Consort Zhanzhao

"How could he be called the emperor!" Concubine Miao said indignantly as she listened to the ceremony and music of the enthronement ceremony outside.

"Your Majesty." Concubine Miao's eldest maid was about to come up to persuade her, but Ming Yi pointed her out with a wink.

"Mother and concubine, you have to be careful with your words. If he doesn't become the emperor, who else can be the emperor? The royal family? Pang's sickly son? The son who can't even speak clearly, and can't walk."

"That can't be—" Concubine Miao slapped the table, and even the two teacups on the table were rattled. She snorted and turned her head away, "Your father is still in his prime , just abdicated for no apparent reason?"

Ming Yi sighed, "What kind of life did you live in the palace for the first three months? Have you forgotten?"

Concubine Miao snorted again.

"I don't want to do it again." Ming Yi breathed a sigh of relief, "Everyone in the palace has to watch the face of a Taoist priest. The Supreme Emperor quarrels with the Eighth Prince every day, and the number of guards in the palace triples! The eunuchs and maids who went out to bring food in the sun are afraid that they will not come back, have you forgotten?"

Concubine Miao shook her head, "I'm not afraid—I won't deal with Concubine Zhang, and you won't deal with his sister, we can-"

Ming Yi smiled, "Where do you think the missing piece of clothing in my palace went?"

Concubine Miao stared at her with wide eyes, "Didn't you say—"

"Haha," Ming Yi laughed and stood up, "She came out of the palace wearing my clothes that day. Concubine mother, you don't have a son to compete with him for the throne, and you don't have a daughter to compete with her for a son-in-law. ——" Ming Yi shook his head, "Just wait for the better days ahead."

Seeing her daughter's back disappearing at the door, Concubine Miao suddenly sighed after a while, and said with a smile: "It's actually pretty good to be a concubine."

To say that the second person in the palace who is dissatisfied with this matter is the Queen Mother.

Although it was said that she was promoted to another level for no reason and became the empress dowager, but the good son left the throne and took his beloved concubine to the summer resort, and the grandson who was not very close to her succeeded her... ...The Empress Dowager recalled that the last time the two met, they had a conflict over the princess of Zhenguo—yes, she is now the princess of Zhenguo'an and the National Day, and she felt bad about it.

Not to mention that the eldest princess moved back to live in the palace, and brought her son-in-law with her. The empress dowager took a deep breath, looked at the new emperor and the eldest princess who greeted her below, and sighed: "She is your son-in-law." Sister, the front—" The Empress Dowager trembled inexplicably when she thought of her inhuman appearance, and then shrank back, patiently persuading: "I have been wronged at the front, so I should come back to stay for two days , but this is the palace after all, there is no such rule."

Zhao Xuan raised her head and gave her a blank look, and said, "Isn't the imperial palace my home? Why can't I be the master of my family anymore?"

The empress dowager gasped, what she said was so reasonable that people didn't know how to refute it, "This is the palace, and there are concubines in it, do you want a foreigner to live in it?"

Zhao Xuan became even more innocent, "I heard that the four generations living under the same roof is a sign of great joy. Why isn't the emperor's grandmother happy at all?"

"That's no reason to ask the son-in-law to live in."

"It's not son-in-law, it's brother-in-law."

Seeing Zhao Xuan and the Empress Dowager entangled in such a nonsensical manner, as if he didn't want to deal with government affairs, Zhao Bijia couldn't help coughing.

Zhao Xuan gave her a guilty look, but he didn't expect to be spotted again. He cleared his throat and said, "I still have important things to do, so I will stay soon. Grandmother, take care of yourself, don't get angry."

It's just that the argument just now, plus such a conclusion, makes people not angry.What's more, Zhao Bijia's cough just now made the Empress Dowager feel that she would not let the emperor pester her, and she became even angrier.

"You are already the eldest princess, why are you so ignorant of the rules!" The Empress Dowager was furious, and patted the table vigorously.

Zhao Bijia was still doing nothing, Zhao Xuan, who was switching between the two identities of younger brother and elder brother at will, was dissatisfied, and he stepped forward to stand in front of Zhao Bijia, "The rules are set by me!"

Of course, there is also the second half of the sentence, which I can change at will. Although Zhao Xuan didn't say this half of the sentence, but judging by the empress dowager's face, she must have understood it.

Zhao Bijia smiled at her, and turned her eyes into blue and green cat's eyes again as a prank. The Empress Dowager was so frightened that she almost shrank back on her chair, pointing at Zhao Bijia and shouting: "Monster! Monster!"

Zhao Xuan snorted and said, "Speak carefully!" dragging Zhao Bijia out.

At the door, I saw two dogs raised by the Empress Dowager, barking at Zhao Bijia, Zhao Xuan stared, and said a word, the two dogs whimpered and left with their tails between their legs.

Zhao Bijia frowned and said: "Speaking of which, I haven't asked you yet, why are we both the same? Dogs are afraid of you and want to bite me, but cats like me, but they dare not lean on you. Woolen cloth?"

Zhao Xuan smiled, with the air of being a big brother, he said: "It's very simple, I am a successful cat demon with a strong aura, and I am naturally afraid of these ordinary dogs. As for The cat, aware of the extraordinary aura on me, naturally dare not approach me."

Zhao Bijia glared at him, feeling that he was really overconfident in what he said, and said, "According to what you said, the breath on my body is not strong enough. It was just enough to make cats feel kind when they smell it, and dogs smell it when it smells it." To the point where you find it annoying?"

Zhao Xuan nodded, tiptoed and patted her on the shoulder, "Don't be afraid, practice hard, you will have such a day."

Zhao Bijia felt that she couldn't help killing the king.

The two walked two steps, and Zhao Bijia said, "Shall we renovate the pagoda?"

Zhao Xuan raised her head and glanced at her. After trying to understand what she meant, she couldn't help being elated, and said yes three times in a row, "Just say that the Queen Mother is a nightmare, is that a good enough reason?"

"Nightmare? She hasn't had a dream yet." Zhao Bijia pouted.

"It's simple." Zhao Xuan opened his mouth. Zhao Bijia heard a familiar meow and felt that cats from all directions were coming towards the Palace of Compassion. Zhao Xuan smiled at her, "She will definitely have a nightmare tonight."

Zhao Bijia sighed, and said: "I'm still a bit unwilling, although-although I'm really a monster now, but at that time she was willing to listen to the priest's slander, and she didn't want to believe me, my own granddaughter, it's really chilling."

"Never mind her." Zhao Xuan said indifferently, "Later, the Taoist priest executed her, and she didn't like the two of us the same?"

Zhao Bijia patted his head, "It's not a kiss anyway, so never mind her." The two walked away holding hands.

Sure enough, from that night, there was a cat riot in the palace of the Empress Dowager, and it was a cat that only she could see. Within two days, she couldn't stand it anymore. Zhao Xuan used this excuse to renovate the pagoda— —It’s called renovation, but in fact, the whole tower was pushed down, and the bones of the cat demon were taken out and buried properly.

The Empress Dowager didn't know at first, but when she saw that the pagoda had changed completely, she was so frightened that she also ran away from the palace, and took the little prince who was raised by her side to live in the Summer Resort, and made the entire palace To Zhao Bijia siblings two.

In this way, the two of them acted more and more freely.

After two days, Zhao Xuan, the new emperor, gradually became more comfortable with things. King Pu and his son had been expelled from the clan, and they were executed under the dragon head. Zhao Bijia thought of Yan Cha who helped them escape from the palace that day. Scattered, I can't help but ask.

"There was a fire in the Hanlin Academy that day, and he failed to rescue the disaster, so he was suspended from his job and investigated."

Zhao Bijia's eyes widened, and Zhao Xuan also said: "Official reinstatement, official reinstatement!"

"I'll go and have a look first." Zhao Bijia said, she waved the eunuch down, and then said to Zhao Xuan: "He was——" She wanted to say that she saved our lives, but then she really felt that she was about to run away Not going out, but this Zhao Xuan... the frightened look that day was just a show.

Zhao Bijia glared at him, turned around and went out, Zhao Xuan was still shouting behind her back, "All civil and military officials in the court, he can choose whatever he wants!"

Zhao Bijia rolled her eyes, looked at Zhan Zhao who was waiting outside the hall, reached out to him and said, "Shall we go see Yan Chasan?"

Zhan Zhao took her hand and squeezed it, and said, "He lives in Shilan Hutong."

"Have you found out all about it?" Zhao Bijia glanced at him in surprise.

Zhan Zhao nodded, "I thought I should go in these two days, so I asked Bai Yutang."

The two left the palace, the Zhalan Hutong was not far away, so they simply walked over.

Yan Chasan's home is in the inner part of the alley. There is only a small courtyard. There are only three main rooms, plus the left and right side rooms. There are only ten rooms in total, but his family has a small population. Many, except for the old mother, there are only one servant girl and one servant, which is more than enough to live in.

Besides, in Bianliang, it is not easy to find such a clean courtyard.

The door was ajar, Zhao Bijia took a look at Zhan Zhao, pushed the door open, and just saw Yan Chasan holding a bowl in his hand - watching something black like traditional Chinese medicine soup go inside.

"Princess!" Yan Chasan looked at her with surprise, and stood still holding the bowl.

Zhao Bijia nodded, looking at his expression a little sad, did not speak.

"Is someone sick at home?" Zhan Zhao broke the silence.

"The son-in-law is here too?" Yan Chasan called out hastily, a maid came out and took the bowl in his hand, Yan Chasan gave way, and took the two of them to the guest room in the west wing.

Before Zhao Bijia could speak, Yan Chasan said: "A few days ago, I heard that the son-in-law came back. Before I had time to visit, I heard the news that the emperor abdicated and the crown prince succeeded. The princess has a new title. The suffering finally paid off.”

Hearing this, Zhao Bijia couldn't help but smiled, and said: "You are the same, the prince and I were very grateful that you rescued us that day, and now we are all back—" She couldn't think of any good words, so she called Zhao Xuan What I said was carried out as it was, "Manchu civil and military officials, which one do you like is just a matter of one sentence."

Yan Chasan laughed, "Your Majesty is really a man of temperament."

Zhan Zhao coughed, Yan Chasan was not polite, and said directly, "Let me think about it."

Zhao Bijia hummed, and said solemnly: "It is said that you have already stayed in the Imperial Academy, and then you can go to the three provinces and six ministries, even if you want to enter the cabinet, you can, but you can't be a bachelor at the beginning, you have to start as a bachelor. "

"Who's here?"

Just as Yan Chasan was about to speak, an old and weak voice sounded from the yard. Yan Chasan smiled apologetically, and whispered, "It's my mother. She has been worried for the past two months." After speaking, he raised his voice again. : "It's my colleague in the court."

"I'll go and have a look." He got up and gave up some tea before going out.

Zhao Bijia looked at his guest room, but her eyes and ears were sharp, and the conversation between the mother and son outside still reached her ears intermittently.

"...You have been studying hard all these years, but a big fire will bring you back to your original form. These days, besides Mr. Bao and your sworn brother, this is probably the first time someone has come to see you..."

Yan Chasan smiled helplessly, wanted to explain but didn't know where to start, saying that the emperor was deceived by traitors?Obviously it doesn't make sense with the old mother, so I can only say: "It's cold outside, be careful if the wind blows, and it's time to get hot again when you turn around."

Zhao Bijia got up, walked to the window and looked out, Yan Chasan was only in his early twenties, and his mother was at most in her forties, but she was in her forties, she looked like At fifty, Zhao Bijia sighed, and saw Yan Chasan turned his head to look at them, as if he was about to come over after finishing his sentence, she hurriedly turned back.

Just when she was about to sit down, she felt that something was not quite right. She did not know when a dog lay under her seat. She looked at the puppy, which was only two or three months old, lying there lazily and flatly. She came over and immediately stood up, wagging her tail excitedly at her.

Zhao Bijia glanced at Zhan Zhao in shock, "When did this come here? You didn't notice it, why didn't it bark at me?"

Zhan Zhao shook his head.

It's just that the dog seemed to be able to understand human words, and immediately barked at Zhao Bijia twice, but this sound was completely different from the dog barking that Zhao Bijia had stopped in his ears for more than ten years. Warning, I heard this... There was a burst of joy inside and out.

Zhao Bijia didn't know why, but suddenly remembered what Yang and An said before they died, and also what Zhao Xuan said, "You can see him when you go back to Bianliang, but it's just a different body, and there is still a soul inside", she couldn't help it. Looking at the dog in confidence, he looked at Zhan Zhao again, "Could it be..."

Zhan Zhao's face was solemn, and he carefully barked at the dog, "Yang——manager?" Actually, he wanted to call Brother Yang, but after Yang Zi'er said it, he felt a little silly calling a dog brother, so he switched in time Became the word of the general manager.

The dog barked again, and roared at Zhan Zhao twice, and the warning was clearly heard in it.

Zhao Bijia suddenly smiled, waved at it and said, "Xiao Anzi, come here, we ignore him."

The dog's tail wagged even more happily.

Zhao Bijia beckoned again, and Xiao Anzi lay down at her feet again, wagging his tail, and swept the dust off her skirt and shoes.Zhao Bijia felt great joy from the bottom of her heart, but she was still a little helpless. She reached out and touched the dog's head. It was soft and furry, and it felt very good.

"Why did it come in?" Yan Chasan saw Xiao Anzi as soon as he came in, and said in surprise, "Get out quickly!"

Unexpectedly, the dog yelled at him again, Zhao Bijia hurriedly said, "Is this dog yours?"

Xiao Anzi turned around and yelled at her twice, as if he was dissatisfied with Yan Chasan's ownership of him.

"It came in suddenly more than a month ago. It's not as flexible as a dog. It won't go away no matter how hard it is. But fortunately, I can take care of the nursing home, so I kept it."

Zhao Bijia smiled and said, "What did this dog do to me?"

Yan Chasan looked joyful, and said: "The princess likes to hug her."

Zhao Bijia beckoned again, Xiao Anzi jumped onto her lap, Zhao Bijia hugged the dog in her arms, stood up and said, "Then I'll go back first, and I'll come to see you in two days, if you have anything to do, you can go to Bai Yutang, The same goes for letting him pass the message."

Yan Chasan nodded, but for some reason, he saw Zhao Bijia's slightly protruding belly, his expression became more and more gloomy, his eyes closed and then opened, and finally chased him out, saying: "Princess, I want to go to the censor Taiwan, be a censor who patrols the four directions, and eliminate harm for the people like Master Bao!"

Before Zhao Bijia could say anything, Zhan Zhao spoke first, "Sure enough, he is worthy of Master Bao's disciple, with ambition."

This was a bit exaggerated, but no one noticed it.

Zhao Bijia nodded and said: "It's nothing difficult, I'll go back and talk to him."

Yan Chasan bowed to the end, and when he got up, his eyes had regained clarity, "There is one more thing I want to ask the princess."

Zhao Bijia raised her eyebrows, Yan Chasan said: "My mother has had a cold for more than a month, can you ask the princess to send an imperial doctor to treat her?"

"No problem." Zhao Bijia breathed a sigh of relief, "Don't go out this afternoon, they will be here soon."

Yan Chasan sent the two of them to the door, and Zhao Bijia patted him on the shoulder and said, "You spend a good year at home, and I will send you out to inspect at the beginning of next year."

Zhao Bijia held her new puppy in her arms, and walked beside Zhan Zhao. After only two steps, Zhan Zhao picked up the dog and put it on the ground, saying: "A dog that is only three months old, you still have to take care of it." It’s good to walk more, and be careful that your arms are sore from holding on all day?”

Zhao Bijia sighed, and saw the dog lingering around her feet, so she felt relieved, and watched Zhan Zhao go to buy her food again, and he couldn't help but pull him by the arm, "I ate too much this morning, look I've eaten all of my stomach, and it's embarrassing for others to see."

Zhan Zhao then gave up, took her hand and went back to the palace.

It was already the end of October when the few of them came back, and when they finished the enthronement ceremony, they expressed their grievances again, and the first snow of this winter fell in Bianliang.

It was just getting dark, and Zhao Bijia was waiting for Zhan Zhao, who was still working in Kaifeng Mansion, to come back, and said, "I heard that there is a cross-bridge rice noodle shop outside, let's try it?"

Zhan Zhao nodded, he also knows this store, although it has only been open for less than a month, and it only sells one meal at night, but because the taste is very good, the portions are generous, and the ingredients are also authentic, it is very famous, even Bai Yutang Have eaten there twice.

The two were about to go out when Zhao Xuan suddenly jumped out from nowhere and said, "Take me with you!!! I haven't been out of the house for a long time, I'm almost suffocated!"

So when they left the palace, the original two people dating turned into three people and one dog.

Several people walked along the place, although it was already dark, but because the ground was covered with a thick layer of snow, reflecting the moonlight, it looked brighter than usual.

Zhao Xuan sniffled and sighed, "This smell really smells good."

In fact, he didn't need to say, Zhao Bijia also saw the small shop ahead.

A trolley with a mule in front of the cart, a stove has been set up in front of the cart, surrounded by tables, chairs and benches, but I don’t know if it’s because it’s too cold today, or because it’s a bit late, the only customer is Zhao Bijia and the others. When I walked in, I had already checked out and left.

The shopkeeper is a middle-aged man, there is still movement in the car, it sounds like someone is still busy inside.

Zhao Bijia smelled the spicy soup in the fragrance, and sat down first, "Four bowls."

The middle-aged man laughed heartily, "Here we come!" But as soon as he said that, he saw a person jump out of the car.

A little girl, a little girl Zhao Bijia looked very familiar to, and subconsciously made her jump up.

Baiqingluo!

What the hell!

"Sister!" Bai Qingluo ignored Zhao Bijia's shock at all, instead, she stepped forward to hold her arm with a smile, pulled her to sit down, and said to the middle-aged man who was still busy at the stove: "Father, This is the sister Zhao I told you about."

"I know." The eighth owner of the suspected Holy Gu, the previous patriarch Bailong smiled very honestly, and said: "Thank you, miss, try my handicraft today."

Zhao Bijia glanced at Zhan Zhao, his brows were tightly furrowed, his whole body tensed up, and he put on a defensive posture, as if he was about to pounce on him in the next second.

Looking at Zhao Xuan again, he sat down nonchalantly, and said: "The rice noodles should be boiled a bit, I like to eat rotten."

As for Xiao Anzi, standing in front of Zhao Bijia, he grinned and wanted to pounce.

Zhao Xuan glanced at Zhao Bijia's vigilance, couldn't help curling her lips, and said in a low voice, "Sister, are you still afraid of ghosts now?"

No, no, it's not just about ghosts, Zhao Bijia thought, but she heard that she no longer called her Brother Zhao, so she looked down at herself again, in short, she was wearing women's clothes, and now even if she was wearing men's clothes, It is estimated that no one will recognize her as a cute boy with well-developed chest muscles.

Bai Qingluo personally mixed the soup ingredients for her and brought it up, and said: "Try this, my father has put a lot of medicinal materials in it, it is often used to strengthen the body."

Zhao Bijia smiled awkwardly, glanced at Zhao Xuan, "Can we eat too?"

Zhao Xuan sniffed the smell, and said, "It's so fragrant, why can't I eat it?"

Zhao Bijia suddenly remembered that the mothers of the two of them were caught when they went to the palace to look for food. Well, don't think about it anymore, but the soup smells really good.

Bai Qingluo sat down opposite Zhao Bijia with a smile, glanced at Zhao Xuan, and said, "This is your brother who is not a sister?"

Zhao Bijia suddenly felt a little embarrassed, nodded reluctantly, removed the word "sister" and repeated, "This is my brother."

Zhao Xuan glanced at her sadly, mouthed like a brother, and stopped talking while eating.

"You can eat too." Bai Qingluo looked at Zhan Zhao who was holding up the chopsticks for a long time and said with a smile, "I used to be ignorant, but now I am with my father, and he will take care of me."

Zhan Zhao didn't speak for a long time, and after a long time, he picked up the rice noodles and asked, "Setting up a stall in Bianliang, especially a food stall, has to be filed with the county government. Can you two go?"

There was a smell of embarrassment in the air.

Zhao Bijia couldn't help kicking him.

Bai Qingluo smiled triumphantly, "We can't see the sun." She said and looked at Zhao Bijia with a smile, "Sister, can you help me?"

Zhao Xuan only felt that the atmosphere was a bit weird, the expression on his sister's face - regret, nostalgia, embarrassment, gnashing of teeth, and a little want to escape, as for his brother-in-law, alas... still can't tell.

"It's all right." Zhao Xuan said, "I've done it for you. I'll send someone to bring it to you tomorrow. Is it still in this place?"

Bai Qingluo nodded, smiling very sweetly.

Bailong put the last bowl of rice noodles in front of Xiao Anzi, and solemnly bowed to Zhao Bijia, "Thank you, miss, for saving my father and daughter."

"Actually, it can't be regarded as my rescue," Zhao Bijia said: "After all, I don't know how to use this thing. If it is said to destroy the Holy Gu, I actually did not do it."

"Then I have to thank my sister." Bai Qingluo said with a smile: "Now I can see my father again."

Bailong patted her head, Zhan Zhao suddenly knocked on the table, and said, "It's not a long-term solution for ghosts to exist in the world. When do you two plan to reincarnate? Master Bao is able to communicate with yin and yang, so he must be willing to do it to him." A helping hand."

This is the second time you messed up the situation tonight, Zhao Bijia couldn't hold back and kicked him again.

Unexpectedly, Bailong and Baiqingluo fell silent when he said this.

Bailong said: "It was only after I died that I realized that this thing was harmful to heaven, but at that time - I couldn't recover from it. Later, my two younger sisters committed many crimes because of this thing, and even the Taoist priest -"

"Taoists can't blame you."

Bailong said: "The two of us are still staying in the human world for the time being, just want to do more things, to accumulate virtue for my two younger sisters, and to atone for the sins of those who lost their lives because of the Holy Gu in these years."

What he said was very righteous, and Zhao Bijia nodded seriously. It sounds like a very good reason to redeem sins and accumulate virtue.

After Bailong said this, he pulled Bai Qingluo up and said, "Eat slowly, I won't bother you."

Bai Qingluo was still a little unwilling, and said to Zhao Bijia: "Come tomorrow night too? It's so cold, it's okay to eat more."

Not to mention that the rice noodles are really delicious, Zhao Bijia nodded at her, "I'll come when I'm free."

Only then was Bai Qingluo satisfied, and got into the car again to fiddle with something.

Not long after they finished their meal, they paid their bills and left. Zhan Zhao was the last one. After thinking about it, he felt that something was wrong, so he turned his head and asked in a low voice, "Buy rice noodles to atone for sin? Even if eating this food can strengthen your health , how many years do you want to redeem?"

Bai Qingluo was taken aback for a moment, then yelled at him in a low voice, "I want you to take care of it!"

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes to look at her, but Zhao Bijia was already calling him, Zhan Zhao thought about it and followed her. This matter... has to be figured out slowly.

Back in the palace, Zhao Xuan couldn't wait to transform into her original form, took his small pillow stuffed with cat grass in her mouth, and fell asleep on Xiao Anzi's thick fur. come up.

Zhan Zhao looked at the various cat teasers stuffed with cat grass that were made into the shape of small dried fish, and the cat climbing frame that stretched all the way to the roof, and there were pillars wrapped with a thick layer of hemp rope everywhere, He couldn't help but think of what the cat demon had said to him.

"You are a proper person. I will take care of my son and daughter for the time being, but please don't let them show their presence to outsiders."

Zhan Zhao sighed, took off his coat and went to bed.

Zhao Bijia has turned into a half-human half-cat form. As soon as he came up, he stretched his tail in along the hem of the wide pajamas, and at the same time shook his head and ears, and said, "It's itchy, can you scratch it?"

Zhan Zhao sighed again, but couldn't help touching it.

Although it feels good in the hand, but... well, there is a long way to go.

The author has something to say: Bai Qingluo: I am a ghost, I want to talk about Princess Xianggui at night

Xiao Anzi: I am a pet dog, and I have to guard the princess' gate

Zhan Zhao drew his long sword: Who dares to come here

Zhao Xuan: Is he stupid? He is obviously a son-in-law who can sleep on the princess bed

Zhao Bijia ╮(╯▽╰)╭