The Way of the Consort

When he woke up in the morning, Ji Zhao's eyes were swollen. Ji Zhao almost wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry any more.

Zong Zhen wrapped ice cubes in a cloth towel and carefully pressed them on his eyelids little by little. Ji Zhao lay on the bed, closed his eyes and said, "This is so troublesome, just apply ice."

"How cold is that?"

"It's such a waste of time, you'd better go to the Chongzheng Palace, or go to the Liubu Yamen."

"Shut your babbling little mouth."

Ji Zhao wrinkled his nose, but his heart was sweet. He felt the coldness in his eyes, but after being sweet for a while, he stopped being sweet, and his mouth began to deflate again.

"My little ancestor, what's the matter?" Zong Zhen asked.

Ji Zhao grabbed the quilt with both hands, and said unhappily, "Then you actually like that Ji Zhao..."

Zong Zhen laughed: "If I like him, should I wait until you come?"

Ji Zhao became happy again: "Then we are a perfect match. You live again to meet me! I came here out of nowhere to meet you!"

Zong Zhen echoed, "Yes..."

"Your tone is very forced!" Ji Zhao said as he was about to open his eyes.

"Ancestor, your eyes are still swollen, just keep them closed."

Ji Zhao pouted, Zong Zhen bowed his head and kissed, and said, "Pout again and kiss again."

"..." Ji Zhao continued to wrinkle his nose, Zong Zhen lowered his head and kissed his nose again, Ji Zhao kicked his legs "ahhh" and said loudly, "You are really annoying!"

"Hahaha!" Zong Zhen laughed out loud.

Later, Zong Zhen said again: "It's you, that Wang Xi."

"I don't like her, but she is really pitiful...she really likes my ancestor...so I'm not willing to kill her."

"I can understand..."

"If we can help in the future, let's help her, shall we? Don't let her fall into the same situation in her previous life."

Zong Zhen promised him: "Okay..."

Ji Zhao pursed his lips and smiled happily, Zong Zhen watched, couldn't hold back, and bowed his head and kissed again.

The two kept talking intimately in low voices until their eyes gradually subsided, and Ji Zhao let out an "ah", remembering the important event of this visit!He hurriedly sat up and almost bumped into Zong Zhen's face, Zong Zhen supported him: "What's the hurry?"

"I have something very important to tell you!"

"Liu Rui?"

"how do you know?!"

Zong Zhen was embarrassed to tell the secret story, and Ji Zhao didn't blame him. After all, it happened a long time ago, and there was a reason for it!

He also happily said: "The next few days you must not know! Liu Rui wants to go down the mountain, I guess he is doing something bad!"

"Don't worry about these, leave them to me, it's just that he and you are brothers—"

"Listen to his nonsense! I still feel a little sorry for the virtue of the second lady. This is called a blood relationship. When I saw that Liu Rui, my mood did not fluctuate. He must have made it up to lie to me. Besides, even if he It’s really my brother, and I don’t want to admit it, I don’t have such a brother.”

"It's Mrs. Yin, I'm afraid it is indeed related to that concubine De."

"I think so too!" Ji Zhao looked up at him, "Then what should I do next?"

Zongzhen then taught him how to speak and how to do it. Hearing that Princess Qingyang had also come, Ji Zhao immediately sat up straight and said angrily, "It's that shameless princess!"

Zong Zhen smiled: "Are you still thinking about this matter?"

"I will always remember! She is shameless!"

"Okay, okay, she's shameless. Let's not care about her. If we don't see her, let the brothers and sisters make trouble on their own. I've sent someone to send a message to Liu Cang, and I'm waiting for Liu Cang to send someone to deal with them."

Ji Zhaocai laughed again: "That's right, we don't care about such crap!"

Zong Zhen changed his clothes and went to the Chongzheng Hall to deal with political affairs. Ji Zhao couldn't sit still, and just about to get out of bed, he fell back.

Zong Zhen walked back to the bed and pinched his nose: "Poor little girl, I can only lie down properly today."

"Who is to blame!" Ji Zhao was sullen.

Zong Zhen smiled, sat by the bed, fed him breakfast, and then went out.

On the same day, Zheng Wang Zongmi was finally "found". Not many people saw the specific situation. They only heard that he accidentally fell off the cliff while hunting. Zheng Wang seemed to be attacked by wild beasts, and he was accompanied by a guard. There is some dry food, so I won't starve to death, but my legs are seriously injured, and I am afraid that my legs will be useless.

After Renzong heard about it, it was a pity that Prince Zongzhen went to visit Prince Zheng's Mansion in person.

Ji Zhao rested in the palace for a day, and continued to go to the mountain very reluctantly. After all, he also has his own things to do!

According to Zong Zhen, Zong Mi was abolished, Liu Rui would no longer place his hopes on Zong Mi, and this trip to Jinling was doomed to be a false one.He first told Liu Rui about Zong Mi's injury, and then said that he heard something from the prince's guard, his expression was very unpredictable.

The prince's son-in-law attaches great importance to this matter, even the people of Liang know it, and Pei Rong once said it.

Liu Rui believed it very much, and immediately asked, "What's the matter?"

"He said, your sister is also in Jinling!"

Liu Rui's heart was beating wildly, he had been wanting to find Qing Yang, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, don't lose my appetite, tell me quickly!"

Ji Zhao is about to vomit, "Brother" can't bark!He deliberately asked angrily: "What are you talking about? You said that we are brothers, and you call me brother, but you didn't tell me about your sister in Jinling! In fact, you came this time to find your sister!"

"I'm wronged!" Liu Rui pointed to the sky and swore, "I really didn't know that Princess Qingyang got married at the beginning of the month and went to the northwest tribe. The northwest is far away from Yanjing. I'm afraid the news reached Yanjing city at this time!"

"Then why did your sister come to Jinling?"

Liu Rui sighed: "She doesn't want to marry that county king, but that's what my father meant."

"Okay..." Ji Zhao pretended to believe it, told him the address, and said, "If you want to see her, go, don't start a scene, this is in Jinling after all, We still have great work to do, we need to be careful!"

"Don't worry, don't worry!"

"Then go down the mountain at night, I will send someone to protect you, and you have to be careful yourself."

"Thank you brother!" Liu Rui's eyes turned red again.

After Liu Rui left, Ji Zhao really retched for a moment, this person is really disgusting!

Zong Mi knew that if he missed the best moment of treatment, his leg would really be crippled. For three days, he didn't say a word.None of the servants in the mansion dared to come to his room, and Zong Yan silently served him soup and medicine.Having experienced so many things, Zong Yan is no longer the ignorant and innocent fifth son. He can see that there is something strange about this matter.

But how?

His brother is really useless.

Their whole Prince Zheng's Mansion still has to survive, he said: "Brother, after you recover, you can still stand up as long as you exercise hard. After a year or two, marry a princess and come back. In a few years , give birth to a few children, let's live behind closed doors, this day can always be better, isn't it?"

"The more you cross the better?" Zong Mi finally spoke with a low voice.

"Days never get better."

Zong Mi picked up the bowl in his hand, smashed it hard on the ground, and said angrily, "It's better to pass like this?!"

Zong Yan couldn't bear to quarrel with him, knowing that he couldn't be persuaded, so he got up to get another bowl of medicine, Zong Mi grabbed the teacup next to the bed and threw it on the ground.Zongyan paused with his back turned to him, and said in a low voice: "Brother, tragedies always come from greed. If you, mother and concubine, didn't covet too much from the beginning, why should we?"

"Shut up! What do you know?!"

Zong Yan turned to look at him: "I didn't understand before, but now I understand everything! You are thinking about that seat! But how difficult is that seat, do you know?! It has reached the point where everyone must be forced to pay Go in, will you feel better? This incident has not taught you a lesson? Give up! Prince, after all, is the prince!"

"Get out! Zongyan looked at his brother who was becoming more and more unfamiliar, and felt sorry for him, but he was sad. He mourned: "Brother is bedridden these days, and think about what I said. I am your own brother. Here, only the concubine mother and I are really worried about you.Brother, when will the brother I admired the most come back? "

After speaking, Zongyan left lonely.

Zong Mi looked at the fragments on the ground, pulled his lips and chuckled lightly, his voice was hoarse and piercing: "I can't come back, I can't come back again..."

His life has been completely ruined, ruined in Zong Zhen's hands.

Princess Qingyang looked at Liu Rui who was looking for her, her eyes were filled with unseen panic, and her two maids stood in front of her with timidity in their eyes.

Liu Rui sat down in front of her graciously, and said with a smile, "My good sister, you can make me easy to find."

Princess Qingyang hugged the maid's arm, her whole body was frigid: "You, how did you find me!"

Liu Rui smiled: "Isn't it easy for me to find you?"

Princess Qingyang trembled, and said loudly: "I won't go back with you! Don't even think about marrying me to that old man again!"

"Stupid girl, brother is that kind of person? I came here this time just to take you home."

"I'm not going back!"

"Don't come back? You are the princess of Liangguo, staying in Jinling, do you know what crime it is?" Liu Rui laughed again, "We are brothers and sisters, how could I harm you?"

Princess Qingyang was still trembling.

Liu Rui just thought it was funny, this was his biological sister after all, he would use her at best, and of course he wouldn't want her life.If this business goes well and he succeeds in killing Ji Zhao and Prince Xi, he will naturally not marry Qing Yang to the old man of the tribe.

He said kindly: "You came so many days earlier than your brother, have you found out anything?"

Princess Qingyang immediately shook her head: "I don't know anything except meeting Zong Mi once!"

"Don't be so scared, I told you, brother will not harm you!"

Princess Qingyang was unwilling to take a step forward.

Later, Liu Rui asked her about Zong Mi, and left before it was dark. Before leaving, he turned around and said with a smile, "Don't try to sneak away while I'm not here. I have a thousand ways find you."

As soon as he left, Princess Qingyang almost collapsed.

Her maid anxiously asked: "Princess! What should I do?!"

Princess Qingyang didn't speak, it was really boring to talk, but she knew in her heart that she must not go back with Liu Rui, and she must not fall into Liu Rui's hands again!She doesn't want to be controlled by Liu Rui and concubine mother anymore!Here, she can obviously have a better life!She doesn't want to go back!

She said messily, "Let me think, let me think again..."

She must be able to think of the most perfect way.

Liu Rui learned about contacting Zong Mi from Princess Qingyang. A few days later, he found a reason and tricked Ji Zhao into sending him down the mountain again. He went to Prince Zheng's mansion to find Zong Mi.Zong Mi has been abolished, and he doesn't know much about the rest of the clan's children, so if he wants to find a puppet, he needs to get some tricks from Zong Mi's mouth.

Zong Zhen and Ji Zhao were afraid that they would not move, so they graciously allowed them to meet.

Of course Zong Zhen knew that their ultimate goal was to kill him, but he was also confident enough that he could guess any method they could think of, so there was nothing to be afraid of, and he was not that easy to kill.

Liu Rui approached Zong Mi, and Zong Mi still had that gloomy look. After Liu Rui kept on talking for a long time, Zong Mi sneered and said, "Fifth Prince, don't talk so much nonsense. You just think that I, Zong Mi, are useless. Just ask me about new available people!"

Liu Rui didn't feel ashamed either, and said with a smile, "Haha, King Zheng is indeed my confidant! Since that's the case, the prince will recommend one to me. In the future, he will be enthroned as emperor and help King Zheng return to the position of prince."

"Hehe, the prince is not a prince, I don't care about Zong Mi, so don't talk nonsense, man, I can recommend it. What I want to tell you is another thing, I know you want to kill Zong Zhen."

"Why, you want to too?"

"It's all because of him that I look like a ghost or a ghost. Do you think I want to!"

Liu Rui smiled: "It seems that Prince Zheng already has a good idea?"

If you can kill Prince Zongzhen with the help of others, why not do it yourself?Liu Rui naturally welcomes it.

Zong Mi's smile concealed his complacency, he had really hidden a trick that Zong Zhen would never have thought of.

At night, Wang Xi wandered outside the back door of Pingyang Houfu.

Her maid and nanny were very anxious and kept trying to persuade her to leave, but she just stared at the door in a daze. She received a letter from her father saying that the prince would indeed not marry her as his concubine again.At that moment, she was so overjoyed that she almost came to look for Brother Zhao again.

She was the one who was abrupt last time, but this time, she really doesn't need to marry again. If she speaks well, Brother Zhao will marry her, right?

They are clearly in love with each other.

But just yesterday, she went to Pipa Lane. It is said that Brother Wen Zhao likes to go there, so she often goes there, especially the shop that Ji Zhao also likes. She bought one in a shop that is said to have been liked by the former son-in-law. Porcelain Doll.When she got home, she played with it for a while, and when the maid put it away, she told her that something was wrong with the doll, the bottom had obviously been tampered with.

These boudoir ladies are naturally afraid of humanity, she quietly ordered the maid to smash the doll, and found a note inside.

The note said that Prince Zongzhen fell in love with brother Zhao and forced brother Zhao to be his male favourite.

is this real?

Is it because of this reason that brother Zhao cannot marry her even if he reconciles with the princess?

If it is true, what should she do?That was Ji Zhao, even if he couldn't marry her, how could he be humiliated like this?

The bewilderment, loss, and helplessness in Wang Xi's eyes could not be concealed even by the darkness of night.

The guard who was always watching Pingyang Hou's mansion told Zong Zhen about this, Zong Zhen didn't think much about it, after all, he had also met Wang Xi who ran to the door of Ji Zhao's house at night in a daze before.

After that night, he had completely bid farewell to his previous life, including Ji Zhao in his previous life.

In this life, before his Zhao Zhao came, he was indeed sorry for the original Ji Zhao. If he hadn't forced Ji Zhao to be his son-in-law, Ji Zhao and Wang Xi would live happily ever after.

As Zhao Zhao said, he didn't want to be too harsh on the poor woman.

After all, he and Zhao Zhao can still have each other, and Wang Xi can no longer have Ji Zhao that belongs to her.

He sighed in his heart, and said to the guard: "Let her go, there is no need to drive her away."

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