Chapter 179 The male protagonist’s best mother-in-law (sixty-six)
Author: Salina
Chapter 179 The male protagonist’s best mother-in-law (sixty-six)
The seventh prince is the beloved son of the saint, and his every move is closely watched by the palace.
When the seventh prince entered the palace, he could not help but mention Zhao Qingyun and everything about the Zhao family in front of the emperor and empress.
The saint does not care about the trivial matters of the Zhao family.
However, Han Jiaojiao, a sick young lady, went to the Zhao family and did not feel angry or wronged. Instead, she lived a very comfortable life, which satisfied the saint very much.
"This Zhao Qingyun is good!"
He was arrested at home and abroad, and his sick wife was not even allowed to worry about things like training her slaves.
Princess Nanping lived a good life after her marriage. It was because he, as the emperor, had given her a good marriage.
"If Nanping has another son and a half, I will be worthy of Princess Yongjia."
Privately, the saint said this to the queen.
What he actually wants to say is that as long as Nanping can marry and have children like an ordinary woman, the relationship between the royal family and the Huo family will be settled perfectly.
Soon, the "end" came!
Less than half a year after Han Jiaojiao's marriage, the good news came out that shocked everyone's jaws.
"Pregnant? Han Jiaojiao is actually pregnant?
"How is that possible? Isn't she about to die?"
"Who said that? Who cares? Doesn't she always vomit blood?"
"You will die if you vomit blood? Haha, you have been vomiting blood for several years, why don't you still live sickly?"
The dignitaries in Beijing were talking a lot.
Those ladies who once despised Han Jiaojiao as a sick and infertile woman couldn't help but regret it——
If I had known that Han Jiaojiao could give birth, I would have asked for marriage for my children and grandchildren.
So much dowry, the favor of the Queen Mother and the Saint, and the lingering shadow of the Huo family were all enjoyed by Zhao Qingyun, a farmer!
However, the children and grandchildren of the family are still fighting fiercely to compete for the family's position.
These noble ladies only regretted it, but the step-wife of Duke Chengen was indeed filled with resentment.
She has long regarded Han Jiaojiao as her "lifelong enemy".
In the past few months, the step-wife has been waiting for the "good news" that Han Jiaojiao is seriously ill or even died.
Waiting and waiting, I only heard that the Number One Scholar's Office would occasionally hire an imperial doctor, but Han Jiaojiao was still weak and sickly.
He can also accompany his mother-in-law, who is also sick, and the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law can eat, drink, and play around in the East and West markets like mother and daughter.
From time to time, some sweet stories about Zhao Zhuangyuan and Princess Nanping appeared in the capital.
Why did Zhao Zhuangyuan go to court and go around half the city to buy freshly baked rose cakes for his wife and mother?
When Zhao Zhuangyuan took a rest, he personally sent his wife and mother to a Taoist temple and nunnery in the suburbs to worship Buddha.
What……
Because he still had Gu as his mother, Zhao Zhuangyuan's various acts of caring for his wife did not attract criticism.
When people don’t marry a daughter-in-law, they forget about their mother.
Nor did he wrong his bride in order to be filial to his mother.
In Zhao Zhuangyuan's heart, his mother and his wife are probably equally important.
In this era, a man who can do this has already made countless women and mothers-in-law envious.
What a wonderful husband and son!
Filial piety and marital relations are all taken care of.
Unlike the son-in-law of the Zheng family next door.
I only know how to feel sorry for my wife, but I ignore my parents, younger siblings.
Ji Keji's various "crematories for chasing wives" are only envied and yearned for by young girls.
As a mother, older people will just shake their heads after hearing this.
Alas, knowing that Ji Keji had gained a high position in his in-law's family, his father-in-law and his wife were both kind to him.
But, there is no need to be so humble.
The bride is praised so highly, but in fact the bride is also criticized for being charming and tempting men.
A woman who cannot "match her husband", no matter how excellent she is, cannot be considered a virtuous woman.
Everyone complained in their hearts. Some of his classmates and colleagues who were jealous of Ji Keji's "good luck" even deliberately ran against Ji Keji's face.
To sarcastically criticize Sang and Huai, it would be better to point at Ji Keji's nose and call him a son-in-law.
Ji Keji:...What do you know?
My wife is my lucky star.
Saying this in his heart, Ji Keji didn't care at all about the strange looks from everyone.
However, he is no longer the willful young man who easily got carried away.
He learned to be patient and disguised.
For his lofty ambition, he can play the role of a doting wife for the rest of his life!
Zheng Wanjun: ...Forget it, I'm not being serious. If a man can lie to a woman for a lifetime, it might not be a kind of "deep affection".
Regardless of the truth inside, on the surface, Zheng Wanjun and Ji Keji are known to be a loving couple.
Compared with them who show affection at every turn and show off their affection to others, Zhao Qingyun and Han Jiaojiao are much more "low-key".
If Han Jiaojiao hadn't been pregnant, the capital might have forgotten that she was married to the Zhao family.
"How could she be pregnant?"
"Ha! I knew that little bitch was pretending to be sick, but you didn't believe me!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu I'm a good wife of a prince, but I ended up like this. It's all Han Jiaojiao's fault!"
"God, you, you are blind!"
In the Buddhist hall, the step-wife, whose character had long been distorted by hatred, was crying and howling in front of the Buddha statue.
"No! I will never let that little bitch get what she wants!"
The step-wife took out the little man again and started zapping it like crazy.
…
In the court, the saint gathered military power, but the problem of his two relatives always troubled him.
The Han family is the natal family of the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother Han's father and younger brother are all important ministers in the court, and their disciples and old friends can be found throughout the court.
There is a popular saying among the people that "Han Ban Chao", which shows how powerful the Han family is.
The Xiao family, which raised a queen and a prince, is a family of martial arts. The Xiao family has an army of 200,000 in the southwest.
On the surface, the Xiao family is not as powerful as the Han family.
But, the Xiao family has soldiers.
In the early years, something happened to the Huo family. The Queen Mother of Han used Princess Yongjia to try to get the Han family to seize the Huo family's inheritance.
However, Han Chong was too "arrogant" and played all his good cards to pieces.
The Xiao family took advantage of the situation and sent their second son (Empress Xiao's half-brother) to the northwest.
After some operation, I actually got a big share of the pie.
The great general of the northwest is also the confidant of the saint.
But the deputy general under his command was named Xiao.
The Xiao family quietly established its presence in the northwest, and within thirty years, it had achieved some success.
There are also some founding fathers and established aristocratic families who have also formed a force in the court.
The saint has to face the Han family's civil service group, the Xiao family's two major military threats, and the constraints of the wealthy family every day.
"...No rush! Come one by one!"
A saint who aspires to be a wise king naturally has his own political ambitions.
His eyes began to wander between the Han family and the Xiao family.
…
"Cousin, are you really okay?"
The seventh prince looked at Han Jiaojiao in awe.
He and Han Jiaojiao are the same age, but Han Jiaojiao is a few months older than him, so she became his sister.
After Han Jiaojiao returned to Beijing, she was often picked up by the Queen Mother Han to stay in the palace.
She is the Empress Dowager's favorite, and the Seventh Prince is the Empress' sweetheart.
Two favored people were quite "hot" when they first met.
The Seventh Prince naughtily threw several fat, green bugs at Han Jiaojiao, and Han Jiaojiao "screamed" and "cryed" as the Seventh Prince expected.
However, when Han Jiaojiao was so frightened that she jumped, she "accidentally" trampled all the bugs brought by the Seventh Prince to death!
Seventh Prince:...Are you sure you didn't do it on purpose?
Han Jiaojiao:...Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Han Jiaojiao fainted, and the seventh prince was reprimanded, and even the queen pressed him down to apologize to Han Jiaojiao.
This is how the bridge was formed.
As they get older, the "grievances" between the two gradually fade away.
Especially when the seventh prince turned fifteen and was granted the title of Prince Kang. After he moved out of the palace, the "hateful siblings" never continued their childish PK.
On the contrary, there is a little more plastic brother-sister relationship.
However, with Xiao Xiaoliu's surprise and Zhao Qingyun settling in Prince Kang's Mansion, the relationship between the Seventh Prince and Han Jiaojiao became "real".
At least the seventh prince could treat Han Jiaojiao as a relative rather than an enemy.
"It should be fine!"
"I don't know what's wrong, but after marrying my husband, my health seems to have improved."
Han Jiaojiao said pretending to be happy.
As the perfect partner, Gu Qingcheng added, "Yes, yes, Jiaojiao always got sick in the past, but after marrying Da Lang, the frequency of her illnesses became less and less."
"Let me tell you, someone from the Han family must have had a conflict with my Jiaojiao and won over Jiaojiao!"
If it were a normal lady, she would definitely not say such "brainless" words.
But not Mrs. Gu.
Not long after she arrived in the capital, her reputation for being timid, cowardly, soft-eared, and easily confused spread out.
As for the Seventh Prince, he often came in and out of the Zhao family and "understood" Lady Gu more and more.
Therefore, upon hearing Gu Qingcheng's obviously inappropriate words, the Seventh Prince only twitched his forehead a few times.
"Yeah! Auntie, what you said makes sense! I also feel that I don't get along with the Han family!"
"Oh, don't expect someone to stab you."
"...Ah! Stab the villain!"
"Yes, yes, there are such vicious villains in our countryside!"
Han Jiaojiao and Gu Qingcheng said something to each other that made the seventh prince's heart tremble.
Prick a villain?
Isn’t it just witchcraft?!
In the capital and in the palace, this is a big taboo!
Why do these confused mother-in-law and daughter-in-law speak so openly in front of me, a dignified prince?
Wait, Han Jiaojiao's surname is Han, isn't her family the Cheng'en Palace?
The seventh prince's eyes flashed, and he suddenly had an idea.
…
Half a month later, a "strange news" came from the Han family——
Han Chong's step-wife secretly practiced witchcraft.
The cursed princess of Nanping might have been killed long ago if she hadn't been married and had a husband with the same horoscope.
There was an uproar in Beijing.
In fact, everyone knows that just stabbing villains will not kill them.
However, the word "witchcraft" really does not apply to it.
The step-wife, just looking for death herself, actually dragged the entire Han family along with her.
When the Queen Mother Han heard the news, she was so angry that she fainted.
Duke Chengen even hurriedly had his step-wife kidnapped, and personally took Han Chong to the palace to plead guilty.
The saint's "pure filial piety" stayed in front of the Queen Mother's bed and did not go to see his uncle or cousin at all.
