After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

Zhao Wu was left behind, happily humming a ditty in the room.

"Lao Wu, don't be too happy, the Shangshu Mansion is gone." The stewardess arrived before the door could be opened.

Zhao Wu was stunned by these inexplicable words.

Then he grinned and said, "Aunt, the second lady left me because she saw me as useful, and my nephew has someone to rely on."

The housekeeper stepped in, her face darkened, "Stupid, who is she? She can be your support."

Zhao Wu moved the only creaking chair in the room in front of the housekeeper, "Auntie, calm down. My nephew doesn't understand. The second young lady is an official lady, so why can't she be considered a green onion?"

The housekeeper glared at Zhao Wu before sitting down.

She glanced out the window and said: "She is a concubine, or..."

When Zhao Wu saw his aunt's mysterious face, he stood by the window and took a look outside.

The sound of horses snorting came from the stable next door, and a few sparrows flew under the eaves.

Zhao Wu retracted his gaze and turned his head and said: "There is no one outside. If you have anything to say, aunt, tell me directly. What is the second lady?"

"What else could it be? Just a broken shoe. Do you know why she came to Zhuangzi?" The housekeeper looked disdainful.

Zhao Wu scratched the back of his head and shook his head naively, "I don't know."

Zhao Wu didn't care about the tattered shoes his aunt said. In his heart, even if the official lady had tattered shoes, they were still beautiful tattered shoes. He couldn't wear them even if he wanted to.

The housekeeper curled her lips and said gossiping: "I thought she came to Zhuangzi to recuperate at first, until that girl Caiyan asked me to stew the old hen. Guess what?"

Before Zhao Wu could ask, the housekeeper paused, with a hint of contempt in her eyes, "She is here to raise her little confinement child."

"The second young lady is married? Why don't you stay with your husband's family?"

Zhao Wu came to Zhuangzi not long ago. No one in Zhuangzi would go to the capital to find their master unless there was something serious, so they naturally didn't know anything about the affairs of Shangshu Mansion.

The housekeeper shook her head, "I didn't hear about her getting married. Caiyan asked me to make chicken soup, so I went to see the medicine residue she poured out outside the wall. It looked like abortion medicine residue."

Zhao Wu was not married yet. In his hometown, many bachelors like him could not find wives, and widows were all vying to marry. He was not very clear about the meaning of an official lady who had had an abortion.

Seeing that her nephew was dumb and silent, a hint of calculation flashed in the eyes of the housekeeper.

"Fifth brother, you are already a grown man. Your family is very poor. You must know how difficult it is to find a wife."

Zhao Wu looked down at his toes, "My nephew has never thought about getting married, and I am not the only bachelor in the village. We are not afraid of embarrassment."

The housekeeper raised her eyelids and became angry when she saw her nephew acting like a bear.

"Look at your worthless appearance. You are not shorter than others, and your nose and eyes are not crooked. How are you any worse than others?"

Zhao Wu raised his head, "But I don't have money, who will think highly of me?"

Zhao Wu knew that he had to take his monthly money home with him. If his aunt had not helped him, he would have ended up working as a coolie.

The housekeeper glared at him and waved, "Come here and listen to me."

Zhao Wu leaned forward across the table, and the housekeeper put her hands to her lips and spoke of her plan in this way.

Zhao Wu's dark face turned red.

After a while, Zhao Wu stood up and looked out the window feeling weak, and then said to the housekeeper: "Auntie, this is a good idea, but my nephew is timid and afraid of causing trouble."

"Are you afraid? Maybe she is willing to do it. Listen to aunt and you can act according to your own circumstances. After today, there will only be a few of us here. Whether the Zhao family will die depends on your own destiny. I still have to go to the kitchen to work. , think about what I said." The stewardess stood up and glared at Zhao Wu again, her eyes full of hatred.

After the stewardess left, Zhao Wu sat in front of the window in a daze, thinking over and over again what his aunt had said.

The Shangshu Mansion is gone, and the aunt will never be able to make a comeback. Jiang Jiaojiao is hit hard and cannot afford to fall ill.

The housekeeper's wife went to a neighboring village to find a country doctor who came to see her.

The doctor took his pulse and shook his head.

Caiyan asked hurriedly: "Is my young lady in any serious condition?"

The doctor was originally a dabbler, so he said vaguely: "There's nothing serious wrong with him. He's losing energy and blood. Just take care of him."

As long as there is no wind-cold cough, it is normal for a woman to lose Qi and blood.

Caiyan felt that the doctor still had some skills, and saw that the young lady had just had a miscarriage without telling her, so she took her away with a word of loss of energy and blood.

The housekeeper sent the doctor away and stood on the porch looking at the empty yard. She suddenly remembered the scene when the young lady was sent to Zhuangzi many years ago.

It's really a turn of events, no one will be spared by heaven.

…

The next day, the sky was clear and the air was crisp, and Gao Mu returned to the capital alone.

Qiu Ju saw him and asked, "Has the greenhouse been set up?"

Gao Mu looked into the courtyard and said, "No, I'm busy. I'm not afraid that the young lady will be worried. I asked Cangyun to stay at the village. I'll come back and report the progress to the young lady."

Qiu Ju saw that there was a slit in the hem of Gao Mu's robe, and she said, "Miss, I'm meeting Fang Yazi. You go back to the house and change out of your clothes first, and I'll sew it up for you."

Gao Mu lowered his head and glanced at the hem of his robe, then raised his head and smiled at Qiu Ju, "Well, I'll listen to you."

The two hadn't seen each other for several days. Gao Mu wanted to say a few more words to Qiu Ju. When he saw a maid walking towards him, he lowered his head and whispered to Qiu Ju, "I'll wait for you in the wing."

That look was extremely ambiguous. Qiu Ju's face turned red and she glared at Gao Mu with an angry look, "Speak carefully so that people won't misunderstand."

Gao Mu said seriously: "Everyone in the house knows that we are engaged, what can we misunderstand?"

Seeing that the maid was getting closer and closer to her, Qiu Ju gave Gao Mu a gentle push: "Go back to the house quickly, and I will bring you a bowl of pig's feet noodles."

After a while, Lan'er sent Fang Yazi out of the house.

When Fang Yazi reached the gate, he turned back to Lan'er without giving up and said, "Girl, please advise your lady. Although the shop in the back street is a bit off, the price is really good."

Lan'er frowned slightly, "Big shopkeeper, go slowly. My master has his own ideas. We can wait until one day when the big shopkeeper has a good shop in his hands."

Fang Yazi had visited several times, but Jiang Shuyue didn't like any of the shops in his hands.

He couldn't keep pestering a maid about business, bowed his hands and left.

Lan'er turned back to the courtyard and saw the young lady burying herself in sorting a booklet.

She walked over, picked up the teapot, poured a cup of hot tea and handed it to Jiang Shuyue, "Miss, that Fang Yazi can't understand human speech. If he comes to visit him again in the future, miss, please don't see him, so as not to waste your time."

Jiang Shuyue put the booklet aside, took a sip of hot tea, smiled and said, "A businessman is just looking for profit. When he heard that I was looking for a shop, he naturally wanted to try his luck."

Jiang Shuyue spent a lot of money, and everyone in the capital knew that she was a big buyer. They heard that she was looking for a shop, and Fang Yazi came to visit her every day.

Gao Mu ate the pig's feet noodles Qiu Ju sent over, changed his clothes and went to Xingyue Courtyard.

Hearing that everything was going well, Jiang Shuyue said to Gao Mu, "Cang Yun is watching over there, so don't rush there for now. From tomorrow on, you can take the two of them to meet Su Jin and Sunan outside the city gate."

Gao Mu cupped his hands and accepted the order, "I'm going to go with my master. I'll take Mr. Su after me. It won't be too late for me to go to Zhuangzi."

At nightfall, the breeze blew and the shadows of the trees danced. Gao Mu patrolled once and then returned to his room. Under the night, several black figures flew up to the wall.