Chapter 198 Lost all face
Chapter 198 Lost all face
The scenery of the north is covered with ice and snow for thousands of miles.
If you are not a true northerner, you will never experience the harshness of winter, and you will never experience the gloomy and gloomy railings of the vast ocean that only appear in this season.
The night also comes earlier. At this time of year in the summer, the sky is bright, but now, it is already pitch black.
The lanterns hung in the corridor, casting a red glow. Su Jin stood quietly in the light, with a faint smile on her fair cheeks, but her eyes were cold and calm.
As for how much suffering and sorrow her marriage with Gu Changqing had brought her, Zhao Jingyu couldn't guess, but he could empathize with her.
Thinking back to when he was a prince, if it weren't for the wet nurse who went out to steal food every night, he and his brother would have starved to death long ago, let alone the supreme glory they have now.
Su Jin, you must have had a hard life.
"I see."
Zhao Jingyu felt a little bitter.
He felt that he liked Su Jin, and could better understand her feelings and empathize with the grievances and sufferings she had suffered.
If getting married means pain and suffering for Su Jin, then why would he pull her back into this abyss for his own selfish desires?
That is an abyss that even I don’t want to go back to.
"It's good that Your Majesty understands."
Treat Zhao Jingyu like her own male best friend.
Su Jin can appreciate this man's looks and take advantage of him at will, but they can also talk about life and the pain in their hearts, so she doesn't think there is anything wrong with the conversation between them. Zhao Jingyu expressed his understanding. She was happy and felt that the prince was indeed a good man.
It’s a pity that she doesn’t have a wife, and I don’t know what kind of woman the prince likes. Being able to be with a man like this who understands women, the future princess will definitely be a happy woman, right?
Su Jin smiled and said, "I'll take you out."
"Um."
The two turned and left.
After going out and getting on the carriage, Su Jin waited until the carriage slowly left before going back.
In the carriage, Zhao Jingyu was unusually quiet. Zhuifeng was driving the carriage, and the horse's hooves made a clattering sound on the bluestone road.
There was no speech along the way until they arrived at Prince Rui's Mansion, where they saw Zhou Ruihai standing under the porch waiting for them.
"My Lord, you are back!"
Eunuch Zhou, who served as the emperor's brother, came in person. Something big must have happened. Zhao Jingyu didn't even bother to go back home to change clothes, and hurriedly followed Zhou Ruihai into the palace.
As it was already late, Zhao Jingcheng met Zhao Jingyu in the imperial study.
I thought it was something important, but when Zhao Jingcheng saw him, he asked, "You are already an adult, when are you going to get married?"
Zhao Jingyu: ...
???
Coming here in such a hurry just for his marriage?
"I……"
Zhao Jingyu didn't know how to start. When he wanted to get married before, the girl's family was dragged out and exterminated by his brother. As the emperor's younger brother, he naturally had no worries about getting married, but, since then, he had no interest in this matter at all.
"You're not a child anymore, it's not good for you to be single forever."
Zhao Jingcheng put down the book in his hand. He had a large collection of books in his study, many of which were even rare copies. These were great things that scholars could never get.
"But my brother's crisis has not been resolved yet, and I really don't have the heart to care."
Zhao Jingcheng faces only two crises: one is financial and the other is the northwest.
Even though there are other things like the canal transportation and famine, they are not as important as these two. These two are the ones that are really important.
Zhao Jingcheng thought about it seriously.
"I heard that the fifth son of Yong'an Marquis's Mansion has already started to study the issue of increasing grain production. The teacher also said that after returning to Hexi, he will contact General He Bi of Zhengxi. All men of the Su family have to go to the battlefield. Although my father went, he made the country stable. I have great confidence in the future."
Zhao Jingcheng has never been so calm before. He even sleeps so soundly recently that he doesn't even dream.
The thing he had been working so hard on finally had some results and a breakthrough, and Zhao Jingcheng felt a rare moment of relaxation.
"I am only worried about one thing now, which is your marriage. I heard that you have been getting closer to Miss Su Liu recently."
Zhao Jingcheng didn't say anything else, but Zhao Jingyu already understood what his brother meant.
His relationship with Su Jin began before the divorce, but at that time they were just acquaintances. As for now...
"Brother Emperor, please let me decide my marriage myself."
Zhao Jingyu was resolute and did not give in at all. Zhao Jingcheng sighed, but in the end did not say anything more.
After the twelfth lunar month comes the New Year. When the twelfth lunar month comes, there are many things to prepare in the court.
After a year, there should always be a summary. In addition, there will be banquets and court meetings in the palace. The court is the busiest during the New Year period.
"Someone has to watch over the New Year's meeting and banquet. Jing Yu, you'll be busy lately."
"I know."
Some are busy, which means they can no longer see Su Jin, or in other words, they can no longer stay in the private school every day like they have been doing recently.
Those two meals, one hotpot and the other grilled fish, became the most precious meals of the year.
Zhao Jingyu was quite satisfied, and he thought that he should take his time with Su Jin. If possible, he didn't want his royal brother to interfere in this matter.
Zhao Jingyu did not leave the imperial study that night.
The two brothers talked about the New Year's court meeting, the soap business of the coming year, the war in the northwest, and the cultivation of wheat seedlings. It was not until dawn that Zhou Ruihai brought Zhao Jingyu's official robe and the two brothers went to the morning court together.
Ordinary people could sleep well at night after a hard day's work, but not Zhao Jingcheng. Often he would have to review memorials until midnight, while the common people who worked from sunrise to sunset would have already fallen asleep at this time.
At the morning court session, the feedback from the first batch of soaps finally reached Zhao Jingcheng.
Foreigners were also obsessed with the soaps of the Great Zhou, just as they loved the silk, tea, and porcelain of the Great Zhou.
However, soap is not only available in the Great Zhou Dynasty. But the soaps made in the Great Zhou Dynasty are beautifully made, which makes them stand out among all the soaps.
A steady stream of silver was shipped back, and the real gold and silver lay in the Purple Palace. When the boxes were opened, the white silver inside caused the court officials to exclaim in low voices. Zhao Jingcheng finally decided to produce soap in large quantities for export, and the Maritime Customs was about to become busy.
"Miss Su Liu is really talented!"
Zhao Jingcheng couldn't help but praise Su Jin again.
In the past, the one being praised was the eldest lady of the Marquis' Mansion, but now it is Miss Su Liu who is being praised. The change in address says it all.
In the court, some people couldn't help but look at Yong'an Marquis Gu Zhao. One could only say that the Marquis's family was really finished, as they actually divorced such a woman.
"It's a pity that Gu Changqing is not here."
"Yes, this is what he should listen to the most!"
"But he has been on leave for a long time, right? Does that mean he won't be back?"
Everyone was whispering, and Gu Zhao's old face trembled three times. He felt that Gu Changqing had ruined everything in his life.