Even though she knew he was provoking her, Shi Chunfen still replied seriously: "I don't hope at all."
Chu Ling's eyebrows arched and he took the initiative to reach out and hold her, "If you really don't want me to, please serve me well from now on and don't push me out all the time."
The two looked at each other, and when Chu Ling felt Chu Ling's warm palm, the corners of his lips couldn't help but raise.
In contrast, the relationship between Chu Xiu and Ji Xiaoman was much more awkward. Although Ji Xiaoman dreamed of being pregnant with Chu Xiu's legitimate son, he never expected that the old lady and the head of Huating County would help her to ask Chu Xiu for help one after another.
She knew Chu Xiu's temper. If he urged her once, it would be fine. But if she urged him twice, she would definitely think that she was scheming and chewing the base of his tongue behind his back. She couldn't clarify it even if she wanted to. It was like a dumb eating Coptis chinensis.
The pain is unspeakable.
After Huating County Lord smiled, a pair of phoenix eyes gently glanced at every smiling face present. The expression on his face gradually faded and his expression became solemn, "Ah Ling, Ah Xiu, you must remember that today
He is your uncle, no matter how he questions or makes things difficult for you in the court tomorrow, he will always be your uncle."
After hearing the last sentence, Chu Ling and Chu Xiu looked at each other.
Chu Xiu asked in confusion: "Why did mother say that uncle would make things difficult for us?"
Chu Ling was even more direct, "Did you hear something when you entered the palace today?"
Seeing everyone looking at him nervously, the Huating County Lord tugged his lips and quickly denied: "No, it's just that he is the emperor...it is inevitable that he will be indifferent and alienated in the Jinluan Palace. I hope you won't blame him."
"Don't worry about this." Chu Xiu said with a smile: "He is the king of a country. Even if we have the heart, we don't have the courage!"
Chu Lingze said nothing and stared at her thoughtfully.
The head of Huating County avoided his gaze and quickly picked up the chopsticks, "Okay, it's getting late. Let's eat quickly. After eating, go back and rest, so as not to be unable to get up tomorrow morning."
Everyone nodded and ate quietly to avoid further disputes.
After the dinner, Shi Chunfen helped Chu Ling return to the room. The two of them walked on the path of the County Lord's Mansion and both felt that today's dinner was a bit unusual.
"During the time when I was recovering from my injuries, did my mother reveal anything to you?" Chu Ling took the initiative to ask Shi Chunquin.
Shi Chunfen shook his head and said helplessly: "My mother is so tight-lipped about my father, let alone me?"
If Chu Ling was not injured, maybe she would ask Chu Ling to share some words of worry, but now that Chu Ling was injured like this, how could she bear to let her son share her troubles?
Shi Chunfen looked at Chu Ling's solemn expression and suddenly felt anxious, "Is this matter serious? Are we still alive to come back tomorrow?"
Chu Ling glanced at her and let out a long sigh, "Honestly, I only know that the last time I returned to Beijing, Your Majesty was very jealous of my mother. He repeatedly tested her loyalty with words, which made my mother very sad."
"What?!" Shi Chunfen was shocked, inexplicably thinking of Huang Yifu's reminder to her before, and she was horrified for a moment, "Aren't they brothers and sisters? My mother holds a hundred thousand Huating troops to protect the safety of the royal family, Your Majesty
How can you turn around and doubt her?"
"I'm not very clear about this either." Chu Ling said frankly: "From what my mother said, it was clear that the relationship between the two brothers and sisters had been very good since childhood, but somehow they ended up like this after not seeing each other for many years. The emperor is suspicious,
Not only can’t I trust the courtiers, but my own sister doesn’t trust me anymore either.”
"Is it because he was hurt by the rebels? Or was he provoked by traitors?" Apart from these two reasons, Shi Chunfen could not think of any other answer.
"Perhaps both." Chu Ling sighed softly: "Maybe in his position, it is difficult to continue to trust others."
"Then we won't be in danger tomorrow?" Shi Chunquin subconsciously touched her belly. She was not afraid of death, but the child in her belly had not come to this world for a day. How could she bear to end her life like this?
?
Chu Ling saw her movements and quickly sensed her thoughts, and took the initiative to reach out and hold her tightly. "If it is destined that we cannot escape this disaster, it is a blessing to die together as a family."
When Shichun Equinox felt the temperature in his palm, his heart instantly became warm.
Yes, since they are not even afraid of death, why should they think so much?
The anxious night passed quickly. Before dawn the next day, everyone in the Chu family was taken into the palace to wait for the emperor's summons. In fact, the waiting time was not long, but they felt that it had been a long, long time.
It seemed like a century, this was the quietest time all of them had been together. There was a rare lack of verbal quarrels with each other. Maybe they still had their own agenda, but at least they didn't point their sharp blades at their own people anymore.
I don’t know how long it took, but soon a eunuch came over and took them to the Golden Palace.
"Common people, please see your majesty, long live my emperor!"
Everyone in the Chu family knelt down collectively. This was probably the most pious moment in their family's lives.
Today is Emperor Zhaowu, and no one here has seen him except Chu Ling and the head of Huating County. Even Chu Yan, who has been married to the head of Huating County for many years, is entering the palace to meet the emperor for the first time.
Emperor Zhaowu glanced at them and said coldly: "Are you the Chu family of Liuzhou, a family that openly helped the rebels in their rebellion?"
When these words came out, everyone was shocked. Everyone knelt on the ground and trembled, and no one dared to speak.
The head of Huating County spoke quickly, "Brother Emperor, the matter has not been clarified yet, how can you characterize them as soon as you open your mouth?"
"Does this mean it has not been found out?" Someone jumped out and retorted: "According to the report from the Liuzhou government, the perpetrators have confessed. If the county boss hadn't blocked it, they would have been executed on the spot long ago to serve as a warning to others."
"Bastard!" the head of Huating County became angry. "Since you know that they have already confessed their guilt, you should know that this matter was the second bedroom of the Chu family that was forced by the rebels to make their own decisions. Everything has nothing to do with the first and third bedrooms. Why should they?"
Being executed on the spot?!"
"Qingqing..." Emperor Zhaowu said in a deep voice, dissatisfied: "You should know that anyone who collaborates with the enemy and treason, no matter who is the mastermind, will be implicated in the nine tribes according to Zhaoguo's laws!"
"Are we really going to implicate the nine tribes?" The head of Huating County sneered: "Then the emperor brother and I will probably be questioned and executed together."
"How outrageous!" Emperor Zhaowu became angry, "Qingqing, what kind of delusion did the Chu family pour into you? How dare you openly contradict me in the Jinluan Palace for them?"
"Brother, please forgive me!" The head of Huating County lowered his head and said, "I just hope that your brother will think twice before you act, and you have no intention of contradicting your brother. The Chu family made a lot of mistakes, but it was because they had no ability to protect themselves.
They were coerced by the rebels to do treasonous things. If they really wanted to rebel, why would they come all the way to Beijing to plead guilty? I also ask the emperor not to let down their loyalty!"