Chapter 377: Winter is not a good word, and I am not worthy of you
As we move away from the night market, the crowds gradually become thinner.
"Why!"
Song sighed.
Jiang's mother had been listening all the way.
She asked, "Did something happen?"
Song shook her head. Their families had fallen out, and she wasn't as frank as they were. She lowered her head and said, "I want to apologize to you and Nian Yin. I was vehemently against it back then, and I even schemed to… to get Wen Zhi to go astray. I was blinded by greed, and I'm so sorry."
The high walls of the alley blocked out the lights in the distance.
It also obscured the expression on her face.
Mother Jiang didn't know what to say.
Song walked up to the two of them, knelt on the ground, and cried, "Mrs. Jiang, I beg you, please don't blame the child for my mistakes."
Mother Jiang held her hand and looked at her daughter.
"Help your Aunt Song up quickly." She frowned and said, "What are you doing? You're making a fool of yourself by letting others see you."
Song choked up and said, "Before, I was always worried about face. I lost a lot of things, and face is the least valuable! The feelings of children are more important. Nian Yin, I don't ask for your forgiveness, but you must forgive Wen Zhi. His trip south this time is very dangerous..."
Thinking of An Wenzhi’s heavy separation.
Jiang Nianyin's heart sank. She said, "Don't worry, Auntie. He will come back safely. I have forgiven him a long time ago. It's getting dark. Let's go home quickly."
The Jiang family arrived first.
Mother Jiang asked the guards in the mansion to take Song home. She comforted her, "Let's not get involved in the child's affairs. Go back and have a good rest. We are only forty. Tomorrow, I will ask you to go for maintenance."
In the palace.
Dongpin had just finished serving the emperor and was about to take a bath when she heard the news from the palace servants that her brother had died. She gritted her teeth and glanced at the emperor who was sleeping behind her.
She walked into the yard.
He suppressed his anger and his voice became hoarse.
"Who killed him? He's my own brother!"
The maid glanced at the collapsed Dongpin and whispered, "Master Jiang."
"Who!?" Dongpin thought she was hallucinating. There was only one high-ranking official in Shengjing with the surname Jiang. "Is it Jiang Jing? Why would he conflict with my brother?"
The maid said, "Well, it seems that the young master has been teasing the young lady for a long time."
Dongpin's eyes were red. She only had this one brother, the only son in the family. She had clearly protected him well. She squatted on the ground, buried her head and cried, "Isn't she just a woman? How could my brother dare to tease Jiusu? Jiusu must have been fickle and seduced my brother. Lord Jiang saw it. My brother died so unjustly..."
After a sleepless night, Emperor Xu opened his eyes and met Concubine Dong's red eyes.
He sat up, looked at the woman who served him silently, and asked, "What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?"
Dongpin shook her head: "No."
Emperor Xu laughed, reached out and pinched her chin, and asked, "My beauty, what happened? Did someone in the palace bully you? Did the Queen scold you? If not? Did the Imperial Concubine hit you?"
I was fine before going to bed last night.
Could it be that he was too strong and hurt her?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
Unfortunately, no.
Dongpin said: "My younger brother was killed."
Emperor Xu flew into a rage, kicking the stool in front of him away. He angrily said, "Who is so bold as to commit a crime under the emperor's feet? Has that person been caught? I will sentence him to death!"
He put his arm around Dongbin's shoulders and vowed to seek justice for her.
At this moment, Dongpin was moved.
But she knew it was impossible.
Would the emperor kill an important official for her? It wasn't impossible. History had many examples of men venting their anger for their beloved. She bit her lower lip and hooked her hand around the emperor's belt.
"It's Jiang Jing."
These three words changed Emperor Xu's attitude.
He said, "Jiang Jing is not an impulsive person. There must be something hidden here. Once I find out, I will definitely give you an explanation."
"Your Majesty..." Dongpin wanted to say something, but the emperor had already walked away.
Emperor Xu waved his hand and said, "I will go to court."
Dongpin stamped her feet, took a deep breath, her heart aching. She handed a bag of silver to the maid, sobbing and saying, "I can't leave the palace. Take this silver and find his body..."
When she said these two words, her head was still a little dizzy.
"Buy him a good place to bury him. He hasn't married yet, so find him a woman and hold a ghost marriage. That's the only thing I can do for him as his sister."
Huiqiao agreed and left the palace with the silver.
In the court.
Emperor Xu heard about two things. One was that there was an infectious disease, but it was suppressed by Jiusu. The other was that a major case occurred in Yongjiang.
He rewarded Jiusu and Xu Jincai.
He gave another order.
"The Cai family was exterminated, and the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple worked together to investigate the case."
The two men obeyed the order.
After the court session, Emperor Xu frowned when he heard that Concubine Dong was about to die, but he still went there because he still liked Concubine Dong.
Dongpin's face was pale. When she saw the emperor and was about to bow, he bent down and picked her up. Her eyes immediately turned red. "Your Majesty, why are you here? Has someone spread rumors that I'm being pretentious?"
Emperor Xu shook his head: "No, I know your brother..."
"Your Majesty." Dongpin raised her head, placed her finger on the man's lips, and glared at him. "I know he offended Miss Jiu, and he deserves it. I am indeed sad, but there is a happy event that has dispelled my sorrow."
Emperor Xu asked curiously, "What's the good news? Let me be happy too."
Dongpin lowered her head shyly and said, "Just now, the imperial physician came to check my pulse and said... I'm pregnant. I'm already two months pregnant."
"Great!" Emperor Xu hadn't heard such happy news in a long time. The white hair on his temples was shining. "I'm so happy! You really made me proud. Those old ministers must have thought I was gone, but I'm still going strong!"
"Dongpin..."
"No, the word 'winter' is not a good word, and I am not worthy of you."
She couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, "Your Majesty, isn't this too ostentatious?"
Emperor Xu thought about it and wrote a word on the paper.
"If I am willing, who can interfere? From now on, you will be Concubine Xi and move to Shuyu Palace." He hugged Concubine Xi and rested on the bed, while the rewards were moved into the palace in boxes.
As soon as this matter was reported, it caused quite a stir.
The Queen's palace was quiet, and some standard supplements were delivered.
Concubine Yin rolled her eyes and forgot about it.
Concubine Qi Jing was so angry that she smashed everything in the palace to pieces. Her screams scared the maids in the palace, "You all come here to compete with me for my favor!"
Nu Yue knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
"Your Highness, please don't get yourself hurt by being angry. That woman was sent by the Duke. She is yours after all."
"Hmph." Imperial Concubine Qi Jing sat sideways on a round stool, her hands on the tabletop, her eyes sharp as she said, "That bastard is just making me upset."
Xu Cairong strode over with a smile.
He was covered in sweat, having just returned from the martial arts training ground.
"Mother, who is the bastard?"
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