The beauty of the lady

Chapter 94 Stepmother (4)
She admitted that if she didn't already have a man she liked in her heart, she would definitely fall in love with the Ninth Prince.

When the sound gradually faded away, the little episode that happened at the birthday banquet also came to an end.

Thinking of the fierce collision between the two parties just now, Zhou Mei's lips overflowed with a deep smile.

"It's really a beauty." She sighed sincerely.

"Who are you talking about?" The clear voice exploded in this small space.

Zhou Mei's whole body trembled, and even her ears turned red instantly.

Looking up at the man in Mo Jinhua who was leaning on the rock wall with his arms crossed, his pink lips twitched, and he tried hard to resist the urge to roll his eyes.

He raised his hand and poured himself a cup of tea, put it to his lips and took a sip, suppressing the awkwardness in his heart.

"I don't know, the dignified Prince Regent still likes to listen to the corner."

"To each other." Ye Zhen went to sit on the soft chair on her right, and poured herself a cup of tea.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little strange, which also made her somewhat depressed. This was not giving her a chance to be completely clean.

I don't know how long it took, maybe a quarter of an hour, or maybe half an hour, Zhou Mei finally drank enough tea, stood up and saluted him: "My lord, excuse me."

Ye Yu didn't say anything, and didn't show any expression, she just raised her eyebrows and played with the purple sand teacup in her hand.

Zhou Meimo, although she is asking for trouble, but this courtesy is absolutely worthless. She doesn't want to be beaten back to her original form before she can gain a firm foothold in the capital because of disrespect to the current prince.

Besides, even if she stood firm, what could she do to him, he killed herself, just to catch her breath.

As soon as he walked out of the rockery pavilion, he almost collided with a woman, but fortunately, both of them dodged quickly.

"Miss Zhou, I'm sorry." Seeing that it was Zhou Mei, Jing Yu smiled and saluted.

And Zhou Mei recognized at a glance that the woman in front of her was the beauty who appeared in Wen Ya Pavilion with Ye Zhen back then. Looking at that temperament, that perfect figure and the clothes on her body, she automatically imagined the identity of the woman in front of her.

She said she didn't believe it was a girl, at worst she was a concubine or something.

"Don't dare to take it, it's my fault, excuse me." After returning the gift, she got up and left.

By the way, where should you go at this time?Looking around, there are sparse crowds everywhere, and finally gave up the plan to find quietness.

He sent someone to the servant's room to call Xia Qi, and took her to the back hall to find Mrs. Zhao.

Jing Yu walked in, stood next to Ye Zhen, and poured water for her from time to time.

"My lord, this Miss Zhou is really pretty, she doesn't need to be inferior to Miss Chen and Miss Chi, and the servant girl also heard that Miss Zhou is very good at chess, and she has learned from Mrs. Zhou."

"Mrs. Zhou?" Ye Zhen pointed out the title.

"I also ask you to make amends. This is what the maid asked someone privately." Jing Yufu said, but his expression was very relaxed, without any nervousness or fear.

"Let's talk." Ye Zhen hummed, but thought in his heart that maybe he misunderstood her when he first met her.

At that time, I thought she was pretending to be in front of me, but the next few times I met, it seemed that she was different from other women in my imagination.

Although he was well-mannered when facing himself, there was no ambiguity or entanglement.

"I heard that Mrs. Zhou is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Chengbei, and her biological mother is Xuan Jingyue, the daughter of the old man of An Guogong."

"Xuan Jingyue..." It's impossible that she hasn't heard the name before, and it's from her mother's mother's mouth quite a few times.

I heard that Xuan Jingyue was the queen that my father preferred, but it was said that Xuan Jingyue had already had a verbal marriage contract with Zhao Xingyu, the second son of Marquis Chengbei at that time, so my father and queen gave it up and conferred the title of the eldest daughter of the Chen family at that time. For the queen, perhaps because of this incident, after the emperor's brother succeeded to the throne, the queen mother forced the emperor to suppress the dignitaries in Beijing, and the An Guogong's mansion was the first among them.

He has been sensible since a very early age. He still remembers that on the ninth day of October every year, the queen mother would always recite sutras in the palace for three days. Xuan Jingyue.

The Empress Dowager Chen had that kind of conflicted emotion towards Xuan Jingyue, although she was jealous but also regretful.

At first, one might think that Xuan Jingyue was unlucky, but later, because of her death, Empress Chen at that time completely hated her.

She will never forget that in the year when Xuan Jingyue died, Emperor Yuanchang did not favor any woman in the harem for a year, or everyone thought that his body was getting weaker, but Empress Chen understood that in the final analysis, it was his In his heart, there was always only Xuan Jingyue alone, even if she left three sons and one daughter for him, she couldn't replace him.

And Xuan Jingyue's death made her understand that she can't compete with a dead woman in this lifetime.

"This king remembers that Zhao Xingyu's eldest daughter died of illness."

Jing Yu pursed her lips and said with a smile: "My servant heard that when Cheng Beihou wanted to marry his daughter-in-law into Prince Zhong's mansion, Miss Zhao disappeared. A few days later, there were rumors that Miss Zhao died of illness."

Zhongwangfu?His third brother?
Ye Zhen's pretty thin lips curled up in a mocking arc, that Zhao Xingyu actually sent his daughter to Prince Zhong's Mansion in order to keep himself, it was really a bit insane.

Although King Zhong and him are of the same mother, but his brain was burnt out when he was a child, and after he was born, he was already a fool. Although he married the princess later, he beat and scolded frequently, and committed suicide because he couldn't bear the humiliation. Yes, there were also those who were beaten to death under the whip and stick. Five concubines were accepted before and after, and four died. Brother, although it is said that the news is a bit detrimental to the royal family's face, but Brother Sanhuang has already explained the problem. Now the Empress Dowager is satisfied as long as she knows that her son has not done the same thing of whipping the concubine again.

"This is the end of the matter."

"Yes, maidservant understands."

In the back hall, Mrs. Zhao sat beside Mrs. Xiao, chatting with the married woman in the house.

When everyone saw Mrs. Zhao, some of the older ones were still shocked. None of them thought that the eldest daughter of the Chengbei Hou Mansion was still alive.

If Mrs. Zhao hadn't really given up on Chengbeihou's Mansion, she would never have appeared here anyway, slapping her own father in the face. After all, it was Mrs. Sun who said that Zhao Qishan had died of illness, and Zhao Xingyu did not stand up to oppose it. It is the default, which is enough to explain the problem.

Mrs. Sun is sitting on pins and needles at this time. There are several wives present who are of higher rank than her. Although the Chengbei Marquis Mansion now occupies the position of a marquis, she herself is only a third-rank imperial order. With Mrs. Hu Guogong and several other old ladies, even the Xiao family is also a first-rank imperial order. Even if they want to ridicule Zhao Qishan in their hearts, they can only bear it.

(End of this chapter)