Chapter 197: Settled

Zhu Yi looked at his wife with a cold expression, and his stepson was outstanding? What the hell is this wife doing, he looks at her silently.

The King of Ruyang with such a look is very frightening, but Zhu Chen is not afraid, she has been with Zhu Yi for half her life, this man has been sorry for her from the beginning, when she first arrived in Ruyang City, the matter between him and Concubine Teng gave her a big blow, and she remembered this for a lifetime.

"Lord, the only only son of the concubine is gone, and you can't have another one at the age of the concubine, and you have nothing to rely on for the rest of your life, so you naturally have to find someone to support the concubine and send her to the end. She got up and knelt down to bow and pray to Zhu Yi.

The magnates of Ruyang City are focused on the two of them, and this decision may affect the establishment of the prince, after all, Zhu Zijiao is the concubine under the name of the princess, so he naturally has the advantage of giving priority to the establishment of the prince.

Concubine Teng, who secretly lifted the curtain in the back and took a closer look, suddenly hated itchy, this Zhu Chen's move was clearly aimed at her and her son, and at this juncture, it was naturally her best chance to become the son of the world in her childhood, but this Zhu Chen's family wanted to be this roadblock, which was really hateful.

The faces of the Teng family sitting in the hall were not good-looking, but the people of the An family were all happy, obviously they had already reached a consensus with the Zhu Chen family, this was clearly a secret transaction between the two families, and at this time they all thought of the fact that the An family was pregnant with the widow of Zhu Zijie, the son of the previous life, and it was immediately clear that Zhu Chen would make this request.

Master Ma frowned slightly, this Zhu Chen clan is really a roadblock that came out halfway, Ye Manjun and Zhu Ziqi have already made up their minds, these two people can be regarded as Lang You's concubine, and now they are about to give a holy decree for marriage. Thinking of this, he broke his silence and stood up rarely to express his opinion, "Lord Wang, there are a few things that the lower officials don't know if to say or not......

"Lord Ma, please speak." Zhu Yi said politely. This Lord Ma has been at ease for so many years, and he hasn't caused much trouble for himself, and even more so, he and his cousin in the capital get along well.

"Then the lower official will speak freely." Master Ma pretended to be polite, looked at Zhu Chen, who was frowning, and didn't pay attention to it for a moment, such a woman would definitely be abandoned by the saint in the capital, "Lord Wang, the matter of establishing the prince is originally just a private matter of your Ruyang Palace, and it is not easy for the lower officials to put their beaks, but the lower officials have been deeply blessed by the Holy Grace to come here as an official, and they can intervene in this private matter, do you say a thing or two, Lord Wang?" He lowered his arched hand again.

Zhu Yi nodded indifferently, "Master Ma is too modest, the place where the Ruyang Royal Mansion is located is still under the jurisdiction of the Son of Heaven, our family surnamed Zhu is still a family, and I Zhu Yi is also loyal to the saint." ”

When the magnates of Ruyang City heard their prince say this, some of them snorted slightly.

Master Ma didn't think he could hear the dissatisfied voice, as long as Zhu Yi was still sober, "Lord Wang, it is understandable that the princess wants to retire, this is the princess's right." However, "there was a slight pause, "This matter of establishing a prince should be a virtuous, although the fifth master of this concubine is the name of a concubine under the name of the princess, but in the consideration of establishing a prince, it is necessary to compete with all brothers equally, and those who are capable deserve it." ”

When Zhu Chen heard this, he immediately became angry, what nonsense is this Master Ma talking about? "Master Ma, this concubine is regarded as a concubine under my name, how can there be any reason to treat everyone equally? Since ancient times, there has been a difference between the descendants and the descendants, and Lord Ma doesn't know this truth, right? ”

"The princess is right, there is indeed a difference between the concubines and the concubines, but the eldest son has passed away, and the others are not even concubines." Master Ma's gaze met Zhu Chen's, and he would not back down at all, "Or is it just an excuse for the princess to want a child to rely on?" ”

Zhu Chen is a princess from the capital, and Master Ma is an official appointed by the emperor from the capital.

The two looked at each other without yielding, and it was obvious that they could not be in the same boat again.

Zhu Chen's anger knotted, this Master Ma has not refuted any of her words for many years, but now he is in opposition to her on this occasion, it is clear that there are newcomers who forget the old ones, and they all focus on that Ye Manjun, so how can she not hate or care?

"Master Ma's words are wrong, this is a son-in-law, you are clearly a crooked reason, and it is unreasonable." Zhu Chen immediately retorted, if she couldn't establish a son, what else did she want Zhu Zijiao to do?

"The princess is using the succession as an excuse, but in fact, she wants to destroy the matter of establishing another son, and this capable person is also thinking about the future of Ruyang City." Master Ma also responded strongly.

He had long had enough of the Zhu Chen clan, but for so many years, he had to have too close contact with the Zhu Chen clan due to his duties, after all, they were all chess pieces planted by the saint in Ruyang City, and they responded to each other one by one, but it was a pity that Zhu Chen's behavior had become more and more unacceptable in recent years.

Because of the different positions of these two people quarreling with each other, the magnates of Ruyang City present couldn't sit still, one had the support of the An family behind them, and the other was naturally supported by the faction led by the Teng family, and the Rong family also stood on the side of the Teng family, because of Zhu Ziran's death, they had to choose to support Zhu Ziqi, and they had a common enmity with the Zhu Chen family.

The purpose of the two factions is to let the people they support be able to ascend to the throne of the world, so as to better protect their own rights and interests.

The landscape in the hall suddenly became a grand view, and you and I had a war of words.

After hearing the news, Concubine An who rushed to look at her secretly looked anxious, just one foot at the door, her son can rightfully become the son of the world, she glanced at Concubine Teng while looking, and saw the unfriendliness in each other's eyes from the other party's eyes, so they each snorted lightly and did not talk.

Zhu Yi listened to the debate between them for a while, and seeing that it was getting more and more intense, he suddenly stood up and looked at the people on both sides with a calm gaze.

Seeing his reaction, everyone in the hall stopped the heated discussion and looked at Zhu Yi in unison.

"This king has heard your arguments, but this matter of establishing a prince is a matter of the Ruyang Palace, and since this king has the final say, it is useless for you to argue again."

As soon as he said this, it was tantamount to asking them not to discuss it again, because there was no need to discuss it again.

"Lord Wang......" Zhu Chen was the first to disapprove, how could she be willing?

"Princess, this king has always respected you as a wife, but Zijie has gone, this is an indisputable fact, this successor must bear the century-old foundation of our Ruyang Palace, this is not sloppy, the princess is a woman in the back house, just take care of the back house, don't get involved in this matter anymore." Zhu Yi smacked his tone and said, "As for you to pass the stepson, this king agrees to your request, and there will be a succession ceremony in two days, but this has nothing to do with the establishment of the son." It means that he finally adopted the remarks of Master Ma's capable man.

Zhu Chen was slapped in the face by her husband in public, and suddenly sat there with an ugly face, this is her hole card, she wanted to use this position to push Zhu Zijiao to become the son of the world, but now her husband broke her plan, and her face was slightly distorted because of this.

Master Ma touched his beard with relief, "The prince is wise." Immediately patted Zhu Yi's ass.

Zhu Yi was unmoved, his face became more and more cold, "It's all gone." ”

When he had said this, he lifted up his feet and walked away, but he did not stop for a moment.

Zhu Chen's face was slightly distorted and he was helped by the maid to leave in a huff, and when she saw the two side concubines outside, she snorted coldly and walked through the middle of the two.

Concubine An didn't care about the secret competition with Concubine Teng, and hurriedly lifted her skirt to chase Zhu Chen, what is this now? She gave up her son to Zhu Chen's family, but the position of the son of this world still couldn't be obtained, didn't she lose her son and lose her soldiers?

Concubine Teng didn't stand here, but hurriedly went to find Zhu Yi, she couldn't watch her son fall into the position of the son of the world, she was all on this side, and she had to fight if she didn't fight.

Zhu Ziqi was gently wiping the long sword at the moment, and his staff was sitting on the side, and the two were talking, but when he saw someone coming in to report, he hurriedly raised his hand to signal everyone to stop talking, and said to the person who came in: "What's the situation?" ”

"Second master, it's good news." The man hurriedly came in and recounted the controversy in the hall with a happy face, as his second master said, the prince has never been a person who is partial and ignores the overall situation, and now this situation is quite favorable to his second master.

Zhu Ziqi's expression did not change, this was what he expected.

As soon as Zhu Chen returned to his courtyard, he immediately swept away a room of valuable furnishings, "How can this be reasonable? This bold man surnamed Ma dares to compete with this princess like this? Sooner or later, this princess will have to divide your five horses into corpses to relieve the hatred in her heart. ”

The subordinates on the side did not dare to sweep to the end of the typhoon, so everyone stood there and did not dare to say anything.

When Concubine An arrived, she just hurriedly lifted the curtain and went in, she was almost hit by the vase thrown by Zhu Chen, she subconsciously screamed, hurriedly jumped to the side, and saw the fragments in that place, her heart beat faster, but when she thought of the change in the situation, she immediately stepped forward and asked, "Princess, what should I do now?" ”

After a seizure, Zhu Chen looked a little tired, she glanced coldly at Concubine An, "The prince's words are the will, you don't even understand this truth, right?" ”

"So, then my son is hopeless?" Concubine An asked unwillingly.

Zhu Chen sat down with the help of the maid at this time, and asked people to clean up all the debris in this place, and then responded: "He should be the son of this princess now, Concubine An pay attention to your wording." The slightly raised eyebrows show her strength.

Concubine An was so angry that she almost suffered internal injuries, what is this all about? She gave her son to her for no reason? Thinking of this, she was naturally very dissatisfied, "Since this is the case, the concubine will not pass on the son to the princess......"

Before the words landed, Zhu Chen's eyes suddenly looked at Concubine An with angry eyes, wanting to go back on his word, no way! Who wanted to give her son to her in the first place, and now she wants to withdraw when she sees that there is no benefit, there is no such cheap thing in this world.

"You shut up for me, this matter is already settled, and I don't have to regret it."

Concubine An also immediately changed her face, "Princess, aren't you robbing my child in the open?" ”

"What do you mean by robbing? I am his mother-in-law, why not come to Chenghuan's knees now? Don't forget, even if it's a side room, it's still a concubine, and you don't have the right to shout in front of this princess. ”

Zhu Chen's face was quite unreasonable, she has no children now, and she can't see anyone happier than her. She clearly robbed Concubine An's child, and someone could help her? Even the letter sent by her mother who traveled thousands of miles because of her loss of her son was difficult to resonate with her, especially at the end of the letter, she let Ye Manjun go back to the capital, and it was seen that the last bit of her mother's thoughts turned into ashes like that letter.

Her mother obviously wrote such a letter because she received the benefits from the Ye family, which made her feel deeply hurt, so she had no expectations for her mother's family, and she acted more and more freely.

"Princess, this can't work, Zijiao is my biological child......" Concubine An was reluctant to pass on her son to Zhu Chen's family.

Zhu Chen didn't bother to argue with her anymore, so he directly asked her to pick her up and throw her out of the house, and left a sentence, "The prince has already allowed me to invite this matter, if you are not satisfied with the prince to theorize, don't shout in front of my door." ”

Concubine An lost her wife and broke her soldiers this time, and she couldn't get a result from the theory with Zhu Chen's family, so she had to go to Zhu Yi to comment, but unfortunately she only arrived in the outer hall, and Concubine Teng appeared and looked at her with a smile, "The princess has a headache, and she is sleeping peacefully, if Concubine An has something to see the prince, please be early next time." ”

"Concubine Teng, get out of the way, I have something urgent to see the prince......"

Concubine An tried to break in, but was stopped by Concubine Teng.

"I know what you're thinking, Concubine An, the alliance with the Zhu Chen clan is really what you want, and now you want to regret it, is there any regret medicine in this world? Don't be stupid, go back and spend some more time with your son. ”

"You get out of the way, I want to see the prince-" Concubine An didn't listen to persuasion at all, she only wanted to keep her son now.

Who knew that her loud noise made Zhu Yi, who was asleep, very upset, and a tea cup was thrown on the ground and made a heavy noise, and suddenly Concubine An at the door suddenly disappeared.

Concubine Teng looked at her with a smile, what did I say before? "Concubine An, let's go back."

Concubine An bit her lower lip, turned her head and left with a disgraced face, she really lifted a stone and hit her own foot.

Returned to the residence like a wandering spirit, and before anyone entered, she saw that her niece An Jiao, who had been placed here, was being helped out of it by Zhu Chen's grandmother, followed by a maid carrying several large packages.

She stood there stunned.

The grandmother sent by Zhu Chen's family said slightly: "Side concubine, the princess asked the old slave to come and pick up Miss An to the princess's courtyard to have a baby, this is the widow of the prince." ”

An Jiao kept her head down, she was just a chess piece, anyone who was useful could snatch her and put her on the chessboard.

Concubine An's anger suddenly flared up, and she grabbed An Jiao, "Are you choosing the princess over your aunt?" ”

An Jiao bit her lower lip, for a long time, and gently won back her hand, her aunt has her own child, and now only Zhu Chen's family can defend her, even if she hates herself, she will place her for the sake of the meat in her belly.

An Jiao's reaction stung Concubine An's heart, and she immediately shook off her hand, "If you want to go, get out of here." ”

She hurried past the niece and went to the yard, An Jiao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief and followed her grandmother to move to the courtyard of Princess Zhu Chen, caressing her belly, at this time she didn't know whether to expect to have a baby boy or a baby girl? Just like she took the wrong path in the first place, she didn't have to look back.

Concubine An hurriedly went to her son's room, saw her son standing under the porch, felt her footsteps, and immediately looked back at her.

"Mother, you have got your wish now?" Zhu Zijiao asked softly, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.

"Son, my mother doesn't want to be like this......" Concubine An wanted to step forward and hug her son, but she just wanted to keep him by her side at this time.

Zhu Zijiao gently stepped back to avoid his mother's touch, wanting to ridicule him, but in the end he couldn't bear it, so he could only look at his mother quietly like this, for a long time, before he sighed, "Mother, when you pulled me to see the princess, you should have expected this consequence to be mixed, I said at the time that the position of the son of this world is indisputable, as long as our mother and son are safe, but you don't listen to your son, and now we can only taste the bitter fruit ourselves." ”

Her son's every word was stinging her heart, and Concubine An couldn't help but cover her face and cry, but now regretting it was useless.

However, two days later, Zhu Zijiao was passed on to Zhu Chen's son as a son, and Concubine An cried so hard at the ceremony, but no one pitied her anymore.

The dispute between the sons of Ruyang City gradually became clear, even if Zhu Zijiao became the son-in-law, it could not be changed, and the king of Ruyang could only end up with Zhu Ziqi, the second son who had become an adult.

Ye Manjun didn't pay much attention to the disturbances in the city, she believed in the promise that Zhu Ziqi gave her, this man was not the kind of person who had no purpose. She focused on the layout of the Yufufang branch, which is about to open, and she has a lot to do, just supervising the production of products took most of her time. Running back and forth, she is also secretly spreading the news that she has "recovered".

The excerpt of the king of Ruyang's invitation to seal the prince has not yet arrived in the capital, and the emperor Zhu Yi has already decided to canonize Zhu Ziji as the prince, and the holy decree has also been issued to Ye Xuyao's hands. Zhu Yi immediately agreed, this request was exactly what he wanted, and with Ye Xuyao coming in person, the situation in Ruyang City was estimated to be chaotic.

Ye Xuyao had to hand over the original work at hand because he wanted to send his will to Ruyang City, so he was quite busy preparing to travel during this period of time.

Lin Long heard that her husband was going to go far away, and she didn't want him to go, but when she thought of Ye Manjun, she felt that it would be better for her husband to go in person, after all, she should have been married by her husband at the beginning, but because she was about to give birth, Ye Xuyao put her in the first place, which caused Ye Manjun to be unable to move an inch in Ruyang City.

On this day, she waited for Ye Zhongshi to drink medicine, and gave her a filial massage, in short, she could almost score ninety-nine points in waiting for her mother-in-law, and that point was nitpicking.

Ye Zhong's body has improved a lot, and his spirit is much more abundant than some time ago, looking at Lin Long's slight eyelid and waiting for her without complaint or regret, she is no longer satisfied with this daughter-in-law, so she reached out to hold her hand that massaged her, "It's hard for you this time." ”

"Mother-in-law, don't say that, this is what a daughter-in-law should do." Lin Long said with a smile, "Besides, now that my sister-in-law's marriage has been decided, I heard that this Second Master Zhu is quite a good person, and I believe that he will protect his sister-in-law from the wind and rain, and my mother-in-law still doesn't have to worry too much." ”

Listening to the persuasion of this daughter-in-law, Ye Zhong's heart is also a lot better, but this is obviously not enough, she misses her daughter in the end, "Sister Jun and Brother Rong are there, I can't rest assured, I plan to send Brother Yao'er to Ruyang City this time, I will also go with it, and I can rest assured that I can see it in person......"

Lin Long was dumbfounded when he heard that Ye Zhong's family was going to visit Ye Manjun in Ruyang City in person, firstly, there was no such rule, and secondly, it was a long way to go, and Ye Zhong's was gradually recovering from a serious illness, and he couldn't withstand this long journey at all.

"Mother-in-law, I'm afraid this is inappropriate, my daughter-in-law is not preventing you from visiting your sister-in-law, but this road is far away, and your body is afraid that it will not be able to bear it, in case there are three long and two short on the road, what should I do?"

"It's going to be fine, I know my body, this matter is settled, I'm very weak now, you and command those subordinates to clean up for me, so I can set off to Ruyang City with Brother Yao." Ye Zhong is stubborn.

"Mother-in-law, this really doesn't work, no matter how worried your sister-in-law is, you have to put your own body first......"

Lin Long persuaded bitterly, but Ye Zhong just didn't listen, and in the end, she had a dispute with Lin Long, and she moved out the majesty of her mother-in-law, who had not been used, to order Lin Long.

As soon as Ye Xuyao returned home, he heard the report from his subordinates, and hurriedly raised his feet and rushed to his mother's yard, and before he could enter, he heard his mother shouting at his wife, "I'm your mother-in-law now, or are you starting to stop listening to my words?" Do you think that you gave birth to two grandchildren for the Ye family, and even I don't care about it? You're so daring......"

Lin Long didn't argue much about Ye Zhong's words, she was clearly for the good of this mother-in-law, but in the end it was her fault, there were grievances and grievances in her heart, but in the end, she still remembered Ye Zhong's kindness to her in the past, and she was sick and worried about Ye Manjun, so she still said softly: "Mother-in-law, daughter-in-law doesn't mean that......"

"You don't mean that, so what do you mean?" Ye Zhong immediately glared at Lin Long angrily.

"Mother, why are you unreasonable? My sister-in-law said that she didn't mean that, and you still wanted to go crookedly. Ye Manzi said on the side, at this time she is standing on her sister-in-law's side, obviously Niang's body is not suitable for traveling far, but she still has to go, this is not causing trouble for the eldest brother.

"You shut up for me, there's no room for my children to intervene here, I feel sorry for your sister, do you understand?" Ye Zhong even choked on her little daughter, and now she is going to visit Ye Manjun, and no one can stop her.

Ye Manzi was also so angry that his face turned the color of pig liver, what happened to this mother?

Lin Long patted Ye Manzi's sister-in-law's hand comfortingly, and asked her not to care about Ye Zhong's unreasonableness at this time, after all, she is a mother, how could she not know Ye Zhong's anxious mood?

Just when Ye Zhongshi was about to scold again, Ye Xuyao came in and said, "Mother, what's wrong?" I can hear you from afar......"

"Son, you came back just in time, your daughter-in-law doesn't listen to my command, you come to judge." Ye Zhong grabbed his son and said busily.

Lin Long smiled bitterly at her husband.

"Sister-in-law is right, it is the ......mother who is clearly at fault at this time," Ye Manzi hurriedly spoke, and explained the ins and outs of the matter concisely, and finally said: "Brother, tell me who is at fault?" ”

Ye Zhong glared at her little daughter, there was nothing wrong with her going to Ruyang City, so she said strongly: "Son, this time my mother will go to Ruyang City with you, I want to go and see your eldest sister in person, she is alone in her daughter's house facing that group of jackals, tigers and leopards, I can't rest assured just thinking about it." ”

"Mother, your body is not suitable for traveling, this forced travel will only aggravate your condition, my mother and little sister are not wrong, can you tell me if this is the reason?" Ye Xuyao tried to reason with his mother, but only then did he realize that once his reasonable mother made a mistake, it was enough to choke.

"I don't care, I ......" Ye Zhongshi, who was about to defend and persuade his son again, suddenly felt a wave of dizziness, and his body fell backwards with a limp.

"Mother (mother-in-law)?"

Ye Xuyao was close, and hurriedly reached out to support his mother, and his face couldn't help but become anxious.

Lin Long and Ye Manzi also shouted and stepped forward to help.

Ye Zhongshi was picked up by her son and put on the bed, she wanted to struggle to get up, but her body was very weak, and finally she could only lie back on the bed helplessly.

Lin Long and Ye Manzi hurriedly sat on the carved round stool next to her bed to massage her blood qi, and Ye Xuyao simply went out to call the house doctor to come in and check the pulse.

After a while, the government doctor came in to treat Ye Zhong's family, and soon prescribed a prescription, and also said in his will that he must not be angry again, otherwise his previous efforts would be in vain.

Ye Xuyao responded one by one, took the prescription and looked at it, and after there was no problem, he handed it over to the bandit to grab the medicine.

Lin Long took the opportunity to ask, "Doctor, is my mother-in-law's body suitable for traveling far away?" ”

As soon as the doctor heard this, he immediately frowned, "Of course not, my wife is suitable for recuperation, not to mention traveling far, even if I go back and forth to the suburbs." ”

Lin Long got the doctor's words, and hurriedly looked at Ye Zhong's, "Mother-in-law, you also heard the doctor say that you can't travel far." ”

Ye Zhong's face was annoyed, she was forced to go just to visit her daughter, but now after listening to the words of this house doctor, she also knows that it is not appropriate to forcibly go far away.

Unwillingly, she looked at Lin Long again, and hoped, "Why don't you go and see Sister Jun for me?" ”