Chapter 981 Retaliation
Zhu Kongshan didn't know who sent the letter, whether it was an enemy or a friend, but she just believed that the content in the letter was completely true. There was no reason, based on her intuition and her understanding of the Eighth Prince over the past few months.
She kneaded the letter into a ball, and had a decision in her heart. She called her close maid Xiaoyu back and asked cautiously: "I will go back to Beijing overnight tonight. Do you dare to follow me?"
Xiaoyu was stunned and asked back, "Miss is true? Aunt Liu hasn't had a funeral yet. Is it too urgent for us to leave now? Didn't you come back just to send Aunt Liu off for the last journey?"
"There is no need to send it." Zhu Kongshan's heart also became cold. "As a biological mother, she never considered me before her death. I don't need my daughter to see her off after she dies. It's enough to have Zhu family and Liu family, and I don't have more than one more me. Besides, the eldest lady and father want to marry me out, how can I let them mercy?"
Xiaoyu also heard about this and sighed that her young lady was really unlucky. She had a biological mother like this, and a father and a legitimate mother. If she didn't leave, she would have to suffer a grievance in her family. So she nodded: "Xiaoyu has listened to the lady. Xiaoyu will follow her wherever she wants to go. But what about the two girls around the lady? Are you still taking them with her?"
Zhu Kongshan shook his head: "Don't pay attention, those two girls, even if I told them to go back to Beijing with them, they would not want to go back. This matter must be kept secret and not let anyone know. Once they are known, we will not be able to leave." She looked at Xiaoyu and felt that the girl should not betray her for many years. But there is a possibility that she would not believe anyone in the Zhu Mansion. So she thought about it and said something threatening - "Xiaoyu, you have to understand that I took you to the capital for your own good. If we don't leave, I have to marry under the arrangement of the eldest lady. As my personal maid, you must marry with me. Think about it, how could the people they arranged would be reliable? Once they marry, they might still suffer. If I don't live well, how can you be better?"
As soon as he heard this, Xiaoyu knelt down and quickly expressed his opinion: "Xiaoyu has been serving the lady since she was a child. In this mansion, the lady is Xiaoyu's only relative. Xiaoyu will go wherever you go. I will never betray the lady in my life."
Zhu Kongshan nodded with satisfaction, and did not say more. He just went out to explain to the maid of the Prince Sheng’s mansion. The maid was a little puzzled why she was so anxious to leave. Zhu Kongshan took the eighth prince to suppress her: "My cousin said that I would come back and take a look, and then go back as soon as possible. This Zhu’s mansion cannot trip up my feet. This is my cousin’s original words."
The maid didn't ask any more questions after hearing this. After all, the eighth prince had instructed him to take Zhu Kongshan back to Beijing before coming. There were still many things on the other end of the capital that Zhu Kongshan needed to continue to do. He finally got such an assistant, so he had to use his value to throw it away when he was completely used. She responded to Zhu Kongshan's instructions and quietly left the house to prepare for a night trip.
With the help of this girl, Zhu Kongshan's escape was very smooth. He fled without knowing the Zhu family and the Liu family, and left Pengzhou overnight.
At the same time, Wangchuan also left that night, rode a fast horse, and chose a shortcut to return to Beijing in a hurry.
The next day, when Zhu's family found out that Zhu Kongshan had run away and wanted to chase him, but they could no longer catch up. The eldest lady was so angry that she jumped, but Zhu Kongyue contacted Zhu Kongshan's escape with the disappearance of her maid Achuan a few days ago, and she felt a vague premonition of being fooled.
One night four days later, Wangchuan returned to Beijing and successfully entered the Royal Palace. Huang Quan was very happy to see her coming back, so he surrounded her and asked questions, but the two of them immediately reported to Feng Yuheng without mentioning it. In the middle of the night, the two masters either slept sweetly or were "fucking" with joy. They were just one head, and they didn't dare to disturb them at this time.
But Feng Yuheng in the room had already heard the movement in the yard. She pinched Xuan Tianming and suggested, "Wangchuan is back, why don't I... I'll ask her about the situation in Pinzhou first?"
Xuan Tianming's "action" continued, and there was no intention of stopping because of this topic. Not only did he stop, he even reminded his wife: "You must concentrate at this time. Why do you still have the heart to listen to the movements in the yard? I think it was because your husband didn't work hard enough that his wife still had the energy to think about what was next. It seems that he had to work harder for his husband."
He did what he said, and indeed he had added strength. Feng Yuheng was breathing heavily under his guidance and never dared to ask about Wangchuan again.
Zhu Kongshan arrived in Beijing two days later than Wangchuan. Although he was rushing to go to bed and was in the carriage, the carriage was not as fast as a single person. But after all, he entered the capital. In the early morning, when the gate of the capital opened, Zhu Kongshan couldn't tell what it felt like. He said he was relieved and didn't have to worry about the pursuit of Zhu's family later. But as soon as he returned to Beijing, he was about to face the Eight Emperors.
She was both expectant and nervous in her heart, and she was also unwilling to be upset. If something happened to Liu, everything would be so beautiful. She had made so much effort, and seeing that the good days were at their fingertips, she was wasting all her efforts at this critical moment. She hated Liu, but she was unable to change anything. The mistake had been made. She is now a chess piece in the hands of the Eighth Prince that she was ready to abandon anytime and anywhere. Since this is the case, why should she still obey her mercy?
A sneer broke out from Zhu Kongshan's lips, which made Xiaoyu beside him secretly surprised. She felt that her lady had thought more than before since she came to Beijing, but she couldn't figure out what she was thinking about, which made her afraid and worried. This feeling was really bad.
When he returned to Prince Sheng's mansion, the eighth prince Xuan Tianmo had already gone to the morning court. Zhu Kongshan did not stay in the mansion for too long. After changing his clothes, he took the two girls straight to the north of the city.
During the days when she left, the good deeds in the north of the city continued. The servants were supported by the prince Sheng's mansion, and other officials' ladies and wives would occasionally come. But after all, the grandson had been held for so long, and those delicate ladies and ladies could not report every day. Zhu Kongshan was still able to act. As soon as she left Beijing, they all appointed their subordinates to take over.
However, Zhu Kongshan is back now, and he will stop north of the city. The news will soon be sent back to the mansion by the servants of each family. In less than two hours, the ladies and ladies who have not appeared for many days have come again, but there are no stars in the past, but they communicate with them with scrutiny eyes. Some people even asked bluntly: "Miss Zhu, is the matter in Zhu's mansion true? Your mother really had an affair with the housekeeper, and was caught by your father with his own eyes?"
Zhu Kongshan felt that these words were piercing her heart one by one, but they couldn't defeat her. She always remembered what she was going to come back to Beijing. She turned her head and said to the maid from Prince Sheng's Mansion: "You go to the ruined temple to see. We have been away for so long, and I don't know if there is anything that needs repair on the other end. My girl has just come from Pengzhou and is not familiar with this place yet, so you can run for me!"
This girl followed Zhu Kongshan and had done many things to send her off for her before. She didn't feel anything at the moment. She nodded and turned around and headed to the dilapidated temple. It was not until she walked away that Zhu Kongshan had a further reaction, saying to the wife who had just spoken and squeezed her: "I remember correctly, your master is just a sixth-rank head of the Ministry of Rites, right? Your Highness Eighth Highness once said that the head of the Ministry of Rites is a very petty person. He is still very good at using it on weekdays. He is still far from doing big things, and there is no need to pull him again."
The lady was stunned and thought for a long time before she realized what this meant. It was that the eighth prince disliked her master and was not ready to take their family. Then what was she doing with these so-called good deeds?
Another lady also heard some tricks and asked, "What do you mean?"
Zhu Kongshan looked at the lady, thought about it again, and said, "The legitimate daughter of the fifth-rank work department official Wailang family? Alas, really, the Eighth Prince also said that your father is just a ungrateful person. He always imagined that he could take advantage of the eighth prince's power to rise by two levels, but he didn't think about how much he weighed. The half-legged grasshopper also wanted to jump up? It's a joke."
People were stunned when they looked at Zhu Kongshan, looking like "Is this person a possessed evil?" The Zhu Kongshan they knew was not like this. He was handsome and gentle, and had a modest attitude towards everyone. Even if he was angry with Concubine Li and Princess Yu in the palace, he was always calm and had never seen her look so full of hostility.
People stared at Zhu Kongshan blankly. In just a moment, they saw the faint humility of the past appearing on her face again. They smiled and said to them: "It doesn't matter, no matter what the Eighth Prince said, I treat you the same as before. The ladies are elders, and the ladies are sisters, and they will not be affected by the Eighth Prince." Everything seemed to have never happened, as if the words before were not spoken from her.
Some people thought a little more, but they felt that the previous words were Zhu Kongshan reposting the eighth prince's meaning, not Zhu Kongshan himself. Zhu Kongshan was still the same as before, and the eighth prince was just the eighth prince.
People looked at each other a few times and exchanged their eyes. Some people smiled awkwardly and said, "Thank you, Miss Zhu, reminding me, it turns out that in the heart of the Eighth Prince, our family is so unbearable."
Zhu Kongshan waved his hands repeatedly and explained anxiously: "No, no, don't misunderstand it. It's not that all your families cannot get into the eyes of the Eighth Prince. There are still some Eighth Princes who have not spoken out. I think... I think there is a chance to be taken seriously!"
"This means that most people, the Eighth Prince, don't like it." People also understood, "The rest is nothing but nothing to say, but the meaning is that. No wonder our father has been with the Eighth Prince for so long, but he has not gained any practical benefits. It turns out that the Eighth Prince has never taken a fancy to us at all. We are useless as a small official."
"Oh, you really misunderstood." Zhu Kongshan was still explaining: "No, no, I didn't say that you were useless at all, at least it is still useful now, such as giving porridge. The Eighth Prince said that if you only rely on the Sheng Mansion, the expense would be too great. With your help, it would have reduced a lot of burden for the Sheng Mansion."
"It's useful now? You'll throw it aside after using it!" People all heard the meaning of this, and they were so angry that their faces were red and their necks were thick. The ladies simply turned against each other on the spot - "What else are you giving? Didn't you hear it? They just used our money to plug their holes. In fact, we are nothing in their hearts!"
Chapter completed!