In the middle of the night, Zi'an crawled out from under the bed for the third time, climbed back into bed, and curled up beside the bed with resentment. From now on, she would sleep inside.
Murong Jie turned over and pressed his big foot on her belly. She was so angry that her teeth were itching. She propped herself up and wanted to punch him in the face, but his sleeping face was so handsome and harmless that she couldn't bear it, so she could only go back to bed angrily.
The next morning was a beautiful sunny day.
Ni Rong knocked on the door outside and called softly, "Prince, Princess, get up."
Zi'an had woken up, but didn't answer, allowing Ni Rong to shout over and over again.
Murong Jie was woken up by the noise. Seeing Zi'an lying quietly on the bed and smiling, he couldn't help but frown, "He kept yelling, why didn't you yell? It was so noisy."
Zi'an hissed, "Let him shout again, shout again."
Sure enough, Ni Rong called out again, "Prince, Princess, get up."
Zi'an's smile deepened. This call of "Princess" sounded very pleasant.
"Shut up. Come back and shout after an hour!" Murong Jie roared as he lifted the curtain.
Ni Rong said, "Your Highness, the Empress Dowager has already gotten up. She said she is waiting for the Princess to get up and serve her tea."
When Zi'an heard this, she threw back the quilt and tried to get up. Murong Jie held her arm, straightened his neck and said, "Let her wait."
Zi'an said, "Isn't this bad? She is waiting for us, and we are going to serve her tea today."
"Let her wait. She bullies the good and fears the evil. If you keep indulging her, she will take advantage of you. Just wait and see how I deal with her." Murong Jie said.
Zi'an thought about his life on the isolated island and still felt hatred in his heart. "Okay, I'll wait and see."
Murong Jie glanced at the scenery below her collarbone, then pulled the quilt down a little and said with some regret: "From now on, our son will have to drink goat's milk."
Zi'an's expression was gloomy when he heard this. "Are you still expecting me to help you give birth to a son? The queen fed me safflower and I can't have children. Don't you know that?"
Murong Jie had obviously forgotten about this. Hearing her say this, he said, "That's easy. Just adopt a few dogs and treat them as your own children."
Zi'an raised his head and looked at him, "You can find another woman to have children. I can't let you be childless."
Murong Jie nodded, "Yes, it's okay."
Zi'an's eyes tightened, "Ah? Do you really have this plan?"
"Yes, you can't let me have no descendants," Murong Jie put his hands under his head, "I'll think about which girl can be a concubine, let the Queen Mother act as a matchmaker, anyway, my princess is generous, so let me find another woman to have children with."
Zian pressed his elbow against his chest, "You know I don't think that way."
"I can't see your heart, but I can hear what you say." Murong Jie pinched her chin, "Vicious? You dare to attack me? You deserve a beating!"
"You little chicken, you still dare to show off? I'll torture you to death." Zi'an turned forward, bit his lips, and then looked at him smugly, demonstrating.
The end of being complacent is usually tragic, but in an instant, she was... Murong Jie turned around and threw her under the bed. There was a loud "crack" and she fell on the white jade steps beside the bed.
"My old waist!"
Murong Jie didn't intend to throw her down, he just wanted to turn over and press her down. Normally, if he turned over and pressed her down, she would just need to lie down naturally and everything would be fine. But she insisted on showing off her power as a special agent and wanted to hold his hand back. The consequence of using his force to counter him was that she fell down.
"Look how stupid you are!" Murong Jie felt so distressed when he saw that her face turned pale with pain, but he was merciless and jumped down to pick her up.
This time it really hurt. There were white marble steps beside the bed. When she fell last night, she fell on the bedside and did not roll onto the steps. But this time, she was thrown directly onto the steps. The hard edge of the white marble steps almost broke her waist.
In short, other people didn’t know what happened. They only saw Zi’an being helped out.
She supported her waist and frowned every time she took a step, it was very painful.
When the servants in the mansion saw this, they all covered their mouths and laughed. This newcomer really worked hard last night.
The Grand Empress Dowager and the Noble Concubine were sitting in the main hall. The Noble Concubine would naturally not come out on her own, so the Grand Empress Dowager ordered someone to summon her.
Ah She was standing beside the Empress Dowager. When they saw Murong Jie helping Zi'an out, their eyes widened.
Ah She whispered in the ear of the Grand Empress Dowager: "It seems that it was accomplished last night."
The Empress Dowager looked unhappy and said, "I told you that I went to the listening room last night, but you were lazy and didn't go."
Ah She snorted coldly, "Is it me who won't go? It was you who said you wouldn't go."
The two men walked up to the Empress Dowager and knelt down. Zi'an knelt with great reluctance because it was painful as soon as he squatted.
Seeing that she was in great pain, Murong Jie said, "Alright, stop kneeling. I will kneel for your part as well."
After saying that, he kowtowed to the Empress Dowager several times and said, "Alright, Zi'an will kowtow as well."
The Empress Dowager did not make it difficult, but just looked at Zi'an meaningfully.
The servant brought the tea, and Murong Jie first handed it to the Grand Empress Dowager, "Old Ancestor, have some tea."
The Grand Empress Dowager took the tea and took a sip slowly. "This is the first time in the Zhou Dynasty that a husband has offered tea to his wife. However, men of Murong Jie have always valued love. You have inherited the legacy of your ancestors."
The servant said, "Princess, please serve tea to the noble concubine."
Murong Jie took the tea and wanted to pass it to the noble concubine, but the noble concubine said indifferently: "If you want me to recognize her, she has to offer this cup of tea to me."
The Empress Dowager lowered her eyes, pretending not to hear.
Zi'an took a step forward, holding the tea, and kneeled down slowly despite the pain, "Your Highness, please have tea."
The noble concubine stared at her for a long time without reaching out to take the tea.
The Empress Dowager did not say anything, nor did she even look at him, leaving Zi'an kneeling there with the tea in his hand.
Murong Jie pulled Zi'an up with one hand, "Get up, it doesn't matter whether she drinks your cup of tea or not."
The noble concubine sneered, stood up and bowed to the Grand Empress Dowager, "I will take my leave."
The Empress Dowager waved her hand and said, "Go ahead."
Murong Jie had a cold expression as he stared at the Noble Concubine as she walked past him. The Noble Concubine's eyes were indifferent, as if she had put everything aside.
The Empress Dowager looked at Zi'an and nodded slightly. "Come back to my room. I have something to tell you."
Zian nodded, "Yes!"
Murong Jie said, "I will go too."
"You don't have to go. Just wait here. I'm talking to her about my daughter's family."
"no!"
The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows, "Are you afraid that I will bully her?"
"Hasn't your bullying been enough? On the lonely island, you treated her like a slave." Murong Jie began to attack, "Also, you deliberately didn't let us know that we were marrying the person we wanted, and the wedding arrangements were not appropriate. We almost ruined the marriage. Look at what you did. Is there anything that an elder should do? It's just nonsense."
The Empress Dowager softened after being scolded by him. "This was all arranged by your Aunt Ah She. What does it have to do with me?"
Ah She turned around and walked away, "So I followed you for all those years just to take the blame, I'm done with this."
(End of this chapter)