readytorunbook Chapter 241 Not Alone
Chapter 241 Not Alone
No one outside the palace knew what was going on. Meng Yanzhen was locked up in Yanyun Palace by the emperor to recuperate.
She was furious twice, but it was because she was still young and had taken good care of herself over the years that she had a solid foundation to use up. Otherwise, if she were a girl from an ordinary family, she would probably be preparing for her funeral by now.
"The pulse record also said that you are weak now and can't think too much, so you don't have to worry too much about family matters. You are close to the second son's wife, so it would be good to have her come to the palace to accompany you from time to time."
Zhao Fangyu was a calm person, and the emperor had some impression of him. Given Zhao Fangyu's intelligence, he must know what to say and what not to say.
Meng Yanzhen looked very sick. She was originally very thin, and now she looked so thin that she could be blown away by the wind. When the emperor came, she was staring at the tree in the yard in a daze. Looking closely, her eyes were empty, as if her soul had drifted away to who knows where.
When the people came to him, Meng Yanzhen obediently put her hand into the emperor's palm and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, please grant an imperial decree to allow my mother and father to divorce."
Under normal circumstances, the emperor would be extremely disgusted when he met such a woman who had no sense of propriety and interfered with his parents' marriage, but now seeing her like this, he couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
"Why are you still thinking about this?"
Meng Yanzhen raised her head slowly, her elegant black eyelashes fluttering twice, the tears in her eyes were forced away, but there was more water in them than usual.
She unconsciously plucked the peony flowers embroidered on the back, her tone unable to conceal her misery: "I have thought about it myself. No matter what, the Duke of Li's Mansion is a dangerous place for my mother. It is not a good idea to be cautious now. I am afraid that my mother will not be able to stay here. In this case, why not let them return to Longxi."
"At least my grandparents wouldn't plot against my mother and brother's lives, and wouldn't always be thinking about squeezing some more money out of me."
"They are plotting against me now, what about in the future?" Meng Yanzhen looked extremely frightened and held the emperor's hand in panic: "What if they take advantage of Ni'er in the future?"
His snow-white teeth bit his lips tightly. When he thought of the skilled methods used by the Duke of Li's Mansion, Meng Yanzhen couldn't help but want to crush them to death completely.
With hatred surging in her heart and confusion in her eyes, she almost cautiously leaned on the emperor's shoulder: "Your Majesty knows that I only hope that Ni'er can be an idle prince in the future. He will be quiet and live a rich and idle life in the future."
"I am a woman with no special abilities. As long as I can ensure my child's safety and prosperity, I will be happy. I do not ask for more. Everything is determined by fate. Meeting Your Majesty and giving birth to Ni'er is already my life's blessing."
Meng Yanzhen's words were like nails, hammering at the emperor's heart.
Indeed, it is necessary to separate Ni'er from the Duke of Li's Mansion. The Duke of Li's Mansion is in a mess, and the Duke of Li is even more confused. If someone instigates Ni'er to fight for the throne in the future...
Between father and son, the emperor did not want to see this scene at all.
He had a son in his old age and doted on Ni'er the most. He also hated to see others taking advantage of and plotting against Ni'er.
He must not let those brainless bastards in the Duke of Li's Mansion instigate and deceive Ni'er.
After much deliberation, the emperor finally agreed to the deal.
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The eldest lady returned to the Zhao family three days later. As soon as Zhao Fangyu got the news, he returned to the Zhao family.
Zhou Qinghe followed as well, to prevent some meaningless gossips from saying anything bad to Zhao Fangyu.
The eldest lady was sitting in the hall drinking tea, and Li Shumin was sitting beside her to keep her company.
Although it was clearly her sister's home, Li Shumin looked somewhat ashamed.
Zhao Fangyu paused and immediately pulled Zhou Qinghe towards his own banana house.
It was her fault. She forgot that mother should put her aunt first now.
Zhou Qinghe sat under the osmanthus tree in Jiaolu, staring at the densely blooming osmanthus flowers on the tree without blinking.
A sweet osmanthus flower happened to fall on his eyelashes. The tender yellow flower was supported by the black eyelashes. Zhao Fangyu and Zhou Qinghe were stunned for a moment, and then they smiled.
The originally depressing atmosphere was automatically broken by this little flower. Zhao Fangyu slowly sat in the rocking chair and rocked back and forth, his eyes involuntarily drifting away into the distance.
“It seems like it’s been a long time since I last felt this way.”
Things happened one after another, each one more serious than the last, but it seemed like a long time ago that I could sit and watch the flowers without any burden.
Zhou Qinghe slowly picked up the osmanthus flowers that had fallen on Zhao Fangyu's hair one by one, and looked at the overgrown osmanthus tree with some annoyance: "What does it eat to grow so many flowers? Isn't it annoying?"
Zhao Fangyu glanced at him with amusement: "It's a tree. If it eats good fertilizer, it will grow well naturally."
You are an adult, but you still argue with a tree.
Zhou Qinghe curiously asked what the fat was. After learning that it was pig intestines, he silently withdrew his hand from picking the flowers, pretended to have nothing to do and strolled to the side to wash his hands. Later, he felt that this action seemed a bit stupid, secretive, and very stealthy.
Zhao Fangyu looked at him with amusement, and waited for Mother Cui to come and invite him, then he called out to Zhou Qinghe who was standing under a banana leaf studying the patterns on the back of the leaf.
The eldest lady still looked tired. Zhao Fangyu knew that he should have come later, but this news was meant to comfort the lady, so naturally the sooner the better.
"My cousin sent a message, saying that she is waiting for my uncle to come to Beijing, and wants my uncle to advocate for my aunt's divorce, and it would be best if he could take my aunt back to Longxi to live with her."
The eldest lady's expression paused for a moment, and she felt lonely for a moment, but she quickly smiled again: "It's good to go back. When she goes home, she can live a more relaxed life."
If people keep that string tense, they will go crazy.
Li Shumin told them this truth through her own bloody experience.
Zhao Fangyu knew that the eldest lady was reluctant to part with Li Shumin, but to Li Shumin, the Duke of Li’s Mansion was just a cage where she had been imprisoned for more than ten years, so naturally the farther away from it the better.
"What about the others? Your Majesty didn't say anything?"
Zhao Fangyu shook his head.
In fact, there was originally an imperial decree to revoke the First Lady's title, but because Meng Yanzhen suddenly vomited blood, the decree was aborted.
The emperor now dotes on Meng Yanzhen so much that he just ignores the offense of the eldest lady.
The eldest lady was surprised for a moment, then she realized that it must be Meng Yan who did something, and shook her head with amusement: "Why should she bother? She will never put me in jail."
Li Shumin is already half crazy. If anything happens to the eldest lady, the entire Li family will have to come to Beijing.
Not to mention the capital, even the generals in Yumen Pass must be reduced first.
Now it is late autumn, a critical time, the emperor will not do anything to the first lady. At most, he will settle the score in autumn. After all, he can't kill her, and he can't take Mo'er back to Longxi.
The Duke of Li's Mansion... to be honest, they are nothing but useless people being kept around.
Zhao Fangyu slowly held the eldest lady's hand and stood side by side with Zhou Qinghe.
Her hands were cooler than those of ordinary people, and her words were soft: "Mother, you still have us."
It is impossible for such a large family to let the eldest lady go alone to seek revenge and bear the emperor's wrath.
Even though the Li family is a prominent family, now only the eldest lady and a few others are in the capital, so there is no guarantee that there will be any mistakes.
But the eldest lady is not alone, and neither are they.