Chapter Forty-Eight: A Different Path
Tian Chu set off the fireworks fuse, and the three of them escorted the princess of Wei back to Dongshi. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Zhao Zhu's face was pale, and he sat firmly on the horse's back, not at all like he had fainted from being frightened by a frightened horse.
Tian Chu led Zhao Zhu's white horse under the seat, and met a team of people who came to pick up people, including guards, soldiers, and monks.
With the monk in the temple leading the way, he soon returned to the East Market. Zhou Yanzhi's brother and sister asked for the crime and retired, and the princess of Wei simply nodded.
In less than half an hour, Gui Zhi and Haitang, who stayed in Dongshi, didn't know what was going on, so the guards of the Protector's Mansion who went out to look for people ran back in confusion, and said to Zhou Yanzhi that they had encountered some people pointing in the wrong direction, and they couldn't find the young master and girl Yunyun.
Zhou Yanzhi didn't care about this, took his sister, and immediately went back to find Mrs. Zhao.
After hearing her grandson's words, Mrs. Zhao immediately ordered someone to collect her things and go home.
Without a declaration, Mrs. Zhao couldn't enter the palace, so she had to turn her head and go to Mrs. Marquis of Jinguo, the aunt of Empress Dowager Tian, and ask her to do so.
Mrs. Marquis of Jin only heard her talk about it, and then she knew that the matter was big, and immediately handed the sign into the palace, and after a few hours, the palace people went back and forth, and the queen mother took her into the palace the next day to meet her.
Zhou Yanzhi had already broken out in a cold sweat. When he returned home and calmed down, he realized what he had escaped.
In the eyes of others, the uncle is just an uncle after all, if he can't hold up a door, how can he protect the huge family business under his name, and who can support his sister for him.
Besides, once he gets involved with the princess of Wei, his uncle will step down immediately.
He shuddered and said to Gui Zhi, "Go and take out the Qingyuan Sword from the treasury." ā
Zhou Qin looked at him worriedly.
Zhou Yanzhi patted her hand soothingly, "It's okay, just give Tian Duwei a salute in return." ā
In the Ciming Palace, the princess of Wei covered her face and knelt on the ground, crying whining.
Empress Dowager Tian put down her raised hand and clenched her fists uncontrollably.
The slap just now made her feel distressed, she closed her eyes, gritted her teeth to suppress her anger, and said hatefully: "An Ning, can't you get married?!" ā
Zhao Zhu's eyes were full of tears, he bit his lip, and after a while, he held back a sentence, "You promised to let me choose the ...... myself"
Empress Dowager Tian raised her hand, and with a slap, she was about to slap it again.
Zhao Zhu knelt upright, let go of his hand, and blushed on the left side of his face. She looked at the Empress Dowager Tian fixedly, her expression seemed to be sad and angry, and she almost screamed: "Queen Mother, I am also the heir of my father!" ā
Empress Dowager Tian was stunned for a moment, her hand stopped in mid-air, and she stared at her.
"Do I have the blood of the Zhao family in my body! Did you give birth to me? Why can Zhao Xian's bastard be the emperor, I can't! ā
Zhao Zhu's face was distorted, and he shouted almost hoarsely.
The Yellow Gate and the palace maid were sent away by the Empress Dowager Tian early, and only the mother and daughter were left in the Ciming Palace, and Zhao Zhu's voice was like a sharp sword in the room, so that the Empress Dowager Tian didn't even know how to reply.
"You're crazy......" After a long time, Empress Dowager Tian replied with difficulty.
"I'm not crazy!" Zhao Zhu immediately retorted, "No...... I'm crazy, since my uncle killed my eldest brother with a knife in front of me ten years ago, since Zhao Xian ascended the throne, my mother, I am also the heir of my father, I also shed your blood, why Zhao Xian! Why not me!! ā
Empress Dowager Tian's slap finally came down.
This slap made her palms hurt hotly.
Zhao Zhu's left side of her face was swollen almost between breaths, but she didn't care at all, but clenched her fists and continued: "Queen Mother, what point am I not as good as Zhao Xian?!" Am I not from a better place to come from than him? Am I not able to learn from him? Am I no match for him? ā
"This is the Zhao family!" Empress Dowager Tian said sharply.
"My surname is also Zhao !!"
Empress Dowager Tian's eyes widened.
Not to be outdone, Zhao Zhu glared at her.
Why can you be regent, I can't?!
She swallowed it back.
Tearing her face apart won't do her any good.
Empress Dowager Tian breathed heavily, as if she was about to lose her breath. She rested for a while before pointing to the palace gate and said, "You go out, I didn't hear what I did." ā
Zhao Zhu walked a few steps on his knees, hugged Empress Dowager Tian's legs, and cried: "Queen Mother, look at me, I am your daughter!" ā
Mrs. Tian was expressionless and whispered, "Go out." ā
Zhao Zhu just cried.
"Get out!" Empress Dowager Tian shouted.
Zhao Zhu raised her head, tears rolled down her face, and she shouted: "I don't want to marry those stupid people who do nothing!" ā
"An Ning, I'm very disappointed in you......" Empress Dowager Tian muttered with her eyes closed.
"I just want to choose a husband for myself!"
"He is Zhou Xin's grandson!"
Zhao Zhu's eyes widened in disbelief, "Am I not worthy of a grandson of the Lord of the Protectors?!" ā
"Most of their family is dying! If you ask him to marry you, what will the world think of me!? Empress Dowager Tian gasped and scolded.
Zhao Zhu sneered, "So I deserve to marry those mediocre people?!" ā
Empress Dowager Tian looked at her coldly, took a few steps back, took out a fold from her sleeve, and threw it in front of Zhao Zhu.
"You can't look down on any of these people?!"
She looked at her daughter with hatred.
It is said that the crow feeds back, the lamb kneels to suckle, and the daughter born to him is not as good as an animal.
Zhao Zhu opened the fold, and inside was the family background of Qian Guangyu and others.
She put the fold aside, fell to the ground and cried, "My daughter just wants to marry a hero." ā
Empress Dowager Tian said coldly: "Zhou Yanzhi is just a little attendant, and the heroes of the Zhou family are all dead. ā
Zhao Zhu sobbed and said: "The Protector of the Kingdom is also a hero......
It's April now, and after the beginning of summer, the weather is getting hotter. At this moment, Empress Dowager Tian shuddered, and she couldn't wait to stuff Zhao Zhu back into her stomach, as if she had never given birth to this daughter.
She pondered for a long time before she said, "Zhou Yan is a widower. ā
"There is no such thing as perfection." Zhao Zhu immediately replied.
"If you marry, he won't be a hero." Empress Dowager Tian said again.
Zhao Zhu stopped talking.
Both knew that this was just an excuse for her.
Empress Dowager Tian held the chair on the side a little indifferently, and sat down as if she couldn't stand for a long time, she stared at Zhao Zhu and said: "If you marry him, he will no longer have military power in his hands, are you still married?" ā
Zhao Zhu looked at the somewhat unfamiliar mother in front of him and nodded hesitantly.
Empress Dowager Tian pointed to the palace gate tiredly and said, "Go back, let me think about it......"
Zhao Zhu stood up with some hesitation. She covered her face and walked out of Ciming Palace step by step.
The palace maids and yellow men were all standing in the distance, their heads bowed, motionless, as if they were part of this palace.
Talking about the relationship between mother and daughter in the heavenly family is really just a joke......
Zhao Zhu smiled mockingly.