"National Defense General?"
When Yang Zhao heard this, his eyes changed slightly and he stared at Xiao Cui: "Are you sure it's the National Defense General? News about my eldest brother?"
Xiao Cui nodded quickly: "Yes, it is absolutely true, otherwise Xiao Cui would not dare to run to the young lady and beg her."
Yang Zhao narrowed her eyes, and finally she stretched out her hand and gestured to Xiaoqing.
When Xiaoqing saw this, she immediately led the maidservants around the carriage to disperse. Even Xiaocui's old nanny was taken away for a distance, and the entire carriage became empty.
"Tell me about it."
Yang Zhao then spoke.
Before Xiao Cui spoke, she glanced around, then lowered her voice and said, "The Protector General is still alive."
Yang Zhao's hand on the car window suddenly clenched.
Xiao Cui saw this and her eyes flickered. She continued, "This story also came from a little sister of mine. Her husband was a small trader who traveled extensively. She once went to Qi State with her husband. By chance, she accidentally met the Protector of the Nation. The Protector of the Nation was not dead, he was still alive."
"Where did you see it?" Yang Zhao asked.
Xiao Cui remained silent.
Yang Zhao knew what she meant when he saw her like this. He saw her take a deep breath before asking, "What do you want?"
When Xiao Cui heard this, she immediately raised her head with a smile on her face: "Let my master be reinstated."
"impossible."
Yang Zhao refused without a second thought. Looking at Xiao Cui, whose eyes dimmed, he said coldly, "Let's not even talk about whether I have the ability to do it. Just considering his relationship with the Shen family and his attempt to buy and sell official titles, there's no way he can be reinstated."
Xiao Cui said subconsciously: "But the sale of official positions, wasn't it you who planned it, young lady? Then Lord Mu is fake! The master is not really buying and selling official positions either."
"Who said it was fake?"
Yang Zhao looked at Xiao Cui with a sneer: "Do you really think I have such great ability that I can create a fake Lord Mu under the feet of the emperor?" Lord Mu is indeed real, but the people around him may not be real.
After all, the people she came into contact with at the time were all Lord Mu's close 'loyal servants'. Xia Ying did not really have direct contact with Lord Mu at the time, but she just made people think that she had some interactions with the people around Lord Mu.
Of course.
Some things are indeed fake.
For example, the silver and money sent for buying and selling official positions almost all went into her pocket in the end, and only a very small amount reached Lord Mu.
Xiao Cui was a little anxious when she heard Yang Zhao's words: "Then, then there is really no other way?"
"Master must be reinstated, otherwise, what's the point of all my efforts?"
Yang Zhao couldn't help but sneer when he heard her words. "Back then, all you wanted was a respectable status, not a lowly slave or concubine. Now that you've become the mistress of the Chen family, you've achieved your wish. But I didn't expect that your ambition would also develop."
"Miss, I, I also want to be able to help you in the future. As long as the master has an official position and a place in the court, he can help you with whatever you want to do in the future. Miss, you must have a way, right?"
Xiao Cui thought of something and said hurriedly, "As long as you can get the master back to his post, I will tell you where the Protector General is."
Yang Zhao sneered, "Are you sure you want to help Chen Mingrong get his job back?"
"Xiao Cui, you should know that when a man is in a low point, he may still think of his wife who has been with him through thick and thin, but if he becomes rich, the first person he will dump is likely to be his wife. Although you are pregnant with his only child, you should know that there is a saying called "die while the mother remains."
"Once he's reinstated, given his status and position, would he allow his wife to be a slave or concubine? And his only child to have a mother of such a shameful background? Are you sure he wouldn't choose another wife who would support him?"
"No, the master wouldn't do that. He's not like other men."
Xiao Cui almost blurted it out.
Yang Zhao sneered: "No? Different? Ha! How is he different? He promised Shen Sulan that he would never take a concubine and would love her all his life, but how did he do it? You should know better than anyone how the matter between you and him happened."
"What do you mean by not taking a concubine for seven years?"
“That’s just because the Chen family’s family background is thin. He wants a good reputation, but he is reluctant to give up the wealth that Shen Sulan often brings back from her mother’s family.”
"Perhaps, he is still thinking about the day when the Shen family will turn things around."
"It's a pity that the Shen family has been exiled for six years. Six years must have worn out Chen Mingrong's patience, but he was unwilling to give up, so... your thing happened." Yang Zhao looked at Xiao Cui and "uncovered" the hidden true face of the Chen family for her bit by bit.
If the Chen family was truly upright, and Chen Mingrong was truly the person he promised, then when Shen Sulan was divorced, the Chen family would not have embezzled Shen Sulan's dowry, and Xiao Cui would not be standing in front of her today.
Some truths are just so cruel.
Xiao Cui opened her mouth to retort, but the words wouldn't come out.
Chen Mingrong was drunk at that time.
But...is he really so drunk that he has lost all reason?
No, she knew very well that Chen Mingrong was awake, otherwise he would not have bypassed the other maids and found her when she was out, and then he would not have been able to make love with her while speaking sweet words to her.
Xiao Cui's face was a little pale.
Obviously, she already knew some things, but she had been deceiving herself. Perhaps it was also because she was unwilling to give in.
I'm unwilling to give up like this.
She bit her lip and looked up at Yang Zhao: "Miss, please help me."
Yang Zhao smiled.
The smile doesn't reach the eyes.
"How do you want me to help you? Help your master get his job back? Or help you get out of the Chen family?"
"No, I won't leave the Chen family."
Xiao Cui rejected the last one without thinking. She had done so much, how could she be willing to give up what she had obtained? But Yang Zhao's words also woke her up. Now the child is still in her belly. If the child is born, the Chen family will inevitably kill the mother and keep the child.
Then all her efforts would be in vain.
It's just a waste of time to provide dowry for others.
Xiao Cui is not stupid, otherwise Madam Shen would not have arranged her to be with Shen Sulan and become her personal maid.
"Miss."
Xiao Cui held her belly and knelt down. She looked at Yang Zhao with tears in her eyes: "Please save this slave. I don't want to die, nor do I want to be a dowry for others, but I am unwilling to do so..."
Yang Zhao looked down at her through the car window. When he heard her call herself a slave, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth. However, she didn't know that this scene was seen by someone in a carriage not far away.
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