The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 345 Interception (1)
In Yongshou Palace, instead of the original scorching heat, it became rather gloomy and cold due to the excessive ice cellars placed everywhere.Liu Qingyan was sitting next to the Empress Dowager, with lowered brows, raising her head from time to time to glance at the few court ladies standing aside.

Empress Dowager Wei flicked her sleeves, Chunxiu led a few maids out of the hall, the heavy palace door creaked, as if knocking on someone's heart.

"Just say what you have to say, what can't you say to Ai's family?"

At this moment, Liu Qingyan's face changed slightly, she stood up from the chair, knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Wei and said, "Return to the Empress Dowager, the concubine went to Cihang Nunnery a few days ago, and I wanted to ask that person to persuade you Zhen changed her mind, but...but she refused to see me."

"She is already a monk, so naturally she won't see you. Aijia heard that she didn't even see Ming Zhen, so how could she meet you! If you go there rashly, if Ming Zhen finds out, I'm afraid you will get angry again For you!" Empress Dowager Wei took a deep breath, frowned and said, "Ming Zhen still refuses to go back to the residence?"

Liu Qingyan pursed her lips and said nothing, Empress Dowager Wei also knew a thing or two, and just continued: "What did you say when you married into our Wei family? You are full of talents, but now you are tied to a man's heart Can't stop!"

How could Liu Qingyan have been so humiliated in front of others? Mingyan's face suddenly became a little more depressed, but she still took a deep breath, suppressed the excess emotions, raised her head and said to the Empress Dowager Wei: "The concubine is here today. There is something I want to ask the Empress Dowager for help, I am afraid that only the Empress Dowager can ask this person now."

Empress Dowager Wei raised her eyebrows and looked at Liu Qingyan, who was kneeling on her hands, flipped the armor on her little finger lightly, and said, "Who is it, tell me."

Hearing this, Liu Qingyan stood up cautiously, took out a scroll hidden in her sleeve, presented it to the Empress Dowager Wei in person, and said in a low voice: "The concubine found this in the study of the uncle of the country. Please take a look at the empress dowager."

Empress Dowager Wei glanced at Liu Qingyan suspiciously, stretched out her hand and slowly opened the scroll, and a woman's graceful figure slowly appeared in front of her eyes.The woman's almond eyes seemed to be covered with smoke, standing under the rain of peach blossoms and looking back, she really looked like a country and a city.

Empress Dowager Wei frowned, raised her eyebrows and asked Liu Qingyan, "Is this Mrs. Zhulei?" When she married into the Zhou family, Mrs. Zhulei had already been captured by the old emperor, and even she herself had never seen this peerless beauty Now, after so many years, when she saw this picture scroll, she could still accurately guess the identity of the person in the painting. It is indeed famous and beautiful.

"The empress dowager doesn't think she looks familiar?" Liu Qingyan leaned closer to the empress dowager, and she stretched out her slender fingers to cover the lower part of the beauty's face.

Empress Dowager Wei was shocked immediately, and unconsciously said: "Zhao Jing..." She turned her head to look at Liu Qingyan, frowned and said, "Could it be...Zhao Jing?"

Liu Qingyan had already calmed down at this time, kneeling on one knee in front of the Empress Dowager Wei and said: "The concubine dared... I dared to ask a few people who worked in the former palace in the past, and said that Mrs. Zhulei was pregnant. The child of the old emperor, but there is no news of that child, counting according to his age, he is now exactly 25 six."

Empress Dowager Wei's complexion suddenly turned pale, she stood up abruptly from the mahogany inlaid marble armchair, frowned and said, "Aijia... Aijia seems to have heard from the emperor that Zhao Jing's birthday is early November. Eight..." Empress Dowager Wei took a step back, slumped down on the chair, raised her head and said, "The ninth day of November is the day when Dayong founded the country, how could Aijia remember it wrong!"

Liu Qingyan saw that Queen Mother Wei was like this, so she hurriedly helped her up and said: "Queen Mother, if Zhao Jing is really the daughter of Mrs. Zhulei, then asking her to persuade Ming Zhen to change his mind may be of some use. First of all, the reason why Ming Zhen He wants to recognize his biological mother all his heart, but he just feels that Mrs. Zhulei is lonely and helpless, if he knew that there are relatives besides himself in this world, maybe he would not be so persistent."

When Liu Qingyan said this, she knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager Wei, shedding tears and said: "Ms. Empress Dowager, the Wei family can't live without Ming Zhen!"

Empress Dowager Wei was a little upset at this time, seeing Liu Qingyan crying like pear blossoms with rain, she only said coldly: "If you live up to your expectations and give birth to a son-in-law early, the Wei family will not be like this, now come to Ai's house What's the use of crying." She paused for a moment, then continued: "Just now you said that you invited Zhao Jing over for this matter? You want the Ai family to make a decree for Zhao Jing to take Ming Zhen away. Persuade you to come back? You..."

(End of this chapter)