It’s Better to be the Empress Dowager - Chapter 120

After Tang Shishi entered the banquet, because he was afraid of being calculated, he was very careful throughout the process. She eats very little food, only touches what is in front of her, and after others have tried it, she cautiously puts her chopsticks.

The banquet was always calm and the people around us were talking, laughing and talking, naturally, as usual, people stood up to toast to Mrs. Wang and Lao from time to time. No matter how you look at it, this is an ordinary birthday banquet.

Shishi Tang’s heart slowly relaxed, and her heart was probably because she was all alone. Master Tang was half full, almost ready to put chopsticks. Just as she was thinking, a maid walked in hurriedly outside, looking anxiously at Master Tang.

Master Tang has an impression of this face. It seems to be a servant girl from the Jing Palace, but she only took a cuckoo and a magpie with her today. Why did this servant girl appear here? Master Tang became vigilant secretly, talked to others, walked to a quiet place, and asked: “Why are you here?”

The maid watched Master Tang come out, and followed step by step. When she reached the place where there was no one, she showed eagerness, lowered her voice and said to Master Tang: “Princess, the big thing is not good, Concubine Zhou has a miscarriage!”

Master Tang’s eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the maidservant with a calm face: “What?”

“This is absolutely true.” The maid was anxious like an ant on the fire, and said to Master Tang, “The concubine side was fine today, but after the princess and the prince went out, the concubine side did not know what was wrong, and suddenly her stomach hurts. People originally wanted to ask for an imperial doctor, but the side concubine said that the princess and the prince were not in the house, and it was too troublesome to ask the imperial doctor, so I had to bear it. Who knows that after a while, the side concubine will see red under her. I was panicked, I didn’t know who to look for, but the slave and maid courageously ran out to inform the princess.”

Master Tang’s face was already as cold as ice. Today, Mrs. Wang is celebrating his birthday, and Zhao Chengjun attaches great importance to it. In addition to her and Zhao Chengjun, Zhao Zixun also went out. Only Zhou Shunhua and Ren Yujun were left in the palace. Master Tang kept her in the palace because she was afraid of Zhou Shunhua’s troubles. Unexpectedly, even so, Zhou Shunhua would not stop.

Teacher Tang had long suspected that Zhou Shunhua was not pregnant, but she did not expect that she would have chosen this time to “miscarry.” Teacher Tang thinks about it the other way around. Zhou Shunhua’s apparent pregnancy time is almost six months, four months may not be pregnant, six months is the rapid increase in belly, how could he not be pregnant?

If she doesn’t look for a chance to let herself go, she will have no way of ending.

Master Tang asked: “Is it called an imperial doctor?”

“When the slave servant left the house, Concubine Zhou’s place was in a mess, and the slave servant didn’t know if they called an imperial doctor.”

“You let the doctor forget it, I will go back to see it myself.” Master Tang wanted to explain to the maid, but after thinking about it, she didn’t make any arrangements properly. This kind of thing is still the most reassuring when she sees it by herself. Master Tang made up his mind and said, “Go ahead and talk to the prince, and then say that I want to go back to the house and let him arrange the carriage. I will resign from Mrs. Wang and Lao.”

The maid should be: “Yes.”

Master Tang took a deep breath at the door, and after he controlled the expression on his face, he calmly walked into the flower hall. She quietly walked behind Mrs. Wang and said: “Lao Madam, I should have been with you today, but something urgent happened in the palace, I have to go back first.”

When Mrs. Wang heard this, she naturally filled her mouth and said: “It doesn’t matter here for the old man, the princess has something to do, go back quickly.”

Master Tang thanked him: “Mrs. Xie. I will bring Zhao Zigao to pay you New Year’s greetings in the coming day.”

Mrs. Wang responded at once. She was going to arrange for her daughter-in-law to send Master Tang out. When Master Tang saw that several of the Wang family members of her surname were busy entertaining guests, they were too busy at the banquet. How could she be separated to send her off. Master Tang wisely refused, saying: “The prince will send someone to pick me up, so let his wife be by your side to do her filial piety. The old lady take care, I’ll go first.”

As soon as Mrs. Wang heard that King Jing had an arrangement, she stopped persuading her. Master Tang took a cuckoo and a magpie to go out, and as soon as he walked out of the flower hall, he ran into the maidservant just now. The maid looked panting, and said, “Wang Hao, the maidservant has notified the prince. The prince asked the prince to go here.

Master Tang didn’t think much, let the maid lead the way. Master Tang followed the maid to avoid the crowd, crossed the corridor, and walked into a small garden.

Master Tang’s brows slowly wrinkled, she could still understand when she avoided the guests, but why was Zhao Chengjun in the garden when she picked her up? Master Tang slowly stopped, and the maid walked out of the way. She didn’t hear Master Tang following up, and turned around questioningly: “Wang Concubine, why aren’t you leaving?”

Master Tang stopped in place and looked at her coldly: “If you go out, there should be more people. Why did you lead me to the garden?”

The maid smiled and said: “This is what the prince ordered. If you can take a shortcut from the garden, you will be at the second gate in no time.”

Master Tang didn’t know how the Wang’s house was arranged, but according to her understanding of Zhao Chengjun, he would never let her take a shortcut from the secluded garden. Without saying anything, Master Tang turned her head and walked back. Seeing that the matter had been revealed, the maid suddenly turned her face and rushed towards Master Tang quickly.

Both the cuckoo and the magpie were startled, and immediately stood by Tang Shishi. Several people popped out from all the surroundings without knowing where they were. These women dressed up as the maids of the royal family, but their eyes were so bright that they looked like Lianjiazi. Master Tang was taken aback and hurriedly backed away. At this time, the cuckoo and the magpie were caught by the four maids, and they were subdued with just a few strokes. Du Juan was panicked, and hurriedly shouted to Master Tang: “Wang Concubine, danger, run away.”

Cuckoo’s mouth was covered before he finished speaking. Dujuan struggled hard, making a yum sound constantly in his mouth. But after a while, her struggling strength weakened, and she was stunned by the medicine on the veil.

Master Tang knew that he was in big trouble this time, and these few people came prepared and knew how to work hard. Most of them were from the Queen Mother Yao. Master Tang didn’t expect that there would be meticulous works in the palace, if she hadn’t seen a familiar face, she would never have followed.

Since Zhao Chengjun’s words are false, then Zhou Shunhua’s miscarriage is probably also false.

The cuckoo and the magpie were captured, although Master Tang was worried, but there was no delay, so he immediately ran back. She knew that the Queen Mother Yao’s goal was her. Only when she escaped from birth can she save the cuckoo and the magpie. If she stayed behind to save people, only the master and servant would be captured together.

The four maids had skills, but it took them to get lost in the cuckoo and the magpie—for a while, Master Tang seized this moment of opportunity and ran out hard. The headed maid frowned and chased her. She looked at Master Tang and said to the few remaining people: “You deal with these two girls, I will chase her.”

“Yes.”

Zhao Chengjun was talking to the Taifu, but he didn’t expect that halfway through the meal, the guard of the palace came over and whispered in Zhao Chengjun’s ear: “My lord, Concubine Zhou side secretly talked with a maid today, and then the maid left the mansion.”

Zhao Chengjun frowned slowly, his intuition was wrong. Wang Zhengtang looked at Zhao Chengjun’s face and asked, “King Jing, what’s the matter?”

“Nothing.” Zhao Chengjun put down his chopsticks, got up, and said to Wang Zhengtang calmly, “Teacher Fu, you continue, I have some private affairs, go out first.”

After leaving the banquet room, Zhao Chengjun instantly became cold and asked: “Where did she go after she left the house?”

“The subordinate is incompetent and lost. The maid seems to have practiced, and she is very skilled in getting rid of the pursuit of soldiers.”

He is a skilled person, and that is the person from the factory guard. Zhao Chengjun asked: “Where is the princess?”

“Should have a dinner in the backyard.”

Zhao Chengjun said nothing, and strode towards the backyard.

Mrs. Wang was talking with his granddaughters and daughters-in-law, when she suddenly saw the maid rushing in, she panicked and said, “Old lady, King Jing is here.”

what? Mrs. Wang refreshed, and the other female guests stopped talking and stood up one after another. The ladies of the Wang family who hadn’t left the pavilion hurriedly avoided. They hid behind their mother and saw a man wearing an ocher red bunny dragon walking towards the flower hall.

Following Zhao Chengjun’s footsteps, the whole hall became quiet, and everyone looked at him fearfully and nervously. Zhao Chengjun stopped in front of the old lady, arched his hands, and said: “It is impolite to disturb the old lady’s banquet. But the old lady knows, where did the princess go?”

This is a banquet place for female family members, and it is indeed rude for foreign men to break in, but who is the king of Jing? Mrs. Wang said it’s okay. She was surprised when she heard Zhao Chengjun’s words: “Wang Ye didn’t know?”

Zhao Chengjun moved his eyebrows slightly and asked, “What do you know?”

Mrs. Wang was also puzzled. She frowned and said in surprise: “Just now, the princess said clearly to the old man that the prince sent someone to pick her up, so she took the first step.”

Zhao Chengjun’s mood became even more sinking. He hadn’t spoken to Master Tang. Someone pretended to be him and passed false news to Master Tang.

Without saying anything, Zhao Chengjun asked Tang Shishi where he was leaving and strode out. Zhao Chengjun came suddenly like thunder and went away. The female family members in the flower hall looked at each other. Finally, Mrs. Wang asked Mrs. Wang, “Mother, what does King Jing mean?”

Mrs. Wang said with a solemn face. After a while, she said, “Something may have happened. You should check the people in each room to see if there is anything missing.”

Master Tang used all her strength to escape. She knew that the Queen Mother still didn’t dare to do anything to her in broad daylight. As long as she ran to a crowded place, she would be saved. However, this garden didn’t know where it was, and there was no one. The more Master Tang ran, the more his stomach hurts. The lower abdomen didn’t know what was going on, and it hurt. Master Tang tried his best to endure, staggering to the door, seeing that he was about to go out soon, and was suddenly pulled by someone behind him.

Master Tang saw two maids walking by outside. She opened her mouth wide and tried to call for help, but suddenly she was covered with a towel. There was a strange smell on the towel, like some kind of medicine. Master Tang immediately realized that she was drugged. She held her breath and struggled with all her strength.

She is here, she should not be stunned by the Queen Mother.

But the two maids outside were ignorant and walked away with their plates. Master Tang fell into despair. She already felt that the drug was taking effect. She was sad and angry, and tears were streaming down her eyes.

She didn’t know how Queen Mother Yao planned to deal with her, but she had a hunch that when Master Tang woke up, everything she was used to and cherished would be completely destroyed. She finally feels that life is getting better. She has a husband and a son. It took her so much effort to get to this point. Why should others destroy it if they want to destroy it, or take it away if they want to take it away?

Master Tang’s tears were blurred, and he couldn’t even see the outside world. While struggling, she suddenly felt the force behind her loosened, and the veil that had been covering her mouth softened. Fresh air poured in from the gap. Before Master Tang could take a breath, she felt a psychedelic rush into her mind, and her body softened and fell to the ground.

The drug has begun to take effect, Master Tang wanted to protect his stomach, but his movements became particularly slow. She thought to herself how painful it would be to fall to the ground when it was over. However, the expected pain did not come. When her body was halfway down, she was caught from behind.

The tears in Master Tang’s eyes hadn’t dried yet, and coupled with the drug effect, his vision was vague. She vaguely saw Zhao Chengjun, but she didn’t know if it was real or an illusion. Master Tang’s voice was light and fluttering, and he asked, “Master?”

“It’s me.” Zhao Chengjun picked up Teacher Tang and walked out quickly, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here.”

Hearing a familiar voice, Master Tang burst into tears, grabbed Zhao Chengjun’s skirt, and cried in a mess: “I thought I was going to die just now.”

When Zhao Chengjun saw Master Tang cry like this, he felt distressed and hated. He has been spoiled for so long like a baby, afraid that she will be cold and tired, and usually reluctant to say a heavy word. Where can others have the courage to bully her? Zhao Chengjun’s face was tense, and he hugged Master Tang’s hand harder and harder: “No. With me, I will never let anyone hurt you.”

Obviously, I was scared to death just now, but now seeing Zhao Chengjun, Master Tang is suddenly not afraid. Before she lost consciousness, she grabbed Zhao Chengjun’s clothes and said, “I have a stomachache. Call the imperial doctor.”