The Way of the Consort

Ji Zhao entered the palace as if going home, especially the East Palace. As soon as he arrived in the palace, Zong Zhen, who was busy in the Chongzheng Palace, immediately returned to the East Palace when he heard that he was coming. The two happened to meet on the palace road.

Ji Zhao immediately ran up to him, and asked in a low voice, "Zhou Liangdi is sick? Why didn't you tell me? When did it happen? It is said that she is quite sick?"

The weather was getting hotter, and Ji Zhao entered the palace in a hurry. His forehead was sweating and his face was slightly red. Zong Zhen walked in front of him, blocking everyone's sight, gently wiped the sweat on his face with his hands, and said slowly: "Don't worry..."

"I'm dying of anxiety!"

Zong Zhen wiped off his sweat for him, turned around and walked to the East Palace with him.

After retreating from the crowd, Zong Zhen told Ji Zhao his plan: "I didn't intend to tell you at first, but I plan to tell you after the matter is completed."

Ji Zhao was dumbfounded when he heard that, is this still possible? !

He thought for a while, and then asked: "Did Zhou Liangdi really do it voluntarily? If so, she would never see her family again! Didn't you force them?!"

Zong Zhen didn't know whether to laugh or cry, sat next to him, and explained: "Zhou Liangdi's parents already favored her brother and ignored her. If she hadn't happened to be born well and was pointed into the palace by the empress dowager, Zhou Liangdi still doesn't know that his parents Where will she marry, most of the time she will be taken advantage of. She knows it herself, otherwise she will agree to my suggestion?"

"You really didn't force others, did you?"

"Really do not have……"

Only then did Ji Zhao heave a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good!" Speaking of Zhou Liangdi, Ji Zhaocai thought of another thing, "There is also a girl from the Qin family, if you don't want her to enter the palace... then hurry up and make an agreement with the Qin family. Ah! Qin Wuniang is not young anymore, and she wants to get married!"

"When Zhou Liangdi dies from a serious illness, I will also take care of Qin Wuniang's matter, so don't worry. "

Ji Zhao nodded, his eyes full of trust, Zong Zhen said that it would be resolved, and it would be resolved.

He asked again: "Can I go and see Zhou Liangdi?"

Zong Zhen nodded: "Yes..."

Zong Zhen took him to the back hall to see Zhou Liangdi. Zhou Liangdi lay on the bed and pretended to be sick. It was said that her family had just come in the morning. Zong Zhen said that after a few days, her family would not be allowed to come into the palace again, so as not to reveal her flaws.

Ji Zhao knew from Zong Zhen that Zhou Liangdi seemed to already know about the two of them, and he was very grateful to Zhou Liangdi in his heart. If Zhou Liangdi really decided to stay away from all this because of him, he felt that it was unnecessary.Zhou Liangdi was the thing before he met Zong Zhen and fell in love with each other, he never demanded anything.

After Zhou Liangdi left the palace, she was completely alone and couldn't see her family again, which was quite cruel.

Ji Zhao drove Zong Zhen out, and told Zhou Liangdi what he was feeling embarrassedly, and said softly, "If it's really because of me, Liangdi doesn't have to be like this."

Zhou Liangdi laughed instead. She looked at Ji Zhao with a smile, and said softly, "My son-in-law is too worried. I have been in the palace for seven years, and my life is quite stable and peaceful. If I stay here forever, it would be nice to have someone to protect me? But I am only 22 years old. Year old, I also want to experience a new life. This is something I didn’t dare to think about before entering the palace. This is a decision I made after careful consideration. I also want to live for myself, not for me. Parents, not for my elder brother and younger brother."

That being the case, Ji Zhao was relieved.

Ji Zhao promised: "His Royal Highness will definitely do what he promised you, don't worry!"

Zhou Liangdi laughed out loud and winked at him: "Of course I believe, there is still a son-in-law here."

Ji Zhao also laughed, and after talking about this, Ji Zhao was about to leave, but Zhou Liangdi stopped him again, and when he turned around to look, Zhou Liangdi smiled and said, "Tell the son-in-law one thing quietly."

"Ok?"

Zhou Liangdi told Ji Zhao that His Royal Highness got angry when he saw the two of them laughing and watching fireworks together. Zhou Liangdi only realized later that His Royal Highness was jealous at the beginning!

Ji Zhao thought slowly and came out of Zhou Liangdi's room, Zong Zhen who was waiting outside looked back dissatisfied: "What did you say, until now?"

Ji Zhao then observed him, and Zongzhen turned from dissatisfaction to trembling. He lowered his voice and asked him, "What did you say?"

Ji Zhao purposely said seriously: "What can I say? Could it be that Zhou Liangdi still wants to confess to me?"

Zong Zhen's face changed suddenly, he looked at him, and then at the inside of the room, as if he wanted to rush in immediately, but was afraid of scaring him.

So cute.

Ji Zhao held back, but in the end he couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

"..." Zong Zhen became confused instead.

Ji Zhao snorted, put his hands behind his back, and walked out swaggeringly, pretending to be deep, but actually still laughing in his heart, it turned out that His Royal Highness had plotted against him so early!

It's a pity that they were both so stupid at the time that neither of them realized it.

In June, Zhou Liangdi, who had been lingering in bed for more than half a month, couldn't bear it and passed away due to illness.

There was a lot of sadness inside and outside the palace. Zongzhen ordered people to hold a big funeral for "Zhou Liangdi", and cremated her according to Zhou Liangdi's wishes during her lifetime. Because of Zhou Liangdi's personal letter, Zhou Liangdi's family did not object, it was just an Eastern Palace Liangdi , the Ministry of Rites and Zongzheng Temple have no objections.

The East Palace hung white for seven days, and Zhou Liangdi was "buried" on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month.

On the ninth night of June, Ji Zhao quietly sat in the carriage with Zong Zhen, and went out through the back door of his house. The ordinary carriage drove through the streets and alleys, and finally stopped in a small house near the pier.

Zong Zhen jumped out of the carriage first, helped Ji Zhao down, and the others stayed outside to guard, and the two of them walked in.

Zhou Liangdi, who was dressed up anew and had her hair styled like a girl, got up, and just about to salute the two of them, Ji Zhao smiled and said, "You already have a new identity, so you don't have to."

Zhou Liangdi smiled, and Ji Zhao said again: "The two of us are here to see you off, I wish you a smooth journey and all the best in the future!"

Zhou Liangdi smiled and said, "Thank you..."

Zong Zhen put his hands behind his back and watched the two of them talk again. Ji Zhao also told those who walked with Zhou Liangdi to take good care of Zhou Liangdi. Zong Zhen was a little impatient, and he didn't even want to come out today. Ji Zhao said he would Worried about Zhou Liangdi, she insisted on coming out to have a look.

There was obviously no reason, but Ji Zhaofei believed that it was because of him that Zhou Liangdi had to do this.

In fact, if Zong Zhen wanted to say, going far away, changing his identity, going out to live a free life, having money and leisure, and his guaranteed backer, wouldn't it be better than staying a widow in the deep palace?

I didn't see how sincere Zhou Liangdi's smile was.

But Ji Zhao has always been like this, Zong Zhen looked at it, with a smile in his eyes, his Zhao Zhao was so kind and cute, and his eyes were always on Ji Zhao.

Zhou Liangdi observed and smiled secretly.

A quarter of an hour later, around the same time, Zhou Liangdi was about to leave.

It was not easy for the two of them to see her off, so they stood dozens of steps away from the pier, watching Zhou Liangdi being helped onto the boat from a distance.

After all, the water was a bit cold at night, and the wind picked up, before Zhou Liangdi put on the hood, she turned her head and looked at the two figures leaning together in the distance, her face was full of smiles.

She thought, she will meet such a man in the future, right?

She put on the hood, walked briskly into the cabin, and ordered: "Let's go!"

After the boat drove away, it gradually turned into a small shadow, "Let's go too..." Zong Zhen took Ji Zhao's hand.

Ji Zhao wanted to get into the carriage, Zong Zhen dragged him to continue walking, Ji Zhao asked, "Want to take a walk?"

"Well, let's go."

"Okay!" Ji Zhao hadn't wandered around like this at night for a long time. The two walked hand in hand in the alley with few people, chatting leisurely, looking at the shadows on the ground, very relaxed and enjoying themselves.

There were few people near the pier, and they walked back, and the more people walked, the more lights there were.

Hearing the human voice, Ji Zhao wondered, "Hey, this road is a bit familiar."

Zong Zhen looked down at him and smiled, without saying a word, he continued to pull him forward, and came out of an alley, saw the familiar scenery, Ji Zhao smiled and said: "It turned out to be Pipa Alley! Was that a small road just now? I've never been there!"

Zong Zhen said: "You are from Yangzhou, and I am from Jinling, so I know better than you."

Ji Zhao glanced at him: "The locals are amazing, aren't they?"

Zong Zhen laughed out loud, rubbed his head, and said: "I also heard Aunt Zhang talk about this. I have been in the palace since I was a child. I was in poor health and rarely came out. It is my mother's temper that has escaped. Before I got married, I often went out to play secretly. Today is also the first time for me to go this way."

Ji Zhao was very curious: "Is the empress really like this!"

"Well, the first time she met her father was because her father was curious about the world outside the palace and secretly came out of the palace, but lost her way while turning the alley. Thanks to meeting my mother, my father was able to find the way back. Xiang Sheng."

As Zong Zhen talked, he laughed himself.

Ji Zhao also laughed, he thought, the scene at that time should be very interesting!

He raised his face and smiled at Zong Zhen: "Then when we are free, let's walk all the paths that the empress sneaked through before?!"

Zongzhen smiled and nodded: "Okay..." He told him again, "My grandfather used to be a county magistrate in Jiangxi, and my mother grew up outside when she was young. She has been to many places."

Ji Zhao was very interested in hearing this, and the two whispered while walking towards Pipa Lane. They also made an appointment that they would go out to play together before Zong Zhen ascended the throne!

Loquat Lane was still lively and noisy, the two of them were close, and only each other could hear what they were saying. In the crowded crowd, their heads were also stuck together, smiling at each other from time to time.

Zong Mi at the entrance of the alley suspected that he was wrong, he was about to follow him in, his guard stopped him, and said softly: "My lord! There must be many people around the prince, we must not expose them!"

Only then did Zong Mi wake up. He looked at Zong Zhen and Ji Zhao who looked at each other and smiled again, and clenched his fists.

Zong Zhen not only really fell in love with Ji Zhao, but also dared to walk in the crowd so openly and intimately!Are the two of them not afraid of being discovered or criticized? !

Simply incredible!

Only then did Zong Mi think about Zhou Liangdi's incident again, Zhou Liangdi was fine and well behaved, but Zhou Liangdi suddenly became seriously ill and died.This Zhou Liang Di had only been famous twice in her life, when she entered the palace, when she died, and the rest of the time she was unknown.

A bold idea popped up in Zong Mi's mind, Zong Zhen wouldn't let Zhou Liangdi "die of serious illness" because of Ji Zhao?

what……

He watched those two people walking farther and farther unwillingly, and finally turned around and entered Jasmine Lane.

Ji Zhao has been busy planning his travel agency's major events these days, and he can also communicate with Xiaoyaozi. It has been a long time since he has been shopping in Piqua Alley. Now it is interesting to look at it no matter where he comes from. He is looking up at the shop next to him. On the door plaque, I suddenly heard a somewhat familiar voice exclaiming in surprise: "Oh! It's you two!"

Ji Zhao looked back and saw the loquat tree covered with red cloth strips, and the lady under the tree.

The lady walked forward with a smile: "I haven't seen you for a long time! Do you still want to make a wish today?!"

Ji Zhao remembered who she was, and he smiled and said, "Do you still remember us?"

"Oh, I don't see a few people who look like the two of you throughout the year. Naturally, once I see you, I will remember it forever!"

"Haha..." Ji Zhao felt that what she said was too exaggerated, and the lady said excitedly again, "How about it, do you want to make a wish?"

Ji Zhao looked up at the cloth strips full of trees, smiled and shook his head: "No need!"

Zong Zhen raised his eyebrows, as if he didn't expect him to refuse. Seeing that he refused to make a wish, the lady would not push her hard, and still smiled and said: "Okay, then I wish you all have today every year!"

After finishing speaking, the lady went to entertain other people. Ji Zhao took a few steps forward, went under the tree, looked up, and found the cloth strips that the two of them had hung up at a glance.

He immediately pulled Zong Zhen over, pointing: "Look! It's still there!"

Zong Zhen saw that it was still there, and Ji Zhao smiled: "Haha, it's better to hang it high. You see, there is only one of us on that branch so far. I don't remember what we wrote at that time. ..."

"I hope my brother and I will be happy together forever."

"Huh?" Ji Zhao looked at Zongzhen in puzzlement, and Zongzhen said helplessly, "The sentence you wrote back then forced me to draw a rabbit and a pig."

"Hahaha, really? I don't remember..."

Zong Zhen was even more helpless: "It was you who said at the time that you will come here today next year."

"..." Ji Zhao's eyes lit up, "Could it be today?! The ninth day of June?!"

Zong Zhen nodded, still helpless: "Little confused..."

Ji Zhao's heart was hot, so Zong Zhen always remembered every word he said!He doesn't even remember himself, but Zong Zhen still remembers!I even brought him here to see it today!

Ji Zhao took his hand quietly and hooked his fingers with his fingers.

"Brother..." Ji Zhao called him in a low voice.

"Ok?"

Ji Zhao leaned towards him, leaned close to him, and whispered, "It's really great to like you and be liked by you!" Then he added, "I will always remember this day in the future! The ninth day of June! I will remember it with you!"

Zong Zhen looked down at him, and Ji Zhao looked up at him with a smirk.

Zongzhen raised his eyebrows, and suddenly took Ji Zhao's hand behind his back and strode out of the alley. what a big deal.

Ji Zhao was even more puzzled, Zong Zhen dragged Ji Zhao out of the alley, turned around and entered the narrow alley next door where they came.

"Why—uh—"

Ji Zhao had already been pushed against the wall by Zong Zhen, and before he could say anything, Zong Zhen's kiss was posted.