Zhao Linger sneered: "Forget about the punishment. I need people and money now. Otherwise, based on the lustful look you showed me just now, I can tear you into pieces."
Su Cai kowtowed and said, "Master, you have wronged me. I just felt that you looked familiar."
Zhao Linger said: "Come on, the way you looked at me just now is the same as the way my man looks at me. What are you men thinking? Do you really think I don't know?"
Su Cai stopped explaining and slapped himself in the face: "Master, please spare me. I am blind. You are so beautiful that I didn't recognize you at first glance. Please spare me."
…
Su Tanmei standing by was stunned. After all, their Su family was in Suzhou and was not a small family. Who could be the person that her father could call her like that?
After Su Cai slapped himself several times, he said to Su Tanmei beside him: "My daughter, come here quickly. This is our father and I's savior. If it weren't for our master, you and I would have starved to death fifteen years ago."
Su Tanmei was still a little at a loss, but under the urging of her father, she quickly knelt at Zhao Linger's feet: "Master, Master."
Zhao Linger ignored Su Cai and quickly helped Su Tanmei up: "Why call me master? Call me sister."
"I fell in love with you at first sight among the vast crowd. Back then, you were at most as tall as my knees, and I even held you in my arms. I can't believe that fifteen years have passed. Time flies so fast."
"From today on, you will follow your sister. After I have trained you well for a period of time, I will find a good family for you."
Su Tanmei was still at a loss.
Zhao Linger said to Su Cai beside her, "My girl, I have taken a liking to you. You must follow me from now on. An hour ago, I killed several people. I am afraid that government troops will search here soon. You should pack up all your valuables and leave here quickly. Go north to Beijing. After you reach Beijing, find a Ming army soldier and tell him my name. Then say you are looking for Zhang Wuji. Then you should hand over all the remaining money to him."
"Do you understand?"
Su Cai quickly kowtowed and said, "I understand. I will do it right away."
Zhao Linger nodded with satisfaction: "Okay, fortunately I didn't make a mistake in choosing the right person back then."
"You go and do your work. I'm here with you. Your daughter won't be able to bear any injustice. Although you have lost this property, I will give you a bigger one in the future."
…
Su Cai quickly retreated without asking any questions, and he didn't even look at his beloved daughter again.
Zhao Linger was very satisfied when she saw this.
She took Su Tanmei's hand and walked to the side, where a table of banquet had been prepared long ago.
Zhao Linger said to Su Tanmei, "Sister, is this how you usually eat at home?"
Although Su Tanmei was still confused, she didn't dare to hide anything from Zhao Linger: "Reply, reply to the master, we usually eat this at home, isn't it a bit extravagant?"
Zhao Linger sneered: "It's more than extravagant. When the young master and I were fighting for the throne, we had to share a dry pancake with each other. Even now, we are still very frugal. Fortunately, I didn't notice this table of food just now, otherwise, I would have slapped your father twice."
It was not until Zhao Linger said this that Su Tanmei suddenly realized: "Sister, you, you are Queen Zhao."
Zhao Linger picked up the chopsticks on the table, wiped them on her dress a few times, and said with a smile: "You girl, you are not stupid at all."
"Just stay by my side obediently. If you are really talented, I will make you a concubine in the future."
Zhao Linger acknowledged her identity, but the more she did so, the more frightened Su Tanmei felt.
She quickly knelt down again and said, "Greetings, Her Majesty the Queen."
Zhao Linger was helpless and helped her up again: "Silly sister, I just praised you for your intelligence, but you called me Empress Dowager here. I am the Empress of the Ming Dynasty, and this Jiangnan is now the territory of Zhu Yuanzhang's Wei Dynasty. If you call me Empress Dowager for this, I will be cut into pieces."
"Come and have dinner with me, after that I will take you away from here."
"Time is running out, and I have a lot of things to deal with. I just need a talented woman like you by my side."
Su Tanmei was pressed down on a stool beside her by Zhao Linger with a nervous look on her face.
She said cautiously: "Empress, I have heard your name from my father. You are our family's benefactor, but I don't want to leave my father, and I don't want to be involved in these troubled disputes."
Zhao Linger sneered at first, then said: "Sister, I have achieved everything I wanted to do in my life."
"I can see at a glance that you are a smart woman, so I can understand that you don't want to get involved in these chaotic disputes, but you also have to know that in life, there are many things that are beyond your control, just like you now."
"What my sister wants to do is not discussed with you, but just to inform you. Informing you is considered a respect for you."
"If you know what's good for you, come with me. If you don't want to take advantage of my kindness, I'll send you off after we finish this meal."
Zhao Linger was stuffing food into her mouth quickly. It was the first time she had eaten something so delicious since she left Zhang Wuji.
Su Tanmei, who was standing by, said in panic, "Sister, eat slowly, eat slowly, be careful not to choke."
"I'll get you a jar of good wine."
Zhao Linger grabbed Su Tanmei's wrist and said, "Sister, even your father doesn't dare to say no in front of me, let alone you. Most of the women around my master are good at fighting, but Gong Yu is the only one who has some knowledge."
"It is your blessing that I have chosen you."
"I may not be very talented, but I am good at killing people. If you dare to play tricks on me again, I will kill you immediately, and I will kill your father too."
Su Tanmei was so nervous that she was about to cry: "Sister, I, I didn't play any tricks on you."
Zhao Linger said: "I really hope I am overthinking it. Since my sister is not playing any tricks, let's eat quickly. After this meal, we will leave Suzhou. I still have a lot of important things to do. Don't waste my time."
…
Zhao Linger acted quickly. Just as she said, after the meal, she pulled Su Tanmei away. When Su Cai returned to this place again, they were no longer there.
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