Chapter 943
"Mother should get some rest."
As Huo Zhao spoke, he stepped forward and took Zhong Jie's arm.
The mother and daughter sat down in a nearby pavilion and drank a few cups of tea. Only then did Huo Zhao remember the important matter: "Mother, I came here today because I have something I want to tell you."
"you say."
"Consort Jing from the palace says she wants to see you."
"See me?" Zhong Jie's eyes widened. "You must have misheard. You mean see your father?"
What's so special about her?
Consort Jing put herself through all this trouble, wasn't it all for Huo Yue?
Why not see Huo Yue, but insist on seeing me?
Huo Zhao shook his head: "Mother, I'm not so bad that I can't even hear a word. She wants to see you."
Seeing Zhong Jie's furrowed brows, Huo Zhao said, "I don't know what she wants to see you for, Mother. If you don't want to go, just pretend you didn't hear anything. It's better if we don't go to such a troublesome place."
Zhong Jie nodded.
——
But at night, Zhong Jie tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep peacefully.
Huo Yue was speechless: "Madam, what's troubling you so much that you're not sleeping?"
Seeing that he wasn't asleep either, Zhong Jie simply sat up and said, "Zhao Zhao came over today and told me that Consort Jing wants to see me."
"Consort Jing?" Huo Yue opened his eyes as well. "What does she want with you?"
“I’m wondering about it too,” Zhong Jie said. “I didn’t want to see him, but I don’t know why, I just can’t stop thinking about him.”
Huo Yue also sat up: "Now Consort Jing is completely suppressed by the Empress and Consort Xi, and can't cause any trouble. If she wants to see you now, it's just that she wants to make one last struggle. In my opinion, there's no need to see her."
"real?"
“Hmm,” Huo Yue said, “think about it, what serious business could she possibly have?”
Upon reflection, Zhong Jie realized that this was indeed the case.
So she lay down again and was finally able to sleep peacefully.
——
But this peaceful period lasted only two days. Just when Zhong Jie was about to completely forget about Consort Jing's affairs, a eunuch came to her door.
The eunuch said nothing, but handed a letter to Zhong Jie.
Zhong Jie opened the letter and saw only a few delicate handwriting marks on it—
Huo Zhao.
The signature is "Consort Jing".
In an instant, Zhong Jie's hand tightened.
She crumpled the letter into a ball, making it look wrinkled and crumpled.
Zhong Jie raised her eyes and looked at the eunuch who had come to deliver the message: "Are you from Consort Jing's palace?"
“Yes,” the eunuch bowed, “My lord requests that the princess come to the palace for a private meeting.”
Zhong Jie gritted her teeth.
Consort Jing...
She wanted to see what other tricks Consort Jing could pull!
Zhong Jie crumpled the letter into a ball and handed it to Aunt Shui: "Burn it."
After saying this, Zhong Jie took a step and left, with the eunuch following closely behind.
Mother Water looked anxious, but she couldn't keep up.
As Zhong Jie's figure disappeared from sight, Mother Water sighed and took out a tinderbox from her bosom.
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