Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 508 The decree arrives

Zhao Xiwei squeezed the teacup tightly tightly.

"Wei'er—" Zhao Ziyi hastily explained, "No, that's not what Dad meant!"

Zhao Xiwei was not as excited as before, just smiled, and asked calmly: "Daddy wants to support a queen, why not directly support Concubine Shu?"

She suddenly got angry.

She was so full that she was worried about his safety!I still endured my disgust towards Xu Yunjiao, so I just wanted to have a good talk with him in private!
When she was what?

A pawn for the benefit of the family?A pawn who risked his life to die?

Zhao Ziyi is not an indecisive person to stand out in the court.

He didn't think he was a person who valued feelings too much, but he felt a little guilty just for her rhetorical question.

He was startled, and forgot to explain for a moment, and just followed her words and subconsciously said: "Your Majesty has an old love in his heart, and Concubine Shu has no children under her knees, so she has no possibility of becoming a queen."

"But isn't there still Daddy and you?"

Zhao Xi smiled coldly, glanced at the man in front of him, and said indifferently: "Since you can protect me as queen, you should also protect Concubine Shu as queen, right?"

"No." Zhao Ziyi shook her head, her voice was a little low: "Even if she is made a queen, she can't fulfill my wish—"

Zhao Xi was slightly taken aback: "What wish?"

"Your mother's illness back then was related to the queen..."

"What?" Zhao Xi shrank his pupils slightly: "Mother——"

Just as he was about to continue speaking, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

"Master Xiang! The imperial decree has arrived!"

Holy decree?

Suddenly delivered a decree at this time?
Zhao Xiwei still hadn't recovered from the last question, he just squeezed the teacup in his hand, oblivious to the noise outside the door.

Zhao Ziyi had already turned the wheelchair, turned her head to look out the window, and asked coldly, "What happened?"

"I don't know." The voice in the corridor hurriedly replied: "I just got the news that the eunuch who passed the decree in the palace has left Zhuque Street and is coming to the prime minister's mansion. I am afraid that he has already arrived outside the Yimen Gate." After a moment of hesitation, "It looks like a reward..."

reward?

Zhao Xiwei came back to his senses.

Usually, when the emperor rewards his courtiers, a secretary needs to draw up the gift, and then go through the warehouse to check it. After a process, it basically doesn't take three to five days to get it right.

Why did you say reward all of a sudden?

What's more, now that the year is almost over, what rewards are there?
Zhao Ziyi straightened his collar, flicked his sleeves, and asked calmly, "Who is here to pass the decree?"

However, in just a moment, the fingertips on the sleeves paused——

I only heard the reply from outside the door: "It's Eunuch Cao and Eunuch Chang."

Now, even Zhao Xiwei couldn't help frowning.

Eunuch Cao, who is the emperor's close servant, must have a high status, or just reward him with something, and even arranged for Cao De to go there in person, which is almost equivalent to the emperor's visit in person.

And Eunuch Chang is the celebrity around the Queen Mother.

It is as rare as the sun rising in the west and east at the same time for these two to be together on errands.

What is it that made the Emperor and Empress Dowager send someone over together?
When they came to the main courtyard full of suspicion, the female family members of the Zhao family had already knelt on the ground, with their heads slightly lowered, and their eyes fell on the bluestone brick floor in an orderly manner.

The old lady had changed her clothes again, when she heard the wheelchair creaking from the corridor, she suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of worry: "Xuan'er—"

"It's okay." Zhao Ziyi shook the wheelchair, approached the old lady, and comforted the old lady with a pleasant face: "Mother, don't worry, my son has been inquired about, and it is said that His Majesty sent a reward..."

The old lady breathed a sigh of relief: "Amitabha, it's good that it's a reward." She looked at Zhao Xiwei again, "Sister Wei, come to grandma." She then ordered, "Sister Yu and Sister Yan kneel behind go."

Zhao Chengyan hurriedly answered yes in a low voice, moved her knees, and obediently gave up her position.

Zhao Chengyu froze for a moment, as if he hadn't reacted at all, stared straight at the old lady, and said dissatisfiedly: "Grandmother, there is a difference between concubine and concubine, and there is an orderly hierarchy. According to the rules, this is my place!"

"Sister Yu!" The old lady gave a low voice, but she didn't dare to make too much noise, so she could only clenched her teeth and reprimanded: "Kneel down quickly, and don't let the people in the palace see your jokes! You are not young anymore! , be obedient!"

Zhao Chengyu was angry, but he didn't dare to continue to refute, so he pouted, got up, and when he passed by Zhao Xiwei, he raised his chin and snorted coldly.

It happened that a little girl came over with a brand new cushion: "Princess, please."

Zhao Xi lifted the hem of his skirt slightly, and just knelt down, when he felt a gaze behind him, piercing towards him like a poisonous thorn.

It was Zhao Chengyu who was kneeling behind him.

Without the restraint of the old lady, she was obviously more arrogant, and stabbed in a strange way: "If you climb high, you will fall hard. If you hold it so high today, it will be hard enough when you fall down tomorrow."

Zhao Xiwei didn't bother to argue at first, but she sneered again: "So what if you are in the front, is it more noble than others!"

Zhao Xi smiled slightly and said: "My sister's words are wrong. Whether you are in the front or the back depends not on whether you are distinguished or not, but on whether you have the ability."

Zhao Chengyu retorted: "I don't have it, do you have it?"

"Yes, I have." Zhao Xi turned his face slightly, and smiled brightly: "If my sister has this ability in the future, grandma will naturally hold you high."

Zhao Chengyu was so choked that he couldn't speak.

She knew that Zhao Xiwei was telling the truth.

For someone who values ​​the interests of the family like the old lady, if she can bring glory to the family one day like Zhao Xiwei, the old lady will definitely change her current attitude and hold herself in the palm of her hand again.

However, what does she use to make a name for herself in the family?

The whole yard was silent.

No one knew that among the crowd everywhere, a seed of resentment was quietly sprouting.

Zhao Xiwei knelt in the front row with his back straight, his eyes fixed on the front.

The cold wind came through the courtyard, rolled up pieces of flying flowers, twirled lightly in the air, and then fell quietly in her hair, and she had no time to take care of them.

Receiving orders is hard work.

Receiving the imperial edict is even more drudgery among drudgery.

What's more, the person who came to the Zhao Mansion today to preach the decree was sent by the Emperor and Empress Dowager.

Under the double pressure, even Xu Yunjiao lost her temper, twisted her handkerchief uneasily with her fingers, moved her knees quietly, and approached Zhao Ziyi.

A quarter of an hour passed, and the person who delivered the decree had not yet arrived.

Two quarters of an hour passed, and there was still silence outside the door.

After waiting for more than half an hour, when the people in the yard couldn't restrain their inner anxiety, the sound of kicking footsteps came from outside the door.

Everyone held their breath and looked towards the door out of the corner of their eyes.

A pair of black boots appeared in sight.

Followed by a crimson skirt.

Then there was a tense voice from the top of the head: "Oh, princess, please hurry up, you can't be a servant of this great gift!"

(End of this chapter)