Empress Chu

"If it were me, if I think about it like this, I would be so angry."

Tie Ying was a little helpless: "My son, you are really good-tempered."

This has nothing to do with good or bad temper, Xiao Xun shook his horsewhip and smiled slightly, whether others are happy or unhappy because of him, that is their own business, he doesn't care.

Whether he is happy or not, how can he be restrained by others?

"Let's go." He said, "Let's go by water and we won't meet Miss Chu."

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Ale lifted the curtain of the car and looked back several times, and he said to Chu Zhao after he was sure, "That prince didn't follow."

Whether you follow or not, it doesn't matter, Chu Zhao is indifferent, what she and Xiao Xun care about is not only the trivial matter of not doing the same.

"How can you kill people invisible?" she asked in a low voice.

A Le was taken aback, she knew about stealing from Yu WuXing, she should also be proficient in deceiving people, but killing people? !

She and the young lady grew up in the border army. They saw casualties, and even saw the scene of looting and fighting with Xiliang soldiers in a small area.

Miss kicked Miss Liang into the water, and she was sure that Miss did not intend to kill Miss Liang.

Ever since she was stopped, especially after Uncle Zhong didn't allow her to go back to see the general, the lady has been silent in a scary way.

The young lady must be very angry, um, it's all due to that Ah Jiu.

"Miss." She asked in a low voice, "Who do you want to kill? Is it Ah Jiu?"

Chu Zhao couldn't help laughing again, and his dull expression disappeared.

"No." She said, "What did you kill him for? He has nothing to do with me."

Is it okay?A lot of things along the way have something to do with Ah Jiu, except for Ah Jiu, Ah Le can't think of anyone who deserves to die.

After Chu Zhao laughed, her emotions recovered. She couldn't kill Xiao Xun, one was because she didn't have the ability, and the other was to kill him. The king of Zhongshan could kill her and her father now, without having to wait until later.

What can be done now is to stop getting involved with Xiao Xun, and think of other ways.

After arriving at the county where the Zhongshan Palace is located, Chu Zhao stated that he would not go to the Palace.

"I'll just stay at the inn. When my brother arrives, come here to meet me." She said to Xiao Xun's guard, and added, "Please understand, my father is an imperial official and a general. The prince comes and goes."

When she said this, the guards had no way to refute, so they could only place her in the station and rushed to report to Xiao Xun.

Xiao Xun was not surprised, and smiled: "The host is up to the guest, Miss Chu's affairs are up to Miss Chu herself."

Straight off the boat and went home.

But when Chu Ke learned about it, he was very angry. He was looking forward to a few days of comfortable life after arriving at the Zhongshan Palace, but he didn't expect to live in a post station.

"Chu Zhao!" He shouted angrily as soon as he entered the door of the post station, "You are so bold!"

Chapter 22 Family

Chu Zhao looked at the young man who ran in, feeling quite emotional.

Uncle Chu Lan had a wife and two concubines, and had three sons and one daughter, which was much more prosperous than his father's house.

But before she died, the uncle's family had already died, and the injuries were scattered.

The lobby brother Chu Ke was the first to die.

My uncle was extremely looking forward to becoming an official, but he couldn't because (he thought) his father dragged him down, so after Xiao Xun became emperor, he immediately let his eldest son become an official. The Hanlin official refused to do so, and asked the eldest son to go to other counties to gain fame, but he was involved in a major disaster relief case.

Uncle begged Xiao Xun, Xiao Xun said helplessly that Chu Ke is the queen's elder brother, if he let this go, the public opinion would be hard to appease.

In the end, in order to appease public opinion, Chu Ke was sent to prison for a few years, and he would be released after the limelight passed.

But Chu Ke, who was pampered and pampered since he was a child, never suffered from this kind of crime. He fell ill and died in prison.

Her uncle's family hated her to death, saying that she would step on her relatives to become a good queen.

But how could she be a good empress, the people in the court still laughed at her, saying that if it wasn't for her queen's hegemony, how would Chu Ke dare to do so.

Xiao Xun was the only one who gained a good name, especially in stark contrast to the arrogance of his relatives in the late emperor's time. He was immediately called holy by the people, and it also made the Xie clan who rebelled at that time retreat steadily.

Her uncle's family hated her, and she also resented her uncle's family for causing trouble for her. From then on, she really wanted to be a good empress, so she simply refused to let them become officials, asked her uncle to open an academy in other places, and asked their family to leave the capital.

Later, my uncle took over a lot of land by opening an academy. One side was rich, and the two cousins ​​had a lot of friends, drinking and having fun all day long. In-laws are disrespectful——

These were the news brought by the noble ladies. She was ashamed and angry, and told Xiao Xun not to let the magistrate indulge the uncle's family.

Later, I heard that my uncle was ill, and the two cousins ​​fought with each other for the family property, resulting in one death and one injury.

Later, she met her cousin.

Cousin Chu Tang was brought into the palace by a noble lady. Although the family was unhappy, she was the only family member after all. She was very happy to see her again.

But before he had time to express his joy, Chu Tang grabbed her by the neck, saying that she had killed the whole family and wanted to fight her desperately.

"If it weren't for my father, how could you marry Xiao Xun, and it would be your turn to be the queen." The old Chu Tang, who was in his 40s, shouted like crazy, "Why are you so rich and powerful, we would rather die than live. "

She was pinched and passed out, and when she woke up, Chu Tang had already been murdered by the guards for treason.

She was frightened and had another miscarriage a few days later. This was the second time she had lost a child. She was distraught and hated Chu Tang to death, and she didn't think about Chu Tang's crazy words again.

Chu Tang loves vanity, and secretly expressed his admiration to Xiao Xun back then, so he must be jealous of her being a queen.

After dying once and coming back to life, looking back, I always feel that many things are not right. The life she once thought was clear is like a layer of veil. She lived confusedly, and died confusedly.

Chu Ke is just like in memory, he hates talking when he speaks. The three brothers and one sister of the uncle’s family have no relationship because they no longer grew up together, and because they have heard too much about her father since they were young, they all resent her father , disagree with her, bully her and laugh at her.

She grew up in Bianjun, and it was the first time she heard so many complaints about her father. She was still a relative, and she was shocked and at a loss. In addition, she was looked down upon by the ladies in the capital, laughed at her rustic manner, and couldn't help being very dissatisfied with her father. , so he swallowed the bullying from his cousins ​​and tried every means to please them.

Of course not now.

"Why am I so bold?" Chu Zhao said coldly, "Why is it so bold to visit my father? That's a filial piety. You are still a scholar, don't you know about loyalty and filial piety?"

Chu Ke was taken aback by the words, how dare this damn girl refute him?Didn't you always keep your head down and keep silent before?

"Are you still teaching me?" He became even more annoyed, "Chu Zhao, these things you did—"

"I know what I did, so I don't need you to say it again." Chu Zhao interrupted him, "Aren't you tired? We'll set off for Beijing if we're not tired." He frowned again, "Why did it come so slowly?"

Chu Ke almost choked himself in one breath.

"You, you—" He pointed at Chu Zhao, and still had the face to blame him for being slow? "You still know how to ask me when I'm tired? I almost died on the road, okay? If I die, it's all because of you."

It is true that he died because of her, but—Chu Zhao's face darkened: "That's because you are useless, and I also walked the same way, why am I okay?"

Chu Ke was scolded again, and couldn't help but stare at this cousin, why is this cousin so fierce?

"Don't talk about what has happened." Chu Zhao looked at him, "Go to rest and eat when you are tired, and then we will go back to Beijing. If there is anything, we will talk about it when we get home. Make a noise here and let outsiders see the joke."

Chu Ke snorted, "You still know how to make others laugh at you. Let me tell you, we have already become people in the capital. No, with the things on your way, we have become the joke of the whole world." As he spoke, he walked into the hall and complained again, "Why did you come to the post station? Didn't the prince of Zhongshan bring you here? Why didn't you go to the palace?"

"There are differences between men and women." Chu Zhao said casually, "I will damage my reputation by going to the palace with the son."

Chu Ke almost tripped over the threshold, why did Chu Zhao sound so weird today?

"Are you okay?" He looked at Chu Zhao, "What are you talking about?"

Worried about damaging your reputation with your fellow Zhongshan Prince?God, it is her great fortune to be able to have a reputation with the prince, okay?

Chu Zhao said in a cold voice, "This is what my father said. If I am not allowed to have contact with the palace, you should not go either."

Chu Ke didn't have much respect for this uncle, and he didn't think he had to obey what he said.

"Your father's guilt should be avoided, so as not to cause trouble for others." He sneered, "But I'm different from you, and Mr. Deng and I are grateful for the help of King Zhongshan. It would be inhumane not to thank you."

Chu Zhao was angry. Everyone said that her father was guilty. Before she became a queen, they said that his father was guilty. When she became a queen, her father was also guilty.

But her father had clearly guarded the border county for more than ten years, and the border where her father was located was impenetrable, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, not even a bandit.

After Xiao Xun ascended the throne, his father dragged his sick body to guard the border county, repelling the Xiliang people who took advantage of the fire to loot.

Father personally led the army to meet the Xiliang King's army. After the victory in the battle, everyone found out that his father had passed away.

Uncle Zhong said that his father was sitting on the horse, holding a long knife in his hand, and several people couldn't take it off with all their strength.

It is understandable that Mrs. Xie scolded his father, after all, his father was loyal to Xiao Xun.

The imperial court also scolded his father, saying that he was ambitious, and insisted that she, the queen, was forced by his father to make Xiao Xunli.

She was the one who wanted to marry Xiao Xun, and it was Xiao Xun who wanted to marry her. When they got married, Xiao Xun wasn't the emperor, nor was he a prince!

"What nonsense are you talking about!" Chu Zhao couldn't hold back his anger any longer, and kicked Chu Ke, "If my father was really guilty, you would have been sent to prison long ago and sent to work as coolies. You can still study, Can you still be called a son? Can you still yell at me?"

Chu Ke didn't expect that she would dare to move her hands--moving her feet, and the girl was so strong that his tired and weak legs seemed to be broken.

He yelped and grabbed the door frame to avoid falling.

"Why are you crazy!" he shouted angrily, "You are addicted to beating people!"

When the brother and sister were fighting, there was a cough from behind.

"Young Master Chu, why don't you brothers and sisters reminisce about the old days, and I will go to pay a visit to King Zhongshan first?"

Chu Ke immediately put away his anger, leaned on the door frame and turned around in a graceful manner: "It's okay to make Mr. Deng laugh, of course I want to go to thank King Zhongshan together."

Chu Zhao also looked over, and the anger on his face was gone, replaced by shock.

"Deng Yi?" She asked involuntarily, "Why are you here?"

Chapter 23 Xiao Cheng

In addition to being confused when he just woke up, which led to calling the wrong person, and meeting Xiao Xun again, Chu Zhao already knew that he would meet many people who he would be familiar with in the future but who are still unfamiliar now.

Although she was very emotional when she saw Xiao Xun, she still acted calmly.

But when she saw Deng Yi, she lost her composure.

In her last life, she didn't see Deng Yi very often, but there were two times that left a deep impression on her.

One time was shortly after marrying Xiao Xun. At that time, the prince’s turmoil in the capital had just ended and the current situation was unstable. Because of his meritorious service in guarding the palace, Deng Yi was a big celebrity in front of the emperor and the most trusted person of the weak emperor. He was in his 30s. , held the military power of the entire Beijing camp, and was named Taifu.

Deng Yi came to visit suddenly on a winter night, wearing a dark fur coat with gold trim, and accompanied by iron armor and golden swords, covering the sky and the sun, she was very scared, thinking that Xiao Xun would also be arrested.

She refused to listen to Xiao Xun's persuasion, and insisted on holding his arm and standing with him.

Deng Yi didn't even look at her, his eyes looked up at Xiao Xun from bottom to top, they were full of evil spirits, very scary.

He said: "Congratulations, Your Highness, you have been crowned Prince by His Majesty."

In the later time, Xiao Xun had already become the emperor, and she was bored in the harem, so she went to the front hall to find Xiao Xun, and hid behind the curtain to give Xiao Xun a surprise.

But Xiao Xun didn't come back alone. Deng Yi came in together. Deng Yi was wearing an official robe with a serious expression.

She almost yelled and covered her mouth tightly.

Deng Yi committed such a crime, but Xiao Xun did not call the guards to take Deng Yi down, but his face turned red, his eyes were full of anger, but he lowered his head slowly.

Deng Yi turned and left, Xiao Xun stood silently for a moment, and followed.

I don't know how long it took before she ran away with weak hands and feet covered in sweat.

She didn't dare to ask Xiao Xun why Deng Yi was so ungrateful, why Xiao Xun didn't ask the crime, because she was afraid that this would be another humiliation to Xiao Xun.

She could only pretend not to know, and kept the matter in her heart.

She seemed to understand that Xiao Xun, the emperor, was not really superior, Taifu Deng was standing behind him, manipulating and controlling.

She was startled, frightened and at a loss, and from then on she avoided Deng Yi whenever she could.

I didn't expect to meet Deng Yi so soon after rebirth!

She looked at the man in front of her. His appearance hadn't changed much. He was wearing fur and standing at the door with a group of guards behind him.

Although the furs he was wearing at this time were old and shabby, the guards were not so mighty and intimidating.

But Chu Zhao still felt like that winter night, his body and mind tensed.

A strange thought even came up, this Deng Yi must have come to catch her from his previous life, right?

Deng Yi was standing here a long time ago, and took a few glances at this young lady of the Chu family. She was pretty, and that was all. He looked away and thought about other things, until he heard the two siblings arguing louder and louder. He even made a move before he spoke to stop it.

But I didn't expect this Miss Chu to call out his name. It's nothing to call out his name. Maybe it was the prince of Zhongshan who told her, or maybe someone from General Chu told her. The strange thing is, Miss Chu said, " also".

The word also has other meanings.

And judging by Miss Chu's expression, she knew him, very well.