Chapter 17 Exile

Chu Sishui looked calm as she walked through the front hall and came to the wing rooms. Although the Chu Mansion was not considered wealthy in the past, it was now desolate and dilapidated. The maids and servants had long been robbed and everything, and countless doors and windows were broken.

It was in this situation that Chu Yu saw Chu Sishui. His eyes turned red, "Evil creature, no matter what, I am your father. How can you stand by and watch him die without helping me?"

"Editor Chu may have forgotten that after my mother died, I was no longer a member of the Chu family. If it weren't for the selection of concubines for Chu Fei, the former Chu Sishui would have been sold to a low-ranking yamen runner by you."

Editor Chu's hands trembled. "I understand. It's you. You hate us. You did all this. You ungrateful bastard!"

"Lord Chu is really good at joking. When it comes to ungrateful people, you are the best. In the past, my mother helped you study and got you into high school. She also used the money from running the pharmacy to buy you a house and land. But you fell in love with another woman. In order to marry her, you not only secretly had an affair with her, but also let my mother marry into the family as a concubine. You also indulged her and angered my mother to death."

"Not only did you watch her die without helping her, you also called her useless. You angered my mother, a pure and innocent woman, to death in my arms. Her eyes were open when she died. At that time, I hated myself for being so weak that I couldn't send you to hell."

"But fate has finally favored me. Now I am here to send you to hell!"

She walked slowly towards Chu Bianxiu, "You have been an official all your life, and you have been greedy for wealth and honor. Once I am chosen as the princess, your peer Yuan Jianchao will naturally want to curry favor with you. The Hanlin Lecturer position has been vacant for many years, so Yuan Jianchao naturally wants it, but thinking that you might want it too, he sent a thousand taels of silver. First, to win you over; second, if you take that position, he will get more benefits in the future."

"You were flattered to the skies, thinking that Prince Rui was really your relative and that the position was really yours. But the emperor hates officials who collude with each other and cross the line of authority the most. You don't even think about how ambitious you are, a seventh-rank editor, to cross the line of authority and become a fourth-rank lecturer. How could the emperor tolerate you?"

Chu Yu looked at Chu Sishui like a mad dog at this time, "This is all planned by you. Even if I go to Lingnan, it doesn't matter. Your mistress and Chu Fei are still in Lingnan. It's only ten years. When we return to Jinxiao City again, it will be time to take your life! If the world knew that you are a heartless girl of the Chu family, they would definitely pull you down from the position of Princess Rui!"

Chu Sishui smiled faintly, "Naive, Lord Chu has been an official for many years, you may have seen an official who came back from Lingnan!"

"That is not your place of exile, that is your burial place."

"My mother, He Xu, is waiting for you in the underworld!"

Chu Sishui is here too, you guys better be careful on the road to the underworld!

The wind blows and the leaves fall. Chu Yu, who came to Beijing for the imperial examination in a blue shirt, had lost his eyes in the wealth and glory. Now he has returned to the ground like a rotten leaf.

Chu Sishui left this place of hatred without looking around.

Lu He, who had been waiting outside, finally calmed down when she saw her come out. "I was scared to death. Miss, you didn't let us in. I was worried that the evil man would do something desperate. Fortunately, you came out safely."

Chu Sishui smiled soothingly, gathered her skirt and got into the carriage. "It's okay. You can find some time to sell this house later."

"Miss, you're not going to keep it?"

"No. Let all this go with the wind."

"good."

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The heat is coming, the sun is rising, and it is already June.

In the outer room, Jin Pei was helping Rong Zhuo change clothes with a spring and summer gown, while in the inner room, Lu He was combing Chu Sishui's hair into the most popular flying fairy bun, with her hair tied high on both sides. Rong Zhuo looked at the elegant princess through the flower and bird screen, and his heart was slightly moved.

Chu Sishui was originally thinking about the fact that both the medicine shop and the powder shop would be opened today. Feeling his meaningful gaze, she turned her head and looked over. Their eyes met at the thin screen, and she couldn't help but blush slightly.

Chu Sishui stood up and walked over with a smile, took the clothes from Jin Pei's hand and put them on him, "Your Highness, the store is open today, why don't you come with me to take a look."

He replied, "Fei Jian and Cui Pei are both here, so it shouldn't be a big problem."

She frowned slightly. "Of course, but I want Your Highness to see the store I decorated in person. I spent a lot of time designing those decorations and then had the craftsmen make them. Your Highness, you really don't want to take a look?..."

Chu Sishui leaned over and half-knelt, putting her face in front of him. Her watery gaze made him seem a little compromising.

"I'll just look at the teahouse across the street. I won't go in."

She was a little proud, "Okay."

"Jin Pei, bring His Highness' tea. Don't bring snacks. It's a rare opportunity to try the jasmine cakes at Tianxiang Tea House."

"Luhe, go to the kitchen and tell them that you won't be home for lunch, so there's no need to prepare lunch."

As if remembering something, he said towards the door, "Yinren, change into some normal clothes later and don't bring your sword. Let's go to the teahouse so as not to scare other people."

Silver Blade thought about it and said, "Yes."

Everyone prepared everything, and Chu Sishui pushed the wheelchair steadily, "Your Highness, my way of pushing you now is much better than before."

From being always jumping around or rushing around, to being stable now, she has indeed put in a lot of effort, "It's better than before."

"How can it be better? It's clearly improved a lot. By the way, Your Highness, today should be the day when the carpenters deliver the improved beds and exercise equipment. Can we have lunch outside and then come back?"

Rong Zhuo, "It's up to you."

The wheelchair walked steadily for a while, and Yin Ren had just placed the ramp and reached out to take the wheelchair.

The master's white hand refused, "Let the princess come."

She teased, "That's right, only Fei Jian worries a lot every day, how could I throw His Highness down. Watch out, although I am fast, I am also fast, accurate and stable!"

After saying that, he pressed down hard with both hands, and the wheelchair lifted up and quickly climbed onto the frame along the slope. Chu Sishui secured the wheelchair and got onto the carriage from the horse stool at the side. The two sat face to face, and it only took two minutes in total.

"How's it going, Feijian? Learn from now on and stop looking so sullen every day. You're obviously a scholar, but you're becoming a woman day by day..."

Rong Zhuo raised his eyes and rebuked lightly, but Chu Sishui looked away without fear.

Flying sword, "..."

Once the spirit of gossip is ignited, it is not so easy to extinguish.

After spending the past few months together, she had gotten to know his personality, so she quietly moved closer and put her lips to his ear, "Your Highness, how did Jin Pei fall in love with Fei Jian, who is so dull? Jin Pei also looks mature and steady. Will the two of them rely on eye contact to get along in the future?..."

Although the two of them were very close at night, Rong Zhuo still felt uncomfortable talking so closely in the daytime. "Don't say anything more. Let them be. You can sit beside them."

"No. Of course you have to whisper quietly. Who would dare to speak loudly? It would be bad if the flying sword heard it."

"If you know it's not good, don't say it."

She was annoyed, "But it's very uncomfortable to keep it in my heart. Lu He is a big mouth and I'm afraid she will tell others. Only Your Highness can I feel at ease and tell you all the secrets..."

Rong Zhuo, "..."