In the fourth year of Zhaoming's reign, autumn came extremely early.

In the autumn rain, sixty-one-year-old Zhang accidentally fell when she went out.

When young people are strong and strong, a fall is nothing. But as people get older, their bones become fragile, and a fall can cost half their life.

Mrs. Zhang broke her right leg, and the imperial doctor asked her to take good care of it.

The Emperor and the Queen Mother were still traveling outside and would not be able to come back for a while. The current Holy Emperor Pei Xu and the Princess of Chaoyang, Pei Tao, came to visit in person and brought a lot of medicinal materials and supplements.

Pei Xu has been on the throne for four years now. The young emperor is high-spirited and looks very similar to his father. He sits on the bedside submissively and looks at Mrs. Zhang with concern. "Grandma is taking good care of her health. I have written a letter to my father, the queen and my queen. They

After receiving the letter, I will rush back to Chang'an as soon as possible."

Pei Tao also echoed, "Yes, grandma, the imperial doctor said that you can get out of bed and move around after you rest for three months."

Mrs. Zhang looked at her well-behaved and sensible grandson and granddaughter, with a loving smile on her wrinkled face, "Don't worry, I will take good care of them."

The three of them chatted harmoniously all afternoon.

When it turned dark outside, Mrs. Zhang advised, "Your Majesty, eldest princess, it's time for you to go back. You have been with me for so long today, so don't delay the business."

Pei Xu and Pei Tao stood up and said goodbye to Mrs. Zhang. Before leaving, they said, "Grandma, we will come to visit you another day."

Mrs. Zhang smiled so hard that her eyes narrowed, she nodded and said, "Okay."

After the grandson and granddaughter left, the mother-in-law waiting beside her brought hot soup and medicine, "Madam, it's time to drink the medicine."

Mrs. Zhang looked at the dark bitter medicine and frowned, but she still endured it and drank it.

The mother-in-law handed her some fragrant tea to rinse her mouth with. She rinsed her mouth slowly and leaned against the large sapphire blue damask pillow behind her. There were two strands of gray hair coming from the temples. She pulled them behind her ears and sighed.

, "I'm really old. I became like this after a fall. I'm really becoming more and more useless."

The mother-in-law covered her legs with an autumn-colored five-panel flower mattress, and advised her in a warm voice, "Madam, you are in good health. The imperial doctor said that you have a good life and there is no big problem. Just relax, and you will definitely live a long life."

age!"

Mrs. Zhang shook her head and smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty and the eldest princess are good children. They didn't want me to worry or worry, so they deliberately asked the imperial doctor to hide my condition, but I know my own body very well."

The mother-in-law was shocked.

Zhang said, "It's nothing. When a person lives to this age, everything that should come will come."

maybe it's late

Because she has been fasting and chanting Buddha's name for years, she thinks very broadly about life and death.

Her ex-husband Tao Bosong died twenty years ago. She was lucky to live to her sixties with wealth and splendor.

The mother-in-law still wanted to say some comforting words, so Zhang waved her hand and said softly, "You go down first, I want to sleep for a while."

The mother-in-law snorted, burned the fine benzoin, put down the azure curtain, and slowly retreated.

Mrs. Zhang lay flat on the bed, her cloudy eyes staring at the picture of a fairy boy holding longevity peaches embroidered on the curtain.

She thought that it was thanks to her "daughter" that she could live such a smooth and stable life for the rest of her life.

This daughter is...smarter, more sensible, and has a better temperament than her daughter.

But, no matter how good she is, she is not her biological daughter after all.

Thinking of this, Zhang's eyes felt sore.

When people get old, they like to think about things.

She would think many times that if she had not forced her daughter to marry into the East Palace, her daughter would not have sought death. If her daughter had not sought death, she should have been able to live happily, right?

As she thought about it, Ms. Zhang felt her eyelids getting heavier and heavier, and she closed her eyes tiredly...

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"Madam, madam, wake up."

"Huh?" Mrs. Zhang opened her eyes and found that she was back in the courtyard of Yongwei Marquis, with her familiar mother-in-law in front of her.

The mother-in-law reported worriedly, "The girl is crying and won't eat or drink, saying she would rather starve to death than marry to the East Palace... Madam, what do you think we should do now?"

It took Ms. Zhang a long time to realize that she had gone back many years ago.

Her daughter still refused to marry and went to the East Palace and had a big quarrel with her. In anger, she locked her daughter in the yard.

Realizing that it was all over again, Mrs. Zhang burst into tears of joy and hurriedly said to her mother-in-law, "Go and release the girl quickly and tell her that if she doesn't want to marry, then she won't marry."

Although the mother-in-law was surprised by her change of attitude, she hurriedly followed the order.

Mrs. Zhang was not idle, and hurriedly went to find Tao Bosong, the Yongwei Marquis, and wanted him to write a letter to Emperor Zhaokang and ask Emperor Zhaokang to cancel the engagement.

Tao Bosong's temperament is still the same, selfish and narrow-minded.

When he heard what she said, he scolded her with a straight face, "Are you crazy? This is the marriage to the prince. It was settled when the queen was still alive. You just want to back out? If I wrote the book, I would be angry.

Your Majesty, there will definitely be no good fruit for us in the Marquis Mansion!"

Zhang's teeth were cold and she thought to herself, she really can't count on this man.

After leaving the study, she kept thinking. Since Tao Bosong refused to beg Emperor Zhaokang, she would go do it herself.

A few days later, there was a banquet in the palace.

Zhang went there and found an opportunity to stop Emperor Zhaokang.

Relying on the honor of the late empress, Emperor Zhaokang did not punish her and gave her a chance to speak.

Just when he heard that she was going to break off the engagement, Emperor Zhaokang's expression suddenly changed. He laughed angrily and said, "Marriage is child's play! Moreover, this marriage was decided by you and Yuanyuan together. Now that you want to break the contract, can you be worthy of Yuanyuan?"

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Mrs. Zhang made a great salute, knelt down straight on the ground, and said bravely, "It is my fault that I broke the agreement with the late empress. After my wife dies, I will definitely go to make amends to her in person. It's just that I

My wife's daughter is really ignorant, and she doesn't want to marry into the Eastern Palace. If she is forced to do something stupid, it will not be a joy, but a disaster... Your Majesty, please look at the relationship between my wife and the late empress in the past.

As a matter of friendship, let me give my daughter a way to survive..."

Emperor Zhaokang had a dark face and said nothing.

Mrs. Zhang cried and said, "If the late empress were still here, she would not force others to do anything."

These words directly touched Emperor Zhaokang's heart. He was furious, but... unable to refute.

Just when they were at a stalemate, Prince Pei Yan came over.

Mrs. Zhang looked at Pei Yan, who was just as she remembered, Lang Yan was unique and unique in the world.

Pei Yan interceded on her behalf and expressed his willingness to cancel the engagement.

Finally, Emperor Zhaokang agreed, looked at Mr. Zhang indifferently, and walked away.

Mrs. Zhang stood up in a cold sweat and thanked Pei Yan.

Pei Yan smiled gently and said, "You are good friends with your mother and queen. As you said, if your mother were still alive, she would not want to embarrass you."

After saying that, Pei Yan nodded slightly and left first.

Mrs. Zhang looked at his slender back as he left and thought with complicated emotions, Your Highness, the person you like is not my daughter. Maybe... if you are destined, will you meet somewhere else in the future?

As a mother, all she can do is protect her daughter's life.

Tao Ti, the legitimate daughter of Marquis Yongwei, was surprised and delighted when she learned that her mother had gone to the palace in person to ask the emperor to cancel the marriage for her sake.

Ms. Zhang seized the opportunity and worked hard to make up for the debt she had owed to her daughter over the years.

The relationship between mother and daughter gradually improved.

Later, Zhang discovered that Tao Ti was entangled with the third prince Pei Changzhou, so he made a small plan to make Tao Ti see Pei Changzhou's romantic nature.

Although Tao Ti was heartbroken, her mother was always there to comfort and enlighten her. As time went by, she gradually got over the sadness of the death of her first love.

Another year later, at a polo match, Tao Ti met the elder of General Anguo's family.

They looked at each other.

Mrs. Zhang originally planned to marry her daughter to a civil servant, but her daughter liked military commanders, so she didn't want to interfere too much. Everything just followed her daughter's wishes.

When she was seventeen years old, her daughter Feng Guan Xia Pei got married.

Before going out, her daughter bid farewell to Mrs. Zhang with tears in her eyes, her dark eyes full of reluctance, "Mother, in the future, my daughter will not be able to wait by your side all the time. You must take care of yourself."

Mrs. Zhang also had red eyes and nodded repeatedly.

This time, she finally saw her daughter getting married happily.

It was no longer like last time, when her daughter glared at her angrily and desperately, and said with a sneer, "You will regret it if you let me marry to the East Palace."

After returning from the three dynasties, the daughter and son-in-law were holding hands, playing the piano and the harp.

Although the son-in-law is a military commander, he is very gentle to his daughter.

The daughter's face is like a peach and plum, and her brows and eyes are lively and shy, which shows that she is doing well in her husband's family.

Mrs. Zhang was relieved.

Her daughter's marriage was arranged, so she no longer had any worries and decisively divorced Tao Bosong.

Tao Bosong was still reluctant, Zhang repeated his old tricks, and he had to agree even if he didn't agree.
To be continued...