Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 2 Homecoming
Only the Tsing Yi guard upstairs was a little worried: "Master, why don't you think Prime Minister Zhao still doesn't get off the bus?"

The black-clothed man did not answer.

Just rolled up the portrait slowly, put it in the box, and handed it to the Tsing Yi guard.

"Keep it."

"Yes." The guard froze in his heart and hurriedly took it with both hands.

Scratching his head, he still said what he wanted to say: "Master, you said that she is an illegitimate daughter raised in the countryside, can she be accepted by the entire prime minister's residence?"

Aware of his master's cold gaze, he grinned again, with a pleasing smile on his face: "You said she came to Beijing from the countryside, you have arranged for your subordinates to secretly protect her along the way, or send the Buddha to the West, or send Go and help her, in case..."

"Yuan Ce."

"Subordinates are here."

"If you care so much about the Prime Minister's family affairs, why not transfer you to the Prime Minister and be the second in command?"

"Master, spare your life! This subordinate knows it's wrong!" The guard who called Yuan Ce was immediately discouraged.

But still a little unwilling to give up, he said tentatively: "This subordinate is also to take care of the overall situation. You see, that Mrs. Prime Minister is the granddaughter of the Queen Mother. Once the father and daughter meet each other, the Queen Mother will definitely show her power, and when the Queen Mother shows her power... "

"Oh?" The man looked at Yuan Ce, his eyes were heavy, and Yuan Ce suddenly swallowed the rest of his words.

He quickly waved his hand and changed his words: "No, no! Master, listen to me, what I mean is that you really tried your best to find your lost daughter for the Prime Minister. In the future, the Prime Minister's father and daughter will be grateful to you and swear allegiance to the death. !"

"That's not necessary."

The man smiled lightly, and a clear voice came slowly: "I just want to see if this girl Zhao, who has returned from the countryside, has the ability to establish herself in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and whether she has the ability..."

Speaking of this, the tone suddenly turned cold and solemn: "...survive the calculations of the Queen Mother's forces!"

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A month later.

In the early winter, the stone steps were covered with a thin layer of hoarfrost.

The cold wind was even colder, and the whirring poured in from the sleeves, so cold that even the stomach was cold.

No, it's not frozen, it's starved.

Zhao Xiwei knelt down on the ground, enduring the cold and hunger on his body, listening to the noisy crowd above——

With a sharp voice and a weeping voice, it was Mrs. Xu, Zhao Ziyi's wife:
"What do you mean by me!? A child suddenly appeared in the sky and said that it was under my name. Who do you think I am? Can any cat or dog call me mother?"

"Let's talk about it! You haven't seen the person surnamed Shen for so many years, how can you decide that this is your child? Can't you keep her out with some wild man..."

"Snapped!"

A porcelain white tea bowl fell to the ground.

"Unreasonable!"

Zhao Xiwei knelt on the side, and the splash of tea affected her skirt.

Mrs. Xu's tone suddenly changed to crying: "Zhao Xuan! You have no conscience! Who is the wife you are marrying? Who is the daughter of your Zhao family? If you want to keep her in the house, you are dreaming!"

Zhao Ziyi's voice was calm and powerful: "Sister Wei is from the blood of my Zhao family. She doesn't live in the mansion. Where do you want her to live?"

"Why do you think she is the blood of the Zhao family? How do you know that she is not trying to climb high branches with all her heart?"

"You—" Zhao Ziyi got angry.

"Don't be in a hurry to protect her."

Mrs. Zhao's majestic voice sounded above her head: "She's quite clever, she chose to stop him on his way out of the palace, and now there are many articles of impeachment from the Censor, saying that she didn't have any thoughts, I don't believe it. "

"Grandma!" Zhao Xiwei suddenly raised his head.

"What?" Mrs. Zhao's voice was stiff and cold: "What am I saying? Are you not thinking about it?"

There was silence in the house.

The maids who were serving by the side quietly withdrew, for fear that the fire of war would spread to them.

Zhao Xiwei's fingers were tightly clenched into fists in his sleeves.

In theory, it was her mother who had an engagement with her father first. What was wrong with her father wanting her to return to the Zhao residence in an upright manner?

Mother raised her by herself for 16 years. In order to avoid suspicion, she never had any contact with the Zhao family. The two of them survived the difficult times. When she was desperate, she thought of her father and begged him to save her mother's life. What's wrong?

She really wanted to tell this aloof woman aloud, what kind of aristocratic family, I don't care!
I can live well by myself and support myself with my own hands!

In those days when she and her mother depended on each other, she suffered from hunger and cold. She was chased and bitten by the hound for a pheasant. She rode on the hound and pinched the neck of the hound with both hands. The dog rolled in the mud, and finally she spat out a mouthful of dog hair and brought back a chicken and a dog.

The stubbornness in her bones told her that if she just left, wouldn't it be what they wanted?

In front of her, she can still insult her mother like this. If she leaves like this, I don't know how ugly the rumors will be in the future!
But people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.

She has no mother now, and the only one she can rely on is her father.

Taking a deep breath, he lifted the skirt, Zhao Xiwei knelt down in front of Zhao Ziyi, and said slowly, "My mother's life was hanging by a thread at the time, and my daughter had to make such a rash move in a desperate situation, without taking into account her father's identity and situation. , It's my fault, I hope my father can forgive my daughter."

Mrs. Zhao snorted coldly: "It's a positive thing for you to admit your mistake!"

Zhao Ziyi was silent.

He remembered the scene of the father and daughter meeting for the first time. It was raining heavily. She knelt in the rain and stopped his carriage crying: "Please help Shen Yuqing."

Shen Yuqing was Shen Mu's only daughter, Zhao Ziyi's favorite woman when she was young.

As soon as we parted, people went to the empty building, but I didn't expect that she would raise the child so big by herself...

Thinking of this, Zhao Ziyi felt as uncomfortable as a knife.

Zhao Xiwei's voice sounded in his ears again:

"If my mother had the intention to take advantage of my father, she could have come to the door when she was pregnant with me. With my father's feelings for her, she would definitely not abandon her. Even if Mrs. Xu couldn't accept it, she would not Might be compared to a pregnant woman."

(End of this chapter)