Chapter 403: Being banned again
"Sister-in-law, you didn't eat again this morning?" Seeing that her face seemed paler than yesterday, Qinghui stepped forward and tucked her in the quilt with disapproval.
"The squab stewed for you in the morning was made by Brother Wang who got up early and went to the back mountain to catch it. This is the first time that Brother Wang has taken the initiative to catch pigeons for others."
"It's because I have no appetite and let him down." Although she said this, there was not much emotion in her voice.
Xia Zihan looked at her a few more times in surprise.
As far as she knew, Princess Mingzhu liked Ao Tianchen very much. Because of her love, she would do everything in the chrysanthemum appreciation banquet and have the opportunity to marry Ao Tianchen. But now, Ao Tianchen went to catch squabs for her, and she unexpectedly Not impressed?
Could it be that the feelings have changed?
The maid brought a chair and placed it closest to the bed. After Xia Zihan sat down, Princess Mingzhu looked at Princess Qinghui and said, "Qinghui, there is a green snow-covered hairpin in my warehouse. Can you help me?" I came here and wanted to give it to Chu Yu.”
This was obviously to distract Princess Qinghui, and Princess Qinghui also understood. She had something to say to Xia Zihan.
She glanced at Xia Zihan, with a hint of worry in her eyes, but still followed the maid out.
Xia Zihan also sent away the silk grass and vanilla.
When only Princess Mingzhu and Xia Zihan were left in the room, Princess Mingzhu's expression suddenly turned ferocious, "Do you know why I am like this?"
Xia Zihan didn't answer, and she had some bad premonitions in her heart.
Sure enough, the next moment, Princess Mingzhu laughed crazily, tears of laughter came out, "Xia Zihan, what is so good about you that you can actually make him commit the murder of his estranged wife?"
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Xia Zihan felt as if he had been struck by lightning, his face turned as white as snow in an instant, and he stared at Princess Mingzhu in disbelief.
Princess Mingzhu stared at her resentfully, "What, you don't believe it?"
Xia Zihan suddenly woke up, "You were not poisoned, nor did you have any other injuries. It was not him who hurt you, but yourself. What you have is a heart disease."
She smiled sadly and weakly, "Yes, just because I found out that the person in Ao Tianchen's heart is you, and accidentally noticed that Ao Tianchen had the idea of killing me, I couldn't sleep or eat well day and night, and I was restless all day long. If I dare to sleep, I will have nightmares as soon as I close my eyes. In my dreams, I will see Ao Tianchen squeezing my neck ferociously.”
Take advantage of her illness and kill her, her first wife, so that Ao Tianchen can compete with Chu Jingqi. Otherwise, Ao Tianchen will never get Xia Zihan in his life.
Even with Xia Zihan's pride, she would not be willing to submit to being Ao Tianchen's concubine, and Ao Tianchen's only chance was her death.
What she didn't know was that Ao Tianchen's thought only fleetingly passed by, and was quickly extinguished by him.
Ao Tianchen wanted to marry Xia Zihan, he wanted to marry her very much, but if Princess Mingzhu died, he couldn't get over the psychological hurdle.
After all, Princess Mingzhu is his wife. Ever since they got married, Princess Mingzhu has been very kind to him and has not made any mistakes.
He cannot put his wife to death for his own selfish reasons.
Probably, even Ao Tianchen didn't expect that his only fleeting thought would be noticed by Princess Mingzhu, and because of this, she would go to a dead end.
In fact, Princess Mingzhu is also a pitiful person.
Her tears fell down, and she cried so hard and pitifully, "Xia Zihan, you are just me once, I owe you a life, but I don't want to give Ao Tianchen to you because of this favor, I owe you I will return your life to you, and I will not let you have the position of Ao Tianchen’s first wife.”
Come on, she never thought about it.
"You think too much. You treat me like a treasure, but I abandon you like a weed." Xia Zihan said coldly and proudly.
Being shot while lying down, Xia Zihan felt speechless and regretted coming today. I believe she would probably not want to see Princess Mingzhu in the future, right?
However, Princess Mingzhu’s heart is knotted...
Although she had no obligation to untie her, it was still because of her.
Forget it, it's rare for her to be kind.
She sighed secretly in her heart and said, "I only regard Qinghui and the young prince as friends. As for the others, I have never thought about them."
"In my heart, I already have someone. This is not a secret. I believe you have also heard about my marriage to Chu Jingqi. It is true. And I like Aqi, and Aqi also likes me. Apart from Aqi, I will not Marry someone else.”
The tone was firm and unrepentant, which made the people standing outside the door feel a sharp pain in their hearts, and their faces instantly turned pale as paper.
"Don't worry, I don't disdain your position, I don't care about it, and I won't come to snatch it..."
Every sentence, every word, is like a heavy hammer, hitting the heart of the outsider one after another, making him miserable and grief-stricken.
"You should trust Ao Tianchen's character. He is not a heartless person who would kill his wife and marry a new one."
Finally, I slapped him a few times and gave him a sweet date to eat, which made him feel less heartbroken.
This little woman is indeed his nemesis, damn, she actually...
Ao Tianchen had a dark face and bit his lip. In the end, he failed to go in and left quietly.
Xia Zihan's ears twitched, her hands in her wide sleeves clenched tightly, and she silently apologized in her heart: Ao Tianchen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you, it's just... I really can't stand your feelings. "Hey, my heart is very small and can't accommodate two people. I can only accommodate Aqi alone, so I'm sorry..."
Xia Zihan has profound internal energy and did not miss the heavy breath outside the door, so he deliberately said those words to make the people outside the door give up quickly.
Princess Mingzhu seemed to know that there was someone outside the door. After hearing Xia Zihan's words, her gloomy and embarrassed face completely softened. She smiled and said, "I hope you won't break your promise."
"A gentleman speaks quickly and whips his horse. Although I am not a gentleman but a woman, I am also a person who means what I say. Protect your things. I will not come to snatch them, but that does not mean that others will not snatch them."
"If you want to keep him safe, you have to get better soon and stop thinking nonsense."
Of course she would stop thinking wildly. If she continued to think wildly, she would really lose her life.
And losing her life was not her intention,
She just wanted Ao Tianchen to give up on Xia Zihan and let Ao Tianchen fall in love with her.
Only when she is like this will Xia Zihan come to see her, and Ao Tianchen will pity her and feel guilty for her. Only in this way can she have the opportunity to replace Xia Zihan and win Ao Tianchen's heart.
"Thank you." Princess Mingzhu said sincerely.
Seeing the sincere smile on Princess Mingzhu's face, Xia Zihan suddenly had a hunch, had she been taken advantage of?
Is all this just a plan by Princess Mingzhu?
Xia Zihan frowned.
A person who can be cruel to herself is not a simple person. No wonder the second princess likes her and falls in love with her. It seems that Princess Mingzhu is really not simple. She has trapped everyone in a trap.
Not long ago, he took advantage of his own life, played a trick on her, and made her uncontrollably spit out the feelings she had hidden deep in her heart.
Princess Mingzhu, you should not be underestimated.
……
Two days later, the emperor's decree came down.
It turned out that out of consideration for Xia Zihan's kindness in saving Ao Tianchen, Princess Qinghui and Princess Mingzhu, he made her the princess.
From now on, she will be Princess Chuyu.
After her father-in-law read out the imperial edict, Mrs. Zeng's voice trembled with excitement, "Quick, please take a seat, father-in-law, and serve tea."
He winked at Manager Lu again.
Manager Lu took out two big red envelopes and gave them to the two father-in-laws, "Thank you for your hard work, please stay and have a glass of wine before you leave."
"No, I have to rush back to report to the emperor, so I won't stay." Then he left.
Manager Lu personally escorted them out of the gate.
Zeng's smile reached from the corner of his mouth to the back of his ears, and he said happily, "This is a great thing. I have to burn some incense for the old man and tell him so that he can also enjoy it."
During the national mourning period, you can't talk about happy events or hold wedding banquets. Otherwise, the emperor gave Xia Zihan such a great honor. Zeng really wanted to set up several tables of wine and call all her relatives and friends to celebrate.
Now, we can only sit and have fun together as a family.
Xia Zihan held the imperial edict and went to the ancestral hall.
In such a large ancestral hall, there are only two lonely memorial tablets standing.
From Mr. Chu Ge and Chu Jiahui.
Chu Jiahui is the daughter-in-law of the Xia family, and the memorial tablet is in the Xia family. This memorial tablet was set up for her by Mrs. Chu. Mrs. Zeng was worried that Mr. Chu Ge would be alone here, so after returning to Beijing, she would take her daughter's memorial tablet. A spiritual tablet was set up to keep him company.
Xia Zihan respectfully placed the imperial edict in front of Chu Ge Lao and Chu Jiahui's tombs, then lit six incense sticks, knelt down, kowtowed three times devoutly, and gave it to Chu Ge Lao Chu Jiahui in front of their tombs. Three sticks of incense were placed in each.
Mrs. Zeng took a chair and sat next to it, looking at the tombs of Mr. Chu Ge and his daughter, and talking about what happened during this period.
Xia Zihan stood beside her and listened carefully.
Grandma and grandson stayed inside for two hours. It was not until Manager Lu came to report that Xia Shiming was here that Zeng stopped talking about it.
After Xia Shiming came in, he first burned incense and kowtowed to Mr. Chu Ge, and then lit three incense sticks for Chu Jiahui. After placing the incense, he stared deeply at the three words "Chu Jiahui" on the memorial tablet, his eyes filled with tears. regret.
Deep regret.
Yes, he regretted it after Chu Jiahui died.
He regretted that he did not stand up and say a word for his mother when she was teasing her.
He believed that as a daughter-in-law, receiving training from her mother-in-law was the only way for every daughter-in-law to be promoted to mother-in-law. Moreover, his mother said that this was also her way of helping him teach his daughter-in-law some ways of the world.
He felt that his mother was right. While Chu Jiahui was young, he should learn more about housekeeping skills. The Xia family had three sons, and he was the second oldest. After their parents passed away, the Xia family would eventually be divided. Chu Jiahui wanted to Just learn to be a steward.
Unexpectedly, she was getting thinner day by day. When he asked her, she always said that she was not accustomed to the climate, it was okay, she would just get used to it.
However, what he was waiting for was that she was sick and dying soon. Then, she ruthlessly left him and Yu Niang and died.
(End of chapter)