Chapter 189 Go back to the Song family to give birth to a child
The person who came was none other than Zhao Tong. As Xiao Ji's trusted eunuch and someone who had helped him through his difficult times, he was the undisputed Chief Secretary of Prince Zhao's Palace.
Madam Zheng had met Zhao Tong before. Just a few years ago, he was the leading eunuch in welcoming her daughter to the Eastern Palace. Seeing Zhao Tong, she quickly put on a smile and stepped forward to greet him. "Why did Chief Secretary Zhao come in person today? What's the matter?"
Zhao Tong bowed and smiled slightly, but the smile did not reach his eyes. "What are you talking about, Madam Zheng? What is the relationship between the Xi family and the Prince's Mansion? They are in-laws. Why are we here? "
Madam Zheng was a shrewd person in public, but she would not take Zhao Tong's words seriously. "Zhao Changshi, you are joking. The prince and the Changshi are busy with all kinds of affairs, and this is not a holiday..."
Seeing that she was so understanding, Zhao Tong didn't beat around the bush with her. He immediately put away the smile on his lips and said, "I came here this time on the orders of the prince. I hope Madam Zheng can take good care of your daughter, of course, the one who married into the Song family. Tell her not to come to the palace and talk to our princess. The prince said some inexplicable things..."
Mrs. Zheng's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Her daughter had actually been to Prince Zhao's mansion?
"What did that girl say? She is young and naive. If she has offended you, Your Highness..."
Before she could finish her words, Zhao Tong interrupted with a sneer. "How would we know what Madam Song said? We only know that the prince was very angry and asked us to come to the Xi family to inform Madam Zheng—"
"The prince said that the only princess he'll ever choose is the one by his side. Some people, please put away your inappropriate thoughts!"
Although he only found out about this later, it did not affect Zhao Tong's dislike for Xi Qingtong or even Madam Zheng. Thinking that Xi Qingtong could come to him so shamelessly, Zhao Tong wanted to use words a hundred times harsher than this, but unfortunately the prince told him not to say it too obviously.
Although this wasn't stated, how could Madam Zheng not guess? Her daughter's bold words from a few days ago were still fresh in her mind. Although she agreed to let her daughter give it a try, why didn't the girl tell her after the trial?
She forced a smile, but her heart was filled with shock and anger. "I know... I will discipline her strictly."
"Did the prince say anything else?" Mrs. Zheng asked cautiously.
In fact, the prince and princess didn't say anything, but Zhao Tong wanted to say a few words. He had only seen Madam Zheng's partiality in the words of others before, but now that he experienced it personally, he knew how cold Madam Zheng was to the princess.
Up to this point in the conversation, she hadn't thought of asking about the princess's daughter, even though he had mentioned the term several times.
"Madam Zheng, your eldest daughter is now the prince's wife. You should know who is more important than Madam Song."
This sentence was both a warning and a persuasion. Zhao Tong thought that if Madam Zheng could pay more attention to the princess, the princess would probably be happier.
"What the Chief Secretary said is true."
Mrs. Zheng agreed. Her heart was in a mess and she had no time to exchange any more pleasantries. Seeing this, Zhao Tong curled the corners of his lips slightly and bowed to leave.
As soon as Zhao Tong left the main hall, Madam Zheng shouted angrily, "Go! Call that unfilial daughter to me!"
Before the little maid could take a step, she said, "I'll go myself."
Even though Madam Zheng doted on Xi Qingtong, the Xi family and her own life were the most important. Rushing to Xi Qingtong's courtyard, Madam Zheng asked directly, "What did you say in the palace?!"
Seeing that Madam Zheng was in a rage and followed by Jinzhu, Jinzhu quickly told Xi Qingtong about the visit of the chief historian of the palace. Xi Qingtong knew that she could not hide it any longer, so she confessed it, of course embellishing it a little.
Mrs. Zheng didn't care about what she said to Qingwu, but when she heard that she had gone to the prince in a confused state and said that Qingwu was fake and told him about her original plan, Mrs. Zheng felt her head start to hurt again. She felt dizzy and almost fainted on the ground. Fortunately, a maid supported her.
"You evil creature, how dare you say this..."
Madam Zheng was trembling all over, and her finger, which was pointing at Xi Qingtong, was shaking: "Do you know that this is a crime of deceiving the emperor? It is punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of your family!"
Xi Qingtong froze, obviously afraid, but unwilling to admit her mistake. Thinking of what Xiao Jiqingwu said, a hint of jealousy flashed in her eyes, and she curled her lips and said sarcastically, "Mother, you don't know that Prince Zhao really likes my twin sister. He didn't take my words seriously at all. What are you afraid of?"
"Besides, Xi Qingwu is definitely more anxious than us right now. She will definitely try to appease the prince. Otherwise, how can she continue to be the princess?"
Seeing her nonchalant behavior of risking the reputation of the whole family, Mrs. Zheng finally realized what a mistake she had helped to make and what kind of character her daughter had become.
Mrs. Zheng raised her hand and slapped him. The crisp sound of "slap" echoed in the room.
Xi Qingtong covered her face with her hands, her eyes wide open in disbelief, and her face, which was already still feeling the pain, suddenly felt stinging again.
"Mom, you hit me?"
In her entire life, her mother had never slapped her in the face. In just one day, she was slapped three times... How could this be possible?
"You are so willful and disregard your family. Fortunately, Prince Zhao didn't take your words seriously..."
Maybe he already knew, but for Qingwu's sake, he pretended not to know. Madam Zheng didn't want to think about it that way. She just felt that she was going to be mad at Xi Qingtong.
"Not only did you hide your pregnancy, but you even hid something as big as this..."
Hearing this, Xi Qingtong suddenly looked at Jinzhu who was standing aside, "You told mother..."
The guilty look on Jinzhu's face said it all, but before Xi Qingtong could start cursing, Madam Zheng scolded her, "Do you still want to embarrass her? Such a big thing..."
She stroked her chest, looked at her daughter who still looked like she had done nothing wrong, took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, "Go back! Go back to the Song family, and be a good wife of the Song family from now on! Live a down-to-earth life with Song Yunhe."
Mrs. Zheng now realized that her daughter was a little too proud and willful. If she didn't restrain her, who knows what she would do.
As we all know, the most direct way to tie a woman down is to let her give birth to a child. If she focuses on raising the child, she will naturally have no time to do anything else.
"Go back and take good care of your pregnancy, and from now on, focus on taking care of your husband and raising your children..." Ultimately, she still loved her daughter more, so Madam Zheng's voice softened as she soothed, "You should take care of your husband and raising your children. Wait for your father to help Song Yunhe, and then ask him to earn you an imperial decree, which will be no worse than... anyone else's."
However, Xi Qingtong did not feel any warmth, she only felt terrified and said anxiously:
"Mom, Song Yunhe and I have broken up! Mom... I don't want to have a child yet, not his... I still want to dance..."
Even if Xi Qingtong had learned to dance in order to develop a slender figure, how could she not enjoy it after having persisted in learning it for so many years? Even in the Song family, dancing was her daily pastime.
Xi Qingtong couldn't accept the thought that her belly would be stretched and her figure would be affected... and the thought that she would have to give birth to children for a man like Song Yunhe.
She shook her head in disbelief, but her mother, who had urged her to practice dancing, said calmly, "It's common for men to have three wives and four concubines. You just need to coax them and they'll be fine. As for dancing, those are just things that will help you marry into a wealthy family and add icing on the cake. Now you just need to be obedient and have children..."
She had heard these words countless times since she was a child, but why did she find them so harsh and painful to hear now?
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