Chapter 1997: Fate Brings Us Together (7)

During this period, Dong Qi kept exchanging letters with me. He invited me to Tongzhou several times, claiming that it was spring-like all year round, with pleasant scenery, and it was a paradise on earth.

In those years, I was busy with my studies and martial arts, and I couldn't get away. Now that I have time, I will go there, which can be regarded as fulfilling my dream of traveling in the south of the Yangtze River!

Dong Qi's grandfather was the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple. When his father was young, he was a famous and talented man in the capital. He was born handsome and liked to recite poems and write fu, and he had countless confidantes in the brothels in the capital. Later, after marrying Princess Chaoqing, because Princess Chaoqing was jealous and domineering, the couple had a fight and he lost. From then on, he put his mind aside and stayed at home to be a good husband.

Dong Qi has an easy-going temperament. He is not as unreliable as his father, nor as domineering and unreasonable as his mother, so he has a good relationship with me. When I rushed to Tongzhou Prefecture to find him, he was very happy. He cleaned a clean and elegant courtyard in his mansion and arranged for me to live there.

The courtyard where I lived was called "Tingyu Zhai". Because the south rains a lot, and this courtyard is surrounded by water on three sides, every time it rains, the sound of rain falling into the lake will be particularly clear, so it is named Tingyu Zhai!

I stayed at Dong's house. During this period, Dong Qi often invited me to visit the gardens, mountains and rivers, ancient temples and famous temples in Tongzhou. The days were very leisurely. In a blink of an eye, it was November. One day, it was the birthday of Dong Qi's mother, Princess Zhaoqing. I was staying at her house. Although I didn't want to, I should go to pay my respects to the princess.

When I was paying my respects, I found that the host's garden was full of noble ladies and daughters, most of whom were the wives of the Tongzhou government. Although Dong Qi's father was only a duwei of the emperor's son-in-law, his grandfather was indeed a senior official in the court, and Princess Chaoqing's status as a princess was enough for them to come and flatter him!

When I was paying my respects, Princess Chaoqing was very kind to me, like an elder, not at all arrogant and domineering as the legend said. She also introduced me to the ladies present. When the ladies present saw me, they all praised me as a good young man with a handsome appearance, good manners and a natural manner.

Just as everyone was praising me with all their might, a woman covered in dirt and disheveled hair suddenly rushed out from the side. The woman ran and cried, shouting to Princess Chaoqing: "Mother, save me, Madam Niu wants to kill the child!"

The ladies present were all stunned. Who is this girl? Why is she so embarrassed, yet still calling Grand Duke Chaoqing mother?

An old nanny beside Grand Duke Chaoqing Zhu stepped forward to stop the girl, angrily saying: "Where did this lunatic come from, daring to make a scene at the birthday banquet of Her Royal Highness the Princess, why don't you tie her up for me."

As soon as the words fell, a group of maids and servants immediately rushed over, grabbing the girl like an eagle grabbing a swallow, some gagged her mouth, some twisted her arms, and held the weak girl tightly.

At this time, an old woman in simple clothes ran over and pushed and hit the maids who held the girl like crazy, crying and cursing: "You damned people, even if the third girl is a concubine, she is still the flesh and blood of the prince consort, how can you treat her like this."

As soon as the voice fell, Princess Chaoqing was shocked and said: "Mrs. Zhang, what did you say? Could it be... Could it be that she is... Quick, you quickly brush her hair up and let me see her face?"

Hearing the order of the Grand Princess, some of the people who twisted the girl reached out and brushed the girl's hair that was blocking in front of them, revealing the girl's delicate and beautiful face.

When the Grand Princess saw the girl's face, she immediately covered her chest and trembled and cried: "My child, who has treated you like this!"