If not abolished

Chapter 166 Return the wish

"Are you pretending or do you really not remember?" Hu Shanxiang looked at him suspiciously, thinking that he should not have no impression at all.

"I really don't remember. Don't you think about how Zhu Qiyu got pregnant?" Although Zhu Zhanji no longer remembered the woman's name or what she looked like, he still remembered how he was plotted against.

"How did you get pregnant? What happened?" Hu Shanxiang naturally didn't know the inside story, so she couldn't help but ask out of curiosity.

"do not you know?"

"How would I know? I was almost crippled at that time, how would I know?" Hu Shanxiang pretended to be angry and brought up old matters with him.

"Ahem..." Zhu Zhanji was indeed at fault for this matter, so he had to cough tactically, "Let's not talk about this, okay?"

"Hmph." Hu Shanxiang glanced away and ignored him.

Zhu Zhanji had no choice but to coax her and said, "It's all my fault. What do you want me to do to calm you down? Hmm?"

"Anything is fine?" Hu Shanxiang immediately perked up.

Although Zhu Zhanji felt that it was not a good thing when he saw her look, he still nodded and said, "Well, anything is fine."

"Then Your Highness, please tell us what happened to Mrs. Wu." Hu Shanxiang said as she shook Zhu Zhanji's arm coquettishly.

Zhu Zhanji really didn't understand why she was suddenly curious about that woman, but he had already agreed and couldn't go back on his word, so he had to think about it and said, "It's been so many years, I don't remember much."

"Then tell me as much as you remember. Please, Your Highness, just satisfy my curiosity?" Hu Shanxiang pleaded again, blinking her eyes.

Zhu Zhanji really couldn't do anything about her, and said helplessly: "She has indeed served me for many years, and I never cared about such a little palace maid. She didn't have much ambition at the beginning, and she worked diligently, until that time, Sun became pregnant. You know, at that time I was thinking about..." Zhu Zhanji looked at her, and Hu Shanxiang naturally understood what he didn't say. Although she did not experience those things personally, she had read the information at that time. As soon as Sun became pregnant, Zhu Zhanji began to prepare to depose the queen.

"I know this so you don't need to elaborate."

"But my mother didn't agree at that time, and the court officials also didn't allow it, so I was very upset at that time, and I accidentally let her take advantage of me. I was drunk at that time, and when I woke up..."

"But I don't understand. Even though she is a palace maid, why would she live outside the palace while pregnant with the emperor's heir?"

Zhu Zhanji paused before saying, "At first I didn't want Sun to know about this, for fear that she would be angry, but I forgot to give her contraceptive soup, and I didn't expect that she would get pregnant later, and both the Queen Mother and Sun knew about it."

"and then?"

"My mother is naturally very happy and forced me to give her a status..." Zhu Zhanji murmured.

"Is this a hereditary disease?"

"what?"

"Nothing, nothing." Hu Shanxiang waved her hands and thought: Didn't Wanli, the descendant of the Zhu family, also slept with a palace maid and then refused to admit it. Later, the empress dowager forced him to give her a status, but in the end, he was still not favored by the emperor.

"Later, when we investigated Wu's situation, we found out that she was not an ordinary maid, but the daughter of a criminal. If people knew that such a person became an imperial concubine, how could the royal family retain its reputation? So when my mother found out, she didn't say anything. But after all, she was pregnant, so we had to find a remote palace for her to take care of the baby until the child was born. We let them live outside the palace. I never saw her again, so when you mentioned her just now, I really didn't react, let alone her name or what she looked like."

"What if she does that again in the future..."

"It's impossible to fail again." Zhu Zhanji said firmly.

"Who can say for sure? What is destined to happen will happen, and what is not destined to happen should not be forced. Is this what you said? If this person is destined to be with you, there is no way to escape it."

"Come to think of it, why did you suddenly keep mentioning her today?" Zhu Zhanji finally asked.

"Today my mother told me that Qingyun Palace was going to recruit palace maids and asked me to pick someone. Then I remembered that this Wu was someone close to you, but when I looked at the roster, she wasn't on it. I thought you had taken precautions and excluded all palace maids with the surname Wu. I never expected that Your Highness had completely forgotten about her." Hu Shanxiang complained as she spoke.

"Have you chosen that person?" Zhu Zhanji asked casually.

"Well, when my mother asked me to choose someone, among the people she recommended to me was a palace maid named Wu." Hu Shanxiang said somewhat embarrassedly.

Zhu Zhanji frowned and asked, "Have you chosen?"

"I was confused at first, but later I couldn't make up my mind, so I let my mother choose. Maybe this palace maid is with me. Do you think this person could be the one..." Now Hu Shanxiang began to worry.

Zhu Zhanji comforted her, "It's okay, it's okay. What are you afraid of? If an enemy comes, we will stop him. If a flood comes, we will block it. What is coming will come. We can't control it. If it's not you, it will be someone else. Don't be afraid. I'm here."

"It can only be the."

Zhu Zhanji saw that she was in a bad mood. It was almost April. In the afternoon, Zhu Zhanji asked Hu Shanxiang, "How about I take you to the hot springs?"

"Hot springs, in the capital?" When Hu Shanxiang was in Jining, her grandmother would take them to the villa to soak in hot springs. But after coming to the capital, they had never been there.

"Well, but if you go there you'll probably have to stay. If you go now, it'll be just right for a night bath. If you like, you can play there for a few days." Zhu Zhanji suggested.

"That sounds great, but can you stay out of the palace for so long?"

"Okay, there's nothing to do during this period of time." The main reason is that with Zhu Gaoxu gone, there are naturally fewer things to do. The other princes can handle it alone, so it's okay for him to take a few days off.

"Shall we go alone?"

"Who else? Just us."

"it is good."

"Go to Huiji Temple? Why are you going there again for no reason? Have you forgotten that you were assassinated in Huiji Temple that year? No, I will never agree to it." When the Crown Princess heard that Zhu Zhanji was going to Huiji Temple again, she immediately objected and did not allow any discussion.

"Mother, that happened many years ago. This time I will definitely bring enough guards with me. Besides, I'm not the kid I was back then. Nothing will happen to me, don't worry." If the Crown Princess hadn't mentioned it, Zhu Zhanji would have forgotten the assassination scene he staged and acted in order to get the Hu brothers to arrive in the capital early. Coincidentally, the scene was chosen in the hot spring town of Huiji Temple. Now he was really shooting himself in the foot.

"If I say no, it means no. Without saying anything, you are going to take Shanxiang with you this time. What if something happens to both of you?" No matter what he said, the Crown Princess just didn't agree.

"Mother, if you don't want me to go out, I can go to Grandmother Wang and Grandpa Huang to ask for a token to leave the palace." Zhu Zhanji didn't have to get the token from the Crown Princess.

"You... okay, then go get it from the Imperial Concubine. I won't care about you anymore." The Crown Princess was furious when she heard her say that. What's wrong with her caring about his safety? She even threatened her.

"Mother, that's not what I meant. I just said the wrong thing. I'm sorry. Please forgive me for my mistake."

The Crown Princess ignored him now.

"I know you are worried about my safety, but I can't be afraid of the ropes for ten years after being bitten by a snake. The last time was really an accident. I promise that I will come back intact this time. I have promised Shanxiang, so you can't let me break my promise, right?"

The Crown Princess sighed, knowing that she couldn't stop her, so she had to let go: "You said, come back intact, otherwise..."

"Sure." Zhu Zhanji agreed immediately and took the token from the Crown Princess.

After packing up, Zhu Zhanji and Hu Shanxiang left the palace.

"Why did Your Highness choose Huiji Temple?" Logically speaking, there should be many places to soak in hot springs in the capital. Zhu Zhanji chose this place specifically, probably for some reason.

Zhu Zhanji smiled and said, "There is indeed a reason. First, Huiji Temple is located in Hot Spring Town. There are hundreds of hot springs of all sizes in the town. There are many of them and they are good for your health. As for the second one, I made a wish in Huiji Temple before, and this is a good opportunity to fulfill it." This was also the reason why Zhu Zhanji insisted on taking Hu Shanxiang with him. The capital would be moved soon, and he didn't know when he would have time to come here next time. This time, he just happened to take advantage of his free time to come here and fulfill his wish.

"Fulfilling a vow?" Hu Shanxiang had no idea why, but didn't people fulfill their vows only after their wishes were fulfilled? So...

"Yes, I'm fulfilling my wish." Zhu Zhanji nodded.

"So the wish that Your Highness made has come true. Congratulations to you first."

"Yes, it has come true. The wish I made back then was to marry you again. Now it has come true. So I brought you here to show the Buddha."

"Oh, is this the wish you made?" Hu Shanxiang didn't expect that it was related to him.

"Yes, at that time I also received white fruits from the master, who said that I could get what I wanted." Zhu Zhanji suddenly remembered the scene at that time.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, it was indeed what I wanted.

"So this temple is quite spiritual," Hu Shanxiang said after listening to him.

"Yes, that's true, so you can make a wish this time, maybe it will come true." Zhu Zhanji suggested.

It seems that Hu Shanxiang did have this intention.

The two arrived in the evening, which was too late, so they had to stay in the town. As for fulfilling their vows, they would have to wait until tomorrow morning.

After traveling for most of the day, Hu Shanxiang was indeed a little tired, so it was a good opportunity for her to take a hot spring bath in the evening to relieve the stress.

"How is it? Are you feeling better?" Zhu Zhanji asked.

"It's really comfortable." Hu Shanxiang said with her eyes closed.