After rebirth, I became a national teacher

Chen Qingzhu naturally knew what Zhang was thinking, but he didn't care at all.

She needs time and inspiration.

As long as she reaches the first level of Qi Refining, Zhang will no longer be able to manipulate her at will.

"In that case, please give me the Buddha statue immediately."

Chen Qingzhu said as a matter of course:

"Otherwise, I'm afraid that if the truth comes out, it will be too obvious if Madam gives it to me again." He pretended to be a smug person and said, "Madam, if you make me unhappy, I can't guarantee what I will say!"

Zhang took a deep breath, suppressed her anger, and said calmly:

"Mammy, go to the storehouse and get it for her."

Nanny Liu took the order and left.

Rong Niang, who had been silently watching the movements in the west wing, became even more worried about her aunt's situation when she saw Madam Liu come out with an angry face.

After hesitating for a long time, he finally made up his mind, pulled his brother's sleeve, and begged:

"Second brother, let's go and plead for aunt. Aunt is already ill. If she is punished again, how can her body bear it..."

Pei Xuan mercilessly pulled out his sleeves and frowned:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Aunt Chen is a concubine and she is lazy in serving the mistress. She deserves to be punished! You go to plead for such a person and make your mother angry. Isn't that unfilial?"

His voice was very loud, and I didn't know who he was speaking to on purpose.

Rong Niang was helpless and could only turn around in circles in anxiety.

Fortunately, not long after, Chen Qingzhu came out safe and sound.

The jade Buddha was not too big, so in order not to attract attention, she placed it directly in her wide sleeves.

Rong Niang ran over quickly:

"Auntie, are you okay?"

Chen Qingzhu touched her head and smiled gently:

"Auntie is fine. Miss San, please go back soon."

Rongniang is still young and may not be able to withstand the questioning. She can't reveal too much to her and cause unnecessary trouble.

Suppressing the reluctance in his heart, Chen Qingzhu strode out of Yaoguang Courtyard without hesitation.

It was already lunch time. She had been practicing for several hours and hadn't even had breakfast. Her stomach was already empty, so she went to the kitchen to pick up her lunch before going back.

Dongxue looked so absent-minded that he didn't expect her to go to the kitchen to get him food.

Besides, she wasn't comfortable eating the things she brought back.

In addition to her own meal, she also spent money to ask the kitchen to give her some long-lasting steamed buns and snacks that could be eaten directly, and then she returned to her old houses.

As expected, Dongxue, the only servant, was not there, but Chen Qingzhu did not care. He took the food box and snacks and went back to his room.

I opened the lunch box and found a stir-fried cabbage, a winter melon meatball and a portion of rice. It was too simple, with only two or three meatballs.

Chen Qingzhu was not picky about food. He quickly stuffed the food into his stomach and ate until he was full.

After finishing his meal, he took out the Buddha statue he had just asked for from Zhang.

This Buddha statue has soft and delicate tentacles, emerald green water head, and detailed carvings that make it lifelike. It is a rare and exquisite work of art.

Chen Qingzhu held it in his hand and looked at it for a while, then raised the brick in his other hand and smashed it into three pieces neatly.

Great, now it is easier to carry and use.

Without wasting any time, Chen Qingzhu began to meditate with the broken Buddha head in his hand.

There is no time in cultivation, and a day passes in the blink of an eye.

"Bang bang bang!"

There was a rough knock on the door.

Chen Qingzhu opened his eyes from his meditation and understood everything.

The people from Marquis Jingnan's side who were escorting her for trial arrived.

She calmly threw the Buddha head, which had turned into stone powder, under the bed, and put the other two parts of the Buddha body in her arms. Then she got up and opened the door.

"Mrs. Chen, the Marquis and his wife want you to come over!"

The two strong women outside said with serious faces.

As they spoke, they tried to twist Chen Qingzhu, but Chen Qingzhu brushed them away:

"I'll go by myself."

When we walked outside the Yaoguang Courtyard, we saw seven or eight strong servants guarding outside with long sticks.

When we arrived at the main hall, we saw a tall man sitting at the top, wearing a round-collared brocade robe embroidered with a four-clawed python.

His complexion was not very fair, but his eyebrows were sharp and his eyes were star-like, with a stern face. Even though he sat there without saying a word, he was like a sword drawn from its sheath, emitting a cold aura that could not be offended.

However, Zhang, who originally had the majesty of a mistress, acted gentle and considerate around him.

This person is none other than Pei Xiao, Marquis of Jingnan.

The concubines in the backyard were all fascinated by his handsomeness and strength, but Chen Qingzhu had only hatred for him in his heart.

Nine years ago, Zhang wanted to pick someone to compete with Aunt Yao, so she chose her, forced someone to dress her up, and sent her to Pei Xiao.

Chen Qingzhu couldn't resist being dressed up every day, so she could only pretend to be a wooden man in front of Pei Xiao, hoping that he would find her boring and look down on her.

But he just liked her appearance very much, and he could tell what Zhang was thinking, so he would tease her from time to time.

The more she resisted, the more he pursued her.

Zhang was very unhappy to see Pei Xiao was becoming more and more interested in her. While Pei Xiao was leading his troops to suppress bandits, she called her over and made her light the oil lamp for several hours. She also warned her cruelly that if she continued to refuse the seductive marquis, she would be sold to the lowest-class brothel.

"Madam, I don't have it. I really don't want to be a concubine. Please let me go. I have prepared the money for my redemption. I..."

From the day she was sold into slavery at the age of eight, her only wish was to redeem herself and become a free person.

She was unwilling to be a slave, nor was she willing to be a concubine.

A concubine is always a slave in front of her master, mother and even her own children.

Especially for a concubine like her who was born into slavery, she could be beaten, scolded, and sold at will by her mistress, and she could even have someone beat her to death, and she would not be punished by the law.

Although he is a human being, he is no different from livestock, mules or horses.

Even if she could live a life of luxury, she wouldn't want such an identity.

What greeted her was a hard slap from Aunt Liu.

"You ungrateful slave! Whatever the Madam asks you to do, you can't say no."

Even so, she still wants to fight for her future.

After Pei Xiao came back, she mustered up the courage to reject him.

"My Lord, I have no ambition, I am coarse and humble, I am not worthy to serve you... If you really have pity on me, please let me redeem myself and leave the palace!"

She confided her long-cherished wishes and aspirations to him, humbly begging him to fulfill them.

Pei Xiao was not moved at all. Instead, he looked at her with an unprecedented coldness, pinched her chin and said:

"Xiao Zhu, I thought you were a smart enough woman and should know what you are. Don't let me run out of patience and then regret it, okay?"

In this way, the couple together destroyed the future she had been longing for for eight years.

She had no determination to fight to the death, so she could only accept her fate.

Pei Xiao was extremely obsessed with her during the first few months after he got her. Except for going to Zhang's room three or four times a month, he spent the rest of his time with her.

She was afraid of causing jealousy and hatred, so she always pushed him away and never dared to slack off in serving Zhang.

Pei Xiao refused to go to someone else's room and promised her:

"Don't be afraid, Xiaozhu. I will protect you and never let anyone hurt you."

His words were still fresh in his mind, but when she gave birth to twins and her body was damaged and she could no longer have sex with him, he was attracted by the younger and more interesting concubine and gradually forgot about her.

The favor she once enjoyed turned into sharp blades that hurt her after she lost his protection.

For three years after giving birth, she endured revenge and torture from the concubines in the backyard and Zhang.

But he turned a blind eye to it and let her struggle to survive with her two children.

That’s all.

In his previous life, in order to appease the anger of Pei Jin's maternal family, he personally ordered her to be tortured, and then beat her to death with sticks in front of Pei Jin's maternal family. Later, he tortured Rong Niang to death.

——Without his approval, no matter how bold Zhang was, she would not dare to give Rong Niang to the old man, the Grand Tutor, privately.

As a man traveling outside, he knew the bad habits of the Grand Tutor better than the women in the back house, but he still sent Rong Niang, who was already in poor health, out!

For the sake of power, he doesn't care about his daughter's life or death!

Chen Qingzhu tried hard to suppress the hatred surging in his heart.

We are at a disadvantage, and now is far from the time to take revenge.

As soon as Chen Qingzhu came in, the imposing male host frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty!"

Two maids pressed Chen Qingzhu to the ground.

Chen Qingzhu's cultivation has not yet been completed, and his body has not undergone any qualitative changes. He has been weak due to years of deficiency and deficiency, so he is really no match for them.

She was about to leave the mansion, and she didn't want to make trouble over such a small matter, so she knelt when she was told to.

"Slut, do you know your crime?"

Pei Xiao, who was at the top, asked condescendingly, his sharp eyes full of disgust.

The woman in front of him was once pure and lovely, but since she injured her body during childbirth, she has become more and more vulgar. She spends all day fawning around Zhang like a dog, smelling of oil and smoke, and there is not a trace of the lovable look she once had.

Now he has become even more vicious and dares to murder his legitimate son!

Since she had agreed to take the blame for Zhang, Chen Qingzhu naturally had to sing, recite, act and fight. But she was too lazy to act too hard.

It was Zhang's responsibility to figure out the solution. If Zhang couldn't cope with it, then it couldn't be blamed on her for not being able to fulfill her promise.

Retreating from the Marquis' Mansion and lying low was her best option, but not the only one.

"I don't know what I did wrong."

Pei Xiao became even more furious when he saw her denying it:

"Pull up that slave who devoured his master!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Dongxue, covered in wounds, was pushed into the hall.

As soon as she saw Chen Qingzhu, she cried out:

"Auntie, help! I poisoned the young master only because of your orders. You can't just abandon me!"

Pei Xiao stood up and walked in front of Chen Qingzhu, his sharp eyes seemed to torture her to death:

"What else do you have to say?"

It was like this in my previous life.

Chen Qingzhu didn't dare to argue and could only plead guilty and beg for mercy.

At that moment, she hoped so much that Pei Xiao could remember his promise, investigate further, find out her difficulties and helplessness, and save her and her children from the fire.

However, what she waited for was only Pei Xiao's cold and ruthless order to drag her away and torture her, and not to let her die before the people from Pei Jin's maternal family, the Zhang family's direct branch, came.

Now, of course, she would not have any expectations of Pei Xiao, and she was not even willing to put on a show and beg for mercy from him.

She just said as if she was disheartened: "It was because I was blinded by greed that I made such a big mistake. Please forgive me, my Lord."

This attitude surprised Pei Xiao for a moment, and then he became furious.

As a nobleman with a long history of merit, the only things that worry him are the affairs of the court and factional struggles.

The backyard was just a place for him to relax and have children. Except for Zhang, who was his legal wife, the other concubines were dispensable.

The legitimate son is not only related to the inheritance of the family's lordship, but also an inseparable bond between him and the legitimate branch of the Zhang family.

A mere lowly concubine dared to lay hands on the precious legitimate son. Even if she was beaten to death, it would not be enough to atone for her crime.

At this moment, she should be terrified, beg for mercy, and then die in excruciating pain to barely appease his anger. How could she satisfy him by showing no fear at all?

"Bad maid!"

He kicked Chen Qingzhu in the heart.

Chen Qingzhu was caught off guard and was kneeling on the ground, unable to dodge and was kicked to the ground.

Even though she had two pieces of jade Buddha on her chest to block the attack, Pei Xiao was a military general and he used a lot of force in the kick, which caused her to feel severe pain instantly.

Chen Qingzhu gritted his teeth in his heart, there was one more hatred from past and present lives!

Sooner or later, she will repay him a hundredfold!

"Come here! Drag this rebellious slave away, put her in the clamps and branding irons, and do not let her die without my order!"

Pei Xiao gave the order coldly.

Chen Qingzhu raised his head and looked at Zhang, who had a happy expression on his face, with a threatening look in his eyes.

The kick she received from Pei Xiao was considered a breach of contract by Zhang's company. If she doesn't make any more efforts, don't blame her for tearing up the agreement.