Destroyed outside, gold and jade inside

Chapter 71 Where Fate Begins
Mrs. Zhu cried loudly in the east chamber, and clamored to go back to her mother's house with her luggage.

Shen Shang's bookish forehead was jumping, and he cursed: "Let her go, let her go! Go away and don't come back!"

Knowing that this was an angry talk, Mrs. Zhu did not hesitate, and left the Shen family with the old mother and two maids by her side.

Before leaving, Shen Wuniang didn't even say hello.

When Zhu's carriage stopped outside Zhu's house, the old mother beside her was startled when she lifted the curtain.

"What, what is this for?" the old mother asked in surprise.

Zhu was taken aback, "What's the matter?"

Holding the hand of the old mother, he got out of the carriage, and then he saw a large carriage parked outside Zhu's house. The carriage was full of boxes and cages. in the carriage.

"Is this... going to move?" Zhu asked.

But when the servants of the Zhu family saw her, no one said anything, they just pretended they didn't see her.

This is strange.

Ever since Zhu's marriage to the Shen family, although it was a continuation, Shen Shangshu's official career was prosperous, and no one in the Zhu family disrespected her.

Every time she comes back, the Zhu family welcomes her happily from top to bottom.

After Zhu Wusi had an accident in Shen's house, her sister-in-law stopped talking to her, and only poked her with a knife when she saw her.But the rest of the Zhu family were very polite to her.

This is today?

Could it be that her natal family already knew that she was in the Shen family, and she was disliked by the master?
Mrs. Zhu was about to enter the main gate.

The servant girl just helped a woman out.

The woman saw her sideways, pushed the servant girl away, and rushed towards her.

Unprepared, Zhu was scratched all over the face by the woman's long and pointed nails.

She screamed "Ouch" and pushed the woman, "Sister-in-law, what are you doing?"

The woman Zhu called her sister-in-law was merciless in her attack. She couldn't grab her face, so she reached out and pulled her hair, "I'll beat you to death!"

The maids and old mothers on the side all stepped forward to fight.

But Zhu's sister-in-law had a deep grudge against her, and when she became angry, she couldn't be pulled away for a while.

"What's going on? What's the fuss at the gate?" A violent shout came.

Zhu's sister-in-law also ran out of energy, so she was dragged away.It's just that her bun was loose and her clothes were dirty.

It was even worse for Zhu Shi who was riding on the ground and beaten by her.

There were blood streaks like cat's claws on his face, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were dirty, and his dark clothes were torn with a big tear.

Zhu Shi gasped heavily, "Sister-in-law, are you crazy?!"

"I'm crazy. I was crazy when Jiulang was carried back from the yamen! I only have one son, Jiulang! He's your nephew... You killed him, you killed him... You killed him It’s not enough, and now they are coming to harm our family!” Zhu’s sister-in-law threw herself on the old mother’s shoulder and began to cry.

Among Zhu Wusi's clan is Xingjiu, and his family members call him Jiulang.

"It was an accident... I didn't mean it! Why did I hurt him?" Zhu covered her face and looked at the man who walked out of the courtyard with aggrieved eyes, "Brother, tell me sister-in-law, I don't want to do this either. How can you blame me?"

Zhu Zheng frowned, as if he didn't even want to look at Mrs. Zhu, "Go, go! Don't come back again!"

"Are you back? You don't have your natal family when you come back. Are you the one who harmed your natal family like this? How did the Zhu family teach you a daughter like you?" Zhu's sister-in-law cursed.

Zhu's face was blank.

What's going on here?
"Mother, mother... What's wrong with elder brother and sister-in-law?" Seeing the old woman walking out slowly supported by the maids, Mrs. Zhu rushed up.

Trembling, the old woman let go of the servant girl's hand.

With a "slap--" slap, it slapped Zhu's face hard.

With so much force, the old woman almost lost her footing and fell to the ground.

Zhu Shi was completely stunned.

She covered her face and looked at her relatives who seemed to be enemies, "What, what's the matter? Even if you know that I have been despised by the master... you, you can't treat me like this..."

"Let me ask you, do you know that the eldest daughter of your first wife was sent to Prince Qi's mansion to be a concubine?" The old woman stood firm with the help of her maid.

Zhu looked tremblingly at his mother, then at his eldest brother and sister-in-law.

People who were very kind and respectful to her in the past all looked at her with vicious eyes today, wishing to bite her twice.

She swallowed her saliva, and said slowly: "It's just... It's just a sedan chair that was quietly carried in... After two days, King Qi may not even remember who she is..."

"He can't remember, and you can't remember?!" The old woman scolded, "What does your natal family owe you? You want to entrap your natal family like this?!"

"I, I didn't!" Zhu shook her head again and again.

The drunk Zhu Wusi was dragged out from behind.

Seeing Zhu Shi, his eyes widened immediately.

The old mother next to Mrs. Zhu saw that the situation was not good, and she wanted to block it, but there was nothing she could do to stop it.

Zhu Wusi raised his hand and threw the jug in Zhu's face.

Zhu Shi couldn't dodge in time, and was hit in the nose.

The smell of wine usurped her nose and choked her tears.Two streaks of blood dripped from the nose hit by the jug.

Scarlet blood dripped on her dusty clothes, making her look even more distressed.

She covered her nose and looked at Zhu Wusi who had been blocked by one eye. At such a young age, only one-eyed Zhu Wusi was left, but she couldn't say a single cruel word.

"I'm sorry for Xiao Jiulang, I didn't take good care of him... But who would have thought that little girl's family would be so vicious... Didn't I give you a badge to take revenge on her?" Mrs. Zhu Aggrieved Road.

Zhu Zheng, who didn't speak any more, took out a waist card with the word "Shen" carved on it from his sleeve pocket, and the waist card was still stained with dried blood.

He raised his hand and threw the badge on Zhu's body.

The waist card hit her and fell to the ground with a bang. Although it didn't hurt this time, it was a shame she had never felt before.

"Brother, you..."

"Don't call me big brother. Since you know that she is King Qi's concubine, you should remind your mother's family not to rush to take revenge! But you just handed the knife to your mother's family, hiding her status that she can't afford to provoke now. Oh, it’s all over now. All the shops of the Zhu family in the capital have been provoked, causing the government to interrogate them! The person who arranged to do the work did not come back, and this bloody sign was sent back together with the hand that grabbed it!" Zhu Zheng said coldly, "You thought carefully for yourself, and you didn't hesitate to take your mother's house in. Now that it's all over, we can't even stay in the capital, and we can go back to our hometown. Let's see if you have any way out!"

Mrs. Zhu stared blankly at her elder brother, as if she couldn't understand what her elder brother was saying as he opened and closed his mouth.

Until her elder brother, sister-in-law, aunt and nephew all passed her and got into the carriage.

She stood blankly in the empty yard, listening to the howling westerly wind, looking at the withered yellow leaves, but she still hasn't recovered.

"Why did I offend her? Why didn't I hesitate to take my mother's family into it? Didn't you see Xiaojiu in such a state, that I had no place to vent my anger, so I pointed out a way for you to take revenge... No matter what Is it my fault?" Zhu muttered to himself.

The bleak westerly wind made her seem a little cold.

She hugged her shoulders and squatted down slowly.

On the ground in front of him lay the blood-stained waist card.

With trembling hands, she picked up the badge and looked back.

Accompanied by her was only one woman, and the two maids she brought out from the Shen family.

"Ma'am, let's... go home?" the old mother whispered.

Mrs. Zhu nodded, "Go home, go home...My mother's house is gone...It's gone...Can I still go home?"

The old mother frowned, and supported Zhu Shi, "You can go back, what the master said was just angry words, can you really not let the madam go home?"

Mrs. Zhu stuffed the bloody waist card into the old mother's hand, "Take it, take it..."

The old mother remembered what Zhu Zheng said, and when she saw this waist card, she felt a wave of fear in her heart.

But Mrs. Zhu forced it to her, so she had no choice but to catch it and hide it in her sleeve pocket.

"Go, go to Qin Ji... go and have a look." Mrs. Zhu got into the carriage and said with a dazed expression.

"Madam, Qin Ji is no longer ours..." the little maid reminded in a low voice.

When Mrs. Zhu heard this, she stared at a pair of bloodshot eyes, "I should know! If it wasn't for Qin Ji's disappearance, why would the master get so angry at me? How could I run back to my natal family? How could I be killed by my natal family? People are so humiliated? It's all because Qin Ji is gone...Qin Ji is gone..."

The little maid was so frightened by Zhu's vicious look that she wanted to cry.

The old mother quickly winked at the little maid, patted Zhu's hand and said, "Ma'am, don't think too much, even if Qin Ji is gone, isn't the master's official position secure? It will only get better and better in the future..."

Zhu Shi was in a daze all the time, muttering to herself: "It started from Qin Ji...she wanted to go back to the pawn shop, I let Jiulang go...she poked Jiulang blind in one eye, and then..."

Then the wheel of fate has begun.

Step by step to the present.

It's because of Qin Ji Pawnshop.

"A jasper vase with floating flowers, if you die, it will be worth a hundred guan of silver—" a loud chorus came from Qin Ji's pawn shop.

Mrs. Zhu picked up the curtains with shaking hands.

The gold-lettered signboard of Qinji Pawnshop is shining brightly against the sun.

The newly replaced black lacquer signboard is black and shiny, and the shiny gold characters are particularly eye-catching. I don't know what kind of handwriting the word "Qin Ji" is, but it is extraordinarily elegant and free.

People come and go, either smiling or sighing slightly.

The continuous flow, Qin Ji's business seems to have not been affected by the previous bad reputation.

Zhu's face was pale, she pushed the old mother away, jumped out of the carriage, and stumbled into Qin Ji's pawn shop in a mess.

The old mother was startled, and her legs and feet were more nimble than her age for a moment, and she rushed forward in a few steps, trying to stop Zhu Shi.

"This is mine...this should be mine...it should always be mine..." Zhu Shi shouted with red eyes.

Passers-by looked at it one after another.

At this time, the little lady who was slowly walking out from the back and walked to the hall also heard the reputation and looked over.

(End of this chapter)