The Road to Doting Wife

Chapter 99
Zhao Chen is coming back.

The emperor has already returned to the palace. Zhao Chen was only the eldest son of the Yanping Hou Mansion when he went there, and he was there to accompany him. When he came back, he had already become the commander of Jinwu's avant-garde commander. He had to go to the palace to formally hand over the former commander. It's time to guard the imperial city, and I can't go back to the house until sunset.

Ah Ju's heart was in a state of ups and downs.

In the morning, I learned that Zhao Chen had entered the capital with the emperor, even though Ning had reminded him that Zhao Chen might not come back soon, Ah Ju couldn't help but look forward to it, and then he didn't expect Zhao Chen, so he went to watch the excitement on Yujie Guo Baozhu.Guo Baozhu could speak in a chattering voice, saying that she saw Guo Zijing closely following the emperor, and not far behind was Zhao Chen, dressed in a majestic official uniform, he was the most handsome of all the guards.

Ah Ju was fascinated by what he heard, and couldn't help imagining Zhao Chen's appearance.

After confirming that Zhao Chen came back in the evening, Ah Ju calmed down a little, and with Ning's Guo Baozhu by her side, she was too embarrassed to look forward to it.After lunch, because she was sleepy after pregnancy, she fell asleep not long after lying on the kang, and woke up in a daze. After seeing the furnishings in the house, the first thought was that Zhao Chen would come back at night!
Ah Ju quietly got off the ground, stood in front of the mirror and looked at herself.

The girl in the mirror had disheveled hair, and half of her face was red from being pressed against the pillow while sleeping.Ah Ju pinched her face, always felt that she seemed to be getting fatter, but when she looked down, her stomach was flat, and she couldn't tell she was pregnant at all.Ah Ju took photos of her left and right, and after confirming that her figure was not much different from before, she began to choose clothes.

I haven't seen him for three months, and she wants to dress up and see him again.

Inside the cabinet are the summer clothes newly sent by the embroidery house this summer. There are all kinds of beanbags, thin shirts and long skirts, most of which have not been worn yet.

Ah Ju took out each set and put them in front of her for comparison, picking and choosing the two sets she liked the most.One set is bright and the other is plain, and the bright one suits her facial features the most. Ah Ju actually likes this set very much in her heart, but she also thinks that if she really wears it, Zhao Chen is so smart that he can definitely tell that she dressed it up specially for him. Ah Ju didn't want him to see it.The plain one, the light green long skirt embroidered with lotus, looks cool and comfortable on the body.

"Young lady is up?" Just as he was hesitating, Mother Jiang came in.

Ah Ju blushed immediately, turned around and hung up the skirt in her hand, pretended to dial another, and said casually as much as possible: "Well, I was sweating on that body in the morning, and I want to change into a new one in the afternoon." Then she took a relatively unremarkable skirt and prepared to put it on.

Although Mother Jiang said that she never liked anyone, she often saw Xiao Liushi flirting with Zhou Pei in the past few years, plus she was careful, how could she not understand Ah Ju's little thought?Unable to tease her, Mother Jiang smiled and stepped forward, and took out the bright water-red long dress that Ah Ju liked, "Young lady should wear this, it will complement her complexion."

"Will it be too gorgeous?" Ah Ju asked a little embarrassedly.

"Young girl is pretty, she looks the same in everything you wear. If you don't believe me, let's try it. When the uncle comes back later, you will be able to stand among them in maid clothes, and the uncle will recognize you at a glance." Mother Jiang joked with a smile, and then She picked out a cardigan with a white background embroidered with blue orchid leaves to match it with Ah Ju, "One gorgeous and one plain, just right."

Ah Ju also liked it very much, so she obediently put it on.

After tidying up, Ah Ju sat in front of the window and read a book, looking at the green bamboo forest outside Wangzhuxuan, with the breeze blowing from there, the room is still quite cool.It's just that although she turned the pages of the book, she couldn't see anything, and listened intently to the movement outside.This time Zhao Chen has been away from home for so long, the couple will definitely go to Rongshou Hall for dinner tonight, but it is so hot outside, Zhao Chen will probably go back here first to take a shower and change clothes.

Tired of sitting, Aju stood up and walked around on the kang twice. After doing this twice and three times, the sunlight outside gradually changed from harsh to soft. Aju looked out the window with her back to the door, thinking that Zhao Chen would be back soon?
She quietly looked at the evening scene in the backyard, and in her mind was Zhao Chen's handsome face and his warm embrace...

Suddenly there was a movement of picking up the curtain behind him, Ah Ju thought it was Mammy Jiang who had come in, and couldn't help asking in a low voice, "Mommy, is Lord Hou back?" Shen, I had no choice but to ask my father-in-law.Both father and son are in the palace, so they should return home together, right?

"Father was called by the emperor to ask questions, and he may come back later." Zhao Chen put down the curtain, stared intently at the familiar figure over there, and slowly moved to the edge of the kang.

He came without warning, Ah Ju couldn't believe it, turned around, and seeing the man who had been thinking about it day and night was really standing there, tears fell down all at once.

I used to hate him so much that I wish I would never see him again in this life, but now I like him so much that I wish I could be with him every day and night.

Zhao Chen laughed at her: "Think I want to be like this? Come here, give me a hug."

Normally, Ah Ju would be ashamed, but now she just looked at him eagerly and walked over slowly.When she reached the edge of the Kang, Zhao Chen's gaze finally shifted from her face to her abdomen.He hugged her leg, stared at her stomach for a while, touched it through the clothes, and then went in with his big hand.

"What are you doing?" Ah Ju panicked and covered his hand, just now he was only looking at him, but he didn't expect that he would never change his mind, and wanted to play tricks without saying a few words.Facing Zhao Chen's persistent phoenix eyes, Ah Ju turned her head with a blushing face, and said in a weak voice, "Until the child is born, you are not allowed to make trouble..."

How much it hurts her shy refusal, Zhao Chen smiled wryly, he was thinking about it, thinking about it terribly, but she was pregnant with his baby, how dare he take the risk.Zhao Chen supported her with one hand, and poked in with the other.He has practiced arrows all the year round, and his fingertips are a bit rough, and no matter how gentle the touch is, Ah Ju's breathing becomes short of breath. She pressed his shoulders to support herself, wanting to ask him not to do this, but also reluctant to part with the long-lost intimacy, her eyes seemed to have water in her eyes , charming and seductive.

Zhao Chen looked up at her, and his whole body became hot from her inviting eyes. Before the situation got out of hand, he withdrew his hand with difficulty, his brows frowned slightly, and a suspicion flashed in his phoenix eyes, " Really? Didn’t you and your mother collude to lie to me?”

It turned out that he was touching the child...

The corners of Ah Ju's mouth curled up, looking at this handsome face that was getting darker and thinner but more and more beautiful, after all, he couldn't hold it back, raised his hand to cover it, and smiled while rubbing it lightly: "What are you lying to, mother?" It is said that some people don’t show their bosom now that the month is small, and it will slowly bulge up after a while. In fact, I feel a little fat now..."

Her eyes were as gentle as water, and her soft words softened his heart even more. Zhao Chen grabbed her hand and kissed it, and murmured: "It's not fat at all, but it looks better. Ah Ju, I miss you..."

What responded to him was Ah Ju's uncontrollable vomit, Zhao Chen was dumbfounded, and Ah Ju quickly took two steps back, turned around and calmed down.When the uncomfortable feeling was over, she turned her head and saw Zhao Chen's complex expression, feeling a little aggrieved, she smiled lightly, and quickly explained: "You smell too much sweat, I can't smell it now..." Said She stared at him reluctantly.

Zhao Chen was currently wearing a commander's uniform, a crimson silk gown with a round collar and a jade belt around his waist, making him look tall and tall, broad shoulders and narrow waist, heroic and majestic, adding to his unique elegance and suaveness.

"How?" Seeing her staring at him, Zhao Chen's grievance disappeared, and he took a few steps back to let her look at his whole body.

Ah Ju blushed, and bowed her head to persuade him: "Go and wash up, don't keep waiting over there."

Zhao Chen stared at her soft face, with a hoarse voice: "I originally planned to come back and let you wait for me to wash, but I didn't think it would be inconvenient for you now, Aju, I haven't led an army for a long time as a husband." She couldn't sleep, so she could only hurt her and bully her in her dream, and took it back to force her to comfort herself. As a result, she escaped in this way, although he was willing to spare her.

He said this before it was dark, Ah Ju glared at him, sat on the kang, and ignored him.

The servant girl reported from the outside that water was prepared in the side room. Zhao Chen raised his arm and smelled it. Thinking that he would gallop all the way after leaving the palace, he smiled and shook his head. Went to the outer room.

Go early and come back early, wash up and make out with her, don't fight, hug the head office.

Inside Rongshou Hall, Mrs. Tai looked at the bead curtain at the door, then at the maid beside her, moved her mouth, and almost wanted to send the maid to invite the eldest grandson and his wife over.Because of her eldest grandson's face, she didn't speak, but her lips were still pursed.

She knew that Xiaobie was a newlywed, but Mrs. Lin was pregnant. If she didn't come with the man earlier at this time, could it be that she still wanted to please him?Isn't she afraid that something will happen to the child?Sure enough, just like Ning's, they are all vixen who confuse men.

Zhao Yunting hasn't come over yet, there are only one old and three young children waiting in the room.

Zhao Qing was silent towards the teacup in front of him, Zhao Han was similar to him, but his expression was not as peaceful as Zhao Qing.Zhao Yi quietly glanced at Mrs. Tai, thought for a while, and said to Mrs. Tai with a smile: "Grandmother, yesterday I heard from Xiaozheng that people outside praised you for teaching the younger generation. If you become a scholar, other people don’t have such a good thing.”

Mrs. Tai is very comfortable listening to these words. The two grandsons in the family, one civil and one military, really give her good looks.

However, she still smiled and passed the credit to her son, "It is your father who can teach people, and grandma didn't do much."

"That's how my grandmother taught my father well." Zhao Yi boasted sweetly when the atmosphere finally relaxed.

"You are the only one who can talk." Mrs. Tai looked at this granddaughter who didn't pay much attention to her at ordinary times, and seeing that she was already blooming like a flower at a young age, she must be a beauty in the future, and she was the only girl in the Zhao family, so she said, "Don't Just talk about them, how are you doing as a female celebrity recently? I heard people say that you often go to see deer? You should go less in the future, girls should be gentle and obedient, well, you are also ten years old, I will mention it to your father later. , I'll hire you a teaching nun."

Zhao Yi suddenly lost his face, and quietly looked at the two brothers, pitifully.Zhao Qing remained calm, while Zhao Han smiled unconsciously.

Zhao Yunting walked in at this moment, entered the room and looked directly at Zhao Yi, obviously hearing what he said just now, "Mother, Yi'er is still young, it won't be too late to invite a nanny in two years."

Mrs. Tai stared at him dissatisfied, but said nothing, but looked at the eldest grandson and his wife who followed him in.

"Grandmother." Zhao Chen stepped forward to salute.

Madam Tai looked at her eldest grandson whom she hadn't seen in March with satisfaction.He changed into a lilac-colored hang silk robe, and after washing away the dust and dust, his face was not as dark as it was when he just came back. He was handsome and elegant, and his star-like phoenix eyes lost the coldness when he first returned to the mansion, and he became more restrained. , it can be seen that Rehe and his party have grown a lot.

Men, it is time to go out and practice more.

"Chengyuan has been exhausted all the way, and has been working as a valet for another day, please sit down and have a rest." Mrs. Tai said distressedly.

Zhao Chen thanked him, turned around and watched Ah Ju sit down first, and then he sat down.

The smile on Mrs. Tai's face faded, her gaze stayed on Ah Ju's unusually rosy lips for a moment, then she moved away, talking to Zhao Chen and his son.

Zhao Chen didn't say much, he held the tea in one hand and looked at Zhao Han who was diagonally opposite.

Sensing his brother's gaze, Zhao Han's heart tightened, he looked up and saw the man smiling at him.

That smile made him feel even more chilled than when Zhao Chen ignored him indifferently.

Zhao Han wanted to see the deep meaning in that smile, but Zhao Chen looked away and answered Mrs. Tai's question.

When he got up and went to the side hall for dinner, Zhao Han realized that he was covered in cold sweat after the evening wind blew.My father didn't order anyone to stop talking about what my mother did, not to mention the Hou Mansion, almost the entire capital knew that Mrs. Hou Hou of Yanping was vicious and wanted to murder the blood of the eldest son who was not his own.Zhao Han is not afraid that his elder brother will deal with him, but he is worried that his elder brother will be dissatisfied with his father's punishment and will deal with his mother.

A meal was tasteless.

After the meal, Zhao Han hesitated for a long time, and let Zhao Qing go first after walking out of Rongshou Hall, while he hid in the dark, hoping to intercede for his mother after his elder brother came out.

Zhao Chen and A'Ju haven't come out yet, because Mrs. Tai called A'Ju to the inside and said that she had something to tell A'Ju, so Zhao Chen had to wait outside.It happened that Zhao Yunting didn't leave either, so he called his son under the eaves and talked to him: "Chengyuan, Mrs. Qin wants to harm your flesh and blood. I want her to die more than you, but you must know that I sent Mrs. Qin to Zhuangzi. The emperor won't care, if it really kills her, the emperor will be the first to be upset, so don't do anything else, understand?"

Zhao Chen stood facing the room where his wife was, turning a freshly folded bamboo leaf in his hand, and calmly said: "Father, don't worry, I know what I can do and what I can't do. Qin will not die." , wouldn't it be cheaper for her?Didn't she want to harm his child? He first let her taste the separation of flesh and blood, and after he killed Qin Siyong, he killed Zhao Han, and then let her feel what it was like to die in front of her.

Zhao Yunting was not worried at all, he believed that Zhao Chen was not impulsive enough to send someone to kill Qin, but he was afraid of what Zhao Chen would do to Zhao Han, "Cheng Yuan, you have been back for so long, you should be able to tell that Cheng An is a good boy , there is nothing like the Qin family in him, I don't care how much you hate and resent the Qin family, don't touch Cheng'an to take revenge on the Qin family..."

"Father, don't you value your own flesh and blood? As long as it is your child, you can't bear to ignore it?" Zhao Chen interrupted him and asked lightly.

Zhao Yunting sighed in his heart, "Now you are about to become a father, you should understand."

"I don't understand." Zhao Chen said coldly, looking straight into Zhao Yunting's eyes, "I am about to become a father, and I will protect my child, but that is only limited to the child that Ah Ju gave birth to me. Father, you You have reasons for touching Qin and two aunts. I never blame you for this. Now I have a better life than you. No one suppresses me. I don’t have to choose between my future and Aju. I don’t touch other women. So I will never understand your father-son affection for other children."

"But father, do you understand how I feel?"

Zhao Chen walked in front of Zhao Yunting, his voice was a little excited due to years of suppression, "When I was young, I went to my aunt's house with my mother, and my aunt would give me the biggest fruit to eat, but when I turned around, I would grab the second largest fruit from my aunt. There is a difference. Brothers and sisters are also different. In our family, I also have a younger brother. I also like to play with him, but no matter how nice I am to him, he dare not act like a baby to me, because he is not Born to my mother."

"Father, you have three sons and one daughter, but I only want my own brothers and sisters. That year in Dengzhou, before my father came, I accidentally found out that my mother sent someone to dispense medicine while I was away. I was suspicious. After asking Only then did I find out that my mother served it with Bizi soup, father, do you know what I think?"

Zhao Yunting lowered his head in pain, "Stop talking, I'm the one who's sorry for you two..."

Zhao Chen continued on his own, "At that time, I thought, I could have my own younger siblings, because of the Qin family, my younger siblings didn't even have the chance to be born, but my father repeatedly persuaded me to recognize Zhao Han as a Brother, why? Because his mother's family harmed my grandparent's family, because his mother robbed my mother's title, because he robbed my brother's position?"

"Father, I will tell you clearly now that no matter how good and innocent Zhao Han is, he will die a terrible death. Father, let me remind you one last time, I survived by fate, and no one let me go Come back." Now he doesn't move Zhao Han, but he doesn't want to startle the snake.

Without looking at Zhao Yunting's expression, Zhao Chen raised his foot and walked towards the main room.

Behind him, Zhao Yunting stood blankly, turned around and left after a long time, his back actually looked a little hunched.

At the end of April, the night sky is full of stars, except for the bright moon, and no matter how bright the stars are, they can't shine behind the lush flower bushes.

Zhao Han leaned against the wall weakly, tears streaming down his face.

The eldest brother has enough reasons to kill him, but he really didn't do it on purpose. If possible, he would also like to be his biological brother, but he can't make the decision. When he was born, he was tied to the Qin family. He became an enemy in the eyes of his elder brother.

And the father, he didn't want his mother's life, it was because the emperor feared his grandfather.

Zhao Han smiled wryly and walked back in a daze.

Mother tried her best to marry in, what was she trying to do?If she heard this conversation, would she regret it?

Probably not, that was his mother, a completely stupid woman.

But no matter how stupid she is, she is also his mother, and he can't just watch her die.

(End of this chapter)