CH 17
The Man Who Married a Tyrant
The person with his back to Fang Tianzhuo slowly put down his hands on his hips, and the back, who had just been so arrogant, slowly bent down, his trembling shoulders seemed to have encountered an eggplant hit by frost. Then, He Zheng turned around, and his delicate white face showed a pleasing color: âYour Majesty.â
Fang Tianzhuo thought deeply: âIt seems that Zhengâer is having a good time in the Prime ministerâs residence?â
As soon as he came out, the corners of He Zhengâs mouth turned down at the same time, and his eyes also shone with water. He stood there, debating whether he wanted to cry or not: âIâm not happy.â
Fang Tianzhao glanced at the dark head and as soon as he made a move forward, the guy who did not know whether to live or die sobbed, ran to him with small steps with open hands, and plunged in. The soft little nasal sound came to his ear: âI miss your Majesty.â⦠â
Fang Tianzhuo half-opened his hands and looked down at the furry black head in front of his chest. This thing was also rubbing unknowingly, accompanied by a long and rambling muttering, â They all felt that I was returned by His Majesty, and they even said that I would not be allowed to enter the gate. All the carriages you gave me went in, but Iâm not allowed to enter⦠Do you know how sad I am? Iâm so sad that Iâm dying. â
The furry black thing hummed and swayed and rubbed it twice, then suddenly turned over, and he raised his face. Thanks to the embroidered fabric on his chest, there were a few red marks on his face. He Zheng pursed his lips, and the hot tears in his eyes had not evaporated.
Suddenly, he saw the other partyâs half-open hand and immediately reached out to grab it. He came over and wrapped it around his waist while his voice became softer: âYour Majesty⦠Are you angry?â
Fang Tianzhuo stroked his soft hair, and said warmly: âThen what?â
âThen â¦â
âYour Majesty!â Madam He interrupted abruptly and said, âHow can you believe He Zhengâs one-sided words?â
Fang Tianzhuo frowned, He Zhengâs head suddenly was buried in his chest again, and said sullenly: âLook, Your Majesty, she still wants to act as the victim and complain firstâ¦â
He Xianggou was anxious, and immediately said: âYour Majesty is here, how can you stand in the courtyard all the time, please move to the hall immediately. Letâs find out slowly about the situation.â
Fang Tianzhuo asked: âWhat do you think Zhengâer?â
The audience remained silent, and everyone realized something from this sentence. He Zheng didnât expect that he would ask for his opinion. After thinking about it, he was the one who was bullied. He immediately straightened his chest and said, âI understand, I am the one being bullied anyway!Your Majesty is so sensible and righteous that he canât wronge me. â
When it comes down to it, one shouldnât forget to run oneâs mouth.
A group of people slowly got up and entered the room. There was drinking water and overturned tables and chairs. Fang Tianzhuoâs brows were wrinkled again. Mrs. He wanted to complain again.
The servants quickly finished cleaning up, Fang Tianzhuo sat down in the main seat, He Zheng stood beside him, and continued to feel sullen as he touched the broken hair on his forehead. What was He Xianggouâs family business, he came forward and explained slowly: âToday, the lady was holding a wine banquet, and she got up early in the morning and led her maid to move wine. This Zhengâer came back early, and there was no news from the palace. I think the new servant did not know him so he snobbed him. I apologize to Zhengâer for this matter, donât be angry.â
He Zheng glanced over. The cunning thing actually pushed the blame to the next person.
Fang Tianzhuo said: âOh? Itâs so lively today, is it actually a misunderstanding?â
He Xianggou bent down and said with a smile: âThisâ¦I donât know, who provoked Zhengâer to make him so angry, The house is about to be demolished.â
His smiling tone was full of indulgence, which made people unable to pick out any faults, but in fact it was a very obvious slander. He Zheng was stunned and heard Fang Tianzhuo ask: âZhengâer say whoever bullied you, with me here, He Xianggou will definitely uphold justice for you.â
He Xianggou nodded immediately.
He Zheng subconsciously looked at the old woman next to Mrs. He. The other party obviously realized that He Xianggou was going to hand her over as a scapegoat. She was shaking and bowed her head with a pale face.
Thinking of the maid last time, He Zheng bit his lip, unwilling to cause any death, so he could only swallow his breath and whisper: âYes, I misunderstood Madam, because I was ignored⦠just because of this.â He Xianggou caressed his hand and chuckled, but said helplessly: âZhengâer is so childish, I donât know if there is any trouble with Your Majesty in the palace, and I hope His Majesty will forgive him .âHis eyes are slightly red. Fang Tianzhuo glanced at him and said, âThis matter is indeed my negligence, and I should have informed the prime ministerâs residence in advance, and I have wronged Zhenger.â
He Zheng could see it.
What an oversight, shit. Fang Tianzhuo did it on purpose, but He Zheng didnât know why the other party did it.
He stood there with his head lowered and pulled his fingers: âIâm not wronged, Iâm used to it anyway.â
He Xianggou frowned and shouted, âIs this how you talk to Your Majesty?â
He Jinhua smartly said: âYour Majesty, the back of the Prime Ministerâs mansion is still a little better. Please bring out the wine and His Majesty can taste?â
Fang Tianzhuo said with a smile: âI came here today to drink.â
He suddenly looked sideways. The person beside him raised his hands and wiped the corners of his eyes silently and indignantly. The two were too close, and the tears fell on Fang Tianzhuoâs sleeves. He Zheng lowered his head, and his long hair covered half of his face. Showing a crimson nose.
This isâ¦really crying.
His expression remained the same, but it was as if an awl was knocking down in his heart, piercing it inch by inch, and it was painful.
The wine was brought up quickly, He Zheng said: âYour Majesty, Iâm a little uncomfortable, I want to retire first.â
He Zheng turned around and went out. Nanmen Liangwinked at Nie Ying, who hurried away out.
He Zheng swung his sleeves and strode out, and the tears he couldnât hold back poured out again. He rushed all the way, back to the room arranged by Butler He, got into the quilt and covered his head.
Shunyi ran in, and Nie Ying happened to follow him. Seeing the lump on the bed, she coughed, âYoung Master, are you alright?â
Shunyi said, âThis servant, doesnât know.â
Although Nie Ying was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, he didnât know what he could do. He touched his nose and felt that Jiang Xian should come over for this matter. He was obviously more delicate than him.
Shunyi suddenly said, âYoung master hasnât eaten since the morning.â
Nie Ying finally found something to do: âIâll go get some food.â
But when he got it back, He Zheng didnât eat. His grievances were accumulated. Accompanied by anger, he was suffocated. After falling asleep, he smelled like a pig.
He Zheng used to work very irregularly at home, and it was possible to stare and sleep for a whole day without eating, so he didnât wake up until the afternoon and was finally hungry.
Without seeing anyone, he propped himself up and got out of bed, only to see Fang Tianzhuo sitting on the bed wiping a dagger, sensing the movement, he turned around: âI will take you back to the palace at night.â
He Zheng smiled in a depressed mood, not as smart as he used to be: âOh.â
The movement that was about to get out of bed stopped, he shook his legs and had nothing to say, but Fang Tianzhuo had already called: âNanmen Liang.â
The food was always keep hot, and was sent to this small side room by Nanmen Liang in a short time. Fang Tianzhuo sat down first, He Zheng sat back, first took the public chopsticks for him, and then ate by himself.
After eating, he found that Fang Tianzhuo hadnât moved. He Zheng swallowed all the food, took a breath, and his eyes glowed again: âWhy donât you eat?â
Fang Tianzhuo said, âCome here.â
He Zheng was reluctant, He slowly sat down on his lap, his feet were suspended in the air, and he was firmly hugged.
Fang Tianzhuoâs dark eyes stared at him, his fingers wiped the corners of his mouth, and said, âIs there anything you want to tell me?â
He Zheng lowered his head and said, âNo.â
Usually grievances come and go, but this time he is truly aggrieved, but reluctant to say.
But it makes him even more lovely.
Fang Tianzhuo only felt that something was slowly fermenting in his heart, and he didnât know where it came from, but it finally converged into a monstrous desire. He pressed against He Zhengâs forehead, and came over to hold his lips.
He Zheng shivered and shrank back slightly, with a hint of reluctance in his eyes.
Fang Tianzhuo licked his lips, thought for a moment, stopped, and said, âFollow me back to the palace?â
He Zheng thought to himself, havenât you made a decision?
He touched his throat, coughed a little, and said, âOkay.â
When he went back, the people from the prime minister sent them to the door. Before getting into the carriage, Fang Tianzhuo suddenly glanced at Mrs. He who was standing beside the prime minister.
Nanmen Liang bowed his head and said with a smile: âYour Majesty is returning to the palaceââ The
The carriage slowly set off, He Zheng puffed up his cheeks and turned over, and walked out more than fifty meters, and suddenly said, âI forgot to take something.â
âWhat is it? I will send someone to fetch it.â
He Zheng sternly: âItâs important, I want to go by myself.â
With Fang Tianzhuoâs permission, He Zheng jumped out of the carriage and single-handedly went back to the prime ministerâs residence. He was furious and entered the gate. He went straight to the old woman who once pulled his hair, he grabbed a bunch of her hair caughting he off guard, and after a scream, everyone looked at him in disbelief.
He Zheng was flustered by so many people, âShe, she moved me first!â
He turned around and ran out, Nanmen Liang hid, his smile continued, and a silent dagger was pushed back into his sleeve.
He Zheng slammed back into the carriage, his heart was still pounding, full of the thrill of pulling peopleâs heads. He tugged on his clothes, sat down on Fang Tianzhuoâs lap, his throat was itchy, he coughed twice, and said obediently, âOkay.â
The whole person swept away the haze of the afternoon.
He was very proud. When he was leaving, he took revenge. The other party had nowhere to express his anger. If she had the ability, she should have come to the emperorâs carriage to beat him!
Cowardly mother-in-law, hum.
After the tuft of hair on his forehead was snapped off, a short section of baby hair was standing up. He Zheng couldnât help but stretch out his hand to touch it.
At noon on this day, He Zheng was doing his homework calmly, when the newly arrived maid Nan Qing suddenly jumped in: âYoung Master, Master, Your Majesty has rewarded you with a lot of things!â
He Zheng glanced at her: âWhere is the reward? Why havenât I seen it?â
âItâs on the way! Itâs almost at the gate of the palace!â
He Zheng immediately put down his pen.
Outside the Pize Hall, hundreds of palace people lined up in a long line to turn over the palace wall and file in. He Zheng was in a trance as he listened to the little eunuch chanting the names of the treasures he was holding.
The table was quickly filled to the brim with pearls and jade pots, embroidered paintings and calligraphy, and a set of small and delicate gold tableware. After seeing the tableware with pure gold cranes, Shunyi showed an expression of disbelief.
The palace people who sent the reward backed away, and Nanmen Liang came with a decree with a smile: âHe Zheng, the son of the prime minister, is gentle, respectful, courteous, and elegant. You are now conferred as the title of Lord Shanshou[1]There is virtuous lady title but the second character for HZâs title is chief or head so Iâll be using Lord Shanshou as his titleâ
Although He Zheng didnât understand, he also understood that he seemed to have an official, so he hurriedly kowtowed, took the imperial decree and read it again, and asked, âLord Shanshou?â
Nanmen Liang said mysteriously: âThe person who is positive and kind, this is a special title specially given to you, the first time in history.â
He Zheng couldnât help but smile: âThen, is it no big deal?â
âThe imperial concubine in the harem, even outside the palace gate, they have to salute when you meet each other.â
He Zheng asked, âReally?â
Nanmen Liang smiled: âHow dare a servant lie to you?â
âWhat about you? Do you have to salute me too?â
Nanmen Liang said, âThatâs natural.â
He Zheng raised his brows with joy, his color changed suddenly, and he sighed coldly, âKneel down for me! â
Nanmen Liang: â?â
He Zheng used his eyes to show power, and emphasized with domineering sidelines: âYou, kneel!â
It is better for the dog to kneel than Nanmen Liang, who bullied him on weekdays, but today he has to recover all the money and benefits.
T/N: Finally he is given a title, Iâm happy for our boy.