Huafanchunzhengming

Chapter 649 Love and Hate (1)

By the time Zhong Weiwei came out from Princess Duanren, the news had already spread in the palace that "Da Sicha sent someone to ask His Majesty to return to the palace, but His Majesty ignored her".

Zhong Weiwei was very satisfied. After returning home, she found an excuse and scolded Xiaotang. Xiaotang ran to the corner and "sobbed and cried for a while", so the rumor evolved into "Da Sicha is about to fall out of favor, and he is in a bad mood, so I scolded my beloved Xiaotang."

After dark, Zhong Weiwei dressed up meticulously and went to Zhaoren Palace with a lantern. Seeing her coming, Li Anren welcomed her in quickly: "Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a while."

Chonghua sat behind the desk reviewing the papers, without raising his head, he said: "It will be done right away, wait a minute."

Zhong Weiwei sat down casually, and saw three or four food boxes on the table, all of which looked untouched.Lifting the lid of the box and looking inside, I laughed when I saw it. The small bowls of various colors contained excellent looking tonifying soup, and I didn't need to guess to know that it was sent by the concubines.

It seems that everyone knows that she angered Chonghua and fell out of favor. Zhong Weiwei guessed based on the variety of the bowl: "I guess the soup in this jade bowl was given by the imperial concubine. This unpretentious white porcelain bowl is from Hui From my concubine, is this small and exquisite glazed bowl from Chen Jinpin..."

Chonghua said: "Whoever gave it to me, I won't eat it. Give it to you if you like it."

Zhong Weiwei said: "I'm not interested in other people's things."

Clutching his hands and shaking aside, Chonghua's eyes dazzled, he simply put down his pen: "I haven't seen you for a few days, do you miss me?"

Zhong Weiwei said: "Isn't it? I'm here to ask His Majesty to change his mind."

Chonghua asked, "Then have you repented?"

Zhong Weiwei shook his head: "No."

"Then let's go." Chonghua made a gesture to pick up the pen to write again, Zhong Weiwei immediately stepped forward to hug him, and rubbed his chest against his back viciously: "Your Majesty, don't do this... tomorrow you will inform Shang Yi Bureau, temporarily stop making queen robes."

Chonghua sighed: "What trick did you come up with?"

Zhong Weiwei sat down next to him: "Sister Sister wants to treat guests. Senior Sister saved A Cai's life and let me accompany you. I think the more miserable I am, the better."

When the matter came to this point, Chonghua let her go: "You weigh it yourself, don't play too much."

Zhong Weiwei hadn't seen him for a few days, and he really missed him a little. He refused to leave, so Chonghua coaxed her: "I want to tell you some good news. The Dongling people let go today and signed the delivery document. Sealed, King Wu will set off tomorrow to accept the land cession ceremony on my behalf."

"I always feel uneasy." Zhong Weiwei ran to the Kanyu map and pointed it to Chonghua: "After Yuanzhou and Jingchuan were incorporated into our country's territory, it was equivalent to the opening of Dongling's door to Li Guo, which is absolutely not beneficial to them , I thought they wouldn’t give it anyway, and the best result would be to replace Yuanzhou with Binchuan.”

Chonghua calmed down and said, "Yes, that's why I asked the King of Wu to watch it, and I told Xu Han not to be idle. The newly recruited recruits need to practice more, and if they don't have enough food, ask the Dongling people for it."

Zhong Weiwei always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of anything else, so he pressed the matter, talked to Chonghua for a while, and got up to leave.

As soon as he returned to Qingxin Palace, the rumor spread outside: "Da Sicha had the cheek to go and beg His Majesty to return to Qingxin Palace, or wanted to stay in Zhaoren Palace, but was driven away by His Majesty."

Xiaotang and Yanzhi were not convinced: "These people are all free, why don't you tell your Majesty to reduce the expenses for this autumn and winter, everyone has to do things to have clothes and food, and see if they still have this time."

Zhong Weiwei smiled without saying a word, and fell asleep on his own.

In the early morning of the next day, everything went as usual, but in the afternoon, someone came to her again, this time throwing out the bait: "Please come over to Da Sicha, and I will tell you about the Qiu Ze case."

Zhong Weiwei didn't delay at all this time, and hurried to Zhilan Palace.

Grandma Ju was locked in a side room, the side room was cloudy, and the sun was out of sight all year round. The eunuch in charge of Zhilan Palace opened the door, and a stench came in, which almost made people faint.

Zhong Weiwei covered her mouth and nose and looked in, and saw a stooped old woman holding the door frame, standing there, looking at her eagerly.

Taking a closer look, it was indeed Aunt Ju who was serving Wei Sang back then, and said: "Give me a brief grooming, and then bring him to the side hall.

The eunuch in charge agreed, washed and cleaned Aunt Ju, and pushed the person in front of Zhong Weiwei: "Please."

Grandma Ju no longer had the calm demeanor she had back then, shivering and terrified, her eyes always rolling around uncontrollably when she was speaking.

She asked Zhong Weiwei to drive the others away: "What I want to tell you, this old slave is a top-secret matter. If others know, this old slave will not be able to live."

Zhong Weiwei is kind, but he is worried about her: "If you can't think about it again, suddenly jump up and give me that, I don't think it's worth it, so I will wrong you."

Grandma Ju didn't understand what "I've wronged you" meant, so she flattered her and said, "This old slave won't do it."

Before she finished speaking, someone came forward and threw her over, tied her hooves together, threw her in front of Zhong Weiwei with her arms, and then backed away.

Zhong Weiwei then said: "You can say it."

There was a bit of resentment in Ju's eyes, but she refused to hide it at all: "The death of Concubine Xuan was not an accident, but was murdered..."

Zhong Weiwei had heard Chonghua mention the ins and outs of this matter, so it was only indifferent.

Seeing that she was not interested, Grandma Ju became anxious: "You don't know yet, why did Furun Palace go to war for a silver box and insisted on killing Concubine Xuan? It was because your father was involved in that box. Old Si Cha."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Weiwei stared at Aunt Ju coldly: "Say!"

But Nanny Ju stopped talking, and put forward conditions: "This old slave has been wandering all his life, and all he has done is to serve others. He thought that relying on Concubine Xuan, no matter how bad he is, he could take care of his old age, but he didn't expect this." It's unlucky for people to drink saliva and stuff between their teeth... In this way, this old slave can tell you everything, but I also ask you to raise your hand and pull this old slave."

Zhong Weiwei raised the corners of her lips: "Yes, you can do whatever you want, as long as you don't go too far."

Aunt Ju said: "50 taels of gold, a road guide, to send this old slave out of the palace, we have no grievances or enmity, surely this asking price is not too much, right?"

"It's not too much at all." Zhong Weiwei made a "please" gesture to Nanny Ju.

Nanny Ju then said: "In the case of the Qiu family back then, it was all because Lu Ruosu of Furun Palace secretly fell in love with Qiu Lao Sicha and couldn't ask for it. She felt resentful, so she killed Qiu's family. The silver box contained a bouquet of red tea. The woman's hair tied with silk threads is what Lu Ruosu showed her love to Qiu Lao Sicha back then..."

(End of this chapter)