Everyone wants to live, and Shangguan Wan is no exception.
But after such dark months, she would rather die than go back.
"Are we going north to find brother Lanting?"
Since agreeing to go north together, Shangguanwan seems to have unloaded some heavy burden, and her whole person has become lighter.
"Well." Jiang Nongqin nodded, and added, "The journey will be more dangerous, and Mrs. Wan must be mentally prepared."
Shangguan Wan had vaguely heard about the situation in the north and knew that there was a melee between the Tsing Yi Army and the Red Lotus Sect, but could this be more terrifying than the Zhang residence
Her eyes sank, and her expression resolutely said, "Don't worry, Sister Qin, I'm not afraid."
This matter should be done sooner rather than later. The trilogy is ready to leave in two days, which is three days earlier than the original plan.
Shangguanwan hid in the Buqu camp for more than half a year. At first, she was a little timid, emotionally unstable, and her body was very weak. Later, Jiang Nongqin took her to learn martial arts to strengthen her body. In addition, Shangguanwan herself has a certain foundation and can learn Rather fast.
Now, not to mention murder and capture, at least they can protect themselves.
Mrs. Zhang Zhao was wronged in Liu Mansion, so she cried with her husband when she went back, and complained with all the fuss.
I thought her husband would help her for the sake of her dead son, but he slapped Zhang Zhao in the face instead.
That's all, the other party also scolded her for being short-sighted, and wished she would drag her to the Liu Mansion to apologize.
Zhang Zhao was stunned, and his heart swelled with anger, and followed her husband and cried and scolded.
"Why should I apologize to an unchaste and unclean woman? That Gu Zhen is not a good person, Chaoqin Muchu, are you even hooked by her? She hid Shangguanwan, this little hoof, you want to let it go. Our son is dying!"
Zhang Zhao's husband was also blinded. I don't know when his wife became so unreasonable.
He smiled coldly, word for word.
"Why do you ask me? It's just because she came from a famous family and because her husband is Chongzhou Shepherd. In today's world, if people want you to die, you can't live, understand? Look back, what do you have? Not to mention whether her daughter-in-law is hiding it, the key is do you have any evidence? Where are the witnesses and the physical evidence? If you don't have anything, you dare to come to the door to ask for someone, it's really a shrew!"
Zhang Zhao still wanted to refute, but her husband said again, "You should stop communicating with the successor of the official family in the future. Look at how abhorrent you are now. You are arguing with your daughter-in-law at home, and I try to keep one eye closed. One-eyed, I just hope you don't overdo it. Although the Shangguan family doesn't favor her anymore, they still have Shangguan's blood in their bones.
Zhang Zhao opened his mouth, and after a while, he said embarrassingly, "I'm her mother-in-law."
Her husband sneered, "People have already written a divorce letter, and you have passed the official road, so what kind of mother-in-law are you. You have neither given birth to her nor raised her, so what do you use to decide a person's life and death? The few books that Jing is holding? When you have time, read the words of real sages and read less of these crooked things."
Zhang Zhao's husband said so, not because he thought the Fourth Book of Women was bad, but because his mother was also the daughter of the second marriage. If he approved the Fourth Book of Women, wouldn't he be scolding his long-lived old lady.
Seeing Zhang Zhao's lost expression, he pouted and left.
Zhang Zhao suddenly collapsed, with an expression like crying but not crying on his face.
Her husband was determined to ask her to come and apologize to Gu Zhen, if she didn't agree, her life in the house would be difficult in the future.
The son she gave birth to was ill and was still an eunuch, but the son born to her husband and other concubines was smart and healthy.
Because of this, the husband felt that the first-born son was incomplete, and it was all the fault of Zhang Zhao's family. Since the first-born son was born, he seldom entered her room.
Her belly remained silent, but the concubine's sons and daughters jumped out one by one.
In the early morning of the second day of the first day of the first day of the new year, Buqu was ready to leave. Before leaving, Mrs. Gu Zhen invited Shangguan Wan to watch a good show.
Shangguan Wan looked at the bland and unfamiliar woman in the mirror in disbelief, and deeply felt the magic of Mrs. Gu Zhen's hands.
"My sister taught me a good craft." Mrs. Ji said in a flat tone.
"I don't know what good show Madam wants Wan'er to watch?" Shangguan Wan asked.
Mrs. Ji said, "I'll find out later, hide behind the screen and wait, just watch the show."
It didn't take long for the concierge to report to Zhang Zhao's door.
Shangguan Wan's nerves tensed subconsciously, her fists clenched tightly.
"Mrs. Zhang, a rare guest, why did you think you're here?" Mrs. Ji's voice passed through the screen and entered Shangguanwan's ears, she said yin and yang, "I don't have the young lady of your Zhang residence here, could it be that I'm still here today? If you want to lead someone to search for it, you can't do it?"
After a while, Shangguan Wan heard a familiar voice from her previous mother-in-law.
The usual vitriol was replaced by flattery and flattery, and she was low and small, completely unable to imagine how arrogant and arrogant she was in Zhang's residence... Now... Shangguan Wan bit her lower lip secretly, listening to Zhang Zhao's second wife. It was flattery and apology, and each mouthful of "Mrs. Liu" shouted cordially, and my heart was inexplicably happy.
After Mrs. Ji's response was indifferent, she answered impatiently after the other party said a dozen or so sentences.
Even though he was so negligent, the other party still held her carefully and flattered her.
After listening to the kind words in one ear, Mrs. Ji finally raised her hand and dismissed Zhang Zhao, and the other party was like a pardon.
When the people from Zhang Mansion left completely, Shangguan Wan quietly walked out of the screen.
Mrs. Ji said, "Did you hear those words just now?"
Shangguan Wan nodded, "Listen clearly."
After Madam Ji took a sip of tea, the blushing rouge on her lips was still gorgeous, and she lightly opened her lips.
"In terms of prestige, in this place in Hejian, Liu's residence is not much higher than their Zhang residence. But you can also see how talented she looked just now. Guess why that old woman is so low and small, holding me everywhere? "
Shangguan Wan thought for a while, "Because of Uncle Liu?"
"It's not because of my brother-in-law, but because of the soldiers and horses in my brother-in-law's hands." Mrs. Ji said with a smile, "Wan'er, I met you at first sight, and I feel pity for your experience, so I'll say a few words here - if you someday With military power in hand, those people will flatter you with a shy face. Only when you are strong can you not be bullied by others, and all external forces are unreliable. Now, you can only rely on yourself. "
Shangguan Wan is the direct daughter of the Shangguan clan. In the past, no one dared to provoke her. She had the highest status among the noble ladies in Hejian. Because she was favored by the Shangguan clan, everyone was afraid of the forces behind her.
But when Shangguanwan lost the love of her family, she was abused and treated so harshly that she almost forced her to commit suicide.
Mrs. Ji made it clear, and Shangguan Wan was a person with a clear mind and understood what she meant.
But... she's just a woman, can she really do that