Consort Zhanzhao

But the next day, Zhao Bijia still couldn't wait for Chen Shimei, who was a little familiar, because she had just finished eating, and Concubine Pang started.

Emperor Renzong didn't have many heirs, and there were more than a dozen concubines in the palace. At the peak, there were more than [-] concubines, but Zhao Bijia has only raised four children up to now, even if it is nothing to Concubine Pang I have a good impression, but I still value the child in her womb very much.

So as soon as he got the news, Renzong immediately went to Concubine Pang's Palace.

Although Concubine Zhang Gui was quite unwilling, she had never lost to anyone when it came to her appearance, so she packed up and followed suit.

Originally, this time was Zhao Bijia's time for a walk after dinner, so when it was time to walk, she also went to take a look.

I also saw the imperial grandmother, the current Empress Dowager Li, in Pangfei Palace.

"You're a child, why come to see this?" Queen Mother Li pretended to be annoyed, but judging by her expression, she was quite satisfied with Zhao Bijia's visit.

Zhao Bijia poured a cup of tea for each of the three giants present, and said with a smile: "I will send my concubine mother over, and I will leave in a while."

The Empress Dowager smiled. At this time, the Empress Dowager's maid came out from the inner room. She wanted to say something, but seeing Zhao Bijia, she stopped in time and shook her head at the Empress Dowager instead.

This is not a good meaning?

Concubine Zhang Guifei smiled and said: "Hurry up and go back, remember to look at your younger brother, pull him to move, I will go back with your father in a while."

Zhao Bijia knew that she wanted to avoid talking to her, so she didn't refuse, and left with a smile.

Only then did the maid speak, "Pang Niangniang is getting old, she hasn't had much activity in the past six months, her body is weak, and the child is a little too big... The medical lady said it is not very good."

The queen mother frowned, and glanced at Renzong, "Should I bring two imperial physicians to prepare?"

Renzong nodded.

The Queen Mother burned incense to the Bodhisattva in the room again, "Bodhisattva bless this child to be born well."

When Concubine Zhang Gui heard this conversation, the corners of her mouth turned up slightly, these two sentences were enough, even if Concubine Pang gave birth to a son, she would never get up again.

Concubine Zhang Guifei lowered her head and drank a cup of tea with a lukewarm attitude. After all these years of fighting with Concubine Pang, if she suddenly became acquainted and became extremely worried, it would be hell.

But just as the maid said just now, Concubine Pang's pregnancy was not smooth.

The nurse came when she first complained of pain, and then called Fu into the delivery room when she was almost in pain. At the same time, she sent someone to inform the Queen Mother and Her Majesty. By this time, half a day had passed.

Concubine Zhang Guifei had been sitting here for half an hour, and she could hear Concubine Pang's moaning inside, as if it had been crushed and squeezed out from between her teeth, it was completely different from when she was talking or pretending to cry.

Concubine Zhang Guifei served tea to Renzong and the Queen Mother, and then ordered the maids to bring some thick blankets to cover the Queen Mother's legs, and the Queen Mother gave her a look of approval.As soon as she sat down, Concubine Miao came in panting.

"How is Concubine Pang?" Her clothes are still neat, but there are not many hairpins on her hair. "I have already fallen asleep, and I heard some movement here, so I came a little late."

The Queen Mother hummed, and pointed to the chair next to her, "Sit down."

Concubine Miao saluted, and said with a worried face: "The concubine first went to have a look inside, hearing Concubine Pang's voice, I was terrified."

Concubine Miao arrived in the inner room. After a long while, Concubine Zhang heard that she was a little big, and it seemed that she was shouting specially for outsiders to hear, "Don't be afraid, you can give birth with hard work. Look, my Ming Yi has grown so big. You listen to the doctor."

Concubine Zhang took advantage of drinking tea to block the sarcasm on her lips.

Work hard?If you really listen to her hard work, it's not certain whether she can survive. Didn't you hear that the doctor just said that the child is a bit old?At this time, you can't use too much energy, you really have to live slowly.

Not long after, some low-ranking concubines came to see them. They didn't have much contact with Concubine Pang, and they came in just to show their attitude and let the emperor take a look at them.

It was already dark, the queen mother thumped her legs, and sighed: "I'm afraid it's been almost two hours."

The maid nodded and said in a low voice: "Pang Niangniang is already a little out of strength, the nurse just gave her ginseng soup."

The queen mother glanced at the emperor, and said: "You have to go to court tomorrow, and you are not young, so go back and rest quickly, and I will just watch here."

After speaking, he glanced at Concubine Zhang Gui again, "Don't wait for the emperor to rest?"

Concubine Zhang Guifei was a bit embarrassed, but she stood up anyway, Renzong hesitated for a moment, then got up and said: "If there is any news...no matter what the news is, please send someone to inform me."

The Queen Mother nodded, and Concubine Zhang Guifei and the Emperor supported each other and left.

Renzong was a little worried. Seeing this, Concubine Zhang suggested, "Why don't you go for a walk in the Imperial Garden? The moonlight is just right, and there are many stars. I think the Imperial Garden under the moonlight is very quiet, so there's something special about it."

Renzong nodded in agreement.

But the Royal Garden is not as quiet as Concubine Zhang said, but rather noisy, because Zhao Bijia and Zhao Xuan are chasing and fighting in the Royal Garden.

Concubine Zhang Guifei's face changed a little, and she gave Zhao Bijia and her restless prince son a hard look!

Concubine Pang is still giving birth to a child whose life or death is uncertain, you two... well, it's true that you don't care, but this is a bit too arrogant!

It's just that Renzong didn't think so much, but looked at the figures of the two, and said with emotion, "Seeing the two of them carefree, I suddenly feel less bored."

Concubine Zhang Gui laughed twice, and hurriedly called the two children over, "You don't think it's the best thing for them to be noisy."

Then she patted Zhao Bijia on the back again, "How old are you! No one is right."

"Seventeen." Zhao Bijia replied, and said in a low voice, "Why didn't you say that he is still the prince?"

Renzong sighed, "Alas... I am also a little worried that this child will not be born. I asked Ling Yun to make a fortune two days ago. It is said that this child is a son who was born at the beginning of Haishi, and both mother and child are safe. Now..." The emperor looked up at the sky, "I'm afraid it's almost the time of the day."

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Bijia heard the clapper ringing.

"Second watch."

It's time for Haishi!It was in the dead of night, and there were no dead people in the imperial garden. I didn't feel anything during the fight just now, but I was a little scared when it was quiet, let alone such a weird topic.

Zhao Bijia shrank her neck for no reason, held Zhao Xuan tightly in her hands, and walked a few quick steps, closely following her father, emperor and mother concubine.

"Sister is scared." Zhao Xuan winked at her and whispered, "Sister is so old and still afraid of the dark?"

Zhao Bijia glared at him, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a stumbling figure running towards him in the distance.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, Congratulations, Your Majesty! Concubine Pang gave birth to a prince who weighed eight catties and two taels. Both mother and child are safe! The cry of the little prince is very loud!"

Renzong was very happy, and said repeatedly: "Okay! Rewards, rewards! There are rewards! Tomorrow Xuan Lingyun will enter the palace, and he will also have rewards!"

Renzong followed this person to Concubine Pang's Palace, and Concubine Zhang hurriedly followed, turning her head and saying to Zhao Bijia, "Take care of your brother."

Concubine Zhang Guifei chased Renzong away, Zhao Bijia and Zhao Xuan looked at each other, and the smiles on their faces disappeared without a trace.

In the air, apart from the congratulatory voice of the court lady, the cries of children could also be vaguely heard, which was particularly prominent in this empty and quiet imperial garden.

Zhao Bijia shivered, took Zhao Xuan's hand and left.After taking two steps, she suddenly frowned, "Taoist Lingyun? Father trusts him so much now? Do you even have to let him figure out such things?"

Zhao Xuan didn't answer, Zhao Bijia took his hand, a little worried, but Zhao Xuan smiled at her and said, "Sister, I still want to eat some snacks."

You are heartless!

Zhao Bijia swallowed back the comforting words that she hadn't thought about. "Call me sister again and I'll eat it for you!"

Zhao Xuan glanced at her, seeming to be a little contemptuous, "The mother concubine said that you can't eat at this time." Do you know how to take care of children?

Zhao Bijia slapped the prince on the forehead.

Early the next morning, Zhao Bijia saw Concubine Pang's son, but it weighed more than eight catties, and he was still red and wrinkled together on the first day after birth. Zhao Bijia took a disgusted look and turned his head away.

Concubine Zhang Gui patted her and said in a low voice, "Even if you pretend to be you, you can laugh happily!"

How Zhao Bijia couldn't pretend, she just looked at Concubine Zhang Guifei's expression was not right, and deliberately reminded her by this.

After a while, Concubine Zhang Gui sighed, "It's much fatter than when your brother was born."

Zhao Bijia didn't dare to say a word.

After all, this is the son of Emperor Renzong who was over fifty years old, and he would be very happy even if he was put in an ordinary person's house, let alone the emperor's house.

In addition, the child looks bigger and cries louder, so even if Concubine Pang has been privately given up by the emperor and the queen mother, there is nothing missing for this child.

The palace has been busy for three consecutive days, Concubine Zhang stared at Zhao Bijia and the other at Zhao Xuan. In short, there must be no mistakes at this time, so when Zhao Bijia freed up her hands to care about Yan Chasan's case, the stolen money It's over.

Almost all of the more than 3000 taels of silver were put together, neatly arranged in three stacks.

Twelve taels of silver ingots, five taels of silver curds, and one or two taels of silver pancakes.

Mr. Gongsun explained to Emperor Renzong solemnly, "They are all from Datong Bank." He also took a sample in his hand, "This is a silver carcass produced by Datong Bank last year. You can see that the imprint here is the same. "

Zhao Bijia also leaned over to take a look. The mark on the silver ingot had already been rubbed off, but the rubbing was not severe, and the marks could still be vaguely seen.

In addition to these four characters, there are two small characters next to it, which seem to be Mao Shen.The silver ingot in Mr. Gongsun's hand is the same, but it is much clearer.

"What is this?" Zhao Bijia pointed and asked, Mr. Gongsun was a little embarrassed, and turned to look at Mr. Bao.

Master Bao took a step forward, still with that calm face.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, this is the mark of Datong Bank, which represents the year of this silver ingot and the craftsman." Unlike Mr. Gongsun's hesitation, Mr. Bao dared to say anything calmly, "The ingot in Mr. Gongsun's hand It's stolen money, the stolen money from Concubine Pang's murder of a court lady last year."

"Ah! It's them again!"

Zhao Bijia admitted that he was a little deliberate, but looking at the expression on Emperor Renzong's face, he was a little shocked as expected, so he had already guessed that this matter had something to do with Grand Master Pang.

Who knew that Bao Zheng's next sentence made Zhao Bijia a little surprised, "Of course just based on this evidence, it doesn't mean Grand Master Pang is the culprit."

Renzong breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression became subtle again.

"However, I have read it carefully. This batch of stolen silver used to frame Yan Chasan is the same batch, no matter in terms of fineness or the secret mark. Therefore, the people behind it have a huge plan, and the matter is implicated. Guang... I hope His Majesty will order a thorough investigation!"

Zhao Bijia really admired Master Bao, but Renzong didn't seem to want her to know about the following things, so he waved her and Mr. Gongsun out.

Zhao Bijia was happy. After all, Zhan Zhao was waiting outside. Mr. Gongsun seemed to know something a long time ago, so he went to drink tea with a smile on his face.

Sitting next to Zhan Zhao, Zhao Bijia saw that Zhan Zhao saluted her according to the etiquette, and then sat down in a serious manner, inexplicably wanted to laugh.

"Is Tanhua awake?" Zhao Bijia deliberately pretended to be worried, of course she was also concerned, but it was not that deep.

"The breathing has become much stronger. The imperial doctor said it has been two days." Zhan Zhao replied seriously.

Zhao Bijia is not as good as Zhan Zhao in this regard, she couldn't help curling her lips, "Master Bao, do you have a plan? For example, while he is about to wake up, cheat him?"

Zhan Zhao raised his eyes to look at her, his eyes slightly surprised, and sighed: "The princess's thinking is exactly the same as Master Bao's."

Seeing Zhan Zhao's admiration for her, Zhao Bijia couldn't help laughing again. Speaking of which, this trick is Master Bao's favorite, and it hasn't changed for decades.

Zhan Zhao sat down a bit, pinched Zhao Bijia's hand and put it in his palm, but his upper body remained upright, and even his eyes didn't change much, "How's the princess these two days?"

Zhao Bijia scratched the palm of his hand, her face was a little red, "It's good, Concubine Pang gave birth to a son, and the palace is very lively."

Although she felt that according to Zhan Zhao's temperament, it was not easy to make such a move, but... since she held the little hand, she couldn't help wanting more.

But Zhan Zhao just pinched her twice, and the hand holding her didn't move.

Zhao Bijia was a little disappointed, and wanted to pull his hand out, but... he couldn't. Zhao Bijia glared at Zhan Zhao, you need to move!It's so... strangely itchy, as if all the sensations in the whole body are concentrated on the hand held by Zhan Zhao.

No, I need to divert my attention.

"You can help me find out something." Zhao Bijia thought that a boyfriend who works in Kaifeng Mansion is actually very good. He can be regarded as the most well-informed in the world about Kaifeng Mansion. If you want to know anything, you can just go to him.

To say that he was a little afraid to speak before, but now... Zhao Bijia looked down and saw that his hand was completely grasped by him, and he could hardly see it at all.

You refuse a try!

Zhan Zhao glanced at her, his words were still serious, "Princess, please speak."

"Chen Shimei, the champion of the previous session, is now working in the Imperial Academy. Go and find out who else is in his family."

Zhan Zhao's eyes suddenly turned wrong, and after a while he gritted his teeth and said, "It's the No. [-] scholar again."

Zhao Bijia smiled triumphantly, struggled to create a little space, and scratched his palm.

"Ming Yi originally fell in love with Yan Chasan, but Yan Chasan..." I won't mention this matter...

"Later she fell in love with Chen Shimei, the champion of the last year. I always feel that something is wrong with this person." Zhao Bijia frowned. A name alone doesn't mean much, but it's always right to be cautious.

Zhan Zhao hummed.

Zhao Bijia was a little surprised, is this a promise?Her unbelievable eyes fell on Zhan Zhao, but she didn't expect Zhan Zhao to pinch his hand and scratch it again.

"Hey, don't pinch me."

Zhao Bijia was caught off guard and almost jumped up. "Aren't you going to ask me why?"

Zhan Zhao didn't say anything.

Zhao Bijia was a little discouraged, but he probably couldn't hear words like "whatever the princess says"...

"I think there is something wrong with this person. He has been the No. [-] Scholar for three years and hasn't married yet. The No. [-] Scholar is a hot commodity." Zhao Bijia said, even if the name Chen Shimei is not mentioned, it is strange that the No. [-] Scholar is still single.

"Not a single minister in the court has taken a fancy to him? Besides, there are so many wealthy businessmen in Bianliang City, and no one has taken a fancy to him?"

Of course, matchmaking was done in private at the beginning, and before it was successful, no matter which party it was, it was basically silent for the sake of face.

But it has been three years... Zhao Bijia recalled the news that Yang and An had found out in the past two days, and said: "It has been three years since I saw him pick up his parents to the capital, and he said that his parents are still alive. An only child, but that's even more wrong."

"Who would feel at ease to let his elderly parents stay in their hometown and not take them to Bianliang to enjoy the blessings? If so, he is not filial at all, and he is not a good match."

"There is another situation, that is, someone in his family takes care of his parents, but he also said that he is an only child, so his family must have married a wife. He is twenty-five years old this year. If he married a wife before the exam, it would be reasonable .”

Zhao Bijia frowned, "This can explain why he hasn't gotten married for three years. He feels that the poor wife at home is not good enough for him, but he can't take the initiative to propose divorce, so he just wants to procrastinate like this, or ...The people who have proposed marriage these years are not powerful enough to help him settle this matter."

"He's up for grabs." Zhao Bijia sighed, "If this is the case, Ming Yi will be in danger. How can she play with such a person?"

Zhan Zhao squeezed her hand again, "I'll go back and check."

"It will take another two days." Zhao Bijia gritted her teeth remembering Ming Yi's appearance.After she finished speaking, she seemed to stand up, but she didn't expect Zhan Zhao to hold her hand and not let go, and pulled her back all of a sudden.

Zhao Bijia was a little stunned at first, but turned to look at Zhan Zhao's face and suddenly smiled again.She looked left and right to see if there was no one there, and quickly pounced on Zhan Zhao's face and kissed her, then quickly sat up straight again.

The hands of the two were still holding each other, but their faces were flushed by coincidence.

After a while, Zhao Bijia laughed, "She has loved to trouble me since she was a child, and she would come to me every now and then to find trouble. If you say that Father likes me more, if she is not convinced, go to Father and tell him, so what if she is always acting weird in front of me? What's the matter?"

Zhan Zhao didn't speak, and listened to her silently.

"It's been more than ten years, and she has never listened to me. But..." Zhao Bijia pursed her lips, "If it works this time, I guess she will never be embarrassed to trouble me again." She sighed With a sigh of relief, "The world has become clean from now on. Thinking about it, I really don't want to part with it."

Zhan Zhao still didn't say anything, but squeezed her hand as if to comfort her.

Zhao Bijia glanced at him, but was suddenly attacked by Zhan Zhao without thinking.

It was different from Zhao Bijia's kiss. Zhan Zhao lightly pecked her lips. Zhao Bijia only saw his face getting closer and closer. She was a little nervous and couldn't help but stick out her tongue and lick it. lips.

licking someone else's lips...

Then I was kissed.

The feeling this time is different from the last time, the last time I almost lost my mind, full-screen instinct, this time... sober I wish I could pass out!

The two of them broke up as soon as they touched each other, but they couldn't help but take a sneak peek.

It was exactly the sentence: When I was secretly looking at him, I found that he was also secretly looking at me.

The corner of Zhao Bijia's mouth raised a beautiful arc, pointed at Zhan Zhao's face, and whispered: "It's a little red, sit for a while before I can go out."

An imperceptible smile flashed across Zhan Zhao's face, "Princess is the same."

Shame to death~~

Inside the imperial study, Bao Zheng was discussing a serious issue with Emperor Renzong.

Concubine Pang's son.

An emperor has two sons, even if the age difference between the two sons is relatively large, even if the other has already been named the prince, considering that there are only a handful of princes who have successfully ascended the throne since ancient times, there will inevitably be conflicts between them. Caught in the battle for the throne.

There are also many courtiers involved, and there are not a few people who put all their eggs in one basket or choose a weak prince to strive for a better future, so Bao Zheng actually came to test the emperor a little bit today.

It's not the same as what I said just now, at least according to the various evidences that Bao Zheng has found so far, even if Grand Master Pang can find a scapegoat for this matter, the relationship with him is already inseparable.

So Bao Zheng came today to test the emperor, whether he would be lenient to Grand Master Pang for the sake of Concubine Pang's newborn child.

Bao Zheng's question was serious, and Emperor Renzong's answer was also very serious.

"Once this matter is understood, I plan to let Grand Master Pang return home and stay away from the court." The emperor suppressed Bao Zheng who wanted to speak, and sighed: "I know what you want to say. I already have a prince. Young, there are still many immature places in life, and even play childish temper all day long, but this prince is indeed what I want to establish, and I have carefully raised it for many years, I have no plan to change the prince, I have no such plan at all."

Bao Zheng sighed with relief, "Your Majesty's move is a blessing for all people."

Renzong smiled, "I know what you mean, Xuan'er was born fat and white."

Bao Zheng nodded.

Renzong suddenly turned cold, "It was only two days after the birth, and these people became over-hearted. They spread the word all day long that the child is in good health and cries loudly. He is more than two catties heavier than the prince. It looks good at first glance. feed."

Bao Zheng said solemnly: "It has been spread all over the court in the past two days."

Renzong patted Bao Zheng on the shoulder, "So this burden rests on Aiqing. When Aiqing's case is cleared up, I can take care of their father and daughter."