Second marriage to the regent

Chapter 19
Since the last time he saw that girl, Tang Zhili's charming face kept popping up in his mind.

Jun'er sat on the edge and looked at Tang Zhili, who was lost in thought. He didn't know what he was worried about. He wanted to pour him a cup of tea, but accidentally knocked over the teapot.

The warm tea was poured directly onto Tang Zhili's thighs. Tang Zhili was so burned that he stood up and shook the corners of his clothes. He was about to reprimand the blind maid, but when he raised his eyes, he saw Jun'er's frightened eyes.

The maid behind him hurriedly stepped forward to clean up the matter. Tang Zhili pulled Jun'er aside and said to him, "Father has to go out for something today. Please stay in the house and read carefully. Don't make Dad angry!"

Jun'er was afraid that Tang Zhili would not take him to see Bai after getting angry, so he nodded obediently and watched him leave.

backyard
"Miss, this is the sweet-scented osmanthus cake sent by the old lady. Please try it!"

Yingshi walked in with a bowl of steaming sweet-scented osmanthus cake just out of the pan. The moment Su Junxi raised her head, she caught a glimpse of Jun'er hiding behind a pillar not far away, with saliva at the corner of his mouth and his eyes fixed on it. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake in Yingshi's hand.

The child looked very cute when she saw the greedy food, so she waved to Jun'er.

Jun'er subconsciously raised his feet and was about to run over, but after thinking that she was the bad woman her mother talked about every day, she hid behind the pillar.

When Yingshi saw it, she pursed her lips and disapproved of Su Junxi's approach, nagging: "Miss, why are you bothering? You feed him, but he may not appreciate it!"

"It's just a child, why should I care about him." Then she raised her voice and said to Jun'er: "Your grandma has been at the ancestral hall these days, and no one has made you anything to eat. If you don't come over, I will kill you." It’s all finished!”

Jun'er looked at the tempting osmanthus cake in Su Junxi's hand, swallowed, and finally plucked up the courage to walk towards her.

"Thank you, mother." Jun'er said thank you after taking the cake.

A little frightened by the past few days, she also addressed Su Junxi as mother.

Seeing him carefully eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, Su Junxi had the urge to touch him. If her own child could come into this world, maybe he would be more sensible and cuter than Jun'er.

Jun'er saw Su Junxi staring at him from the corner of his eye, thinking that she wanted to eat too, so he took a piece and handed it to her: "Mom, eat too."

She was a little frightened. How could this child be so well-behaved? Could it be that Bai ordered her to do so?
She knew Jun'er was innocent, but was her unborn child at fault?

"Jun'er, mother told you that you should study hard and don't imitate your father, otherwise..."

Before Su Junxi finished speaking, Yan'er suddenly came over in a panic and whispered something in her ear. Su Junxi shouted excitedly:

"What? Who on earth dares to rob even the royal bodyguard?"

"We haven't investigated clearly yet. The emperor has summoned all the ministers at this moment. Long Yan is furious in the Mingtang. When the servant heard about this matter, the emperor originally handed it over to Anguo Duke's office for investigation, but the princes are all striving for this piece of pie. It’s undecided yet.”

I heard Tang Zhili mention this matter in his previous life, but at that time, he was caught up in a one-sided love and did not remember the full story. He only knew that later on, this group of people also assassinated the princes who were out hunting.

"This matter is very dangerous, I hope my eldest brother will not be involved."

At that time, Tang Zhili was injured and had to lie down for more than half a month, so she didn't want her brother to end up like this.

"Mom, I've finished eating." Jun'er wiped the residue from the corner of his mouth.

"Jun'er is so good, let's go play!" Su Junxi said, touching his head.

Jun'er took the small paper windmill and walked away happily with small steps.

"This child is so old, why haven't Mr. Marquis and Mrs. Ye considered letting him go to school?" Yan'er squinted at Jun'er's leaving figure and questioned.

Yingshi also echoed: "No, everyone in the Hou family loves him so much that they are not even willing to hire a teacher."

The two of them were chatting with each other, but Su Junxi on the side could still be immersed in her own world and think.Seeing Su Junxi stunned on the spot, the two of them looked at her in unison.

Yingshi waved her hand in front of her eyes without coming back to her senses, and said to Yan'er: "Sister Yan'er, have you noticed that the young lady has become so distracted recently? Is there something wrong with her body?"

"I think she is lovesick!" Yan'er observed closely and came to this conclusion, saying seriously.

Su Junxi, who happened to come back to her senses, heard her words and immediately reached out and patted her head gently: "If you make any more random guesses, your monthly payment will be deducted!"

Yan'er then reached out and patted her mouth: "I told you to talk too much! I told you to talk too much!"

Su Junxi was amused by Yan'er's cute expression.

Yan'er scratched her neck in embarrassment and blushed.

princess mansion

Li Xiangyue had just recovered from a serious illness and was sitting in a pavilion by the lake in a daze.

The maid stepped forward and said slightly, "Princess, I found out that the girl was the concubine that the Marquis of Jing'an wanted to take. Later, she was sent to a nunnery to become a monk because of the murder of the princess."

After hearing this, Li Xiangyue tossed food to the fish in the lake as if nothing had happened, twitched the corner of her mouth and chuckled.

"Conspiracy to kill the princess?"

Recalling that day, the Queen Mother actually told her that she should take the initiative to go to the border area and get married in order to ensure that the war in our country would subside.

There were many princesses in the palace, but she couldn't see the one who was more favored than her, but she was really willing to let her, her own daughter, go to the frontier and suffer for the rest of her life!
She also grew up in the palace, and the mother and son were closely connected, so how could she not know what she was thinking?
But she was afraid that the prince's status would be unstable, so she asked her to get married here to put pressure on the emperor, and then the throne would be passed on to the prince.

She did not want to get involved in the dynastic disputes, so she chose to set up a mansion outside the palace and spend her life freely.

But they always want to pull themselves into the water and pull her on their backs.

If Bai hadn't accidentally bumped into her that day, she would have jumped into the lake and escaped.

It's also because of Bai's bad luck that he met her.

"The only blame is that she didn't have eyesight and met this princess. It's the Queen Mother's mercy that she was spared her life."

"What the princess said is absolutely true!" the maid responded from behind.

She handed the bowl in her hand to the maid beside her, turned around and asked the maid behind her who kept her head lowered: "Is there any news from the Queen?"

"Go back to the princess, the queen is investigating the assassination of the regent."

"Prince Regent? The emperor's uncle is back?" Li Xiangyue was a little shocked. Who would assassinate a prince in Kyoto?
The servant continued: "Yesterday, the bodyguard escorting the royal silver coins was robbed. The Emperor Long Yan was furious. The ministers are being disciplined in the open hall at the moment."

"Ha, that's ridiculous. The so-called No. [-] escort agency in Kyoto can't even keep a single escort!" Li Xiangyue sneered.

"The prince is striving for this opportunity."

"It's interesting, just wait for the show!" Then he ordered the maids: "Don't make any announcement about my princess' recovery! If anyone else asks, just say that this princess has the root cause of the disease, is weak, and keeps coughing. Do you understand?"

"Slaves understand!"

(End of this chapter)