Rich Peasant Girl: The General's Wife Has Space

Zhao Mingyuan sent Xiao Wan home in a hurry. On the way, he thought of Xiao Wan and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously.

He seemed to be attracted to this girl, who was confident, straightforward, and had the shyness that was unique to girls. Even if he was blunt, Zhao Mingyuan could sense his feelings for him.

After Zhao Mingyuan arrived home, Zhao Wu had already treated the wounds of the unconscious young man and washed his face. He told Fu to go and rest first and wait for Zhao Mingyuan to come back.

Zhao Mingyuan came in, closed the door tightly, and told his father the truth about his encounter with the young man.

It turned out that Zhao Mingyuan went to the mountains to hunt as usual. When he heard the sound of fighting nearby, he went to check it out. He found a group of people in black chasing a young man. Zhao Mingyuan followed and saw that it was the second prince Li Mingyue.

Li Mingyue was already exhausted, with a knife wound in the chest, barely holding on. All his followers were gone. Seeing this, Zhao Mingyuan immediately drew his sword and helped Li Mingyue out of trouble.

Li Mingyue finally couldn't hold on, exhausted, and fell in the grass. She was rescued by Xiao Wan, while Zhao Mingyuan tried his best to kill the man in black.

Zhao Wu's face was solemn after hearing this. He was silent for a while before he spoke, "The Second Prince may have come here to see my father and me. I heard a while ago that the Second Prince was given the title of Prince of Anle and sent to his fiefdom. So, we can tell the world that it's your mother's nephew who has come to seek refuge with your aunt. Let him recover first and then plan for the future."

Zhao Mingyuan nodded in response.

"Also, you and I will go and deal with those men in black later to prevent the forces behind them from coming here and causing harm to the villagers of Dahuaishu. We also need to conserve our strength so that we can support the second prince." Zhao Wu instructed his son.

When Zhao Mingyuan heard this, he immediately started to prepare.

On a dark and desolate night, Zhao Mingyuan dug a big pit with a shovel. He and his father threw the bodies of several men in black into the pit, poured oil on it, and set it on fire.

The firelight reflected on the faces of the father and son. They both had cold and stern expressions, and their deep eyes were particularly bright in the dark night.

When the body was almost burned, they covered it with soil and dug up some weeds with soil on them. After destroying the body and covering all traces, they escaped in the dark night.

The forest was silent, as if nothing had happened.

Zhao Mingyuan stayed in the room where the second prince Li Mingyue was recuperating all night, worried that he would have a fever in the middle of the night.

Zhao Mingyuan and the second prince Li Mingyue grew up together, and they are so close that they seem like they are wearing the same pair of pants.

The two of them got to know each other through fighting, and they fought because of a misunderstanding. Later, after the misunderstanding was resolved, they discovered that the other person was a noble and gentlemanly person.

Li Mingyue was a prince, and his mother was the emperor's favorite concubine, Concubine Zhao. He was the emperor's favorite, and the emperor favored the son born to his beloved woman.

But even so, Li Mingyue was not the slightest bit of a dandy. Instead, he was elegant, kind-hearted, and talented. He was especially filial to the emperor and the imperial concubine, and all the officials in the court praised him highly. This made the emperor even more partial to the second prince, and he seemed to want to make him the crown prince.

Although Zhao Mingyuan was young, he had followed his father to the battlefield when he was twelve years old. He also looked down on the dandy boys in the capital who only knew how to seek pleasure and live a life of debauchery.

The two men got to know each other through fighting, and gradually became close friends who appreciated each other. They often drank together, traveled incognito together, and stood up for justice.

The Li Dynasty also has a legitimate son born to the queen, the third prince, and the eldest prince born to Concubine Yu. Both of them have coveted the throne for a long time.

The third prince is the legitimate son of the first wife and should be the most qualified to be made the crown prince. Unfortunately, his talent and learning are not outstanding and his character is extremely cowardly. The emperor is often annoyed by his useless character. The third prince has also been taught by the queen to be very selfish and lacks the courage to distinguish right from wrong.

The eldest prince born to Concubine Yu was violent and bloodthirsty, and had a brutal character. The emperor disliked him and often scolded him, showing no mercy to the people. However, he was brave in killing enemies on the battlefield and had made military achievements. The emperor loved and was angry with him, but could do nothing about it.

The remaining princes are still young and are not considered.

Under such circumstances, the Zhao family has been loyal to the country for generations, and of course they hope that the second prince will ascend the throne. Only such a wise ruler can sympathize with the people and govern the country well.

But things did not go as planned. Perhaps it was the Queen, or Concubine Yu, or more likely the other concubines or party ministers, who became jealous of the increasingly outstanding Second Prince and tried every possible means to deal with Zhao's mother and son.

Fortunately, the emperor favored the mother and son and did not believe the slanderous words of the villain. But even though Concubine Zhao was careful to avoid them, she still fell into the trap.

The Queen took the initiative to attack directly and raided the Millennium Palace where the Imperial Concubine was.

He claimed that someone had reported that the imperial concubine had an affair with a foreign man and was cuckolding the emperor. The evidence was the pearl necklace on the imperial concubine's hand. It looked ordinary, but the imperial concubine wore it every day.

This necklace was presented by an official from outside, who was the imperial concubine's childhood sweetheart, Shen Zhaonian, the fourth-rank official and the deputy governor of the Xuanweishisi.

At the same time, the imperial concubine's maid pointed out that the imperial concubine had secretly hidden a letter. After the queen found it, she saw that it was full of love written on it. The queen was very proud, thinking that this was solid evidence.

Shen Zhaonian was about 37 years old and had never married. He grew up with Concubine Zhao and had been engaged to her. However, the emperor, during a secret visit, took a fancy to Concubine Zhao who was away. An imperial edict was sent to the Zhao family, making her a concubine and doting on her.

The Zhao and Shen families could not resist the emperor's will and could only submit to it.

The imperial concubine was heartbroken when she parted with Shen Zhaonian, but in order to protect the Zhao family, she had no choice but to enter the palace to serve.

When she returned home to visit her parents the next year, Concubine Zhao secretly bid farewell to Shen Zhaonian.

Over the years, the emperor's love for her never stopped, so Concubine Zhao put aside her youthful thoughts and devoted herself to the emperor.

Shen Zhaonian was even more frustrated for a long time. He applied to be sent away and never set foot in the sad place again. However, every year many exquisite and rare treasures would be presented to the palace. Sometimes they would be sent to the Zhao family and then to the palace to be presented to the imperial concubine.

But this letter was fabricated out of nothing, except that the handwriting was the same as Shen Zhaonian's.