The second lady was speechless. Her two children were not yet married and should have had a bright future. But now, the second lady blamed Zhao Qianru for the source of all this.
After being rolled back, Zhao Qianru was angry and did not dare to vent her anger. She could only look at Mrs. Zhao for help.
"The Duke of Zhao has recognized it!"
Mrs. Zhao gave in after thinking for a moment.
"Since the old lady is so happy, I will wait here and give you an hour."
Jiang Yunxu smiled faintly and signaled the guards to carry him to the hall.
"It's simply shameless!" Zhao Qianru wanted to scold her again but was stopped by the second lady: "Shut up, this is a difficult master. He is used to playing tricks. Is it possible that you will be targeted by her again?"
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Mrs. Zhao took a deep breath and said, "Three hundred thousand taels of silver will be shared equally between the third wife, the middle-aged man, and you."
The second lady was very unhappy, but there was nothing she could do.
An hour later, Zhao Guogong's house scraped together three hundred thousand taels of silver and finally collected it. Jiang Yunxu checked it carefully three times and made sure it was right, and then handed the note to Mrs. Zhao in front of her.
Torn to pieces.
"Here, let's see you off!" Mrs. Zhao didn't want to see her for a second.
Jiang Yunxu pouted, not caring about being chased away, and left happily, turning back halfway to send someone to pass a sign to the palace.
Mo Yue waited for about an hour.
She got her wish and entered the palace to meet Emperor Lingzhou. After not seeing him for more than ten days, Emperor Lingzhou was very tired. There were a few more fine lines under his eyebrows and his whole person was a little listless.
"Your Majesty, I want to go to Haozhou."
Jiang Yunxu bluntly explained the purpose of her visit: "My wife now only has the identity of Princess Xuan. If I can't keep it, I will really have nothing."
Emperor Lingzhou sneered: "I am surprised that Princess Xuan survived the catastrophe."
He now suspects that Jiang Yunxu was just faking it in the first place.
"If it hadn't been for the secret medicine left by my mother that saved my wife, I would have turned into a ghost long ago."
"Secret medicine?"
Jiang Yunxu nodded: "My mother once told me not to use medicine until the critical moment of life and death. I also figured it out. Life is to be enjoyed. Since I am Princess Xuan, I should enjoy the treatment of a princess. I beg the emperor to do it."
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I said a lot, just to express one idea, I want to go to Haozhou.
Emperor Lingzhou didn't speak, making it clear that he didn't want to help Jiang Yunxu.
"Your Majesty, I just went to the Duke of Zhao's Mansion. The Duke of Zhao's Mansion compensated my wife three hundred thousand taels of silver."
Emperor Lingzhou's eyes became more interested when he heard this. He looked at the other party and gestured to continue.
"My wife wants to go to Haozhou in person and arrest that bitch Sang Lian. This bitch actually dares to seduce King Xuan secretly!"
Jiang Yunxu insulted her so rudely that Eunuch Li couldn't stand it anymore and coughed lightly.
Then the other party seemed not to hear and continued to insult me.
"That's enough!" Emperor Lingzhou slapped the table and looked at Jiang Yunxu displeased: "You are Princess Xuan, not a street shrew!"
"Your Majesty, I would like to ask King Xuan whether it is true that he said he would not take concubines. Please give me two months."
Emperor Lingzhou felt uncertain after hearing the ambiguous words of the other party, but in fact he was indeed short of money.
But when I think about it, Chu Xuazhi has no feelings for Jiang Yunxu at all, let alone any feelings.
He sent someone to inform Chu Xuanzhi that Jiang Yunxu was almost hit by a carriage, but the other party had no reaction at all.
Therefore, Emperor Lingzhou hesitated for a moment and then asked: "Jiang Yunxu, you are very courageous. You actually dare to go to Zhao Guogong's mansion to ask for money!"
"Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong. I am willing to exchange three hundred thousand taels of silver for a chance."
Jiang Yunxu held up the bank note very wisely, with a sincere look on her face.
Finally, Emperor Lingzhou relented.
"I will send the Dragon Scale Guard to personally escort you to Haozhou."
Jiang Yunxu thanked the emperor for his kindness, but did not forget to say: "Your Majesty, you still have to promise to your wife, and you cannot agree to let Sang Lian be Chu Xuanzhi's concubine."
"Are you going to negotiate terms with me again?" Emperor Lingzhou's eyes darkened and he said displeasedly: "Jiang Yunxu, don't push yourself too far. Eunuch Li, please ask her to step back."
Eunuch Li immediately stepped forward to get the banknotes. Jiang Yunxu had no choice but to step back, but he was sweating hard in his heart.
When she returned to Prince Xuan's Mansion, she immediately packed her luggage and left the capital with her oral instructions without even a moment's delay.
Along the way, Longlinwei asked to take a rest several times, but Jiang Yunxu refused. Everywhere she went, she would take the main roads and would never take the remote roads. She would also send people to the next place in advance.
Take good care of your station.
All she had to do was beat gongs and drums to let people know that she was Princess Xuan.
Sitting in the inn, someone pointed at her: "This is Princess Xuan. Princess Xuan was escorted to Haozhou by the Dragon Scale Guards. The battle was too big."
"That's right, who can plot against her?"
When the leader of the Dragon Scale Guard heard this, he felt a little unhappy and reported all the news along the way back to the capital.
I don’t know whether Princess Xuan is stupid or too shrewd. In this way, everyone knows that Haozhou, which Longlinwei sent people to, if something goes wrong along the way, the local government and the Lingzhou Emperor will lose their face.
Where to put it?
"Master, we will arrive at Haozhou tomorrow afternoon," Hongqiao said.
Even she couldn't help but lament that her master was too cautious.
From the moment Jiang Yunxu came out of the palace, her eyelids kept twitching.
"Your life is your own, there's no harm in being careful."
Her sixth sense has been very accurate since she was a child. Emperor Lingzhou will definitely not let her go if he is so petty.
"Princess Xuan, the emperor has ordered his subordinates to go back and escort her. Haozhou is not far ahead. Please take care of yourself." The leader of the Dragon Scale Guard said to her.
Jiang Yunxu's eyelids twitched. She felt that the Dragon Scale Guard was not normal.
"Thank you for your hard work."
The Dragon Scale Guard bowed his hands and left.
As soon as the person left, Jiang Yunxu changed her clothes and hid in the swill bucket in the kitchen with Hong Qiao. She managed to escape while holding her breath.
"Master, are we too careful?" Hong Qiao almost fainted from the swill.
Jiang Yunxu shook his head: "Definitely not."
The two people crawled out on hands and feet. Before they had taken a few steps, they heard footsteps coming from behind.
"Where have people gone?"
"It's strange, the whole inn is surrounded, how could it be missing?"
"What can I do?"
"Looking for it, even if the inn is turned upside down, I still have to catch him!"
Screams and crackling sounds of fighting soon came from the inn. Jiang Yunxu and Hongqiao clung to the wall and took advantage of the chaos to go to the street and leave together.
She knew that someone would definitely be chasing her along the way, so her feet were almost weak as she ran, when suddenly a carriage passed by in front of her eyes.
"princess!"
Yin Feng's face appeared in front of his eyes. He tightened the reins and watched this scene, opened the curtain, and handed the two clean cloaks.
Hong Qiao grabbed Jiang Yunxu's waist, jumped up and got into the carriage.
The carriage was running so fast that Jiang Yunxu's internal organs were almost jolted out. He didn't remember how long he was jolted, but he could only hear the sound of swords fighting outside from time to time.
Then the sound disappeared and the carriage stopped.
"Princess, we have arrived at a safe place. There is a place to rest in front of us. Do you want to stop?"
"want!"
She was feeling sour all over, and she definitely wanted to take a hot bath when she was sure it was safe.
I took a bath in the inn, ate and drank enough to fill my stomach, and relieved a lot of fatigue.
"How far is it from Haozhou?"
"We are traveling at night and we will arrive before dawn tomorrow," Yin Feng said.
Jiang Yunxu hesitated for a while, then gritted his teeth and said, "I can still hold on and keep going."
So the carriage drove all night, and Jiang Yunxu's heart gradually calmed down. Although she was tortured a lot, she felt relieved mentally.
Before dawn, the carriage finally stopped.
When I got off the carriage, my legs were all weak, and I was taken to a courtyard by the maid. I was so tired that I didn't want to move at all.
I slept until dark before opening my eyes.
"Princess, you are finally awake." Hongqiao helped her sit up and handed her a glass of water.
Jiang Yunxu drank the water and looked up at the sky. It was so dark outside that she couldn't see anything.
"Princess, Miss Sang Lian knows that you are here and has come to visit you several times, but has been stopped by your servants every time."
"What is she here for?" Jiang Yunxu frowned, not afraid of scolding.
No, Cao Cao's people are coming.
"Sister Jiang, are you awake? I made some food with my own hands."
Sang Lian's voice came from outside the door, soft and not as cold as the first time they met.
It's like it doesn't have any bones.
Jiang Yunxu frowned instinctively. He didn't like Sang Lian anymore, and his impression was far worse than the first time they met.
The door opened with a creak.
"Sister Jiang finally woke up." Sang Lian walked over with a smile, put the food box in his hand on the table, and walked to the bed by himself: "Sister Jiang, I'm worried that you won't be able to get used to it.
It’s Haozhou’s cuisine, so I made a few dishes, try them, and tell me if there’s anything you’re not used to.”
Mainly anti-customer?
Jiang Yunxu squinted his eyes and looked at Sang Lian.
"Sister Jiang, why are you looking at me like this?" Sang Lian touched his face and looked at him in confusion.
As if thinking of something, Sang Lian suddenly knelt on the ground: "Sister Jiang, don't get me wrong, I didn't come to see my cousin, I just happened to be saved by my cousin. My cousin and I have nothing to do..."
Jiang Yunxu sighed, Jiang Yan'er had already played this little trick before.
"It doesn't matter what you have. You are just an outcast and a plaything abandoned by the Duke of Zhao. You are not worthy of my attention."
Perhaps because he didn't expect Jiang Yunxu to say such simple and straightforward humiliating words, Sang Lian was stunned.
"The world is so big, but here comes Hao Zhou who was rescued. He was looking for death but could not survive, so he took the initiative to throw himself into his arms."
Jiang Yunxu stood up slowly while holding her red hand. She looked at the food box she had brought and threw it out. There was a loud bang and the food was scattered on the floor.
Sang Lian turned around and looked at this scene, clenching his fists subconsciously.
"Don't pretend to be pitiful with me, get out, don't dirty my eyes!" Jiang Yunxu shouted angrily.
At this time, there was the sound of a wheelchair rolling by outside. Sang Lian got up and ran out stumblingly, crying while running. Maybe he was so excited when he ran that he tripped on the threshold, causing his whole body to fall.
go out.
"Ah!" screamed.
Then Sang Lian forced herself to get up and said with choked sobs to Chu Xuuzhi in the corridor: "Cousin...it's my fault. It's not my fault. I shouldn't have offended Sister Jiang."
Chu Xuanzhi frowned and looked at Sang Lian, without any warmth in his eyes.
This time, in order to cooperate with the acting, he gave Sang Lian some good looks, but now.
Chu Xuanzhi didn't even bother to cover up.
"Since you know you were wrong, go out and kneel for three hours to apologize to the princess."
As soon as he finished speaking, Sang Lian was stunned. He couldn't believe his ears. He was obviously the one who fell.
"Why don't you go quickly?"
Sang Lian was urged, her face turned red, she got up on her hands and knees, and knelt stubbornly at the door.
"What my cousin said is that Sang Lian was ignorant and shouldn't have collided with Sister Jiang. Sang Lian accepts the punishment."
Chu Xuazhi ignored Sang Lian and pushed the wheelchair into the back room. His eyes suddenly became softer and the corners of his mouth curved slightly.
"It's been a hard journey."
Jiang Yunxu shook his head: "It's not hard to escape from that place. Thank you to Uncle Nine Emperors for making it possible."
She glanced at Sang Lian not far away, kneeling there weak and boneless, as if she was about to faint at any moment.
And Chu Xuanzhi was not tempted at all when faced with such a beauty, so she made the right bet.
Before Jiang Yunxu could speak, there was a bang from outside. It was Sang Lian who fainted.
"Your Majesty, Miss Sang Lian fainted." Yin Feng said.
Chu Xuanzhi didn't even raise his eyelids, and said solemnly: "Carry her down, wait for her to wake up, and come back to apologize."
"No, no, no need." Jiang Yunxu waved her hands. Although she hated Sang Lian, she didn't want to bother her so much. She watched the two maids helping Sang Lian leave without hiding anything.
I told you about the commotion in Duke Zhao's mansion.
Emperor Lingzhou wished that there was no harmony between Duke Zhao's Palace and Prince Xuan's Palace, so he let her go.
Chu Xuanzhi glanced at Jiang Yunxu and looked around. The yard was all arranged according to her preferences.
"If there is anything missing, just tell Yin Feng."
"good!"
"Let's stay here for now."
Jiang Yunxu nodded, and then asked about his mother and brother Tuan. Chu Xuanzhi said: "It will be arranged in another courtyard and heavily guarded. No one can enter. Don't worry, everything will be fine."
After hearing this, Jiang Yunxu stood up and bowed to Chu Xuazhi. Chu Xuazhi rushed forward and held her arm: "There is no need to be polite between you and me. I also owe you a lot."
"Uncle Nine Emperors, if it weren't for you, I would have no relatives in this world. Now that I can bring my mother out of the sea of suffering, I..." Jiang Yunxu was extremely grateful.
"Okay, don't cry." Chu Xuanzhi took out a clean handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Jiang Yunxu: "People have to look forward and don't look back. They have gone through all the suffering."
Jiang Yunxu sniffed, took a step back and did not take the handkerchief. Instead, he smiled and said: "What Uncle Nine Emperors said is true, everything will be fine. If Uncle Nine Emperors needs my help in the future, I will definitely die."
Don’t give up!”
Chu Xuanzhi quietly took back the handkerchief, gave a faint hum, and sat back in the wheelchair again.