The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 167 A Great Gift to King Rui
Of course, Qin Siyong had also placed people in the capital, so the news of Qin's tragic death and dismissal reached his ears a month before her coffin.

Qin Siyong had no sleep for three consecutive nights.

His daughter was spoiled by her grandparents, uncles and aunts.

If, if he had insisted on bringing her back despite his daughter's opposition when he returned to Beijing to join Emperor Wen of Tang...

But no if, because of various scruples, he left his daughter in the capital. When his daughter was sent to Zhuangzi by Zhao Yunting, he hoped that her daughter would figure it out and would come to join him as a father with Zhao Yunting and Li, but the daughter did not.His daughter was taken home by Zhao Yunting and was not allowed to see foreigners. He thought about going back to Beijing this year like other border guards, and persuaded his daughter again...

But before he could return to Beijing, his daughter died.

That was his only flesh and blood in this world...

In less than a month, Qin Siyong's temples were graying. When Qin's coffin finally arrived in the northwest, he endured the stench of the corpse and pushed open the lid to see his daughter for the last time. After just one glance, he vomited blood and fainted. He was rushed into the general's mansion by his confidants. , Xuan doctor consultation.

The bodyguards of the Yangwei Bodyguard Agency were all terrified. After being imprisoned for ten days, they finally recovered their lives and returned to Beijing in a hurry.

Departing in June, the group walked slowly when they went, and hurried when they returned, and it was already the end of August when they arrived in the capital.

The head of the bodyguard came to the Marquis of Yanping to collect the unsettled money. Zhao Yuan, the steward, asked them in detail about what they had seen and heard in the northwest, and then he gave the money.When Zhao Yunting came back at dusk, Zhao Yuan walked in with him and reported on the matter. Zhao Yunting's footsteps became slower and slower. He finally took a look in the direction of Rongshou Hall and said to Zhao Yuan: "I'll go over there to discuss things with the uncle. You and Mrs. Tai Tell me, you don't have to wait for me for dinner." After speaking, he ran towards the door with big strides.

Seeing the back of his master Hou striding like flying, Zhao Yuan shook his head and laughed, since the uncle's family moved there, Master Hou really seized every opportunity to visit.I hope the carriage will go fast this time, so that I can catch up with the uncle's family for dinner.

Over there, the Zhao family's carriage stopped in front of Wuyinghou's mansion. Zhao Yunting got off the car and walked in. The concierge was afraid of the old man since he stopped people and wanted to report first but was kicked by Zhao Yunting, so he opened the door tactfully. Closing the door, he didn't dare to say a word, and only quietly ordered someone to spread the word before opening the door.

When he came, Zhao Chen was carrying his daughter to the side room to prepare for dinner, when the servant ran over.Seeing Ning Shi and A'Ju following Zhao Chen, remembering Zhao Chen's order, the servant faltered and dared not speak.When Zhao Chen saw him like this, he guessed that the old man had come, and he didn't want his mother to know, so Zhao Chen put his daughter on the ground, "Cancan go there first, Daddy has something to do, he'll be back in a while."

"I'll go too!" Cancan hugged her daddy's thigh, wanting to go with her daddy.

Of course Zhao Chen couldn't take his daughter with him, the old man was better than him at making his daughter happy, so the daughter would definitely not let her grandfather go when she saw her grandfather.But before he could think of a reason to persuade his daughter to be obedient, Zhao Yunting had already walked over along the corridor and called out to his granddaughter, "Cancan, look who's here?"

Cancan turned her head, saw her grandfather whom she had not seen for a long time, immediately let go of her father and ran towards the corridor: "Grandfather!"

Zhao Chen stared at his father bitterly.

Ah Ju laughed, looked at her mother-in-law, and asked in a low voice: "Shall I ask the kitchen to add another pair of bowls and chopsticks?"

Ning nodded slightly.

Aju asked Cuiyu to go to the kitchen.

Zhao Yunting walked up to the three of them with his granddaughter in his arms, first glanced at his wife, and then at his daughter-in-law's belly.After learning that his daughter-in-law was pregnant again, he was very happy and still cared about her health.

Aware of her father-in-law's gaze, Ah Ju smiled embarrassedly.

Zhao Chen stood in front of his wife, looked at his daughter who was playing with the jade pendant on the old man's waist, turned around and said, "Let's go, eat first, and talk after dinner if you have something to say. Come here Cancan, Daddy hugs you."

"No, grandfather!" Cancan turned her head away from her father, hugging her grandfather's neck and refusing to let go.

Zhao Yunting rewarded his granddaughter with a kiss.

Zhao Chen had no choice but to take advantage of the old man because of his daughter.

The four of them walked to the side room together, Ah Ju and Zhao Chen were a few steps behind, Zhao Yunting knew that this section of the road was the only chance for him to whisper something to his wife, and it was impossible for his wife to play chess with him again when it was dark after dinner, so he whispered: "Is my daughter-in-law almost four months old? Why does my belly look bigger than when I was pregnant?"

Cancan likes to listen to adults whispering the most, leaning on his grandfather's shoulder obediently, staring at his grandparents' faces with big eyes.

Ning said: "What's so strange about this? Some people are pregnant for three months, and others can only be seen for five months. It is the same daughter-in-law, and each pregnancy is different."

Zhao Yunting understood it, and when he entered the door, he leaned into his wife's ear and said quickly: "Wait to see how the next time you conceive is different from the first time."

He was entangled, and Ning gave him a helpless look.

Zhao Yunting laughed silently.

Cancan looked at it, and also grinned, she and Zhao Yunting both had long eyebrows, this smile looked more like a grandparent.

Ning loves to see her granddaughter smile, and when her granddaughter smiles, she has nothing to worry about, so she reaches out to the little girl: "Grandfather is stupid to feed, Cancan let grandma feed."

Cancan threw herself into the arms of her grandmother without hesitation.

Zhao Chen watched from behind, and couldn't help but wonder if it was because his serving was not to his daughter's liking and that's why she didn't like letting her feed her.

After the meal, Ah Ju led her daughter back to the backyard first, and Zhao Chen came back as soon as she got on the kang after washing.

"It's finished so soon?" Ah Ju asked her husband in surprise. If her father-in-law came here at this time, he must have something important to discuss with him, right?

"It's nothing at all." Zhao Chen said while closing the door.It has nothing to do with Qin Siyong vomiting blood or not, the old man just wanted to come over for a meal.After closing the door, seeing his daughter standing there leaning on his mother's shoulders and looking at him, Zhao Chen stood on the edge of the kang and reached out to his daughter. After Cancan ran over, he kissed the little girl's forehead, hugged her and asked, "" Why doesn't Cancan let Daddy feed him?"

Cancan turned her head to look at her mother, smiled wickedly, but refused to say anything.

Zhao Chen insisted on telling her that Cancan twisted her body and wanted to go back to her mother, but after twisting for a long while, seeing that her father refused to let her go, the little girl looked at her father, then suddenly hugged her father's head, and kissed him on tiptoe.

With the soft touch, the grievance in Zhao Chen's heart disappeared immediately, and he didn't want to pursue the reason.Pinching his daughter's face as punishment, Zhao Chen pointed to the quilt on the bed and said, "Go and cover the quilt for your mother."

Cancan likes to do this, so she went happily. After getting into the bed, she showed her little head and smiled at her mother, "It's hot!"

"Cancan is so good." The daughter will be filial to her mother at such a young age, regardless of whether she is really filial or greedy for playful treasures, Ah Ju's heart is warm.He got into the bed and softly coaxed his daughter, and when Cancan fell asleep, Ah Ju covered the quilt for her daughter under the urging of the man in a low voice, and went to the next bed.

At the end of April, the emperor conferred the title of Prince Kang on the fourth prince, and concubine Kang on the third daughter of Mr. Jia, Minister of the Ministry of War. They got married on the eighth day of September.

"Okay." Zhao Chen said softly, but his mind drifted to the big gift he and Guo Zijing prepared for King Rui.

Not long after Kang Wang got married, seeing that the emperor's three sons had already been crowned king, the courtiers began to persuade the emperor to establish a prince as soon as possible.On the other side of Yunnan, Wan Minshu praised King Rui as the heir's choice for being lenient to the common people. Obviously, King Rui was given all the credit for the great victory in southern Xinjiang.But at that time King Rui was supervising the army, regardless of merits or demerits, the common people always only paid attention to the biggest officials, and of course they were even more grateful to King Rui for the benefits.As if responding to Yunnan, officials from several provincial capitals that King Rui passed through when he went south also praised King Rui for being a prince.

After the Great Victory in Southern Xinjiang, King Rui's popularity has not subsided, and it has reached its peak at this time. In addition, many courtiers have long been optimistic about him, and they all echoed him at this time.

Concubine Xian was very happy, but King Rui couldn't laugh at all, "Mother, father is in good health, and he won't be happy to see his son being more popular than him!" Leading troops to Yunnan means both experience and exploration.

"Why is your father unhappy?" Concubine Xian didn't understand her son's thoughts, and whispered: "I chose you to be the crown prince, not to make you the emperor immediately. Think about it for yourself, King Jing is weak and King Kang stutters, except you Who else is suitable to be the crown prince? Your father must also like you. You didn't have any credit for not establishing you before, but now it's all right. With the merits of Pingnan, establishing you is justified."

At the beginning, the emperor's eldest grandson made her a little scared, but later the emperor just liked his grandson and did not let King Jing participate in the government. She slowly let go of her heart, and now her son's newly married side concubine is also pregnant, and she will be completely satisfied when she becomes the prince .

Seeing that his mother didn't understand what was going on in the court, King Rui had a headache, so he left and decided to go back to the palace to discuss the countermeasures with his staff.

And in the imperial garden at this moment, Tang Wendi was also thinking about the crown prince, only the eunuch Wei Yuan and the imperial guard commander Guo Zijing were with him, all of them were his most trusted confidantes.

"Zijing, they all advised me to make King Rui the crown prince, what do you think?" Pausing at the edge of Jinghu Lake, Tang Wendi asked the sparkling lake water with a calm voice.

Guo Zijing said succinctly: "The subject is only the emperor's order. Whoever the emperor establishes, the subject will respect."

Emperor Tang Wen smiled and turned to look at him, "There are only the three of us here, Wei Yuan, you know, don't talk about such nonsense, what do you think of King Rui?"

Guo Zijing pursed his lips. Tang Wendi, who is such a character, immediately saw the clue: "Are you dissatisfied with King Rui?"

Guo Zijing immediately knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The prince is the grandson of the prince, I dare not, but I have some relationship with the prince in private..."

"There is such a thing?" Emperor Wen of Tang narrowed his eyes slightly, "Tell me and listen to me."

(End of this chapter)