She found an inn again and settled down. Thinking that she hadn't eaten yet, she went out to look for food.
On the busy street, Qingli smelled the fragrance and found a wonton stall. The delicious smell aroused her appetite and she felt even hungrier.
"Boss, a big bowl of wontons, please."
"Okay, please sit down for a moment, I'll be right there."
The bosses are a couple. The woman is wrapping wontons while the man is busy cooking the wontons, scooping them out, putting them in bowls, adding seasonings, etc., moving very quickly.
Qingli took a look and then looked away.
She didn't notice that there were three people sitting at the table on the right side of the wonton stall. They were Nangong Yan and his two subordinates Heijin and Heimu.
Nangong Yan thought he heard a familiar voice, and looked over quickly, but the wonton stall blocked his view.
Nangong Yan frowned slightly, finished the wontons in the bowl in two bites, then stood up and walked over.
Heijin Heimu quickly finished his meal and stood up to pay.
No wonder your Majesty eats from this stall, the taste is indeed delicious. Hei Jin wiped his mouth and said quickly: "Boss, give me the money."
Qingli's wontons had already arrived, and she couldn't wait to eat them. They were a little hot, and the wontons she scooped into her mouth slipped out again and fell into the spoon.
Nangong Yan, who was walking over, frowned when he saw this, and a hint of disgust flashed in his eyes unconsciously.
When he saw Qingli's face, he felt inexplicably lost.
"Master, the payment is complete."
Heijin's voice sounded, Qingli looked up subconsciously and met Nangong Yan's eyes.
Her pupils suddenly shrank, and the hand holding the spoon subconsciously clenched, and she suddenly became a little nervous.
Fortunately, when she looked over, Nangong Yan had already retracted his gaze, and missed her strange expression for a moment.
When I looked again, Qingli had already lowered her head to eat again, as if everything just now was an illusion.
Nangong Yan looked at the strange woman suspiciously for a few times, searching for a moment, and finally thought that he was mistaken.
Heijin was a little surprised to see his Majesty staring at a woman!
Before his death, Nangong Yan would never look at a woman twice, except for the one he admired when he was young.
How come he showed interest in women one after another? He was looking for someone one day, and the next day he was staring at someone else.
Unable to see anything, Nangong Yan turned and left.
Qingli glanced at him twice out of the corner of her eye, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the person had left.
It seems that we can't stay here for long. After we solve the problem of the Chu family and the matter of that man that day, let's go to another place to play!
Nangong Yan returned to the inn, and his subordinates handed a carrier pigeon to Heijin, who then gave it to Nangong Yan.
After a moment, Nangong Yan said, "Get ready and return to Nanyang City early tomorrow morning."
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In the evening, Qingli came to the Chu family. Because Mrs. Chu had instructed that Qingli's arrival did not need to be announced, the servants did not inform them and let Qingli in.
The huge Chu family mansion seemed very quiet all day, and even few servants were seen.
In Mrs. Chu's yard, the servant only brought Qingli here and did not dare to go in.
There were really strange people in Madam Ri's yard. The servants were talking about it and some of them were afraid to go in.
Before Qingli went in, she saw the door open and two girls were kicked out. Then Mrs. Chu's sharp and angry voice rang out, "Get out, get out, you are not my children, and I am not your mother, don't bully me like this anymore."
Madam Chu pushed the two children out like crazy, her eyes were red and swollen, the thought that she had raised her enemy's son like a treasure, but her own son was thrown into the well and drowned, and could not be reincarnated after death, but had to become a wild ghost trapped in a courtyard, she hated him to death.
But she couldn't bring herself to kill her enemy's son. Mrs. Chu felt extremely painful. The hatred that had nowhere to vent tortured her and made her feel that life was worse than death.
There were also the voices of a man and a young girl in the room, as if they were talking to Dabai.
Then, a man came out. He looked to be about forty years old, wearing a dark blue robe and had an elegant look, but at this moment his face looked a little gloomy.
"You two should stop making trouble and go back to your own yard."
The man spoke to the two girls, his tone leaving no room for doubt.
Madam Chu was very angry and questioned the man, "Chu Xu, what do you mean? You want us to go back to our own courtyard? Is there still a place for us in this mansion?"
Mrs. Chu looked at her husband in disbelief. Did he still want to keep these two people?
Chu Xuru was over forty years old and had only three children, two sons and one daughter, all of whom were born to his wife. He devoted himself to officialdom and was not keen on affairs between men and women. In addition, he had enough children, so he had no idea of taking a concubine. Therefore, he never took a concubine, and there was only one wife in the mansion.
But at this time, she was told that the son whom she had carefully raised for more than ten years was not her child. This made her sad, but she had to consider the reality.
The eldest son, Chu Zhiyan, is the child that the emperor values the most. He is very talented in studying. If he is already a scholar, he only needs to study hard for a few more days and take the imperial examination. In the future, he will definitely enter the officialdom.
The Chu family has no one in the officialdom, and these people have had a very hard time. If they have a son who can enter the officialdom in a few years, and find a good marriage for their son, and the in-laws want to help, then they will not be isolated and helpless in the officialdom in the future.
But like this, everything was broken.
놛 was also very painful and conflicted, but in the end, I couldn't give up.
Chu Xu felt helpless facing his wife's accusations.
"Madam, this matter involves too many things, and it's hard to make a decision right now. Let's get rid of this vicious woman first and send the two children to reincarnate. As for the other matters, can we discuss them slowly later?"
Madam Chu waved away Chu Xu's hand like crazy, and said angrily: "The three of us, mother and son, will pay for my son's life. Chu Xu, if you were the prefect, what would you say about the punishment for the crime committed by this vicious woman?"
Chu Xu said without hesitation: "She should be thrown into prison and await execution. She has two lives on her hands."
Chu Xu also hated it.
Mrs. Chu was quite satisfied. She then pointed at the two children she had raised and said cruelly, "What about you two? What should we do with you two?"
Chu Zhiyan and Chu Zhihuai both pleaded, "Mother, we didn't know. We didn't know our life experiences until later. Can you really bear to leave us?"
The 13-year-old son Chu Zhihuai cried and spoke, his face full of fear.
Mrs. Chu was very unruly with the eldest son, Chu Zhiyan, and Chu Xu had been raising him since he was enlightened. However, the youngest son, Chu Zhihuai, had always been with Mrs. Chu until Chu Xu was promoted and took her to Jinyang City to study.
Mrs. Chu has a deeper affection for her son, and similarly, Chu Zhihuai has a deeper affection for his mother.
Seeing Chu Zhihuai begging desperately, Mrs. Chu still couldn't forgive him, because compared to Chu Zhihuai, she loved her two children who were brutally killed just after birth more.
Her children were killed by the mother of these two children, so cruelly, and were not allowed to be reincarnated after death. She couldn't help but vent her anger on her.
Madam Chu said coldly, "Don't be like this. I am not your mother. Look, your mother is there. In order to let you live a life of wealth and glory, she did not hesitate to conceal the truth and replaced my children. She also killed us cruelly and trapped our souls after death, so that we could not be reincarnated. She is really your good mother. She has spent a lot of effort for you two brothers."
Chu Zhiyan didn't say anything, but his face was cold and ugly.
Chu Zhihuai kept apologizing, "Mother, I'm sorry! I didn't know, I really didn't know. In my heart, you are my mother. I don't want her. I don't want such a vicious person to be my mother. Please, mother, don't hate me. I will be obedient from now on and never get into trouble again."
Chu Zhihuai cried with tears and snot, and was very sad.
When Shopkeeper Zhao, who was lying motionless on the ground in the yard with wounds all over his body, heard these words, his eyes instantly turned red.
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