"What a good person she is."
After Cao Ya said goodbye and left, Zhan Nanxing gave a straightforward definition.
Shen Zhaozhao raised his hand.
In the palm of his hand, there lay quietly a buckle, made of translucent mutton-fat jade, with four characters engraved on it.
Shen Zhaozhao knew how to read, and guessed that it was probably a lucky word.
"The eldest daughter of the Cao family was quite famous in the capital before?" Shen Zhaozhao thought for a while and asked this question without thinking.
Zhan Nanxing felt relieved when he saw that she didn't listen to Cao Ya's words to sow discord between them, and snorted.
“Never heard of it.”
Shen Zhaozhao nodded, "That's right, you've been in the military camp all the time, it's useless to ask you."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and went to talk to Lin, leaving Zhan Nanxing with a dark face, staring at the sky in annoyance.
Lin knew all about the relationships with the ladies and nobles in the capital, so when Shen Zhaozhao asked, she told him everything about the Cao family.
Cao Ya is the daughter left by my late wife.
Not long after the late Madam Cao passed away, Cao Quanye brought the current Madam Cao and Cao Yue back home.
"That's ridiculous," Lin snorted, "I already had a concubine in the house, and I waited for Cao Ya's biological mother to pass away, and then I brought this one and Cao Yue back."
"The second son has become the legitimate son in the blink of an eye. Don't you think it's infuriating?"
Guo also listened and said, "Zhao Zhao, don't worry, the old man will definitely do this, and grandma will be the first to break his legs!"
Shen Zhaozhao was not very interested in the old stories of the Cao family, and only asked about Cao Ya's reputation.
Lin was in a dilemma.
"You also know that this girl has lost the protection of her biological mother, so she is naturally very sad in the hands of her stepmother."
"Speaking of reputation..."
"She really doesn't have much reputation. She's just an ordinary girl. Occasionally, when she meets someone at a flower show, she hides behind her stepmother and never dares to say a word."
Shen Zhaozhao remained silent, just playing with the buckle in his hand.
The Cao Ya described by Lin was completely different from the Cao Ya she observed.
In her eyes, Cao Ya used the power of others to defeat them, and her say in the Cao family was far more powerful than that of her stepmother.
Acting in a sophisticated way.
She looks exactly like the girl who dared to speak up as mentioned by Lin.
Shen Zhaozhao raised his eyebrows and took the buckle.
In short, it’s okay as long as this person has no ill will towards her or the Zhan family.
This year, the further north the exile team went, the more deserted the official road became, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians and teahouses.
Even when it was sunset, there was no town to rest.
"Sir, how far do we have to go before we reach the post station?" someone from the Chen family asked.
The officer shook the long whip in his hand and smiled kindly, "My Lord, you are in exile now, how can you live in the post station every day?"
Shen Zhaozhao followed behind, and after hearing this, he looked up and looked into the distance. Indeed, all he could see was wilderness, and there was no trace of a town at all.
It seems that they will all sleep outdoors tonight.
"Ayao, do you think there are any wolves, tigers or anything like that in this wild?" Yang also heard the officer's answer and felt panic in her heart.
In her entire life, she had never slept outdoors.
"Mom, let's go. The officers are familiar with this road. They will pick out a suitable place to set up camp." Zhan Xiaoyao comforted.
In fact, she herself had no idea.
However, if he continued to show fear in front of Yang, Yang would probably become even more frightened.
"It's just staying outdoors for one night, it's not a big deal," the old lady turned her head and looked at Yang with dignity, "You are the daughter-in-law of my Zhan family, it's normal for you to go to the battlefield, let alone sleep outdoors?"
"Show the manners that a Zhan family daughter-in-law should act!"
The old lady is full of energy.
She raised her finger and pointed at her granddaughter-in-law, "You, as a mother-in-law, are not as courageous as your own daughter-in-law."
After being scolded for a long time, Yang looked bitter and dared not say a word.
Shen Zhaozhao walked beside Zhan Nanxing, watching her grandmother scolding her mother-in-law, and she was very happy.
"Very interesting?" Zhan Nanxing said in a chilly voice as he was being carried.
Shen Zhaozhao immediately restrained the expression on his face and said seriously, "No way, it's normal for a mother-in-law to worry about encountering a wild beast, and what grandma said is not wrong."
Both of them are right, and neither of them is offended.
Zhan Nanxing pursed her lips with some pleasure. Although she was his wife and always protected the Zhan family, she had no relationship with him.
At first, he just wanted Shen Zhaozhao to cause trouble for the Zhan family.
Later, he became more and more greedy and wanted more.
Zhan Nanxing closed his eyes, feeling a little annoyed with himself.
Ever since he was defeated in the war and injured his leg, he hated himself more and more.
The team marched for some time until night fell, when Jiang Hu signaled to stop and found a hillside sheltered from the wind to stop. Looking at the sparkling stream in the distance below the hillside, he notified them to set up camp.
They said they were setting up camp, but there wasn’t even a tent.
Shen Zhaozhao had rich experience in surviving in the wild. As soon as he settled down, he was busy pulling his two sisters-in-law and Zhan Xiaoyao to chop firewood and break branches, just to survive.
Shen Zhaozhao picked up a branch, took out the dagger that Zhan Nanxing gave her, and sharpened one end of the branch.
He picked up his linen trousers, rolled up the legs, and went straight into the stream.
"Sister-in-law, you have to be more careful!" Zhan Xiaoyao watched Shen Zhaozhao going deeper and deeper into the water, and shouted worriedly.
This shout attracted the attention of other family members.
Some women saw Shen Zhaozhao going into the water with her legs exposed, and they immediately looked away and whispered to each other.
Yang Hanliu also saw it, and pulled one of her aunts over and said something in a low voice.
Afterwards, the woman from the Yang family came over and said to Yang:
"Also keep an eye on your daughter-in-law. Even though we are exiled now, she is exposing her legs like this. It is embarrassing not only the Zhan family, but also our Yang family."
Yang also felt that Shen Zhaozhao's behavior was too eye-catching.
Just as he opened his mouth to call the person back, he heard the old lady cough in his ear.
Yang immediately wilted.
Shrink your neck like a quail.
"Aunt Yang, you know we are in exile now. My granddaughter-in-law is capable and wants us to eat good food. This is a good thing."
"When you are chewing the black steamed buns later, you will think about how great it would be if your wives and daughters could also fish!"
The aunt of the Yang family came to the house to make trouble for the family, but was scolded by the old lady in a sarcastic tone. She turned away with a gloomy face and went back to her side.
I told Yang Hanliu about the situation.
"Don't worry about them. We are relatives, and we have reminded them. If they are ridiculed by others in the future, that is their own business!"
Yang Hanliu took another look at the Zhan family.
The old lady of the Zhan family, far from being angry at all, cheerfully encouraged the other granddaughters-in-law to join her in the water.
For some unknown reason, Yang Hanliu looked at Zhan Nanxing again.
Cousin, what does he think?
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