Chapter 967: The Theory of Ghosts and Gods
Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhuo arranged for a carriage to go to Chu's house to pick up Mrs. Chu.
To Xia Zihan's surprise, Chu Jingxiu was among the people who came back together.
Xia Zihan hadn't seen Chu Jingxiu for several years. When he saw her in an instant, he thought he had mistakenly recognized the person.
After just a few years of not seeing each other, Chu Jingxiu seemed to have changed as she aged, from a young girl to a poor woman in her thirties or forties. Even the sharp and mean look in her eyebrows had disappeared.
When she saw Xia Zihan, she came over to Fu Li and called her Princess.
He also saluted Mr. Zhuo and called him the Princess of the County.
This person with such thoughtful etiquette almost blinded Xia Zihan's eyes.
In her impression, Chu Jingxiu was very domineering and willful, and he had always looked down on the Zhuo family. He always looked aloof in front of them.
However, things in the world are unpredictable. In just a short time, all the sharp thorns on Chu Jingxiu's claws were smoothed away.
"It's my aunt, I haven't seen you for a long time. Is your aunt here to serve the old lady?" Mrs. Zhuo looked at Chu Jingxiu with a smile.
Chu Jingxiu pursed her lips, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across her face, "Auntie, my niece was not sensible before and did many wrong things. Now she understands and knows that she is wrong. I hope that auntie will give me a chance to let me do a lot of things." Please practice some filial piety around my grandmother, so that I can give an explanation to my parents when I go down.”
Seeing how pitiful Chu Jingxiu was and how she kept saying she was fulfilling her filial piety, even if Mrs. Zhuo didn't like her stepping into the gate of Prince Anjun's palace, she couldn't stop her direct granddaughter from fulfilling her filial piety.
She frowned and said, "Then stay in your grandmother's yard."
Seeing that Mrs. Zhuo agreed, Chu Jingxiu quickly bent down and thanked her.
After sending Mrs. Chu back to the yard where she originally lived, Xia Zihan stepped forward and took her pulse personally. He found that Mrs. Chu's body had really been poisoned. Unfortunately, because the poisoning had been long, Mrs. Chu The human body has reached the point where the oil lamp has been exhausted and there is no way to recover.
She shook her head at Zhuo.
Mrs. Zhuo's face was a little gloomy, and she hinted that Xia Zihan prescribed some tonic medicine for Mrs. Chu to drink.
"This old godly woman didn't treat Chu Xuanyu any favorably when she was young. It's damning that she actually drags down your father and Aqi."
After leaving Mrs. Chu's yard, Mrs. Zhuo couldn't help but complain to Xia Zihan.
Xia Zihan knew what she meant.
Mrs. Chu was Chu Xuanyu's nominal mother. If she passed away, Chu Xuanyu would have to go home to Dingyou for three years to mourn her.
Not only Chu Xuanyu, but also Chu Jingqi, the nominal grandson, also had to go home and live in Dingyou for three years.
In the past three years, whether it is a long time or a short time, the father and son have finally managed to gather the power in the court. I am afraid that this choice will be swallowed up immediately.
Zhuo was worried about Chu Xuanyu's status in the court, and even more worried about Chu Xuanyu, feeling sorry that his efforts over the years would soon be in vain.
But Xia Zihan disagreed.
The Chu family is a military general, and Chu Xuanyu has hundreds of thousands of Chu family troops under his command. Even if Chu Xuanyu and Ding You are at home, the Chu family troops will still be in his hands, and the emperor will not give them to others.
As for other rights, I'm afraid they will be overtaken by others.
However, Xia Zihan hopes that Chu Jingqi will come back soon.
She shushed and signaled Mrs. Zhuo to keep her voice down so that the people in the yard wouldn't hear her. Otherwise, putting an unfilial hat on Mrs. Zhuo's head would make her walk around in pain. "Mom, I will try my best to delay her life. Don't be angry. It's better to be prepared. Grandpa should also be informed in advance." Xia Zihan said.
Mrs. Zhuo hummed and prepared to ask Chu Xuanyu to tell the old man in person at night so that the old man could be mentally prepared.
"Princess, there is news from Prince Rong's Mansion."
As soon as Xia Zihan returned to Yuqiongyuan, Chu Meng came over and reported in a low voice.
Xia Zihan was not in a hurry to ask for any news. After returning to the house, she changed into a light dress, sat at the table and drank a glass of water before she opened her mouth, "What news?"
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"My servant can't explain this matter at the moment, so let Sanba tell the princess."
With that said, after Xia Zihan nodded, she went out and called Sanba in.
Sanba didn't smile as usual, but came in with a solemn face, and there seemed to be a trace of fear deep in his eyes.
As soon as he entered the door, he knelt down on one knee to salute his master and said, "Master, this is very strange to say, but this is what I saw with my own eyes."
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that something could happen in the world even within a second of ten years.
"That place is very weird. Every maid who passes there alone will be stunned for a moment, as if she is dazed, and then their appearance will look ten years older in one second."
Sanba said that fact in horror.
"I hid on a big tree in the back garden and saw it with my own eyes. There is absolutely no difference. It is true. Master, tell me, is there a ghost in Prince Rong's Mansion?"
Sanba said, as if he felt like there was a ghost staring at him. He couldn't help but shuddered hard and glanced around, always feeling that the surrounding area was eerie.
Xia Zihan is a reborn person, and she also believes in the theories of ghosts and gods. However, it is strange that the two theories of ghosts and gods are related to Gao Royi.
"The reason why Chu Fei was injured last time was because when she was fighting with Gao Royi's boy, she heard ghost cries in her ears. She lost her mind for a moment, and then she was injured by Gao Roy's boy. You said, you saw a ghost appear in Prince Rong’s Mansion again today. How come it happened so coincidentally that it happened next to Gao Royi twice?”
"If it's not a ghost, what is it?"
Sanba would never suspect that he was wrong.
At that time, she could clearly see that the little maid, who was twelve or thirteen years old, suddenly shuddered when she passed by the back garden. Then, her face slowly aged ten years.
Just a blink of an eye.
Maybe without seeing her changes with their own eyes, other people would think it was because she wore too much makeup, or because she didn't sleep well and was too haggard.
"Or something else. There may be ghosts and gods in this world, but ghosts will not easily cause trouble in the mortal world." Otherwise, this world would have been invaded by ghosts long ago.
Sanba scratched the back of his head and guessed at the evil object, "Could it be that the demon cult in the world poisoned people?"
"What nonsense." As soon as Sanba's hand was taken off, he was hit hard by Xia Zihan, "The people in the imperial court and the people in the rivers and lakes have never been a family. How can they mix the water of a well and the water of a river? Let’s go together.”
Sanba curled his lips, touched the back of his head that was throbbing, and curled his lips and said, "Isn't he a member of the world of martial arts and Dasheng, so why can't we get involved together?"
(End of chapter)