happy with you

Chapter 14 Secret
She suddenly fell silent after saying this, just like when Zhao Jiao told a secret in the Prime Minister's Mansion that day.Then he lifted his steps lightly, his expression became more and more uneasy, and he was about to leave.

The early morning sunlight filtered in through the open palace door, and the flickering light seemed unable to illuminate the darkness of the Xuanqing Palace.

Zhao Jiao stood facing the sun, with a solemn expression after being slightly startled, and held Wei Nanxu's sleeve.

In the palace, the maids and servants stood quietly and far away, like puppets.

Zhao Jiao and Wei Nanxu stood close to each other, so they didn't have to worry about being heard.

"This can explain why there is a bruise on the queen's wrist." Zhao Jiao looked a little complicated and shook his head: "Mei Wei, please don't make unnecessary speculations. Brother Wang just... doesn't trust anyone."

Don't trust anyone?
Wei Nanxu looked at Zhao Jiao in surprise, his pure eyes dodging, and finally lowered his eyes.

That day in Zhao Zheng's palace, she saw a rope falling from the bedside, and remembered that the queen had been silent before. When she came back, she thought about it, and all she could think of was that Zhao Zheng had tied up Jiang He.

As for the reason, Wei Nanxu had not thought about it.

I told Zhao Jiao this today because I wanted to take advantage of the situation and see if Zhao Jiao would take advantage of it if he knew about it.

Unexpectedly, he revealed the reason straight away.

Zhao Jiao frowned and his nose twitched. He held the gold sachet at his waist and gently turned it to take a breath of the fragrance. He knelt down behind Wei Nanxu and sat down behind the table.

He looked at the cup and someone immediately brought him tea.

The tea soup is clear and the tea aroma is fragrant.

Zhao Jiao picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp.

"Brother Wang only drinks warm water and eats food cooked in the small kitchen of his own palace. He never goes out to play in the palace. Anyone who breaks in within ten feet while sleeping will be killed. Since he succeeded to the throne, he has faced the court every day. The inspections by the ministers are much more stringent than before. He can’t trust anyone, including the princess who married from Qi State.”

I can't trust him, so I have to tie him up.

It's not a special whim.

Wei Nanxu's face felt slightly hot.

She had heard a lot of anecdotes about the royal family since she was a child.But he didn't expect that the king he liked was so cautious.

Wei Nanxu breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "Your Majesty, it was difficult for him when he was young. When he was imprisoned as a hostage in the Six Kingdoms, I don't know how he survived. But with the queen tied like this, wouldn't it be very dangerous if she encountered any danger at night? Is it difficult to escape?"

Zhao Jiao didn't seem to hear Wei Nanxu's words. He picked up a piece of pumpkin steamed cake and ate it slowly.

He lived freely and freely, never worrying about poisoning or assassination.

Unlike some people, who are too cautious may end up trapping themselves and hurting themselves.

Poor Princess Qi married from afar, but she was miserable every night.

"So Sister Wei," Zhao Jiao smiled and leaned towards Wei Nanxu, as if he would fall into her arms at any time, "just agree to my marriage proposal, okay?"

Wei Nanxu stood up in shock, took a step away from Zhao Jiao, maintained his demeanor, gave a gentle salute, and left slowly.

Zhao Jiao looked at her back, put his hands on the futon, raised his head dejectedly and said, "I feel so miserable when a beauty abandons me."

The sky was as dark as if it had been washed for a day, and the stars on it were the pale Milky Way.

Between the sky and the earth, under the rolling Qinling Mountains, next to the Wei River, a bonfire was burning.

This is the place where Wei and Yong meet.

At the invitation of the Yong State, the Wei delegation rushed to the capital of the Yong State to participate in the memorial ceremony specially set up at Jiuwei Mountain for the monarch's wedding.

The flames were blazing, dyeing the water red, reflecting several people sitting around the campfire.

Although their faces couldn't be seen clearly in the night, one could see an eye-catching young man among them in the light of the bonfire.

He was wearing white clothes with a red silk waistband, and a three-edged arrow hanging from his waist.Although the clothes are simple, they cannot hide the graceful aura around him.

This is the younger brother of the king of Wei, the son of Wei, Wei Ji.

Wei Ji's dragon and phoenix postures are natural in nature; sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, straight nose and red lips; bright as the sun and moon in his arms, graceful as a jade tree in the wind.He is gentle, kind, kind and generous, always leaving some room for words when speaking, and walking as if he is carrying the auspicious spirit of Kyushu.Those eyes are always smiling, and there is a red mole in the right eyebrow, which will rise with his eyebrow, adding a bit of softness to him.

Although he was only twenty years old, Wei Ji had already recruited many followers, and now he was a very important figure in the Wei state.

The six kingdoms were eyeing the Wei State sandwiched in the middle, but as long as Wei Ji was around, they dared only to spy and dare not invade.

Several subordinates reported that they were leaving, and only Wei Ji and the girl sitting opposite him were left by the fire.

The little girl was clumsily holding a piece of grilled fish, carefully nibbling on it while she couldn't help but praise it.

"When did my brother learn to grill fish? This fish is so delicious!"

Wei Ji's originally smiling expression suddenly became a little sad. He pursed his lips and raised his hand to flip the fresh fish on the grill.

"Is it Jiang He again?"

Seeing him like this, the little girl had already guessed something like this, and curled her lips and said: "My brother is trying his best to go to Yong State this time because he heard that Jiang He, who was supposed to leave after getting married, was assassinated in the embassy. But you heard my sister Yes, she must not be dead."

"Yes," a glimmer of hope appeared on Wei Ji's face. He rubbed salt into the belly of another grass carp and nodded, "Brother Wei believes what sister Zipei said, she is not dead."

That year they escaped from Luoyang in the snow and went eastward, and he sent her to Qi.

We haven't seen each other for three years, and all the letters sent by Wei Ji fell into the sea.

Finally he couldn't help but went to Linzi of Qi State again, but was told that Jiang He accompanied the princess to marry Yong State.The Queen Mother personally summoned Wei Ji and told him that Jiang He had requested an order and could leave on his own after the princess got married.

If you leave on your own, will you come to find yourself?
Wei Ji rushed back to Luoyang in high spirits, but did not wait for Jiang He.The retainer lurking in Yong State told him that Jiang He was assassinated and had been buried.

She clearly promised to live well no matter what situation she was in.

Wei Ji's sister Wei Zipei picked out the fish bone and finished eating the fish with a smile.The fish was tender and delicious. She ate several bites before she couldn't help teasing her brother.

"Then what if she is injured?" "It doesn't matter," Wei Ji said with some tenderness in his eyes, "As a brother, I should take care of her."

"What if it's disfigured?" Wei Zipei continued with jealousy.

"It doesn't matter," Wei Ji thought of Jiang He's charming but heroic face, "Brother will still take her with him, meeting guests from all over the world, showing off his wife proudly like a clumsy countryman."

Wei Zipei suddenly stopped chewing the fish meat, raised his head and asked, "What if she marries someone else?"

The young man's expression across from the fire suddenly froze.

Although this matter was just a guess, it already made him heartbroken.

Wei Ji put down the grill and stood up slowly, looked at the flowing Wei River, and took a deep breath.

"Brother, I have only two major wishes in my life. One is that the Wei language can be spoken all over the world, and everyone from the Tianshan Mountains to the East China Sea has a truce and an end to war. The other is to be deeply in love with a person and have a child with my surname. I see her day and night and never leave her."

Wei Zipei also stood up.

She waved the complete fish skeleton in her hand and said eagerly: "So my sister asked my brother, what will happen if she gets married?"

"Easy to handle." Wei Ji threw a stone into the Weishui River, causing ripples. His expression was firm with the determination of a young man, "Get her back for my brother!"

In the imperial palace of the capital of the Yong Kingdom, which was only a few hundred miles away from the border between Wei and Yong, Jiang He entered the bedroom shortly after darkness fell that night.

She was holding a war horse-shaped candy man made of maltose in her hand. After entering the bedroom, she licked it. It was so sweet.

"Where is it?"

Zhao Zheng, the king of Yong State, was sitting upright on the bed, as if waiting for her.

"I made it myself." Jiang He said, "Try to see if the craftsmanship is neglected."

Making sugar figures requires controlling the heat, and blowing and shaping the shapes takes a lot of time.Jiang He had gone to great lengths to congratulate someone on his birthday before.Today I saw maltose in the small kitchen and couldn't help but try to refine it.

His birthday is coming soon, and now that he is over twenty, he probably doesn't like candy men anymore.

Jiang He smiled slightly when he thought of this, and bit off a horse leg.

"You are not allowed to go to bed to eat." Zhao Zheng glanced at her and said.

If you don't want to go to bed, I won't go to bed. I think I miss your bed so much!
Jiang He turned around and sat in front of the dowry, minding his own business licking the candy man.

"How's the spy investigation going?" She asked abruptly.

Find out the spies, let Qi's protons go, and then Jiang He can leave.

If you walk faster, you can still catch up with that person's birthday party.

Zhao Zheng nodded and said: "The assassin who was released was killed. The opponent's method was concealed and he used poison."

After the assassin was released, he was so frightened that he immediately disguised himself and escaped from the capital.Zhao Zheng's people followed patiently, and after a few days of living in the open air, the assassin finally decided to rest at the inn.

After staying there, he never got up again.

"What kind of poison was used?" Jiang He asked casually.

"Drunk to death." Zhao Zheng replied, "mixed in the food."

"It's hard to match the poison." Jiang He bit off the horse's head. The maltose stuck to her teeth, and her speech became slurred.

Zhao Zheng glanced at her with disgust.

"There is one in the Prime Minister's Mansion." Zhao Zheng said coolly, while looking at the hidden compartment beside the bed.

That's why he touched the ball of string, letting Wei Nanxu guess that he tied up Jiang He every night.

"Why did the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion want to assassinate the Princess of Qi?" Jiang He shook his head in confusion, "Wouldn't he agree to the marriage between Qi and Yong?"

"No," Zhao Zhengdao said. "Only the mother and queen supported Gu's decision."

Jiang He sighed softly and finished eating the pony.

"That's pretty stubborn."

She lay down on the bed, stretched out her hands and said, "Tie them up."

He behaves like a warrior who is willing to go through fire and water.

It was late at night, when everyone was asleep.

A fire suddenly broke out in Zhiyang Palace.

The fire took advantage of the wind and started from a corner of the palace, instantly surrounding the entire palace.

Because Zhao Zheng strictly prohibited the presence of escorts and maids around the palace, by the time someone discovered the fire, the fire was already irreversible.

Jiang He woke up suddenly, and Zhao Zheng had jumped out of bed.

Thick smoke billowed in the hall, and the smoke first gathered on the roof, and then quickly suppressed it.

Subconsciously, Zhao Zheng ran outside.

Jiang He was still tied to the bed.

"What a pervert!" she shouted.

A beam fell from the sky and pressed against the head of the bed.

(End of this chapter)