The wind on the mountain was so strong that Ming Zhenyu could not sit still, so he had to walk down the mountain with his neck stretched out.
"Miss Zhenyu." Jiuzhu opened the curtain and glanced at Ming Zhenyu's messy hair blown by the wind: "It's windy on the mountain, Miss, let's talk in the carriage."
Knowing that the wind was strong, why did you let her wait on the mountain for so long?
Ming Zhenyu said gloomily, "No, I'm afraid I'll die in your carriage without anyone knowing."
"This is a desolate place. Even if you are not in the carriage, if you lose your life, no one will know." Shen Ying said, "Your Lingzhou Ming family has been greedy and afraid of death for generations."
"If I don't return in two hours, my brother will report it to the police." Ming Zhenyu forced herself to remain calm: "I advise you not to have any other thoughts."
"Your brother is a poor scholar, what can he do?" Shen Ying deliberately threatened: "Ming Zhenyu, just say whatever you want to say, there is no need to use these mysterious means."
"Don't think that we have no backers in the capital." Ming Zhenyu didn't know whether what Shen Ying said was true or not. She said in a trembling voice: "I have a benefactor who knows the prince in the palace. If anything happens to us, your family will not be able to escape suspicion."
"It's okay." Jiuzhu continued with a smile: "My husband is a powerful prince, I'm not afraid."
"You, you, you..." Ming Zhenyu took a few steps back and looked at Shen Ying and Jiuzhu with eyes full of fear and regret. She shouldn't have chosen to meet the mother and daughter in the suburbs.
Looking at Ming Zhenyu like this, Shen Ying suddenly felt bored. Sometimes people's stupidity and badness can appear at the same time.
Endless greed can easily make people lose sight of right and wrong and become foolish and conceited.
If the Ming family of Lingzhou had any sense of shame, they would not be able to meet them. However, not only did they not feel ashamed, but they also felt resentment towards the Ming family in the capital.
"Ming Jiuzhu, if the King of Chen knew your identity and origin, would he still protect you?" In a hurry, Ming Zhenyu threw out the last life-saving talisman: "Your family concealed the fact that you lived among the people for more than ten years in order to let you marry into the royal family. Who knows if you had any little lover before returning to Beijing, or if you had an affair with other men?"
"Is this the secret you're talking about?" Shen Ying seemed to have heard a joke: "My Ming family is full of loyal and brave people, why would we resort to such means to seek wealth and glory?"
I hid my daughter's past just because I didn't want her to be gossiped about by others. What's more, when Your Majesty was interested in marrying into the Ming family, they reported the matter to Your Majesty. How could there be any accusation of deceiving the emperor?
"Whether it is bullying or not is up to your majesty to decide." Shen Ying said in a cold and hard voice: "If the prince is suspicious of Jiuzhu because of such a trivial matter, the Ming family is willing to ask our daughter to divorce the royal family."
"You are just being stubborn in front of me." Ming Zhenyu was completely panicked. She shook her head and denied it: "It's impossible. How could the royal family allow a woman who was raised outside since childhood to be the prince's consort?"
"Because her last name is Ming, she has the blood of the Ming family in Beijing, and she possesses the best qualities of the Ming and Shen families." Shen Ying got off the carriage, raised her chin slightly and looked at her: "You don't even know what Beijing is like, so how can you know what the royal family thinks. Don't think that you can understand the royal family's mind just by reading a few books about the royal family."
"Your Lingzhou Ming family can't even pass the imperial examination, yet you are trying to share the worries of the royal family." Shen Ying chuckled. Although the chuckle didn't have any meaning, Ming Zhenyu heard it as infinite ridicule.
She was mocking the decline of the Lingzhou Ming family, mocking their inexperienced nature, mocking their incompetence, she was mocking everything about them.
Jiuzhu didn't dare to speak while sitting in the carriage. Her mother, who always smiled gently at all times and in all places, was so angry that no one dared to provoke her.
Ever since she met His Highness, she had never thought that His Highness would mind her past. Is it shameful to grow up in a Taoist temple?
At first, she approached His Highness just to give, without thinking about getting anything in return.
Master said that expecting too much will only make people fearful.
Those who have no desires are the most powerful.
Jiuzhu lay on the window frame of the carriage and couldn't help wondering, is she still free of desires and wants now?
The sound of horse hooves was heard in the distance. Jiuzhu looked sideways and a smile broke out on her face.
The white horse and purple robe, just a glimpse of this figure will make people think that this is a noble and proud man.
Behind him followed the sword-carrying guards who were also riding horses. They were so unrestrained and vivid that it was impossible to take your eyes off them.
"Jiuzhu." When the King of Chen saw Jiuzhu lying by the window, he got off his horse, walked to the window and looked at her: "Come."
He stretched out his hands to her: "Jump out, I'll catch you."
"Okay." Jiuzhu stepped on the seat, climbed out of the window, and jumped into King Chen's arms. Prince Chen caught her steadily and turned to Shen Ying to show respect to her as a junior: "Du Qing greets mother-in-law."
"Hi, Your Highness." Shen Ying returned the greeting and asked with a smile, "Why is Your Highness here?"
"I'm here to take Jiuzhu back to the palace. I heard from your servants that you guys came to Changfengpo, so I came to take a look." Prince Chen took the cloaks handed over by the Dragon Guards, gave one to Shen Ying, and shook the other one out and put it on Jiuzhu: "It's windy here, are you and my mother-in-law here... to enjoy the scenery?"
This desolate wilderness, with unglamorous scenery and no beautiful landscape, has no scenery to appreciate.
"An old friend invited me, so I and Jiuzhu had no choice but to go." Shen Ying returned to her usual gentle demeanor: "Thank you for taking this trip, Your Highness."
Old person?
Only then did Prince Chen notice Ming Zhenyu standing opposite his mother-in-law. Wasn't this the imposter?
"Are you done talking?" Prince Chen asked Jiuzhu in a low voice.
"It's over...right?" Jiuzhu adjusted the straps of her cloak, raised her head and asked Ming Zhenyu: "The benefactor you mentioned just now, is he the one who saved you in Huaxi River?"
Ming Zhenyu looked at Jiuzhu warily: "How did you know?"
Jiuzhu continued to ask: "Are you sure that he really saved you back then?"
"Of course." Ming Zhenyu avoided her gaze: "Could I have mistaken my benefactor?"
"Oh." Jiuzhu nodded and didn't ask any more questions.
What does oh mean?
Ming Zhenyu was feeling very nervous, but she tried to act naturally so as to avoid being noticed by Shen Ying and her daughter.
In panic and fear, she looked at Prince Chen: "Do you know that your princess was not fostered by the Ming family at all, but was living among the people with an unknown past?"
Shen Ying looked at Ming Zhenyu, with a look of crazy excitement on her face.
This idiot actually said it out loud.
Jiuzhu has been living under the Emperor's nose since she came to the capital. His Majesty and the Queen must be well aware of her character. The people of Dacheng are open-minded and are not that harsh on women. In the royal family genealogy, there are even princes who married widows as their principal wives. Why does Ming Zhenyu feel that such a small matter would affect a woman's life?
Prince Chen's expression did not change. He just lowered his head and looked deeply at Jiuzhu, then glanced at Ming Zhenyu with pride: "What does it have to do with you?"
"Haven't you ever suspected that she might have had an affair with other men before she came to Beijing?" Seeing that his words did not bring the desired effect, Ming Zhenyu became anxious: "You are a prince, you have all kinds of women, why do you need such a woman of unknown origin?"
Prince Chen frowned and fell silent.
Ming Zhenyu was delighted. As expected, there is no man in the world who doesn't care about a woman's past.
"What are you still standing there for? Arrest this woman who slandered the royal family and throw her into jail." Under the "patient teaching" of his father and father-in-law, he had already memorized the Dacheng laws by heart.
A mature man should know how to use the law to protect the princess.
"What?" Ming Zhenyu widened her eyes in disbelief. How could this Prince Chen, who had handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, behave so uncivilized?
"Yes!" The Dragon Guard took the order and quickly tied Ming Zhenyu up and stuffed something in her mouth without even a glance.
"Next time you meet a lunatic like this, don't waste your words on her." Prince Chen turned his head and looked at Jiuzhu: "We are members of the royal family, so we should act arrogantly and coolly."
"Is this kind of person worthy of talking to you?" When Prince Chen saw that Jiuzhu didn't say anything, he carried her to the horse's back, then he climbed on the horse himself and held her in his arms: "Let's send my mother-in-law back home first, and then go back to the palace."
The girl leaned in his arms, and even the bun on her head looked particularly cute. He pulled her closer to him and rested his chin on her head.
"Ming Piggy."
"Um?"
"Don't let your imagination run wild. This prince really loves you."
The horse kicked its legs, lowered its head and nibbled on the grass by the roadside, looking extremely leisurely.
Everything is peaceful and beautiful.
Shen Ying glanced at her daughter and Prince Chen on horseback, then bent down and returned to the carriage.
Everyone seemed to have forgotten Ming Zhenyu, or no one cared about her.
Ming Jisi squatted at the city gate waiting for his sister to come back. It wasn't that he was a brother who cared about his sister very much, but he was eager to know how much benefits his sister had asked for from the Ming family in the capital.
After waiting for about an hour, he saw his sister being tied up and taken into the city gate by a group of guards with swords. It was unknown what these guards said to the guards at the city gate. The guards' faces changed drastically on the spot, and they let her go without even asking any questions.
Seeing his sister looking over here, he quickly hid behind a small stall, fearing that the guards would take him away as well.
My father was right. Women can't accomplish anything. It hasn't been long since she went out, but she's already gotten into big trouble. He turned around and ran, and only calmed down after hiding in the yard.
No, if his sister got into trouble, it would affect his participation in the imperial examination, so he had to find a way to get her out.
Ming Jiyuan was leaving his post at the Dali Temple. On the way, he saw Prince Chen riding on horseback with his sister. The guards behind them seemed to have tied someone up. "Prince, Jiuzhu, what's going on?"
"Jiyuan." Shen Ying in the carriage lifted the curtain: "Let's talk about it when we get back."
"Yes." Ming Jiyuan glanced at the tied woman and quickly looked away.
Shen Ying asked him to send money far away?
Is he Ming Jiyuan?
Ming Zhenyu buried her head even lower to prevent Ming Jiyuan from seeing her face clearly.
The person she hated the most was not Shen Ying or Ming Jingzhou, but Ming Jiyuan.
It was he who let her know that there are sisters in this world who don't have to give in to their brothers, and who don't have to do everything according to their brothers' wishes.
But on the day she was driven back to Lingzhou, he looked at her with hatred.
[Your family lost my sister! You will have your comeuppance. 】
[You are not my sister. My sister would not impersonate someone else. 】
Who made the Ming family in the capital city have such power and status? If a person doesn't work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. What did she do wrong?
Jiuzhu, who was on horseback, suddenly turned his head and looked towards the teahouse next to him.
"What's wrong?"
"It's the Fourth Prince."
Prince Chen raised his head and saw Yun Yanze sitting by the window on the second floor.
He was dressed in black and seemed to have not expected Jiuzhu to notice him. After a moment's pause, he smiled and nodded at them.
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