Chapter 273: Zhao Lingmeng's Idle Life After Returning Home
The next morning, when Zhao Houyang was having breakfast in Menglinyuan, he saw his mother come in yawning.
"Mom!" Zhao Houyang was about to put down his chopsticks and stand up to greet her, but Zhao Lingmeng stopped him with a gesture. Zhao Houyang continued eating.
Zhao Houyang was curious and asked directly, "Mom, why did you get up so early today?"
"Go check on your Uncle Fan's injury, and then clean up the vegetable patch in the mansion and start planting! In a few months, when your two brothers come back and see their vegetable patches growing lush and green, they'll definitely be happy."
Zhao Lingmeng was indeed worried about Fan Yong's injury and whether he would survive. After all, they were friends.
"Then I'll go to the academy tomorrow! Today we'll be tidying up the fields at the mansion and planting vegetables for my two brothers. I really miss them a little. I wonder if they miss us too?"
While eating breakfast, Zhao Lingmeng replied, "Think about it!"
Zhao Houyang saw that his mother didn't say that he couldn't go to the college, so he knew she agreed. He slowed down his breakfast. After all, he wasn't going to the college, so there was no question of being late. He could just take his time to have breakfast with his mother.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't know what the child across from her was thinking. She could sense his good mood even from where she sat. But Zhao Lingmeng didn't ask. Children's moods were always changeable, sometimes sad, sometimes happy.
After Zhao Lingmeng and Zhao Houyang finished their breakfast, they went to see Fan Yong together. Zhao Houyang looked at the pale, motionless figure lying on the bed, and a feeling of powerlessness suddenly surged in his heart.
"Mom, will Uncle Fan be okay?"
Zhao Lingmeng was unsure. She didn't see Fan Yong in the novel. She didn't know if it was because he was a marginal character and the author didn't write about him, or if he didn't get to live to see his full glory.
No matter what Zhao Lingmeng thought in her heart, she said calmly: "Yes, after all, he is so powerful!" It is unclear whether she was comforting Zhao Houyang or comforting herself.
Zhao Houyang nodded heavily. He had actually known about this person since he was a child and had even held him for a long time. To him, he was a very familiar person, and in his heart, a very good elder. He hoped that he was still alive.
The reason why Zhao Houyang was so uneasy was that he had never heard of this person in his memory, so he felt particularly uneasy.
Zhao Lingmeng and Zhao Houyang didn't stand here for long. They asked about Doctor Ma and the people who served him, and instructed the servants to serve him well. Then they left.
The main thing is that there is no point for the two of them to stay here, so they should go dig the ground!
As soon as the two of them emerged from the front yard, someone arrived outside the palace. First, someone from the Third Prince's palace arrived to offer apology, but Zhao Lingmeng refused to see them and simply sent them back.
But not long after, someone came from the palace, saying that Concubine Rong wanted to invite the princess to the palace for a chat. Zhao Lingmeng just smiled faintly and said, "Let him go!"
Zhao Lingmeng is now particularly annoyed with the male and female protagonists of the original book. Every time she meets them, it seems like they are in conflict with her.
Not to mention how angry the Third Prince and Concubine Rong were when they heard the report from below, both mother and son hated Zhao Lingmeng to the core.
But the Third Prince was truly regretful. Zhao Lingmeng held such a high position and was so stubborn. If he had known earlier, he would not have provoked her. Now that their relationship was so bad, what should he do?
Since the third prince is the male protagonist in the book, as long as Zhao Shuiyun is not involved, his IQ is still online.
Zhao Lingmeng had just finished reading the messages sent to her by Yuan Jing and the others when she saw Qiuyue hurried in and saluted: "Your Highness, the Emperor has sent someone to summon you to the palace!"
"It seems that we have to go to the palace today."
Zhao Lingmeng thought she could just wait to attend the New Year's Eve banquet after her return. Unexpectedly, the emperor wanted to see her in advance. She thought to herself, if she had known this, she would have returned a few days later.
"Let's go! Go change your clothes first. You don't need to wear palace clothes, just wear something formal."
Qiuyue Chunshui and the others immediately helped Zhao Lingmeng wash and dress. After all, being in front of the emperor meant being careless, as that would be disrespectful to the emperor. They all used their best skills to carefully help Zhao Lingmeng wash and dress.
After Zhao Lingmeng washed and changed her clothes, she followed the others into the palace. When Zhao Lingmeng entered the imperial study, only the emperor and his attendants were in the palace.
Zhao Lingmeng didn't dare to look any further and simply bowed, "Your Highness, your son greets you!"
The emperor looked up from his memorial and said with a smile, "Fu Ning is here! Hurry up, and let Eunuch Zhuo give Fu Ning a seat."
"Your son thanks you, father!" After expressing his gratitude, Zhao Lingmeng stood up quickly and sat on the stool.
Zhao Lingmeng looked up at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, you seem to be getting older. You should take care of your health and not overwork yourself. Let the people below do the unimportant things! Otherwise, why do you keep so many people around?"
Zhao Lingmeng knew that what she said was a bit out of line, but she thought the emperor would be willing to listen! After all, isn't it said that it's lonely at the top?
When the emperor heard what Funing said, he was stunned for a moment before he actually laughed. Zhao Lingmeng felt that this laugh was much more genuine than the formal laugh just now.
"As expected of Changyou's daughter, you are the only one who dares to say that I am old. Everyone around me says that I want to live ten thousand years."
The emperor was actually not as afraid of death as they imagined. He just felt that he still had a lot of things to do and was a little unwilling to give up.
"I think what's the point of living so long! Being surrounded by strangers, you must feel like you're always losing!" Zhao Lingmeng really thought so. Constantly meeting people and constantly seeing them off, so forget it!
Zhao Lingmeng didn't notice any change in the atmosphere; it was like chatting with a boss she hadn't seen in a while. Could the Emperor actually take such idle chat seriously and punish her? But Eunuch Zhuo and the others were so frightened by Zhao Lingmeng's words that the sweat on their foreheads was almost dripping to the ground.
The main reason was that Zhao Lingmeng, deep down, still lacked a certain reverence for the imperial power. After all, since she came here, she had never witnessed the tragedy of rivers of blood and the death of her subjects, so it was inevitable that she would be a little bolder in front of the emperor.
"I think so because I have experienced a lot in my old age. Why do you think so?" The emperor was really curious about this. He always felt that Fu Ning had a kind of clarity that came from experiencing vicissitudes of life. It was a kind of wisdom that could only be seen in the elderly.
"Maybe it's because I've experienced a painful life! The more I experience, the easier it is to relax." Zhao Lingmeng can't say that I have lived in an era of information explosion!
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