From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 924

The sunlight shines through the window, casting spots of light in the room.

Zhao Jianjia slowly woke up, and suddenly she was startled. She sat up subconsciously and said anxiously: "It's so bright, Ziyuan didn't even call me..."

Just as she was halfway through her words, a steady and powerful hand pressed on her thin shoulders and pulled her back into the bed.

It was not until this moment that Zhao Jianjia realized that she was no longer in Shenjing.

She turned her head and saw Zhou Yuan's burning gaze, and thought of those bold postures last night, her face suddenly flushed.

She lowered her head and whispered, "My husband, I'm going to get up."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "I just opened my eyes. I'll take a rest before getting up."

"No."

Zhao Jianjia said, "It's already very late. If you don't get up, then..."

Zhou Yuan said, "Then what?"

Zhao Jianjia was a little embarrassed and said timidly, "It's not good to get up too late... I'm the mistress of the house. My words and deeds are watched by everyone. If I don't do well in some aspects, the maids will easily follow suit, which will affect the family style."

"And it's not good for my mother and Aunt Xue to see me being so lazy..."

Zhou Yuan frowned and his face became serious.

He looked at Jianjia and said seriously, "Have you always thought so?"

Zhao Jianjia was a little flustered when she saw his serious expression. She lowered her head and whispered, "My husband, you are a prince now. The palace is so big and there are so many people. I can't just care about my own comfort and do whatever I want."

"I need to set an example in virtue, so that I can play a positive leading role and the atmosphere at home will be positive."

"You are fighting outside, living and dying, I can't even take care of the family and let you worry about it."

These words made Zhou Yuan feel sour and full of emotion.

For more than three years, he has watched Jianjia transform step by step, from a slightly willful and arrogant daughter to the mistress of the house respected by everyone.

People praise her for her virtue, but who knows how much she has paid and how much she has undertaken for this.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Prince of Zhongwu is a hero with countless beauties, and all four wives in his family are beautiful and have their own characteristics.

Perhaps even those noble ladies in the capital privately talk about Xue Ningyue being gentle, innocent, kind, and caring; Qu Ling is tall, has a prominent family background, and has strong abilities.

Even, they all know that Cai Ni is very beautiful, and it is said that she sings very well and dances very well.

But when it comes to his earliest wife, the mistress Zhao Jianjia, ha, there is really no special feature, it seems that there is no special aspect.

But is Jianjia really not outstanding?

In terms of beauty, she is not inferior to others, and in terms of talent, she is talented in poetry, the strongest among the women Zhou Yuan knows.

She can also write articles. The travel notes and essays she wrote when she was a teenager already had some atmosphere, and even received Zhao Cheng's sincere praise.

She has organizational skills. When she was in Yunzhou, she could organize poetry activities with hundreds of people and run them in an orderly manner.

Is she really not outstanding?

She sacrificed too much just for the family and Zhou Yuan.

She is the mistress of the house. She cannot be too outstanding in any way. She cannot do anything according to her own wishes.

She must be like a sea, accommodating everyone, in order to maintain the family style of this family.

A person who is praised by everyone must have no characteristics.

For the Zhou family, Zhao Jianjia gave up her characteristics and chose to become a moral symbol.

Such people often get everyone's respect, but it is difficult for people to get close to them.

Everyone is vaguely afraid of her.

Even Qu Ling is vaguely in awe of Jianjia. She wants to be much closer to Ningyue.

This is not what Zhou Yuan wants.

He held Jianjia tightly in his arms and whispered, "It's not like that, Jianjia, you are you first, and then the mistress of the house."

"I hope you can be free, live in your most comfortable space, and do what you want to do most."

"The so-called family style, as well as those external evaluations and elders' scrutiny, let those things go to hell, I just want you to live happily."

Zhao Jianjia didn't speak, she didn't know what she should say.

She didn't even know what she had paid.

She was just doing what she should do and trying her best to do it well.

Although a little tired... well... really a little tired... but she didn't realize anything...

Until this moment, when she heard Zhou Yuan's words, she suddenly realized that the reason why she was tired was because she had countless layers of shackles on her body.

These shackles she had never discovered, but Zhou Yuan saw them.

"My husband still cares about me... He is not tired of me, nor cold to me..."This thought suddenly popped up in her mind, which startled her.

It turned out that such a thought had already taken root in her heart, but she herself had not yet noticed it.

At this moment, countless feelings surged into her heart, and the long-standing fatigue and inner doubts almost overwhelmed her.

Her nose was sour and her eyes were red.

She quickly buried her head in Zhou Yuan's arms and sobbed softly.

Zhao Jianjia only realized at this moment that she was sick, and had been sick for a long time, but Zhou Yuan saved her before she broke out completely.

So she was moved, she was fortunate, she was wronged, and she was sad.

She just wanted to get closer to her husband and express her feelings that she could not express in words with actions.

Zhou Yuan understood her.

He hugged Jianjia, gently wiped the tears from her face, and whispered: "The Zhou family is not the palace, and you are not the queen. There is no need for harsh rules, and you don't need to set an example and be the mother of the country."

"Jianjia, don't put so much pressure on yourself, get rid of those inexplicable shackles."

"You have to be yourself, be Zhao Jianjia."

"This is the you I like, the you I want to see."

Zhou Yuan sighed: "I have experienced life and death for so many years, and I have the country and the people in my heart, but there are also many smaller reasons, just hope that you are all happy and live well. Free and unrestrained."

"I hope to create a prosperous era, and we are all the happiest people living in this era."

"If status and achievements bring you endless pressure and shackles, then what am I fighting for?"

"Is it really purely for the nation and the people? I am not that noble, I am not a great man, I just want to do what I should do."

He held Zhao Jianjia's beautiful and sad face and whispered: "Be yourself, no rules."

Zhao Jianjia had already burst into tears. She hugged Zhou Yuan and finally cried out loud.

No repression, no consideration of whether someone would hear it, and what the person who heard it would say.

No care about image, no care about everything...

She just wanted to cry, to vent all the grievances, touches and happiness in her heart.

She cried for a long time, and cried louder and louder...but suddenly stopped and wiped the tears from her face.

Zhou Yuan looked at her.

She tilted her head and said, "You're done crying, get up!"

Zhou Yuan was a little stunned. After all, he was crying loudly the last second, but now he was normal. This turn was too big.

Zhao Jianjia said, "What's wrong? Do you want me to keep crying? Just cry enough!"

Her voice was much lighter, just like when they first met.

Zhou Yuan reacted and couldn't help but laugh: "Are you okay?"

Zhao Jianjia thought for a moment and said: "Nothing serious happened, of course I feel better quickly, not to mention that I did throw those things away."

Speaking of this, she also laughed, poked Zhou Yuan's forehead with her finger, and said: "Thanks to my husband's sensitivity, I can comfort me well. You are really good at coaxing girls. No wonder I was fooled by you in Yunzhou."

Zhou Yuan smiled and couldn't help but press her under him, saying: "Why do you get up so early? Let's be intimate again. I haven't seen you for a long time. I miss you so much."

Thinking of those weird things last night The stimulating posture was really tormenting. Zhao Jianjia's face flushed and she gritted her teeth and said, "No! I want to get up!"

Zhou Yuan said, "There's nothing to do... Why are you in a hurry to get up..."

Zhao Jianjia snorted and then said, "See the sea!"

"I haven't seen the sea yet! Can you, the admiral of the navy, take me to see it?"

Zhou Yuan sat up and said loudly, "Of course! Not to mention taking you to see the sea, even singing you a song about the sea will do!"

"Let's go! Let's go see the sea!"

He pulled Zhao Jianjia up, and the two of them hurriedly put on their clothes. They looked at each other subconsciously, but couldn't help laughing.