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 doesn't care about the trivial matters of the Zhao family.
However, Han Jiaojiao, a sick young man, went to the Zhao family and did not feel angry or wronged. Instead, he lived a very comfortable life, which satisfied the saint.
"This Zhao Qingyun is good!"
He was arrested at home and abroad, and even such things as training slaves were not left to the sick wife to worry about.
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 daughters, 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? She vomits blood every now and then."
"Will you die if you vomit blood? Haha, you've been vomiting blood for several years, why don't you still live as sickly as ever?"
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 remaining shadow of the Huo family were all enjoyed by Zhao Qingyun, a farmer!
As for his children and grandchildren, they are still fighting fiercely for the spot in the family.
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 had been waiting for the "good news" that Han Jiaojiao was seriously ill or even died.
Waiting and waiting, I only heard that the Number One Scholar's Palace would occasionally hire a 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 eat, drink, and play in the East and West Second Market 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 was taking a rest, he personally sent his wife and mother to the Taoist temples and nunneries 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 relationship are all taken care of.
Unlike the son-in-law of the Zheng family next door.
He only felt sorry for his wife, but ignored his parents, younger siblings.
Ji Keji's various "crematories for chasing wives" are only envied and yearned for by young girls.
Mothers and older people will just shake their heads after hearing this.
Alas, knowing that Ji Keji had gained a high position in his father-in-law's family, both his father-in-law and his wife were kind to him.
But, there's no need to be so humble.
The bride is praised so highly, but in fact the bride is also criticized for being a charmer and seduce man.
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 classmates and colleagues who were jealous of Ji Keji's "good luck" even deliberately ran against Ji Keji in person.
The only way to sneer and criticize Huai was 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, it’s not serious. If a man can lie to a woman for a lifetime, it might not be a kind of "affection".
No matter what the truth is, on the surface, Zheng Wanjun and Ji Keji are known to be a loving couple.
Compared with their earth-shattering displays of affection and gossiping at every turn, 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 mind had been twisted 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 Queen Mother's natal family. The Queen Mother Han's father and younger brother are all important ministers in the court, and their disciples and old friends are spread throughout the court.
There is a talk among the people of "Han Ban Chao", which shows how powerful the Han family is.
The Xiao family, which raised a queen and a prince, was a family of martial arts. The Xiao family had an army of 200,000 in the southwest.
On the surface, the Xiao family is not as powerful as the Han family.
However, the Xiao family has soldiers.
A few years ago, something happened to the Huo family. The Queen Mother of Han used Princess Yongjia to want the Han family to seize the Huo family's inheritance.
However, Han Chong was too "arrogant" and destroyed all his good cards.
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 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 becomes 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 it wasn't intentional?
Han Jiaojiao: ...Come on, let’s hurt each other!
Han Jiaojiao fainted, and the Seventh Prince was reprimanded and even pressed down by the Queen to apologize to Han Jiaojiao.
The beam was thus forged.
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 regard Han Jiaojiao as a relative rather than an enemy.
"It should be fine!"
"I don't know what's wrong. 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, there must be someone from the Han family who was in 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 as 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 actually practiced witchcraft secretly.
The cursed Princess 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" is really unacceptable.
The step-wife just wanted to die on her own, but she actually dragged the entire Han family into her trap.
When 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.
Duke Chengen had no choice but to resign...
PS: The third update will be a little later!
(End of chapter)
