Empress Chu

The cell boss reached out to catch it, and said with a smile, "I like Mr. Deng's way of not being in debt overnight."

Deng Yi smiled and said nothing, and slowly tied his belt.

"Master Deng, has this trip been hard?" The jailer sat down, looked at Deng Yi's slightly tired face after washing, and sighed that it was not only physical hardship, but he would also be implicated later, "Miss Chu's matter is troublesome, Everyone avoids the name Chu Ling, so why do you think you are rushing to get this job?"

Yes, unlike what Chu Lan said, Deng Yi's errand was not forced, but he invited him on his own initiative.

Deng Yi picked up the tea on the table, turned it slowly in his hand, and squinted his eyes: "You don't understand."

Chu Ling is not troublesome, on the contrary, there is a sweet potato hidden on her body.

He only took this errand, and got a cart of gold, silver and jewels from King Zhongshan in exchange.

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Chu Zhao fell into a deep sleep in the cell, and when he opened his eyes, the sky was already bright.

The cells arranged by the cell boss are indeed good, and the light can still be seen halfway underground.

A Le was looking at the food delivered, and happily said to Chu Zhao: "The prison food is actually pretty good."

Chu Zhao laughed. There is no good cell, it's just that their prison food is good. After all, they are looked after by the cell boss, and they are not really in prison.

The female prisoner also brought water and a wooden basin, and Ah Le helped Chu Zhao wash up, and then sat down to eat.

"However, Miss." A Le was a little worried again, "Are we really in jail?"

Although she ran out with Chu Zhao in the middle of the night, she did a lot of strange things, and walked in the wilderness with a group of strangers, but she didn't have the slightest fear in her heart. Instead, she returned to the capital with her heart always hanging. It's completely unreliable to be indifferent to the lady.

Miss Liang's father is a big official, what should Miss Liang do if she is helpless in this capital?

"You worry too much." Chu Zhao said, "Didn't Uncle Zhong say that? My father will handle it, and I won't go to jail."

Ale patted his head: "I actually forgot about the general, damn it, damn it, the general is here, the general said it's all right, so why should I worry about it?" He picked up the bowl and began to eat big mouthfuls.

Chu Zhao smiled, and took a bowl to eat slowly, yes, with her father around, she didn't have to worry about anything, and when her father was gone, he also protected her for many years.

Xiao Xun was willing to kill her after the people left behind by his father were exhausted.

And not just the father—

"A Le." She held the chopsticks and asked, "Have you heard about my mother?"

Ah Le said: "Miss, don't be sad, not everyone has a mother, my mother died after giving birth to me."

She thought the young lady was missing her mother.

Chu Zhao wanted to laugh, but felt that it was not funny, and asked, "I mean, who is she?"

It's nothing, Ale put down the bowl and chopsticks, the matter of Chu Zhao's mother is not a secret, everyone knows it.

The general met a beautiful village girl by chance, and they fell in love with each other. The village girl volunteered to serve the general. The general wanted to take her home to meet his elders to marry her, but he couldn't return because of the busy military affairs. This delay prevented her from getting married. The village girl had Difficult pregnancy, Chu Zhao passed away after giving birth, and the general loves him so much that he no longer takes a wife.

Chu Zhao naturally knew that this was what her father told her since she was a child. Of course, after returning to Beijing, what she heard at her uncle’s house was a little different. He does not hesitate to have sex with no intermediary.

Her aunt often sighed to her and told her, "Ah Zhao, as a woman, you must be cautious in your words and deeds, and you must not be self-sufficient, otherwise you will end badly."

In addition, the young ladies in the capital pointed at her and made fun of her in private, so listening to her father's story that she thought was pretty good turned into a shame, and she didn't want to mention this mother again, wishing it had never happened.

When she became a queen, she even tabooed her parentage and forbade anyone to mention her mother.

Before she died, Concubine Liang came to show off her power and said why His Majesty married her, not only mentioned her father, but also her mother.

"After marrying you, your mother can also be used by His Majesty."

This clearly meant that her mother was still alive, otherwise how could a dead person be used by Xiao Xun.

At that time, she had been doused with poisoned wine and was waiting to die. Hearing this sentence, she got up again and arrested Concubine Liang. The little eunuch strangled to death.

She thought she would never know, and she didn't expect to have a chance to start again.

It turned out that her father had been hiding it from her, so she asked Vice-General Zhong directly in the letter, wondering if her father would give her the answer.

Footsteps sounded in the quiet cell, interrupting the conversation between the master and the servant.

The female cell head of the female prison came over and said with a smile: "Miss Chu, you can go back."

Chu Zhao got up without surprise and asked, "Is my case over?"

The head of the female prison laughed: "There is no case. Mr. Wei Qing has already scolded Deng Lingcheng, saying that he is asking him to find people, not to arrest them. How can we lock you in, miss."

Deng Yi was scolded as expected, so she said that Deng Yi took her into the cell, but took the responsibility. Chu Zhao still sat still, oh, and asked again: "What did the Tingwei Mansion say? It's not that they Entrust Mr. Deng—”

"Ting Wei's Mansion said, it's not a case." The head of the female prison explained with a smile, "It was your uncle who reported the case to find someone. Now that you are back, the case is over."

The head of the female prison felt strange, why did this girl look like she didn't want to leave at all, and she was still sitting and asking things, this is not a good place, if you have something to ask, go out and ask.

Chu Zhao understood. Uncle Zhong told his father that the matter was resolved, and it was resolved before she came back. I don’t know how father resolved it?

Her father was not as mediocre as she thought he was.

Chu Zhao stopped talking, but still left without getting up. Instead, he ate up the food in the bowl before standing up.

Chu Zhao and A Le walked out of Weiwei's mansion with their burdens on their backs, but Deng Yi never appeared again, and no one from his uncle's family came to pick him up.

"Miss, how do we go back?" A Le asked.

Chu Zhao pulled out a red hairpin from his head and twirled it in his hand. This was also the one that stole from his aunt when he left home. It was spent and given as a gift along the way, and now this is the only one left.

"Here," she said, "hire two fine horses, and we'll go home."

Chapter 3 Walking Through

As long as he is not serving tea and pouring water, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting with the young lady, Ah Le is very agile in doing things.

Pick two steeds, ride with Chu Zhao alone, and urge the horses to gallop along the street with the burden on their backs.

There are many carriages and horses on the street, and there are also women walking, but women riding horses are rare, which immediately attracted the attention of the public.

"Who is this?"

"Country folks, dressed in rustic clothes."

"These two girls are not very old, and their riding skills are not bad. They should be jugglers."

The people laughed and pointed, watching the two girls on horseback blink past.

In a tea house facing the street, there was a girl sitting by the window, and the sound of the piano was heard from the room. Accompanied by the sound of the piano, she narrowed her eyes from time to time, then nodded, and woke up suddenly——

Repeatedly, this time I bowed my head before being awakened, so I opened my eyes wide.

"Hey." She called out.

This sound disturbed the sound of the piano in the room. The girls who played the piano almost made a mistake, and the girls who enjoyed the sound of the piano were also startled.

"Qi Leyun, what are you doing?" "Go back if you don't want to listen." "You don't know how to play the piano, so you have to follow."

There were complaints.

The girl who was called Qi Leyun didn't apologize either, she pointed outside and said louder, "Look, it's Chu Zhao!"

Chu Zhao?

The complaining girls stopped, and the piano player stopped playing, and all rushed towards the window.

"No way?" "Didn't she run away?" "Did she get caught?" "Is she in a prison car?"

The girls huddled together by the window, watching the figures galloping past on the street, although they could only see their backs, they all recognized them.

"It's really Chu Zhao."

"She actually came back."

"Hey, it looks like he wasn't caught."

"Look, she seems to be going to the Liang Mansion."

"Are you going to plead guilty?"

Huddled by the window, the girls almost leaned out, Qi Leyun who shouted first squeezed out from the window.

"Go to Liang's mansion quickly." She said, her face was full of excitement, "See how Chu Zhao kowtows to admit his mistake."

This is much more interesting than listening to the piano.

After Chu Zhao ran away, life was a lot less fun, and now the country girl is back, which is great.

"Miss, are we going to the Liang Mansion?"

Ah Le is not familiar with the capital city, she was abandoned by Chu Zhao without even being familiar with the Chu family when she entered the capital, and the eldest lady also disliked her, so she was thrown directly to the low-ranking servant girl, and she was locked up in the backyard to wash clothes endlessly .

She originally thought that Chu Zhao was going directly to Chu's house, but Chu Zhao said to go to Liang's house.

What is Miss going to Liang Mansion for?

Is it to apologize?

Yesterday the Elder Master asked Miss to go to the Liang Mansion outside the city, she would rather go to jail with Deng Yi than to go, now that she doesn't have to sit in the cell, why should she go to the Liang Mansion?

Chu Zhao looked at the street ahead and recalled the location of the Liang Mansion: "I went to the Liang Mansion precisely because I don't have to go to jail."

Ale seemed to understand, so he didn't ask any more. Anyway, the lady would go wherever she said, but she grabbed the rein. If the lady apologized and was insulted and beaten by the Liang family, she would never stand by and watch. Even if they were tied up and sent to officials, they would still be beaten.

The Liang family knew that Chu Zhao was back, but they didn't know that Chu Zhao was coming to their house.

In the back house, the maid walked to the door with the medicine she had just brewed, and a girl of fourteen or five years old with willow eyebrows and almond eyes greeted her.

"I'll do it," she said softly.

This girl is wearing a light yellow dress and only wearing pearl earrings. She is not stunning, but she is elegant and dignified.

Although she is as diligent as a maid, she is not the maid of the Liang family, but the young lady of the Chu family.

The young lady of the Chu family beat their young lady, but the servant girl did not feel dissatisfied with this young lady Chu, but avoided it kindly, saying: "Miss Atang, you rest, I will come."

Chu Tang smiled and said, "I've rested for half a day, and I'm not tired after taking medicine." He took it.

The maid didn't stop her anymore, followed her into the room, and looked at a girl sitting on the bed with frowning frowns. This was the lady from the Liang family who was kicked into the lake by Chu Zhao and fell into a coma and nearly died.

But seeing that her face was a little weak and there was depression between her brows, she didn't look like she was going to die soon.

"A Tang." Seeing that Chu Tang brought the medicine, she sat up straight and stretched out her hand, "Don't worry, I'll do it myself."

Chu Tang sat down beside the bed: "This medicine is bitter, you can't take it by yourself."

Ms. Liang smiled: "No wonder my mother is reluctant to let you go, and only you can control me."

As expected, Chu Tang fed her medicine with his own hands, a few mouthfuls of medicine, and a mouthful of candied fruit, patiently and considerately.

"Don't say that." She sighed, "If my sister didn't harm you, you wouldn't need to take this bitter medicine."

Ms. Liang hurriedly said: "A Tang, you are you, and Chu Zhao is Chu Zhao. I don't blame you, and our family doesn't blame you." She took Chu Tang's hand, "I sympathize with you even more. Little sister, it's really not easy for you."

"It's not easy and there's nothing you can do about it." Chu Tang said, pulling his hand back, and gave Miss Liang a mouthful of medicine, "You can't hold my hand down without taking the medicine."

Ms. Liang was amused, but even though she laughed, the depression between her brows did not ease.

"Aqin, don't be sad." Chu Tang saw it, and said seriously, "My father said, he will not spare her lightly, even uncle, he has to be reasonable, she will be punished if she hit someone and made a mistake, I'm here to assure you that if she gets away with it, I'll—"

Liang Qin hurriedly stopped her from making an oath: "Good Ah Tang, we have known each other for so many years, I still don't know your feelings, this matter has nothing to do with you." He sighed softly, "I'm in a bad mood, actually there are other reasons .”

Chu Tang asked curiously: "Ah Qin, you are both talented and beautiful, and you have a good family background, so you are also in a bad mood?"

Liang Qin laughed, but was very satisfied with the envy in Chu Tang's eyes and the compliment in his words.

"People are always unhappy." She said, twitching a bit, "My family told me about a marriage."

Chu Tang was surprised, delighted and envious: "It must be a good marriage with the right family."

Liang Qin nodded: "Yes, the family background is pretty good, but." She bit her lower lip, she was too ashamed to say it, but she was really depressed if she didn't talk about it, and finally gritted her teeth and whispered, "That man, no Ken, run away."

Chu Tang almost laughed out loud, and his face became angry: "That's because he is not good enough for you." Holding Liang Qin's hand, "It's God's eyes, lest you marry the wrong person."

Liang Qin felt much more at ease, and explained to her: "It's really annoying. In fact, our family hasn't agreed yet. It's not like I can't get married."

Chu Tang didn't believe this. If they didn't want to agree, they wouldn't be angry. No wonder Liang Qin was listless and absent-minded that day, so he was kicked into the water by Chu Zhao, and he could have avoided it.

Watching her these days, seeing her sickly look, I really thought she was seriously injured, but it turned out that the injury was caused by the man.

She pursed her lips and smiled, holding Liang Qin's hand: "Don't think about it, your good marriage is coming later."

Liang Qin nodded, and said: "My good sister, don't tell others."

Chu Zhao nodded: "Of course." Of course, there are many ways to spread the news, and she doesn't have to say it herself.