At that time, the major events in the world were just beginning to be settled. Xuanyuan Hao ascended the throne, Zhang Ru became the queen, Ye Zhou was named Duke of Xiangguo, and Huang Mengling also received a first-rank imperial edict. The four of them gathered together to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
I am so happy. The love and friends in my life have cleansed my aspirations and ambitions, and I can finally comfort the eleven flesh and blood bodies of the Zhang family who died fighting to help Xuanyuan Hao.
There was a bright moon in the sky, its light shining like a waterfall. Huang Mengling had left the table where four people were having a banquet at some point and stood on the terrace, looking at the bright moon.
Standing behind her was Xuanyuan Hao, a few steps away from her. She was looking at the bright moon in the sky, while he was looking at her, staring blankly, as if he was crazy.
A gust of wind blew by, and Xuanyuan Hao seemed to have just remembered something. He raised his cloak in his hand and walked towards Huang Mengling.
Behind them, Ye Zhou, who had just gone to the flower hall to retrieve his wife's cloak, stood there in a daze.
She stood behind Ye Zhou and took out her husband's favorite tiger skin meatballs and a pot of freshly warmed wine from the small kitchen.
She watched her husband carefully put on Huang Mengling his cloak, which was sewn by Zhang Ru for Xuanyuan Hao, and heard him say to her humbly and gently, "It's cold outside, can you come in?"
Seeing Huang Mengling smiling at Xuanyuan Hao: "Thank you, big brother." Then she turned to look at Mingyue. She always followed Ye Zhou in calling him big brother and calling Zhang Ru sister-in-law.
Xuanyuan Hao stood shoulder to shoulder with her, his tall figure making Huang Mengling look even more petite and adorable. She was still looking at the moon, while he lowered his head slightly to look at her. His hand moved up several times, as if wanting to touch her shoulder, her waist, or her hand, but he hesitated and cautiously, and finally put it down.
Zhang Ru closed her eyes and took a few steps back, as if she had just walked around the corner of the corridor...
Like her, Ye Zhou also pretended to be indifferent and just drank more...
Ever since she discovered her husband's feelings for Huang Mengling, the good memories of the four of them together in the past have suddenly become unrecognizable.
Looking back, many things had already revealed clues. So, that was what he had meant. It turned out that his action wasn't because he was worried she'd get hurt, but because he was afraid she'd lose control and knock Huang Mengling over...
At the same time, Duke Xiangguo Ye Zhou and his wife began to appear to be at odds with each other. The servants in Duke Xiangguo's mansion all knew that Ye Zhou had been going to the concubines' courtyards recently, taking turns to visit the three concubines, which seemed to be fair.
The three concubines who had always been like mascots had originally thought that after the empire was initially settled, Duke Xiangguo would send them away, who had been stuffed around him. Unexpectedly, things took such an unexpected turn.
Ye Zhou recalled the time when Huang Mengling had made a waist belt and a pair of knee pads for Xuanyuan Hao. Back then, he'd been carefree and unconcerned, as he'd been well cared for by his sister-in-law. Whenever he saw Zhang Ru making something for Xuanyuan Hao, he'd always ask for one.
"Sister-in-law, please make me a pair of shoes too."
Xuanyuan Hao: "The army didn't give you shoes?"
Ye Zhou: "The shoes I was given didn't have fur inside, and the soles were thin. They're nothing like the ones my sister-in-law made. They're light and warm, with thick and sturdy soles."
"Sister-in-law, my feet are the same size as my brother's."
Zhang Ru smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make it for you."
Xuanyuan Hao: "Get lost!"
So when his wife Huang Mengling made a waist belt and knee pads for Xuanyuan Hao, he laughed, "I've gotten a lot of things from my sister-in-law over the years. Finally, I have a wife. Hahahaha, I'll throw your stuff in his face when the time comes. Humph, give it back to you! You're so stingy!"
Huang Mengling laughed: "If you dare to show your disdain to Brother Xuanyuan, I will obey you!"
Now that I think about it, my sister-in-law always made things for Xuanyuanhao first. Huang Mengling finally got her needle and thread back, but she made them for Xuanyuanhao first. It seems she only finished half of his waist belt and knee pads, but now he doesn't want them anymore. Thinking about so many things, it's like he was so stupid, like a needle piercing my heart.
After Zhang Ru looked at Wang Xipei's portrait, she sat in front of the window in a daze, and a long-forgotten dream was brought out of her memory.
That year, before Ye Zhou officially brought Tang to the palace to attend the winter banquet, Zhang Ru had a dream.
In her dream, she did not seem to see the scene of Xuanyuan Hao being moved under the Mid-Autumn Moon, so when she saw Ye Zhou favoring his concubine and killing his wife, and even making Huang Mengling kneel in the snow with her legs almost broken, she was furious. After hearing the news, she brought nearly half of the imperial doctors and the Yulin Guards to rush into the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion to rescue people.
She took Huang Mengling directly to the palace. When she walked out of the Duke of Xiangguo's Mansion, she saw an expression of grief, anger and pity on Ye Zhou's face. Was he feeling sorry for her?
In the palace, not only did the queen take care of her day and night, but the imperial kitchen and the imperial hospital also, at her request, prepared a continuous stream of delicious food and found ancient recipes to take good care of Huang Mengling.
Zhang Ru was concerned about Huang Mengling's leg problems and was also worried that she had been exposed to the cold for too long, damaging her female constitution and making it difficult for her to have children in the future. Furthermore, the imperial physician discovered another persistent ailment in Huang Mengling, which Zhang Ru also ordered the Imperial Hospital to treat with all its strength.
And her husband called Ye Zhou and gave him a good scolding. He even wanted to beat his concubine Tang to death with a stick to vent his anger on Huang Mengling.
Ye Zhou defended her and refused to let her go, saying that it had nothing to do with the Tang family. He was a grown man and he should take responsibility for what he did, so why would he push a woman out?
Xuanyuan Hao ordered his men to beat him with sixty boards, beating him to death. His skin was torn and bloody, and his legs were almost broken.
Later, Xuanyuan Hao found the strange doctor from Guiguzi to treat Huang Mengling.
Zhang Ru couldn't bear it, so she asked Guigu Strange Doctor to go to Xiangguo Mansion to treat Ye Zhou's injuries. During the treatment and after his recovery, Ye Zhou, despite the impeachment, proposed divorce several times, and Xuanyuan Hao finally approved the divorce.
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