Chapter 328: Purpose
Zhao Shuo listened to Zhao Mo's relay, and first snorted coldly: "She is willing to give up this position in the main room!
Zhao Mo asked lightly: "So, did my father agree to reconcile with his wife?"
"What are you going to leave?!I'll send her a letter of resignation tomorrow!" Zhao Shuo said hatefully, "She still wants her wife to leave peacefully with her dowry?How many times have I been affected by her over the years?!"
Ma Meiniang persuaded him softly: "Lord Shizi, don't be angry." At the beginning, because you didn't divorce your wife like Uncle Zhen, how many people outside praised you for being kind and having the style of a gentleman? Now if you really divorce your wife and deduct your dowry, I am afraid that the good reputation you got that day will not be left at all, so why bother? It's just some floating wealth, and the dowry in the hands of the lady has been tossed a lot in the past few years, and there are few sons left, where can the prince still look at it?"
Zhao Shuo was comfortably slapped by her sycophants, but he didn't want to let go of Xiao Wang's easily: "What is that reputation? However, I have heard some rumors that Wang San, who was on leave before, died of illness on the way back to her hometown, but this is actually false, and she changed her name and surname to marry! If this is true, Wang Qi will also change her identity and remarry like her third sister, wouldn't I have been cuckolded? If Wang Qi is honest and stays in the Wang family after leaving our house, or casually finds a nunnery to become a monk and cultivate, it is fine, if she remarries her, then I might as well let her die in this family!"
Ma Meiniang's eyes flashed, and her face showed a bit of anger, but it quickly disappeared, and she returned to gentle and supple again: "Why is this the prince? Madame can no longer have children, even if she has the heart to remarry, who is willing to ask for marriage? If she really dies in our house, the little county king will still keep filial piety for her, and the prince will even lose two wives in a row, which will make people gossip more and more. Isn't that more than worth the loss?"
Zhao Shuo was moved by her words. Yes, he did ignore the undesirable consequences of this.
Ma Meiniang continued to persuade him: "Now that the lady has voluntarily left the court and no longer occupies the position of the main room, the prince can also say another good family affair and marry a virtuous lady's daughter." In a few years, you'll have a few more children. You have been looking forward to such a day in the early years, and now that you can get what you want, don't regret it for the sake of being angry for a while!"
Zhao Shuo looked at her with a smile: "You are generous, and you have only been diagnosed with joy in your stomach, so you persuaded me to marry another wife?" Are you not afraid that the new lady will bully you?"
Ma Meiniang smiled shyly: "Don't be afraid, if the prince wants to marry another room, he will definitely choose a new lady with impeccable character and family background." I am not a person who loves things, I will pay tribute to the new lady, serve the prince with my heart with the new lady, and open up the branches for the prince. Although I will inevitably eat a little vinegar, in my heart, the future of the prince is the most important. I can't help the prince, so I can only pray to the Bodhisattva that the prince can marry a satisfactory wife. ”
Zhao Shuo sighed and held her hand: "Xinhe'er, where in this world can I find a more sensible and lovely person than you? In the past, I only thought that Lan Xue was like you, but today I know that she is actually a femme fatale! If it weren't for her, I am afraid that I would have ...... it a long time ago" He paused, and in front of Zhao Mo, he didn't finish his words, but he had already decided this in his heart.
If it weren't for Lan Xue's troublemaker, he and Xiao Wang's family also had a time of love, if the two had children at that time, the Wang family would not have been reluctant to help him, and later even intended to choose another person to support. He had a gap with the Wang family, and both sides made a lot of stupid moves, and in the end, both failed to end well. Thinking about it now, if it weren't for Lan Xue, maybe the situation would be completely different. Even after the crown prince recovers, he will no longer be able to enter the royal family, and he will become a powerful figure in the clan and be respected, instead of relying on his son to live.
Zhao Mo asked his father softly, "How should my son reply to his wife?"
Zhao Shuo said lightly: "Let her go, and leave and leave, but to the outside world, it is said that she sees through the red dust and wants to marry, and she can ask for and leave, which also saves me from having a good reputation that I have had for a few years." ”
A hint of mockery flashed in Zhao Mo's eyes, and he agreed.
Then he asked Lan Xue and the others how to deal with it.
Zhao Shuo's face became gloomy. He had already instructed his henchmen to interrogate Lan Xue and the others. Lan Xue was injured, pretended to be unconscious, and after being splashed with a basin of cold water, she began to cry and beg for mercy, saying some words of their past affection, begging him to spare herself. But Zhao Shuo was not so easily fooled, and when he saw her embarrassed image, he couldn't feel pity. He can allow the women in the back house to make some small moves that don't hinder the overall situation in order to be jealous, but he absolutely can't tolerate that his women are spies that others have planted around him! Even if Lan Xue cries and begs in every way, he has to find out first, who is behind her? !
Jane's mother and daughter and Jewel are also on trial. Zhu'er was seriously injured and had already lost half her life, and when Zhen Zhong and the others put on a posture of torture, she decisively bit her tongue and committed suicide. But judging from her crisp and neat response, she is likely to be a well-trained spy, such as a dead soldier or something, which also indirectly confirms that the person behind Lan Xue is not simple.
As for Zhen'er's mother and daughter, they also didn't tell a word of truth. Zhen'er cried and cried, Zhen'er's mother repeatedly bit herself to death because she was ordered by Zhu'er, and she didn't know what was in the medicine bottle, and even the excuse of the so-called aphrodisiac was taught to her by Zhu'er in advance, and Zhen'er was also ordered by her to send the medicine out of the house, not an insider. They're just errands at best, and they're definitely not spies!
Zhen Zhong, Jiang Cheng and others are still being investigated, and they are also investigating Lan Fusheng, who has been missing for a long time. They still remember that when Lan Fusheng and Lan Xue were suspected of adultery, they confessed that the two were brothers and sisters who had been separated for many years, and maybe Lan Xue's medicines were all obtained from Lan Fusheng. But Lan Fusheng, as Zhao Shuo's henchman, has been waiting by his side for more than ten years, and it is too much for the son born to his sister to plan to cut off the lineage of the lord. The origin of these brothers and sisters is a mystery, there must be a problem! Maybe even Lan Xue entered the mansion and climbed into Zhao Shuo's bed, there was Lan Fusheng's plan behind it! If this person was really a spy of other forces, then they had to find out how much the people behind Lan Fusheng and Lan Xue knew about Zhao Shuo? Those things in secret...... Are they all clear?!If someone announces all these things, Zhao Shuoke will be in trouble!
Ma Meiniang also said to Zhao Shuojin: "I heard that when Sister Lan drugged her wife, Brother Qi had not yet been born, how did she know that it must be a son? What if it was a daughter? Where did she have such courage to prevent the prince from having another son-in-law? In case she gave birth to a daughter, and the lady failed to get pregnant, there would be only one heir left in this family. How can the Wang family be willing to help the prince?! In addition to the big things that are bad for the prince, there is really no other reason!"
These words added fuel to the fire. Zhao Shuo was angry in his heart, and when he saw Lan Xue's embarrassed face and kept talking about his past love, he raised his foot and kicked Lan Xue to the bed, coughing, and his face was full of shock.
She probably never thought that she would get Zhao Shuo's treatment like this one day, right?
Zhao Shuo also yelled at her: "Slut! Do you think you can still hide it from me? You really think I am a fool! How can you be wronged? Where have you been wronged? At this point, you still say that Wang Qi is framing you? Ha! If Wang Qi really hurt you, she wouldn't have known that you had been drugged until today! She is very stupid, so she will easily fall for your calculations, but I am not as stupid as her! I can still tell the right and wrong!"
He grabbed Lan Xue's messy hair: "Say it quickly! Who instructed you to ruin my good deeds?! You have been in the Liao Wangfu for more than ten years, and the people behind you have installed you by my side so early, what do you want to do?!"
Lan Xue lost a lot of blood, although now the wound has coagulated itself and no longer bleeds, but the physical injury still has a negative impact. She only felt severe pain all over her body, dizzy, and finally said in a hoarse voice: "I don't have ...... I...... I'm just hell-bent on climbing up...... I want to be the side concubine of the palace, and let Brother Qi be the grandson and the son of the world......"
At this point, it was useless for her to say that she was innocent, so she had to tell a little truth to win Zhao Shuo's forgiveness. She didn't know how much she regretted in her heart, she was accidentally discovered by Xiao Wang's family, and she resented Zhen'er's mother and daughter for not acting well and were found to have medicinal powder, and she hated that the doctor who had been bribed failed to appear in the house in time, so that the imperial doctor personally exposed her plan. If it weren't for this mistake, she would definitely not end up where she is now!
She wouldn't tell the truth, but she wasn't lying. At the beginning, she waited beside Zhao Shuo and his wife for many years, just wanting to stay in the Liao Wang's mansion so that it was convenient to find out the movements of the Liao Wang's army, where did she think that the Wen family suddenly died, and Zhao Shuo was expected to succeed the royal family? She received a secret letter from her brother Lan Fusheng, and immediately climbed into Zhao Shuo's bed, and successfully conceived his child—fortunately, she was successfully conceived once, otherwise she might have to rely on the power of others—to find an excuse to go to Beijing to defect to Zhao Shuo, and to stay by his side for a long time, which was their brother and sister's plan. As long as Zhao Shuo succeeds in becoming the prince and ascends to the position of the Ninth Five-Year Plan in the future, she will be able to become the imperial concubine, and the children she gives birth to will also have the qualifications to compete for the throne.
Even if Zhao Shuo can't succeed the royal family and can only be a prince, it doesn't matter. Just like now, the eldest son Zhao Mo is rumored to be in the East Palace and become the royal heir, so after Zhao Shuo becomes the king of Liao, there will be only one son left under his knees, Zhao Qi. If she can become the prince's side concubine, even if she only gives birth to a concubine, with Zhao Mo, her own brother, supported by Zhao Mo in the palace, it is only natural that she will be crowned the prince. Zhao Mo can't let his biological father get rid of him because he has no heirs, right? So she Lan Xue will still be the princess's concubine, and Zhao Qi will inherit Zhao Shuo's throne in the future. They can still enjoy the glory and wealth while working for the benefit of their country.
The border has been peaceful for decades, and Beirong should have recuperated and recovered a long time ago. However, the climate in the north is harsh, and there is a shortage of water and grass, so the life of the people is not very good. Who would be willing to let go of the good days of eating and drinking spicy food and spicy food and continue to starve? With such a big place and so much food and property in Dazhao, why can't they give some to the Beirong people?
Lan Xue didn't want to fight either, but as long as she climbed high enough to make the person with Beirong blood the most powerful person in Dazhao, who said that they could only achieve their goals by fighting?