The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 68 Going Out of the Palace (2)
The Empress Dowager actually liked Zhao Jing in her heart. It had been so many years since she had met such a court lady who was as careful as dust. It was rare for her to be courteous in front of the Emperor, but she didn't have any flirtatious thoughts. This made the Empress Dowager most at ease.But now that the emperor is old, even if Zhao Jing has no ideas, she has to take into account the emperor's thoughts.

The empress dowager sighed lightly in her heart, and said kindly, "Have you packed your luggage?"

"It's all packed." Zhao Jing knelt down and kowtowed to the queen mother, and gradually heaved a sigh of relief.

"That's good. You followed the Ai family all these years, and later you went to serve the emperor and served him so well. Now that you are leaving, not to mention the emperor is reluctant, the Ai family is also reluctant." The empress dowager was not in a hurry. Zhao Jing knelt on the ground and listened to each word. Anyway, after today, she was truly liberated.

When the queen mother said this, she suddenly paused, and the smile on the corner of her mouth gradually widened. Zhao Jing had served the queen mother for many years, and knew that her next words were about to get to the point. She didn't know why, but felt a chill on her back, about today When I went out, I didn't wear a waistcoat.

"Well, the Ai family doesn't have any good things to give you, and what they have is just some vulgar things. Thinking of your merits in serving the emperor, the Ai family will give you a good marriage!"

When Zhao Jing heard the words, she suddenly felt like five thunders were hitting her head, and she was so frightened that there were stars in her eyes and her body went weak.The empress dowager was right, she didn't dare to resist the order, as a modern person, Zhao Jing understood how stupid it is to twist her thigh with her arm and hit a stone with an egg.

But... She couldn't resist the order, so what else could she do?If going out is just another cage, she would rather not leave.

"The empress dowager is merciful, this servant does not want to marry, please take back her life, if the queen dowager does not dislike this servant, this servant is willing to serve the queen mother in the palace for the rest of her life." Zhao Jing's forehead rested on the cold gold and stone floor tiles, but she did not feel cold at all, She was trembling all over, and she had never been so afraid of anything in ten years.

Standing in the ear room, Wei Mingzhen, who had been watching all this, frowned his handsome eyebrows, a hint of disappointment seemed to flash in Taohua's eyes, but the corners of his mouth were still pursed into a smile.

"Okay, Aijia is just joking with you, let's see how scared you are?" If it weren't for Wei Mingzhen's words earlier, the Queen Mother wouldn't have suppressed her anger and forcefully said these words, "Chunxiu, go Take out the things prepared by Aijia and give them to her."

Hearing this, Zhao Jing felt as if she had lost all her strength. She exerted a little force on her fingers on the gold and stone slab, and tried hard to get herself up. When she raised her head, she realized that her eye sockets were warm and filled with tears.

"My maidservant thanks the Empress Dowager for her success."

Zhao Jing's voice was leisurely, as if it came from far away, which made Wei Mingzhen feel distressed for a while, wishing to go up and hold her in his arms, and wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes.

"Okay, let's go, Ai's family is exhausted." The queen mother waved her hand and said lightly.

Zhao Jing took a small bundle from Chunxiu's hand, which was heavy, about a few silver ingots.Now she needs to spend money everywhere when she goes out of the palace, and she is more than happy to accept this money.

Zhao Jing kowtowed to the empress dowager a few more times before she got up and left. The soles of her feet were still a little weak after going through a test just now. It was only when she walked out of the main hall of Yongshou Palace that her whole body suddenly relaxed. Come down, pull the little maid who sent her out together and said: "You...you slow down, let me slow down."

"Eldest sister, I told you that she doesn't want to, but you don't believe me." Wei Mingzhen looked at Zhao Jing's receding figure through the window pane.

"That's why Aijia deliberately didn't tell you. If she knew that the person Aijia wanted to point her to was Uncle Guo, she might have agreed early in the morning." The Queen Mother actually couldn't figure out what Zhao Jing was thinking. She has also gone out with a few maids around her, which one didn't change the way to let herself be merciful and point them to a good family?
Besides, it is a decent thing for the maids around the empress dowager to go out and live a good life.But only Zhao Jing never mentioned this matter, as if in her opinion, as long as she can get out, it is better than anything else.Doesn't she know the world outside, if a girl's family doesn't have a backer, she can't survive at all?
"Elder Sister, don't give me a good face. I must be not good-looking enough. Even a court lady can't look down on me."

When Wei Mingzhen said this, the maids around the empress dowager laughed, and the empress dowager's originally depressed mood suddenly dissipated a lot. Seeing his appearance of not being upright, she just smiled and said: "Dang Tang Uncle Guo, at such a grown man, why can't he change his virtue!"

Zhao Jing managed to get to the next place, and sat down in front of the dressing table, her face in the bronze mirror was pale and scary, Zhao Jing stroked her forehead lightly, feeling the cold sweat oozing from the roots of her hair.She was terribly frightened in Yongshou Palace, so she decided to go to the Imperial Study Room after a while.In the past few days, she was working in front of Zhou Xu as usual. The two of them never mentioned that they were going to leave. Zhao Jing thought in her heart, maybe it doesn't matter if she doesn't say anything. After a long time, she will get used to it. , it was too deliberate, and it became unnatural instead.

In the past few days, she has vaguely heard that the imperial court seems to be issuing an edict to let Marquis Wu'an's class teacher return to the imperial court. Now that the battle has been won, and it happens to be the end of the new year, it is understandable for the soldiers to want to go home for the new year, although they may not be able to catch up with the generals. New Year's Eve, anyway, if the Lantern Festival can be reunited, it is also good.

Zhao Jing didn't know if the emperor's edict had been issued, but recently she rarely saw the regent's figure, which made Zhao Jing breathe a sigh of relief.Uncle Guo has also been back for a while, and the regent said that he would personally conscript, so he probably left Beijing?I don't know if the rebellious refugees should celebrate the new year, and the wars under the new year will suffer the common people.

Zhao Jing was thinking wildly, when she saw a young eunuch running towards her from outside, shouting to her through the window: "Auntie, Lord Long Live is calling you, let you go to the imperial study."

Zhao Jing was about to ask a few questions, but the little eunuch ran away as if the soles of his feet had slipped.Zhao Jing had no choice but to adjust the clothes on her body, and saw that the sachets brought by Abi just now had some nice sachets, so she took one. The emperor has recently become obsessed with playing with slingshots, and was worried that he didn't have a pocket for bullets. Just use this sachet.

(End of this chapter)