It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 109

Tang Mingzhe fell, and the Tang family was shocked. They were pinched and called a doctor. Zhao Chengjun did not expect this to be the result. He frowned and asked Master Tang in a low voice: “Why is this happening? Didn’t you tell your father before?”

Master Tang gave a hum, completely unwilling to admit his mistakes, and calmly pushed everything to Zhao Chengjun: “It’s all to blame. Whoever hears that his home is surrounded by Jinyi guards, the other party also asks if this is the Tang family, which scares everyone. I’m scared to death, how can I take into account other things? Are you looking for someone or are you trying to scare people?”

Zhao Chengjun twisted his eyebrows. He didn’t think that was the case, but he couldn’t figure out the problem. Fortunately, Tang Mingzhe only lost his breath for a while, and he woke up without waiting for Zhao Chengjun to tie the doctor. Tang Mingzhe woke up leisurely, and saw Zhao Chengjun standing beside his elder daughter talking in a low voice through the crowd. Tang Mingzhe suddenly became sober, he relentlessly pushed the Su clan away, and smiled at Master Tang: “Master, you I’ve been away from home for six years, and it’s hard for my father to think of you. Let my father come and see if you have lost any weight.”

Teacher Tang rolled his eyes unabashedly in front of Zhao Chengjun.

Tang Mingzhe stretched out his hand to Master Tang, wanting Master Tang to help him up, but Master Tang stood still, as if he could not understand Tang Mingzhe’s voice. Tang Mingzhe had no choice but to stand up by himself, still smiling at Master Tang: “Master, this is…”

After speaking, Tang Mingzhe looked at Zhao Chengjun eagerly. Of course he knew who it was, and with the guts of Master Tang, he didn’t dare to invite someone to impersonate the prince. Even if Master Tang had the courage, Jin Yiwei’s attitude just now couldn’t be faked.

Master Tang looked at Tang Mingzhe with disgusting eyes, but in front of everyone, she resisted being impatient and introduced: “This is my husband-in-law, Jing Wang Zhao Chengjun.”

Zhao Chengjun nodded lightly to everyone in the Tang family: “I just offended you, please forgive me.”

The Tang family took a breath, Tang Yanyan couldn’t believe it, and the Su family couldn’t even speak. Lin Wanxi looked at Tang Shishi, and then at the heroic man next to her, frowning in surprise: “Teacher, didn’t you say you married an ordinary person?”

And he was still an old man with no officials, no jobs, no money, no industry, and as a result, she brought a prince?

Zhao Chengjun raised his eyebrows slightly, lowered his head and glanced at Teacher Tang: “Ordinary?”

Master Tang smiled and said, “Yes, who said that Wangsun nobles are not ordinary people. Although he is a prince, he is no different from ordinary men.” Master Tang was afraid that Zhao Chengjun would investigate this issue in depth, so he quickly changed the subject and introduced him to other people in the Tang family: “The prince already knew that this is my father Tang Mingzhe. This is my mother Lin, this is my second sister Tang Yanyan, the eldest brother Tang Wenrui, this is the second brother-in-law, Qi Jingsheng.”

Qi Jingsheng… When Zhao Chengjun heard this name, the light in his eyes changed slightly. The Tang family members who were pointed out by Master Tang all showed restraint and nervousness, but Qi Jingsheng looked at Zhao Chengjun quietly, even with some hostility.

Zhao Chengjun knew that this was Tang’s former fiancé and a childhood sweetheart for many years. If it hadn’t been for the flower and bird’s kick, Qi Jingsheng would have been her husband now. Zhao Chengjun also thought about trying to avoid letting Tang Shishi and Qi Jingsheng meet last night, but he bumped into him today, unexpectedly.

Zhao Chengjun was in a complicated mood for a while, and it seemed that this was destined.

Zhao Chengjun and Qi Jingsheng looked at each other, and their atmosphere was extremely subtle. But Tang Mingzhe didn’t care about this subtlety. After Master Tang introduced the people in the room, he was busy talking, and attracted Zhao Chengjun’s attention: “The grass miner didn’t know that the prince would come here, and it would be disrespectful to welcome him. It is really rude and rude.”

When Zhao Chengjun heard what Tang Mingzhe said, he finally took a look at Qi Jingsheng. He turned back and smiled back to Tang Mingzhe: “Don’t dare to be. You are the teacher’s father, so I should visit him personally. But today’s incident happened suddenly and I don’t know where the teacher is. At that time, I happened to meet the people from Beizhen Fusi at the gate of the palace, so I asked them to find a teacher. I didn’t think it disturbed my father-in-law and mother-in-law.”

Tang Mingzhe smiled happily, without the disgust on his face just now. This dead girl, Master Tang, deliberately hung him to play. Just now, she said that her husband had no official position, had never had an imperial examination, and his father and brother were not shown. He really thought Master Tang had married a vulgar old man. Who knows, she actually married the prince!

No wonder, he said, how could Tang Shishi marry outside when he was drafted into the court? It turned out that she did not become a concubine, but was given to the king.

This is better than following the emperor. Who doesn’t know that today is the Yao family’s world, and the harem is the Yao family’s harem. If Master Tang becomes a concubine, when will he be able to get ahead under the pressure of the Queen Mother Yao and Queen Yao? On the contrary, if you have a relationship with the prince, the benefits will be much more readily available.

Tang Mingzhe thought happily, as long as he could get married with the palace, even as a concubine, Master Tang turned out to be a concubine! This is simply a great honor. Tang Mingzhe, as a businessman, has the most sensitive sense of smell. The more he looks at Zhao Chengjun, the more he is overjoyed, and he can’t wait to talk to Zhao Chengjun right away and put his heart to his heart.

Tang Mingzhe smiled and asked cordially, “Are the teachers and uncles still running out of food? It just so happens that the meal is about to be set at home, so let’s go after you have used it.”

Zhao Chengjun naturally had no reason to reject the words of the old husband. He smiled and agreed: “Okay. Thank you father-in-law.”

Tang Mingzhe immediately spoke loudly, urging the maid to order food. After he finished giving orders, he stretched out his hand to Zhao Chengjun and motioned him to move into the dining room.

Zhao Chengjun took a step back and gave in, “Please father-in-law first.”

Tang Mingzhe was the landlord in Linqing, but since he came to Jinling, he has been careful everywhere and tried to get rid of his way. How could he be treated so politely? And this is still the prince of the dynasty. Tang Mingzhe was full of pride in his heart, and said with a big smile: “You don’t have to be polite, please come in.”

With Zhao Chengjun, whoever else in the Tang family dared to lead, waited tremblingly behind. Zhao Chengjun did not leave first, but turned around and stretched out his hand to Master Tang, indicating that Master Tang is advanced.

Teacher Tang is not the same as Tang Mingzhe. Zhao Chengjun let her go to the ground as she should, pulling Lin Wanxi and saying, “Mother, let’s go.”

Lin Wanxi didn’t even react, so she was dragged away by Master Tang. Tang Mingzhe watched as Master Tang walked past him and Zhao Chengjun with his head raised up and his smile froze slowly. Master Tang, this dead girl, what is she doing? Didn’t you see the prince still waiting?

Tang Mingzhe quickly went to see Zhao Chengjun, and was surprised to find that Zhao Chengjun did not have any different colors, as if he was used to it, and calmly followed Tang Mingzhe behind him. Tang Mingzhe even saw a trace of caution from Zhao Chengjun’s movements. Tang Mingzhe twitched the corners of his mouth, immediately regained his smile, and walked up.

I saw a very magical scene in the room, Tang Shishi led Lin Wanxi to take the lead, Zhao Chengjun and Tang Mingzhe followed, and finally, was surrounded by the mighty female family team. Tang Yanyan deliberately stayed at the end, lowered her voice, and eagerly asked the Su family: “Mother, is this true? She really married the prince?”

Su Clan also didn’t want to believe it, but all the signs rushed towards what she least wanted to see. Su Shi shook her daughter’s hand and whispered: “Don’t worry, take a look first. Why does she have such good luck? Maybe it’s because she feels embarrassed to marry an old man and deliberately finds someone to lie to your father. My mother asked about one or two at the dinner table, and she would surely be able to find out her details.”

Tang Yanyan felt calm and nodded vigorously: “Okay, it’s all up to my mother.”

Su and Tang Yanyan’s mother and daughter comforted each other for a while, holding hands and walking into the dining room.

At this moment, the maid in the dining room was so trembling that she couldn’t even put the chopsticks. Merchants of the Tang family, although they are also first-class people in Linqing, they haven’t even entered the gate of the county government. Where did they come into contact with the princes and princes? Although Zhao Chengjun looks very kind, but this is the prince after all!

After walking to the dinner table, Tang Mingzhe resolutely asked Zhao Chengjun to be the lead, but Zhao Chengjun reluctantly refused to resign. Are you kidding? Yu Li is a guest, Tang Mingzhe is the master, Yu Qing is a junior, and Tang Mingzhe is the father-in-law. How can he sit on the head of his father-in-law?

Tang Mingzhe took the main seat somewhat flutteringly. He was about to talk to Zhao Chengjun when he found that Zhao Chengjun turned around and went to help Master Tang with his own hands. Tang Mingzhe looked a little surprised. In his perception, a man is the heaven of the family. Regardless of his wife or concubine, he should carefully flatter him and live on the favor of his husband. The merchants are like this, those high gate courtyards will only have more rules, but why is it more like King Jing offering her to Master Tang?

Tang Mingzhe pays attention to Zhao Chengjun’s every move, and his second daughter’s family, who is usually treated as a guest, has become a transparent person at this moment. Master Tang walked to the dining table, but did not sit down, and said, “How can we sit down if the elders are not seated?”

Everyone was stunned, what did Master Tang want to do? Su Clan walked to the position of the mistress in a familiar way. Master Tang did not hurriedly knocked down the wine glass with a bang.

Everyone looked at Master Tang, Master Tang’s expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly, “Sorry, hands slippery.”

The attitude of Tang Shishi was very obvious, and Su Clan immediately stiffened in place, very embarrassed. At this time, the maid of the palace saw her wink and helped Lin Wanxi sit down: “Madam, please sit down.”

Zhengdong is the dominant position, which is the seat of the highest-ranking person present, and the position next to it is correspondingly the place of the hostess. Lin Wanxi was put in the second place completely dumbfounded. She hadn’t attended the banquet for a long time. Even if she attended, she would often run in the corner. It had been a long time since she appeared as the hostess. This seat, which symbolized the hostess, had been occupied by the Su family. In the first few years, Lin Wanxi was still sad and angry. Later, she couldn’t even get angry.

Because I saw too much, even Lin Wanxi was used to it.

Su Clan had already stood next to the chair, and now watching Lin Wanxi pass in front of her and sat in her usual position, Su Clan’s face turned blue. Su Clan was embarrassed, but still smiled round the field: “The concubine almost forgot, this is the seat of the eldest lady.”

After Su Shi laid the steps for herself, she walked to the other side of the table. She was about to sit down, and Master Tang said leisurely: “A concubine, is he qualified to be on the table?”

The scene was silent again. This time Su Clan’s expression could no longer be maintained. She glared at Master Tang with anger, and when she looked at Tang Mingzhe, she immediately became pitiful: “Master!”

Master Tang completely ignored her, she pressed her skirt and sat down slowly. She knocked over the wine glass just now, Master Tang stretched out his hand leisurely and turned the wine glass to play.

Finally, Zhao Chengjun took away the wine glass in her hand and said, “You can’t drink, please remove the princess’s wine utensils.”

Zhao Chengjun was afraid of Tang Mingzhe’s misunderstanding, so he deliberately turned around and said: “It’s not that I don’t give face to my father-in-law, but that she hasn’t been able to drink alcohol recently. If my father-in-law wants to drink, I will drink for her.”

Master Tang raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhao Chengjun with a smile. The meaning in his eyes was very clear. In the Tang family, Zhao Chengjun was drinking for Master Tang?

Zhao Chengjun thought of Master Tang saying that she was a drink from their ancestors, and her generation had weakened a lot, and he felt a lot of pressure. But in any case, Master Tang can’t drink alcohol.

Tang Mingzhe is a businessman and knows how to wink. When he saw it, he knew that King Jing did not like to drink, and immediately said: “This set of drinking utensils is just for display. Our family usually doesn’t drink. My children will get drunk even if they get drunk. Man, take the wine down.”

I get drunk when I drink… Zhao Chengjun nodded and said, “Okay, thank you father-in-law.”

When Tang Mingzhe and others spoke, Su was left alone. After removing the drinking utensils, Tang Mingzhe and Zhao Chengjun talked about how to care about Su Shi. The Su family has never been embarrassed for more than ten years after being in power. Tang Yanyan fought the injustice for her mother and said angrily: “Father, my mother…”

Tang Yanyan was interrupted by Tang Mingzhe before she finished speaking. Tang Mingzhe was a little frustrated and scolded: “Girl who doesn’t know the etiquette, your big sister is talking, how can you justify your interruption? Your mother is sitting at the table.”

The blood on Su’s face was lost, as if he was slapped with a stick on his head. Master Tang smiled and said, “Since everyone is here, let’s serve food.”

In terms of words and words, he completely regarded the Su clan as a servant.

Su Clan was left without skin and face, she couldn’t stand anymore, and hurriedly looked for a chance to leave the dining room. She also said to Tang Yanyan just now that she was testing Master Tang at the dinner table. As a result, the Su family didn’t even have a chance to go to the table.

After the table was set, Tang Mingzhe took an opportunity and asked, “My lord, when did you come to the capital, why didn’t you tell the Tang family? If I know you are coming, I will personally go outside the city gate to greet you.”

Zhao Chengjun smiled slightly and said: “This matter is a long story. I should return to Beijing on the order of the Queen Mother. For safety on the road, I have been showing people with false identities. We arrived in Beijing yesterday, and today we went to Liubu and the Clan Mansion to report. I really can’t get out of it. I was planning to accompany the princess back to her natal house when I was finished, but I didn’t expect that the princess was one step faster than me.”

Zhao Chengjun said, faintly glanced at Master Tang, Master Tang pretended not to see, and concentrated on eating the dishes in front of him. Tang Mingzhe replied and said clearly: “It’s no wonder that the teacher refused to say the name of the prince after he came back. It turned out to be concealment.”

Zhao Chengjun heard frowning, and slowly looked at Tang Shishi. Master Tang knew that he was wrong, so he looked left and right, but didn’t look at Zhao Chengjun.

Zhao Chengjun smiled lightly, looked at Master Tang, and asked slowly: “Oh? What did she say?”

Tang Mingzhe didn’t think much, and said readily: “The teacher said before that the prince had no officials and no jobs, he had never had an imperial examination, his relatives were outside, and his family had no permanent assets. Hey, this girl, just like when she was a child, she would make jokes.”

Zhao Chengjun smiled angrily: “It turns out that she said that to me.”

No wonder the Tang family met him like a big enemy, not even that Tang Mingzhe fainted with excitement just now, it turned out that the fault was all in Master Tang’s place.

If he loses his life one day, he must be offended by Master Tang.

Zhao Chengjun controlled his emotions and smiled at Tang Mingzhe back and said, “The princess did not say anything bad. I have been in charge of military affairs in the northwest for many years, and have never been appointed officials. When I was young, I tried to do the examinations and hall examinations. Corrected me, but did not occupy the quota for the test. My father and brother have passed away, and the rest of the uncle and cousin, except in the funeral ceremony of the father, have never seen it again. As for the lack of permanent property in the family… The princess is very worried, and waits for her to go back. Later, I will buy it now.”

Master Tang blinked innocently and said in a low voice, “That’s right, it’s the same as I said.”

Master Tang’s voice declined, and someone suddenly squeezed his hand under the table. Master Tang looked up painfully, and saw Zhao Chengjun looking at her quietly, his eyes full of danger of “Go back and settle accounts with you”.

Master Tang snorted and pinched back. I’m so courageous, I dare to pinch her?

Master Tang’s movements were not small. Seeing that everyone was already looking in this direction, Zhao Chengjun was a little helpless, holding Master Tang’s hand with her backhand, and forcibly halting her provocative action. Tang Mingzhe asked for a long time, all around Zhao Chengjun, Lin Wanxi, who had been quiet and without any sense of existence, suddenly said, “When will the prince and the teacher get married?”

Zhao Chengjun knew that Lin Wanxi’s weight was completely different from Tang Mingzhe’s weight. He solemnly stood up and said, “Last September. I’m sorry, for some reason, I couldn’t invite my father-in-law to come, nor did he report a letter to his mother-in-law.”

We were married in September last year. Lin Wanxi was dazed and asked: “The second lady said that she saw the eldest son of the prince yesterday. Dare to ask the prince this year, when did the original princess pass away?”

A father who is full of interests, and a mother who loves his daughter, care about completely different things. Zhao Chengjun sighed slightly, and Zhengrong said: “I am twenty-six years old this year, seven years older than her. Before her, I had two fiancées, but they all died before they passed the door. She was the original wife, the concubine. Don’t worry, the teacher will not be wronged in the palace.”

Lin Wanxi couldn’t help frowning: “But the second lady clearly said that the eldest son of the prince is as old as the teacher…”

“It’s an adopted son.” Zhao Chengjun explained solemnly, “To be honest, I didn’t plan to get married at one time, so I adopted an heir early. I didn’t expect to meet her later…”

Master Tang said quietly, “Why do you sound regretful?”

Tang Mingzhe immediately glared at Master Tang, and even Lin Wanxi looked at Master Tang in surprise. Zhao Chengjun didn’t think he was disgusted, and said with a smile: “I have nothing to regret. It is my blessing to meet you.”

With a smile in his eyes, Master Tang glanced at Zhao Chengjun and snorted softly.

Tang Yanyan, who was sitting across from the table, was completely shocked. Oh my God, Master Tang took Qiao more than before. What’s terrible is that King Jing still let her take Qiao? He is a prince, one person with less than 10,000 people, even in front of outsiders, saying that it is his blessing to meet Master Tang?

Tang Yanyan was not convinced. She looked at Master Tang’s husband and son-in-law, and at Qi Jingsheng beside her, she was very angry. Once Qi Jingsheng was a perfect Wishful Man in her eyes, now, she suddenly became mediocre.

With a gloomy mind, Tang Yanyan provoked: “The prince already has an heir? This is so good that my sister doesn’t have to worry about getting pregnant. My sister is in a hurry for everything, for fear of falling behind others.”

Teacher Tang said lightly, “I really don’t rush to get pregnant, because I already have a baby.”

Tang Yanyan’s expression was embarrassed, and she asked tentatively: “My sister has already given birth to a child. I don’t know if it is a niece or a niece…”

“boy.”

Tang Yanyan opened her mouth, completely speechless. Married, child-bearing, and boy, she feels the dimensionality reduction blow of the winner in all aspects without dead ends.