After Murong Xiao left the cell, he was called to Rongan Hall by the old lady. As soon as he called his mother when he entered the door, the old lady cursed him.

"Okay, why are you bullying Chu Zhao again? How did she offend you? You are a grown man, don't you have any tolerance for others? She is your wife, not a servant girl. No matter how angry you are, you can't go to her. If she is locked up in a dungeon, how can she face anyone if the news spreads?"

Murong Xiao was in trouble.

His mother was old, and he didn't want to bother her with all these messy things. Besides, Chu Zhao's problem was too complicated to explain in detail, and he couldn't figure it out himself, and he didn't know where to start.

"You old man, please don't worry about these things. A son has his own sense of proportion." He could only say this vaguely.

The old lady became even more angry. She wiped her eyes and said, "Okay, your wings are stiff and you think I am nosy. Well, since you no longer need me, then I will go find your father and ask him." Why did he give birth to such a careless son like you?"

Murong Xiao was speechless: "I wasn't your child? What's the use of looking for my father? Besides, haven't you always hated Chu Zhao? You always said that she is not good enough for me..."

"That was before. She is different now. We can't generalize." The old lady said confidently, "She is really annoying when she is annoying, but she is also really capable when she is capable. Now all the wives in the city are held in her hands. , whatever you want those officials to do, all they need to do is give them a pillow blow."

He paused and then said: "Think about how difficult it was in the first few years after your father left. Everyone bullied you for being young and didn't take you seriously. All matters, big or small, depended on the looks of the court and local officials. How did we two get here?"

Murong Xiao couldn't help but feel a little sad when his mother recalled those days.

"It's all over now, why are you mentioning what he did? Didn't those people knock us down?" He sat down next to the old lady, held her hand and said, "Don't worry, mother, my son will protect you for the rest of your life. "

The old lady said: "Aren't you going to protect your wife?"

Murong Xiao choked, thinking that she could go to heaven, so why would she need someone to protect her?

Seeing that he didn't speak, the old lady held his hand and said seriously: "Whether it's using her or cooperating, Chu Zhao is indeed different today from before. It doesn't matter whether you have feelings for her or not. What matters is What you want is to find a way to stabilize her and make her useful to you. If she can give you a child, that would be great. Once a woman has a child, she cannot be beaten away."

"..."

Murong Xiao didn't know why the topic suddenly turned to having children, but then again, if a woman has a child, will she really be able to fight her off?

Maybe other women would, but as for Chu Zhao, why did he think Chu Zhao would take away the child and the family property?

"I understand, mother." He said perfunctorily to the old lady, "Let her reflect in the dungeon tonight, and I will let her out early tomorrow morning."

"Okay, just be aware of it and send her some food, quilts, etc. Don't wrong her."

Murong Xiao: "..."

My mother didn’t even understand who had wronged whom.

Forget it, don’t say it anymore, no one will believe it if you say it.

……

After nightfall, Jingnan Prince's Mansion gradually became quiet, and the lights everywhere were extinguished one after another. The night was like water, swallowing up the huge mansion silently.

The dungeon is where Murong Xiao temporarily interrogates prisoners. Those who deserve to be punished will be killed after the trial. The guilty ones will be sent directly to the government and will not be locked up here. Therefore, there are usually no people here, not even a few guards.

Chu Zhao and Wang Baobao were kept separately, with a cell in between.

After the second watch, the guards left. The two couldn't sleep, so they shouted and chatted through the wall for a while.

I was afraid that others would hear some of my words, so I couldn't talk about them here, so I just talked about some bank matters.

Chu Zhao asked Wang Baobao if they were sure they could achieve their goal in three months. Wang Baobao did the math and said it should be no problem.

Chu Zhao said, since you are so sure, why not give it two months? One month is fine if you can. "

"How is that possible? I'm not a god." Wang Baobao said strangely, "We're not in a hurry, so why are we in such a hurry?"

"Come on, why don't you rush?" Chu Zhao said, "If things go well, I won't be in Yunzhou in three months. I want to arrange everything before I leave."

"Where are you going, Princess?" Wang Baobao suddenly became anxious, "Why do I hear that you don't seem to be taking me there? You don't want to leave me here alone, do you?"

"Why are you alone? Don't you also have Chu Huai?" Chu Zhao said with a smile, "You don't have to follow me, just make money for me to spend."

Wang Baobao: "..."

This sounds so scummy.

"But I don't want to stay here. The world is so big and I also want to see it."

"Don't worry, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Chu Zhao comforted him, "When you become the world's richest businessman, you can go wherever you want."

Wang Baobao: "Okay then!"

He still prefers making money than traveling.

The two chatted for a while, and when they got sleepy, they went to bed to rest.

The bed was a very simple wooden bed. Chu Zhao was not used to sleeping, so he tossed and turned for a long time before falling asleep.

After an unknown amount of time, the dim oil lamp on the wall suddenly went out, and the entire dungeon fell into darkness.

The two of them fell into a deep sleep and were completely unaware of this.

After a while, very light footsteps slowly approached the cell where Chu Zhao was.

The footsteps stopped outside the cell, and a vague black figure was vaguely visible.

The shadow stood silently in front of the door for a few breaths, confirming that Chu Zhao was really asleep. Then he reached out to touch the chain and opened the lock carefully, trying not to make any noise from the chain.

Immediately, he gently pushed open the cell door, bent down and walked in.

This man seemed to be very familiar with the layout of the cell. As soon as he entered the door, he went straight to Chu Zhao's bed.

He stood in front of the bed and identified the position where Chu Zhao was sleeping based on his breathing, and pulled out a short knife from his waist.

The knife came out of its sheath and made a slight sound, because he was already sure that he could kill the person in front of him with one blow and no longer needed to be careful to cover it up.

He threw away the scabbard, held the knife in one hand, bent down and stabbed Chu Zhao hard on the bed.

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