Chapter 80 Murong Jin! That tyrant! Is he trying to make her laugh?!

"Someone come."

After thinking it through, Luo Zhen called out.

The maid outside came in and said with her head bowed, "Grandma.

Luo Zhen asked, "What time is it now?"

The head maid said, "It's already midnight, and Grandma hasn't had dinner yet. Do you want me to serve the meal?"

Luo Zhen said no, and asked, "Where is the Second Master?"

The head maid observed her expression and said carefully, "The Second Master is still in Aunt Shen's room."

Luo Zhen snorted and said coldly, "Go and ask the Second Master to come over and tell him that I have something outside to discuss with him."

The head maid responded and left.

Luo Zhen stood up, asked someone to fetch water, and washed herself, then sat gracefully on the embroidered cushion in the main hall.

Not long after, Pei Ji indeed lifted the door curtain and came in.

Luo Zhen stood up and went to greet him with a smile: "Husband, is my cousin okay?"

Pei Ji sat down on the armchair at the head of the main hall. "She's fine, just a little frightened. Just ignore her from now on."

Ignore her?

It seems like he is biased towards her, but in the final analysis, he is just afraid of what she will do to his offspring and is on guard against her.

Luo Zhen was unhappy, but she didn't show it on her face. She sat down on the armchair next to Pei Ji and nodded, "Since my cousin is pregnant, she should take good care of herself. I won't bother her anymore, so don't worry, my husband."

Pei Ji hummed: "Do you have any idea about what's going on outside?"

Luo Zhen said, "Yes, I should have told you when my husband returned, but something happened to my cousin, so I was delayed. My cousin from the Bo Mansion said that the abbot of Baohua Temple would give a lecture the day after tomorrow. The Marquis's wife has always been a Buddhist, so I think she would go. My cousin and I would go together, and maybe we could talk. I wonder if my husband will be free the day after tomorrow. It would be great if we could go together."

Pei Ji said, "The Northern Pacification Office is rarely available. You and the lady from the Bo Mansion can go there together the day after tomorrow. If you can speak to the Marquis' wife alone, come back and tell me."

Luo Zhen responded, looking at him tenderly: "My husband also said that he rarely has free time. Now that you and I are a couple, it's rare for us to be together. Why don't you stay at Zhen'er's place tonight?"

Pei Ji had anticipated that Shen Zhirou was already pregnant, so how could she not be anxious?

Although he was impatient and annoyed in his heart, he wanted to use her and also needed an heir.

There was no reason to reject her.

That night, Pei Ji stayed in Luo Zhen's room.

The next day, when Luo Zhen got up, Pei Ji was gone.

The head maid came over and helped her get up.

Luo Zhen endured the discomfort and said, "Go get a doctor who specializes in gynecology."

The maidservant didn't dare to ask anything and just went away.

After Luo Zhen washed up, when it was time for dinner, Nanny Zhao came to serve her.

Luo Zhen gave her a bowl of bird's nest porridge she was drinking, and told her to eat it right beside her. She said, "Mammy, please take to heart what I told you yesterday. Have you made any progress now?"

When Zhao Mama heard this, the bird's nest porridge in her mouth no longer tasted good.

"Don't worry, young lady. It was too late yesterday. It's impossible to find him so quickly. It will take some time."

Luo Zhen sighed, "How could I not know? But every day we delay, Shen Zhirou's belly will grow bigger. I feel uncomfortable."

Aunt Zhao nodded and said, "Don't worry, young lady. I'll go out and look for her in a moment. Even if she's in the brothel, I'll go check it out."

Luo Zhen smiled after hearing this.

Outside, the head maid came in and said, "Grandma, the doctor is here. He's a gynecologist from Jishitang."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhao hurriedly asked, "Didn't the Second Master stay in the young lady's room last night? Why is the young lady feeling unwell?"

Luo Zhen asked the maid to call in a doctor. She wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and said, "I'm fine. Didn't I sleep with the Second Master last night? I wanted to find a doctor to prescribe some medicine so I can get pregnant soon."

Aunt Zhao frowned as she listened and advised, "Young lady, don't be too anxious. Medicine is always poisonous. Even if you are fine, you might get sick after taking it."

Luo Zhen, however, refused to listen: "I'm an expert in gynecology, how could I not know which medicines are poisonous and which are not? Mammy, go find someone after you finish the medicine, I know everything."

As they were speaking, the doctor invited by the maid came in.

There was nothing Zhao Ma could do but let her do as she pleased.

Luo Zhen was busy with her stomach all day.

It was not until the evening that I remembered that there would be a Dharma Assembly at Baohua Temple the next day.

She hurriedly asked someone to find some Buddhist books for her to read.

It was just a last-minute cram session and it didn't produce any results. I read a few pages and then threw it aside and went to sleep.

The next day, he did not waste any time. He got up early, took the medicine, and then went to his uncle's house and went to Baohua Temple with Cui Yuru.

"Why do you smell like medicine? Are you sick?"

Luo Zhen and Cui Yuru were riding in a carriage. On the way, Cui Yuru smelled the smell of medicine in the carriage and couldn't help asking.

Luo Zhen couldn't say that she was doing this to get pregnant, so she evaded the question by saying, "My throat has been a little dry these past two days. I'm afraid it's a cold. I'm taking some medicine to relieve it."

Cui Yuru nodded and said, "The weather is getting colder. It hasn't been sunny these past two days. My little one caught a cold and is only feeling better today."

Luo Zhen felt sad when she heard her talk about the child.

Cui Yuru already had two sons and a daughter. Even if her husband had three concubines, they could never surpass her.

It's really enviable.

Cui Yuru didn't know what she was thinking, so she brought up the inner court affairs. "Have you heard? His Majesty has set up a civil and military academy in the palace, where concubines and palace maids can attend and even become officials. He even executed a university scholar for this. When my uncle came back and told me about it yesterday, I was shocked!"

Luo Zhen had never heard of this before and was shocked when she heard it.

With such a tyrant, the concubines should be thankful to God if they can survive in his hands. How could he issue such an edict?

She didn't believe it and pondered, "I'm afraid he's coming up with some trick to torture and kill the concubines."

Cui Yuru was startled when she heard the contempt in her words. She lowered her voice and said coldly, "You don't want to lose your head! How can you say such things?"

Luo Zhen was stunned, remembering the terrifying appearance of the tyrant in his dream. He was terrified and said quickly, "We were just the two of us. I blurted it out in a moment of haste. I'll just be more careful next time."

Cui Yuru said with a cold face: "Don't you think about what your man does? He can be so quick-witted. It's a good thing that this happened with me. If it happened with someone else, your whole family would be arrested before you even get off the carriage!"

Luo Zhen knew how serious this was, so she just nodded in agreement and didn't dare to say anything.

Cui Yuru has always been cautious. If someone heard what Luo Zhen said, she would be implicated as well.

Therefore, he was angry and didn't speak to Luo Zhen again along the way.

The altar of Baohua Temple was held at the foot of the imperial city.

The stage was set up early.

Knowing that many people would come that day, the five streets in front of the altar were crowded with vendors.

Since the carriage couldn't pass, they had to get off early and go there on their own.

Luo Zhen got off the carriage and saw the crowds of people on the street. She began to feel anxious. "With so many people around, how can we find the Marquis' wife? Even if we find her, I'm afraid it will be difficult to talk to her."

Cui Yuru also frowned.

This was her first time attending a Dharma Assembly, and she had not expected it to be so crowded. However, since she was already there, she couldn't just make a wasted trip.

She said, "Let's go and take a look first."

The two of them, each with a maid, squeezed into the crowd.

By the time they reached the altar, their hair was disheveled, their bodies were sticky, and they looked utterly miserable.

But before the two of them could go look for the marquis' wife, a strong wind suddenly blew up from the gloomy sky.

The wind made the picking shed whistling.

Seeing that a heavy rain was about to come, the crowd became restless, but there were so many people and they were crowded together that they couldn't retreat for a while.

The wind grew stronger and stronger, and the cloth vendors' stalls were blown down, and the cloth and ribbons flew onto the crowd, adding to the chaos.

The abbot of Baohua Temple saw that the situation was not right and stopped preaching. He stood on the platform and shouted, trying to calm the crowd down and avoid any accidents.

But the crowd was not listening.

Everyone wanted to leave so as not to get soaked by the coming rainstorm.

At this time, raindrops as big as beans had already started to fall from the sky.

The crowd screamed in surprise.

The situation was about to get out of control.

The imperial city gate, which had been tightly closed, suddenly opened.

A guard wearing light armor and with a sword at his waist came out and shouted to the crowd, "His Majesty has granted you permission to enter the inner court to avoid the rain. Come in!"

The crowd nearby was overjoyed upon hearing this and rushed into the imperial city through the gate.

Although the people behind didn't hear it, they knew to follow the crowd and hurried in.

By the time the rain started pouring down, the crowd that had just been huddled together had all dispersed.

The imperial city is strictly guarded.

Although the city gate was open, only one gate was opened. However, the houses inside were large enough for people to take shelter from the rain and rest.

Luo Zhen was swept in by the crowd and stood in the corridor in a daze.

I could hear the people around me hiding from the rain praising the emperor.

She felt as if she were in a dream.

Open the city gates to let the people in to take shelter from the rain...

How could that tyrant be so kind?

She unconsciously looked around the imperial city.

I accidentally saw two people standing on the Xuande Building in front of me.

The person had a slender figure and a beautiful face. Even though there was a distance and rain, one could still make out her general appearance.

She is as beautiful as a flower and as elegant as the moon.

It was the concubine sister she had dreamed of last night.

Luo Zhen instantly perked up and looked intently.

There was a man standing next to her.

One could vaguely make out that it was the attire of a eunuch, but his tall and slender figure was so superior that one could make out his general facial features even from a distance and in the rain.

He doesn't look like an eunuch at all.

At this moment, he was hugging her half-sister and seemed to be saying something.

Her half-sister nodded after hearing this, a smile seemed to appear on her face, and she turned and followed him inside.

Luo Zhen subconsciously walked forward, wanting to see more.

He was drenched by the rain outside and finally came to his senses, and hurriedly retreated.

He raised his sleeves to wipe the water off his head and face, but his mind was still thinking about the two people he had just seen.

That woman was undoubtedly her half-sister Luo Fu.

She actually looked familiar with the man.

I just can't remember where I've seen it before.

"What are you thinking about? Why are you rushing into the rain?" Cui Yuru was also swept in by the crowd. He was looking for her, but saw her rushing straight into the rain, so he hurried over and asked.

"I, I just saw someone..." Luo Zhen was still thinking about the man she had just seen.

The man had an outstanding appearance. Although he couldn't see clearly, he was obviously taller than Pei Ji.

But she had never seen such an outstanding man except Pei Ji, so why did she feel that he looked familiar?

Cui Yuru found the Marquis's wife and hurriedly called her over. He paid no attention to her words and took her hand as he led her into the house. Suddenly, she exclaimed in surprise, "Emperor!"

Her voice startled Cui Yuru.

The people who were hiding from the rain in the house looked over.

Even the sword-wielding guards standing in the left and right corridors turned their heads to look at her.

Luo Zhen finally came to her senses, and trying hard to suppress the fear in her heart, she hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, your grace is so great, I am truly grateful!"

After hearing this, everyone turned around.

Cui Yuru breathed a sigh of relief, pulled her to a secluded place, and lowered her voice angrily, "Why have you been acting so strangely since you first arrived? What on earth do you want to do by getting so jumpy?"

Luo Zhen wanted to say that she remembered.

She remembered who that man was.

She had seen it in a dream.

Murong Jin!

That tyrant!

Such a cruel person, who would break people's necks at will, skin them, behead them and hang their heads at the palace gate!

He was actually wearing eunuch's clothes and was hugging Love intimately, trying to make her laugh?

She looked at Cui Yuru in a daze: "Cousin, am I really not dreaming?"

Cui Yuru's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could pinch an ant to death. The satisfaction she had felt in the past two days had now turned completely negative.

With such mental instability, there is no point in making friends.

I'm afraid it's a hidden mine that may explode at any time.

Then, she will die with her!

The idea of ​​taking her to see the Marquis's wife was instantly dispelled.

Upstairs in Xuande Building, Luo Fu had no idea what was happening downstairs.

She was sitting by the window, looking at the rain outside.

At this moment, the rain became heavier.

It was as if there was a hole in the sky and water was pouring down from the hole.

It makes people feel scared.

Murong Jin sat beside her, half-circling her, looking at her face and sighing, "We've already let those people in, why are you unhappy again, my lady? Are you afraid of the heavy rain?"

Love nodded.

She didn't want to spoil the fun either.

Today, the abbot of Baohua Temple came to preach outside the city gate tower. When Chang Jin found out, he thought of a way to bring her to the Xuande Tower to watch the fun.

Unexpectedly, we encountered a rainstorm.

Fortunately, Chang Jin had worked in the Imperial Household Department and had some connections, so he asked the guards to open a door, thus avoiding any accidents.

But such heavy rain inevitably reminded her of what her mother had said to her when she was still alive.

"My mother hates it and is very afraid of such heavy rain."

Murong Jin raised his eyebrows. It was rare for such a beautiful girl to talk to him about family matters, so he put one arm around her and supported his forehead with the other, assuming a lazy and comfortable posture and listened to her continue.

Luo Fu looked at the rain outside the window and said, "My mother said that our family relies on hunting for a living. Whenever there is a heavy rain like this, we can't go into the mountains for ten days or half a month. It would be even more dangerous if we encountered such a heavy rain in the mountains.

However, my grandfather and uncle were good hunters and were not afraid of these things. What they were afraid of were the layers of taxes.

It rained for a month that year, and the county dam broke, washing away many people's houses.

Our family escaped the disaster because we lived in the mountains, but we couldn't hunt in the mountains, and at that time, soldiers and officials came to collect taxes.

Our family was already completely broke, and we had no money or food. I heard that joining the army would give us tax exemption and money, so my uncle left..."

Love said what her mother had said to her.

My mood gradually became heavy and uncomfortable.

It’s just that my uncle joined the army and things at home haven’t gotten better.

My grandfather was kicked by a playboy from the capital, and my uncle used up all the money he earned from joining the army and was unable to keep my grandfather alive.

At this point, the family was broken up and everyone died.

Never see you again, uncle.

But my mother didn't live many more years before she passed away...

All of this seems to be due to such heavy rain.

So she also hated and was afraid of such heavy rain.