It was night, the stars were dim, and Qu Gao, dressed in black, appeared in the backyard of the Nanyang Prince's Palace. This palace was extremely luxurious, with a courtyard wall three feet high, with guards on all sides. There were lights in each door and courtyards, and music and music continued.
Rao even forced the darkness back by three points.
"Buzz~Buzz~" Qu Gaozheng didn't know where to look, and suddenly he could faintly hear someone playing the piano. The sound of the piano was soaring, free and easy, rich and majestic, as if he were on the battlefield fighting the enemy. Qu Gao felt his blood surge as he listened.
I couldn't help but wonder in my heart. I had always heard that the King of Nanyang was corrupted. How could there be someone in the palace who could play such a tune? He followed the sound and came to a slightly secluded courtyard. He climbed up the wall, leaned down and saw a man in the courtyard.
The woman was wearing a light yellow bead-edged jacket and a moon-white silk flower skirt. Her temples were lightly pulled up, and her long hair hung down to her waist. She was not exactly a beautiful woman. When she saw that no one was around, Qu Gao whistled softly.
Zhu Yan slightly raised her head and saw Qu Gao. She was startled at first, and then smiled. She had just the right makeup today, and she was as bright as an orchid. This smile was really like clouds breaking through the moon, so touching that Qu Gao's heart trembled, and he couldn't help but feel...
I was so fascinated by it.
"You're here." Zhu Yan's face turned red, she lowered her brows and coughed twice.
Qu Gao came back to his senses and looked sideways: "Ms. Zhu is well!"
"Lao Qulang, please remember that I will work hard to protect myself." Zhu Yan smiled lightly, her heart warmed, and her eyes became moist without realizing it.
Is she well? From the moment she knew she was a woman, she understood that she would never be well in this life. As a member of a noble family, sooner or later she would become a tool for the family to consolidate its power. This is the destiny of a woman from a noble family. For
To get rid of it, she has been working hard to learn how to manage the family business, and finally did better than her brothers. She even proposed the strategy of changing food in different places and created huge profits for the family, but she still couldn't escape...
The family gave her to the fifty-year-old King Nanyang as a concubine, just to let her enjoy the breeze on King Nanyang's pillow and not to interrupt the Zhu family's business routes.
"I already know the purpose of Qu Lang's coming. This matter is beyond my father's control. It is the King of Nanyang who is interfering in it." Zhu Yan said reluctantly, whether it was because she was unwilling to interrupt the plan of changing food supply or to defend the family. She herself also
Can't tell.
Qu Gao was puzzled: "Why is this? There is no surplus grain in Nanyang City, rice is expensive, and refugees are displaced in the city. Doesn't the King of Nanyang completely ignore it?"
Zhu Yan heard the anger in Qu Gao's voice, and the corners of her thin, red mouth slightly raised, "What if I say, this is also my idea?" Qu Gao's face was full of doubts, Zhu Yan chuckled: "In order to preserve the Zhu family,
In order to preserve Nanyang. Only by making Nanyang a piece of chicken ribs without food, the Hu people will not raise troops to invade, and only by keeping Nanyang in a state of food shortage, whether it is the King of Nanyang or the Nanyang nobles, they still need the Zhu family.
."
Qu Gaoshi didn't expect that these words actually came from her mouth, and he couldn't help but tremble in his heart. If all this was her plan, that would be terrible! This little woman actually had the entire Nanyang City at her fingertips.
, one step at a time, even in the orphanage, he still controls the situation in Nanyang.
"I'm leaving." Qu Gao said.
"I know." Zhu Yan lowered her head and said softly: "Give me three days, I will find a way to get the deed back and give it to you."
Qu Gao turned around and was about to jump off the wall when he suddenly heard a sigh from behind. What was she sighing for? She has such wisdom and courage, and married into the prince's palace, what else is there to be dissatisfied about? Then she slapped her forehead,
How could I be so confused? How could she be willing to marry a man older than her father? How could such a bold and forthright character be willing to live in this deep courtyard!
"Are you willing to come with me?" Qu Gao also asked this question without knowing why. Perhaps he thought that he would be like Zhu Yan in a month, seemingly getting married to the daughter of the prefect, but that was not up to him.
What’s the point of controlling your destiny?
Qu Gao did not turn around. He also felt that he was being abrupt. He had only met Zhu Yan twice and could not say that he knew her well. It was ridiculous to ask such a question, but the surroundings were so quiet that Qu Gao could clearly hear Zhu Yan.
Yan's heartbeat was quickening and her shoulders were shaking slightly. She didn't answer for a long time. She was probably hesitating at the same time.
"Qu Lang thinks too highly of me. I am just a prostitute. If I leave here, have no family, and no money, how can I live well?" Zhu Yan said this sentence almost coldly. She knew her own fate well.
Due to her identity and the family mission she has shouldered, she has been proficient in business since she was a child and knows how to weigh and choose between pros and cons, so she will never abandon her family. Even for a moment, she wants to just walk away, regardless of that ruthless family.
Regardless of the difficulties and obstacles in the future, I just followed him and lived a different kind of life that I had never experienced before.
Seeing the black figure jumping down from the wall, Zhu Yan felt empty and disappointed in her heart, but then she regained her composure and calmly stroked the Yao Qin again, as if nothing had happened.