"When I was young, the Queen treated me sincerely, but I don't know when everything changed."

Xie Zhaozhao's tears fell like beads, "I have always wanted to protect my aunt, but my aunt only wants to control me and imprison me."

"Hehe, tell me, how did I control you?" Queen Xie didn't care at this time, she was going to die anyway.

Xie Zhaozhao looked straight at Queen Xie, tears filling her eyes.

“Let alone the fact that the Empress has detained me in the palace for no reason since the beginning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, just talking about my marriage, I cannot understand the Empress’ intentions.

Back then, my grandfather left a will that the legitimate daughter of the Xie family should marry into the Marquis's mansion. But my grandfather did not say that the eldest legitimate daughter must marry into the Marquis's mansion. The Queen Mother made all kinds of calculations and wanted to marry me to Gu Chengyan..."

In both lives, she had no idea about the Queen's plan. A few days ago, when she was interrogating Guan Yingying, Guan Yingying awakened her memories of her past life. She told Xie Zhaozhao that everything was Queen Xie's plan.

Before exchanging the engagement letter, Empress Xie talked to the old lady of Pingyang Marquis, Mrs. Tu (Gu Chengyan's mother), and stepmother Xu Yingrong about marrying Xie Zhaozhao to Gu Chengyan, and used Xie Zhaozhao's beautiful makeup to seduce Mrs. Tu and the old lady of the Marquis.

Otherwise, the old lady of the Marquis' Mansion and Mrs. Tu would not dare to covet the eldest daughter of the Xie family even if they had ten times the courage.

Concubine Xi also told Xu to marry Xie Zhaozhao to Gu Chengyan and Xie Xiangxiang to Zhou Lingyin, and Xu obeyed her orders.

Didn't Xie Anfeng raise an outstanding daughter in order to form an alliance and gain benefits for the Xie family?

She chose to marry the eldest daughter of Xie family to Gu Chengyan, a man with a pretty face, thus putting an end to the Xie family's plans.

However, in the previous life, taking advantage of the fact that Xie Anfeng was not convenient to come to the back house, Xu and Tu quickly exchanged engagement letters and successfully married Xie Zhaozhao to Gu Chengyan.

In this life, Xie Zhaozhao was able to break the situation because he was reborn and prayed to Living Buddha Yuanji.

The Queen had originally discussed Xie Zhaozhao's marriage with Old Lady Xie, but Old Lady Xie had kept it a secret. Now, the situation was hopeless, and she also said with tears in her eyes, "The Queen also talked to me and said that the Xie family was rich enough and there was no need to add icing on the cake. She should marry Zhaozhao to a lower-class mansion. Although Prince Gu was mediocre, the family's foundation was more important than a granddaughter."

Old Madam Xie is now very fortunate that Living Buddha Yuanji separated Xie Zhaozhao and Gu Chengyan. Gu Chengyan is not only a pretty face, but also has bad character.

After listening to her, Empress Xie laughed sarcastically again. Look, even a mother thinks that daughters are born to sacrifice for the family.

However, she did not regret marrying Xie Zhaozhao to Gu Chengyan, saying, "What's the good of marrying into Prince Jing's mansion? It may seem like marrying up, but you have to be a slave for the rest of your life. A man has three wives and four concubines, and a courtyard full of beautiful women. Although the Marquis's mansion is weak, it is easy to control. If I don't allow him to take a concubine, he won't dare to do so."

"But does the Queen know that he doesn't take concubines, but keeps mistresses?"

Gu Chengyan and his mistress not only took her life, but also the lives of her father and brother.

Xie Zhaozhao covered his chest, still feeling the pain there.

After talking about marriage, Xie Zhaozhao brought up Ouyang's thrilling cliff-jumping accident.

"Last March, the Bo family went to the ancestral home of Ouyang to attend the funeral. I, Yin Er, Hongying and I were ready to fight against the bandits. We thought we had it all planned out, but we only forgot to consider you, aunt!"

Xie Zhaozhao really didn't want to recall that scene

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That day, the bandits led by Guan Yingying and Wei Bufan broke into the courtyard on the top of the mountain. Xie Zhaozhao, Yuan Yuanman and the four guards, carrying the injured Mo Yan, escaped from the west gate.

I thought that by sending out a signal and contacting Yin Jinan, Hongying and others along the route I had seen during the day, I could easily avoid the tragedy of my previous life.

As a result, Yuanyuan grabbed the bow and arrow, took out the whistling arrow, and was about to shoot high into the sky, but was suddenly kicked over.

A group of people wearing black armor landed in front of them. With the light from the yard, Xie Zhaozhao saw that these people were full of murderous intent and were not bandits at all.

The masked man's appearance was too coincidental. Xie Zhaozhao knew in his heart that it must be an acquaintance, otherwise it would not be such a coincidence.

"who are you?"

"It doesn't matter who we are. If you want the people around you to survive, follow us!"

As these people spoke, they approached with knives in hand.

There were so many people and they were very skilled in martial arts, so they were forced to retreat step by step.

The black-armored man pushed her to the edge of the cliff and said calmly, "Madam, please come with us."

These people called her Madam, which meant they were very familiar with her and had calculated her itinerary. The person who sent such a killer to capture her must be no ordinary person.

She must not fall into their hands.

Xie Zhaozhao had no choice but to jump off the cliff...

"Empress, even though I knew I would probably die without a complete body if I jumped off the cliff, I still chose to jump off the cliff. Do you know why?"

"Why?" Queen Xie also wanted to know.

"At that time, with the help of the lights in the yard, I not only saw clearly that these people were not bandits, but I also saw the dead body on the ground behind them. It was a female soldier who came to pick me up... More importantly, I recognized Lan Feng!"

Empress Xie had guards with strong martial arts skills and secret guards.

Xie Zhaozhao has been very well-behaved since she was a child. During the years in the palace, whenever the Queen asked her to sleep, she would pretend to be asleep even if she was not sleepy, and she could fool even the most experienced nanny.

Among them was the secret guard Lan Feng, whom Xie Zhaozhao had seen several times. When she was asleep, Empress Xie would call him out to question her. Xie Zhaozhao had heard his voice several times and was very sensitive to it.

Although he was wearing a mask, his eyebrows were shaped like an inverted eight, which was very rare. Therefore, Xie Zhaozhao was suspicious and deliberately led him to speak.

As soon as Lan Feng opened his mouth, Xie Zhaozhao confirmed his identity.

When I recognized Lan Feng, I knew that they were most likely my aunt's people.

I broke out in a cold sweat in an instant.

She couldn't point out their identities, otherwise, Yuanyuanman, the four guards and Mo Yan would all be silenced.

She didn't know why Lan Feng came to arrest her. She only knew that the other party must have a secret that she couldn't tell anyone, and she must not fall into his hands.

Their target is her, and has nothing to do with the guards and Yuanyuanmanman and the others. If she jumps off the cliff, Yuanyuanmanman and the others will save her first and will not fight with the other side. Instead, the other side will let Yuanyuanmanman and the others go.

Only if she "died" could they leave quickly and keep their whole family together.

So she jumped off the cliff.

She never said that the place she consciously retreated to was the triangular "crack" between two sections of cliff walls where she and Yin Jinan had agreed to meet long ago.

In this crack, Yin Jinan pulled three layers of nets, upper and lower. No matter how great the impact was, there would always be one to catch her.

Only this "crack" can ensure that the net will catch her 100%.

Otherwise, the cliff is so wide, unless Yin Jinan is a spider spirit, how could he weave so many webs!

During the days when she was recuperating in the Ouyang County Court, she could not figure it out and remained silent, not exposing Empress Xie.

When she returned to the capital, Empress Xie summoned her into the palace immediately and tested her.

From that day on, she became wary of her aunt and never trusted her again.

However, I still don't understand why Empress Xie arrested her and what she wanted to do with her.

When Zhou Shaoyu heard this, he clenched his fists. The time when Xie Zhaozhao jumped off the cliff was a scene he never wanted to face again. He was afraid and angry, but she never said anything.

He checked many times but couldn't find out the reason.

Yes, who could have thought that at that time, "Noble Concubine Xi", who had always been as close to Xie Zhaozhao as a mother and daughter, would attack Xie Zhaozhao?

It was not until now that I found out that at that time, Xie Zhaozhao already knew that it was the Queen's handiwork, but out of family affection, she did not expose the Queen and kept it in her heart.

No wonder, since that time, she always remained silent when Queen Xie was mentioned.

"Why did you hurt Zhao Zhao?" Zhou Shaoyu said angrily, "Zhao Zhao regards you as her mother, but you used her as a pawn to take revenge on the Xie family from the very beginning!"

"I did this for Zhao Zhao's own good. Because at that time, I realized that you were not worthy of Zhao Zhao's true love at all."

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