"Money? Do you want to beg for food as a father?" Chu Jingmao smiled and said, "The Crown Princess has a high position of power, can you get a small official for your father?"
Chu Jiaoli narrowed her eyes slightly, and her voice lowered slightly in displeasure: "Chu Jingmao, the human heart is not enough for a snake to swallow an elephant."
Hearing this, Chu Jingmao ignored her warning and returned to normal volume, saying: "Oh, I'm such a miserable father. My daughter has climbed up a high branch and doesn't recognize me as her father. Just throw me away."
Before, he took away all the property of the Chu family. Now that my father is really penniless, my mother must pity the common people!"
After saying that, he was about to kneel down, and there was an uproar nearby.
"I heard that the Chu family's dye house and shops are all under the name of the Crown Princess. Is it possible... that they were stolen?"
"Impossible? Does the Crown Princess need such a thing?"
"No wonder I haven't seen Mr. Chu go out for a long time. It turns out that the Chu Mansion is just an empty shell, and the family fortune is gone. These days are definitely not much better..."
Chu Jiaoli felt baffled. The people around her were chattering. Her head hurt. She turned around and quickly got on the carriage without looking back.
The wheels were rolling, but Chu Jingmao was still shouting from behind: "Li'er, you can't ignore daddy!"
Jingyue jumped off the carriage, stopped Chu Jingmao who was about to chase the carriage, and said: "Mr. Chu, show some respect to your wife and keep your mouth shut."
Chu Jingmao stopped and sneered in a sinister manner: "Oh, things are really different now. The servants around my daughter actually have the power to take charge of me. OK, OK, I can't afford to offend you."
, I’m going, I’m going.”
After saying that, he waved his hands and left like a scoundrel.
She thought it was a trivial matter, but two days later, Chu Jiaoli gradually calmed down.
She was sitting leisurely in the small pavilion sipping tea, but Yuzhu hurriedly came from the corridor, knelt in front of her, and said nervously: "Your Majesty, something serious has happened."
Chu Jiaoli raised her slender eyebrows, put the tea cup back into the tray held by the maid, and said, "What's the matter?"
"The outside world didn't know where the rumors came from, saying that... the emperor made the empress a princess, gave her a mansion, and married her as the royal concubine. However, she also made things difficult for the Chu family and took away thousands of Chu family's money.
He also poisoned his second sister... and made his aunt Yang mad to death..."
Chu Jiaoli frowned, when did Chu Jingmao have such courage? Could it be... Mo Wei?!
That day on the boat, she pissed her off, so she took advantage of this to get revenge on her?
"And the most important thing..." Yuzhu hesitated and buried his head lower.
Chu Jiaoli suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart: "What?"
"There are also rumors outside that the empress's family is not clean, saying... that your mother once stole from someone..."
Chu Jiaoli suddenly felt a roar in her head, her slender fingers tightly grasped her dress, and her face turned pale inch by inch.
Seeing that Chu Jiaoli was silent for a long time, Yuzhu said again: "Relax, Madam. Lord Jingyue will definitely handle it. If you dare to spread rumors about My Majesty, I am really tired of living."
Chu Jiaoli took a deep breath and said, "Send someone to keep an eye on Chu Jingmao to see what he wants to do."
Seeing his attitude, he completely offended her. She didn't believe that he really wanted to get any benefit from her.
It's night.
Chu Jiaoli nestled in Beigong Tengxiao's arms, hugging her tighter than before, with small beads of sweat on her forehead, deep in a nightmare.
In the dream, her small body was hiding behind her mother Xia, watching Yang and Chu Jiaoping abuse and humiliate their mother and daughter.
Since she was born, she has never seen her mother and Chu Jingmao together. The servants rumored that her mother was once a maid. When Yang and Chu Yan were pregnant, Chu Jingmao drunkenly took away her innocence.
.
That accident also made her mother pregnant with her, transforming her from a maid into a concubine.
Chu Jiaoxing, Chu Jiaoping and her three sisters were of the same age, with a difference of only half a month and a month. Chu Jiaotang was conceived after several others were born, but her mother died of dystocia, so she never suffered any injustice.
Although Xia was a concubine, she had a good relationship with her legitimate wife Chu Yan, and she also lived a happy time with Mo Wei when she was young.
Since Chu Yan died and the Yang family entered the palace, the poor mother and daughter, who were the side wives, have not had a good life for a long time.
Chu Jiaoli tried her best to finally give her mother a chance to meet Chu Jingmao again. That night, her mother was finally favored and became pregnant again.
After the Yang family knew about this, Chu Jiaoping framed the Xia family for stealing. Chu Jiaoli witnessed Chu Jingmao stabbing his mother's stomach with a dagger in anger.
I once thought that my mother was God, and no matter how hard it was, she would be well protected under her wings.
But the sky fell, the sky... fell so fast, it caught her off guard...
The hazy sky was filled with lightning and thunder, and a heavy rain began, transforming into the ugly faces of Yang, Chu Jiaoping and Chu Jingmao.
Chu Jingmao picked up the weak girl and threw her down from a high altitude. She was bruised all over her body, and Yang whipped her hard with a whip with thunder and lightning, leaving her skin and flesh bruised.
"Woo..." Chu Jiaoli sobbed. Beigong Tengxiao was suddenly startled, feeling that the arm wrapped around him was shaking violently.
He held her face and looked at her carefully in her sleep.
Chu Jiaoli is afraid of the dark and will leave a lamp beside her bed at night.
Through the weak light, Beigong Tengxiao saw that her face was covered with tears.
He picked up the handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on her face. He felt terribly distressed. He frowned and said softly: "Li'er, are you having a nightmare?"
Chu Jiaoli slowly opened her eyes and saw Beigong Tengxiao in front of her. She burst into tears and threw herself into his arms: "Your Highness!"
"I'm here, I'm here." Beigong Tengxiao hugged her tightly, patted her back with his hand, and gave her some relief.
Chu Jiaoli put her arms around his neck, as if she had been accumulating grievances for many years. The dusty childhood memories kept coming back, making her panic like a child.
"My mother didn't... didn't steal anyone..."
"I know." Bei Gong Tengxiao caressed the back of her head, gently comforted her along the loose hair, and said, "Li'er is not afraid, not afraid... I will protect you, and I will not let anyone
Hurt you."
"Your Highness..." Chu Jiaoli leaned against him aggrievedly, choked and said, "Why couldn't I have met you earlier...if I had met you earlier, my mother...my mother would not have died...
At that time, you will protect my mother, right?"
Beigong Tengxiao's heart ached. He knew about her tragic childhood and painful past, but he was so powerless.
He frowned, and every word was full of pity: "It's my fault, I will definitely meet you earlier in my next life than now."
