good season

Chapter 14 I dare not say

Xiao Zhen was stunned. In his previous life, he even found out that King Liang had a daughter who died at the age of three or four, but he had no idea that King Liang actually had an adopted daughter.

Zhao is the royal surname. Even if she is an adopted daughter, without the permission of the clan house, this Zhao Xiaosi cannot have the surname Zhao.

It is impossible for him not to find out about the adopted daughter with the surname Zhao in his previous life, so such a person did not exist in his previous life at all.

In his previous life, the King of Liang did not have an adopted daughter, so no one could identify the assassin, and his parents died unjustly.

The King of Liang in his previous life did not have an adopted daughter, so Xiao Su died in that sudden heavy rain. That day was one month away from Xiao Su’s seventeenth birthday.

In his previous life, the King of Liang had no adopted daughter, so everyone blamed the Liang Palace for the death of the Princess and her husband and Xiao Su. The Xiao family and the Liang Palace were at odds with each other and the fight was not over until one family was convicted of treason and the entire family was executed. The emperor also caught Zhao Yunnuan with a handle and she was forced to marry into the capital, where she died at the hands of several women in the harem.

Xiao Zhen sorted out the connections as quickly as possible. His heart was like a thousand horses galloping. Just now, he was so self-righteous that he thought all this had changed because he was reborn. But now, with the facts before him, Xiao Zhen felt ashamed. What really changed all this was not his rebirth, but the adopted daughter of King Liang named Zhao Shiqing!

But why did King Liang have no adopted daughter in his previous life, but had one in this life?

Was it that in his previous life, King Liang did not go and catch the kidnapper himself?

Then why didn’t he go in his previous life, but went in this life?

This was something Xiao Zhen couldn't understand, but it didn't matter now. What mattered was that his parents and cousin were truly able to survive because of Zhao Shiqing.

The princess was right about one thing: Zhao Shiqing was their family's savior.

At this moment, Xiao Zhen would never have thought that it was because of his good deed when he was young that King Liang met Zhao Shiqing, felt compassion for him, and brought Zhao Shiqing back to the palace.

If it weren't for all the things that happened in his previous life, the young Xiao Zhen wouldn't have had that strange dream, he wouldn't have gone to Baifeng City to look for the so-called cousin, and he wouldn't have met the little blind girl who was rescued by a wild dog.

In the final analysis, the cause in the previous life is the result in this life. He saved Zhao Shiqing which was the cause and effect, and Zhao Shiqing saved his parents and cousin which was also the cause and effect.

Of course, Xiao Zhen didn’t know this at the moment, and he couldn’t think of it.

Princess Jiayi had been watching Xiao Zhen, and she discovered one thing: her eldest son was different from before.

Not only did his face become half-human, half-ghost, but more importantly, his expression. Princess Jiayi blinked her eyes vigorously. "I was not mistaken. I actually saw vicissitudes of life in the eyes of my eighteen-year-old son."

Even my forty-year-old prince consort does not have such vicissitudes of life.

After all, the greatest hardship that my prince consort has ever experienced in his life is being my prince consort. Apart from that, he has no worries, and of course he has not experienced the vicissitudes of life that a forty-year-old should have.

But my good eldest son has grown old.

Princess Jiayi opened her eyes wide and said, "Okay, okay, I'll talk about it when I return to the capital. Those who have harmed me and my son will never have an easy life. If I don't make their lives miserable, I will write the word Zhao backwards. Humph, we all have the surname Zhao, and the only shame is for the men in the Zhao family!"
Concubine Li, who was far away in the capital, suddenly sneezed several times in succession. She didn't know yet that the woman she hated the most was about to come back.

Concubine Li was the biological mother of Emperor Yongjia. Normally, she should have been named empress dowager, but the retired emperor did not ask for it. Even if her son became emperor, she could only condescend to be a concubine dowager. If she wanted to be empress dowager, she could only wait until the retired emperor passed away.

Concubine Li was still waiting for the news of Princess Jiayi's death, but Princess Jiayi had already begun to plan how to disturb the harem.

However, a word from her eldest son gave her a wake-up call.

"Does the death of King Liang have anything to do with you?" Xiao Zhen asked.

Princess Jiayi was startled and slapped Xiao Zhen on the head: "I raised you with great difficulty, and you actually doubted me. If I had known this, I might as well have grown a vegetable!"

Xiao Zhen: When I was a child, I had three wet nurses, a dozen maids and old women, plus an imperial physician who was good at pediatrics. When did you ever raise me with all the hardship?

Of course, Xiao Zhen only dared to say such words in his heart. After all, it was very difficult for the princess to go through ten months of pregnancy and give birth to him.

Princess Jiayi covered her eyes with a handkerchief and pretended to cry twice. When she was about to cry for the third time, Prince Consort Xiao hurriedly comforted her in a soft voice: "Be good, don't cry. If your eyes are swollen, you won't be beautiful anymore. Ah Zhen is ignorant. I will punish him to kneel down later."

Princess Jiayi stopped crying suddenly, pushed Prince Consort Xiao away, and said viciously: "He has a limp, and you still want to make him kneel. Even my stepfather is not as cruel as you!"

Prince Consort Xiao smiled and said, "It's all my fault. Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I won't punish him then."

Princess Jiayi immediately turned her anger into laughter: "That's more like it."

Xiao Su on the side was stunned. When the eldest princess was in the Xiao family, she was high and mighty and had a lot of airs. So no one knew that the eldest princess was not only domineering, but also unreasonable.

Alas, he used to think that Zhao Xiaosi was the most difficult woman in the world, but now he realized that compared to his aunt, Zhao Xiaosi was at least reasonable sometimes.

Compared to Xiao Su, Xiao Zhen is much calmer. This is how his parents get along with each other.

But he didn't want to let them go just like that. He continued, "Mom, please don't talk about other things. Does the death of King Liang have anything to do with you?"

Seeing that Princess Jiayi was about to get angry again, Prince Consort Xiao quickly said, "It can't be said that there is absolutely no connection. At least I did bring the jar of wine, but your mother and I definitely have no intention of harming anyone. Besides, your mother and I drank all the wine, and we are fine."

Xiao Zhen looked at him and said in a suicidal tone, "Maybe you secretly took the antidote."
Princess Jiayi raised her hand to strike him, but Prince Consort Xiao grabbed her hand and said, "Since he only has half his life left, please forgive him this time."

Princess Jiayi: "Brother Yan, I'll listen to you. I'll save it for him and fight him back all at once when his injury is healed."

Xiao Su: It's okay, it's okay. Although my mother nags me, she will forget about it after she's finished nagging. She won't keep it in his mind. It's not easy for my brother to grow up to this age.

Xiao Zhen didn't want to let it go. He just wanted to teach these two people a lesson, otherwise it would happen again.

"Dad, did you guys secretly take the antidote?"

Xiao Su closed his eyes. He would not die if he did not seek death. The beating from his elder brother was not in vain. Forget it. He decided to prepare some more gold medicine for his elder brother.

However, Xiao Su did not expect that this time Princess Jiayi did not jump up in anger, but was in a daze. Even his uncle, Prince Consort Xiao, who liked to smooth things over, did not say a word.

The air around him seemed to freeze, and Xiao Su couldn't help but want to stick his head out the window to get some fresh air.

At this time, Xiao Zhen said, "You are scared now, right? I am the one asking the question now, you are still scared, but what if it was someone from the Liang Palace, if we were not in the Observatory but in the Golden Palace, facing the civil and military officials, you only said, I drank the wine, can you convince them, will anyone believe you?"

Princess Jiayi felt wronged: "We have no grudges against King Liang, why would we harm him? If you really want to harm someone, there must be a reason, right?"

Before Xiao Zhen could speak, Prince Consort Xiao coughed and said, "As for the reason, others don't have it, but you do.

I remember you told me that when Prince Liang was still the crown prince and lived in the capital, you had a fight with him and even brought the matter to the retired emperor, who punished you by confining you to your home for three months.

When you told me about this, you were gritting your teeth and said that if you ever saw King Liang again, you would cut him into pieces. Is that true?

Since you have said this to me, you must have said it to others as well, right? "

Princess Jiayi opened and closed her mouth for a long time before she whispered, "If you hadn't told me about those trivial things, I would have forgotten them. These were all things that happened many years ago. It's been more than 20 years. Who would still remember them?"

Prince Consort Xiao: "I still remember it, and there must be others who remember it too. By the way, it seems that when the Emperor Retired punished you, His Majesty even pleaded for you. Do you think His Majesty would not remember this?"

Princess Jiayi looked at Xiao Zhen pitifully and said, "Son, you have to believe me. I was just talking. I really didn't kill him."

Xiao Zhen looked at Prince Consort Xiao again, and then moved his gaze to Xiao Su's face: "Don't talk about my mother, let's talk about you, or the Xiao family. The Xiao family's main home is in Qingquan. Qingquan belongs to Liangdi. The King of Liang is the lord of Liangdi. Every official in Qingquan is appointed by the Prince of Liang's Mansion. What is the first thing those officials do after taking office? Xiao Su, tell me?"

Xiao Su had already guessed what Xiao Zhen was going to say. He said listlessly, "In Qingquan, the first thing every official does after taking office is to hand over a visiting card to the Xiao family. If they make friends with the Xiao family, they will be able to go smoothly. Otherwise..."

Xiao Zhen said "oh" and looked at Prince Consort Xiao again: "As the saying goes, there can't be two tigers in one mountain. What's more, the King of Liang is the King of Liang. If I say that the Xiao family is harboring evil intentions and wants to replace him, most people in the court, even the people of Liang, will believe it, right?"

Prince Consort Xiao stopped talking, and the atmosphere in the room became even more depressing.

Princess Jiayi was the first to break the silence: "No matter how we explain, no one believes us. What should we do now? Son, I don't care whether others believe us or not. You have to believe us. We really didn't intend to kill King Liang. Besides, if we really wanted to kill him, we wouldn't do it ourselves, right?"

Xiao Zhen said coldly: "It's useless whether I believe it or not. I can only help you this time. You should be more careful in the future and don't let others use you as a knife. Just be a guest. Why send wine? If you don't have any gifts, you can buy them. Why send something edible? Have you forgotten the matter between Emperor Xiaokang and Prince Wu?
Mother, don't look at my father, I'm talking about you. You grew up in the palace, do you need others to remind you of this kind of thing?"

Princess Jiayi shuddered. Who could tell me how it was that my son had become a different person in just three months since I last saw him? Although he was a little arrogant before, he would never scold others in a condescending manner, especially not me. Oh, my son is so scary, but I dare not say it.

After Xiao Zhen finished scolding the princess, he began to question his father, the prince consort: "Father, I remember that you didn't have the habit of bringing your own wine when you went to a guest before. How did you think of sending wine to King Liang this time?"

Prince Consort Xiao did not indulge in self-pity like Princess Jiayi. Ever since he heard the sad news that Prince Liang had a heart attack after drinking, he had been replaying the incident in his mind over and over again.

Therefore, when Xiao Zhen asked, Prince Consort Xiao said, "I did think about sending other gifts to King Liang. The Xiao family is in King Liang's territory, and I naturally want to be on good terms with King Liang.

Therefore, when I went back to Liang to visit my relatives this time, I prepared a gift for King Liang in advance, which was an authentic painting by the Saint of Painting. Originally, we should have visited King Liang first and then went to Qingquan when we arrived in Liang, but it happened that King Liang was not in Liangdu that day, but went to the military camp a hundred miles away. So we only sent a letter and did not visit him in person. The authentic painting by the Saint of Painting was also kept in the luggage.

But when we came back from Qingquan and wanted to visit Prince Liang's Mansion, we discovered that the painting had a hole eaten by insects. This kind of ancient painting must wait until we return to the capital to find a famous artist to repair it.

Although we have other things around us, they can be given to other people, but for someone of King Liang's status, it would be too light. I even went to several antique shops in Liangdu, but couldn't find a suitable gift.

Coincidentally, after leaving the antique shop, I went to a restaurant for dinner. I was traveling light and no one knew me here. Besides, that restaurant was an old place I revisited, so I did not go to the private room and sat down at the table where I had sat when I was young.

There were two scholars sitting at the table next to me. I happened to hear their conversation. They came to Liangdu to become a disciple. They were discussing what gift to give to the famous teacher. They couldn't afford an expensive one, and they couldn't afford a cheap one.

Because I was also worried about gifts, I also became interested.

The two men discussed for a long time. At this time, the waiter brought the wine they ordered, which was in a wine jug. One of the scholars slapped his thigh and said to the other scholar: Got it, send the wine. Say that it is the wine we brought from our hometown. I know there is a wine shop. The owner is our fellow villager and his wine is shipped from our place.

When I heard this, my heart was moved. What a coincidence, when I left Qingquan, I took with me a few jars of wine brewed by your grandmother. Although I was reluctant to give them to King Liang, there is no more suitable gift than this.

The Prince of Liang is a prince, he has everything he needs, but a jar of homemade wine can bring him closer to the Prince of Liang. I came back from the restaurant excitedly, and after discussing it with your mother, we both thought it was appropriate to send wine, so we took the wine to the Prince of Liang's mansion."

(The author of this chapter has something to say. Voice-reading kids, please open your big, dreamy eyes and take a look.)
　I didn't want to write so much about the cause and effect of this matter, but I was afraid that some people would not understand, so I explained a few more sentences, not to make up the word count, but because some people really don't understand. For example, some people will ask now, where did the heroine go in the previous life? The answer is that she was not rescued by Xiao Zhen, did not meet the black-hearted doctor, and was not sold to the evil beggar who cut and mutilated her life, so her fate was either that she died without timely treatment, or that she was rescued by others. She was either sold to other places by bad people, or rescued by good people and became a daughter, maid or child bride of a certain family. In short, she was not discovered by King Liang (she was somewhat similar to the dead Princess of King Liang), and she would not become the adopted daughter of King Liang. In short, there is no need to delve into the fate of the heroine in the previous life. Xiao Zhen's rebirth is the vibrating butterfly wings (she has been reborn since he started dreaming, but he had not yet awakened at that time).

　　
　
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