There is a Wangfu wife at home

Chapter 506 (Second update)
In fact, the emperors in the Song Dynasty did not live long, except for the current Gaozong, but Gaozong probably lived for a long time because he did not have the ability of a man.

The successor to the throne must of course be in good health.

Zhao Cong was disgusted.

But I don't know if the fat boy in front of me is in good health or not—fat people may not be in good health, there are many people who are weak and sick.

This young man's arrogant words are not expected by a Mingjun at all.

If this becomes the emperor, he will be a complete fool!
Zhao Cong frowned in disgust, and said with a sneer, "That's better than your father finding you a fifth-bedroom girl!"

After finishing speaking, he flicked his sleeves angrily and walked into the hall of Empress Dowager Wei.

Zhao Jiu's face was flushed with anger.

Ji Chang suppressed a smile, "Prince Enping County, our family is going to see the Queen Mother, excuse me." After finishing speaking, he also walked into the hall.

Zhao Gui smiled and looked at Zhao Jiu, "Zhao Jiu, what are you still doing in a daze? Why don't you go home and stare at your own father? Be careful that he will marry you back a little girl."

"..."

"Oh, by the way, it's a good thing to have more wives. You can receive more red envelopes during the Chinese New Year. My brother Zhao Cong and I are envious. It's a pity that my father left early and only married my mother. I can't marry many. Mother, hahaha—”

"I want you to take care of it!" Zhao Jiu, who didn't take advantage of the scolding, but was scolded so much that he didn't know how to refute, stuck out his tongue at Zhao Gui angrily, made a grimace and ran away.

Huzi couldn't understand, so he asked Li Jiaoniang in a low voice, "Miss Li, what do you mean by marrying a few girls?"

Lady Tian pursed her lips and smiled, but she didn't dare to laugh and held back.

The fact that Zhao Jiu's own father loves to marry a young lady is a big topic of conversation in Lin'an City.

Lady Tian didn't dare to laugh, and the maids guarding the gate of the palace all suppressed their laughter.

Zhao Gui didn't care about that much, he was also a relative of the emperor, and had the same status as Zhao Jiu, and when he saw Zhao Jiu run away, he laughed again.

He secretly rejoiced in his heart, when did his younger brother's mouth become vicious?
Seeing that Huzi, a man from another country, couldn't understand, he smiled and said to Huzi, "Oh, it means the stepmother. The mother of the king of Enping County has passed away, so his father married him a stepmother." , but the stepmothers who married were young, and some of them were as old as him. No, I have married the fifth wife, and I heard that I will marry the sixth wife. Because of this, the king of Enping County was so angry that he did not go home for a long time , I haven’t spoken to his own father for several months.”

"So..." Hu Zi suppressed a smile.

What kind of person is this? Just marrying a concubine, who is younger than his son, and marrying one after another. Where can I put my son's face?
The age of Enping County King is only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Old and unprincipled!

No wonder King Enping was angry.

Huzi wanted to laugh, but then thought, this is the palace, so he held back.

Zhao Gui smiled and said, "You can't laugh now, you can laugh casually when you are out of the palace."

Huzi: "..."

Lady Tian bit her lip and suppressed a smile: "..."

Li Jiaoniang was speechless, the two brothers' poisonous tongues were stronger than the other.

Not long after Zhao Cong walked into Empress Dowager Wei's palace, a maid came out and said, "The Empress Dowager invites Lady Li to come in and talk."

Li Jiaoniang frowned, took a breath, raised her skirt and walked into the hall.

On the imperial concubine chair on one side, sat an old woman with gray hair but full of emerald jewels.

This is Empress Dowager Wei.

When Empress Dowager Wei saw Li Jiaoniang, she sneered and said without waiting for Li Jiaoniang to salute, "You are so courageous, you dare to recognize a dignified royal family member as your adopted son! Who would borrow your courage?"

Zhao Cong and Ji Chang looked at Li Jiaoniang together.

Especially Zhao Cong, with a worried look on his face.

A noble lady sitting next to Queen Mother Wei suddenly smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, if she has the courage, she must have extraordinary talents, right?"

Li Jiaoniang looked at the woman.

Dressed even more gorgeously than the Mrs. Hengyang I saw just now, she looks 35 or [-] years old.

Judging by her style, if I guess correctly, this is Gaozong's second queen, Empress Wu.

The adoptive mother of the fat boy Zhao Jiu just now.

Concubine Zhang Xian, Zhao Cong's adoptive mother, died young, and Empress Wu raised Zhao Cong along with her.

Although it is said that the two sons are treated together, there is no distinction between brothers and sisters, but judging from Zhao Cong's disgusting words and deeds towards the palace, Empress Wu is not friendly to Zhao Cong.

Zhao Cong, who was standing by the side, said to Li Jiaoniang, "Mother, quickly pay your respects to the empress dowager and empress dowager."

Li Jiaoniang was very moved, and when she entered the palace, Zhao Cong still called her mother.

"Yes." Li Jiaoniang nodded, stepped forward and saluted, "See Empress Dowager." Then she saluted Empress Wu, "Empress Empress."

"I haven't answered your question yet." Empress Dowager Wei asked again in a cold voice with a displeased expression.

Li Jiaoniang straightened up, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "At that time, the woman did not know that the Prince of Pu'an was a child of the clan, so why did the woman have to blame?"

Zhao Cong also said, "Yes, Empress Dowager, Mother did not know the identity of her grandson at that time."

"Did I ask you something? Where did you learn the usual rules? When the elders talk, is it the younger generation's turn to interrupt?" Queen Mother Wei sneered.

"When I was in the palace before, I was still well-behaved. Now that I have been out of the palace for half a year, I am like a wild monkey. I dare to talk back."

Zhao Cong's expression became colder, and he frowned.

Empress Dowager Wei said again, "The officials still say that you have great achievements in your studies, but you are like this..., hmph, you are no different from that small family in the city."

Zhao Cong immediately shut up after being reprimanded, and when he looked at Li Jiaoniang, his expression became more worried.

Empress Wu smiled lightly and did not speak.

Li Jiaoniang smiled in her heart, who said that there were no Gongdou in the Song Dynasty palace?

The prince doesn't fight when he is young?

In the home of the only child, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law still fight.

Wherever there is a struggle for power, there is a battlefield.

Li Jiaoniang said generously, "At that time, I really didn't know that the Prince of Pu'an County was the prince of the clan."

"..."

"His Royal Highness went to Yuezhou City to check the lives of the people in micro-service, how could his identity be exposed so easily?"

Empress Dowager Wei raised her eyebrows, "Secret visits in Weifu? Checking the lives of the people?" She snorted softly and asked Zhao Cong, "Really? Then tell me, what did you do in private visits?"

Zhao Cong then said, "The basic necessities of the common people."

Then, he talked about the price of houses in Yuezhou City, the price of rice grain, the price of clothing materials, the cost of carriages and horses, and the cost of seeing a doctor.

He also talked about the daily expenditure of the common people's family, and also talked about the living conditions of the Lu family and other noble families.

Well-founded and well-organized.

The maids standing beside him looked at Zhao Cong in surprise.

These people all come from poor families.

Some of them worked in the palace since they were young, but they would go out of the palace to meet relatives in the market during the festivals, so they knew the people's livelihood.

Some of them enter the palace in their teens, and they know more about the living expenses of the people.

Ji Chang also secretly praised Zhao Cong's strength.

Zhao Gui, who followed in, showed a relieved smile.

The smile on Empress Wu's face gradually faded.

Empress Dowager Wei coughed lightly, and said, "If you are asked to study the economics of the common people, you will only check the prices of food and clothing in the market for half a year? Waste of time."

Zhao Cong thought he wanted to praise him, but he didn't know that Empress Wu's face was indifferent, and Empress Wei directly criticized him.

The boy's self-esteem was crushed under his feet.

"I heard that Mrs. Li planted land in Yunhe County and was a peasant woman?" Empress Dowager Wei changed the subject and asked Li Jiaoniang again.

Li Jiaoniang knew that this kind of thing couldn't be hidden.

She replied frankly, "Yes."

"A peasant woman!" The Empress Dowager Wei snorted coldly, "You said that when you first met the Prince of Pu'an County, you didn't know his real identity, so you adopted him as an adopted son, but later the official family went to Yuezhou City, and his identity was made public. What do you mean, but you are still acting like a adoptive mother?"

Empress Wu said indifferently, "The empress dowager, it is a great honor to be the adoptive mother of the prince."

Empress Dowager Wei's face became even more gloomy.

Li Jiaoniang glanced at Empress Wu, this woman...

Will you die if you keep your mouth shut?
The ability to fan the flames is really strong!

Thinking that Empress Wu lived to be 83 years old before dying, and lived longer than the next emperor, Li Jiaoniang did not dare to offend Empress Wu too much.

She is not afraid of Empress Wu, but she is afraid that Empress Wu will secretly target Zhao Cong.

This is Zhao Congzheng's aunt!

Therefore, Li Jiaoniang said, "When the women knew the identity of the Pu'an County King, they were also taken aback. They also told the Pu'an County King that they had no talent to teach His Highness the County King. The empress dowager's punishment and the risk of being impeached by the courtiers continue to keep him by his side."

"You can talk." Queen Mother Wei sneered, "What happened then?"

"Mu Xuan, the young son of the Mu family, sent someone to assassinate the county king. The county king has no entourage to follow. If he is left alone, the women are worried that his life will be lost." Li Jiaoniang said.

Only then did Queen Mother Wei remember that the young grandson of the Mu family was punished by Emperor Gaozong.

(End of this chapter)