Chapter 52: Old Friend
If the Crown Prince made any move and was caught by Concubine Yan and her son, he would probably be implicated, not to mention helping Imperial Tutor Zhao.
He went through countless twists and turns and spent a lot of effort, but he could only arrange an escort officer for the Zhao family without leaving any trace. The officer was not a bad person, but he had a bad temper.
After the Zhao family arrived in Lingnan, they were out of reach and the prince could do nothing.
He was sent to Shu by his father to learn martial arts when he was five years old, and started traveling around the world three years ago. He only returned to the capital twice secretly in these years. Almost no one cared about his existence. In addition, he was a free man on the surface, so it was the best person for him to make this trip.
It just so happened that Zhong Jing was complaining about a large group of pirates who were harassing coastal villages and towns, with several tough ones among them being brutal, cunning, and difficult to capture, so he asked for his help. This was exactly what he wanted, so he came.
They had originally planned to find the Zhao family after resolving Zhong Jing's troubles, but they hadn't anticipated that this Miss Zhao was most likely the daughter of Imperial Tutor Zhao. If so, they would have already met her.
And he can be considered an old friend
Zhong Jing was obviously also shocked by this news. He put away his playful smile and nodded quickly: "Okay, I'll have someone check it out right away. I'll definitely have some news tomorrow."
"Um."
Zhong Jing glanced at the food basket that Zhao Liya had casually placed on the table and said with a grin, "Well, if you don't want to eat it, I'll take it away to avoid wasting it."
He stretched out his hand while speaking.
Zhou Hansheng stared at him and said, "Stop, don't take it."
Zhong Jing argued: "You don't have the habit of eating midnight snacks."
"Now I have it."
"Then, give me some."
"It doesn't matter. If you want to eat, ask someone to make it for you. Don't ask her."
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Zhong Jing felt aggrieved and muttered, "Tsk!" "Stingy!"
He was so angry that he couldn't help but say, "I think you should be mentally prepared. If Miss Zhao is really the daughter of the Grand Tutor, then you have no hope. It's better to give up as soon as possible, so as not to get deeper and deeper into pain and suffer for the rest of your life!"
"Shut up!"
Zhou Hansheng was annoyed and grabbed the teacup and threw it at him.
Zhong Jing chuckled and picked up the teacup in his hand. Seeing that Zhou Hansheng was finally angry, he finally felt relieved. He put the teacup down and left with satisfaction.
Although Zhong Jing's words are not very reasonable, he is still very reliable in doing things.
Besides, the information he needed to know was not a secret at all, and it didn't even take him half a day to find out.
The Miss Zhao who cooks in the military camp is really the daughter of Master Zhao.
Zhong Jing immediately felt extremely guilty. After reporting the news to Zhou Hansheng, he secretly glanced at Zhou Hansheng's not-so-good-looking expression and smiled apologetically, "How about just letting Miss Zhao go back? That's really not what she deserves!"
Zhou Hansheng couldn't help but think of Zhao Liya's appearance and expression. Her eyes were bright, her smile was bright, and she spoke with a smile. Her voice was brisk and crisp. There was no trace of sadness or decadence on her. Instead, she made people feel a kind of vigorous sunshine and openness.
Zhou Hansheng smiled to himself. In fact, the Zhao family didn't care at all whether he was exiled or not, or whether he was wronged or not.
After all, they are members of the Zhao family!
If he interfered with something out of good intentions, he would actually be looking down on the Zhao family.
He had a firm intuition that even if he did nothing, the Zhao family would be able to live well here.
Zhou Hansheng said, "Just keep everything normal. We can't do anything special right now. It would be too conspicuous and might not be good for them. Just keep an eye on it on a daily basis. I told her that if she needs help, she'll come to you."
Zhong Jing thought about Zhou Hansheng's current status. It was indeed inconvenient for him to show it to others. Although Lingnan was located in a remote area, because Taifu Zhao's family was exiled here, who knew if anyone was secretly watching them? It was really hard to say at this stage.
Perhaps, in a year or two we won’t have to worry so much, but we still have to think about it now.
If there is another disturbance, no one can bear the consequences.
The best thing now is that Zhou Hanshengdang has never been here, and Zhong Jingdang knows nothing - on the surface, he has no connection with the Zhao family. He is a guard general and has nothing to do with matters such as exile and resettlement. It is normal for him to know nothing.
"Alright, that's it. Don't worry, with me here, the Zhao family will be fine!"
Zhou Hansheng: "Nothing will happen to the Zhao family without you."
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"You can wait and see what they are capable of."
Zhong Jing raised his eyebrows slightly and said "Oh!" in a long tone: What's with this inexplicably smug tone? Whether they are capable or not is none of your business!
Zhao Liya didn't know this. She was offering a midnight snack in exchange for a golden thigh. This deal was quite profitable! She wanted more!
Moreover, she finally revealed her identity as a fugitive to Master Zhou, and a huge stone fell from her heart. Otherwise, even if it was not her original intention, it would have seemed as if she was deliberately deceiving the other party.
It was a pleasant surprise that Mr. Zhou did not despise me and was willing to continue helping me.
The next day they continued to be busy with kitchen work, but the difference was that ten sergeants came to the barracks to help with odd jobs. They helped with almost all the chores, including going to the city to buy vegetables, so that the cooks were idle most of the time.
Everyone was ignorant, but they were all scared and couldn't help but look for the backbone for advice. After all, she even dared to challenge the Gu family, so she must have some ideas.
"Xiaoya, are the soldiers dissatisfied with our poor performance? They won't punish us, will they?"
"Yeah, yeah, why else would so many people come and take away all our work? I'm really scared."
"I'm scared too. My eyelids are twitching and I'm panicking. Oh!"
"Xiaoya, please give us some advice. What should we do?"
Zhao Liya's mind was also full of the lawsuit. She subconsciously thought that this was related to Mr. Zhou, but her reason told her that this made no sense.
Zhao Liya comforted everyone, saying, "Don't worry, aunts and sisters-in-law. The soldiers probably thought our cooking was good, so they were happy to come and help. Look, the soldiers came and started working, and they spoke to us politely, gently, and with a smile. How could they blame us? If they really wanted to blame us, they would have sent someone to scold us long ago. How could they help us with our work?"
"Besides, I've been working diligently these past few days. I haven't been sneaky or cunning, nor have I done anything I shouldn't have done. I just need to be honest and upright as usual. What's there to be afraid of?"
When the aunts, grandmothers and sisters-in-law heard this, they felt relieved and nodded and smiled, praising Zhao Liya: You are worthy of being Xiaoya, what you said makes so much sense!
(End of this chapter)
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