As the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, news comes to the Imperial City that the envoy team returning from the Western Wei Dynasty encountered an ambush on the way. The envoy team suffered numerous casualties. Zhao Mingzhan is missing and may have been in trouble.
The emperor was shocked and angry, and immediately sent troops to search and rescue, but found a corpse on a carriage in the deep forest. The man's face could not be seen clearly, but his stature was not much different from Zhao Mingzhan, and he was also wearing Zhao Mingzhan's clothes. clothes, so the news of Zhao Mingzhan's assassination quickly spread back to the imperial city.
Princess Zhao burst into tears, her whole body seemed to be soaked in water.
"My son, my son! My Mingzhan! Who killed my son with a thousand cuts!"
The mother-son relationship between Princess Zhao and Zhao Mingzhan is actually very ordinary. Zhao Mingzhan has been with King Zhao since he was sensible, and has been taught by King Zhao himself. Since the mother and son don't get along much, the relationship is naturally a little weak.
Moreover, Princess Zhao not only has Zhao Mingzhan as her son, she also has Zhao Mingyan. Compared with Zhao Mingzhan, Zhao Mingyan, the son who has been pampered and grown up in front of her since childhood, she obviously loves more.
Over the years, Princess Zhao has often made things difficult for Zhao Mingzhan even because of the Yaozi incident.
She even felt sad for her eldest son's daughter-in-law, Murong Ning.
Just because the eldest son didn't listen to her, the eldest daughter-in-law didn't listen to her either.
But Zhao Mingzhan is her biological child after all, and he is the most outstanding heir of Prince Zhao's palace. He is her pride and future. As long as Zhao Mingzhan is here, no one can look down on her or deny her face.
She gave birth to an excellent heir to the palace. Her back was straight and no one could change her position.
But if something happens to Zhao Mingzhan, the future of Prince Zhao's Mansion will be half in ruins.
Princess Zhao cried so hard that she couldn't help herself. Murong Ning rolled her eyes and remained silent.
Her face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and she didn't have any tears. She stood aside and watched Princess Zhao cry with cold eyes. She felt her head was buzzing and her heart was very uneasy. She subconsciously tightened the handkerchief in her hand.
Zhao Mingzhan was not without plans, and he did not hide anything from his wife. Before leaving, he told Murong Ning that going to the Western Wei Dynasty might be dangerous, and also told Murong Ning some of his plans. .
But Murong Ning was confident in her heart and firmly believed that her husband would not be harmed so easily. However, when she heard the news, she was still stunned and a huge panic emerged in her heart.
This was her husband, the father of her son, the childhood sweetheart she had grown up with, and the person she would spend the rest of her life with. She really couldn't imagine what would happen to her if she lost him.
Although the relationship between the two is not so earth-shattering and soul-stirring, nor is it that much love and affection.
Everything went as it should. They made a marriage contract when they were young, knowing that the other person would be their lifelong companion. They cared about each other and took care of each other. When they got older, they got married and became a couple.
Murong Ning was extremely flustered, her face became even paler, and her whole body was a little shaky. She only came back to her senses when the maid next to her helped her sit down.
King Zhao glanced at her from his seat, but he was actually upset by his old wife's crying, so he said: "Okay, why are you crying? Isn't it just a piece of news? I don't know whether it is true or not, so why are you crying? "
Princess Zhao was usually afraid of him, but now she was no longer afraid. She was so angry that she suddenly stood up, pointed at Prince Zhao's nose and scolded: "Do you have a conscience? Mingzhan is your biological son, and now he has such a big problem. Things, you still say such things?!"
"Are you hoping that something will happen to him soon so that you can make way for Zhao Minghui?!"
"My Mingzhan! How pitiful!"
King Zhao was almost so angry at her words that he slapped the table hard and angrily shouted: "Shut up! What nonsense are you talking about!"
Zhao Mingzhan was his eldest son and the heir whom he had raised with his own hands. His importance in his heart was greater than that of Princess Zhao, Zhao Mingyan and even Zhao Minghui combined. Princess Zhao's words like this were simply heartbreaking.
Zhao Mingyan still felt sorry for his mother, so he said: "Father, my concubine is just too worried about my eldest brother. Don't argue with her."
What King Zhao was thinking about was that Princess Zhao was getting more and more confused and angry. When Concubine Zhou was in the palace, she still behaved like a princess and could only wait respectfully towards her husband. For fear of making him unhappy, he said one thing and she didn't dare to say another thing, and the house was kept in order.
Now that Zhou's concubine has gone to the imperial mausoleum, she is the only one in charge of the palace. On the contrary, her temper has grown up, and she even dares to scold him.
Perhaps after what happened to Su Fu, her temper became even more irritable.
King Zhao looked at Zhao Mingyan. Zhao Mingyan also turned a little pale, but he did not panic. Seeing King Zhao looking at him, he continued: "The top priority is to send people to continue searching. If my brother is so powerful, he will definitely not Something happened."
Zhao Mingyan also admired his eldest brother, and Zhao Mingzhan always took care of him. Therefore, the relationship between the two brothers was also very good.
"Brother, nothing will happen to him."
King Zhao breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that although the incident caused by Su Fu brought shame to Prince Zhao's palace, it was also beneficial.
After Zhao Mingyan went through these things, he has obviously become more mature and steady. He is not as careless as before. He is a prince's youngest son and a dandy. He has never known sorrow in his life. He will only rely on the shadow of his father and brother to live. He would panic and would only come back to find his mother-in-law and brother.
In the past, King Zhao was devoted to Zhao Mingzhan and only wanted to teach his eldest son well, but he really neglected his youngest son.
Later, as the child grew older, it was not easy for him to be upright. Zhao Mingzhan was already very good when he came back, and he was very satisfied with it. He thought that it would be okay to just let him be like this. He had no ambitions and the family would be stable in the future. Brothers fight and kill each other.
But now that Zhao Mingzhan happened, he faintly regretted it.
Zhao Mingzhan was indeed excellent and the son he valued most, but life and death were unpredictable, especially for people in their position. He raised Zhao Mingyan to waste, which indeed avoided possible fights between brothers.
But what if something really happened to Zhao Mingzhan?
If something really happened to Zhao Mingzhan at this time, he is getting older and he is too young in the first year of junior high school. Who can afford to support this mansion and protect this full of female relatives?
King Zhao was thinking about this and secretly made a decision in his heart to teach Zhao Mingyan.
Even if he is not as outstanding as the eldest son, he can still support this mansion if necessary.
