Chapter 6 I'm Pregnant
Now that the weather is getting colder, it is common to travel long distances and sleep outdoors.
Zhou Yunshu bought three thick straw mats and tied them to the back of the carriage.
He also went to a clothing store and bought two sets of thick clothes for each person in the family. The materials were commonly worn by ordinary people. In addition, each person also had two pairs of comfortable shoes.
When Zhou Yunshu saw the men's clothing, her eyes flashed slightly. She bought two sets of men's clothing according to her and Wu Gui's sizes, and after showing them to the shopkeeper, she stuffed them into the five thick mattresses she had bought.
Five thick mattresses and six quilts filled the rest of the mule cart, but Zhou Yunshu obviously had not bought enough.
She looked at the six taels of silver left in her hand and bought osmanthus cake, mung bean cake, cloud cake, jujube paste cake, and Longjing tea cake in the pastry shop. She asked for two packs of each and spent five taels of silver.
On the way to the South City Gate, I saw a pork shop and bought four large bones. I used the remaining money to buy some vegetables and half a basket of apples from a roadside stall.
Even though she was buying things as she walked, she was the first one to arrive when she reached the South City Gate.
Li Jialan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her daughter come back and hugged her granddaughter.
It’s good that you’re back. What the Zhou family fears most now is changes.
Wu Yuejian and Zhou Yunshu nodded, holding their little grandson and staring at the intersection. When they saw Wu Gui driving the mule cart back, the corners of their tense mouths finally relaxed.
Although she didn't say it, she was really afraid that her eldest daughter-in-law would leave like Liu Aifang.
Fortunately, she came back.
Wu Yue felt relieved.
Wu Gui got out of the car and said to Wu Yue with a smile, "Mom, I'm back."
Wu Yue nodded and wanted to smile at Wu Gui, but she was used to being cold to Wu Gui, so she really couldn't force a smile for a moment.
"I bought some common household medicines, as well as some medicine bags for injuries and colds, and for clearing away heat and detoxification... I was lucky enough to even buy a ginseng root."
As Wu Gui spoke, Zhou Yunshu took her daughter from Li Jialan's arms.
She actually had a pretty good impression of her second sister-in-law, even though she was not valued in the second house before and was not liked by her husband and mother-in-law.
"I don't know where your grandmother went or when she will come back?" Li Jialan looked at the intersection worriedly.
Her daughter's return gave her great confidence, but it cannot be denied that her mother-in-law is the mainstay of the family.
Perhaps because Li Jialan and Wu Yue looked too intently, a carriage stopped not far from them.
The carriage curtain opened, and Nanny Wang leaned out and said, "First and Second Madams, please get in the carriage. We are leaving the capital now."
Li Jialan and Wu Yue saw Nanny Wang's eyes light up and immediately nodded.
Nanny Wang looked at Zhou Yunshu, who was holding the child, and said, "Miss, please get in the car."
Zhou Yunshu got on the carriage holding her daughter; Li Jialan and her group still got on the mule cart as before, driven by Chuqi; Chunque drove the mule cart that was fully loaded by Zhou Yunshu; Dongge drove the mule cart loaded with medicinal herbs, and the group followed the team out of the city and drove out of the capital.
As soon as they left the capital, Zhou Yunshu opened the car curtain and found someone following them.
Although they were not wearing official uniforms, they were obviously well-trained soldiers.
"Grandma." Zhou Yunshu lowered the car curtain and looked at Ji Mingzhu who had been resting with her eyes closed.
Ji Mingzhu was wearing a low-key purple dress, and the Buddhist beads in her hand fell into her palms one by one as she moved.
"No regrets?" Ji Mingzhu opened his eyes, with faint bloodshot and fatigue in them.
No one in the entire Zhou family suffered more pain than her. She lost not only her husband, but also her two sons and three grandsons. Her family was almost broken up.
The current situation is only slightly better than the family being broken up and the people being killed.
“No regrets.”
Zhou Yunshu looked at her grandmother, and confidence slowly surged through her body.
Ji Mingzhu was silent for a while, then exhaled deeply.
"Grandfather." A milky voice sounded.
Xixi's soft and tender little hand held Ji Mingzhu's pampered hand, and the Buddhist beads in Ji Mingzhu's hand paused.
She looked at the delicate and beautiful little girl in front of her, and the ice in her eyes melted a little. "He was willing to let you take his only child out of the palace."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu and pursed her lips. Finally, she decided to confess, "Grandma, I'm pregnant. I'm two months pregnant."
Ji Mingzhu frowned, looked at her granddaughter, and asked, "The King of Wei doesn't know?"
If he knew, he would never let Zhou Yunshu leave the palace.
Zhou Yunshu nodded.
In her previous life, she was diagnosed with the pregnancy only after she fainted from anger after learning that the Zhou family was driven out of the capital. Therefore, no one in the entire palace knew that she was pregnant except her.
The carriage was silent again.
"You've all grown up."
Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu who said this with a tired face, and felt a little uneasy.
"Grandma." Zhou Yunshu looked at Ji Mingzhu worriedly.
"fine."
"My aunt..."
Her aunt, Zhou Yunqi and Zhou Yunkun were born in the same year. Although they are of different generations, they have always had a good relationship.
Especially Zhou Yunshu and Zhou Jianying. Before Zhou Yunshu got married, the two of them were as close as one person.
"Before the emperor issued the decree, she received the news and took her people to the northern border."
The Zhenbei Palace and she both have their own connections. The emperor ordered the confiscation of property and beheading of the Zhenbei Palace, not only to eradicate the Zhou family, but also to force Ji Mingzhu to hand over her dowry.
Ji Mingzhu's dowry can be said to be the largest among all the princesses who married since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, even more than that of the vassal kings.
When Ji Mingzhu's father, Emperor Ruizong of Zhou, was in power, Ruizong and the queen prepared the most generous dowry in the history of the Zhou Dynasty for their eldest daughter, and even gave the entire state of Nanzhou as Ji Mingzhu's fiefdom.
Ji Mingzhu's younger brother had been on the throne for three years. Before his death, he emptied one-third of the national treasury to buy dowry for his sister, and also gave Ji Mingzhu the military management rights of Nanzhou.
You should know that although there were female emperors in the Zhou Dynasty, only princes could be enfeoffed, and the garrisons in the enfeoffed areas were the responsibility of the court. This was also to enable the emperor to better control the country.
The actions of Zhou Ruizong and Zhou Guangdi can be said to have completely turned Nanzhou into Ji Mingzhu's territory, which can almost be called a country within a country.
The reason why the current emperor was able to stand out from the royal family and ascend the throne smoothly was because Ji Mingzhu was the one who pushed him to the throne.
Therefore, he did not dare to do anything blatantly to Ji Mingzhu, even though he had been emperor for more than 30 years.
The emperor knew that if he took action against Ji Mingzhu, he would definitely be attacked by the royal family and court officials.
But the emperor is jealous!
In recent years, there have been natural disasters, man-made disasters, and constant wars. In addition, the emperor was obsessed with the art of immortality, and the national treasury had long been in deficit.
Not to mention that the Ministry of Revenue couldn't come up with the silver, the emperor's private treasury had long been empty.
This is also why the emperor has been obsessed with confiscating property in recent years and has even turned his attention to the Zhenbei Palace.
But just confiscating the property and exiling him could not force Ji Mingzhu to hand over his huge dowry, so he wanted to kill the Zhou family and let Ji Mingzhu use his dowry to buy the lives of the Zhou family!
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