The Book of Raising Children by Houmen

Chapter 418 Concern (2)
The Empress Dowager will definitely not accompany her when she entertains guests. It is already a matter of etiquette for the old nuns and older maids to entertain outside.Zhao Jing originally thought that it would not be too late to meet Empress Dowager Wei when she came out, but now hearing the message from the little maid, she had no choice but to nod and follow her in.

She followed Empress Dowager Wei for ten years, even if she didn't know her own life experience at first, she was always worried that one day she would be upset and even lose her life.Now with such a life experience, Zhao Jing is walking on thin ice, but she dare not see her, so she just bite the bullet and go in.

"Greetings to the Empress Dowager." Zhao Jing entered the side hall and saw Liu Qingyan inside.However, since Wei Mingzhen returned to the uncle's mansion, Liu Qingyan's attitude towards her seemed to be better than before, so she only glanced at her, but the man smiled and nodded to her.

Empress Dowager Wei gave her a seat, and after Zhao Jing sat down safely, the man saw that Zhao Jing came by herself, and asked, "Why didn't you see your second young lady today?"

Zhao Jing's heart tightened when she heard the words, she didn't expect the Empress Dowager to still miss Xu Xian, this time she really wanted to thank Chunxiu for bringing the news, otherwise, the Marquis of Wu'an might be in a hurry.

"She got engaged a while ago, and she was already at home to get married, so I didn't bring her here this time." Zhao Jing had a faint smile on her face, as if she never knew what Queen Mother Wei was like thoughts.

"What..." Empress Dowager Wei's fingertips on the armrest of the chair suddenly tightened, and her originally solemn eyebrows and eyes showed a bit of sullenness, and she saw Liu Qingyan who was also nervous and almost made a sound. Slightly calming down, he said with a smirk: "It's a pity, how come we got engaged at such a young age! The Ai family liked that girl at first, she looked honest and docile, and wanted to give her advice. What a good marriage!"

After Zhao Jing heard this, she hurriedly got up and thanked her: "I didn't know that the Empress Dowager would have such thoughts, but our old lady loves her. It happened that someone came to propose a marriage a few days ago. Seeing that the boy looks good and promising. After all, she was only a child of the concubine of the Marquis of Wu'an, and the old lady was anxious to settle down because she was afraid that she would not have any great fortune in the future. Advise the old lady."

As Zhao Jing said, she only pretended to be disappointed and regretful, which made the empress dowager feel less angry, but said with a cold face: "That's right, the old lady always loves her granddaughter, but she was so happy for nothing. "

Empress Dowager Wei stopped talking after saying this, leaving only Zhao Jing bent on her knees, and she didn't dare to get up without authorization, so she felt a little sore in her calves.Seeing this situation, Liu Qingyan didn't dare to open her mouth, she was afraid of touching Queen Mother Wei's scales, so she only frowned and looked at Queen Mother Wei, then at Zhao Jing, and finally twisted her handkerchief and said with a smile: "It's not too early, I'm afraid the wives and grandmas outside are also waiting anxiously, why don't the Empress Dowager go out and have a look?"

Liu Qingyan said that she had already stepped forward to help Empress Dowager Wei, and then Empress Dowager Wei let Liu Qingyan help her up with a heavy face, and walked slowly to the door, only when she passed by Zhao Jing, she said coldly : "Mrs. Wu'an Hou also go out together."

Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief, then straightened her slightly sore calf, and followed Queen Mother Wei to go out.

There was nothing particularly interesting at the banquet, it was nothing more than the female relatives taking turns flattering the Empress Dowager Wei, but Zhao Jing had already lost her interest, and she got up to leave just after the banquet was over.

Empress Dowager Wei didn't stop Zhao Jing either, although she didn't show it on the surface, but she still held some grudges in her heart, she just said lightly: "Go and tell the emperor before you leave, so that he won't worry about it."

Zhao Jing responded with lowered eyes, and led Qi Xinrui to the imperial study. The blue sky was cloudless, and the entire palace was illuminated brightly.Zhao Jing breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and her footsteps became a little lighter. She only lowered her head and walked all the way forward, but she heard Qi Xinrui shouting hurriedly behind her: "Ma'am, be careful!"

Zhao Jing was taken aback for a moment, then raised her head, but almost bumped into Zhou Yi's broad and firm chest, she hurriedly took two steps back in fright, but her face was slightly angry.

"Greetings to the lord." Zhao Jing was angry, and there was some emotion in her words, but the regent Zhou Yi's face was a little calm, and he only raised his chin towards the entourage behind him, and the man stepped forward, Looking at Qi Xinrui, he saluted and said: "Miss Qi, please follow the servant to the door and wait for a while, Mrs. Hou will be there later."

Seeing that the little eunuch had led Qi Xinrui away, Zhao Jing's anger dissipated a bit, and when she raised her head again, she was a little more worried about Zhou Yi.

"My lord, before she died, my lord left her last words, urging me absolutely not to go to the south of the Yangtze River. Please think again."

Zhou Yi suddenly looked away from the distance, stared at Zhao Jing with deep eyes and said, "You asked Chunxiu to persuade me not to go to Jiangnan? Since you still care about me, why don't you marry me?"

(End of this chapter)