Chapter 151: A Swerve Of Fate [II]

In the flower hall of the Duke's Mansion, Mrs. Jiang, the wife of General Zhengxi, was sitting on a chair and chatting with Mrs. Cui over tea, but her eyes kept wandering to the door from time to time, obviously absent-minded.

Hearing footsteps coming from outside the door, she immediately turned to look.

She saw a simple and elegant woman wearing a light blue skirt, walking into the hall with neat steps. Although she was not as graceful as Tingting, the daughter of a boudoir, she had the kind of gentleness that naturally radiated from her. The calm temperament made people feel inexplicably comfortable and at ease around her.

Last time at the Qixi banquet in the palace, Jiang Shi had already met Zhao Ling once, and the song she played and sang at that time also left a very deep impression on her.

This was an extraordinary woman who was soft on the outside and firm on the inside. Crying gods, it was no wonder that Feng Ze was so obsessed with her.

For Zhao Ling, this was the first time she saw General Zhengxi's wife.

This was Feng Ze's mother. It had long been heard that Chu Pingchuan, the general of Zhengxi, and his wife are deeply affectionate towards each other. Even if the two have not had children for many years, they would not accept a concubine, but only adopted Feng Ze as their son.

When Zhao Ling saw her today, she had to admit that the general's wife was indeed elegant, graceful and generous, with a faint bookish air between her eyebrows. It was obvious that she came from a scholarly family. Although she was over forty years old, her face was still beautiful. 

Compared with Cui Shi, who was sitting next to her, who was full of pearls, the characters of the two was more than a little bit different.

However, what Luzhu described was true. The general's wife's face was indeed not very good. Could it be that something happened to the general's mansion?

Zhao Ling calmly bowed to her. "Ling has seen the general's wife. The girl, Luzhu, said that the lady came to the mansion today to ask me for something important. I don't know why?"

She never liked politeness, but seeing the anxious expression on Jiang's face, she overlooked the greetings, and went straight to the point.

Jiang's character was also straightforward. Seeing Zhao Ling asking such a question, she stopped beating around the bush and said with a worried expression, "I take the liberty to come to your house to disturb you, so please forgive me, Miss Zhao. My so, Feng Ze, is sick, and the high fever isn't going away, he's bedridden, and I've called for famous doctors to no avail. Even the imperial doctor in the palace is helpless. I heard that Miss Zhao is very skilled in medicine, I wonder if you can go to the general's house to diagnose and treat my son?"

Cui Shi no longer doubted Zhao Ling's medical skills. The medicine she gave her to treat Zhao Ruo the last time was very effective, and after only a few days, Zhao Ruo's body improved greatly.

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Feng Ze was sick? In Zhao Ling's consistent impression, the tall and burly man was as indestructible as a copper and an iron wall, but now he was sick and bedridden? This surprised her too.

Zhao Ling finally learned the truth of Feng Ze's illness from Jiang's mouth on the carriage to General Zhengxi's Mansion.

This was also related to the last Qixi Palace banquet.

At that banquet, Princess Qionghua won the contest with the song "Feng Dance in Nine Heavens". According to banquet conventions, she could ask Emperor Ming for a wish. At that time, Princess Qionghua did not propose it on the spot, but only said that she would ask Emperor Ming for it when she thought of it in the future.

Just a few days ago, Princess Qionghua suddenly asked Emperor Ming to grant her marriage, and the object of her marriage request was Wuwei General, Feng Ze.

Princess Qionghua was nineteen years old this year. In the Dasheng Dynasty, a nineteen-year-old girl was an old girl who could no longer marry. If Qionghua's biological mother hadn't passed away prematurely, no one would have bothered to take care of her, why would she have waited until today?

Although the emperor's daughter was not worried about getting married, it was always a concern for Emperor Ming. Now that he saw her happy to get married, Emperor Ming was also happy. Although Feng Ze was only Chu Pingchuan's adopted son, he was likely to be the only heir to the General's Mansion in the future. Besides, he was a handsome man who could fight well and conquer cities, so he wouldn't be too wronged to Qionghua.

So Emperor Ming agreed to Princess Qionghua's request on the spot, and immediately prepared an imperial edict for the two of them to confer marriage, and commanded Eunuch Li to go to the General's Mansion to declare the edict.

But what Emperor Ming never expected was that the ignorant Feng Ze would actually refuse to accept the imperial decree and reject the marriage on the spot.

Emperor Ming was furious when he heard Eunuch Li's report. First it was Meng Yuan, then Zhao Ling, and now even Feng Ze was like this? These ministers were getting so bold and disobedient to him, it was impossible to reverse it.

Caught in his anger, he immediately commanded Fengze to enter the palace, and aggressively forced Fengze to accept the marriage. However, Feng Ze had a resolute and unswerving mind. No matter how hard or soft emperor Ming was, he was silent and refused to agree.

Emperor Ming was simply blown away. If it weren't for the military merits of Chu Pingchuan, and the fact that the General's Mansion was guarding the Xiliang border to the West, he would have already beheaded this Feng Ze who dared to resist and disobey him.

But if he did't punish him, how could the emperor's prestige be preserved? In spite of his anger, Emperor Ming reluctantly looked at Chu Pingchuan's face, and commanded the guards to give him a hundred slabs on the spot.

After the hundred slabs were actually delivered on him, he passed out on the spot.. His skin was cracked, and his flesh became blurred.

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