Chapter 116 Wednesday Harm

As soon as Zhao Zhuoxi saw her come in, he hugged her in his arms.

"What have you been doing? You kept me waiting."

Jiang Jiu pushed him and said, "It's been a long time since the Third Prince's wife left? I think you two should have talked for longer."

Zhao Zhuoxi laughed contemptuously: "She just wanted to ask about your grandmother's situation. She's gone, why would she bother about it?"

"Alas, I originally heard that she and Queen Zhou had some dirty deeds, but I didn't expect that she was actually such a righteous person... I won't pursue the past."

Jiang Jiu pinched a grape and put it in her mouth, but her chin was pinched by Zhao Zhuoxi, who sucked the grape in her mouth into his own mouth with strong suction and licked her lips.

Jiang Jiu was so angry that he punched him: "If you want to eat it, I'll peel it off for you. You're shameless for snatching it from my mouth."

Zhao Zhuoxi gave her another grape with a sly smile.

Jiang Jiu: "I have a breakthrough here... We have to go to pay our respects to Madam Chang after her death..."

Then Jiang Jiu told her about Shao Yingying's family.

Zhao Zhuoxi raised his eyebrows: "Yes, how could I have forgotten about that scoundrel? Now he has become a nuisance to the capital, and no one cares about him. Sigh, the world is really going downhill, the world is going downhill."

After saying that, Zhao Zhuoxi pulled Jiang Jiu out of the teahouse. On the way back, Jiang Jiu told him his plan.

Zhao Zhuoxi scratched her nose.

"Good idea. Now let's see what Sixth Brother will do."

Zhao Zhuoran was in a difficult situation at this time. He had just come out of the palace and was caught by Empress Zhou and cried for a long time, but she had only one purpose.

It was to let him kill Jiang Mingyue, who murdered Madam Chang, according to the law.

But Zhao Zhuoran refused to think about it at all.

"Your Majesty, not many people knew about this back then, and I'm sure you were one of them. I would like to ask, who was responsible for Qiu'er's death?"

Queen Zhou was suddenly shocked: "I, I don't know either."

Zhao Zhuoran snorted coldly: "Then let's find out the truth first. Even if Madam Chang is the Empress's sister, the country has its own laws and the family has its own rules. I will definitely restore the truth of that year before making the final judgment."

When Zhao Zhuoran left the palace, Queen Zhou felt that something was fishy.

After finding the servant who had followed Chang Mingyuan to the south, Queen Zhou found out that the concubine rumored to be Chang Mingyuan might not be Chang Mingyuan's woman.

"My lady, in my opinion, Madam Chang is just your cousin..."

Queen Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I only remember that girl from that year, and she seemed to be related to the deceased prince. The sixth and third sons are the best friends, so let him investigate."

Fifteen years have passed, so whatever can be found out is fine. Anyway, what happened back then has nothing to do with her.

On the day of Madam Chang's funeral, Empress Zhou asked the eunuchs around her to offer condolences on her behalf.

The Sixth Prince Zhao Zhuoran, who originally had a good relationship with Chang Mingyuan, did not come and only asked his butler to bring a condolence gift.

Zhao Zhuoxi came running with Jiang Jiu.

A few days ago, most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty came, and it is still the same now, but the few days ago were happy events, but today is a funeral.

When Zhao Zhuoxi arrived, he was still arranged to stay in the warm room.

A banquet is quite different from a condolence meeting. At a banquet, friends are entertained, while at a condolence meeting, family members are entertained.

Ministers in the court usually paid their condolences, delivered the gifts and left.

At the funeral, collateral relatives were required to have lunch at the residence and could not leave until after the burial.

Zhao Zhuoxi could have left after giving the gifts, but he came just to see the excitement, so he went straight to the warm room.

Sitting in the warm pavilion were the right prime minister, the three sons of the Zhou family, and Mrs. Chang’s family members, among whom was Zhou Shian.

After meeting Zhou Min and then seeing the other members of the Zhou family, I couldn't help but sigh that the genes of Right Prime Minister Zhou Zhili are really strong.

He was born with squinty eyes and single eyelids, and his three sons also have squinty eyes and single eyelids, just like him.

Zhou Min's eyes are long and narrow, perhaps more like her mother's. Zhou Hou's eyes are also long and narrow. Jiang Jiu has never seen them, but Zhao Zhuoxi has seen them and only gave them the comment "ugly".

There are three thousand beauties in the harem, all of them are prettier than Queen Zhou.

Zhou Shian was even uglier, with squinty eyes and a bulbous nose. I don’t know if it was because he loved drinking or because he didn’t get enough sleep, but his nose was red and his eyes were dark circles.

Looking at her age of more than 20 years old, her body seems to be in great shape and she doesn't look like a teenager at all.

"Zhou Shian is so ugly, how could any woman be attracted to a man like him..."

Jiang Jiu couldn't help but complain.

Zhao Zhuoxi wanted to laugh after hearing this, then he coughed to cover it up and leaned back on the couch.

Maybe Jiang Jiu liked to look at people directly, and Zhou Shian noticed it.

Jiang Jiu suddenly saw Zhou Shian winking at her and raising his eyebrows slightly, which almost made her vomit.

He quickly turned his eyes away, looked at his nose and his heart, and stood properly behind Zhao Zhuoxi.

After waiting for a while, it was lunch time.

In ancient times, people actually ate separately. There was a tea table in front of each person. Everyone knelt in front of the tea table, holding up their bowls and chopsticks. Maids served them from behind and placed the dishes on the plates in front of the table.

When eating, just pick up the food on the plate.

Even though they were using bamboo chopsticks, the maids serving them were using silver chopsticks.

The maids could come to the side courtyard, the guest room next to the kitchen, to eat in turns after the masters had finished their meal. Generally, wealthy families would not travel with only one maid.

There may be as few as two and as many as seven or eight.

Or guards, servants, etc.

When we got to the guest room, there were servants everywhere, so there were no so many rules and restrictions. The food was simple, with a big pot of vegetables, rice, and some porridge, which was pretty good.

Just as Jiang Jiu was about to return home after eating, suddenly, a fat figure blocked her way.

"Hey, little lady, where are you going?"

Jiang Jiu looked carefully and found that the short and fat man with a bulbous nose was none other than Zhou Shian.

"Mr. Zhou, be well. Go back and serve my prince."

Jiang Jiu thought, after all, she was the Ninth Prince's maid, so she had to be more or less careful with this family.

Who knew that Zhou Shian didn't care about Zhao Zhuoxi at all.

"Oh? Your prince is weak, and I see you keep looking at me, are you attracted to me?"

Jiang Jiu really wanted to roll his eyes, he really made her laugh out of anger.

"No, it's mainly because I've never seen someone as ugly as you, so I looked at you a few more times..."

"Pfft" the two maids behind Zhou Shi'an couldn't help laughing.

Zhou Shian was so angry that he was furious: "You stupid girl, who are you calling ugly?"

Jiang Jiu said bluntly: "You, compared with our Lord Wang, you are so, so ugly, so ugly that I really want to vomit. Oh, I didn't even have a full lunch..."

After saying that, Jiang Jiu pushed Zhou Shian away and prepared to leave.

"Stop right there." Zhou Shi'an was still unhappy. He never thought he was ugly, and no one had ever said he was ugly.

He was so angry when Jiang Jiu said this.

"Who do you think you are? How dare you scold me? I will teach you a lesson."

Jiang Jiu nimbly dodged to one side, and Zhou Shian's fat body fell into the air.

Jiang Jiu was a little surprised: "Mr. Zhou, I just told the truth, why are you scolding me? It's not your fault that you are ugly. Who made your father ugly?"

"How dare you! Whose maid is so rude?"

As soon as Jiang Jiu finished speaking, Zhou Youxiang, who had come out to digest his food, shouted angrily.

Zhao Zhuoxi, who was walking in front, smiled indulgently.

"This is my king's family."