"Do you really like him that much?" Chen Jinghuai blurted out.
Jiang Nianjiao, who was walking in front, also froze when she heard this.
like him?
Maybe she liked it, after all, her heart had moved when he flirted with her, and when she foresaw his death, she really had a strong feeling of not wanting him to die.
But she also knew that her love for Zhao Yanzhen was far less crazy than her previous relationship, no matter how miserable and selfish she was in that relationship.
But she didn't have that feeling of eager heartbeat for someone and the desire to take that person as her own in this relationship.
Moreover, choosing to remain a widow for Zhao Yanzhen was just a choice based on weighing the pros and cons.
After all, she couldn't change Zhao Yanzhen's death, let alone stop Lu Zhizhang's progress.
But even though she knew in her heart that calculation was more important than emotion, and reason defeated emotion in this relationship, she couldn't deny that she had no emotion.
She chuckled lightly, "Now that no one is here, what's the point of talking about it?"
Jiang Nianjiao was just avoiding answering the question, but in Chen Jinghuai's eyes, this situation seemed to be shrouded in great loss.
At a certain moment, he even wanted to tell Jiang Nianjiao the truth and tell her that the person she missed was not dead, but had just changed his mind.
But he also knew that these words would ruin all plans.
Fortunately, the journey was not too long, and Jiang Nianjiao didn't ask anything else.
She only led Zhao Yanzhen to the small courtyard where Queen Min now lived alone, and then she knocked on the courtyard door.
A maid who looked to be thirteen or fourteen years old only opened the door with her head tilted.
When she saw it was Jiang Nianjiao, she quickly asked in surprise, "Why is the princess here?"
Jiang Nianjiao whispered, "Go and talk to your mother and tell her that Captain Chen is here to see her."
The little maid nodded.
Soon after, the maid entered the inner room. After a while, the maid came out and said, "Madam, please come in."
Jiang Nianjiao got the words and just said to Chen Jinghuai, "You go in. I just met my mother today, so I won't go in with you."
Chen Jinghuai didn't dare to look into Jiang Nianjiao's eyes, he just said "ok".
After entering the inner hall, the inner chamber where Queen Min lives now is much smaller than the Fengchen Palace back then.
The smell of sandalwood in the room is particularly grand, and there is a huge Buddha statue in the main hall.
The maid on the side heard that Queen Min now believed in Buddhism, so she just stayed behind closed doors and prayed day and night.
He knew very well that his aunt was suffering, but he couldn't tell her everything until Zhao Yanzhen took action.
When Queen Min turned her head and saw Chen Jinghuai who had crossed the threshold, her expression was in a trance. For a moment, she even thought she was seeing her son.
In the reversible light room, after the light reflected the outline, she knew that everything was just a delusion in the end.
"Aunt, Jing'er is here to see you." After Chen Jinghuai came in, he knelt on the ground.
Queen Min quickly stretched out her hands and said, "Jing'er, get up."
Now Empress Min has taken off her gorgeous clothes and is wearing plain clothes. Even her hair, which used to be unwilling to accept aging easily, only has new white hair, revealing deep wrinkles.
Chen Jinghuai couldn't help but asked, "Aunt, are you okay here?"
Empress Min looked calmly and said, "What's wrong with people who are about to be buried half-body?"
"However, the princess is filial. Knowing that I am a Buddhist now, she opened a Buddhist hall just for me. She meditates every morning and dusk. In fact, I have already said that I don't need to follow those rules, but she still comes every time. What do I have? If she can do it, she will always go out of her way to do it for me. Now I feel like I have an extra daughter."
At this point, Empress Min sighed again and said, "Just why did I have to stop them from getting married at that time? The younger generation has their blessings. Do you think that if I didn't delay their marriage, wouldn't it be Zhen'er?" He won’t die.”
When Chen Jinghuai heard this, he just said, "Aunt, you don't have to be too sad. How could this happen because of you? Besides, don't be too depressed. Maybe there will be new hope waiting for you in the future. That's okay." It may not be known.”
Queen Min didn't hear anything from Chen Jinghuai's suggestive words.
After Chen Jinghuai communicated with Queen Min, he also secretly made up his mind. If he waited for him to contact Zhao Yanzhen, he might still persuade Zhao Yanzhen to drink a bowl of water. .
At nightfall, the snow suddenly stopped.
After Lu Zhizhang returned to Lu Mansion exhausted, he was quickly greeted by Qi Peipei, who had been waiting early.
When Qi Peipei saw Lu Zhizhang back, he happily greeted him, "Husband, you are back. You haven't had dinner yet, right?"
When Lu Zhizhang heard this, he didn't even look at Qi Peipei. He just said in a cold voice, "You don't have to wait for me, I have something else to do."
After saying this, he went straight to the study room in the inner room.
Qi Peipei watched him striding away with a bit of disappointment in his eyes.
She had always thought that it would be great if she could marry Lu Zhizhang. Even if she couldn't get his heart, she could at least get someone.
But now that she really married him, she realized that she was not as good as she thought. Although she was famous outside, her sisters often praised her good luck.
But a husband who doesn't touch you or look at you makes her feel even more unreasonable.
In fact, she has been trying to bring them closer to each other and has made various attempts.
But if you don’t like it, you don’t like it.
He didn't even want to look at himself.
It's just that his natal family didn't help him much. Even his mother always wanted him to blow the pillow in front of Lu Zhizhang so that he could find new jobs in the court for his father and brother.
However, the couple slept in separate rooms. Not to mention the pillows, they were under the same roof and could not even exchange a few words. How could she ask Lu Zhizhang to find a job for her incompetent father and brother?
Therefore, most of the time she could only fudge her mother's request. For this reason, every time she went back, she would inevitably be poked in the head by her mother and scolded her for not remembering her last name after she got married.
She never knew that a woman's situation in marriage could be so difficult.
Obviously she married into another family from her original family. The favor is not broken now, so it seems like it should be a scoring question of 1+1=2.
But since she got married, her mother seemed not to have considered her situation. She only thinks about her husband and her son. And she just became a pig for slaughter.
She couldn't forget that on her wedding day, she just stayed alone in the empty house. Later, after she followed her husband back to her parents' home, her mother hinted openly and secretly that the new uncle could find a good job for her father and son.
Although Lu Zhizhang still found a leisurely job for his brother. But she also knew in her heart that with this incident, Lu Zhizhang was afraid that she would inevitably treat herself as a decoration.
And although she was keeping company with Mrs. Lu, her relationship was managed well. But her husband was very cold towards her.
At the moment, she has nothing to lose.
Qi Peipei looked a little sad here, but a thin young man behind him whispered in confusion, "Cousin, why is my brother-in-law gone?"
Only then did Qi Peipei remember that her mother had arranged for someone to come here. She could only suppress the disappointment in her heart and showed a forced smile. "It snowed heavily in Beijing recently. Many people froze to death in the west of the city. Your brother-in-law doesn't care." I'm going to Jingzhou Mansion and I'm busy with official duties. Let's talk about your affairs later."
When the half-grown children saw that Qi Peipei said this, they naturally just said yes.
Then Qi Peipei took his cousin back to the main hall to prepare for dinner.
It was getting late at this time, and the child was growing up. Now he was hungry, and he only ate very sweet food.
On the contrary, Qi Peipei, who was worried, only took one or two bites and then stopped holding the wooden chopsticks in his hand.
When Qi Peipei got up, the young man who ate all the fish heads could not help but look at Qi Peipei with an uneasy expression and said, "Cousin, are you full?"
Qi Peipei nodded, "Yes, I'm full. You can eat slowly. When you're done eating, I'll ask Shu'an to take you to rest."
After hearing what Qi Peipei said, the young man didn't say much more. He just immersed himself in the food again.
But Qi Peipei asked the kitchen to prepare some food and went to the study.
Sure enough, the lights were on in the study, and Qi Peipei knocked on the door gently.
The person in the room almost said without raising his head, "The door is not closed. Come in by yourself."
After hearing this, Qi Peipei just pushed the door open.
Lu Zhizhang was currently writing a memorial under the lamp.
She didn't say anything when she saw this. She only motioned to the boy beside him who was grinding ink for him to step aside.
Then she put down the food box, took the boy's ink stone and ground it gently.
When Lu Zhizhang finished writing his memorial, he looked up and saw Qi Peipei.
There was no look of disgust on his face, but Qi Peipei could still feel his alienation and indifference towards her.
He carefully blew on the ink on the album, and then said, "Why are you here? Didn't I tell you earlier that you don't need to worry about me?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Peipei just whispered, "I think you haven't had dinner yet, so I specially prepared some snacks for you."
After saying this, she looked at Lu Zhizhang expectantly, but Lu Zhizhang said coldly, "Thank you, please put it aside."
After saying this, he looked like he was rushing away.
In the past, Qi Peipei would probably leave after he accepted his feelings.
But today she was a little hesitant.
Lu Zhizhang took a rare look at her and asked, "Do you have anything else?"
Qi Peipei only whispered, "My cousin from Huzhou came to see us."
"That's good. Just entertain him well. If you don't have enough money, just go to your mother to pay it. I think my mother won't refuse." Lu Zhizhang said in a cold voice.
Qi Peipei heard this but still had no intention of leaving.
In the end, Lu Zhizhang could only ask her again, "What? Do you have anything else?"
