Return of Jin Yi

Chapter 78
A full 9 million taels!
Hearing this number, not only Yunniang, but also Chu Ci were stunned.She looked at Yun Niang who was clutching a fistful of banknotes, "You didn't make a mistake, did you?"

"Then servant count again?" Yun Niang had never seen so much money, she counted one by one again.

After counting, he looked at Chu Ci solemnly, "Girl, I did not count wrongly, it is 9 taels."

"Oh." Chu Ci had slowed down and responded lightly.

Yun Niang was shocked, "You...what's your reaction?" It seemed much colder than before.

Chu Ci took the purse she handed over, smiled broadly, and explained, "The 9 taels are not just for Xiao Er and Xin Er, but it should also be related to the fact that the Lian family cheated on me."

"Miss, what do you mean, part of the 9 taels is from the Lian family?"

Chu Ci nodded, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the bank with the ticket number to check the circulation of these banknotes in recent days!"

Yunniang smiled, "How can this servant not believe in the girl! If you say it belongs to the Lian family, then it must be from the Lian family!"

Chu Ci's unconditional trust in his maid was very happy in his heart, and a smile could not help but float in his eyes.

Just as he was speaking, King Lu Xiaojun opened the curtain and walked in from the outside.

After arriving in front of Chu Ci, he anxiously looked at the two children and said, "That Mrs. Zhang finally left!"

Chu Ci glanced at him, "What do you mean by expecting him to leave so much, Mrs. Zhang offended you?"

King Lu Xiaojun curled his lips, "She never offended me."

Chu Ci: "Then why are you unhappy?"

King Lu Xiaojun glanced at her and snorted, "I'm talking about Chu Xiaoci, do you really not understand, or are you just pretending not to understand! Mrs. Zhang never offended me in the past, but today she has taken away my wife and my daughter. Son! Isn't that enough to make me feel resentful?!"

"So that's the reason!" Chu Ci smiled slightly, "Then you didn't come to accompany me and the child today, what did you do outside?"

Hearing her mention of his itinerary this afternoon, King Lu Xiaojun calmed down slightly, and said, "I followed what you told my concubine, and went to interrogate the purchaser in the mansion. There is indeed something wrong with it...he just bought it yesterday. The live chickens are not from the usual shop, but from another shop called Wu Sheng..."

"But because the live chickens in Wu Sheng's shop are cheaper? He can pocket more?" Chu Ci asked with a smile, a little coldness flashed in his eyes.

King Lu Xiaojun nodded, "That's right, the live chickens and pig's feet in Wu Sheng's shop are one-third lower than the market price. And we usually use a lot of live chickens in our house, so Yang Cai bought them on the move." After thinking about it, not only did I buy the live chicken yesterday from Wu Sheng’s shop, but I also signed a long-term contract with the boss.”

Chu Ci's heart trembled when he heard the word "long contract".

If her medical skills were not as good as this, and if the person who prescribed the medicine didn't give such a heavy dose... She couldn't imagine what would happen to her and her two children after eating these ingredients for a long time!
Empress Dowager Ren's desire to harm her is really to be punished!
Clenching her fists tightly together, she took a few deep breaths before suppressing the anger in her heart, then looked at King Lu Xiaojun calmly, and asked again, "Wu Sheng's shopkeeper, do you have any?" Hold it down?"

"It's natural!" King Lu Xiaojun said without hesitation, "Not only the shopkeeper, but also the guys in the shop, I also detained them all! They confessed that someone gave them a sum of money and asked them to put money in the shop. The prices of live chickens and pig feet have been suppressed. As for whether or not someone has drugged them, they don’t know who they are!”

"You don't need to know!" Chu Ci snorted coldly.

King Lu Xiaojun frowned, and looked at her with fixed eyebrows, "Lady, what do you mean?"

Chu Ci sneered, "The King of Hades is easy to see, but the little devil is hard to deal with. I don't want to bother with these minions. If you want to stop these troublesome things, you have to start from the root!"

"Then you mean..."

"We'll go to the capital after I finish my confinement." She seemed to think of something, then raised her eyelids lightly, glanced at King Lu Xiaojun, and asked, "Does the Nanjun Prince's Mansion have an imperial residence in the capital?" ?”

King Lu Xiaojun looked at her deeply, nodded and said, "Yes! Before grandfather, the ancestors had always lived in the capital... Later, because of grandmother's poor health, grandfather moved to Jinling against all odds."

In other words, there was absolutely no obstacle for their family to return to the capital.

Chu Ci nodded, "Very good."

After the words fell, seeing that Lu Xiaojun Wang did not express his opinion.

She felt sore, and looked at him and added, "The matter of returning to Beijing is just my idea now. If you and father and mother don't want to, I won't think about it... After all, you have already stayed in Jinling For decades..."

"Chu Xiaoci, what do you mean?!" Hearing what she said, King Lu Xiaojun was furious. He looked at her in disbelief and asked, "In your heart, is it that I am so untrustworthy? Untrustworthy person?! What do you mean by returning to Beijing? Do you forget that you are married, or that I am your husband?!"

"That was not what I meant!"

"You clearly mean that!"

"Lu Yifeng..."

"Don't call me!"

"Lu Yifeng!" Chu Ci yelled again, then looked at his annoyed sideways face, and whispered, "I know you treat me well, no one treats me better than you, but my parents... I'm not Not confident!"

King Lu Xiaojun snorted coldly, "If you want to go back with all your heart, I'll be the one to talk to my parents!"

"You are so kind, Mr. Chu Ci!" Chu Ci winked at the displeased King Lu Xiaojun with a shy old face, and carefully apologized.

King Lu Xiaojun snorted again, "Even if you give me ten more winks, I won't forgive you easily! Young master, I have a temper too."

"Then...kiss you?" Chu Ci rolled his eyes and continued to please.

King Lu Xiaojun's eyes flickered, he licked his lips and looked at her, "Then...how many kisses?"

Chu Ci smiled even wider, "What do you think?"

King Lu Xiaojun, "Ten blows? Fifty blows? One hundred blows?"

Chu Ci: "Get out!"

King Lu Xiaojun pointed at her with an indignant expression on his face, "Look at you, this is the attitude of apologizing!"

Chu Ci didn't bother to talk to him anymore, and lowered his head to tease the two little babies again.

King Lu Xiaojun was watching her... I was so angry in my heart!That's a hate!
After a long time, looking at her ruddy lips under the lamp, she rubbed her lips forward and said flatteringly, "Then... how about ten strokes?"

Chu Ci ignored him.

King Lu Xiaojun moved forward again, "Eight strokes?"

Chu Ci still did not speak, nor looked up.

King Lu Xiaojun gritted his teeth and said, "Five blows! It can't be less, you just deeply hurt my fragile and young heart!"

"Wait for the child to fall asleep!" Seeing that he was still sensible, Chu Ci finally took the time to look up at him and nodded.

King Lu Xiaojun felt relieved.

At this time, Yun Niang, who had been quietly going back and forth, came over and said to the two of them, "Girl, it's time for dinner. The servant has cooked two simple dishes. There are still some cakes left in the morning. You can serve them with brown sugar water." Eat two."

Chu Ci nodded.

Then, he took the handkerchief from Qing Miao and wiped his hands.

King Lu Xiaojun saw that she was preparing to eat, thought for a while, and said, "Eat first, I'll check my father's tone and see his attitude towards returning to the capital..."

"Well, you go!" Chu Ci nodded slightly, and then watched him leave.

In the room, Chu Ci began to eat, Qing Miao and Yun Niang looked at the two children, making them laugh softly...

And King Lu Xiaojun, after leaving Dianhan Courtyard, he went directly to the study in the front yard.

In the study room, the light was on, he opened the door and went in, and he saw the king of Nanjun reading official documents.

"Feng'er, why are you here?" Hearing the sound of pushing the door, King Nanjun raised his head, saw that it was his own son, and asked suspiciously.

King Lu Xiaojun chuckled twice, walked towards King Nanjun, and said, "No, there are some things I want to discuss with you!"

"What's the matter?" King Nanjun put down the official document in his hand, took a sip of tea, looked at King Lu Xiaojun who was already seated, and asked suspiciously.

And King Lu Xiaojun didn't make any detours, he shook the jade fan in his hand, looked at his father, and said directly, "Actually, it's nothing, I just want to ask you, after so many years, don't you have the intention to go back to the capital for development? "

Nanjun Wang frowned slightly when he heard the words, "Why did you suddenly ask this?"

"Isn't this used to staying in Jinling? I don't like seeing the scenery of the four seasons in the south of the Yangtze River... I want to go to the capital for a walk!" Lu Xiaojun Wang panicked casually, never mentioning that this was Chu Ci's idea.

The King of Nanjun didn't think much about it. Hearing that he had no legitimate reason, he directly refused, "I have no idea, and I don't want to go back."

He is a Confucian official. Does he have a competitive heart? He thinks Jinling is a good place!

Especially, for so many years, in the south of the Yangtze River, only others had to kneel down to him, and he never had to kneel down to others.

If he went back to the capital, his legs would not be able to bear it, if nothing else.

Of course, King Lu Xiaojun didn't know what his father was thinking.

After he heard the answer that his father didn't want to return to Beijing, his face darkened.

After a while, he asked again without giving up, "Do you really have no intention of going back to Beijing at all?"

The King of Nanjun glanced at him again, and said completely bluntly, "No."

King Lu Xiaojun, "Can't you have a little?"

"Feng'er, what's the matter with you today?" Nanjun Wang only realized his son's abnormality at this time, then he frowned and asked in a serious tone.

King Lu Xiaojun sighed helplessly, "It's nothing, I just want to go to Beijing suddenly."

King Nanjun, "Are you going to Beijing to die?"

Although he never revealed anything positively, he was clear about the deep hatred between Chu Ci and Queen Mother Ren.

So when he heard that King Lu Xiaojun was going to Beijing, he immediately thought of the all-pervasive framing of Queen Mother Ren.

King Lu Xiaojun's eyes lit up when he heard his father's words, and then he raised his eyebrows and said, "I thought you didn't know about the empress dowager's malice towards the Nanjun Palace!" It turned out that he knew it too.

Seeing that his son had pierced the veil of Queen Mother Ren, the king of Nanjun was no longer vague, and directly said what he meant, "It is because my father knows that I don't want you to leave Jinling."

The implication is that the capital is much more dangerous than Jinling!
But King Lu Xiaojun disagreed. He looked at his father with deep eyes, took a breath, and asked in a low voice, "Didn't dad ever think about solving the problem from the source?"

King Nanjun heard what King Lu Xiaojun said.

His face suddenly sank.

Finally, he is willing to face up to the evil of his family and find out the reason for him.

After a while, he raised his brows and said, "I'm afraid it's not you who want to go back to Beijing, but Ah Ci?"

King Lu Xiaojun smiled dryly, "This... has nothing to do with my wife, I feel sorry for her, and being a confinement child, I will be persecuted by those wicked people everywhere! I can't see her being wronged like this!"

"Do you think I will believe you?" Nanjun Wang sneered coldly.

King Lu Xiaojun couldn't hold back his face, he straightened his face and said, "Then you just say, will you listen to my lady and go back to the capital?!"

"This...you ask Weifu to think about it again..." King Nanjun neither directly agreed nor refused, but left some leeway to say that he had to think about it.

Although King Lu Xiaojun was very dissatisfied in his heart, he didn't show it on his face. He said, "Then give me an answer as soon as possible", and walked out again shaking.

Nanjun Wang watched his son leave step by step.

Thinking about what he just said.

Silent for a long time.

Then he picked up the pen and ink in front of him, wrote a secret letter, and called the personal servant to come in, "Send this letter to Duanhun Village outside the city!"

The boy responded, took the letter and walked out.

When he reached the door, he was suddenly stopped by the king of Nanjun.

"What else do you want to order, master?" the servant turned around and asked.

The king of Nanjun threw him a piece of ebony token, "This is a symbol of my king's status, I must send the letter to Duanhun Village as soon as possible!"

"Yes, master, this slave will definitely live up to your trust!" The servant nodded again, then put away the token and walked out.

About an hour later, Broken Soul Manor outside the city.

In the main hall, Han Zhe presented the secret letter to Meng Jing, "My lord, this is sent by the King of Nanjun."

Meng Jing opened it and took a look, then stood up and said, "Follow me to the Nanjun Palace!"

"Yes, my lord!" Han Zhe responded, turned around and picked up the cloak on the shelf beside him, and handed it to Meng Jing.

Meng Jing put on an ink-black cloak, walked out of the hall with Han Zhe, and quickly disappeared into the night...

The next day was another rare sunny day.

Yun Niang wiped the sweat off Chu Ci's forehead with a handkerchief, and said, "Miss really decided to go to Beijing. It happens to be the hottest dog days when you finish confinement."

"Then I have to go back." Chu Ci sighed, and said with an irritable expression, "I can't wait."

Empress Dowager Ren and Emperor Jingming were as crazy as wild dogs.

They have thousands of ways to harm her and the child, but she can only be on guard.

In such a day, every day she lived was torture.

Yun Niang sighed, paused, and asked again, "Then you have thought about how to deal with the Queen Mother?"

Hearing her question, Chu Ci took a deep look at her, "Everything...let's talk about it after we enter Beijing."

Yun Niang pursed her lips and didn't ask any more questions.

When the two children were 20 days old, King Lu Xiaojun finally told Chu Ci the news that King Nanjun and Princess Nanjun agreed to return to Beijing.

When Chu Ci heard the news, he rarely showed a smile, even facing the extremely hot weather, he was not so upset.

King Lu Xiaojun raised his hand to help her wipe the sweat from her forehead, and said distressedly, "It's really hard for you... In such a hot weather, because of confinement, ice can't be used."

Chu Ci smiled, but said nothing.

King Lu Xiaojun seemed to have sensed it, held her slightly sweaty palm and said, "From now on, I will never let you suffer like this again... Ma'am, the two of us will just guard Xiao Er and Xin Er." After a lifetime, I will never have children again, okay?"

Chu Ci did not expect King Lu Xiaojun to say such a thing, she smiled and glanced at him, "Didn't you say you wanted me to give birth to a child for you before? Why did you go back on your word now?"

"I used to be ignorant." King Lu Xiaojun said with a blushing face, "I thought it was a woman's instinct to have children, and the more children the better, but after going through this time, I understood that when a woman gives birth, it's time to have children." Take your life with Yan Wangbo..."

"Chu Xiaoci, I can't bear it, I can't bear to see you stepping on the gate of hell, I can't bear to suffer this kind of suffering. I would rather not have a child than make you suffer. I want you to be happy all your life and be my wife happily. Palm Pet... I don't want you to suffer even the slightest bit of pain."

"Fool!" Hearing his sincere confession, Chu Ci clearly had tears in his eyes, but he cursed in disgust, raised his hand, and rapped hard on his forehead.

King Lu Xiaojun was hurt by her beating, raised his face, his eyes were red, and anxiously defended, "I am not a fool, I just love you and love you! I don't want you to suffer a little bit of grievance!"

"..." Chu Ci didn't say another word, he hugged his waist directly, leaned into his arms, pressed his cheek tightly against his chest, listened to his heartbeat like a drum, and said word by word, "Lu Yifeng , meeting you is really the greatest luck in my life—"

"A Ci, you are also the person I have met in my life, the person who makes me the happiest."

The two hugged each other like this, and did not let go of each other for a long time.

Until, there was a burst of crying in my ears.

"It's Xin'er!" Chu Ci yelled anxiously, pushed away King Lu Xiaojun and went to see the child.

King Lu Xiaojun was stupefied—all the charm in his heart because of that hug disappeared in an instant!

……

ten days later.

The two children were full moon, and Chu Ci was officially confinement.

For the safety of the two children, this time it is still a small matter.

Except for those from Nanjun Palace who attended the banquet, the only one who came to the door was Mrs. Zhang.

In the afternoon, the banquet was over.

Mrs. Zhang sat with Chu Ci for a while, and then left.

Before leaving, he left some sets of clothes for Xiao Er and Xin Er.

Chu Ci accepted them all.

But it was not in vain. She still had a few sets of skin care products left, so she simply asked Yun Niang to give them to Mrs. Zhang.

Mrs. Zhang knew that Chu Ci gave good things, so she thanked her repeatedly.

Chu Ci smiled and watched her leave.

After Mrs. Zhang left.

Yun Niang showed Chu Ci the packed luggage list.

Chu Ci found that the most inside were the things that the old lady had left for her and the two children, there were more than twenty boxes.

Sighed silently.

The old lady's kind face appeared in front of her again.

She slowly closed the luggage list and handed it to Yun Niang, "That's all!"

I left this time, and I don't know when I will come back again.

It is better to take the things given by the old lady with you.

"Girl, the third lady brought Miss Ying to see me." Eyes were red, Lily's voice suddenly rang out.

Chu Ci didn't have a bad impression of the third lady.

It was the third master who was making a fuss about the matter in Luyouyuan before.

"Let them in!" Chu Ci ordered.

Lily responded.

Soon, the third lady led Lu Ying in and walked in.

"Third aunt!" She looked at the third lady, called her indifferently, and asked Yunniang to bring out some fruit candies for Lu Ying.

Lu Ying said her thanks crisply.

Chu Ci smiled at her.

After a slight pause, his eyes returned to the face of the third lady, and he asked, "The third aunt came to look for me this time, not just for what?"

The third lady was a little embarrassed when she heard Chu Ci's question.

She sighed lowly, then looked at Qing Miao, and said in a low voice, "Miss Qing, can you take Ah Ying to the next door to play for a while? I have something to talk to Shi Zifei privately."

When Qing Miao heard the words, she didn't agree immediately, but looked at Chu Ci to ask her master's opinion.

Looking at Chu Ci again and nodding, he led Lu Ying towards the cubicle.

Xu said that the third wife had told her before she came that Lu Ying was very obedient and there was no reluctance.

After talking to Chu Ci, he took Qing Miao's hand and followed her outside.

After watching the two leave, Chu Ci looked at the third wife and said, "Can the third wife talk now?"

The third lady didn't speak, but knelt down with a plop.

"Third Aunt, what are you doing?" Chu Ci took half a step back and asked in surprise.

The third lady still didn't speak, but slowly rolled up her sleeves.

I saw that there was not a piece of good flesh on those two arms... and many wounds were old wounds.

"Third Aunt, who did this?" Chu Ci gasped, and asked in a deep voice.

The third lady still didn't speak, she looked up at Chu Ci, and then began to undress herself again.

One by one, until naked.

Chu Ci saw at a glance that the injury on her body was actually more serious than that on her arm.Especially in some private places, it is simply horrible.

"Yunniang..." Chu Ci winked at Yunniang after reading.

Yunniang understood, and immediately stepped forward to help the third lady with trembling hands get dressed.He helped her up again, and sat down on the couch beside her.

"Did you come to me for medical advice?" Chu Ci pursed his lips and asked lightly.

Although she sympathized with the third lady in her heart, she had to figure out her purpose first.

The third lady's eyelids trembled slightly, then she shook her head and said, "No. I don't care about my injuries for a long time."

"Then you are..."

"I want to adopt Ah Ying to Feng'er and Shi Zifei."

adopt? !
Chu Ci was stunned when he heard these two words, "This...does the third master agree?"

"It has nothing to do with him!" The third lady shook her head indifferently.

Dun Dun, looking into her eyes, threw another bombshell, "A Ying is not his flesh and blood at all."

"She was born to me after I went to Lingyin Temple to pay my vows nine years ago and was defiled by bandits."

(End of this chapter)