"These three children are mixed together, how can others believe that it is so coincidental that it is the daughter born to you and Concubine Yu, but Widow Zhang is the son? They will not believe in this so-called karmic coincidence, and they will probably think that it is my Zhu family who is playing a conspiracy! ”

"Even if you say that Concubine Yu also saw it, this baby boy was indeed born by Widow Zhang, not you or her son, but you yourself said that she was almost fainting at that time, so what if you look back and say that you don't remember? She is the emperor's favorite concubine, who knows that she will not have other thoughts in the future because she has no children under her knees? ”

"There are already two elderly princes in the palace, and there is resentment between the emperor and the queen, if it is like the previous dynasty from seizing the heir to being taken advantage of by foreign vassals, then there will be no cure for this reincarnation! This son of Widow Zhang must be sent away, and he cannot be allowed to stay in the capital! Even if she did help you and Concubine Yu in times of crisis, I can repay her son in other ways! ”

Thinking of Zhu Jing's reaction at that moment, the corners of Jiu Niang's mouth curled slightly, and then she sneered: "For you, taking precautions to prevent further chaos in the palace is more important than an innocent orphan and more important than repaying your kindness." I'm afraid that when you told your mother that in order to repay your kindness, when you decided on the marriage between Yingying and Ah Shou, you felt that you were already worthy of the Zhang family's sister, right? ”

"Jiuniang......" Zhu Jing only had time to say these two words, and his words were interrupted by his wife.

"Yes, you also went to invite an emperor like Master Ge to teach a child in that kind of rural place, which is indeed benevolent and righteous. But I asked Wu, when Ah Shou was weak in the countryside, you helped hire a doctor, but you can't talk about a famous doctor with really good means, because you are afraid of revealing the wind to attract the attention of others! ”

Jiuniang knew that there must be Hua Qiwangfeng outside the door who had not come back for a long time, and those servants must have been hiding far away because of fear, so what she had held in her heart for a long time was naturally said unscrupulously now.

"Of course, the Wu family has no knowledge, and they are worried that someone will assassinate Ah Shou, which is indeed true. She took away the first enlightenment gentleman you kindly invited to Ah Shou, just for the child to get sick as soon as he went to school, and that's right. Even because she kept Ah Shou at home, for fear that he would fall and bruise outside or even relapse from his old illness, she missed Ge Yong, which is all true. ”

"But none of this can hide one thing. After all, it was you who placed them in the countryside that was inconvenient to take care of, and it was because of you Ah Shou that you were sick and weak in your early years, and you almost missed the most important time in your life to study and practice martial arts. It can be said that Ah Shou can grow into the pillar of the country like this, and God bless him! ”

Zhu Jing knew that his wife had always been stubborn, and now listening to her, sure enough, because of the old things, he couldn't help but feel bitter in his heart, so he could only endure it silently. However, what Jiu Niang said next made his face change gradually.

"Don't you just want to prevent trouble from causing trouble to the palace wall? Do you think that without Ah Shou, the two princes can be harmonious? I think when you were in the capital, the eldest prince and the second prince fought into black-eyed chickens, and after you led the army to fight, they intensified, you calculate me, I calculate you, and the queen doesn't even want the dignity of the lord of the first palace, and sends the royal attendant to scare Ah Shou......"

"She dares to say it's a scare? I shoot her an arrow and turn around and say it's a scare, so what? Not to mention that her two good sons actually sent someone to frame Ah Shou in front of the gate of Qingning Palace, and even encouraged Zheng Huaien, that idiot, to intimidate first and then kill people? You go and ask your family Erlang, how many strange things have happened in the capital during this period of time, and how many black pots Wang Datong took before he was appointed as the governor of Xuanda! ”

Zhu Jing wanted to open his mouth several times, but he had nothing to say in front of Jiu Niang's ironclad facts. He really didn't know much about some things that happened in the capital, but when it came to Yin Wangjie, the former governor of Xuanda, the former governor of Shuntianfu, he knew everything - Wang Datou carried so many pots, after arriving in Datong, how could he not make it clear to him?

Not to mention that among the people he put in the capital, there was a traitorous guard Zhu Yu first, and then a staff member Zhu Gongquan who had a heart for him when he won favors!

Thinking of his measures back then, and after more than ten years of Taoguang obscurity, he was impeached before the expedition was made, and he almost sacrificed his eldest son, and was constrained by some people in the court so that he could not even fully control the war situation, and those generals and soldiers in the army were even more thorns, Zhu Jingyao thought that he almost retired after assisting the emperor to quell the rebellion of the Yeshu people, and finally gave birth to deep remorse.

He stared at Jiu Niang for a long time, and finally slowly lowered his head: "What happened back then, I was wrong." ”

Jiuniang just has nowhere to vent her grievances for more than ten years, and today she simply vomited as soon as possible, if Zhu Jing still had the same attitude as she did at the beginning, she didn't bother to say anything, and went back to her Zhaoming Temple - the big deal was that she went to Mrs. Tai to make amends first, and in the future, she only planned to see her daughter and son-in-law, and she didn't care about the next things anymore. However, she had no idea that her husband would painfully admit his mistake.

Others have always said that she has a stubborn and rebellious personality, but only she knows that Zhu Jing is the one who is more proud and tough. It is even harder to get him to lower his head and admit that he was wrong than to kill him!

She involuntarily took two steps back, then turned her head sideways to avoid his expression, but the corner of her eye still swept the silver threads between his hair. Back then, he was only in his early thirties, and she was still in her prime, but now that she was born early, he was much older, and she was a little soft-hearted unconsciously.

"If admitting mistakes is useful, wouldn't many regrets in this world be able to happen again?"

Jiu Niang turned around, trying her best to calm the expression on her face. However, when she felt someone suddenly approaching behind her, she was held tightly by a pair of hands on her shoulders, and she tried to struggle, but finally relaxed again.

"When I heard that Yingying fell in love with Ah Shou's child at first sight, I felt that God had opened her eyes, and when I saw him, I couldn't help but think again, it must be the sister of the Zhang family who has a spirit in the sky, which will bless her child to grow up safely and be beautiful. Because I am very grateful to Sister Zhang, but to be honest, I don't plan to repay her kindness with Yingying's life. ”

Noticing that the hand on her shoulder was obviously a little stiff, Jiu Niang said in a deep voice: "Before the child grows up, no one knows what it will be like, let alone whether it will die early. I don't know if Yingying will have a perverse temperament when she grows up, and I don't know if Ah Shou will be stubborn when she grows up, so I didn't think of it from the beginning. ”

"But at that time, when Yingying brought Ah Shou to see me, the elated energy, the joy that filled the body, and then looked at Ah Shou's appearance and conversation, the gentleness and elegance that even the children of the family could not match, as well as the talent and means, I naturally never mentioned the dispute between me and you back then, and immediately recognized him."

"I didn't believe this in the past, because there was no best teacher, no books, and no knowledgeable people, I really don't know how he understood the books that Master Ge left for him back then."

Zhu Jing listened silently, especially when he felt that Jiu Niang's body was gradually relaxed, and when he leaned on his arms like this, he finally said softly: "What happened back then, it was indeed my mistake in thinking. I thought it would be good for everyone to let things get over as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble. I thought that this would prevent outsiders from thinking too much, but it turns out that not everyone is the emperor. ”

Hearing Zhu Jing admit her mistake again, Jiu Niang couldn't help but be gloomy: "Yes, although the emperor is casual, sometimes he is maverick, but he is tolerant and generous, and he has no distracting thoughts. Otherwise, Concubine Yu, who has hurt her body over the years, only has one daughter, Princess Yongping, and her temperament has gradually become taciturn, but he has never empathized, and he has always been very good to Princess Yongping, even in marriage, he is willing to indulge her. ”

Even if Princess Yongping came twice before and after, it hurt her heart, but when Jiu Niang talked about her, she didn't have much emotional fluctuations, but she didn't pay attention to it herself, and unconsciously grabbed her husband's hand.

"So, I'm not as good as the emperor...... He once advised me to go to the temple to pick you up, but I didn't know how to face you...... Yingying lost your mother at such a young age, and her mother had to run the family herself at her age, in the final analysis, it was all my thoughts. Because I have never forgotten what Emperor Ruizong said to me on his deathbed. ”

Zhu Jing slowly closed his eyes, and the haggard and pale face of Emperor Ruizong seemed to appear in front of him again.

"Generations of heavenly sons in this dynasty, even if they are about to lay down the country, they all want to cultivate their sons well, but it seems to be a curse, Taiping is only two generations at most, and the third generation will definitely have chaos, and the reincarnation of cause and effect from generation to generation...... If it weren't for the fact that the world was torn apart every time, it would be beheaded in one fell swoop by the center, but I am afraid that the world would not be surnamed Zheng for a long time. ”

"Jing'er, you are the queen's nephew, and I have always regarded you as my nephew. You must help your cousin, and you must watch his country. If he has a son in the future, don't make housework, give outsiders a chance! ”

Zhu Jing couldn't help but whisper: "My family has been in the army for several generations, and my father has been a commanding envoy, but when it comes to me, if it weren't for the uncles who are not angry, if it weren't for the younger brothers who are not motivated, I wouldn't have gone to the battlefield hard, but if it wasn't for Emperor Ruizong who has always trusted me and given me the opportunity to be independent, I wouldn't have been crowned the prince of the country in my early twenties." ”

"I know." Jiu Niang let go of her hand and interrupted Zhu Jing's words, "So you want to take precautions, even if it's just your imagination in a moment of panic." Zhu Jing, do you know? If you hadn't been so quiet all these years that people thought you were weak and deceitful, how could the previous battle be like that? How could the Zhu family be bullied like this by someone kicking their nose and face? ”

"I was wrong."

Once again frankly admitting that he was wrong, Zhu Jing took a deep breath, and finally said seriously: "Knowing that mistakes can be changed, good is great, if Mrs. still refuses to forgive me, I can only let people prepare Jingtiao." ”

Jiuniang turned around like a whirlwind, and scolded in shock and anger: "What stupid things do you say, how old do you think you are?" ”

When she saw her husband laughing, she remembered that he had joked with her like this in the past, and she couldn't help but take a deep breath, and when she was about to give him a little more color, she suddenly heard a banging knock on the door outside, and she was suddenly surprised to hear the sound clearly.

"Dad, mother, I'll come in if I don't open the door again!"

Not to mention that Jiuniang was startled, and hurriedly went to open the door, and even Zhu Jing hurriedly sorted out her clothes. When Zhu Ying came in, all she saw were two straight faces. So, thinking of what others said when they came to her just now to report to her and begged her to come here to persuade peace, the eldest lady felt more and more that things were the same as she thought.

She couldn't help but sneer: "Dad, my mother is finally willing to come back, as a manly husband, can't you let her a little?" ”

After talking about her father, she glanced at Jiuniang cautiously, and then said coquettishly: "Mother, you too, my father came and went in the wind and rain outside, risking life and death to fight for so long, and just came back, you have to let him rest!" ”

As parents, Zhu Jing and Jiuniang glanced at each other awkwardly, and were about to say two words of comfort to coax their daughter away, but Zhu Ying snorted happily: "Look at me and Ah Shou, know more about mutual understanding." When he's busy, as long as I know he's fine, then don't bother him, he won't hide anything from me, I won't hide anything from him, how good is that! ”

Unprepared by his daughter to be a model of loving fiancés, Zhu Jing was suddenly angry and funny, and swallowed back the words that had just reached his mouth.

And Jiu Niang reprimanded angrily: "You listen to those guys who smell the wind and the rain talk nonsense, I just have something to say to your father's resignation, that's all." ”

"Really?" Zhu Ying glanced at Zhu Jing with some disbelief, saw that her father hesitated, then strode forward, directly reached out and grabbed Jiu Niang's shoulder, and then glared at her with the eyes that if you don't leave, I will blast you away, she suddenly smiled.

"Okay, then I'll be relieved. It's not too early, Daddy, you should rest early! ”

Zhu Ying smiled, curtsied at the two, and then walked out briskly, and did not forget to cover the door very considerately when leaving. was made by her, Zhu Jing only felt that the previous sentimentality and embarrassment were completely unnecessary.

And Jiuniang is even more embarrassed. She took a breath, then whispered a little angrily, "Let go!" ”

"Let go of what?" Zhu Jing looked at the hand he put on his wife's shoulder, and asked knowingly, "We are all old husbands and wives, what is there after a long absence!" ”

"I mean you're covered in dust, get out of here and take a shower!" Jiuniang was so angry by Zhu Jing's cheeky relapse that she was itchy with her teeth, and then broke free of Zhu Jing, and said with a calm face, "I'll settle accounts with you when I go back!" ”

Seeing that Jiu Niang had already gone to the inner room like a whirlwind, Zhu Jing was slightly stunned, and then laughed. After many years of living like an ascetic, of course, he can't be like a water, just out of guilt for the old things. But just as he was about to spend the night, a voice suddenly came from outside.

"Master, Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of War asks to see you."