Chapter 466
Chapter 466
Forcefully changing the topic, Ji Yunqing took out a painting from the pile and found another one with similar content.
One was drawn by her and the other by Ruirui.
Spreading out the two paintings and placing them on the table in front of Prince Zhao, Ji Yunqing sat beside them, supporting his chin with one hand: "Prince, compare these two paintings and see which one is better."
Ruirui also came over, stood on tiptoe next to his mother to look at the painting on the table, his big black and white eyes blinking.
King Zhao's eyes fell on Ji Yunqing, and without thinking, "Of course your painting is better."
"Really? Which one did I draw?"
King Zhao then looked at the table. He coughed lightly, pointed at one of the paintings, and tapped his fingertips: "This painting..."
These two paintings both depict lotus ponds, and according to King Zhao's taste, neither of them could be considered ugly.
But Ji Yunqing was very self-aware. He did not compare himself with others, but with a child.
By this calculation, she really won.
Ji Yunqing couldn't stop showing surprise on her face. She placed her hands on the painting she had drawn and said in disbelief, "Your Majesty, you could actually guess it?"
"You are too awesome!"
Ruirui's young face showed the same shock.
"Amazing"
Ji Yunqing thought carefully for a moment, then laid out the other paintings one by one: "Which of these do you think is better looking?"
Of course King Zhao pointed them out one by one.
Ji Yunqing looked down at Ruirui, then at King Zhao, and together with Ruirui, they moved closer to King Zhao.
"Your Majesty, you are truly a divine fortune teller. Your predictions are so accurate. Can you set up a stall on the street and become a half-immortal?"
"Yes, mother is right." Ruirui nodded vigorously, then he turned his head and asked in a low voice: "Mother, what is a half-immortal?"
Ji Yunqing also replied in a low voice: "He is a kind of expert. In short, he is very powerful."
Then he continued to praise King Zhao for his greatness without distraction.
King Zhao's brows were furrowed when he heard this. Wasn't this praise a bit too much? Was he really taking him for a fool?
"Please teach your child something good."
Even though he had experienced many ups and downs, King Zhao still felt a little ashamed at this time.
Ji Yunqing smiled at Prince Zhao, "What are you talking about, Your Majesty? I am telling you the truth, without any falsehood."
King Zhao took a deep breath, raised his hand and pinched Ji Yunqing's soft cheek: "You!"
"I will just pretend I didn't see what happened a few days ago, okay? Look how scared you were."
Ji Yunqing's eyes lit up and she was extremely surprised: "Really? Then we have a deal." She never expected that it was over before she even started to get to the point.
She raised her hand and forced her little finger to intertwine with King Zhao's finger.
"Let's make a promise, you can't go back on your word"
“No regrets”
King Zhao moved his fingers and followed Ji Yunqing's movements, allowing her to happily stamp the document.
"but"
King Zhao lowered his eyes, staring at Ji Yunqing steadily, and said in a gentle and powerful tone: "Yunqing, there can't be a next time"
Ji Yunqing patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I have always been extremely restrained, and I will definitely protect Concubine Liu's innocence!"
She muttered to herself and explained to King Zhao: "My Lord, I really had no other choice at that time. I could only rack my brains to find a way to delay time.
You don’t know how Concubine Liu scared me, I almost peed my pants.” So she didn’t mean to molest him, she just had no choice.
"Really?" King Zhao did not comment on this: "I don't see that you are afraid of anything."
"Isn't that... what I learned from you? We can't lose in terms of momentum. Your Highness, if you work harder and get rid of those bad guys sooner, then I can just wait by your side."
In the end, Ji Yunqing actually started to put all the problems on King Zhao.
After a moment of silence, King Zhao actually nodded: "Yes, it's my problem."
Wow! What a reflective man.
Ji Yunqing was even more proud, his round almond eyes were full of cunning: "You were mean to me just now, you are such a bad person!"
"…You are right."
Ji Yunqing wanted to say something, but Ruirui pulled her mother's sleeve and whispered, "Mom, wake up."
Ji Yunqing shuddered suddenly and looked at King Zhao with caution: Why is he so good-tempered all of a sudden? Is there some conspiracy?
Even if the voice was lowered, King Zhao could hear it clearly, not to mention that they were very close.
King Zhao took one look at the little kid and decisively sent him away: "Rui Rui, go out and play. Your big brother was complaining yesterday that he hadn't played with you for several days."
Ruirui frowned and said, "Big brother usually has to study, he's very busy" and doesn't have much time to play with them.
But having said that, Ruirui looked at her mother again and ran out.
When the little figure disappeared, Ji Yunqing heard King Zhao advise her nonchalantly:
"It's best for children to play with other children. It's not good for them to stick to you all the time. Do you find it troublesome sometimes?"
Ji Yunqing shook his head: "No, I think it's good to bring him with me. He doesn't take up much space, and he can talk, run and jump. He's quite fun."
"That's not the case. Sometimes children are very naughty..."
Ji Yunqing refuted him with reason and evidence: "Don't say that. Raising a dog will destroy the house, not to mention that he can talk." Doesn't that sound okay?
King Zhao looked at her: "..."
"If you get bored with him, just send him out to play. You don't have to keep him around all the time."
"It's okay, actually. I don't have anything important to do, so I'll be bored most of the time." Ji Yunqing stretched out his hand and poured a glass of boiled water for each of them while talking.
"My Lord, drink some water"
King Zhao took the teacup and took a sip as usual. "When you are bored, I will accompany you."
Anyone who believes this is an idiot, this sentence popped into Ji Yunqing's mind.
She declined politely: "The prince usually does important things, I can't disturb him casually."
“No problem”
King Zhao said: "Concubine Liu has been locked up, you don't have to look for her anymore."
Ok?
Ji Yunqing perked up instantly: "What's going on? Didn't you say that we shouldn't alert the enemy casually? Also, don't you feel bad watching her suffer?"
She only heard from King Zhao that Concubine Liu entered the palace for other purposes and also poisoned King Zhao with a poisonous insect, but King Zhao did not tell her more details.
Therefore, Ji Yunqing's mind was still on the fact that King Zhao liked and doted on Concubine Liu. When King Zhao said this, she sighed.
The man was so cruel. Look at the beautiful woman he doted on at the beginning, and now he locks her up just like that.
No, this is not the same as locking up someone. How can locking up a beauty be the same as locking up a criminal?
Ji Yunqing understood that one day Concubine Liu might change her name and reappear in Prince Zhao's Mansion.
It's really sad!
It was not until several days later that Ji Yunqing finally realized the outrageous rumors that were becoming more and more intense.
Concubine Liu was indeed locked up, but the reason for her locking up was that she deliberately seduced the concubines in the palace!
Ji Yunqing: “!!!”
Not
Is this right?
Feeling that he was the other half of the protagonist in the rumors, Ji Yunqing finally understood why King Zhao was so generous that day.
They gave me umbrellas, clothes and fabrics, and their attitude was unusually nice.
All the feelings are compensation for her mental damage!
"Rumors! They are all rumors!"
Ji Yunqing sat by the pond angrily and threw the stones in his hand into the water.
It was clearly her who initiated the attack, but now she is being treated as if she were the victim. Where does this put her reputation?
The more Ji Yunqing thought about it, the angrier he became.
At this moment, Ruirui, who was sitting next to her, noticed the change in the fishing rod. She was very surprised but afraid of scaring the fish, so she whispered, "Mom, it seems a fish has taken the bait."
"is it?"
Ji Yunqing was surprised. How could there be such a stupid fish?
She made quite a noise just now, but the fish didn't run away?
Doesn’t this guy deserve to be eaten?
Ji Yunqing was instantly happy: "Good boy, come, I will help you catch it"
As she spoke, she skillfully took the fishing rod and helped pull the fish up.
After catching it, she found that the fish was as long as her arm. Ji Yunqing curled her lips slightly and said, "This fish is so stupid!"
"Let's eat grilled fish later!"
Ruirui always listened to her mother, so she happily said, "Okay."
The mother and son stood up with the fish and were about to go to the kitchen when they saw someone.
"Concubine Zhao? Why are you here?"
Ji Yunqing smiled at the visitor and said, "Are you here to fish too?"
Concubine Zhao said embarrassedly: "I came here specially to thank you."
She motioned for the maid to come forward, and only then did Ji Yunqing see what the maid was holding in her hands.
"This is the brocade I asked someone to find. The material is pretty good and can be used to make clothes."
Originally, she should have come over to express her gratitude as soon as possible, but thanking with empty hands would be insincere, so she specially contacted the Zhao family and spent a large amount of money to purchase the cloth.
Ji Yunqing was a little surprised: "This material looks good, why don't you keep it for yourself? I have enough clothes to wear."
"I don't need it, but I can't just say thank you without giving you anything. Yunqing, just accept it."
Ji Yunqing thought about it and nodded to accept it.
"Now we are even, don't give me anything else."
Ji Yunqing raised the fish in his hand and said, "Look at the fish I just caught. It weighs seven or eight kilograms. You came at the right time. Let's send it to the kitchen and eat grilled fish together later."
But Concubine Zhao frowned when she heard this and said, "Why do you need to deliver it in person? Are the servants lazy?"
"How is that possible?" Ji Yunqing looked at her disappointedly: "I just wanted to show off this fish, and I thought you would praise our fishing skills. We are really not bosom friends."
Hearing Ji Yunqing's words, Concubine Zhao couldn't help but laugh: "Yunqing, you are really good at fishing. Let's go fishing together next time."
"Okay!"
Ji Yunqing nodded: "I'll wait for you to come together"
The two talked as they walked. Ji Yunqing and Concubine Zhao had originally entered the mansion together, and now that they wanted to talk to each other, it was natural for them to come up with topics.
"It's been so long since we entered the mansion together. Time really flies!"
Concubine Zhao tightened her hands in her sleeves, her face still relaxed as if she was just chatting casually: "Yes! Such a long time has passed in a flash."
The other party became a concubine and gave birth to a child, and the prince would visit her from time to time.
And what about yourself?
She was still a concubine, still guarding the dilapidated courtyard, waiting for the noble man to occasionally think of her and perhaps mention her.
Although her courtyard was too far away, when Ji Yunqing was here, King Zhao often visited Ji Yunqing.
Obviously, this has nothing to do with distance.
and also……
Concubine Zhao turned her head to look at the smiling woman beside her.
It would be a great day if she had someone to keep her company!
Her eyes were somewhat dark.
Ji Yunqing happened to turn around and saw her looking at him. His smiling face was a little puzzled: "Why are you looking at me?"
Concubine Zhao smiled and said, "Nothing, I just suddenly remembered the time when we lived so close to each other."
"Back then," Ji Yunqing said with a nostalgic look on his face, "Do you remember the time when we were grounded together? At that time, you were in your yard, and I was in mine, and we were looking at the same moon together."
In fact, their relationship was not very good at that time, but occasionally one of them came out and talked to the other through the wall.
It seems very fresh.
Concubine Zhao suddenly slapped her mouth with her hand and said, "Look at me, what nonsense are you talking about? You are already a concubine with unlimited glory, why are you still talking about that?"
Ji Yunqing laughed and retorted: "How can I be so glorious? Only this fish gave me some face, I was able to catch such a big one."
As she spoke, she shook the fish in her hand again, seeming very satisfied with the results of her labor.
"Can we finish this fish? How about we grill half of it and make sweet and sour fish with the other half? I want to eat something sweet and salty."
Concubine Zhao nodded: "...Okay"
She looked at him with a sad smile and continued, "You probably don't remember those days, but I still remember that you couldn't practice the piano well back then. I wonder if you have practiced well now?"
"not yet"
Ji Yunqing answered and started talking about her fish again: "Actually, Ruirui and I caught this fish together. I don't have the patience to hold the fishing rod all the time, but I am strong and I can pull the fish up, haha."
"But Yunqing, do you know? It is said that the palace is urging the prince again. Now the princess has no children. It is said that the concubine is the prince's cousin and is also childless. You have to be careful."
A hint of worry appeared between Concubine Zhao's brows at the right time.
Ji Yunqing waved his hand nonchalantly: "The prince has so many children, don't be nervous."
"That's different," Concubine Zhao retorted, "The prince only has a few descendants now, and you can count them on one hand. Don't take it lightly."
"So what do you think we should do?"
Ji Yunqing stopped, asked others to move away, and asked helplessly.
There was a trace of a bitter smile on her lips, as if she had finally revealed what was underneath the mask: "What can I do? Is there anything else I can do except pray day and night?"
Pray day and night...
Concubine Zhao choked.
This is really sincere.
Her eyes flickered, and she said tentatively: "Actually, there is a way, but I don't know..."
"any solution?"
Before she finished speaking, Ji Yunqing was surprised. She couldn't wait to ask, "What's the solution? Do you want to help me pray day and night?"
Great! One more person means more strength"