The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again
Chapter 149 I won’t let him die
After roasting meat and having a few drinks, I returned home. The moon was already shining on the willow trees.
The whole city was covered with white snow. The trees had lost all their leaves, leaving only bare branches, which was very lonely.
Sang Wan drank many cups of liquor, and her face turned red;
Baili Xi wanted to tie the fox fur coat for her, but he didn't dare to do it because Xiao Ji was present.
While he was hesitating, the maid had already tied the belt for Sang Wan. He was secretly annoyed again. Taking advantage of the opportunity to show off, he quickly lifted the curtain of the carriage:
"It's cold outside, Ah Wan, get in the car quickly."
Xiao Ji curled his lips, smiled meaningfully, tapped his fan with his hand and said, "I've made progress."
"That's right." Seeing Sang Wan got on the car, he pulled Xiao Ji aside and asked in a low voice, "Why is she so unhappy today?"
"Ask me, how should I know? Didn't you guys play until dawn last night?" Xiao Ji tapped his head with a fan in a sarcastic tone: "For your own good, you'd better stop thinking about Ah Wan."
"Hey, why don't you think about it? There are so many noble families in the capital, can you find anyone better than me?" Baili Xi said anxiously, "Wouldn't it be great if our two families could become even closer? The concubine the emperor married is also my cousin."
"You! You're only big but not smart. You can't understand what people are saying."
Xiao Ji tugged at the corner of his clothes and stepped into the car.
"Hey!" Baili Xi ran to the carriage again in a sullen manner and lifted the curtain: "Ah Wan, go back and drink some more hangover soup."
Xiao Ji knocked his hand away with his fan: "Go back."
Ma Sangwan leaned against the edge of the carriage with her eyes closed, her face flushed.
Xiao Ji slightly lifted a corner of the curtain, and the cold wind blew into the carriage, making him feel a little chilled.
"A little drink to soothe your nerves. I see you're not so much in a good mood today as you are drowning your sorrows in alcohol. Is there something on your mind?"
"...It's okay." Sang Wan slowly shook her head. "Wine is a good thing. The more you drink, the warmer you feel. I'm afraid of the cold, so this is just right to warm me up."
Xiao Ji lowered his eyes and smiled softly: "If I were three years old, I would believe you."
"Was your colorful jade hairpin a gift from Wen Ruo?"
Sang Wan lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes casting a large shadow, covering her pupils:
"He gave it to me as compensation that day. I thought it was worthless, so I kept it as it was convenient for me to use it."
Sang Wan pulled out the colorful jade lotus hairpin and held it in her palm, her tone was very indifferent, as if she didn't care about it at all.
"He has always had good taste." Xiao Ji placed his hands on his knees, his eyes frank:
"During the banquet, I went to the front hall and had a few drinks. I met the Minister of War, Mr. Liu, and we chatted for a while."
Sang Wan shuddered, knowing that he would not mention court affairs to her for no reason, so she waited quietly for him to continue.
"Today, the Ministry of War received an urgent report that the three battalions stationed at Hangu Pass were ambushed by Xu State cavalry, resulting in numerous casualties."
The sound of wheels rolling on the ground, the jade wind chimes hanging on the carriage were crisp and distant in the night, and the tip of the hairpin almost pierced her palm.
Sang Wan suppressed her palpitations and asked, "Where are he... and Li Jiu?"
"He's missing, and his whereabouts are unknown." Xiao Ji was silent. "I've asked Lord Liu to find out."
Zheng Jinzhi risked the wrath of the world by cutting off his ancestral ancestry. Although he took on the surname Zheng, the Marquis of Pingyuan, he held no official title or rank, so no one would necessarily take him seriously.
Although Lord Liu agreed to let him inquire, the battlefield was changing rapidly, and there were many unknown people who died in a bloody mess, so there might not be any response.
Even though Xiao Ji didn't say it, Sang Wan had thought of this.
The strong smell of alcohol lingered in the carriage, like a dead vine with bared fangs and claws, strangling her breath.
At this moment, she returned to the eternal night of despair.
"The road he chose is difficult and rugged. I don't believe he would die so easily at the hands of the Xu Kingdom's cavalry."
*
Late at night, Jujiu Palace.
Zheng Yunlan burned the paper scroll in his hand, and the ashes fell into the copper basin and turned into white ash on the chrysanthemum charcoal.
Eunuch Fu walked into the hall with his body bent and head lowered.
"Your Majesty, His Majesty sent a message saying that he will come after the meeting is over."
"Got it." Zheng Yunlan adjusted her lip balm in front of the bronze mirror. "Is the ginseng soup for His Majesty ready?"
"It's warming on the stove, don't worry, Madam."
"Go ahead. And have the kitchen prepare some easily digestible food. Your Majesty ate little at dinner tonight, and you might be hungry when you return. It's always a good idea to have something on hand."
"Oh my queen, you are so considerate. No wonder His Majesty dotes on you."
Eunuch Fu smiled with his eyes narrowed, counting the days that had passed. Except for Concubine Chen, the emperor had never turned over the names of other concubines in the harem.
Who doesn't love a beautiful, considerate and attentive woman? The emperor is no exception.
Nowadays, all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace envy those who work in Jujiu Palace. Not only are there rewards like water, but all the good and fresh things are sent here first.
Only those who are not wanted by Jujiu Palace can be taken away by the concubines from other palaces.
"The emperor is not made of iron. The officials work hard day and night on state affairs. What I do are just trivial things."
Zheng Yunlan took off her pearl hairpin in front of the mirror, and her black silk stockings cascaded down like a waterfall, adding a touch of elegance and unique charm to her gorgeous and dignified appearance during the day.
Her limbs were slender and her figure was graceful. Where she should be plump, she was graceful and elegant, where she should be thin, she could hold her hand in her hand. Her wrists were slender, her fingers were white and slender like green onions, and her nail beds were lustrous with a pink sheen. Her every move was lazy and graceful, like a peony in full bloom.
Emperor Xia Zhao, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, was stunned the moment he stepped into the bedroom.
"Lan'er, are you getting impatient?"
Hearing the voice, Zheng Yunlan turned around and smiled, then approached him tenderly and affectionately, her expression as joyful and shy as a rabbit: "Your Majesty, you are back."
Emperor Xia Zhao's tightly furrowed brows relaxed instantly, and his anger dissipated a lot:
"Lan'er, don't wait for me next time. If you're tired, go to sleep first. It's winter and the cold dew is heavy, so you have to take care of yourself and don't catch a cold."
"Henglang~" Zheng Yunlan revealed the shyness of a little girl, gently shaking and pulling Xia Zhaodi's sleeve, "You know I can never sleep well without you holding me."
Emperor Xia Zhao's heart melted. With these soft words and those affectionate eyes, no matter how big his worries were, they disappeared in an instant.
He picked up Zheng Yunlan and went to the couch: "Hold you, I'm here to hold you."
"You look tired. Those ministers must be upset with you because of me again, right?"
Her slender fingers gently rubbed the center of Emperor Xia Zhao's eyebrows, her eyes filled with deep concern.
"It has nothing to do with you." Emperor Xia Zhao half-lay on the dragon couch with her in her clothes, stroking her hair:
"The barbarians from Xu State have violated the peace agreement between the two countries and attacked our military camp at night. War is about to break out on the border again."
His eyes darkened as he looked at the person in his arms:
"Jinzhi was also in the Third Battalion that night, but he disappeared after the night attack. Zheng Chenghui submitted a memorial to apologize. He was your father's adopted son. Do you think I should punish him?"
"Why punish him? On the battlefield, swords are merciless. Marshal Zheng is loyal and righteous. He has to consider the overall situation."
Zheng Yunlan tightly grasped the front of Emperor Xia Zhao's lapel and sighed softly:
"But if I say I'm not concerned or worried, I'd be lying. No matter what, he's still a piece of flesh that fell from my womb after ten months of pregnancy."
"Pei You, I can't touch him now."
Emperor Xia Zhao did not explain the reason. After all, he had carried out the imperial edict in private and concealed it from Zheng Yunlan.
Pei You made great contributions in the matter of the imperial edict, and he kept his mouth shut about Zheng Yunlan, which was very tactful.
He will need a dog like this in the future.
Emperor Xia Zhao's face was dim with his back to the candlelight.
Zheng Yunlan continued, "Ten years ago in the Imperial Garden, Jinzhi saw me and recognized me. At that time, I knew that he hated me and Pei You. This is all fate. I was so ashamed that I wanted to commit suicide, but you saved me."
"If you die, how can I live alone?" Emperor Zhao of Xia fell into a hoarse voice.
"Back then, you and I were in love, but my father was just a military commander, and the Queen Mother didn't like me.
You married someone else, and my father chose Pei You. Who could have known that Pei You was such a beast, sending me to the palace for his own fame and status?
I have no friendship with him to begin with. It was his miserable life that Jinzhi was born in my womb.
Now he has broken with Pei You and taken the surname Zheng. Henglang, if he is useful, you can treat him like a cat or a dog, and let him guard the door for you, which will also comfort my father's spirit in heaven.
If he is useless, death is his fate."
Zheng Yunlan burst into tears and couldn't control herself.
"It's all over, Lan'er."
Thinking back to the past, he seemed to be back in his youth. He knelt in the rain and begged the Queen Mother to cancel the marriage. He knelt for a whole day and night, but could not change the final result.
At that time, the late emperor married Princess Dingcheng, the sister of the previous emperor Chai Min, for power, and became a son-in-law with a large army; for the sake of his great cause, he married into the Hai family, the chief minister of the previous cabinet.
From then on, the Xiao brothers had the support of court officials at home and the protection of heavy troops outside. They soon seized the throne from the Chai family and established the eternal foundation of the Great Xia.
Zheng Yunlan became the beloved one in his heart.
The envoy had a wife, Luofu had a husband, and the Pei family was also a founding hero. He could only watch from afar as she attended the banquet as the wife of the Duke and could do nothing.
But unexpectedly, one day she appeared beside her brother and became the favorite concubine and queen of the late emperor.
The cinnabar mole in his heart is also the white moonlight of his royal brother.
All the desires suppressed in the heart grew wildly and became uncontrollable:
If my eldest brother can do it, why can’t he?
"Lan'er, don't cry. You are my life.
This is all God's fault, not yours.
Your children are also part of you. I already own the country, so how can I not be able to protect my two children?
Don't worry, I won't let them die."
I will only make their lives worse than death.
Without them, you are the white cloud again, my own mist.
Emperor Xia Zhao kissed Zheng Yunlan's tear marks and hugged her tighter.
"Ah Heng, it's my blessing that you don't dislike me. I wouldn't dare ask for anything more.
Please do not start another quarrel with the court officials because of me. I do not want the throne, I do not want any title;
Even if it's just plain food and simple living, as long as I can be by your side for the rest of my life, hugging you day and night, we'll never be apart again."
Zheng Yunlan leaned on Emperor Xia Zhao's chest and called his nickname softly.
These whispers were like the most beautiful music in the world, and Emperor Zhao of Xia felt a surge of heat. The friendship of their youth filled his heart, warming it for half his life. Those hopeless days, those arduous choices, finally received the most positive response at this moment.
It was all worth it; it was all his.
No, everything should be shared by him and her.
They are childhood sweethearts, the lush green mountains and pure white clouds, the gorgeous sunset and the gentle fishing boat, and their destiny.
He leaned over and entangled his lips with Zheng Yunlan's, the brocade quilt rolled like waves, and his physical strength seemed to have returned to that of his youth, fierce and lingering, as if he wanted to fill the regrets of the past one by one.
The eunuchs tactfully left the bedroom, and the sounds were moving and filled the room with beauty.
After the lovemaking, Zheng Yunlan was soaked and soft like a pool. Emperor Xia Zhao put on his outer robe and called the eunuch in charge of the inner chambers:
"Go and tell Liu Wendong from the Ministry of War to bring Jinzhi back to me. I will not allow him to die."
"Yes." The eunuch took the order and left.
Zheng Yunlan's eyelids moved slightly while lying on the couch, but he never opened his eyes.
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