Chapter 366 Love and Hate
The Tianji Office is only under the jurisdiction of the current empress dowager. If the empress dowager dies, the Tianji secret order will be handed over to the aunt in charge of the empress dowager for safekeeping.
The aunt in charge will hide the Tianji secret order in the palace and leave a handwritten secret letter. When the emperor dies in the future and the new empress dowager moves into the Xianshou Palace, someone will present the secret letter and tell the next empress dowager the hiding place of the Tianji secret order.
During this period, the emperor could not force the head aunt Tianji to tell him the whereabouts of the secret order. Otherwise, if this matter were to be passed on to the previous dynasty, it would surely cause a lot of criticism, which would not be worth the loss.
After the Queen Mother passed away, Aunt Qingzhu handed the Tianji Secret Order to Zhaohua. Neither she nor the Queen Mother made a fake Tianji Secret Order and placed it in the palace to confuse people.
Firstly, this secret order was hidden, so it was normal that Jamel Xiao couldn’t find it;
Secondly, the Queen Mother was certain that Zhao Hua would become the Queen Mother in the future, so she gave this item to her in advance.
But Zhaohua’s thoughts did not stop there.
When she received the secret order, she thought:
The Tianji Office has always only recognized secret orders and not people. Given Xiao Jingheng's crazy pursuit of power, how could he let go of such an organization that is independent of the imperial power and gathers many talented people from different places?
Zhao Hua guessed that he would order someone to secretly check Qingzhu's bag before she left the palace to stand guard over the empress dowager's coffin.
Or maybe he drugged her after she fell asleep and sent someone to search her body.
After all, he would not feel at ease if he could not get the Tianji Secret Order, and he might even harm Qingzhu secretly. So he might as well let the Tianji Secret Order disappear from the world completely and put an end to it once and for all.
In this case, it would be better to forge a Tianji secret order in advance and let Xiao Jingheng go through some trouble to find it.
In this way, whenever he needs help from Tianji in the future, Zhaohua will know everything he wants to find out.
Once he knows everything, all the information Xiao Jingheng gets from the Tianji Office in the future will be what Zhao Hua wants him to know.
The next day, when Zhaohua went to Ning Wanshuang's palace to pay her respects, she brought Ruoxin with her.
It happened that Chenghuan had a break today, and when the greetings were over, Ruoxin insisted on playing with her brothers and sisters, so Zhaohua naturally stayed.
At that time, Ruoxin and Jinyue pestered Chenghuan and asked him to play blind man's game with them.
But Cheng Huan said, "I'm afraid I won't be free today. I have to go to Zhaochun Palace to visit my third brother later."
Ning Wanshuang heard this and said unhappily:
"Why did you go to see him?"
Thinking about how Cheng Jing had called Cheng Huan a monster and thrown a stone at him, Ning Wanshuang was furious.
"There are so many people serving in Zhaochun Palace, so don't go and cause trouble."
Cheng Huan bowed to Ning Wan Shuang and explained:
"When my father came to ask about my son's studies yesterday, he mentioned that I was his eldest son and asked him to set an example for his younger brothers and sisters. He also said that my son should not only focus on his studies, but also be friendly and respectful to his brothers and sisters, and be both kind and righteous."
Hearing his words, Ning Wanshuang and Zhao Hua looked at each other with mixed feelings.
eldest son......
Yes, logically speaking, Cheng Huan is Xiao Jingheng’s eldest son, and a noble son.
But when Cheng Yu was around, Xiao Jingheng was unwilling to acknowledge him as the eldest son.
He even wanted to kill him several times to prevent him from bringing shame to the royal family.
Now that Xiao Jingheng saw that he had few children, he recognized Chenghuan, his eldest son, very well.
It's also very ironic.
"Forget it. Since your father asked you to go, then just sign in and go early and come back early."
With Ning Wanshuang's permission, Cheng Huan and the nanny who took care of him were going to leave immediately, but Jin Yue and Ruo Xin followed him like little tails, shouting,
"We want to go too, brother, take us with you~"
Seeing that the children were in high spirits, Ning Wanshuang and Zhao Hua didn't want to stop them, so they asked Liuyue, Yunshan and Xiao Fuzi to go with them to avoid any problems.
After the noisy children left, the hall became quiet for a moment, and one felt empty inside.
Ning Wanshuang specially prepared Zhaohua's favorite mango sago, and asked someone to serve it to her, but she said coldly:
"This is what Shunpin taught me to make a few days ago. I originally wanted to make it for myself, but it's my first time making it and I don't know how it tastes. You taste it for me first. If it doesn't taste good, then pour it out and feed it to the cats and dogs."
She has always been such a woman with a sharp tongue but a soft heart, looking down on everyone and not even willing to look at Zhao Hua.
But Zhaohua knew in his heart that her awkwardness was her way of expressing her concern.
Zhaohua naturally enjoyed this.
After drinking a full cup, Zhaohua said repeatedly: "Sister Wan made it very well, I like it very much."
Ning Wanshuang tried her best to keep a serious expression, but the slight smile on the corner of her lips was still keenly caught by Zhao Hua.
She did not expose it, but said respectfully:
"I haven't congratulated you yet, sister. You will be canonized as the Imperial Consort soon."
"You know everything?" Ning Wanshuang asked back indifferently, and the joy on her face disappeared in an instant.
Zhao Hua nodded and said, "That's what the Emperor said."
Ning Wanshuang sneered, "What about the Imperial Concubine? What about the Imperial Concubine? If you can't get something you long for, you won't long for it after a long time."
She glanced at the golden sun outside the window, her eyes gradually became empty, and she said in a weak voice:
"No matter what position he wants to give me, as long as it's not the queen, I will accept it with a smile. It doesn't matter to him whether I really like you or I'm just doing it for show. As long as he sees me smile and feels satisfied, that's the meaning of my existence to him."
Zhao Hua said: "I know my sister doesn't want to be the queen, but..."
"No buts."
Ning Wanshuang interrupted Zhao Hua's words with a dull look, shook her head indifferently and said, "After becoming the empress, I will be buried with him in the imperial mausoleum in the future. I dare not ask for such a blessing. Isn't Empress Jia Rui buried in the imperial mausoleum anyway? It will be enough for the emperor to have her as his legitimate wife to accompany him in the future."
Although her words were heartless, Zhao Hua still sensed the loneliness that she tried hard to hide from the corners of her eyes and eyebrows.
This loneliness also shows that,
Even though so much time has passed, Ning Wanshuang still hasn't completely let go of her feelings for Xiao Jingheng.
The person I loved when I was young, the young man I once fantasized about spending my life with,
For a woman like Ning Wanshuang who values love and friendship, this kind of love is not so easy to break off.
Now when she mentioned Xiao Jingheng in private, her face was always filled with hatred and disgust.
hateful,
Isn't this another expression of deep love?
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