After Mu Zhufeng was arrested, the news naturally spread very quickly, and both the princes and nobles and the ordinary people were discussing this matter.

The audience was shocked, if it weren't for the evidence that the prince took to make a move, how could they believe that someone like Mu Zhufeng would commit an act of murdering the prince.

Not to mention that the other party is a bold person, he naturally prefers a head-on duel than a treacherous conspiracy, which is his benchmark for being a man and his way of dealing with people.

Besides, he has always been the most powerful assistant to the prince and the person trusted by the prince, but he was imprisoned for murdering the prince, which is really incomprehensible.

Many of Mu Zhufeng's subordinates and fellow party members have written to persuade the prince not to make radical decisions in a moment of excitement, which means that Mu Zhufeng cannot be killed.

And this time the prince was really angry, when he saw those excerpts who helped Mu Zhufeng speak, he couldn't wait to deal with all those who wrote excerpts. In the end, it was obvious that the prince did not refer to their opinions, and everyone said that Mu Zhufeng might really be unsafe this time.

On this day, the eldest lady wore a crumpled dress that had been washed several times, which was one of the few sets she had brought out from the house, after all, she was even more reluctant to wear the coarse linen clothes of the house than this.

She sat at the window, stitch by stitch with a handkerchief, and on the table beside her lay a basket in which there were already many identical handkerchiefs, but that was not enough.

Ever since she had spent all the money she had brought from the Chi Mansion, she had been penniless. Even the videos and jade bracelets in his hand were sold, and the money was only exchanged for some unpalatable coarse hot water.

Her brothers are getting more and more inches, asking for more and more money like lions opening their mouths, even if they have already paid the money, they don't care about the previous brother and sister relationship, and even want to fight Chi Xia's crooked idea.

I still remember that day, Chi Xia ran to her and knelt down in front of her and cried, saying that her brothers were going to marry her to the stumbling son of the village chief in the east of the village, because people took a fancy to Chi Xia's beauty and were willing to give a bride price of 5,000 taels of silver.

Now the eldest lady was very angry, she immediately ran to reason with her brothers, anyway, they had nothing but money in their eyes, and they made it clear: "If you want to continue to live here, unless you take out the money, get out." ”

In this way, the eldest lady had no choice but to make this decision and seek her own way of survival. And the only thing she can do now is her embroidery skills, so she is now embroidering handkerchiefs day and night, and then Chi Xia takes them out and sells them to other women, which makes some small money.

After embroidering day and night, the eldest lady's body and eyes couldn't hold it at all, she only felt that her eyes hurt badly and her head was dizzy, so she put down and rubbed her temples and rested for a while.

Chi Xia came in with barley tea, and when he saw that his mother was not feeling well, he hurriedly rushed over and shouted, "Mother, are you okay Mother!" ”

"I'm fine...... the eldest lady touched Chi Xia's head, Chi Xia looked at the basket full of handkerchiefs again, and said worriedly: "Mother, you must have stayed up late to embroider handkerchiefs again, don't embroider today, rest for a while." ”

"Then what's the matter, the brothers in the family came to me for money yesterday as if they were collecting debts, and my parents didn't care about us," the eldest lady looked at Chi Xia, grabbed her shoulders and said, "Even if it's for you, my daughter, I'm going to hold on." ”

"Mother!" Chi Xia was moved to throw herself into the arms of the eldest lady, and the eldest lady was also sour in her heart.

Thinking back to how glorious and rich he used to live, now he has been reduced to the point of looking at other people's eyes. And all of this is because of that Chi Wan, that hateful slut!

The eldest lady's calloused hand clenched into a fist, how willing she was in her heart, she didn't believe that her life would be so bad, and she would fall because of this little girl!

"Mother, listen to my daughter, I think the day of our turnaround is coming!" Chi Xia looked at the eldest lady, her eyes full of expectation.

The eldest lady was puzzled and asked, "Daughter, what do you mean by this?" ”

Chi Xia said emotionally: "Mother, today when my daughter went out to sell handkerchiefs, I heard good news, General Mu Zhufeng Mu, he was imprisoned for murdering the prince!" ”

"Mu Zhufeng, but that Chi Wan's husband?" The eldest lady's eyes lit up, "He's in prison, but really?" ”

"yes, I've heard several people say that. The prince was furious and swore that he would never let him go, and it is not clear what will be done in the end, but in short, this crime of murdering the prince will be dismissed and exiled at the worst, and the crime will be capital at worst! ”

"Oops, this is terrible!" The eldest lady's face also improved, this Mu Zhufeng was imprisoned, and the first person to suffer was Chi Wan as his wife! The woman follows her husband, as long as Mu Zhufeng has an accident, she will definitely have no future as a man!

But the eldest lady thought about it for a while and said, "Then Mu Zhufeng committed the crime of murdering the prince?" It's hard to take it, our Chi family also supports the prince's faction, and the lord and this General Mu had a close relationship before, can the lord be implicated? ”

"Don't worry about my father's side, my mother, it is said that the prince only imprisoned General Mu this time, and the other parties are all fine. The daughter guessed that Xu was this General Mu, who was a big official and ambitious, and wanted to bring down the prince in one fell swoop, and was finally discovered. My father has always kept to himself, and he will definitely not be involved. ”

After listening to Chi Xia's analysis, the eldest lady suddenly improved. Here's their chance! It's really a blessing to drag Mu Zhufeng, and now Chi Wan can be regarded as tired of everyone, Chi Fangrui will definitely be afraid of being implicated in it and hindering his career, and he must not want to have any contact with her anymore.

So as long as he takes this opportunity to go home, he will be the hostess of the Chi Mansion family, and Chi Xia is the eldest lady of the house.

The eldest lady had never been so glad that Chi Xia was not married to Namu Zhufeng at that time, she pushed away her embroidery, hurriedly turned around and began to organize her bags, and also urged Chi Xia to say, "Quick, daughter, we are going to go home." ”

Chi Xia was also very happy to hear that she could go back, she was really fed up with life here. She can't stand being disgraced every day and running for a living.

Chi Xia hurriedly stepped forward to help her mother fold her clothes together, and asked, "Mother, can we go back directly like this, will my father accept us?" ”

"Silly child, of course I didn't go back directly, my mother naturally has her own way."

"You want to go back?" The voices of two men came from outside, and I saw two swarthy figures standing in the doorway, blocking their way like a wall.

Chi Xia couldn't help but shiver when he saw the two of them, they were the two elder brothers of the eldest lady, who were as strong as cattle because they had been working in the fields, and their skin was also as brown as a peasant. They were five big and three thick, with unshaven beards, tattered clothes, and a smoky smell of sweat all over their bodies.

At the beginning, the two of them dragged Chi Xia and almost wanted to marry her, if it weren't for the eldest lady even if she begged for mercy to rescue, her life would be ruined.

Seeing these two people, Chi Xia was like seeing a demon, trembling all over her body and unable to use her strength, so she hid behind her mother and didn't dare to move.

The eldest lady looked like she was protecting her daughter, and asked them: "Yes, we are leaving, and we can't live in this place!" ”

"Okay, I'm going to leave and give the money!" The two elder brothers crossed their arms and looked at them fiercely, "How much do you owe to us, if you can't hand it over, hum ......"

The eyes of the two drifted to Chi Wan behind them, and the eldest lady hurriedly protected her even more, yelling: "Didn't I just give you money the day before yesterday, why do you want it!" ”

"What you give is enough, it's too little to stuff your teeth, hurry up and get the money!"

"You see I'm covered in all my body now, where is the money?"

"Cut, aren't you the eldest lady of the Chi family, you are not very rich and look down on us, why don't you ask your husband if you have no money now?" One of the men looked at the eldest lady with a contemptuous look, and the eldest lady was also frightened.

"Ahem, big brother, don't talk nonsense with her, I think she really doesn't have any money, but what ......about it," another man touched his chin and pointed to the eldest lady and said, "The material of the dress on her body is pretty good, she will be happy to give it to her sister-in-law." ”

"What are you going to do, ah!" The two big men were about to rip off the clothes on the eldest lady without saying a word, and Chi Xia shouted in fear: "Don't touch my mother!" You want money, don't you? That's what I'll give you! ”

"Oh? Is the little girl rich? Hearing the word money, the two men stopped their movements and stared at Chi Xia.

Chi Xia stood in front of the fragile eldest lady this time and said, "As long as you let us go, I will give you money!" It's all for you! ”

"Hmph, that depends on whether you give enough!" The two men looked at each other and smiled, their eyes glinting greedily.

Chi Xia took out a small box from the cabinet on the side and opened it, only to see a flash of golden light inside, a golden longevity lock, and several pairs of gold earrings lying inside, and there were gems of different colors on it that exuded an alluring light, and the two men looked at it with a shiny look.

"Are these enough, it's really all my belongings, as long as you let us go, these will be given to you."

The two men thought for a moment, the Chi family didn't send anyone to pick them up for so many days, I'm afraid that the things that could be looted on their bodies are almost gone, and there is no value in continuing to keep them, maybe the people of the Chi family don't care about their lives or dead at all!

The things that Chi Xia took out today can be regarded as a windfall, if they continue to live here and waste food, it is better to let them come.

"Okay, give me something, you can leave, don't come back when you leave, don't think about coming to catch us, otherwise you will have good fruit to eat!" The two big men dodged the wooden box in Chi Xia's hand and ran out happily, leaving behind the crying eldest lady and the overwhelmed Chi Xia.