Zhu Houzhao was full of expectations and did not regard herself as a foolish monarch who forced the robber of the people.

But in Mrs. Zhong's opinion, both of them were demons who bullyed others with power. If her family had not been threatened, she would never have come out to see Zhu Houzhao. Death might have been a relief for her.

Mrs. Zhong finally surrendered, picked up the tea set and started to make tea. After brewing a few cups according to the already familiar process, she felt that this was the most inaccurate tea art show in her life.

But Zhu Houzhao didn't care at all. She looked at Mrs. Zhong greedily for a few glances, then picked up a cup of tea, raised her neck and poured the tea into her mouth. Suddenly her eyes widened. It turned out that the tea was boiling and she drank from her mouth and she felt her throat uncomfortable. She coughed violently for a long time and was extremely embarrassed.

"Young Master, are you okay?"

Qian Ning was very nervous and stepped forward to inquire.

Zhu Houzhao coughed a few times and felt more comfortable. Then she raised her hand and signaled that she had no problem. She said to Mrs. Zhong with a face, "Madam's tea... Cough cough, it's still long-lasting as always. My master's appreciation for her is like..."

When he said this, he got stuck. When Zhu Houzhao was in the East Palace, he learned many Confucian classics with a class of lecturers, and knew what kind of etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame were. He confessed his love to a married woman, so that people would know that it would cause damage to his face.

Qian Ning observed his expression and took the initiative to follow up: "Madam, you must have understood what our young master said. You appreciate you so much. I wonder if the wife can stay here, concentrate on making tea for my young master, and even...promise her body as a reward?"

"ah?"

Because this was too direct, even Zhu Houzhao felt it was too ridiculous when she heard it, and shook her head repeatedly, "You can't say this, you can't say this..."

He shouted like this, but he really wanted to get Mrs. Zhong's response in his heart.

Mrs. Zhong looked at Zhu Houzhao, her breath was disordered, and she replied after a while: "Young Master Zhu has helped our Zhong family a lot, and she is considered the benefactor of our Zhong family..."

"Yes, yes, I've helped you!"

Zhu Houzhao was very happy. This was a show of a show.

Mrs. Zhong continued, "But I am a married woman and cannot always accompany you."

"Um!?"

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, her mood instantly fell to the bottom. Such a beauty could only see but not get it. The frustration and disappointment in her heart were indescribable.

Qian Ning stared at Mrs. Zhong angrily, her eyes full of murderous aura... She had discussed it with you before, but now she regrets it. You don't want your husband's family to have a good time, right?

Mrs. Zhong gritted her teeth and said, "Since I am a wife, I cannot do anything that is unethical. I can only serve Mr. Zhu after severing all relations with my husband's family!"

Hearing this, Zhu Houzhao finally breathed a sigh of relief. This was the result he had always dreamed of. He did not seek happiness overnight, but wanted to stay together forever. It was best to meet every day in the future.

Qian Ning smiled and said, "This is easy to deal with. Since Mrs. Zhong wants to serve Mr. Zhu, she naturally needs to break up with the Zhong family first... This matter is not to be bothered by Mrs. Zhong. I will help you properly handle it and keep it safe and you can get the Zhong family's divorce letter tomorrow!"

"But... I don't want to be an abandoned wife." Mrs. Zhong said in a humble and arrogant manner.

"Um!?"

Qian Ning is in trouble now.

Zhu Houzhao expressed his understanding of this: "Mrs. I am right. How can I be divorced by my husband's family? If I want to retire, it is also the useless husband of the Zhong family... Mr. Qian, you won't be unable to do this little thing well, right?"

Qian Ning thought, how difficult could this be? At most, he would go to Shuntian Mansion and get things done soon. With his current identity and status, it would be too easy to change a person's household registration.

Qian Ning quickly responded: "Don't worry, young master, the villain can do it today."

Zhu Houzhao nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Madam, you can get things done today when you hear what I, a dissatisfied servant, will you be able to do it tonight..."

Mrs. Zhong shook her head: "Today I am still a wife of the Zhong family. Even if I redeem my hometown immediately, I cannot change the established facts... I should fast and bathe, burn incense and worship the heaven and earth, and I can only serve the young master after three days!"

"Madam is a little bit greedy, right?" Qian Ning was very annoyed and directly threatened.

It is related to the future, Qian Ning seems very anxious because Zhu Houzhao said that as long as he gets Mrs. Zhong, he can be promoted and reused as the commander of the Jinyiwei, and a lot of variables will be added in three days.

Just when Qian Ning thought Zhu Houzhao would refuse completely, Zhu Houzhao was unexpectedly generous: "Madam is right. After all, Madam was once a wife of the Zhong family, so there must be many things that I can't let go. I give my wife three days. When the time comes, I will pick her up and meet her day and night in the future...hehe."

At the end of the day, Zhu Houzhao's small eyes were already smiling into a crack.

Qian Ning was puzzled and thought to himself: "The emperor I know is not the kind of person who likes to go around in circles. He always goes straight to women. Why did he change everything when he arrived at Mrs. Zhong?"

Mrs. Zhong bowed and bowed: "I thanked Mr. Zhu here for Tongrong, but... I still have something to ask for."

"Madam, please say."

As he was about to embrace the beauty, Zhu Houzhao's attitude towards Mrs. Zhong was surprisingly like a young man in love, asking for his lover.

Qian Ning felt that this woman's request was too much, so she stared at Mrs. Zhong with a cold face, hoping that the other party would be more aware and not make excessive requests.

Mrs. Zhong seemed not to see Qian Ning's reminder, and her expression was firm: "Since I promised to be with you forever, I would like to give you enough respect... I don't want to be the bird in the cage, and my movements are not restricted!"

Zhu Houzhao was stunned and didn't quite understand why Mrs. Zhong made such a request.

Qian Ning had already begun to angrily scold: "Madam's request is a bit over. Even if you are in the Zhong family, you are afraid that you can't walk out of the house and go outside to attract bees and butterflies?"

Zhu Houzhao originally wanted to show his manly majesty, but Qian Ning said something ugly, and gave him the opportunity to show off, and immediately scolded: "Butler Qian, what do you mean? How can you insult your future mistress like this? Cut your mouth!"

Qian Ning quickly slapped his mouth with his hand and apologized: "Young Master and Madam, I am just outspoken, so I said something inappropriate. You two are magnanimous."

"hey-hey."

Zhu Houzhao looked at Mrs. Zhong with a smile and said, "Madam, I am not good at managing my subordinates. I am sorry for this guy being too talkative. As for your proposal to often go in and out of the mansion in the future, this... is a bit inappropriate. My mansion is too big and it will take a while to walk around. It is very troublesome. Let's do this. I allow you to enter and exit easily within these three days, but there must be someone to follow you... Of course, this is not to monitor you, for fear that the wife will run away or whatever. In fact, the world is not peaceful. I am worried that the wife will be safe and can only find someone to protect her."

Mrs. Zhong felt sad.

She suggested that she could leave the mansion at any time just to find an opportunity to escape. Zhu Houzhao not only refused, but also said that people would also need to follow her in and out in these three days, which was equivalent to cutting off her path to escape.

Mrs. Zhong bit her lower lip with her teeth, and she was frozen there, saying nothing.

Zhu Houzhao widened her eyes and asked, "Does Madam have anything else to say?"

Mrs. Zhong said nothing, and Qian Ning smiled and said, "It seems that the lady is very satisfied with the young master's arrangement. The villain is going to do things now and will not disturb the young master's secret meeting with his wife."

Zhu Houzhao thought Qian Ning was at the hindrance, and nodded repeatedly after hearing this: "Go and try to get things done in the shortest time. Although the wife has nothing to do with the Zhong family in the future, you must notify the Zhong family about this matter. If you bring someone to send 5,000 taels of silver, just treat it as a betrothal gift!"

"ah?"

When Qian Ning heard that he was going to give away five thousand taels of silver, he frowned.

He really didn't know where to find the money, and soon he thought of someone, that was Liu Jin.

"Fortunately, Eunuch Liu is back in court, so I will ask him for the money. Your Majesty asked me to give me five thousand taels. I will give me one thousand taels to the Zhong family even if they are so kind and righteous, if they have this thousand tael, they will be enough to marry many wives. Just think that your Majesty bought the people away. Wouldn't I make 4 thousand taels for free? In fact, I can give 500 taels to go..."

After Qian Ning left, Zhu Houzhao was very proud and almost got carried away. She stood up and walked to Mrs. Zhong, trying to hold the beautiful woman's slender jade in her hand and play with her carefully.

Mrs. Zhong stood up alertly, took two steps back, and said seriously: "Young Master, please respect yourself."

Zhu Houzhao was a little embarrassed and asked, "Didn't the madam agree that she would stay with me forever in the future? This..."

Mrs. Zhong said, "I have said that I will only pass the door in three days. I also hope that the young master can carry a sedan chair and welcome me into the house and treat him with courtesy!"

Zhu Houzhao was very disappointed. The roasted duck seemed to be unable to fly away, but now he could only watch but not eat it, which made him feel upset and his face turned ugly.

Mrs. Zhong said, "Since Mr. Zhu has promised that I can enter and exit the mansion freely within the next three days. I hope I can go out for a walk. If there is anything else, please come back."

"This...well!"

Zhu Houzhao scratched his ears and faces, and finally nodded helplessly. Before leaving, he still warned, "Although I promised my wife that she could enter and exit the mansion, I must remember not to go back to the Zhong family. The master of the Zhong family will naturally go to handle the matter. The lady just goes out to relax and wait for three days to pass by the mansion and stay by my side forever."

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After Zhu Houzhao returned to the palace, she was still in a state of excitement and paced back and forth in the bedroom, wanting to share the joy in her heart with others.

Zhang Yuan waited for a long time and finally waited for the emperor. Seeing Zhu Houzhao's reaction, he guessed in his heart that things should have been inconsistent with each other, but there was a problem in the middle, that is, since Zhu Houzhao got Mrs. Zhong, why didn't he stay outside the palace, but returned to the palace?

"...Your Majesty, you have agreed before. Go back and summon Shangshu Shen to the palace to meet. Are you going to summon someone now?" Zhang Yuan reminded.

Zhu Houzhao was stunned and asked, "Is this a matter of time? Oh, look at my happiness, I forgot the important matter. Send someone to summon Shangshu Shen to the palace and do the important matter first."

Zhang Yuan said: "Your Majesty, it's getting late at this time. You haven't rested yet. Why don't you... wait until you wake up?"

Zhu Houzhao sat down, acted diligently and loving the people, and said, "Isn't I the kind of person who delays national affairs for my children's personal affairs? I'm waiting for Secretary Chen to come here, and you can send someone to summon him!"

After receiving Zhu Houzhao's death order, Zhang Yuan then calmed down and left the Ganqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao was in a state of excitement before and was sleepless, but as time went by, he began to yawn repeatedly.

I thought it would take too long to summon Chenxi to come to the Hajjong, but after waiting for half an hour, there was no news yet, and I couldn't stand it.

At this moment, Qian Ning came to the palace to meet him. As soon as he met, he said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are happy and have greeted Shuntian Mansion. Mrs. Zhong, the chairman of Shuntian Mansion, divorced her husband. Now Mrs. Zhong has nothing to do with the Zhong family. Your Majesty can marry Mrs. Zhong at any time."

"real?"

Zhu Houzhao became excited again, and her eyes were emitting light when she stood up.

Qian Ning smiled and said, "Your Majesty, how dare I deceive you? Otherwise, Your Majesty will take Mrs. Zhong into the Leopard Room?"

Zhu Houzhao thought about it and shook her head and sighed: "Is it not right? I have agreed. I have given her three days. If I go back on my word, it may hurt the beauty's heart... If I am just Mr. Zhu, it doesn't matter, but after all, I am the emperor and I must do my best."

Qian Ning smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are the magistrate of the Nine Five, you can do whatever you want... She is just a civilian woman, how dare you criticize her?"

"Look at what you said, don't I have to say anything in front of the civilian women?" Zhu Houzhao was a little angry and said, "Don't be impatient. Your position as the commander of the Jinyiwei can't escape. After I come to Mrs. Zhong, you will get what I wish... I will never regret what I promised! You have to take good care of her these days. If something happens, you will only ask!"

“Yes, yes!”

Qian Ning was timid in his mouth, but he didn't agree with it in his heart.

He had already thought about asking Liu Jin for money.

Zhu Houzhao waved his hand: "I am tired, go and rest first. Later, Shangshu Chen will come to the palace to meet him. You go and tell me, and say that I have important things... Let him come again later!"

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To be continued...