highness the Crown Prince.
The prince really dares to say that he publicly accused the emperor for his fiancée without caring about the emperor's face. Fortunately, the ministers have left, otherwise how could the emperor get off the stage
Xie Nanjia himself did not expect that Zhao Jingyu would do this in front of the emperor. He was really shocked, and at the same time, he felt indescribably sweet and touched deep in his heart.
After living two lives, the only person who could contradict the emperor for her was the man in front of her.
For a moment, she felt that everything she had done for him was worth it.
Dingyuan Hou was scared to death, fearing that the emperor would be angry at Zhao Jingyu if he was unhappy. In this case, he would be the first to be affected, because he had just seen the emperor looking at him with jealousy and dissatisfaction.
The emperor must be angry with him now, thinking that he didn't educate the child well, and didn't teach the child to distinguish who is the biological father and who is the adoptive father, so the child wants to run to the Hou Mansion as soon as he comes back, and he doesn't even want to stay in the palace.
However, if I am afraid, why do I feel so comforted in my heart
Dingyuanhou was almost confused to death.
Song Wanji was silent for a long time, and finally said nothing. He calmly agreed to Zhao Jingyu's request and asked Xie Nanjia to make a handover with Concubine Shu in the next two days and return to the Zhenguo Palace to live.
Zhao Jingyu then left with Marquis Dingyuan with satisfaction. Before leaving, he told Xie Nanjia not to delay, but to complete the handover procedures quickly and go back to have a good rest.
Xie Nanjia agreed and sent him and Marquis Dingyuan out of the palace.
After the three people left, Song Wanji sat on the dragon throne and sighed, very upset, saying that he was a real failure as a biological father and could not even surrender his son.
Si Fangzhi persuaded him: "Your Majesty, don't think too much. His Highness the Crown Prince is in his prime of life, and he has a very deep relationship with the Crown Princess. Therefore, it is normal for him to feel distressed and lose his temper when he hears that the Crown Princess has been wronged. If he doesn't If you don’t ask, that’s abnormal.”
Song Wanji sighed: "He must be complaining that I didn't stand up for Xiu'er, but instead used Xiu'er to deal with the Meng clan, and asked Xiu'er to make suggestions, explaining that Queen Meng went to persuade her to surrender. He thinks I shouldn't play tricks on Xiu'er."
"That's because His Highness the Crown Prince is still young and doesn't understand the ways of an emperor. When he becomes a king, he will understand." Si Fangzheng said.
"I hope so!" Song Wanji said, "I have worked so hard to pave the way for him. I hope he will understand one day."
"Only when you raise a child do you know the kindness of your parents. When His Highness the Crown Prince has a child, you will gradually understand the emperor's painstaking efforts." Si Fangzheng continued to comfort him.
Song Wanji nodded and said thoughtfully: "It's time to put the prince's wedding on the agenda."
On the other side, on the way back to the Hou Mansion, Zhao Jingyu was also discussing with Marquis Dingyuan in the carriage, saying that he wanted to marry Xiuer as soon as possible, but the East Palace has not been built yet, so he wanted to hold the wedding in the Hou Mansion until the East Palace was built in the future. Okay, they'll move there again.
Marquis Dingyuan was so shocked that he objected repeatedly: "No, no, the emperor is jealous of me. He thinks you are closer to me than to him. If you want to get married in the Marquis Mansion, I'm afraid the emperor will kill me."
Zhao Jingyu curled her lips and said, "Then you raised me so big, don't you want to arrange my marriage yourself?"
Marquis Dingyuan couldn't help but blushing: "I think about it, why don't you think about it, but the emperor is your biological father. He didn't grow up with you, and he also wants to arrange your marriage himself. Besides, you don't want Xiu'er to be famous. Well, marrying into a royal palace is definitely more prestigious than marrying into a prince’s mansion, right?”
Zhao Jingyu thought for a while and had to give up, muttering to herself: "I just can't wait any longer."
Marquis Dingyuan suddenly became happy, pointed at him and laughed loudly: "You kid, you can't hold it in any longer!"
"..." Zhao Jingyu rolled his eyes, "My dear father, can you stop being so vulgar?"
"Father, foster father..." Marquis Dingyuan hurriedly corrected him, "If you want me to live a few more years, be sure not to call me the wrong one. Also, your temper should be restrained in front of the emperor. You can't act arbitrarily, you must know that he is the emperor first, and your father second, you can't always challenge his authority, you know?"
"I know, I know it well." Zhao Jingyu said nonchalantly, "I just can't let others treat me like a fool."
Marquis Dingyuan: “…”
If you think about it this way, such a smart girl, if she didn't volunteer, who could treat her like a fool
If she doesn't treat others like fools, it's better than Amitabha.
Zhao Jingyu didn't live in the palace, so Xie Nanjia simply didn't want to stay in the palace for a whole day. He spent two days quickly handing over all the affairs to Concubine Shu, and couldn't wait to leave the palace and return home.
After resting at home for a few days, she made arrangements for Sheng Qingluan to recognize Hualou and Luliu as adopted daughters, and held a grand recognition ceremony to announce to the world that Luliu and Hualou were Wu'an from now on. The young lady from the general's family.
Because the General's Mansion claimed that this was the last wish of the late Miss Nanjia, and because Miss Nanjia had indeed loved the two as sisters during her lifetime, outsiders did not think much about it and easily accepted this fact, and immediately treated the two of them. The maids became cousins of the Crown Princess and even the future Queen, expressing their deep envy and jealousy.
But the people in Dingyuan Hou Mansion didn't think so. Many people had been keenly aware of an unusual aura and believed that the matter was far from that simple.
Fourth Yiniang is one of them.
One day, when Xie Nanjia came to visit the Hou Mansion, Fourth Yiniang invited her to Qingfeng Courtyard and asked her her doubts.
"You asked the general's wife to accept Luliu Painting House as the adopted daughter. You don't want to set them both up, right?" Aunt Liu asked straight to the point.
Xie Nanjia had nothing to hide from her former partner and bluntly admitted her suspicions.
Aunt Liu was puzzled and disappointed at the same time, and asked Xie Nanjia why she treated Luliu Painting House so differently: "Although they are your cousin's maids and have done a lot of things for you, I have also helped you. It’s a lot of work. I was the one who brought you back from Zhuangzi. Without me, you wouldn’t have recognized the Duke of Zhenguo, let alone the chance to be the crown princess. Moreover, in terms of qualifications and abilities, I It’s not worse than Hualou, why don’t you consider me?”
Xie Nanjia really didn't want to hurt her heart and didn't want to mention her background as Hua Lou Tou Pai, so he could only tell her tactfully that because Hua Lou was diligent, down-to-earth and upright, Lu Liu was shrewd and thoughtful, and they were the only two partners. Only then can the Hou Mansion maintain the current peaceful and stable situation, and only then can everyone live in peace and stability. It would not be possible if it were anyone else.
"Auntie, your life is very good now. No one troubles you. You don't worry about trivial matters. You can accompany the Marquis several times every month. The fourth lady is also very filial to you. In the future, she will get married and have children. It’s enough to bring my children back to see you from time to time and share a family relationship with you. Only when people are satisfied can they always be happy.”
After hearing this, Fourth Yiniang felt that it made sense. At the same time, she also understood that she was from a humble background. Even if she did not have a painting studio, it would not be her turn, so she let go of her heart and stopped caring.
Fourth Yiniang figured it out, but the old lady didn't figure it out so easily. When she heard that Xie Nanjia had come to the house, she also sent someone to ask her to come over and talk.
After talking about it, Lu Liuliu in the painting building was asked, and he also asked Xie Nanjia if he intended for the two of them to be the first wife.
Xie Nanjia also told Aunt Liu what she had said to her, and said that the housekeeper Luliu of the painting house had never made any mistakes for so long, never used public service for personal gain, thirdly never used power to bully others, and fourthly never flattered the master, and the prince was also in Luliu's house. Under the supervision, he has embarked on the right path, and his official position has been promoted twice a year. Even if he marries two wives from outside, there is no guarantee that he will be as good as them.
For more than a year now, the housekeeper of Luliu Painting House has had unprecedented peace in the house. The old lady and the Marquis are not worried about everything, and everything is taken care of properly. Why can't she be a wife
If the old lady dislikes their status, their status is not low now, and will be even higher in the future. Furthermore, are all the ladies from a wealthy family really virtuous and capable? I think the Qin family was a wealthy family back then. Miss, wouldn't it disturb the peace of the whole family
The old lady had nothing to say after what she said, but she felt really unwilling to do so, so she privately called Dingyuan Hou and Zhao Jingping to ask their father and son for their opinions.
Marquis Dingyuan has been accustomed to the service of the painting studio for more than a year. In addition, the painting studio is really down-to-earth and capable, and she is not like other concubines, so he said that it doesn't matter to him. Although Xiu'er is the princess, she is also our family's. Half a daughter-in-law will not harm us, so just listen to her!
Zhao Jingping was even more indifferent, saying that Luliu was destined to have a prosperous husband, so she had no objection to him being straightened up.
The old lady didn't have any objections when she saw the two parties involved, and she didn't want to appear too harsh. Besides, so many embarrassing things happened in the house last year, and good girls from other families might not be willing to fill in the house, so she turned a blind eye. One Eye agreed, but after Zhao Jingyu and Xie Nanjia got married, the status of the two girls rose, and then they were righted.
Time flew by, and winter arrived in a blink of an eye. When the first snow fell, Cheng Zhiye suddenly came back, and it was said that he brought back a girl. Xie Nanjia heard the news and couldn't wait to go see it with Zhao Jingyu, but the girl was not Eleven. .
(End of chapter)