Chapter 260: If you want to negotiate with me, show your value.
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty said in a low voice with a sullen face, "Shut up and apologize to Madam Chu immediately."
Wu Lan'er looked at the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty with tears in her eyes, "I'm going back to the mansion to tell the old ancestor, you hit me!"
No one had ever hit her since she was a child. This was the first slap she had ever received in her life.
Wu Lan'er stood up angrily, and ignoring the sullen face of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty, she trotted away with her maids and servants.
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty stared fiercely at Wu Lan'er's receding figure, and her hands on the table slowly clenched into fists.
There is no one in the world who feels more frustrated than the mistress of the house.
Even a daughter born to a concubine cannot be criticized, scolded or beaten.
If this were to be told to others, people would definitely laugh their heads off.
She softened her expression and apologized to Shen Zhao, "I haven't taught my daughter well. Please forgive me, General."
"What should the general tell me to do so that my Hai'er can return safely to the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion?"
Normally, that old man loves Hai'er very much and dotes on her.
Now that Hai'er is in trouble, she has become a coward and doesn't care about anything.
Now I can only rely on her.
"Madam, rest assured. No bad news will come out while the Crown Prince is in the camp in the capital. I have important matters to attend to, so I will not accompany you."
"Madam, please come in." Shen Zhao directly ordered her to leave.
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness had a very ugly expression on her face. "General Chu, are you trying to trick me?"
"For the general's sake, I risked being scolded and slapped Wu Lan'er."
"Now the general wants to expel me. My son was deceived. He did not intend to seriously injure the deputy commander of the Beijing camp."
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty softened her tone. "As long as the general is willing to let my son go, please feel free to ask for anything. As long as I can do it, I will never refuse."
Shen Zhao said indifferently, "Madam Wu, you are the mistress of the Loyalty Marquis's Mansion. You can't even deal with a concubine's daughter. How can you make me believe that you are capable of helping the general?"
"I have never heard of a mistress in any house being unable to punish an arrogant concubine's daughter."
"Madam Wu's status in the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness's mansion is not even comparable to that of a concubine's daughter. What good is there for me to discuss with you?"
Shen Zhao's words made the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty turn pale.
It's not just this guy surnamed Chu who looks at her like this.
Everyone who knew about the situation in her house looked down on her.
All of this was caused by that old immortal and Wu Lan'er.
She slumped in the chair behind her, deflated.
The man surnamed Chu was unwilling to talk to her at all and didn't even give her a chance.
If it were her, she probably wouldn't negotiate with a powerless person.
Thinking that her Hai'er was about to become a human sandbag, the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty gritted her teeth and said, "Please give me some time, General Chu. I will definitely let General Chu see my value."
She is the mistress of the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion, and she has the final say except for Wu Zheng.
The old man has lived long enough, and that lowly concubine's daughter has reached the age to get married.
As the legal mother, she has the right to arrange a marriage for Wu Lan'er based on the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words.
Chen Zhao looked at the determination and viciousness in the eyes of the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty and Righteousness, and said lightly:
"Three days. I will give you three days."
"As long as Madam can have a say and make the decisions at the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion, I will give Madam a chance to save the Crown Prince."
"If after three days, Madam is still like this, then the Crown Prince will have to suffer in the camp in the capital."
The wife of the Marquis of Loyalty stood up and said, "Okay! I will come to the General's Mansion in three days. I hope General Chu will keep his promise and give me and my son a chance."
"As long as Madam can do it, I will never break my promise!"
After sending off the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty, Mother Shen, who had been watching the show the whole time, frowned and spoke.
“After I was killed by Shen Qianmeng, I didn’t wake up and come back here immediately. Instead, my soul followed Shen Qianmeng and wandered around for seven days.”
Shen Zhao and Chu Mu looked at each other and asked, "What else did you see? What did you hear? What do you know?"
"Wu Hongzhong is the Queen's man!"
This news was shocking to Shen Zhao and Chu Mu.
The Wu family is Concubine Hui's maternal family.
Wu Hongzhong was the cousin of Concubine Hui, who was a sworn enemy of the Queen in the harem.
The third prince and the crown prince were sworn enemies in the previous dynasty.
As a member of the Wu family, Wu Hongzhong actually abandoned Concubine Hui and the third prince, who were related to him by blood.
Choose to support the Queen and the Crown Prince.
This sounds like a fantasy, so unrealistic.
Mother Shen thought for a moment and said, “In a few days, Wu Hongzhong’s eldest son Wu Yunfeng will come to Kyoto and bring a secret letter from Wu Hongzhong to the queen.”
"In the letter, Wu Hongzhong requested that the Crown Prince marry Wu Lan'er as his Crown Princess."
After reading the letter, the Queen said something that made me think.
She said, "That old villain Wu Hongzhong is really thinking about his daughter who is always hiding from the public. If you want her to be the Crown Princess, you have to see how much sincerity Wu Hongzhong can show."
Mother Shen looked at Shen Zhao and said, "The Marquis of Loyalty treats this concubine's daughter even more favorably than the legitimate daughter. From what I know of the Marquis of Loyalty, he is not someone who can be fooled by a good look."
"I suspect Wu Lan'er is not the daughter of that skinny horse from Yangzhou and Wu Zheng, but the daughter of Wu Hongzhong and that skinny horse from Yangzhou."
"That makes sense. Why would the Wu family's ancestors favor Wu Lan'er? After all, she is her true bloodline."
"That old ancestor is only the step-grandmother of the Marquis of Loyalty, but she is Wu Hongzhong's biological grandmother."
Chen Zhao's eyes dimmed slightly, "If that's the case, the Marquis of Loyalty's Mansion will be even more lively."
"Pass this message to the wife of the Marquis of Loyalty." Chen Zhao said to the void, and the people in the dark immediately took the order and left.
"Madam Wu, please don't let me down. It would be best if you could turn the Wu family upside down."
Chen Zhao was now very curious whether Wu Zheng knew whose child that concubine's daughter was.
Either he was kept in the dark, or he gave the mother and daughter a legitimate status on behalf of Wu Hongzhong.
After dealing with these trivial matters, Shen Zhao rode on Lufeng and went to the Jingzhong camp.
She hasn't shown up for three days. I wonder if the evil spirits in the Beijing camp have taken the opportunity to do something.
Just a few miles outside the city, they almost collided with a speeding carriage.
Shen Zhao hurriedly stopped his horse.
Barely avoided the oncoming carriage.
Because the carriage was going too fast, the coachman couldn't dodge in time and it crashed straight into a big tree nearby.
With a "bang", the carriage was smashed into pieces and the coachman was thrown out.
But the driver shouted, "Save my young general!"
Shen Zhao didn't want to meddle in other people's business, but when he heard the young general, his eyes flickered.
In the entire Southern Chu State, there are only a handful of people who can be called major generals.
Without any hesitation, he jumped from the horse's back and flew towards the black shadow that emerged from the carriage.
Fortunately, the carriage was close enough to her.
With a sudden push of his arms, Shen Zhao caught the man in black clothes.
She glanced at the man's face and felt that it was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't remember who he looked like for a moment.
But now was not the time for her to think about these things. The man she caught was in a deep coma, and his face was so pale that there was no blood in it.
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