Empress Chu

Chu Zhao understood, and frowned: "Even if you don't like it, there's no need to humiliate people like this."

The two girls looked at each other, a little surprised, thinking that Chu Zhao would be gloating.

"Miss Liang is a girl, and what happened to her may happen to us girls." Chu Zhao said, "Put yourself in the same position and empathize with your parents. It's not our decision. It's not our fault. , should not feel inferior because of this, and should not be ridiculed."

The two girls nodded: "Azhao, you are right."

Chu Zhao said: "That person is too bad, I hope none of us will meet him."

The people of the Xie family are indeed not kind, but since she will no longer be a queen in this life, it doesn't matter to her if the Xie family rebels again.

"You guys play." Chu Zhao said, "I'll go talk to Ah Tang."

The girls laughed and said, "Go and do your work."

Chu Tang was sitting on the second floor drinking tea slowly, while the four maidservants were sorting out the account books, and when they saw her coming in, they all rushed to say hello.

"Would you like to take a look—" Chu Tang asked proactively.

Chu Zhao waved his hands, telling the maidservants to step back first.

Chu Tang was a little nervous. She saw Chu Zhao walking over with a few girls just now, and the girls here also greeted Chu Zhao one after another. The relationship between Chu Zhao and the girls is already very good, unlike before. Being disliked by others, and faintly becoming the backbone of the girls - is this going to tear down the bridge, get rid of her?

Chu Zhao looked at her and hesitated to speak: "Sister, you know, who is here today?"

Seeing Chu Zhao's strange expression, Chu Tang was a little puzzled: "Who?"

Chu Zhao looked down at his fingers: "Do you know, Prince Zhongshan?"

Chu Tang looked at Chu Zhao, she knew the prince of Zhongshan, but she didn't know what Chu Zhao looked like, was it shyness?

Chapter 53 Hearts

Chu Tang had already heard from Chu Ke about the Zhongshan Prince's son.

Chu Zhao ran too fast and couldn't catch up, so he asked King Zhongshan to help intercept him. From this, he met Prince Zhongshan, and Prince Zhongshan returned to the capital with them.

The eldest son is young and talented, gentle and elegant, Chu Ke walked with him all the way, talked about the world, talked about poetry and Taoism, had a good conversation, and cherished each other-of course Chu Ke said it himself, Chu Tang listened to it with one ear and said it with the other. thing.

However, Chu Ke said that Chu Zhao was vulgar and offended the Prince of Zhongshan, and she still believed it—the Prince of Zhongshan would not like Chu Zhao's talent and appearance, um, mediocrity, and a woman of mediocre background.

But now that Chu Zhao is like this, does he dislike or like the prince of Zhongshan?

Chu Tang didn't ask the eldest son directly, but only cared about Chu Zhao, and asked sincerely, "What's the matter? Ah Zhao, you can tell me, as long as I can help."

Chu Zhao raised his head and smiled: "It's okay, I'm just thinking about some old things between me and Shizi."

What about old things?Chu Tang didn't show curiosity, but instead looked a little uneasy. He sat down beside her and asked in a low voice, "Is it good or bad for us? Is he here today to ask a crime?"

"You really, don't just think about this, I'm talking about old things." Chu Zhao complained.

Chu Tang pretended not to be curious, so she pretended to confide, isn't it just to make people more trustworthy by pretending, who wouldn't.

In that life, Xiao Xun pretended to be affectionate with her, and the concubines pretended to respect her, so even if she didn't have to pretend, she could see it.

Chu Tang held her hand and expressed apology: "I'm timid and afraid of accidents at home. I know that the prince escorted you back. Is this prince a good person?"

"I don't know if he is good or not, but he is quite arrogant." Chu Zhao said, "When I was on the road, I went to fetch water from the river, and accidentally fell into the water. He saved me."

And this?Chu Ke didn't say anything, Chu Tang was shocked, thank you for saving your life——

"It's saved if you save it." Chu Zhao snorted, "I don't need him to save me. No one has seen it in the wilderness. Don't threaten me with his life-saving grace. I won't admit it."

After saying that, he got up and left, leaving Chu Tang in a daze with his heart hanging in the air.

what?

……

……

Chu Tang brought his maid Linglong to his father's study. His parents were there, as well as the housekeeper. The three of them were whispering something lively. When Chu Tang came in, the voice stopped abruptly.

"Miss Atang." The butler saluted with a smile.

Since being busy with Chu Garden, Chu Tang rarely came to his parents' place. Of course, Chu Lan and Jiang Shi didn't blame them, and they were very happy to see their daughter.

"Did you eat and drink?" Jiang pulled her daughter to sit next to her, "Look, I'm so tired that I've lost weight."

"After eating and drinking, now my daughter is like the mistress of the house. She doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking, and takes good care of her." Chu Tang hugged Jiang's arm, "My daughter has worked hard, and I finally understand the mother's hard work. From now on, my daughter will never Let mother worry."

Mrs. Jiang groaned, "A Tang never makes me worry."

Chu Tang looked at his father again: "Father, there is a lot of discussion in the garden that the son of King Zhongshan is here, so don't hide anything from me."

Chu Lan laughed: "Don't worry, Ah Tang, it's a good thing."

Chu Tang didn't believe it: "Father reports good news but not bad news, I don't believe it."

Chu Lan glanced outside, and the housekeeper understood: "Sir, tell me, I'll go outside and watch."

After finishing speaking, she took Linglong and retreated together, and even guarded the door herself.

"The prince came to discuss with me how to solve the predicament between us and the third prince." Chu Lan said with a smile, "I came up with a good idea, let Ah Zhao fall into the water and claim his illness, so that the literary meeting in Chuyuan can be over."

Chu Tang knew how to listen to what his father said, and immediately knew that the idea belonged to the prince of Zhongshan, and fell into the water——

"I'm afraid it won't work to declare that she fell into the water and got sick?" She said with a frown.

Chu Lan laughed, his daughter is so smart!

"You think the same as the son." He couldn't help telling the truth, and coughed softly, "But don't worry, think about it for the father, let her fall into the water in full view, so that no one will question it. "

Chu Tang was in a daze thinking, "Under the eyes of everyone."

"Yeah." Jiang smiled, stroking her daughter's arm, "I have made arrangements with your father and the housekeeper, loosen one's foot by the lake, lead her there when the time comes, and then step on the air and fall into the water—"

Chu Lan said softly: "This matter must be kept extremely secret, Atang, please don't tell it."

"What are you talking about, is A-Tang the kind of child who doesn't know what's important?" Jiang was dissatisfied, and said, "A-Tang came just in time, and she can help, let A-Tang lead A-Zhao over?"

Now Chu Lan was dissatisfied again: "How can I let my daughter do this kind of thing, A Zhao will definitely hate it afterwards."

His daughter Jingui is very precious.

It's good for servants to do this kind of thing.

Jiang Shi nodded repeatedly: "I was confused, A Tang, you don't need to worry about anything, just pretend you don't know about this matter."

Looking at Chu Tang again, Chu Tang seemed to be distracted, and only looked over when A Tang was called.

She didn't have any idea about her parents' arrangements, she just asked, "Was the Prince of Zhongshan present when Ah Zhao fell into the water?"

Chu Lan nodded: "Of course." She looked a little proud, "I need my son to see my sincerity with my own eyes."

After hearing this sentence, Chu Tang left, no longer disturbing his parents' important affairs, and did not return to Chu Garden, but returned to his own yard.

Linglong dismissed the girls who came here randomly, took a bowl of tea in person, looked at Chu Tang's thoughtful expression, and asked in a low voice: "Miss, do you think something is wrong?"

Chu Tang nodded: "Of course not. Parents think very simply. This matter is by no means that simple. I don't believe that others will treat our family well for no reason. They must have plans."

Linglong was a little nervous: "What's the picture?"

Chu Tang said quietly, "Chu Zhao?"

Linglong was taken aback and blinked: "What? Miss, what do you mean?"

Chu Tang said: "I don't know what it means, but one thing is certain, the son's move is for Chu Zhao, not for my family, and it will not be the dilemma of parents."

Linglong was a little worried: "What is the meaning of this son? The master and wife can't tell, we don't know anything."

Chu Tang laughed instead: "You can do things without knowing anything, as long as you know the people involved."

Linglong asked nervously, "Then what should I do?"

Chu Tang didn't say anything more, and rested his hand on his chin: "I have to think about it."

……

……

The lights were dim, and the excitement of the day in Chu Garden came to an end. After eating and washing, Chu Zhao sat in front of the table, and a little girl fumed her hair.

Ale came in from the outside: "Xiaodie, let me come."

The little girl responded, and Chu Zhao picked up a plate of snacks on the table: "Take it and share it with your companions."

The little girl happily responded and went out with the snacks in her hands.

"Miss." Ale frowned, "Ale is incompetent, and failed to find out what the prince was plotting with the old lady."

Chu Zhao said, and patted her hand: "How can it be that you are incompetent, don't worry."

Ah Le was helpless: "How can I not worry, it must be bad for the lady, I don't know how to deal with it?"

Chu Zhao smiled and blinked: "Believe it or not, someone will deal with it for me."

Ah Le naturally believed what the lady said.

"Who is it?" She was curious, "Miss, when did you make the arrangement? There is someone else in the family who treats Miss well besides me?"

Chu Zhao smiled: "Sometimes people who treat you badly can help."

Ah Le understood: "Miss is saying that some people don't want to see Miss, and then they will do some things, and these things happen to be what Miss wants."

Chu Zhao nodded with a smile: "Ale is really smart."

Ale sighed: "There is no such thing as being smart or not. It's just that people are sinister. Miss, don't forget, I have been cheating since I was four or five years old, and I am not a good person."

If it hadn't been for the general and miss holding her for so many years, she still doesn't know what she would have become.

Chu Zhao stretched out his hands to hold Ah Le's face: "A Le has a kind heart, he can be evil, but he can't do evil."

Ale smiled and pulled Chu Zhao's hand: "Miss, don't always praise me with good things, tell me what else you want me to do."

"The most important thing is you." Chu Zhao said, "The final success or failure of this matter depends on you."

Ale hurriedly approached, and the two girls whispered under the lamp, discussing how to get through this crisis, how to use the heart of a villain to achieve what they want, the room was dim, and the eyebrows and eyes of the two girls were also covered in a haze.

In the night far away from the capital, the foot of the mountain illuminated by the rising flames was as bright as day.

Noisy crying soared into the sky.

Countless figures danced and ran in the night, most of them were in the firelight, and most of them were outside.

The fire engulfed everything, and the water splashed over had no effect. Instead, it enraged the fire, and the flames became more intense, licking the person who rushed in.

The man didn't flinch, and ran in the flames with a wet quilt on his body, trying to rescue him. There were too many people, crying everywhere.

The man grabbed one, pulled it, and the arm fell off, and the man without the arm was burned and stuck to the ground, waving the other arm and continuing to cry——

They can't leave here.

The wet quilt on the man's body was also gradually dried, and it became barren and clawed. It no longer protected him, but wanted to keep him like a fire, turning him into ashes and rotten flesh.

Looking at the dancing figures around him, his ears were filled with cries, and finally he raised his head and let out a scream. Enduring the licking of the flames, he reached out and grabbed a comatose child from the flames, hugged him in his arms and rushed out.

In the distance beyond the fire, there is a human wall standing around. The people here are going to be burned, but don’t be afraid, the grass and trees houses here have been flattened, and the land is almost scraped off. Layer, without combustion aids, sparks can't ignite even if they jump over.

Hearing the screams in the fire, the expressions of the people who were just watching quietly changed.

"Hurry up and rescue the young master!" A steward dressed in dark flowered silk had a grim expression on his face, "If the young master has a good or bad idea, none of you will live!"

If you run in, you will die, if you stay here, you will die. If you run in and die, the family, wife and children will still be able to make up for it. A group of people gritted their teeth and rushed into the fire. Even if they used their bodies to put out the fire, they must save the young master .

Before they could rush into the flames, the figure rushed out of the flames, fell down and rolled, sparks from the burning body.

"Son!"

Everyone was overjoyed, and beat the broom in their hands on the people who came, water was poured over, and the burning fire was quickly extinguished.

The young master's clothes on the ground were burned away, revealing his white shoulders, dotted with blisters.

His face was intact, but he closed his eyes tightly, curled up on the ground, coughing violently, and his voice was hoarse.

"Master Yanlai!" The steward rushed over and shouted excitedly, "Come quickly, doctor."

The doctor had been waiting for a long time, and rushed over to turn the curled up young master over, only to see that there was a seven or eight-year-old child hidden in the young master's arms.

"Save him, save him." The young master coughed and shouted hoarsely.

A group of people risked their lives to save the young master, but at this moment, no one listened to the young master's words, they stood still, neither did the doctor, they all turned their heads to look after the matter.

The steward looked gloomy, glanced at the seven or eight-year-old fainted boy, finally nodded, and pointed to a young man beside him.

"You take care of him," he said.