Chapter 268 Pig Head
After all, Xia Ziying's face became a little softer, and in the end she didn't have the nerve to ask for it, so she mentioned the incident in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city.
"I heard that the scenery is picturesque and charming, but I don't know what it is like?" He looked curious and eager to see it.
Xia Ziying has this kind of temperament. She obviously wants it very much, but she still pretends to be a gentle and reserved lady, and asks others to take the initiative to deliver things to her. She also says, "You gave it to me yourself." Yes, I didn’t ask for it. ’
Such people are the most disgusting.
hypocritical.
In her previous life, whenever Xia Ziying saw something good from her, she would praise it and look envious.
Mrs. Xu would ask for it from her, but she always thought it was nothing, just a few things, so why not give it to her own sister.
You can't have trouble with your sister because of a dead thing.
But when she reacted, she realized that all her things had been moved to Xia Ziying's house one by one. It became Xia Ziying's possession, and she didn't even have any decent jewelry or clothes around her.
When rice is promoted, rice is favored, and rice is hated by enemies.
It was because she was too soft-hearted and too kind to others that she fed up the appetites of the mother and daughter. In the end, they devoured her alive, including her bones and flesh, and she finally came to her senses.
It turns out that she has been being plotted by those around her.
Xia Ziying wanted to go to the village, but she couldn't help but beg Xia Zihan. She looked at Xia Zilan a few more times, and Xia Zilan finally remembered the hot spring village.
She smiled and begged Xia Zihan with a shy face, "Second sister, I heard that the Zhuangzi given by the emperor is very beautiful. Can you take us to see it together?"
Xia Zihan glanced at Xia Ziying, and when she saw her ears pricked up and her eyes full of expectation, she said, "The grain in the village has just been harvested. I have to go and see, not just play."
Xia Ziying curled her lips and said, "The servants of the Chu family said that you should accompany your grandmother to Zhuangzi to spend the winter."
"Well, my grandma has been feeling unwell lately. I want to accompany her to live outside the city for a while to change the environment and let her change her mood."
"It's just that the Song family's funeral hasn't been finished yet, and grandma can't leave."
"You want to play, there are many good places in the capital, much more beautiful than my village. In the end, my village is just a place to grow crops. Apart from farmland, there is no scenery to see."
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Xia Zilan looked unbelieving, "Didn't you say there are hot springs? I want to go to the hot springs."
"My village is on the far side. There is no hot spring indoors, but there is one on the mountain. However, there are deer, monkeys and wild boars on the mountain. If you dare to go, I will take you there when my grandmother is better."
When she heard that the hot spring was on the mountain and there were wild boars on the mountain, Xia Zilan didn't dare to go there even if she borrowed some courage, "Oh, forget it, I'm most afraid of wild boars and dogs."
She was just a child, so it was natural for her to be frightened when it came to wild beasts.
Xia Ziying glanced at her angrily.
She is a pig-headed person who fails to achieve anything but fails. She believes it when people say there are wild boars.
If there really were wild boars, how could the second sister and Mrs. Chu dare to live there?
He must have lied to them.
Xia Ziying smiled and said, "Is that wild boar ferocious? Second sister is so courageous. She dares to live there even if there is a wild boar on the mountain. What if it breaks into the house in the middle of the night... in the middle of the night? Oh, I get scared just thinking about it."
He trembled all over and looked scared.
"The door is fastened, and the wild boar has no hands, so how can he break in." Xia Zihan looked indifferent. Seeing that the time was almost up, he stood up and gave the order to expel the guests, "Okay, I will rush to Zhuangzi today, and I will not stay here." The eldest sister and the two younger sisters had dinner.”
Xia Ziying and the other three were too embarrassed to stay here and not leave.
Xia Zilan was young and simple-minded, so she didn't think too much. She held the clothes she just got and happily left behind the maid.
Xia Ziying looked unwilling and glanced at Xia Zihan jealously several times. Seeing that Xia Zihan seemed not to notice, she blushed angrily, stomped her feet and swung her hips and turned away.
Only Xia Ziqing, who had been following her silently, took out a sachet and handed it to her when she left, "This is a sachet I made myself. It contains dried osmanthus and dried peach blossoms. The gift is not expensive, so don't dislike it, second sister." ”
"How could it be? This is the first time I have received a gift from a sister. I will definitely cherish it."
Xia Zihan took the sachet with a smile and put it into her purse in front of Xia Ziqing.
Xia Ziqing breathed a sigh of relief, then blushed again. She lowered her voice in embarrassment and said, "That day at the Second Prince's Mansion, I was dizzy for a moment. I shouldn't have said that to you. Second sister, you should be the eldest sister." I lost my mind and went crazy at that time, and I will never do it again.”
"There is no quarrel between sisters. Even when the teeth and tongue are close, and sometimes they bite, I just think that is the eldest sister's concern for me."
Let go of grudges with a smile.
Xia Ziqing's heart suddenly felt at ease.
After seeing off the three Xia sisters, their luggage was almost packed. Xia Zihan went to Zeng's courtyard to say goodbye to Zeng.
As soon as he entered the door, Xia Zihan coquettishly snuggled into Mrs. Zeng's arms and reluctantly told her, "Grandma, I'll be with my aunt and I'll be back in a few days. You must not lose weight. You must eat well every day and don't eat casually." Fooled.”
He was as worried about Mrs. Zeng as he was telling a child.
These days, Zeng's appetite has decreased a lot. She has to coax her for a long time every time she eats, so that her grandmother can eat half a bowl of rice. If she eats more, she won't eat anything.
If she hadn't been in a hurry to go to the village to negotiate the business with her uncle, she would never have left her grandmother.
In the end, she stayed a little longer and had lunch with Zeng before setting off.
As soon as the carriage left the city gate, they met Chu Jingqi. Chu Jingqi tightened the horse's rope, and the tall horse stopped beside the carriage, "I heard from the head of the farm that you will come over in the afternoon, and I came here specially to pick you up."
Xia Zihan opened the corner of the car curtain and looked at the handsome face bathed in the sun, with crooked eyebrows and said, "Then let's go quickly."
He had no intention of inviting him into the carriage.
But Chu Jingqi got off the horse, threw the horse rope to Shengdi, and jumped into the carriage.
"Why are you up here? You..." This is at the gate of the city. If someone sees her, will she become a human being?
"I have something to tell you." Chu Jingqi interrupted her and glanced at Nuan Yuxiang.
The meaning is obvious, that is, they should avoid it.
He has something important to say.
Xia Zihan pursed her lips and stared at Chu Jingqi intently. Seeing his presence, he sat down opposite her without even looking at her.
After a while, she reluctantly sent the two maids to the small carriage behind.
Xia Zihan brewed a pot with his own hands. "There are rumors out there that my uncle is sick because of anger. You don't have to stay at the bedside to fulfill your filial piety?"
"Is that a stopgap measure?"
He added, "My father is so sick that he may have difficulty getting out of bed. He may have to stay in bed for a year and a half."
Recuperating from illness is a lie, but going to the northwest to fight is real.
Chu Xuanyu's tactic of removing the firepower from the bottom of the cauldron was really clever.
Kill several birds with one stone.
Not only did it completely interrupt the greed of the Chu Haoyu family, but it also punished the Yu family for being ruthless.
When he ransacked his house, he secretly asked the commander of the Yinlin Guards to confiscate the only property in the west courtyard, leaving Chu Haoyu unable to catch the chicken and losing a handful of rice.
But his title was taken away, and he became angry and sick. He took sick leave with the emperor and rested at home. On the surface, he was recuperating in Zhuangzi, but in fact, the golden cicada escaped from its shell and slipped away to the northwest to arrange the war with the Tatars.
And more importantly, once the Chu family's title is taken away, the ministers who are on the opposite side of the Chu family will take the opportunity to impeach him and want to bring down the Chu family in one fell swoop.
The ministers who would usually impeach him must be the Lu family party. The emperor and the prince's people would not impeach him.
In the early years, the emperor cut through thorns and fought bloody battles to get to this position.
At that time, the court was in turmoil and chaos.
In order to stabilize the throne, the emperor had no choice but to marry a daughter of the Lu family. Using Lu Guogong's power, he eliminated many ministers who did not deal with the emperor.
But after the emperor had secured his position, he discovered that the power of the Lu family had been secretly growing, and it had reached the point where the roots were deep and the leaves were luxuriant. No matter how much he tried to prune the leaves, it would be difficult to shake the Lu family.
It was as if he had just jumped out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den. In order to protect the Ao family, the young emperor had no choice but to favor Concubine Lu. This made the Lu family even more arrogant and domineering.
Fortunately, an upright and honest Mr. Chu Ge who was not afraid of death appeared later. He secretly played a bad role with the emperor while the other played a bad role. Together they suppressed the power of the Lu family and quietly cut off many branches and leaves of the Lu family.
Just when he saw that the big tree of the Lu family was about to be shaken by construction, something suddenly happened to Mr. Chuge.
The emperor has been secretly investigating how Mr. Chu Ge died for three years, but there has been no progress and no clues.
But both he and the emperor knew that the death of Mr. Chu Ge was definitely related to the Lu family.
But without evidence, just guessing is useless.
In the past ten years or so, the Lu family's influence in the court was deeper than the emperor expected. The emperor didn't even know how many people the Lu family had infiltrated in the court.
Who is from the Lu family?
Who really surrenders to him?
Even the emperor himself doesn't know.
Even people like Mr. Liang Ge, Xiao Zhenfeng, and Song Baiqing have been bribed by the Lu family. Who else can the emperor trust?
And if he loses his title this time, the Lu family will definitely not miss this opportunity. They will definitely want to get rid of him in one fell swoop, leaving the Chu family in ruins.
The Lu family's losses with Mr. Liang Ge will be made up for.
And this time, it was also an opportunity for him and the emperor.
This is an opportunity to identify who belongs to the Lu family and who is the loyal minister who truly surrenders to the emperor.
As for the title, if he lost it, he would lose it. Anyway, as long as he made great achievements in the northwest, the emperor would find an opportunity to restore him to the title.
And when the time comes, his title will no longer be the hereditary one of the Chu family, but one he earned with his military exploits. If it is to be hereditary, it will be inherited by his heirs.
Without him, Chu Xuanyu, this title would not exist.
It's useless for Chu Haoyu to be jealous.
(End of chapter)