Chapter 301: God Sticks into the Palace

Chapter 301

Xiao Jingheng's sadness deepened after the Empress's death, and he had not visited any concubines in the past two months.

Song Zhao was one who escaped this “disaster” unscathed.

Her pregnancy progressed day by day, and Cheng Yu was also clever, already able to say some simple phrases.

Xiao Jingheng was very fond of the precious Cheng Yu, and he increasingly cherished Song Zhao.

He came to Changle Palace almost every other day to chat with Song Zhao and play with Cheng Yu, Reêad latest novels at novelhall.com

as if only by doing so could he temporarily forget the pain of losing his wife.

Sometimes to save trouble, Xiao Jingheng also brought memorials to Changle Palace to review.

This day was the same as usual. Xiao Jingheng sat at the desk reviewing memorials while Song Zhao held Cheng Yu and accompanied him.

But looking at it, Xiao Jingheng's expression was very solemn when reviewing the memorials today.

"Is this Saqigebu thinking I'm muddled?"

He suddenly lashed out, heavily throwing an unreviewed memorial on the table.

This frightened Cheng Yu and the child cried incessantly.

Song Zhao comforted him for a while, and felt that Xiao Jingheng was in a bad mood, and it would be annoying for the child to stay here making a fuss. Moreover, if he was frightened again by Xiao Jingheng's irritable behavior, it would be even worse.

So Song Zhao called the wet nurse to take Cheng Yu away to coax him,

then went to Xiao Jingheng's side and gently massaged his shoulders and neck,

"Ada Khagan has always been law-abiding and rarely submits memorials to the Emperor. Why did he provoke such anger from Your Majesty today?"

Xiao Jingheng said unpleasantly: "He requested to cede the thirteen Khorchin guards under him to the court."

Song Zhao said, "That is good news. Hasn't Your Majesty always disliked Ada for harboring his own troops?"

Xiao Jingheng shook his head coldly, "But he chose this time to do such things, clearly wanting to curry favor with the Qi dynasty. What can be the reason? When the Empress was alive, Saqigebu held the little military power in his hands tighter than anyone else. Now that the Empress has passed away, he is extremely fawning. How do we know if he doesn't want to establish a reputation for loyalty in the previous dynasty through this, in preparation for Yingfei to make further moves in the future?"

At that time, Song Zhao was still wondering, what was there for her, a woman, to meet an outsider male official for?

But the moment the Deputy Director bowed and entered, she was also quite surprised.

The man...

was that "diviner" Tan Yuezhi from Suzhou!

Tan Yuezhi was dressed in court attire, quite different from his former ethereal style.

He stood below the hall, paying respects to Xiao Jingheng with utmost propriety,

"This humble official Tan Yuezhi, Deputy Director of the Imperial Observatory, knocks to ask after Your Imperial Majesty's well-being."

Xiao Jingheng took a sip of tea and slowly said, "Is it comfortable working in the palace?"

Tan Yuezhi replied, "Thanks to Your Imperial Majesty's great fortune, all is well."

In her heart, Song Zhao was a little confused.

According to reason, Tan Yuezhi was used to wandering freely, and was hailed as almost a deity by the commoners in Suzhou. With the lower half of his life free of worries about food and drink and unrestrained, why would such a person willingly enter the palace to take up office?

As she looked at Tan Yuezhi doubtfully, Tan Yuezhi also looked at her,

"This humble official pays respects to Imperial Concubine Yi. During Your Imperial Majesty's southern tour this time, this humble official had divined that Your Imperial Majesty would encounter a noble person who would transform disaster into good fortune. I did not expect that Your Imperial Majesty's noble person had already met this humble official that very day. Please forgive this humble official's poor judgment, unable to discern."

With his first words he placed a high hat on Song Zhao's head. Naturally Song Zhao would not acknowledge it.

She also smiled, "Master Tan's calculations are profound and meticulous, how could he be poor of judgment? The reason Master did not discern that day is because this concubine is not Your Imperial Majesty's noble person. The true noble person is Consort Yao sister, who saved the imperial carriage. When there is time in the future, this concubine and Consort Yao will visit the Imperial Observatory to have our fortunes told, and will let Master meet her then."

With one sentence, she completely blocked Tan Yuezhi's flattery. Tan Yuezhi was rendered speechless for a moment, and smiled awkwardly without saying anything more.

Later Xiao Jingheng asked him, "What did you come looking for Us for?"

Tan Yuezhi's expression suddenly became solemn. He cupped his fists and said,

"Reporting to Your Imperial Majesty, this humble official's divination indicated that there will soon be flooding disasters in Jiangnan, harming the common people. I implore Your Imperial Majesty to make preparations early."