The daily life of a concubine's daughter

Chapter 270: Marriage with the Queen

Zhou Shao was on the verge of going berserk. He wished he could kill all the palace servants in Lanhua Palace who had seen Shi Mingzhu embarrassed. He kicked the old nanny in the knee.

He kicked her to her knees on the gravel road, causing her to scream in pain.

"No need to ask, who knows what shady tricks you old bastards have used? None of you are born to be lowly. Even if you are filial, you won't kneel to the point of hurting your own body! Get out! Old slave Yangzi, don't block my way!"

Shi Mingzhu's tears fell on Zhou Shao's neck. She sobbed and her tears were like pear blossoms in the rain. She was so weak that she seemed about to break.

"Your Highness, I'm fine. I knelt down on my own accord. Yesterday, I was kind-hearted and straightforward and asked Your Highness to investigate the kidnapping case in public and to make decisions for the people. I know I was wrong."

Zhou Shao paused.

The crown prince participates in government affairs in the court. These adult princes have titles and fiefs, and they will go to their fiefs after they get married.

He stayed in the capital because his mother was favored.

Over the years, his mother did not urge him to get married because she was afraid that he would get married and leave Beijing, thus separating mother and son.

He holds no official position. This morning, his father ordered him to appear in court, referring to the case of human trafficking that he had taken over.

These cases were thankless tasks to begin with, and the imperial censors also impeached him, a prince, for acting on behalf of the people, and suspected him of forming a clique for personal gain, buying people's hearts, and competing with the crown prince.

When he came out of the council hall, he blamed Shi Mingzhu. If she hadn't been so talkative, he wouldn't have gotten into so much trouble. He was scolded by the emperor, the censors, and all the civil and military officials in the court, and became a hypocrite who was seeking fame and had ulterior motives in everyone's eyes.

There was something wrong with the way the prince looked at him.

That’s right, Zhou Shao did think about seizing the throne.

But it was definitely not such an obvious victory that would lead to the whole court reviling him.

In the end, his father could not bear the pressure and only asked him to continue investigating the human trafficking case, but did not give him a specific official position.

In other words, he had to investigate the case, and after investigating it, he would not be able to participate in political affairs.

It's definitely hard work, but no credit.

At that moment, Zhou Shao really wanted to get angry with Shi Mingzhu and tell her to control her mouth in the future and not to be so kind.

But when he heard that his mother punished her by making her kneel on a stone, his heart suddenly tightened and he threw all his complaints behind him. He rushed all the way to Lanhua Palace, and when he saw the blood on her knees, he became even more furious and wanted to kill someone!

Shi Mingzhu's tone and words that sounded like they were about to break made Zhou Shaoliang vent all his anger. He kicked over the eunuchs and palace maids around him one by one, and kicked hard at anyone who dared to stop him.

"Get out of here! I'm leaving the palace, and I'll kill anyone who dares to stop me!"

He held Shi Mingzhu in his arms, his eyes bloodshot, and rushed out of the small garden.

Just as he was about to leave the Lanhua Palace, a faint voice suddenly came from behind him: "Our Fourth Prince is really outstanding. Yesterday, he bravely went to the court to urge the Jingzhou prefect to handle the case. Today, he broke into my Lanhua Palace and rescued the beauty. I wonder if the Fourth Prince can show his power in the court today?"

Zhou Shao turned around, the anger in his eyes suddenly extinguished, he hugged Shi Mingzhu tightly, and smiled at the beautiful lady in palace dress who was walking towards him, "Mother, what happened yesterday was purely an accident.

You didn't see how anxious the scholar named Bo was when he heard that his sister was missing. His face turned as pale as a piece of paper. Other scholars were paying attention to this case. For the sake of the court's reputation, I, your son, was kind enough to urge the Jingzhao prefect to handle the case.

Those who had lost their children cried so pitifully. There was a man who lost his two daughters. His hair turned white overnight while he was looking for them. He was less than 30 years old, but his hair was so white that I thought he was in his 40s or 50s.

I couldn't bear it, so I agreed to help them find someone. Mother, these are my own ideas, and have nothing to do with Zhuzhu! Please let her go."

Imperial Concubine Ning held the eunuch's hand, walked over gracefully, and asked coldly: "Why didn't I let her go? But she complained to you?"

Zhou Shao immediately realized that he had said something wrong, and hurriedly said, "Zhu Zhu did not say anything, it was my son who made a mistake."

"Was it a slip of the tongue or the truth?" Concubine Ning said disappointedly, "You used to be quite shrewd and cautious, but how come you changed your mind and became a different person after meeting the girl from the Shi family? What kind of spell did she cast on you? You always listened to what she said, and now you are even going against me, your mother!"

Zhou Shao felt a chill in his heart, and a bean of cold sweat rolled down his forehead: "Mother! I have absolutely no such intention!"

Imperial Concubine Ning pointed at the eunuch and palace maid kneeling on the ground rubbing her body wounds and said, "Look at what you have done! As soon as you entered my Lanhua Palace, you shouted for fighting and killing! In my opinion, you have been blinded by beauty and deceived by lard!"

Zhou Shao knelt down and said, "Mother, I know I was wrong! I apologize to you!"

Concubine Ning's beautiful face was angry, and she was also very elegant and beautiful: "Where is Madam Shi? Why are you pretending to be dead now? Weren't you very eloquent just now?"

Zhou Shao lowered his head and was about to put Shi Mingzhu down when he saw that Shi Mingzhu had fainted. He got up quickly, held Shi Mingzhu in his arms and ran to the side hall, shouting in panic:

"Imperial Physician! Hurry up and call the Imperial Physician! Go get the medicine! Mother, I will explain it to you later!"

Concubine Ning was so angry that her bright and beautiful face twisted slightly: "Zhou Shao! This is actually my son. Apart from his face, what else is like me? He hangs around a concubine all day long. What a loser!

Zhang Fu, go and tell His Majesty that I will have lunch with him. I have already decided on the Fourth Prince's consort."

Zhang Fu paused, and couldn't help but ask quietly: "Which one did the queen choose?"

Didn’t I look at the list and portraits for several days in a row and feel that no one was worthy of the Fourth Prince?

Concubine Ning narrowed her eyes and looked at Zhou Shao's back, and said with her red lips: "The second lady, Lin Zhiwu, from the Lin family of Nan'an Earl's Mansion."

Zhang Fu opened his mouth.

I heard that this Miss Lin Er has always been at odds with Mrs. Shi.

Once when they went to Ziyang Villa, Miss Lin Er deliberately designed a scheme to embarrass Mrs. Shi.

There will be some fighting in the backyard of Prince Cheng’s mansion.

*

The imperial decree granting the marriage was issued on the second day and spread throughout the capital on the third day.

Naturally, the news also spread throughout the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion.

No one expected that Lin Zhiwu would become the king's queen in the end.

Fu Nanjun told Shi Yao: "The old uncle of Nan'an Marquis's Mansion has a very close relationship with our old grandfather. Miss Lin Er and Miss Lin Da have known each other since childhood. The elders hope that they can become good friends, but both of them like to show off and neither of them will give in to the other.

Miss Lin Er had been losing for more than ten years. She never thought that in the end, the two of them would become the wives and concubines of King Cheng and serve him together. In the future, Miss Lin Er would be the principal wife and would be the boss of her elder sister for the rest of her life.

Shi Yao sighed: "Fate is unpredictable. I wonder if Second Sister Lin is crying or laughing at home right now."

The two sisters-in-law were chatting when Ziyuan's breathless voice suddenly came from outside: "Grandma, Grandma! Second Madam... Second Madam..."