Chapter 325 But he was blocking other people’s way.
When Mu Chengyan brought the token, Deputy General Gao was already waiting anxiously inside.
"Where are the things?" Deputy General Gao said in an aggressive tone.
Mu Chengyan glanced at Yun Zhao, and Yun Zhao looked at Xie Jingmo, signaling Xie Jingmo to take Deputy General Gao aside.
Mu Chengyan sat down on a chair nearby and said, "Zhao Zhao, we are not enemies. I didn't kidnap Deputy General Gao's wife and daughter. You should understand who really kidnapped them. I have no hostility towards you."
Mu Chengyan felt very complicated.
He didn't know how to restore his relationship with Yun Zhao, he only knew that they were drifting apart.
He felt that he had used all his tricks, but Yun Zhao seemed to be getting further and further away from him.
He was feeling very depressed. As he took the handkerchief out of his arms, Deputy General Gao rushed over to grab it and said, "This is my wife's thing! This is my wife's thing!" Deputy General Gao had been anxious all night and was now a little emotionally broken.
Fu Hai took the man outside to comfort him, and Yun Zhao took a look at the handkerchief from a distance.
Just one glance and Yun Zhao frowned.
Yun Zhao was silent for a few seconds and asked, "Besides this handkerchief, do you have anything else to give me?"
Mu Chengyan smiled, a smile that always seemed deceptive. "What else does Zhao Zhao want? Tell me, and I'll give you everything I can."
But at this moment, Yun Zhao was not in the mood to talk about love. She looked at Mu Chengyan's flawless smile.
After a moment, he shook his head and said, "Just asking."
Mu Chengyan blinked slowly, then turned to Xie Jingmo and said, "General Xie, could you please step aside first? I have something to say to the Queen Mother alone."
Xie Jingmo frowned.
Yun Zhao glanced over and said, "Go check on Deputy General Gao."
Xie Jingmo had no choice but to leave first.
The room was quiet for a while.
Yun Zhao no longer had the desire to speak. Mu Chengyan turned his head and stared at Yun Zhao's expression.
"Zhao Zhao," Mu Chengyan asked after a long moment, "I've already fulfilled my promise. When will you give me Xie Jingmo's head?"
Yun Zhao's hands on the table felt a little cold, so she tightened her grip.
Then he said, "If the city is extended, the disaster will not affect your family. Do you understand this saying?"
Mu Chengyan: "Of course."
Yun Zhao wanted to laugh when he heard this, but at this moment, he couldn't laugh at all.
"Are you interested in hearing the story of Vice General Gao and his wife?"
Mu Chengyan wasn't interested. He never showed any affection towards anyone else. But when Yun Zhao asked him, he said, "If Zhao Zhao is willing to talk, I'm naturally willing to listen."
Yun Zhao said "hmm" and paused for a long time.
"Lieutenant General Gao's family was not well off. Three generations of his family had been farmers. This generation had many children and the family had no surplus food and was about to starve to death. That's why they sent Lieutenant General Gao to join the army in order to reduce the number of people in his family.
Deputy General Gao has a large family, and even more are single. No one wants to marry their daughters to the Gao family, saying that the Gao family is poor and that if they marry and have children, they will suffer as well, which is a sin.
Yun Zhao's tone was very light.
Mu Chengyan tilted his head and looked at her seriously, listening to her speak.
"Later, when Deputy General Gao returned, even with all his military achievements and military pay, he still couldn't support such a large family. People in the palace didn't know about this and only said that Deputy General Gao wore that military uniform every day. In fact, he had no other decent clothes.
His best piece of clothing was a gift from Xie Jingmo, but he was reluctant to wear it and kept it in the closet. Later, when his family was struggling to make ends meet, he had it pawned. When Deputy General Gao found out, he was so ashamed that he cried for a long time on the palace corridor.
Yun Zhao felt sad when he said this.
A deputy general with great military achievements cried like a child over a new piece of clothing.
"He's the most respectable man in his family. His parents are counting on him to get married so that the whole family won't be left alone. Xie Jingmo has been wooing matchmakers from all over the town, but even with Xie Jingmo's efforts, no one is willing to marry their daughter to Deputy General Gao."
"I told Deputy General Gao that I would reward him with a thousand gold coins, but he said he would not accept the reward without merit. I am the Queen Mother and I don't want to accept the criticism he caused me to face. He has already decided to remain single, but at this time, Gao's sister-in-law appeared.
That’s a—”
Yun Zhao paused for a long time.
Thinking about it, she smiled again. "That girl was very similar to Yunmeng, very brave and kind. She said that Deputy General Gao was a bachelor and shouldn't be single. She said she was willing to have children for her. Her determination was very similar to my elder sister."
Yun Zhao looked up at Mu Chengyan and asked him, "You have seen Yun Meng, right?"
Mu Chengyan nodded.
Yun Zhao said, "If you saw Gao's sister-in-law, you would understand why I said they were very similar. She is a very strong-willed woman. We hit it off right away. She shook my hand and said thank you, saying that Deputy General Gao was a rough man and thanked me for being willing to keep him by my side. She personally made me a handkerchief and said she would give it to me when it was finished."
Mu Chengyan's eyes flashed when he heard this.
Yun Zhao said, "Yes, it's the handkerchief you just brought. After she finished it, she showed it to me and said she wanted to show a cloud at the end. When it's ready, she asked Deputy General Gao to bring it to me."
"I see that the clouds are done, and they look very realistic."
"Mu Chengyan, Gao's sister-in-law is a very good person. I have seen too many people who curry favor with the powerful, but I know that she is not kind to me just because I am the queen mother. She treats me as her sister."
"Mucheng Yan, you said that such a good person will live to be a hundred years old, right?"
Yun Zhao looked at Mu Chengyan with sincere eyes.
Mu Chengyan opened his mouth and said with a smile: "Of course."
As soon as these two words came out, a flash of coldness appeared in Yun Zhao's eyes as he looked at Mu Chengyan.
She was silent for a long, long time.
Then, she pulled her lips together and smiled with difficulty.
"Well, you go back first."
"Since you have delivered the token as promised, I will definitely present Xie Jingmo's head as scheduled."
Mu Chengyan nodded and looked at Yun Zhao several times before leaving.
After the others had gone far away, Fu Hai asked Yun Zhao in a trembling voice, "The Queen Mother... do you really want to kill Xie Jingmo?"
Yun Zhao tilted his head to glance at Fu Hai, and managed a somewhat difficult smile, "Fu Hai, your expression right now is uglier than crying. Xie Jingmo is not your relative, why do you care so much?"
Fu Hai shook his head, his expression looking extremely sad. "Empress Dowager, Xie Jingmo wasn't a very good lover before, but now he has changed. Moreover, he is a great general of our dynasty. He protected our safety with his flesh and blood. He has done his duty as a general, and we are grateful to him. General Xie is injured. The last time he took a bath, I carried water for him. The scars on his back were mottled, and I felt very sad when I saw them."
Yun Zhao said softly, "Yes, you all know that Xie Jingmo has made great achievements in battle, but he is blocking the way for others."
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