Zhuo Qihua

Chapter 125

Chang Jing wiped his hands and followed the eunuch out.After walking for a while, he saw an unfamiliar eunuch, Chang Jing frowned: "Who is looking for us?"

The face-to-face eunuch immediately went forward and knelt down on one knee to salute, then got up and said in a low voice: "The villain was ordered by the imperial concubine to send a letter to Shunji, and the empress told me that this letter must be delivered to Shunji in secret." "The implication is that His Majesty should not know.

Chang Jing's brows tightened, and he said, "Bring it."

"I beg you, Eunuch Chang, to hand over this letter to Zuzu, it's about the life and death of the imperial concubine and empress."

Chang Jing's heart tightened, and he said, "Our family will be handed over to the master, where is the letter?"

The eunuch took out a letter from his pocket and handed it over with both hands. Chang Jing took the letter and quickly put it into his pocket, saying, "You two have never seen our family."

"Little know!"

The two eunuchs left, Chang Jing stood there for a while, but didn't notice anyone else peeping, so he left in a hurry.There was an imperial cook and an eunuch who helped cook in the kitchen, and Chang Jing who returned didn't say anything about it right away.Chang Jing didn't say what he did, and Zhuo Ji didn't ask.Zhuo Ji went back to his room to wash and change clothes after finishing his busy work, and Chang Jing only mentioned this matter when he was waiting for his master to change clothes, and took out the letter.

Is it about the life and death of the imperial concubine? !

Zhuo Ji opened the letter with a serious face. After he read the contents of the letter, he was very speechless and helpless.Chang Jing asked worriedly: "Master, did the servants cause you trouble? Master is afraid that something will happen to the imperial concubine."

Zhuo Ji raised his hand to interrupt Chang Jing, and said: "You are right about this matter. The matter of the imperial concubine is a happy event to me, but it may be a disaster to His Majesty and others. Don't worry about it. , you go call His Majesty to come back for dinner, it won’t taste good when it’s cold.”

"Yes."

Chang Jing left anxiously, wondering what could be a happy event for his master but a disaster for His Majesty?

Zhuo Ji burned the letter, and before Emperor Yong'an came back, he quickly replied a letter to Concubine Xi Gui, wrote a letter to Hu Pengju, and then called Wang Bao.

Emperor Yong'an returned to Fengtian Garden where he and Zhuo Ji lived together in a good mood, and asked as soon as he entered the house, "What's for lunch?"

Zhuo Ji smiled and said: "There are crabs in the kitchen today, I made scallion and ginger crabs. It's not the time to eat crabs yet, there is no crab paste, so your Majesty can make do with it. I have someone boil the wine."

Emperor Yong'an sat down satisfied, and said: "Crab is cold, I allow you to drink two cups."

"Thank you, Your Majesty~"

Wang Bao brought a water basin to wash His Majesty's hands, Zhang Xian, Yuan Xiu and another eunuch had already started picking crab meat.Feng Xi went to deliver the letter and hasn't come back yet.After the table returned to the palace, there was no way to make tofu, so Emperor Yong'an specifically asked to eat more tofu before departure.There are two tofu dishes on this dinner table, brain tofu and crispy tofu.

Zhuo Ji made six dishes and one soup, Emperor Yong'an ate deliciously.Zhuo Ji stopped after eating one crab and said, "Crabs with crab paste are still delicious. Crabs that wait until the Double Ninth Festival will be delicious."

Emperor Yong'an said: "No matter how delicious it is, I can't eat what you made."

Zhang Xian and others pursed their lips and smiled, Zhuo Ji approached Emperor Yong'an: "I will make it for His Majesty in Xiangfu Palace, and we will eat it secretly."

Emperor Yong'an's eyes lit up: "Okay!"

After a meal, Emperor Yong'an was satisfied as usual.It was already a daily habit for the two of them to go for a walk.Emperor Yong'an said: "I have ordered Guan Minghui, Shi Yu and others to return to Beijing first. After the war, there are many trivial matters, and it is nothing important for them to stay in Beigu." The purpose of Emperor Yong'an's personal conquest this time has been achieved, and the accompanying officials There is no need to continue following.

Zhuo Ji thought of one person: "Your Majesty once said that Han Zheng is very good at diplomacy. How about keeping him to appease the Tarkins?"

Emperor Yong'an glanced at Zhuo Ji and asked, "You don't mind?"

Zhuo Ji was inexplicable: "What do I mind?"

Emperor Yong'an was silent for a moment, and said, "Yan Xuan is dead."

"what?!"

Zhuo Ji was stunned, really stunned, and stopped.Emperor Yong'an said indifferently: "He was ill, and he couldn't survive the deep winter of last year. I asked the Han family to take his body back, which is considered as the most benevolent."

Zhuo Ji didn't ask the truth about it, but said: "Han Zheng and I didn't have any relationship before, and we won't have any relationship in the future. I just made a suggestion to His Majesty, and it's up to His Majesty to decide whether to use it or not. As for what Han Zheng has for me Opinion, that has nothing to do with me."

Emperor Yong'an held Zhuo Ji's hand: "I don't like you worrying about other people, especially those who are malicious to you. I didn't want to tell you, but I don't want someone to deliberately disturb your heart with this one day, so that you and I Feeling jealous." After a pause, Emperor Yong'an said: "Shi Fangyun committed suicide the night he was demoted."

Zhuo Ji's heart tightened for a moment, but it was only for a moment.He held Emperor Yong'an's hand instead, and said, "Your Majesty, I am not the white lotus of the Holy Mother. I will have any suspicions against you because of other people's life and death. .”

Emperor Yong'an's tiger face: "What nonsense!"

Zhuo Ji took Emperor Yong'an to continue walking, and said: "My life is hard-won, and I cherish it very much. Your Majesty is my biggest backer. Why should I be angry with Your Majesty for someone who has nothing to do with you? I just heard I'm just a little surprised by this news. If His Majesty didn't mention it, I would have forgotten that Danyang Palace still has Yan Xuan and Shi Fangyun."

Emperor Yong'an: "I don't want you to think I'm cold-blooded."

Zhuo Ji smiled: "Your Majesty is not cold-blooded to me, I am very selfish."

Emperor Yong'an smiled and changed the subject: "I also plan to keep Han Zheng here to appease the Tarkins. But I also made it clear to him that the people who are willing to surrender are the people of our country. I don't mind killing chickens to scare monkeys .”

Zhuo Ji nodded in agreement, and said: "The safest way is to live together. After all, the number of Tarkins is small, and they have been living together for a long time. As long as their lives are good, most people are still happy to live in peace. As for the few , Kill as you should."

When they arrived at the pavilion, Zhuo Ji pulled Emperor Yong'an over, and Emperor Yong'an asked, "Tired?"

Zhuo Ji: "I have something to tell Your Majesty."

Emperor Yong'an curiously followed Zhuo Ji into the gazebo and sat down. Zhuo Ji gave Zhang Xian a motion not to follow.Zhang Xian immediately led the people out of the long distance.Zhuo Ji sat down beside Emperor Yong'an and asked, "Your Majesty, what do you think of the twins?"

Emperor Yong'an immediately frowned: "Why do you ask that?"

"Because I want to know."

Emperor Yong'an remained silent, and after a long time, he asked directly: "Who in the palace is pregnant with twins?"

Zhuo Ji: "Your Majesty, do you think twins are a disaster?"

Emperor Yong'an said bluntly: "I know you will say that I am ignorant. I don't mind, but how do I explain the science to the ministers and workers of the previous dynasty? Twins, born into disaster, it is ominous!"

Zhuo Ji sighed: "But at my time, if someone was pregnant with twins, it would be a great event to celebrate with setting off firecrackers."

Emperor Yong'an: "Who is it?"

Zhuo Ji: "Your Majesty, the royal family thinks that twins are inauspicious because twins look the same and are prone to trouble?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Yes."

Zhuo Ji: "But not all twins look the same. Only identical twins are the same, but fraternal twins are not. Fraternal twins will have different looks and genders. Even identical twins, As long as His Majesty agrees, they can also look different. Your Majesty, the disasters in the harem will always be man-made disasters, and it has nothing to do with whether they are twins or not."

Emperor Yong'an: "You said so much to let me accept the twins. But Zhuo Ji, I can accept it, but the ministers and workers of the previous dynasty will not allow me to accept it. I can't guarantee that they will not harm the emperor in the future." .”

Zhuo Ji: "What if they are fraternal twins?"

Emperor Yong'an: "Whether identical or fraternal, as long as both are princes, only one can be kept."

Emperor Yong'an did not have to discuss this matter, and Zhuo Ji was very troubled.He got up and squatted in front of Emperor Yong'an, put his hands on Emperor Yong'an's lap and said, "Your Majesty, please promise me that if both of them are princes, you will leave the one that cannot be kept to me."

"...Yes." Emperor Yong'an continued to ask, "Who is it?"

Zhuo Ji: "The imperial concubine."

Emperor Yong'an's eyes turned cold, and Zhuo Ji held his hand: "Your Majesty, the concubine's birth was hard-won. Since she became pregnant, she has had severe morning sickness. Knowing that she may be pregnant with twins, the empress is very worried. This is a very stressful thing for her during pregnancy. Your Majesty, there is a high possibility of a caesarean section for the concubine's pregnancy. Once the caesarean section is performed, this is the last chance for the empress to conceive in this life. You should know best She attaches great importance to this birth. It is understandable that she dare not tell you. Your Majesty, I promise, if the two children are boys, I will educate the other child well, and your Majesty will never appear something to worry about."

Emperor Yong'an: "She knew that I would listen to you, so she asked you to intercede for her. Has she ever thought about how you will be criticized once it is known that you are trying to keep those two children? You are a disaster for the country The chief culprit of Datong, his heart can be punished!" Emperor Yong'an raised his hand to touch Zhuo Ji's face, "Don't talk about being a noble concubine, even my prince is not as important as you to me. If the noble concubine is gone, I can't do it again. Seal one. If this prince is gone, I will have another prince. But you, I only have one."

The cold-blooded words of Emperor Yong'an couldn't help but move Zhuo Ji.He lowered his head and rested on Emperor Yong'an's knee. After a long while, he said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, before the imperial concubine gives birth, don't let people know that she is pregnant with twins and say that her belly is too big. Wait until the concubine gives birth." That day, I personally delivered the baby for the empress. If it was a twin, it would be a happy event. If it was two princes, the weaker one would be taken out of the palace and said to have died. Among the twins, there must be one who is more developed Good. The one in good health will stay in the palace and be the prince."

Emperor Yong'an: "If both are princes, the one who stays in the palace will be raised under the empress dowager's lap. I will allow you to arrange for the one to be taken out."

Zhuo Ji raised his head: "Why is it raised under the Empress Dowager's knee?"

Emperor Yong'an: "You also said how much the imperial concubine valued this child. Of the two children, only one can be kept. As a mother, I don't believe her. She will be raised under the empress dowager's knee, even if the child knows that he has a twin child in the future." Brother, you won’t be confused.”

Zhuo Ji didn't know what to say.Emperor Yong'an picked him up, hugged him on his lap, pressed his head on his neck with one hand and said: "Don't blame me for being cold-blooded. I am an emperor first, and a husband second. Everything is inferior My country is important, even you."

Zhuo Ji: "I understand."

Emperor Yong'an: "I will not be Tang Minghuang, because I know that you will always be Zhuo Ji, someone who can advance and retreat with me, and guide the country together with me. If you are just an ordinary harem maid, I will not I will pamper you like this, at most I treat you as I treat the royal concubine."

Zhuo Ji: "I know."

Emperor Yong'an didn't look at Zhuo Ji, but asked, "Are you angry at me for being cold-blooded?"

Zhuo Ji shook his head: "Someone said that the emperor is another race, don't look at an emperor with the thinking of ordinary people. Every sage king in history who has a long history is extremely cold-blooded in the eyes of ordinary people. The cruel side. In the face of the interests and development of the country, personal feelings are completely unnecessary and unimportant. The trust you have given me, Your Majesty, is already very rare and precious. If I hadn't experienced that kind of world, I would Maybe you will feel depressed and feel that you are too cold-blooded, Your Majesty. But I have experienced such a world. In extraordinary times, I can even take my life, so how can I think that Your Majesty is cold-blooded. To govern such a huge country, yes To develop the people's livelihood internally, and to deal with those who are eye-catching externally, the emperor himself is not competent for ordinary people. The child who cannot be left behind will be handed over to me, and the imperial concubine will be at ease. If it is the worst case, the imperial concubine I will understand. Or maybe it’s just twins or a prince and a brother, and there will be no such troubles at all.”

Emperor Yong'an: "I also hope to be a dragon and a phoenix or a brother and a brother."

Zhuo Ji understood his decision, Emperor Yong'an secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and softened his tone: "If the imperial concubine gives birth to two princes, I will compensate her family. No one in the palace can afford it except her." The responsibility of the noble concubine. I don’t know how many people in the harem of the past dynasties were executed because they were pregnant with twins, and I just sent away a prince, which is already kind."

Zhuo Ji sighed: "I am giving away my son, this time I gave it a little too hard."

Emperor Yong'an was stunned for a moment, chuckled twice, and then said as if talking to himself: "If you are pregnant with twins, I will do everything possible to keep them in the palace, you are different."

Zhuo Ji's heart was hit hard by something, he hugged Emperor Yong'an's waist, and said as if talking to himself: "I owe His Majesty so many children, if I have twins every time in my next life, I will pay you back a few times." It’s not bad to pay off the debt.”

Emperor Yong'an laughed again, and patted Zhuo Ji on the back: "Stop sitting still, accompany me back to take a nap."

Zhuo Ji got off the lap of Emperor Yong'an, and Emperor Yong'an stood up, held Zhuo Ji's hand, and led him back to Fengtian Garden.Zhang Xian and the others were relieved to see His Majesty and Zuo Zu regained their affection.They couldn't hear what His Majesty said to Zuo, but the atmosphere just now was really wrong!Fortunately, it seems to be ok now.

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