In the back hall of Weiyang Palace, Princess Zhaoyang originally wanted to take Mrs. Zhen's wife and others to Zhaoyang Palace in person, but the Queen Mother stayed behind.
"Tell me about it."
"say what……"
Princess Zhaoyang pinched the Empress Dowager's shoulders diligently. After hearing this, she opened her eyes wide and asked, looking a little well-behaved.
"Stop pretending to be stupid. From the moment you took the initiative to invite him, I saw that something was wrong. Could it be that you wanted me to call those people in for interrogation one by one? How long do you want to hide it from me?"
The Queen Mother did not accept Princess Zhaoyang's trick of being sweet and obedient at all, and looked at her coldly.
Seeing this, Princess Zhaoyang smiled, hugged the Queen Mother's arm and said, "I know that I can't hide anything from you..."
"Humph, then you still don't recruit people from the real situation."
"Okay, Qingran will tell the truth. Because Zhenyuan Marquis has saved Qingran's life, we went through life and death in the desert before returning to Han, so now Qingran and him can be said to be life-or-death friends."
"friend?"
The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and looked at Princess Zhaoyang in confusion, but Duke Zhaoyang gave her a bright smile in return.
The Queen Mother realized something, and she solemnly said to Princess Zhaoyang: "You are a princess who has not left the palace, and he is a courtier with a wife. How can you be friends when your status is so different? Even if
There is a life-saving friendship, and the friendship between gentlemen should be as light as water. If you are like this... meeting in private, you are not afraid of being laughed at if word spreads?"
Princess Zhaoyang didn't think anything of it when she heard this, "Firstly, Qingran is not a princess who has not left the palace. Qingran went out and got married. Secondly, who Qingran wants to be friends with and who he wants to meet, this is Qingran
I am not afraid of others laughing at my own affairs, and there is nothing to laugh at. Qingran has not been raised in a boudoir since she was a girl, nor will she be one."
The Queen Mother suddenly didn't know how to reply.
She originally just noticed a little clue, so she tried to test it out. However, she didn't expect that Princess Zhaoyang didn't seem to hide her intentions, which made her feel a little heavy.
After all, she couldn't bear to scold her, and the Queen Mother sighed: "Why are you doing this? It was you who asked me not to embarrass him, and now it's you who is so entangled. I don't know what to do."
Hearing the full of pity in the Queen Mother's words, Princess Zhaoyang gently leaned her head on the Queen Mother's shoulder and whispered: "It was then, and now is now. The Queen Mother doesn't know what kind of unique man he is.
.I don’t even know that that day outside the fortress, when Qingran was deeply involved in the chaos of swords and weapons, and was about to be imprisoned, at that time, he led a team of light cavalry and descended from the sky. In Qingran’s eyes, he looked like an invincible hero.
This is all Qingran's fate. If Qingran is willing to do this, the imperial grandmother will not have to worry about me. Qingran is happy with it."
The Queen Mother was stunned. How could she not know what kind of person Jia Lian was? It was no exaggeration to say that he was a strange man in the world. If not, she would not have tried to choose him when she knew she had a wife.
As the consort of Princess Zhaoyang.
As for what Princess Zhaoyang said, she was in danger outside the Great Wall and Jia Lian led troops to rescue her. Although she did not see it with her own eyes, she could still imagine it.
Perhaps, it was the same as the feeling she had when she saw the young general flying over at the Prince's Courtyard after being framed by Concubine Li.
After thinking about it, the Queen Mother said seriously: "It is impossible for him to give up his rotten wife. It is useless if you are willing to do so. You will only waste your life in vain."
Although the Queen Mother is the great-aunt of Princess Zhaoyang, the age difference is only more than ten years. Ever since Princess Zhaoyang became sensible, the conversation between the two has been very equal and casual, and the Queen Mother rarely regards herself as an elder.
Therefore, grandparents and grandchildren get along like mother and daughter, and like sisters, and there is not much generation gap or estrangement.
Princess Zhaoyang smiled and said: "The so-called life, if you just marry someone you don't like, or a mediocre person, and spend your whole life raising your husband and raising children, it doesn't make sense. It's better to do what Qingran is doing now, taking advantage of his youth to do what he wants.
Do things and cherish a time that you want to cherish.”
When the Queen Mother heard this, she looked at her speechlessly. But then she felt that Princess Zhaoyang's idea was out of the ordinary and showed transparency and open-mindedness. For a moment, she couldn't tell whether it was right or wrong.
Even thinking about the first half of her life, she was still confused.
"Royal grandmother?"
The Queen Mother came back to her senses and asked: "Have you ever crossed the thunder pond?"
ah……
Even though Princess Zhaoyang was generous, she was immediately embarrassed by the Queen Mother's question. She quickly shook her head and said: "No, no. Look at what the emperor's grandmother said. Didn't Qingran just say that she was just in memory of Marquis Zhenyuan?
To save his life, I sincerely become a confidant and just a friend with him. There is no such thing as what the imperial grandmother said..."
The Queen Mother nodded, not sure if she believed it or not, "That's good. Since you have your heart set on something, when the opportunity is right, I will personally propose it to your Imperial Grandfather and ask him to help you get married.
Huh, I want to see if he dares to contradict me face to face and whether he has the guts to refuse your grandpa’s marriage offer!"
It can be seen from the Queen Mother's tone alone that she is still brooding about Jia Lian's resistance to marriage.
Princess Zhaoyang was very moved when she heard what the Queen Mother said. How could she not see that the Queen Mother really cared about her happiness and actually wanted to move the Supreme Emperor out to suppress her stubborn lover.
But she still shook her head and said with a smile: "No need, Imperial Grandmother. Qingran doesn't want to force him, let alone delay him. Let's talk about this matter later.
The imperial grandmother may not know that he is very busy now. His father valued him very much, gave him many errands, asked him to set up a firearms camp, and asked him to go to Tianjin to supervise the construction of new warships.
He has told Qingran that he wants to get these two things done as soon as possible, and then lead a powerful fleet to set sail and sweep away all the enemies from all over the world."
Princess Zhaoyang didn't notice that her eyes were shining when she said these words.
The Queen Mother saw it and was silent.
From Princess Zhaoyang's tone, it is not difficult to tell that Jia Lian has lofty ambitions and ambitions that impressed Princess Zhaoyang. Zhaoyang was even afraid that Jia Lian's career would be affected if the Emperor granted him another marriage.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The Queen Mother felt very strange that she had been married into the Tian family for so many years, but she had never thought that the Tian family would take care of the wishes of the courtiers.
But the Queen Mother understood in her heart that Princess Zhaoyang's worries were not unreasonable. That brat was indeed not a master who gave in easily, although she really couldn't think of any reason why Jia Lian could resist the majesty of the Supreme Emperor.
Seeing the Queen Mother thinking, Princess Zhaoyang, who wanted to pass the test quickly, said with a smile: "Okay, Qingran knows that the Queen Mother cares about me. Let's just pretend that the Queen Mother doesn't know about it, and wait until one day in the future, Qingran
When I take him down completely, how about the imperial grandmother making the decision for me?
Presumably by then, he will not be so stubborn. When the time comes, the emperor, the emperor's grandmother and the emperor's grandfather will all go to the battle to make the decision for Qingran. If you don't believe that he dares not to submit, then Qingran will be more generous and let the Wang family be a concubine.
How about everyone being happy?"
Although she heard that Princess Zhaoyang was joking, the Queen Mother couldn't help but hit her and cursed: "I don't know what kind of ecstasy soup he poured into you. Do you even know that you are the princess of the Tian family?"
Princess Zhaoyang just laughed at this. The Queen Mother couldn't help it. She had already discovered that Princess Zhaoyang had changed a lot since she came back from beyond the Great Wall, and she became more decisive and decisive in her actions.
That's all, let's just follow them for now. Since I'm here, that kid won't dare to bully his precious granddaughter.
A potential crisis was resolved by Princess Zhaoyang's coquettishness.
As a result, when Jia Lian returned to Weiyang Hall again, he was quite uneasy when faced with the Queen Mother who looked at him coldly and spoke sarcastically.
Fortunately, the Queen Mother did not do anything to him in the end. Instead, she changed the subject and ordered someone to bring out the reward she had mentioned before.
Jia Lian was surprised by the rarity and quantity of the rewards.
"These things, in addition to commending you for pleasing the Supreme Emperor at the birthday banquet, more importantly, I have not rewarded you when you brought Zhaoyang back safely from outside the Great Wall, so let's end it all this time
.”
The Queen Mother's voice finally became much softer when she said this.
She was indeed very happy in her heart. If it weren't for Jia Lian, maybe her Zhaoyang would never come back! She had actually wanted to reward Jia Lian, but she couldn't hold back her face that had been humiliated by Jia Lian.
When she returned to Beijing, she gained the attention of Emperor Ning Kang, and she had more important things to do. Therefore, she never found a suitable opportunity.
"Back to the Queen Mother, these things are too precious, and I would be ashamed to accept them."
The Queen Mother did not pay attention to Jia Lian's refusal, but ordered Su Quan next to her to arrange for someone to deliver the things to Jia's house, and then kicked Jia Lian out.
Jia Lian did not leave Weiyang Palace, but waited outside the palace.
Sure enough, after a while, Princess Zhaoyang strolled out and came to Jia Lian's side.
Jia Lian saw that the eunuchs around him were far away and asked in a low voice: "Has the Queen Mother noticed what happened to us? She didn't raise her eyebrows or look down at me just now."
Princess Zhaoyang laughed when she heard this: "Really? Why didn't I see it?"
Jia Lian frowned: "I broke into the Forbidden Palace without permission before and appeared with you again. The Queen Mother must have been suspicious..."
"What are you trespassing in the forbidden palace? Didn't the Queen Mother say that she summoned you in?"
Jia Lian thought for a while and asked: "Is this really the case?"
"Otherwise? Erlang wouldn't think that I tricked you into it by pretending to convey the Queen Mother's will, right?"
Uh... Jia Lian really feels that way.
But facing Princess Zhaoyang, who had a joking look on her face, Jia Lian suddenly reacted.
Although Princess Zhaoyang acts eclectically, she always went to see him without making an appointment before. But thinking about it carefully, she acted cautiously and carefully every time. When there were many people like today, she made an appointment with him in Weiyang.
A private meeting within the confines of the palace does not seem safe enough.
If the Queen Mother really summoned him and Princess Zhaoyang took the opportunity to meet him, this would make perfect sense.
Fortunately, when he told the Queen Mother that he entered the inner palace on her orders, he was very grateful and thought that the Queen Mother was covering for him and Princess Zhaoyang. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.
Knowing that this was the case, Jia Lian dismissed his worries and looked around.
Princess Zhaoyang saw what he was thinking and said with a smile: "You want to go and see your beautiful adopted sister? Unfortunately, my man just told me that your good sister was frightened. Mrs. Zhen wanted to
I need to take her home to recuperate as soon as possible, I have already said goodbye to Kunning Palace, and now I may have seen the queen come out of the palace."
Jia Lian nodded and glanced at Princess Zhaoyang inexplicably.
He heard the teasing between Princess Zhaoyang and felt strange in his heart. Why would his woman have random thoughts every time she saw another beautiful girl next to him? Even the upright Princess Zhaoyang was not surprised?
The last time I heard her talk in such a weird way was when Xue Baoqin showed up.
…
There is no dinner for the Emperor's birthday banquet, but the ministers can feast in the Chonghua Hall until the end of the day and sunset.
Jia Lian had no intention of staying until that time, so he found the official in charge of rituals in the Ministry of Rites and left the palace early on the grounds that he had military affairs.
Not far from the imperial palace, on the avenue from the imperial city to Xi'an Gate, I happened to meet the carriage of the Zhen family.
"Xu~"
Jia Lian rode his horse to the side of the carriage and stopped, saluting Mrs. Zhen's family who opened the curtain.
As soon as Mrs. Zhen's wife saw him, she immediately showed gratitude, "It turns out to be Brother Lian. Your sister was frightened and had a fever. I was in a hurry to take her home, but I forgot to say hello to Brother Lian. It's really
It’s very rude…”
"Madam, you are too kind. How is Huan'er?"
"Second brother Lian..."
Under the car window, Mrs. Zhen slowly raised a petite and cute head in her arms, her voice was soft and soft.
Jia Lian took a closer look and found that Zhen Yuhuan's face was red and something unusual, which was the symptom of a cold.
In fact, Jia Lian felt that Zhen Yuhuan's health should be much better than that of Daiyu. If it were Daiyu who fell into an icy pond on such a cold day, Jia Lian could not imagine the consequences.
"My sister is weak and has caught a cold. It would be best for Madam to take her back as soon as possible and ask a doctor to diagnose and treat her.
"You, didn't you promise Sister Lin..." Zhen Yuhuan seemed a little embarrassed, her expression was twisted, and her face became even redder.
But Jia Lian understood and said with a smile: "Your health is important. The poetry club's affairs are not urgent at the moment. Let's talk about it after you recover."
Zhen Yuhuan looked troubled when she heard this. She actually didn't think she was in serious trouble, but her mother was very nervous.
Jia Lian saw her thoughts, shook his head and smiled, and then said to the puzzled Mrs. Zhen: "Sister Huan'er is in our family and gets along very well with the sisters at home, and everyone likes her very much.
They formed a poetry club together, and sister Huan'er also joined. The club hasn't been opened yet, so naturally everyone is reluctant to let her go."
Mrs. Zhen’s wife nodded: “That’s it.”
Zhen Yuhuan immediately said: "We had already agreed that the first club we were going to open today would be named after the crabapple that Brother Lian gave us yesterday."
Even Jia Lian saw it, and Mrs. Zhen's wife naturally understood her daughter's thoughts and couldn't help but persuade her: "Silly girl, you are already weak, so you should listen to your second brother Lian. We will talk about the poetry club later.
Otherwise, even if you go with your second brother Lian now, if you become seriously ill, not only will your second brother and the others be troubled to take care of you, but your little sisters may also be worried about you and the poetry club will not be able to run.
Isn’t it time that both ends are no longer beautiful?”
Mrs. Zhen's wife said, turned around and bowed to Jia Lian: "Thanks to brother Lian for what happened today. If it weren't for you, I really don't dare to think about what happened to Huan'er. How would I interact with her father after I go back?"
Explain, how to explain to the old lady at home."
Mrs. Zhen's wife said and wiped her tears unconsciously.
Jia Lian comforted her, then looked at Zhen Yuhuan, who was obviously a little disappointed in the arms of Mrs. Zhen's family, and said softly: "You go back and take good care of yourself first. I will go to your house to see you in two days. If your health is better, I will
Then I will take you to our house to play with your sisters."
"Second brother, do you really mean what you said?"
"It's true."
After Jia Lian finished speaking, he nodded to Mrs. Zhen's family, then turned his horse's head and headed forward.
Mrs. Zhen's wife watched Jia Lian and his entourage ride away with both gratitude and inexplicable envy in her eyes.
She thought it would be great if he also had such an outstanding son. Unfortunately, although her Baoyu was well-behaved and lovable, she was wealthy, otherwise she would have brought him with her to Beijing this time.
In this way, having a man to help with external affairs would make her feel much more relaxed.
She opened her mouth to give instructions to set off, and when she lowered her head, she saw her daughter looking in the direction where Jia Lian was leaving, looking a little dazed. She just thought that her daughter wanted to go play with the sisters of the Jia family, so she lowered the car curtain and held her daughter in her arms to comfort her.