The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao obediently kept watching from a distance, if he got close to him, if he got hurt, he would only add trouble to Zong Zhen.

Even after the city gate was opened, and the roar and noise at the gate gradually faded away, he still stayed where he was, even though he was extremely worried and curious.

Until there was no sound at the city gate, and it was already dawn, Ji Zhao asked Yin Ming to see what was going on, but Yin Ming refused: "I promise Your Highness to stay by your side."

"You all listen to him now, don't you listen to me!"

The two were talking, when a few people came running from the city, Yin Ming hurriedly blocked Ji Zhao, ran close and found that it was Zong Zhen's guards, they relaxed, and those guards came to laugh and said: "My son-in-law! Your Highness called We're here to pick you up!"

"Is everything all right in the city?"

"Those adults led all the people in the city to the temple, where they were dispensing medicine, and the doctors in the city were also gathered to listen to Doctor Bai's talk about the illness, and then they will go to the whole city to treat more sick people. People who can’t get up and go out. Specifically, follow me, Your Highness will tell you!”

"Okay, okay!" Ji Zhao jumped off the little donkey, led it and immediately ran away with the guards.

The guards took Ji Zhao directly to the government office of Meizhou Zhizhou. He had just asked Yin Ming to put the little donkey in place when he saw Zong Zhen coming out of the door.He immediately ran up the steps with a smile, "Slow down..." Zong Zhen came over, half-supported him, and led him inside.

Ji Zhao didn't care to look at it, and sniffled, "It all smells like medicine."

"All the people in the yamen collapsed, and many people died. Doctor Bai came over and was boiling medicine." Zong Zhen couldn't help frowning. When he first arrived, it was not an exaggeration to say that this place was purgatory. When it was almost cleaned up, he dared to pick Ji Zhao over. He pointed to the back of the yamen, "Zhou Yu's family lives there."

"Their family—"

"Zhou Yu's little grandson, who is only two years old, didn't carry it over. The child's mother also went with her because of the grief of losing her son."

"Ah—" Ji Zhao looked sad.

Zong Zhen hugged him by the shoulders, and his voice slowed down: "Almost all the others are breathless. The yamen was the first to be infected and the most injured. Perhaps it is because the Zhou family usually has good food and clothing. Fortunately, they can last Now, Doctor Bai took a look and said that most people can still be saved."

"That's fine, that's fine."

Zongzhen took Ji Zhao to an empty room, and said, "The herbs have been smoked, and Doctor Bai has burned the vinegar for a long time. You rest here." He sat down by Ji Zhao, stood in front of him, bowed his head and said, " What happened next is really—do you want to see it?" He didn't want Ji Zhao to see it, but if Ji Zhao wanted to see it, he would take Ji Zhao to see it.

Ji Zhao really wanted to see it, but when he entered the city and saw the desolate streets, he felt very uncomfortable, especially when he passed a bridge and saw a dead body, he was so frightened that his face turned blue.He suffered from illnesses in his previous life, and sometimes he hoped to be relieved earlier, but he never wanted to remember the panic when he saw his fellow patients covered in white cloths, he was afraid to see more of the misery of others.

He shook his head: "I won't go to see it anymore. If you are here, everything will be fine. I won't make trouble. If I get scared, you will have to take care of me."

Zong Zhen stretched out his hand to hold him in his arms, patted him lightly and said, "I was thinking of coming to find you, and returning to Jinling after playing in Meizhou for a few days, I'm afraid I'll have to stay for a while. I'll take you to play again."

Ji Zhao smiled and said, "I'm not that playful either!" He took the initiative to push Zong Zhen away, "Go get busy!"

Zong Zhen bent down and kissed him on the face. Ji Zhao was a little embarrassed: "Don't always kiss me..."

"If you don't let me kiss, who will you let me kiss?"

"..." Ji Zhao was even more embarrassed, Zong Zhen laughed out loud, and Ji Zhao pouted, "I used to think His Highness the Crown Prince is a rational and restrained person, but now it seems, hehe."

But Zong Zhen kissed him on the mouth, and said: "Pursing up the mouth is for me, huh?"

"..." Ji Zhao raised his eyes to look at him with a look of unbearable, this man is really shameless.

Zong Zhen laughed out loud, and said very naturally and generously: "You are right in front of me, and there is nothing else in my mind, it has already been filled by you."

"You speak so skillfully."

"I promise it's the first time I've said that to someone." Zong Zhen smiled, "Show your true feelings?"

Ji Zhao was amused by him, then put his face on his waist, and whispered, "I like you too!"

Zongzhen bent down to kiss him again, and Ji Zhao was kissed by him with his face upturned, the corners of his mouth raised, he thought, both of them are so shameless!

But so what, no one else saw it anyway!

After that, Zong Zhen was very busy every day. He had too many things to do, not only the medical treatment of the people in the city, but also many affairs that originally belonged to Zhou Yu. The officials trapped in the village discussed, after all, he did not want to reveal his identity.

Later Zhou Yu finally woke up from the coma, Zhou Yu knew the prince, after all, he was the younger brother of the Empress Dowager, and when he was still in Jinling, he often went to the palace and often had the opportunity to see Zong Zhen.

He was so frightened that he almost fainted again, but was completely sobered up by Chen Keye's slap.

Zhou Yu has always been timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and cried out for being wronged with tears streaming down his face. After this matter was resolved, Zong Zhen had already planned to replace Zhou Yu, but he did not expect that the facts would be completely different from his previous life. Such a result made him feel very delicate. So many things in his previous life have their true colors that he doesn't know at all, right?

Even if he has the prophet left to him in his previous life, Zong Zhen thought, he still has to see more profoundly, broadly and calmly.

Zhou's family is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager, so it is impossible for him to deal with it ruthlessly. The relationship between the DPRK and China is so complicated. After you pass, the courtiers will say that you are violent. If you are less, the courtiers will secretly look down on you and deceive you You, the relationship between the emperor and his courtiers is also a game.

Seeing Zhou Yu crying like that, he just said it straight, transferred him back to Jinling, let him go home to retire, and everyone else let him go for the empress dowager's sake, and let him speak in front of the emperor.Zhou Yu originally thought that his life would definitely be lost, but when he heard the result, he was so frightened that he cried again, and instead swore that the entire Zhou family would defend His Highness the Crown Prince to the death.

Zong Zhen himself thought it was funny when he thought about it, the person who abandoned him in the previous life was so devoted to him in this life.

He didn't care too much either, with Zhou Yu as a shield, Zong Zhen was almost responsible for handling the affairs of the Meizhou Government Office for a period of time to come.This is also a new thing for Zong Zhen.

The burned house needs to be rebuilt, and funds have to be allocated from the treasury, and so many people in the city need to be healed... There are too many odds and ends, but Zong Zhen does it with gusto, and governing a state can give him a lot of precious things Experience, he cherishes.

When Zong Zhen was busy, Ji Zhao was still thinking about helping Princess Fuchen find Pei Rong.

He is already like Zongzhen... he can no longer be a son-in-law, Zongzhen is too busy these days, and he has no time to discuss these matters at all, Ji Zhao thought, he has to work hard, he can't always rely on Zongzhen.

What he thought was that if he found Pei Rong, he wouldn't have to be a son-in-law anymore.

But the city was in chaos, Zong Zhen didn't allow him to go out and wander around, and he still remembered the corpse he saw that day, so he really didn't dare to go out.Yin Ming took the two guards from the Princess Mansion away for a few days, but there was no news of Pei Rong.

Ji Zhao was very sad.

But he also got a new news, the person who pawned the fan, for the time being, he was Pei Rong. Later, he went to the pawn shop again, and asked the boss to be more flexible, and asked him not to sell the fan to others, saying He will redeem the fan in the future.The pawnshop wanted to tell Ji Zhao the news quickly, but who knew that the city would be closed later.

After hearing the news, Ji Zhao asked the shopkeeper if he hadn't contracted the disease. He hurriedly called the shopkeeper, and the two locked themselves in the room to talk.

Ji Zhaodao: "I'll take that fan back to Jinling. If that person still comes looking for you in the future, you can tell the fan to go back to the main shop in Jinling, and you'll pretend it's not intentional then."

These shopkeepers are the most shrewd, and immediately responded: "Your Majesty, don't worry! The little one will definitely handle it properly for you!"

"You really didn't see his face?"

"No, he came here twice, all of a sudden when it was dark. I was not there both times. According to the people in the shop, he kept his head down and didn't look carefully. If he comes again, I will definitely remember his appearance. !"

"This is for you. You can see if it is the same person when the time comes." Ji Zhao handed him the portrait, and then explained, "Only you know about this, and no one else is allowed to tell it."

"Don't worry!" The shopkeeper stepped back.

Lu met Zong Zhen who came over, Zong Zhen saw that this person looked unfamiliar, pushed the door in and said, "That's your pawn shop manager in Meizhou?"

"Ah, yes!"

"What did he come to tell you?"

Ji Zhao was a little entangled. The main thing was that this matter was considered private. It was Princess Fuchen's private matter. Princess Fuchen had asked him to do so, and no one would tell about it. Moreover, Pei Rong was driven away by Zongzhen at the beginning... ...He didn't dare to tell the truth to Zong Zhen, that would not be honest, and besides, in case the brothers and sisters quarreled because of him, he wanted to hide it.

He didn't tell Zong Zhen about his coming to find Pei Rong, he just said: "He knew I was coming, and he was finally able to go out today, so he came to see me, and I will ask him about Bamboo Bear by the way."

Zong Zhen didn't pay much attention, sat down beside him, and said, "Fu Chen is really messing around, and you are really willing to come and help her find it, and I have to talk to her well when I go back."

"Why don't you just come and have fun?"

"Zhao Zhao..."

"Ah?" Ji Zhao looked at him, why did he suddenly call him that.

Zongzhen sat closer to him, took his hand and put it in his own. Zongzhen lowered his head, seemed to think for a moment, and looked at him sideways: "Fuchen, she said that she might be pregnant with your child."

"..." Ji Zhao was dumbfounded.

When Zong Zhen saw him like this, he knew that he was really deceived by his sister. In fact, when he saw Ji Zhao's unsent letter, he guessed that it was all fake.He thought, maybe my sister also knew about the things between Wang Xi and Ji Zhao, and she was afraid that he would deal with Ji Zhao before she spoke like this?

He was amused, angry, and joyful, Fu Chen was really kind to Ji Zhao.

He pressed his palm against Ji Zhao's, and said bluntly, "I don't know if you know that the princess I originally planned is Wang Xi."

"..." Ji Zhaogang came back to his senses slowly, and wanted to talk about the matter of being pregnant, even though he knew it, Zong Zhen said it himself, and it was another head-on shock, and he was dumbfounded again.

Zong Zhen smiled, faced him, and said calmly: "That night, Wang Xi went to look for you, and I was actually at your door."

"Why are there so many things I don't know!"

"That night I heard her begging you to take her as a concubine. I was very angry. Later, when you came to the palace to find me, I was afraid that you would really open your mouth to take her as a concubine. That's why I said those words. I'm sorry to offend you. Sad."

"Is that so?" Ji Zhao murmured, "I was really sad that day, because you said you liked Wang Xi, and I cried all the way back. I didn't know it was Wang Xi, but Zong Mi told me. When mentioning Zong Mi, Ji Zhao frowned unconsciously, but he didn't intend to tell Zong Zhen that Zong Mi said he liked him, it was too irritating.

Ji Zhao lowered his head again: "I'm very sad, and I want to give up completely. It happened that the princess wanted to come to Meizhou to find something, so I asked to come here." Ji Zhao looked up at him with clear eyes, "So, you know that Wang Xi and... What about me?"

"I didn't know until I heard your words that day that you were childhood sweethearts and almost got married."

Ji Zhao sighed in his heart, it is really impossible to explain this matter clearly, he said: "When I was young, Miss Wang Xi and I did grow up together, but I, I - I only liked one person in my life..."

Zong Zhen didn't know who that person was. He sighed and laughed at the stupidity of both of them.

Ji Zhao asked him again: "Are you really not going to marry Wang Xi..."

Zong Zhen shook his head: "No, I won't marry anyone, or, if you are willing to marry me—"

Ji Zhao quickly covered his mouth: "Stop talking nonsense!"

Ji Zhao still has this bit of self-knowledge, that is, in his previous life, most families did not agree that two men could be together, and here, Zong Zhen is the prince... Will His Majesty agree?

What will happen to him and Zongzhen in the future, in fact, he has thought about it these days. Although he hopes that the two will only have each other, and hope to be together in an open and aboveboard manner, but Zongzhen's identity is too special.

His Majesty was also very kind to him, and he didn't want to make His Majesty sad because of himself.

Now he already knew that Zong Zhen liked him very much, and he liked him so much that he chased him to Meizhou to confess his love to him!What more could he ask for?Even if Zhou Liangdi continued to make decorations in the East Palace, he didn't think it mattered!Anyway, Zongzhen promised that he would never marry the crown prince, nor would he have another side concubine.

Then they don't have to be so anxious, it's okay to make the elders happy.

In other words, things always have to be done slowly and slowly.

In fact, as long as Zong Zhen likes him, Ji Zhao is enough.He doesn't even need anyone's support, he just needs Zong Zhen's love, so that day in the village, in front of so many people, Zong Zhen hugged him, he was really happy.

Their likes can be shown openly in the sun.

He felt that was enough.

Zong Zhen took his hand away and said to him, "Zhao Zhao, do you trust me?"

"I believe..." Ji Zhao nodded in a daze.

"I will let the world know that we are together."

"..." Ji Zhao was very moved, but said seriously, "I don't need people in the world to know, this kind of thing is a matter between the two of us, we just need to know it ourselves. You must not tell His Majesty, he will be very upset Angry, he only has two children, you and the princess. The most important thing now is how to peacefully resolve the matter of my reconciliation with the princess."

Zong Zhen continued to hold his hand in the palm of his hand, pinching his soft fingers, regarding the matter of the two of them, and his father, when he decided to come to Ji Zhao and bring Ji Zhao to that road, he would He has thought carefully about how to make this road brighter. He has his own thoughts.

But seeing Ji Zhao's earnest appearance, he didn't say much, because Ji Zhao was worried if he said more, instead he said: "Zhao Zhao, are you still going to hide it from me?"

"Ah?" Ji Zhao was dumbfounded.

"You think I will really believe it, you just came here to help her find Bamboo Bear?"

"Ah—" Ji Zhao's face fell into Zong Zhen's arms, and he said distressedly, "I really don't have the ability to lie."

Zongzhen picked his chin with his index finger, raised his face, and raised his eyebrows: "I'm not honest."

Ji Zhao struggled for a while, and said, "I did come here to help the princess find things, but I agreed with her not to tell the third person... If I tell you, I will be cheating the princess... In short, we They didn't do anything bad..."

Zong Zhen looked at him and sighed helplessly. He pressed Ji Zhao's head back to his shoulder: "I don't know what to say to you two."

"In short, I really didn't do anything bad! It's impossible for the princess to watch me take risks, right! We two are doing well!"

Zong Zhen said quietly: "I will be angry if you say that."

Ji Zhao was stunned, and laughed "haha": "Are you jealous of your sister? But the princess said, you were the one who forced her to marry me."

Zong Zhen sighed heavily, and Ji Zhao laughed louder.

With a similar smile, Ji Zhao said seriously, "Let's talk about reconciliation."

Zong Zhen nodded in agreement, and said directly: "After returning to Jinling, I will talk about reconciliation with Fu Huang and Fu Chen."

"No no—" Ji Zhao quickly waved his hands, "Don't be in such a hurry, well, at least I have to help the princess find someone she likes first..." Ji Zhao said complacently, Zong Zhen didn't think about Pei Rong, After all, the last time he brought Pei Rong's double over, he looked almost the same person, and Fu Chen didn't respond at all. His Royal Highness, who was equally insensitive, thought that his sister had really let go of Pei Rong, and he never thought that Ji Zhao would help her over. Find Pei Rong.

Zong Zhen frowned: "Then when will we have to wait?" He looked at Ji Zhao again, "Fu Chen seems to really like you."

"It's brother and sister's favorite!"

Zong Zhen corrected the mistake: "She is older than you..."

"Hahaha..." Ji Zhao said seriously again, "I do get along very well with the princess, but it's because of the love of my relatives and friends. I'm like you now... I mentioned it to her rashly, and if I make up quickly, she will not agree." You will feel that we abandoned her, I don't want the princess to hate me in the future after knowing about me and you, shall we wait, if we really can't find that person, then confess to the princess?"

Zong Zhen was silent, he didn't want to wait that long.

"Okay, okay, she is also your sister... Anyway, we have been doing this for two years, and it doesn't matter. I only go there once in ten days and a half months..." Ji Zhao arched his head in his arms Go, Zong Zhen had no choice but to agree, yes, she was also his sister after all.

They stayed in Meizhou for more than a month before things gradually got on the right track. Later, several officials came to Jinling City, Zong Zhen relieved the burden.This time, Zong Zhen mainly attributed the credit to those officials and villagers, and even carried Ji Zhao out, saying that Ji Zhao, who was in Jinling, heard that there was a plague in Meizhou, so he took his own doctor to help , Ji Zhao's reputation soared.

The prescription that helped Meizhou to tide over the difficulties this time came from the doctor Ji Zhao. When referring to Ji Zhao, he did not add the prefix "son-in-law". Although it is true, it is really thanks to Doctor Bai, Ji Zhao Don't like to be in the limelight.

Later, when the imperial decree from Jingli came, he realized that he was so beautiful this time...

He didn't quite understand why Zong Zhen wanted him to show off the limelight.

Zong Zhen patted his head and told him: "There are only advantages, no disadvantages, trust me."

Of course Ji Zhao believed him, and said: "Doctor Bai is the great hero, don't forget him."

"Naturally, I asked him if he would like to work in the imperial doctor's office, but he declined, saying that he would stay with you in your mansion to have fun."

Ji Zhao smiled triumphantly: "That is!"

"Father will give him a title."

"Wow!" This is a direct promotion from a commoner to a nobleman. Maybe a person like Doctor Bai who doesn't chase fame and fortune doesn't care, but everyone will be happy when such a good thing happens!

After handing everything over to the officials from Jinling, nothing happened to the two of them.

On the day the handover was completed, Zong Zhen picked up Ji Zhao and put him on the little donkey. They decided to play for a few days before returning to Jinling.

It was just an excuse to find the bamboo bear, but Zong Zhen really wanted to take Ji Zhao to see this kind of animal that could only be raised in Shu.

Zongzhen inquired about where the good bamboo bears appeared, and led Ji Zhao's little donkey "da da da" out of the city.