Chapter 1016 Pretending to be Crazy
Zhuier felt a little touched. The master was really considerate to the princess. "I understand."
When Xiao Zhan returned to the mansion, he saw Jiang Xue playing with chess pieces in front of the study window. He sat down opposite her and said, "Xiao Xue, I met Zhuier today."
“Then you must have known about Feng Ziqing’s madness.” Jiang Xue looked at him and said, “Yun Che, do you think she is really crazy or just pretending to be crazy?”
"He must be pretending."
"I think so too." Jiang Xue stood up and said, "But we can't jump to conclusions before we see it with our own eyes. Let's go!"
"Where are you going?"
"Of course, I'm going to see Feng Ziqing."
Xiao Zhan waved to her, "Xiaoxue, come here."
Jiang Xue walked up to him and was about to speak, but he patted his legs and said, "Sit here."
She smiled and sat on his lap generously, with her arms around his neck: "So you want to hug me, just say it directly, I will satisfy you, why be so roundabout?"
Xiao Zhan gently touched her forehead and said, "You stay in the mansion to rest. I'll take Xiao An with me. Don't worry about the Queen Mother's affairs in the future."
"Okay."
Jiang Xue nodded in agreement: "She always does things unclearly, and I don't care. But Yun Che, you are leaving right after you come back, I feel a little uncomfortable, can you comfort me?"
Most men find it hard to resist their women's coquetry, let alone a woman like Jiang Xue who is usually cold and hard but gentle only to him. Xiao Zhan loves her to the extreme.
He kissed her lips gently and smiled, "Is this better?"
Jiang Xue shook her head: "Such a perfunctory kiss makes me feel even more lost."
"Leprechaun!"
Xiao Zhan held the back of her head, gave her a deep kiss, and then let go: "What about now?"
Jiang Xue touched her slightly swollen lips and smiled: "Much better, and I feel much better too. Yun Che, go do your thing."
Afterwards, Xiao Zhan went to Jiang Mansion to find Jiang Xiaoan, and took him to Zhaotiji Temple.
In the carriage, Jiang Xiaoan couldn't help asking, "Third cousin, you are looking for me so urgently, don't you just want to take me to worship Buddha?"
Xiao Zhan glanced at him: "What do you think?"
Jiang Xiaoan shrugged: "There are no incense sticks or Buddhist scriptures in this car. It doesn't look like it. And the Queen Mother is in Zhaoti Temple, and you took me with you. Is she sick?"
"You guessed it from the beginning, why go around in so much trouble?"
"I just wanted to show my reasoning!"
"Sometimes the process is not important, the result is the key. Speak more directly next time. I don't want to hear so much nonsense."
Jiang Xiaoan felt a little helpless. Did he make his third cousin unhappy again?
When they arrived at Zhaoti Temple, Xiao Zhan suddenly changed his plan: "Xiao An, let's go to the Buddhist temple to worship first, and then go to see the Queen Mother."
Jiang Xiaoan couldn't help but roll his eyes. It is said that women are fickle, but his third cousin is also fickle.
Xiao Zhan offered incense devoutly in the Buddhist temple, silently praying in his heart that the Buddha would bless their child and wish him peace and happiness in his life.
The two came to the yard where Feng Ziqing lived. Before they entered the door, they heard bursts of sharp cries coming from inside.
Xiao Zhan and Jiang Xiaoan looked at each other and recognized that it was Feng Ziqing's voice.
They walked quickly into the yard and saw Feng Ziqing lying on the ground, holding a baby tightly in her arms. She was crying and giggling from time to time, with an abnormal expression.
Jiang Xiaoan realized instantly: "Is she crazy?"
Considering her past, it seemed like karma.
When Zhuier saw Xiao Zhan, he hurried over to pay his respects.
"Master Prime Minister!"
Xiao Zhan asked coldly: "What's the matter with the package in her arms?"
“That’s…”
Zhuier hesitated for a moment and explained, "The Queen Mother insisted that she was holding the Emperor, perhaps because she missed him too much."
Xiao Zhan sneered. He once thought that Feng Ziqing had the love that a mother should have for Jiang Heng, but what happened later proved how wrong he was. Her current behavior seemed ridiculous.
"Bring her into the house."
Zhuier obeyed the order and went to pull Feng Ziqing, but she slapped him in the face: "No one can separate Heng'er and me."
As he said this, he hugged the baby tightly and hummed a lullaby softly.
Seeing Xiao Zhan's expressionless face, Zhuier tried to approach him again, but was stopped by him: "No need, I'll just watch from here."
Jiang Xiaoan couldn't help but ask: "Third cousin, aren't we here to treat her illness? Are we just going to watch her like this?"
"Do you think she's really crazy?"
"She looks like she's crazy." Jiang Xiaoan frowned in doubt, but still suggested taking her pulse.
"unnecessary."
Xiao Zhan whispered, "She's pretending to be crazy."
Jiang Xiaoan was extremely surprised and asked in a low voice: "How can you be so sure?"
Xiao Zhan did not answer, but just stared ahead silently, which made Jiang Xiaoan extremely anxious. Why didn't he just explain the reason directly?
After an unknown amount of time, Feng Ziqing finally calmed down, and walked into the house in a daze, holding the child, with Xiao Zhan following closely behind.
Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoan and Zhuier followed in.
Feng Ziqing silently put the child on the bed, then sat in front of the window and began to embroider tiger-head shoes. The shoes were already half finished.
Jiang Xiaoan asked curiously, "What is the Queen Mother doing?"
Zhuier explained, "I am making shoes for the emperor."
"But the emperor is no longer a baby."
"I have reminded the Queen Mother, but she always thinks that the Emperor is still young, and there is nothing I can do."
At this time, Xiao Zhan walked up to Feng Ziqing and said, "Empress Dowager, it's better not to make these shoes."
Feng Ziqing acted as if she didn't hear anything and continued to concentrate on embroidering the shoes.
Xiao Zhan continued, "If you had felt this way earlier, you wouldn't have ended up like this."
Feng Ziqing remained unmoved and did not stop working.
"You think you can return to the palace by pretending to be crazy? You are totally wrong."
Xiao Zhan continued: "Whether you are really crazy now or not, I will not let you go back, because the emperor does not need such a mother.
Your mistakes can never be undone, and the kindest thing I can do now is to spare your life."
After saying that, Xiao Zhan turned around and prepared to leave.
Suddenly, Feng Ziqing threw the shoes in her hand away fiercely and shouted: "Xiao Zhan, you are ungrateful. When we were little, I treated you like my own brother, but now you make me live a life worse than death because of Jiang Xue.
Ask yourself with your conscience, are you doing me justice?
Jiang Xiaoan was shocked by her change and realized that she was pretending to be crazy.
Xiao Zhan turned around and said calmly: "I have lived up to my conscience, but I have indulged you too much."
Feng Ziqing sneered in response: "Don't talk so high-soundingly. Don't you just love Jiang Xue to death and want to clear the obstacles for her, and even ignore our brother-sister relationship?"
"You think too highly of yourself."
Xiao Zhan said calmly, “To Yu Xiaoxue, you are not a threat at all.
You are alive because you are the emperor's biological mother, because of Fengfu's military achievements, and because of my relationship. But if you persist in your wrongdoings, these cannot guarantee your safety for the rest of your life."
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