Chapter 348 Accidents

Mr. Zhou was speechless.

In the end, the couple had no choice but to accept it and was willing to pay the money, but the second wife had to agree that the matter would be over and never mentioned again.

Of course the second wife agreed, since their goal had been achieved anyway.

Duke Liguo had no time to deal with these trivial matters, but Zhou Hansheng ordered his men to keep an eye on them and secretly had a big meal.

He couldn't wait to run to the Zhao residence and share it with Zhao Liya.

Zhao Liya laughed so hard, gloating: "Dog bites dog, this is good!"

Zhou Hansheng laughed heartily, "It's dog bite dog!"

Since they dared to think of harming his wife, they deserved this fate. No matter how fiercely they fought, he would not sympathize with them at all.

Not only did he not sympathize with them, he was so kind as to have someone tell Old Madam Zhou everything about the internal strife between the two families, which almost made Old Madam Zhou faint from anger.

Old Mrs. Zhou was also stubborn. She refused to let the first wife see the joke. She didn't teach the second and third wives a lesson in public, but secretly called them over and gave them a good scolding.

Zhou Hansheng was worried that Zhao Liya would be afraid of the Duke of Liguo's mansion and hesitate to fulfill the engagement. So he quickly assured her, "Don't worry, Aya. When you get married, we can watch them together. I promise they will never hurt you."

Zhao Liya smiled sweetly: "Well, I believe it!"

They wanted to hurt her? That would be quite difficult. Take the incident at Jinyun Temple, for example. She had originally wanted to pretend to be "sick and frightened, with a high fever," but her father said forget it. She could even go in and out of the hunting grounds freely, so this "sick and frightened, with a high fever" seemed a bit too convincing.

It seems fake.

Zhao Liya covered her face in pain when her father revealed her secrets. After thinking about it carefully, it seemed that this was indeed the case, so she had to give up.

After all, she didn't intend to pretend to be pitiful in order to embarrass the second branch of the Zhou family. She didn't really think too much about the second and third branches of the Zhou family. They couldn't even beat Zhou Hansheng and his son, so why did she need to worry about them?

She pretended to be pitiful to show it to the emperor.

Let the emperor see how much some people in the capital dislike her father, and how they try every way to make things difficult for her father, even not letting her, his daughter, go!

Since there is a possibility that too much is worse than too little, then just give up.

Well, it was her mother who was frightened, and she had been staying at home to accompany and comfort her mother, which was just right.

While she was staying at home with her mother, Zhou Hansheng would come over from time to time to keep her company, which was just right.

Two days after Zhou Rui's accident, when the upper class in the capital was laughing and talking about it, Zhao Xiang was riding a carriage home from the government office. When passing through a street, the horse pulling the carriage suddenly got frightened and lost control, running around recklessly. In the end, the coachman had to forcibly pull the carriage into a dead end. The horse was moving too fast and rushed into the wall, causing most of the wall to collapse. Zhao Xiang died on the spot, and the carriage also overturned to the side before it finally stopped.

Fortunately, the coachman was experienced and he controlled the carriage to the greatest extent possible when it overturned. Zhao Xiang had a cut on his head and his arms and legs were bruised and swollen, but fortunately nothing serious happened.

When this matter was reported back to the mansion, Mrs. Deng almost fainted from anxiety.

Zhao Liya was also frightened, shocked and angry.

So, is it because those people failed to successfully plot against her at Jinyun Temple, so they turned their attention to her father?

The second prince? He's such a piece of shit!

On this day, it was not only Zhao Liya who scolded the Second Prince as a good-for-nothing, but also many other people, including the Emperor.

Zhao Xiang was injured, although not seriously, but not lightly. After asking the imperial physician to come to his house for a consultation, he originally planned not to go anywhere the next day and stay at home to recuperate for a few days.

Unexpectedly, someone came to the palace and said that the emperor wanted to see him.

Zhao Xiang had no choice but to go to the palace.

When the emperor saw the bandages on Zhao Xiang's forehead and arms and smelled the extremely unpleasant smell of medicine, his already ugly expression became even uglier.

"What happened yesterday? Tell me."

After a moment, the emperor spoke lightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Zhao Xiang did not dare to hide anything and told the whole story in detail.

He spoke slowly, and the emperor didn't seem anxious at all, just listening to him.

After he finished speaking, the emperor sneered and said calmly: "It is said that those who survive a great disaster will have good fortune in the future. You are indeed lucky."

Zhao Xiang was stunned for a moment before he realized that the "disaster" the emperor was talking about was not what happened last night, but the exile to Lingnan, so the good luck last night was a "future blessing".

Zhao Xiang cupped his hands and bowed respectfully: "Your Majesty's words are the greatest blessing for me in the future. I thank you for your grace!"

The emperor laughed heartily. It was obvious that what Zhao Xiang said was very much to his liking and made him amused.

The emperor's expression softened slightly. "I truly did not expect such a ridiculous thing to happen in the capital! I will certainly give you an explanation for this matter! I promise that this will never happen again!"

Zhao Xiang's heart moved. Since the emperor had spoken so clearly, he probably already knew some of the truth. He didn't know how much he knew. He hoped that everything would develop as they expected, and that he would have made the risk worthwhile.

"Yes, I thank the emperor for his grace!"

"Well, you should rest well at home and come to court in a few days."

"Yes, my injury is not serious. It just looks scary on the surface. Three days of rest at home is enough for me."

"Then take a three-day break."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Go ahead."

"I will take my leave."

Zhao Xiang bowed respectfully and slowly backed out of the Qianqing Palace.

When they were about halfway there, they saw the noble Second Prince coming towards them.

Dressed in gorgeous clothes and full of vigor, the eunuch who followed him subconsciously bent his waist slightly and followed his steps, making the second prince look even more like a god.

Zhao Xiang suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart. Only a son who is deeply loved can develop such a temperament. This is something that he will never see in His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Zhao Xiang stepped aside politely, bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness!"

The Second Prince stopped in front of him, looked him over, and sneered, "How refreshing! I never expected that the usually gentle and refined Lord Zhao could be so embarrassed! It's truly rare to see him like this! However, Lord Zhao, there's no need to be sad. You don't look particularly ugly in this outfit, hahahaha."

(End of this chapter)