[Zhan Zhao] Counseling County Master Chasing Her Husband
Chapter 53 Talking Hearts
When Zhan Zhao looked for her, she would go there too, not to mention walking up the mountain at night.
Zhao Ning got dressed gently.
Nan Xing fell into a drowsy sleep, when he heard the movement, he got up and asked, "Where are you going?"
Zhao Ning said softly, "Zhan Zhao is looking for me."
When Nan Xing heard that Zhan Zhao was looking for her, she groaned and lay back under the covers.
With the quilt covering her head, Nan Xing asked again: "Then are you coming back at night?"
Zhao Ning: "..."
"return."
Zhao Ning was afraid that Nan Xing would be rested, so he didn't turn on the lamp, got dressed in the dark, and said, "Go to bed first."
Nan Xing responded and fell back into a deep sleep.
Zhao Ning came out of the tent.
Under the water-colored cloak, the moonlight skirt was slightly exposed. Perhaps because she got up in a hurry, she didn't comb her hair into a cloud, but tied it with a piece of silk.
The night wind blew her skirt and untucked hair, fluttering like a person in the moon palace.
Zhang Long's eyes lit up, no wonder Zhan Zhao, who was normally dignified like a well-educated monk, moved Fanxin.
Such a person, tsk tsk.
Zhang Long led Zhao Ning all the way to Zhan Zhao's place.
Zhan Zhao was dressed in red, standing with his hands behind his back, under the moonlight.
Xiao Xiao Su Su, tall and straight like a pine.
The moonlight was gentle, and his heroic eyebrows were also gentle, and he stretched out his hand to Zhao Ning.
Zhang Long sent the person to him, turned around and left.
Zhao Ning smiled and walked over.
Even if Zhan Zhao didn't do anything, Zhao Ning was still happy.
This is the mood when you like someone, and you will be very happy to see him.
Zhan Zhao stuffed a package of things into Zhao Ning's hands, and said, "Open it and have a look."
In an instant, countless fireflies flew out from Zhao Ning's palm, illuminating the surrounding area like daytime.
Zhao Ning's eyes widened, and his breathing stopped for a moment.
She has seen the gorgeous fireworks and admired the gorgeous glazed palace lanterns, but they are not as good as the stars in front of her.
One by one flew out of her palm, or flew far away, or surrounded her, and some fell between her clothes and hair.
The rays of light were intertwined, and Zhao Ning's gaze softened little by little until the water vapor filled it.
The Zhan Zhao in front of him had clear and bright eyes, and the tenderness inside was what she had been looking forward to in her last life and couldn't get it.
However, in this life, she and him are no longer parallel lines that never intersect.
He was standing right in front of her, very close at hand.
She could even feel his warm breath.
Zhan Zhao's thumb with a thin callus touched the spot under her eyes carefully and gently.
Zhan Zhao asked, "Why are you crying?"
Zhao Ning raised his head, and saw Zhan Zhao's slightly frowning brows because he saw her crying through his teary eyes.
"Zhan Zhao, you are so kind."
Zhan Zhao laughed, with a clear voice, and said, "As long as you like it."
Zhao Ning has been wronged too much in the past few days. He saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. He wanted to coax her, but she was a princess, and she was used to seeing precious things in the world. In the wild mountains, there is nothing unusual to make her happy.
Until he saw fireflies flying in the mountains.
Zhao Ning was born in the imperial family and raised in the deep palace, so he has never seen such a thing.
So he caught so many fireflies excitedly, and asked Zhang Long to invite Zhao Ning.
As soon as Zhang Long left, Zhan Zhao remembered that Zhao Ning had always been in poor health. He was afraid that it would be bad for her health to come here late at night, so he wanted to tell Zhang Long not to go, but Zhang Long had already walked away laughing.
Zhang Long said, if the princess doesn't come, wouldn't your thoughts be in vain?
But Zhan Zhao thought, it's a trivial matter for his thoughts to be wasted, and it's not good for Zhao Ning's body to be damaged.
Feeling anxious, Zhao Ning came over.
The night wind blew Zhao Ning's skirt, black hair and snowy skin, reminding Zhan Zhao of the first time they met in Shengpinglou.
At that time, her expression was indifferent and unattainable, but now, when she looks at him, her heart and eyes are full of joy.
Zhao Ning's chest rose and fell slightly, and he didn't need to think about it, he knew the reason for walking over quickly.
Zhan Zhao suddenly had an idea in his heart.
It would have been great if they hadn't rejected Zhao Zhen's offer of marriage back then.
Zhan Zhao's hands covered her face, her face was delicate and smooth.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Zhan Zhao felt Zhao Ning lift his toes, smiled slightly, and lowered his head to kiss her lips.
She didn't close her lips tightly like the last two times, avoiding her soft little tongue, allowing him to break in wantonly.
Her breath is also sweet, with a touch of sandalwood unique to her body.
Zhan Zhao couldn't help but think of the absurdity of that night.
Every part of her body is soft.
Zhan Zhao caught his breath and let go of Zhao Ning.
The corners of Zhao Ning's eyes were redder than before, and he was ignorant, with tears still hanging from his long eyelashes.
Zhao Ning lowered his head.
The pink neck in the collar was red, and the tips of the ears slightly protruding from the black hair were also red, Zhan Zhao coughed lightly, and looked away.
"I thought you hadn't seen these things."
Zhan Zhao's clear voice was a little hoarse, he grabbed a firefly flying beside him, put it in Zhao Ning's hand, and said, "Look."
"Do you feel better?"
The fireflies are warm, and Zhan Zhao's fingers are also warm. His fingers brushed against Zhao Ning's slightly cold palm, and Zhao Ning's face turned even redder.
Zhao Ning whispered, "It's much better."
Zhan Zhao's kiss is just like his personality, forbearing and restrained, careful and cautious, Zhao Ning can hardly feel any passion/desire from him.
Until she heard the imperceptible and suppressed hoarseness in his voice, Zhao Ning understood his feelings for her in a trance.
Like is presumptuous, but love is restrained.
Zhao Ning wrapped his arms around his waist, buried his face in his chest, closed his eyes, and said, "I come from a royal family, rich and honored."
"I have seen the graceful dancing of the dancers in the Shengping Building, and the heroic formation of the soldiers on the border. I always thought that was the most beautiful scene in time. In a peaceful and prosperous age, drinking horses on the battlefield."
"It wasn't until today that I realized that the most beautiful thing is the starlight in your eyes."
Zhao Ning's face was pressed against Zhan Zhao's chest, listening to his powerful heartbeat, his mood was unprecedentedly peaceful.
The love doesn't know where it started, it goes deeper and deeper, and it gets out of hand.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Long woke up early and was about to move his body, when he noticed that Zhan Zhao was washing clothes in the morning light.
In the morning light, Zhan Zhao's usually gentle face was as dark as Bao Zheng's.
Zhang Long was a little puzzled.
He knew that Zhan Zhao liked to be clean, but if he remembered correctly, Zhan Zhao's red official uniform was just put on the day before yesterday, no matter what, he didn't have to wear it for a day, just change it out and wash it again, right?
Zhang Long yawned and looked at Zhan Zhao. His face was dark and his brows were furrowed into Sichuan characters. He wanted to rub his clothes to pieces, which was very different from his usual behavior of cherishing clothes.
Zhan Zhao's abnormality made Zhang Long couldn't help but lower his head and ponder for a while, but he couldn't figure out why after pondering for a long time.
Until he remembered what happened last night.
Zhan Zhao is an extremely upright person, known as a gentleman, he would never take a step beyond the threshold, otherwise, even if he was killed, he would not send Zhao Ning to the mountain in the middle of the night.
As a young man like Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long still has a lot of insights into the principle that when the moon is full, the water is full and the water is full.
Zhang Long walked over, patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and laughed out loud, "Hero Zhan, young man, it's normal to be young."
Zhan Zhao's body froze, and his face turned even darker.
The sun gradually rose in the east, and a group of people started on the road again.
Encountering beautiful wild flowers blooming halfway, Zhan Zhao leaned over to pick them off.
After taking it off, Zhan Zhao habitually glanced at Zhao Ning.
As usual, Zhao Ning's sedan chair was rickety, but the difference was that this time Zhan Zhao noticed that she no longer secretly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair to look at him.
Zhan Zhao rode his horse to Zhao Ning's sedan chair, but there was no movement inside.
Zhan Zhao lifted the car curtain, he didn't have a good rest last night, his physical strength can still support him, but Zhao Ning can't.
Zhao Ning was leaning on the sedan chair, his little head was dozing off bit by bit like a chicken pecking at rice.
Zhan Zhao looked at her sleeping face, his heart softened, and he slowly lowered the car curtain.
Gently patted the horse's back, the horse seemed to have become human, and the sound of hoofbeats also subsided.
Zhan Zhao rode on the horse, and before he arrived in Tokyo City, he saw the king of the Eight Sage Kings from a distance.
All the guards shouted in front and embraced in a very grand manner.
A guard in fresh clothes came on horseback, bowed his hands to Zhan Zhao, and said: "The guards of Zhan have worked hard all the way, and my prince is on the way to clean up Mr. Bao."
Having said that, he glanced at Zhao Ning's sedan chair.
Zhan Zhao knew that they were here to pick up Zhao Ning.
Zhan Zhao got off his horse, straightened his clothes, straightened his officer's hat, and when he confirmed that he was well dressed, he and Bao Zheng, who had just got off the sedan chair, came to greet the Eight Sage Kings.
In the past, he didn't have much feeling for the Eight Sage Kings, he just thought that he was a rich and happy prince who didn't care much about government affairs. Now that he has the relationship with Zhao Ning, he has a new understanding of the Eight Sage Kings—— old father-in-law.
Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to make a good impression in front of the Eight Sage Kings.
Zhan Zhao straightened his back even more, and went to pay homage to the Eight Worthy Kings with vigor.
Unexpectedly, after the Eighth Wise King got off the sedan chair, he waved his hand and told him to step back without even looking at him, his eyes went straight to Zhao Ning's Luan sedan chair.
Zhan Zhao: "..."
Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, and calmly stepped aside.
After all, Zhao Ning has been away from Beijing for a few days, and it is normal for the Eight Sage King to miss his daughter.
Baxian thought in his heart that he hadn't seen his beloved daughter for many days, and looked at the gorgeous sedan chair full of anticipation.
Until an old lady who was over fifty years old got off the sedan chair.
The Eighth Sage King rubbed his eyes, thinking he was dazzled.
Seeing this, Bao Zheng took a step forward, and was about to explain in a low voice, but the Eight Sage Kings had already strode over.
Those who walked over together were the guards of the palace.
Standing with their swords one by one, they stared covetously at the people who got off Zhao Ningluan's sedan chair.
The little maid serving Empress Dowager Li reminded her in a low voice that this was the Eight Sage Kings, but Empress Dowager Li ignored her and brushed her temple hair. Just as she was about to speak, she felt a gust of wind pass by.
The armor collided, and the guards followed the Eight Sage Kings.
Empress Dowager Li was a little puzzled. When the late Emperor was alive, the Eight Sage Kings often went to and from the palace, and they had seen her and treated her quite well. Even if they hadn't seen each other for 20 years, they should be able to recognize her.
But now the Eighth Sage King walked over without saying a word, what does it mean?
What's more, her son was raised by the Baxian King and became the current emperor. Because of this relationship, he should also be more respectful to her.
The Eight Sage King bypassed Queen Mother Li and came to the small sedan chair behind.
Zhao Ning opened the sedan chair curtain, showed his face slightly, and called Father Wang sweetly.
The smile disappeared from the face of the Baxian King, and he said: "Nonsense, why do you sit in such a small sedan chair?"
After speaking, he glanced around, Fang Hai knelt down in a hurry, and said in his mouth: "My lord, this is not my subordinate's business."
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Lord Bao's mother is not in good health, so I gave her the sedan chair."
As Zhao Ning spoke, he looked at the expression of the Eight Sage Kings.
"Have you seen her just now?"
The Eight Sage Kings looked as usual, and said: "I have seen it."
"Father's sedan chair is spacious, let's go back together."
The Baxian King took Zhao Ning to his sedan chair, but he didn't mention Bao Zheng's mother at all, he just said: "My father received your letter, and he has been waiting on the official road for a few days. I never see you back."
Zhao Ning said with a smile: "I was delayed on the road for some time."
Zhao Ning sat on the sedan chair and lifted a corner of the veil. In the crowd, Zhan Zhao was dressed in red, riding a horse, facing the sun, looking up in her direction.
Seeing that she was also looking at him, Zhan Zhao laughed.
Zhao Ning lowered his head and smiled, and put down the veil.
The Eighth Sage King took Zhao Ning back to the palace. The Eighth Princess Di Niang Niang had already received the reply from the guards and prepared a table of good food and wine to welcome Zhao Ning Nanxing.
Nan Xing drank a few glasses of wine, then got up to leave, saying that he was going to find Pang Yu.
The Eighth Sage King was a little surprised, and said, "Don't you hate him the most?"
Zhao Ning knew that Nan Xing asked Pang Yu for advice on how to chase Bai Yutang, so he smoothed things over and said, "If she goes, let her go."
The Eighth Sage King didn't want to ask more about the little girl's thoughts, so he drank an extra glass of wine in depression.
As for the other little girl who stayed at home and was still eating, her eyes flickered and she was hiding something in her heart.
The Eighth Sage King sighed, the girl couldn't help her father, she was close to him when she was a child, and once she grew up, she didn't want to say a word to him anymore.
Pity him for months in fear, looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for them to come back. What's more, a prince, who went out of the city to greet them with his guards.
Zhao Jue returned to Beijing to congratulate him, but he never gave Zhao Jue this face.
Sadly, the Eighth Sage King took the jug and went to the garden to drink alone against the moon to relieve his worries.
The eighth concubine put vegetables in Zhao Ning's bowl, and was eating happily, not caring at all about the figure of the eighth sage king taking a step and shaking it three times.
After all, Zhao Ning has a little more conscience than the eighth princess, looking at the back of the eighth sage king, he said: "Father, this..."
The eighth princess waved her hand, said disapprovingly: "Don't worry about him, let him go."
The eighth concubine shook her head as she said: "I'm old, and my temper is still the same as when I was young. I don't know what evil I did. I put your father on the table."
Hearing the tone of the eighth princess was quite relaxed, Zhao Ning was relieved.
Regarding the matter of Empress Dowager Li, Zhao Ning tested the Baxian King several times on the way back, but the Baxian King avoided talking about it.
The eight virtuous king had a vague attitude, so Zhao Ning had no choice but to inquire about the eighth concubine.
Zhao Ning tentatively said, "Mother Concubine, do you know how the late Emperor's concubine Li Chen died?"
"Good or bad,"
The eighth concubine stopped eating, her crescent eyebrows twitched together, and her tone was extremely disgusting: "What are you talking about that vixen!"
The eighth concubine waved, and all the maids in the room retreated.
The eight concubine's words were astonishing, Zhao Ning digested it for a while, and then kindly reminded: "Mother concubine, concubine Chen is the concubine of the first emperor..."
Before Zhao Ning finished speaking, the eighth concubine put down her chopsticks heavily and said, "Don't say now, even in front of the late emperor, I dare to say that!"
"Since she is the late emperor's concubine, she should abide by the palace rules and serve the late emperor wholeheartedly. What's the point of flirting with your father? Your father is also a fool, because she is not married at this age, and the late emperor looks really bad." That's why he married me to him."
Zhao Ning's small mouth was slightly opened, and he was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked.
No wonder his father avoided talking about Concubine Li Chen, and no wonder he left the table halfway through the meal to go to the garden to drink alone with the moon. It turned out that there was such a reason.
Zhao Ning instantly remembered the events of his previous life.
When Concubine Li was still in court in the previous life, her father and king returned every night, and her mother and concubine sighed endlessly. She was seriously ill at that time and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that I think about it, it was because of Concubine Li's affairs.
Concubine Li was still in court in the previous life, and her father and king worked hard to help her, so what about this life?
Now that Concubine Li is alive, will he help or not?
The voice of the eighth concubine's grievances continued: "I'm sorry that my Di family is not a wealthy family. If I were a wealthy family, how could I be wronged? Besides, your uncle is in the army. I'm afraid that if you don't marry, Because of his disadvantage in his official career, he had no choice but to marry your royal father."
"I thought that after getting married, he would accept his heart and live with me wholeheartedly. Who would have thought that after a few years, he would come to hug me—"
The eighth princess's voice stopped abruptly.
The civet cat's exchange for the crown prince was a top secret in the palace. For many years, only the Baxian King and her knew about it. Even the emperor Zhao Zhen was kept a secret.
The eighth princess knew she had made a slip of the tongue, so she hurriedly drank a glass of wine to cover up her gaffe.
Zhao Ning lived a new life, and naturally knew about the civet cat's exchange for the prince, but the Eighth Wise King and Eighth Princess didn't want her to know, so she just pretended not to know, and didn't mention Queen Mother Li anymore.
The eighth princess recalled the past, felt sad for a while, and drank a few more glasses. Zhao Ning called the maid to serve her to have a good rest.
Zhao Ning thought about what her mother and concubine said for a long time, and Zhao Ning had doubts about the absurd things her mother and concubine said about her father and concubine Li.
At first glance, what her mother and concubine said was indeed well-founded and well-founded. Her father was very popular with the late emperor, he often walked around the palace, and had a good relationship with the late emperor's concubines.
It is true that her father married very late, and the marriage between her father and her mother was indeed bestowed by the late emperor.
But if you think about it carefully, there are quite a lot of loopholes.
Firstly, no matter how much the late Emperor liked her father, it was impossible for her father to flirt with Concubine Li. Secondly, she felt that her father treated her empress very well. , is notoriously henpecked in Tokyo.
But her mother and concubine are not people who like to catch wind and shadows, if there is no basis, she will not say these words.
The more Zhao Ning thought about it, the more confused he became, so he simply came to the garden to find the Eight Sage Kings.
The moonlight was half round, and the eight virtuous kings were sitting in the bamboo pavilion in the garden, drinking by themselves, looking at their backs, they felt very desolate.
Zhao Ning walked over, poured himself a glass of wine, and sighed: "Father, you still can't forget her?"
The Eighth Sage King shook his hand and dropped his chopsticks.
Zhao Ning: "..."
Zhao Ning suddenly believed her concubine mother's words again. If not, why would her father be so shocked before she revealed who it was?
The Eighth Sage King laughed dryly, and asked Zhao Ning, "Why did you come here to be your father if you didn't go with your mother and concubine?"
It was related to her mother and concubine's life, Zhao Ning didn't want to go around in circles with him, so she went straight to the point and said what her mother and concubine said.
Eight Wise Kings turned from shock to shock, and then shock turned to anger.
Zhao Ning's eyes darkened, and she completely believed what her mother and concubine said—her father and king were poked in the center of his mind, and became angry from embarrassment.
Sure enough, the Eighth Sage King threw away the last trace of elegance, and said angrily, "Is that what she told you?"
Zhao Ning nodded.
The Eighth Wise King picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it down, then threw the glass away angrily, and said, "It happened so many years ago, and she still clung to it!"
"The late emperor was busy with government affairs, so that several princes were injured. Later, the heirs were in trouble. The late emperor suspected that someone in the palace had killed the emperor's heir, so he had to take care of him at all times for his father. As a father, he said that his ministers should not manage the emperor's wife. The first emperor said, except Apart from his father, he dare not trust anyone."
There was a look of pain in the eyes of the eight sage kings. They were all born in the royal family and were extremely noble, but who knew the pain in it?
"My father couldn't get rid of it, so I had to walk around the harem from time to time. This walk really caused my father to find out several dirty things. But because of these few things, there were rumors that my father was contemptuous of the imperial concubine. Since then, none of the dignitaries in Tokyo City dared to promise their daughters to be their fathers."
The Eight Sage King looked serious and did not seem to be fake, Zhao Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Ning asked again: "What about the mother concubine? Why did the father marry the mother concubine?"
The Eight Worthy King's face was a bit weird, and he drank another glass of wine before he spoke in a low voice: "That year when your uncle returned to court after a great victory, the late Emperor wanted to reward him, but he said no reward, and betrothed a marriage to his sister. , is enough."
Zhao Ning nodded. Her uncle and her mother and concubine's parents died early, and it was her mother and concubine who dragged her uncle into adulthood, which delayed her marriage.
"To show how much he valued him, the first emperor recruited talented people from all over the court to choose from, but he was always dissatisfied with the selection. It happened that his father came to ask the first emperor to play chess, so he took his father as his Saying it is for the father. To be the father is not willing..."
Speaking of this, the Eight Sage King stopped again, and Zhao Ning couldn't help asking: "What happened next?"
Baxian Wang Ququan coughed lightly, and his voice became even lower: "Your uncle played a set of serial knives on the spot..."
Zhao Ning: "..."
And her father is the one who is forced to marry.
Zhao Ning tried hard to digest her father's words, since her father had no affection for Queen Mother Li, she no longer worried.
But thinking about the chaos in the city of Tokyo after Concubine Li returned to court in the last life, Zhao Ning thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask her father's attitude.
After all, in the previous life, without the help of her father, it would have been impossible for Concubine Li to successfully become the Queen Mother.
Zhao Ning said: "Father, if Concubine Li is not dead, what will you do?"
The Eight Sage King shook his hands, his face changed slightly, and then returned to normal.
He looked up at Zhao Ning with deep eyes, and said, "Ah Ning, no matter what you see or hear outside, don't worry about it."
"You only need to know one thing, and that is, Concubine Chen is dead."
"20 years ago, she died."
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Zhao Ning got dressed gently.
Nan Xing fell into a drowsy sleep, when he heard the movement, he got up and asked, "Where are you going?"
Zhao Ning said softly, "Zhan Zhao is looking for me."
When Nan Xing heard that Zhan Zhao was looking for her, she groaned and lay back under the covers.
With the quilt covering her head, Nan Xing asked again: "Then are you coming back at night?"
Zhao Ning: "..."
"return."
Zhao Ning was afraid that Nan Xing would be rested, so he didn't turn on the lamp, got dressed in the dark, and said, "Go to bed first."
Nan Xing responded and fell back into a deep sleep.
Zhao Ning came out of the tent.
Under the water-colored cloak, the moonlight skirt was slightly exposed. Perhaps because she got up in a hurry, she didn't comb her hair into a cloud, but tied it with a piece of silk.
The night wind blew her skirt and untucked hair, fluttering like a person in the moon palace.
Zhang Long's eyes lit up, no wonder Zhan Zhao, who was normally dignified like a well-educated monk, moved Fanxin.
Such a person, tsk tsk.
Zhang Long led Zhao Ning all the way to Zhan Zhao's place.
Zhan Zhao was dressed in red, standing with his hands behind his back, under the moonlight.
Xiao Xiao Su Su, tall and straight like a pine.
The moonlight was gentle, and his heroic eyebrows were also gentle, and he stretched out his hand to Zhao Ning.
Zhang Long sent the person to him, turned around and left.
Zhao Ning smiled and walked over.
Even if Zhan Zhao didn't do anything, Zhao Ning was still happy.
This is the mood when you like someone, and you will be very happy to see him.
Zhan Zhao stuffed a package of things into Zhao Ning's hands, and said, "Open it and have a look."
In an instant, countless fireflies flew out from Zhao Ning's palm, illuminating the surrounding area like daytime.
Zhao Ning's eyes widened, and his breathing stopped for a moment.
She has seen the gorgeous fireworks and admired the gorgeous glazed palace lanterns, but they are not as good as the stars in front of her.
One by one flew out of her palm, or flew far away, or surrounded her, and some fell between her clothes and hair.
The rays of light were intertwined, and Zhao Ning's gaze softened little by little until the water vapor filled it.
The Zhan Zhao in front of him had clear and bright eyes, and the tenderness inside was what she had been looking forward to in her last life and couldn't get it.
However, in this life, she and him are no longer parallel lines that never intersect.
He was standing right in front of her, very close at hand.
She could even feel his warm breath.
Zhan Zhao's thumb with a thin callus touched the spot under her eyes carefully and gently.
Zhan Zhao asked, "Why are you crying?"
Zhao Ning raised his head, and saw Zhan Zhao's slightly frowning brows because he saw her crying through his teary eyes.
"Zhan Zhao, you are so kind."
Zhan Zhao laughed, with a clear voice, and said, "As long as you like it."
Zhao Ning has been wronged too much in the past few days. He saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart. He wanted to coax her, but she was a princess, and she was used to seeing precious things in the world. In the wild mountains, there is nothing unusual to make her happy.
Until he saw fireflies flying in the mountains.
Zhao Ning was born in the imperial family and raised in the deep palace, so he has never seen such a thing.
So he caught so many fireflies excitedly, and asked Zhang Long to invite Zhao Ning.
As soon as Zhang Long left, Zhan Zhao remembered that Zhao Ning had always been in poor health. He was afraid that it would be bad for her health to come here late at night, so he wanted to tell Zhang Long not to go, but Zhang Long had already walked away laughing.
Zhang Long said, if the princess doesn't come, wouldn't your thoughts be in vain?
But Zhan Zhao thought, it's a trivial matter for his thoughts to be wasted, and it's not good for Zhao Ning's body to be damaged.
Feeling anxious, Zhao Ning came over.
The night wind blew Zhao Ning's skirt, black hair and snowy skin, reminding Zhan Zhao of the first time they met in Shengpinglou.
At that time, her expression was indifferent and unattainable, but now, when she looks at him, her heart and eyes are full of joy.
Zhao Ning's chest rose and fell slightly, and he didn't need to think about it, he knew the reason for walking over quickly.
Zhan Zhao suddenly had an idea in his heart.
It would have been great if they hadn't rejected Zhao Zhen's offer of marriage back then.
Zhan Zhao's hands covered her face, her face was delicate and smooth.
Wiping away the tears from the corners of her eyes, Zhan Zhao felt Zhao Ning lift his toes, smiled slightly, and lowered his head to kiss her lips.
She didn't close her lips tightly like the last two times, avoiding her soft little tongue, allowing him to break in wantonly.
Her breath is also sweet, with a touch of sandalwood unique to her body.
Zhan Zhao couldn't help but think of the absurdity of that night.
Every part of her body is soft.
Zhan Zhao caught his breath and let go of Zhao Ning.
The corners of Zhao Ning's eyes were redder than before, and he was ignorant, with tears still hanging from his long eyelashes.
Zhao Ning lowered his head.
The pink neck in the collar was red, and the tips of the ears slightly protruding from the black hair were also red, Zhan Zhao coughed lightly, and looked away.
"I thought you hadn't seen these things."
Zhan Zhao's clear voice was a little hoarse, he grabbed a firefly flying beside him, put it in Zhao Ning's hand, and said, "Look."
"Do you feel better?"
The fireflies are warm, and Zhan Zhao's fingers are also warm. His fingers brushed against Zhao Ning's slightly cold palm, and Zhao Ning's face turned even redder.
Zhao Ning whispered, "It's much better."
Zhan Zhao's kiss is just like his personality, forbearing and restrained, careful and cautious, Zhao Ning can hardly feel any passion/desire from him.
Until she heard the imperceptible and suppressed hoarseness in his voice, Zhao Ning understood his feelings for her in a trance.
Like is presumptuous, but love is restrained.
Zhao Ning wrapped his arms around his waist, buried his face in his chest, closed his eyes, and said, "I come from a royal family, rich and honored."
"I have seen the graceful dancing of the dancers in the Shengping Building, and the heroic formation of the soldiers on the border. I always thought that was the most beautiful scene in time. In a peaceful and prosperous age, drinking horses on the battlefield."
"It wasn't until today that I realized that the most beautiful thing is the starlight in your eyes."
Zhao Ning's face was pressed against Zhan Zhao's chest, listening to his powerful heartbeat, his mood was unprecedentedly peaceful.
The love doesn't know where it started, it goes deeper and deeper, and it gets out of hand.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhang Long woke up early and was about to move his body, when he noticed that Zhan Zhao was washing clothes in the morning light.
In the morning light, Zhan Zhao's usually gentle face was as dark as Bao Zheng's.
Zhang Long was a little puzzled.
He knew that Zhan Zhao liked to be clean, but if he remembered correctly, Zhan Zhao's red official uniform was just put on the day before yesterday, no matter what, he didn't have to wear it for a day, just change it out and wash it again, right?
Zhang Long yawned and looked at Zhan Zhao. His face was dark and his brows were furrowed into Sichuan characters. He wanted to rub his clothes to pieces, which was very different from his usual behavior of cherishing clothes.
Zhan Zhao's abnormality made Zhang Long couldn't help but lower his head and ponder for a while, but he couldn't figure out why after pondering for a long time.
Until he remembered what happened last night.
Zhan Zhao is an extremely upright person, known as a gentleman, he would never take a step beyond the threshold, otherwise, even if he was killed, he would not send Zhao Ning to the mountain in the middle of the night.
As a young man like Zhan Zhao, Zhang Long still has a lot of insights into the principle that when the moon is full, the water is full and the water is full.
Zhang Long walked over, patted Zhan Zhao's shoulder, and laughed out loud, "Hero Zhan, young man, it's normal to be young."
Zhan Zhao's body froze, and his face turned even darker.
The sun gradually rose in the east, and a group of people started on the road again.
Encountering beautiful wild flowers blooming halfway, Zhan Zhao leaned over to pick them off.
After taking it off, Zhan Zhao habitually glanced at Zhao Ning.
As usual, Zhao Ning's sedan chair was rickety, but the difference was that this time Zhan Zhao noticed that she no longer secretly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair to look at him.
Zhan Zhao rode his horse to Zhao Ning's sedan chair, but there was no movement inside.
Zhan Zhao lifted the car curtain, he didn't have a good rest last night, his physical strength can still support him, but Zhao Ning can't.
Zhao Ning was leaning on the sedan chair, his little head was dozing off bit by bit like a chicken pecking at rice.
Zhan Zhao looked at her sleeping face, his heart softened, and he slowly lowered the car curtain.
Gently patted the horse's back, the horse seemed to have become human, and the sound of hoofbeats also subsided.
Zhan Zhao rode on the horse, and before he arrived in Tokyo City, he saw the king of the Eight Sage Kings from a distance.
All the guards shouted in front and embraced in a very grand manner.
A guard in fresh clothes came on horseback, bowed his hands to Zhan Zhao, and said: "The guards of Zhan have worked hard all the way, and my prince is on the way to clean up Mr. Bao."
Having said that, he glanced at Zhao Ning's sedan chair.
Zhan Zhao knew that they were here to pick up Zhao Ning.
Zhan Zhao got off his horse, straightened his clothes, straightened his officer's hat, and when he confirmed that he was well dressed, he and Bao Zheng, who had just got off the sedan chair, came to greet the Eight Sage Kings.
In the past, he didn't have much feeling for the Eight Sage Kings, he just thought that he was a rich and happy prince who didn't care much about government affairs. Now that he has the relationship with Zhao Ning, he has a new understanding of the Eight Sage Kings—— old father-in-law.
Therefore, he felt that it was necessary to make a good impression in front of the Eight Sage Kings.
Zhan Zhao straightened his back even more, and went to pay homage to the Eight Worthy Kings with vigor.
Unexpectedly, after the Eighth Wise King got off the sedan chair, he waved his hand and told him to step back without even looking at him, his eyes went straight to Zhao Ning's Luan sedan chair.
Zhan Zhao: "..."
Zhan Zhao took a deep breath, and calmly stepped aside.
After all, Zhao Ning has been away from Beijing for a few days, and it is normal for the Eight Sage King to miss his daughter.
Baxian thought in his heart that he hadn't seen his beloved daughter for many days, and looked at the gorgeous sedan chair full of anticipation.
Until an old lady who was over fifty years old got off the sedan chair.
The Eighth Sage King rubbed his eyes, thinking he was dazzled.
Seeing this, Bao Zheng took a step forward, and was about to explain in a low voice, but the Eight Sage Kings had already strode over.
Those who walked over together were the guards of the palace.
Standing with their swords one by one, they stared covetously at the people who got off Zhao Ningluan's sedan chair.
The little maid serving Empress Dowager Li reminded her in a low voice that this was the Eight Sage Kings, but Empress Dowager Li ignored her and brushed her temple hair. Just as she was about to speak, she felt a gust of wind pass by.
The armor collided, and the guards followed the Eight Sage Kings.
Empress Dowager Li was a little puzzled. When the late Emperor was alive, the Eight Sage Kings often went to and from the palace, and they had seen her and treated her quite well. Even if they hadn't seen each other for 20 years, they should be able to recognize her.
But now the Eighth Sage King walked over without saying a word, what does it mean?
What's more, her son was raised by the Baxian King and became the current emperor. Because of this relationship, he should also be more respectful to her.
The Eight Sage King bypassed Queen Mother Li and came to the small sedan chair behind.
Zhao Ning opened the sedan chair curtain, showed his face slightly, and called Father Wang sweetly.
The smile disappeared from the face of the Baxian King, and he said: "Nonsense, why do you sit in such a small sedan chair?"
After speaking, he glanced around, Fang Hai knelt down in a hurry, and said in his mouth: "My lord, this is not my subordinate's business."
Zhao Ning smiled and said, "Lord Bao's mother is not in good health, so I gave her the sedan chair."
As Zhao Ning spoke, he looked at the expression of the Eight Sage Kings.
"Have you seen her just now?"
The Eight Sage Kings looked as usual, and said: "I have seen it."
"Father's sedan chair is spacious, let's go back together."
The Baxian King took Zhao Ning to his sedan chair, but he didn't mention Bao Zheng's mother at all, he just said: "My father received your letter, and he has been waiting on the official road for a few days. I never see you back."
Zhao Ning said with a smile: "I was delayed on the road for some time."
Zhao Ning sat on the sedan chair and lifted a corner of the veil. In the crowd, Zhan Zhao was dressed in red, riding a horse, facing the sun, looking up in her direction.
Seeing that she was also looking at him, Zhan Zhao laughed.
Zhao Ning lowered his head and smiled, and put down the veil.
The Eighth Sage King took Zhao Ning back to the palace. The Eighth Princess Di Niang Niang had already received the reply from the guards and prepared a table of good food and wine to welcome Zhao Ning Nanxing.
Nan Xing drank a few glasses of wine, then got up to leave, saying that he was going to find Pang Yu.
The Eighth Sage King was a little surprised, and said, "Don't you hate him the most?"
Zhao Ning knew that Nan Xing asked Pang Yu for advice on how to chase Bai Yutang, so he smoothed things over and said, "If she goes, let her go."
The Eighth Sage King didn't want to ask more about the little girl's thoughts, so he drank an extra glass of wine in depression.
As for the other little girl who stayed at home and was still eating, her eyes flickered and she was hiding something in her heart.
The Eighth Sage King sighed, the girl couldn't help her father, she was close to him when she was a child, and once she grew up, she didn't want to say a word to him anymore.
Pity him for months in fear, looking forward to the stars and the moon, waiting for them to come back. What's more, a prince, who went out of the city to greet them with his guards.
Zhao Jue returned to Beijing to congratulate him, but he never gave Zhao Jue this face.
Sadly, the Eighth Sage King took the jug and went to the garden to drink alone against the moon to relieve his worries.
The eighth concubine put vegetables in Zhao Ning's bowl, and was eating happily, not caring at all about the figure of the eighth sage king taking a step and shaking it three times.
After all, Zhao Ning has a little more conscience than the eighth princess, looking at the back of the eighth sage king, he said: "Father, this..."
The eighth princess waved her hand, said disapprovingly: "Don't worry about him, let him go."
The eighth concubine shook her head as she said: "I'm old, and my temper is still the same as when I was young. I don't know what evil I did. I put your father on the table."
Hearing the tone of the eighth princess was quite relaxed, Zhao Ning was relieved.
Regarding the matter of Empress Dowager Li, Zhao Ning tested the Baxian King several times on the way back, but the Baxian King avoided talking about it.
The eight virtuous king had a vague attitude, so Zhao Ning had no choice but to inquire about the eighth concubine.
Zhao Ning tentatively said, "Mother Concubine, do you know how the late Emperor's concubine Li Chen died?"
"Good or bad,"
The eighth concubine stopped eating, her crescent eyebrows twitched together, and her tone was extremely disgusting: "What are you talking about that vixen!"
The eighth concubine waved, and all the maids in the room retreated.
The eight concubine's words were astonishing, Zhao Ning digested it for a while, and then kindly reminded: "Mother concubine, concubine Chen is the concubine of the first emperor..."
Before Zhao Ning finished speaking, the eighth concubine put down her chopsticks heavily and said, "Don't say now, even in front of the late emperor, I dare to say that!"
"Since she is the late emperor's concubine, she should abide by the palace rules and serve the late emperor wholeheartedly. What's the point of flirting with your father? Your father is also a fool, because she is not married at this age, and the late emperor looks really bad." That's why he married me to him."
Zhao Ning's small mouth was slightly opened, and he was so shocked that he couldn't be more shocked.
No wonder his father avoided talking about Concubine Li Chen, and no wonder he left the table halfway through the meal to go to the garden to drink alone with the moon. It turned out that there was such a reason.
Zhao Ning instantly remembered the events of his previous life.
When Concubine Li was still in court in the previous life, her father and king returned every night, and her mother and concubine sighed endlessly. She was seriously ill at that time and didn't pay much attention to it. Now that I think about it, it was because of Concubine Li's affairs.
Concubine Li was still in court in the previous life, and her father and king worked hard to help her, so what about this life?
Now that Concubine Li is alive, will he help or not?
The voice of the eighth concubine's grievances continued: "I'm sorry that my Di family is not a wealthy family. If I were a wealthy family, how could I be wronged? Besides, your uncle is in the army. I'm afraid that if you don't marry, Because of his disadvantage in his official career, he had no choice but to marry your royal father."
"I thought that after getting married, he would accept his heart and live with me wholeheartedly. Who would have thought that after a few years, he would come to hug me—"
The eighth princess's voice stopped abruptly.
The civet cat's exchange for the crown prince was a top secret in the palace. For many years, only the Baxian King and her knew about it. Even the emperor Zhao Zhen was kept a secret.
The eighth princess knew she had made a slip of the tongue, so she hurriedly drank a glass of wine to cover up her gaffe.
Zhao Ning lived a new life, and naturally knew about the civet cat's exchange for the prince, but the Eighth Wise King and Eighth Princess didn't want her to know, so she just pretended not to know, and didn't mention Queen Mother Li anymore.
The eighth princess recalled the past, felt sad for a while, and drank a few more glasses. Zhao Ning called the maid to serve her to have a good rest.
Zhao Ning thought about what her mother and concubine said for a long time, and Zhao Ning had doubts about the absurd things her mother and concubine said about her father and concubine Li.
At first glance, what her mother and concubine said was indeed well-founded and well-founded. Her father was very popular with the late emperor, he often walked around the palace, and had a good relationship with the late emperor's concubines.
It is true that her father married very late, and the marriage between her father and her mother was indeed bestowed by the late emperor.
But if you think about it carefully, there are quite a lot of loopholes.
Firstly, no matter how much the late Emperor liked her father, it was impossible for her father to flirt with Concubine Li. Secondly, she felt that her father treated her empress very well. , is notoriously henpecked in Tokyo.
But her mother and concubine are not people who like to catch wind and shadows, if there is no basis, she will not say these words.
The more Zhao Ning thought about it, the more confused he became, so he simply came to the garden to find the Eight Sage Kings.
The moonlight was half round, and the eight virtuous kings were sitting in the bamboo pavilion in the garden, drinking by themselves, looking at their backs, they felt very desolate.
Zhao Ning walked over, poured himself a glass of wine, and sighed: "Father, you still can't forget her?"
The Eighth Sage King shook his hand and dropped his chopsticks.
Zhao Ning: "..."
Zhao Ning suddenly believed her concubine mother's words again. If not, why would her father be so shocked before she revealed who it was?
The Eighth Sage King laughed dryly, and asked Zhao Ning, "Why did you come here to be your father if you didn't go with your mother and concubine?"
It was related to her mother and concubine's life, Zhao Ning didn't want to go around in circles with him, so she went straight to the point and said what her mother and concubine said.
Eight Wise Kings turned from shock to shock, and then shock turned to anger.
Zhao Ning's eyes darkened, and she completely believed what her mother and concubine said—her father and king were poked in the center of his mind, and became angry from embarrassment.
Sure enough, the Eighth Sage King threw away the last trace of elegance, and said angrily, "Is that what she told you?"
Zhao Ning nodded.
The Eighth Wise King picked up the wine glass in front of him and drank it down, then threw the glass away angrily, and said, "It happened so many years ago, and she still clung to it!"
"The late emperor was busy with government affairs, so that several princes were injured. Later, the heirs were in trouble. The late emperor suspected that someone in the palace had killed the emperor's heir, so he had to take care of him at all times for his father. As a father, he said that his ministers should not manage the emperor's wife. The first emperor said, except Apart from his father, he dare not trust anyone."
There was a look of pain in the eyes of the eight sage kings. They were all born in the royal family and were extremely noble, but who knew the pain in it?
"My father couldn't get rid of it, so I had to walk around the harem from time to time. This walk really caused my father to find out several dirty things. But because of these few things, there were rumors that my father was contemptuous of the imperial concubine. Since then, none of the dignitaries in Tokyo City dared to promise their daughters to be their fathers."
The Eight Sage King looked serious and did not seem to be fake, Zhao Ning breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Ning asked again: "What about the mother concubine? Why did the father marry the mother concubine?"
The Eight Worthy King's face was a bit weird, and he drank another glass of wine before he spoke in a low voice: "That year when your uncle returned to court after a great victory, the late Emperor wanted to reward him, but he said no reward, and betrothed a marriage to his sister. , is enough."
Zhao Ning nodded. Her uncle and her mother and concubine's parents died early, and it was her mother and concubine who dragged her uncle into adulthood, which delayed her marriage.
"To show how much he valued him, the first emperor recruited talented people from all over the court to choose from, but he was always dissatisfied with the selection. It happened that his father came to ask the first emperor to play chess, so he took his father as his Saying it is for the father. To be the father is not willing..."
Speaking of this, the Eight Sage King stopped again, and Zhao Ning couldn't help asking: "What happened next?"
Baxian Wang Ququan coughed lightly, and his voice became even lower: "Your uncle played a set of serial knives on the spot..."
Zhao Ning: "..."
And her father is the one who is forced to marry.
Zhao Ning tried hard to digest her father's words, since her father had no affection for Queen Mother Li, she no longer worried.
But thinking about the chaos in the city of Tokyo after Concubine Li returned to court in the last life, Zhao Ning thought about it for a long time, and couldn't help but ask her father's attitude.
After all, in the previous life, without the help of her father, it would have been impossible for Concubine Li to successfully become the Queen Mother.
Zhao Ning said: "Father, if Concubine Li is not dead, what will you do?"
The Eight Sage King shook his hands, his face changed slightly, and then returned to normal.
He looked up at Zhao Ning with deep eyes, and said, "Ah Ning, no matter what you see or hear outside, don't worry about it."
"You only need to know one thing, and that is, Concubine Chen is dead."
"20 years ago, she died."
The author has something to say: Zhan Miao: I’m trying to show my favor in front of my father-in-law
still too late
The eight sage kings smiled: This king only recruits his son-in-law
Zhan Meow:...
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