Rebirth's Charm

Chapter 169

After Qiao An returned to Qiao's mansion, she talked to Qiao Yunian, Rong's family, and her two younger brothers about today's events. After dinner, she coaxed Brother Yu to rest with her son.

At this time, a servant girl hurriedly came to report: "Second Miss, Master Hou is here to take you back to the residence."

Joan frowned, "Why are you so crazy in the middle of the night!"

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Xun had already entered her room.

Joan waved to the maid, "Go down."

Xiao Xun sat down and stared at her, "Clean up and go back with me."

Qiao An responded coldly, "If you are still angry, just reprimand me, and no one will say anything about you. It's too late, and I don't have the time to accompany you."

"How dare I reprimand you." Xiao Xun said angrily, "Go back with me first."

Qiao An simply ignored him, and Brother Yu, who was held in her arms, began to babble.

Most of Xiao Xun's anger was dissipated because of his son, and he turned to her and hugged Brother Yu in his arms. After a while, he smiled, "Look, my son wants to go home too. Don't twist with me." Come, let's go back."

"Stop making fuss about your son." Joan's tone was harsh, but his eyes softened.

"I didn't intend to reprimand you, I just want you two to go back so I can feel at ease." Xiao Xun freed his hand and patted her face, "I'm scared."

"..." Joan was dubious.

"No matter what I say is good or bad, when have I ever lied to you?" Xiao Xun hugged her and kissed her on the cheek, "Please, is that okay?"

"But..." Joan thought for a moment, "Have you forgotten why I came back to live here?"

"What's the original intention? Don't you want your father-in-law and mother-in-law to coax brother Yu more?" Xiao Xun smiled even more, "Besides, in the current situation, you just go back."

"What's the situation?"

Xiao Xun said with a smile: "You guys made such a fuss, which made Shao Heng furious. At this moment, the soldiers and horses of the five cities are patrolling the city, and his subordinates are also arresting suspicious people."

"Is he too lazy to fight secretly?"

Xiao Xun nodded, "Besides, Xi Zhao and you should go to the palace to accompany the queen from time to time. Shao Heng and I will feel more at ease when the two of you go together."

Qiao An hesitated for a moment, then nodded, "That's right. Wherever Xi Zhao goes, people from the Yu Mansion will go there. Her two maids are not ordinary people, so I can save a lot of worry wherever I go with her."

Xiao Xun pushed her, "Then what are you waiting for? Go and change."

"Well——" Qiao Anyang smiled, "Okay, I'll just listen to you give orders once. Let's talk to my parents about the reason later."

"That's natural." Xiao Xun frowned invisibly, "Otherwise, you wouldn't be able to get out of Qiao's residence." He still has this self-knowledge—the Qiao family still has a wait-and-see attitude towards him... Not always good.

Qiao An called people in, gave orders one by one, and went to Qiao Yunian and Rong's room after changing clothes.

Normally, Qiao Yunian and Rong would hardly blame Xiao Xun for being a lunatic, but with today's incident, it can be seen that Xiao Xun has been frightened.As a result, the two of them didn't say anything, they just asked them to bring Brother Yu back from time to time to have a look.

Early the next morning, when Shen Xing was helping Ye Xizhao change his clothes, he said in a low voice: "I heard that the empress came in with a depressed mood, and she never left her glass."

Ye Xizhao's expression froze, and he sighed, "I'll go see her in a day or two."

In the morning, Ye Xizhao went to the Nuan Pavilion to listen to the steward's reply.

The second and third wives also sat on the sidelines and listened. After the work was over, the three sisters-in-law and the three discussed the New Year's matter.

The third wife said: "The eldest sister-in-law will have to go to the palace to accompany the empress in the future, and the second sister-in-law will try to spare some time to take care of trivial and exhausting things with me."

"I know." The second lady nodded with a smile, "I can also see that, without me messing with you, you wouldn't be motivated to do anything."

Ye Xizhao couldn't help laughing when he listened. When he looked at the third lady, he saw that she looked a bit haggard, so he asked, "Is there something wrong with the third sibling? I have a lot of supplements in my room, and the medicated diet master in the mansion has been working all the time." Didn't leave, you let them help you recuperate? It's better than taking medicine."

The third lady smiled and shook her head, "No, I'm fine."

Although the determined tone was a little haggard, there was joy in his eyes.Ye Xizhao was suspicious at first, and then laughed, "Third brother and sister, are you—"

"No, no..." The third lady waved her hands again and again, "I haven't written the horoscope yet."

The second wife spoke up: "Sister-in-law doesn't know yet, does she? The third sibling is very picky about eating these days."

"No way!" The third lady looked at the second lady reproachfully, "It's just a little picky, but when it comes to the second sister-in-law's mouth, it becomes like I have no sense."

The second lady responded with a lenient smile, "You can say whatever you want. I just hope that if there is good news, you don't want to be overly happy—otherwise, sister-in-law will lose you as a capable person."

"I have to ask someone to ask the imperial physician to take a look." Ye Xizhao smiled sincerely, "Since there are signs of this, it's better to confirm it as soon as possible, so that you can pay more attention in the future and don't make the third sibling too hard. This is not something you can do Thing to be brave."

The third lady's face turned crimson, she thought for a moment, and said: "Sister-in-law is right."

Ye Xizhao immediately ordered someone to invite the imperial physician over, and then he and the second wife accompanied the third wife back to the room.

After taking the pulse, the imperial doctor smiled and congratulated: "Congratulations madam, it's a happy pulse!"

After hearing this, Ye Xizhao and the second wife looked at each other and smiled.

The second wife even said: "Finally, there is good news. It has been a long time since the third sibling came in."

"That's it." Ye Xizhao ordered, ordering the maids in the room to serve with all their heart, and took over the matters at hand of the third wife and the second wife respectively.

The first three months are very important. Although the third lady is in good health, she still needs to pay attention.

Next, the three sisters-in-law went to Mrs. Tai's room and talked about the happy event.

Mrs. Tai was so happy that she couldn't stop smiling from ear to ear, "Okay, that's great. I don't know how happy Shaohuan will be when he finds out." Like Xi Zhao, he never showed anything, and it was only at this time that he showed his emotions.

In the evening, when Yu Shaohuan returned to the mansion, when he heard the good news, he looked at the third wife and smiled like a child, "This is great. Do you have anything to eat? I'll find even the rarest ones for you."

The third lady smiled and said: "There are so many things." She raised her hand and pinched his cheek, "Seeing you are so happy is better than eating any delicious food."

Because of Yu Shaoyun's relationship, Ye Xizhao asked Zhong Liye's whereabouts, "Where is the emperor now? Did you tell Shaoyun?"

Yu Shaoheng said: "At this time, I am near Zhuojun. I met Tang Hongxiao unexpectedly, and I plan to be a companion along the way."

"To be with Tang Hongxiao?" Ye Xizhao was surprised, "Everywhere Tang Hongxiao goes is temples and Taoist temples, does the emperor have that kind of heart?"

"Enlightenment will not come sooner or later." Yu Shaoheng's attitude towards this is indifferent, "It's also a good thing to have someone who can chat with you."

"That's true." Ye Xizhao sighed secretly, whether it was Tang Hongxiao or Zhong Liye, they both made her feel inexplicably sad.

The next day, Ye Xizhao and Qiao An went to the palace together.

Seeing the pale Yu Shaoyun, the two of them knew why, but they couldn't comfort them.

Ye Xizhao asked: "Have you ever sent a letter to the emperor?"

Yu Shaoyun shook his head, "He left a few orders when he left, as if he intended to explain the funeral. What should I say to a dead man?"

"...." Ye Xizhao and Qiao An had nothing to say, so they didn't say anything.

Afterwards, Yu Shaoyun smiled lightly and said: "I am here, you don't have to worry. The situation in the palace is no different from that in court. Even if the queen mother has the heart to return to heaven, she has no strength. You can come to the palace from time to time and sit down it is good."

Ye Xizhao also said bluntly: "Actually, we also heard that you have been drinking too much recently, so we are very worried."

"It's okay, just drink some wine and sleep peacefully." Yu Shaoyun smiled and said, "Don't let mother know about this, I won't be like this in the future."

"Don't worry, even if you don't tell me, I won't tell mother." Ye Xizhao finished speaking with a smile, and said, "Is the prince and princess okay?"

Yu Shaoyun sighed, "It's okay right now, but I won't know in the future—the Queen Mother, Concubine Shu and others are trying to plan for the two children every day. That's why I want you to rest assured that for the sake of the two children, I can't Drunk and drowsy to pass the day."

After hearing this, Ye Xizhao and Qiao An thought about Yu Shaoyun's journey all the way, all because of her.

Without a man by his side—even if the man is a decoration, it is better to have than to have nothing.With Zhong Liye's departure, Yu Shaoyun was the one who suffered the most.

Qiao An wanted her sister-in-law and sister-in-law to talk, so she went to look at the plum blossoms in the imperial garden and avoided going out.

Ye Xizhao also said sincerely: "What will happen now to make you feel better?"

Yu Shaoyun slightly raised his eyebrows and smiled, "To be honest, I don't know how to be happy. After all, you should be able to see that the emperor is something that people can love or hate. With him He ran out and was lost again." Sighing softly, he said, "Let him go. My life would be difficult without him, so it's not bad."

Yu Shaoyun is like any woman, no matter what the situation is, she can only accept it.The husband gave her the most complicated emotional experience, and also gave her the most difficult situation to deal with. No matter how tired or annoying she was, there was no turning back.

There have been emperors who abolished queens, but there has never been a queen who left everything and left the court.

There are really not many people around Yu Shaoyun who can help her, such as Madam Tai, Ye Xizhao, and Qiao An, they just go to the palace from time to time to talk to her; what Yu Shaoheng and Xiao Xun can do is to plan for her two children. The future makes her position more and more stable.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year of this year, Ye Xizhao and Qiao An went to the palace to pay respects to the Empress Dowager and Empress as usual.

It can be seen that the queen mother has aged a few years in a short period of time. Whether she looks at them or at Yu Shaoyun, there is a lot of resentment and fear in her eyes.

The Queen Mother and Qin Anhuai's subordinates could not all be eradicated by Yu Shaoheng's subordinates, but because there were risks wherever they went, no one dared to take risks, and they had to delay and delay anything they wanted to do.

But Yu Shaoyun has returned to normal, always smiling like a flower in front of the queen mother, if anyone doesn't know it, they will think that the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are very close.

A few days later, Ye Xizhao and Yu Shaoheng went to the prime minister's mansion, Ye Xihan called Ye Xizhao to her study, and said in a calm tone: "Xi Zhao, after much deliberation, I still feel that I am not suitable to be an official in Beijing. I have been to Shu, and I really like the customs and customs there, and I want to improve it step by step and make it prosperous.”

"You really think so?" Ye Xizhao was mixed.

"That's really the plan." Ye Xihan smiled, "I've already told my parents and your sister-in-law."

"My sister-in-law..." I'm afraid I can't agree?Otherwise, just now, he wouldn't have been looking at her with resentment.

"Don't worry about what she thinks." Ye Xihan is powerless to Xu Shi now, "I don't plan to take her there when I leave Beijing, let her spend a while with the children in the prime minister's mansion, Xi Lang and the second sibling are Whoever she is, she can see clearly." As she spoke, her tone turned sad, "I have my plans and ambitions, and it would be great if she could be considerate, but if she can't, I will live like this in the future."

Ye Xizhao also understood that today's eldest brother is no longer someone who can influence his mind, so he just asked: "What did father and mother say?"

Ye Xihan smiled heartily, "Both hands are in favor. Father should have discussed this matter with Lord Hou in private. Lord Hou has no objection, and neither he nor mother will object."

"Then, mother, didn't you plan to arrange a personal escort for you?" Ye Xizhao was also worried about this. If Ye Xihan had a constant companion by his side, the relationship between him and Xu's husband and wife would be difficult. There is no day of redemption.

Ye Xihan said, "No, you just need to let go of your heart. I'm using the best of both worlds to make her understand these things."

Ye Xizhao smiled, "Just arrange everything properly."

Back in Meng's room again, Xu's still there.Ye Xizhao met Xu's displeased gaze, and simply asked with a smile: "What's wrong with sister-in-law? Why do you look at me like this?"

Mrs. Xu hurriedly looked away, and murmured: "No, no... You, you are overthinking."

Mrs. Meng was well aware of this, but she didn't say anything, she just said: "Go and see brother Tao."

Xu said yes and left.

Only then did Ye Xizhao ask Meng Shi: "The child has not been handed over to the sister-in-law yet?"

"No." Meng's half-smile, "Let's wait a few years to talk about it. At least, I think she will be able to hand over the descendants of the Ye family to her when she understands the general idea."

Ye Xizhao then asked about Ye Xihan again, "What does mother think? I heard from elder brother that you didn't stop me."

"I think so." Meng Shi laughed, "Isn't everything important? Your eldest brother wants to make achievements in Shu, how can I hold him back? Besides, Xi Lang and Fang Fei are now You are also very close to me, and I am not afraid that your elder brother will be too boring if he leaves."

After Ye Xizhao heard this, his bright eyes turned into crescent moons, "Speaking of which, Fang Fei hasn't returned to her mother's house for a long time."

Meng explained with a smile, "It's also my fault. She has no time to go back to the Hou's mansion because of all the big and small things in the mansion. She often mentions you, sister Xin and brother Rui to me. Look at that. It means that I always want to go back and see you." As he said that, he chuckled softly, "It's just that I can't live without her now, and I don't want to be so busy anymore when I get older, and I don't feel relieved to leave it to others."

While talking, Fang Fei came over and smiled apologetically after entering the door: "Just now I went to the kitchen to see how the lunch preparations are going, sister-in-law, don't blame me for being rude."

"Where is this?" Ye Xizhao got up and took Fang Fei's hand, sat down together, and looked at the person in front of him with a smile.

Another year passed, and Fang Fei was one year older, her face became more and more beautiful, her delicate eyebrows were filled with a faint smile, her bright eyes were shining with brilliance, but her temperament became more and more gentle.

Ye Xizhao's extraordinary demeanor and handsome face appeared in Ye Xizhao's mind, thinking that this couple is really a good match.

Talking and laughing until noon, when Ye Shuxuan, Yu Shaoheng and others came back from the study, the family sat around and had a meal happily.

It was almost Youshi when we returned to Hou's mansion.

The husband and wife didn't go back to the room to change clothes, and went to Mrs. Tai's place.

Jianian walked over in a hurry, looking a little nervous, "Master Hou, Madam, just now I heard a report from the palace that something happened in the palace—Concubine Jing had a miscarriage, and the empress dowager was furious."

Ye Xizhao was confused: "Before the emperor leaves the palace, Concubine Jing will be grounded? Who can move her?"

Jia Nian was a little frustrated, "It is precisely because of this that the Empress Dowager believes...that it was the Empress Dowager who did it."

Yu Shaoheng asked, "Didn't you hear anything else?"

"The empress dowager didn't pay any attention to this matter at all. I'm afraid that's why the empress dowager got angry." Jia Nian said cautiously, "Besides, I heard that Eunuch Wei seems to be related to this matter."

Eunuch Wei—an old man in the palace who walks between Yu Shaoyun and Zhong Liye.

Ye Xizhao and Yu Shaoheng's eyes met, and after a while, their eyes flickered slightly, and they guessed the general idea.

(End of this chapter)