Chapter 78: Looking like this, is he in trouble again?
In front of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, Zhao Mingzhu walked back and forth with his hands behind his back like Tom Cat.
She hadn't figured out how to express her purpose in a high-sounding way after entering:
He was planning to make his own way, but after running away, he was left alone and might even face a catastrophic disaster where all the yolks of his nine clans would be scattered.
Forget it, let’s come back another day... Zhao Mingzhu moved her feet and prepared to leave.
"Now that we're here, where are we going?"
The voice of the Duke of Zhenguo came from behind her, and then Zhao Mingzhu turned her head with a flattering look.
"Dad, have you eaten?"
The Duke of Zhenguo flicked his sleeves and said, "Tell me, you look like you've gotten into trouble again?"
Zhao Mingzhu followed behind him, thinking to himself: Not yet, we are still preparing.
The two of them walked through the trumpet creeper corridor. The Duke of Zhenguo ordered his servants to prepare the meal quickly, and also asked them to prepare the gifts for Zhao Mingzhu in the warehouse and let her take them back later.
The Duke of Zhenguo was sitting in the pavilion. Seeing that she was silent, he sighed as if he was used to it.
"Tell me, is he still alive?"
"Ah?" Zhao Mingzhu was thinking about something, and suddenly heard this and was confused.
Then she quickly waved her hands: "No, Dad, I didn't kill anyone."
The Duke of Zhenguo was upset after hearing this. He slammed the table and said:
"So who did you offend, or who did you steal?"
Otherwise, why would he look like his father is about to die?
Zhao Mingzhu shook her head repeatedly: "No, I'm not the kind of person who doesn't know the immensity of heaven and earth. I just don't want to be the Crown Princess and I'm ready to run away."
The Duke of Zhenguo listened to the first half, and opened his eyes wide at the second part:
"What did you say?!"
Zhao Mingzhu had prepared two euphemistic opening sentences, but she didn't expect them to come out as soon as she opened her mouth.
She covered her mouth and her eyes rolled around.
The Duke of Zhenguo took a deep breath, stood up and ordered:
"Come here! Open the ancestral hall and get my whip! No one is allowed to stop me!"
He knew that this rebellious girl would not be a good thing, it would be better to kill her and set her on fire!
The maids around looked at each other.
No one came to stop him, and no one actually went to the ancestral hall to get a whip.
Seeing this, the Duke of Zhenguo roared, "What are you all standing there for? Go!"
Only then did the maids really retreat from the ancestral hall.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Zhao Mingzhu grabbed the Duke of Zhenguo's sleeve:
"Dad, you were willing to send me away before, and now I have finally convinced myself to leave you, why are you unwilling to do so now?"
"Can it be the same now as it was then?!" The Duke of Zhenguo pounded the stone table.
Zhao Mingzhu certainly knew why, but she couldn't say it.
After hearing this, the Duke of Zhenguo scratched his head and looked at Zhao Mingzhu with an unpleasant look.
"I don't have lice, I'm just mad at you!"
Zhao Mingzhu, then heard the Duke of Zhenguo waving his hand to let all the servants leave.
"Why are you leaving now? Aren't you deeply in love with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? You were so determined to marry into the Eastern Palace!"
Zhao Mingzhu distanced herself from him, worried that the Duke of Zhenguo would be pissed off if she said something like this:
"Actually, it's not for Gu Qingheng..."
Zhao Mingzhu blurted out all the stories of the original owner saving Prince Jing and going undercover for love, and then told the story of her own poisoning and the subsequent murder at the horse farm.
During this time, the Duke of Zhenguo's eyes were full of horror.
"You...you are confused!" How many lives does she have left after intervening between the Crown Prince and Prince Jing?
When he heard that she was poisoned, he looked her up and down.
"So it can be solved now?"
The Duke of Zhenguo felt distressed. He thought that he was a bad father. His daughter was poisoned right under his nose, but he didn't even know it.
Zhao Mingzhu shook her head: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knows about Prince Jing, and he has forgiven me."
"I also asked a doctor to cure the poison for me."
Having said that, Zhao Mingzhu turned around and looked at Gu Qingheng. So far, he was actually doing pretty well.
If it weren't for the dream that followed, she might not have made the decision so quickly.
The Duke of Zhenguo looked at his daughter with a speechless expression.
He suddenly said, "Are you ready to leave? Where are you going?"
Seeing that he didn't seem that angry, Zhao Mingzhu roughly sorted out his thoughts:
"My daughter has already found a small island town, located in the Flower Town of Spring City. The sky is high and the roads are long, and it's like spring all year round. As for the money, I've also prepared it."
"It's just that my daughter can't fulfill her filial duty by her father's side, so after thinking about it, I still want to tell my father."
The Duke of Zhenguo truly loved her, and she couldn't hide her actions from him and never come back.
"Living well is the greatest filial piety you can show to your father."
The Duke of Zhenguo was silent for a moment. Zhao Mingzhu was indeed very bold in this matter. He was even more surprised that she had already planned it in secret.
But my daughter has such a connection with Prince Jing. Gu Qingheng may have forgiven her now, but what about in the future?
If I die one day, will my daughter be safe and sound?
He always knew that his daughter was not qualified for the position of Crown Princess, and it was even more likely that she would take over right after he passed away.
…
Nothing was more important than his precious daughter.
The servants brought tea, and the Duke of Zhenguo took a look and said unhappily:
"The people going to the ancestral hall are so slow, what's wrong with the cooks who are cooking?"
Zhao Mingzhu has been here for so long, why hasn’t the food been served yet?
"It's okay, Dad, I went to Hongyunlou to eat before I came here."
The Duke of Zhenguo glared at her: "You went out to enjoy the delicious food and drinks, but you didn't bring anything back to honor me!"
Zhao Mingzhu chuckled and took out a tea cake from her bosom:
"Here, I know you're a bit pretentious. These are this year's tribute, the Hanshan Silver Buds. I brought them all back."
When she went out this morning, she was thinking of looking for the Duke of Zhenguo, so she went to Gu Qingheng's private storehouse and took out a cake and put it on her body and brought it back.
The Duke of Zhenguo opened it and took a look. He broke off a piece and threw it into the teapot which was already filled with tea.
"Mingzhu, have you really thought it through? You should know that after this departure, you will never be able to appear as Zhao Mingzhu, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. You will have to live in anonymity for the rest of your life."
Once people leave their position of power, they will no longer be as glamorous and glorious as they are now.
Before and after her marriage, Zhao Mingzhu enjoyed the treatment of a noble lady, which was rare among the few in the capital.
Zhao Mingzhu smiled slightly. She certainly knew that power nourishes people, otherwise she wouldn't have felt that she was living a good life after traveling through time.
Compared to before, these are indeed good days. She will never be born into such a good family in her next life.
But fortunately, life after she left was not that bad.
"Dad, so I'm not telling you specifically that you should give me more of Dad's money, hehe."
After hearing this, the Duke of Zhenguo snorted coldly: "What filial piety? You're just trying to take advantage of your father!"
Zhao Mingzhu thought that even if the Duke of Zhenguo sighed secretly when he saw that she did not regret it, he would have to find a way to bring her more money and secretly select some reliable guards for her.
One must be a family-born child, with a tight mouth…
At this time, the maids came up with the dishes, and the Duke of Zhenguo sorted out his thoughts:
"Eat quickly, and go back after you're done."
Zhao Mingzhu shook her head after hearing this: "If I don't go back today, I'll sleep here."
"There are no rules. You are still the Crown Princess. Don't act recklessly."
The Duke of Zhenguo was dissatisfied with the reminder, and then said to the butler beside him:
"No matter whether she is asleep or not, let's clean up the young lady's yard first."
Although Zhao Mingzhu came here after eating a lot, she felt that she could continue eating after talking for so long, so she plunged into the food again.
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