278, Zhuo's gift
When Jun Wuhuan promised something, he would generally do it perfectly unless he deliberately tricked you. So Chu Ling was not worried about the trouble that kidnapped the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion would cause him. In fact, although the news that the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion ran away from home that night spread throughout the powerful circle of Pingjing, Chu Ling was indeed not affected.
Although Shangguan Chengyi knew that Shangguan Yunru had met Chu Ling before he disappeared, he did not associate Shangguan Yunru's disappearance with Chu Ling. Because Shangguan Yunru returned home after leaving the teahouse where he talked to Chu Ling, he did not leave the Shangguan family until the evening. Later, someone saw Shangguan Yunru in the capital, and Shangguan Yunru did not leave the city until the city gate was about to close.
In the evening, the second young lady of Shangguan family found a letter left by Shangguan Yunru from her husband's study. After Shangguan Chengyi's personal identification, it was indeed Shangguan Yunru's handwritten letter. Knowing that his grandson ran away from home, the old lady Shangguan immediately cried and cried, and finally fainted. The entire Shangguan family was in chaos. They looked for doctors to find doctors, took care of the old lady, and sent people out of the city to find Shangguan Yunru.
Of course, even if Shangguan Chengyi's token could leave the city after the city gate was closed, those people could not even find Shangguan Yunru's shadow.
In fact, there are not many powerful children who have run away from home over the years. Even if Shangguan Yunru really leaves his letter, he will not attract many people's attention. At most, he just treats it as a joke for a while. However, the situation in the Shangguan family is a bit subtle, which inevitably makes people feel that Shangguan Yunru ran away from home because he could not accept the matter of his parents and separation.
Not only outsiders think so, but the old lady of the Shangguan family also thinks so. So early the next morning, Shangguan Chengyi had just gone to the morning court, and the old lady Shangguan took the people to angrily kill the Zhuo family where they lived.
"Sister A Ling, Sister A Ling." When Xiao Yan'er walked in quickly, Chu Ling was doing her makeup. She slept well last night. Chu Ling looked very good today. She changed into a slim light-colored shirt early this morning and was about to go out of the city to see if Xiao Shi was ready to move.
Seeing Xiao Yan'er come in, Chu Ling smiled and said, "What's going on over Mrs. Zhuo?"
Xiao Yan'er frowned and said, "It's true that the old woman in Shangguan's family went to trouble Mrs. Zhuo."
Chu Ling raised her eyebrows, "Oh, it seems that this old lady is quite tough." Xiao Yan'er nodded in agreement, "I see that her body is much healthier than Mrs. Zhuo. I heard that she fainted yesterday, and she was still full of energy when she woke up early in the morning." Chu Ling looked at herself in the mirror, nodded with satisfaction and stood up and said, "Let's go."
“Where to go?”
"Go and save Mrs. Zhuo." Chu Ling said, "Aren't you afraid that the old lady will tear Mrs. Zhuo?"
Xiao Yan'er nodded quickly and said, "Yes, yes, let's go quickly."
Zhuo knew about Shangguan Yunru's disappearance last night. Although he had no hope for this son, his son was still worried about his safety. But soon Princess Shenyou photographed a little girl and told her that Shangguan Yunru was fine, but she just wanted to go out for a while to try her not to worry. Zhuo also agreed that Shangguan Yunru needed to experience, and he really felt relieved.
She has now thought about it and does not expect any more mother, filial son, family happiness in the future. She is just because of the mother and son, and she is a little worried about his safety. Since she knows that Shangguan Yunru is fine, that's fine. But she didn't expect that Mrs. Guan would come to the door early in the morning.
In the morning, the gatekeeper of Zhuo's house heard the knock on the door. Before he could open the door, he had to ask who it was, the door was directly knocked open and pushed to the ground. Mrs. Shangguan rushed in angrily, and roared while walking: "Zhuo, come out for me!"
The noise quickly lured Zhuo out. Zhuo looked at the old lady in front of her and frowned before she could speak. Old Lady Shangguan had already rushed to the front and raised her hand and slapped him at Zhuo. Seeing this, Mier next to Zhuo immediately rushed forward and pushed Zhuo away, causing Old Lady Shangguan to slap in the face.
"Madam, are you okay?" Mi'er asked with concern.
Zhuo held Mi'er's hand and shook his head, saying, "I'm fine, Mrs. Shangguan, what do you mean?"
Mrs. Shangguan was furious, "You bitch! What did you call me!"
Zhuo's face was slightly dark, and he said coldly: "I respect you for your older age, so please respect yourself." She has left the Shangguan family, and respectfully called her an old lady because she was old and for her own cultivation. She was not really afraid of her. Mrs. Shangguan pointed at her and scolded: "No wife like you in this world? Not to be honest, I can't tell you about my grandson's death! My Shangguan family has been in trouble for eight lifetimes to marry you, an unvirtuous bitch! If it weren't for you, Ru'er was shameless and stayed in the capital, how could he run away from home? You should have been caught in the pig cage! Come on, arrest this bitch for me!"
Following Mrs. Shangguan were several servants in charge of the Shangguan family, the wife of Shangguan Yunru, and the second young lady of the Shangguan family.
The second young lady naturally resented Zhuo's mother-in-law about her husband's run away from home. She usually doesn't respect Zhuo, and now she will not stand on the side of Zhuo's side. She just stood aside and helped Mrs. Shangguan to watch Zhuo's surrounded by others.
After all, Zhuo was also a lady from a scholarly family. In the past, she gave in to the Shangguan family for her son and her identity as the wife of the Shangguan family. Now she can make up for her son and grandchildren, so why would she give in to Mrs. Shangguan everywhere as before? If so, why did she run out of the Shangguan family?
"Rareless!" Zhuo said coldly, "This is my family, not Shangguan's family, you can't wait to be rude!"
The servant brought by Mrs. Shangguan looked at her hesitantly. Mrs. Shangguan sneered and said loudly: "Don't pay attention to her, can she still compare with Mrs. Shangguan?"
Yes, Mrs. Zhuo’s family has long been gone, and the master is the prime minister of the dynasty! Thinking of this, several servants surrounded Zhuo again. Zhuo said in a deep voice: "Come on, beat me these thieves who have trespassed into the house!"
As soon as she finished speaking, several men and women in strong clothes appeared immediately. Zhuo was not an ignorant girl, and it was not so easy to keep up with Shangguan Chengyi and Li, so why didn't she pay attention to her safety? As early as when she moved out of the Shangguan family, she found some guards through the people of the Xiangguo Duke's Mansion to protect herself. Although her dowry was used a lot, she still had a lot of people left behind. It would be no problem to find some people who could do kung fu as guards.
The two sides immediately started fighting, and there was a noise in the originally quiet yard.
Mrs. Shangguan didn't expect that Mrs. Zhuo was really brave enough to resist her. She pushed her away and rushed towards Mrs. Zhuo. She was originally a farmer and was also a fierce and powerful character in her early years. She was carefully nurtured by Shangguan Chengyi over the years, but she didn't develop much scheming. Mrs. Shangguan's biggest scheming in her life was probably used to think about how to mess with her daughter-in-law. If something really happened, she would still prefer to do it directly.
Zhuo did not expect that the old lady would pounce on her directly and quickly took a few steps back. Although she was much younger, if she really fought, Zhuo would probably not be the opponent of Mrs. Shangguan. Besides, if the old lady of this age died accidentally... Zhuo shook her head in her heart, she really couldn't afford to offend Shangguan Chengyi.
"Madam, go quickly!" Mi'er stopped Zhuo and shouted.
Although Mi'er is a girl, she is now the closest person to Zhuo. Zhuo naturally cannot let her be beaten by Mrs. Shangguan here. She hurried forward to help. The two of them grabbed Mrs. Shangguan from left and right and did not let her move. The second young lady next to her was also a little shocked, but she did not come forward and just looked at her with fear, "Mother...Mother, please let go of grandmother!"
Zhuo looked at her faintly without saying anything. Mrs. Shangguan had never suffered such an experience since her son became an official, and she immediately started to curse her in a mess. She could still hold on to the air of a madam, but now she was really angry and scolded people. She was no different from when she was an ordinary village woman in the past. She probably had been so cruel that she had almost cursed all the swear words she had never said for decades. The people who were still beating together were also shocked. Obviously, it was impossible to imagine that these filthy words were spoken by the old lady of the prefect of the prime minister's mansion.
Zhuo pushed her towards the Second Young Lady with some disgust. When she first passed the door in the early years, Mrs. Shangguan was also full of filthy words. She always thought that she was her mother-in-law and just thought she hadn't heard it, but now she really couldn't bear it and didn't want to bear it anymore.
"Hey, why is it so lively today?" Chu Ling's voice came from outside the door with a smile. Everyone hurriedly looked back and saw Chu Ling walking in from outside with Xiao Yan'er.
"I've seen the princess." Zhuo quickly stepped forward to see the salute. The people around Zhuo were shocked and quickly followed him to salute. Then the Shangguan family also reacted and knelt down one after another. Although they had never seen the princess, Mrs. Zhuo would never joke about such things.
However, Mrs. Shangguan didn't react a little and stared at Chu Ling with her eyes.
Chu Ling raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Mrs. Shangguan with a funny look, "What are you doing?"
Zhuo lowered his eyes and said lightly: "Mrs. Shangguan's grandson ran away from home."
Mrs. Shangguan said angrily: "Zhuo! Is Ru'er not your son? You cruel woman!"
Chu Ling frowned slightly and looked at Mrs. Shangguan, "Mrs. Shangguan, although you are old, do you think it is appropriate to see me... so rude?"
Then Mrs. Shangguan was a little unwilling to come forward to see her, and then said, "This is our family matter, please leave it alone."
Chu Ling chuckled and said, "I don't care about the family affairs of the Shangguan family. I have something to do with Mrs. Zhuo, so Mrs. Shangguan will come back first."
"I want to find her..."
Chu Ling's voice was slightly cold, "Mrs. Shangguan, do you think it is your business important, or is it the matter of this palace?"
Of course, it is her own business! Mrs. Shangguan said indignantly in her heart, but she was still a little rational and knew that the identity of the princess was more valuable than her. Over the years, even if Mrs. Shangguan couldn't remember anything, there was a reason. Don't easily provoke people with higher identities than her. She was a little arrogant, but she suffered a loss in the palace before, and after being told by Shangguan Chengyi once, she came to her senses.
There was no rush to settle the score with Zhuo. When Mrs. Shangguan thought of this, she stopped entangling. After saying goodbye to Chu Ling perfunctorily, she took her people out.
Seeing Mrs. Shangguan bringing people out, Zhuo retreated and asked Chu Ling to enter the flower hall to sit down before going forward to bow again, "Thank you, the princess for coming to help her to help her wife."
Chu Ling shook her head and said, "I think that old lady is not a reasonable person. Mrs. Zhuo has thought about what to do in the future?"
Zhuo thought for a while and nodded, "I have thought about it. When I get along with Shangguan Chengyi, I plan to take Mi'er away from the capital. The princess has kindness to me, and I don't know how to repay the princess. If I don't dislike it..." Zhuo took off an inconspicuous silver bracelet from his wrist in his sleeve and put it in front of Chu Ling with his hands, saying, "If the princess doesn't dislike it, please ask the princess's men."
Chu Ling was a little confused. The silver bracelet was delicate and delicate, with a bit of ancient and elegant charm. There was no valuable gem on it, but there was just a small thing hanging like a bell. However, Chu Ling never heard any sound on Zhuo's body, and it was obviously not a bell.
Zhuo smiled faintly, reached out and pinched the small bell and pressed it a few times. After a light sound, the small bell opened with a click. There was a small ball of wax seal inside, because the volume was only slightly smaller than the bell, and there would naturally be no sound after being put inside and locked.
"What is this?" Chu Ling said curiously.
Zhuo said, "This is what my brother left for me before his death. It was said that the ancestors of the Zhuo family left me to leave a souvenir. I have seen this thing before. It was in my father's study when I was a child. My father said... There is a map hidden here. An ancestor of the Zhuo family likes to travel. He traveled all his life and once turned his travels into a travel notes. Unfortunately, they were left behind when they moved south. My father said that it was hidden here. The route of an overseas fairy island that the ancestor had discovered was for the Zhuo family to stay at home to escape when they needed it. However, this did not attract the attention of the Zhuo family. After all, the foundation of the Zhuo family is in the apocalypse. If it were not necessary, how could they be willing to leave their hometown if they were not allowed? Not to mention, according to the travel notes of the ancestors, the location of the fairy island is more than ten thousand miles away from Shangjing? Even if the Zhuo family needs to escape, they don't need to go so far."
Chu Ling nodded in agreement. If a family like the Zhuo family really needs to escape, it is time for them to escape, not to mention a place that they don’t know thousands of miles away, even those who know their destination thousands of miles away may not be able to leave. What’s more, if the mountains and rivers in the Central Plains really want to retreat, where can’t they live in seclusion? Going overseas is basically no longer considered by most families.
Zhuo said: "Brother gave me this, but I don't think I can use it. First, this is a relic left by my ancestors, and second, although this thing is useless to me, it will always be of interest to some people. My brother said that if it is a last resort, it may be of some use to present this thing to Your Majesty when it is necessary."
"Are you overseas fairy islands?" Chu Lingming said that the emperor was always interested in those fairy mountains and fairy islands, not to mention that they were in unknown seas thousands of miles away. With the national strength of the country today, even if you know it, you may not have time to find it. Even if you look for it, it will take a lot of time. If the Zhuo family really encountered something urgent and unsolvable, it would at least have a buffer time to dedicate this to Emperor Yongjia. As for the fact that the immortal island found was not satisfactory, or if such a problem was not found, there was no need to consider when it was life and death. Everyone knows how to choose if it was a life and death a few years later. Moreover, since the Zhuo family passed on this thing from generation to generation, there should be such a place. As for whether it was an immortal island, it is hard to say.
Chu Ling said: "My wife gives me such an important thing?"
Mrs. Zhuo smiled and said, "This thing is not important to me except for the relics of my ancestors. Even if I give it to the princess, it may be useless. But I have nothing to do, so I am afraid that the princess will not look down on that little dowry. Only this thing is a bit novel."
Chu Ling shook her head and said, "No need, I'm not just trying to help my wife." She doesn't want to cultivate immortality and seek immortality, so what kind of overseas fairy mountain is she?
Zhuo was very determined and said, "No matter what the princess is for, I have received the favor of the princess. If the princess had not woken up, I would have felt a little ashamed for my life... I would have given such a small thing only in my life. I originally agreed to do things for the princess, but... the old lady of the Shangguan family is really a bit... I will only cause trouble for the princess, and I hope the princess will not be disgusted."
Seeing Zhuo's words earnest, Chu Ling thought about it and reached out to take the silver bracelet and said, "So, I thank Mrs. Zhuo. I will keep this thing first. If the lady wants to retrieve it in the future, it will be fine at any time." Zhuo shook his head and ignored it. She knew that there was a map inside, but it had no meaning to her. Just as no one of the Zhuo family had visited the so-called overseas fairy mountain for generations, her brother had not seen it even when he moved south. Even if it was left in her hands, she would not plan to give it to her son, let alone she had no son now.
"The princess will deal with it at will." Zhuo Shi said.
Chu Ling looked at her and said, "It is not a false statement that I said I wanted to ask Mrs. Zhuo to help me, but it is OK if Mrs. Zhuo wants to leave the capital. I also need some things elsewhere, so I don't know what Mrs. Zhuo thinks?"
Zhuo looked at Chu Ling with some surprise. She knew how difficult it was for a lonely woman to live outside in this world. If she was protected by the God Blessing Princess, it would be better. As for serving the God Blessing Princess, Zhuo only took it for granted. But she didn't quite understand what she could do to serve the princess. But since the princess didn't dislike it, she was naturally very willing.
"I thank the princess for not giving up, please give me the order." Zhuo Shi said.
Chapter completed!