The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 62
The eunuch at the door shouted in a drawn out tone: "The emperor returns to the palace!"

Zhao Jing smoothed her robe and went to the gate of the palace, watching Zhou Xu strode in from the gate of the palace under the moonlit night wearing a bright yellow cloak.

"Auntie, why didn't you go to the Imperial Study Room today?" Zhou Xu said before he spoke, and saw a few unfamiliar little palace ladies behind Zhao Jing.

All of them were pretty and lively, and they lowered their eyes in front of me. Even if the candlelight was dim, they could vaguely see the inexplicable blush on their cheeks.

Zhou Xu went inside calmly, and Zhao Jing hurriedly called a little maid named Ruyi to make tea, with a faint smile on her face, "The empress dowager chose a few maids to serve the emperor personally, and let the servants teach them Some rules, so that I can serve the emperor better in the future."

Zhou Xu frowned and did not speak, but his body sitting on the dragon chair stiffened a little, clenched his fists and did not speak.He didn't want Zhao Jing to leave, but he didn't want to force Zhao Jing to make her unhappy, so he deliberately didn't mention the matter of her going out of the palace for a while, thinking that maybe he knew it, and Zhao Jing wouldn't leave .

"I don't want them not to serve, let them go!" Zhou Xu raised his head and saw that Zhao Jing's eyes were getting redder, and there seemed to be tears in his eyes.

The little court lady making tea was startled by the sudden roar of the emperor, and the teacup on the plate fell to the ground with a bang, which alarmed all the servants in the room. Dare to say a word.

"You...you all go down." Zhao Jing said a little dejectedly, and the maids and eunuchs lowered their eyes and hurriedly retreated outside the door.

With a creak, the heavy palace door closed, and Zhao Jing raised her head to look at Zhou Xu, but she had a lot of thoughts in her heart.What she couldn't bear to part with was not the Ninth Five-Year Master Zhou Xu in front of her, but Zhou Xu, the boy she had brought up since she was a child.

Zhao Jing knelt down, the gold and stone floor tiles were slightly cool, her fingertips stayed on the collar button for a moment, gritted her teeth and made up her mind to tear off her skirt, revealing a small pink dress on her chest.

Zhou Xu raised his head, and his eyes just fell on the butterfly fluttering on the little coat. He said a little dumbly, with a certain anxiety in his voice: "Gu... aunt... What are you doing?"

Zhao Jing raised her head, her expression was as calm as water, but she continued to unbutton her chest with her fingers unhurriedly, and said indifferently: "If the emperor wants the body of a slave girl, I will give the slave girl to the emperor. I just ask the emperor to stop and let the slave girl stay in the palace." Thinking about it, fulfill the master-servant relationship between slaves and the emperor!"

Sweat protruded from Zhao Jing's palms. She didn't know if this move would work, but...if Zhou Xu still couldn't completely let go of herself, then Zhao Jing's only remaining thing in the Queen Mother's heart would be... Some trust, I'm afraid it will disappear.

She couldn't afford to gamble, she wanted to leave without hesitation.

"Auntie, you... why are you doing this, you know it well, I... I didn't mean that, I just..." Zhou Xu became flustered, and he forced his gaze away from the pair of butterflies on Zhao Jing's chest. Go, but he can't seem to do it.He doesn't want to be the kind of person Zhao Jing thinks of himself, he doesn't want to be a king of lust.

Zhou Xu stood up from the dragon chair like crazy, and when Zhao Jing was about to unbutton the last button, he picked up the cloak on the hanger and covered Zhao Jing's body.She threw herself into Zhao Jing's arms almost like crying, and choked up.

Zhao Jing patted him on the back a few times, and said lightly: "The emperor has grown up now, and he should know how heavy the responsibility is on his shoulders. The slave is just a trivial maid. If the emperor really wants a slave, he will definitely He will be criticized by the officials, and he will be generous."

Zhou Xu only buried his head in Zhao Jing's arms, absorbing the familiar smell, his body gradually stopped twitching.After a long time, he suddenly raised his head, the tears on his face were still wet, he just said calmly: "Auntie, let's go, I won't leave you behind."

Zhao Jing waited under Danxi for a long time, until the lights in Linzhi Palace went out, Zhao Jing was relieved, and went to the eternal life of the Empress Dowager.

Today is the first day that the emperor asked others to serve him to bed, Zhao Jing wanted to reply because of emotion and reason.

The palace road leading to Yongshou Palace is wide and open, she turned a corner, and saw that the palace lanterns at the gate of the palace were still on, and it would be time for the palace gate to be locked after a while, so she came just in time.

The Yongshou Palace was brightly lit, and when Zhao Jing entered, she saw two young eunuchs waiting at the door carrying a sedan chair, it was already this hour, and she knew who was still in the palace of the Empress Dowager.

Zhao Jing walked a few steps inside, before the little maid in the corridor could come out to greet her, she heard voices talking inside.

"It's pretty good in the south, but it's too cold. It's raining but not snowing. It's useless to wear a few padded jackets. My body is stiff. It's not as comfortable as in the capital. The earth dragon is burned, so I just wear a middle coat." That's enough."

"No, it's better to be in the capital. Now that you're back, don't leave. Nowhere is better than being at the feet of the emperor." The empress dowager spoke with Wei Mingzhen with a bit of pampering. The family has always been the treasure in the palm of the parents.

Zhao Jing sighed lightly, it was such a coincidence that she came here today, and unexpectedly met Uncle Guo.However, the speed of this master is also quite fast. It has only been a few days since the emperor issued an order, but he hastened back. I think life in the south is really difficult.

Zhao Jing didn't want to go in at first, and was about to call to stop the maid who was going to report, but the door curtain flashed, and Wei Mingzhen walked out like this.Zhao Jing hastily paid her respects, avoiding his sight deliberately.

Everyone in the world knows that Wei Mingzhen, the uncle of the country, inherited the peach blossom eyes of the father-in-law. If the eyes of the father and son were not carved out of the same mold, how could the old lady of the Wei family recognize Wei Mingzhen with the name of a concubine? he.Mrs. Wei happened to have no children, so she only raised him as a legitimate son. From then on, everyone kept secret about Uncle Guo's life experience.

There are three unspeakable things in the capital, one is the illness of the regent princess, and the other is the life experience of the country's uncle.As for the third matter, it probably belongs to the green hat on Marquis Wu'an's head now.

Zhao Jing didn't raise her head, but she could vaguely feel that Wei Mingzhen's eyes were wandering on her body. This uncle Guo, who was hit by Tanhua at a young age, if he didn't have a bit of flirtatiousness in his bones, he would have been afraid that when the court ladies voted , there is no such thing as the Prince Regent and Marquis Wu'an.

(End of this chapter)